The algorithm is working??? That's weird....... 😆

But, I'm lining up a plethora of conversations for the coming weeks with artists who performed at the weekend and once Jake's new album is ready, I'll be roping him into another fanboy chat!

#TomPettyWeekend

Also included in the episode are chats I had with Maggie Clifford and @jeffslate.bsky.social. I did chat to Shine and to Jake also, but due to technical difficulties, I couldn't use those recordings!

Pete and I are officially ACTUAL friends now, not just Facebook friends, because we've hung out, broken bread together, stood in a crowd and sung our hearts out, and hugged! I thought it would be fun to recap the Tom Petty Weekend with Pete to get his thoughts as well as mine.

Not pictured are the IWBD tees I picked up for my girls from the Florida Gators Rally House (but I snuck the key chain in there!)

I’m stills aiming to have a more thoughtful Gainesville recap out for you this weekend though. So much to reflect on!

#HappyTired

Me and my youngest went to play pool earlier and then watched a couple of eps of What We Do In The Shadows and now it’s bedtime for these old bones! At the pool hall, we took over the jukebox, as usual, and blasted Petty into the ears of strangers!

Huge thanks to Brian over at @myweeklymixtape.bsky.social for the inspiration 😎

What could go wrong? Everything. This could be a train wreck, but we'll ride that train together my friends!!!

In the comments, give me an artist or musician who you want me to trace back to Tom in no more than six steps. I'll load up all the names on a randomizer and then tomorrow night when I record, I'll spin that wheel and attempt to trace the selected artist back to Tom in real time with no prep!

From Tom to anyone, every link in the chain is built through creative partnerships that show just how deeply his influence runs through music history.

“Six Degrees of Tom Petty” traces real musical connections — each “degree” is a direct collaboration, whether through a shared band, producer, songwriter, or recording session.

His first episode back in the saddle was a musical six degrees of Kevin Bacon, where he traced a line from a different artist back to Kevin Bacon!

So, we're gonna do something similar and this is where I need your help!

... Playing it in the shows is almost chilling - kids are going bad, bad things happen to kids. I’m not going to sit silently by as that goes on; it’s the duty of every artist to comment on things like that. So sometimes, you find something you wrote that becomes even more relevant.”