WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:01.199 Good morning, Kentucky, Ina. 2 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:03.879 It is seven oh four here at Kentucky and his 3 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:07.200 Morning News with myself Nick Coffee, John Alden alongside. You 4 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:09.960 just heard John Shannon with a news update there as 5 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:13.560 we are halfway through our four hour program. We've been 6 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:14.839 up for a while. But if you are just now 7 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:18.640 getting your day started, well, I'm sure you're If you 8 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:20.600 are just now getting your day started, maybe you're tired. 9 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:24.480 Maybe you're just thinking, oh man, another hot summer day. 10 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:25.920 And you're right, because it's going to be brutal today 11 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.239 as far as just the heat, but luckily the sun 12 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:31.519 won't be I guess if you're looking for sunshine today, 13 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:33.560 it could be a problem for you. But maybe the 14 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:35.719 fact that we'll have cloudy skies, maybe that could lead 15 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:40.880 to you not just feeling as disgusting outside. But anyways, 16 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:44.079 summer's here right on schedule and the heat wave is 17 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:45.759 in full effect, so just. 18 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:46.719 Be prepared, all right. 19 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:52.159 So today starts a four day stretch of Prime Days. 20 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.159 I think it used to just be called Prime Day. 21 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.159 Now there's multiple days because it starts today and it's 22 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:58.640 gonna run up until the end of the week on 23 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:06.280 the eleven. So the Amazon Prime membership is I get 24 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.319 you fifteen bucks a month roughly or one hundred and 25 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:13.040 thirty nine a year. And I've always I mean, I've 26 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.239 had Amazon Prime for a long long time. John, are 27 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:16.920 you an Amazon Prime subscriber? 28 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:17.319 We are? 29 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.439 My wife and I are great, And I mean I 30 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:25.760 oftentimes just use Prime for the convenience, but I rarely think, Okay, well, 31 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:29.280 if I need this, Prime will give me the cheapest option. 32 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:32.680 But again, that doesn't mean that's not the case. It's 33 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:34.680 just I don't typically pay a lot of pay a 34 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:36.280 lot of attention for that. But when it comes to 35 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:39.799 are you actually getting deals, right, they build it up 36 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.879 like it's just a big marketing pr thing that you're 37 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:45.120 just are under the impression that now is the time 38 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:49.439 to buy everything because it's Prime Day or Prime Days now, 39 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.280 and you're just going to save money. But the amount 40 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:54.840 of people, i mean fifteen to thirty percent of people 41 00:01:54.840 --> 00:02:00.879 who actively spend during this time, only fifteen to thirty 42 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:03.400 percent even look to see if the deal they're getting 43 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:05.760 is a deal or if in fact they're just I 44 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:08.919 guess falling for what this is. And that's not to 45 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:11.199 say that you can't get good deals. I'm sure there 46 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:13.000 are things that you can save a lot of money on, 47 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.639 but you should pay attention to what it is you're buying, 48 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.120 because just purchasing something because it's promoted during prime days, 49 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:22.319 or purchasing something just because it is in fact falling 50 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:24.919 in this four day window doesn't really mean. I mean, 51 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:27.080 you could end up paying more than what you could 52 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:30.199 pay elsewhere, depending upon what it is. Have you ever, 53 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:32.240 I mean, I can't think of any time where my 54 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:34.800 wife and I have thought, Okay, we better load up. 55 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:36.960 I mean, I'm sure she'll buy some things. In fact, 56 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:39.680 i'm sure she's already got. I mean not to say 57 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:41.879 that she's got some crazy spending habit or anything like that, 58 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:44.919 but she's more she uses our account more so than me. 59 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.560 Is that same with you and your Wife's fair to say? Yeah? 60 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:52.719 And I guess the Amazon items, like Amazon's technology. They're 61 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:57.319 smart alarm clock it's called Amazon Echo Spot, the Amazon firestick, 62 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:02.039 Amazon fire HD tap, those are believed to be the 63 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:04.800 items that are going to be hot items that people 64 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:07.120 are going to be paying you know you For example, 65 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:10.719 the Echo spot from Amazon, that's their alarm clock. You're 66 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.360 looking at forty four percent off, So I mean that's 67 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:15.479 proof that