1 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:16,839 You are listening to umin h command God, don't get so greenly madself. 2 00:00:17,519 --> 00:00:55,799 Thank you everybody. It is Wednesday. I almost said Tuesday. Easy g 3 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,920 in the chat room had me confused. It is welcome. It is when 4 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,280 to day. October twenty five, twenty twenty three. This is Matt Connorton, 5 00:01:03,399 --> 00:01:07,519 Unleafed and we are live from these studios of wm NH ninety five point 6 00:01:07,519 --> 00:01:14,359 three FM in glorious downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, also on Comcast Channel six 7 00:01:14,879 --> 00:01:17,719 if you're in Manchester, and hello to all of our online listeners across the 8 00:01:17,799 --> 00:01:21,200 nation and around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connorton dot 9 00:01:21,239 --> 00:01:25,079 com for all of your live streaming options, social media links, contact info, 10 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,840 show archives, etc. Etc. A couple tracks that we opened there 11 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,599 with. I played Fury by the band Edgewise and I played some meage Wise 12 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,959 for a specific reason, so Chris, if you're listening, I wanted to 13 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:45,640 open with something of your band today because I appreciate you very much. And 14 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:55,200 also I played Damsel Disorder from Darling Hill. Kate Shimkey from Darling Hill was 15 00:01:55,239 --> 00:01:57,719 with us on the show yesterday and she's amazing and that song has been stuck 16 00:01:57,719 --> 00:02:01,000 in my head since I heard it. So we have a great musical guest 17 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,159 today on the show too. Coming up in the second hour, we're gonna 18 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:07,920 be joined in studio by Slim Volume. They've got a batch of new tunes 19 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,360 that are not yet available, so you'll be hearing them here for the first 20 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,560 time, the world radio premiere. And uh, they've been on the show 21 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:15,240 before and they're they're great and I love the new songs. I got to 22 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:20,080 hear them obviously, really really good stuff. And we have a call. 23 00:02:20,159 --> 00:02:23,039 Hi, Welcome to Matt Connerton Unleashed. Who is this? Hey, it's 24 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,319 really you cannot hear the show. I'm trying to listen live and it's just 25 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:32,120 playing music. Uh, where are you listening? Where online are you listening? 26 00:02:32,159 --> 00:02:38,280 I'm listening on the on the w m n H site and it's just 27 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:42,840 playing music. Yeah, w MNH dot org. And then I go to 28 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,800 live Listen Live Matt Conra and it's just playing music. And the same thing 29 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,159 happened yesterday. Actually that I think you had a show yesterday because then I 30 00:02:50,199 --> 00:02:52,919 found it on the podcast. Yeah I was here. All right, I'm 31 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,319 gonna pull the I'm gonna pull up the website on uh this computer here, 32 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:02,039 and uh, let's see what happens. That's uh, that's concerning if there 33 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:08,280 is a problem waiting for the players. Anyway, when I have a piece 34 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,280 of I have a piece of New Hampster News, it's a good time. 35 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,560 Yeah, that's fine, just just saying, on a second, Dave, 36 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:19,120 I'm going to pull this up here. It's a good time. How about 37 00:03:19,159 --> 00:03:23,759 that second show over to me for the next five minutes? Did you hear 38 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,639 it, Dave? Dave, listen about second show over to me for the 39 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:35,319 next five minutes. That's that's the feed. It's it's played. Where where 40 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,000 are you? Are you A? Are you at w u m n H 41 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:42,759 radio dot org. Maybe that's what it is, w n H radio dot 42 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,840 org. You're you're on the wrong website. Okay, so you're not broadcasting 43 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:51,439 there anymore, No we are. And I was asking you it sounded like 44 00:03:51,479 --> 00:03:55,000 you were not at w m n H radio dot org. Is that where 45 00:03:55,039 --> 00:04:01,080 you are? I don't want to yeah, because I checked and the show's 46 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,080 definitely playing on the website. Okay, good, Well, I don't know 47 00:04:06,719 --> 00:04:13,159 who knows. I'm pulling it up and I'm just really the Mhradio dot Yeah, 48 00:04:13,319 --> 00:04:17,240 Wnahradio dot Org. Listen live. I'm clicking that now, clicking it 49 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:26,079 again, and it's playing, yeah, playing me. Yeah, I don't 50 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,560 know. I don't know. You scared me, Dave, Well, did 51 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:30,839 you? Uh? Yeah, Well, like I said it, I don't 52 00:04:30,879 --> 00:04:33,639 know. Yeah, go ahead, like I said it happened, happened twice, 53 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,920 happened to me yesterday too. But I don't want to I don't think 54 00:04:36,959 --> 00:04:40,399 I don't think you. I don't think your listeners are gonna want to listen 55 00:04:40,439 --> 00:04:44,399 to me doing technical support for myself, right, yeah, no, you're 56 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,199 right, Okay, yes, go ahead, Dave. You have some new 57 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:53,480 answer news. Here's something they will probably be interested in. So you remember, 58 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,800 you know, you know, in the twenty fifteen era, everybody was 59 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:00,639 all gooey eye and over that wonderful thing to police we're going to do. 60 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,639 They were going to have body cams, right, and that was going to 61 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:10,639 provide transparency to the police. Well, in Hillsboro District Court, Uhtrea Freking 62 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:16,079 dot Com is reporting that the Hillsborough District Court Prosecutor has filed a protect a 63 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:23,240 request for a protective order against a YouTuber for the crime of uploading video from 64 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:30,680 a Hillsboro police bodycam. Hmmm, how did the how did the YouTuber obtain 65 00:05:30,759 --> 00:05:36,079 the footage? If we just contacted the police department and said send me the 66 00:05:36,079 --> 00:05:41,920 footage, and I think they're required to do that, and what they said, 67 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:46,160 you're not allowed to upload YouTube. That's weird. I wonder why that 68 00:05:46,199 --> 00:05:49,600 doesn't make any sense. Well, they they felt they found they upload they 69 00:05:49,879 --> 00:05:54,759 found a statute. Right, there's some statutes they dug up that that said 70 00:05:54,839 --> 00:06:00,600 that they could be interpreted to mean that. Well, say a copy of 71 00:06:00,639 --> 00:06:03,000 it here, I have a okay, here it is a quote r S 72 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:11,439 A one oh five D colon two quote. Except as authorized in this section, 73 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,240 no person, including without limitation, officers and their supervisors shall edit, 74 00:06:15,519 --> 00:06:21,800 alter, erase, delete, duplicate copy, subject to automated and analysts, 75 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:26,240 analysis or analytics of any kind, including but YadA, YadA, YadA, 76 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:33,120 YadA. H there was also there was also I think there was something. 77 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:38,079 There may be something in there about sharing it. Well, I say, 78 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,959 okay, here it is okay, including he said, including, including, 79 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:46,000 but not limited to face facial recognition or otherwise. I keep keep losing it. 80 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:49,040 There's something in there that they took they took them and you can't share 81 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:54,639 it? Does it make sense? Yeah? Okay, here it is, 82 00:06:55,040 --> 00:07:01,040 uh, after all that legal ease. It includes the word share, display, 83 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:06,959 or otherwise distribute in any manner, Okay, any BWC recordings. I 84 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,759 know that's I'm sorry, that's so difficult to understand. But that's the way 85 00:07:10,759 --> 00:07:15,800 they wrote the statute. No, that's very easy to understand. Okay, 86 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,839 I think so. Yeah, So according to that statute, he can't upload 87 00:07:18,879 --> 00:07:23,680 it to YouTube. Well, what's the point. Yeah, what's the point 88 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,319 of transparency if you have to cover it up? Right? Oh? I 89 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,879 agree, I fully agree with you. Yeah, I'm not arguing with you. 90 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,319 I mean, obviously the statute. I think the statute's pretty clear that 91 00:07:32,399 --> 00:07:35,040 you can't upload it to YouTube. But I would. But yeah, my 92 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:40,439 question would be, well, why not. Fredo is in the chat room 93 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:45,079 and says they will lose the case. Foya is law Freedom of Information Act 94 00:07:46,079 --> 00:07:48,879 can't win that case. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, but you 95 00:07:48,879 --> 00:07:51,519 know, in most in most cases, it will just have the chilling effect 96 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:56,959 that people will be afraid to post it in the first place, right, 97 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,560 right, And I guess that's probably why the law is written that way. 98 00:08:01,639 --> 00:08:11,040 So that while they can't necessarily refuse if they're asked for bodycam footage, they 99 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:16,879 can't legally refuse to give it to you necessarily, but they don't, but 100 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,240 that they don't necessarily want you putting it in out there for other people to 101 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:24,959 see. So in theory, if if you wanted to show it to anybody, 102 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:26,600 you would have to show it to them on an individual basis. But 103 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:33,279 you couldn't. You couldn't just put it up on YouTube or some other site 104 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,279 for everyone to see. So it's a way of it's I guess it's a 105 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:43,600 way of sort of gumming up the works. It's just today's latest government abuse 106 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:48,159 in the least bad government on the planet. Right, imagine the thousand things 107 00:08:48,159 --> 00:08:52,120 I'm not calling you about because there's not time. Yeah, Fredo says in 108 00:08:52,159 --> 00:08:58,240 the chat room. No jury in New Hampshire will uh will find in favor 109 00:08:58,279 --> 00:09:01,879 of the h Did you say it's it's the who is it again? The 110 00:09:01,919 --> 00:09:09,559 Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department, Hillsborough District Court. So whatever live the prosecutor is 111 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,360 there? Oh? Okay, they didn't try to do anything. That's why 112 00:09:11,399 --> 00:09:16,799 they didn't do anything that requires a jury Uh, you don't need a jury 113 00:09:16,879 --> 00:09:18,879 for a miss you know, a misdemeanor, or at least not a Class 114 00:09:18,919 --> 00:09:22,879 B misdemeanor. And you don't need a jury for one of these protective order 115 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,840 requests or whatever. That's just one of those things handled, you know, 116 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:31,399 handled by the court without without having to get the people involved. Yeah, 117 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:41,200 yeah, yeah, apparently. So has this individual actually been charged, Well, 118 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:48,559 he's been charged by Hillsboro by Hillsboro. Hillsboro District Court has charged him 119 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:54,360 for something else. I think it was for. They claimed that he told 120 00:09:54,399 --> 00:10:00,720 people to call Hillsboro District Court something. They're claiming he called the told them 121 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,960 to call Hillsborough PD. They're claiming that he did that and apparently are not 122 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:13,960 allowed to do that either. All right, well, so I mean learned. 123 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,120 Well that's too bad, though, No, I agree with you about 124 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,720 transparency, and you should be able to put that on YouTube. It shouldn't 125 00:10:22,759 --> 00:10:26,159 be a problem. So yeah, I just imagine how bad it is in 126 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:30,360 a place like Illinois or New York. Right, what do you mean, 127 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,360 Well, I mean, because it's just these these places are so much more 128 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:39,399 authoritarian. New Hampshire has the smallest government in the lower forty eight right, 129 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,519 right, and those places have the biggest and I think Illinois passed a lot 130 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,519 that you weren't allowed to film police at all, although not at least not 131 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,320 audio. Although I'm not sure we have the smallest government necessarily, it depends 132 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,799 on how you look at it. Maybe we have the least intrusive, perhaps, 133 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,120 but I don't know if we have the smallest, given that we have 134 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:03,200 the like the third or fourth depending on who you ask, a democratically elected 135 00:11:03,279 --> 00:11:07,080 legislative body in the entire world. So if you think of it that way, 136 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,200 we actually have a very large government. But uh, yeah, it 137 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,679 depends on it depends on how you measure it. Yeah, but no, 138 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,360 but I do get what you're saying. Oh, by the way, sow, 139 00:11:16,519 --> 00:11:20,000 our friend Tom Blanchard in the chat room just solved the mystery for us, 140 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,960 h Dave. I'm embarrassed. I didn't think of this myself. Tom 141 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,919 says in the chat room. He probably doesn't realize. You play a couple 142 00:11:28,919 --> 00:11:33,080 of songs at the beginning of the show, And that makes sense because I 143 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:37,080 saw that this same number was calling while one of the songs. Because I 144 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:41,519 usually open with one or two songs on the show before I do the theme 145 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:48,679 music and the official intro. That's why you heard music. Okay, yeah, 146 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,919 I was thinking that yesterday I called more like four thirty, but maybe 147 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:56,000 I called earlier, So okay, sorry, sorry minutes talking about nothing. 