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Welcome back everybody, 67 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,720 as we are well into our third hour New Marrow trace of Matt Connorton 68 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:24,320 unleashed on this Saturday morning. Here live from the studios of w m n 69 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:28,679 H ninety five point three FM in glorious Manchester, New Hampshire, on Canal 70 00:13:28,759 --> 00:13:35,200 Street. It is Saturday, May eleventh, twenty twenty four. Jenny is 71 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,799 here as well, of course at the news table. Yes, and returning 72 00:13:39,879 --> 00:13:43,279 to the show this week, we have Casey Darren. How are you, 73 00:13:43,399 --> 00:13:48,559 Casey? Wonderful? How are you doing this morning? Good? Good from 74 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,080 the band Soda and as you tell us what you've been up to since you 75 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:56,000 were here last as I try to make sure your mic is up here. 76 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:01,519 Absolutely. Yeah. Well, the last month has been extremely busy. I 77 00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:05,799 just hopped off a tour with a band called The Defiant. Yes. The 78 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:09,840 Defiant is a supergroup that consists of Dicky Barrett from The Mighty Mighty Bostones, 79 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,840 Pete Parata from The Offspring, Greg Camp from smash Mouth, Johnny Rio from 80 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,519 Street Dogs, and Joey Larroca from The Briggs. So we did a month 81 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,600 long tour. We started in Chicago, we went up to Canada, did 82 00:14:22,639 --> 00:14:26,080 a couple of dates up there, came through New England, hit the Hometown 83 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,720 hit Boston which was very nice, and then we made all our way all 84 00:14:28,759 --> 00:14:31,600 the way down to Florida and we did three dates in Florida. Wow, 85 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,399 the Boston show must have been nuts. It was great. It was great. 86 00:14:35,399 --> 00:14:37,000 Well, you have Dicky Barrett, you know, Hometown Hero and then 87 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:41,000 Johnny Rio of the Street Dogs, also from Boston. There was a lot 88 00:14:41,039 --> 00:14:43,960 of support out there and it was a great hometown show. Yeah yeah, 89 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,240 very cool. How many How many dates? Oh? I think there were 90 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:52,919 about twenty one dates maybe in the span of about three and a half weeks. 91 00:14:52,039 --> 00:14:56,720 Wow. Yeah, yeah, very cool. What is the defiant? 92 00:14:56,759 --> 00:15:00,480 Are they continuing on or are they always just kind of a okay yeah no. 93 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,399 So they they formed out of, you know, the dissolving of their 94 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,600 own respective bands, and this kind of took hold. They all had, 95 00:15:09,759 --> 00:15:16,639 you know, shared common ideas and you know, the idea that they all 96 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,360 wanted to promote love, unity, togetherness and to bridge the divide that's in 97 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,600 our country right now. So they came together, put out this album, 98 00:15:22,679 --> 00:15:28,759 had a very successful tour with me first in the Gimme gimmeis played. Probably 99 00:15:28,799 --> 00:15:31,360 about half the dates were sold out, if not more. And I know 100 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,279 that they have more stuff on the way. I can't obviously talk too much 101 00:15:35,279 --> 00:15:37,720 about that, but I know that this is not it's not a one off 102 00:15:37,799 --> 00:15:39,559 thing. They are a full band. Yeah, very cool. Cool, 103 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:45,000 and you have a brand new single, so you brought your guitar. You're 104 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,159 gonna play live for us, but first we have a world radio premiere, 105 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,360 and what should we know about this track? Division line. So I wrote 106 00:15:52,399 --> 00:15:58,480 this track probably about three years ago. This was in the midst of COVID 107 00:15:58,759 --> 00:16:02,879 and when everyone was on online and you know, we weren't out really out 108 00:16:02,919 --> 00:16:06,759 in the real world so much, and I was getting really frustrated with all 109 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:11,000 the hatred I was seeing online about everything. People couldn't speak to each other 110 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:17,639 civilly. Everything was an argument it still is online and that really frustrated me, 111 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,879 and people were getting their own personal politics involved in things that just shouldn't 112 00:16:21,919 --> 00:16:26,480 have been political anything like any conversation turned like one way or the other. 113 00:16:27,399 --> 00:16:32,919 So this song kind of expressed my frustrations about that. And then about two 114 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,799 years later, last year, I wrote a whole extra verse after yet another 115 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:41,679 school shooting in America, and I was getting so frustrated because I thought to 116 00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:45,039 myself, we have these people online who are fighting about every single thing, 117 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:48,399 getting their own personal politics in the way, and they're ignoring the fact there 118 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:52,240 are much bigger issues in our country, the safety of our children, and 119 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,240 it really hurt me and it made me sad, and I needed to channel 120 00:16:56,279 --> 00:17:00,519 that in some way. So I wrote this song. I wrote it three 121 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,159 years ago. I had Dicky Barrett in mind. I said, no, 122 00:17:03,679 --> 00:17:04,519 I would love to have him on this song. At that point, I 123 00:17:04,559 --> 00:17:07,440 didn't really know him. Yeah. Come three years later, we're really good 124 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:11,920 friends and he's on the track, and I'm just so happy to have him. 125 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,480 That's amazing. So Dicky Barrett from the Bostones and of course now the 126 00:17:15,559 --> 00:17:18,200 Define he's actually on the track. He is on the track. He does 127 00:17:18,279 --> 00:17:21,039 some nice guest vocals and he sings at the end of the song. Wow. 128 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,200 He's also in the music video too. Oh awesome. That's awesome. 129 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:27,640 Congratulations on that, all right you well. So this is the world radio 130 00:17:27,759 --> 00:17:33,079 premiere of the new track Division Line Casey Darren. Of course the band is 131 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:34,759 Soda. So O t A H. I would like to spell it for 132 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:38,759 everybody. I do the same. Yeah, I appreciate it. And then 133 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,400 Casey's gonna play live for us in a little bit. But let's give this 134 00:17:42,559 --> 00:17:45,880 a listen. Without further ado, here it is. This is called Division 135 00:17:47,000 --> 00:18:15,480 Line on the Things Someone to Trust fun. Lately, the world has been 136 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:19,720 so unjust. They want us up and we blame it on each other. 