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Welcome everybody, here we go.
It is that time again, Happy Friday.

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It is Matt Connerton Unleashed and we
are live from the studios of w

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m n H ninety five point three
FM in glorious downtown Manchester, New Hampshire.

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Also on Comcast ninety seven. If
you're in Manchester. Hello to all

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of our online listeners across the nation
and around the globe. You can go

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to my website Matt Connerton dot com
for all your live streaming options, social

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media links, contact info, show
archives, etc. Etc. Today is

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Friday, July fourteen, two thousand
twenty three, so nice to have you

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all with me. We have an
exciting show for you today. Coming up

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in just a little bit, we
have Eric Pilcher's classic film review, as

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we do every Friday, and this
week the subject is a National Lampoon's Vacation,

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the first of the series, of
course. And then coming up at

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five pm, my old friend from
high school, Dave Wally, is going

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to be joining us via Skype all
the way from the windy city of Chicago,

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and we're going to talk about his
band, Satellite Union. Actually just

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played one of their songs. If
you don't go not that wasn't one of

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the ones he sent me to play, but I like to play. I

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like to play a couple of one
or two longer songs at the beginning of

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the show as I'm getting settled in, so and I really like that song

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quite a bit, so I played
that one and also played something from Jasmine

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Man called Mountain Green. And I
played that because Jasmine Man is going to

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be performing live tomorrow night at the
Hop Knot. She seems to be in

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the regular rotation there. She pops
up there I think every six weeks or

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so, very very talented, so
she will be there tomorrow night from seven

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to nine pm, so I wanted
to play something of hers as well.

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So lots to get to today.
Of course, Friday my favorite day of

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the week. It's my long day
here at WMNH. I do this show

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and then I'm back tonight from eight
to eleven PM for Retro Spectrum Radio with

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Pauli C and of course DJ Steve
and Mike from Queen City Cabinetry also join

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us for that. So Fridays are
very very busy here. Speaking of Fridays

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also, and I did mention Jasmine
Man tomorrow night at the Hop Knot,

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our amazing sponsor right across the street
at one thousand Elm Street tonight. Well

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here's what they posted on social media. Hoppy Friday. Y'all hoppy not a

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reference to John Hopwood, but to
Hoppy as an hop Knot. We've got

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options for you this weekend. Be
the live music or just listen to the

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live music. We've got karaoke tonight
with Dj Joe that is from seven pm

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to midnight tonight at the hop Knot. Tomorrow we've got live music from the

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fabulous Jasmine Man from seven to nine
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if you're out and about tonight,
I suggest you go to the hop Knot.

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Not only is there a karaoke,
but they've got those delicious gourmet pretzels

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and an ever burgeoning assortment of craft
beer and it's it's a wonderful place and

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such a wonderful association to have with
them. So we've got a lot to

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get to. But if you'd like
to give us a call six zo three

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the studio line is open six zo three

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two five O six zoh seven.
You can also text me at six one

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six. I'm on social media at Matt

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Connerton. You can email me Matt
at matt Connerton dot com, and of

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course you can interact and pine in
the Facebook live chat and we'll say hello

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everybody in there in just a moment. But the best thing to do so

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that we can hear and enjoy your
dulcet tones is to give us a call

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at six three two five six zero
seven. By the way, speaking of

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Retrospectrum Radio, because I do see
our friend Paul Cee is in the Facebook

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live chat. Here's what's going on. Here's what's going on tonight, and

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then I'll tell you about another thing
that's a big show coming up. But

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tonight, Retrospectrum Radio returns with an
all new, fun filled, action packed

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laugh a minute episode will be featuring
our monthly installment of Name that theme.

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Will play twenty six songs. You
guess what they have in common? The

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mayhem resumes, he says, resumes
because of course we were off last week.

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Resumes at eight pm Eastern. Do
join us. Also, Paul posted

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this and he put it in the
chat room two for those of you who

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are in there. But this is
a long one, but this is going

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to be a really cool show.
Two weeks from today, we will be

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joined in the studio by TV,
film producer, director, and my old

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friend, Aaron Zadovski. I hope
I'm saying that correctly, Zadovski Zadovski.

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Aaron has worked with dozens of TV
and film stars and musicians over the years,

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many of whom he has developed long
term friendships with. According to IMDb.

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He has also directed many hosts segments, voiceovers, and promos for television

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music specials, and has directed interview
segments with James Brown, The Red Hot

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Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Vanessa
Williams, Michael McDonald, Ball, Bob

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Weir, and Les Paul. Aaron
also appears in the twenty twenty two Netflix

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miniseries train Wreck Woodstock ninety nine,
which he was a part of. His

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resume is endless. Aaron resides in
New York, but he was kind enough

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to contact me to let me know
he loves my radio show and wants to

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come to the studio live and tell
a few war stories. And perhaps we

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may get a call from one of
his old friends. So that will be

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two weeks from tonight. Yeah,
and Aaron was on the show once before,

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a vafoe owner Skype. He joined
us and talked a lot about that

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documentary that he's in, about the
Woodstock documentary Woodstock ninety nine to be specific,

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and really interesting guy, great career, so that will be cool to

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meet him. He'll be live in
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to that. So that will be
two weeks from today, so lots coming

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up and very very excited about that. Let's see who else we have in

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the Facebook live chat and then well
we'll get into some stuff. Melanie Liberty

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I see is in the chat and
says, hey, guys, I hope

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all as well Melanie, there in
the great state of Vermont with of course

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you've had challenges there with all the
flooding and torrential rainfall and so forth.

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Eric Pilcher is in the chat room
and says, good afternoon, peeps.

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Eric, our friend from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Of course, he joins

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me every Wednesday, he is my
favorite conservative and joins me, joins,

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joins me, I'm so excited for
Friday is my favorite day. I can't

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even talk. Joins me every Wednesday, of course for a segment during the

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first hour. But then of course
also, as I mentioned earlier, his

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classic film review Every Friday, and
if you are just joining us this week,

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the subject is National Lampoon's vacation.
Paul see I did mention is in

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the chat room, he says,
Hello, big fan. Rocky Hubert joins

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us. He says, Hi,
I just moved to the city. Is

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this the Howee Car Show? No, this is not. But I do

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believe Howee Car in terms of political
talk radio. I believe that he is

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my competitor in this market, and
I just can't wait till that ratings book

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comes out sweeps a week and all
that to see how much we're crushing him.

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No, I say that joking.
I mean I used my competitor technically,

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But Howee Car has been around for
a long, long, long,

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long long time, and I'm sure
he has he has a large audience.

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He's syndicated on multiple stations regionally,
and I'm sure he has an audience of

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listeners who have been with him for
a long, long, long, long

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long time, probably going all the
way back to the Civil War for all

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I know. So let's see.
DJ Steve joins us in the Facebook live

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chat, says, good afternoon,
Happy Friday. Hello, sir, I

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will see you tonight for Retrospectrum Radio. Melanie says regarding Retrospectrum Radio. Laugh

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a minute. That's a bit of
a stretch, actually, Melanie, Paul's

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Paul doesn't like to brag. It's
actually a laugh every two minutes if you're

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really paying attention. Let's see.
Oh, Mike from Queen City Cabinetry isn't

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the Facebook live chat Mike. Not
only is he one of our co hosts

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on Retrospectrum Radio, but Queen City
Cabinetry is one of our great sponsors here

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at WMH ninety five point three FM. You can bring your kitchen to life

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with Queen City Cabinetry. And our
friend Shannon is on the line. High

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sha A good afternoon. Yeah,
I saw I saw on social media the

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other day. Uh, Kyle,
Kyle Clayton went to give you a big

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hug, Yes he did. How
is he? How is he as a

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hugger? And uh? And and
how would you describe the embrace? Was

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it a full a full body embrace? Was it? Was it kind of

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like more just like a bro hug? What? What kind of a hug?

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Was it? In between? In
between? Very diplomatic not yes,

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thank you I should be a politician. No, I'm just kidding. No.

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I called because because Policeason on a
Facebook and and DJ Steve and Mike

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Telapedo saw all you guys have a
good time tonight. Thank you, and

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my best to Melanie and Jay bed
up there. I don't know if they

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got their electricity back, but yeah, they've it's been if I saw one

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news report that said it's actually been
worse than a Hurricane Irene what they've been

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dealing with there, And that was
pretty That was in eleven. Seems like

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it seems like it was more than
a decade ago. Yeah, I mean

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time it all rolls, it all
kind of blurrs together. But um,

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yeah, I mean it was a
while ago. It might have been twenty

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eleven. Melanie can tell us or
Jay fed if he's in there. Uh,

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they'll they'll know. I'm sure it's
uh forever etched in their minds.

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Yeah, I'm it doesn't matter why, but I just for some reason put

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that date to it for that year. Yeah, no, I rain but

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yeah, no, I just want
to say hid everybody because I can't.

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I don't call in retrospectrum, right, I don't really have you don't have

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you. Guys don't have time to
take calls, but I also can't chat

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on Facebook, so I'm saying my
highlows. Now, well, we appreciate

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that. Oh and by the way, Jay fed says, we are doing

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fine, thank you. Yeah,
so they're okay, they're okay there.

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Good, make sure he's good enough. Gasoline for the Jenny? What gasolene

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for Jenny? The Jenny the generator? Oh jeez, you confused me,

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Shannon. I thought you I thought
there was some I didn't know where you

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were going with that. I was
like, gasolene for the Jenny. What.

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Oh. By the way, that
reminds me was while you're on the

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phone, Shannon, wishing people good
shows and nope, you're doing well and

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all that. Sunday is Jenny's birthday. If you'd like to wish her a

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happy birthday. Yes, happy birthday, Jenny. Yes, I love you,

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she's a sweetie. Yes, Sunday
of the sixteenth, sho By Sunday

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of the sixteenth will be her birthday. Okay, I will remember that next

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year. Because you haven't mentioned this, have you. I don't know that

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I have or that she has,
but I thought I would mention it today.

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So people can wish her a happy
birthday. I have a very happy

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special birthday, Swenny. We're not
here Sunday, obviously, Yes, Oh,

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so we're not here Sunday. Obviously. I thought i'd mentioned it today.

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right, good good, very good, all right, Shannon, all right,

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well we appreciate the call. Yes, and I appreciate you. We

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appreciate you, Shannon, Thank you, all right, take care all right

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you two bye bye, all right. Always nice here from our friend Shannon,

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and that does open up the line
for you. Six zoo three two

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five six seven six three two five
zero six zero seven. By the way,

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hello to Nathan Pajari, if I'm
saying that correctly. From the band

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Dank Sinatra, who we had on
recently, great great band. Jay Fed

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says, I think our community of
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but the state of Vermont is worse
this round. Yeah, I mean,

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it really is incredible. Well,
Melanie had posted some pictures that I

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saw on Facebook, and of course
all all the footage of the flooding that

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I've seen on the news. It's
really stunning. It's just not something you

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expect in the Northeast. You know, it's kind of something. I mean,

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this goes way back to uh was
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mean, that was really that.
That was just horribly devastating and a lot

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of people died in that. But
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expect they're going to have a problem
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in a short period of time,
and they had that terrible hurricane because they're

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under you know, below sea level. But you don't necessarily expect that in

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this part of the country. You
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massive flooding in the Northeast or at
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I mean, you know, of
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had that. Um god, what
year was at that was during the Obama

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administration anyway, Yeah, that must
have been. That was during his first

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sermon. I think so that might
have been twenty eleven, twenty twelve.

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I'm not sure, but I can't
keep it all straight. But yeah,

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you just don't expect that in Vermont
necessarily. Um, I mean, we've

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had a little bit of flooding here
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or twice over the period that I've
lived here, but not much. Oh.

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Eric Pilcher says, honored to be
your favorite conservative sir. Yes,

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yes, um, let's see.
I thought I saw somebody else pop in

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there too. Well, if I
missed anyone, I apologize. Um six

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there is some h It looks like
there's a little bit of more information.

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I suppose it's Friday, so it's
a good day to get into this.

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H. They found some cocaine recently
at the White House, and um,

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there has been a an investigation.
Let's see, this is an update.

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This is via media as Secret Service
began briefing lawmakers. CNN reports their

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sources say the probe and a cocaine
found at the White House is over,

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and shared those filings. The Secret
Service discovered a suspicious powder on a Sunday

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night nearly two weeks ago, initial
testing of which indicated the substance was cocaine,

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after which a full lab panel confirmed
the preliminary test, and coverage of

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the discovery dominated news coverage in a
slow summer newsweek, slow summer new When

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do we ever have a slow summer
slow newsweek? On yesterday's morning edition of

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CNN News Central, as USSS United
States Secret Service was giving a classified briefing

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that Congress demanded, CNN White House
correspondent Jeremy Diamond told Cape bulled on Bulldan,

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I don't know how you say her
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him the probe ended without a suspect
being identified, another gave him their strongest

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theory as to who left the coke. By the way, if you watch,

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if you happen to watch Fox News, they've already figured it out.

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I think Judge Janine Pierro said it's
Hunter Biden, and actually I got a

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text message from someone else who believes
it's Hunter Biden too. How you could

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possibly know that without having been part
of the investigation, I have no idea.

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It's just wild conjecture, really.
But if you're committed to hating President

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Biden and thereby for extension his son, then of course that's you know,

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Okam's razor. I guess. Okay, So here's the exchange that happened on

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CNN. So Kate Bulled Wan,
However, you say her name said,

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who knew we would have to continue
reporting on something like this. We have

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an update now on the investigation into
the bag of cocaine found in the White

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House West Wing earlier this month.
Jeremy Diamond is back with us. He's

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got the very latest on this.
Jeremy, I just left you a moment

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ago, and then the Secret Service
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What are you learning? And Jeremy
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Kate. I've just learned. According
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that the Secret Service has concluded its
investigation under this bag of cocaine that

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was found inside the West Wing nearly
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unable to identify a suspect. One
of those sources tells me that they combed

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through hundreds of individuals and visitor logs
and surveillance footage, but they were ultimately

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unable to link this baggie of cocaine
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source who is familiar with the investigation, told me that the leading theory remains

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that it was one of those visitors
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visitors come in to take those West
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is believed to have left this baggie
of cocaine that has not been confirmed.