148 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,960 No, that's okay. Or I'm glad we figured it out, or you 149 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,440 called later, because you know, I also play music at the top of 150 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,879 the hour for the changeover as we go into the second hour, and then 151 00:12:05,919 --> 00:12:09,440 we have a typically we have a musical guest in the second hour. So 152 00:12:11,039 --> 00:12:13,720 you may have called later in the show and didn't realize, but now you 153 00:12:13,759 --> 00:12:18,279 know. So if you hear music, it's just because my show does have 154 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,000 a musical component to it, more so than it used to. Fact. 155 00:12:22,519 --> 00:12:24,039 So there you go. Well, for anyone who wants to anyone who wants 156 00:12:24,039 --> 00:12:28,440 to do something about this particular government abuse or any other come to form do 157 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:33,960 Chiresociety dot com right here based in Key Yes, Yes, all right, 158 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,799 very good Dave, Well, thank you and we appreciate the call. Thank 159 00:12:37,879 --> 00:12:41,080 you, all right, you got it man, take care, bye bye, 160 00:12:41,879 --> 00:12:46,360 all right. That was Dave Ridley, of course, of the Ridley 161 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,080 Report, though he never mentions the Ridley Report anymore. He's very focused on 162 00:12:48,159 --> 00:12:54,039 NH exit and so forth. But thank you for figuring that out. Tom. 163 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,519 It seems obvious, and yet somehow that didn't occur to me, But 164 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,679 yeah, I did. He was calling. That was the second time he 165 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,399 called. The first time he called. It was right after the show started, 166 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:07,320 and I always open with at least one song, so yeah, but 167 00:13:07,399 --> 00:13:09,799 yeah, we played a little edgewise and then a little uh Darling Hill. 168 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,679 Kate Shimkey of Darling Hill, she was here with us in the second hour. 169 00:13:13,919 --> 00:13:18,279 I got a I got a very nice uh voicemail and text message from 170 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,960 my dad. He was very impressed with her music and really enjoyed the interview 171 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,159 as well. I think he said it was the best. Uh. It 172 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,679 was his favorite so far on the show as far as musical guests. So 173 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,080 so that was cool. Yeah, she's amazing. She's amazing, and I 174 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,120 love that song six oh three two five o six seven. If you'd like 175 00:13:37,159 --> 00:13:39,440 to join us six oh three two five o six seven, you can also 176 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:43,679 text me at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. I'm 177 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:48,720 on social media at Matt Connerton. You can email me Matt at mattconnorton dot 178 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,039 com, and of course you can interact into opine in the Facebook live chat. 179 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,600 But the best thing to do so that we can hear and enjoy your 180 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:56,720 dulcet tones is to give us a call at six O three two five O 181 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:01,840 six oh seven before we go in further. There's obviously a lot of news 182 00:14:01,159 --> 00:14:03,440 to get to, and then we've got, like I said, we've got 183 00:14:03,519 --> 00:14:09,600 Slim Volume joining us on the program in the second hour, just just briefly. 184 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:15,960 And I'm gonna be a little bit vague because it's I can't bring I 185 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:20,399 shouldn't. I don't think it would be appropriate to bring too much of this 186 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:24,080 on to the live radio show here at WM and H, so I'll be 187 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,919 a little bit vague, but I do want to say thank you to everyone 188 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:31,120 who has been so supportive. I put up a post on social media last 189 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,000 night, and then I did something additionally today, and my god, thank 190 00:14:35,039 --> 00:14:37,360 you so much to the people who have stepped up to help with that. 191 00:14:37,919 --> 00:14:43,720 I really love and appreciate you all. It's I'm having a I'm having a 192 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,840 hard having a hard go of it, as they say, I'm having a 193 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:50,399 hard time with some things right now. I'm struggling. So people have been 194 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:56,639 very supportive and very kind and I just you know who you are. And 195 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,759 by the way, that's part of why I played Chris h from edgewise. 196 00:14:58,759 --> 00:15:05,039 If you're listening, thank you, especially my friend. Uh, you'll be 197 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,399 hearing from me. That will be reciprocated, I promise. I know, 198 00:15:07,559 --> 00:15:11,240 I know you're not necessarily looking for it, but it will be. It 199 00:15:11,279 --> 00:15:13,440 will be absolutely so. But anyway, I just wanted to say a quick 200 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,159 thank you if you know, you know, it's not something you'll see on 201 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,840 the Matt Connorton Unleashed Facebook page, but if you look at my personal Facebook 202 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:22,759 page, you'll you'll have seen it. But uh, that's what's going on. 203 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:26,960 So uh I uh, but I I do uh, I do appreciate 204 00:15:28,039 --> 00:15:30,799 all of you. So I just wanted to say that and thank you to 205 00:15:30,799 --> 00:15:33,600 everybody. Uh six O three two five O six O seven six O three 206 00:15:33,639 --> 00:15:41,240 two five oh six o seven. The studio line is open. So we 207 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:46,879 have can you believe it, we have a uh a house speaker. His 208 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,000 name is Mike Johnson. I went to high school with a guy named Mike 209 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,000 Johnson. But it's probably a very common name. I'm willing to bet there's 210 00:15:54,679 --> 00:15:56,879 a million Mike Johnson's out there. This seems like it would be a very 211 00:15:56,919 --> 00:16:03,200 common name. The Mike Johnson I went to high school with was a musician, 212 00:16:03,399 --> 00:16:07,679 very talented gentleman. I think, am I thinking of the right Mike 213 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:11,120 Johnson. There might have actually been more than one Mike Johnson at my school 214 00:16:11,159 --> 00:16:14,440 now that I'm thinking about it, because like I said, it's a very 215 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:22,279 common name, so and unanimous among the Republicans when they got it together, 216 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,360 they really got it together. I believe it was a unanimous vote. So 217 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:34,039 he easily got to two seventeen. I suspect part of it was fatigue. 218 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,759 But so that's that's over. I know very little about Mike Johnson, and 219 00:16:38,799 --> 00:16:42,720 we'll all, uh, we'll all be learning more about him together. Uh. 220 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,360 But uh, I guess the other thing that that also has happened that 221 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:57,240 happened after I think happened after Mike Johnson's the vote to make him the House 222 00:16:57,279 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker is Donald Trump storming out of a courtroom after taking the stand. So 223 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,200 he doesn't he doesn't usually like to take the stand. I don't think his 224 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:15,039 lawyers really want him taking a stand and being asked questions directly by a magistrate 225 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,720 or a prosecutor or anyone else, but he took the stand, so might 226 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:25,519 we might look at that first. That's this interesting and I'm hoping to see 227 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:29,599 video of it. From what's being reported, he stormed out in a huff. 228 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,440 He was quite displeased with the proceedings. So so there's a lot to 229 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:36,440 chew on. But before we get in any of that, I do want 230 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,720 to say hell load everybody. In the Facebook live chat, Riley King joins 231 00:17:38,799 --> 00:17:42,240 us a fellow broadcaster, and in fact Riley says, good afternoon, have 232 00:17:42,279 --> 00:17:47,559 a great broadcast. I'm on air doing my afternoon show as well. Well, 233 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:51,559 wonderful, wonderful. Jenny is in the chatroom and says, shallom peeps 234 00:17:52,319 --> 00:17:56,640 easy g Eric Agnan says Happy Taco Tuesday. Whoops, Happy Prince Spaghetti Day. 235 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:02,720 Glad you caught that before you put that comment. Hans Smith of the 236 00:18:02,759 --> 00:18:06,559 band Sepsis says, Hey Metal Matt, Hello, Hans, nice to see 237 00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:11,279 you. Melanie La Liberty from the Great State of Vermont says, hey guys. 238 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:15,400 Fredo I mentioned in the Facebook live chat or I do enjoy saying his 239 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:21,720 full name, Alfredo Enrique Benevitas of course, from the band Dank Sinatra and 240 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:29,880 Cosmic blossom and a. Fredo occasionally posts videos solo of him online just playing 241 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,640 guitar or playing bass. Fantastic musician and a great, great person. It's 242 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:40,759 been on the show a few times. Now. Let's see. Let's all 243 00:18:40,839 --> 00:18:45,759 right, let's look at this. Donald Trump storms out of trial. This 244 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:53,640 is the headline on newsweek dot com. It says Donald Trump stormed out of 245 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:59,880 his two hundred and fifty million dollars civil fraud trial today after a judge deny 246 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,160 I had a directed verdict in his favor. The trial stems from a lawsuit 247 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,519 in New York attorney Letitia James filed in twenty twenty two alleging that Trump and 248 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:12,960 top executives at the Trump Organization conspired to increase his net worth by billions of 249 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:18,359 dollars on financial statements provided to banks and insurers in order to make deals and 250 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:25,480 secure loans. As it turns out, for those who don't know, apparently 251 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:30,200 that is considered not okay. So if you're thinking about doing that, if 252 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,720 you yourself are some sort of New York real estate mogul, and you're thinking 253 00:19:33,759 --> 00:19:40,640 about inflating your assets for fraudulent purposes, don't don't do it, or at 254 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:45,400 least don't do it. If you're a former president, then you're really potentially 255 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,240 in a bind. Well, I suppose it was before he was president. 256 00:19:48,279 --> 00:19:52,039 It doesn't matter. Just don't do it. Don't do it. It's never 257 00:19:52,079 --> 00:19:56,400 worth it. Following a cross examination of Michael Cohen in which Cohen was asked 258 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:02,680 if Trump directed him to inflate the number, Trump's legal team requested a directed 259 00:20:02,839 --> 00:20:07,119 verdict on his testimony. Clifford Roberts, who is part of the former president's 260 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,920 legal team, noted that quote, the state's key witness just countered their entire 261 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,119 case. I can't think of anything more appropriate now unquote, So I guess 262 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:21,759 he tried to get the whole thing tossed. However, Judge Arthur anger On, 263 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:26,359 I hope I'm saying that correctly. I've heard her pronounced twenty four different 264 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,920 ways in the media. I'm exaggerating. I've heard it pronounced twenty one different 265 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:38,839 ways. Judge Arthur anger On denied prompting Trump to leave the New York courtroom, 266 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:47,640 apparently in a flourish Adam Klassfeld, a senior legal correspondent at The Messenger, 267 00:20:48,599 --> 00:20:51,799 wrote on X quote yes, by the way, if you're wondering I 268 00:20:51,839 --> 00:20:55,039 have given in. I'm not calling it twitter anymore. I'm calling it x 269 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:02,079 quote. At that point, Trump stood and left the courtroom, mumbling unbelievable, 270 00:21:02,279 --> 00:21:08,319 unbelievable. He was followed by Secret Service and his son Eric. Good 271 00:21:08,319 --> 00:21:14,519 to have Eric around extra protection. I guess this comes after anger On questioned 272 00:21:14,599 --> 00:21:18,119 Trump about a comment made to reporters on Wednesday during a break of the trial, 273 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:23,640 and subsequently finding his testimony not credible during a hearing about whether he violated 274 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:30,839 a gag order. He find the former president ten thousand dollars. That's the 275 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,079 cost of doing business. He's got a campaign. I mean, that's part 276 00:21:34,079 --> 00:21:40,400 of his campaign, is saying horrible things about all the people trying to put 277 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:45,400 him in prison. I mean, you know that's part of the deal. 278 00:21:45,519 --> 00:21:48,880 Oh, or I should say that's the art of the deal. You see 279 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:53,839 what I did there. That's his book anyway, all right, whatever, 280 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,440 let's forget him for now. We have actual people in elected office to talk 281 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:07,599 about, specifically, this guy, Congressman Mike Johnson. He is our new 282 00:22:08,759 --> 00:22:14,240 ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner, a new Speaker of the House. 283 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:19,240 I guess you could you could say, if you want to think about 284 00:22:19,279 --> 00:22:22,839 it in those terms. He won a tournament, you know, so he 285 00:22:22,839 --> 00:22:26,640 didn't actually pin anybody because it was vacant, the title was vacant, and 286 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,400 then he won the tournament and won the title. I know very little about 287 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,200 him, and I think we're all going to learn a lot about him in 288 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:38,640 the coming days. All I know so far is he's he sounds like he's 289 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:45,119 pretty conservative. He sounds like he's to the right of McCarthy. And again, 290 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,240 I if you're a regular listener, you might be tired of hearing me 291 00:22:48,279 --> 00:22:52,279 say it. But while while I certainly put the uh, while I put 292 00:22:52,279 --> 00:22:59,400 most of the blame on the Republicans for lighting the fire, lighting the fuse, 293 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:06,039 if you will, and ousting McCarthy, I do also put some blame 294 00:23:06,039 --> 00:23:08,359 on the Democrats for not saving him, because I knew this would happen. 