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<v Speaker 1>Hudson River Radio dot com. It beats listening to nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>My goodness, it's being Frank, where the only way to

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<v Speaker 2>be is Frank. Hello, everyone in, welcome to being Frank.

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<v Speaker 2>We're the only way to be is Frank. I'm your host, Frank.

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<v Speaker 2>Well going on, and I'd like to thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>joining us on what we like to call the Intelligent

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<v Speaker 2>Conversation podcast, where no conversations out of bounds and all

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<v Speaker 2>points of view are welcome. Regular listeners are aware of

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<v Speaker 2>our routine, and that is to record live to tape.

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<v Speaker 2>And I give you the date so you have some

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<v Speaker 2>context and irrelevance is the eleventh of December.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>The county in which I live in. This podcast streams

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<v Speaker 2>from Rockland is outside of New York City, geographically the

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<v Speaker 2>smallest in the state of New York. Yet despite its

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<v Speaker 2>diminutive stature, it produces some of the finest musical talent

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<v Speaker 2>found anywhere in the country. In addition, these musicians have

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<v Speaker 2>always been willing to lend their considerable talents to charitable causes,

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<v Speaker 2>and rarely will you find more talent or a better

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<v Speaker 2>cause than this weekend's twenty ninth edition of Blankfest at

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<v Speaker 2>the Hudson House of Nayak. Don't worry a gang, We'll

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<v Speaker 2>have plenty of details coming up shortly. For an entire day,

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<v Speaker 2>you can enjoy great music for the simple admission price

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<v Speaker 2>of a blanket that will then be distributed to the

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<v Speaker 2>less fortunate on Christmas Eve. In the previous twenty eight years,

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<v Speaker 2>the event has resulted in over twenty thousand blankets being

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<v Speaker 2>donated to the homeless, with a total bound to increase

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<v Speaker 2>with this year's haul. Well, now it's time to meet

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<v Speaker 2>four key members of the team that works so incredibly

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<v Speaker 2>hard to make Blankfest happen. And I suppose the best

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<v Speaker 2>way is to start at the so called top. But

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<v Speaker 2>the man who originated this wonderful event those twenty nine

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<v Speaker 2>years ago, and despite the enormous challenges, continues it today.

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<v Speaker 2>As well as as many other skills. He may be

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<v Speaker 2>best known as the front man for the progressive rock

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<v Speaker 2>band The Bag Daddy OS one of my favorite titles

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<v Speaker 2>of a band. I love it. I'm gonna introduce him

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<v Speaker 2>and let him tell us about the other very special

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<v Speaker 2>guests he's brought with him, and indeed they are special,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're gonna have some intelligent conversation right here at

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<v Speaker 2>being Frank. Let's welcome back, mister Ken Row Ken. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for joining us. It's a busy week for you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure it is.

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<v Speaker 3>It is a crazy week to say the least. And

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<v Speaker 3>thank you Frank for making room for us this busy,

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<v Speaker 3>busy pre Blankfest week.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's always my pleasure. It's it's such a

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful event. It's a fun event. It's great to have

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<v Speaker 2>you guys on to talk about it. So let before

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<v Speaker 2>we get into the nuts and bolts, if you will

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<v Speaker 2>of it, let's talk to I said, you brought very

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<v Speaker 2>special guests, allowing you to introduce them. Since you know

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<v Speaker 2>them so well, you know, I can give you a bio,

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<v Speaker 2>but you tell us about them and how important they

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<v Speaker 2>are to this event.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm good. I'm gonna go.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna go with chronological order, by order of whom

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<v Speaker 3>I met and when I first married.

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<v Speaker 4>I first met Chuck to.

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<v Speaker 3>Brune many many years ago, when we were both residents

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<v Speaker 3>in the Nayac area and he was fronting a lovely

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<v Speaker 3>band called The Horse She rooted in on. I went

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<v Speaker 3>to go see them at the bottom Line and I

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<v Speaker 3>was completely hooked. And I've been a fan ever since,

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<v Speaker 3>and I've been a friend even longer. As a matter

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<v Speaker 3>of fact, he was bartending the night the Bag Daddys

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<v Speaker 3>were playing a show down at a little club in

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<v Speaker 3>Nyack that since departed called my place, and I said,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, wouldn't be kind of neat if we had

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<v Speaker 3>a show where we could have click blankets at the

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<v Speaker 3>door and give him to the homeless. And then I

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<v Speaker 3>forgot about it for ten days, and after another show,

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<v Speaker 3>I walked in to a bar ordered a drink, and

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<v Speaker 3>Chuck came up to me and said, you know that

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<v Speaker 3>idea you had about that show, that's a great idea.

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<v Speaker 3>You should follow through on that. And that's how Blankfest

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<v Speaker 3>was born. So that's our first guest is Chuck de Brune.

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<v Speaker 3>Our second book is Chuck.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome. We're gonna hear from you and and see if

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<v Speaker 2>you will verify that story for us. So welcome, Welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to being Frank.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks Frank.

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<v Speaker 2>Ken, he's up there. Okay, my pleasure. We're gonna talk

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<v Speaker 2>plenty in just a minute. We'll get through the introductions. Ken,

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<v Speaker 2>Who's up next?

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<v Speaker 4>Next up?

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<v Speaker 3>One night the Bag Daddys were playing at the hallowed

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<v Speaker 3>birthplace of Punk's CBGB, and there was another band on

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<v Speaker 3>the build called Thrust. I struck up a conversation with

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<v Speaker 3>someone in the band, and she was telling me about

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<v Speaker 3>all the wonderful things she had going on, including an

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<v Speaker 3>art exhibit at the now Departed. It was on Avenue A,

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<v Speaker 3>and I can't remember the name of place. Bar wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>called bar A, was it, Patty? I'm sorry, Well, you

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<v Speaker 3>remember your art exhibit it was at Yes, it was.

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<v Speaker 5>Called Oh, I can't believe I can't remember. That's weird.

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<v Speaker 5>It was ninety four, and for some reason, I was

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<v Speaker 5>very much bolder than I'll just walk up to anybody.

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<v Speaker 5>Where's latch? Who's latch? Give me an R two?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like you know that.

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<v Speaker 3>So actually, Neil and I came down to check out

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<v Speaker 3>your art show. We got cards and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 3>And then about a month later, I walked into a

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<v Speaker 3>latch show as a matter of fact, and I said,

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<v Speaker 3>whatever happened to Patty Rothberg? And he said, well, you

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<v Speaker 3>didn't hear about her. And usually when somebody says something

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<v Speaker 3>like that, it usually means that something bad has happened.

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<v Speaker 3>But he said, she's big time now. She's going to

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<v Speaker 3>be on the Tonight show. And I was like what.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's how I found out you've been signed by

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<v Speaker 3>EMI and that you had an album coming out between

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<v Speaker 3>one and nine. And I got my whole family to

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<v Speaker 3>stay up and watch you guys play on the Tonight Show.

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<v Speaker 3>I still have the VHS tape somewhere in our home.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, we're giving away. It's a while ago since

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<v Speaker 2>it's on VHS.

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<v Speaker 5>David Letterman is now Santa Claus and Jaylen.

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<v Speaker 3>I was like, they've all morphed into.

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<v Speaker 4>Wasp icons of holidays past.

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<v Speaker 5>It's true, but it did happen, so all the way

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<v Speaker 5>you said it happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Patty Wanner. Thank you for joining us here. We haven't

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<v Speaker 2>met previously, so I've seen you at Blanket Fast It's me,

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<v Speaker 2>yes up here up top. You can't see us, but

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<v Speaker 2>we can see each other. Yes, that's me. I'm celebrating again.

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<v Speaker 2>People can't see us, but I figured i'd set the mood.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for joining us. We talk to you a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more a little more detail about blank Fest

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<v Speaker 2>and your involvement, but can I know you've got somebody

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<v Speaker 2>special you want to talk about now too, So yes,

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<v Speaker 2>look at that last.

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<v Speaker 3>Last but certainly not least especially in my life. It

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<v Speaker 3>was way way way back in twenty twelve when I

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<v Speaker 3>was aimless and rudderless and I met a lovely, lovely

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<v Speaker 3>lady who charmed the hell out of me. She made

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<v Speaker 3>me want to clean up my act. I'm still working

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<v Speaker 3>on it. And in the meantime, we got married and

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<v Speaker 3>I got a chance to do something that has been

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<v Speaker 3>someone I love very very much. She is not just

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<v Speaker 3>my wife, but she's a wonderful bilingual poet, and she's

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<v Speaker 3>the brains behind this whole operation. And she and actually,

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<v Speaker 3>on our one month anniversary of being a couple, she

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<v Speaker 3>actually rode with me up to Nayak from Queen's while

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<v Speaker 3>David Tanner, who will be at Blankfast, helped us set

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<v Speaker 3>up all the equipment. So she's been with me every

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<v Speaker 3>step of the way ever since.

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<v Speaker 4>I guess it was.

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<v Speaker 3>Blankfast, Blankfast seventeen, Blankfast sixteen. Her name is miss Yvon

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<v Speaker 2>My hells, I hello, thank you once again. You were

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<v Speaker 2>with us last year and you're back and you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to read a couple of poems for us at.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I appreciate the opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>Always, it's it's always it's in need my pleasure. Guys,

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<v Speaker 2>let's talk a little bit about you know, your involvement,

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<v Speaker 2>how you got involved with with blank Fest. You know, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't we we start with you. We got a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of the short story about it, but tell

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, Ken kind of nailed it. We we had a

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<v Speaker 6>a pretty big house and they had a lot of blankets,

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<v Speaker 6>and uh, I just threw them all the back of

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, what did we raised the first year? Ken?

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<v Speaker 4>Was it forty blankets? And I think you brought most

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<v Speaker 1>I think I brought twenty of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but go ahead, Yeah, it was it was it was.

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<v Speaker 6>Uh, you know, when we first talked, I started talking

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<v Speaker 6>being charitable, and I'm also a bit of a cynic

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<v Speaker 6>and I think some of the charities could be better

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<v Speaker 6>them and administration costs. The great thing about Blankfest is

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<v Speaker 6>there is none of that. It's twelve hours of music.

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<v Speaker 6>And I should also say to anybody who's planning to attend,

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<v Speaker 6>you don't have to go buy a blanket. There's one

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<v Speaker 6>in your closet, in your guest room that nobody has

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<v Speaker 6>touched in five ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>Just take that one.

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<v Speaker 6>This is about taking the things we don't need and

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<v Speaker 6>give them to the people that really need them. And

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<v Speaker 6>I would also like to emphasize that these blankets get

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<v Speaker 6>distributed on Christmas Eve, and without fail, for twenty nine

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<v Speaker 6>or twenty eight soon to be twenty nine years ten

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<v Speaker 6>organizes people to go down and hand them out to

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<v Speaker 6>New York City's homeless on Christmas Eve. The sacrifice and

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<v Speaker 6>the generosity and the caring, I there is no better

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<v Speaker 6>charity in my eyes here.

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<v Speaker 2>You make a couple of great points there. I think, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 2>that we should emphasize the fact that it's truly hands on.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's an exchange. You bring the blanket, you

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<v Speaker 2>give it to, you know, to somebody. It's stored for

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit upstairs, then it's stored until Christmas Eve.

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<v Speaker 2>Then literally a crew of people come and take it,

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<v Speaker 2>so there's very little overhead, if you will. Everything is

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<v Speaker 2>directly given to those who need it, so that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's I think a really great point yep.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and also an amazing day of music.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Again, people have to realize it's all day long,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a variety of music, and we're gonna get into

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<v Speaker 2>it a little bit. I'll allow Ken to give the

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<v Speaker 2>lineup that we can expect and in just a bit,

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<v Speaker 2>but I want to get to Patty too. Patty, talk

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit about your involvement. How you first, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>heard about this crazy idea of performing and for blankets.

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<v Speaker 2>If you were, what did you think about it at first?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, well, first I'd like to say I remember the

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<v Speaker 5>day I met Ken, I was playing with this crazy

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<v Speaker 5>tribal industrial band, which that genre has not continued. I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>you know they say, like, for example, the band White

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<v Speaker 5>Leg is very popular right now, and they say, oh,

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<v Speaker 5>they were just screwing around, and no, no, no, they

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<v Speaker 5>weren't screwing around. Thrust was like we were banging on stuff,

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<v Speaker 5>we were wearing body glitter, and you know, we were

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<v Speaker 5>sex positive and we were going to make a statement.