137 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,400 They destroyed all of family's, all us sisters and our brother's de prosterity in 138 00:18:25,559 --> 00:18:30,759 the visual league. It's quickly weakening our humanity. No reunity does it for 139 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:38,039 you with me? Landon is braved where no wants bring ah. She like, 140 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:45,160 dude, I don't know, it's not the true what you're telling me 141 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:57,680 reality Like you, I don't know what to do. It's hurting me that 142 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:15,599 it's fart in you. It can make you feel so cold, so isolated, 143 00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:21,519 like your brothersn't don't want to turn to so you're lying in the cutter, 144 00:19:21,799 --> 00:19:23,759 to sit up on the throats, that repeating against each other. Now 145 00:19:23,799 --> 00:19:27,799 the red of it, it's cos the spread of it you don't increase or 146 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:32,480 now you are the heretic man if you don't commit, you know, the 147 00:19:32,599 --> 00:19:51,440 thrower bed so much hantred in mental si creatures preach up to without me. 148 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:57,680 You believe that everywhere they speak great spils and crossed the heads. The kings 149 00:19:57,759 --> 00:20:03,759 go out to count there the retric into a world of peace. But that's 150 00:20:03,799 --> 00:20:11,720 keeps placing in the streets, one hundred districts in lockdown, with children scattered 151 00:20:11,039 --> 00:20:18,039 on the ground, found the summer from the start, I'll take from my 152 00:20:18,599 --> 00:20:29,519 platter and as boss convictions coupled with great nations have set shy stross four comfort 153 00:20:29,839 --> 00:20:36,559 of folks, double up three ditches. There's one accepted to do the test. 154 00:20:37,759 --> 00:20:41,720 You know it's not we bossy eyes. Together we can raid the fire 155 00:20:42,839 --> 00:20:48,799 to get up on your head for glass because the body we fall like together. 156 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:59,559 We start a sizer and I know it's not the true. Let's telling 157 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:11,920 me a reality sad and I don't know what to do? Has hurting me? 158 00:21:11,279 --> 00:21:19,599 That's hurting you? I see ride and I know it's not the truth. 159 00:21:22,079 --> 00:21:32,119 What's telling me a reality? Sad? And I don't know what to 160 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:51,559 do? Yes, hurting me? That is hurting you. We've gone yo 161 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:56,039 with archive recorded over six hundred American mastering in here two thousand twenty three A 162 00:21:56,119 --> 00:22:00,319 one with over forty three thousand come related. Jack, there is no time 163 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:17,119 for debate. The time for love is down, the time never there. 164 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:21,759 It is the World Radio Premiere Division line. The band is Soda and we 165 00:22:21,839 --> 00:22:26,039 have Casey Darren here with us live in studio and well done. Oh thank 166 00:22:26,079 --> 00:22:30,039 you very much, thank you absolutely very very catchy. And of course you 167 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:36,400 know it's got a message. And uh yeah, how did So the process 168 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:40,319 of Dicky Barrett being on the track, how did that come about? I 169 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,799 mean, obviously you have a friendship with him and a professional relationship as well, 170 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,759 but I mean did you did you approach him with it or how did 171 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:51,960 how did that come about? So my very first Soda single was an acoustic 172 00:22:52,039 --> 00:22:55,880 cover of a Mighty Mighty Bosstone song called they Will Need Music. Yeah, 173 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:00,519 so I released that independently and I think I must have posted it to a 174 00:23:00,559 --> 00:23:04,319 Bostones Facebook fan group or something like that, and I know that some of 175 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:08,920 the members of the Bostones kind of lurk in there, so somebody saw it. 176 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:15,559 And I know Dicky controls all the Bosstones social media, so I think 177 00:23:15,559 --> 00:23:19,640 this was twenty twenty one, pre Bostones breakup, and he shared my video 178 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:22,240 and my acoustic cover of they Will Need Music, and I was like, 179 00:23:22,319 --> 00:23:26,119 wow, that is so awesome. I was so thrilled. And then a 180 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:32,279 few months later I released my first single, Dying Breath, and one day 181 00:23:32,319 --> 00:23:36,039 I get a text from Dickie saying, this is awesome. Keep it up. 182 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:41,559 You're doing great. And I have like a couple of connections within the 183 00:23:41,599 --> 00:23:47,279 music world that who know Dickie, So I think maybe one of them gave 184 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:49,440 Dickie my number, but it was just out of the blue, like I 185 00:23:49,519 --> 00:23:52,559 was very shocked. I was like, this is amazing. Wow. And 186 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:59,519 then around that time, the Bostones broke up and at the time, Dicky 187 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,079 came out that he didn't get vaccinated for the COVID shot, which was very 188 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:08,799 it was very divided, like people had their opinions about that. For me, 189 00:24:10,519 --> 00:24:14,880 I grew up watching Dicky Barrett promote three things, love, compassion, 190 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,079 and unity his whole life, everything that in his core, his message was 191 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,680 always about uniting people, bringing people together. He was never one of those 192 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,680 people, in my eyes, that would ever be a controversial figure. He's 193 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,279 just a pure human being who you could tell was genuine and loved his fans, 194 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:37,000 loved the world, had so much hope for the future. And when 195 00:24:37,039 --> 00:24:40,319 it came out that he didn't get vaccinated for the COVID shot, the internet 196 00:24:40,519 --> 00:24:47,240 just started attacking him. Everyone was just so angry about it, and I 197 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,240 kind of took a step back and I'm like, whoa WHOA WHOA like? 198 00:24:49,319 --> 00:24:52,279 And these people were writing them off, saying, I'm never going to listen 199 00:24:52,279 --> 00:24:55,359 to the Boss Tones again. I'm never going to listen to him again. 