295 00:23:10,279 --> 00:23:14,160 You end up with something you know. You've got McCarthy, someone you know 296 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:18,079 is you know. I mean, I think he's fairly conservative himself, but 297 00:23:18,559 --> 00:23:22,359 or at least certainly beholden to the conservatives in his conference. But a House 298 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:29,119 Republican who understands that government shutdowns are a bad thing and should be avoided, 299 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:34,400 and that default. Going over the fiscal cliff and defaulting international debt is a 300 00:23:34,519 --> 00:23:42,000 very very very bad thing and must absolutely be avoided. There are a lot 301 00:23:42,039 --> 00:23:47,359 of House Republicans who don't feel about it that way, too many. So 302 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,000 the safer option would have been even though he didn't want the help, he 303 00:23:52,039 --> 00:23:56,759 made it clear he didn't want the help. But although now he gets to 304 00:23:56,799 --> 00:24:00,119 blame the Democrats afterward after he didn't get the help, but I think the 305 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,119 right thing to do would have been to save him. I really do, 306 00:24:03,039 --> 00:24:10,880 because now there's somebody even more conservative, and this might be this might make 307 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,279 it difficult when it's time to you know, because he's not going to keep 308 00:24:14,279 --> 00:24:17,880 any of the deals McCarthy made in terms of the budget. McCarthy wasn't even 309 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,200 keeping the deals that he made, living up to his end of the bargain 310 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,960 on things that he had negotiated with the Democrats and with the White House. 311 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:29,279 So I don't know. One of the things I heard about him today is 312 00:24:29,319 --> 00:24:33,880 that he is practical. He's a pragmatic person. So that might be good. 313 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:37,839 That might help, That might be better. I don't know. We'll 314 00:24:37,839 --> 00:24:44,319 see, but let's look at this. Five things to know about Speaker Mike 315 00:24:44,519 --> 00:24:49,279 Johnson. Let's see this is from the Hill dot Com. All our eyes 316 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,400 are in Representative Mike Johnson. He is a Republican from the great state of 317 00:24:53,519 --> 00:25:00,000 Louisiana, the fifty one year old who's election to be the fifty sixth Speaker 318 00:25:00,319 --> 00:25:04,640 today put an end to the over three weeks of turmoil and GOP infighting in 319 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,519 the Laura Chamber. Johnson, who is serving his second term as Vice Chair 320 00:25:08,559 --> 00:25:14,359 of the House Republican Conference, won the Speaker's gavel in a two twenty to 321 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,720 two oh nine party line vote over Minority Leader Hakim Jefferies on Wednesday, more 322 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,400 than three weeks after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from the top spot. 323 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:27,480 Johnson was nominated by his colleagues at a closed door meeting last night, just 324 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:36,079 hours after House Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota withdrew his bid among conservative opposition. 325 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:41,880 Emmer was the third Speaker nominee the Republican Conferences had put up since McCarthy's 326 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,680 ouster. As he prepares to reopen the House to its normal functions, Johnson's 327 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:51,000 stance on a variety of issues has come under a microscope. Here are the 328 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:56,599 five things that we know about Johnson. Okay, number one. Johnson has 329 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:02,640 opposed Ukraine aid. Oh hello to us. Scott Robinson in the Facebook live 330 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,160 chat who says, what's the old saying it's better to know the devil you 331 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,119 know than the one you don't. Yes, absolutely, I think I've used 332 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:12,240 that exact thing, referring to McCarthy as the devil you know. Yeah, 333 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,920 would have been they should have saved him. I really believe that. Jfed 334 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,319 in the chat room, of course, from the Great State of Vermont says 335 00:26:18,319 --> 00:26:23,680 good afternoon, Good afternoon. Jafed Johnson was one of fifty seven Republicans to 336 00:26:23,759 --> 00:26:29,079 vote no on a forty billion dollar aid package to Ukraine. He later told 337 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:33,039 the Shreveport Times, quote, we should not be sending another forty billion dollars 338 00:26:33,079 --> 00:26:37,319 abroad when our own border is in chaos. American mothers are struggling to find 339 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:41,759 baby formula, Gas prices are at record highs. The American families are American 340 00:26:41,799 --> 00:26:47,680 families are struggling to make ends meet without sufficient oversight over where the money will 341 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:55,480 go. Unquote. Ukraine has been a divisive subject with Republicans, with the 342 00:26:55,519 --> 00:26:59,400 majority in the party favoring sending Ukraine AID for its war with Russia, but 343 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:03,440 a number of conservatives say no more money should be sent to Kiev. Johnson 344 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,200 gave statements back in support for Ukraine shortly after the invasion, but he's since 345 00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:11,519 voted against AID. I'm telling you, I got a bad feeling. We 346 00:27:11,559 --> 00:27:15,240 are all we are going to end up walking away from Ukraine. I feel 347 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:23,279 like it's already happening, and not just us either. Somebody, somebody in 348 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:29,519 NATO said something really unhelpful. That's not unusual. I don't want to get 349 00:27:29,559 --> 00:27:32,640 I don't want to get distracted. But oh Polly C joins us in the 350 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,519 Facebook live chat and says, hey, Matt big fan. Friday night, 351 00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:41,160 will be murdering two Birds with one Stone, will be celebrating our three year 352 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,119 anniversary with WMNH, and will also be celebrating Halloween eight pm Eastern Friday Night. 353 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,319 Yes, Yes, the three years of retrospect radio here at WMNH ninety 354 00:27:49,319 --> 00:27:52,599 five point three FM gone in the blink of an eye. But I do 355 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,599 love my Fridays here at WMNH. It's my long day here and I love 356 00:27:56,599 --> 00:27:59,279 getting to do this show and then getting to hang out with Polly C and 357 00:27:59,599 --> 00:28:06,039 DJ Steve and Mike from Queen City Cabinetry. All Right, Johnson, uh 358 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,400 okay. Johnson was one of one hundred and seventeen Republicans who voted no on 359 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:17,640 a standalone bill to provide three hundred million in aid to Ukraine, a total 360 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,799 that was stripped from the Pentagon funding bill ahead of a potential government shutdown last 361 00:28:21,839 --> 00:28:26,240 month. Johnson has been quick to express support for money for Israel, another 362 00:28:26,279 --> 00:28:32,000 issue he'll have to deal with. Quickly asked Speaker, Israel and Ukraine could 363 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:37,039 become intertwined in Congress in the wake of President Biden's one hundred billion dollar emergency 364 00:28:37,079 --> 00:28:41,880 funding requests to Congress that includes military assistance for both countries as well as border 365 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,680 funding. That was smart, by the way, to make sure that there's 366 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:52,039 money for border funding in that in that bill, because that makes it that 367 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,599 just makes it harder for Republicans to argue against it, you know when they 368 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,039 say, well, shouldn't we be doing more to protect our border? Well, 369 00:28:59,119 --> 00:29:02,480 yeah, there's money in there for that too. So I mean it's 370 00:29:02,599 --> 00:29:04,480 you know, it's more complicated than that, but I'm just saying I think 371 00:29:04,519 --> 00:29:07,039 that was smart to put that in there, all right. Second thing that 372 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:12,440 we know about Mike Johnson. Johnson pushed to overturn twenty twenty election results well, 373 00:29:12,559 --> 00:29:18,000 because, of course he did. Almost immediately after the twenty twenty election, 374 00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:22,680 Johnson emerged as a supporter of then President Trump's unfounded claims that the election 375 00:29:22,799 --> 00:29:26,599 was stolen from him. Days after the twenty twenty election, Johnson wrote on 376 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,480 x then known as Twitter, quote, I've just called President Trump to say 377 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,160 this, stay strong and keep fighting, sir. The nation is depending upon 378 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:37,440 your resolve. We must exhaust every available legal remedy to restore Americans trust in 379 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:44,759 the fairness of our election system unquote. Later in twenty twenty, Johnson led 380 00:29:44,799 --> 00:29:45,920 and by the way, that was one of the things that they why they 381 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:52,200 wouldn't support Tom Emmer was because he's well. Actually, with Tom Emmer, 382 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,400 it's a little weird because he did vote to certify the election, so he 383 00:29:55,440 --> 00:30:00,759 gets tagged as not being an election denier. But then he did sign that 384 00:30:00,839 --> 00:30:07,359 amicus brief encouraging Texas to overturn their well, obviously Trump carried Texas, but 385 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:12,640 encouraging Texas to help overturn the election. I forget exactly how that worked. 386 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:18,160 But later in twenty twenty, Johnson led an amicus brief signed by one hundred 387 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,799 House Republicans. Oh this is it and this is Tom. Emmer signed this 388 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:27,079 as well, supporting a Texas lawsuit that aimed to overturn the twenty twenty election 389 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,839 results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. After the brief was 390 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:36,839 introduced, Johnson posted to X quote President Trump called me this morning to let 391 00:30:36,839 --> 00:30:40,119 me know how much he appreciates the amicus brief we are filing on behalf of 392 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:45,759 members of Congress. Indeed, this is a big one unquote, and you 393 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,039 see why Trump likes him. Johnson was also one of one hundred and thirty 394 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:52,680 nine House Republicans who later voted to object to the objection results in Arizona, 395 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,799 Pennsylvania, or both. Shortly after the jan sixth riot at the Capitol, 396 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:02,599 a reporter last night tried to ask Johnson about his involvement and attempts to overturn 397 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:07,519 the twenty twenty election. Multiple GOP members flanking their Louisiana colleague began to laugh, 398 00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:14,400 and Representative Virginia Fox of North Carolina yelled, shut up, Oh that's 399 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,799 where she's from. I haven't seen the video. I've only heard the audio, 400 00:31:17,839 --> 00:31:19,880 but I knew she was. Uh, she's got a pretty thick Southern 401 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:26,079 accent. She reminded me of k Ivy, Governor of Alabama, Right k 402 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,880 Ivy. Johnson smiled, shook his head and said, next question. You 403 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,400 know what I like about k Ivy? Very conservative obviously, but very pro 404 00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:37,039 vaccine, which I appreciate. She believes in science. Imagine that. Okay. 405 00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:41,000 Third thing, Johnson is an ally of Trump. Yeah, kind of 406 00:31:41,039 --> 00:31:45,039 figured that out. Johnson has also come out as a vocal critic of the 407 00:31:45,119 --> 00:31:51,319 mounting legal battles against Trump, arguing the former president and disfavored Republicans have been 408 00:31:51,319 --> 00:31:56,240 targeted by legal and political systems. He wrote on X in March, quote 409 00:31:56,279 --> 00:32:00,400 in America, everyone is innocent until proven guilty, unless you're Donald Trump or 410 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:07,440 one of the disfavored Republicans targeted by Democrats unquote. Johnson serves on the House's 411 00:32:07,519 --> 00:32:15,119 Judiciaries Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, and has used discussion 412 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:19,480 of President Biden and his family's alleged foreign business dealings to call out the quote 413 00:32:19,599 --> 00:32:23,359 bogus charges against Trump, which include a case from the Special Council Jack Smith 414 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:29,960 over Trump's efforts to overturn the election. All right. Number four Johnson voted 415 00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:36,640 against the recent bill to keep the government open. Oh great, see this 416 00:32:36,799 --> 00:32:42,640 is why, though, this is why the Democrats should have saved Kevin McCarthy, 417 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,359 because this is what we're getting into now. It is. Look again, 418 00:32:46,799 --> 00:32:54,960 I'm not going to place Look, the blame lies with Republicans who are 419 00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:00,799 in the majority, who can't control their own conference apparently, and you know 420 00:33:00,839 --> 00:33:05,839 you got Matt Gates of the Crazy Eight that's where this all started. But 421 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:09,160 again, Democrats do carry some blame here too, because they could have prevented 422 00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:15,559 this. They could have prevented this guy who the more I'm learning about him, 423 00:33:15,599 --> 00:33:21,240 the more frightened I am. They could have prevented this guy from being 424 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,279 in the New House Speaker. You understand what I'm saying. It's, you 425 00:33:25,319 --> 00:33:32,160 know, come on, like I always say when somebody's drowning, you know, 426 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,400 and instead of yelling, you know, help me, I'm drowning, 427 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,480 they yell something like, hey, I wish you were drowning instead of me, 428 00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:40,960 and I hate you. You might you might hesitate a nanosecond, but 429 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,240 you should still save them. They should have saved McCarthy. Charles Richardson joins 430 00:33:45,319 --> 00:33:49,000 us in the Facebook live chat and says, greeting to everybody this afternoon, 431 00:33:49,359 --> 00:33:52,559 and thank you you too, Charles and Charles thank you. And we won't 432 00:33:52,599 --> 00:33:57,720 