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That is not the conclusive conclusion.
Oh, what a horrible sentence. That

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is not the conclusive conclusion. I
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conclusive conclusion. Why would you say
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never to be redundant or repetitive or
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over and over. I try never
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do that. I make an effort
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Let's see. But he goes on, he says, but it does remain

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the leading theory despite the fact that
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As you mentioned, Kate, the
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Hill in a classified setting about the
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they're sharing many of these same details
with them right now. So I don't

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think, you know, we'll probably
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obviously, if you're of a particular
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of a particular news channel, you've
already made up your mind. Obviously it

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was Hunter Biden hanging out there and
you know, just having some coke.

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But I mean, again, that's
just wild conjecture. It could have been

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anybody. A lot of people are
in and out of there, So there

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you go. Rocky Hubert says in
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such as rivers, have what is
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hundred years or so, there's usually
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what caused this one rain? And
our friend Ron is on the line,

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High Ron, Hello, Mann,
how are you doing today? Good Ron?

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How are you? Yeah? Not
Dad. I don't know exacts on

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it, but I wrote of saying
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their home. Ah, I don't
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strange, but that's what I heard
when Verson drowned over there. Well,

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yeah, I mean that that that
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Hurricane Katrina they found um a lot
of people. What had happened was they

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had gone into and I don't know
if this is I don't know the story

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about what happened to this person in
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a lot of people went into their
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just trying to get to higher and
higher ground and then they got trapped in

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their attics. Um, so I
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terrible. I also were on the
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insure people from Florida. You don't
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just due to the you know,
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and down in Florida we are farmers
bumm? Is that how the jingle goes?

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See it's a good jingle because it's
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they might be then insurance company now
to pull out of Florida. California is

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also having a similar problem, although
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of flooding due to hurricanes. I
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out now because of all the wildfires. Climate change is really if you believe

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in that, which I absolutely do, climate change is really causing a lot

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of these insurance companies to have to
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to ensure because it's no longer profitable
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the latest on these wildfires. Uh. I hope these lanes are hid in

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the right spots and the right places
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It's like California. I don't even
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I don't know how to could be
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you know. Coincidentally, Jenny and
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that's on Is it Netflix or Hulu, It's on one of those, and

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during the portion where they cover when
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a major crisis that he had to
deal with. I suppose every governor of

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California has to. But he talked
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him and how demoralizing it was when
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he went to bed, they were
telling him, you know, how many

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hundreds of wildfires were currently burning in
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he woke up in the morning,
his aids at the state House, Aaron

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Sacramento, told him that number had
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but especially California just has a terrible
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But it's Hey, what's tonight's topic? Oh, on retro Spectrum Radio with

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policy tonight is another name that theme. We have twenty six songs and you

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have to guess what they have in
common. Oh cool, cool, cool

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cool. Yeah, it sounds like
it sounds like a good turn. It

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will be a good time. I'm
not not that I claim to be psychic,

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but I just assume it will be
a good time. I'm optimistic.

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Well, I just wanted to stay
hello, have a good weekend, and

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you know, for very little input. But uh, you know that's it's

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just crazy with this, with this
weather, I don't know, you know.

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And then this luckily in Vermont,
um the President declared it a national

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event. You know, so I
try to help him out because do you

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say, there's the air infrastructure and
stuff like that. It's like it's terrible,

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just you know, I can't imagine. Yeah, Well, like I

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said, in the northeast, especially
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to see a lot of flooding.
Um. But uh so when you don't

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expect it. It's especially devastating because
you're just not prepared for those contingencies.

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But I've seen photos in this show
businesses where the water was higher than the

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light switches. You know, light
switches are at forty eight I mean,

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but uh, yeah, the water
was up higher than the light switches in

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disguised business hall. I mean,
I know if it was a business,

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it was a home. Yeah,
yeah, Well when you mentioned a business

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I was seeing I saw one news
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these two women who own this business
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They just moved in to this location. I think it was in downtown mont

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Mont Pelee or like nine days ago, and they move in, they get

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all set up, and now everything's
wrecked because of the flood waters. So

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it's so sad. I mean,
I'm sure they have insurance, but so

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it's yeah, you just you hate
to see it, and you know,

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you hard to imagine the I'm out
of doubtful. So quickly it was like

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eight inches in an hour in some
places. Oh, it's incredible. Well,

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I'll tell you what. Even here
in Manchester, you know, it

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was a couple of weeks ago now
or a few weeks ago. But there

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was that day where we just got
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it to let up before I left
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and it got to a point where I

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couldn't wait anymore. I was going
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get out on the road and coming
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it is on the west side,
I was like, I'm coming to the

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intersection and I was like, oh
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that intersection because there was so much
water on the road because it was raining

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so hard for so long. And
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intersection, but it was a little
dicey. Well, it there's any good

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that comes out of this. A
lot of places were experiencing drop and you

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know, it's hard to say it, but I mean, if there's any

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good out of it, at least
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like California was. I don't know
if they've ever got any rain to rebuild

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their water ships, but I remember
when Swatsnake it was in there. You

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know, that was their biggest thing, the fear of water that they that

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they might have to restrict businesses and
everything else because everything's going out. As

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a matter of fact, I don't
know if I start on the news too

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that lake meat starting to come back
up to just catch that. I did

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not, But that's good news.
Yeah, it's come up considerably. That's

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good news. Lake meat is very
important. As far as California. It's

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interesting, I don't know. I
mean, at one point they had more

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they actually had more water than they
could even capture in a sense, because

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they had parts of California actually had
a harsher winter than we had here in

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terms of snowfall. So they oh, yeah, they ended up with a

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lot of snow in areas of the
state where they do not usually get any

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snow. Ever, they had so
much snow there were houses where it was

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up to the roof, and then
there was worried. I don't think the

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flooding ended up being as bad from
what I can recall, as they were

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worried about. But you know,
they went from you know, having droughts

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every every year to suddenly being in
a situation where they were about to have

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more water than they knew what to
do with, and they were trying to

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figure out how they were going to
capture enough of it too, you know,

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make use of it. Well,
that's kind of like Texas. It's

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a plane. There's no you know, no place for the water to go.

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And what was it just a few
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got rain. That's just devastated him
with huge you know, water right up

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to the stop signes kind of thing, because the water has no place to

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go. Well, speaking of that, the process that can't move it.

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Yeah, well, speaking of no
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the chat room that flash flooding doesn't
help drought because it can't be the rainfalls

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too quickly. It can't all be
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Yeah, I've heard that, so
yeah he's correct. Yeah, yeah,

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Mat Before I foll the airways,
yesterday's show is so good. Does

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ever a pipe be to it?
Wow, I'll be tuned in. I

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really enjoyed yesterday's show. I'm enjoining
today show too, don't get me wrong.

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Sure, sure when you get into
the you know, then you know

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the nitty gritty like yesterday, that
was excellent, good show. Oh,

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thank you, Ron, I appreciate
that very much, appreciate it. Thank

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you. All right, my friends. I'll be looking forward to hearing from

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you guys. All right, Ron, thank you for the call. I

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appreciate it. Oh right, take
it all right, by Black. Yes,

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if you're wondering what Ron is referring
to. And I really appreciate the

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positive feedback on that yesterday on the
show, I really for pretty much the

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full two hours. I don't know
that we covered much else. Um well,

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I might have taken a couple of
side streets when Dave Ridley called in,

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as often winds up being the case, but I discussed we did kind

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of a deep dive on Cuba,
which is an underreported story in media.

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I mean, the media is certainly
covering it, but I think I think

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the current situation needs to be getting
more attention than it is. And if

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you didn't hear yesterday's show or any
of it, and you don't know what

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I'm talking about in Cuba right now, we have a situation where not only

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does the relationship between Cuba and Russia
seem to be strengthening, but the relationship

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between Cuba and China also growing a
budding romance, as I believe I put

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it yesterday, so much so that
there. China is looking at putting a

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base, a training base in Cuba
on the island of Cuba, which means

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China would have a base one hundred
miles off the coast of Florida. So

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I think that deserves some attention.
But Mike Toils on the line, Hey,

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Mike, how are you doing good? How are you good? Good?

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Hey? I wanted to call on
yesterday. I had, but I

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had to go somewhere and I had
to shut you off. But um,

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talking about the Chinese, I find
it amazing that this country is so las

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fair about the actions the Chinese are
doing lately, such as Cuba, such

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as spy balloons, where the President
of the United States said, and now

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the government has come out and said, yes, they were spy balloons,

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And the President of United States said, I'm not going to say nothing.

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He's probably embarrassed that they got away
from him. That's that. That was

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our reaction, and the and the
one, the biggest one of all.

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We now physically know we have a
fent in all problem in this country,

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00:30:42,119 --> 00:30:48,119
but for some reason, we allow
China to sell the product to make fentanyl

409
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,480
to the Triangle countries and they make
it and ship it over here. So

410
00:30:52,640 --> 00:31:00,160
China makes money and they're killing Americans
and we allow that to happen. That

411
00:31:00,279 --> 00:31:03,880
just blows my mind. Well,
gotta gotta find a solution. I mean,

412
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,279
what's the We don't have a lot
of time. I gotta get Derek's

413
00:31:07,319 --> 00:31:10,160
review. But just quickly, Mike, if you could, what would be

414
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:15,000
your solution on that, specifically the
last one. I mean, obviously you

415
00:31:15,079 --> 00:31:17,799
gotta go right at him. You
gotta go. You gotta go sanction to

416
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,319
sanction, you gotta say, hey, I'm gonna we're gonna cut you off

417
00:31:19,359 --> 00:31:25,119
from major products. We're gonna whatever
whatever they can do sanction wise, to

418
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:32,160
try to tighten it both economically and
financially. Are financially and monetarily put it

419
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:33,880
that way, with products and stuff. You got to say, hey,

420
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,240
we're not screwing around here. Stop
you're killing our Americans. You're killing our

421
00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:41,240
kids. Eighteen to forty five.
The number one killer in the United States

422
00:31:41,319 --> 00:31:45,160
is fentanyl, and we're allowing it. We just everybody. We don't even

423
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:49,599
talk about it. We just allow
it to happen. There's a Good sixty

424
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,839
If you don't believe me, there's
a Good sixty minutes article with the head

425
00:31:53,880 --> 00:32:00,200
of the Internal lab DA and she
shows where everything's coming from China to the

426
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:04,799
Triangle countries. Yeah, so they
and they cook it up and make it

427
00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:07,119
all up and ship it here and
kill our people in China. Is happier

428
00:32:07,119 --> 00:32:10,480
than a pig in mud, you
know what I mean? Sure getting the

429
00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:14,880
double whammy. They're getting the money
for it, and they're and they're himing

430
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,480
Americans. It's perfect. Right now, we have a base in Cuba,

431
00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:21,519
We've got spy balloons going over.
I mean, it's got to stop here.

432
00:32:21,519 --> 00:32:24,279
Well, there's there's no base in
Cuba yet, but but my concern

433
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:29,160
is that that's about to happen,
that it's even being talked about. It

434
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:34,119
infuriates me and I can't believe.
I just can't believe it. I that

435
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,319
was a big That was kind of
the big theme yesterday during the show is

436
00:32:37,359 --> 00:32:42,680
I'm sitting here in disbelief that it's
July of twenty twenty three and we're talking

437
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:49,240
about the Russians sending naval ships to
Cuba and the Chinese potentially putting a base

438
00:32:49,319 --> 00:32:53,680
there, and I'm just I'm beside
myself and I'm frustrated, just like you

439
00:32:53,759 --> 00:32:58,440
with the fetenol Mike, which I'm
also concerned about. I'm I'm frustrated that

440
00:32:58,759 --> 00:33:01,880
more people aren't talking about Cuba.
And I feel like Cuba just kind of,

441
00:33:02,079 --> 00:33:07,519
you know, it slides off everybody's
radar um and uh, you know,

442
00:33:07,599 --> 00:33:12,079
until there's a real problem to confront. And i feel like it's happened

443
00:33:12,079 --> 00:33:15,079
again, and I'm I'm very frustrated
by it. Hey, one, I

444
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:19,079
know, you gotta go. One
last note. The US, the US

445
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,160
and two thousands, they've already admitted. They've already said that Chinese has had

446
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:28,400
a base there since twenty nineteen.
So this is longer than when you think

447
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,359
this isn't just starting. They've been
there. Wait, that's already, that's

448
00:33:31,359 --> 00:33:36,720
already admitted to by the military.
Uh that that got by me. The

449
00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:42,359
Chinese have a base right now that
they're operating in Cuba. I'm reading Military

450
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,680
Times. China has the spy base
in Cuba since at least two thousand,

451
00:33:45,839 --> 00:33:51,160
nineteen, US confirms, and we're
just we're just ignoring it. Here you

452
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,039
go, Joey. Yeah, So
anyways, yeah, we'll see what happens.

453
00:33:55,119 --> 00:33:57,960
But all right, I'll let you
go. You know, you got

454
00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,960
other stuff to do, all right, Mike, I appreciate the call.

455
00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:04,119
Have a great weekend, all right, by alright, bye bye, all

456
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,160
right. That was our friend Mike
Doyle, and um, we do need

457
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:12,159
to get to Eric Pilcher's classic film
review and this week the subject is National

458
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,239
Lampoon's vacation. So we're going to
give that a listen. Then we'll show

459
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,360
some love to our amazing sponsors.
We're gonna play a little satellite union and

460
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,880
then when we come back in the
second hour, we will have my friend

461
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,599
Dave Wally from the band Satellite Union, skyping in from the great city of

462
00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:30,000
Chicago. Really looking forward to talking
with Dave. But uh yeah, so

463
00:34:30,039 --> 00:34:36,440
we've got we've got a busy show. But without further ado, here it

464
00:34:36,519 --> 00:34:38,840
is one of our very popular segments
on the show every Friday. This is

465
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:59,440
Eric Pilcher's classic film review of National
Lampoons This summer. When you think vacations,

466
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:10,000
vacation, see the Real America?
Hey Underpins, Hey yellow what it's

467
00:35:10,119 --> 00:35:15,119
friendly? Okay, I'm okay.
Don't you want to look at the Grand

468
00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:21,320
Carrier. It's educational, correct,
and most of all, it's fun.

469
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:31,760
The dog went on the picnic basket. What Chevy Chase Beverly DeAngelo, Imagene

470
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:39,639
Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, and Christie Brinkley. Well, are

471
00:35:39,639 --> 00:35:44,239
you gonna go for it? It's
crazy, it's crazy, it's crazy.