200 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,039 Everything he said was a lie, and I was like, I just I 201 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:03,079 couldn't see how the two were related. Like I saw Dickie in the midst 202 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:08,039 of COVID. He moved from California. He was on the announcer for the 203 00:25:08,079 --> 00:25:11,759 Jimmy Kimmel Show. I had forgotten about that. Yeah, yeah, So 204 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,160 in the midst of COVID when it started, he said, Okay, I'm 205 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,599 gonna do my part. He moved out of LA He moved to Arizona in 206 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,920 a tiny, little remote area with his family, got his kids away from 207 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,440 the hustle and bustle of the city because he didn't want to spread. He 208 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:32,000 didn't want to spread COVID. He was trying to do his part, and 209 00:25:32,519 --> 00:25:37,079 he you know, he isolated as he should have, as we all should 210 00:25:37,079 --> 00:25:41,000 have, as we as many of us tried to do. But he was 211 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:45,599 also concerned about the COVID shot. And to me, I like, I 212 00:25:45,839 --> 00:25:48,640 just feel like in this world we should let people live and let live. 213 00:25:48,759 --> 00:25:52,519 We shouldn't like people have their concerns. That's okay. If you want to 214 00:25:52,519 --> 00:25:53,839 get the shot, oh my god, like by all means, thank you, 215 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,680 But if you don't like, don't chastise somebody for it. That's just 216 00:25:57,799 --> 00:26:03,319 my opinion. It was really hard to see the world attacking this man who 217 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,880 had promoted such good values for the past thirty years forty years of being in 218 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,680 that band. It was hard for me and I was seeing all the negativity 219 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,240 online and I wrote the song and I was like, I would really love 220 00:26:14,319 --> 00:26:18,400 Dicky to sing on this because it was really a passion project about my thoughts 221 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,960 about the division at the time and Dicky Barrett. So as time went on, 222 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,839 I started interacting with him a little more. I started making some of 223 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:33,160 the music videos for The Defiant, and it got to the point where he 224 00:26:33,319 --> 00:26:34,839 was like, could could you help me set up a show in New Hampshire. 225 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:38,079 So we did a little acoustic show this past fall, so Dicky and 226 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,440 Johnny Rio came out and it was a great little show. Soda played, 227 00:26:41,799 --> 00:26:45,960 we had a couple other bands play as well, and while he was here, 228 00:26:45,319 --> 00:26:49,920 I brought him into my family is home. We did some rehearsals and 229 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,559 stuff like that, and I said, hey, Dicky, I have this 230 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,079 song. Would you be interested in just providing some lyrics for it? And 231 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:00,599 he was all in And he has been so supportive of me as a person. 232 00:27:00,079 --> 00:27:06,319 He's so supportive of everyone, and it's been very nice to, you 233 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:11,000 know, to work with him on a professional and a personal level. And 234 00:27:11,079 --> 00:27:14,759 I have to say, I went on this tour with The Defiant and I 235 00:27:14,839 --> 00:27:15,720 was unsure of how it was going to go because, like I said, 236 00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:18,720 these past few years, he's gotten a lot of hatred online. Yeah, 237 00:27:18,839 --> 00:27:22,640 I went out into the real world. I did these shows and the outpouring 238 00:27:22,799 --> 00:27:29,640 of love and support from everyone who came in was unreal. And it kind 239 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:33,960 of clicked with me last month that the hatred you see online on the internet 240 00:27:33,079 --> 00:27:38,319 is not indicative of the real world situation at all. Yeah. True, 241 00:27:40,039 --> 00:27:41,960 I think, Yeah, I agree, because I think that, you know, 242 00:27:42,079 --> 00:27:45,559 people are well for one thing, people will say things to each other 243 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,960 online that they would never say never, never, ever, because they're hiding 244 00:27:49,039 --> 00:27:52,759 behind a glass wall. They're not really interacting with that person, right, 245 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,960 so they can say whatever they want without you know, any consequence. Yeah, 246 00:27:56,279 --> 00:27:59,559 in the real world, there is so much love and it was like, 247 00:28:00,519 --> 00:28:03,759 I can't tell you how refreshing it was to go and meet these people 248 00:28:03,839 --> 00:28:07,200 face to face have genuine conversations. I had people who said, you know, 249 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,480 I got the COVID shot, and I was like, and they had 250 00:28:10,519 --> 00:28:15,079 this idea that like Dicky would be disappointed in them for that, and I 251 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,960 was like, no, that's not what it is at all. We all 252 00:28:18,039 --> 00:28:21,680 have our own decisions, we all did our own things, and we can 253 00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:25,119 still unite and be together as one in a harmonious union, you know, 254 00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:30,000 like we people didn't make that decision out of ill will for anybody. It 255 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,599 wasn't like, oh, I'm not getting this shot because I want to create 256 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,680 like drama. It was never that right. People had their own reasons, 257 00:28:38,319 --> 00:28:44,440 and I just I think that it was hard for people to understand that you 258 00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:48,880 could, you know, make that decision and still have love in your heart 259 00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:52,559 and like, you know, so being out on the road and seeing that 260 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,599 compassion and love from the real world, it was just it was a dream 261 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:56,920 come true, to be honest with you. Yeah. Well, plus I 262 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,400 would imagine too, as we get further away from a pandemic, you know, 263 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,480 people have I mean I had a lot well I don't want to get 264 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,400 into it, but I you know, I had There were there were points 265 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:15,200 where I was pretty angry with people and how they were they were responding to 266 00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:18,480 it. As we were going through it, and I've you know, I've 267 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,440 let some of that. I think. I think a big thing was it 268 00:29:22,519 --> 00:29:25,440 was very hard for all of us at that time. It was a very 269 00:29:25,519 --> 00:29:29,480 difficult point. It was unprecedented. We had none of us had ever been 270 00:29:29,519 --> 00:29:33,200 in a situation like that. Yeah, you don't expect a plague. No, 271 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,559 no, you don't. You don't. And everyone reacts to these situations 272 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,400 differently. And I think the biggest thing for me is that if somebody is 273 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:47,319 doing something with ill will and ill intention, then maybe you should say, 274 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,039 hey, let' let's let's write. But a big thing for me is never 275 00:29:51,079 --> 00:29:55,640 write somebody off. Somebody could have an opinion that you don't agree with necessarily, 276 00:29:56,119 --> 00:30:00,599 but casting them aside and not having a conversation will always let them have 277 00:30:00,839 --> 00:30:03,759 that idea in their head. If you want to help somebody grow, you 278 00:30:03,839 --> 00:30:07,640 want to help the world grow, so we can have a more unified idea 279 00:30:07,799 --> 00:30:11,359 of how we should be going about things. You have to have conversations, 280 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:17,440 Yeah, and civil conversations, not shooting hate out at people. You need 281 00:30:17,559 --> 00:30:21,119 to like talk in a civil manner. It spread love and believe it or 282 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:25,559 not, people who might have ignorant viewpoints on either side of the political spectrum. 