get into it here the other thing, but you know, I appreciate I 433 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:02,680 appreciate you, sir, thank you for what you did today. Um, 434 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:07,480 let's see okay. So yes, Johnson voted against the recent bill to keep 435 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,400 the government open. The pressure is now on Johnson either tackled the House a 436 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:16,360 series of unresolved appropriations funding bills or to pass a longer continuing resolution to keep 437 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:21,719 the government open. Pasted the November seventeen deadline for a shutdown. Shortly before 438 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,199 the House was sent into chaos without a speaker, Then Speaker McCarthy brought to 439 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:30,679 the House floor a clean short term funding bill known as a continuing Resolution, 440 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:37,639 that averted a government shut down just hours before funding was set to run out. 441 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:42,760 I was very close down to the wire. Johnson was among the ninety 442 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,679 Republicans who voted an opposition of the Continuing Resolution, though it still passed in 443 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:52,000 a largely bipartisan three thirty five to ninety one vote. Yeah, so they 444 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,320 didn't need his vote, and maybe if it were closer, he would have 445 00:34:55,559 --> 00:35:00,239 voted for it because he would not want to being one of the people blamed 446 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:04,960 for a government shutdown. That's sometimes that's how that works in Congress. You 447 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:09,519 know, people vote against things knowing that it might come back to haunt them 448 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:15,599 if there's an actual consequence for them voting against something. But if they know 449 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:21,079 that what they're voting against is going to pass anyway, then they can vote 450 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:22,400 against it, and then they later they can say when asked about it, 451 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:27,519 oh, I didn't support that. I voted against it. Whereas if you 452 00:35:27,599 --> 00:35:31,119 vote against something and your vote actually counts because you're voting against something and a 453 00:35:31,159 --> 00:35:35,199 lot of people are voting with you against that thing, and you're you know, 454 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,280 you end up responsible for something like a government shutdown. So so we 455 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:43,599 don't know how he actually, you know, if there weren't that much of 456 00:35:43,639 --> 00:35:45,199 a buffer, shall we say, we don't know how he would have voted. 457 00:35:45,199 --> 00:35:51,880 But in his Dear Colleague letter to the Republican Conference, Johnson pushed for 458 00:35:51,920 --> 00:36:00,960 the House to pass all twelve of its appropriations measures. Well, then why 459 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:06,840 do you vote against the cr because he didn't want did he want separate votes 460 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,679 on all of them. That's probably what it is. Here's what he said 461 00:36:10,679 --> 00:36:14,760 in the letter. Quote, I'm confident we can work together to accomplish that 462 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:19,880 objective quickly in a matter that delivers our principled commitments to rein in wasteful spending 463 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,639 and put our country back on a path to fiscal responsibility. Unquote. Okay, 464 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:30,199 yeah, so he just e didn't want an omnibus bill. I mean, 465 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:35,760 there actually is as reckless and stupid as I think it is to send 466 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:44,079 us plunging into a government shut down. There is, under different circumstances, 467 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:50,639 there is an argument for not doing an omnibus and voting on these things individually. 468 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,039 I'm not saying that that's how we should do it. I'm just saying 469 00:36:53,079 --> 00:37:00,360 there is an argument for that that I'm open to. But in this case, 470 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,519 I think the cr is a safer option, especially when you're up against 471 00:37:02,559 --> 00:37:07,719 the clock. I mean, you know, in the interests of time. 472 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,880 Johnson said he would like to reach a consensus and discharge the appropriations bills for 473 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:15,679 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Commerce, 474 00:37:15,039 --> 00:37:20,679 Justice and Science from the Appropriations Committee, while laying out of calendar schedule to 475 00:37:20,679 --> 00:37:22,360 consider the bills, on the floor, Johnson said, if another stop gap 476 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:27,159 measure is needed, he would propose a measure that expires January fifteen or April 477 00:37:27,199 --> 00:37:30,800 fifteen, quote, to ensure the Senate cannot jam the House with a Christmas 478 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:39,119 omnibus unquote. And the fifth thing that we have learned about now House Speaker 479 00:37:39,199 --> 00:37:44,800 Mike Johnson. Johnson has a good relationship with conservatives, It says. Johnson's 480 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:50,559 relationship with fiscal conservatives and other Republicans who had made McCarthy's job difficult appears to 481 00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:52,440 be off to a good start, given his unanimous support Wednesday. Yeah. 482 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:58,880 Again, if you don't know, every single Republican voted for Mike Johnson, 483 00:37:59,039 --> 00:38:04,760 every single one, no dissenters. It was unanimous. So and I don't 484 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:09,400 know how much of that is enthusiasm for him or how much of that is 485 00:38:09,559 --> 00:38:13,280 just, dear God, we have to put an end to this, and 486 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:22,719 I would imagine it is a probably a healthy mix of both, Johnson said 487 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,840 last night. Quote, we have a very busy agenda. We have appropriations 488 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,400 bills to get through the process. But you will see this group working like 489 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:37,320 a well oiled machine. Unquote. Representative Matt Gates, you've heard of him 490 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:42,719 right who led the effort, Dowson McCarthy said, quote it was worth it 491 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:47,000 unquote when asked about Johnson's nomination last night. Quote we adore him, and 492 00:38:47,039 --> 00:38:50,119 I think he's going to do a great job for the country and for the 493 00:38:50,159 --> 00:38:53,400 right reasons. Mike Johnson is not has not been bought and paid for. 494 00:38:53,760 --> 00:39:04,639 Mike Johnson does what is right unquote. See, if Matt Gates is this 495 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:12,599 enthusiastic about this guy, we might have a real problem. By the way 496 00:39:12,639 --> 00:39:15,280 the bottom paid for a thing. I will say this, Uh, Matt 497 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:24,400 Gates has been talking about you know these uh are are elected lawgivers and overlords 498 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,719 as I like to call them, about how they are about bought and paid 499 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,480 for by special interests and super PACs and all that. He's he's been pretty 500 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:35,440 outspoken about that, and and he has he has said some things that I 501 00:39:35,519 --> 00:39:40,239 agree with. Unfortunately, his uh everything else about him is uh, well, 502 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:45,760 what's the word horrible? He seems to be a genuinely horrible human being. 503 00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:53,159 But you know when he talks about uh, when he talks about you 504 00:39:53,199 --> 00:39:58,119 know, bought and paid for. Same with Vivek Ramaswami, when he talks 505 00:39:58,119 --> 00:40:00,039 about politicians being bought and paid for. There is truth there. There's some 506 00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:05,679 truth in that, it says here. Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina echoed 507 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,679 Gates's comments, writing in a statement on X quote, we told the American 508 00:40:08,679 --> 00:40:13,960 people they deserved someone who would be honest and represent their interests, not Washington's. 509 00:40:14,199 --> 00:40:16,760 There's no denying this was a difficult process, but one that was well 510 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:21,360 worth it. Unquote. Tim Burchett of Texas, one of the eight Republicans 511 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,440 who, as said McCarthy, said Johnson is a quote good man who answers 512 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:28,400 to the people unquote, and said he was proud to vote for Johnson. 513 00:40:29,039 --> 00:40:34,880 Conservative firebrand Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia, a close ally of McCarthy, voted 514 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:39,920 for Johnson today, after previously noting she wanted assurances that the candidates would pursue 515 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:45,599 impeachment inquiries into Biden and other top candidate I'm sorry cabinet officials. In a 516 00:40:45,639 --> 00:40:51,880 post on X shortly after the vote, Green posted a photo with Johnson congratulating 517 00:40:52,159 --> 00:40:57,239 the Louisiana Republican. So there you go, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, the 518 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:02,559 new new Speaker of the House. Let's see we'll do one more quick thing 519 00:41:02,599 --> 00:41:06,400 and then we'll we'll get our guests in for the second hour. We have 520 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:15,039 a slim volume coming in in our number two New Marrow dose. There was 521 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:28,280 uh, now you know what that's that's gonna be uh too much to get 522 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,559 into right now. I had I had something else in mind, but it's 523 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:37,400 it's a big subject. We'll have to we'll have to circle back to that. 524 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,440 Actually, just one other thing to kind of put a tag on the 525 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:52,639 Mike Johnson thing. One of the things about Kevin McCarthy that helped him get 526 00:41:52,639 --> 00:41:54,679 to the speakership to begin with, even though it was obviously very difficult. 527 00:41:55,760 --> 00:42:00,800 Oh j fed says, I love slim volume. Yes, yes, is 528 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:06,000 his fundraising ability. Kevin McCarthy can raise a lot of money and help his 529 00:42:06,079 --> 00:42:12,880 party raise a lot of money. And it does say here McCarthy's fundraising guru 530 00:42:13,039 --> 00:42:16,599 will back newly anointed speaker Mike Johnson. You know, because we were just 531 00:42:16,599 --> 00:42:22,559 talking about are politicians being bought and paid for? Well, yes, McCarthy's 532 00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:29,320 fundraising guru will back Mike Johnson and give him full support, which means money, 533 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:34,639 money, money, money. Oh Katie from the Morning Show joins us 534 00:42:34,639 --> 00:42:38,840 in the Facebook live chat, Hello Katie. Jeff Miller has been a top 535 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:44,079 fundraiser, advisor and longtime pal of McCarthy. It says here this is from 536 00:42:44,079 --> 00:42:47,840 Politico. The force beyond Kevin McCarthy's fundraising operation is moving to support House GOP's 537 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:52,679 new speaker, Mike Johnson, an early sign of some unity among the GOP 538 00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:58,639 amid weeks of fractured chaos in the House. Jeff Miller, a top fundraiser, 539 00:42:58,679 --> 00:43:02,280 advisor and a longtime pal McCarthy, will begin fundraising for Johnson's camp, 540 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:06,280 he said. As the new speaker takes the helm of the House GOP, 541 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:10,880 he also assumes responsibility for the party's House fundraising operation, the resources behind maintaining 542 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:16,000 the slim speaking a slim the slim GOP majority in a heavily fought presidential election 543 00:43:16,119 --> 00:43:21,760 season. Johnson, far from a prolific fundraiser, raised just a half million 544 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,719 dollars since the start of twenty three. Only a half million. What a 545 00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:30,679 loser to half a million? Come on, and now you're House Speaker. 546 00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:35,239 I'm sort of kidding. Oh, Katie says much love to you, Matt. 547 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,960 Thank you, Katie, I appreciate that very much. Same um so, 548 00:43:39,199 --> 00:43:44,480 Miller said in a statement to Politico, the Miller the fundraising guy quote. 549 00:43:44,519 --> 00:43:47,199 Throughout my career, I've raised money for Republicans as a volunteer, and 550 00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:52,000 I intend to continue to do so. I will absolutely help the new speaker 551 00:43:52,079 --> 00:43:54,400 raise the resources to grow a majority in the House. Nothing is more important 552 00:43:54,400 --> 00:44:01,880 than electing more Republicans to the House of Representatives. Consider me like an ATM 553 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:07,039 machine. I added that last part wasn't part of his quote. I added 554 00:44:07,039 --> 00:44:14,920 that I was editorializing. Republican lobbyists told Politico that Johnson was largely an unknown 555 00:44:15,039 --> 00:44:20,559 entity on K Street without the inner circle of longtime Republican leadership like McCarthy or 556 00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:25,119 one time Speaker hopeful Steve Scalise, but his selection today also ushered in a 557 00:44:25,159 --> 00:44:30,119 mad dash of K Street, Dennison's elbowing to get close to the new speaker 558 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:32,239 before the vote. One Republican on K Street said they were about to start 559 00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:37,000 making calls to plan one of Johnson's first fundraisers as speaker. Yes, they're 560 00:44:37,079 --> 00:44:40,760 right on it. Gotta get that money. Yes, yes, yes, 561 00:44:43,199 --> 00:44:46,840 very exciting. In the second hour, New Maridos, we will have Slim 562 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:52,239 Volume live in studio with us. They will be making their return to the 563 00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:53,719 show. They have been on the show before. I've heard the new tunes. 564 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:57,519 You're gonna hear a bunch of new stuff today, some new studio tracks 565 00:44:58,159 --> 00:45:01,559 that have not yet been released. So a world radio premiere, really really 566 00:45:01,559 --> 00:45:05,519 good stuff. I love the new songs, so looking forward to sharing that 567 00:45:05,559 --> 00:45:07,559 with you. So there is plenty more to come. We're only halfway there. 568 00:45:07,559 --> 00:45:13,360 Matt Connorton Unleashed. We are live w m n H rip the novels. 