1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:11,039 You are listening to w n H. Command God, don't get supremely Matt 2 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:47,520 South, thank you, Welcome everybody. Here we go. It is that 3 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,520 time again, Matt Connorton Unleashed and we are live from the studios of w 4 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:57,560 m n H ninety five point three FM and Glorious Downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, 5 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,479 also on Comcast Channel six if you're in Manchester, and hello to all 6 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,680 of our online listeners across the nation and around the globe. You can go 7 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:07,359 to my website Matt Connerton dot com for all of your live streaming options, 8 00:01:07,599 --> 00:01:11,159 social media links, contact info, show archives, et cetera, et cetera. 9 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:17,400 It's Tuesday, October twenty four, twenty twenty three. We've got a 10 00:01:17,439 --> 00:01:19,200 great musical guest coming up in the second hour. She's going to be joining 11 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:25,920 me live in studio Kate Shimkey of Darling Hill. Darling Hill is the name 12 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:30,799 of the project, but she works with a lot of different people, but 13 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,719 you know, I think she's primarily a solo artist, so really looking forward 14 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,159 to meeting her and we'll share some of her music. She sent me some 15 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,400 really interesting studio tracks that we'll feature in the second hour. While she's here 16 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,959 and we'll talk about them. And so that's that's coming up, coming up 17 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,480 an hour number two new marow doos and in the first hour, well we 18 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:57,400 have more of course, as the as the the house turns, while we 19 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:02,920 have a speaker designate as the term is. I believe if you nominate someone, 20 00:02:02,959 --> 00:02:06,359 but then you know they have to be confirmed, they have to be 21 00:02:06,359 --> 00:02:10,120 able to get to that magic number of two seventeen or do they? We 22 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:15,520 shall see, we shall see. I don't know if Tom Emmer is going 23 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:19,400 to be if they're going to vote on him today or not, but apparently 24 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:24,360 some conservatives are already mad at him because he voted to affirm marriage equality and 25 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:30,680 that's not everybody's happy about that. But anyway, we'll get to it. 26 00:02:30,719 --> 00:02:35,439 We'll see how much we get to anyway. Yeah, little long intro today 27 00:02:35,439 --> 00:02:39,479 on the show, a little extra music. I was communicating with someone about 28 00:02:39,479 --> 00:02:43,919 some details for Thursday, Thursday's show. I will not be here, but 29 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,680 I have a brand new best of that I've put together and I sent to 30 00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:51,520 Peter White, who is of course not only the morning show host here but 31 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:57,159 also our program director. Thursday, I'll be in Providence for a what is 32 00:02:57,159 --> 00:03:00,560 the name of the event. The name of the event slips my mind now, 33 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:07,360 but uh, I'm gonna be uh, this is gonna be cool miracle 34 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:13,479 mindset event. Yes, I will be uh presenting in front of a room 35 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,120 full of people. I believe they will be real estate agents. So I'm 36 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:21,960 really looking forward to that. Uh. That will be Uh, that will 37 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,039 be on Thursday, so and then I'll be back on Friday. Of course. 38 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,439 Uh. Eric Pilcher is in the Chatterman says best of Eric Pilcher. 39 00:03:29,759 --> 00:03:34,520 No, but I can tell you this, Eric, one of your classic 40 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,960 film reviews did make it in to the brand new Best of that will be 41 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,680 airing on Thursday. So not a best of Eric Pilcher per se. But 42 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:50,120 Eric Pilcher is included. Uh speaking of uh being included, If you'd like 43 00:03:50,159 --> 00:03:53,639 to be included in the program today, you can. The studio line is 44 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,520 open six oh three two five oh six oh seven, six oh three two 45 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,960 five oh six oh seven. You can also text me at six one seven 46 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,960 nine four four seven six. I'm on social media at Matt Connerton. You 47 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,599 can email me Matt at mattconnorton dot com, and of course you can interact 48 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,560 end O Pine in the Facebook live chat. But the best thing to do 49 00:04:13,639 --> 00:04:15,240 so that we can hear and enjoy your dulcet tones is to give us a 50 00:04:15,279 --> 00:04:20,720 call at six o three two five six seven. By the way, speaking 51 00:04:20,759 --> 00:04:26,399 of music, we played a mental note from the band Able Blood, who 52 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:28,759 were here with us a number of weeks ago. Great great band. And 53 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:35,079 we also played Blue Eyed Crazy, which is from Dakota Smart, who was 54 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:40,279 our musical guest yesterday in the second hour. And uh that guy, Uh 55 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:45,319 what a talent. Love his voice. And I told him of the songs 56 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:47,079 that we played, By the way, most of what we played yesterday for 57 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:50,360 songs, most of them aren't even out yet, so that was a world 58 00:04:50,439 --> 00:04:54,800 radio premiere of a few tracks. But I told him that song blue Eyed 59 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,160 Crazy, I mean, that's that's a hit. That is a hit song 60 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,079 in the making. Well it's already made, you know what I mean. 61 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:03,560 It will be a hit song if I have anything to say about it, 62 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:08,600 and I've decreed it, so that will be a hit song. Let's say 63 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,480 helload everybody in the Facebook live chat. Jay Fed from the great State of 64 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,680 Vermont joins us since says good afternoon everyone. I mentioned Eric is in there. 65 00:05:15,959 --> 00:05:18,759 Mike from Queen City Cabinetry, one of our great sponsors here at WMNH 66 00:05:18,879 --> 00:05:21,720 ninety five point three FM, and of course I get to see Mike every 67 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:28,759 Friday Night on retro Spectrum Radio with Polly C. This coming Friday night. 68 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:34,560 I can't believe it's been three years, the three year anniversary of apparently, 69 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:43,600 so time goes far quicker than I'm comfortable with. But yes, three years 70 00:05:43,639 --> 00:05:49,759 of Retrospection Radio on as of Friday Night retrospect Radio here on WMNH. The 71 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:54,879 show actually goes back like twelve years or something. We were talking about that 72 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,040 recently. I can't remember if it was on here or off air on Paul's 73 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,879 show. But yeah, but it's been three years since it's been airing here 74 00:06:01,879 --> 00:06:08,959 on wm and H on Friday nights. I can't believe it. Easy g 75 00:06:09,199 --> 00:06:12,519 Eric Gagnan is in the chat room says happy two months to Christmas Eve. 76 00:06:13,319 --> 00:06:18,959 Oh, yes, the holidays. Although I did hear they're already talking up 77 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:24,480 this year's miracle on Elm Street on the morning show. Very exciting, always 78 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,800 a pleasure to be a part of that. That's a great event. Jenny 79 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,120 of course is in the chatroom and says Shiloam peeps. Also, Carol za 80 00:06:32,199 --> 00:06:36,920 Warwitz joins us and says good afternoon. J Fed says pink Floyd rules, 81 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:42,800 and I think he was getting some Pink Floyd vibes from that track mental note 82 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,879 by Able Blood. Yes, I can see that. Isaac Banks joins us 83 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:50,399 in the chatroom and says Hello, Matt Connerton and hashtag Jen coffee. Good 84 00:06:50,439 --> 00:06:55,519 afternoon you both. I say it that way because as a question mark at 85 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,199 the end, why does Jenny get a hashtag? And I don't hardly seems 86 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,680 fair. Isaac Banks also says good afternoon, hashtag Victoria Piper, how are 87 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:09,000 you doing? I am sure you will email me back on Facebook chat message, 88 00:07:09,519 --> 00:07:12,160 while not if you're pushy about it, she won't, Isaac, don't 89 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:20,160 be pushy. Isaac Banks also says Greensboro Parks and Recreation. So now, 90 00:07:20,279 --> 00:07:26,759 yes, so now Isaac is writing to the Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina. 91 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:31,319 Of course, Greensboro Parks and Recreation in Greensboro. I was wondering if UNCG 92 00:07:31,639 --> 00:07:39,560 girls would come to the Lindley Recreation Center free dance on Thursday evening at six 93 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:44,839 to eight pm so they would help you out. I was wondering the same 94 00:07:44,839 --> 00:07:48,199 thing, Isaac, and I commend you on your planning, your planning skills 95 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:56,319 and coordination and so forth. Let's see. And Jay fed is saying, 96 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,519 don't do it. Well, I think it would be nice if they go 97 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:05,759 and help. I think that would be very nice, And Isaac clarifies to 98 00:08:05,839 --> 00:08:15,959 Jason it's just for my friend. Jeff Pegary Pygari say it. Scott Robinson 99 00:08:15,959 --> 00:08:18,639 says, calm down with that Christmas talk Eric, referring to easyg of course. 100 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,639 Melanie Liberty, also from the Great State of Vermont, joins us in 101 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:30,399 the Facebook live chat. Jenny says, I'm excited. I'm so excited for 102 00:08:30,439 --> 00:08:33,440 you, referring to the event on Thursday that I'll be doing in Providence, 103 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,559 and Miriam says, so cool. You're doing an event, thank you. 104 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,080 Miriam used to do when I played in bands. One of the bands I 105 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,559 was in My Life Crisis. We used to play a lot of shows in 106 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:50,279 Providence. This will not be at a music venue, of course, Let's 107 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,039 see. Jenny says, I need to get a canvas to come up with 108 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,679 something for Miracle on Elm Street. Yeah, she'll be donating a painting this 109 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:07,679 year, I believe. Let's see. All right, uh six O three 110 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,159 two five O six O seven six O three two five oh six O seven, 111 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:13,679 if you would like to join us, Hey, before we get to 112 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:20,559 I do want to talk about Tom Emmer. Melanie says a nude painting. 113 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:26,320 Oh my goodness, yes, of me, it's gonna be very exciting. 114 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:33,159 I saw this. Uh. Now, this this not having to do with 115 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,679 Tom Emmer. And if you're just joining us, uh, and if you 116 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,279 don't know who Tom Emmer is, he could be the next Speaker of the 117 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:43,360 House, in the House of Representatives. But I just saw this pop up 118 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:48,720 on Politico. You know, we were very uh pro uh at least on 119 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:54,679 this program. We're very pro vaccine, being you know, anti COVID and 120 00:09:54,720 --> 00:10:00,519 whatnot. And I saw this, Uh, according to Politico, three three 121 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,519 percent. This actually shocked me. I mean, I thought the number might 122 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:11,840 be low. I didn't think it would be this low. Three not three 123 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:22,399 zero three percent the number three percent of Americans have gotten the new COVID shot, 124 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:31,159 but the CDC director remains confident. I haven't even I haven't had a 125 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,000 chance to reread this article yet. I just happened to see this. I 126 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,559 was all set to talk about what we were going to talk about well, 127 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,240 I guess that's obvious. But then I saw this and I said what. 128 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:50,639 But the CDC director remains confident. I must tell you, seeing three percent 129 00:10:52,039 --> 00:10:58,200 and were this late in October, I am not confident that Americans are good 130 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,440 now. We also don't care as much as I used to, to be 131 00:11:01,519 --> 00:11:07,279 fair, because at this point in the I guess we're in the post pandemic 132 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:13,639 phase of this. At this point, it's more like, okay, well, 133 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,519 those of us who want to protect ourselves scan. You know, Jenny 134 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:20,679 and I are both vaccinated. We got the updated COVID shot. Those of 135 00:11:20,759 --> 00:11:24,440 us who want to protect ourselves scan. If you want to take the risk 136 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,600 and get sick, that's on you at this point. Hope you don't, 137 00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:35,840 you know, unknowingly, unwittingly get COVID and expose yourself to someone who's high 138 00:11:35,919 --> 00:11:37,159 risk or whatever it may be. And if you are high risk, I 139 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:41,320 hope you get the vaccination, or if you're not necessarily high risk, but 140 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,879 you just want to make sure you avoid COVID the same way. You know, 141 00:11:43,919 --> 00:11:48,080 the same reason people get the flu shot. But so at this point 142 00:11:48,159 --> 00:11:56,240 I'm not particularly concerned. You know, early in the pandemic, especially before 143 00:11:56,279 --> 00:11:58,399 we had the vaccines. It was like, you know, hey, everybody, 144 00:11:58,519 --> 00:12:03,600 could we play maybe take this seriously so we don't end up with a 145 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:05,759 million people dead, a million Americans dead, which is what we ended up 146 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:09,360 with. More than a million Americans died. But you know, at this 147 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,559 point, it's kind of like, Okay, we're vaccinated. You can all 148 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,600 take your chances. And I'm not upset. I think everyone should get vaccinated. 