you can get it for forty five dollars, 68 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:18.599 whereas any other time it's been eighty. That's a legitimate 69 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.439 sale that will probably it will probably result in a 70 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:25.280 lot of people purchasing something like that. But it blew 71 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:27.599 my mind to see the amount of people who just 72 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.080 all right, well it's prime days, let me just go 73 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.800 look and see what's there and not pay attention to 74 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:36.360 the price because I'm just going to assume that it's 75 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.599 I'm saving money, and sometimes you're not. 76 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:41.240 I mean, I. 77 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:45.039 There's there's clearly a lot of strategy that goes into 78 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.719 promoting something as like a big deal, and it would 79 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:53.520 probably surprise me and make me just, I guess, think 80 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.400 less of how much we use our brains because just 81 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.520 a sign that says it's on sale, it could be 82 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.719 one cent off of what it previously was, and there's 83 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:07.080 many people that wouldn't even wouldn't even notice. And you know, 84 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:10.159 I guess that's why these companies make a lot of money. 85 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:12.000 They know, they know how to target us, they know 86 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:14.240 how to take advantage of things that we will not 87 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:15.280 pay close attention to. 88 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:18.360 So again, this is almost like the new Cyber Monday. Yeah, 89 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:20.279 Online Black Friday, Yeah, you will. 90 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:22.279 I mean that's yeah, this is this is a version 91 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:26.160 of that, and they'll they'll position it as if this 92 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:29.519 this is the time when when in reality, I'm sure 93 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:31.720 they're I mean, they probably do this a few times 94 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:34.160 a year. I mean, I don't about Amazon specifically, but 95 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:38.199 there's clearly know I'm saying that they manipulate us would 96 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:40.480 be a little bit of a stretch, but I feel 97 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.480 like they're aware that if they just scream it in 98 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.240 every way they can from a marketing standpoint, that they've 99 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:48.480 got this big deal going on and it's the Summer 100 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:50.560 of savings, or it's the what they call it, a 101 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:53.879 target like something, or Kmart, the blue Light special or whatever. 102 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:57.000 I mean, there's there's all there's different. I mean, there's 103 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:00.079 different brandings, if you will, when it comes to how 104 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.720 they emphasize their sales, their deals, not only because it 105 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:05.600 could be a certain time of year like Amazon does 106 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:07.639 with Prime Days, or it could just be this is 107 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:11.160 in the category of a this is a big this 108 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:13.000 is where you're gonna save money. I mean, the amount 109 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:14.720 of people who probably don't even pay attention to that, 110 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:16.680 and again I would be the idiot that would just 111 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:19.600 buy it because I need it, and I don't care enough. 112 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:21.560 It's not that I'm made a money trust me. But 113 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:24.759 there's others that I think just fall into buying a 114 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:27.240 lot of stuff and then they don't in the end, 115 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:29.800 like they don't really know that they didn't really save 116 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:32.680 much money. So there are ways in which that you 117 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:35.879 can you can check and see if you're actually getting 118 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.079 good deals. There's a lot of different different services that 119 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:41.600 will that will basically you throw in the Amazon Prime 120 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:43.839 link and it'll run it for you and tell you, 121 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.720 tell you if you're you know where where the what 122 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:48.720 the price is elsewhere. 123 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:50.240 So don't fall for it. 124 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.399 Don't don't spend a ton of money today just because 125 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:55.639 in your mind you think you're saving. Do your homework 126 00:05:56.079 --> 00:06:00.120 and you may be surprised about things that are being 127 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:03.319 built up. Is this you got to buy it, it's 128 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:04.920 a big sale, and then in fact, like you could 129 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.360 get it cheaper elsewhere potentially. All right, let's get an 130 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.000 update on traffic out there from Bobby Ellis. We'll also 131 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:13.240 get an update on Matt Melosovich's forecast the WKY. It's 132 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.040 Kentucky and it's morning news right here our news radio 133 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:20.000 eight forty whas it is seven to seventeen here Kentucky 134 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:24.680 and is morning News on News Radio eight forty whas So, 135 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:31.360 we were told yesterday that Jeffrey Epstein kept no client list, 136 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:34.920 which of course contradicts claims made by the Attorney General, 137 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:39.399 who just what recently, not that long ago, made claims 138 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:44.759 on Fox News that such document was sitting on her desk. 139 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:49.240 So this is certainly one of the big conspiracy theories 140 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:52.399 out there as far as what truly happened to Jeffrey Epstein. 