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<v Speaker 1>Hudson River Radio dot com. It beats listening to nothingness.

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<v Speaker 2>Being Frank, where the only way to be is Frank.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to Being Frank. We're the only

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<v Speaker 2>way to be is Frank. I'm your host, Frank Lebono,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'd like to thank you for joining us on

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<v Speaker 2>what we like to call the Intelligent Conversation podcast, where

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<v Speaker 2>no conversation is out of bounds at all points of

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<v Speaker 2>view are welcome. We record live to tape, and I

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<v Speaker 2>always give you the dates so you have some context

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<v Speaker 2>and relevance. It is twelve twelve, the twelfth of December.

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<v Speaker 2>Regular listeners to this podcast are aware that one of

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<v Speaker 2>our more popular themes has been the amazing amount of

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<v Speaker 2>top quality music and musicians that come from such a

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<v Speaker 2>small geographic area Rockland County, New York. In addition to

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<v Speaker 2>the great local musicians, many internationally known artists like Bruce Springsteen,

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<v Speaker 2>David Bowie, and Mick Jagger have either recorded or lived

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<v Speaker 2>in the county. But there's one more thing of note.

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<v Speaker 2>In addition to lending their considerable talent to entertain us,

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<v Speaker 2>they also give back in big ways to their community. Recently,

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<v Speaker 2>we did a podcast highlighting good Stock, a day long

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<v Speaker 2>music festival whose proceeds go to benefit People to People,

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<v Speaker 2>Rockland County's largest food bank. And with this podcast, we'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to reintroduce you once again to the granddaddy of

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<v Speaker 2>all charity music festivals in the area. On Sunday twelve fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>for the twenty eighth year, the legendary Hudson House for

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<v Speaker 2>a restaurant in downtown Niake will host Blankfest and all

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<v Speaker 2>day and most of the night music festival featuring the

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<v Speaker 2>finest music talent this area has to offer all of

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<v Speaker 2>it for the simple admission price of a blanket that

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<v Speaker 2>will eventually be distributed on Christmas Eve to the less

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<v Speaker 2>fortune in New York City. Over the course of twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seven years, that number is in the thing. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>massive undertaking and needs an army of volunteers and one

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<v Speaker 2>mad genius to make it happen. As it has been

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<v Speaker 2>since the very beginning twenty eight years ago, that madman

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<v Speaker 2>has been ken Raw. Without his dedication and boundless energy,

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<v Speaker 2>those thousands of blankets would never be in the hands

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<v Speaker 2>of people who need the most. But he doesn't do

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<v Speaker 2>it alone. He joins us now along with his co

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<v Speaker 2>producer and poet who also happens to be his wife,

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<v Speaker 2>Yvonne Soltamiora. Guys, welcome once again to being Frank. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for joining us.

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<v Speaker 1>You're very very welcome.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, thank you for having us.

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<v Speaker 2>Frank. Always a pleasure. Well, you know, let's before. We

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<v Speaker 2>always like to give people a little relevance. As I said,

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<v Speaker 2>so let's talk a little bit about you guys first, Ken,

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<v Speaker 2>let's and we'll cut right to the chase. What would

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<v Speaker 2>you like to people to know about you? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Geez, why now that one you call me off guard?

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I do.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just your average guy who likes to scream into

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<v Speaker 1>a microphone and uh on occasion to help other people.

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<v Speaker 1>That's basically it.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, if yvon your your turn. What would you like

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<v Speaker 2>people to know about you? Uns? And you can take it.

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<v Speaker 2>You can take as much time or or as little

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<v Speaker 2>time as as you choose.

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<v Speaker 3>So describe myself bilingual poet, wife, daughter of Peruvian immigrant dreamers.

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<v Speaker 3>How about that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's I like it. That's that's that's that's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys did pretty did pretty good. Being caught uh

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<v Speaker 2>off the cuff like this, But of course that's what

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<v Speaker 2>being Frank is all about is to get open and

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<v Speaker 2>to be frank. It will play on words if they

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<v Speaker 2>haven't got it over the two years we're doing this Problemly.

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<v Speaker 3>Frankly wouldn't understand that.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you keep going. We'll use all of these Yvonne,

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<v Speaker 2>I knew I could count on you. That's why you're

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<v Speaker 2>here a poet, uh, you know, because Ken and I

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<v Speaker 2>And then afterwards also we got a really special botus.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to talk to the mailman, as I call him,

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<v Speaker 2>our engineer, Neil Richter, who is known by listeners of

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<v Speaker 2>this program, who has had an intimate relationship with Blankfest

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<v Speaker 2>over the years, and he's going to give us our perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll call for him in a little bit. We want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk to him right now. We'll let him know

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<v Speaker 2>when we need him. But anyway, let's get back to

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<v Speaker 2>the topic at hand, and that's blank Fest. Let's go

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<v Speaker 2>back to the beginning. We mentioned this is the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eighth year, Ken Man, that's a long time. Go back

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<v Speaker 2>to the beginning. What was the germ of the idea?

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<v Speaker 2>When and why and where did you come up with

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<v Speaker 2>this incredible idea of music fest and the admission of

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<v Speaker 2>a blanket to help those less fortunate. How did you

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<v Speaker 2>come up with that?

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<v Speaker 1>It started, I guess in my twenties and when I

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<v Speaker 1>was reading in the tabloids. You know, every year they

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<v Speaker 1>run that same standard story about somebody freezing to death.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just read one of the one story too many.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm very much of a react kind of person,

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<v Speaker 1>very knee jerk in my reaction capacity, and so I

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<v Speaker 1>read this story. I see some poor person, some poor

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<v Speaker 1>man froze to death out of sidewalk in New York City.

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<v Speaker 1>And the first thing that pops into my head is,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, think I could have used a blanket. And

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<v Speaker 1>so next thing, you know, I'm going around to friends

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<v Speaker 1>collecting blankets. And you know, one year I drove down

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<v Speaker 1>with a friend, an acquaintance really actually, and handed blankets

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<v Speaker 1>out on a rainy Christmas Eve. It felt good. Next year,

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<v Speaker 1>we were out of blankets. And that's when the light

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<v Speaker 1>bulb goes off over my head that, geez, I'm a musician.

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<v Speaker 1>I have friends or are musicians. Let's see if we

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<v Speaker 1>can pull everybody together and we'll ask for blankets at

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<v Speaker 1>the door. That's the short of it.

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<v Speaker 2>What was the reaction to some of your friends when

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<v Speaker 2>you again said oh, I need you to play, I

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<v Speaker 2>need you to play for free again and pull this

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<v Speaker 2>all together and with the result of being, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>being awarded a blanket that they don't even get to use,

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<v Speaker 2>they get to give to someone else. What were the

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<v Speaker 2>reaction of some of the people when you first approached them.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, first of all, you know, our circle of friends,

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<v Speaker 1>we're all independent musicians, were kind of used to playing

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<v Speaker 1>for free already. You know, It's not like it's not

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<v Speaker 1>like anyone was bagging down our doors to hear us

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<v Speaker 1>play songs we'd written. And so it was like the

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<v Speaker 1>hardest part was finding a venue that would let us

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<v Speaker 1>just like set up and play, you know, with no

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<v Speaker 1>promise of bringing in any crowd. So I had to

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<v Speaker 1>sell us to a local bar just since going out

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<v Speaker 1>of business. I don't know if you remember a bar

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<v Speaker 1>in downtown Nya called My Place. It was next to

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<v Speaker 1>the Thai restaurant and mine was spelled any I my Place,

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<v Speaker 1>and NOI was the owner Thai restaurant next door, And

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<v Speaker 1>when we sold to him, John Brodersen was the guy

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<v Speaker 1>that booked all the bands, And the way we sold

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<v Speaker 1>it was listen it's the son night. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't get any traffic in here anyway on a Sunday night.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll just set up, we'll play. It's not going

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<v Speaker 1>to cost you anything because the bar's already open. And

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<v Speaker 1>I had to pay for the soundman out of my

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<v Speaker 1>own pocket, and I borrowed the money from my mom,

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<v Speaker 1>believe it or not. And it was so only supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be for four hours. And after three and a

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<v Speaker 1>half hours, a soundman who already had the money in

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<v Speaker 1>his pocket started rolling up the equipment, and so I get,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, I guess we've come to the end.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>It was nobody left in the club, and oddly enough,

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<v Speaker 1>I hadn't even planned beyond that point if there was

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<v Speaker 1>looked out at the two or three people that are

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<v Speaker 1>left and I said, for want of a better phrase,

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<v Speaker 1>I just said, see you next year, walked off the

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<v Speaker 1>stage and said, oh oh, what if I just committed

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<v Speaker 1>to And that's how we were often running.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you remember Ken, how many blankets the first show

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<v Speaker 2>brought in you do you have any recollection? Forty forty

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<v Speaker 2>blankets and now zero forty blankets? The first time now,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight years later, how many do you anticipate this time?