283 00:30:26,279 --> 00:30:27,599 You can help them grow, you can help them say hey, you 284 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,559 can help them learn, you know what I mean. And that was one 285 00:30:30,599 --> 00:30:33,200 thing that was a big frustration, And that's why I wrote this song, 286 00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:37,839 because I wanted to bridge the difide and say, hey, we can come 287 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,000 together and if we spread love, we're going to have a better future. 288 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,799 If we spread hate, we're going to be the same place we were four 289 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,880 years ago. Yeah, And I think that, Yeah, And I think 290 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,319 you're onto something too, and that you know, as you were talking to 291 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,359 I was thinking about, you know, it's I feel like it's easier than 292 00:30:53,359 --> 00:30:56,920 ever for people to you know, as you put you know, write people 293 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,960 off or or I was thinking, you know, people just will will throw 294 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,160 somebody away just based on on a different difference of opinion, and uh, 295 00:31:03,839 --> 00:31:07,240 you know, much better to you know. I mean, I don't I 296 00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:11,200 don't worry about trying to convince anybody to believe what I believe. But but 297 00:31:11,319 --> 00:31:15,400 I do enjoy engaging in dialogue with people, you know, I mean, 298 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,440 there are there are some things, you know, obviously on the extreme end 299 00:31:19,519 --> 00:31:22,640 of things that you just where you have to say, Okay, I don't 300 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,799 think I can associate totally totally with this individual. But but I think, 301 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,519 but I think it's gotten far too. I think it's there's almost a laziness 302 00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:33,079 to it in people. I think, where they say, Okay, this 303 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,960 person, I don't agree with this person politically, so I'm just going to 304 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:38,839 write them off because I don't even want to engage with them, right, 305 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,440 And I'm guilty of it too, I think we all are. But but 306 00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:45,319 I think, but I think, uh, I think it's it's gotten easier 307 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,839 than ever for people to you know, it's why because when people talk about 308 00:31:48,839 --> 00:31:52,480 how divided we are, well, we've always been divided politically, sure, 309 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:57,000 but but the division is is in the lack of interest in in dialogue. 310 00:31:57,279 --> 00:32:00,640 Yes, and I think it's just more present nowadays. We've always been divided, 311 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:05,559 but the Internet amplifies that. Yeah, and it's easier for people to 312 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,279 just you know, spread that hatred. And for me, like I have 313 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:13,400 friends who love Biden, I have friends who are probably gonna vote for Trump 314 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,960 this year. And I might not agree with either of them. I might 315 00:32:16,039 --> 00:32:20,640 not. You know, I certainly don't love Trump at all, never have. 316 00:32:21,559 --> 00:32:24,279 I haven't been too happy with Biden. These past few years. But 317 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,279 I'm not going to judge somebody based on who they vote for, you know 318 00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:31,640 what I mean. It's like, you can have your reasons as long as 319 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:36,279 you're not trying to put anyone down. If you're like, if you are 320 00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:38,519 trying to harm somebody in your decision, that's where I draw the line. 321 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:42,799 Yeah, but if you're making a personal decision because you have your reasonings, 322 00:32:43,559 --> 00:32:45,400 we can still be friends. I might not agree with you, but I'll 323 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,880 still be your friend. It's okay, you know what I mean? Yeah? 324 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,960 Exactly, yeah, well said, Well said, Well, I think 325 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,920 we should. So you brought your guitar. I'm dying to hear you play 326 00:32:54,039 --> 00:32:58,759 live. Well, let's do it. Now, what are you gonna are 327 00:32:58,839 --> 00:33:01,880 these? Are these songs that you haven't played here before? Or what are 328 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,960 you going to play for us? So? I was going to do an 329 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,119 original and I was going to do a cover. Okay, I don't know 330 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,640 if I've played this one live, but I was going to play my song 331 00:33:10,759 --> 00:33:14,519 called Soda. I might have done it before. I can't remember at this 332 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:19,200 point, but it's a I know we did the world radio premiere last fall 333 00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:22,279 for this song. So okay, I figured why don't I do a little 334 00:33:22,319 --> 00:33:25,000 acoustic rendition. Oh cool, cool, very cool. If you're just joining 335 00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:30,920 us, Casey Darren from Soda is here with us live in studio. We 336 00:33:30,039 --> 00:33:35,119 did the world radio premiere for the new track Division Line, and Casey's going 337 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,279 to play a couple live for us. Let me see, I got to 338 00:33:37,319 --> 00:33:42,559 bring those other, not those other, that other make up too. When 339 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,039 you're ready, Casey, just go ahead and strum a little for us, 340 00:33:45,039 --> 00:33:53,440 So make sure. Oh that sounds nice? All right? I think we're 341 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:58,359 I think we're good. Whenever you're whenever you're ready, just go for it. 342 00:33:58,559 --> 00:34:01,839 Yeah. This is a song from EP Love Hate that I released last 343 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,359 fall. It's a song called Soda. This is a band called Soda. 344 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,760 The web of blast can be had to keep track of. You're in your 345 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:29,360 head and your spinning your fortune. It's not enough to know you've got them 346 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:34,800 all tricked. You tangled up and it makes them so sick. One misstep 347 00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:39,079 and and you've lost your footing and now you don't even know who you're hurting. 