569 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:22,039 If you're listening to w n H you come in, God, don't 570 00:45:22,079 --> 00:46:00,760 get so freely madzing you. Welcome back, everybody. We are into our 571 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:05,280 number two new marrowed dos of Matt Connorton Unleashed and we are live from the 572 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:09,159 studios of wm NH ninety five point three FM and Glorious Downtown Manchester, New 573 00:46:09,199 --> 00:46:13,559 Hampshire, also on Comcast Channel six if you're in Manchester, and hello to 574 00:46:13,599 --> 00:46:15,639 all of our online listeners across the nation and around the globe. You can 575 00:46:15,639 --> 00:46:20,440 go to my website Matt Connorton dot com for all of your live streaming options, 576 00:46:20,639 --> 00:46:22,639 social media links, contact info, show archives, et cetera, et 577 00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:29,480 cetera. Today's Wednesday October twenty five, twenty twenty three, and we have 578 00:46:29,519 --> 00:46:34,239 some musicians in studio with us. The guys from the band Slim Volume have 579 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,960 returned. How are you guys? Not too shabby, my friend? Good, 580 00:46:37,199 --> 00:46:40,800 very good, very good. Let's let's do this. We're gonna play 581 00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:45,239 some of the new tunes, but let's start at the news desk and tell 582 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:46,800 us who you are and what you do in the band. I'm Trent. 583 00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:53,400 I am playing guitar, singing and co writing some lyrics. All right, 584 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,679 yeap. My name is Mike. I play lead guitar for these guys and 585 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:02,960 do some co writing as well. Hello Mike, Hello Jake. I played 586 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:09,159 bass and sing okay, and John and I did I played drums? Now 587 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:14,760 now who was here last time you were? It was me in trin Okay, 588 00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:16,320 okay, So we got we got the full band or is there somebody 589 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:21,559 else who's missing this? Well done? Well done? Oh though, I'm 590 00:47:21,559 --> 00:47:23,440 glad you're all here. This is great. Yeah. You've got some fans 591 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:28,000 in the chat room too, and probably more. We'll be arriving. Jay 592 00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:31,360 Fed from the Grey State of Vermont says I love Slim Volume, and Katie 593 00:47:31,679 --> 00:47:35,920 from the Morning Show here with Peter White. She says, woo, me 594 00:47:36,039 --> 00:47:39,679 too, and uh, Melanie, Melanie on the chat room, you know, 595 00:47:39,679 --> 00:47:44,119 because we're on uh she's watching on Facebook and with the overhead cam you 596 00:47:44,119 --> 00:47:46,920 can see the full studio. And Melanie said, h are they trying to 597 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:52,639 fool us? Couch guy and window guy are the same person? Nice try 598 00:47:52,679 --> 00:47:58,800 fellas and here it's something we can I guess. So, yeah, that's 599 00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:04,320 something we could get into. These are balanced and opposite appearances, right right. 600 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,400 I didn't think people would catch us this fast, but it didn't take 601 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,320 long. Yeah, that's a good that's a good get. Yes, two 602 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:14,480 of you are clean shaven. It would appear, which isn't actually, which 603 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:16,719 is unusual in this day and age. You almost stand out by not having 604 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:22,039 facial hair because everybody has facial hair. That was kind of interesting too, 605 00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:24,559 like none of us have tattoos. A little bit of a twist on like 606 00:48:24,599 --> 00:48:29,199 you know music scene guys too, that is unusual. I've I've often said 607 00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,920 that myself. I played in a bunch of bands and I've never gotten a 608 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:36,039 tattoo. I've never even had a piercing like, I've never had an earring. 609 00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:37,960 I've never had any kind of a piercing of any kind. I just 610 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,719 don't want to punch holes in my flesh. But a couple of the bands 611 00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:44,039 I was in like it, Like I was, I kind of stood out 612 00:48:44,039 --> 00:48:46,519 because I was the one guy who had no tattoos or piercings of any kind. 613 00:48:46,599 --> 00:48:52,679 But uh, yeah, so I guess I'm not alone here. We're 614 00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:58,360 an inkless band. Well, now tell me about the new tracks, because 615 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,519 these are none of these are out yet, correct, so they're kind of 616 00:49:01,599 --> 00:49:07,639 half new, half old ish. Yeah. Yeah, man, there's a 617 00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:13,079 lot we could say about all of them. Running Thin, which I think 618 00:49:13,079 --> 00:49:15,199 we should play first when we get to that. Yes, that's kind of 619 00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:22,480 the first track that we all wrote and recorded together as a band. Oh 620 00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:27,519 really Okay, Yeah, one of the other ones goes back to actually last 621 00:49:27,559 --> 00:49:34,880 October, and then we have another brand new one that we're previewing that we're 622 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,679 very excited about that we just recorded in September of this year. Okay. 623 00:49:38,119 --> 00:49:40,519 I always thought there was something a little bit special about Running Thin, just 624 00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:44,639 because, as Tran was mentioned, and it's like one of the first ones 625 00:49:44,679 --> 00:49:46,199 that we truly wrote as a band, like all collectively sat down in a 626 00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:50,599 room and like, to me, like the day is super vivid. I 627 00:49:50,599 --> 00:49:52,639 remember like leaving we gras got some grub and it was just like such a 628 00:49:52,679 --> 00:49:55,599 beautiful, majestic day out and it was just kind of like hit different and 629 00:49:55,639 --> 00:49:59,039 like we were going to practice and just feeling kind of like on cloud nine. 630 00:49:59,199 --> 00:50:00,440 Yeah, and like we out there and things just kind of like fell 631 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:04,320 into place super super quickly on it and it's just like a really really cool 632 00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,320 experience for us to have, like for the first time. Oh, very 633 00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:09,079 cool, very cool. All right, So that's Running Thin, Running Thin. 634 00:50:09,159 --> 00:50:12,719 Ye. Yeah, let's let's give that a listen and then we'll we'll 635 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,519 get we'll come back and we'll chat some more and get caught caught up with 636 00:50:15,559 --> 00:50:16,920 all that you guys have been doing. But uh yeah, like I said, 637 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,760 I love these tunes. I listened to all four of them, really 638 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,960 good. But all right, so this is Running Thin, brand new from 639 00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:45,760 Slim Volume. Check this out. If I don't get going, I'm glad 640 00:50:49,519 --> 00:51:02,239 if I make no steaks when we'll win. No, it's it's hard to 641 00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:28,519 know where mah running things. I've had it all to direver guy. The 642 00:51:28,679 --> 00:51:57,159 world is cruel sometimes the badst time to make running it. I came from 643 00:51:57,199 --> 00:52:10,719 nowhere, I disappeared, I found love again, I stayed clear. I'm 644 00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:36,159 still a lot, so many worlds and baby running fish. I'm leading home 645 00:52:36,559 --> 00:52:53,239 to rubbers the world. It's cool Sometimes May it's time to let and I'm 646 00:52:53,599 --> 00:53:38,000 running fish. It took a long to get. It takes to be free. 647 00:53:40,840 --> 00:54:07,559 It takes long to get. It took to to be friend. Oh 648 00:54:07,679 --> 00:54:10,159 my god, guys, that is so good. Thank you. I absolutely 649 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:14,480 love that. By the way, I'm not the only one we have. 650 00:54:14,639 --> 00:54:17,679 Emily Lennon in the Facebook live chat, she says, Hi, Jake, 651 00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:22,840 Trent, Mike, and John, it's Emily. She says, I'm their 652 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:30,360 biggest fan. Thanks for listening, And she said I absolutely love this song. 653 00:54:30,039 --> 00:54:32,960 Yeah, that's so good. Okay, now who's singing? So Trent, 654 00:54:34,079 --> 00:54:36,639 you sing, but somebody else? Who's who else is singing with you 655 00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:38,880 on that? Jake? Okay? Yeah? Really, you guys, your 656 00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:44,000 voices together sound incredible. That's definitely a big part of the magic of that 657 00:54:44,159 --> 00:54:46,840 song. And it just sounds so good. Where were these all recorded in 658 00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:50,519 the same place, in the same studio or where do you record these? 659 00:54:50,639 --> 00:54:52,559 These were all over the place? Really? Yeah? Yeah, so this 660 00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:58,360 one, this one. We started at a place called the Greenhouse in Guildford 661 00:54:58,599 --> 00:55:04,880 which has now moved to Poor Okay, with Sam MacArthur and uh we did 662 00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:07,159 a little bit of tracking at home, but yeah, for the most part 663 00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:10,960 recorded up there, mixed by a buddy in town. Okay, yeah, 664 00:55:12,239 --> 00:55:15,000 yeah, each one of the like these songs, have a totally different story 665 00:55:15,039 --> 00:55:21,000 on how they got recorded. Yeah. Yeah, that's unusual because they they 666 00:55:21,199 --> 00:55:22,880 sound uh, you know, I listened to all four of them today, 667 00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:27,199 just in succession, and you know, they they sound cohesive, you know, 668 00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:29,440 they don't you know what I mean. It's not like you like you 669 00:55:29,519 --> 00:55:30,519 listen to them and you go, oh, these sound like they were recorded 670 00:55:30,559 --> 00:55:35,480 different places. Not that most listeners are going to figure that out anyway, 671 00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:39,360 but but but some people might or they might sense that there's something not together 672 00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:43,679 about these. But but no, they all sound really good. So were 673 00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:47,599 these literally all done in four different places or yeah? Wow, I think 674 00:55:47,639 --> 00:55:52,039 they were over like, you know, different totally different spands of times too. 675 00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:54,519 Yeah. Yeah, And now when are these coming out? Are they 676 00:55:54,519 --> 00:55:57,800 all coming out at the same time because these are all none of these have 677 00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,559 been released yet, right, correct, So it's a little bit I mean 678 00:56:00,599 --> 00:56:04,119 I think I think the plan is to talk it over, which we're gonna 679 00:56:04,119 --> 00:56:07,119 get to is gonna probably be the next one to come out. Yeah, 680 00:56:07,199 --> 00:56:09,440 that, by the way, that's my favorite efore. Yeah, probably sometime 681 00:56:09,519 --> 00:56:15,360 in the next you know month. Uh. Jake has a song that kind 682 00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:17,519 of goes with it that we recorded at the same time that actually tonight we're 683 00:56:17,559 --> 00:56:22,400 going to finish up at black Heart down the Road really excellent. Yeah, 684 00:56:22,519 --> 00:56:25,000 and so those are kind of our like, you know, one two, 685 00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:30,760 kind of the slim volume twenty twenty four, you know, yeah, new 686 00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:37,440 model, Yeah, coming out is the upgraded sound. Yeah. So yeah, 687 00:56:37,559 --> 00:56:42,760 release strategy is always something we've been playing with a little bit. Yeah. 688 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,800 Yeah, Well there's so many different ways to do it. Yeah, 689 00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:51,519 it's tricky because as we record new things, sometimes you hear the newest thing 690 00:56:51,599 --> 00:56:55,880 you've done and it sounds so good, yeah previously right, and it starts 691 00:56:55,920 --> 00:57:00,159 to make you, excuse me, second guess, like, Okay, do 692 00:57:00,679 --> 00:57:02,000 we even put that other stuff out at all? Or like do we wait, 693 00:57:02,239 --> 00:57:05,880 how what's the approach? So that's sort of what we're grappling with at 694 00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:07,639 this point. Yeah, it's a very good, good problem to have to 695 00:57:07,679 --> 00:57:13,280 feel like we're trying to catch up with stuff first. Definitely seeking it as 696 00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:16,079 it comes and deal with it absolutely, but yeah, it can be tricky 697 00:57:16,119 --> 00:57:19,880 if you you know, if you've been working on something for a long time 698 00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:22,079 and you've and so you've heard it a million times and then it so then 699 00:57:22,119 --> 00:57:25,320 it doesn't hit you quite the same way, and then you have to try 700 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:29,159 to figure out, well, what about someone who's never heard it? Are 701 00:57:29,199 --> 00:57:31,639 they how are they going to react to it? And because you know they 702 00:57:31,719 --> 00:57:35,800 haven't heard it a thousand times, so it'll be new to them, Well, 703 00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:37,320 they love it as much as the first time I heard it when I 704 00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:39,360 wrote it and played it, and you know what I mean. Well, 705 00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:43,840 the interesting thing about that is like, I don't know the last time I 706 00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:47,280 even listened to that, So listening listening to it right here kind of you 707 00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:51,039 know, gave me that feeling again. And that's something we were we were, 708 00:57:51,159 --> 00:57:52,360 Yeah, we were just talking about that a couple of weeks ago. 709 00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:55,159 As a band is like I don't know, Jake, I think it was 710 00:57:55,239 --> 00:57:59,400 kind of your thought at the practice, but the concept that like if you 711 00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:01,039 know, if the song doesn't give you goose bumps, you know, why 712 00:58:01,119 --> 00:58:07,119 should you expect it to give anybody else goosebumps. And I think you know 713 00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:10,840 that song, like Mike was saying earlier, when when it was created, 714 00:58:12,159 --> 00:58:15,079 it just had a vibe. Yeah, it had a feeling to it, 715 00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:16,280 and then you know, you record it, listened to it a hundred times 716 00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:20,679 in a row, kind of go away. But yeah, yeah, I 717 00:58:20,719 --> 00:58:22,800 would say it stands up. Yeah, No, it was cool. It 718 00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:25,000 was cool to listen to it. It's funny. I was thinking the same 719 00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:28,719 exact thing. I was like, I can't even remember last time I've listened 720 00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:30,280 to that tape, because like you know, once you're kind of done, 721 00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:31,280 you talk it away, you're just like, yeah, I don't know, 722 00:58:31,639 --> 00:58:34,920 just kind of leaves your mind for a little bit. So of here it's 723 00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:37,719 just kind of cool, like a fresh perspective on it. Yeah, months 724 00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:40,000 later it was nice. Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. And you 725 00:58:40,119 --> 00:58:45,119 mentioned, uh, Blackheart Studio. Now that's a name that I've heard a 726 00:58:45,159 --> 00:58:49,880 lot on this show. Yep. Yeah, so that's Eric Solter. Oh 727 00:58:50,039 --> 00:58:52,480 yeah, yeah, that's a name I've heard a lot on the show too. 728 00:58:52,599 --> 00:58:54,320 Yeah. He's working with a lot of people, yeah, doing really 729 00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:58,679 good stuff. He's got a good setup over there. For sure. He's 730 00:58:58,719 --> 00:59:00,000 the man. Yeah, he's got a nothing. Then they both kind of 731 00:59:00,079 --> 00:59:02,920 like you know, split the duty on taking guys in recording them, mixing 732 00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,320 master and whatever. And it's always a very good experience working with those guys. 733 00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:09,360 Excellent. So they do the master in there too if you want, 734 00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:12,719 they'll do anything that you want them to do and stuff like that. But 735 00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:16,559 yeah, oh that's excellent. That's excellent. Well let's let's listen to Uh. 736 00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:20,840 Yeah, this is like I said, this is my favorite of the 737 00:59:21,119 --> 00:59:23,519 four that you sent me. Talk it Over. Yeah, I really love 738 00:59:23,639 --> 00:59:27,840 this. Let's give this a listen. If you're just joining us, we 739 00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:31,039 have a Slim Volume is with us live in studio. We're talking and we're 740 00:59:31,079 --> 00:59:34,480 playing some of these These are new tracks that have not yet been heard. 741 00:59:34,519 --> 00:59:37,920 This is a world radio premiere, my friends, uh, which we which 742 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:42,199 we love around here. We love sharing brand new stuff. But this is 743 00:59:42,239 --> 00:59:45,000 really good. Check this out. This is talk it Over by Slim Volume. 744 01:00:09,239 --> 01:00:25,719 You're the riddle I door, darling, dreaming and disguise. Tell me 745 01:00:27,079 --> 01:00:44,159 what you're feeling. I'll sure you. It's all right. Let's talking over, 746 01:00:45,400 --> 01:01:20,639 let's talking over, let's talking over a little mystery sweet Tart, the 747 01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:45,000 colors in the clouds every time I'll read I'm swimming through your eyes. Let's 748 01:01:45,239 --> 01:02:22,599 talk it over, Let's talk it over, let's talk at let's get it 749 01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:30,519 lay. But this kind of way my heart is being EXAs I need to 750 01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:51,199 get all way. Are we on the same thing. Let's talk to Let's 751 01:02:51,400 --> 01:03:25,400 talk to over. Let's talk to over. Oh that is so good. 752 01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:30,159 Talk it over by Slim Volume. Man, we've got Trent, Mike, 753 01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:32,639 Jake, and John here with us live in studio. Yeah, that's my 754 01:03:32,719 --> 01:03:37,559 favorite, guys. That is absolutely amazing. And Katie in the chatroom says, 755 01:03:37,599 --> 01:03:43,480 loving this one. Megan Wilson says, go Johnny, slim volume rocks. 756 01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:46,199 And she said that in all caps, so you know she means it. 757 01:03:46,559 --> 01:03:51,239 And Emily Lennon said, I haven't heard this one recorded like this yet. 758 01:03:51,400 --> 01:03:54,440 It sounds awesome, very good to hear. Yeah, yeah, was 759 01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:58,599 there an earlier version of that? She says she hasn't heard this one recorded 760 01:03:58,719 --> 01:04:00,840 like this yet. She just just heard it live take So, oh I 761 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,360 got you many times? Yeah, I got youa you know what? Really 762 01:04:06,199 --> 01:04:11,440 sorry, I'm trying to get to you know what really makes the song? 763 01:04:11,519 --> 01:04:14,320 You guys will know exactly what I'm talking about when I say it, But 764 01:04:14,519 --> 01:04:17,159 for listeners who don't know, I'll just demonstrate I like analyzing songs. Okay, 765 01:04:17,159 --> 01:04:20,199 I'm excited to hear this. Yeah, you won't be surprised. You 766 01:04:20,239 --> 01:04:29,400 can probably predict what I'm gonna say. But right there, that the way 767 01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:33,320 it sets up the chorus. I mean, that's really little nuance is like 768 01:04:33,400 --> 01:04:36,119 that, you know, just completely make a song, you know, and 769 01:04:36,199 --> 01:04:40,199 you do it several times throughout the song, right like close to the beginning, 770 01:04:40,239 --> 01:04:42,599 and then you know, you do it again before each chorus. But 771 01:04:43,159 --> 01:04:45,719 that's just that one thing. It just if you were to remove you know, 772 01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:48,599 it's like what is a jenga? I've never played it, I watched 773 01:04:48,599 --> 01:04:50,719 people do it. You know, you take one piece out and the whole 774 01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:54,440 thing could collapse if you If that wasn't in the song, you know, 775 01:04:54,440 --> 01:04:56,519 it'd still be a really good song, it still be really catchy, but 776 01:04:56,960 --> 01:05:00,760 that one nuance just makes it that d Yes, I feel like we ultimately 777 01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:04,920 end up really kind of focusing on like these these tiny motifs and songs they're 778 01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:09,119 kind of like really kind of blossom into making like yeah, like exactly what 779 01:05:09,199 --> 01:05:12,280 you're describing. It's like that's always like something in the music that I've always 780 01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:15,400 totally appreciated. It's just like it's like this one tiny thing that really just 781 01:05:15,480 --> 01:05:17,760 sets it aside, and you just like like, I really hope everyone else 782 01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:19,840 is hearing that right now, because that's just like incredibly you know what I 783 01:05:19,920 --> 01:05:21,960 mean. So like to try and just like replicate that and try and just 784 01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:26,039 take an approach where it is like ooh, what is that? Here's something 785 01:05:26,320 --> 01:05:27,880 even an accident, you know what I mean. I feel like all the 786 01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:30,280 time I'll go back on like a recording that we did a practice and it'll 787 01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:32,599 just be a genuine, like, you know, mistake on my part if 788 01:05:32,599 --> 01:05:35,639 I'm listening to what I'm doing, and then like I'll be like, it'll 789 01:05:35,719 --> 01:05:40,079 just send my mind into a direction where I'm hearing something melodic and it always 790 01:05:40,119 --> 01:05:43,679 transforms into something yeah, really really cool. So I do I do dig 791 01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:47,239 like kind of that approach on music. Yeah? Yeah, absolutely? Now 792 01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:49,679 where was that recorded? Was that done? A black Heart? Yeah? 793 01:05:50,079 --> 01:05:56,079 Okay, okay, very cool, very cool. When you play these, 794 01:05:56,199 --> 01:05:59,599 uh the four songs that were featuring today, have these all been played live 795 01:05:59,719 --> 01:06:01,159 or they all part of your yeat. Yeah, okay, so people have 796 01:06:01,239 --> 01:06:04,519 heard of them the live shows, but just not the not the studio versions 797 01:06:04,559 --> 01:06:10,440 before. Very good, very good. Yeah. I think something that could 798 01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:13,920 be interesting to kind of talk about a little bit is like the band the 799 01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:17,559 band origin story. Yeah, yeah, from because last time we talked about 800 01:06:17,559 --> 01:06:19,440 it and it was only Jake and I here, so it was kind of 801 01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:24,679 from our perspective. Yeah, But I think what's interesting is from Mike's perspective, 802 01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:29,719 because Mike, we had no idea existed. He was a brand new 803 01:06:29,800 --> 01:06:33,039 soul in our lives. And that was the result of Jake and I going 804 01:06:33,159 --> 01:06:36,400 to the Strange Brew open mics. Oh okay. For a period of time 805 01:06:38,119 --> 01:06:41,679 actually, about exactly two years ago, between like September and November, we 806 01:06:41,760 --> 01:06:44,760 were going down there a lot. So yeah, yeah, so it was 807 01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:46,079 kind of funny. I actually feel like for about a year and a half, 808 01:06:46,199 --> 01:06:49,719 kind of like a little bit like through like somewhat past the beginning of 809 01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:53,360 the pandemic until like towards the end, I was doing an open mic night 810 01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:56,599 with like an old like a good friend of mine named Howard. He's kind 811 01:06:56,639 --> 01:06:59,880 of like a blues legend down at Strange Brew's been doing like the blues jam 812 01:07:00,079 --> 01:07:01,920 there since like ninety eight or something crazy like that. Yeah. Yeah, 813 01:07:02,199 --> 01:07:05,719 but so you know I was doing that and I remember these guys just like 814 01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:10,280 coming in one time and then there was just a duo and uh I remember 815 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:12,079 him playing it and just kind of like they just like crushed it, you 816 01:07:12,119 --> 01:07:14,400 know what I mean. They just had like some some sweet, sweet covers 817 01:07:14,440 --> 01:07:15,760 and like they'll kind of add their own little twang on it, like uh 818 01:07:16,239 --> 01:07:19,400 doing a cover by the Strokes and like adding a harmony that's not there throughout 819 01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:21,400 the song. Just kind of cool little things like that where I was just 820 01:07:21,599 --> 01:07:25,039 like, wow, that's awesome. Yeah, And uh, you know I 821 01:07:25,079 --> 01:07:27,599 remember like my first impression was like damn, these dude sounds so good, 822 01:07:27,679 --> 01:07:30,400 kind of like you know, like screw them, like right right, yeah, 823 01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:33,679 because like I'm not playing with them. And then as as Trenton just 824 01:07:33,760 --> 01:07:36,079 mentioned like they had come back like you know, a couple of weeks in 825 01:07:36,119 --> 01:07:39,400 a row, so then like I don't know, had like the light bulb 826 01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:42,320 moment of just being like like maybe these du like guys need a guitar player. 827 01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:45,280 Yeah, So like I went up to Trent and I was like I 828 01:07:45,360 --> 01:07:46,360 was like, hey man, like if you're ever trying a jam, you 829 01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:49,480 know, let you know. And that's like I feel like if anyone out 830 01:07:49,480 --> 01:07:53,000 there's like, you know, musicians listening, that's like the most generic thing 831 01:07:53,079 --> 01:07:58,199 you say to anyone like jam sometimes it really like it never ever happens. 832 01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:00,599 And so like me and him just looked at each other and we're just like, 833 01:08:00,599 --> 01:08:03,119 all right, like tomorrow night, like we jam and if like it 834 01:08:03,199 --> 01:08:06,360 doesn't happen, then like we never ever tried to get together again, like 835 01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:10,159 just kind of set that precedent because we both knew how it went, you 836 01:08:10,199 --> 01:08:12,920 know what I mean. Yeah, and then uh, we got together and 837 01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:15,199 then like it's just like from there it was just like non stop like getting 838 01:08:15,199 --> 01:08:18,319 together and hanging out. And it's crazy how like organic all of us got 839 01:08:18,359 --> 01:08:21,199 together. And that's another aspect that I don't know if someone else wants to 840 01:08:21,279 --> 01:08:24,560 touch on that I think is really cool. Yeah, well, I'd like 841 01:08:24,640 --> 01:08:27,479 to introduce Johnny a little bit. So, so right at the time that 842 01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:30,720 we were meeting Mike, and it turned out that Mike lived just down the 843 01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:34,600 street from me up here, oh okay, up in the northern the northern 844 01:08:34,720 --> 01:08:40,840 end of Manchester. But so that was just super convenient, and I met 845 01:08:40,960 --> 01:08:45,319 a girl. I started dating Madbury, and uh, she told me on 846 01:08:45,399 --> 01:08:47,000 our first date, she's like, yeah, my cousin, you know, 847 01:08:47,239 --> 01:08:48,960 we're talking about what we do. It's like, yeah, I playing a 848 01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:53,279 band whatever. She's like, oh, my cousin plays drums or like sort 849 01:08:53,319 --> 01:08:58,159 of used to play drums. And I was instantly like, oh, all 850 01:08:58,279 --> 01:09:01,199 right, Like if they goes well, maybe that could be something to explore 851 01:09:01,239 --> 01:09:03,680 down the road. And so, you know, it turned out that, 852 01:09:04,119 --> 01:09:10,319 you know, we we we hit it off and and kind of started, 853 01:09:10,640 --> 01:09:13,079 you know, egging on Johnny a little bit when I'd see him at their 854 01:09:13,119 --> 01:09:15,039 family stuff, be like you ready to like come jam with us, Like 855 01:09:15,359 --> 01:09:18,359 because I'm just gonna say this and Johnny can take it over. But he 856 01:09:18,439 --> 01:09:20,840 had never played in a band before, he'd never played a show before, 857 01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:25,600 he didn't even own a drum kit a year ago. And the things he's 858 01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:29,760 done for us and and his development as a drummer in the last year has 859 01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:32,359 been remarkable. But thank you, Yeah, Johnny, say what you want 860 01:09:32,479 --> 01:09:36,560 on that. So yeah, I started out playing drums in like school bands, 861 01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:40,520 so that's like middle school, high school. And after I graduated, 862 01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:42,960 I kind of stopped and didn't really think I was gonna take it anywhere else. 863 01:09:43,560 --> 01:09:45,800 And then I met Trent for the first time, and he's asking me 864 01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:47,680 to play in the band and like come jam with the guys kind of thing. 865 01:09:48,319 --> 01:09:50,520 And I was a little hesitant at first. I was kind of just 866 01:09:50,600 --> 01:09:54,520 practicing on eke Hit and that's all I had, really, yeah, just 867 01:09:54,640 --> 01:09:58,399 learning some covers and just kind of fooling around on it. But I decided 868 01:09:58,439 --> 01:10:01,520 to just go for it, and I kept going to practice every single week 869 01:10:01,640 --> 01:10:04,760 and after that, I mean it's been a year now, so yeah, 870 01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:09,000 yeah, I just kind of fell into place. Yeah, it feels like 871 01:10:09,520 --> 01:10:12,840 we've been playing forever though, Yeah, but like a great way, you 872 01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:15,000 know what I mean. Like, and especially to consider that he hadn't like 873 01:10:15,079 --> 01:10:16,920 really been playing like a kid or have like played a live live gig, 874 01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:20,359 I was just like, yeah, like damn you like nice. I was 875 01:10:20,399 --> 01:10:24,760 ready to just jump and start playing live gigs. And even like a year 876 01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:27,840 ago, I didn't have the thought to like make my own original music and 877 01:10:27,880 --> 01:10:30,239 stuff like that. So it's yeah, it's been a blast of them, 878 01:10:30,439 --> 01:10:32,960 very cool, very cool. Yeah, no, you sound great on these 879 01:10:33,039 --> 01:10:38,399 songs. Thank you. What I've really enjoyed about playing with both Mike and 880 01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:43,760 Johnny is just how tasteful they are as players. And I'm sure you can 881 01:10:43,840 --> 01:10:48,399 hear that in the recording. Oh yeah yeah. But both are playing, 882 01:10:48,720 --> 01:10:53,479 at least to my ear, exactly what the songs need, not more, 883 01:10:53,640 --> 01:10:59,600 not less, and both are capable of really like incredible playing. Mike, 884 01:10:59,640 --> 01:11:04,399 for ex sample, is capable of playing he's a really like a depth guitar 885 01:11:04,520 --> 01:11:10,199 player, and he'll dial it back just for exactly what the song requires. 