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<v Speaker 2>What would be a reasonable number for you to.

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<v Speaker 1>Expect at its peak, which is the early two thousands.

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<v Speaker 1>I had the cutting room in New York City that

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<v Speaker 1>read about us, and they donated a bunch of coats

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<v Speaker 1>that people had left behind over the years and other venues.

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<v Speaker 1>I had just relocated to New York City at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>We pulled like eight hundred or nine hundred that year,

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<v Speaker 1>just one one show. It was amazing they turnout. Usually

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<v Speaker 1>we're lucky if we hit three hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I was. I've been to most of the shows.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm very proud to say please to say it's a

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<v Speaker 2>great day, it's a lot of fun. We've already a

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<v Speaker 2>manned to. My partner's already got five six blankets to bring.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember last year it's upstairs at the Hudson

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<v Speaker 2>House by the way where the venue has moved to.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember that corner where you stack the blankets

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<v Speaker 2>just being stacked literally, looked like hundreds and hundreds of blankets.

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<v Speaker 1>It does look pretty formidable. I always expect to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to go back and say, hey, we made you know.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like five hundred blankets and then you start

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<v Speaker 1>counting them and you realize that blankets take up an

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<v Speaker 1>awful lot of room. You know, Well, we.

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<v Speaker 3>Also count and as the official counter. Oh yeah, we

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<v Speaker 3>make piles of tens, and well I make piles of tens. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>he's returning the equipment all over Rockland and County, gloves, counting, hats, counting,

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<v Speaker 3>like you said, coats and sweaters and shawls and things

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<v Speaker 3>like that. It's yeah, three hundreds of good average three

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<v Speaker 3>through fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>One year, somebody donated the Harry Potter book, so we

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<v Speaker 1>counted that. You know, that's a donation. Technically that counts.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm going to talk a little bit more about

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<v Speaker 2>the logistics because it's a huge undertaking. And as we

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<v Speaker 2>go on, we're going to talk about the amount of

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<v Speaker 2>musical acts that are actually going to perform. There are

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<v Speaker 2>quite a few of them. They're all excellent. Uh you

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<v Speaker 2>have which means they have to have equipment. It has

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<v Speaker 2>to be hauled from downstairs to upstairs. That takes volunteers.

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<v Speaker 2>Getting the stuff distributed takes volunteers. You need volunteers during

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<v Speaker 2>the show. Somebody kind of check out all those things.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about logistics. But I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>a good opportunity and I will bring Levon back in

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<v Speaker 2>a minute too to her initial involvement. But let's bring

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<v Speaker 2>in Neil Richter, now our engineer, the male man. Uh Neil,

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<v Speaker 2>you were a member of Ken's band, the Bagdadios. You

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<v Speaker 2>have been on and off throughout the years, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>involved in some of the early days of Blankfest. When

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<v Speaker 2>Ken first approach you guys as a band to do this,

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<v Speaker 2>what were what were your thoughts and feelings.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, let's let's take it back to Ken A nice

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<v Speaker 4>kind of co founded the Bag Daddy Os. What was it,

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<v Speaker 4>nineteen ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>Two, yep, ninety two November, So you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know that that starts, you know, that starts the ball rolling.

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<v Speaker 4>By the time the first Blankfist came along, I had

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<v Speaker 4>gone out for a sandwich and hadn't come back yet,

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<v Speaker 4>so it had already started.

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<v Speaker 2>The party started without you ornother pretty much.

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<v Speaker 4>But I rejoined the story of.

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<v Speaker 2>My life, the party starting without me.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I rejoined the fold about either two thousand and

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<v Speaker 4>four or five, I'm not sure, somewhere in that vicinity.

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<v Speaker 4>So Blankfist had already been you know, was pretty much

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<v Speaker 4>been involved over the past maybe twenty years on and off.

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<v Speaker 4>I've missed a few. Well then you know, the pandemic

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<v Speaker 1>But we did it as an online virtual thing, right

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<v Speaker 1>for two years in a row where.

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<v Speaker 2>Miss with which is interesting, you really did we have?

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<v Speaker 1>You were there in spirit.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, of course. And now I won't be able to

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<v Speaker 4>It was health issues keeping me from it. You see,

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<v Speaker 4>every time I play, people want to beat me up.

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<v Speaker 4>So I had I had to bow. But but again.

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<v Speaker 2>I always want to beat up the drummers.

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<v Speaker 4>It's well, you know, and I'm the one who's got

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<v Speaker 4>you know, sticks in my hand. No, but but I again,

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<v Speaker 4>I will be there in spirit. But yeah, So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Are some of your memories? Do you have one that's

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<v Speaker 2>out in your mind, Neil, at a particular performance or

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<v Speaker 2>a particular blank fest that really sticks out in your mind.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, there have been so many like it was. It

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<v Speaker 4>was good to be part and watch all these other

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<v Speaker 4>great bands play that over the years. I remember, especially

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<v Speaker 4>at Brooks Sales, they were like it seemed like every

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<v Speaker 4>various acts, but they were all like you know, of

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<v Speaker 4>course then you know I came on and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>ruined it, but no, but no, all kidding aside. I

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<v Speaker 4>I would actually be playing in two different bands because

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<v Speaker 4>and I said, can't Well, I could bring these guys in,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, like because there's you know, fans of one

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<v Speaker 4>and he said, well, let's give it to try, and

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<v Speaker 4>it seems to work. So that was kind of fun.

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<v Speaker 4>And I remember one time, I think one band went

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<v Speaker 4>on in the afternoon I was working. It's around Christmas time,

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<v Speaker 4>I had a job that was very good, holiday oriented,

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<v Speaker 4>off for lunch, drove down, I was in Nanuett, drove

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<v Speaker 4>down in Nayak, played the set, got back in my car,

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<v Speaker 4>down and played the next set, and then went back

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<v Speaker 4>to work again. So that that was you know, that's.

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<v Speaker 2>That's kind of memorable, and that's dedication. It really is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's interesting to know that how many of the musicians

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<v Speaker 2>are really dedicated to this as a cause.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, no, it was. It was. It was fun. I

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<v Speaker 4>mean certainly wasn't like what's his name, Phil Collins flying

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<v Speaker 4>from England over to the during was it live aid

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<v Speaker 4>and then playing? No, nothing like that, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind of our it No, it was. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>I want to bring it on in now too, because

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<v Speaker 2>you're relatively speaking new to the party. Talk about your involvement.

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<v Speaker 2>How long have you been involved at Blankfest? And obviously

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<v Speaker 2>we know your connection to the guy sitting next to you.

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<v Speaker 2>We can see you. Our audience can't, but we can.

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<v Speaker 2>That could be a good thing, that could be a

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<v Speaker 2>bad thing. But anyway, talk a little bit about your

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<v Speaker 2>your initial involvement with and your initial impression of Ken

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<v Speaker 2>and Blankfest and how it came together for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, my involvement began twelve years ago. So what is

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<v Speaker 3>that Blankfest sixteen? We had just been dating a month

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<v Speaker 3>because we met November sixteenth, and that exact month later,

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<v Speaker 3>I was already helping count and helping bring in equipment

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<v Speaker 3>or whatever I could, or babysitting equipment while the guys

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<v Speaker 3>ran and you know, humped other stuff, other equipment and

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<v Speaker 3>brought it in. And my impression was that was part

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<v Speaker 3>of the the what is it like sealing the deal

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<v Speaker 3>to date him? Because he's a wacky guy. We all know,

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<v Speaker 3>he's a chatterbox and all that good stuff and quite

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<v Speaker 3>the fountain of knowledge, which impressed me. But when I

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<v Speaker 3>saw or when I you know, as we're talking, realized

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<v Speaker 3>that he has helm this, you know, I said to myself,

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<v Speaker 3>this guy has a heart, and I'm not wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, what are some of your moments, memorable moments

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<v Speaker 2>if you can, over the last twelve years. Is there

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<v Speaker 2>anything any particularly even if within the festival or even

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<v Speaker 2>afterwards in distributing the blankets, is there something or some

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<v Speaker 2>instant that really sticks out in your mind.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, And I'm glad you said that it doesn't have

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<v Speaker 3>to be within the show, because the memory is not.

