Dopey 546: Anders Osborne on a Morphine, Dilaudid, Cocaine Cocktail, Butt Cheeks Full of Perks & Bill Taylor remembers Hurricane Katrina
Spotify comments reacting to IDGAF Foods episode Personal story: Dave teaches Susan to ride a bike → recovery metaphor Listener letter: Montana, writing from prison, dodges cops with dope hidden in his ass Listener voicemail: “Gay for Crack” hustling story in Baltimore Interview with Anders Osborne & Bill Taylor Meeting during Hurricane Katrina’s chaos Drugs, lawlessness, survival, community, music in flooded New Orleans Anders’ bug-collecting coke dealer & BMX bike mission Bill’s alcoholism bottom, vodka mornings, and Anders guiding him to recovery Recovery spirituality → fear, asking for help, service Anders’ Red Rocks moment with Jerry Garcia’s guitar Creation of “Send Me a Friend” to support sober musicians High Sierra story → Anders dosed unknowingly, morphine, coke, LSD, ecstasy, stripping naked, running as a butterfly Connection to his mother’s passing and butterfly symbolism Closing with Howard Beach Buxbaum hijinks, Lux/AI music, Othello cookies!
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
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Show Notes
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Montana, OG DOPE, writing in from prison, about smuggling fentanyl and Percs past cops by hiding a bundle between his butt cheeks. Another listener voicemail “Gay for Crack” tells a darkly comedic tale of hustling a guy in Baltimore who offered crack in exchange for sex.
Then Anders Osborne and Bill Taylor (Trombone Shorty Foundation, The Phoenix) recount using and surviving during Hurricane Katrina — a lawless, apocalyptic New Orleans with flooded streets, National Guard, no electricity, and dealers flooding in. Anders tells a jaw-dropping story of stealing a kid’s BMX bike at 4 a.m. to ride six miles to cop from a bug-collecting dealer uptown. Bill shares how Anders helped him find recovery after years of vodka mornings and loneliness.
The episode dives deep into recovery philosophy, spirituality, and Anders’ realization after playing Jerry Garcia’s guitar at Red Rocks that fame and status will never fill the void. They reflect on the “Send Me a Friend” foundation, their bond in recovery, and the meaning of service.
Their segment ends with Anders’ High Sierra butterfly story — a psychedelic nightmare/vision where he stripped naked and flapped around during a String Cheese Incident set on LSD, morphine, cocaine, and Dilaudid. Anders later connected the experience to his mother’s deathbed promise to return to him as a butterfly, making the tale haunting and strangely spiritual.
Then Howard 'Beach' Buksbaum Returns to share about his new black girl AI group 'lux'!
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