472
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:51,519
Take you for a ride this summer. When you think vacation, think National

473
00:35:51,599 --> 00:36:05,480
Lampoons Vacation. I'm gonna check under
the hood. Family vacations are as much

474
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:10,559
a part of summer as Fourth of
July fireworks, cookout, going to the

475
00:36:10,599 --> 00:36:16,639
beach, or any other time honored
summer tradition you can think of. Family

476
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:23,559
vacations have also provided some of the
greatest comedies in the history of cinema.

477
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:30,679
This week's film is arguably the greatest
of them all. Released in nineteen eighty

478
00:36:30,679 --> 00:36:37,239
three, directed by Harold Ramis and
based on a short story that appeared in

479
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:44,559
the famed National Lampoon magazine. National
Lampoon's Vacation tells the story of family man

480
00:36:45,039 --> 00:36:51,559
Clark Griswold chevy Chase in his decade
spanning role, who wants to take his

481
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:57,480
family of his wife, daughter,
and son on a cross country vacation to

482
00:36:57,559 --> 00:37:05,320
the fictional amusement park Wally World.
What should be a peaceful trip unravels in

483
00:37:05,559 --> 00:37:10,519
hilarity with mishaps and family members throwing
a wrench into the plans. The film

484
00:37:10,559 --> 00:37:17,800
co stars Beverly DeAngelo as Clark's wife, Randy Quaid as the lovable cousin Eddie,

485
00:37:19,119 --> 00:37:23,760
and the debuting Christine Brinkley, plus
a memorable bit part by the late

486
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:30,719
John Candy. Our next clip is
the first scene in the film. This

487
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:35,719
is important because it builds the chaos
that is set to befall the Griswolds.

488
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,719
When going to pick up a new
car, Clark is shocked when the swarmy

489
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:46,599
salesman played by comedy legend Eugene Levy
brings him a car that is not at

490
00:37:46,679 --> 00:37:52,000
all what he ordered. This shows
how quickly Clark's emotions can change, and

491
00:37:52,079 --> 00:38:00,960
now he tries to stay cool and
often fails throughout difficult situations. Out there,

492
00:38:00,039 --> 00:38:06,480
she is, Claire right here the
wagon, Dad, This is not

493
00:38:06,519 --> 00:38:09,440
the car you ordered. Take it
easy, Rusty had This is not the

494
00:38:09,519 --> 00:38:15,960
car I ordered. I distinctly ordered
the Antarctic blue super sports Wagon with the

495
00:38:16,039 --> 00:38:22,239
CBE and the optional rally Fund pack. You didn't order the metallic P metallic

496
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:28,559
P, No Antarctic blue the sports
Wagon. This isn't even the right model,

497
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:30,639
you know, I think you're right. I don't think this is the

498
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:35,840
car. This is the new wagon
Queen Family truckster. This is a There's

499
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,800
a damn fine automobile. If you
want my honest opinion, beach the hell

500
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,719
out of the sports wagon. But
I want to make you happy. Huh

501
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,000
that important. I'll get to the
bottom of this. Yes, mister,

502
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:50,559
mister Griswold ordered the blue sports wagon. Where is it? I don't know,

503
00:38:50,639 --> 00:39:00,639
so I know it must have happened. It didn't come in had I'm

504
00:39:00,679 --> 00:39:06,280
not your ordinary every day fool.
Okay, Now, I'd like my Antarctic

505
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,039
blue supersports Wagon right now, and
if you can't get it for me,

506
00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:17,039
I'm gonna take my business elsewhere.
Where's my old car. I'm just as

507
00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:22,079
upset as you are, Believe me. Damn Imports. Get mister Griswold's car

508
00:39:22,159 --> 00:39:31,039
back and bring it back here and
I can get you the wagon. There's

509
00:39:31,039 --> 00:39:35,800
no problem there. The problem is
it might take six weeks. Now,

510
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,159
I owe it to myself to tell
you, mister Griswold, But if you're

511
00:39:37,199 --> 00:39:42,400
thicking to take in the Tribe Press
country, this is the automobile you should

512
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,000
be using. The wagon. Queint
Family truckster. You think you hate it

513
00:39:45,079 --> 00:39:47,920
now? But wait, will you
drive it? I don't want to drive

514
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:52,320
it. I just want my old
car back. Okay, I'm not falling

515
00:39:52,360 --> 00:40:29,159
for this bit. Oh wait,
let's go right, Clark, Is that

516
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,840
the right car? No it isn't, Honey, I changed my mind.

517
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:37,079
They flatten their old car like a
pancake. Are you serious? Is this

518
00:40:37,199 --> 00:40:40,840
really our car? Dad? What
happened? I thought we were gonna get

519
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:45,760
the little sports thing. Oh no, the sports wagon must too small.

520
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,840
Besides, I got a great deal
on this one. Let me tell you,

521
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:52,880
honey, We're taking the whole tribe
across country. Believe me, this

522
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:59,400
is your automobile. Whist still running? Oh? All new cars do dad?

523
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:05,440
I'll take care in a second.
You may think you hate it now

524
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:12,559
on a but what are you driving? Broth and are back. When talking

525
00:41:12,599 --> 00:41:17,280
about any of the films in the
Vacation series, one would have to include

526
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:23,559
cousin Eddie, played by Quaid.
As important as the Clark Griswold character is

527
00:41:24,079 --> 00:41:31,280
to these movies, one could argue
that Eddie is more memorable, an argument

528
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:37,800
I certainly make. He is the
quintessential embarrassing family member. He is off

529
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:45,320
color somewhat dim and very socially awkward. Despite his shortcomings, he is lovable

530
00:41:45,519 --> 00:41:52,800
and, even in his own affable
way, charming. Our next scene shows

531
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:58,880
all of this at a cookout when
Clark in the family visit cousin Eddie and

532
00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:06,119
his family. How do you like
yours? Clark? Oh? Meeting rare

533
00:42:06,199 --> 00:42:09,760
little pink inside? Oh you're fine? Light or dark? Oh, either

534
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:14,679
way, it doesn't matter, I
think. Can I help you with that

535
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:20,760
cool legg please? M m mmmm. I don't know when they call this

536
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:24,760
stuff Hamburger Helper. It's just fine
by itself. Huh uh. I like

537
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:29,039
you better than tune to help her
myself, don't you, Clark? You're

538
00:42:29,079 --> 00:42:37,760
the gourmet around here. Ed No
meeting this, You get plenty of to

539
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:46,679
meet at home. People like have
some catch up, real tomato catch up,

540
00:42:46,679 --> 00:42:52,920
Patty, Oh, nothing but the
best? And Dna Helper's getting called?

541
00:42:55,880 --> 00:43:08,800
Is that your aunt? Ether?
And Edna? After all these years,

542
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:17,440
you're looking so good. Oh hi, Edna, nice to see you

543
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:24,519
again. You remember, Clark,
don't you? You were the ones that

544
00:43:24,559 --> 00:43:30,440
sent me the fruitcake for Christmas that
made me so sick. Oh, I'm

545
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:36,599
sorry. We thought you enjoyed fruitcake. You enjoy throwing up every five minutes,

546
00:43:36,679 --> 00:43:42,840
Claude Clark, I thought so well? Am I gonna eat? Or

547
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:51,000
am I gonna starve to death?
Catherine? Did you tell Clark and Ellen

548
00:43:51,079 --> 00:43:55,480
the good news? H? No, I was just about to Catherine,

549
00:43:55,519 --> 00:44:04,880
what's the good news? You're driving
me the friend. No matter how memorable

550
00:44:05,559 --> 00:44:10,719
cousin Eddie is, when you're reminiscing
about any of the films in this series,

551
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:20,000
some of the most quotable lines and
top scenes do come from Clark Griswold.

552
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:25,960
These scenes are when Clark is just
exasperated, fed up, and passed

553
00:44:27,119 --> 00:44:31,599
his limit on what he will take
this film. The first film in the

554
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:39,239
series sets that character trait up first, with the family wanting to go home

555
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:45,800
despite bearing down on wally World.
Clark briefly loses his cool, and then

556
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:52,559
in our final clip, when the
family finally arrives at wally World after the

557
00:44:52,679 --> 00:44:59,639
difficult journey, they learn it was
all for not the park is closed for

558
00:44:59,679 --> 00:45:06,440
two weeks. This leads to a
brief but very memorable appearance by John Candy

559
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,440
as the park security I don't want
to be in the car anymore. I

560
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,440
want to go home. I don't
want to go to Wally World, Clark,

561
00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:16,039
under the circumstances, I wouldn't mind
if we just went home. In

562
00:45:16,119 --> 00:45:20,079
retrospect, it seems like a pretty
bad idea driving out. It's been one

563
00:45:20,079 --> 00:45:23,840
disaster after another. Yeah, it's
been a real drag, Dad, Maybe

564
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:30,119
we can try some moment's time.
Wally World's overriding anyway, What do you

565
00:45:30,199 --> 00:45:37,519
think? I think in the head
we're turn hours working fun park and you

566
00:45:37,559 --> 00:45:40,440
want to bail out. Well,
I'll tell you something. This is no

567
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:45,119
longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. I'm

568
00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:49,039
gonna have fun, and you're gonna
have fun. We're all gonna have so

569
00:45:49,119 --> 00:45:52,280
much fun. Will lead classic surgery. Don't remove our gardens files. You'll

570
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:59,480
be whistling zimpany dude, auties.
I gotta be crazy. I'm gonna pilgrimage

571
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:06,440
to see him phrase Marty Moose Ho, Dad, you want to ask for

572
00:46:06,599 --> 00:46:21,320
something? Hold to And now the
family arrives to wally World. First,

573
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:28,679
one's here, first, one's here, first, one's here. But we're

574
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,960
so far away, Clark right right, And at the end of the day,

575
00:46:32,039 --> 00:46:35,519
when the lot's all full and everybody's
fighting to get out, of here

576
00:46:35,519 --> 00:46:42,280
will be the first one's out too, right? Why because we're the Griswalls.

577
00:46:45,519 --> 00:47:45,599
Come on, Horacio. Sorry,
folks were closed for two weeks to

578
00:47:45,679 --> 00:47:57,480
clean and repair America's favorite family fund
park. Sorry, what lork? What

579
00:47:57,599 --> 00:48:00,920
are you doing? We watched this
program? Why his toys? We go

580
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:06,559
to his movies? He owes us? Doesn't he owe us? He owes

581
00:48:06,599 --> 00:48:09,239
the Grizzwols? Right? Hey,
rd he owes us. Clark, you're

582
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:14,760
scaring me. Don't be scared.
I just think somebody owes us an explanation.

583
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:17,960
That's all. Come on, come
on, come on, Clark,

584
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:22,320
what will you listen to me?
Let's just find a hotel. I'll call

585
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:23,880
my parents all why was the money? We can fly home and forget this

586
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:28,000
entire vacation ever had. Honey,
Honey, just relaxed. Okay, I

587
00:48:28,039 --> 00:48:30,599
told you. I'm not angry anymore. I'm in complete control. I'm sure

588
00:48:30,599 --> 00:48:32,599
they're not preparing every ride. At
the same time, I think they owe

589
00:48:32,639 --> 00:48:36,199
us a little explanation. I think
they owe us a little fun. Okay,

590
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,360
whatever happens, just trust me.
We just trust me, kids.

591
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:49,679
Sorry, folk, parks closed the
moose Au Front have told you, Yes,

592
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,199
we're here. To see mister Roy
Wally, what's your name for Clark?

593
00:48:52,360 --> 00:49:00,960
W Griswol? What's just regarding mister
Grizzwol. We're Republicanism relations or there's

594
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:08,960
a hunter inspection to a personal matter? Oh inspection? Oh nobody, nobody

595
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:15,639
notified this office of over anything.
Well, I'm notifying you. I'm afraid

596
00:49:15,639 --> 00:49:17,679
I'm gonna need a little more to
not sir. Okay, Dooky, how's

597
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:24,079
this Clark? Have you lost your
mind? Where did you get that sporting

598
00:49:24,119 --> 00:49:27,320
good star? Honey? Now you
listen to me fat as you do what

599
00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:30,000
I say and I won't be any
problem. Okay, okay, we just

600
00:49:30,079 --> 00:49:32,559
throw two thousand, four hundred and
sixty miles just for a little Roy Whalley

601
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:37,039
Entertainment. The moose as your clothes. I say, you're open. We're

602
00:49:37,079 --> 00:49:40,559
not really violent people. This is
our first gun. No it isn't.

603
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:49,000
Calling this film a success would be
a massive understatement. It made over eight

604
00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:54,480
and a half million dollars it's opening
weekend debuting is the number one film.

605
00:49:54,519 --> 00:50:01,880
It ended up grossing over sixty one
million dollars dollars worldwide overall. Making it

606
00:50:02,039 --> 00:50:07,280
even more of a success is the
film was only made on a fifteen million

607
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:14,400
dollar budget. It also featured a
changing of the guard for National Lampoon.

608
00:50:15,159 --> 00:50:21,880
It replaced the smut locker room humor
that it was known for in large part

609
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:25,840
due to the magazine and the film
Animal House that we previously looked at,

610
00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:35,079
and replaced it with a more slapstick, witty, physical comedy. This film

611
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:40,559
is still endearing today. It has
spawned five sequels, and recently this film

612
00:50:40,639 --> 00:50:50,440
celebrated its fortieth anniversary. What makes
it timeless, hilarious and quite memorable is

613
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:57,599
that while watching it, one finds
themselves reminiscing about past vacations, good,

614
00:50:57,679 --> 00:51:01,960
bad, or downright awful. And
when you do, I dare you not

615
00:51:02,039 --> 00:51:08,480
to try and smile or chuckle.
And that is what every comedy film should

616
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:15,039
strive for, to leave a great
memory and a smile on our faces.