141 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:55.680 And I typically don't I mean, I shouldn't say fall 142 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.000 four because if you are somebody that I mean, look, 143 00:06:58.199 --> 00:06:58.920 I'll put it this way. 144 00:06:58.959 --> 00:06:59.680 I've learned over the. 145 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:03.160 Years as someone who oftentimes just assumes, well, come on, 146 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.639 people wouldn't really do that. I've I've learned that I'm 147 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:10.040 more naive than I than I probably should be. 148 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:14.360 So with this one, I just it's it. 149 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:17.720 There's clearly a lot that we don't know as far 150 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:20.399 as what truly happened, and I don't know if we're 151 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:23.040 ever gonna get answers, but I feel like this is 152 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.839 brewing to be one of the one of the old 153 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:28.680 timers when it comes to just people. 154 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:31.480 I mean, they already have for years. 155 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:33.959 Probably spent so much time trying to I mean, it's 156 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.000 I mean, this is this isn't this isn't a new thing. 157 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:38.600 It's just when you find out that there's there's no 158 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.079 client list, and and I mean, that just doesn't doesn't 159 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:42.680 make any sense. I mean, You've got people that were 160 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.920 found guilty in federal court for a sex trafficking ring, 161 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:51.240 a massive one at that that involved, according to the trial, 162 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:55.319 a thousands of victims. And to say that there are 163 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:58.079 thousands of victims in a convicted sex trafficking ring and 164 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:02.600 then say there were no customers when the operation happened 165 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.319 right before our eyes, I mean it insults the intelligence 166 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:08.839 of human beings. I mean, trafficking women to no one. 167 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:11.920 That doesn't make sense, and many people don't buy it. 168 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:15.439 I'm I'm certainly I'm certainly one of those people that 169 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:17.600 just doesn't what they've shared with us. 170 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:19.120 I won't I won't. 171 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:21.800 Claim to be somebody that's into it as others, Like 172 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:23.839 this isn't going to consume me like it like it 173 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:26.480 does other people. And I don't mean to say because 174 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:27.759 I've got, you know, better things to do. 175 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:28.240 It's just. 176 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:31.680 It's not something that's gonna stay on my mind a 177 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.679 whole lot. But clearly those that are all about conspiracy 178 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.200 theories in wanting to truly get the truth on things, 179 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.279 this is one that again it's an old timer and 180 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:46.960 as far as you know, I try to whenever I realize, Okay, 181 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:50.240 are you being a little too like, are you being 182 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:52.440 too naive here, Nick, to think that they're that they're 183 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:57.279 just you know, that they're just telling us what they 184 00:08:57.320 --> 00:09:00.000 can tell us. I mean, again, the scenarios as far 185 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:02.399 is what really went on, I mean, it's endless. That's 186 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:04.039 why this is become again one of the most talked 187 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:06.679 about things out there when it comes to conspiracy theories 188 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:08.039 and the truth being. 189 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:09.240 Withheld by powerful people. 190 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:12.200 But if you really, I mean, if you really you 191 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:15.639 could have been somebody that flew on Epstein's plane, does 192 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:17.960 that make you somebody that was involved in a sex 193 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.440 traveicking ring. No, So there's going to be a certain 194 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:22.879 level of not wanting to open up a can of 195 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.399 worms because just because you had some level of involvement 196 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:29.440 with Epstein doesn't mean that you are guilty with what 197 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:33.679 he was guilty of. But again, to just let it be, okay, Yeah, 198 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.000 nothing to see here moving on that. I mean that 199 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.600 had a lot of people seemingly in disbelief because they 200 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:41.879 don't believe that this is just something that should be 201 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.919 moved on from. All right, we've got another