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<v Speaker 5>And meanwhile, there were some women who chose to be nude,

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<v Speaker 5>topless mostly and the guys would just come to gawk.

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<v Speaker 5>Of course, So and Ken was not one of those guys.

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<v Speaker 5>Of course, he was a gentleman who was shielding his

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<v Speaker 5>eyes and waiting for his bride to be I'm just

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<v Speaker 5>trying to repeat it, like I remember how.

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<v Speaker 2>Much how much.

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<v Speaker 5>This is the graphs roots operation money is only there's

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<v Speaker 5>no bitcoin here, only blankets. So I remember Ken as

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<v Speaker 5>being very bright, very smart, and like enthusiastic about his band,

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<v Speaker 5>the back Daddios. I loved that the title of his band.

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<v Speaker 5>And back then I was so open to any idea.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, if you've ever seen Thrust, this is not

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<v Speaker 5>a commercial with Thrust gone. But and by the way,

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<v Speaker 5>that art show it was called Math for Artists, the

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<v Speaker 5>Wonder of Genetics, and it was a portrait show of

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<v Speaker 5>people in pop culture who looked like to me, and

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<v Speaker 5>then you put them together in it. But I'll just

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<v Speaker 5>continue talking about Ken. So the first place that I

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<v Speaker 5>remember he had he had me to his friend Neil.

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<v Speaker 5>This is when guys still had long hair but not

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<v Speaker 5>lipstick or you know. It was like a transitional I

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<v Speaker 5>guess grungy phase of reality. Uh, and Ken had long hair,

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<v Speaker 5>but yeah, that was a later phase. You were Beatles fan.

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<v Speaker 5>I remember, of course very serious and you said, hey,

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<v Speaker 5>I have this blank Blankets.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know. All I remember is going to it

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<v Speaker 5>was not bad synops. This is not the beautiful operation

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<v Speaker 5>that it now is. And I'm sure that is very

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<v Speaker 5>much in part to Yvonne who came. But no, I

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<v Speaker 5>don't know. I mean I remember we were in It

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<v Speaker 5>looked like the Neville with a green stained, beer stained carpet.

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<v Speaker 5>Like at the first year, since I think it was

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<v Speaker 5>called bruck Cells, it was a different.

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<v Speaker 2>It was Chuck's place. It started out of brook Cells.

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<v Speaker 5>And it was just like you know, it was a

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<v Speaker 5>little bit like Chile, if I remember. Actually they made

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<v Speaker 5>it into a venue and it worked, and then somehow

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<v Speaker 5>it turned into the Hudson House and it just grew

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<v Speaker 5>and grew. Every year was more and more, and I

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<v Speaker 5>missed maybe one year. I think I've been to every

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<v Speaker 5>single Blankfest.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you were on my short list of dream performers

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<v Speaker 3>to have at the first ever Blankfest in ninety seven,

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<v Speaker 3>but you couldn't do it at that time, and do

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<v Speaker 3>you remember why.

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<v Speaker 5>I was probably on an airplane somewhere.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, you were. You were on tour with the Black

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<v Speaker 3>Crows in Japan, right, did I get that right?

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<v Speaker 4>It was Japan? Right?

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<v Speaker 5>Actually the Black Crows was just like England and oh okay,

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<v Speaker 5>but you know what I back then, they could It's

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<v Speaker 5>like tomorrow you're on OPRAH just in Chicago, and then

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know who was the brilliant prisoner put together

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<v Speaker 5>to the itinerary, but it was like, okay, you're going

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<v Speaker 5>to Japan and then you have to be in you know, Italy.

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<v Speaker 5>So yeah, this is great.

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<v Speaker 2>I love this nave dropping. It's really good, really good.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the names they dropped you mentioned Neil.

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<v Speaker 2>I should clarify it. That's the mail man, Neil Richter,

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<v Speaker 2>our engineer who's with us every week, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>has played. He's asked not to, you know, because we've

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<v Speaker 2>got our conversation going so quietly back. But Neil is

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<v Speaker 2>that's Neil Richter, that guy up behind the mic, that's him.

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<v Speaker 8>That's me.

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<v Speaker 5>That's amazing because I remember you.

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<v Speaker 2>Of all the people that can remember that, I remember,

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<v Speaker 2>that's him.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's totally amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>To me.

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<v Speaker 5>My new band is called the Coincidence and that's why.

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<v Speaker 2>See as things are always happening to get big. Frank okay,

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<v Speaker 2>ivon Or, I said, let's you know you're you're now

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<v Speaker 2>you're on the spot as the organizer, the brains behind

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<v Speaker 2>the operation. Tell us about your involvement. What do you

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<v Speaker 2>do here?

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<v Speaker 9>Ken is too generous. I support him. I count the blankets.

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<v Speaker 9>I welcome the folks in the blankets at the Hudson House.

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<v Speaker 9>I do get to perform the thank you very Much,

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<v Speaker 9>my bilingual poetry in Spanish and English. So basically I'm

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<v Speaker 9>just like the I guess, the wife behind the organizer.

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<v Speaker 9>I may suggest some ideas or some acts, like I'm

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<v Speaker 9>always unofficially scouting, like if we were watching a friends

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<v Speaker 9>or shows or something, you should ask them, should ask

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<v Speaker 9>them to perform. And sometimes you actually he has followed,

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<v Speaker 9>and I'm trying to think of who it was, anybody,

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<v Speaker 9>any of the acts, and then you did ask them

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<v Speaker 9>and they came and like Fizz was one of them,

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<v Speaker 9>that Brooklyn group, two young ladies, and I thought they

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<v Speaker 9>were just exciting and fresh blood, and I just thought,

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<v Speaker 9>bring that tonight, bring that to Blankfest because we need to.

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<v Speaker 9>We need to promote the fundraiser, you know, the benefit, sorry,

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<v Speaker 9>the benefits, because all we asked for are blankets.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it.

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<v Speaker 9>No money, just blankets and your beautiful smile and personality

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<v Speaker 9>and hope for it.

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<v Speaker 2>Really is it really is amazing. It's an amazing day.

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<v Speaker 2>It's uh, you know, perfect for the holidays, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 2>And now I'm going to read a little something that at

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<v Speaker 2>the end that I think we'll tie it off together. Chuck,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to bring you back into the discussion here.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have a best memory of blank Fest?

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<v Speaker 4>What?

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<v Speaker 2>What are some of your strong memories, either of your

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<v Speaker 2>own performance or somebody else's. Is there something that sticks

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<v Speaker 2>out in your mind?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh my god, going on twenty nine years, Frank, there's

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<v Speaker 6>a there's a mountain of every year is it's always

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<v Speaker 6>a different animal, which by the way, comes with a

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<v Speaker 6>whole slew of different challenges that we didn't anticipate.

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<v Speaker 1>But somehow we always seem to pull it together. And

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<v Speaker 1>when I say we, I mean ken.

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<v Speaker 4>Everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know I I love playing it. I love

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<v Speaker 1>playing with the band that I play it with. Every year.

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<v Speaker 6>Who hasn't I don't think we've been a band since

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<v Speaker 6>nineteen ninety six, but we still play once or twice

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<v Speaker 6>a year and always Blankfest. I you know, I can

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<v Speaker 6>bring up some funny memories. Joel fell down the stairs

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<v Speaker 6>of the Hudson House.

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<v Speaker 2>It's long. It's a long stairwell too. That's not funny.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a long way to go down.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a long staircase.

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<v Speaker 6>I can remember a couple of the shows that were

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<v Speaker 6>at Brucksell's. At the end of the night, can Ken

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<v Speaker 6>and I were standing there looking at the pile of

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<v Speaker 6>blankets and he was terrified, lamenting the fact that he

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<v Speaker 6>was going to have to count them all.

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<v Speaker 1>There were so many. Yep, it was a fire hazard.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go, and please relieve me of this duty. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my god.

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<v Speaker 1>There. What was the biggest year? Ken? Was in the

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<v Speaker 1>eight hundreds, I think right.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it was. It was over eight hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>And that was the year when the cutting room. I

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<v Speaker 3>knew somebody at the cutting room in New York City

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<v Speaker 3>and they said, uh, you know what, We've got some

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<v Speaker 3>old coats and uh and and uh, you know, stuff

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<v Speaker 3>that had been left behind and we'd like to donate that.

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<v Speaker 3>So everybody that year they just all threw everything in

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<v Speaker 3>so that combined with what we did in Nayak, it

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<v Speaker 3>topped well over eight hundred and I think that was

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<v Speaker 3>around two thousand and two, two thousand and three.

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<v Speaker 1>And if I can, I'll share one more thing, please

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<v Speaker 1>do sure.

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<v Speaker 6>Somebody who hasn't been mentioned here, who has played every

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<v Speaker 6>blank Fest and is usually flying in from Europe on

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<v Speaker 6>the same day of blank Fest. This guy named Joe Drso,

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<v Speaker 6>who I think everybody on the call knows. And I've

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<v Speaker 6>been lucky enough to do a couple of duo acoustics

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<v Speaker 6>shows with Joe, and it's just it's it's fantastic that

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<v Speaker 6>Joe cuts time out of his incredibly busy schedule to

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<v Speaker 6>make it to this event.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, we invited him on this evening, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's touring. Is in Europe, in Italy or Germany's some

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<v Speaker 2>really cool place.

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<v Speaker 3>Where we all get he's actually he's actually going to

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<v Speaker 3>fly into LaGuardia on Sunday and he's and and he's

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<v Speaker 3>done this on multiple occasions, including last year.

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<v Speaker 10>Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>He's basically going to get a.

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<v Speaker 3>Car from the airport and go directly to the Hudson House.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, kind of dedication people. And these are

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<v Speaker 2>really talented people, busy people get paid well often to

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<v Speaker 2>perform and and do it for charity, for for blankets

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<v Speaker 2>and for people who really need it.

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<v Speaker 6>It's just that I think that says a lot about

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<v Speaker 6>the charity and the grassroots, you know, beautiful aspect of

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<v Speaker 6>this charity is that people at that level and including

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<v Speaker 6>yourself right see that it's it's an important thing to support.

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<v Speaker 1>Because this is this is really you know, human to human.

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<v Speaker 2>People helping people in a very direct sense. Patty, Let's go,

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<v Speaker 2>let me what's some of your memories. Is there something

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<v Speaker 2>that sticks out in your mind a particular performance or

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<v Speaker 2>performer associated with blank Faster.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's see. Well, I remember when Ken and Yvonne were

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<v Speaker 5>upstairs were actually I hate to say this, but we

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<v Speaker 5>were making a movie but it never got finished. So

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<v Speaker 5>that's not a guilt triper.

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<v Speaker 1>But that.

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<v Speaker 5>But Yvonne was there and she was just so cool

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<v Speaker 5>and I got to know her for the first time,

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<v Speaker 5>and I just thought those two there's some vibe there

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<v Speaker 5>run off. But the other memories. I love going to

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<v Speaker 5>the Blankfest. It's an annual tradition with my booker manager,

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<v Speaker 5>Gary Barton, who is also my best friend. He's the

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<v Speaker 5>greatest guy ever, is so funny. And we would go

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<v Speaker 5>to the Japanese restaurant before.

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<v Speaker 11>Because the first time we went, he accidentally knocked water,

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<v Speaker 11>like a lot of water, like a picture all over

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<v Speaker 11>the floor, and we were so embarrassed, but they were

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<v Speaker 11>so nice about it.

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<v Speaker 5>And then I think it happened again the next year.

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<v Speaker 5>It's something those things happened. I don't know why, but

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<v Speaker 5>but I think the second time it was just a

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<v Speaker 5>glass and it wasn't a joke either, But so we

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<v Speaker 5>would go. That's that's our tradition, the blankfest. We go

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<v Speaker 5>to the Japanese restaurant, spill a little water and there's

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<v Speaker 5>plenty of blankets to stop it all up, and then

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<v Speaker 5>we go play no wet blankets but all together.

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<v Speaker 2>Mix that clear.