348 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:45,000 Could be them, it could be you. What does your heart tell 349 00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:51,280 you to do? You poison no water, poison no water. But I'll 350 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:57,880 be fat hide. You poison no wader, poison no waterer. Yeah, 351 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:16,159 I'll be fat hide. I don't care what you've done to me. I'm 352 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:22,159 just so mad you have my family. I don't care if the lover was 353 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:29,239 true and no lotter, not that I can do looking back. The water 354 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:43,119 was clean, that makes sense. Why you dissurp Now it's turned the deepest 355 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:55,960 red so red the mother lies blood. You shed trickles down from your fair. 356 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:09,239 It's poling faster, and we're well aware no loving soul could live like 357 00:36:09,639 --> 00:36:22,039 you did. I just hope you found what you're me. You poison the 358 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:30,159 water, poison the water, Lobby Fahinde, you poison the water, A 359 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:36,840 poison the water. It was just not my hide. You poison the water, 360 00:36:37,159 --> 00:36:43,320 A poison the water, but love it by Hinde. You poison the 361 00:36:43,519 --> 00:36:49,199 water, A poison the water. It was your not my hide, you 362 00:36:49,639 --> 00:37:06,119 poising the water again, you poising no water. My whoa whoa, whoa, 363 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:22,880 whoa whoa. You poison the lotter, poison the water. But I'll 364 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:30,519 be fine. You're poison the water, poison the water. Now you're not 365 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:40,280 man. I very nice, very nice. Casey Darren of the band soda, 366 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:45,000 and that song is called Soda. Correct. Can you tell us again 367 00:37:45,119 --> 00:37:50,320 the story behind that. So I was at a very tumultuous point in my 368 00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:59,840 life around that time. I was going through a pretty terrible breakup and it 369 00:38:00,119 --> 00:38:04,800 kind of shattered my whole world. I did not see it coming, and 370 00:38:05,039 --> 00:38:07,599 I was just completely devastated in a really dark spot. And this is one 371 00:38:07,639 --> 00:38:14,079 of the first songs I wrote, and it really so de formed as a 372 00:38:14,199 --> 00:38:15,880 self healing project to get me out of that darkness. And I took all 373 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,880 my pain, I took all my sadness and I channeled it into the music. 374 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,320 So everything you hear lyrically is very raw. This was written, I 375 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:31,760 think probably within days of everything crumbling down, And my goal was I never 376 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:38,639 wanted to write anything with hate in my heart. Everything was out of love 377 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:43,320 and everything was I didn't want to ever point fingers. I was always like, 378 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,280 I want to rise above this. I'm gonna express my emotion, but 379 00:38:45,559 --> 00:38:50,559 I am going to try my best to keep spreading love the best I can. 380 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:59,239 So the name Soda comes from the Old Testament, not a religious person. 381 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:04,880 But I kept hearing the phrase poison the water in my head and I 382 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,079 thought that's kind of interesting. I'm like, that kind of sounds like it 383 00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:09,079 could be something from the Bible. So I looked it up. I look 384 00:39:09,119 --> 00:39:15,880 poison the water and I found out that a soda is this ritual that was 385 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,239 given. It was a trial of the poison water that was given to somebody 386 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,000 that was accused of adultery. They drank the water and they survived. They 387 00:39:24,039 --> 00:39:27,400 were not they were not an adulterer. They were fine, but if they 388 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,159 died, it was like, well they had it coming, you know. 389 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,440 Yeah, And I just thought it was so on the nose for what I 390 00:39:31,599 --> 00:39:35,280 was going through at that time. I was like, wow, to have 391 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,000 that kind of like come into my head. Maybe I'm a little spiritual, 392 00:39:38,119 --> 00:39:40,800 I don't know, but it just seems so serendipitous that I was like, 393 00:39:42,679 --> 00:39:45,679 I think that's a cool song name. And then I said, you know, 394 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,199 it could be a cool band name too. So I went on Spotify. 395 00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:50,679 Nobody else was called soda. I'm like, well, okay, now 396 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,000 I kind of have to do it because it's so hard to find a band 397 00:39:52,079 --> 00:39:55,400 name nowadays, right right, So yeah, so that's where that song came 398 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:59,199 out of. All right, Uh, you want to you want to go 399 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,719 and play another one. Well, I've got the I've got the levels that 400 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,320 were I think they're good, beautiful. Yeah, I'm gonna do one more. 401 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,960 This is an old cover. I've played this since the beginning of Soda 402 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:12,519 as well. It's a personal favorite. I love the band The Violent Femmes. 403 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,159 Yea, so this is a band off their first record called kiss Off 404 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:27,039 Nice. I need someone, a person to talk to, someone who cares 405 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:35,400 to love. Could it be you? Could it be you? Situation gets 406 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,800 rough and that's not the panic, It's not enough. It's just a habit. 407 00:40:39,119 --> 00:40:46,159 And kids, you're sick, well dolland this is it. You can 408 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:50,840 all just kiss up into the air. But I'm up back. I can 409 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:54,639 field them stair. Theyre me bad, but I don't man, they and 410 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:59,000 me bad. Yeah. They do it all the time. Yeah yeah, 411 00:40:59,159 --> 00:41:01,440 yeah, they do it all the time. Yeah yeah, yeah, they 412 00:41:01,599 --> 00:41:05,360 do it all the time. Do it all the time. Yeah, they 413 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:16,039 do it all the time, do it all the time. I hope you 414 00:41:16,199 --> 00:41:22,639 know this will go down on your personal record. Oh yeah, Well, 415 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:29,000 don't get said distressed? Did I happen to mention? I'm impressed? One 416 00:41:29,159 --> 00:41:51,679 two three bone take one one one because you left me at two two two 417 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,760 for my Family, had three three threef of my Heart ex and four four 418 00:41:57,159 --> 00:42:02,159 four for my Headaches and five five five Them Only and six six six from 419 00:42:02,199 --> 00:42:07,440 My Sorrow and seven seven No, No, No Tomorrow and eight eight I 420 00:42:07,559 --> 00:42:13,599 forget what he was forming? Nine nine nun for the lost attention, ten 421 00:42:14,079 --> 00:42:19,239 ten ten for everything, everything, everything, everything, you you know, 422 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,320 just kids supping in the Yeah, I'm out back. I can feel them 423 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:27,800 stair. They only bad but not Oh man, they are me bad. 424 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,000 You have me doing it all the time. Yeah, yeah, you had 425 00:42:30,039 --> 00:42:34,159 to doing it all the time. Yeah. Yeah, he had me doing 426 00:42:34,159 --> 00:42:36,880 it all the time. Do it all the time. He had to do 427 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,599 it all the time, do it all the time. Yeah, they do 428 00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:43,480 it on the tap tap tap tap Time to Taptown, time to time, 429 00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:54,159 time time in Tametown too it at the time. Very cool. Thank you 430 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:58,800 so much, Thank you. Are they so? Are they so around? 