Happy Spring Metroplex. Yes, a top four season of the year springs today.
It begins. I've been glad to believe that you can get a free
small ice cream cut of dairy quid today. So the TV just told me.
I'm Kevin Turner with Dandy Baylist, Mike's Roy JJ Jackson. We are
here for a good time, Kevin. We are here for a long time.
We're here for a hard time. If you're going through that, we're
hard men for hard time. Down me. Hell yeah, I'm gonna say
what's on the show. All right, I'm gonna lob a grenade, Big
d Bracket Part two, eight o' five nothing. That music venue in McKenny,
the Sunset Amphitheater, that's coming. And when it's coming, it's coming
hard, It's coming big, It's going big. Twenty thousand people, loads
of people, people, tons of people. What you know, you're the
one that makes it weird. I'm just saying I said one word. I
said, I Kevin, no, and you snickered and threw your hands in
the air and just look at me like I'm some child when I'm just trying
to, you know, elevate the topic. It's off in its own little
it's off in its own little kind of like sack of the Metroplex, and
that sack is getting fuller every month. It seems like people just keep moving
to that. That's okay, Now, who's next? At Fouck Value you
might be like, why are you guys having on CEO of a company called
Notes Live at nine o'clock by the name of J. W roth Ira.
The reason we're having J. W roth On, who you've never heard of,
is because, as I just said, he's the CEO of Notes Live
and this new Amphitheater. And when we did that story last week, we
had questions. We sat there and made the Tim Allen from Tool Time,
how are they gonna keep the turf cool? Add Tim Allen to your list?
So I emailed it, Actually don't. That was great. We need
to hear from him again down the road. Tim Allen, Yeah, you'll
get more specifically when talking about tools, masculinity or the Detroit Lions. He
might not have answers, but he also might have answers. Have answers well,
one of their claims CEO are Yeah, but Kurt, he wants to
He wants to get the word out about this place and how awesome it's supposed
to be in One of their claims is that they can keep their lawn turf
at a cool what was it seventy degrees or something. Yeah, because it's
some cooling technology. We want to find out what that means. And I
will fully say ninety five percent of that is because I do think the audience
might be interested in a new, huge music venue come into the Metroplex,
and a lot of our listeners reside north of the Loop. But five percent
of that is what if we hit it off and he hits you with a
big show in town. Oh, like he tells you who the openers is
going to open the venue. Maybe he breaks that news accidentally, maybe just
talking. Then he's like, and then we can't wait. Have flogging Molly,
I mean oops, flogging Molly. Look, this is about Kevin developing
relationships to get free ticket at Dave Matthews and act like it's not I mean,
Dave's not the ones I'm going to Dave no matter what, and likely
paying to upgrade my ticket to get closer. You're befriending the CEO of opening
large music venue for the station. Yeah, this is opening doors to potential
clients. I'm Kevin, and I approve this message. It's opening doors to
a VIP wristband, is what it's opening doors to. And you know what,
You're not off to a great start with all your big sack comments.
Just a minute ago. I can't believe you went down that road. Yeah,
it's just n I've never sat VIP. I don't even know what you
guys are talking about. I believe that yet you should not yet. I
don't have it like you guys have it. It is your dishwashers and ovens.
Kevin. Roofs. Yeah, roofs. Yeah, roof that roof.