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<v Speaker 5>The misfits. It's unbelievable because this is the typical thing

426
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<v Speaker 5>I would do. Like I was, remember Don Hill's Anyone,

427
00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:19.440
<v Speaker 5>It was like of course, of course, so that was

428
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<v Speaker 5>a club that you know, if faster was the catworn

429
00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:25.000
<v Speaker 5>town like today, that's where they would have flit. And

430
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<v Speaker 5>also the bag Daddy was in my band. They had

431
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<v Speaker 5>a stage and lights kind of metally, and I know

432
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<v Speaker 5>I had a point. It was something and I can't

433
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<v Speaker 5>remember because I'm nervous. I want to make sure I

434
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<v Speaker 5>have enough time to savorything.

435
00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:43.160
<v Speaker 2>About high point because.

436
00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:46.839
<v Speaker 5>Every year I would see Bobby and they were just like,

437
00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:51.319
<v Speaker 5>isn't the Adams family that has Marilyn. I don't know,

438
00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:57.440
<v Speaker 5>but there are size and their like monsters, the monsters

439
00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:01.359
<v Speaker 5>great good for you, So you know they you know,

440
00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:04.839
<v Speaker 5>they're just like great and they do these Christmas songs

441
00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:07.960
<v Speaker 5>except like mister and missus munster. And then they have

442
00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:11.880
<v Speaker 5>this daughter who's like this beautiful like blonde anyway, so

443
00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:14.160
<v Speaker 5>that's like towards the end of the night. I remember

444
00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.880
<v Speaker 5>that always.

445
00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:20.880
<v Speaker 6>I remember interrupted, Patty, I can talk about the fact

446
00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:23.519
<v Speaker 6>that you remember the end of the night is impressive

447
00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.799
<v Speaker 6>after everybody's.

448
00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:28.640
<v Speaker 2>AT's in its own right, exactly after twelve hours offest

449
00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:31.759
<v Speaker 2>to remember even the end of the night. Chuck is saying,

450
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<v Speaker 2>it is quite an accomplishment even of itself.

451
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<v Speaker 5>Oh yeah, well, I of course missed my entire point,

452
00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:43.680
<v Speaker 5>which was the Misfits. Like, okay, basically, I'm talking to

453
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<v Speaker 5>a guy I don't know who he is in the

454
00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:48.240
<v Speaker 5>basement of Don Hill's and he's got powder all over

455
00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:50.240
<v Speaker 5>his face, and I don't know who he is. Now

456
00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:53.200
<v Speaker 5>you guys all do, but I'm talking to him. He

457
00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:55.839
<v Speaker 5>seems like a cool guy, you know. And then later

458
00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:58.440
<v Speaker 5>people are like, what was he like? And I'm like,

459
00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:01.000
<v Speaker 5>he's a guy who fatter on his face.

460
00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, what do you mean.

461
00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:06.400
<v Speaker 5>They're like, that's uh. And now I don't even remember

462
00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:10.839
<v Speaker 5>his name, the guy Bobby Steele. Was his name Bobby Steele.

463
00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:17.119
<v Speaker 5>It wasn't Bobby Steele. I'm creating this unbelievable coincidence that

464
00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:20.480
<v Speaker 5>relates to me and I think probably everyone. But I'm

465
00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:23.599
<v Speaker 5>just really tied into it right now, like this ynchronicity

466
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<v Speaker 5>of the fact that I mentioned one person that Ken

467
00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:30.559
<v Speaker 5>knows and he's on my Brady Bunch. He's a great

468
00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:35.119
<v Speaker 5>Brady in my zoom land. But anyway, so I don't know.

469
00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:37.839
<v Speaker 5>I went to a barbecue in Linden, New Jersey. I

470
00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:42.480
<v Speaker 5>don't know anybody there, and all of a sudden, this

471
00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:45.680
<v Speaker 5>girl with a woman with a dog, she's talking like this.

472
00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:49.279
<v Speaker 5>She's like, I got this. Uh, this guy, he just

473
00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:52.160
<v Speaker 5>never gives me enough merch. I don't understand that she

474
00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:57.480
<v Speaker 5>went to second grade with this guy who I can't

475
00:25:57.519 --> 00:26:01.000
<v Speaker 5>remember his name, with the powdered face. I mean, this

476
00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:04.559
<v Speaker 5>always happens to me. So that's my point is, Look,

477
00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:09.000
<v Speaker 5>everybody is in need of a blanket, you know. I mean,

478
00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:11.799
<v Speaker 5>look at Linus. I don't know if you guys ever

479
00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:15.839
<v Speaker 5>used Linus as a i'll have.

480
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<v Speaker 9>What you're having. Girl.

481
00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:24.000
<v Speaker 5>My friend is totally panicking because he's waiting. No, no, no,

482
00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:26.599
<v Speaker 5>But I mean I'm trying to get there's so many

483
00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:30.160
<v Speaker 5>amazing memories. I remember seeing Michelle Shocked a couple of

484
00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.680
<v Speaker 5>years ago.

485
00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:34.440
<v Speaker 2>There you go, that's memory. Very cool.

486
00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:38.119
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I didn't know. I actually didn't know what she

487
00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:40.599
<v Speaker 5>sounded like, so it was cool to have that.

488
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<v Speaker 2>Very cool.

489
00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.200
<v Speaker 1>Here's another really good memory.

490
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<v Speaker 6>I don't know if we brought this up yet, but

491
00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:52.279
<v Speaker 6>longtime blank best supporter we lost a couple of years ago. Yes,

492
00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:56.480
<v Speaker 6>Tim o'donne, who's performances were always spot on, there, always

493
00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.960
<v Speaker 6>spot on.

494
00:26:58.119 --> 00:27:01.319
<v Speaker 2>The first year without him with his and the TMU

495
00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:04.640
<v Speaker 2>band and all of the tributes, it's a wonderful day.

496
00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:06.200
<v Speaker 2>It's it's a meeting.

497
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<v Speaker 4>Ahead, if I may interrupt.

498
00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.480
<v Speaker 3>Right after Tim passed in September of last year, I

499
00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:19.079
<v Speaker 3>was in contact with Robin, his partner, and I said,

500
00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:22.039
<v Speaker 3>you know, is there any way we can get in

501
00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:26.119
<v Speaker 3>contact with the rest of his band and get them

502
00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:31.319
<v Speaker 3>to make an appearance as a tribute. And they showed up,

503
00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:35.000
<v Speaker 3>and it was in the four o'clock time slot, you know,

504
00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:38.319
<v Speaker 3>which is just entering prime time. And I can't believe

505
00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:42.480
<v Speaker 3>the emotional weight that that carried that evening, and it

506
00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:45.400
<v Speaker 3>just knocked me out completely, and I know it blew

507
00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:49.000
<v Speaker 3>everybody's circuits in the room that night. And so I

508
00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:53.400
<v Speaker 3>got in contact with Robin again and she put me

509
00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:57.400
<v Speaker 3>in contact with the boys or the guys, and I

510
00:27:57.400 --> 00:28:00.000
<v Speaker 3>think this is going to become an annual tradition. I

511
00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:01.920
<v Speaker 3>it just broke my heart when I got to the

512
00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:04.640
<v Speaker 3>four o'clock timeslot to book last year and I saw

513
00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:06.960
<v Speaker 3>Tim's name and I knew he wasn't here anymore. So

514
00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:10.240
<v Speaker 3>I think from now on, four o'clock still will always

515
00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:13.079
<v Speaker 3>belong to Tim o'donniue And they'll be playing again this year.

516
00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.119
<v Speaker 8>You know.

517
00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.480
<v Speaker 2>It's a good time to, I think, segue and talk

518
00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:18.599
<v Speaker 2>a little bit about the lineup, Havana. I want you to.

519
00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:21.039
<v Speaker 2>We're gonna get you ready for a poem in a bit,

520
00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:25.240
<v Speaker 2>but before that, let's talk. Since we've we've led into

521
00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:28.039
<v Speaker 2>it a little bit and mentioned some of the performers.

522
00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:30.400
<v Speaker 2>Ken tell us a little bit more about the lineup.

523
00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:32.640
<v Speaker 2>Who are we going to see? Who are they?

524
00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.160
<v Speaker 8>Uh?

525
00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:36.599
<v Speaker 2>And uh? In general? When when will they perform?

526
00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:41.160
<v Speaker 3>Okay, I'm just gonna go in in in just chronological order.

527
00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.200
<v Speaker 4>You know.

528
00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:47.920
<v Speaker 3>Donald Sabasnik is a really I I personally love his songwriting.

529
00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:51.279
<v Speaker 3>He reminds me so much of Lou Reed. He's just

530
00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:54.200
<v Speaker 3>got that nice visceral kick to what he does.

531
00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:57.079
<v Speaker 5>What you mean, I've never heard his last name pronounced.

532
00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.880
<v Speaker 5>I've only read.

533
00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:02.240
<v Speaker 3>Ye, it ain't no eye chart that's his last name.

534
00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:05.759
<v Speaker 3>Donald Sabasnik is the wonderful performer, and I've gotten to

535
00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:08.359
<v Speaker 3>know him a lot, especially in the pandemic years when

536
00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:17.920
<v Speaker 3>we used to do a lot of remote features together and.

537
00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:18.240
<v Speaker 4>With our good friend Rue Rue Star.

538
00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:24.640
<v Speaker 3>Donald front's a group called a Density Black Cat, and

539
00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:28.480
<v Speaker 3>so that's with Dennis Doyle, who's another very very very

540
00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:31.519
<v Speaker 3>talented singer songwriter. So they're both going to be performing

541
00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:34.400
<v Speaker 3>together to kick the show off at noon, and then

542
00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:39.160
<v Speaker 3>we've got the equally talented songwriter Michael G. Potter going

543
00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:44.839
<v Speaker 3>right after him, and Michael actually volunteers his time to

544
00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:49.240
<v Speaker 3>play at Strawberry Field down in Central Park, h every

545
00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:52.920
<v Speaker 3>week and always attracts a crowd. As a matter of fact,

546
00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:55.960
<v Speaker 3>Michael Moore caught him and featured him on his on

547
00:29:56.000 --> 00:30:00.240
<v Speaker 3>his his Instagram feed one one weekend, which I again

548
00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.039
<v Speaker 3>just blew all of our minds. Michael is a great

549
00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.960
<v Speaker 3>guy and we can only wait to bring him to

550
00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:08.880
<v Speaker 3>the stage. And that's followed by Amanda White. Amanda White.

551
00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:12.079
<v Speaker 3>I knew her way way back when she used to

552
00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:14.640
<v Speaker 3>hang out and sing with various bands down the Lower

553
00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:18.720
<v Speaker 3>east Side. She's since relocated to her native Boston and

554
00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:22.680
<v Speaker 3>she's operatically trained. There's times when she doesn't even need

555
00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.799
<v Speaker 3>a PA system to get her voice over the band.

556
00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:29.119
<v Speaker 3>And she yeah, she's She's just fantastic. And also, if

557
00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:31.799
<v Speaker 3>you ever see the Bag Daddyo's Gut Wrench video, she's

558
00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:35.720
<v Speaker 3>the quote unquote chick in the video We go back

559
00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:43.519
<v Speaker 3>a long long wayverbialick, proverbial chick. Now, she's got a

560
00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:46.839
<v Speaker 3>great backup band and one of the guys in that

561
00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:50.400
<v Speaker 3>backup band is a very very talented singer songwriter who

562
00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:53.279
<v Speaker 3>plays a mean ass electric guitar. He's actually sat in

563
00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:55.640
<v Speaker 3>with the Bag Daddy is on occasion. His name is

564
00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:57.319
<v Speaker 3>Ross Byron and he'll.

565
00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.759
<v Speaker 2>Be following her.

566
00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.799
<v Speaker 10>Yeah.

567
00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:03.359
<v Speaker 4>I mean, that's the beautiful thing about Blankfest.

568
00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:06.440
<v Speaker 3>If you don't know these acts, if you play on

569
00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:09.440
<v Speaker 3>the same bill, you know enough times, everybody gets to

570
00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.880
<v Speaker 3>know each other. It's kind of a great cross pollenization,

571
00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.839
<v Speaker 3>you know, where people end up collaborating with each other.

572
00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.839
<v Speaker 3>I notice because I hear the stories.

573
00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:20.400
<v Speaker 5>And beautiful community it is.