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<v Speaker 3>It's we were distributing, and I don't know the area.

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<v Speaker 3>We were downtown, the Lower east Side, somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>It was Arouse, Second Avenue, fortieth Street, somewhere around there.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I thought it was lower Yeah, okay. So I

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<v Speaker 3>was new to going out in you know, late late

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<v Speaker 3>at night and not so safe, you know, seeming areas.

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<v Speaker 3>No judgment, just describing. But I remember him leaving me

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<v Speaker 3>in the car with a bunch of blackens, and he said,

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<v Speaker 3>sit here, lock the doors. I'm going to go around

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<v Speaker 3>the corner. I think I see some folks. And I

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<v Speaker 3>was nervous from him. I was like, you're gonna go

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<v Speaker 3>by yourself. Oh my god, be careful. Maybe we should

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<v Speaker 3>just drop it off here, you know, Long story short.

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<v Speaker 3>I keep looking back and all of a sudden I

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<v Speaker 3>see ken and like an army of people within, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>with the moonlight. It was just like a movie scene,

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<v Speaker 3>like ten twenty people behind him coming towards the car.

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<v Speaker 3>It was like they were flowing over. It was like

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<v Speaker 3>a swarm. And they were the nicest, most polite people

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<v Speaker 3>with the shiniest, brightest eyes that just wanted to be

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<v Speaker 3>be addressed, that just wanted to be spoken to. And

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<v Speaker 3>so I saw what was happening. He let them in

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<v Speaker 3>the car in the back and grab stuff, and so

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<v Speaker 3>then I realized, this isn't a safety issue. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>we know some folks do have mental illness and you

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<v Speaker 3>do have to be weary, but in this situation, I

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<v Speaker 3>got out of the car and I started helping hand

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<v Speaker 3>out stuff to them and talking to them, and they

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<v Speaker 3>were just so gracious, they really were, and very nice,

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<v Speaker 3>very polite, and eager and picking and choosing and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>like this was like they were shopping and this was

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<v Speaker 3>the greatest thing ever and it was just a blanket.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was heartwarming. It was a lesson for me

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<v Speaker 3>to I don't know, I don't know if it's judged,

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<v Speaker 3>but to not be afraid, not be afraid to open up,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, within parameters. But and also how heart wrenching

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<v Speaker 3>it is, you know, to see this. This is just

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<v Speaker 3>a blanket, This is just a code. It is still

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<v Speaker 3>called out there and this is a blip on the map,

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<v Speaker 3>but it was It's a valiant try by Ken and

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<v Speaker 3>all the volunteers and performers to try to do something

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<v Speaker 3>directly to the folks.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to go back up to Neil too, because Neil,

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<v Speaker 2>I know you've you've participated again not only as a

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<v Speaker 2>musician as a drummer, but you've also helped to distribute

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<v Speaker 2>the blankets on Christmas Eve a.

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<v Speaker 4>Lot times as well.

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<v Speaker 2>What what What's What's What was your impression of that one?

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<v Speaker 2>What was that?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just going to expand on what Devon was saying that.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I always thought that all the effort goes

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<v Speaker 4>if you can save one person, one person, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>from freezing, then it was all worthwhile. The whole twenty

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<v Speaker 4>eight years is worthwhile, you know, even just one person.

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<v Speaker 4>That's that's you know, to me, that's the most important part.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm sure it's more than just one person at

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<v Speaker 4>this point, but you really can't think beyond that. You say,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, it's it's a it's a one on one.

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<v Speaker 4>And I've also said too that the whole idea of

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<v Speaker 4>just distributing them, there's no middleman. It's the blankets get donated,

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<v Speaker 4>the blankets go to the people. There's you know, the

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<v Speaker 4>only middle man of the people who are distributing them,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, no foundation or corporation or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 4>It's it's and it's strictly grassroots too, which is great.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't take it.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't bring you with Keim could talk about the logistics.

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<v Speaker 2>It's perfect timing for that, how many volunteers are involved.

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<v Speaker 2>But you wanted to say something go so complete your

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<v Speaker 2>thought can't.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, it was just you know, it might sound a

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<v Speaker 1>little tripe, but it's like you can't take a percentage

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<v Speaker 1>of a blanket. So if somebody leaves a blanket at

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<v Speaker 1>the door, that's basically what the homeless are getting, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Well, let's let's let's talk about the logistics we've noticed.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you have to get volunteers, you have to

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<v Speaker 2>set up for the show. I mean there are many

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<v Speaker 2>bands we're going to talk about that, many performers, individuals

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<v Speaker 2>as well as bands that takes effort amplifiers, microphones, mike stands, lights,

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<v Speaker 2>sound mixers, et cetera. That has to be brought there,

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<v Speaker 2>hauled upstairs, set up, then during the course of the

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<v Speaker 2>actual performance, getting people on and off, setting the sounds,

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<v Speaker 2>et cetera. Then getting the blankets. We know, if on

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<v Speaker 2>counts the blankets and stuff too. Starts to organize them,

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<v Speaker 2>but then from there on Christmas Eve, you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>get people then to take time out of their Christmas

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<v Speaker 2>Eve to go downtown with these blankets, and as you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes and not the best neighborhoods. Let's leave it at that.

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<v Speaker 2>To be able to distribute them, that's that's a big nut.

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<v Speaker 2>So you have need for a lot of volunteers. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>talk a little bit about the logistics of it and

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's funny because again, I'm kind of a reactive

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<v Speaker 1>lot of moving parts, I forget what those moving parts

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<v Speaker 1>are the minute my obligation has been filled, because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm onto, you know, basically making a living or just

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<v Speaker 1>trying to trying to get from one day to the next.

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<v Speaker 1>And then all of a sudden, Blankfest season rolls around again,

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<v Speaker 1>and as the show gets closer, the enormity of what

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<v Speaker 1>we've taken on sort of is looming, you know, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I go, okay, I've got to go talk to the

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<v Speaker 1>generous benefactors who loan us the equipment without charging his dime,

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<v Speaker 1>one which I am forever grateful for Rockland Music. Jonathan

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<v Speaker 1>Goffin and I forget his dad's name. Was it Pete?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure, Sergio the Pete.

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<v Speaker 2>It's close. Uh, I could I could hear that, you know, Pete.

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<v Speaker 2>I could see that getting confused. You can see I continue,

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<v Speaker 2>let's be let's be Frank here and continue.

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<v Speaker 1>As you can see here, I have a real keen

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<v Speaker 1>eye for detail. But uh, everybody from Rockland Music, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>has been really wonderful to give us the entire back line,

420
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<v Speaker 1>which includes a soundboard, all the cables, microphone stands, microphones, uh,

421
00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:34.599
<v Speaker 1>two guitar amps, a bass rig, and a swing amp

422
00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:37.119
<v Speaker 1>which could be used either for a guitar or for

423
00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:40.559
<v Speaker 1>a keyboard. And that's just for starters. Then we have

424
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<v Speaker 1>Frank and the boys down at Long Island Music Center,

425
00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:47.119
<v Speaker 1>which is oddly enough in New York on Main Street

426
00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:50.519
<v Speaker 1>and almost from the I might have been the very

427
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<v Speaker 1>no yeah first show. They actually donated a drum set

428
00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:56.160
<v Speaker 1>and uh and.

429
00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:59.160
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes Frank Colonado right at the drum center.

430
00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:05.079
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and they have never ever flinched. It's always been sure,

431
00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:07.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, as a matter of fact, I have to

432
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<v Speaker 1>give them a call tomorrow to remind them because on Saturday,

433
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<v Speaker 1>I and at least one volunteer, maybe if I'm lucky

434
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<v Speaker 1>to Oh yeah, I don't count. Ivana's a volunteer.