Get a roof. Cool roofs that aren't held together by blue tarp. Thirty
minutes, we're going to tell you about this wild ass bug. Not a
stomach bug either, although the neurovirus has been rising in Texas, causing lots
of vomiting and diarrhea. Bike Today's spring when your kids, Spring is the
one I'm sorry. Summer and winter are the two seasons that you go Jesus,
this is the one. Summer off winter, get a two week break
from school plus Santa. Yeah when you get when you turn into an adult,
everything changes. You're thinking about tax returns, you're thinking about bills you
have to pay, You're thinking about the week that your kids are off from
spring break and you're not, and how to figure that out. Jesz,
that sounds terrible. Spring and Fall of the best two seasons by far,
and I think Spring gets number one in twenty days from the Masters. Yeah,
it didn't feel like spring when I woke up and took the dog out
this morning. It was forty two degrees. Yeah, I had a beanie
up this morning, a little chili, all right, though HI have seventy
today. Great. Spring is great, it's the number one. I mean
it falls good too, though. The springs springs the best. I think
springs number one. Now it's the most likely season that your house will get
ripped away by a tornado, but take what chances. I think just because
of football, fall for ramuns, because you could say the Master is fine,
but the A Playoffs is badass. Yeah, no tournament. There's nothing
like making it through the gauntlet of summer and then football starts and the weather
breaks. It's just the relief, because there's something better about the relief than
the impending doom, which is summer now being one step closer to our face.
I think we'd have a different opinion had we had just a ballbuster win
or two, and it was pretty mild overall, it's basically been really nice
for months. Yep. Yeah, after a large predictions that it was going
to be terrible and cold. Well, that was your models, not mine.
That was a farmer's almanac. My models have been broken since last summer.
It got too hot. Kevin's reference what Kevin's reference material is a book
that's one hundred and seventy five years old. Yeah, they nailed that it
was going to be a wet, wet winter as it was, but it
was mild. He said, My model has been broken since last summer.
It got too hot. It is because he does in the breaks, he's
always fiddling with his models when his laptop trying to get him to work,
and then he like hits the side of it his computer with his hand.
Come on, restart, throw out the lead. Why don't you just a
little whiskey on it, Maybe that'll wake it up. Why don't you just
tell the truth and let the world know that you don't have any models that
you're just saying, it's a spring, it's a time for new beginnings right,
and we suggest you begin a period of your life where you don't lie.
See Mikey turned over a new leaf. Unce he was shamed numerous times
into being being a truth teller, Danny hasn't had to remind me to oh,
to stop lying in a long time. I've tried to make myself better,
and I do it in front of people. I do it in public,
publicly tell the truth. No improved to try to improve, Like I
had a problem lying. Example, I was a liar and then Danny kept
realizing it and telling me to stop lying. And then one day I did
see people can change. They can Hey, Mike, I walked in today
and Danny goes, are we cover any more Players Championship. I've been seeing
a lot of Players Championship stories. I don't know if they're any good,
but the audience, it's not just me and Mike. That's not up for
me to decide. And look, I saw some headlines. There's maybe there's
something there, maybe there's not. But I just I feel like today,
you know, after everybody's had twenty four hours kind of absorb and write their
articles, that there's just a few little things that I thought, uh,
I'm not opposed to a golf follow up. Okay, that's all I'm saying.
And you guys are passionate and very fun when you talk golf, and
I don't ever want you to shy away from that, thank you. Golf's
a tricky one. And I had this conversation with sweet Raphael, who you
guys know, who shows up to our remotes at Oatmeal Peacha there Saturday night,
and I was talking with our other buddy Blake about the players. It
was Saturday night. We're talking about, like I said, gun in your
head, would you take scottis Shopper to come back and win this thing?
We both pretty much like, probably, yeah, I think we would.
And look and Raffael's like muttered to carry something like oh yeah, let's talk
golf, and I said hey, and I snapped and I pointed at him.
You know, it's dangerous, Raphael. And this goes for everybody listening
and for your whole life, not even just about on the radio. Never
say this, Oh nobody wants to hear about blank. Yeah, don't say
that. You're fool, you damn fool, because everyone does want to hear
something. Everyone wants to hear something, and just because you are passionately against
golf, for instance, yeah it might. There might be more of you
in that circumstance than if you said football. Fine, but don't generally speak
that. No one wants to hear about blank, No one wants to hear
about golf. That appens you don't. Yeah, and look, I'm guilty
of it. Maybe we all are to some level. When you you don't
like something, it's just like a crutch to say, yeah, oh,
everybody hates this music or everybody hates this movie, or nobody wants to hear
about this, and it's just a silly thing to say because it's not true.