574
00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:24.119
<v Speaker 3>It's and then right after Ross, at one point thirty,

575
00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:28.720
<v Speaker 3>we've got Anne Hussick. Anne Hussick AND's a personal fave

576
00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:31.599
<v Speaker 3>of mine because again she was part of the same

577
00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:33.759
<v Speaker 3>crew down the Lower east Side that we would bump

578
00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:36.000
<v Speaker 3>into all the time. She has her own promotions place,

579
00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:40.319
<v Speaker 3>Annie Husseck Presents, and I'm just flattered that she can

580
00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:42.920
<v Speaker 3>carve out enough time to come on up and lend

581
00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:44.160
<v Speaker 3>her singer songwriter.

582
00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.599
<v Speaker 4>Talents to the night.

583
00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:49.359
<v Speaker 3>Sophia mcglue came by recommendation from a mutual friend and

584
00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:55.000
<v Speaker 3>she's younger, but yet despite her youth, she really, really

585
00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:58.480
<v Speaker 3>really has a lot of experience under her belt and

586
00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:02.119
<v Speaker 3>she brings it every time. I'm gonna keep going because

587
00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:03.119
<v Speaker 3>I know time is limited.

588
00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.240
<v Speaker 4>Count of nine.

589
00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:07.519
<v Speaker 3>Count of nine only does one gig a year and

590
00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:11.160
<v Speaker 3>it's Blankfest. I've known Joe Dugan going way way way

591
00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:13.440
<v Speaker 3>back when he used to play with a band called

592
00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:17.559
<v Speaker 3>the Uh. I always mispronounced this. Please forgive me the

593
00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:20.240
<v Speaker 3>Thucidian Theory And yeah.

594
00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:24.319
<v Speaker 2>It's easy. It's easy for you to say.

595
00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.160
<v Speaker 1>They played.

596
00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:30.519
<v Speaker 6>What was that their city and Theory played Blankfest as well.

597
00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:33.599
<v Speaker 4>Yes they did. They played back in the bruck Sells days.

598
00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.680
<v Speaker 4>Thank you for remembering that.

599
00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:36.920
<v Speaker 3>You know, that's right. And as a matter of fact,

600
00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:39.599
<v Speaker 3>that's how I got my snare drum because Joe Dugan,

601
00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:44.000
<v Speaker 3>the drummer who I always loved, a great guy. He

602
00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:46.720
<v Speaker 3>one day he just left the snare drum behind and

603
00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.720
<v Speaker 3>I called him. I said, you left the snare drum behind.

604
00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:51.000
<v Speaker 3>He says, ah, keep it, hold on to it. It's yours.

605
00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:54.400
<v Speaker 3>And so that's how my studio got a snare drum

606
00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:58.039
<v Speaker 3>from from Joe Dugan. And UH we actually the bag

607
00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:01.759
<v Speaker 3>Daddy has played at his wedding to his keyboard player Abby,

608
00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:04.799
<v Speaker 3>who he met through a UH I believe he was

609
00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:07.640
<v Speaker 3>advertising for a keyboard player. Abby answered the ad and

610
00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:13.039
<v Speaker 3>became much much more and uh since then, uh they

611
00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:17.279
<v Speaker 3>put count of Nine together and again it's a wonderful lineup.

612
00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:20.559
<v Speaker 3>And again I'm blanking on names and I hate this.

613
00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:33.440
<v Speaker 12>Uh yeah, art, art will imitate or life will limitate art.

614
00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:36.359
<v Speaker 3>Trust me on this one, because I forget a bunch

615
00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:40.759
<v Speaker 3>of things. And but count of nine, they will be there.

616
00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:44.160
<v Speaker 3>They will be laying it down, uh and there, and

617
00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:47.079
<v Speaker 3>considering that they're going at three o'clock, it's great to

618
00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:49.799
<v Speaker 3>have a full band just like, you know, kicking it out.

619
00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:55.839
<v Speaker 3>And one year they actually did uh their own interpretation

620
00:33:56.519 --> 00:34:01.279
<v Speaker 3>of the entire Help album, believe it or not. And

621
00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:03.960
<v Speaker 3>all I can say is I was so knocked out

622
00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:06.000
<v Speaker 3>by it that I kept their set list as a

623
00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.000
<v Speaker 3>permanent reminder.

624
00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:09.159
<v Speaker 4>That brings me to David Tanner.

625
00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:12.639
<v Speaker 3>And I had only known David Tanner for the last

626
00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:16.320
<v Speaker 3>twenty years as a promoter, somebody that I used to

627
00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:18.679
<v Speaker 3>work with with the Mini Fest out of New York City,

628
00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:22.760
<v Speaker 3>and we would play, you know, we would play for David,

629
00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:24.280
<v Speaker 3>you know, at the drop of a hat. He's just

630
00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:26.960
<v Speaker 3>a great, great guy. One day he said to me,

631
00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:29.599
<v Speaker 3>I'd like to come and do a few songs. I said,

632
00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:31.639
<v Speaker 3>I didn't even know you played. He says, not only

633
00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:34.639
<v Speaker 3>do I play, and not only do I write, he goes,

634
00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:38.039
<v Speaker 3>but I'm playing my best friend, Jesse Kelso's guitar. Jesse

635
00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:40.239
<v Speaker 3>Kelso as a musician friend of his that he had

636
00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:42.519
<v Speaker 3>known for forty years who had passed away a few

637
00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:49.400
<v Speaker 3>years before. And so David plays his scotched a butterscotch

638
00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:54.920
<v Speaker 3>colored fender and he does several songs in the memories

639
00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:59.519
<v Speaker 3>of those that he's lost before. It's a very touching set.

640
00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:03.719
<v Speaker 3>He brings his family, he's his kids, his grandkids. He's

641
00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:07.000
<v Speaker 3>just and by the way, this is a man with

642
00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:10.320
<v Speaker 3>a pacemaker that will show up the day before Blankfast

643
00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:12.480
<v Speaker 3>and it will help us hustle equipment up and down

644
00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.280
<v Speaker 3>the stairs. It's just I said, David take the rest

645
00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:18.440
<v Speaker 3>of the day off. But he's just a generous, generous guys.

646
00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:20.920
<v Speaker 3>He's been with us since. Like I said, the first

647
00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:24.239
<v Speaker 3>month anniversary that I was with Yvonne, we were in

648
00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:27.239
<v Speaker 3>his van hustling equipment up for Blankfest.

649
00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.079
<v Speaker 4>From the Bronx.

650
00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:32.800
<v Speaker 3>The Bronx Now, of course four o'clock that's when we

651
00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:35.880
<v Speaker 3>have the Tim O'Donnell memorial with the TMU band, and

652
00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:39.880
<v Speaker 3>once again they were definitely one of several highlights last

653
00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:42.039
<v Speaker 3>year and we're looking forward to more of the same.

654
00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.320
<v Speaker 3>I can hardly wait to introduce those those guys on

655
00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:48.000
<v Speaker 3>stage after that is this artist I got to get

656
00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.199
<v Speaker 3>to know.

657
00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.800
<v Speaker 4>Her name is Missy Vanst to my own.

658
00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:56.440
<v Speaker 3>She'll be doing her righteous righteous rhymes backed by some

659
00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:59.880
<v Speaker 3>ugly guitar player, but we won't go into detail.

660
00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:02.880
<v Speaker 9>Using his original bagdadio.

661
00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:05.199
<v Speaker 2>Music, you're gonna hear some of that soon. Right after

662
00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:08.639
<v Speaker 2>we go through the lineup, we're gonna an opportunity to

663
00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:11.639
<v Speaker 2>demonstrate your dual skills.

664
00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.719
<v Speaker 4>Yes, indeed speedy.

665
00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:16.599
<v Speaker 3>Right after that, we're gonna have Patty Rothberg up.

666
00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.679
<v Speaker 2>Yay, we know her.

667
00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:23.199
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we surely know her now, don't we. And uh,

668
00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:26.199
<v Speaker 3>by the way, one of the real one of my

669
00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:29.920
<v Speaker 3>fondest memories would Blinkfest And this is early on. This

670
00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:31.960
<v Speaker 3>was when Patty was coming up, and this is the

671
00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:35.960
<v Speaker 3>late nineties, early two thousands, and I remember her calling

672
00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:38.480
<v Speaker 3>me on the phone and saying, I didn't realize Niyak

673
00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:42.639
<v Speaker 3>was such a cool place. And I took special pride

674
00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:44.400
<v Speaker 3>in that because I was born and raised in Nayak,

675
00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.800
<v Speaker 3>and I've always.

676
00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.760
<v Speaker 4>Been proud of where I come from.

677
00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:50.440
<v Speaker 3>So uh, thank you very much for that, Patty. Uh

678
00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.840
<v Speaker 3>that was.

679
00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.199
<v Speaker 5>Said something like that unless I meant it.

680
00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.800
<v Speaker 4>Thank you too.

681
00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.840
<v Speaker 3>And then as if, as if the hits just can't

682
00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:02.000
<v Speaker 3>keep on coming, then we followed Ms Rothberg with Joe

683
00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:06.920
<v Speaker 3>Drso fresh off the plane from Italy, and uh, all

684
00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:09.280
<v Speaker 3>I could say is I've known Joe Drso for a

685
00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:12.360
<v Speaker 3>million years. He went to high school with my sister Jennifer.

686
00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:14.400
<v Speaker 3>I just wanted to put that out there.

687
00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:14.880
<v Speaker 2>Uh.

688
00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.400
<v Speaker 3>And jen always told me that he was a great

689
00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:20.920
<v Speaker 3>guy from you know, from first day of freshman year on.

690
00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:23.360
<v Speaker 3>Joe's just a good, good guy.

691
00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.800
<v Speaker 4>And then I was lucky enough.

692
00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:29.320
<v Speaker 3>To work with him when he helped resurrect the CBGB name.

693
00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:32.719
<v Speaker 3>Uh he became he was one of the partners in

694
00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:34.679
<v Speaker 3>the new CBGB, the CBGB festival.

695
00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.280
<v Speaker 13>Uh.

696
00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:37.760
<v Speaker 3>He gave me a job when nobody else would so.

697
00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:40.760
<v Speaker 3>But he was playing Blankfest long before that, I want

698
00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:44.360
<v Speaker 3>to add. And then, of course, right after Joe Durso again,

699
00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:46.599
<v Speaker 3>as if it can't get any better, the horse that

700
00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:48.480
<v Speaker 3>rode in on we'll be playing.

701
00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:56.679
<v Speaker 2>And we know who that involves, don't.

702
00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:59.880
<v Speaker 3>I. I rendered Chuck speechless.

703
00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:05.000
<v Speaker 2>Which easily done.

704
00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:08.280
<v Speaker 6>And and best band, We're the best band that's playing

705
00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:10.559
<v Speaker 6>at six o'clock that night, that's all I'm gonna say.

706
00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:14.440
<v Speaker 3>Well, then that's followed by the best band that plays

707
00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:17.519
<v Speaker 3>is six thirty, which is Nuns Imposers, which again Chuck

708
00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:20.760
<v Speaker 3>is is directly responsible for Artie and the and the

709
00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:25.320
<v Speaker 3>guys are just fantastic. And again I'm blanking on names

710
00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:32.639
<v Speaker 3>because for years I knew it is who else is

711
00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:34.440
<v Speaker 3>in the band? Chuck helped me, so.

712
00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:37.079
<v Speaker 6>John Ricks in the band, who also plays trombone in

713
00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:38.039
<v Speaker 6>the horse, he rode in on.

714
00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.920
<v Speaker 4>That's right.

715
00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:43.480
<v Speaker 3>I've known John through you, uh you know, via you

716
00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:46.679
<v Speaker 3>through through the years, didn't he didn't He front Kablama Chuck.

717
00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:49.760
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, he was the lead singer for Kablamachuck. He's got

718
00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:52.960
<v Speaker 6>a ridiculously powerful voice. They were an amazing band.

719
00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:55.239
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I love I love those guys.

720
00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:57.320
<v Speaker 3>I used to see you guys do double bills together

721
00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:02.840
<v Speaker 3>all over the place, and uh, it's amazing that somebody

722
00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:07.119
<v Speaker 3>that talented and you should include yourself in this.