431 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,440 Are they still touring? Original lineup and anything? My girlfriend and I we 432 00:43:01,559 --> 00:43:05,639 just saw them this past fall and they did the first record in its entirety, 433 00:43:05,679 --> 00:43:08,079 front to back. Yeah, they all still sound exactly the same, 434 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:13,360 no kidding, Yeah, Gordon Gaino, the singer voice has not changed in 435 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,079 the past forty years. Incredible concert, so good, Oh no kidding, 436 00:43:16,199 --> 00:43:20,840 wow, wow, very cool if you're just joining us. Casey Darren from 437 00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:23,960 Soda, which is so o t a h is zoning us here live in 438 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,800 studio. He played a couple songs for us, and earlier we did the 439 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,840 world radio premiere of the new track division Line. Now is that by the 440 00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:34,360 way, So division Line is that going to be? Are you doing an 441 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,400 album or an EP with that? Or what's the well that's it's just going 442 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:44,440 to be a standalone track. I felt that the concept matter of that song, 443 00:43:45,039 --> 00:43:49,159 I didn't want to do a whole album of that. I had one 444 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,840 song to you know, channel my frustration into. I just didn't want to 445 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:58,880 do a full album of that. I have an album that's written that I'm 446 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,199 hoping to record this fall, maybe early next year. There's no really set 447 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:07,599 plan for it yet that you know, is a different subject matter. So 448 00:44:07,679 --> 00:44:09,800 I figured Division Line would just be good as a standalone single and having Dicky 449 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,559 Barrett on it, I was like, that's nice to have its own little 450 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:17,079 page in history. Yeah, and did you say there was a video too? 451 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:22,639 This? So last night we did a world video premiere at Chunky Cinema 452 00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:27,280 pub right down the street. Oh yes, yes, and it was incredible. 453 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:28,840 Do you mind if I talked a little bit about that, Oh? 454 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:34,639 Please do? Yeah. Yeah. So I put together a little fundraiser and 455 00:44:35,119 --> 00:44:39,440 video premiere for the song Division Line. I raised money for the Jason R. 456 00:44:39,559 --> 00:44:43,320 Flood Memorial, which I have been a part of since its inception. 457 00:44:44,199 --> 00:44:46,719 To give you a little insight on that. The Flood family from Darry, 458 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:52,280 New Hampshire lost their son Jason to suicide back in twenty sixteen, and he 459 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:57,960 was eerily similar to me. He loved the same music. He loved the 460 00:44:58,039 --> 00:45:01,039 Mighty Mighty Boss Tones. I'm a big fan of the Muppets. Like this 461 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:05,239 my one weird thing about me. Well there's many weird things about me, 462 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,960 but one of them is that I love the Muppets. And Jason also had 463 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:13,400 this passion for the Muppets. So my old band, After Image, we 464 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,719 played the very first Pizza Stock event, which was formed by the Flood family. 465 00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,559 Jason had always said that he wanted to have a day long festival where 466 00:45:21,559 --> 00:45:25,400 they played music and ate pizza, So the Floods did that in his honor, 467 00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:30,480 I want to say. In twenty seventeen, the summer after he died, 468 00:45:31,159 --> 00:45:35,519 and for them it was going to be a one off thing, and 469 00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:38,000 then they saw the love and support from the community that they said, maybe 470 00:45:38,039 --> 00:45:42,039 we could make something bigger with this. They turned it into a nonprofit, 471 00:45:42,159 --> 00:45:45,280 the Jason R. Flood Memorial, and they have since put on I think 472 00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:52,400 we're about to do Pizzastock eight this summer. So they are wonderful people. 473 00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:55,159 They have been a supporter of me my music since the beginning. I love 474 00:45:55,239 --> 00:46:00,519 them. If you're listening, Doug and Danielle, you have changed my world 475 00:46:00,599 --> 00:46:05,400 and I'm so appreciative for you. So last night we did a fundraiser in 476 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:13,039 their benefit as well as a movement called the Choose Love Movement. So twelve 477 00:46:13,119 --> 00:46:20,719 years ago, Scarlett Lewis lost her son Jesse in the Sandy Hook shooting. 478 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:25,400 Oh wow, he was in second grade, and instead of you know, 479 00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:30,920 leaning towards many destructive things, she said, how can I make this positive? 480 00:46:30,559 --> 00:46:36,960 Incredible? She decided to create the Choose Love Movement, which basically has 481 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:42,360 the idea that if you instill love, compassion and empathy in children at a 482 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:46,320 young age, which is something that I think most people are born with love 483 00:46:47,079 --> 00:46:52,239 but it takes a little bit of learning to learn empathy and compassion. If 484 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:58,119 we instill that in young kids, we show them how other people feel when 485 00:46:58,159 --> 00:47:01,039 you make certain decisions, channel in your emotions, how would you feel in 486 00:47:01,119 --> 00:47:07,159 that situation. And it's teaching social emotional growth in learning in young students. 487 00:47:07,199 --> 00:47:10,480 And the idea is that as time goes on, if they have this love 488 00:47:10,559 --> 00:47:15,360 and this compassion and empathy in their hearts, they're probably not going to lean 489 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:22,519 towards destructive paths, whether it be drugs or suicide or the unimaginable things that 490 00:47:22,599 --> 00:47:27,880 happened with school shootings. It's this idea that if we can teach that and 491 00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:30,440 let people know that they have a place in this world, that they are 492 00:47:30,519 --> 00:47:35,039 cared for, that they are loved, that we can create a better world. 493 00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:38,079 And I found this message so inspiring and so in line with the song 494 00:47:38,159 --> 00:47:42,079 division line that I said, I need to get them to be a part 495 00:47:42,119 --> 00:47:45,960 of this in some way. So the New Hampshire state representative for the Jews 496 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:50,320 Love Movement was there last night. She gave a really wonderful speech explained what 497 00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:54,559 Che's Love Movement is and I'm so happy that we raised five hundred dollars last 498 00:47:54,639 --> 00:48:00,599 night for both groups, so I'm going to be donating that both of them 499 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:05,800 cool. And then after that we had a nice series of acoustic performances. 