Tonight I want to introduce a new podcast, "Rico's Place," where I sit in with guitarist and storyteller extraordinaire Rico Woltz, who holds space most nights in front of the ABC store where Kuhio Avenue splits off from Kalakaua Avenue (the actual corner is Kuhio and Kuamoʻo). He is an outstanding guitarist, and a keen social commentator with a sharp eye and a ready ear that has allowed him to learn about people in the neighborhood, housed, unhoused, and tourist alike, who come back to chat and listen to the music again and again. It is ten minutes long, just the right length for listening during a task, and if you like the music, the whole set for tonight can be found on SoundCloud at

https://soundcloud.com/richrath/sets/ricos-place

In Episode 1, "The Last Thing You'd Ever Think," we play some original music together, and Rico tells the story of one of the neighborhood's street people, a Hollywood actor.