149 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:24,120 I think it would be smart. But obviously that is not in the 150 00:12:24,159 --> 00:12:28,039 cards. And I realize looking at this and I see the three percent, 151 00:12:30,519 --> 00:12:35,919 that means if you're in a room with one hundred other people, and I'm 152 00:12:35,919 --> 00:12:37,039 not even good at math, but if you're in the room with one hundred 153 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:43,879 other people, chances are only three of you have been vaccinated. Actually, 154 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:46,519 this is supposed to be about one hundred people that I'm going to be in 155 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,440 front of at that event on Thursday. Chances are, out of that one 156 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:56,039 hundred people, only three of us in that room will have been vaccinated with 157 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:01,840 the new COVID shot. Again, that's fine. I'm actually not worried about 158 00:13:01,879 --> 00:13:09,720 it because I'm vaccinated. But this isn't uh Now, I think part of 159 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,679 the problem is Miriam, and the chat room says, I am one of 160 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:18,600 the three percent. Yes, yes, I think part of the problem is 161 00:13:20,799 --> 00:13:26,559 there's a post pandemic complacency. But I don't even mean just generally among Americans. 162 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:31,039 I mean, you know, I never hear the Biden administration talking about 163 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:37,720 it anymore, do you. It's like this forgotten thing. But you know, 164 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:43,440 people are still being hospitalized for this, and you know, vulnerable people 165 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:50,080 are still dying from it. See what I figured what happened is we would 166 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,559 get to a point. Well I think we are at this point in a 167 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:58,200 sense where you know, again post pandemic, it's going to be an annual 168 00:13:58,279 --> 00:14:01,120 thing. You know, if you're someone who who gets vaccinated, I always 169 00:14:01,159 --> 00:14:09,200 get a flu shot, always have, and you know it'll be an annual 170 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,799 thing. You get your flu shot, you get your COVID shot, because 171 00:14:11,799 --> 00:14:13,399 COVID is here to stay. It's going to be with us for the rest 172 00:14:13,399 --> 00:14:20,840 of our lives. I believe we didn't put this virus down when we had 173 00:14:20,879 --> 00:14:26,200 the chance, so we're stuck with it. But I figured, you know, 174 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:30,960 people will they go to get their flu shot, they'll get their updated 175 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,159 COVID shot as well. It'll be an annual thing, and who knows, 176 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,559 someday in the future, perhaps they will even be combined into one shot. 177 00:14:37,879 --> 00:14:43,240 But here's the thing now, this also surprised me though. So only three 178 00:14:43,279 --> 00:14:46,559 percent of Americans have gotten the new COVID shot, but by contrast, thirty 179 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:52,519 nine percent have had their flu shot. So thirty nine percent of Americans went 180 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:56,480 and got their flu shot, and congratulations on that. I think it's a 181 00:14:56,519 --> 00:15:00,519 smart thing to do. I know, we live in an air where it's 182 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,360 kind of the cool thing to not do that, because, you know, 183 00:15:05,159 --> 00:15:09,000 if the some people think that if the government suggests that you you do something, 184 00:15:09,039 --> 00:15:13,200 then it's you know, cool, pro freedom, pro liberty to be 185 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,559 you know, like the Rage against the Machine song. You know, blank 186 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:20,399 you, I won't do what you tell me. But just because the government 187 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:26,799 wants you to do something doesn't mean that it's bad. And just because you 188 00:15:26,879 --> 00:15:30,919 refuse to do something that the government would like you to do doesn't mean you're, 189 00:15:31,879 --> 00:15:37,159 you know, some sort of rebel. At least I'm not impressed. 190 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:45,360 But yeah, thirty nine percent have had their flu shot, but only three 191 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,639 percent have had the new COVID shot. That really surprises me. So both 192 00:15:48,679 --> 00:15:54,440 of these things surprise me. Jfed says in the chat room, did you 193 00:15:54,440 --> 00:16:02,759 see people are starting to not vaccinate their dogs? This might be, this 194 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:07,559 might be a really stupid question. But are you supposed to vaccinate? See? 195 00:16:07,639 --> 00:16:11,440 I don't. I've never had it. I've only had cats. I 196 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:17,600 don't even know how that works. Yeah, I mean you probably do dogs 197 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,799 get vaccines. I don't know. I mean, it wouldn't surprise me. 198 00:16:22,879 --> 00:16:26,679 It wouldn't surprise me if you're serious, and dogs are supposed to have certain 199 00:16:26,759 --> 00:16:30,759 vaccinations. But people are, oh, for rabies and things. Okay, 200 00:16:30,879 --> 00:16:33,639 now that makes sense, right, Okay, I guess I did know that. 201 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,679 Now that you say that for rabies, duh, and Jenny says for 202 00:16:36,759 --> 00:16:41,639 distemper But yeah, people not getting their dogs vaccinated. That makes total sense 203 00:16:41,679 --> 00:16:48,919 to me. Why someone who is an anti vaxxer would say, well, 204 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:55,919 I don't want I don't want my dog to be microchipped. Either I don't 205 00:16:56,039 --> 00:16:59,240 or you know, whatever they believe. I don't. I don't. I 206 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,799 don't really care. I mean, you know, to me, talking to 207 00:17:00,799 --> 00:17:03,079 an anti vaxxer, it's like talking to a flat earther. It's like, 208 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,799 whatever, whatever you think, I don't care. At this point, just 209 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:14,319 go think that and go play with your friends. Have fun fun being an 210 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:18,440 anti vaxxer. I know it makes you feel like you're a free thinker and 211 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,960 you're smarter than all these gullible people who believe in science and medicine. But 212 00:17:23,799 --> 00:17:29,799 I'm not impressed. But you have you have fun. I feel badly for 213 00:17:29,839 --> 00:17:33,079 your yeah, Jay Fed says I'm serious, Okay, I feel badly for 214 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:37,720 your your dog who's not getting their their vaccines, not getting their shots. 215 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,759 That's kind of mean to do to the dog. But you know what am 216 00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:47,319 I gonna do. I'm not gonna try to convince you to make good choices, 217 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:59,160 because you've made your choices and you have fun. Miriam says, sorry, 218 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:00,559 I didn't mean to say that's so rudely. Say what so rudely? 219 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:03,680 I don't know what you said, Rudley Miriam. I don't think you have 220 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,680 anything to apologize for. Jenny says, they are coming for your poodles. 221 00:18:07,839 --> 00:18:14,319 Haha, yes, well it says here. Now. This is from the 222 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,319 article on Politico. The Biden administration's campaign to convince Americans he at an annual 223 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:23,279 COVID shot is off to a very slow start. Yeah, well, no 224 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:32,119 kidding, because I haven't seen anything. I haven't have any of you seen 225 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:37,319 anything from the Biden administration trying to encourage people to get their COVID shot. 226 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,480 I haven't seen anything. Now, in fairness, we are living in a 227 00:18:41,559 --> 00:18:48,640 time where maybe some things just aren't getting through because the news is being swallowed 228 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:57,519 up by Israel at war with Hamas and the you know, we don't have 229 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:03,079 a speaker or ledge state of branch of our federal government is paralyzed because we 230 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,359 don't have our speaker. Those have been the two big, big, big 231 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,440 things. And you know, and of course there's I think people are already 232 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,240 getting to sensitize to it and probably have for a while. But there's also 233 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,920 Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and you know, there's a lot going on. 234 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:26,759 So but I was not aware that there was any campaign from the Biden administration 235 00:19:26,839 --> 00:19:30,880 trying to encourage people to get their COVID shot, it says here. Even 236 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:37,279 so, the nation's top disease fighting officials says the US remains on track to 237 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:44,440 hit last year's uptake levels, which crested at just seventeen percent of the population 238 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,759 so last year. So seventeen percent last year. Wow. Yeah, we're 239 00:19:48,799 --> 00:19:55,160 on track to hit that lofty goal. Okay, it says here. So 240 00:19:55,240 --> 00:20:00,720 far twelve million people were about three point six percent of the popular have gotten 241 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:06,480 the shot in the five weeks since it hit pharmacy shelves, though reporting lags 242 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:11,119 mean it's likely a bit higher. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Mandy 243 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:15,759 Cohen said more people by far one hundred and twenty eight million have gotten their 244 00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:22,720 annual flu vaccine. Cohen said, attributing the difference to long held routines. 245 00:20:22,279 --> 00:20:30,000 That's odd to me because it's, uh, you know, unless unless people 246 00:20:30,039 --> 00:20:33,319 think that it's scary to get them both, and so they get they go 247 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,720 get their flu shot and then they just I don't know. I don't know 248 00:20:37,759 --> 00:20:42,519 what happens there. I just got mine both at the same time. You 249 00:20:42,559 --> 00:20:48,039 know, while I'm there, I'd as well just do both. There's no 250 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:52,759 problem with it. Well, unless you're an anti vaxer. I'm sure you 251 00:20:52,839 --> 00:20:59,119 found something on some fringe website somewhere that some quack doctor who claims that there's 252 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,440 a problem with it. As far as I know, there's no problem with 253 00:21:02,519 --> 00:21:06,319 it. I'm not a medical professional. I'm not qualified to give medical advice. 254 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:07,839 But from what I understand, there's no problem with it. You can 255 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:12,160 get more than one vaccine at a time, it doesn't matter. That's my 256 00:21:12,279 --> 00:21:17,279 understanding. Again, I'm not a medical professional. I'm sure you can go 257 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:25,119 on YouTube and find within seconds you could probably find ten YouTube videos of crazy 258 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:30,759 people telling you otherwise. And if you get both shots at the same time, 259 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:34,799 you're going to grow a third arm or something. But as far as 260 00:21:34,839 --> 00:21:41,240 I'm aware, that's not the case. Cohen is in the middle of a 261 00:21:41,319 --> 00:21:47,079 national tour promoting vaccination, targeting elderly people at most risk from COVID, as 262 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:52,880 well as underserved communities. She's also meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including 263 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,319 House Republicans who have criticized the agency. Of course, as part of her 264 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:02,079 efforts to rebuild trust in the CDC. She spoke about her pitching an interview 265 00:22:02,079 --> 00:22:07,519 with political on Tuesday. Should we look at should we bother with this? 266 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,960 Uh? Oh Rona Faverro joins us in the Facebook lift chat from the Great 267 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:15,160 State of California. Hello, Jenny, says, Matt and I got our 268 00:22:15,279 --> 00:22:18,200 jabs together. Now we glow in the dark. Yes, well they see 269 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,160 some side effects are fun. Scott Robinson said, I say it a Hilton 270 00:22:22,279 --> 00:22:29,599 last night, so I can say that I am qualified and it's that it's 271 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:38,519 going to be fine. Let's see. So she was asking an interview, 272 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:49,799 who's this bur What is her name again? Uh, Mandy, Mandy Cohen. 273 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,720 She runs the CDC, now, I guess. So she was asking 274 00:22:55,759 --> 00:22:57,799 an interview the vaccine numbers seemed really low. How do you explain them? 275 00:22:57,839 --> 00:23:02,839 And she said, I would say about that number is just like the process, 276 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,640 it's different. We don't have the same level of visibility. When you 277 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,400 don't purchase and distribute, you also aren't getting the same real time information about 278 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:17,559 who's vaccinated. The number is really just a number that our pharmacy partners share 279 00:23:17,799 --> 00:23:22,920 back with us voluntarily. She was asked if distribution is a problem. No, 280 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,119 I mean, she said more than that, but I'm just paraphrasing. 281 00:23:30,839 --> 00:23:33,559 She was asked as twelve million, what you were expecting at this point? 