435
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<v Speaker 2>And the reason why she gets to do all the work.

436
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<v Speaker 1>Well, actually funny you should mention that should because you know,

437
00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.720
<v Speaker 1>when you had ask me for topics, I was writing

438
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<v Speaker 1>down topics and one of them was the silent contributions

439
00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:34.759
<v Speaker 1>of certain individuals, and I put my wife right there

440
00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:40.240
<v Speaker 1>on the list because she's involved in every single aspect

441
00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:44.200
<v Speaker 1>of this show, from the planning to the setup to

442
00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:48.319
<v Speaker 1>the execution. I mean she's busy, you know, greeting people

443
00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:50.000
<v Speaker 1>at the front door and bringing them in and showing

444
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<v Speaker 1>them where to put the blankets. If there's somebody that

445
00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:54.440
<v Speaker 1>needs to talk to me. Sometimes she's running into fairce

446
00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:56.519
<v Speaker 1>because I'm taking care of some tech issue or I'm

447
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<v Speaker 1>taking care of some sort of you know, a musician issue. Uh,

448
00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:03.079
<v Speaker 1>And it's not necessarily bad, it's just that I can't

449
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<v Speaker 1>be in two places a one time. So she is,

450
00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:09.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, figuratively and literally my right hand, and uh,

451
00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:11.759
<v Speaker 1>you know, and then everything you know, long after the

452
00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:15.400
<v Speaker 1>last power cord rings out, long after everybody's is going

453
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<v Speaker 1>home to a nice RESTful sleep. She's cleaning up with me,

454
00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:23.559
<v Speaker 1>you know, and then she's watching the equipment while I'm

455
00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:28.640
<v Speaker 1>getting the van or or maybe sometimes our car, and

456
00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:30.759
<v Speaker 1>then she's helping with the distribution of the blanket. So

457
00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:34.319
<v Speaker 1>it's incredible the amount of But it's funny because I

458
00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:37.440
<v Speaker 1>tried not to think of her as a volunteer because

459
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<v Speaker 1>I don't think of her as a worker. I don't

460
00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:43.079
<v Speaker 1>think of her as as like an employee. And that's

461
00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:47.079
<v Speaker 1>how unfortunately it shapes shakes down with any of the volunteers.

462
00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:49.240
<v Speaker 1>It's sort of like do this, do this, do that,

463
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<v Speaker 1>And I'm.

464
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<v Speaker 3>Like, swing personnel, I do it.

465
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<v Speaker 1>She's wrastling.

466
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<v Speaker 2>Somebody's got to do it because Ken is off spinning, and.

467
00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:02.119
<v Speaker 3>I also make sure instead yeah, because then he'll just

468
00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:04.200
<v Speaker 3>pass out and Maddie, so I just have to make

469
00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.640
<v Speaker 3>sure takes two bites come out.

470
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<v Speaker 2>Somebody has to do it. Good luck, it's good luck

471
00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:11.759
<v Speaker 2>with that. Good luck, it's okay.

472
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<v Speaker 6>Continue, yeah, but you know, it's it's it's amazing because

473
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<v Speaker 6>what started as just kind of like an urge to

474
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<v Speaker 6>bring some people together, gather in a club, plug it

475
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<v Speaker 6>and go.

476
00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:29.720
<v Speaker 1>And now it's become this this huge undertaking, which means

477
00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:34.119
<v Speaker 1>you've got to coordinate equipment. We actually have a volunteer.

478
00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:36.079
<v Speaker 1>He's doing it for the second year in a row.

479
00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:39.559
<v Speaker 1>Neil knows who it is. He was the original guitarist

480
00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:42.240
<v Speaker 1>of the bag Daddy Is. Along with Neil and myself,

481
00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:45.039
<v Speaker 1>he helped form the band UH he and Rob on

482
00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:47.319
<v Speaker 1>bass back in the old days. His name is Eugene

483
00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:51.799
<v Speaker 1>Armstead and Eugene Uh you know, left the band after

484
00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:55.400
<v Speaker 1>the first year because he was still going to college

485
00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:57.799
<v Speaker 1>at the time, and then we sort of like drifted

486
00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:59.759
<v Speaker 1>out of each other's orbit, and then out of no

487
00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:03.119
<v Speaker 1>we found each other. And as a matter of fact,

488
00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:05.680
<v Speaker 1>we were with him the first time he met the

489
00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:08.519
<v Speaker 1>woman that would be his wife, Carrie. He flew up

490
00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:10.799
<v Speaker 1>last year to help with the equipment hauling and I

491
00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:15.440
<v Speaker 1>can't tell you how much of a relief it was

492
00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:18.759
<v Speaker 1>to have an extra set of hands help us. And

493
00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:21.440
<v Speaker 1>this year he's returning. He actually is flying in right

494
00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:24.079
<v Speaker 1>now as we speak from Atlanta where he and his

495
00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:28.000
<v Speaker 1>wife with his wife this time, and they'll be helping

496
00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:31.000
<v Speaker 1>us out. But here's the thing, I feel horrible pressing

497
00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:34.519
<v Speaker 1>someone's wife into service, and that includes my own. So

498
00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:36.599
<v Speaker 1>it's like, right now it looks like it's gonna be

499
00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:41.640
<v Speaker 1>Eugene myself. We make it. David Tanner, You've met David, right, Frank?

500
00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.640
<v Speaker 2>I think so?

501
00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:45.640
<v Speaker 1>Yes, Yeah, Frank is a promoter that I know from

502
00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:47.880
<v Speaker 1>in New York City because I lived there for over

503
00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:51.680
<v Speaker 1>twenty years, you know, after i'd left Nayak and before

504
00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:58.119
<v Speaker 1>we moved up up north again. And David is been

505
00:27:58.279 --> 00:28:02.519
<v Speaker 1>tireless in helping us move equipment. And he's the oldest

506
00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:05.279
<v Speaker 1>of all of us. We won't mention any ages or

507
00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:08.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, give any specifics, but he's been at this

508
00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.920
<v Speaker 1>for a long long time.

509
00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:14.599
<v Speaker 2>He worked. Why do you think people do it? I,

510
00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:18.359
<v Speaker 2>you know what, I think they could see through.

511
00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:24.200
<v Speaker 1>They could see through. You could tell by looking at

512
00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:28.079
<v Speaker 1>what we do that this isn't some sort of corporate

513
00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:32.640
<v Speaker 1>fronted smoke screen. This isn't something that's done, you know,

514
00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:37.039
<v Speaker 1>as a commercial venture. This came really out of out

515
00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:41.799
<v Speaker 1>of a heartfelt need to try and help other people,

516
00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:44.720
<v Speaker 1>and people see it for what it is, and it's

517
00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:47.200
<v Speaker 1>probably one of the reasons why it hasn't gotten really

518
00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:51.400
<v Speaker 1>that much bigger than its local impact, and I'm okay

519
00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:54.839
<v Speaker 1>with that because you've stayed pure to our ideals. I

520
00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:58.440
<v Speaker 1>was approached by a promoter, like somewhere around the third year,

521
00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:01.079
<v Speaker 1>and he wanted to, you know, pump it up with

522
00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:05.160
<v Speaker 1>you know, commercial grants and have it at the Supper

523
00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:07.599
<v Speaker 1>Club in New York City and try and book like

524
00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:11.119
<v Speaker 1>a professional musicians like Phil Collins, who's one of the

525
00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.000
<v Speaker 1>names he floated. And he was going to have a

526
00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:15.359
<v Speaker 1>board of directors and he wanted us to all get

527
00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:17.759
<v Speaker 1>a salary. And I put the brakes on that immediately

528
00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:21.400
<v Speaker 1>because I thought there was just something inherently evil about

529
00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:24.599
<v Speaker 1>making money at the expense of the homeless.

530
00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:26.920
<v Speaker 3>Well, then it also jumps out of your hands, you

531
00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:30.240
<v Speaker 3>know that. Then it gets a little too red tapeish

532
00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:32.920
<v Speaker 3>and corporate heavy, and then it's like, that's not the

533
00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.319
<v Speaker 3>nature of the spirit of it.