617
00:51:15,559 --> 00:51:20,920
I hope you joined me next week, when we will look at Steven Spielberg's

618
00:51:21,079 --> 00:51:30,400
mind blowing beautiful science fiction epic Close
Encounters of the Third Time for WMNH and

619
00:51:30,519 --> 00:51:35,920
Matt Conterton Unleashed. This has been
a classic film. Reviewed with Eric Filter,

620
00:51:37,239 --> 00:52:02,320
Oh, don't Wake Out, Jack, Beach, Nig Jack, Queen,

621
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:44,960
Take right Off the West Coast Team. I din't little about don't go,

622
00:52:47,079 --> 00:53:37,920
don't wait down, I didn't I
divert w m N h rip the

623
00:53:38,039 --> 00:54:21,519
norm, off it on the shed
and fail and die said on better Ryn.

624
00:54:22,159 --> 00:54:43,320
She saw side stay little, the
last stayed for the last would ever

625
00:54:50,360 --> 00:55:12,960
black over time the B and then
he did beside and the time that's all

626
00:55:13,159 --> 00:55:31,840
the better Fride. She saw frit
from my Friend in the Back by the

627
00:55:32,000 --> 00:56:01,199
mixtad from the Black Wo So many
times I hadmember ride the one igin mas

628
00:56:01,599 --> 00:57:02,320
B Stay another that is catchy as
hell. That is mixtape from the band

629
00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:07,119
A Satellite Union. Here on Matt
Connerton unleashed and the voice is familiar.

630
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:12,320
I believe we have Dave Wally from
Satellite Union on Skype. Hello Dave,

631
00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:15,519
how do you Matt? How are
you good? Good? Professionally? Do

632
00:57:15,559 --> 00:57:20,800
you use Dave or David? You
know, I've always gone by either.

633
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:24,639
I grew up my father being David
and me being or being Dave and me

634
00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:30,639
being David, and then you know, somehow an adult life that flipped.

635
00:57:30,039 --> 00:57:34,760
Yeah, I have a son David. Everybody pretty much calls me Dave,

636
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:37,559
so yeah, Dave's fine, but
all enswity either yeah, yeah, so

637
00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:40,599
yeah, that is uh, that
is great. I was kind of pulled

638
00:57:40,599 --> 00:57:44,079
back the curtain a little bit.
I was asking, h I was asking

639
00:57:44,159 --> 00:57:47,199
Dave on Skype earlier, what what
would be a good one to play at

640
00:57:47,239 --> 00:57:51,400
the top of the segment. And
yeah, yeah, very very catchy song.

641
00:57:52,079 --> 00:57:54,239
Um and uh, I'm excited to
talk to Dave too, because you

642
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:57,440
know, as I mentioned, Dave
and I went to high school together.

643
00:57:57,519 --> 00:58:00,960
So you still sound the same.
The voice hasn't changed. Man, you

644
00:58:00,039 --> 00:58:05,039
sound great. Yeah, a little
a little gray, a little more gray

645
00:58:05,119 --> 00:58:08,840
than I was, a few more
pounds and back then. But uh,

646
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:13,480
I was noticing you look great,
by the way, Oh thank you.

647
00:58:14,599 --> 00:58:21,599
I have good skin. Right.
What's that I said? Clean living?

648
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:23,320
Yeah, pretty much. I mean
I never got into drugs. I don't

649
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:28,320
drink much. I actually hardly at
all. Really, I don't smoke.

650
00:58:28,519 --> 00:58:31,159
I yeah, I'm a pretty Uh
I always say I'm so clean. I'm

651
00:58:31,159 --> 00:58:37,519
actually boring. I uh yeah,
I really, Uh yeah, I do.

652
00:58:37,679 --> 00:58:39,320
I live pretty clean. I always
have. I was never a partier,

653
00:58:39,519 --> 00:58:43,559
you know, even even in high
school. I was never a partier.

654
00:58:43,559 --> 00:58:45,519
I don't remember if you were.
I don't think you were either,

655
00:58:45,599 --> 00:58:53,000
were you really I was a late
bloomer. Yeah, yeah, I had

656
00:58:53,039 --> 00:59:00,360
a spell really like summer of senior
year through the big nineties. It was

657
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:06,360
kind of my my wilder times.
But yeah, I never really had the

658
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:09,079
wilder times. That might be why
I just never. But I'm an introvert,

659
00:59:09,199 --> 00:59:13,159
you know, like I don't.
I never liked to go into parties,

660
00:59:13,199 --> 00:59:15,239
and even in high school, if
I did go to a party,

661
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:19,000
I would I would drink at parties
just because I was such an introvert that

662
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:22,480
it was the only way I could
actually function as a human being trying to

663
00:59:22,559 --> 00:59:25,280
socialize. Sure, you know,
but it was the only way I could

664
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:29,159
get by. But yeah, it
was never um it was never really my

665
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:32,960
thing. But um now, how
did you how did you end up in

666
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:37,440
Chicago, the great city of Chicago
if you lived there a long time?

667
00:59:37,519 --> 00:59:45,199
Well, I oh threes when I
wound up moving out there following uh mine

668
00:59:45,239 --> 00:59:51,800
now white, Okay, we were
you know, just a little history.

669
00:59:51,960 --> 00:59:54,199
I used to be an actor director. That's what I went to school for

670
00:59:54,480 --> 01:00:01,840
and and ventured in u you know, through my twenties and and kind of

671
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:07,599
into my early thirties. We came
out to study its second city watch kind

672
01:00:07,639 --> 01:00:10,719
of if you know, you know, you're just coming off that vacation segment,

673
01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:15,199
you know, you know some of
the the big names from Second City

674
01:00:15,239 --> 01:00:17,800
there. Yeah, we got into
the conservatory there, and I never expected

675
01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:21,880
to stay here, to be honest, I always felt like I would wind

676
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:30,000
up back east, and you know, jobs family, we just stayed.

677
01:00:30,599 --> 01:00:34,039
Yeah, now that's great. Yeah. I spent some time in Chicago when

678
01:00:34,039 --> 01:00:37,159
I was a kid because when my
parents split up, my mother, who

679
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:39,840
was from there, originally moved back
there. So I would spend h I

680
01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:43,639
would spend the summers out there.
It's been been a while since i've been

681
01:00:43,719 --> 01:00:46,239
there, but um, but uh
yeah, it's a no, it's a

682
01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:51,920
great it's a great city. Um
are you? Uh so the band Satellite

683
01:00:52,039 --> 01:00:54,559
Union, you're you're based in Chicago. Obviously you're all from that area,

684
01:00:55,400 --> 01:01:00,079
right, Um. Yeah, so
really everyone's in Chicago. Well, have

685
01:01:00,239 --> 01:01:06,719
a south suburb, bass players in
the southern suburb, and the guitar player

686
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:12,360
is in northern suburb. Yeah yeah, pretty much right outside and and you

687
01:01:12,440 --> 01:01:15,239
know we meet in the middle.
Yeah. Yeah, Now, how long

688
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:21,960
has the band existed? So really
we're in our second year. Okay,

689
01:01:22,559 --> 01:01:30,440
Yeah, it's fairly new. I
was with this line up. Bass player

690
01:01:30,559 --> 01:01:37,159
Mark Iwanski was new to my previous
band, Company Man, Eric Delbovi,

691
01:01:37,559 --> 01:01:43,039
the drummer. He and I have
way back when I started playing again.

692
01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:47,280
You know, I was a bass
player and he and I were a rhythm

693
01:01:47,360 --> 01:01:51,000
section for a couple of projects,
and that's how we got to know each

694
01:01:51,039 --> 01:01:53,599
other. And yeah, we were
doing a band called Company Man. That's

695
01:01:53,639 --> 01:02:00,880
really where I first started exploring songwriting
and being a lead singer. You know.

696
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:06,840
It's kind of one of these things
where it happened by accident in as

697
01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:10,000
a rhythm section sing or quit and
I was like, well, I can

698
01:02:10,119 --> 01:02:13,679
sing, and then I was like, oh, but I can't sing and

699
01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:16,440
play bass apparently, so I pick
up guitar and I just you know,

700
01:02:16,599 --> 01:02:22,320
I'm basically cowboy chords and power chords, but you know, it works and

701
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:25,440
that it kind of just took off
from there, and then we had a

702
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:30,880
little bit of a breakup with the
guitarist leaving Company Man, and I just

703
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:36,880
kind of felt like the band wasn't
company Man without him, so we regrouped

704
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:40,519
a Saturdayite union a couple of years
ago and where Forge and Ahead excellent,

705
01:02:40,639 --> 01:02:45,679
excellent. That's fascinating to me.
That so you can't. You can't sing

706
01:02:45,840 --> 01:02:49,239
lead and play bass at the same
time. No, not the way I

707
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:51,280
want to. I mean, if
I wanted to, you know, just

708
01:02:52,079 --> 01:02:57,840
chug on root notes, fine,
yeah, I could do that. But

709
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:01,360
when my brain is telling me my
fingers want to do one thing and then

710
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:07,400
the melody and everything that's coming on
my face, it doesn't pair up.

711
01:03:07,559 --> 01:03:13,280
It's interesting my brain can't do it. Yeah. Yeah. I think when

712
01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:15,320
you get someone like Staying or Getty
Lee or you know, I really think

713
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:22,440
they're exceptions, right, because it's
just a challenging marriage of your hands and

714
01:03:22,880 --> 01:03:27,440
mouth, the two things going on
at once. I've never really if I

715
01:03:27,559 --> 01:03:29,920
dumb down the baseline, I'm fine, but I don't want to do that,

716
01:03:30,119 --> 01:03:36,000
you know, right, right exactly? So in in satellite Union,

717
01:03:36,079 --> 01:03:38,119
So who who writes the songs?
You all write together? Are you the

718
01:03:38,159 --> 01:03:43,840
primary songwriter or the primary songwriter?
Although you know, I can never take

719
01:03:43,920 --> 01:03:49,639
full credit for anything, I think
once it comes out of my you know,

720
01:03:50,119 --> 01:03:55,039
demo, it gets new life in
rehearsals and it becomes something else.

721
01:03:55,079 --> 01:04:00,280
So I think, you know,
indeed, I lay the groundwork, and

722
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:05,960
I think the band comes in and
you know, helps me make it good.

723
01:04:06,920 --> 01:04:12,280
Yeah. Yeah. Um. What
I really like about these songs is

724
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:15,480
they have a certain timelessness about them, which is interesting because so I was

725
01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:19,239
looking at the website, and the
website I forgot the exact verbiage. I

726
01:04:19,239 --> 01:04:21,000
don't have it in front of me, but you know, I says something

727
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:26,119
about it. It kind of,
um gives you kind of a nostalgia vibe,

728
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:29,559
you know, like like they're songs
that kind of remind you of you

729
01:04:29,639 --> 01:04:32,960
know, growing up and listening to
the radio and you know, or hearing

730
01:04:33,119 --> 01:04:38,239
hearing the radio while in the car
with your family or whatnot. But the

731
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:42,920
songs themselves, I think are timeless
in that like a song like Mixtape,

732
01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:45,559
which is so catchy. I really
I really love that. Yeah. I

733
01:04:45,639 --> 01:04:48,960
mean that that could have come out
twenty years ago, or it could probably

734
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:54,079
come out twenty years in the future
and it would just work. And I'm

735
01:04:54,599 --> 01:05:00,400
curious, is that intentional on your
part to do something that is timeless or

736
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:05,000
is that organic? Does it just
happen that way? I think it's organic.

737
01:05:05,360 --> 01:05:13,000
I'll give a lot of credit to
John Abbey at Kingside Sound Labs where

738
01:05:13,079 --> 01:05:15,920
we recorded. I think he just
did a really good job capturing the band.

739
01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:21,079
I think the reason why the songs
themselves sound timeless is because it really

740
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:26,559
is hitting square in the middle of
rock and roll. You know, it's

741
01:05:26,679 --> 01:05:31,000
not We're not it's a hard rock
band, but it's not metal. It's

742
01:05:31,280 --> 01:05:34,920
a punky band, but it's not
punk. It's you know, there's all

743
01:05:35,079 --> 01:05:43,800
kinds of flavors in it, and
I just think we unapologetically try to just

744
01:05:44,119 --> 01:05:46,400
do what we feel, and I'm
glad it comes across. It's kind Lissa,

745
01:05:46,519 --> 01:05:49,920
but you know, I can't say
it's superintentional. In fact, was

746
01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:59,199
really meant to have a touch of
that kind of sixties bebop reinvented by bands

747
01:05:59,239 --> 01:06:02,239
like the Smitherings. Yeah. Yeah, there was kind of a dated vibe

748
01:06:02,280 --> 01:06:06,840
when I wrote it, but I'm
glad it translates. Yeah, I can

749
01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:10,840
hear that in there, so I
know what you're talking about. But I

750
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:14,920
think that that vibe in and of
itself is sort of timeless, right,

751
01:06:15,320 --> 01:06:20,880
if that makes sense? Yeah,
we all keep coming back. Um,

752
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:24,960
Now, do you guys play out? Do you do a lot of live

753
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:30,840
shows? You know, not as
much as I think we'd like. Yeah,

754
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:33,039
we get out there about once a
month, okay, and which is

755
01:06:33,079 --> 01:06:36,079
good in some ways because we don't
necessarily want to oversaturate. We're not.

756
01:06:36,639 --> 01:06:42,199
We're all we've all got day jobs, we've all got families, and you

757
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:45,639
know, we work around that.
So once a month is really about where

758
01:06:45,719 --> 01:06:51,039
we like to land. Um that
we do more of like something popped up,

759
01:06:51,079 --> 01:06:56,719
But generally we try to book once
a month, right, And I

760
01:06:56,800 --> 01:07:00,079
think that's fine. You know,
it's it's a scott interesting scene because there's

761
01:07:00,119 --> 01:07:04,920
tons of bands. Um, there's
a lot of venues, but it's it's

762
01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:10,239
a pretty competitive market. Oh no
doubt. Yeah, we had a band,

763
01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:15,280
Um, I forget who it was
now, there was somebody from Chicago

764
01:07:15,320 --> 01:07:16,679
that we had on a few months
ago. They were a metal band and

765
01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:19,920
and but uh, but they kind
of said the same thing. You know,

766
01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:23,199
there's a lot of venues, but
it's so competitive, there's so many

767
01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:27,480
bands there. But are there a
lot of bands there that are doing something

768
01:07:27,599 --> 01:07:32,119
like what you're doing? Um?
Are you no? I know what you're

769
01:07:32,119 --> 01:07:38,280
asking? Yeah, no, not
really. I mean we kind of where

770
01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:42,320
one of the only straight ahead rock
bands that I know of. I mean,

771
01:07:42,440 --> 01:07:45,239
there's a lot of all great alternative
sounding bands. There's a lot of

772
01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:48,960
great metal bands. There's a lot
of great folk bands. Um, but

773
01:07:49,119 --> 01:07:54,760
I think when I hear us on
venues with other bands and things like that,

774
01:07:54,960 --> 01:08:00,280
we really are just a straight ahead
rock band. Yeah, and it

775
01:08:00,519 --> 01:08:04,840
kind of has We kind of have
a little bit of a corner market on

776
01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:10,639
that at least because it's not many
people are doing it, at least not

777
01:08:10,719 --> 01:08:15,360
the way we are, which is
kind of apologetically garage. Yeah. Yeah.