282 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,480 She said, I think we're on track. What I love to see more, 283 00:23:36,519 --> 00:23:47,240 of course that's my job as CDC director. I want more. Yeah, 284 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:48,160 whatever, I mean the rest of the interviews as we are trying to 285 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,279 put a nice, good positive spin on it. But three percent. I 286 00:23:52,319 --> 00:23:56,359 mean, jeez, that's a I mean, look again, you know, 287 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:02,680 it's not like the height of the pandemic where we had a a medical system 288 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:07,440 that was on the verge of collapse. So uh, you know again, 289 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:12,559 if you're smart enough to make smart health choices, congratulations, And if you're 290 00:24:12,559 --> 00:24:17,519 not, there's nothing I can say. But uh, yeah, we'll move 291 00:24:17,559 --> 00:24:21,440 on from that because I do want to get to the update on what's happening 292 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:25,240 in the House of Representatives. But if you would like to join us six 293 00:24:25,319 --> 00:24:30,640 O three two five six seven six O three two five six seven. But 294 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:41,319 Tom Emmer, Republican of Minnesota apparently has been nominated. Uh, he has 295 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:45,640 been chosen as a speaker designate by the Republican Caucus if you will, or 296 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:52,480 conference, whatever term you prefer to use. And there's, uh, there's 297 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:56,000 some talk about he might be able to get in if enough Democrats are willing 298 00:24:56,039 --> 00:25:00,839 to see. Democrats don't want to you know, they want to vote for 299 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,359 Hakeem Jeffries no matter what. But if some Democrats are willing to take a 300 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:08,119 walk, as they say during the vote, not even vote present, but 301 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:15,559 just literally just leave, just take a walk, that lowers the threshold. 302 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,119 Although I think if they vote present, that also lowers the threshold. If 303 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:23,880 I'm not mistaken, forgive me. I'm not a parliamentarian and I don't know 304 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,799 why I can't say the words. So it's a good thing I'm not one. 305 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,279 I'm not a parliamentarian, but I'm learning a lot. I feel. 306 00:25:30,319 --> 00:25:33,839 I feel we all are probably more than we ever wanted to know about how 307 00:25:33,839 --> 00:25:41,680 this process works or doesn't work. Fails us. But if enough Democrats take 308 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,640 a walk, that lowers the threshold, meaning Emmor won't have to get to 309 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:52,799 two seventeen necessarily. I think for every two that don't vote, it lowers 310 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:57,200 the threshold by one. I could be wrong. I'm trying to remember from 311 00:25:57,279 --> 00:26:04,039 when Kevin McCarthy went throughout fifteen rounds of voting. But this was posted on 312 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:10,880 Politico. Emmer's opponents dig in. As his allies worked to avoid a repeat 313 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:15,039 catastrophe. In a strategy shift, the GOP speaker nominee asked his detractors to 314 00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:19,480 air their grievances against him in a closed door conference meeting. Today, it 315 00:26:19,519 --> 00:26:22,920 says here here's the article. Tom Emmers determined to avoid the same fate as 316 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,839 GOP's speaker picks before him. Yet two dozen Republicans are already standing in the 317 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:36,079 way. Fresh off Emmer's defeat of Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana for the speakership 318 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:41,920 NOD, twenty six Republicans have already indicated in another internal roll call vote today 319 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:48,279 that they will not support the majority whip for the speakership. That's far more 320 00:26:48,319 --> 00:26:52,359 than the four members it takes to block the number three Republican from the gavel, 321 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:59,759 and Emmer's team is still gaming out how to move forward, complicating the 322 00:26:59,759 --> 00:27:03,640 pick sure further. Former President Donald Trump you might have heard of him, 323 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,680 formally, came out against Emmer's speaker candidacy today in a post on his social 324 00:27:11,759 --> 00:27:19,519 media platform you may have heard of that it's ironically called truth Social and Congressman 325 00:27:19,559 --> 00:27:25,480 Steve Womack of Arkansas said, quote, there are some people that are pretty 326 00:27:25,519 --> 00:27:30,039 well dug in and are not going to support the current designee as he has 327 00:27:30,079 --> 00:27:36,200 been voted on today unquote. Representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania put it more bluntly 328 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,119 when asked if Emmer could get to two seventeen. Quote, I thought he 329 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,880 could, but apparently he can't. Unquote. While the Minnesota Republican said he 330 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,079 wants to go to the floor sometime today. He and his allies have made 331 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:51,079 clear they want to land as much internal support as possible before taking the same 332 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:57,160 public plunge that felled Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio last week. The strategy reflects 333 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:02,359 a bleak reality within the exact braid A GOP conference. A few members are 334 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:07,000 relishing the idea of going to the floor just to have their nominee publicly rejected. 335 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,720 Again. Oh, I thought we had a call. We do not. 336 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:17,599 Uh. Three weeks of a dragged out speaker fight has exhausted patients within 337 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,079 the conference. Yeah, we're in our fourth week now of this, and 338 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:26,880 members are no longer hiding their frustrations. Uh. Representative Bill Who who is 339 00:28:26,799 --> 00:28:34,200 Zenga? Bill? Who is? Uh? Who is Zenga? Ha nailed 340 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:41,200 it of Michigan said quote, I don't want us to go out there and 341 00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:44,880 in front of the entire world puke on our shoes again, or in other 342 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:51,359 words, let's get our poop in a group people. Unquote that's very graphic 343 00:28:51,480 --> 00:29:00,640 there. Uh. Congressman who is Anga of Michigan? I think I nailed 344 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:04,079 it. I think that's what I said. Who is Anga? Who is 345 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:11,440 Anga? It's probably wrong. At this point, it's questionable whether Emmer can 346 00:29:11,599 --> 00:29:15,039 ultimately get to two seventeen, putting him at risk of becoming the third failed 347 00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker nominee since Kevin McCarthy's ouster three weeks ago. After the votes to determine 348 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,160 who had support him on the floor, Emmer took a new approach by inviting 349 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,880 his opponents to air their concerns about his voting record or other grievances against him, 350 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:32,079 according to multiple House members. According to one person in the room, 351 00:29:32,319 --> 00:29:37,720 Republicans lined up at the microphones today at event about Emmer's past clashes with Trump. 352 00:29:37,839 --> 00:29:42,559 Oh see, it's all about Trump. His Oh well, I mean 353 00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:47,359 it's not all about Trump, but those other things here, his policy on 354 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:52,119 spending and his support for Ukraine Aid, as well as his votes to protect 355 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:59,279 gay marriage against Trump's transgender military ban. Emmer worked to respond to each of 356 00:29:59,319 --> 00:30:02,920 his concerns in real time, though it's unclear if he changed any minds. 357 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:08,799 Like Jordan and Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana before him, Emmer has internal 358 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:14,319 rivalries as well as some outside factors, including his Trump problem, that may 359 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:19,640 prevent him from clinching the gavel. The ultra conservative Freedom Caucus is expected to 360 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:25,240 request a meeting with Emmer to privately vet him after a bulk of the group 361 00:30:25,279 --> 00:30:32,720 initially through their support behind Byron Donald's of Florida in a Polina Luna of Florida, 362 00:30:32,759 --> 00:30:37,359 for instance, wouldn't say after the final ballot today if she'll support Emmer 363 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:41,720 on the floor, and Ralph Norman of South Carolina, another member of the 364 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,880 Freedom Caucus, cautioned he isn't never Emmer, but isn't ready to help crown 365 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,279 him yet either. He said, quote, a lot of us don't mind 366 00:30:49,319 --> 00:30:52,640 standing up. You can only lose four. You've got to have an in 367 00:30:52,680 --> 00:31:02,240 depth conversation. We are not going with a weak speaker unquote. So what 368 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,559 is a week speaker? Someone who doesn't agree with you on everything? I 369 00:31:06,599 --> 00:31:11,599 mean? Is there? I gotta tell you, it doesn't sound to me 370 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,880 like Emmer can do it unless enough Democrats take a walk and allow it to 371 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:22,359 happen. Emmer's insistence on uniting the GOP conference before going to the floor represents 372 00:31:22,359 --> 00:31:25,960 a big break from just last week, when Jordan forced three votes on the 373 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,480 floor despite knowing he didn't have the votes. The Ohio Republican lost more support 374 00:31:30,519 --> 00:31:34,400 on each ballot before his colleagues eventually stripped him of the speaker nomination. Beyond 375 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,440 closed doors, by the way, that's how you knew that, That's how 376 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:42,079 we all knew. I think that Jordan had no chance. When they kept 377 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:47,359 voting, he kept doing worse. If you remember when Kevin McCarthy went through 378 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:51,720 that fifteen votes, you know, it got a little bit better each time, 379 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:56,279 except there were a couple of times where maybe he lost more than he 380 00:31:56,359 --> 00:32:00,640 won, but it looked like it was going in the right direction. But 381 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:05,359 with Jim Jordan, I think every vote he had fewer than the vote before, 382 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,519 but there were only three, so who knows. Maybe if the process 383 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:10,880 had gone on longer. But then again, you know, when people are 384 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:15,319 being threatened if they don't vote for you, that people don't like that. 385 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:22,359 People don't like it if you threaten them if they don't support your candidacy, 386 00:32:22,319 --> 00:32:28,920 you know, or you know, if people are threatening your spouse because you 387 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,240 don't support someone's candidacy. Because there was some of that going on, Yeah, 388 00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:35,720 people don't like that. That does not I mean, I will say 389 00:32:35,759 --> 00:32:38,640 this, I don't know about Jim Jordan himself necessarily haven't anything to do with 390 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:44,759 that, but clearly his supporters, some of them did not read Dale Carnegie's 391 00:32:44,759 --> 00:32:49,680 How to Win Friends and Influence People. I'll just say that, by the 392 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,599 way, I never read the whole thing. I did read some of it. 393 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,440 I didn't like it. His reasons anyway, The strategy caused deep You 394 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,519 want to know what the reasons are. This was a long time ago. 395 00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:00,599 If I read it again today, maybe i'd have an idea. But when 396 00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:06,319 I originally read some of that book How to Win Friends and Influence People by 397 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,119 Dale Carnegie, I remember getting in a few chapters in and thinking, wait 398 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:15,240 a minute. So basically what Carnegie seems to be saying is just be as 399 00:33:15,279 --> 00:33:21,799 agreeable as possible and people will like you. I mean, I didn't read 400 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:23,880 the whole thing, so maybe that doesn't sum it up fairly, but that 401 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:28,279 seemed to be and anybody can do that. I don't need Dale Carnegie to 402 00:33:28,279 --> 00:33:36,559 tell me that I can be as agreeable or disagreeable. Jay fed says, 403 00:33:36,559 --> 00:33:38,599 I assume, affording to referring to Jim Jordan, he said the voting was 404 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:52,400 rigged. Um, let's see Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin said quote, the 405 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,160 longer we are mired in this sort of internal debate, the more likely it 406 00:33:55,240 --> 00:34:00,279 is that the Senate jams us with an omnibus or threat of a shutdown, 407 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:06,119 or a supplemental that doesn't reflect any conservative priorities. It's going to be a 408 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:13,159 sprint, referring to the legislative time crunch between now and Christmas. With a 409 00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:20,400 shutdown looming on November seventeen, a few weeks away, Representative Kelly Armstrong of 410 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:23,800 North Dakota helped nominate Jordan, but made clear he wasn't eager to repeat the 411 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:30,599 Ohio Republican strategy. He said, quote, I would really like not to. 412 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:35,239 It just gets us into the minefield unquote. If Emmer can't get to 413 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:39,679 two seventeen, multiple House Republicans are already prepping back up plans. Kelly has 414 00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:49,679 introduced a resolution to empower Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry until November seventeen, and while 415 00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:54,960 the idea encountered fierce pushback within the conference last week, Kelly said today that 416 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:59,320 if Ember falls short, it could add new life into the idea. He 417 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:04,920 said, quote, either we get a speaker or we extend Patrick's responsibilities unquote. 