723
00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:11.360
<v Speaker 4>Somebody that talented? Is that is that down.

724
00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:14.880
<v Speaker 3>To earth you know, no, no no star attitude or

725
00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:17.039
<v Speaker 3>anything like that. He was just like the guy you

726
00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:19.239
<v Speaker 3>would talk to, you know, on the barstool next to you.

727
00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:21.360
<v Speaker 3>He was just a really, really nice guy and still

728
00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.440
<v Speaker 3>is and.

729
00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:24.719
<v Speaker 6>So it's kind words can by the way, I was

730
00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:25.960
<v Speaker 6>brought promised aviar.

731
00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:29.800
<v Speaker 3>Well, you know everything we could.

732
00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:31.480
<v Speaker 4>We took the brown m and ms out. I don't

733
00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:33.320
<v Speaker 4>know what else you want, you.

734
00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:35.119
<v Speaker 2>Know, let's keep moving along, guys.

735
00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:39.880
<v Speaker 3>Ago we spoke about Bobby Steel before. That's when the

736
00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:42.119
<v Speaker 3>undead will come up right after nuns imposers.

737
00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:42.800
<v Speaker 4>Uh.

738
00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:47.039
<v Speaker 3>Bobby with his bride Diane. Uh, they always put together

739
00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.920
<v Speaker 3>a great show.

740
00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.679
<v Speaker 2>Uh.

741
00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:51.599
<v Speaker 3>For years they would show up in this converted hearse

742
00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:56.039
<v Speaker 3>that was the Steelmobile. And the first year Bobby Steel

743
00:39:56.119 --> 00:40:00.280
<v Speaker 3>ever appeared at Blankfest. Uh, the late great t Tommy

744
00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:05.400
<v Speaker 3>Dirkin was doing his podcast, his live podcast called Tommy

745
00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:11.360
<v Speaker 3>D's Nuts, and he was able to go live through iHeartRadio.

746
00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:15.280
<v Speaker 3>And when Bobby Steele came on, it got so overloaded

747
00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.320
<v Speaker 3>the net just crashed. And that's the power of Bobby Steele.

748
00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:23.880
<v Speaker 3>We always get people inquiring when's Bobby coming, when's Bobby's coming?

749
00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:25.559
<v Speaker 4>Well, he's coming at seven o'clock.

750
00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:27.800
<v Speaker 3>Hopefully he'll be there before then because we want to

751
00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:31.639
<v Speaker 3>get him on stage on time. And his daughter through Diane,

752
00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:37.480
<v Speaker 3>is Hannah and she fronts a three piece harmony group

753
00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:41.000
<v Speaker 3>called the guests, and so we piggyback them one after

754
00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:43.360
<v Speaker 3>the other. They go on to seven thirty. They are

755
00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:46.920
<v Speaker 3>wonderful and it's just so great to bring them back.

756
00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:52.000
<v Speaker 3>The biggest challenge with Blankfest is that we are always

757
00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:54.880
<v Speaker 3>open to getting new blood in. But the thing is

758
00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:57.360
<v Speaker 3>is that we're not going to introduce newer groups at

759
00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.840
<v Speaker 3>the expense of people who have been loyal to us

760
00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:04.239
<v Speaker 3>over the years. So and it makes me so happy

761
00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:07.639
<v Speaker 3>that people want to come back year after year after

762
00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:08.360
<v Speaker 3>year and play this.

763
00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.000
<v Speaker 10>Uh.

764
00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:13.679
<v Speaker 3>It warms my heart that they recognize how great the

765
00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:18.360
<v Speaker 3>the the cause is. Thank you, dear. And after the

766
00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:20.400
<v Speaker 3>guests we have the Suffolk Stranglers.

767
00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.840
<v Speaker 4>They're a new band.

768
00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:29.320
<v Speaker 3>But but but Geo the Gino, the drummer for that group,

769
00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:31.599
<v Speaker 3>actually played with the band Chuck. You might remember them,

770
00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:33.760
<v Speaker 3>remember the beauty school dropouts.

771
00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:35.840
<v Speaker 1>Oh hell yeah, yeah.

772
00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:40.679
<v Speaker 3>Great yeah, great old school punk band. I met them

773
00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:42.880
<v Speaker 3>down at CBS on on several occasions.

774
00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.440
<v Speaker 4>Love those guys.

775
00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:48.360
<v Speaker 3>We got them to play blank Fast. They've all gone on.

776
00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:49.280
<v Speaker 4>To different things.

777
00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:53.079
<v Speaker 3>And Gino when he said, uh, you know, you got

778
00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:56.320
<v Speaker 3>room for my band this year, I didn't even listen

779
00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:59.719
<v Speaker 3>to them. Our publicist was going don't you shouldn't you

780
00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.000
<v Speaker 3>hear them?

781
00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.360
<v Speaker 14>First?

782
00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:04.199
<v Speaker 3>I said, trust me Gino, I trust him implicitly. And

783
00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:06.079
<v Speaker 3>then when he sent me the MP threes after we

784
00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:08.880
<v Speaker 3>had booked them, I was so happy because these guys

785
00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:12.039
<v Speaker 3>absolutely friggin rock and they're going on at eight o'clock.

786
00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:14.920
<v Speaker 3>And that brings us to the next band, which is

787
00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:19.079
<v Speaker 3>Sad Coffeehouse, brand new original band, but it's fronted by

788
00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:22.199
<v Speaker 3>the same people that were playing with the ex tribute

789
00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:26.559
<v Speaker 3>band We're Desperate last year. They've they've they've they've hung

790
00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:30.280
<v Speaker 3>up the ex tribute uh for now and they're doing originals.

791
00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:33.440
<v Speaker 3>And all I know is that if there anything is

792
00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:37.039
<v Speaker 3>as tight and as good as We're Desperate, these guys

793
00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:40.480
<v Speaker 3>are absolutely gonna rock. And then then that's followed by

794
00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:43.599
<v Speaker 3>this little known band out of Naia called the Bag Daddios.

795
00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:44.079
<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

796
00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:47.639
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, And then.

797
00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:53.800
<v Speaker 5>Turn to a pumpkin wet Rothberg.

798
00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:55.920
<v Speaker 2>We want to thank you. We know you have another gig,

799
00:42:56.320 --> 00:43:00.199
<v Speaker 2>all you working musicians and artists my god, So uh,

800
00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:01.559
<v Speaker 2>we'll see that thing.

801
00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:04.559
<v Speaker 5>And I'd love to talk to this guy about some day.

802
00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:07.519
<v Speaker 5>Compare notes about being in a Ramones cover band and

803
00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:11.639
<v Speaker 5>just all at the Blank Fest. So come and bring

804
00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:12.239
<v Speaker 5>your blanky.

805
00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:13.960
<v Speaker 2>Very good.

806
00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:19.320
<v Speaker 3>There, kick ass and we'll we'll talk to you later,

807
00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.400
<v Speaker 3>my dear, I.

808
00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:22.960
<v Speaker 5>Will see you. I'm really sorry I'm missing the post

809
00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:27.880
<v Speaker 5>the protests going to miss you because I'm going to see.

810
00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:33.519
<v Speaker 7>You with and you can catch it on the stream afterwards. Yeah, okay,

811
00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:38.880
<v Speaker 7>thank you again. Sunday, all right, I can't continue. We've

812
00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:40.679
<v Speaker 7>got a few more minutes to get everybody in.

813
00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.320
<v Speaker 2>Let's go.

814
00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:45.119
<v Speaker 3>Well, you know what, after the bag daddios, we've got

815
00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:47.719
<v Speaker 3>a couple of open slots and we've decided not to

816
00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:49.800
<v Speaker 3>go out there fishing for new groups.

817
00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:53.000
<v Speaker 4>In the eleventh hour, mostly because A we may run over.

818
00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:58.159
<v Speaker 3>B we may actually invite a couple of last minute

819
00:43:58.159 --> 00:44:00.880
<v Speaker 3>guests that show up, and if it devolves into a

820
00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:02.159
<v Speaker 3>jam session, so be it.

821
00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:04.159
<v Speaker 4>But if we call it an early night.

822
00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:08.280
<v Speaker 3>As long as we get our blankets, we're golden beautiful.

823
00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:11.320
<v Speaker 2>Indeed, indeed you are. It's going to be so much fun.

824
00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:13.719
<v Speaker 2>I'll be there, my partner band will be there. It's

825
00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:16.920
<v Speaker 2>gonna be great day. We're going to give more details who, when, where,

826
00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:21.559
<v Speaker 2>We've already talked about why. But we have a special treat,

827
00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:27.480
<v Speaker 2>as Patty teased, we have a poet amongst us. I'd

828
00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:30.599
<v Speaker 2>like to use you the female Poetessa just sounds.

829
00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:35.079
<v Speaker 1>Cool before we transition to bond.

830
00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:35.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

831
00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:37.920
<v Speaker 6>Can I just bring something up that I think, I

832
00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:41.280
<v Speaker 6>think really needs to be emphasized about this event?

833
00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:42.079
<v Speaker 2>Of course.

834
00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:44.239
<v Speaker 9>Uh.

835
00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:50.280
<v Speaker 6>I'm a huge proponent of local, live, original music. Yeah,

836
00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:52.559
<v Speaker 6>and the lion's share of the bands that are playing

837
00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:57.519
<v Speaker 6>there our original bands, and that doesn't get nearly enough

838
00:44:58.119 --> 00:45:01.920
<v Speaker 6>focus or publicity or notice.

839
00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:04.519
<v Speaker 1>I think in today's world.

840
00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:08.400
<v Speaker 6>So I would like to applaud ten for making sure

841
00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:11.599
<v Speaker 6>that the original talent as a place to play.

842
00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:16.840
<v Speaker 12>Yes, live music, baby is a good thing, and it's

843
00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:20.519
<v Speaker 12>live all day.

844
00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:23.559
<v Speaker 4>It's our Our main theme is always Indie to the death.

845
00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:28.920
<v Speaker 2>All right, well it's Yvonne. We're setting you up. What

846
00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:30.079
<v Speaker 2>are we going to hear? Now?

847
00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:35.039
<v Speaker 9>We'll start with I guess Nostalgic Christmas, which is about

848
00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:37.519
<v Speaker 9>Christmas in New York City that Ken and I spent

849
00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:42.800
<v Speaker 9>after delivering blankets or during delivering blankets. I always ask

850
00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:46.559
<v Speaker 9>him can we please go by Saint Pat's Cathedral and

851
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<v Speaker 9>the Rockefeller Tree because as my parents used to well

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<v Speaker 9>my mom really used to always take as it was

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<v Speaker 9>a tradition, you know, when I was a little girl,

854
00:45:56.320 --> 00:45:58.880
<v Speaker 9>and those were the stops that you made. You you

855
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<v Speaker 9>went to the church prayed, and then you went to

856
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<v Speaker 9>see the tree and see it lit and enjoy you know,

857
00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:08.320
<v Speaker 9>the city. I've added to it, and I've told can

858
00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:10.280
<v Speaker 9>we have to go to Macy's and see the windows.

859
00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:17.119
<v Speaker 9>So in between delivering blankets and to the homeless, we

860
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<v Speaker 9>make little pit stops. And so I started to write

861
00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:22.880
<v Speaker 9>about it because it's sometimes you just get lost in

862
00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:25.880
<v Speaker 9>things that you just do and then you forget the

863
00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:29.719
<v Speaker 9>feeling that it's that is evoked from that. And so

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00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:31.519
<v Speaker 9>I just said, wait a minute, let me stop and

865
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<v Speaker 9>think about this. This is very special that I've done

866
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<v Speaker 9>with my mom, and.

867
00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:38.920
<v Speaker 5>I think my little brother was in tow.

868
00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:40.960
<v Speaker 9>And then now I do this with my husband and

869
00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:44.039
<v Speaker 9>I take him or he takes me, you know, and

870
00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:45.199
<v Speaker 9>now it's our tradition.

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00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:48.920
<v Speaker 2>Yes, you make That's the wonderful part of the holidays too,

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00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:50.679
<v Speaker 2>is you know you have old and you can always

873
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<v Speaker 2>make new traditions as well too. Absolutely all right, Ivan

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<v Speaker 2>Sotomayor with nostalgic Christmas.