534
00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:37.279
<v Speaker 1>I think they were going to take on on. They're

535
00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:40.240
<v Speaker 1>going to take my little Charlie Brown Tree and just

536
00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.759
<v Speaker 1>wrap it.

537
00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:43.960
<v Speaker 2>And you know, is there something special about the little

538
00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:47.920
<v Speaker 2>Charlie Brown Tree other than kind of the point of it. Yeah,

539
00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:52.000
<v Speaker 2>if you will bring some of your poetry to the event,

540
00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:55.599
<v Speaker 2>I know you will do that. And you're also going

541
00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:58.720
<v Speaker 2>to bring some of it to our listeners here on

542
00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:02.279
<v Speaker 2>being Frank, So, if would please tell us what we're

543
00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:04.240
<v Speaker 2>about to hear, and if you would recite one of

544
00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:07.000
<v Speaker 2>your poems for us, we'd really appreciate that.

545
00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.799
<v Speaker 3>Oh, sure, thank you.

546
00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.799
<v Speaker 2>So.

547
00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.920
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I said it in the beginning,

548
00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:16.240
<v Speaker 3>but I'm a bilingual poet, so I write my poetry

549
00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:21.039
<v Speaker 3>in Spanish and in English. Usually it's English first and

550
00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:23.640
<v Speaker 3>then I translated to Spanish. And like I said, my

551
00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:28.519
<v Speaker 3>parents are from Peru, So twenty Peduano's out there a Peruvians,

552
00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:31.359
<v Speaker 3>and I think in the bodega next door to the

553
00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:36.359
<v Speaker 3>Hudson House is Avispa. My friends from Avispa, I always

554
00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:41.119
<v Speaker 3>get ken in mind breakfast and whoever volunteers there on

555
00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:45.519
<v Speaker 3>Saturday morning or Sunday morning. Sorry, they were one of

556
00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:48.640
<v Speaker 3>the first ones to put up a flyer this year too, Yes, yes,

557
00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:54.079
<v Speaker 3>so okay. So this poem is called Nostalgic Christmas. This

558
00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:58.480
<v Speaker 3>came about actually after I think it was after Blandfest

559
00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:02.720
<v Speaker 3>a couple of years ago, oh, twenty twenty December first actually,

560
00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:06.960
<v Speaker 3>so it was before Blankfest and we were driving around

561
00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:10.640
<v Speaker 3>and just taking in the sights and knowing what was

562
00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:14.079
<v Speaker 3>going to happen in a couple of weeks. You know,

563
00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:18.400
<v Speaker 3>I was excited to be in the Christmas spirit in

564
00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:22.079
<v Speaker 3>the city, and then it was sad because I know that,

565
00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:24.960
<v Speaker 3>you know, we still have a need unfortunately for Blankfest,

566
00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:28.720
<v Speaker 3>because we still have homeless And so this is born

567
00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:32.039
<v Speaker 3>out of joy and happiness in the descriptors and what

568
00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:36.920
<v Speaker 3>makes New York City Christmas y and also remembering what

569
00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:41.599
<v Speaker 3>we do here with Blankfest Christmas, with green and red

570
00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:45.519
<v Speaker 3>ribbons going straight to my heart, the warmth and the

571
00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:50.119
<v Speaker 3>chuckles music to my longing ears. I'd almost forgotten such

572
00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:55.839
<v Speaker 3>joy and good cheer, kids running around in circles singing Hallelujah.

573
00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.279
<v Speaker 3>I stand in its energy as the skaters go by

574
00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:04.519
<v Speaker 3>and lovers proposed by the Rockefeller Tree, as hot chocolate

575
00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:09.000
<v Speaker 3>is sipped through foggy windows onto the cathedral, filled with

576
00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:14.599
<v Speaker 3>belief and hope, giving respite to the cold admirers whooshing

577
00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:19.000
<v Speaker 3>in and clutching trendy bags of chocolates. Back outside to

578
00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:24.279
<v Speaker 3>the storefronts with magical light shows full on display, filling

579
00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:28.240
<v Speaker 3>the night's noisy crowds with merry music and carols we

580
00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:32.519
<v Speaker 3>all know. Heading down to Midtown where the center nerve

581
00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:37.160
<v Speaker 3>pulses is a band of beautiful ladies dancing and kicking

582
00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:42.359
<v Speaker 3>and synchronous charm. Further down to the windows made famous

583
00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:47.559
<v Speaker 3>in name, each especial Christmas scene, all different, but still

584
00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:53.720
<v Speaker 3>in theme the same. It's Christmas, Christmas everywhere, It's Christmas again.

585
00:32:54.200 --> 00:33:01.079
<v Speaker 3>Can't wait till next year. Nabida concintas verdesi rojas yendo

586
00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:09.079
<v Speaker 3>director mi corra soon el carloi lassas musica, paramizoidos and ziosos, casilvidadot,

587
00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:16.079
<v Speaker 3>griegen animo, ninus corind and circulus, cantangolle luja my parents,

588
00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:21.759
<v Speaker 3>when hiam intros patinadors, pasan ILOs, amantees, proponent juntl arbo

589
00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:30.519
<v Speaker 3>Rockefeller mintress vevecacola de caliinte traveslas tentanas, cornievle ala Grand cathedral, vamos,

590
00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:38.599
<v Speaker 3>geno de fe esperanza, dandrspiro, amiradores, riolentos and trand a

591
00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:43.359
<v Speaker 3>garando Bolsas. The bonbone is the mother, the weltafuera loses

592
00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:49.880
<v Speaker 3>caparates cono, spectaculus, the luses maxicos and pantaya competta, gennando

593
00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:56.880
<v Speaker 3>l ridosas multitude lance con musica, le Vian sicos, getotosavemos,

594
00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:02.440
<v Speaker 3>dirigiendo cl centre de la sida, don del nervous central pulza.

595
00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:11.199
<v Speaker 3>It's unabanda de mosas damas by landi patio scronico masatanas.

596
00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:18.480
<v Speaker 3>It's just formosas in nombre navidenes peciale totos dife per

597
00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:24.840
<v Speaker 3>motema is Navidad, Navidad in TOAs partes is navidad in

598
00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:27.679
<v Speaker 3>nuevo no maa one to proximoan.

599
00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:35.639
<v Speaker 2>Thank you beautiful in both languages, are wonderful, wonderful. We're

600
00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:38.519
<v Speaker 2>gonna take a break and and and talk some more

601
00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:42.480
<v Speaker 2>specifics about who's going to appear where when all those things.

602
00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:47.760
<v Speaker 2>But I want to bring up someone who's missing U

603
00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:50.280
<v Speaker 2>before we get into the line up. There there was

604
00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:55.480
<v Speaker 2>a key player literally emotionally, physically literally uh who's missing

605
00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:59.199
<v Speaker 2>this year, who was a big player from virtually the

606
00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:03.239
<v Speaker 2>very beginning, who brought his joy, his musical talent, and

607
00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:08.280
<v Speaker 2>his oversized personality in the best way, mister tim o'donnie

608
00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:10.840
<v Speaker 2>and I know you wanted to dedicate this year to

609
00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:14.320
<v Speaker 2>his memory. We just lost him recently to cancer. So

610
00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:16.800
<v Speaker 2>let's talk a little bit about Tim o'donnie and what

611
00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:21.400
<v Speaker 2>he meant to Blankfest in particular and to the Nayak

612
00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:23.199
<v Speaker 2>and Rockland community in general.

613
00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:27.719
<v Speaker 1>It's it is a pity that as time goes by,

614
00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:32.559
<v Speaker 1>you lose people that you're close with, that you've worked with,

615
00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:37.280
<v Speaker 1>that are very near and dear to our project and

616
00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:40.519
<v Speaker 1>what we're doing. And Tim personifies that we actually lost

617
00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:43.400
<v Speaker 1>in another person who I'd like to mention also, but

618
00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:46.280
<v Speaker 1>Tim had been with us since the very very beginning,

619
00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:51.800
<v Speaker 1>and he always was there with his band and his family.