418 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,280 Now we've talked about that on the show. Though there's a problem there. 419 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:21,440 There's a bit of a catch twenty two because oh, Jenny just sent 420 00:35:21,559 --> 00:35:27,280 me this Tom Emmer drops out of speakers race hours after being nominated. This 421 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:34,159 is from CNN. Oh my goodness. Okay, well, let me let 422 00:35:34,159 --> 00:35:50,000 me open that. But uh apparently, oh, here we go trying to 423 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,440 get that linked open while that opens. So that the problem with empowering Patrick 424 00:35:54,559 --> 00:35:59,239 McHenry with you know, the idea being okay, until we can get to 425 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:04,320 a speaker, let's give Patrick McHenry the speaker protom additional powers. The problem 426 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,920 with that is and why that won't work, or well, it could work 427 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,920 if they but they have to ignore the rules. They literally have to ignore 428 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:15,039 the existing rules to make it work. Is until there is an actual Speaker 429 00:36:15,039 --> 00:36:19,599 of the House, the only thing they can vote on is electing a new 430 00:36:19,639 --> 00:36:22,960 speaker. They can't vote on anything else. That's why none of the business 431 00:36:23,039 --> 00:36:29,039 is getting done that the House needs to do. So you can't in order 432 00:36:29,079 --> 00:36:34,280 to give Patrick McHenry additional powers, you have to vote on that, but 433 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,920 you can't vote on that because you can't. You literally can't vote on anything 434 00:36:38,599 --> 00:36:44,000 until you have a speaker. So that's the only thing you can vote on. 435 00:36:44,159 --> 00:36:47,960 So you can't hold a vote when you to give Patrick McHenry more powers 436 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,639 because you're not allowed to. Now, the only way around that, in 437 00:36:52,679 --> 00:36:54,639 a practical sense, would be just ignore the rule and do it anyway. 438 00:36:55,199 --> 00:37:00,239 But I mean, I don't know how that would even work exactly. But 439 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,000 let's look at this, so Jenny, just send me this. Tom Emmer 440 00:37:02,079 --> 00:37:08,599 drops out of speakers race. Let's see here. Yep. Tom Emmer has 441 00:37:08,639 --> 00:37:13,320 dropped out of the speaker race, a move that comes just hours after he 442 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,000 won his party's nomination, the latest sign that Republicans are no closer to electing 443 00:37:17,039 --> 00:37:22,599 a new speaker. Earlier in the day, Emmer's bid to be speaker appeared 444 00:37:22,599 --> 00:37:25,800 on the verge of collapse, amid opposition from the right flank of his conference 445 00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:31,400 and fresh attacks waged by former President Donald Trump. Just hours after the Minnesota 446 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:37,039 Republican was picked as the party's nominee. Several Republicans who oppose Emmer say they 447 00:37:37,079 --> 00:37:44,960 will not move off their opposition and are calling for a new candidate. Emer 448 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:50,559 can only afford to lose four Republicans and twenty six voted against him behind closed 449 00:37:50,639 --> 00:37:57,199 doors beyond closed doors. Emmer voted to certify the twenty twenty election, Oh 450 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,960 the horror. Voted to keep the government open for forty seven days. Oh 451 00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:06,360 no, yes, he actually voted for a continuing resolution. Apparently Tom Emmer 452 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,039 thinks government shutdowns are bad, probably because they cost the economy trillions of dollars 453 00:38:10,559 --> 00:38:15,679 and screw a lot of Americans over. Let's see, voted for the bipartisan 454 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:19,440 law to avoid a debt default. Oh my goodness. So Tom Emmer was 455 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:25,119 not willing to plunge the global economy into economic armageddon. Well, I guess 456 00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:29,559 he's just not for us then, right. Let's see, boy, so 457 00:38:29,679 --> 00:38:31,599 far I like this guy. He seems what's the word, what's the word 458 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:38,360 reasonable and saying, and voted to codify same sex marriage, all issues that 459 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:44,559 members of the hard right have cited as issues. In a post on truth 460 00:38:44,639 --> 00:38:50,440 Social Today, Trump went after Emmer, saying electing him would be a tragic 461 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:55,360 mistake. Let's see. Skipping down here, because we're almost at the top 462 00:38:55,360 --> 00:39:00,159 of the hour, Melanie in the chat room says, he seems like a 463 00:39:00,199 --> 00:39:04,599 total d well, you know, he seems like, uh, at least 464 00:39:04,599 --> 00:39:07,559 he's got some pragmatism about him. Doesn't want to blow the whole thing up 465 00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:15,199 and light our government on fire in the country in the process. Yeah, 466 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:20,719 jeez, I'm just kind of skipping down to see if there's anything else new 467 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:28,840 in here. Geez, well, this is discouraging. I had high hopes 468 00:39:29,599 --> 00:39:31,920 that uh, something would get done here. I mean, I'm sure I 469 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:37,039 disagree with Uh. I probably disagree with Tom Emmer on a multitude of issues, 470 00:39:37,079 --> 00:39:42,679 but uh, you know, the guy, uh seems like I said, 471 00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:50,079 he seems not completely nuts, which these days is pretty cool. You 472 00:39:50,119 --> 00:39:53,320 know. That's that's something you want. You want a house speaker who's not 473 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:59,679 crazy. Right. Oh, Rob Dyon joins us in the Facebook lave chat. 474 00:39:59,679 --> 00:40:06,280 Hello, all right, well let's do this. We're going to let's 475 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,199 play this track. I see a musician in the hallway. Our guest has 476 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,519 arrived, I believe. So we're gonna get her in here, Kate from 477 00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:16,800 Darlene Hill, and we're gonna play this song called break Free. And I 478 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,400 like this a lot. It's pretty intense, and there's a pretty intense story 479 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,519 behind it too, from what I was reading online. So we're gonna get 480 00:40:22,519 --> 00:40:24,840 her in there. We're going to talk with her, and we have plenty 481 00:40:24,840 --> 00:41:24,599 more to come an hour number two. Don't go anywhere, young girl. 482 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:38,199 Say farewell to your father and hold clothes, his lessons and his words. 483 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:55,639 So wise you are my proud and loyal daughter. Remember, takes just one 484 00:41:55,800 --> 00:42:08,119 man to cut it aside. He taught me how to make hard drivings, 485 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:24,480 each half equally matched to make it home. Remember, my darling, no 486 00:42:24,559 --> 00:42:37,519 one will ever love you like you do for yourself deep within your own soul. 487 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:51,400 It's my heart and your mother Zaz has made you. It's our to 488 00:42:51,719 --> 00:43:09,079 have come together and makes your love cold. I saw him through the window, 489 00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:22,960 and the snowflakes made him look If I had only known who was the 490 00:43:23,039 --> 00:43:35,880 devil, I never would have taking his hand at mine. I know, 491 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:43,199 I can feel my heart beating, heart beating, beating, feeling so strong 492 00:43:44,679 --> 00:43:52,280 within in his cries. I never knew he and hold on so who tired 493 00:43:55,400 --> 00:44:06,800 wondering how long this hell well last? I dieing, I said, and 494 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:19,559 I love you, oh, but that I was alive. It was the 495 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:31,400 only way I could escape you and that word love, Oh CRUs By, 496 00:44:32,039 --> 00:44:40,920 I know and feel my heart beating. I don't know you will never let 497 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:51,119 me in deep beside. I tell myself, no one will love me. 498 00:44:52,599 --> 00:45:19,599 Break free from this engagent fly ju the sky, red gray, freez redde 499 00:45:22,199 --> 00:45:37,239 gray three D. It's works. He ret my home open and it's his 500 00:45:37,199 --> 00:45:51,079 day. Spell o't my eyes and I'm brown. It's called the man and 501 00:45:51,280 --> 00:46:01,280 it's hill is jeb hid is Japai eye but one but in front of the 502 00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:09,119 other. I'm drip my blood chance to save this side from my mind. 503 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:22,239 I know why I feel my heart beating. I feel now I can know 504 00:46:22,519 --> 00:46:30,800 ben my eyes. Am I ready to break the mold I was born into. 505 00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:42,880 I tell myself I never felt more alive. 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Welcome back everybody as we enter our number two 530 00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:36,280 numeroedos of Matt Connorton unleashed and we are live from the studios of wm NH 531 00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:39,920 ninety five point three FM and Glorious Downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, also on 532 00:50:40,079 --> 00:50:44,400 Comcast Channel six. If you're in Manchester and hello to all of our online 533 00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,440 listeners acrassination and around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connorton 534 00:50:47,519 --> 00:50:52,400 dot com for all of your live streaming options, social media links, contact 535 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:55,199 info, show archives, et cetera, et cetera. Today's Tuesday, October 536 00:50:55,239 --> 00:51:00,480 twenty four, two thousand twenty three. So nice have you all with me 537 00:51:00,679 --> 00:51:04,599 and joining us a live in studio. She is at the news desk. 538 00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:09,360 Kate Shimkey of Darlene Hill. Hello, Hello, welcome to the show. 539 00:51:09,599 --> 00:51:13,480 Thank you, Thank you for having me. Absolutely. We were just playing 540 00:51:13,599 --> 00:51:16,639 uh, coming back from the break there. We played break free, one 541 00:51:16,679 --> 00:51:22,400 of the amazing songs that you sent and and that's from your Is that from 542 00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,679 your most recent EP. It's actually from my only EP. It's from my 543 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:30,280 debut debut EP. Oh, very good, very kind of like a sampler. 544 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:34,639 It's not really all that cohesive necessarily, but that's because I just kind 545 00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:37,719 of flew by the seat of my pants. I got you in the studio. 546 00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:42,440 Yeah, that's uh, And that's a that's a long song. I 547 00:51:42,519 --> 00:51:46,840 love how it builds really good. Yeah. If you have any questions for 548 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:51,599 Kate while she's here, of course six O three two five six seven. 549 00:51:51,639 --> 00:51:54,360 The studio line is open six O three two five six seven. You can 550 00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:59,840 also text us at six one seven four seven six. You can hit me 551 00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:04,480 on social media at Matt Connorton, email me Matt at Matt Coonnorton dot com, 552 00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:07,519 and of course you can interact into opine in the Facebook live chat. 553 00:52:07,119 --> 00:52:10,400 But we would love to hear your adulca tones at six O three two five 554 00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:15,559 six seven. Jay Bellow of course from the band Chasing the Devil. In 555 00:52:15,639 --> 00:52:21,039 the chat room, he says, great tune, Kate thank you. Let's 556 00:52:21,079 --> 00:52:23,639 see. Also, yeah, you've been getting some love in there while that 557 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:30,920 was playing. Trying to back oh. Jfed from Vermont says, I dig 558 00:52:30,039 --> 00:52:37,039 this song. Yeah. Isaac Banks from Greensboro, North Carolina says, awesome 559 00:52:37,199 --> 00:52:42,360 song. Rob Dyon, who of course is part of the wmn H family, 560 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:45,840 he has his own show here through the stage Door and he does a 561 00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:47,559 weekly segment on the morning show with Peter White, named that tune. He 562 00:52:47,639 --> 00:52:52,760 says, good tune. Yep, you're getting a lot of getting a lot 563 00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:54,239 of love in there. So very good, very good. It's probably my 564 00:52:54,360 --> 00:53:00,639 most cathartic song. I kind of went in there. There's no agenda, 565 00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:04,000 but that song. I didn't want to like edit too much with it. 566 00:53:04,079 --> 00:53:06,320 I knew it was long. I knew it was going to be real dramatic 567 00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:08,320 and theatrical, and I just didn't care. Yeah, So it was like, 568 00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,800 this song's really long, and I'm like, I'm not interested, you 569 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,599 know, because a lot of when I went in there, a lot of 570 00:53:13,639 --> 00:53:15,920 the songs were I didn't really know what I was doing, to be honest, 571 00:53:16,079 --> 00:53:19,559 and that one though, I knew for sure that I wasn't going to 572 00:53:19,639 --> 00:53:21,639 cut back, you know, if anything was going to add more. So 573 00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:23,719 it's kind of the experiences almost like two songs in one. Okay. You 574 00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:28,840 know, there's like this intro and then this like epic build like you said 575 00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:32,639 it just it starts really seople and then ends with this basically Kaylin Chase screaming. 576 00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:38,440 So yeah, DJ Seves in the chat room from Retrospectrum Radio and he 577 00:53:38,559 --> 00:53:44,199 says, good afternoon, Matt, great song, and yeah you're getting a 578 00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:47,079 lot of support. Hello to Lee Renski. That's a new name in there. 579 00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:51,760 I don't know if that's a fan of yours. No, I actually 580 00:53:52,159 --> 00:53:54,440 I'm fairly new. So this is kind of like my first time really being 581 00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:59,880 exposed. Oh very good, very good. I'm on all streaming PLATF. 