It doesn't fit unless you're talking about hockey. Number one, how do
you, boy? I felt about three to four fists just clinch in the
Metroplex. Four The stars are damn good. I know, and I love
I like playoff hockey, but I just I'm not doing all every few nights.
It would be nice to have the option too, though, Yeah we
don't. You know, it takes work, just take work. So anyway,
if we do talk a little golf, it's okay. Yeah, we
talked some formula one. What you just said though I always I try to.
I try to, and I'm not always one hundred percent on this.
I try to do that too. It just saying usually it goes to music
or a or a movie or a TV show and saying something sucks because someone
probably really likes it, you know, yeah, and created a new rule
that truly probably unfaired. I don't always addhere to it is that if if
you don't, if you can't name five of the songs from that band,
maybe you shouldn't be allowed to say that they suck or wear their T shirt.
You should have to go to prison. I will say this though about
like the niche topics, and you may throw golf into that. This show
is kind of like North Texas weather. Like if you're hearing us talk about
something and it's not up your alley or not your your cup of tea.
Number one, we're not going to linger on it too long. Yeah,
and number two go ahead and give it a chance because number one, you
Number one, it's one A. You might be entertained because I think,
by and large kind of a funny show. Number two you might learn something.
Yeah, just what's wrong with that open mind? Right? Just don't
hear the word golf. Go don't golf. Nobody cares about golf. Look,
we get it. Not everybody cares about but not nobody cares about golf.
Yeah, and we don't talk about golf that not at all. It's
a day after the Players Championship and that's a big one. Yeah, I
agree, or the day of the Players, Like could you count last week?
And things are happening in the world of golf. A lot is happening
in the world of golf. Let me go down this list. I have
of twenty five things happening in the world of golf. But I think people
should be made aware of Come on, I don't have it, I do
have We don't want to have that conversation and then jump into a little bit
of golf rock, do we? Is that not good? Man? You
want to segue? We could put it into some sports. Oh you're sitting
to push it over here and then come back yeah, Oh, I like
what you just did there for people to forget that they didn't want to hear
about golf, and then bam, next thing you know, they're looking like
what the I thought we were done with this? They're talking about golf right
now? Golf it's so stupid. It is for a sport golf. Okay,
I'm golf Wilson. You don't often think about, I mean, golf,
any sport. They're all dumb. How did they How did it get
its name? How did they all get their names? How did they get
so popular? There they define all of us, and it's like all we
are, and there's like a yelling about this thing that they're trying to smack
the hell out of this little ball, whether that be golf or baseball,
and this is what matters, and this makes my life. It's really a
bizarre conversation that sports is as popular as it is in this country and in
the world world. But it's just as we need something to collectively band together
and cheer four. I think you're not all really at World War right,
you know? Yeah, I mean that's the whole thing. Humans. A
portion of humans inability to understand that we are all one together like you would
think, and for the most part think a team sports mindset is pretty bad.
I think it creates a kind of a wicked form of tribalism that can
create anger and altercation. But there are plenty of humans, many in leadership
positions who have failed to realize or really embrace the idea. God knows what's
out there. Humans should at least ban together and stay on the same team
no matter what happens. They're not going to do that until our existence it
becomes essential, depends on it. It feels like a simple base thing that
we should Yeah, but we're together. There should never be war, but
you know there is because of egos or power dynamics. It's usually power and
greed, honestly is usually what it is. Money religion. Point though,
is, Look, you can have people on both sides that differ in every
way, but if they're both Liverpool fans, there's a commonality, there's a
shared interest and they're gonna be best friends talking about Liverpool. It doesn't matter
what they care, you know, yea, what their personal political lines in
our country. You didn't even think about it, No, I mean there
are people who are so different politically and would scream their faces off, but
they would scream collectively for the Mavericks or stars or obviously cowboys, and I
guess that's good. It does give you something to talk about it. You
know how many woke clibs, You know how many woke libs and hardcore conservatives
celebrated a World Series victory for the Rangers this year together high five to each
other. When you look at it that way, it's pretty good. Maybe
it's, but it's just weird that we wake up and a significant portion of
your day is like, all right, who's gonna be the Ranger starting lineup?