886 01:11:10,399 --> 01:11:15,079 Yeah, yeah, And there's something to be said about go when you you 887 01:11:15,239 --> 01:11:19,079 could play something flashy but pulling back and playing something that's tasteful. And Johnny 888 01:11:19,119 --> 01:11:20,520 two, I don't know. I mean, I don't want to speak for 889 01:11:20,600 --> 01:11:26,479 you here, john but the h we use the comparison of Ringo all the 890 01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:29,840 time. We yeah, a lot of were Beatles fans. Yeah, and 891 01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:32,279 we we say, you know what, would Ringo play a lot of times 892 01:11:32,319 --> 01:11:35,800 in practice because Ringo is somebody who he's trying to blow you away with Phil's 893 01:11:36,199 --> 01:11:41,039 or with his technical ability. But you listen to Beatles songs and all his 894 01:11:41,159 --> 01:11:44,399 parts are different, and they always some of them are really complex. He's 895 01:11:44,399 --> 01:11:46,399 just don't necessarily notice it unless you be really pay attention. Yes, because 896 01:11:46,399 --> 01:11:49,880 it's exactly what the song needs and it's not right distracting, right right? 897 01:11:50,039 --> 01:11:55,560 Yeah, exactly. So, uh, Brent, I think this is for 898 01:11:55,640 --> 01:11:57,960 you. Melanie is asking in the chat room, so how long were you 899 01:11:58,079 --> 01:12:01,760 forced to date her to get the drummer in play? I wasn't a force 900 01:12:01,800 --> 01:12:04,680 at all. Are you still together? Oh? Yeah? Oh good, 901 01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:08,199 good, very good. All right. Well, so that that's a happy 902 01:12:08,319 --> 01:12:12,000 ending to that story on multiple friends, then that's that's excellent. I think 903 01:12:12,079 --> 01:12:15,039 you know it's a win win. Yes. Yeah. When someone said in 904 01:12:15,359 --> 01:12:18,279 the chat earlier, like oh, the drummer and the basis are the same, 905 01:12:18,880 --> 01:12:23,479 the same person, like, okay that it's kind of funny because we're 906 01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:27,119 just talking about this the other day. So some of like the balanced and 907 01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:30,199 opposite aspects of each other. It's like Jake and I a little bit older, 908 01:12:30,760 --> 01:12:33,439 Mike and Johnny a little bit younger. I think, you know, 909 01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:39,119 physically speaking, we we share a little bit of that, you know, 910 01:12:39,239 --> 01:12:43,640 Mike and I and Jake and Johnny, but also experience in music. Mike, 911 01:12:43,840 --> 01:12:45,600 Mike and I have played in lots of bands for a long time. 912 01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:53,039 Jake and Johnny really before this, not much at all really, and it's 913 01:12:53,119 --> 01:12:55,920 just it kind of just goes on from there. It's just just interesting. 914 01:12:56,039 --> 01:13:00,600 We've we've really all kind of just fell into place as as friends. Yep, 915 01:13:00,720 --> 01:13:04,760 yeah, absolutely, oh absolutely yeah. I mean how you relate to 916 01:13:04,800 --> 01:13:09,359 each other as people is you know, part of part of what helps keep 917 01:13:09,399 --> 01:13:12,239 a band together, you know, not not just some music, but you 918 01:13:12,319 --> 01:13:15,119 know, if you genuinely like each other, it becomes like a family or 919 01:13:15,399 --> 01:13:20,399 a brotherhood. In this case, I don't know about genuinely right people appearances 920 01:13:20,520 --> 01:13:27,159 for a radio thing like this, I understand. Yes, yes. Melanie 921 01:13:27,199 --> 01:13:30,319 also said in the chat room, they are so adorably respectful of each other. 922 01:13:30,840 --> 01:13:34,560 It's nice. It's nice to see. Let's see. And somebody else 923 01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:38,800 had made a comment too. I think about that the song we displayed, 924 01:13:40,720 --> 01:13:44,279 if I can find it, No, I probably won't be able to know. 925 01:13:44,399 --> 01:13:45,920 I'm not gonna be able to find it. Oh. Emily Lennon said, 926 01:13:45,920 --> 01:13:49,920 such a great drummers, so very nice, and Katie's oh yeah, 927 01:13:49,920 --> 01:13:54,319 here's the comment I was looking for. And Katie said, Johnny has blossomed 928 01:13:55,199 --> 01:14:00,239 very nice, very nice. And I have a question too, john are 929 01:14:00,319 --> 01:14:02,239 you are you in any other bands or is this it? And the reason 930 01:14:02,279 --> 01:14:05,600 I ask that specifically is has been a trend on the show lately where every 931 01:14:05,640 --> 01:14:11,159 drummer who comes on the show is in like ten different bands, the only 932 01:14:11,239 --> 01:14:13,359 one, only one, yeah, all right, the only one he's telling 933 01:14:13,439 --> 01:14:15,920 us about. Right, I have a secret band that I'm not letting them 934 01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:18,039 know about. But yeah, well, drummers are hard to find, you 935 01:14:18,119 --> 01:14:23,279 know, they're in high demand. I'm sure you've been approached. Actually there 936 01:14:23,359 --> 01:14:29,680 was one time where someone was talking about they did. But we're all learning 937 01:14:29,720 --> 01:14:32,520 this together in real time, So just say that they really like my playing 938 01:14:32,600 --> 01:14:35,840 and it would be cool to have someone that plays like me to play. 939 01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:39,640 But right, I think I'm sticking with that, which is another way of 940 01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:42,159 saying, come join our band. But yeah, I'm sticking with them. 941 01:14:42,279 --> 01:14:45,520 Yeah, yeah, no, that's good. Yeah, drummers are in such 942 01:14:45,600 --> 01:14:47,880 high demand. And my theory is, and regular listeners hear me say this 943 01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:50,039 all the time, is that when you're you know, when you're growing up 944 01:14:50,079 --> 01:14:53,760 and you get interested in playing a musical instrument, you have to go talk 945 01:14:53,760 --> 01:14:55,760 to your parents about, hey, I want to play you know, whatever 946 01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:58,039 it's going to be. If you say drums, they're going to try to 947 01:14:58,079 --> 01:15:00,000 talk you out of it because nobody wants all that now, or maybe if 948 01:15:00,039 --> 01:15:03,920 it's a tuba. But so, I think that's why drummers are in such 949 01:15:04,279 --> 01:15:09,960 such high demand. But well, let's uh, let's see if we played 950 01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:13,640 two or we've we've only played two, right, Yeah, let's play. 951 01:15:14,439 --> 01:15:17,359 Should we go with Long Road? Yeah, let's play? We have Long 952 01:15:17,439 --> 01:15:20,039 Road? All right? So this is another great track. If you're just 953 01:15:20,159 --> 01:15:24,640 joining us, we have Slim Volume live in studio with us. The whole 954 01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:27,800 band is here. We're playing some brand new songs. These have not been 955 01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:30,239 heard. You are hearing these, well, they've been heard live, but 956 01:15:30,279 --> 01:15:32,520 they have not been heard. These studio tracks have not been heard before today. 957 01:15:32,600 --> 01:15:35,319 So you are hearing these for the first time. Check this out. 958 01:15:35,359 --> 01:15:43,680 This is Long Road Slim Volume. Oh sorry for the delay. Here we 959 01:15:43,760 --> 01:16:13,760 go. I've been scared of my mind. I tried to disguise them. 960 01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:21,239 I tried getting in silence. Neither seemed effective. I took a look in, 961 01:16:24,800 --> 01:16:31,279 I saw my future. My soul is eternal. It's all a great 962 01:16:31,479 --> 01:16:40,920 circle. It's all correct. If it's loud and it's clear high. In 963 01:16:41,239 --> 01:16:48,079 order to get in, you gotta get it away I've been dropping the baggage. 964 01:16:49,279 --> 01:17:01,760 I've been clearing the path space in my heart's feeling. Uh pacious is 965 01:17:01,960 --> 01:17:15,279 actually truths contagious? Six years you gotta, I've been taken, ave been 966 01:17:15,439 --> 01:17:31,640 smelling the flowers. I took a t I fell talking to you about and 967 01:17:35,520 --> 01:18:42,399 study I've been taking. I didn't speak. That is Long Road by Slim 968 01:18:42,520 --> 01:18:45,880 Volume. You're hearing it here for the first time on Matt Connorton Unleashed, 969 01:18:45,199 --> 01:18:48,800 and we have the guys from Slim Volume here with us live in studio, 970 01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:53,680 and we are featuring some of these brand new tracks. Really really good. 971 01:18:53,720 --> 01:18:56,800 Now, where was that one? Where'd you guys record that one? I 972 01:18:56,960 --> 01:19:00,680 was done at a friend of ours? Yeah house. He's got a nice, 973 01:19:00,800 --> 01:19:04,560 really nice, like little home studio in the basement too. Yeah. 974 01:19:04,640 --> 01:19:08,319 Man, it's actually a really really nice I've got a bunch of like real 975 01:19:08,439 --> 01:19:11,479 nice microphones and such, and he's just a good dude to work with. 976 01:19:11,640 --> 01:19:14,520 So yeah, we've gone over there and kind of dabbled and just kind of 977 01:19:14,560 --> 01:19:17,279 like trying trying some stuff out, some new songs and whatnot. So yeah, 978 01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:20,439 very cool, very cool. Now, who writes the brand? Do 979 01:19:20,439 --> 01:19:24,199 you write? Do you write all the Trent rather, I'm sorry, do 980 01:19:24,199 --> 01:19:26,520 you write? Do you write all the lyrics? Are? I mean not 981 01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:30,359 always that one I did? Yeah, that one, Yeah, that one 982 01:19:30,479 --> 01:19:34,479 was that was very much inspired by sort of like a like a spiritual awakening. 983 01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:41,319 I was kind of going through between like twenty eighteen and through twenty twenty 984 01:19:41,439 --> 01:19:45,880 one. Yeah. I kind of remember exactly starting that song. O kidding, 985 01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:48,000 I was sick with COVID and twenty twenty one, and yeah, kind 986 01:19:48,039 --> 01:19:51,279 of I remember starting that one. But yeah, yeah, that one. 987 01:19:54,720 --> 01:19:58,800 That one has roots in Florida. It's good. Well we were, isn't 988 01:19:58,840 --> 01:20:02,119 that like part of it? Like the riff? Yeah, Like Trent and 989 01:20:02,159 --> 01:20:05,640 I were on like a vacation in Florida and we heard like a Southern rock 990 01:20:05,760 --> 01:20:12,079 cover band tried to capture some of the essence of that vibe. I hear 991 01:20:12,199 --> 01:20:14,680 like when I hear that, I hear like some Almond Brothers type of That's 992 01:20:14,680 --> 01:20:17,000 what That's what I was singing Almond Brothers. That's exactly right. Was was 993 01:20:17,039 --> 01:20:24,399 that one more silver Dollar? But yeah, yeah, we were some dive 994 01:20:24,479 --> 01:20:29,840 bar in Florida and the guys were just ripping. They were awesome. Yeah, 995 01:20:29,880 --> 01:20:32,840 whoever they were anonymous covers band. It's this little it's this little d 996 01:20:33,079 --> 01:20:38,159 shape that hammers on a sea a sea chord, and uh, it's got 997 01:20:38,199 --> 01:20:41,560 that southern rock sound, and yeah, it kind of lends itself to a 998 01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:46,000 more like philosophical, kind of like introspective lyric in my opinion, which is 999 01:20:46,199 --> 01:20:49,560 kind of what that song is all about. What what came first when you 1000 01:20:49,600 --> 01:20:54,039 started writing it? That one. I remember writing the riff. I remember 1001 01:20:54,199 --> 01:20:57,159 just being sick as a dog, laying on my back playing the guitar, 1002 01:20:57,600 --> 01:21:00,359 trying to be productive and and just kind of playing that riff over and over 1003 01:21:00,439 --> 01:21:06,840 again. Yeah, yeah, huh. Mariam Bannis shows us in the Facebook 1004 01:21:06,840 --> 01:21:10,880 live chat says, I'm enjoying this very good, very good, Mariam. 1005 01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:15,920 Isaac Banks says, slim volume, I love this song. Emily Lennon says, 1006 01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:20,600 such an incredible song. And Katie says, I love love this one 1007 01:21:20,840 --> 01:21:26,800 so two loves, so she really loves it. We should mention for Katie 1008 01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:31,640 that we will be playing her wedding as Oh no kidding, Yeah, next 1009 01:21:31,760 --> 01:21:36,600 August. We got it marked down. Oh very cool. It's the plane. 1010 01:21:36,600 --> 01:21:40,840 At least we're starting to learn some of the songs that she's requested yeah, 1011 01:21:41,479 --> 01:21:44,960 like like what is she Don't Worry Baby by the Beach Boys. Yeah, 1012 01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:48,600 she had a very specific request though for Forever is another Ever. So 1013 01:21:49,159 --> 01:21:55,119 oh, we'll discuss all Katie's wedding plans after the next song, right, 1014 01:21:55,319 --> 01:21:58,279 I don't want to you know, interrupt or kind of jump ahead on that, 1015 01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:01,399 right right. That's no, It's just last time we were on the 1016 01:22:01,800 --> 01:22:04,640 listener from Vermont was kind of teasing us about like, oh, you guys 1017 01:22:04,680 --> 01:22:08,600 play like birthdays and weddings, and we were like, yeah, actually we 1018 01:22:08,720 --> 01:22:14,720 do, so it's evident. Yeah, Katie says, yes, my wedding 1019 01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:20,199 band eight sixteen twenty four. Wow. Yeah, Lessen from One Come Wow. 1020 01:22:20,920 --> 01:22:25,560 Yeah. Tom Blanchard says that's my Favorite's that's that was his favorite of 1021 01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:28,960 what we've played so far. Yeah, I think really good. I think 1022 01:22:28,960 --> 01:22:32,039 another thing that's a little interesting about just like going back to like how writing 1023 01:22:32,159 --> 01:22:35,159 music and like how all of us kind of do it is. What's really 1024 01:22:35,239 --> 01:22:39,880 neat is you know Trent like for example, kind of like you know, 1025 01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:43,039 i'd say he took more of the lead and bringing that song as a whole 1026 01:22:43,239 --> 01:22:45,359 to every like the band, to bring it, bring it to life to 1027 01:22:45,399 --> 01:22:46,920 what it is Now and stuff like that, and then there's other songs like 1028 01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:50,199 Running Thing, which is like a collective band effort, and then there's ones 1029 01:22:50,319 --> 01:22:54,159 like earlier Trent was mentioned that we're going to go over to Blackhart and finishing 1030 01:22:54,399 --> 01:22:57,279 a tune that kind of goes hand in hand with a Talcoti over that we 1031 01:22:57,359 --> 01:23:00,520 had done, and that is one that Jake had brought at the table, 1032 01:23:00,680 --> 01:23:02,479 and then like another one that we grabbed at black Heart in this session, 1033 01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:05,239 like is something that I had brought to the table. So to have like 1034 01:23:05,359 --> 01:23:12,359 three different guys bringing different riffs with like their own personal taste and just what 1035 01:23:12,439 --> 01:23:14,880 they had grown up listening to, like everything that's been filled through through your 1036 01:23:14,920 --> 01:23:16,880 brain as a musician, and like coming out and then like coming together and 1037 01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:19,199 doing something. And I feel like even just in terms of what we played, 1038 01:23:19,239 --> 01:23:21,840 you can kind of hear that from like the first Running Thing a little 1039 01:23:21,840 --> 01:23:25,640 bit more country to Talk it Over, which I think lends itself to a 1040 01:23:25,680 --> 01:23:28,439 true indie rock kind of sound, and then like this which is just kind 1041 01:23:28,439 --> 01:23:30,119 of like, you know, more of a Southern rock kind of vibe some 1042 01:23:30,520 --> 01:23:32,199 And I think that's personally why I love playing with these guys so much is 1043 01:23:32,279 --> 01:23:35,399 just like the diversity. Yeah, it's cool man, Yeah, no doubt, 1044 01:23:35,479 --> 01:23:38,800 no doubt, dude. Do any of these songs change at all when 1045 01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:42,279 you play them live? Because I can imagine, like a song like long 1046 01:23:42,399 --> 01:23:44,800 Road, I could imagine if you wanted to, if when you're doing a 1047 01:23:44,840 --> 01:23:45,600 live you could, if you want to, kind of stretch it out and 1048 01:23:45,840 --> 01:23:48,720 totally Yeah, definitely. We love kind of like sometimes trying to find certain 1049 01:23:48,760 --> 01:23:51,239 parts or even like how can we extend maybe the end of the song and 1050 01:23:51,359 --> 01:23:54,439 like, you know, maybe I can take a song on trade off with 1051 01:23:54,520 --> 01:23:57,279 Trent a little bit, and