There’s Always a Next
Layer By Layer GO! – Episode 9
📅 Released: 3 August 2025
🎙️ Host: Don
🎧 Listen now on:
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Creativity doesn’t quit — it turns the page. This week we move from memory to melody to a plate of comfort that feels like a reboot. A nod to the Wilson sisters of Heart, the quiet ache of Vincent, and the story behind Don’s original “I Found Your 45’s” — all pointing to one idea: finish what’s in your hands and step into what’s next.
🕐 Timestamps
- 00:00 – Intro
- 01:10 – About this episode
- 02:57 – More on the Wilson sisters – watch the tribute short:
Anne Wilson & Heart - 04:59 – Stagefright
- 06:07 – “Vincent” by Don McLean
- 07:31 – “I Found Your 45’s” by Don Panzik
- 12:18 – Recipe: “The Revival Plate”
- 18:54 – The “Next” Drill
- 21:28 – The “7 Minute Next Drill”
- 24:34 – About next week’s episode
- 26:14 – Final words
🎵 Featured Songs
🍽 Recipe: The Revival Plate
Rosemary-roasted chicken quarter with rutabaga–garlic mash, green beans with slivered almonds, and a proper chicken gravy. Comfort that moves you forward.
📝 Ingredients
- 1 chicken leg quarter
- 1 tsp olive oil, salt & pepper to taste
- 1 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp garlic powder
- Fresh rosemary sprigs
- 1 large rutabaga, 2–3 cloves garlic, 1–2 potatoes (optional)
- Green beans, slivered almonds
- Chicken stock, pan drippings, 1–2 tsp flour or cornstarch (for gravy)
👨🍳 Instructions
- Roast the chicken. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Pat dry. Rub with oil, salt, pepper, smoked paprika, and garlic powder. Tuck rosemary on/under the skin. Roast 35–45 minutes to 165°F/74°C. Rest 5–10 minutes.
- Rutabaga–garlic mash. Simmer peeled rutabaga (and potato if using) with whole garlic cloves in salted water until tender. Drain; mash with butter and a splash of stock or milk. Season to taste.
- Green beans with almonds. Blanch to tender-crisp. Sauté briefly with butter or oil; toss in slivered almonds and a pinch of salt.
- Pan gravy. Deglaze roast pan with stock, whisk in a light flour/cornstarch slurry, simmer to thicken. Season.
- Plate. Spoon mash, add chicken, nestle beans, and finish with gravy.
🧭 The “Next” Drill
Momentum is a habit. Write the one next step you’ll take as soon as today’s task is done. Keep it tiny and executable.
⏱ The 7 Minute “Next” Drill
Short on time? Set a 7-minute timer and move the ball: outline a verse, export a mix, set a mic, title a file, draft a DM. Small moves compound.
📝 Journal Prompt
If I finish what I’m working on today, what’s the very next step I can take tomorrow to keep momentum alive?
🎶 Lyrics: “I Found Your 45’s”
I went up to your house after the service Something made me go right away Felt like a hand pulling me in I got a little nervous Took me to a room at staircase When I popped the door open, a cloud of dust Hit me right square in the face I found your 45’s I keep em by my side They will always be alive I play them one by one Memories run like a setting sun These tunes we’d always kindled Stack em up on the spindle We’d knock em down, one by one I found your 45’s There’s gotta be a couple hundred records Songs we’d air-guitar to, mercy me We’d put em on, sing every song 2 crazy brothers Music was always in the family There was Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash You even had the Monster Mash And the first song I learned to play on Dad’s guitar I found your 45’s I keep em by my side They will always be alive I play them one by one Years run on like a setting sun These tunes we’d always kindled Stack em up on the spindle Knock em down, flip em round Groove to the sounds of the B-sides Round and round and round They say a photograph can hold a thousand words But a phonograph speaks louder to me Each time I play another song Like a pot of gold to a leprechaun This one you left with me Bobby, I promise you Nothing’s gonna take them away from me I found your 45’s Always by my side And you’ll always be alive I play them one by one Tears roll down like the setting sun These tunes we’d always kindled Stack em up on that spindle Knock em down, one by one Groove to the sounds of the B-sides Round and round they go… We rocked it up We sang the blues They’d spin around We’d have a few Made us feel we’d go on forever Music & Lyrics by Donald Eugene Panzik © 2024 Rockvale Records / Target 2 Soundscapes (ASCAP)
Hear it on Bandcamp.
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📓 Companion Journal
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🔗 Quick Links
- 🎬 Tribute Short – Anne Wilson & Heart
- 🎵 “Vincent” – Don McLean (YouTube)
- 💿 “I Found Your 45’s” – Bandcamp