582 00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:02,280 But like unless people don't know you exist, you know, so please all 583 00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:06,679 these people please please subscribe. You know, I'm on Spotify, TikTok, 584 00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:10,239 all the streaming platforms. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Do you want to 585 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:14,639 tell us more about that song break Free? I read a little bit in 586 00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:16,920 your bio on yeah side, but sure, it's it's you know, it's 587 00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:21,039 probably the most how do I put it in a nutshell? You know, 588 00:54:21,199 --> 00:54:24,400 so to speak, Basically, if you if you listen to it, you 589 00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:30,119 could kind of, you know, get the vibe. But about let's say 590 00:54:30,199 --> 00:54:36,079 nine years ago, I moved back home from Maryland and experienced just a real 591 00:54:36,159 --> 00:54:37,800 bad thing. You know. It was just like one bad thing after another. 592 00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:40,159 It was just all the bad things that could happen if somebody happened to 593 00:54:40,199 --> 00:54:43,559 me in like a month, yeah, you know, yeah, wow. 594 00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,360 So I was really broken down. I was an alcoholic, I was arthritic, 595 00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:51,159 I was newly divorced, I was on a rebound with a real abusive 596 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,639 guy, and my dad was passing away from cancer. So it was just 597 00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:57,559 like I was literally in the gutter. I was in that moment. That's 598 00:54:57,599 --> 00:55:00,039 a lot, and some of it was brought on by my own alcoholism. 599 00:55:00,199 --> 00:55:04,159 Some of it I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 600 00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:09,119 But basically the reason why my name is Darling Hills because I experienced an assault 601 00:55:09,159 --> 00:55:13,880 on that road. But I actually also live on that road now. And 602 00:55:14,039 --> 00:55:20,920 so when I was healing after this traumatic assault, I decided to put down 603 00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:24,000 the bottle and pick up an instrument, yeah, and decided to start my 604 00:55:24,119 --> 00:55:29,039 life over. I had a lot of support, and so I just started 605 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:35,000 playing music and just really becoming obsessed and addicted to that, and I ended 606 00:55:35,079 --> 00:55:39,559 up writing this song. You know about my history with my father instilling me 607 00:55:39,679 --> 00:55:44,559 self love and courage and empowerment, and you know, just warning me of 608 00:55:44,639 --> 00:55:47,000 all the things in the world that you can encounter that are dangerous, but 609 00:55:47,159 --> 00:55:52,800 to hold true to yourself. And it ends with this moment of breaking and 610 00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:57,000 broke free from those chains. Basically, I broke free from the alcoholism, 611 00:55:57,079 --> 00:56:00,840 I broke free from the abuse. I broke free from from all of that. 612 00:56:00,159 --> 00:56:04,159 And now I live on the other end of the street on Darling Hill, 613 00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,559 and I live in a little cabin in the woods, and that's where 614 00:56:06,599 --> 00:56:09,360 I fostered my music. That's why I fostered my art. So now every 615 00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:13,519 day I wake up and go and leave the house, I see the place 616 00:56:13,559 --> 00:56:15,159 where I really hurt, but I also see the place I heal Right, 617 00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:20,400 right, Wow, this song is very cathartic. When I brought it to 618 00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:23,119 the studio, That's why I was so hell bent on it being just left 619 00:56:23,199 --> 00:56:27,599 alone and just see what manifests around it. So the fuster in the studio 620 00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:32,199 knew he knew exactly what I was putting down and helped me create that environment 621 00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:36,639 in that vibe, so that that was the first that was the first song 622 00:56:36,679 --> 00:56:38,920 you recorded for the EP, or actually the first song I recorded was Quiver. 623 00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:43,400 Okay, I went to Nashville twice. So I went to Nashville. 624 00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:47,519 My girlfriend, who is a fabulous agent for a Granite State Blue Society and 625 00:56:47,599 --> 00:56:52,760 a booking a booking agent for blues pros. But she works for blues musicians 626 00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:55,559 and I'm not blues. But she was like the lantern in the dark for 627 00:56:55,679 --> 00:56:58,719 me. She knew. She's like, look, I know these people in 628 00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:01,119 Nashville, go to Nashville. I'll just try it on. And I went. 629 00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:05,000 I went down there, and the producer squeezed me in. Yeah, 630 00:57:05,119 --> 00:57:08,679 and I did Quiver and Garden of Crowns and Quiver really lit me up though, 631 00:57:08,719 --> 00:57:13,239 because I put down the acoustics. Yeah you know, I still played 632 00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:15,519 guitar. You can hear me in the back. But I really wanted to 633 00:57:15,599 --> 00:57:19,719 dabble with like the buttons and the knobs and the synth and like all the 634 00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:23,119 samples and get out of that folk rut because as much as I love folk 635 00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:27,159 music, yeah, really, I grew up with it. Like I really 636 00:57:27,239 --> 00:57:30,400 wanted to break free of that and find my own voice. So like, 637 00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:32,400 people are always asking me, what's your genre, and I'm like, I 638 00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:36,039 don't really know yet. But when I went to Nashville and sat next to 639 00:57:36,199 --> 00:57:39,199 a producer who could pull those sounds out of me and create them, That's 640 00:57:39,239 --> 00:57:43,280 when I got really excited. So I went back and finished spent about eight 641 00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,199 days studio and finished up with the other tracks. Oh, very cool. 642 00:57:46,599 --> 00:57:52,480 Yeah. Our guest yesterday, Dakota Smart, also recorded in nash I watched 643 00:57:52,519 --> 00:57:53,920 him yesterday. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's amazing. Ready, Yeah 644 00:57:54,400 --> 00:58:00,599 what five nominee the New England Music Wars. Yeah, five time nominee. 645 00:58:00,719 --> 00:58:02,440 Yeah yeah, yeah, just amazing. Yeah, what a voice on that 646 00:58:02,519 --> 00:58:06,719 guy. Nashville's magic. You know, there's something about going down there that 647 00:58:07,079 --> 00:58:10,320 that my life is different now that I've been back here. Yeah, you 648 00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:15,000 know, I've been immersed in the local music scene at the probably the most 649 00:58:15,039 --> 00:58:16,880 local level I could, and I was just itching for something else. And 650 00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:20,920 when I went to Nashville and got in the I didn't even care about anything 651 00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:24,239 outside the studio. There's a lot of cool stuff, like John and June 652 00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:27,800 Cash were buried down the street. Like I was really close, yeah, 653 00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:30,679 to the music history, but all I wanted to do was just be in 654 00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:35,519 the studio and create. Yeah, Miriam Banishing the chat Room says, amazing 655 00:58:35,639 --> 00:58:38,679 music. She has a beautiful voice, thank you. Yeah. It's funny 656 00:58:38,679 --> 00:58:44,239 too, because some people, I assume, still have kind of this idea 657 00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:45,920 that, oh, Nashville, that's all about country music, and it's like, 658 00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:50,760 no, there's all kinds of music being made there, and this is 659 00:58:50,760 --> 00:58:52,960 what I thought too. I thought the same thing. And then the more 660 00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:55,519 and more I started meeting local musicians. You know, some of them are 661 00:58:55,599 --> 00:58:58,480 coming back from Nashville. I'm like, wow, I thought you would have 662 00:58:58,519 --> 00:59:00,199 to go to New York, Boston, LA. But I guess from what 663 00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:04,599 I'm hearing, there was was like this mass exodus from LA of producers to 664 00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:07,400 Nashville. They just just I don't know what happened, but a lot of 665 00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:13,119 people came to Nashville. And it is a little surreal because there's like really 666 00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:17,239 iconic musicians just walking around everywhere. Yeah, it's like I had to pinch 667 00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:20,480 myself. I'm like I had to remind myself where I was. I was 668 00:59:20,519 --> 00:59:22,679 like, wow, they're just like hanging out like you know, like it 669 00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:25,079 was just wild. It was really wild. Did you have a chance to 670 00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:28,920 get on a stage anywhere while you were there. No, but I got 671 00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:31,599 to see some shows, you know, because I went with friends who know 672 00:59:31,719 --> 00:59:35,679 the scene. I went to a couple really cool, like low key places 673 00:59:36,039 --> 00:59:39,119 to see some like Leroy Powell was one at the Underdog, the Five Spots. 674 00:59:39,119 --> 00:59:42,280 There are all these cool, you know, local joints you could go 675 00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:45,880 do in like everywhere you go to. Music's great. Yeah, but no 676 00:59:45,039 --> 00:59:49,360 I didn't get on the stage. Yeah. Yeah, I don't even think 677 00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:52,360 I knew what I was even doing in the studio at that point. Yeah, 678 00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,280 now i'd like to. Yeah. So, so part of the EP 679 00:59:54,559 --> 00:59:58,159 was recorded there. The Holy Oh, the Holy p was down there. 680 00:59:58,199 --> 01:00:00,039 I don't get it into different I did it into trip Oh I gotcha. 681 01:00:00,159 --> 01:00:04,960 Okay, okay, cool? Cool? And when did this come? I 682 01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:07,679 think you said already? But when did this come out? I believe I 683 01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:10,239 dropped it in August. Oh okay, so not that long ago? This 684 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:14,840 is? This is so you hadn't released anything prior to this? Correct? 685 01:00:15,079 --> 01:00:19,920 Wow, Yeah, I've recorded, and I've played gigs, you know, 686 01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:24,760 at like bars and coffee houses and small events. But yeah, not really, 687 01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:28,199 I don't really have like a big band. You know that's the thing. 688 01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:30,480 So that's the thing you got. I go to Nashville and I have 689 01:00:30,639 --> 01:00:36,239 this epic experience working with very qualified people in industry, Like the supporting musicians 690 01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,960 on that album are top notch. Like I I was very lucky. Oh 691 01:00:39,079 --> 01:00:44,280 yeah, I'm still astounded every time I listen to it that I have the 692 01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:46,000 people on my album that I do, and if you go looking at my 693 01:00:46,119 --> 01:00:52,000 profile, I have links to who these people are. Ye. And and 694 01:00:52,079 --> 01:00:53,800 now I got back home though, and I had a moment of like pure 695 01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:58,480 depression. Really oh yeah, no. I you could ask my hubby, 696 01:00:58,519 --> 01:01:00,679 Aaron, like I do have another that comes with me on these things, 697 01:01:00,719 --> 01:01:04,239 but I wanted to fly solo today. But he can tell you. I 698 01:01:04,320 --> 01:01:07,360 got home, I was like riding this high, you know. And then 699 01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:08,480 I got home from Nashville and they listened to it. I'm like, I'm 700 01:01:08,519 --> 01:01:12,079 a fraud. I'm a fake. Everyone's gonna know that. I'm like, 701 01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:14,960 I don't sound like this, Like, oh I have a guitar, I 702 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:16,079 don't have a band, how am I going to deliver? You know? 703 01:01:16,239 --> 01:01:21,960 Like all this anxiety built up, but then I recognize that, like there's 704 01:01:22,039 --> 01:01:24,480 no linear way, there's no playbook on how to do things, and like 705 01:01:24,599 --> 01:01:28,280 I took, I took a moment and an opportunity and ran with it. 706 01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:31,400 And now I'm applying myself and I got a keyboard. I'm learning how to 707 01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:35,840 play the backing tracks. Yeah, I'm starting it. Lit a fire under 708 01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:37,840 I took it, So let's put it that way. Oh cool. So 709 01:01:38,119 --> 01:01:42,079 Jennifer Christman, if I'm saying that correctly, is in the chow room, 710 01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:47,599 says it has been beautiful watching Darling Hill grow keep blooming. Oh, very 711 01:01:47,719 --> 01:01:52,239 nice, very nice? Should we play? Uh? You mentioned Doc Quiver? 712 01:01:53,199 --> 01:01:57,000 Should we give that one a listen? Yeah? I got a handful 713 01:01:57,039 --> 01:02:00,480 of tunes that I feel like Defind the sound in the direction to go in 714 01:02:00,719 --> 01:02:05,400 and Quiver, break Free and Damsel Disorder, the ones that I really I'm 715 01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:09,960 really proud of. Okay, yeah, we've got Yeah, let's whoops, 716 01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:14,440 where to go? Oh, there we go. Let's let's give this a 717 01:02:14,519 --> 01:02:17,800 listen and then we'll come back and uh and chat more. If you're just 718 01:02:17,880 --> 01:02:23,800 tuning in, we have Kate Shimkey of Darling Hill joining us here in studio. 719 01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:55,599 But this is called Quiver. Walking through them. We'll see you sitting 720 01:02:55,840 --> 01:03:05,960 there drink and in my stair won't be long now you'll be mind somehow. 721 01:03:06,440 --> 01:03:19,320 I want you to let my WoT. I wanna all let the moon wheah. 