then how can we let cohesively go into like 1052 01:23:57,359 --> 01:24:00,079 a cover or like then another one of our songs that could be like in 1053 01:24:00,119 --> 01:24:01,239 the same key or something like that, or like some of the vibe trying 1054 01:24:01,239 --> 01:24:03,840 to like make it a little bit of an experience like that. Yeah, 1055 01:24:04,079 --> 01:24:06,840 yeah, that must keep it interesting. I would say, not only do 1056 01:24:06,920 --> 01:24:12,159 they change sometimes just for how we play them live, but sometimes the way 1057 01:24:12,279 --> 01:24:15,920 we'll play it live one time will inform Okay, actually that's how that this 1058 01:24:15,079 --> 01:24:20,239 song goes now, Yeah, that happens in practice or when we meet up 1059 01:24:20,279 --> 01:24:24,239 and you know, we might have been working on a song and playing it 1060 01:24:24,319 --> 01:24:27,640 the same way ten practices in a row, and then, like Mike said, 1061 01:24:27,640 --> 01:24:30,239 before, a mistake happens or some little thing happens that you're like, 1062 01:24:30,399 --> 01:24:33,760 actually that sounds good. Yeah. And sometimes like when we go to Strange 1063 01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:38,079 Brew for the open mic there, which is on Wednesdays, so people would 1064 01:24:38,079 --> 01:24:41,800 go tonight actually if they want it, yeah, we'll you know, play 1065 01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:44,520 a song and kind of workshop it there. That's where I feel like we 1066 01:24:44,640 --> 01:24:47,920 really can test early on does this song work? Do we all know it 1067 01:24:48,239 --> 01:24:51,279 right? Because if we're comfortable playing it here in front of you know, 1068 01:24:53,079 --> 01:24:56,279 a crowd of people who know music and like it, yeah, then maybe 1069 01:24:56,319 --> 01:24:58,760 it's ready to go. And sometimes we'll learn little new things about it. 1070 01:24:58,800 --> 01:25:02,399 At least I feel like I that experience happened to Crew has been an awesome 1071 01:25:03,319 --> 01:25:08,600 resource to go test out songs. I mean it's where we all met. 1072 01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:14,039 So we're kind of just forever grateful to Strange Brew. Yeah, And I 1073 01:25:14,119 --> 01:25:15,680 feel like it's kind of like an old fashioned way of doing it, of 1074 01:25:15,760 --> 01:25:18,800 going out to the open mic not only to meet people, but to test 1075 01:25:18,840 --> 01:25:23,159 out your material and stuff. And it's it's really cool that they do a 1076 01:25:23,279 --> 01:25:26,880 full band open mic there, so you know, I was great for Johnny 1077 01:25:26,960 --> 01:25:29,560 to come in and get some live experience. That was like a big thing. 1078 01:25:29,640 --> 01:25:31,039 You know, that was a big milestone for us as a band. 1079 01:25:31,159 --> 01:25:33,319 Was like, all right, we got to get Johnny ready, go play 1080 01:25:33,399 --> 01:25:39,119 six songs live, you know what I mean. So that's been awesome and 1081 01:25:39,199 --> 01:25:42,000 we continue to go down there and try out new stuff. Well, yeah, 1082 01:25:42,239 --> 01:25:46,399 it reminds me just the open mic culture of it makes me think of 1083 01:25:46,439 --> 01:25:53,359 comedians, like stand up comedians right right, the kind of practice of remaining 1084 01:25:53,439 --> 01:25:57,760 in touch with a crowd of some kind and even if you know, like 1085 01:25:57,840 --> 01:26:00,439 if they've I have five minutes on airline peanuts, you know whatever, but 1086 01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:03,239 I'm gonna go try them out to the left the comedy Seller. Yeah, 1087 01:26:03,279 --> 01:26:06,720 like that fear of like this thing is like almost ready. I think it's 1088 01:26:06,800 --> 01:26:10,720 close, and we're gonna just try it anyways and hope it doesn't bomb. 1089 01:26:10,760 --> 01:26:14,079 And I don't know, I think that is really valuable because then when you 1090 01:26:14,159 --> 01:26:16,359 know it's good and you have it finished, you're like, okay, well 1091 01:26:16,399 --> 01:26:19,640 I remember we played the Strange berw last week and it went We're gonna crush 1092 01:26:19,680 --> 01:26:25,239 it. Yeah, Yeah, there's something there is like an intangible quality to 1093 01:26:27,279 --> 01:26:30,960 playing a song live, even if in an open mic setting like that, 1094 01:26:30,079 --> 01:26:35,319 that almost like graduates it and it somehow like locks in your brain more once 1095 01:26:35,359 --> 01:26:40,039 you've performed it. Yeah, yeah, it makes sense. And I've heard 1096 01:26:40,039 --> 01:26:42,880 a lot too about the Strange Ber over the years, people talking about the 1097 01:26:42,920 --> 01:26:45,600 open mic there and meeting people, and uh, I've heard that from a 1098 01:26:45,720 --> 01:26:51,600 lot of musicians on the show. Yeah, that's that's very cool. And 1099 01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:54,760 you know, like you as we're saying too, it's a good way to 1100 01:26:54,960 --> 01:26:58,840 you sort of workshop the workshop the material, which I guess is what stand 1101 01:26:58,920 --> 01:27:02,119 up comedians say, but you know, to workshop the songs. And are 1102 01:27:02,159 --> 01:27:04,960 you guys playing out a lot? Do you do play a lot of live 1103 01:27:05,000 --> 01:27:09,600 shows or have you been more focused on recording or I think we like we're 1104 01:27:09,640 --> 01:27:11,800 pretty open just getting gigs when we can, you know what I mean, 1105 01:27:11,920 --> 01:27:15,039 kind of kind of like falls into play sometimes and sometimes we go and seek 1106 01:27:15,079 --> 01:27:17,560 it and stuff like that. But i'd say between now now and Christmas time, 1107 01:27:17,680 --> 01:27:20,880 I think we have maybe five or six or something like that looking looking 1108 01:27:20,920 --> 01:27:24,680 forward to and stuff like that. Yeah, and they always just kind of 1109 01:27:24,720 --> 01:27:28,680 keep coming and stuff like that. But I love playing gigs. It's like, 1110 01:27:28,760 --> 01:27:30,720 you know, one of my favorite aspects of music and stuff like that. 1111 01:27:30,840 --> 01:27:34,279 So I'm almost like the more the merrior. It's been very organic how 1112 01:27:34,359 --> 01:27:38,960 we've we've gone through, just in the last year, periods where we've been 1113 01:27:39,000 --> 01:27:42,600 playing a lot, in periods where we haven't played. So just literally in 1114 01:27:42,680 --> 01:27:45,760 the last month we haven't played. I think our last gig was in September. 1115 01:27:47,560 --> 01:27:50,640 So our next gig we got a cut. We got one in Keen, 1116 01:27:50,800 --> 01:27:54,479 one in Portsmouth in a couple of weeks. We're doing a private event 1117 01:27:54,960 --> 01:27:59,520 next week. But speaking of strange, Brew will be there Thanksgiving Eve. 1118 01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:04,760 Oh wow, opening set, Yeah, open the set for this. Uh 1119 01:28:05,159 --> 01:28:09,199 my buddy Jay J McGuinness, he's got it's such an awesome band. They're 1120 01:28:09,239 --> 01:28:11,479 just like, you know, real like funky. It's just groovy, just 1121 01:28:11,600 --> 01:28:13,800 like Got the B three and stuff like that. So yeah, really kind 1122 01:28:13,840 --> 01:28:15,479 of just like a fun atmosphere for for a night like that. So we're 1123 01:28:15,520 --> 01:28:18,399 gonna hit a quick hour set with those guys and then we'll actually be back 1124 01:28:18,439 --> 01:28:24,199 there again December second, with another local band split in the bill called Regals. 1125 01:28:24,359 --> 01:28:26,680 Another like you know, good good good group of friends of ours and 1126 01:28:26,720 --> 01:28:28,680 stuff. Like that play a lot of gigs with them, so that'll be 1127 01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:32,319 a good one. Cool. Ryan from Regals was on these very airwaves just 1128 01:28:32,399 --> 01:28:35,000 last week. He was on the Morning show. Oh okay, yeah, 1129 01:28:35,039 --> 01:28:40,920 oh cool, very cool. And who's who's the band you're opening? What's 1130 01:28:40,920 --> 01:28:42,720 the name of the band that you're opening for? And thanks? You have 1131 01:28:42,760 --> 01:28:45,760 a name? I think it's like kind of like a new project. So 1132 01:28:45,880 --> 01:28:48,119 like he doesn't have quite a name. He's got like different bands, like 1133 01:28:48,199 --> 01:28:50,359 yeah, but like I know, like my buddy, it's just Jaye McGinnis 1134 01:28:50,439 --> 01:28:54,039 is like how I know him? And then just like whatever falls into place 1135 01:28:54,079 --> 01:28:57,039 that night falls into place. Yeah yeah. Well, by the way, 1136 01:28:57,119 --> 01:29:00,199 Tom Blanchard likes your shirt. I think he said a cool shirt and chat 1137 01:29:00,279 --> 01:29:04,840 room. I think he's I think he's referring to you, Mike. I 1138 01:29:04,880 --> 01:29:09,079 think I think he means the tied I one. Probably, I'm just figured 1139 01:29:09,079 --> 01:29:13,560 I should check. Yeah, well, let's before we run out of time, 1140 01:29:13,640 --> 01:29:17,239 let's we'll play one more track here, this is we have. Can 1141 01:29:17,319 --> 01:29:20,239 we set this one up for a second, because this one's this means yeah, 1142 01:29:20,319 --> 01:29:24,760 this one's kind of an anomaly for the rest. So this one when 1143 01:29:24,960 --> 01:29:30,359 when we met Mike. This is before Johnny. We kind of just stumbled 1144 01:29:30,399 --> 01:29:33,920 into this riff one day and it was one of those ones that happens, 1145 01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:38,279 like you're practicing one song and you do something and then you're like, oh, 1146 01:29:38,399 --> 01:29:41,319 like that's cool, it doesn't fit, so it's gonna be another song 1147 01:29:41,600 --> 01:29:44,680 right right, which is a problem for us sometimes I got a whole lot 1148 01:29:44,720 --> 01:29:47,239 of scraps of songs that we're trying to get back to, but and it 1149 01:29:47,439 --> 01:29:51,319 just flourished into this really beautiful arrangement. And so one of the reasons this 1150 01:29:51,439 --> 01:29:56,680 song is not released it is because we're a little unsure on if this recording 1151 01:29:56,760 --> 01:30:00,039 is really doing it justice. Okay, and this was a long time I 1152 01:30:00,119 --> 01:30:08,640 mean to get a lyric that did the music justice. So like this song 1153 01:30:08,720 --> 01:30:11,479 is kind of like a deep cut from like the archives has been there for 1154 01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:14,720 a while. It's very deep. It's very different from kind of the other 1155 01:30:14,720 --> 01:30:16,279 stuff we've heard. But okay, I think that's that's the tea up. 1156 01:30:17,039 --> 01:30:19,239 All right, cool, all right, let's give this a listen. So 1157 01:30:19,399 --> 01:31:02,000 this is if only by slim volume. Mm hmmm, I would have no 1158 01:31:08,800 --> 01:31:26,880 fine, assuly said, and that's time or I will have to time a 1159 01:31:27,079 --> 01:31:46,800 lot time before I had no by getting myself what and what to give up? 1160 01:31:46,920 --> 01:32:12,600 All furl your li fa stays easy say it once. I want still 1161 01:32:13,199 --> 01:32:41,520 to some to find how the ones to follow, to find the one found 1162 01:32:43,920 --> 01:33:04,720 I found last to call. I love the the bass solo at the end 1163 01:33:04,760 --> 01:33:08,960 there. That's cool. That's that's really cool. That is if only a 1164 01:33:09,159 --> 01:33:13,680 slim Volume. Yeah, that was kind of melancholy, but in a good 1165 01:33:13,720 --> 01:33:17,439 way. And I love the I love the backing vocals there underneath, especially 1166 01:33:17,479 --> 01:33:19,319 toward the end where you can really hear him. Yeah, that's a cool 1167 01:33:19,359 --> 01:33:21,880 song. Yeah it is. It is a little different from the others, 1168 01:33:21,960 --> 01:33:27,199 but I like it a lot. Guys, this has been wonderful. Slim 1169 01:33:27,319 --> 01:33:30,640 Volume here with us live in studio. Trent, Mike, Jake, and 1170 01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:33,560 John. What do you guys have coming up? When is your next show 1171 01:33:34,239 --> 01:33:41,239 so we can keep people updated. Next one is November ninth and keen with 1172 01:33:41,439 --> 01:33:45,239 the band from Portsmouth called bird Friend, who's kind of like a folk they're 1173 01:33:45,239 --> 01:33:48,479 a trio now, they're they're cool. We've been friends with them for a 1174 01:33:48,520 --> 01:33:54,880 long time. So that's November ninth. November eleventh. We're in Portsmouth at 1175 01:33:55,640 --> 01:33:59,479 the Button Factory. Stage, which is w s C, a radio in 1176 01:33:59,560 --> 01:34:03,399 Portsmouth, which we've been dying to get in over there. I played there 1177 01:34:03,399 --> 01:34:06,920 with my old band, that awesome spot. We're playing with two Portsmouth bands 1178 01:34:08,319 --> 01:34:12,680 that are very cool playing at Parlor and it's a band called Moon Snails. 1179 01:34:13,720 --> 01:34:15,680 And then yeah, and then yeah, like I said, we got this 1180 01:34:15,800 --> 01:34:19,640 private event next week, which I don't really know how much I'm allowed to 1181 01:34:19,640 --> 01:34:24,920 say about it, but yeah, Then locally, locally, we got some 1182 01:34:25,039 --> 01:34:29,159 cool ones coming up locally, so we have we have Thanksgiving Eve at Strange 1183 01:34:29,199 --> 01:34:36,039 Brew, December at Strange Brew again, and then December sixteenth, four to 1184 01:34:36,159 --> 01:34:42,159 seven pm, we're playing at two Share Brewery for their fifty year anniversary show, 1185 01:34:42,319 --> 01:34:45,520 which two Shares a little bit like a home base for US home court. 1186 01:34:46,159 --> 01:34:48,199 We're really excited for that one because we just have a lot of fun 1187 01:34:48,239 --> 01:34:54,840 there. We always drink a couple extra beers. It's just it's always a 1188 01:34:54,880 --> 01:34:58,039 good time. It's closed for everyone. It's such a local gig, you 1189 01:34:58,079 --> 01:35:01,520 know, I mean, very nice atmosphere. So yeah, and then and 1190 01:35:01,600 --> 01:35:05,479 then we got like like we got talking over coming out soon. We'll get 1191 01:35:05,520 --> 01:35:10,560 the track we're finishing up tonight coming out. We got some really cool songs 1192 01:35:10,640 --> 01:35:15,319 coming out, yeah, over the winter. Yeah, so but talk talk 1193 01:35:15,359 --> 01:35:17,800 it over as the next single official likely it'll either be that or Running Thin, 1194 01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:20,880 but yeah, probably talk it over. Okay. Yeah, yeah, 1195 01:35:20,920 --> 01:35:24,640 like I said, that's that's my favorite. Katie in the chat room says 1196 01:35:24,680 --> 01:35:27,680 she can't wait to go to go to another gig. Plus, you're going 1197 01:35:27,760 --> 01:35:30,079 to be playing at her wedding. So we missed you, Katie. It's 1198 01:35:30,079 --> 01:35:32,359 been a minute, I know. Oh, she also said. In the 1199 01:35:32,399 --> 01:35:36,479 chat room, Tommy says, Hi, Hi, we love you guys. 1200 01:35:36,760 --> 01:35:41,119 Yeah, yeah, good people. We love our fans for sure. Yeah. 1201 01:35:41,359 --> 01:35:44,279 Absolutely, well, guys, thank you, thank you so much. 1202 01:35:44,319 --> 01:35:46,079 We'll start to wrap up, and uh, hey everybody out there, if 1203 01:35:46,119 --> 01:35:48,039 you miss any part of today's show, it will be up in just a 1204 01:35:48,079 --> 01:35:53,720 little bit at w m n H Radio dot organ at my website Matt Connorton 1205 01:35:53,800 --> 01:35:56,119 dot com. And uh, I do want to remind you too, I 1206 01:35:56,119 --> 01:35:58,399 will not be here tomorrow, so tomorrow will be a best of. I 1207 01:35:58,479 --> 01:36:01,359 do have a brand new best of show for you tomorrow and I will be 1208 01:36:01,479 --> 01:36:05,560 back live on Friday. And if you're listening live on Wednesday, I believe 1209 01:36:05,640 --> 01:36:13,520 off the Mark Sports with the great Kyle Heavy is coming up next, and 1210 01:36:13,880 --> 01:36:16,640 uh what else? I'll one other thing too. Where should people go online 1211 01:36:16,680 --> 01:36:20,600 to keep up with everything you guys are doing at Slim Underscore Volume for the 1212 01:36:20,760 --> 01:36:24,239 Instagram. And then if you want to check us out online, it's a 1213 01:36:24,560 --> 01:36:28,039 Slim Volume band dot com. Okay, everything you get links to the music, 1214 01:36:28,119 --> 01:36:30,800 you can see pictures of us being all cute and stuff. You can 1215 01:36:30,880 --> 01:36:33,640 check out the gigs posted on there. That's usually where I go to look 1216 01:36:33,680 --> 01:36:36,399 for the gigs because like, I don't know one of those things. Got 1217 01:36:36,479 --> 01:36:39,680 to keep checking out the gig dates and stuff like that. But yeah, 1218 01:36:39,800 --> 01:36:42,159 so those are probably the two best boss to keep up with where we're at. 1219 01:36:42,439 --> 01:36:44,960 All right, very good, very good. All right, guys, 1220 01:36:45,039 --> 01:36:48,279 thank you so much. This has it's a great service you offer the local 1221 01:36:48,399 --> 01:36:50,319 music. Yeah, we appreciate it, man, thank you, thank you. 1222 01:36:50,399 --> 01:36:53,439 Happy to do it, happy to do it. All right, that's 1223 01:36:53,479 --> 01:36:56,079 going to do it for us for now. Best off tomorrow. I'll be 1224 01:36:56,199 --> 01:36:59,520 back on Friday and I will talk to y'all a little bit later. Bye, 1225 01:36:59,520 --> 01:37:00,119 everybody, audios Peast