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“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 307: Lone Star With Mal Blum

Riese —
Feb 10, 2020

Musician Mal Blum joins Riese and Carly for this beefy-armed episode of “To L and Back,” “Lone Star.” TIna “goes to Canada” to chill at craft services with fucking Josh Becker, Jenny “shoots Max up” with hormones, the girls host a Happy First Chemo Pool Party for Dana, Billie’s bender continues to destroy everything in its wake, Alice chases a Dana cutout across several SoCal landfills, Shane and Carmen get matching tattoos, Eve Ensler hates Jenny’s book and everybody comes together to see the B-52s rock it at The Planet!

Index:

+ Mal Blum
+ Mal Blum’s New Years Eve is a meme
+ Taking a walk as a date happened in The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo
+ That notorious This American Life episode: Testosterone
+ The Cool “S”:
A zoomed-in picture of a script from The L Word. It is dated February 19, 2006. There is a drawing of an S, drawn from a series of 6 vertical lines, and it is labelled "Cool 'S'"
+ The See Me music video

Max (wearing a white tank top) and Jenny (wearing a pink floral shirt) are in the bathroom. Max says, "Look, you're the one who wanted to shoot me up," referring to Max's testosterone shots.

Dana sits in a chair next to a medical machine. She asks, "Have you been to my website?"

Shane (wearing a green t-shirt) and Carmen (wearing a white tank top and jeans) are in a tattoo shop. Shane is sitting in a chair with a tattoo artist (wearing a black tank top) stands behind her. Shane and Carmen say in unison, "Kiss of death."

Tina (wearing a black dress and black jacket) has just gotten off a blue and white helicopter. A man (wearing a green jacket, white shirt, and jeans) says to Tina, "I said, welcome to B.C.!"

Uta (Alice's vampire girlfriend, wearing a white shirt and black blazer) looks at Alice (wearing pig tails and a blue jacket, her back turned to the camera) and says, "You endowed mojo into this life-size voodoo doll."

Kit (wearing a red shirt) is outside with Billie (wearing a green vest and a pink-and-brown striped beanie). Billie says, "That's Mr. 'It" to you, superflystress."

Helena is in her office holding a white paper bag. Dylan is sitting on the desk with her back to the camera, wearing brown pants and a black shirt. Helena has just pulled something out of the bag, smiles, and says, "Cadbury's flake."

Dana, wearing a white sweater, is laying down on a lawn chair outside. Jenny (wearing a white shirt and black vest) is handing her a bouquet of white flowers. Jenny says, "I picked these from the garden"

Alice (wearing a white sun dress) is straddling a pool raft in Bette and Tina's pool. Her arms are raised, and she says, "I think you might be a spoiled star."

Billie is smoking a cigarette and wearing a pink tank top that says "bad people" on it. He is looking at Max, who is wearing a red shirt and whose back is to the camera. Billie says to him, "Big sister's over at the chemo clam-bake."

Dana (doing a guided visualization led by Bette) is laying in the grass. She is not wearing a shirt, although the frame cuts off just below her shoulders. Bette says off screen, "It's so beautiful."

Tina is hooking up with a shirtless guy in a movie set trailer. They are making out. The guy says, "You know, I never thought you were queer."

A sanitation worker (wearing a dark green shirt and neon safety vest) stands in front of a garbage truck. He says to Alice (who is off screen), "The lesbian tennis player?" when Alice inquires about the life-size Dana that she threw away.

Max is wearing a black tank top with a lion on it and is sitting in the kitchen. He says, "She's been shooting me up with it."

A fancy book editor (wearing a black top and a chunky necklace, with short black hair and bangs) sits in a dimly lit office. She says to Jenny, whose back is to the camera as she sits on the other side of the desk, "Young girls will read this."

Jenny is sitting across the book editor's desk, wearing a blue shirt and plaid scarf. Jenny asks, "I'm not transformed enough?"

Alice and Shane are standing in a dark and crowded room. Alice says, "That's a little harshy McHarsh, there, Shane."

Billie is wearing eyeliner and a white leather motorcycle jacket. He has one hand outstretched in a "tada!" gesture.

Bette, Mangus, and Helena are standing in a dark and crowded room. Bette is holding what appears to be a whiskey drink. Bette says, "So she went up to Canada to be with fucking Josh Becker?"

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