722 01:03:23,519 --> 01:03:30,000 I see the stars in his eyes. And it's no surprise that the 723 01:03:30,239 --> 01:03:37,519 symbols on our souls have a common bowl. He screamed. There's a hole 724 01:03:37,599 --> 01:03:42,199 in me, A hole in me, A hole in me where I go 725 01:03:42,519 --> 01:03:52,119 to hide. You know there's room for two, a painted blue and here 726 01:03:52,639 --> 01:04:13,199 your fantasies won't die. I wanna app psa inside. My knees are shaky, 727 01:04:14,119 --> 01:04:26,320 shaky, shaky, and tongue Between ninety my knees are shaky, shaky, 728 01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:41,119 shaky, and town. Between ninety and there's something so familiar I cannot 729 01:04:41,280 --> 01:05:10,360 divide. I think I found my uncle. Side s this. When will 730 01:05:10,559 --> 01:05:15,320 I see you again? Boy? We don't have to make plans. We 731 01:05:15,480 --> 01:05:25,320 can leave it to baby. The baby. You know it's affective. We 732 01:05:25,519 --> 01:05:32,920 leave it up to that, or we might be too late. Nine needs 733 01:05:33,039 --> 01:05:45,840 are shaky, shaky, shaky, and tongue between ninety nine niece are shaky, 734 01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:59,599 shaky, shaky, and tongue. Between nineteenth and there's something so familiar 735 01:06:01,199 --> 01:06:19,159 I cannot buy. I think I found my guy. I think I found 736 01:06:19,519 --> 01:06:41,880 my Well, that's cool. That is Quiver Kate Shimkey, also known better 737 01:06:41,960 --> 01:06:45,400 known as Darlene Hill, and she is here with us live in studio at 738 01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:51,079 the news desk, and yeah, that's you know, it's funny. We 739 01:06:51,159 --> 01:06:55,920 were talking earlier about genres and so forth, and yeah, I don't even 740 01:06:55,960 --> 01:06:58,559 know how I would describe that to someone if I was trying to describe what 741 01:06:58,679 --> 01:07:00,360 it sounds like, you know, wouldn't know either. I was. I 742 01:07:00,519 --> 01:07:02,760 was in the studio and I looked at the producer. I go, what 743 01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:05,320 did we just do? Like I literally like, I go, what is 744 01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:09,880 that? He's like, I don't know, and he's so when I went 745 01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:14,079 there, I was like, I looked at his portfolio. You know. 746 01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:15,760 By the way, my friend who brought me there, her name is Rachel 747 01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:20,599 Barnard. She's a phenomenal booking agent and very supportive, and she's like, 748 01:07:20,679 --> 01:07:24,519 I want to hear what you sound like. You know, I want to 749 01:07:24,599 --> 01:07:27,119 know too. And so when I got there, I looked at his portfolio 750 01:07:27,159 --> 01:07:30,840 and he's worked with you know, Beck, He's worked with I can't even 751 01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:32,920 think of it right now, a lot of people, but Beck stuck out 752 01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:35,400 to me because Beck is like out of the box. So I was like, 753 01:07:35,519 --> 01:07:39,199 okay, I can go in here and like ask him for the weird 754 01:07:39,280 --> 01:07:41,079 stuff, like I want to get weird. I looked at him, I 755 01:07:41,079 --> 01:07:43,119 said, I want to get weird. These are the people I want to 756 01:07:43,119 --> 01:07:45,320 emulate. These are the sounds I like. You know, I'm a big 757 01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:49,239 fan of Danny Elfman. I'm a big fan of like the synth nostalgic eighties, 758 01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:54,599 weird dark stuff. So he's like, all right, So I just 759 01:07:54,679 --> 01:07:59,440 got in there and we started playing with sounds and some of those were a 760 01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:01,440 happy acts in some of those moments in the song. Yeah, and I 761 01:08:01,559 --> 01:08:04,880 quite frankly don't even think it's finished. I actually left really oh yeah. 762 01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:09,119 If I had more time, I probably would have ruined it. Maybe I 763 01:08:09,199 --> 01:08:11,320 don't know, but like I, you know, some things you just got 764 01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:13,599 to let them be. They can develop over time, move on to something 765 01:08:13,639 --> 01:08:17,600 different. Quiver was the song about just feeling weak in the knees over someone 766 01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:20,039 across the room you don't even know, right, you know, and you 767 01:08:20,079 --> 01:08:23,520 think you have something in calm with them, or they make their heart your 768 01:08:23,560 --> 01:08:28,359 heart like beat faster. You just feel lusty for them, not necessarily love 769 01:08:28,479 --> 01:08:32,920 but yeah kind of quivery. Yeah yeah, Do any of these songs, 770 01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:39,000 I mean, did any of them come out like really different than what you 771 01:08:39,479 --> 01:08:44,600 had in mind when you first wrote them? So Damsels Disorder was literally like 772 01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:46,760 right before I got in the car to drive to Nashville. We drove down 773 01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:53,880 there and I found a songbook from like twenty sixteen, and I was slipping 774 01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:57,720 through it and I saw like two verses in a chorus and I had no 775 01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:00,399 idea what that was going to say. I had an idea in my head, 776 01:09:00,439 --> 01:09:01,880 I guess you could say, like a direction that I wanted to go 777 01:09:01,960 --> 01:09:04,119 in. But I was like, you know what, I'm gonna like, 778 01:09:04,199 --> 01:09:06,079 what do they say, throw it at the wall and see what sticks. 779 01:09:06,319 --> 01:09:09,359 That's going to be the one I'm going to do this with. And before 780 01:09:09,359 --> 01:09:11,640 it was called knives, and if you listen to it you even know why. 781 01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:14,640 But I didn't want to be that literal. So I was looking at 782 01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:16,079 it and I remembered writing it. I was sitting in my kitchen and I 783 01:09:16,119 --> 01:09:18,319 was looking around the room. So because I was, you know, i'll 784 01:09:18,399 --> 01:09:23,479 dip back into my past, I was pretty violently assaulted and it left me 785 01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:27,000 with some symptoms. You know, and I'm not the first to discover that 786 01:09:27,079 --> 01:09:30,680 you have some magical powers. After you've gone through such physical things. You 787 01:09:30,760 --> 01:09:33,680 tend to have situational awareness, Yes, you tend to have You tend to 788 01:09:33,760 --> 01:09:38,159 want your back to the corner. You do it. You just do it 789 01:09:38,279 --> 01:09:40,960 naturally. You know, it just comes with the territory. And so I 790 01:09:41,079 --> 01:09:43,920 was I was mad about that though at first I was really angry. I 791 01:09:44,039 --> 01:09:45,000 was like, I don't want this burden, and I want to just go 792 01:09:45,159 --> 01:09:48,319 places and feel safe and feel good about it. I was like, well, 793 01:09:48,359 --> 01:09:51,039 why don't I write it, write a song about how I'm feeling. 794 01:09:51,319 --> 01:09:55,880 Yeah, And so I was just sitting in the kitchen and I recognize that 795 01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:58,600 I do notice where weapons are, you know, like weapons was a big 796 01:09:58,640 --> 01:10:00,560 thing, Like, oh that could be a weapon, this could be weapon, 797 01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:01,880 but knives. I was like, in the kitchen cool. Yeah, 798 01:10:01,960 --> 01:10:06,439 So when I walked in there, we kind of built built a song together 799 01:10:09,359 --> 01:10:12,720 and that's that was one that surprised me. Yeah, and I was real 800 01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:15,600 excited about that one because it was catchy, it was quick, and it 801 01:10:15,680 --> 01:10:20,159 was a little edgy no pun intended. Yeah. Yeah. Marian Banish in 802 01:10:20,159 --> 01:10:25,479 the chat room says very powerful music. I love it, thank you and 803 01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:30,159 uh oh, she said gives me chills. Oh very cool. And our 804 01:10:30,239 --> 01:10:33,800 friend Charles Richardson from Florida also has joined us in the Facebook live chat. 805 01:10:35,279 --> 01:10:40,399 So as far as so, are you actively performing these live yet or are 806 01:10:40,399 --> 01:10:43,199 you still kind of figuring that out? Well, I mean, I'm I'm 807 01:10:43,439 --> 01:10:47,079 open to bookings. I am. I am working on like I've been practicing 808 01:10:47,279 --> 01:10:49,479 two times a week. You know, I got my keyboard. I need 809 01:10:49,560 --> 01:10:55,319 a drummer, and I don't think I could get a drummer, you know, 810 01:10:55,640 --> 01:10:59,319 overnight. So I'm I get real shy about who I share my music 811 01:10:59,399 --> 01:11:00,880 with and I I really need to let that go and if I want to 812 01:11:00,920 --> 01:11:04,119 break free of that. But I do play out. I'm playing the bull 813 01:11:04,199 --> 01:11:06,640 Run, you know, I'm right now. I'm just getting my foot in 814 01:11:06,680 --> 01:11:10,760 the door at the bull Run, which is in Shirley, Massachusetts. I'm 815 01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:13,159 gonna be playing in the tavern, but they do have an events center there. 816 01:11:14,119 --> 01:11:15,800 I would love to play more house concerts, you know, if people 817 01:11:15,840 --> 01:11:18,840 want to book me for a house concert. I like those intimate environments. 818 01:11:19,119 --> 01:11:23,239 Yeah. I am a recovered alcoholic, so I'm not a big fan of 819 01:11:23,279 --> 01:11:27,439 playing bars. So much self preservation kicks in and I'm like, that's cool. 820 01:11:27,439 --> 01:11:29,960 I would love to play that, but is there is like I'll do 821 01:11:30,119 --> 01:11:31,119 it, you know, but I usually get in and out of there. 822 01:11:31,199 --> 01:11:34,600 But I am. I'm ready. I'm excited, you know. So if 823 01:11:34,640 --> 01:11:39,960 anybody would like to book me, please go to my website and you know, 824 01:11:40,039 --> 01:11:43,640 I can be flexible. See what works. They would get a version 825 01:11:44,159 --> 01:11:46,119 of Darling Hill. That would be me, my partner Aaron Durman, who 826 01:11:46,119 --> 01:11:50,239 plays guitar, and my friend Nicholas Tachico who's playing bass and pretty much picking 827 01:11:50,319 --> 01:11:55,600 up the slack and everything else with the with the electronics and all that. 828 01:11:56,279 --> 01:12:00,039 We are growing, but I don't have any intention of stopping right so, 829 01:12:00,479 --> 01:12:03,119 you know, any support we could get to be showcased would be great. 830 01:12:03,439 --> 01:12:08,960 It's funny you mentioned you needing a drummer because it's something that's been a big 831 01:12:09,000 --> 01:12:13,359 topic on the show recently with musicians. As you know, every drummer you 832 01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:16,199 talk to it's like they're in already. Intend. Yeah, well there's a 833 01:12:16,239 --> 01:12:19,079 lot going on with drummers too. They got the gear, you know, 834 01:12:19,359 --> 01:12:23,840 just carrying the gear. And I live in a cabin in the woods that's 835 01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:27,199 eight hundred feet walk in sight only. Oh really Yeah. So I live 836 01:12:27,279 --> 01:12:29,960 on a land trust and we live according to the land. So it's really 837 01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:33,359 great for creating art and music. And the post house concerts in my backyard, 838 01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:36,279 so that's like a whole nother thing. That's how I's how I've nurtured 839 01:12:36,319 --> 01:12:40,800 myself. I created my own music community, and so I would I would 840 01:12:41,159 --> 01:12:45,800 book promote and donation based house concerts in my backyard for nine years and just 841 01:12:45,920 --> 01:12:49,720 the getting the musicians to come and telling them you have to carry your gear 842 01:12:50,520 --> 01:12:54,359 through through a forest. And then, by the way, I don't even 843 01:12:54,439 --> 01:12:57,640 have a real bathroom. There's an outhouse. So it humbles the musicians real 844 01:12:57,760 --> 01:13:00,439 quick and they either go, oh my god, that's awesome. Yeah, 845 01:13:00,439 --> 01:13:02,960 I can't wait to do that, and they like they love it. And 846 01:13:03,039 --> 01:13:06,920 then I got others that are like, okay, you know, and they're 847 01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:10,159 a little hesitant, but once they get there and they see the environment and 848 01:13:10,199 --> 01:13:12,800 they see how intimate it is. Because I really am at the root of 849 01:13:12,840 --> 01:13:15,239 it. It's about the art. To me, like I love the whole 850 01:13:15,279 --> 01:13:17,039 marketing and like making the catchy songs and see what. But to me, 851 01:13:17,199 --> 01:13:20,239 I mean, the whole reason why I created this was so I could not 852 01:13:21,479 --> 01:13:25,960 let my mind go dark places. You know, it's very very typical. 853 01:13:27,239 --> 01:13:29,720 So I did it in my own backyard because it could. I had the 854 01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:32,640 property, and so now like I could book myself in my backyard all day 855 01:13:32,680 --> 01:13:35,000 long, but I would like to I would like to get out. And 856 01:13:35,680 --> 01:13:39,520 you know, if there's a drummer out there that just needs a workout routine, 857 01:13:39,880 --> 01:13:45,640 yeah, I always say. My theory about why drummers are hard to 858 01:13:45,680 --> 01:13:49,000 find is because when you're growing up and you first become interested in playing a 859 01:13:49,079 --> 01:13:51,199 musical instrument, when you when you have to have the talk, you know, 860 01:13:51,279 --> 01:13:54,680 with your parents about it. And if you say, well I want 861 01:13:54,720 --> 01:13:59,119 to play drums, you know they're like drums. What a full body experience 862 01:13:59,199 --> 01:14:01,520 that must be though, Well, really like watching so I had Shaky Folks, 863 01:14:02,199 --> 01:14:08,119 real sought after drummer in Nashville, and he got in there and just 864 01:14:08,359 --> 01:14:11,760 ripped it up, like brought those songs to life. I was just lit. 865 01:14:11,880 --> 01:14:14,560 I was turned on. I've never got my rocks off so hard, 866 01:14:14,600 --> 01:14:19,680 And it's in any watching him play my music and wondering what it must feel 867 01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:25,800 like to really embody that full expression of like over here over there, you 868 01:14:25,880 --> 01:14:30,119 know, like wow, wow, that's just a full body, physical experience 869 01:14:30,159 --> 01:14:32,399 that you're having. And you know, I'm willing to buy a drum kit 870 01:14:32,439 --> 01:14:36,479 and keep it in my house right right, if someone would just come and 871 01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:43,000 play and practice for me and book out right right. Jenny shared the website 872 01:14:43,039 --> 01:14:46,359 in the chat room too, Darlenehill music dot com. Who does your website? 873 01:14:46,359 --> 01:14:48,119 By the way, so really nice. I'm a web designer, so 874 01:14:48,199 --> 01:14:51,279 I really yeah, you did a nice years of practice, thank you, 875 01:14:51,479 --> 01:14:55,039 Yeah, thank you so much. It took a long time of observing. 876 01:14:55,479 --> 01:14:59,640 So when I while I was creat honing my craft and learning how to play 877 01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:03,319 music, I can convincing myself that I could be different and still succeed. 878 01:15:03,680 --> 01:15:11,199 Yeah. I learned through other musicians, watching other musicians and booking them and 879 01:15:11,279 --> 01:15:15,560 promoting them and going to their shows and learning about the gears, you know, 880 01:15:15,680 --> 01:15:18,840 behind the curtain and like all that stuff, you know. And so 881 01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:25,199 by the time I was ready to do my own music, I wanted to 882 01:15:25,239 --> 01:15:27,800 make sure I at least looked like I knew what I was doing, right, 883 01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:30,640 So far, I sound like I know what I'm doing. Now, 884 01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:33,760 I look like I know what I'm doing. Yeah, yeah. Absolutely, 885 01:15:33,960 --> 01:15:39,239 Well, let's uh, what do we what was the song you just Damsel 886 01:15:39,319 --> 01:15:42,439 Disorder was the other one. I said, yeah, you sent me the 887 01:15:42,479 --> 01:15:46,039 whole We might have time to play all all five tracks. But but yeah, 888 01:15:46,119 --> 01:15:48,920 you had mentioned Damsel Disorder a few minutes ago, so maybe we should 889 01:15:49,560 --> 01:15:53,560 give that one and listen next. And you said this, this is the 890 01:15:53,600 --> 01:15:56,520 one that was It was originally called Knives. But yeah, and you'll know 891 01:15:56,560 --> 01:15:58,880 why when you hear it. But you didn't want to go with the obvious. 