update of 202 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:46.600 Travick and Weather coming your way. Also, we'll get an 203 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:48.840 update on sports with Scott Fitzgerald right here at Kentucky 204 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.159 and his Morning News News ready to bet forty whas. 205 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:55.480 Thank you very much, John, and we do have a 206 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.120 fresh pot of Kentucky and this morning news ready for you. 207 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.600 Here it is seven thirty five and New's radioaight forty whas. 208 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:06.120 Nick Coffee, that is me, seohn Alden is alongside and John, 209 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:08.559 you're a big music guy. I'm not think that's safe 210 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:11.200 to say, right, Yo, that's safe. So I gotta tell 211 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:14.360 you about this band that you may eventually like, but 212 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:15.240 they're not real. 213 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:17.679 Okay, let me hear it. So the Velvet. 214 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:19.480 Sundown, I mean, it already sounds like a made up name, 215 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:21.679 doesn't it. I kind of like the name though, yeah, 216 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.080 but it's too good to be originally. 217 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:24.279 I think I agree with you that. 218 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.320 But what I have the benefit of is knowing ahead 219 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.120 of time before I read about this group and listen 220 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.240 to any of their music. I know that they're fake 221 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.120 because they have done something that is kind of scary 222 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:37.159 for those that are I guess in the creative space 223 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:38.879 that is making music and maybe that's part of how 224 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.679 you make a living, or maybe somebody that just would 225 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:43.799 be totally turned off by knowing that you were listening 226 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:46.519 to music that was not real. I mean, it is real, 227 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:48.759 meaning you could hear it, but it's it's created by 228 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:52.480 artificial intelligence. So a fake band has fooled a lot 229 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:57.000 of people with AI music. I mean a million Spotify 230 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:01.600 listeners for The Velvet Sundown and they're not real. So 231 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:05.399 no history, no live shows, nothing but just two albums 232 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:07.759 and a Spotify page. To me, that would be a 233 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:10.480 red flag, but it says here in the last few 234 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:14.159 weeks they've got over a million monthly listeners, which is 235 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:16.120 pretty I mean, to me sounds I mean, I don't 236 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:17.600 care who you are. If you've got a million monthly 237 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.360 listeners and you're a musician, you're doing well. And I 238 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.720 don't mean because of like money you're getting from Spotify. 239 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:24.919 I mean you've got a big enough fan base to 240 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:26.919 where you can be hitting the road and making money 241 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:33.679 with shows. So their genre it's described as chill seventies. 242 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:35.440 Psych rock, whatever the hell that is. 243 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:38.159 I don't know who I would throw in that group, 244 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:42.080 but that's what they were described as, and it's not. 245 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:46.639 It's also described as not bad but not mind blowing either, 246 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:48.399 which I guess that is where they were able to 247 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:52.480 fool people is that it wasn't so good and so off. 248 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:53.679 It was kind of in the middle of where you 249 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:54.159 felt like. 250 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:57.360 Okay, because there's clearly some songs that are really good 251 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.919 and some that aren't great, and they've got a consistent sound. 252 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:02.399 Maybe that was the factor that led to people not 253 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.919 realizing that it's that it's not real. But at first 254 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:08.799 they tried to play it off because there were many 255 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:11.000 that realized, wait a second, something's not adding up here. 256 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:14.120 No live shows ever, and all the many images that 257 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:16.120 they have are I think if you look at it, 258 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:19.399 you can tell there's some level of AI involved, some 259 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:24.120 level of artificial intelligence editing going on. But they they've 260 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.759 got an x account that was out there denying all 261 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:32.000 the rumors and whatnot, and gave like a press release 262 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:34.960 of like they look look legit. They talked about how 263 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.879 they're offended that people thought they were fake, and they're 264 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:40.720 you know, they really they really kind of came into 265 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:43.519 their own and put together there are two albums that 266 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:47.240 are successful, and they quote here in Sweaty Nights spent 267 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:51.320 in a California bungalow and that's