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<v Speaker 9>Christmas with green and red ribbons going straight to my heart,

876
00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:28.159
<v Speaker 9>the warmth and the chuckles music to my longing fears.

877
00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:36.760
<v Speaker 9>I'd almost forgotten such joy and good year. Kids running

878
00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:57.880
<v Speaker 9>around in circles singing Palla lea. I stand in its

879
00:47:58.039 --> 00:48:02.679
<v Speaker 9>energy as the skaters go by and lovers proposed by

880
00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:07.440
<v Speaker 9>the Rockefeller train, as hot chocolate is sipped with floppy

881
00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:18.320
<v Speaker 9>windows onto the Grand Cathedral, filled with belief and hope,

882
00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:24.280
<v Speaker 9>giving respite to the cold admirers rushing in and clutching

883
00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:41.679
<v Speaker 9>trendy bags of chocolates. Back outside to the storefronts with

884
00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:48.760
<v Speaker 9>magical light, shoes full on display, filling the night's noisy crowds,

885
00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:56.719
<v Speaker 9>merry music and carold we all know, heading down to

886
00:48:56.880 --> 00:48:59.360
<v Speaker 9>Midtown with a center of their pulses.

887
00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:03.679
<v Speaker 5>It's a band of beautiful lads dancing.

888
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<v Speaker 9>And kicking, sinkling and charms. Further down to the windows

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<v Speaker 9>made famous in names, each a special Christmas scene, all different,

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<v Speaker 9>but stilling theme the same. It's Christmas, Christmas everywhere, It's

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<v Speaker 9>Christmas again. Can't wait till next year. Navidad consintas verdes

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<v Speaker 9>with ROPAs uendo direct on corrasson el calori lassas mumus

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<v Speaker 9>caparam solidos and ciosaus caserio virado tell ria buen animos

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<v Speaker 9>minos corin and circulos cantando Alleluia, my parents, Sun and

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<v Speaker 9>he a Miteros, Patine los pasan Rosamantis, proponent Undo, Largo, Rocketella,

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<v Speaker 9>the interested very Chocola glin that thereslas bantanas conivla Ala

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<v Speaker 9>Ran Catral Vanos Ueno, the pe Esperanza dandorespirolos a Milores

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<v Speaker 9>Herncos and Candria Grando wols As Evan bonn As the Mooda.

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<v Speaker 9>There were a puerreloss, caparades can spectaculos de lusis, macigos

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<v Speaker 9>and panti to Letra Lenando las with us as movie

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<v Speaker 9>to co musica and sicosquitos as the Regeno cell Center,

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<v Speaker 9>mosas nana by Landi Patio Comuni, Cantos Synchronis, album Masabaco,

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<v Speaker 9>la tentanas h as famosa in number and caronas and

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<v Speaker 9>especial those differences for an and the mission of them

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<v Speaker 9>is Navida navidatas pactis its navida denuevo no may one

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<v Speaker 9>fast a.

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<v Speaker 5>Proxy one.

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<v Speaker 2>H. That was beautiful, Vonne, thank you so much. We

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00:52:00.159 --> 00:52:03.400
<v Speaker 2>are sharing that memory and making new ones for all

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<v Speaker 2>of us.

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<v Speaker 9>Thank you, Frank, Thank you for the opportunity and the

913
00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:11.480
<v Speaker 9>and shining a light on Blankfest, which again I've joined

914
00:52:11.519 --> 00:52:14.039
<v Speaker 9>only in the last thirteen years, but it's a really

915
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<v Speaker 9>worthy cause, blankets for the homeless, and it's something that

916
00:52:20.159 --> 00:52:22.400
<v Speaker 9>I truly wish would end and we wouldn't have to

917
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<v Speaker 9>do it. But until then, let's do this every year.

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<v Speaker 9>And we'll see you on December fourteenth at the Hudson

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<v Speaker 9>House in Nayak.

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00:52:31.079 --> 00:52:32.440
<v Speaker 2>You know, guys, we're going to We're going to take

921
00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:35.480
<v Speaker 2>a quick break. When we come back, talk a little

922
00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:39.039
<v Speaker 2>bit more about the event, where people can find it,

923
00:52:39.199 --> 00:52:44.039
<v Speaker 2>et cetera, times, locations, et cetera. And maybe we have

924
00:52:44.119 --> 00:52:47.440
<v Speaker 2>time for at least one more poem from Mayor? What

925
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<v Speaker 2>do you think I think I think we should certainly, ok, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>my very special guests Chuck to bruin and if on

927
00:53:01.639 --> 00:53:05.760
<v Speaker 2>such a Mayor Patty Rothberg was with us earlier. She

928
00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:08.519
<v Speaker 2>had a prior engagement that she had to leave to

929
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<v Speaker 2>but we thank her for being here. Please don't go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>This has been great fun. We've got another poem come up.

931
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<v Speaker 2>We've got some great closing music from none other than

932
00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:19.679
<v Speaker 2>the back Daddy os to close the show, so lots

933
00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:22.119
<v Speaker 2>more fun to come. Don't go anywhere yet. This is

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<v Speaker 2>Being Frank. I'm your host, Frank Lebono. We'll be right

935
00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:27.079
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946
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<v Speaker 2>We're back live to tape. It is the eleventh of

955
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<v Speaker 2>December and we're talking blank Fests with the three of

956
00:54:58.199 --> 00:55:01.599
<v Speaker 2>the people who are the pro movers behind this wonderful

957
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<v Speaker 2>event held every year. This is the twenty ninth consecutive year.

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<v Speaker 2>They haven't missed any time in all those years and

959
00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:16.239
<v Speaker 2>have managed to donate over twenty thousand blankets to the

960
00:55:16.320 --> 00:55:19.920
<v Speaker 2>homeless during that time. It's really it's quite an achievement.

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<v Speaker 2>We're joined by Ken Row, Von Suttomayor and Chuck to brewin. Guys.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll put it out for all three of you too.

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00:55:27.840 --> 00:55:30.360
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of a rhetorical question, but I think it's

964
00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:33.480
<v Speaker 2>an important one as we talk about this charitable event

965
00:55:33.599 --> 00:55:38.199
<v Speaker 2>in giving. What have you felt through the years too?

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<v Speaker 2>Are people more or less charitable today? Are they more tolerant?

967
00:55:43.480 --> 00:55:45.159
<v Speaker 2>I mean that's the thing that's been going on with

968
00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:48.679
<v Speaker 2>the Internet and stuff, the kind of divisiveness. You know,

969
00:55:48.760 --> 00:55:51.760
<v Speaker 2>an event like this kind of pulls people together. Do

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00:55:51.840 --> 00:55:55.800
<v Speaker 2>you feel people are becoming more or less tolerant today? Again,

971
00:55:55.840 --> 00:55:58.599
<v Speaker 2>it's a rhetorical question. Just your thoughts on it, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 2>wh why don't you pick it up? Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean that's a that's a huge question.

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<v Speaker 14>I mean, obviously, you know, five years ago, we had

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<v Speaker 14>a small situation that that I think really changed the

976
00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:21.039
<v Speaker 14>way people interact. Uh, you know, I think we I

977
00:56:21.079 --> 00:56:24.599
<v Speaker 14>think we're more segmented now. I think, you know, social

978
00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:26.920
<v Speaker 14>media has had a huge impact, and I don't think

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<v Speaker 14>people you know, if you look at the numbers in

980
00:56:31.159 --> 00:56:33.280
<v Speaker 14>the restaurant, in the bar business, they're all down for

981
00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:36.119
<v Speaker 14>the most part. People aren't going out, they're not interacting

982
00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:37.039
<v Speaker 14>as much as they used to.

983
00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:38.559
<v Speaker 1>And I think an event like this.

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<v Speaker 14>Really gets people kind of involved and connected and in

985
00:56:45.559 --> 00:56:50.079
<v Speaker 14>the same room and enjoying what we used to enjoy

986
00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:55.639
<v Speaker 14>years ago, which was great live original music. And and

987
00:56:55.840 --> 00:57:00.159
<v Speaker 14>the charitable aspect of it is you know, I've I've

988
00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:02.400
<v Speaker 14>said it a couple of times, but I just don't

989
00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:07.519
<v Speaker 14>think there's a more down to earth, you know, grassroots

990
00:57:08.000 --> 00:57:10.519
<v Speaker 14>charity on the planet that does what this one does.

991
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<v Speaker 4>I'llbeit on a.

992
00:57:12.800 --> 00:57:17.039
<v Speaker 14>Smaller scale, but there's zero fat, there's zero waste, and

993
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<v Speaker 14>I really think people identify with that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's kind of like feel good for doing

995
00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:26.360
<v Speaker 2>the right thing, have fun and feel good. How can

996
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<v Speaker 2>how can you go wrong.

997
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<v Speaker 14>With that right, yeah, right, and throwing a couple of beers,

998
00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:32.960
<v Speaker 14>which I've never been afraid of, and I think pretty much.

999
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<v Speaker 1>Everybody in the call is not afraid of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Better, if I what are your thoughts? It's the same question,

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00:57:39.559 --> 00:57:42.920
<v Speaker 2>how do you? And again what I think Chuck raised

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00:57:42.960 --> 00:57:47.880
<v Speaker 2>a good point where interactive human events like this are important.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't want to put words in your mouth.

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00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:50.039
<v Speaker 2>What are your thoughts?

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00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:56.559
<v Speaker 9>I know that's it's a dense question. But and as

1006
00:57:56.639 --> 00:57:59.840
<v Speaker 9>I'm reading or trying to understand about this k economy

1007
00:58:00.159 --> 00:58:03.360
<v Speaker 9>and the flattened K of the top three percent and

1008
00:58:03.440 --> 00:58:07.239
<v Speaker 9>all this, the point is we're all suffering. We're suffering

1009
00:58:07.280 --> 00:58:11.559
<v Speaker 9>with higher prices. We're suffering and choosing rather than going

1010
00:58:11.679 --> 00:58:14.199
<v Speaker 9>out to see a show, or go into the city

1011
00:58:14.360 --> 00:58:17.239
<v Speaker 9>or take a drive and pay the higher gas prices.

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00:58:17.320 --> 00:58:19.559
<v Speaker 9>You know, you're choosing to stay home. You're choosing to

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00:58:19.599 --> 00:58:24.079
<v Speaker 9>stay local. The beauty I think of this charity is,

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<v Speaker 9>first of all, it's a charity, it's to help others,

1015
00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:30.559
<v Speaker 9>and that it makes you feel good of what you

1016
00:58:30.639 --> 00:58:35.079
<v Speaker 9>know you're participating in society. And secondly, what all you're

1017
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<v Speaker 9>asked is for a blanket, a gently used blanket, it

1018
00:58:38.800 --> 00:58:42.719
<v Speaker 9>doesn't have to be new. Some people donate gloves, hat, scarves,

1019
00:58:43.239 --> 00:58:46.840
<v Speaker 9>and it's something just whatever you have to warm these

1020
00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:50.079
<v Speaker 9>folks up. We don't need you to come in and spend.

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00:58:50.719 --> 00:58:54.320
<v Speaker 9>We don't need money from you. We just need your

1022
00:58:54.400 --> 00:58:56.800
<v Speaker 9>good cheer. You come in and if you have one

1023
00:58:56.880 --> 00:58:58.639
<v Speaker 9>beer and nurse it all night, that's.

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00:58:58.519 --> 00:58:58.920
<v Speaker 4>What it is.

1025
00:58:59.199 --> 00:59:01.000
<v Speaker 5>But you're here, you're physically here.

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<v Speaker 9>And yes, with social media, this podcast, notwithstanding, this is

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00:59:08.639 --> 00:59:16.000
<v Speaker 9>an intelligent one of thought to connect absolutely other social

1028
00:59:16.119 --> 00:59:21.320
<v Speaker 9>media seeks to confine in solitary you're by yourself with this,

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00:59:21.599 --> 00:59:25.760
<v Speaker 9>you know, glowing you know screen and that if that's

1030
00:59:26.000 --> 00:59:28.119
<v Speaker 9>all it does, then that's not good. But this at

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00:59:28.239 --> 00:59:31.320
<v Speaker 9>least we're we want to see you, We want to

1032
00:59:31.400 --> 00:59:33.920
<v Speaker 9>talk to you, want to just get together and have

1033
00:59:34.079 --> 00:59:38.039
<v Speaker 9>a conversation. I mean remember that you know subject, verb,

1034
00:59:38.239 --> 00:59:40.519
<v Speaker 9>you know object, and just talk.