620
00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:57.880
<v Speaker 1>So it was always kind of you talk about like

621
00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:01.840
<v Speaker 1>a holiday atmosphere. Ever, Tim was in the room with

622
00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:05.320
<v Speaker 1>everyone he was associated with. It was almost like it

623
00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.920
<v Speaker 1>was the only thing missing was the Christmas tree and

624
00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:11.760
<v Speaker 1>the presence being unwrapped. That was that was the atmosphere,

625
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<v Speaker 1>and it was kids milling about, and you know, of

626
00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:18.719
<v Speaker 1>course his band, his band members would bring their families.

627
00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:24.039
<v Speaker 1>He had a ton of supporters and they lot most

628
00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:28.440
<v Speaker 1>of them brought U blankets or some other form of donation.

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<v Speaker 1>So his contribution over the years was incredible. And for

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<v Speaker 1>a recent article where we were interviewed for the Rockland Journal,

631
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<v Speaker 1>they had asked to get some photos and I went

632
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<v Speaker 1>digging through the photos and right on my phone, Yvonne

633
00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.719
<v Speaker 1>had taken the photos and sent them to me. There's

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<v Speaker 1>Tim standing in the middle of the stage. And the

635
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<v Speaker 1>sad irony was that he was well within the throes

636
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<v Speaker 1>of his disease. He died of cancer. I guess it

637
00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:03.639
<v Speaker 1>was September seven this year, but he was already undergoing

638
00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:07.280
<v Speaker 1>chemotherapy at that point. I know I could see it

639
00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:12.440
<v Speaker 1>that he wasn't he wasn't himself, and yet he left

640
00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:15.559
<v Speaker 1>all of that at the door the minute he walked

641
00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:18.320
<v Speaker 1>through and went up on the stage with his band

642
00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:21.559
<v Speaker 1>and gave another performance. You would have never known by

643
00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:24.480
<v Speaker 1>his performance that he was ill at the time, but

644
00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:28.599
<v Speaker 1>he really gave it as all. And that's why this

645
00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:31.440
<v Speaker 1>year I just did not have the heart to give

646
00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:35.320
<v Speaker 1>away his four o'clock timeslot to anybody else, and so

647
00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:40.960
<v Speaker 1>I reached out to his widow, Robin, and asked if

648
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<v Speaker 1>it would be okay if we could dedicate this year's

649
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<v Speaker 1>show to his memory. And then we were put in

650
00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:48.719
<v Speaker 1>touch with members of the TMU band, Tim's band, and

651
00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.840
<v Speaker 1>they're going to just get up and do a real

652
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<v Speaker 1>I know it's going to be a moving tribute to

653
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<v Speaker 1>Tim and his memory, and it's gonna be toughs. I

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00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.960
<v Speaker 1>feel bad for the act that's got to follow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if I might had my own recollections of Tim.

656
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<v Speaker 2>I was talking to my partner Amanda a few weeks

657
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<v Speaker 2>back and I said, you know, I had a special

658
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<v Speaker 2>relationship with Tim, and she looked at me and says,

659
00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:16.599
<v Speaker 2>but Frank, that was everybody felt that way about Tim.

660
00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:20.960
<v Speaker 2>That was his superpower. He made you feel that your

661
00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:24.840
<v Speaker 2>relationship with him was very special. So he will be missed,

662
00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:27.719
<v Speaker 2>but his spirit is that strong, and I think it's

663
00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:31.400
<v Speaker 2>that kind of attitude that really drives the event. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a giving event, right, everybody gives the people who come.

665
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<v Speaker 2>Not only do they give blankets, but they give their

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<v Speaker 2>attention and their love to the performers, and of course

667
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<v Speaker 2>the performers are giving everything they have, so it's it's it's,

668
00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:48.119
<v Speaker 2>for lack of a better word, it's a love fest.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, and along those same lines. Earlier this year, I

670
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<v Speaker 1>think it was late spring, early summer, we lost a

671
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<v Speaker 1>gentleman named James Lane and he's part of our New

672
00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:05.079
<v Speaker 1>York City crowd. You know, when Yvonne and I first met,

673
00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:08.960
<v Speaker 1>we were living in New York city together and or

674
00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:14.800
<v Speaker 1>eventually would end up living together. And James did a

675
00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:17.480
<v Speaker 1>lot of tech work for some of the podcasts that

676
00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:20.440
<v Speaker 1>we did during the pandemic, and I had actually known

677
00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:24.559
<v Speaker 1>him for a few years before that, and just like Tim,

678
00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:27.360
<v Speaker 1>he was afflicted with cancer as well. As a matter

679
00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:30.039
<v Speaker 1>of fact, we played a fundraiser for him. I think

680
00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:35.159
<v Speaker 1>it was the last winner and unfortunately, Yeah in Brooklyn

681
00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:37.920
<v Speaker 1>and Neil, I think you played with us at that

682
00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:39.400
<v Speaker 1>that fundraister, wasn't it.

683
00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:42.000
<v Speaker 4>Indeed, I was going to ask if that was who

684
00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:45.480
<v Speaker 4>you were talking about. Yeah, yeah, I think that was

685
00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.519
<v Speaker 4>two years ago now.

686
00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:48.960
<v Speaker 1>I think that was just you know, the fact that

687
00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:51.239
<v Speaker 1>he handled tech and sound and stuff like that. That

688
00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:53.559
<v Speaker 1>wasn't just his only calling card.

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00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.119
<v Speaker 7>Uh.

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00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:59.760
<v Speaker 1>He was a dedicated uh public servant. He ran for

691
00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:03.119
<v Speaker 1>old office as an independent several times because you wanted

692
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<v Speaker 1>to improve the community. But also with Blankfest when we

693
00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:11.519
<v Speaker 1>had blankets during the pandemic that we ordered online, that

694
00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:15.360
<v Speaker 1>was the only year we really encouraged cash donations because

695
00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:17.559
<v Speaker 1>that was the only way we could pull it together.

696
00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:20.599
<v Speaker 1>We needed to order these blankets and we just didn't

697
00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:23.000
<v Speaker 1>have a place to shift the blankets to. And he

698
00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:27.880
<v Speaker 1>gave up Hey, his wife and his kids apartments Hallway,

699
00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:31.719
<v Speaker 1>and we went down there all the blankets, yep, tons

700
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<v Speaker 1>of boxes all the place.

701
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<v Speaker 3>Until we were able to go back into the city

702
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<v Speaker 3>to go and distribute.

703
00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:39.320
<v Speaker 1>And again, you just don't you just don't care about

704
00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:44.800
<v Speaker 1>the silent contributions that so many, so many people, including

705
00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:47.840
<v Speaker 1>our good friend Paul Eckert and Congress who lets us

706
00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:50.960
<v Speaker 1>put the blankets in her house after the show was

707
00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.639
<v Speaker 1>over a year. So and I know I'm going to

708
00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:56.000
<v Speaker 1>be missing some people and I'm really sorry to miss them.

709
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<v Speaker 1>And one last thing too. Over the years, we've had

710
00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:04.320
<v Speaker 1>other people contribute that have fled well, Scott Scott's yep, Scott,

711
00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:10.559
<v Speaker 1>Oh god, I forgot his last name. Scott h Scott Humphries.

712
00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:12.440
<v Speaker 3>Who is That's what I'm here for.

713
00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:16.559
<v Speaker 2>There you go again, I'm bailing his butt out again.

714
00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:20.559
<v Speaker 2>We know, we know who runs the show here, boys,

715
00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:22.159
<v Speaker 2>but we know where the brain. We know where the

716
00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.800
<v Speaker 2>brains are.

717
00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:27.360
<v Speaker 1>I've been saying for years, like I'm a I'm.

718
00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:29.719
<v Speaker 2>A front man, but we know the brains are this operation.