778
01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:18,239
So when you play, when you
play out, do you ever,

779
01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:24,039
do you guys do covers or do
you just strictly do originals? We do,

780
01:08:24,479 --> 01:08:30,479
um, but even our covers are
a little bit obscure. I think

781
01:08:30,319 --> 01:08:39,439
the the most recognizable we do is
to love Somebody by the bags, our

782
01:08:39,439 --> 01:08:44,520
own take on it, and still
do a couple of driving and crying songs

783
01:08:44,800 --> 01:08:47,800
which nobody knows, but we like
them, no kidding, Oh wow,

784
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:56,079
that's that's that's cool. So we
still we try to stay mostly original.

785
01:08:56,399 --> 01:08:58,760
Yeah. Yeah, No. It's
fun though when you can do covers that

786
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:01,640
are are kind of obscure, but
that uh, you know that people don't

787
01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:06,359
necessarily know. I was in a
band called My Life Crisis, and we

788
01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:11,119
did we did a kiss song.
We did one kiss song in that band.

789
01:09:11,399 --> 01:09:15,039
We did very few covers, but
we did a song called I don't

790
01:09:15,039 --> 01:09:17,399
know if you'll even know, it's
pretty obscure, a song called Hate from

791
01:09:17,439 --> 01:09:24,960
their Carnival of Souls album, which
nobody really bought because it was it almost

792
01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:30,159
didn't even get released. It was
it was kind of post non makeup era.

793
01:09:30,319 --> 01:09:32,399
It was like this leftover album that
hadn't come out. So we would

794
01:09:32,439 --> 01:09:38,199
play this song called Hate and people
would come up to us after the shows

795
01:09:38,239 --> 01:09:40,520
and they were like, oh,
I really liked that song Hate, and

796
01:09:41,199 --> 01:09:43,319
or they or they would ask us
what it was called. Oh, yeah,

797
01:09:43,399 --> 01:09:45,600
yeah, and we wouldn't tell them
because only the most die hard Kiss

798
01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:47,680
fan would even have a clue.
And it was kind of it was kind

799
01:09:47,720 --> 01:09:50,399
of fun, you know. It
was like it was like having this bonus

800
01:09:50,479 --> 01:09:54,319
song in our arsenal that we didn't
actually write and had nothing to do with,

801
01:09:54,479 --> 01:09:58,319
but nobody knew. You know.
We did the band to social distortion.

802
01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:01,920
Oh yeah, absolutely. The guitar
player who goes by the name Johnny

803
01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:10,119
two Bags put an album out made
twenty oh gosh, maybe twenty fifteen,

804
01:10:10,159 --> 01:10:14,399
twenty fourteen, I'm trying to remember, but there's a song of his Hope

805
01:10:14,439 --> 01:10:19,479
Guys Hard, that we've been playing
since the early company Man days, and

806
01:10:19,560 --> 01:10:25,159
it was just an easy song to
learn. Yeah, and yeah, we

807
01:10:25,239 --> 01:10:27,840
still play it and people are aways
like, that's such a great song.

808
01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:34,279
I mean that's well I didn't write
it right, But so we love playing

809
01:10:34,319 --> 01:10:40,479
stuff like that because it does give
us a little something more um yeah,

810
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:45,800
west around, more recognizable tunes about
I think we are who we are.

811
01:10:45,039 --> 01:10:48,680
So when we play something, you
know, it's either we have to nail

812
01:10:48,720 --> 01:10:53,399
it in our own way or it
doesn't work right right now, that makes

813
01:10:53,439 --> 01:10:57,199
sense. Now, when have you
been in Have you been in quite a

814
01:10:57,239 --> 01:11:00,039
few bands over the years, because
the last time I saw you in person

815
01:11:00,159 --> 01:11:06,119
it must have been way back in
the days of October Suns with um and

816
01:11:06,199 --> 01:11:12,880
who was that? And so that
was with Kurt and Kurt extra Jason Lane

817
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:16,079
and Chris Peters and Chris Peters.
Yes, you can still see Chris all

818
01:11:16,159 --> 01:11:21,880
over New Hampshire, Yeah, doing
solo stuff. And you know, we

819
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:26,680
still connect with those guys all the
time. Where this talk of a twenty

820
01:11:26,720 --> 01:11:34,279
five year reunion show really next year? Yeah, so oh wow, oh

821
01:11:34,399 --> 01:11:44,319
that's cool. So um so after
so after October Suns were you because you

822
01:11:44,399 --> 01:11:45,600
were in that band for a while, right, that band went for a

823
01:11:45,680 --> 01:11:49,159
while. Yeah. In fact,
it was sadly you know when I announced

824
01:11:49,479 --> 01:11:53,119
my parture. And I think it's
always been kind of a back and forth

825
01:11:53,199 --> 01:11:56,600
with me in the early days.
You know, I love playing music,

826
01:11:57,199 --> 01:12:00,600
but I was really you know,
my heart at the time was in acting

827
01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:05,000
and directing. Yeah, and I
literally played my last gig at Pinochi's Alehouse

828
01:12:06,399 --> 01:12:12,560
with them, I think on a
Saturday night and left Sunday morning. Wow,

829
01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:17,960
no kidding, back back into three
okay, Um, all right,

830
01:12:18,039 --> 01:12:21,520
so when you left, So when
you left and O three and you went,

831
01:12:21,680 --> 01:12:27,920
you went right to Chicago, Yeah, okay, and then uh so

832
01:12:28,399 --> 01:12:30,960
now when you went to Chicago initially, so that was to work with um

833
01:12:31,479 --> 01:12:34,000
did you work with Second City?
Right off the bat, it was.

834
01:12:34,319 --> 01:12:39,800
I was accepted, I think with
their conservatory program, which is you know,

835
01:12:40,079 --> 01:12:44,159
they call it the most expensive T
shirt in Chicago. You pay them

836
01:12:44,199 --> 01:12:45,720
a lot of money, go through
the classes, and you know, you

837
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:54,399
get your T shirt at the end
of at the end of your five classes

838
01:12:54,680 --> 01:12:57,079
or whatever you took. But it
was it was a great experience. I

839
01:12:57,119 --> 01:12:59,560
mean, I wouldn't trade it for
anything, and met a lot of Greek

840
01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:05,520
through it. Yeah wow, okay, So and how long how long was

841
01:13:05,600 --> 01:13:11,319
that? How long was did the
classes go? You know, I think

842
01:13:11,319 --> 01:13:15,000
it was about a year and a
half overall to complete them all. Okay.

843
01:13:15,319 --> 01:13:17,479
Yeah, And you know, it
was kind of again one of those

844
01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:23,319
things where it was at the time, you know, I had looked in

845
01:13:23,359 --> 01:13:26,319
New York, I'd done some children's
theater tours and things like that, and

846
01:13:26,439 --> 01:13:32,439
that, you know, I was
looking for what was next. Um again,

847
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:35,600
my my my now wife, I
don't think wanted to move back to

848
01:13:36,279 --> 01:13:40,600
didn't want to move to New York. She really liked Chicago and I really

849
01:13:40,680 --> 01:13:45,439
liked her, so eventually I followed
her out. Okay, so that's where

850
01:13:45,479 --> 01:13:48,199
she's from originally, No, she's
from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That's story.

851
01:13:49,279 --> 01:13:54,800
Oh okay, I got you,
I got you. Okay. So

852
01:13:54,920 --> 01:14:00,760
after Second City then then what then? You know, I fumbled around with

853
01:14:01,159 --> 01:14:06,079
shows on the improv scene, directed
a couple of comedies, and then you

854
01:14:06,199 --> 01:14:11,600
know, I had, you know, by my son was born, and

855
01:14:11,960 --> 01:14:14,119
I think I kind of just got
to a point where it wasn't making a

856
01:14:14,159 --> 01:14:17,279
ton of money. I had some
cool experiences, and it got to be

857
01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:24,359
making a choice between was I going
to be a good dad or was I

858
01:14:24,439 --> 01:14:28,319
going to still fight to this dream. And I was kind of burning out

859
01:14:28,399 --> 01:14:30,760
on the dream, so I eventually
kind of let it go. The day

860
01:14:30,840 --> 01:14:34,640
job became the career, and you
know, I really didn't do anything artistically

861
01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:40,520
for a number of years until I
auditioned for a band called the Newberries as

862
01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:45,920
a note falling Stars. It was
the first one played bass with them.

863
01:14:45,279 --> 01:14:47,800
Then a band called the Newberries,
which is pretty cool, kind of a

864
01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:55,560
Smith's Morrissey vibe, which is where
I met Eric. And you know,

865
01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:58,880
like I said, just kind of
bounced around a couple of projects and ultimately

866
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:03,199
landed. So when you started,
when you started playing again, what what

867
01:15:03,479 --> 01:15:08,960
was it that spurred you to do
that? Was was there did you just

868
01:15:09,159 --> 01:15:13,560
miss it or was there something specific
they kind of pushed you back into it.

869
01:15:14,279 --> 01:15:17,279
I think it was just needing something
artistic, yeah, something, And

870
01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:23,000
I love music. I you know, I've always loved playing. I've always

871
01:15:23,079 --> 01:15:27,600
loved I mean, I didn't really
start songwriting seriously until Company Man, but

872
01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:30,319
even before that, you know,
I had a couple of token songs with

873
01:15:30,439 --> 01:15:34,680
October songs. I enjoyed the process, learned more about it since. But

874
01:15:35,319 --> 01:15:39,119
yeah, it was just needing something. I think I'm just one of those

875
01:15:39,159 --> 01:15:41,880
people. I need to have something
creative going on in my life to be

876
01:15:43,159 --> 01:15:47,319
fulfilled. No, it makes sense. Um, I think I think most

877
01:15:47,399 --> 01:15:49,920
people are like that. I think
probably more people are like that than they

878
01:15:50,039 --> 01:15:55,279
necessarily realize. You know. Um, it's funny too. I get the

879
01:15:55,800 --> 01:15:59,439
you know, I haven't I haven't
been in a band and probably eleven or

880
01:15:59,479 --> 01:16:02,159
twelve years. But you know,
I still get the itch. But I

881
01:16:02,319 --> 01:16:05,359
kind of get I kind of get
my creative fulfilment out of doing this.

882
01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:11,000
I guess so. But but you
know, but there are those moments,

883
01:16:11,079 --> 01:16:14,680
you know, where I think about
it. You know, Oh, yeah,

884
01:16:15,479 --> 01:16:17,079
it's a great thing. You can
always find something. I mean,

885
01:16:17,079 --> 01:16:20,520
I've always felt especially you played bass, now, yeah, yeah, I

886
01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:26,800
played Bass's was someone looking for a
bass player? Oh, you're not kidding.

887
01:16:27,039 --> 01:16:29,479
I was, you know, when
I was active in the scene.

888
01:16:29,520 --> 01:16:32,760
As far as being a musician,
I was kind of I was kind of

889
01:16:32,840 --> 01:16:38,560
sought after at one point, although
I was also self aware enough to realize

890
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:41,279
it had nothing to do with my
bass plane. I'm not I'm not a

891
01:16:41,319 --> 01:16:44,319
great you know, I'm an Okay, bass player. But I just I

892
01:16:44,479 --> 01:16:46,479
was more. I have a reputation
in the scene for being you know,

893
01:16:46,720 --> 01:16:49,760
again, like we talked about earlier, I'm not a partier, so you

894
01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:53,880
don't have to worry about me showing
pilled up or drunk or anything. You

895
01:16:53,960 --> 01:16:56,239
know, I'll be at rehearsal on
time, I'll be at the shows on

896
01:16:56,319 --> 01:16:58,680
time, and this and that.
So I built up a really good reputation

897
01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:04,399
that way. Nothing independable exactly.
I mean, it doesn't seem that rock

898
01:17:04,479 --> 01:17:09,079
and roll, and yet it makes
people want to play rock and roll music

899
01:17:09,159 --> 01:17:14,000
with you if they know you're gonna
show up. So so yes, yeah,

900
01:17:14,039 --> 01:17:15,840
I was. I was pretty busy
at one At one point I was

901
01:17:15,840 --> 01:17:18,680
playing in three different bands and we
were all actively gigging. Um. But

902
01:17:19,079 --> 01:17:21,439
uh, you know, but it
would be hard to do that now,

903
01:17:21,560 --> 01:17:26,520
just you know, other other things
kind of kind of take over. But

904
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:30,479
so what's um, what's kind of
the do you have a long term trajectory

905
01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:38,279
for satellite union or um? Are
you just kind of we're not coluding ourselves

906
01:17:38,359 --> 01:17:44,000
expecting to be you know, uh
touring the nation anytime soon. Sure,

907
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:46,920
But at the same time, I
think we all have a drive to create

908
01:17:47,159 --> 01:17:50,840
the best music we can while we're
together, to play out as much as

909
01:17:50,920 --> 01:17:56,880
we can every opportunity we get.
I think we've kind of discussed, but

910
01:17:56,960 --> 01:18:00,199
haven't really nailed it yet. Um, I was really interested. One of

911
01:18:00,199 --> 01:18:03,840
the things I love about listening to
your show is hearing all the different bands

912
01:18:03,920 --> 01:18:10,640
and their approach to this music scene
that's so much different than it was when

913
01:18:10,680 --> 01:18:14,880
you and I were younger. Right, Oh yeah, It's all about follows

914
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:19,319
and streaming and social media, and
it's a challenge, especially you know,

915
01:18:20,479 --> 01:18:28,239
a man of a certain age,
right, trying to navigate social media do

916
01:18:28,399 --> 01:18:32,720
it effectively. You know, that's
the that's the the tough thing thing here.