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<v Speaker 4>And just connect.

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<v Speaker 9>And I think just with a blanket. And this is

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<v Speaker 9>what I think Can sought to do before, way before

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00:59:50.119 --> 00:59:53.960
<v Speaker 9>I met him on Christmas Eve, even though sometimes I'm like, please,

1039
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<v Speaker 9>you're you're killing our holiday Christmas even to Christmas Day as.

1040
00:59:57.920 --> 00:59:59.639
<v Speaker 5>His wife, you know, I want him home.

1041
00:59:59.719 --> 01:00:00.760
<v Speaker 9>I want to be home with them.

1042
01:00:01.239 --> 01:00:05.119
<v Speaker 5>But you know what, we have the luxury of going home.

1043
01:00:06.599 --> 01:00:09.480
<v Speaker 9>The few hours that we spend out there, driving around

1044
01:00:09.559 --> 01:00:13.079
<v Speaker 9>looking for the homeless and finding them and giving them

1045
01:00:13.239 --> 01:00:16.519
<v Speaker 9>some warmth, warmth and comfort and looking them in the

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01:00:16.599 --> 01:00:20.320
<v Speaker 9>eyes and just smiling, saying hello and respecting them.

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<v Speaker 5>That's immeasurable.

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<v Speaker 2>So that human contact, Yeah, that's great. God has just

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01:00:27.840 --> 01:00:31.199
<v Speaker 2>just beautifully said and a perfect setup for Ken. I

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01:00:31.280 --> 01:00:35.079
<v Speaker 2>think she may have answered it for you. But we've

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01:00:35.239 --> 01:00:38.440
<v Speaker 2>we've spoken in the past, and I know it's difficult.

1052
01:00:38.599 --> 01:00:42.239
<v Speaker 2>It's it's an enormous challenge, you know, not only organizational

1053
01:00:42.400 --> 01:00:46.199
<v Speaker 2>but physically. You know, the movement, the equipment, the blankets,

1054
01:00:46.320 --> 01:00:51.039
<v Speaker 2>the storage, the driving, the distribution. So let me cut

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<v Speaker 2>to the chase. Why do you still do it?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh? Oh, you know what.

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<v Speaker 3>I have handled that question several times with therapists over

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01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:05.679
<v Speaker 3>the years. I'll be out on the couch and Freud

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01:01:05.760 --> 01:01:07.199
<v Speaker 3>will turn to me and go, I, why do you

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01:01:07.280 --> 01:01:07.840
<v Speaker 3>still do this?

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<v Speaker 4>You know?

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01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:14.519
<v Speaker 3>And I'll be I'll be honest. When I first did this,

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01:01:15.000 --> 01:01:17.280
<v Speaker 3>I thought it was a one off. Well, the first

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01:01:17.360 --> 01:01:20.119
<v Speaker 3>year I did it, I wasn't even a benefit. I

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01:01:20.280 --> 01:01:22.480
<v Speaker 3>just went to some friends and said, you know, I

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01:01:22.800 --> 01:01:25.440
<v Speaker 3>had three things I wanted to do. It was like

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<v Speaker 3>on my bucket list, and one of them, I'd have

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01:01:28.360 --> 01:01:31.239
<v Speaker 3>a friend named Jay I grew up with. He's like

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01:01:31.280 --> 01:01:35.159
<v Speaker 3>a brother to me, and we used to write songs together.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, he was a Nia High school dude.

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01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:38.880
<v Speaker 3>He was like he was a senior when I was

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01:01:38.920 --> 01:01:41.159
<v Speaker 3>a freshman kind of thing, even though I didn't go

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01:01:41.199 --> 01:01:44.360
<v Speaker 3>to Nia High School. Long story, but he had a

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01:01:44.440 --> 01:01:47.360
<v Speaker 3>father who had suffered a stroke and he was confined

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01:01:48.320 --> 01:01:51.679
<v Speaker 3>with a walker to their house and he would watch

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01:01:51.800 --> 01:01:54.880
<v Speaker 3>baseball a time. He would he was so desperate for baseball.

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01:01:54.920 --> 01:01:56.480
<v Speaker 3>He had a short wave radio when he would watch

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01:01:56.639 --> 01:01:59.880
<v Speaker 3>WGN for the Cubs games, and and so one of

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<v Speaker 3>the things I wanted to do on my bucket list

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01:02:02.119 --> 01:02:04.480
<v Speaker 3>was go and sit up with him and just watch

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01:02:04.559 --> 01:02:07.280
<v Speaker 3>some old baseball videos. And I did that one year

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01:02:07.360 --> 01:02:10.000
<v Speaker 3>on Christmas Eve, and it was great. Another thing on

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01:02:10.079 --> 01:02:12.800
<v Speaker 3>my bucket list which I haven't done yet, oddly enough,

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01:02:13.119 --> 01:02:15.760
<v Speaker 3>and I swear I'm going to do someday is go

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01:02:15.880 --> 01:02:18.159
<v Speaker 3>to a children's ward at a hospital and play on

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01:02:18.239 --> 01:02:22.280
<v Speaker 3>Christmas morning. And you know, I just like, I love

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01:02:22.360 --> 01:02:24.559
<v Speaker 3>to do that, and I don't know why I haven't

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01:02:24.599 --> 01:02:26.960
<v Speaker 3>done that, probably because I've been too tired from handing

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01:02:27.000 --> 01:02:28.880
<v Speaker 3>out blankets as the homeless. Because the third thing on

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01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:33.079
<v Speaker 3>that bucket list was to go out and just hand

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01:02:33.119 --> 01:02:35.360
<v Speaker 3>blankets to the homeless. So I went to some friends,

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01:02:35.400 --> 01:02:37.920
<v Speaker 3>I got eighteen blankets, and I handed them out, and

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01:02:38.079 --> 01:02:40.280
<v Speaker 3>then it was such a good feeling I wanted to

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01:02:40.320 --> 01:02:42.519
<v Speaker 3>do it again the next year. My friend said they

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01:02:42.559 --> 01:02:44.559
<v Speaker 3>didn't have any more blankets. That's when we came up

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01:02:44.599 --> 01:02:47.920
<v Speaker 3>with Blankfest. And again, I'm thinking one year just to

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01:02:47.960 --> 01:02:50.119
<v Speaker 3>have a benefit, and we'll just do that. Next year,

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01:02:50.119 --> 01:02:52.480
<v Speaker 3>I'll buy them. You know, I'll be more successful next year.

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01:02:52.480 --> 01:02:54.440
<v Speaker 3>I'll be able to buy them on my own. But

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01:02:54.639 --> 01:02:57.000
<v Speaker 3>I got to the end of that first show and

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01:02:57.119 --> 01:02:58.960
<v Speaker 3>I looked out at the handful of people that were

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01:02:59.000 --> 01:03:02.199
<v Speaker 3>still left in that club, and because there was an

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01:03:02.199 --> 01:03:04.599
<v Speaker 3>awkward pause and I didn't know what else to say,

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01:03:04.599 --> 01:03:07.159
<v Speaker 3>I said, I'll see you next year. I walked up

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01:03:07.199 --> 01:03:09.199
<v Speaker 3>the stage and go, oh geez, what did I just

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01:03:09.320 --> 01:03:12.519
<v Speaker 3>commit to? And the reason I keep doing it year

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01:03:12.519 --> 01:03:15.480
<v Speaker 3>after year after years, I can't stop. I feel if

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01:03:15.519 --> 01:03:20.199
<v Speaker 3>I stop that somewhere along the line, I'm gonna let

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01:03:20.280 --> 01:03:21.039
<v Speaker 3>somebody down.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to do that.

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01:03:26.760 --> 01:03:31.360
<v Speaker 2>Well well put ken well put so blank Fest Sunday

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<v Speaker 2>the fourteenth, that's just a few days if you're listening

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01:03:35.039 --> 01:03:40.880
<v Speaker 2>to this recording beforehand. Obviously we're recording on Thursday evening

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01:03:41.400 --> 01:03:46.639
<v Speaker 2>Sunday the fourteenth, from noon to well to whenever. Wonderful lineup,

1115
01:03:47.039 --> 01:03:49.880
<v Speaker 2>blank Fest. All you have to do, folks, is just

1116
01:03:50.199 --> 01:03:53.719
<v Speaker 2>bring a blanket. And you know, has Chuck mentioned early

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01:03:53.840 --> 01:03:57.559
<v Speaker 2>on in the in the podcast, everybody has what I think,

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01:03:57.960 --> 01:04:01.320
<v Speaker 2>can you mentioned in duvantus in your closets somewhere? I

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01:04:01.440 --> 01:04:06.079
<v Speaker 2>know I certainly have blankets and things that I said,

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01:04:06.679 --> 01:04:09.239
<v Speaker 2>my god, it's going to come in handy someday. Yes,

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01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:12.639
<v Speaker 2>it's going to come in handy. That someday is Sunday.

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01:04:13.039 --> 01:04:16.119
<v Speaker 2>That's what it's gonna come handy with somebody.

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<v Speaker 14>Yeah, And you know what, Frank, I think one thing

1124
01:04:18.920 --> 01:04:22.079
<v Speaker 14>we didn't mention is, and it kind of goes unseen

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01:04:22.159 --> 01:04:26.679
<v Speaker 14>at Blankfest is the people that come in and don't

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01:04:26.800 --> 01:04:30.079
<v Speaker 14>stay but just drop off a couple of blankets.

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01:04:30.199 --> 01:04:32.239
<v Speaker 2>Good point. Yeah, it's a great point.

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<v Speaker 14>There's there's a there is a lot like all throughout

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<v Speaker 14>the whole event, there are people walking in dropping off

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<v Speaker 14>a blanket.

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01:04:39.039 --> 01:04:41.599
<v Speaker 1>People drop off coats, gloves, they drop off all kinds

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01:04:41.599 --> 01:04:42.679
<v Speaker 1>of stuff and.

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01:04:42.760 --> 01:04:43.360
<v Speaker 4>They don't stay.

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01:04:43.519 --> 01:04:43.840
<v Speaker 8>You don't.

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01:04:44.239 --> 01:04:46.679
<v Speaker 1>It's not expected. We're just we're just trying to help

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01:04:46.719 --> 01:04:47.159
<v Speaker 1>some folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Great point, absolutely, great point. You guys are just about

1138
01:04:51.079 --> 01:04:52.519
<v Speaker 2>at a time. But I want to squeeze in one

1139
01:04:52.559 --> 01:04:55.440
<v Speaker 2>more poem because they're so good, So we asked we're

1140
01:04:55.440 --> 01:04:57.320
<v Speaker 2>going to get one more in. Then we're gonna close

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01:04:57.400 --> 01:05:00.840
<v Speaker 2>with some great music from the bag Daddy os. We

1142
01:05:00.920 --> 01:05:04.320
<v Speaker 2>got this way, packing everything, packing everything in. This is

1143
01:05:04.400 --> 01:05:07.559
<v Speaker 2>one tight all right. So what are we going to

1144
01:05:07.599 --> 01:05:10.360
<v Speaker 2>hear for our second poem of the evening, Evonne?

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01:05:11.159 --> 01:05:13.719
<v Speaker 5>Well, this last one is called platform Babe.

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01:05:14.320 --> 01:05:19.119
<v Speaker 9>And speaking of dignity and respect, this I wrote and

1147
01:05:19.440 --> 01:05:24.000
<v Speaker 9>was inspired when I was Oh my god, I always

1148
01:05:24.039 --> 01:05:28.280
<v Speaker 9>forget seven grand Central yep and taking the train home

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01:05:28.880 --> 01:05:32.639
<v Speaker 9>when we lived in Queens, and this lovely lady carried

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01:05:32.679 --> 01:05:34.119
<v Speaker 9>herself elegantly and.

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01:05:36.119 --> 01:05:38.119
<v Speaker 5>She had a disfigurement.