719
00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:32.719
<v Speaker 1>And you know, I'm I'm a smart ass. But she

720
00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:37.800
<v Speaker 1>is the smart person in the duo. And uh and

721
00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:40.320
<v Speaker 1>she and she's she's the one who cuts through my

722
00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:43.360
<v Speaker 1>brain fog to remind me of like where my left

723
00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:46.840
<v Speaker 1>hand and right hand is, you know. But yeah, Scott

724
00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:52.599
<v Speaker 1>Humphries actually uh flies back. During our involvement in Afghanistan,

725
00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:56.639
<v Speaker 1>he did several tours of duty and he would fly home,

726
00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:59.679
<v Speaker 1>you know, and sometimes in his uniform and he would

727
00:41:59.719 --> 00:42:02.159
<v Speaker 1>just you know, barely have time to change and come

728
00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:04.760
<v Speaker 1>on down to the club. And he's helping us whole

729
00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:09.639
<v Speaker 1>equipment count blankets every year every year. But I do

730
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<v Speaker 1>want to mention another gentleman who passed away eight nine

731
00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:15.519
<v Speaker 1>years ago. His name is Tommy Durkin. He was there

732
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<v Speaker 1>for the first two blank Fests, for several blankfests. He

733
00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:24.159
<v Speaker 1>actually had a program on iHeartRadio called Tommy D's Nuts,

734
00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:29.800
<v Speaker 1>and he is he was somebody that really helped drive

735
00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:34.800
<v Speaker 1>a lot of traffic into our you know, cause when

736
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<v Speaker 1>he passed away, I asked his wife Kathy, if it

737
00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:41.119
<v Speaker 1>was okay we could dedicate a show to him. And

738
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<v Speaker 1>what we've done is that we've kept his name on

739
00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:46.480
<v Speaker 1>our website ever since. So in a way, it's like,

740
00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:49.400
<v Speaker 1>you know how like the New York City Marathon is

741
00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:55.199
<v Speaker 1>like it's like the Best By sponsored NYC Marathon. Well,

742
00:42:55.559 --> 00:43:00.519
<v Speaker 1>this is the Tommy Durkin Memorial Blankfest Show. Dicterd this

743
00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:05.920
<v Speaker 1>year to Tim o'doniue, with special love sent out to

744
00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:09.239
<v Speaker 1>James Lane. We've covered all the bases and hopefully we

745
00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:12.719
<v Speaker 1>let everyone know, even if they're not here, hopefully somewhere

746
00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:15.119
<v Speaker 1>they know that they've been loved and appreciated.

747
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<v Speaker 2>We've been talking more detail about some of the performers.

748
00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:23.880
<v Speaker 2>When where all those specifics. It's plug time. Okay, Hey,

749
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<v Speaker 2>after the commercial break, it's time to yes, do the

750
00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:29.039
<v Speaker 2>big plug. Make sure people know where to go, when

751
00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:31.880
<v Speaker 2>to go, how they can get involved, what they should bring.

752
00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:34.480
<v Speaker 2>We'll do all of that stuff in just a minute.

753
00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:39.039
<v Speaker 2>My very special guests, the organizers of blank Fest, Ken

754
00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:42.519
<v Speaker 2>Row and Von Sutttermayor. And we've also been joined on

755
00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:46.039
<v Speaker 2>occasion by the Mailman, our engineer, Neil Richter, who has

756
00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:50.639
<v Speaker 2>been intimately involved with Blankfest for many years. And that's

757
00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:53.880
<v Speaker 2>what we're talking about this evening. Please don't go anywhere,

758
00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:56.679
<v Speaker 2>will be more. We'll be back with more being Frank

759
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<v Speaker 2>after these brief commercial messages.

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<v Speaker 1>Hudson River Radio dot com.

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762
00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:20.880
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<v Speaker 1>This is Hudson River Radio dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to Being Frank the Intelligent Conversation Podcast. Thanks

766
00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:47.920
<v Speaker 2>for sticking with us. I'm your host, Franklebuono. Our engineer

767
00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:51.719
<v Speaker 2>and part time guests is mister Neil Richter. And my

768
00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:55.599
<v Speaker 2>full time guests are the organizers for the twenty eighth

769
00:44:55.760 --> 00:45:00.360
<v Speaker 2>annual blank Fest music festival, where a blank it is

770
00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:03.119
<v Speaker 2>required for entry, which is eventually given to the less

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<v Speaker 2>fortune in New York City, and they are Ken Raul

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00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:11.480
<v Speaker 2>and Yvonne Sotomayoor. Guys, thank you for coming back and

773
00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:14.440
<v Speaker 2>didn't leave. That's that's a plus. That's always a plus.

774
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<v Speaker 2>You're talking with me for about a half hour. The

775
00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:23.239
<v Speaker 2>fact that you stayed is meaningful. So let's let's go.

776
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<v Speaker 2>Let's go back. We like you, Frank. Well, there's no

777
00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:32.000
<v Speaker 2>accounting for taste. Guys, Let's get back to blank Fest.

778
00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:34.320
<v Speaker 2>And I want to talk a little bit about the specifics.

779
00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:37.679
<v Speaker 2>We talked about some of the esoterica, if you will,

780
00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:44.159
<v Speaker 2>the feeling behind it, et cetera. Let's talk specifics where, when, who.

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00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:49.039
<v Speaker 1>Well, it's going to be on Sunday, December fifteenth. It's

782
00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:51.960
<v Speaker 1>at the Hudson House, which is one point thirty four

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00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:56.280
<v Speaker 1>Main Street in New York, beautiful metropolitan downtown New York.

784
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<v Speaker 1>And hey, I was born there. I loved it, you know,

785
00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:05.440
<v Speaker 1>still love going back to visit on occasion. And it

786
00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:11.320
<v Speaker 1>is going from noon until midnight. Last I counted, we

787
00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:14.920
<v Speaker 1>have twenty one acts that are squeezed into the proceedings,

788
00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:17.920
<v Speaker 1>and we might actually be adding one or two more.

789
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<v Speaker 1>I hope so, and I hope not at the same time,

790
00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:25.119
<v Speaker 1>because it's always a challenge to get everybody up for

791
00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:27.880
<v Speaker 1>their twenty minutes of glory and then the ten minute

792
00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:30.719
<v Speaker 1>change out, and for that, again, we have so many

793
00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:35.159
<v Speaker 1>people helping us. We'll get into more details about that

794
00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:38.119
<v Speaker 1>if time permits, but I think we should talk about

795
00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:41.679
<v Speaker 1>the selfless talent that lends itself to the proceedings.

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<v Speaker 2>And it now's that time.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll just read from our flyer and just please do

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<v Speaker 1>everything down. And by the way, they're not mentioned in

799
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<v Speaker 1>any specific preference or value to the show. Each performer

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00:46:57.760 --> 00:47:01.000
<v Speaker 1>is invaluable to our efforts. I have to fit the

801
00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:04.800
<v Speaker 1>names on. So when I'm at the top of the

802
00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:08.119
<v Speaker 1>page and I lead with the undead, you know with

803
00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:12.079
<v Speaker 1>Bobby Steele, I mean he's been with us now for

804
00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:16.400
<v Speaker 1>about half of our shows, and he as he always

805
00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:19.519
<v Speaker 1>delivers a great you know, Bobby Steele was with the

806
00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:25.119
<v Speaker 1>Misfits before he started the Undead and he and his

807
00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:29.960
<v Speaker 1>wife Diana and company always always bring you a great show.

808
00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:34.000
<v Speaker 1>Patty Rothberg has been with us since Blankfest two, which

809
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<v Speaker 1>is nineteen ninety eight. She was with them I Capitol Records,

810
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<v Speaker 1>which is a label that I worked for, and I

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<v Speaker 1>actually knew her from back in the day's CBGB when

812
00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:46.480
<v Speaker 1>we were both in different bands appearing on the same bill. Neil,

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<v Speaker 1>you were there for that one?

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<v Speaker 4>I was, yeah, that's right.

815
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<v Speaker 1>We went to see one of our art exhibits down

816
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<v Speaker 1>on the Lower East Side, and this was before she

817
00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:59.039
<v Speaker 1>was signed to the label, before she had appeared on

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<v Speaker 1>The Tonight Show, Jay Leno, David Letterman, MTV, et cetera,

819
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<v Speaker 1>et cetera. So we're always happy to have her show

820
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<v Speaker 1>up and put on a bang up performance. Joe Derso.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're from Rockland County, you know who Joe Derso is.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're not from Rockland County, you still might

823
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<v Speaker 1>have heard of him from his countless tours of the UK, Italy, Eastern,

824
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<v Speaker 1>the Pacific Rim. He's involved with Light of Day, Thank You,

825
00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:39.239
<v Speaker 1>thank You, and Hunger than you Know with the Chapin family.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe.