500 00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:08,400 We had Rags to Stitches there from the area. We also had a band 501 00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:13,840 called Porcelain Jumpsuit, and then we did an acoustic set last night with Soda. 502 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,440 We had a big, nice video presentation where we premiered the music video. 503 00:48:17,559 --> 00:48:22,039 We made a couple of silly trailers, parody movie trailers, and then 504 00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:25,880 we also had videos from the Jason O Flood memorial Choose Love, and I 505 00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:31,840 made this motivational video that explains what division Line is about and how you know 506 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:36,119 that message of unity, compassion and love. So it was a great night. 507 00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,480 I was expecting we had to hit fifty people. That was like Chunky 508 00:48:38,519 --> 00:48:40,519 said, you got to get fifty people in this door. I'm like, 509 00:48:42,079 --> 00:48:45,119 I was getting nervous. Soda is a newer band for me. I've been 510 00:48:45,159 --> 00:48:47,719 in the music scene for about eight years, and you know, you build 511 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:52,679 momentum with one band, and after eight years of being in one band, 512 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:54,960 we got to that level where we could host our own show. So it 513 00:48:55,000 --> 00:49:00,480 has been around for realistically, we've been around for three years, but actively 514 00:49:00,519 --> 00:49:02,760 we've been it's been the past year we've been really active. So I didn't 515 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,440 know how it was gonna go. Yeah, I was like, well, 516 00:49:05,559 --> 00:49:08,079 we'll probably get fifty. I'm so happy to say that we had over one 517 00:49:08,199 --> 00:49:12,840 hundred people attend last night. Awesome, it was. It was sold out 518 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:15,400 and I am just over the moon that the love and support from everyone that 519 00:49:15,519 --> 00:49:22,320 came in was unreal. It just gave me a lot of gratitude and satisfaction 520 00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:25,119 knowing that, you know, this music thing, it might be for me. 521 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:28,719 Yeah, I think it's something I want to do for the rest of 522 00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:31,519 my life. So anyone who attended last night, seriously, thank you so 523 00:49:31,639 --> 00:49:35,519 much for being there. From the bottom of my heart, every single person, 524 00:49:35,559 --> 00:49:37,199 it meant so much that you were there to support. So it was 525 00:49:37,199 --> 00:49:42,119 a great event. Yeah, that's excellent. Excellent. Now, the video 526 00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:45,239 for Division Line is Dicky Barrett in the video. He is in the video, 527 00:49:45,639 --> 00:49:47,840 So while I was on tour with him and The Defiant, we actually 528 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:52,800 recorded all of his video parts in a hotel room, no kidding, but 529 00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:54,920 I put enough layers and filters on it that you can't even tell at all. 530 00:49:57,119 --> 00:50:00,639 So we did that and then Dicky was kind enough also to record a 531 00:50:00,679 --> 00:50:04,280 little intro video, so we had a little intro before the video last night 532 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:07,239 where he introduced the video and he thanked everyone for being at the event. 533 00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:13,440 He's a really nice guy. He's very down to earth, compassionate, and 534 00:50:13,519 --> 00:50:17,280 he's always been a supporter of small artists from their inception. He's always been 535 00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:22,400 bringing out small bands that you know, might not be well known. He's 536 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,000 always been that way. He took me out on a whim with the Defiant. 537 00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,079 He knew that this is what I want to do with my life. 538 00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,760 He knew that I hadn't been on a tour before. The whole time I 539 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,880 was on this tour, he had a text thread going to my family. 540 00:50:35,159 --> 00:50:37,639 He was taking pictures of me the whole time so they could feel included in 541 00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:42,039 that we could document this experience. Oh wow. He kept calling it the 542 00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:45,800 punk rock School, and every time I made a slight mistake he jokingly said, 543 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:49,840 okay, that's a demerit. But in the end, I do think 544 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,880 I passed the punk rock School. So it was a lot of fun and 545 00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:55,760 he's a very good person. That's fantastic. Yeah, excellent, excellent. 546 00:50:57,039 --> 00:51:01,599 Now so what's next for Soda. Yeah, so right now, we have 547 00:51:01,679 --> 00:51:07,119 a show planned in August. I don't like to overload us too much with 548 00:51:07,239 --> 00:51:10,719 local shows because, as you can imagine, you do a local show once 549 00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:15,400 every month, less and less people come. So we're gonna have We're doing 550 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,679 a festival in New Bedford. It actually has not been announced yet, so 551 00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:22,760 I'm kind of spilling the beans a little bit, but we're playing a festival 552 00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:27,079 in August. I believe it's August third in New Boston, New Boston, 553 00:51:27,119 --> 00:51:30,000 New Hampshire, and it's gonna be a great day of music. I think 554 00:51:30,119 --> 00:51:32,920 there's gonna be all sorts of raffles and food trucks and fun like that. 555 00:51:34,639 --> 00:51:40,039 And we will be introducing our official lead guitarist very soon. It's been a 556 00:51:40,079 --> 00:51:46,039 long time coming. We've had many fill in lead guitarists for the entirety of 557 00:51:46,079 --> 00:51:50,960 this band, but we very soon we will be announcing our full final lineup. 558 00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:55,239 I'm very excited. If you went to our show at the Shaskiine, 559 00:51:55,519 --> 00:52:00,639 you might have caught a little glimpse of what are is going to be. 560 00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:04,199 So we've got a lot on the way. I'm hoping to hit the studio 561 00:52:04,239 --> 00:52:07,239 this summer. We've got another single that we demoed out I'm hoping to record. 562 00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:10,559 I'm hoping to get that out. Tons of more music on the way. 563 00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:15,320 Like I said, I probably have thirteen, fourteen to fifteen songs written, 564 00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:19,280 ready to be demoed out and ready to get into the studio. So 565 00:52:19,559 --> 00:52:22,079 where do where do you record? By the way, where was Division Line 566 00:52:22,119 --> 00:52:27,559 recorded? Division Line was recorded over at right across the street at the Manchester 567 00:52:27,679 --> 00:52:30,000 Music Mill. Oh black Heart, Blackhart sown with Eric Seuter. Yeah, 568 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:32,719 we had Eric on the show. I watched that episode. Yeah, it's 569 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:37,079 great. Yeah, he's a really nice dude and I actually had him and 570 00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:43,119 the former lead guitar player of After Image, Brandon Cursio, helped me with 571 00:52:43,199 --> 00:52:47,400 the mixing, mastering, and engineering excellent. I'm I'm not sure where I'm 572 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:52,559 going to go in the future for recording. I I'm always trying to challenge 573 00:52:52,599 --> 00:52:54,719 myself. So I've done the local level thing for a few years now. 574 00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,320 I want to branch out. I want to do bigger, bigger and better. 