V.383: Back? Me On The Mats. The UFC? Chama Notwithstanding, Nope! All On the Eugene S. Robinson Show Stomper!

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Eugene Robinson recounts recording music on a Tascam 16-track while celebrating his daughter's 27th birthday in Spain.

Eugene S. Robinson opens the episode with music anecdotes, mentioning his band Stigmata and recording on a Tascam 16-track. He celebrates his daughter's 27th birthday. Robinson discusses his family's move to Spain, where his five-year-old daughter previously took jiu-jitsu at the Sarau Academy and hated her old school. He details a three-week effort to buy a car in Spain, facing Kafkaesque bureaucracy requiring DNI numbers, NIE numbers, a copy simple, and a house deed. Robinson humorously describes interactions with a dealer named Juan Mendez and issues with an app and Deutsche Bank payments. He contrasts two schools for his daughter: one unstructured and disliked, and another rigid with uniforms, small classes, and activities like judo. Robinson notes the new jiu-jitsu academy is a block from the school. He reflects on trusting people less after the school experience. Robinson returns to jiu-jitsu training on October 1st after a doctor's clearance, arriving at a class where he considers lying about his experience level. The episode ends with a promo for the full show on Substack.

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A raw Stigmata opener gives way to a car-buying tale where paperwork becomes deadpan comedy.

Bob Riley's Stigmata makes for a jagged opening, with Eugene S. Robinson standing up for the rough recording because he captured that music himself.

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Why you'd press play

Press play when buying a car becomes a paperwork maze, then swerves into a jujitsu question Robinson may not answer honestly.

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