Austin Amarca may have prayed to something like this while almost drowning in the California surf
Phil talked about the long running fued between people living on the beach in Malibu and people wanting to use that beach…one that is in fact public but is not easily accessible to the public because of the efforts of homeowners there to block access. Margaret in taking the side of the homeowners sang a song, written by her partner Bob Woosnan, called “I stepped in something warm andf soft,” supposedly a reference to baby diapers that would be left on the beach along with other refuse by a public using it.
Austin Amarca called the show to talk about what he called the living hell of losing your balance in the California surf and being tossed about under the waves. “When I look at the things I’ve done in my life there’s no point in praying to a Christian god,..so I just went down the list, Hindu, Moslem, any god that would help…