Yeah? No, cowboys, what are we doing it? It's okay,
I'm not going to draft a running back or are they going to bring
Zeke back? It's probably just a release valve, and it's it's probably healthy
that we have it. It is healthy that we have it, because like,
what are you gonna do if you if you just eliminated them all snap
of a finger. It's like then the stresses of real life compound in your
head. I suppose you need releases. But it's just where they become as
popular as they have worldwide, and they've done it in almost every country separately,
different pockets. It's increded different sports, you know. I mean the
Cricket World Cup to some is all that matters in their life, and we
don't even know when it is. I mean, think about those soccer people.
Yeah, insane, it's amazing how it's kind of been a cutoff to
I'll say four, I think three really major sports in America. And I'm
not shafting hockey when I say that hockey huge. It's the four major sports.
But it's also wild that college basketball. People who are huge college sports
fans, are really loyal to their alma mater, love it. They're in
on college basketball. It's not a mainstream sport here in America until this week,
and it's huge. And that's just a gambling element. It's a or
a game element or whatever that is. It's just incredible to me because I
could watch no college basketball be fine. Now I do. I have enjoyed
having a team, you know, like people who watched the EPL enjoyed having
a team, or how you might enjoy pulling for an F one driver.
I've enjoyed that following Texas Tech in college basketball. And then you get to
it's like, wow, how is that the biggest thing in the world at
the end of this week? Well, people now make people make it bigger
than probably it needs to be, because I think in the essence of sport
is to provide a wonderful distraction from a place that if you allowed your mind
to entirely reside in, which is the real world. I think you can
pretty have a pretty fatalist view of our existence where sports takes you away from
now. Now. There are people that take sports way serious, and they
think of sports with the same gravity that you would what's happening in the world
and in our lives and how difficult it is just to survive for most people,
you know, and when they kind of give that the same amount of
importance to sports, I don't do that. I don't think any of us
do. Where it's just your team is just life. Baseball is life.
The Dolphins are life. No, they're they're fun. They're fun distractions,
and we get sure, we get worked up and fired up about it.
Yeah, because it takes us away from the stuff that's real. It is
real, it's fun. It's not my life. But I really like it.
No, I did too. Yeah, Like, but you have to
realize that it doesn't. I always it's very cynical, but I always think
this, like, what's the greatest thing in sports it could ever happen to
me? And that would be the Dolphins winning the Super Bowl? Right,
And I mean, look, I got another twenty thirty years on this planet.
Whatever. Oh, I guess you know, mathematically, maybe it really
maybe it won't happen, but it'll maybe probably be close to happening, you
know. And if it doesn't, I don't, I don't, it won't
matter that much. But if it does happen, like my thing, the
ultimate cry, I'll sports cry. It'll provide me joy for at least a
moment, you know, I'll put my single number one finger in the air
and just think, man, my little life that you're in for this.