892 01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:01,680 Yeah, yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Now I'm kind of 893 01:16:01,720 --> 01:16:04,760 hoping I did do it because then like that meme with Britney Spears making the 894 01:16:04,800 --> 01:16:08,439 knife gestures. Have you seen that? Oh? I like, I'm like 895 01:16:08,520 --> 01:16:11,399 waiting for somebody to find my song on TikTok and make a meme with it. 896 01:16:11,680 --> 01:16:15,560 Right, But it's called Damsel Disorder. All right, very good? 897 01:16:15,600 --> 01:16:31,319 This is Damsel Disorder, Darling Hill. Check it out. Damsel in distress 898 01:16:31,880 --> 01:16:39,399 is what I do best, because I know we're all the knives are. 899 01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:51,520 Because I know we're all the naives are. Unfinished business has already left scars, 900 01:16:53,560 --> 01:16:59,920 because I know where all the knives are? Does I know where all 901 01:17:00,199 --> 01:17:26,520 knives are? That's turnd into lyrics like summer names, spirits of tum thoughts 902 01:17:26,560 --> 01:17:35,600 in the lyrics. Truman, that's in the lyrics. Don't let them all? 903 01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:54,039 Bet b the only New york anmies life being weakness weakness say, held 904 01:17:54,119 --> 01:18:02,479 them closing, kept them my sycret. And I know all the knives Now 905 01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:10,760 I know where are the knives are? Drannon in taste. It's my territory. 906 01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:15,760 I'll stake it. Oh whoa, Now I know where are the knives 907 01:18:15,880 --> 01:18:27,760 are? Now I know where are the knives are? Don't know, Brady, 908 01:18:29,319 --> 01:18:40,079 New York Armies lie. Now I know where are the knives are? 909 01:18:41,560 --> 01:18:49,039 Whoa? Now I know where are the knives are? Who Jimmy butsono the 910 01:18:49,479 --> 01:19:29,840 X? Whoa Jimmy bets an of the eggs? Whoa? Now? Damsel 911 01:19:30,199 --> 01:19:32,079 disorder is the name of the song. That is Darling Hill. And we 912 01:19:32,199 --> 01:19:38,279 have Kate Shimkey of Darling Hill here with us live in studio. That's great. 913 01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:41,640 It's catchy. And I uh, I like how cheerful it sounds. 914 01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:45,359 You know, but now I know where all the knives are. It's very 915 01:19:45,439 --> 01:19:48,560 cheerful. Well, I would I used to busk so I started with a 916 01:19:48,680 --> 01:19:53,800 ukulele, and then I shifted over to a banjo lately really, which is 917 01:19:53,880 --> 01:19:57,399 basically the same thing, but I threw it like a metallic string in the 918 01:19:57,479 --> 01:19:59,840 sea chord, yeah, and it gave it a twang. And like, 919 01:20:00,079 --> 01:20:02,680 I did find it quite funny when I'd be busking at like Parker's Maple Barn 920 01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:05,479 or like on the side of the road, that people would be like bopping 921 01:20:05,560 --> 01:20:09,640 their heads and I'd be singing some like folks songs about murder and like crying 922 01:20:09,720 --> 01:20:12,800 and stuff. Right, So I kind of liked that what's the word, 923 01:20:12,880 --> 01:20:17,920 that contradiction of peppy and sad? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I dig 924 01:20:18,039 --> 01:20:20,880 that. No, that that song really does it. That's cool. If 925 01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:24,800 you have any questions or anything at all for Kate, the studio line is 926 01:20:24,880 --> 01:20:29,600 open six O three two five six seven six O three two five o six 927 01:20:29,680 --> 01:20:35,279 oh seven. Jennifer Christman in the chat room says a message from Ellen Shimkey. 928 01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:40,319 She loves your music, watching you grow and is so proud of you. 929 01:20:40,560 --> 01:20:43,640 That's my mom. Oh, very good, family, very nice. 930 01:20:44,720 --> 01:20:51,800 You've been very supportive. Let's see. She also said from uh Judy Russo, 931 01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:57,000 how awesome it is that you are able to turn pain into purpose. 932 01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:00,880 Just love hearing your voice, whether it's talking or singing. So happy, 933 01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:06,760 well so sorry, oh so happy you are now no longer a damsel in 934 01:21:06,840 --> 01:21:14,199 distress. Keep on rocking. These are people that have witnessed the whole lifetime 935 01:21:14,279 --> 01:21:17,880 movie. Yeah, started from the bottom. Now we're here moment right, 936 01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:25,479 Yeah. Mariam Banish says, mister B gentleman rhymer plays a what'd you call 937 01:21:25,520 --> 01:21:28,600 it? A banjo lately? Yeah, I played a banjo lately. Yeah. 938 01:21:28,920 --> 01:21:30,279 I didn't know that was a thing. Yeah, I mean neither until 939 01:21:30,319 --> 01:21:33,840 I you know, I didn't want to. Like I like the ukulelea got 940 01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:36,680 me started. It got me started, got my fingers used to playing strings. 941 01:21:36,720 --> 01:21:41,079 But that was your first instrument. Yeah yeah, and you know, 942 01:21:41,279 --> 01:21:43,840 I got kind of sick of it, you know. And I noticed when 943 01:21:43,880 --> 01:21:48,880 I started playing guitar that I sounded better vocally. There was more notes to 944 01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:53,840 blend with. I could experiment more vocally. So I started to, you 945 01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:57,880 know, develop my voice, which quite frankly, it's it's I've been told 946 01:21:58,079 --> 01:22:00,159 that, you know, it might be what said me apart. I do 947 01:22:00,359 --> 01:22:04,960 sound very different. But because of that, I was always very not confident, 948 01:22:05,239 --> 01:22:09,239 you know, because I have a lot of really talented friends that are 949 01:22:09,399 --> 01:22:13,920 very Their range is really good. You know, they sound top notch. 950 01:22:13,960 --> 01:22:15,760 And I always you know, you're you're going to compare yourself of course, 951 01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:18,399 even you know, no matter what. So I knew that I didn't sound 952 01:22:18,479 --> 01:22:21,640 like most people. I was very aware, but I just decided that it 953 01:22:21,720 --> 01:22:25,640 didn't matter. I was like, I'm going to do this for me first. 954 01:22:26,159 --> 01:22:28,560 That's what all this was about. For me. I got real selfish. 955 01:22:29,239 --> 01:22:32,680 And yeah, the opportunity to go to Nashville was very very expensive. 956 01:22:33,319 --> 01:22:40,439 Just the travel expenses alone were very expensive. But it was it was a 957 01:22:40,600 --> 01:22:46,399 very defining moment. It was. It was really yeah, a good thing 958 01:22:47,439 --> 01:22:51,720 is it? Is it challenging to recreate those songs live? I imagine they 959 01:22:51,880 --> 01:22:56,279 change, right, Yes they do. I mean now my actually I perform 960 01:22:56,399 --> 01:23:00,920 it better now that I've heard it through a big production. I do have 961 01:23:00,039 --> 01:23:03,239 more confidence. But yeah, I don't have like a backup vocal, Like 962 01:23:03,319 --> 01:23:06,439 I said, I don't have that drummer, but I still have that energy, 963 01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:11,319 you know vocally, My vocals do just keep getting better. I'll pat 964 01:23:11,399 --> 01:23:15,439 myself on the back there, so you know, it's it's definitely a it 965 01:23:15,560 --> 01:23:18,520 was a learning curve coming back there, and once again I didn't want to 966 01:23:18,560 --> 01:23:21,239 let it stop me. I had a moment where I dipped and I was 967 01:23:21,279 --> 01:23:24,760 like, I'm a fraud. I'm this. I'm that everyone's going to know. 968 01:23:24,920 --> 01:23:27,720 And I'm like, wait a minute, imposter syndrome itself, That's exactly 969 01:23:27,800 --> 01:23:30,359 what it was. But I was like, what comes first, the chicken 970 01:23:30,479 --> 01:23:32,640 or the egg, you know? And I started looking into other musicians, 971 01:23:32,680 --> 01:23:35,039 and you know a lot of them don't create their music until they go in 972 01:23:35,119 --> 01:23:38,000 the studio and they don't know what they're going to sound like, and then 973 01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:40,560 they figured it out later. I think Blaze Foley was one. I've been 974 01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:43,159 learning a lot about Blaze Foley. I've been really captured by his story. 975 01:23:43,600 --> 01:23:45,199 And he even said, you know, he goes to the studio and creates 976 01:23:45,239 --> 01:23:49,199 it and then he would hire musicians later to emulate that. So when I 977 01:23:49,239 --> 01:23:55,239 can afford all that, I will, But right now I'm just it was 978 01:23:55,319 --> 01:23:57,800 like a goal. You know, I'm forty years old. It was a 979 01:23:57,920 --> 01:24:01,279 fortieth birthday thing that I did. And you know, fortunately my husband was 980 01:24:01,359 --> 01:24:06,039 very supportive watched me go through all this. My husband also works in audio, 981 01:24:06,920 --> 01:24:11,760 so he was very interested in just going in general. So he's a 982 01:24:11,920 --> 01:24:15,039 microphone designer for Earthworks Audio. Oh no kidding. So when we went, 983 01:24:15,479 --> 01:24:18,920 there was this other whole agenda, you know, to see because quite frankly, 984 01:24:19,119 --> 01:24:23,239 the gear that I used was very iconic. Some of the gear I 985 01:24:23,359 --> 01:24:28,439 used was used by Scott Wiland, a very U like famous microphone. I 986 01:24:28,479 --> 01:24:30,960 don't know, he got real excited about the microphone. All the guys were 987 01:24:30,960 --> 01:24:32,680 excited about the microphone in the room. I was just happy that Scott Wiland 988 01:24:32,720 --> 01:24:35,079 siging into it. That's all I cared about. But there was like this 989 01:24:35,239 --> 01:24:40,239 back end history of like technology that this microphone has never been made the same 990 01:24:40,279 --> 01:24:43,279 way. It was like a Newman U four seven, Like, I don't 991 01:24:43,319 --> 01:24:45,920 know, it's real special. Yeah, but all I was hung up on 992 01:24:45,039 --> 01:24:48,199 was Stone Tuble pilots. But yeah, I was like, he was telling 993 01:24:48,199 --> 01:24:51,039 me Scott Wyland spit into this. Okay, cool right, right, So 994 01:24:51,319 --> 01:24:55,560 that's all I needed to get jessed. Yeah, so he he he got 995 01:24:55,640 --> 01:25:00,119 to see, you know, from an audio engineer perspective of a real high 996 01:25:00,239 --> 01:25:02,840 end recording studio. He's seen it before, but it's been a while for 997 01:25:02,960 --> 01:25:06,920 him. So now are you already thinking about the next one. Absolutely, 998 01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:10,079 I already got songs. I want to go there so bad. I want 999 01:25:10,079 --> 01:25:13,000 to go right back. You know, there's there's a lot of studios in 1000 01:25:13,039 --> 01:25:17,199 New Hampshire that I'm not going to like pretend don't exist everywhere. They are 1001 01:25:17,319 --> 01:25:20,800 kind of like tucked away, you know. And I did work with a 1002 01:25:20,920 --> 01:25:24,880 real uh you know. I don't know if you've ever met Charlie Chronopolis. 1003 01:25:24,960 --> 01:25:28,760 He's a phenomenal local musician. I don't I'm very aware of him. I 1004 01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:32,119 don't think I've met him. I don't think I have. You should so, 1005 01:25:32,279 --> 01:25:35,680 he So I was supposed to go to Nashville before the lockdowns, and 1006 01:25:35,720 --> 01:25:40,840 then the lockdowns happened, and then I just resigned myself to never going to 1007 01:25:40,920 --> 01:25:43,680 Nashville. I thought it was a pipe dream. Oh silly me for thinking 1008 01:25:43,720 --> 01:25:46,840 I could go. And so I just kind of refocused locally and I met 1009 01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:51,359 Charlie Chronopolis or part of an art community, and I met him through the 1010 01:25:51,479 --> 01:25:57,720 art community, and he's very, very humbling, very grounded down to earth 1011 01:25:57,800 --> 01:26:00,319 person, but you would you know, he's phenomenal on stage. So like, 1012 01:26:00,439 --> 01:26:02,399 yeah, it was a little intimidated at first, but when I met 1013 01:26:02,479 --> 01:26:04,319 him, I was like, Hey, how do you feel about recording me? 1014 01:26:04,399 --> 01:26:06,840 So I went up and I spent about a year with him, and 1015 01:26:06,920 --> 01:26:12,600 he approached me from a very gentle angle where he just put me in the 1016 01:26:12,680 --> 01:26:15,000 room and let me play live and he worked with me and just having that 1017 01:26:15,119 --> 01:26:19,560 experience with him. By the time I was done, Nashville came back on 1018 01:26:19,640 --> 01:26:23,000 my radar and I had an opportunity to go, so I went. So 1019 01:26:23,119 --> 01:26:26,560 I give a lot of credit to Charlie Carnopolists for being my coach. Yeah. 1020 01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:30,399 Through that, and if nobody's any of your listeners haven't heard him, 1021 01:26:30,439 --> 01:26:33,119 go check him out. He's phenomenal, phenomenal and you know, maybe I 1022 01:26:33,159 --> 01:26:35,640 can give you his contact and he can be there. Yeah, definitely, 1023 01:26:35,720 --> 01:26:39,000 definitely, because like I said, I've always been aware of him. It 1024 01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:42,560 seems like his name has just come up. Yeah, he actually got played 1025 01:26:42,760 --> 01:26:45,640 locally. I don't obviously wasn't this one or else he would know, but 1026 01:26:45,720 --> 01:26:47,920 he was played in a local station and I know he plays, he plays 1027 01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:53,840 around Manchester and conquered. Yeah. Yeah, but worth your time for sure, 1028 01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:58,279 Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. Are you are you writing a 1029 01:26:58,319 --> 01:27:01,520 lot? Like do you have a lot of song ideas I have about gosh. 1030 01:27:01,600 --> 01:27:06,079 I have one that's literally called back burner that I haven't recorded. I 1031 01:27:06,239 --> 01:27:10,239 have one that I did record in Nashville, but it wasn't happy with it. 1032 01:27:10,439 --> 01:27:12,159 You know. It was like one of the tracks I did where I 1033 01:27:12,199 --> 01:27:15,760 was like, it was just not it wasn't hitting the mark. Okay. 1034 01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:19,880 So I probably have about six songs on in my books that I could probably 1035 01:27:19,960 --> 01:27:24,359 go back down and record if I wanted to I had the money, Yeah, 1036 01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:27,039 or find another studio. You know, once you go to Nashville, 1037 01:27:27,079 --> 01:27:29,079 I feel like it's like, you know, it's kind of like crack. 1038 01:27:29,159 --> 01:27:30,039 Once you go, you want to go back. You know, you get 1039 01:27:30,039 --> 01:27:32,560 a taste and you want to go back. And like I said, the 1040 01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:39,119 studio musicians there are like wow, yeah yeah yeah. And I did have 1041 01:27:39,159 --> 01:27:41,960 a really great connection with the producer down there, So I do feel like 1042 01:27:42,039 --> 01:27:45,800 we it was like I compared working with Zach from Wildfeather. It was Wild 1043 01:27:45,840 --> 01:27:49,760 Feather recording right outside of Nashville. Yeah, and he he you know, 1044 01:27:50,720 --> 01:27:57,359 he really cares about your music. Like it's it's intoxicating how much he cares, 1045 01:27:57,760 --> 01:28:00,319 like and he will do whatever he can to make sure that he gets 1046 01:28:00,399 --> 01:28:03,640 that sound. Yeah, And it's like I told my husband, I was 1047 01:28:03,680 --> 01:28:08,000 like, it's like I got out of class and it's playtime and I get 1048 01:28:08,039 --> 01:28:10,880 to play in the playground with Zach all day long. Like it was euphoric, 1049 01:28:11,079 --> 01:28:13,760 Like it was just so much fun. So I'm kind of addicted to 1050 01:28:13,800 --> 01:28:15,119 working with him, but I do need to I would like to broaden my 1051 01:28:15,199 --> 01:28:20,640 horizons and work with producers locally here as well. Yeah, very good, 1052 01:28:20,800 --> 01:28:25,319 very good. Are there any so there's a song that you did there that 1053 01:28:25,399 --> 01:28:28,039 didn't make it onto the EP? Are there others or are just that one 1054 01:28:28,119 --> 01:28:30,920 that that you decided not to put on there? No, that was the 1055 01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:33,000 only one that I actually attempted to record that didn't go on there. Yeah. 1056 01:28:33,119 --> 01:28:39,119 Yeah, I do want to record back burner. It's like about being 1057 01:28:39,159 --> 01:28:43,239 the back burner in a relationship. There's a song called Backbone for the Backlash, 1058 01:28:43,399 --> 01:28:45,239 which is basically I didn't know it at the time when I wrote it, 1059 01:28:45,359 --> 01:28:48,199 but to put that one in a nutshell, it's basically about cancel culture 1060 01:28:48,239 --> 01:28:51,399 and just doing it anyway and saying what you want to say anyway, and 1061 01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:55,399 you know, no matter what you know, because that's just the world we're 1062 01:28:55,439 --> 01:28:57,720 living and Now, no matter what you say, someone's gonna get upset. 