917
01:18:32,960 --> 01:18:40,239
But yeah, I mean we're,
like I said, we're the hardest

918
01:18:40,279 --> 01:18:45,840
working dad band. I know.
There you go, there you go fighters

919
01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:48,479
who I think qualify as a dad
man. It is. It is very

920
01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:53,079
much different than when we were when
we were growing up. You know,

921
01:18:53,199 --> 01:18:57,199
it's, um, it used to
be you know, most most you know,

922
01:18:57,319 --> 01:18:59,560
the big bands that were signed of
course, say you know, release

923
01:18:59,600 --> 01:19:01,960
an album them and then go on
tour and then eventually release another album and

924
01:19:02,039 --> 01:19:06,119
go on tour and uh and if
you were not in a big band,

925
01:19:06,159 --> 01:19:10,039
if you were just starting out,
you know, you were going to uh

926
01:19:10,600 --> 01:19:14,600
either you know, either playing with
friends from high school or going to a

927
01:19:14,720 --> 01:19:17,960
place like Strings and Things where I
took lessons and uh you know, looking

928
01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:24,600
at the bulletin board and seeing who
needed who needed somebody to little tag Oh

929
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:29,239
yeah, I want it? Yeah
yeah. And now it's a different world,

930
01:19:29,479 --> 01:19:30,800
and I think, um, you
know, it's kind of a double

931
01:19:30,920 --> 01:19:34,479
edged sword because I think with the
environment that we're in now, with social

932
01:19:34,560 --> 01:19:40,039
media and with the internet, um, you know, it's it's um,

933
01:19:41,520 --> 01:19:45,520
it's it's more complicated in a lot
of ways, but there's also more opportunity

934
01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:48,479
than there used to be, and
that now you can distribute your music and

935
01:19:48,600 --> 01:19:54,960
promote your music in so many different
ways that were not available when we were

936
01:19:55,039 --> 01:20:00,840
growing up. So we're on all
the major streams exactly for free. Yeah

937
01:20:02,119 --> 01:20:06,159
yeah, I mean we kind of
when we put it out there, especially

938
01:20:06,279 --> 01:20:11,199
this release, which was our first
release, it was more important to us

939
01:20:11,239 --> 01:20:16,159
to be able to use it as
a you know, as a tool for

940
01:20:16,359 --> 01:20:20,880
promotion, and then for anybody who
wants to listen to it. I'd rather

941
01:20:21,039 --> 01:20:26,319
have people just listening to it.
And it seems to be working, you

942
01:20:26,399 --> 01:20:30,600
know, where I love looking at
our Spotify stats and everything like that and

943
01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:33,840
just seeing how we're doing. Yeah. So yeah, I mean this one.

944
01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:38,479
I don't know if we'll change the
business plan in the future, but

945
01:20:39,960 --> 01:20:45,039
yeah, this one, I'll link
up the here now page which can get

946
01:20:45,079 --> 01:20:50,600
you to Apple, Spotify, Pandora, pretty much all the major streaming services.

947
01:20:50,640 --> 01:20:55,880
So I'll put that in your chat. Yeah. Yeah, but that's

948
01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:59,399
um. Yeah, I mean,
it's it's great that you're able to get

949
01:20:59,399 --> 01:21:04,760
your music out there. It's I
think for the bands that are really grinding

950
01:21:04,920 --> 01:21:09,000
trying to make it, I think
it's a harder, a much harder haul.

951
01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:15,960
Yeah. Yeah, you're competing with
so much because so you know,

952
01:21:16,119 --> 01:21:21,680
at any given second of the day, there's god knows how many artists around

953
01:21:21,720 --> 01:21:26,680
the world are uploading music right now
as we speak. But it's um.

954
01:21:27,479 --> 01:21:31,359
But it's fantastic to have so much
music available, you know. I occasionally

955
01:21:31,520 --> 01:21:34,640
I'll reference on the show my father, who you know, he's in his

956
01:21:34,760 --> 01:21:40,199
seventies and most people, geez,
I don't know, by the time they

957
01:21:40,279 --> 01:21:44,279
hit thirty, they kind of just
stop in terms of what they're willing to

958
01:21:44,399 --> 01:21:46,800
enjoy for new music. But my
dad's never been like that he lives on

959
01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:50,479
the Seacoast and he listens to w
U n H. He loves college radio,

960
01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:55,319
and he loves hearing new music.
And he says, we live in

961
01:21:55,359 --> 01:21:59,960
a golden age of music. And
he's probably the only seventy something year old

962
01:22:00,119 --> 01:22:02,079
guy you'd hear say that, But
that's that's how he feels about it,

963
01:22:02,119 --> 01:22:06,199
because there's so much great stuff out
there, and and and just more of

964
01:22:06,279 --> 01:22:11,000
it every day. There's just more
music being added to the world, and

965
01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:15,000
it's it's pretty a pretty incredible time
to be alive in that respect. Oh

966
01:22:15,119 --> 01:22:19,279
yeah, And a lot of the
bands that I discover, if I'm not

967
01:22:19,439 --> 01:22:23,560
hearing it from a friend or or
something like that, is just based on

968
01:22:24,359 --> 01:22:28,560
my listening preferences, right, And
so've you know, just discovered a lot

969
01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:35,279
of cool bands, you know,
and I wouldn't have necessarily found based on

970
01:22:35,479 --> 01:22:42,520
my you know, there's a couple
of the Gaslight amm who was I don't

971
01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:45,279
know if there's I think they are
still around, but not a band that

972
01:22:45,439 --> 01:22:48,279
was super popular or even on my
rabar. But now I listen to them

973
01:22:48,319 --> 01:22:51,680
all the time and they're just one
of those bands that popped up in my

974
01:22:51,800 --> 01:22:55,760
feed one day and I was like, dang, I like these guys.

975
01:22:56,119 --> 01:23:00,640
Oh yeah, you know, and
now they're in my right the rotation.

976
01:23:00,720 --> 01:23:05,720
So it's it's that ability, you
know, it's there is a part of

977
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:11,479
me that kind of loved that thumbing
through a record store and things like that.

978
01:23:11,760 --> 01:23:15,520
But you know, yeah, I
agree, you can hear a lot

979
01:23:15,600 --> 01:23:18,800
of you can discover a lot.
Oh yeah, yeah, I mean I

980
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:24,439
you know, I've I've wonderful memories
of going to record stores and kind of

981
01:23:24,479 --> 01:23:29,199
thumbing through and finding stuff. But
they're nice memories. But I wouldn't trade

982
01:23:29,279 --> 01:23:31,680
that, you know, I wouldn't
trade to go back to that with what

983
01:23:31,880 --> 01:23:35,560
we have now and just all the
music that we have available to us.

984
01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:39,399
And I don't know if you're like
me, but it kind of it kind

985
01:23:39,399 --> 01:23:43,199
of bums me out whenever I hear, especially when it's somebody from our generation,

986
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:45,760
you know who you know, they'll
say things like, oh, there's

987
01:23:45,800 --> 01:23:49,600
no good music anymore, and it's
like, oh my god, just just

988
01:23:50,279 --> 01:23:54,279
look for it. It's there,
it's right in front of you. But

989
01:23:54,399 --> 01:23:57,479
people don't want to look for it
and they just want to complain, and

990
01:23:57,600 --> 01:24:03,279
it's so frustrating. Yeah. I
get that. I absolutely get that.

991
01:24:05,439 --> 01:24:08,840
But I also think it's you know, that's that's a personal thing. You

992
01:24:08,880 --> 01:24:12,439
know, there are people who really
they don't discover new things because they don't

993
01:24:12,439 --> 01:24:15,079
want to. You know, you're
you're yeah happy, you know, if

994
01:24:15,079 --> 01:24:19,920
you want to remain happily siloed and
you know with the things that you're comfortable

995
01:24:19,960 --> 01:24:24,479
with, that's your choice. So
yeah, it doesn't really bug me out

996
01:24:24,520 --> 01:24:31,000
as much. Yeah, I want
to us but discover Satellite Union. But

997
01:24:31,239 --> 01:24:34,439
you know, if they want to
just silo up and listen to Aussie that's

998
01:24:34,479 --> 01:24:38,560
cool, right, right, Hey, where does the name come from?

999
01:24:38,600 --> 01:24:41,239
By the way, I like the
name. It's a cool name. Oh,

1000
01:24:41,560 --> 01:24:46,199
just all right, I'd love all
the personalities in our band, but

1001
01:24:46,319 --> 01:24:57,239
I we are kind of a pretreable
unch and this name really came from everybody

1002
01:24:57,359 --> 01:25:01,279
pitching and staying really kind of nonchalant. But well, that one's okay.

1003
01:25:01,800 --> 01:25:04,039
Yeah, I don't know if I
like that one. Yeah. And then

1004
01:25:04,079 --> 01:25:10,239
eventually it was the one that had
the least amount of negative feelings. I

1005
01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:14,439
hope, so we kind of Yeah, but since then, I've gotten so

1006
01:25:14,520 --> 01:25:16,039
many compliments on the name of the
band. People will come up and at

1007
01:25:16,079 --> 01:25:18,960
shows to just be like, I
love the name. Oh yeah, so

1008
01:25:20,239 --> 01:25:24,119
we stumbled onto something good. Yeah, yeah, No, it's a very

1009
01:25:24,199 --> 01:25:27,359
cool name. It's a very cool
name. I think originally we were Feeds

1010
01:25:27,479 --> 01:25:33,159
Union. That was the proposed name, and then eventually that kind of I

1011
01:25:33,279 --> 01:25:36,359
think, I can't remember if there
are other bands named Themes the Union,

1012
01:25:36,399 --> 01:25:41,159
and we wanted something a little bit
more unique. Yeah, somehow stumbled on

1013
01:25:41,319 --> 01:25:45,600
satellite and that seemed to work,
and there weren't a lot Yeah, I

1014
01:25:45,680 --> 01:25:47,960
think there were, I like Unions
out there. Yeah, I mean that.

1015
01:25:48,159 --> 01:25:53,800
Yeah, that's that's That's something that
as time goes on and there's more

1016
01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:57,159
and more people making music, that
it becomes a greater and greater challenge is

1017
01:25:57,199 --> 01:26:00,880
finding a really cool name that nobody
else already has, because you know,

1018
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:04,239
and and I run into it with
this show, Like sometimes I'll have a

1019
01:26:04,279 --> 01:26:09,239
guest on and I go to find
some of their stuff online, and it's

1020
01:26:09,319 --> 01:26:14,119
like, you know, I'll find
several bands, oh um, or in

1021
01:26:14,199 --> 01:26:18,880
the case of Dank Sinatra for example, and you know, and I love

1022
01:26:18,960 --> 01:26:23,359
those guys, and I know Fredo
might even be listening because he listens to

1023
01:26:23,399 --> 01:26:27,439
the show a lot. But if
you look up Dank Sinatra online, there's

1024
01:26:27,600 --> 01:26:31,680
um, a bunch of hip hop
artists. What after I heard him on

1025
01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:35,680
your show, I liked him on
Facebook as I kind of loosely connected them

1026
01:26:35,680 --> 01:26:40,079
a little bit. Yeah yeah,
but uh, but that's a name that's

1027
01:26:40,279 --> 01:26:44,960
actually um, I'll tell you.
I'll tell you a quick anecdote. You

1028
01:26:45,079 --> 01:26:47,960
know Xander Carlson of course, yes, yeah, and uh, and he

1029
01:26:48,079 --> 01:26:53,359
might even be listening because I think
he U he liked the post on Facebook

1030
01:26:53,359 --> 01:26:56,479
about today's show. So, Hixander, if you're listening, And uh,

1031
01:26:57,359 --> 01:27:00,199
I love Xander. I hope he
doesn't mind me telling this story. But

1032
01:27:00,840 --> 01:27:04,199
it was actually a few years after
high school. I ran into Zander.

1033
01:27:04,359 --> 01:27:09,399
I even remember exactly where it was. It was at Hanifford and Conquered and

1034
01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:12,920
he was telling him telling me about
this new band he had just joined or

1035
01:27:12,960 --> 01:27:15,840
had just started, and I asked
him what the name of the band was,

1036
01:27:15,960 --> 01:27:21,079
and he said the band was called
Intuition, and I just thought,

1037
01:27:21,359 --> 01:27:26,199
oh, no, like, I'm
sure there's probably already a whole bunch of

1038
01:27:26,279 --> 01:27:30,600
bands that are actively using the name
Intuition. It's just too obvious. Now.

1039
01:27:30,640 --> 01:27:32,560
I didn't say that to him because
I'm too polite. And this was

1040
01:27:33,319 --> 01:27:38,079
this was sort of pre internet,
or you know, we had we had

1041
01:27:38,119 --> 01:27:40,920
the Internet, but it was still
in the in the days of AOL.

1042
01:27:41,439 --> 01:27:45,680
You know, you put the disk
in and you hope it at some point

1043
01:27:45,720 --> 01:27:47,760
connects. So it wasn't necessarily the
easiest thing in the world to just go

1044
01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:50,640
online and see who else already is
using that name. But I remember he

1045
01:27:50,680 --> 01:27:56,760
said that to me once. Yeah
this was before this was even before that.

1046
01:27:57,079 --> 01:28:00,439
So so he said that to me, and I just remember thinking,

1047
01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:04,199
oh, it's too obvious, and
then swear to god, I ran into

1048
01:28:04,279 --> 01:28:09,399
him again, like a few months
later or six months later, and I

1049
01:28:09,479 --> 01:28:12,439
asked him how the band was doing, and he goes, uh, yeah,

1050
01:28:12,479 --> 01:28:15,720
we had to change our name,
so we've ran into another band already

1051
01:28:15,800 --> 01:28:19,439
us in that name. And I
thought, yeah, I kind of I'm

1052
01:28:19,520 --> 01:28:24,880
not surprised, And again I was
too polite to say it. I'm unfailingly

1053
01:28:24,960 --> 01:28:29,159
polite, but yeah, I wasn't
surprised at all. Yeah, you know,

1054
01:28:29,359 --> 01:28:33,159
it sounds like a name that would
be scrawled on a lot of high

1055
01:28:33,199 --> 01:28:41,640
school notebooks. Yes, absolutely,
Now, Dave, are you doing Are

1056
01:28:41,680 --> 01:28:45,279
you involved in any other musical projects
or any other creative projects or is it

1057
01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:49,000
just a satellite union? That you're
focused on these days. Well, I

1058
01:28:49,039 --> 01:28:54,600
mean the closest thing I have to
another project, believe it or not,

1059
01:28:54,920 --> 01:28:59,159
is just staying in touch with October
Suns. Yeah. We did a project

1060
01:28:59,239 --> 01:29:01,039
a couple of years ago, go
I can't remember. It was Talent of

1061
01:29:01,079 --> 01:29:05,800
the Pandemic. There's a thing called
the RPM Challenge, which is actually based

1062
01:29:05,840 --> 01:29:10,640
out of Portsma Financer, I think, where you try to write an album,

1063
01:29:11,159 --> 01:29:15,399
write and record an album in the
month of February. Yep. So

1064
01:29:15,760 --> 01:29:19,640
I got together with I think it
was my bass player, our bass player,

1065
01:29:19,720 --> 01:29:29,000
the band's bass player, Mark Iwanski. Don't like me saying he contributed.