where their real I 268 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:54.240 guess creativity took off and that's where they were able 269 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:56.559 to really, you know, put together two albums that have 270 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:00.879 been so successful. But eventually they they ended up really 271 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:03.039 I mean, it's they ended up getting caught and now 272 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.759 they're calling it a total hoax, an art hoax. 273 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:10.480 So anyhow, my question to you, John is. 274 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.639 If you fell for a group just because they ended 275 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:21.200 up on the Spotify playlist that you listen to and 276 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:23.480 you're just you're shuffling music and they come on and 277 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:25.360 you realize, wow, I kind of like this, and then 278 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.200 you go check out their full album and you're like, wow, 279 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:30.200 this is great, and you became a fan, and then 280 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:34.000 you later learned they weren't real. I could be wrong, 281 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:36.720 but wouldn't that change a lot of your opinion of. 282 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:39.879 I think First, I think I would be disappointed in 283 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.720 myself first and foremost for not seeing through their little 284 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:46.919 facade of being this real band that is really just 285 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:50.679 AI generated music. Now, I haven't listened to them, so 286 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:53.279 I don't know how real or fake it sounds. 287 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:55.200 But you got to hear you. 288 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:57.519 Yeah, I have to listen to at least a song 289 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:59.159 or something like that just to get a feel for 290 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:02.559 But if if it sounded real enough and I enjoyed it, 291 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:05.159 maybe it's something I wouldn't you know, listen to in passing, 292 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.639 but I would I would definitely step further away from 293 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:09.559 it if I learned down the road that they were 294 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:10.200 a fake band. 295 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:12.159 Yeah, I just you know, I was gonna say if 296 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:14.360 you learn, they if you learn, I mean the music 297 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:16.440 is real, meaning like you can listen to it, but 298 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:19.600 it's not any there's I don't know. Maybe I'm just 299 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:24.000 maybe I'm someone that is fearful of artists not being 300 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:28.240 able to truly use their craft to entertain us anymore. 301 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:32.720 But if I knew something was AI generated, I would 302 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:35.360 have no interest in wanting to continue consuming it when 303 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:37.360 it comes to that kind of content. Now, maybe I 304 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:39.600 could be proven wrong. I've never I've never fallen for 305 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.440 a band that wasn't real. But to me, that's like 306 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:45.799 that's you can like someone's music and really not like them, 307 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:47.279 But I just feel like the root of it is 308 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:49.799 that you do clearly admire their craft and what they 309 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:53.639 can do, and this is just technology doing it. So 310 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:57.759 maybe maybe I'll be proven wrong and they'll be I'll 311 00:14:57.759 --> 00:14:59.799 be fool and they'll be They'll be content that I consume, 312 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.720 be music or whatever, and I later find out, oh, 313 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.919 that wasn't real, that was not that was all AI generated, 314 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.000 And maybe it'll just be whatever. But I guess, I 315 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:13.120 guess if you like what you like, but I would 316 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:14.639 feel I would feel like I was. 317 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.879 I was, you know, scammed in some way. 318 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.360 But speaking of scam, there's an AI tool that is 319 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:24.960 called it's called Suno. That's the tool that is used 320 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:26.360 to create this music. And I don't know how to 321 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:28.480 use it and never heard of it, but they invested 322 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:30.159 in that. That's not a free thing. And they also 323 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:33.559 invested in getting their music in certain playlists, which of 324 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.960 course helped them blow up. And with those Spotify streams, 325 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:39.879 they're able to make a lot of money. They're monetizing 326 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:44.879 those monthly one million listeners they have, so well, when 327 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:48.279 people can use AI creatively, they're going to do it, 328 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.039 and especially if they can do it and make a 329 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.159 lot of money, so be prepared. You may end up 330 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.919 seeing more bands that you fall for and you find 331 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:56.840 out it's not real, and maybe that won't matter to 332 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:58.600 you at all, but to me, I feel like it would. 