575 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,719 So we'll see where that takes me. This summer, I'm actually gonna 576 00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:05,840 be going on tour as tour manager with a local reggae artist named Joe Samba, 577 00:53:06,639 --> 00:53:09,280 phenomenal guy, and he does a lot of producing and we've had talks 578 00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:13,039 and maybe we'll do something. Maybe we'll do some sort of collaboration in the 579 00:53:13,119 --> 00:53:15,840 future with him, So we'll see. The future is an open book and 580 00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:20,480 I'm excited. Excellent, excellent, And where should people go online to keep 581 00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:23,480 up with everything that you're doing? So I'm on everything every single social media 582 00:53:23,519 --> 00:53:28,760 outlet that you can imagine if you look up Soda Band, s O t 583 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,039 Ah Band, I'm on Instagram, Facebook, we have a YouTube page, 584 00:53:32,159 --> 00:53:37,280 we have we have a TikTok what else do we everything? Everything? We're 585 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:38,920 on Spotify, Apple Music, all the streaming sites. So if you want 586 00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:42,639 to listen to the new song again, please go listen to it. It's 587 00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:45,960 live up and running on all the streaming sites. If you want to see 588 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:51,000 the music video that's up on YouTube featuring Dicky Barrett and some of those fun 589 00:53:51,079 --> 00:53:54,519 trailers that we premiered last night, I will eventually be uploading on YouTube, 590 00:53:54,559 --> 00:53:58,360 so keep an eye out for those as well. Very good, very good, 591 00:53:59,079 --> 00:54:01,000 well, thank you so much for coming in today. We're gonna play 592 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:05,000 We're gonna play one of these other songs. Actually, I'll let you pick 593 00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:09,440 which one you want us to close with. Well, let me let me 594 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:12,840 ask you. Are you looking for a more a punk song or do you 595 00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:15,840 want a ska song punk? All right? Well, you know what, 596 00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:16,920 let's split it in the middle. Let's do better than you. It's a 597 00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:20,960 ska punk song. We'll get both of us going here. We'll do better 598 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:22,239 than you, all right. So we're gonna play that in a moment. 599 00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:29,800 But before we wrap up, Jenny, pleasepe okay, that's okay, Please 600 00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:34,320 remind us what we're doing later today. H yeah, later on today where 601 00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:38,559 you can find us at the Mosaic Art Collective here in Manchester for the opening 602 00:54:38,679 --> 00:54:44,840 of the Resurgence art of the Botanical Art Show, which I am excited to 603 00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:46,920 say one of my pieces is in. There's going to be some floral work 604 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:53,960 there inspired by some of the artistry nay the exotic. The Mosaic Are Collective 605 00:54:54,079 --> 00:54:59,679 is located at sixty six Hanover Streets Sweet two one, and I forgot to 606 00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:05,079 mention earlier they have a terrarium building workshop coming up on me twenty second at 607 00:55:05,119 --> 00:55:08,079 five forty five pm. It's only forty dollars to participate. Contact the Mosaic 608 00:55:08,159 --> 00:55:13,599 Our Collective dot com for more information, and if you want information about me, 609 00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:15,800 go to Gencoffee dot com. J E N N C O F F 610 00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:20,880 E y dot com. All right, very good and congratulations again. Thank 611 00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:22,920 you, yes, yes, and if you missed any part of today's show, 612 00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:27,280 it'll be up in just a little bit at wmnhradio dot org and my 613 00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:30,880 website Matt Conorton dot com. And Casey Darren, thank you again so much, 614 00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:34,960 Oh, thank you so much. It is seriously always a pleasure to 615 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:36,960 be on the show. You do a great job, both of you, 616 00:55:37,119 --> 00:55:38,639 so thank you so much for having me. We thank you, We appreciate 617 00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:43,840 that. And we're gonna close with this. This is this is actually one 618 00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:49,079 of my favorites. This is better than you from Soda here on Matt Connorton 619 00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:52,000 Unleashed, and we'll talk to you all a little bit later. By everybody, 620 00:56:14,039 --> 00:56:16,800 I'll heard you hit for the show. You want to see me low 621 00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:23,599 seeing a couple of times to make you be a better pay I see you. 622 00:56:23,679 --> 00:56:30,840 We're gonna go, but let us do you know I'm about to be 623 00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:35,599 down by I'm still doing better. Don't you never do that to a play 624 00:56:36,519 --> 00:56:42,960 the bill find day and somehow I know that it's not being for you, 625 00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:50,719 and it's got in. The next pro say to make me feel press I'm 626 00:56:50,719 --> 00:57:05,559 want to be down by them still doing So what more do you want to 627 00:57:05,639 --> 00:57:12,280 know? Because I'm ready to go. I've had enough and I'd like to 628 00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:17,039 both get a know I can give you some home love it. I'm like 629 00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:22,320 a joke. I could do that, but then I do know better than 630 00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:30,920 you that will never play it with my man day And sometime I know that 631 00:57:31,199 --> 00:57:37,239 it's not mad for you, and it's funny. The next boy say to 632 00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:43,519 make the things. I'm gonna be down at the field and line better than 633 00:57:43,639 --> 00:58:16,079 you, the game whatever, replace the whip on. But somehow I know 634 00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:21,639 that it's not that bun. You may it's murder. The next both say 635 00:58:22,519 --> 00:58:27,920 it's somebody git me a c. I want to be down by the skill 636 00:58:28,719 --> 00:58:37,039 of that Joe got on that Joe gotta let it go. I want to 637 00:58:37,079 --> 00:58:46,119 be din on the skill. The better that Joe yo go. I want 638 00:58:46,119 --> 00:59:06,920 to be down that Joe. You are listening to w m n H ninety 639 00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:52,679 five point three The Command God Don't get Supreme Leader Maxwell coming w m n 640 00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:53,800 H ripped the novels. Sig