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01:05:38.239 --> 01:05:44.239
<v Speaker 9>She her face was scarred, but she still looked amazingly proud, dignified,

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01:05:44.400 --> 01:05:48.679
<v Speaker 9>proud and dignified. Yes, And so I through the train

1154
01:05:48.840 --> 01:05:52.880
<v Speaker 9>ride was writing sketching out this poem for her, and

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01:05:53.920 --> 01:05:56.639
<v Speaker 9>I was just moved by how proud she was and

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01:05:56.800 --> 01:05:57.519
<v Speaker 9>just and quiet.

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01:05:57.719 --> 01:05:59.840
<v Speaker 5>It wasn't it wasn't a brash thing, and.

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01:06:01.599 --> 01:06:04.320
<v Speaker 9>So I was moved by her. So I wrote, platform Babe,

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01:06:04.519 --> 01:06:07.360
<v Speaker 9>in her honor, and any of us who carry our

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01:06:07.440 --> 01:06:09.880
<v Speaker 9>little dark secrets or we think that they're worse than

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01:06:09.920 --> 01:06:12.960
<v Speaker 9>they are. And you know what, You're still lovable, you're

1162
01:06:13.000 --> 01:06:16.639
<v Speaker 9>still respectable, you're still amazing, and you still are special.

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01:06:17.199 --> 01:06:18.719
<v Speaker 5>So platform Babe.

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01:06:18.800 --> 01:06:19.960
<v Speaker 2>I love it. I love it.

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01:06:20.039 --> 01:06:28.039
<v Speaker 15>From grotesquely, she walks in beauty geometry, amok selen eye

1166
01:06:28.119 --> 01:06:33.960
<v Speaker 15>and heavy lids, downtrodden spirit, holder, pride hidden by crooked skin,

1167
01:06:34.320 --> 01:06:41.840
<v Speaker 15>yearning love, twisted smile keeps the laugh hid, and joy repressed, suspended, unknown,

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01:06:41.920 --> 01:06:46.719
<v Speaker 15>pleasure to be seen. And yet grotesquely, she walks in

1169
01:06:47.000 --> 01:06:54.880
<v Speaker 15>effervescent beauty, gorgeous in disguise, elegance tucked away, immaculate and shy,

1170
01:06:55.159 --> 01:07:00.599
<v Speaker 15>pale as moonlight, soft as satin, Quiet and demure, she

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01:07:00.800 --> 01:07:06.519
<v Speaker 15>recedes into the night, a wesper, never spoken Grotesquely, she

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01:07:06.880 --> 01:07:19.519
<v Speaker 15>walks in beauty grotescamente comin and bayesa jumitria, salvaje o

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01:07:19.679 --> 01:07:26.840
<v Speaker 15>jouraniosi parpos besalos espiritu piso tiao guada Suyo, Tapalo po

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01:07:26.960 --> 01:07:34.559
<v Speaker 15>Piel Torcida, the Senda morson Risa Chueca, Juan Tellarisa, Alegria, culte, reprimida,

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01:07:34.920 --> 01:07:43.199
<v Speaker 15>placer Deesco to Ravilla, Grotescamente, camin and Bayesa e fervesente Maravilla,

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01:07:43.400 --> 01:07:53.199
<v Speaker 15>and this fras releganzies, condida, imaculaapenosa, parida, commos reus lunares, sabosa,

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<v Speaker 15>caricat raanocche sos ramon cal coming And.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, guys, that just about wraps it up for us.

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<v Speaker 2>I really want to thank you, Chuck to Bruin, thank

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01:08:13.199 --> 01:08:16.159
<v Speaker 2>you so much for joining us. We won't tell since

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01:08:16.199 --> 01:08:18.359
<v Speaker 2>you can't see the visuals, we won't tell you. We

1182
01:08:18.439 --> 01:08:21.720
<v Speaker 2>won't tell people where you actually came to us live from.

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01:08:22.119 --> 01:08:24.359
<v Speaker 2>Well we'll leave that as an inside choke.

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01:08:27.800 --> 01:08:27.880
<v Speaker 3>Ye.

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01:08:29.520 --> 01:08:32.840
<v Speaker 2>It bears a certain relevance to actually where my podcast

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01:08:33.000 --> 01:08:38.640
<v Speaker 2>ratings are. That's a story for another day. Ivan So Tobayor,

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01:08:38.720 --> 01:08:40.760
<v Speaker 2>thank you for your talent, Thank you for your time.

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01:08:40.840 --> 01:08:41.920
<v Speaker 2>It really appreciate it.

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01:08:42.920 --> 01:08:44.600
<v Speaker 5>Thank you, Frank, You guys are awesome.

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01:08:44.720 --> 01:08:48.520
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, And of course Ken Rau, the man okay

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01:08:48.640 --> 01:08:52.159
<v Speaker 2>who's done this now for his twenty ninth year. My God,

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01:08:52.359 --> 01:08:54.600
<v Speaker 2>keep keep the vision, brother, keep it going.

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01:08:55.079 --> 01:08:56.960
<v Speaker 4>Trying to bro trying to yes.

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01:08:57.199 --> 01:08:59.800
<v Speaker 2>Okay. And of course we offer special thanks to our

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01:09:00.000 --> 01:09:02.520
<v Speaker 2>listeners who take time to give us a voice in

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01:09:02.640 --> 01:09:06.479
<v Speaker 2>their lives. Remember you offer fresh topic just about every week.

1197
01:09:06.880 --> 01:09:10.720
<v Speaker 2>Catch us wherever and whenever you get your favorite podcasts

1198
01:09:11.039 --> 01:09:15.279
<v Speaker 2>that it calls Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio, all the others. Check

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01:09:15.399 --> 01:09:19.119
<v Speaker 2>us out on the Hudson River Radio Facebook page. You know,

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01:09:19.159 --> 01:09:22.720
<v Speaker 2>I was leaving two little extra things. I already teased

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01:09:23.039 --> 01:09:26.319
<v Speaker 2>the bag Daddyo song at the end. We'll have can

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01:09:26.720 --> 01:09:29.319
<v Speaker 2>introduce it in just a second. But also, you know,

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01:09:29.680 --> 01:09:31.319
<v Speaker 2>a little bit of a slogan or something that I

1204
01:09:31.399 --> 01:09:34.399
<v Speaker 2>think is appropriate for our program. And I found this

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01:09:34.920 --> 01:09:38.439
<v Speaker 2>comes from my patron saint of Saint Francis of Assisi

1206
01:09:38.840 --> 01:09:41.399
<v Speaker 2>and everybody knows how religious I am. But that's a

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01:09:41.439 --> 01:09:45.119
<v Speaker 2>story for another day. Not but I think the message

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01:09:45.159 --> 01:09:48.960
<v Speaker 2>here transcends, especially at this time of the year, and

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01:09:49.359 --> 01:09:53.199
<v Speaker 2>it's the prayer for peace. Lord, make me an instrument

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01:09:53.319 --> 01:09:56.439
<v Speaker 2>of your piece where there is hatred. Let me bring

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01:09:56.600 --> 01:09:59.920
<v Speaker 2>love where there is a fence. Let me bring pardon

1212
01:10:00.359 --> 01:10:03.640
<v Speaker 2>where there is discord. Let me bring union where there

1213
01:10:03.760 --> 01:10:06.960
<v Speaker 2>is error. Let me bring truth where there is doubt.

1214
01:10:07.239 --> 01:10:10.560
<v Speaker 2>Let me bring faith where there is despair. Let me

1215
01:10:10.760 --> 01:10:14.079
<v Speaker 2>bring hope where there is darkness. Let me bring your

1216
01:10:14.159 --> 01:10:18.359
<v Speaker 2>life where there is sadness. Let me bring joy. Oh Lord,

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01:10:18.560 --> 01:10:21.000
<v Speaker 2>grant that they might not so much seek to be

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01:10:21.199 --> 01:10:26.560
<v Speaker 2>consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand,

1219
01:10:27.039 --> 01:10:30.159
<v Speaker 2>to be loved as to love. For it is in

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01:10:30.399 --> 01:10:34.279
<v Speaker 2>giving that one receives. It is in self forgetting that

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01:10:34.479 --> 01:10:39.239
<v Speaker 2>one finds. It is in forgiven that one is forgiven.

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01:10:40.079 --> 01:10:43.600
<v Speaker 2>It is in dying that one awakens to eternal life.

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<v Speaker 2>For our engineer, the Maleman, mister Neil rich Or, I'm

1224
01:10:48.399 --> 01:10:50.520
<v Speaker 2>your host, Frank Obuto. We hope to have you join

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01:10:50.640 --> 01:10:52.840
<v Speaker 2>us on the next being. Frank, We're the only way

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01:10:52.920 --> 01:10:56.239
<v Speaker 2>to be is Frank. I hope you see Sunday at Blankfest.

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<v Speaker 2>Take care everyone, Christmas A.

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<v Speaker 10>For lowly people.

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01:11:01.399 --> 01:11:05.880
<v Speaker 16>Christmas Aple, loly people, Christmas aper lowly people.

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01:11:06.039 --> 01:11:12.880
<v Speaker 10>You should know that by now marry Christmas.

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01:11:13.199 --> 01:11:20.079
<v Speaker 16>I'm alone, not another friend to stove and lots of breaking.

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01:11:20.439 --> 01:11:25.199
<v Speaker 10>It's okay for me. It's just to love the day

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01:11:26.520 --> 01:11:28.159
<v Speaker 10>happy people on my TV.

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01:11:28.520 --> 01:11:32.840
<v Speaker 16>Sad distracts me so much that I almost forget now

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01:11:32.960 --> 01:11:36.399
<v Speaker 16>that Christmas aple lowly people.

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01:11:37.920 --> 01:11:42.359
<v Speaker 13>Christmas aple lowly people. Christmas April, lowly people.

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01:11:42.479 --> 01:11:43.279
<v Speaker 8>You should know that.

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01:11:43.840 --> 01:11:44.520
<v Speaker 16>By now.

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01:11:48.239 --> 01:11:50.840
<v Speaker 10>My Godfa's gone to her sister's.

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<v Speaker 16>Space, and now a bet is chanced an empty space.

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01:11:55.760 --> 01:12:00.359
<v Speaker 16>Three days, double on my children. Let the all the

1242
01:12:00.680 --> 01:12:01.760
<v Speaker 16>days began.

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01:12:03.199 --> 01:12:04.520
<v Speaker 4>See these get being messed up.

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01:12:04.600 --> 01:12:08.039
<v Speaker 16>Jingle Bells said, he knows you, my friend, he said,

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01:12:08.079 --> 01:12:09.199
<v Speaker 16>I wish you well.

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01:12:09.560 --> 01:12:16.840
<v Speaker 13>Oh, Christmas A for lowly people. Christmas A for lowly people.

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01:12:17.359 --> 01:12:21.199
<v Speaker 13>Christmas and for lowly people. You should know that by now.

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01:12:24.279 --> 01:12:27.600
<v Speaker 17>See a crazy man talking to himself on the bus.

1249
01:12:28.199 --> 01:12:31.560
<v Speaker 17>But I'm staring, passing on and think about his sirs.

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01:12:31.680 --> 01:12:34.960
<v Speaker 17>I keep try and deplore you a bunch of silvers, only.

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<v Speaker 16>His off pistol sinery the darkness of my lonely Spanish

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01:12:38.560 --> 01:12:41.479
<v Speaker 16>HOLI law if I miss my dad and I miss

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01:12:41.560 --> 01:12:46.399
<v Speaker 16>my mom the rich I now live in Florid, and

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01:12:46.560 --> 01:12:49.800
<v Speaker 16>my sister aniquants a living end of verbs.

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<v Speaker 10>But the buses aren't Lord, and so I'm stranded out

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01:12:53.079 --> 01:12:53.479
<v Speaker 10>the girl.

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<v Speaker 16>The girl unaware. The network withers smiled, curse me forgeting.

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<v Speaker 10>Before no war.

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<v Speaker 13>Christmas aple, lowly people, Christmas, aple lowly people, Christmas aple

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<v Speaker 10>Christmas aple lowly people. You should know that by now.

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<v Speaker 13>W Christmas a lowlyeople, Christmas for lowly people, Christmas April

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<v Speaker 13>loly people. You should know that by now.

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<v Speaker 10>Christmas a for lowly people.

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<v Speaker 4>Christmas and for lowly people.

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<v Speaker 10>loly people. Tell you forget Christmas for lowly people. You

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<v Speaker 10>should know that fine.

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