333 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.399 But now I want to hear the Velvet Sundown because 334 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:04.480 you're right, John, that is a good name, but too 335 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:06.120 good to be true. All right, let's get an update 336 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.960 on traffic and weather right here, right now and news 337 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:12.799 radio eight forty whas. So this is the fake band, 338 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:13.399 right John? 339 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:17.720 This is This is Velvet Sundown's drift beyond the Flame. 340 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:21.799 I would never know that this wasn't real and that 341 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:26.639 it was created specifically by AI and it sounds, I mean, 342 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:28.919 it sounds pretty good, like I can see this being 343 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:32.240 a trendy band that got a lot of love, which 344 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:34.480 they did for those just not joining us. There's a 345 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.279 there's a I guess I don't know who's responsible for 346 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:39.200 creating it, but a fake band that blew up and 347 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:43.120 had a million monthly listeners on Spotify, only for listeners 348 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:45.240 to then find out that there's like the pictures that 349 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:48.840 they share showing the band is not real. But yeah, 350 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:51.480 John Shannon popped in here earlier and showed me during 351 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:54.039 the break that you can. I mean how easy it 352 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:57.399 is to to just have AI create a song for 353 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.720 you with everything needed. And I mean that that makes 354 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:02.600 me kind of sad. That's a sad part of AI, 355 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:06.839 because I mean, you could have somebody put hours of 356 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:10.160 their time and their and their craft and just I mean, 357 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:13.799 songwriting is an art and now you can you can 358 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:17.559 use AI and even though one is real, one is 359 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:20.200 not as far as just the overall song itself, like 360 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:23.920 a I may create a better one, which if I knew. Again, 361 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.079 if you don't know, you don't know, and I don't 362 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:27.720 know if I would have known, And clearly a lot 363 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.720 of people didn't know that Velvet Sundown was was not real. 364 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:32.000 But there's just something. 365 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:34.759 About it that I wouldn't want to know, right if 366 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:38.920 I if you know that I've fallen for a musical act, 367 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:40.599 a group band, whatever it may be, and they're not real, 368 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:42.720 just don't tell me because it'll change sort of the 369 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:46.160 level of I mean put it this way. I know 370 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.079 there are many of you listening, and John, as a 371 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:49.960 music guy, I know you know what I'm talking about. 372 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:53.200 Where when you are in on an artist or a 373 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:57.200 band earlier than most, there's something special about it. It's 374 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:59.920 like you you don't really have a close connection to that, 375 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:03.559 but you kind of feel like you do because you knew, hey, 376 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.880 this person's great. I'm seeing them at a at a 377 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:09.920 small intimate venue, but they're soon going to be headlining 378 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:13.200 NFL stadiums. When you're in that, you know, when you're 379 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:17.000 in that, in that early stages, it's it's awesome. And 380 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.640 I'm sure many people still love artists when they become bigger. 381 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:22.319 But there's just something about a group even if their 382 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:24.240 music stays exactly the same. A lot of times it doesn't, 383 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:26.559 but if it stays exactly the same and they're more mainstream, 384 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:29.920 there's a level of the intrigue that is lost. I mean, 385 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:32.119 I'm not crazy, right, John, Yeah, Because it. 386 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:35.000 Also feel like the people that jump on the bandwagon 387 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:36.799 are just doing it because it's the fun thing to 388 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:37.720 do now after they get. 389 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:40.920 Yes, those people being and again, I guess it's gatekeeping 390 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:44.000 to an extent, but when you realize others who didn't 391 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:46.680 you know, who didn't see them early and really didn't 392 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:49.799 have the true appreciation for them early enough, it just, 393 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.920 I don't know, just there's something about it. 394 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.599 So if if. 395 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.880 There was a band that I was in early on 396 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:00.759 that I wouldn't saw play at you know, all shows. 397 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:04.559 You know, I'll admit it. I wish it wasn't the case. 398 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:07.359 But there's certain people, like, for example, Tyler Childer's Kentucky native. 399 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.559 I love Tyler Childers. 400 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.440 I won't say that. 401 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.799