1063 01:28:57,920 --> 01:29:00,119 So as long as you have love in your h yeah, write all that 1064 01:29:00,800 --> 01:29:03,199 Buddhist crap, you know, as long as you know, as long as 1065 01:29:03,239 --> 01:29:06,039 you can sleep at night knowing you're a good person. Didn't do it, 1066 01:29:06,199 --> 01:29:10,159 then see what happens. Yeah, So that song I really did want to 1067 01:29:10,199 --> 01:29:13,840 record, and I just wasn't happy with. I just didn't like it. 1068 01:29:13,880 --> 01:29:15,359 I was like, no, no, it just didn't feel right. So 1069 01:29:15,560 --> 01:29:17,960 I would like to re record that one as well. When that happens, 1070 01:29:18,800 --> 01:29:24,680 does up Zach is his name? Yes? Does he? What is he 1071 01:29:24,880 --> 01:29:27,119 like when when you say to him, you know, I don't I don't 1072 01:29:27,119 --> 01:29:30,399 think this one's working out? Does he? Does he try to talk you 1073 01:29:30,479 --> 01:29:33,239 into keeping it? Does he try to try to help you figure out what's 1074 01:29:33,319 --> 01:29:36,159 not working? Or does he just say okay, we'll move on. Like 1075 01:29:36,239 --> 01:29:40,479 what happens in that scenario? Well, in this scenario, I could tell 1076 01:29:40,479 --> 01:29:43,119 you in other scenarios, if something didn't hit the mark, like say on 1077 01:29:43,239 --> 01:29:45,399 Quiver or break Free, I could tell him and we would you know, 1078 01:29:45,560 --> 01:29:49,560 work and calibrate and yeah, there it is. What happened with backbone for 1079 01:29:49,600 --> 01:29:54,079 the backlash was it was almost like I tried to squeeze too many songs in 1080 01:29:54,239 --> 01:29:59,560 at once. So this one just didn't develop as well as the others. 1081 01:29:59,680 --> 01:30:02,960 And to put it in with the other ones would have been like bad News 1082 01:30:03,039 --> 01:30:06,159 Bears. It would have been like because like, if you do play my 1083 01:30:06,239 --> 01:30:10,359 other songs, you're gonna notice, your listeners are gonna notice is very different 1084 01:30:10,399 --> 01:30:12,880 from what you just listened to. So the last two songs on my EP 1085 01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:18,039 are very folk oriented, they're very folky, and so backbone for the Backlash 1086 01:30:18,199 --> 01:30:21,520 was also very folky. I had like this Irish folk vibe to it, 1087 01:30:21,640 --> 01:30:25,560 and and it just almost it just didn't hit the mark. And we just 1088 01:30:25,600 --> 01:30:28,000 didn't have time, just didn't have time. And I told him, I 1089 01:30:28,039 --> 01:30:30,399 said, if I can go back, you know, which is a shame 1090 01:30:30,399 --> 01:30:34,319 because Kaylen Chase gave background vocals for that, and Kaylen's worked with corn He's 1091 01:30:34,359 --> 01:30:39,199 worked with Melissa Ethridge, He's worked with Chris Cornell. He's that's why when 1092 01:30:39,239 --> 01:30:42,439 you hear those tracks with him backing me up vocally, they sound so epic, 1093 01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:44,920 you know, and they got they they do hit that mark. But 1094 01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:46,239 there was just something about this one. We just didn't have time. I 1095 01:30:46,279 --> 01:30:48,520 needed to scoot. I needed to come back to New Hampshire. I couldn't. 1096 01:30:48,920 --> 01:30:51,680 I couldn't stay anymore. So it's on it's on his radar if we 1097 01:30:51,720 --> 01:30:55,520 were to ever approach it again. Okay, oh very cool. Yeah, 1098 01:30:55,720 --> 01:30:59,399 well I think we have time to fit another track. And I know we 1099 01:30:59,800 --> 01:31:01,239 I think we played the three that you wanted to make sure that we were, 1100 01:31:01,399 --> 01:31:04,079 but but you did sound. I had to pick the last one. 1101 01:31:04,159 --> 01:31:08,039 I'm gonna and this one will go out to my family because this song is 1102 01:31:08,119 --> 01:31:13,079 called Garden of Crowns. And this song is actually the song that my agent 1103 01:31:13,199 --> 01:31:15,119 friend heard and she said, you need to take that song to Nashville. 1104 01:31:15,119 --> 01:31:19,640 It's beautiful. So when I came back home, I met the love of 1105 01:31:19,680 --> 01:31:25,560 my life, Aaron Durman, and I was getting ready to marry him. 1106 01:31:25,760 --> 01:31:28,479 But I was also really sad because my father was no longer with us. 1107 01:31:28,560 --> 01:31:32,039 He passed away within like like three weeks after I moved back home, and 1108 01:31:32,119 --> 01:31:35,119 so there was this weird mix of like, I had this weird mix of 1109 01:31:35,279 --> 01:31:40,199 joy because I survived this attack and I survived all these awful things and I 1110 01:31:40,199 --> 01:31:43,119 was getting out of these bad things. But my family and I were also 1111 01:31:43,159 --> 01:31:46,600 still grieving. Yea. So I was like trying to write a song to 1112 01:31:46,880 --> 01:31:49,159 express how I feel. You know. That's what I do instead of picking 1113 01:31:49,199 --> 01:31:51,479 up a bottle when I start getting those feelings, I'm gonna pick up a 1114 01:31:51,520 --> 01:31:55,640 pen and paper and just do that. Yeah. So, I was looking 1115 01:31:55,680 --> 01:31:59,079 at my pictures of my mother on her wedding day and she was wearing a 1116 01:31:59,159 --> 01:32:02,640 daisy crown, and I like the theory of the circle of life and love 1117 01:32:02,800 --> 01:32:08,600 and like when something ends, something new begins. And so when I would 1118 01:32:08,600 --> 01:32:12,239 play this for my friends, Rachel Barnard heard me and she goes take that 1119 01:32:12,319 --> 01:32:14,840 to Nashville. She's like, I do wedding caterine on the side. I'm 1120 01:32:14,880 --> 01:32:17,359 telling you that song should be played it every every wed every anybody who gets 1121 01:32:17,359 --> 01:32:20,119 married is gonna want to play that on their wedding day. So I would 1122 01:32:20,199 --> 01:32:24,640 like to dedicate, you know, this to my mom and my sister and 1123 01:32:24,760 --> 01:32:28,520 anybody else in my family who may have gone through tough times. Just just 1124 01:32:28,640 --> 01:32:30,439 know it does get better. You know, the only way out is through 1125 01:32:30,600 --> 01:32:35,279 and things are sicular and oh yeah yeah, And this this is homage to 1126 01:32:35,680 --> 01:32:40,239 my experiences growing up. Listen to my father. My father was a musician. 1127 01:32:40,279 --> 01:32:43,560 He was a bass player, and he was very much immersed with like 1128 01:32:43,640 --> 01:32:46,039 the appellation sound and the folk sounds and Johnny Cash and you know, made 1129 01:32:46,039 --> 01:32:50,560 the circle being broken and like all these heavy stringed instruments, you know. 1130 01:32:50,880 --> 01:32:55,840 So so it was it was a lot of fun to play this in Nashville. 1131 01:32:56,079 --> 01:32:59,039 Oh cool, yeah all right. Oh by the way, Jennifer Christman 1132 01:32:59,079 --> 01:33:02,439 in the chatroom says guard heard of Crowns, story of our families love so 1133 01:33:02,640 --> 01:33:06,399 thankful you wrote it. Very nice. And by the way, Quincy Raymond 1134 01:33:06,600 --> 01:33:11,880 also known as Quincy Laurie, he's in the Facebook lasch at. Yeah he 1135 01:33:11,920 --> 01:33:13,600 was on this. I just watched him. Yeah, I saw that he 1136 01:33:13,720 --> 01:33:16,439 was on. I listened to you Quincy. Yeah, he love fantastic. 1137 01:33:16,479 --> 01:33:19,720 He's played at my house before. He oh yeah, oh yeah he really 1138 01:33:19,760 --> 01:33:23,560 worked my crowd. Yeah, my family got to see him. So if 1139 01:33:23,600 --> 01:33:26,279 my family's listening, Quincy's listening as well. He was on the show last 1140 01:33:26,319 --> 01:33:29,399 week. Oh very nice. Yeah all right, so let's give this a 1141 01:33:29,479 --> 01:33:32,880 listen. So this is Garden of Crowns. This is Kate Shimkey, better 1142 01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:36,239 known as Darlene Hill, and she was just telling us all about it. 1143 01:33:36,319 --> 01:34:05,560 So let's take a listen walk She would daisies on her wedding day. Love 1144 01:34:05,840 --> 01:34:14,159 lank stams. That's here to stay, their constant gift tabletops, a proof 1145 01:34:15,640 --> 01:34:29,319 that their love won't stop or ever lose. Fastened crown of flowered weeds, 1146 01:34:30,279 --> 01:34:38,279 made by children who and through the trees. Daisy crown will be worn by 1147 01:34:38,479 --> 01:34:50,840 daughters of a queen and little girls who were never heard an unseen Tell me, 1148 01:34:51,079 --> 01:34:58,720 love, what can we leave behind for when we die and lie side 1149 01:34:58,760 --> 01:35:04,640 by sigh side by side, plant seeds, pray with the sun. You 1150 01:35:04,840 --> 01:35:12,560 know our stories ended, theirs has just begun. They'll be watered when the 1151 01:35:12,800 --> 01:35:18,600 tears start to flow. And in our grave a garden of crowns will grow. 1152 01:35:29,359 --> 01:35:39,039 Dood doo doo doo WoT duddatso that dude do that, dude doo tattoo 1153 01:35:40,880 --> 01:35:50,880 hood dudad do dad do tattoo. A daisy crown will fall fast upon weaving 1154 01:35:51,079 --> 01:35:58,079 love strong in our minds and hearts. But just when you think gets dead 1155 01:35:58,479 --> 01:36:30,760 and over, our garden of clowns comes to light. The club I love 1156 01:36:30,800 --> 01:36:34,840 it, Garden of crowns Darling Hill, and Kate is here with us in 1157 01:36:35,079 --> 01:36:41,720 studio that is great. Darling Hill Music dot Com is the website if you 1158 01:36:41,800 --> 01:36:46,000 want to learn more about Kate Shimkey and our project Darling Hill and the EP 1159 01:36:46,279 --> 01:36:50,960 and oh fantastic, I love it. Great stuff. Do you have any 1160 01:36:51,199 --> 01:36:54,279 now? Do you have any live shows coming up that you want to mention? 1161 01:36:54,399 --> 01:36:56,359 Are you going to be playing out well? I hope that I get 1162 01:36:56,439 --> 01:36:59,199 some gigs between now and my gig at the bull Run. So I do 1163 01:36:59,319 --> 01:37:01,399 have a gig at the bull Run on December thirtieth, so you can pregame 1164 01:37:01,479 --> 01:37:04,560 your New Year's Eve with me at the bull Run. I don't know if 1165 01:37:04,600 --> 01:37:08,800 you've ever been there. I've never been. It's in Massachusetts, so I'm 1166 01:37:08,840 --> 01:37:11,439 aware I'm like a New Hampshire, but like we're right on the border right 1167 01:37:11,680 --> 01:37:16,000 so since Shirly mass It's a really it's like it was built like seventeen seventy 1168 01:37:16,279 --> 01:37:20,279 something. It's got a lot of history to it. There's several different rooms 1169 01:37:20,359 --> 01:37:26,159 to it. There's like function halls, and there's a lot of weird folklore 1170 01:37:27,000 --> 01:37:29,760 affiliated with it. There's like an ego pantas on the wall. I'm not 1171 01:37:29,800 --> 01:37:31,159 going to tell you anything else about it. You got to go look and 1172 01:37:31,359 --> 01:37:33,880 and so I'm really excited to play there. I'm hoping that'll bring me more 1173 01:37:33,920 --> 01:37:38,000 opportunities. So no, I just finished some gigs at Marco's on Main and 1174 01:37:38,079 --> 01:37:41,520 aar So once again, for some reason, I keep getting pulled to Massachusetts. 1175 01:37:41,680 --> 01:37:44,560 Yeah, so I'm definitely open and willing to book in the area for 1176 01:37:44,640 --> 01:37:48,119 sure. I think years ago I worked at do you remember Strawberries? Oh 1177 01:37:48,239 --> 01:37:54,279 yeah, yes, we sold tickets there and I feel like bull Run was 1178 01:37:54,319 --> 01:37:58,199 one of the venues we still place that was real tickled. So I my 1179 01:37:58,279 --> 01:38:01,199 good friend, uh Nicole Ridgerio from Already's Driving Range is right down the street 1180 01:38:01,239 --> 01:38:05,199 from my house, and I had the privilege to play her end of the 1181 01:38:05,319 --> 01:38:10,720 year local music day, So I went and played there, and doing that, 1182 01:38:10,800 --> 01:38:12,520 I got a gig at the bull Run as well. So I do 1183 01:38:12,680 --> 01:38:14,880 just got to get on my comfort zone, get out of my little cabin 1184 01:38:14,960 --> 01:38:17,119 in the woods, and get out there. Like I said, house concerts 1185 01:38:17,119 --> 01:38:20,079 are my jam. You know, I really like house concerts. If people 1186 01:38:20,399 --> 01:38:24,920 know what that is, it sounds pretty self explanatory, but there's some planning 1187 01:38:24,960 --> 01:38:26,840 involved. So if that's something, if you would like to host me, 1188 01:38:26,880 --> 01:38:30,800 it's like a tuppleware party. But with music. So if you are interested 1189 01:38:30,840 --> 01:38:34,079 in hosting that and you have the right accommodations, let me know. Hit 1190 01:38:34,159 --> 01:38:38,680 me up at info at Darlinghill Music dot com or any of my social media 1191 01:38:38,720 --> 01:38:42,960 platforms or my website. You know you'll find me anywhere online. And if 1192 01:38:42,960 --> 01:38:45,119 you're a drummer, and if you're drummer and you like what you heard, 1193 01:38:45,199 --> 01:38:48,479 I really need some support there of course. Yeah, no doubt, no 1194 01:38:48,600 --> 01:38:53,279 doubt. And like I said, I'll buy the kit so you don't have 1195 01:38:53,319 --> 01:38:56,319 to haul it down my trail. And is it practice? Is there a 1196 01:38:56,399 --> 01:38:59,760 maximum requirement in terms of how many other bands they can be in? I 1197 01:38:59,840 --> 01:39:03,039 mean, so long as I'm number UNO, you know that's how you do 1198 01:39:03,119 --> 01:39:05,920 it. Oh, it's all right. I'm willing to be flexible. I 1199 01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:10,199 mean I played just with my guitar for years, so you know I can. 1200 01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:13,359 I can wing it for sure. Yeah, yeah, no doubt. 1201 01:39:13,760 --> 01:39:16,319 Kate. This has been wonderful, Thank you so much for having I love 1202 01:39:16,399 --> 01:39:21,680 the project, Darling Hill, really good stuff. And we're gonna wrap up 1203 01:39:21,680 --> 01:39:25,000 in a moment. But if you miss any part of today's show, if 1204 01:39:25,039 --> 01:39:28,560 you missed any part of our interview or anything in the first hour, it 1205 01:39:28,600 --> 01:39:32,760 will be up in just a little bit at wmnhradio dot org and my website 1206 01:39:32,840 --> 01:39:39,399 Matt Connorton dot com. And tomorrow our musical guest in the second hour will 1207 01:39:39,439 --> 01:39:43,520 be Slim Volume returning to the show. So that'll be a lot of fun. 1208 01:39:43,840 --> 01:39:45,560 I really look forward to that. But so we're gonna wrap up here, 1209 01:39:46,159 --> 01:39:49,680 and let's see, it's Tuesday, so if you are listening live on 1210 01:39:49,920 --> 01:39:54,960 wm and H, immediately after this show is Through the Stage Door hosted by 1211 01:39:54,960 --> 01:39:57,760 the great Rob Diane, who we saw in the Facebook live chat. And 1212 01:39:57,840 --> 01:40:01,439 then coming up at seven pm is a replay of Friday Nights. Last Friday's 1213 01:40:01,520 --> 01:40:05,920 retro Spectrum Radio with PAULI C and I have the honor and privilege of being 1214 01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:10,840 one of Paul's co hosts on that show, so check that out. And 1215 01:40:11,159 --> 01:40:14,800 by the way, this Friday is our third anniversary here of Retrospectrum Radio with 1216 01:40:15,000 --> 01:40:17,159 w at WMNH. Yeah yeah, I can't believe it's been three years of 1217 01:40:17,239 --> 01:40:19,960 that show. So Friday is my favorite day of the week here at the 1218 01:40:20,000 --> 01:40:24,399 station. It's my long day here and I love it all right, So 1219 01:40:24,479 --> 01:40:27,439 we're gonna wrap up, Kate, thank you again, thank you, and 1220 01:40:27,520 --> 01:40:31,760 The website is Darlene Hill Music and darlinghillmusic dot com. And all right, 1221 01:40:31,840 --> 01:40:34,920 we're gonna go Slim Volume tomorrow and I will talk to you all a little 1222 01:40:34,920 --> 01:40:35,880 bit later. Bye, everybody,