1066
01:29:30,720 --> 01:29:33,560
I wrote. I think I wrote
all the songs. Kirk played drums,

1067
01:29:34,199 --> 01:29:43,600
Jason Lane recorded some guitar tracks,
Peters let some vocals, and it

1068
01:29:43,720 --> 01:29:47,439
was just kind of this fun community
project. But we've always talked about you

1069
01:29:47,520 --> 01:29:51,560
know, we still have a text
thread. We still keep in touch and

1070
01:29:51,680 --> 01:29:55,479
every now and then I'll send them
to the current say hey, what would

1071
01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:59,800
you do with this? And yeah, So that's kind of and it's fun

1072
01:30:00,319 --> 01:30:04,520
again you talk about what this world
allows us to do now musically, it's

1073
01:30:04,680 --> 01:30:09,039
very cool to be able to collaborate
with that band. Who I still love.

1074
01:30:11,079 --> 01:30:14,279
I should be talking more about the
band that I love now, the

1075
01:30:14,359 --> 01:30:18,399
band IM with, but but yeah, it's great to have that connection and

1076
01:30:18,840 --> 01:30:23,279
still be able to create a little
bit with those guys. Is that available

1077
01:30:23,359 --> 01:30:28,039
online what you guys did for the
RPM challenge? I believe it is.

1078
01:30:28,479 --> 01:30:31,880
In fact, there's an early mixtape
originally came from that Five Pounder project.

1079
01:30:32,800 --> 01:30:36,840
I believe I still have it up
on SoundCloud. Oh if I can find

1080
01:30:36,920 --> 01:30:42,119
it, I'll send you a link. Yeah, please please, i'd I'd

1081
01:30:42,119 --> 01:30:46,199
be very curious to hear that.
Definitely. Definitely. Um, well,

1082
01:30:46,319 --> 01:30:49,520
Dave, this has been great.
It's wonderful to talk to you man.

1083
01:30:49,880 --> 01:30:54,720
Um Yeah, absolutely, and I
appreciate you having me on it. You

1084
01:30:54,760 --> 01:31:00,119
know, it's kind of I love
seeing people I know doing well. So

1085
01:31:00,800 --> 01:31:02,119
you know, when I saw your
show come up, I think it was

1086
01:31:02,159 --> 01:31:04,840
a feed my Facebook feed, I
was like, oh cool, Yeah,

1087
01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:09,279
started listening and I just I you're
doing such a great job of the show.

1088
01:31:09,359 --> 01:31:13,600
I love kind of the the down
the middle political views where you know

1089
01:31:14,520 --> 01:31:16,560
that you don't necessarily lean heavily one
way or the other. I think that's

1090
01:31:16,600 --> 01:31:20,880
important. Thank you, And just
hearing all the new artists and musicians.

1091
01:31:20,880 --> 01:31:24,199
I think you're doing a great job
with this. Oh thank you, Dave.

1092
01:31:24,279 --> 01:31:26,800
That that means a lot to me, my friend, I appreciate that.

1093
01:31:27,039 --> 01:31:31,079
And uh yeah, I love it
and and uh yeah, it's it's

1094
01:31:31,119 --> 01:31:34,600
been it's actually really only been within
the last year that we've really ramped up

1095
01:31:34,640 --> 01:31:38,159
the musical part of it. And
uh, you know, I've always had

1096
01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:40,640
musical guests, but we're trying to
do a lot more of that than we

1097
01:31:40,760 --> 01:31:43,439
used to it. It kind of
it's better for my mental health, you

1098
01:31:43,520 --> 01:31:46,479
know, to kind of balance the
music and the politics, right. Yeah,

1099
01:31:46,600 --> 01:31:48,960
well, you know that's what like
a war, you know, we

1100
01:31:49,119 --> 01:31:51,720
talked about that one a little bit. That's what that is about. I

1101
01:31:53,000 --> 01:31:57,960
really don't like to write politically because
I think you and I share a very

1102
01:31:58,039 --> 01:32:01,760
similar headspace that you know, I
like to exist in a world of gray

1103
01:32:01,840 --> 01:32:05,319
where I can see both sides and
not as much black and white. Yeah,

1104
01:32:08,079 --> 01:32:10,600
but it really was just kind of
looking at our country the way it

1105
01:32:10,720 --> 01:32:17,479
is, and it feels, you
know, there's such a division um and

1106
01:32:17,600 --> 01:32:20,880
it's palpable, and and that's you
know, that's what that song was about.

1107
01:32:21,760 --> 01:32:25,840
Yeah, yeah, yeah, very
cool. You know what I'm gonna

1108
01:32:25,920 --> 01:32:29,720
play that when we wrap up in
a moment, I'm gonna I'm gonna play

1109
01:32:29,800 --> 01:32:33,399
that song to close out the segment. And I'm so I'm glad you brought

1110
01:32:33,479 --> 01:32:39,880
that up. And yeah, absolutely
absolutely another great track. Um, what

1111
01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:44,239
should people know, Dave to find
to keep up with everything you guys are

1112
01:32:44,319 --> 01:32:46,680
doing? And um, do you
have anything? Are you playing any shows

1113
01:32:46,720 --> 01:32:53,800
this weekend? We're not, We're
not. We're actually our next books show

1114
01:32:54,000 --> 01:33:01,760
right now is not until augusta,
August nineteen at Montrose Saloon. Um,

1115
01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:05,039
which is actually gonna be a great
if any of Chicago folks are listening.

1116
01:33:05,560 --> 01:33:11,760
We've got this Roger's Park takeover,
uh happening with the Untold, Dirty and

1117
01:33:11,840 --> 01:33:15,560
Black Partridge. Um, so that
should be a really fun show. I'm

1118
01:33:15,600 --> 01:33:20,600
hoping to see a lot of people
that we know from uh at Rogers Parking.

1119
01:33:21,119 --> 01:33:28,279
Uh kind of show up. Wow. Speaking of great names, huh

1120
01:33:28,479 --> 01:33:35,760
the Untold, Dirty and Black part
Yeah, those are great, very cool,

1121
01:33:35,920 --> 01:33:39,399
very cool. And what what should
people know to you? Guys?

1122
01:33:39,439 --> 01:33:42,640
Have a website of course, Satellite
Music. I'm sorry, um, Satellite

1123
01:33:42,720 --> 01:33:45,720
Union Music dot com. Correct,
Satellite Union Music dot com. Um,

1124
01:33:46,720 --> 01:33:53,600
yeah, we were on I think
I do fairly well on Instagram, which

1125
01:33:53,680 --> 01:33:57,600
feeds into Facebook. We have a
Twitter account, but yeah, if you

1126
01:33:57,680 --> 01:34:01,840
look us up, Satellite Union should
find us. Okay, okay, excellent,

1127
01:34:01,960 --> 01:34:04,760
Yeah, and uh yeah, you
guys are very easy to to find

1128
01:34:04,880 --> 01:34:09,880
and google. Um Dave, thank
you again so much. We're gonna play

1129
01:34:09,960 --> 01:34:13,199
that track like a war in a
moment. But this has been wonderful.

1130
01:34:13,239 --> 01:34:15,319
I really appreciate you joining me today. And of course after the show,

1131
01:34:15,359 --> 01:34:18,079
this will be available and we'll we'll
share it out and tag you and everything.

1132
01:34:18,159 --> 01:34:21,479
But I really like the band.
I really like what you're doing.

1133
01:34:21,560 --> 01:34:25,960
It's it's great stuff. So keep
up the great work, my friend,

1134
01:34:26,039 --> 01:34:28,560
and we'll have to do this again
in the future. This is uh,

1135
01:34:28,640 --> 01:34:31,439
this has been really really cool.
I think you're the only um No,

1136
01:34:31,800 --> 01:34:34,840
actually you're not the only. Technically, you're not the only person I went

1137
01:34:34,880 --> 01:34:41,319
to high school with who I've interviewed. There's one other um oh who I

1138
01:34:41,399 --> 01:34:44,199
forget his name. Now do you
remember the guy with the gray hair.

1139
01:34:44,319 --> 01:34:49,800
He had gray hair in high school? Er? Yes, him, I've

1140
01:34:49,800 --> 01:34:59,520
inter I've had him on the show
with with his band. That was U

1141
01:35:00,439 --> 01:35:05,680
he did he it was Fuzzbox.
Um Now it's uh, Sam Stand Up

1142
01:35:05,720 --> 01:35:11,439
Audio is his new band, all
right, Yeah, yeah he is.

1143
01:35:11,520 --> 01:35:14,720
Yeah, Jenny and I went to
uh went to see them. Uh they

1144
01:35:14,800 --> 01:35:18,600
played right here in Manchester and uh
really really good. But he so technically

1145
01:35:18,680 --> 01:35:21,760
though he went to UM, I
think he went to PA but he was

1146
01:35:21,880 --> 01:35:27,079
part of the he came to Conquered
High for the Voke program. Yea,

1147
01:35:27,279 --> 01:35:30,520
but I uh but I always tell
everybody I said, yeah, Joe had

1148
01:35:30,600 --> 01:35:32,439
gray hair in high school, and
of course now it's totally gray. But

1149
01:35:32,720 --> 01:35:39,319
uh, it's just such a weird
thing anyway, I've always been fascinated by

1150
01:35:39,399 --> 01:35:42,800
that. Um all right, but
uh, but you're the only person I

1151
01:35:42,920 --> 01:35:45,000
who actually went to technically went to
Conquered High who I've had on the show,

1152
01:35:45,079 --> 01:35:48,000
I believe. Yeah, I hope
you know. I'm wearing a T

1153
01:35:48,079 --> 01:35:53,279
shirt right now. Oh you are
yep. I can actually see you on

1154
01:35:53,439 --> 01:35:55,800
Skype. Yes, I don't think
you can see me, but I can

1155
01:35:55,840 --> 01:36:00,119
see you. Y'all. Very nice, very nice. Ye. Hey you

1156
01:36:00,199 --> 01:36:02,680
did that for you, you did
Hey, you know what, I'm gonna

1157
01:36:02,680 --> 01:36:06,000
take a picture of that with my
phone. All right, don't go anywhere

1158
01:36:06,079 --> 01:36:14,439
just yet. I'm trying to because
I'll post it actually I might use it

1159
01:36:14,520 --> 01:36:17,880
as the thumbnail for when I post
the interview and I'm trying to get to

1160
01:36:18,319 --> 01:36:28,800
here we go one, got it? Very nice. I appreciate that,

1161
01:36:28,960 --> 01:36:31,279
Dave. Hey, I'll let you
know if I come back to New hampsherd

1162
01:36:31,439 --> 01:36:34,720
love to come in and play some
acoustic definitely count on it. Yes,

1163
01:36:35,119 --> 01:36:38,840
definitely let me know. I would
love that. I would love that,

1164
01:36:39,399 --> 01:36:41,720
all right, Dave? Very good? Well, yeah, we'll let you

1165
01:36:41,760 --> 01:36:45,479
go. I'm gonna play this track
like a war, and I appreciate you

1166
01:36:45,640 --> 01:36:49,039
and great work with Satellite Union and
we will we will talk to you soon,

1167
01:36:49,159 --> 01:36:51,640
my friend. Thank you, sir. It was a pleasure, all

1168
01:36:51,720 --> 01:36:56,439
right, Dave, you got it? Take care byebye? Like all right,

1169
01:36:56,560 --> 01:36:59,920
very nice. That was my friend
Dave Wally from the band Satellite Union.

1170
01:37:00,000 --> 01:37:02,079
And let's give this a listen.
Uh, this is like a war.

1171
01:37:02,399 --> 01:37:06,760
Another great track from these guys and
very topical. As we discussed.

1172
01:37:06,800 --> 01:37:33,920
Sorry here it is stop standing crossed
about how how on to pretend we were

1173
01:37:34,920 --> 01:37:47,439
as a band? Darkness, rain
out, wish I could see out the

1174
01:37:47,640 --> 01:38:26,199
walls of this house, dark shape
and like one where times illmember and lo

1175
01:38:27,199 --> 01:40:13,760
you free but on it and now
oh that is so good, like a

1176
01:40:13,880 --> 01:40:17,720
war from a satellite union. And
thank you again to my friend Dave Wally

1177
01:40:18,119 --> 01:40:21,199
for joining me on the show today. That was that was very very cool.

1178
01:40:21,319 --> 01:40:26,159
Such a talented gentleman and uh and
a great guy. And he wore

1179
01:40:26,199 --> 01:40:29,159
a kiss shirt which I did take
a picture of. You was on Skype,

1180
01:40:29,239 --> 01:40:31,479
y'all couldn't see him, but uh, and my dad's on the line.

1181
01:40:31,520 --> 01:40:36,960
Hello, Hey, it's just a
Jerry Robinson show. No, just

1182
01:40:38,079 --> 01:40:41,039
kidding. I'll come back to that. Yes, um, I'll be brief.