You'll be on a high for a week or so. You'll you'll get the
Super Bowl hoodie and the cap and all that stuff, and then you're gonna
be just like me and Kevin, where we kind of forget that the Rangers
won the World Series and when we're reminded, we're like, whoa, yeah,
that happened. Yeah, Like, what's the best. I don't think
about it every day. I don't think about it every day. I don't
think about it. There's weeks that go by that I don't even think about
the World Series. But boy, when it's happening and they're fun, I
almost wonder if the true joy is is not doing it. You know what
the bliss of just not giving a rat sous about sports. No, no,
still having that thing out there, the carrot. Seth Meyers said this
about the Red Sox and doesn't four he when they won the World He's a
big Red sxtions with they win the World Series and doesn't four he like almost
like quit watching baseball, right, Like like if you have it your whole
life, Like that's the thing, and it's a collective demon that you all
your friends have. You kind of embraced the identity of being the loser,
right and that's what made the Cubs and the Red Sox like that the lovable
loser or whatever. And it's fun to be Like it's not fun. But
even Cowboy fans, they're been a long time now. The cows are weird
because you still have it in your heads that we are the greatest. You
guys just are forgetting for a while. Yeah, but if they win the
Super Bowl, the Cowboys, yeah they're not. I don't know. And
everybody knows it, Mike, Everyone knows everything. Everyone knows its. I
just think that the chase is the real fun and the explosion of excitement,
like once you win it fine, that is something it's real and you guys
would know this as the ranger thing right now? Absolutely, was it as
good as you always imagined? No, And the reason it wasn't is it
didn't feel as communal as it did And because TV situation, I think that's
a big part of it. I think it's a big part of it.
Now. It was great, and yes, a tear was shed. Yeah,
and I went into a landmark where I saw it ripped from my cold
dead hands in twenty eleven and leaned on that perch at the Barley House,
right. But was it worth a lifetime? No, of not misery,
because it wasn't misery. It was excitement, it was dreams or whatever.
It was a lot of bad years and I did think about a lot of
that stuff. But there are a lot of There are a lot of key
people that I thought should have been involved here. You're in military, Michael
we Uh, John Daniels, there's some empty parts of it for me.
You didn't have the connection to this team that you did to the ones then,
because the city didn't have this connection to this team. Yeah, I
don't think they did either. And I think a lot of that had to
do with the fact that most people couldn't watch them on a day to day
basis. It wasn't part of my daily routine like it was in two thousand
and nine through twelve or whatever. This is a weird example, but I
was at a bar the day that we learned the Josh Hamilton Sherlocks incident.
Okay, I was at a bar and Danny, you won't remember this,
but you were there and it was me and you and Groubs and a few
other people. But like, that's out whatever you were to say. That's
not some great Josh Hamilton moment. I mean, from a punchline standpoint,
I guess it is. But like that is something that we experience together,
and he won't remember it because I was there. That's forgettable. I guarantee
you, Danny thinks the first time you two met was the first show we
did together. That's true. I think I get to choose to decide that
whether I remember or not. Yeah, you won't remember. Well, I
agree those years were far more I don't know, like the connection of the
team. I totally agree. But then also baseball got weird for a bunch
of years, where their games get long and kind of weirdly unwatchable and do
you think there is something too and it's more cynicism, but just the money
too. And yeah, I don't know how they paid for no, just
how I mean how much money they all make. It's so so much more
than even it was then and then God forbidden we were kids. Yeah,
and then if you think, look, I mean their Angels is just going
to sell so much merch because of this World Series and that's why they're really
happy. Like the organization, we fought together hard and we did this for
the city of Arlington. Dude, you're right, dude, if we lost
the World Series last year, we would be pretty amped for this year.
Yeah, in twenty eleven we were amped. We lost in twenty ten.
We'd also grown that thing after crappy years, a couple of trades. You
felt like, you do this guy ors L listen to this team's on the
come, and there's a little bit of the washed thing is just a connector
you know all these things. You're right, man, and this almost felt
a little bit even though it was unexpected, A part of it felt a
little paid for because it was, you know, some of it earned through
tanking. Let me bring it back to y'all Jesus perverted first sixty seconds of
this segment. It's exactly like that. What's better the build up, the
anticipation, the act, And yes, there is a incredibly satisfying explosion of
joy and then you're just kind of sitting there. And with that, we'll
tell you about the Skeeter Eaters. What's with all these mayflies? Next?
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