1183
01:40:41,079 --> 01:40:45,199
I wanted to catch part of your
show him out on Facebook. Often

1184
01:40:45,239 --> 01:40:47,800
I'm able to do that, but
my phone broke down. It's like Murphy

1185
01:40:47,920 --> 01:40:53,039
Claw. So I have a new
phone for some reason. I can get

1186
01:40:53,119 --> 01:40:56,119
you now, I can. I
can see you, but you're you're not

1187
01:40:56,520 --> 01:40:59,800
you know. It's static, says
live, but when I hit on,

1188
01:40:59,880 --> 01:41:08,119
it just goes to a black screen. So I'm assuming that your Skype guest

1189
01:41:08,199 --> 01:41:13,119
called in already, yes, yes, yeah, So I just I just

1190
01:41:13,239 --> 01:41:16,800
wanted to mention I do a little
sandwich here, quickly, intellectual sandwich.

1191
01:41:16,920 --> 01:41:21,880
I want to say something just innocuous
and positive and end with a very positive

1192
01:41:21,960 --> 01:41:28,239
note. But so my first point
is your analysis yesterday. Good shows this

1193
01:41:28,399 --> 01:41:31,399
week. I disagree with some conclusions, but good shows and musical guests.

1194
01:41:31,520 --> 01:41:36,600
Jeff par excellence, Matt, great
musical guests. Jenny is really bringing them

1195
01:41:36,640 --> 01:41:45,279
in. So congratulations on that and
the other practical but philosophical, spiritual,

1196
01:41:45,520 --> 01:41:48,640
general generic says. Issue I wanted
to talk about was your analysis yesterday.

1197
01:41:49,760 --> 01:41:54,119
And I'm not going to win to
add any length. It's a complex issue,

1198
01:41:54,199 --> 01:41:59,000
but your analysis yesterday. I was
a China, Cuba, Russian evil

1199
01:41:59,119 --> 01:42:05,000
link and I you know, you
know, I don't appreciate Biden's leadership generally,

1200
01:42:05,560 --> 01:42:10,439
although I think they struck the right
balance in Europe with regard to Ukraine

1201
01:42:10,439 --> 01:42:15,319
and the EU. Agree the NATO, I should say I was saying when

1202
01:42:15,319 --> 01:42:17,399
I went, I mean NATO,
So I give him credit for that whenever

1203
01:42:17,479 --> 01:42:20,000
he does something right, which is
rare in my judgment. But I'm not

1204
01:42:20,039 --> 01:42:26,520
gonna goin to that. But um
but I don't blame him for um uh.

1205
01:42:27,319 --> 01:42:30,479
What's happening in Cuba. The question, though, Matt is we could

1206
01:42:30,520 --> 01:42:35,000
disagree about how it happened. Mark
Rubio was involved in that and others.

1207
01:42:35,239 --> 01:42:41,359
But here's the thing. These are
the Cuba and forty five's taken a more

1208
01:42:41,520 --> 01:42:46,159
circumstance. Cuba went back. They
agree to do certain things with the Obama

1209
01:42:46,159 --> 01:42:51,000
administration, they went back on all
of them, including human rights in their

1210
01:42:51,039 --> 01:42:58,159
country, economic development, free markets, etc. They're bad actors right now

1211
01:42:58,199 --> 01:43:00,800
with the current leadership. I love
the human people, but the leadership is

1212
01:43:01,319 --> 01:43:10,039
really very totalitarian, authoritarian, violent, and Marxists to the core. The

1213
01:43:10,159 --> 01:43:14,079
question now is what is Biden in
his administration? And I say it's only

1214
01:43:14,119 --> 01:43:16,880
because they're an office. How that
happened as another story, but anyway,

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01:43:17,079 --> 01:43:20,479
so what are they going to do
now about this? Because as you know,

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01:43:20,680 --> 01:43:26,079
Matt, I have taken a fundamental
position for a long time, and

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01:43:26,119 --> 01:43:29,520
I've talked to colleagues about that,
some of whom disagree with me, but

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01:43:29,680 --> 01:43:33,359
many of whom have agreed with me
that we need to we can have competition.

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01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:38,600
Janet yelling bowling like that in China
and drive me crazy, but we

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01:43:38,720 --> 01:43:45,119
can have competition, and we need
competition. But we need to disabuse ourselves

1221
01:43:45,159 --> 01:43:49,520
of the notion that China has anything
but evil regard toward us. They have

1222
01:43:49,560 --> 01:43:56,000
a hundred year plan to take us
down, not necessarily militarily, but they

1223
01:43:56,039 --> 01:44:00,279
don't rule that out either at the
moment that Janet Yellen was bowing to these

1224
01:44:00,359 --> 01:44:06,520
knuckleheads, these communists torturers in China, m Jijing Ping was meeting with the

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01:44:06,640 --> 01:44:12,479
Red Army um, you know,
talking about an operation in Cuba. They

1226
01:44:12,560 --> 01:44:18,199
were going to do a joint military
operation and other operations in the South China

1227
01:44:18,279 --> 01:44:26,239
Sea with the goal of having war
with Western countries. That you know,

1228
01:44:26,359 --> 01:44:31,600
that's on record. So my point
is that we should be disengaging from them.

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01:44:31,760 --> 01:44:36,960
We should shut down every police station
because they're harassing their their own people

1230
01:44:38,079 --> 01:44:42,479
right now. But they'll they'll harass
h straight white guys like Marty if they

1231
01:44:42,840 --> 01:44:47,359
have a chance. But so they
need to go. And what I would

1232
01:44:47,399 --> 01:44:50,479
say is Biden would, oh,
man, this is this would be a

1233
01:44:50,560 --> 01:44:56,399
great opportunity for him to redeem them
some somewhere in history by rather than being

1234
01:44:56,439 --> 01:45:00,199
on the take to China, say
no, we're going to take back all

1235
01:45:00,239 --> 01:45:03,640
the land you purchased around our bases
in the farmland you and Bill Gates,

1236
01:45:04,119 --> 01:45:06,720
What a guy that guy is?
Bill Gates, Oh my god, don't

1237
01:45:06,760 --> 01:45:15,520
get me started. And we're going
to have the Confucius centers looked at very

1238
01:45:15,600 --> 01:45:21,119
carefully, but basically We're going to
bring our corporations into tow to bring manufacturing

1239
01:45:21,239 --> 01:45:25,319
as much as we can as quickly
as we can back to the USA,

1240
01:45:25,399 --> 01:45:30,399
including the development of minerals and the
development of medications. So that's my stand

1241
01:45:30,479 --> 01:45:38,119
Matt on that. The other thing
I wanted to say for your international arnis

1242
01:45:38,159 --> 01:45:45,199
just something to think about, was
that Christopher Ray was going to testify I

1243
01:45:45,359 --> 01:45:49,119
know if you saw this to the
Judicial Committee on Monday, and he did

1244
01:45:49,680 --> 01:45:54,800
sort of testify. The reason I
hedge is he didn't say much. Everything

1245
01:45:54,920 --> 01:45:58,640
from that guy is well, I
can't go into that, or that's redacted

1246
01:45:58,760 --> 01:46:03,560
or that's under investigation. It's like
the Hunter Biden thing. So they used

1247
01:46:03,800 --> 01:46:08,560
Elite. I don't know if you've
seen the big report out, but they

1248
01:46:09,319 --> 01:46:16,640
used four times illegally a false FISA
warrant and to spy on the Trump administration,

1249
01:46:16,720 --> 01:46:20,600
which they did and in theory wiretap
other Americans too. It could have

1250
01:46:20,640 --> 01:46:24,079
been us. You'd never like to
hear that, man, but I'm telling

1251
01:46:24,119 --> 01:46:28,359
you it could have been us.
So anyway, that's illegal. Second point,

1252
01:46:29,800 --> 01:46:35,600
they sent their guys out to Twitter
and Facebook and other media outlets.

1253
01:46:35,720 --> 01:46:40,880
A couple more I won't go into
to say to them, we don't want

1254
01:46:40,920 --> 01:46:45,600
you printing any of this material at
all on Hunter Biden. The laptop we

1255
01:46:45,800 --> 01:46:49,199
think you know they didn't. They
didn't say definitively, but they said the

1256
01:46:49,319 --> 01:46:56,840
laptop we're pretty sure is simply Russian
disinformation. They were lying that, and

1257
01:46:57,000 --> 01:47:00,760
they knew that. And now we
can't even get the ten twenty four because

1258
01:47:00,840 --> 01:47:04,159
it's so redacted. It wouldn't there's
nothing in there for us. Two other

1259
01:47:04,239 --> 01:47:08,680
quick points and they'll get to Jerry. This is wonderful. Jerry is amazing.

1260
01:47:09,039 --> 01:47:15,920
So they formed a unit with the
objective of infultrating guys like your dad.

1261
01:47:16,039 --> 01:47:20,399
What do I mean by that because
I'm a constitutional conservative, Neil Thomas.

1262
01:47:20,760 --> 01:47:25,800
No, because I'm Roman Catholic and
I'm practicing my faith, my Christian

1263
01:47:25,880 --> 01:47:29,640
faith. And when they were at
when Christopher Rays asked about that, he

1264
01:47:29,720 --> 01:47:33,000
says, well, we're looking into
that. Looking into that you make a

1265
01:47:33,119 --> 01:47:40,359
decision about that's illegal, that's an
ethical, that's immoral, that's totalitarianism,

1266
01:47:40,479 --> 01:47:45,000
parsils. And finally, of course
they formed a task group. This is

1267
01:47:45,039 --> 01:47:48,720
the final point, man. And
this came out on the judicial hearings,

1268
01:47:48,800 --> 01:47:53,039
and I've read about it for a
long time. Now protract the period time.

1269
01:47:53,279 --> 01:47:58,520
But then it came out that they
were also forming a group to infiltrate

1270
01:47:59,119 --> 01:48:03,319
any family, starting with Christians,
starting with Christians, but any family who

1271
01:48:03,560 --> 01:48:10,399
was they in their regard, their
judgment, conservative and pushing back on the

1272
01:48:10,720 --> 01:48:15,359
left wing policies of any kind.
That's the FBI we have today, man,

1273
01:48:15,840 --> 01:48:18,159
And it started with Comey. And
there are there are many agents who

1274
01:48:18,239 --> 01:48:23,159
are doing a good job, don't
get me wrong. And the whistleblowers I'm

1275
01:48:23,239 --> 01:48:28,760
telling you, like Gary U.
Sanley and others, was Stephen friends,

1276
01:48:29,640 --> 01:48:34,880
they need to be listened to and
listen to very carefully, whatever your political

1277
01:48:34,960 --> 01:48:39,920
persuasion is. So I just want
to get that out there, Matt.

1278
01:48:39,960 --> 01:48:43,319
And it's not to disagree with you
or debate you. And you know I

1279
01:48:43,439 --> 01:48:45,680
take a stand against it as a
father's son principal. People can disagree with

1280
01:48:45,720 --> 01:48:49,000
that, but that's my stand on
that. But finally, on a good

1281
01:48:49,079 --> 01:48:55,720
note, Jerry Robinson, Oh my
god, is that guy good? Yes?

1282
01:48:57,640 --> 01:49:01,119
Yeah, I love Jerry Robinson that
song. I love both songs,

1283
01:49:01,159 --> 01:49:08,560
the New Orleans song but also even
better. I mean they're both great songs.

1284
01:49:08,960 --> 01:49:12,840
But I'm a man. Can you
imagine that? Oh my God,

1285
01:49:13,600 --> 01:49:16,239
Matt. You know, I love
music and I believe in it, and

1286
01:49:16,239 --> 01:49:19,560
I've been around a long time.
Thank God for the grace of God and

1287
01:49:19,720 --> 01:49:25,760
my own efforts and wellness. But
that song would be a hit in the

1288
01:49:25,920 --> 01:49:29,279
fifties of sixties and seventies, right
up. Do you see what I'm saying?

1289
01:49:29,399 --> 01:49:34,399
I agree? Yes, Oh my
god. And then Jerry Robinson has

1290
01:49:34,520 --> 01:49:43,520
that unique cutting edge, old school
sense of humor that's dry but insightful and

1291
01:49:44,439 --> 01:49:48,880
in a little bit cutting and incisive. We love. I don't know how

1292
01:49:48,960 --> 01:49:51,359
you found him, but Matt,
I do agree with you on this.

1293
01:49:51,560 --> 01:49:59,000
We disagree on some important dishes,
but we agree on this. Jerry Robinson

1294
01:50:00,119 --> 01:50:04,680
could be He's so talented and insightful
and musically talented. He could be the

1295
01:50:04,800 --> 01:50:10,840
next Howard Stern. Yeah you make
that statement, Matt, I agree with

1296
01:50:11,000 --> 01:50:14,640
you completely, Thank you. Yes, yes, well, Dad, I'm

1297
01:50:14,720 --> 01:50:16,920
glad. I'm glad we can end
on a good note. We are out

1298
01:50:16,960 --> 01:50:19,399
of time, though, so we
gotta we gotta let you go. Oh

1299
01:50:19,520 --> 01:50:23,199
sorry, Oh no, that's that's
okay. We're just we're up against the

1300
01:50:23,239 --> 01:50:26,600
clock. But thank you for the
call. I appreciate it. And now

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01:50:26,920 --> 01:50:30,159
very welcome, good, good,
shows Matt this week. I appreciate your

1302
01:50:30,199 --> 01:50:32,600
work. You're right, you're just
growing in that and I appreciate it.

1303
01:50:32,760 --> 01:50:34,920
Oh, thank you. I appreciate
that. All right, Dad, we

1304
01:50:35,000 --> 01:50:38,640
gotta go. Thank you. I
love you and I'll talk to you later.

1305
01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:41,960
I love you too, talk to
you later. Be well bybye.

1306
01:50:41,960 --> 01:50:44,680
All right, byebye, all right, very good, very good. All

1307
01:50:44,760 --> 01:50:45,880
right, we do have to go. I will be back tonight eight to

1308
01:50:46,039 --> 01:50:50,920
eleven pm Retro Spectrum Radio with Paul
Ecu, so tune in for that.

1309
01:50:51,079 --> 01:50:54,920
Thank you again, of course,
Dave Wally from Satellite Union, and of

1310
01:50:55,000 --> 01:50:58,640
course Eric Pilter for another great classic
film review. And here is a little

1311
01:50:58,640 --> 01:51:02,319
bit of Jerry the Scumbags. I'm
the man. I'll talk it to y'all

1312
01:51:02,479 --> 01:51:09,760
a little bit later. By everybody, I do what I want to be.

1313
01:51:09,920 --> 01:51:16,520
Trust you lose it. Sounding tis
down