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<v Speaker 1>I've known Joe since he was a wee young lad

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<v Speaker 1>and i've seen him, you know, he he was mega

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<v Speaker 1>talented when he was in high school and he has

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<v Speaker 1>just grown up to really embody, uh, the personification of

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<v Speaker 1>a strong, successful, independent musician who's not afraid to give

832
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<v Speaker 1>for a better for a better cause. The horse you

833
00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:11.000
<v Speaker 1>rode in on. I was sneaking into bars to see

834
00:49:11.039 --> 00:49:15.599
<v Speaker 1>these guys play ages ago, and after they took a

835
00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:18.519
<v Speaker 1>little time off, they started having reunion shows and now

836
00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:22.880
<v Speaker 1>it's just great to see them on a regular basis,

837
00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:27.400
<v Speaker 1>year in and year out. Chuck de Brune is the

838
00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:30.960
<v Speaker 1>front man, and as a matter of fact, he owned,

839
00:49:31.320 --> 00:49:34.159
<v Speaker 1>he was a part owner of Bruck Sells, and he's

840
00:49:34.199 --> 00:49:37.360
<v Speaker 1>been part of a Blankfast even as a solo axis

841
00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:39.559
<v Speaker 1>before then. As a matter of fact, I was just

842
00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:41.920
<v Speaker 1>on the horn with him tonight. He's helping to arrank

843
00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:44.519
<v Speaker 1>some volunteers to help us move the equipment. And then

844
00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:47.800
<v Speaker 1>you've got Lance, you've got Joel, and you've got Jim

845
00:49:47.880 --> 00:49:50.320
<v Speaker 1>d Maria on the drums. They're just a solid, strong

846
00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:53.599
<v Speaker 1>unit and it's always great to have those guys back

847
00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:59.400
<v Speaker 1>the guests. They're a great three part harmony group. Hannah,

848
00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:04.000
<v Speaker 1>who is their front person, is Bobby Steele's daughter, and

849
00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:10.519
<v Speaker 1>even when she couldn't go because the rest of the

850
00:50:10.679 --> 00:50:13.280
<v Speaker 1>band was sick, I think it was with COVID, she

851
00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:16.159
<v Speaker 1>came by herself, wore a mask, got up on stage

852
00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:21.039
<v Speaker 1>and did a wonderful a cappella version of Allelujah, which

853
00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:25.079
<v Speaker 1>you know again, I don't have enough happy words to

854
00:50:25.159 --> 00:50:29.599
<v Speaker 1>describe their contribution. Nuns and Posers is a band by

855
00:50:29.719 --> 00:50:32.440
<v Speaker 1>John Rehrick who is part of a great band from

856
00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:38.480
<v Speaker 1>the glory days of Naya's bar scene called Kablamachunk. John

857
00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:42.079
<v Speaker 1>Rerick is just a wonderfully talented musician and his band

858
00:50:42.239 --> 00:50:45.760
<v Speaker 1>really really knows how to bring it. Anne Hussick, I know,

859
00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:50.320
<v Speaker 1>we know her from New York City and she is

860
00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:54.159
<v Speaker 1>a talented singer songwriter who really really knows how to

861
00:50:54.199 --> 00:50:56.360
<v Speaker 1>put together a great show and she actually has her

862
00:50:56.400 --> 00:51:01.719
<v Speaker 1>own promotions crew. Annie Hussick Presents. It's always great to

863
00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:06.960
<v Speaker 1>have her count of nine dear, dear friends of mine

864
00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:08.599
<v Speaker 1>Joe and Abbey.

865
00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:10.559
<v Speaker 2>Was that friend.

866
00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:20.719
<v Speaker 1>That's right, Yeah, I'm horrible. Well, I knew Joe from

867
00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:23.079
<v Speaker 1>way back in the day, long before I met my wife,

868
00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:27.480
<v Speaker 1>and actually long before he met his wife. She came

869
00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:30.039
<v Speaker 1>on as a keyboard player in his band and they

870
00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:35.119
<v Speaker 1>had this wonderful uh synergy Ross Byron. Another talented singer songwriter,

871
00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:39.199
<v Speaker 1>Amanda White, is coming down from Boston to play with

872
00:51:39.280 --> 00:51:44.360
<v Speaker 1>her band again. More talent Michael G. Potter, a very

873
00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:47.719
<v Speaker 1>good singer songwriter who you could see very often playing

874
00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:52.559
<v Speaker 1>at Strawberry Field. Donald Sebasnik. I can't get enough of

875
00:51:52.639 --> 00:51:55.360
<v Speaker 1>his music. He's got a real lou reed feel to him,

876
00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:57.519
<v Speaker 1>and I can hardly wait. He's actually starting to show

877
00:51:57.840 --> 00:52:01.119
<v Speaker 1>at noon. Most people say, is Yvonne on the bill

878
00:52:01.199 --> 00:52:02.159
<v Speaker 1>because she's married to you?

879
00:52:02.840 --> 00:52:02.880
<v Speaker 2>No?

880
00:52:03.719 --> 00:52:06.440
<v Speaker 1>Ivana is on the bill because she's toured thirty two

881
00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:09.360
<v Speaker 1>US states. She's played the Jimmy Carter Library, the New

882
00:52:09.400 --> 00:52:14.280
<v Speaker 1>York City Marathon, she's been published, she's recorded music overseas,

883
00:52:14.719 --> 00:52:18.440
<v Speaker 1>excuse me, poetry overseas, and her EP has gotten five

884
00:52:18.480 --> 00:52:22.079
<v Speaker 1>star reviews. So she would be here even if we

885
00:52:22.159 --> 00:52:24.920
<v Speaker 1>had never met before. She'll be doing the four to

886
00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:28.280
<v Speaker 1>thirty time slot. Right after the tim O'donoue Memorial. Then

887
00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:31.519
<v Speaker 1>you've got Zuko Phillips Conan Starr. They're a four part

888
00:52:32.760 --> 00:52:35.280
<v Speaker 1>harmony group that are going to boil your socks off.

889
00:52:35.360 --> 00:52:39.119
<v Speaker 1>It's their first year. Quinnin the Eskimos another great outfit

890
00:52:39.199 --> 00:52:42.199
<v Speaker 1>that joined us just last year along with Sophia McClue,

891
00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:47.119
<v Speaker 1>is a talented singer songwriter and David Tanner who is

892
00:52:47.440 --> 00:52:50.599
<v Speaker 1>actually helping us with all the equipment and is coming

893
00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:53.199
<v Speaker 1>to do a rare spot where he actually gets to

894
00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:56.159
<v Speaker 1>play his own original music, something he doesn't usually get

895
00:52:56.159 --> 00:52:58.320
<v Speaker 1>a chance to do because he's usually helping other people.

896
00:52:58.599 --> 00:53:02.199
<v Speaker 1>And finally, but not least, we've got a band called

897
00:53:02.239 --> 00:53:05.679
<v Speaker 1>We're Desperate. They are the ultimate ex tribute band and

898
00:53:05.960 --> 00:53:08.679
<v Speaker 1>being a fan of X, I can tell you I

899
00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:11.119
<v Speaker 1>can hardly wait to see them strut their stuff on stage.

900
00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:14.639
<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, you gave us kind of a setup

901
00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:18.920
<v Speaker 2>for Yvonne as a poet and why she's there, so

902
00:53:19.440 --> 00:53:22.679
<v Speaker 2>we're going to impose upon her again for another poem

903
00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:27.000
<v Speaker 2>as we start to wrap up our program. So if

904
00:53:27.039 --> 00:53:30.360
<v Speaker 2>you're ready, Yvonne will tell us about this poem that

905
00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:31.800
<v Speaker 2>you're about to recite for us.

906
00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:37.159
<v Speaker 3>Okay, this is called Blankfast poem. So I was used

907
00:53:37.199 --> 00:53:42.159
<v Speaker 3>to writing poetry kind of to work out my feelings,

908
00:53:43.159 --> 00:53:46.559
<v Speaker 3>you know, either with Ken or my personal feelings throughout

909
00:53:46.800 --> 00:53:50.679
<v Speaker 3>you know, the years. I think this is the first time.

910
00:53:51.079 --> 00:53:53.360
<v Speaker 3>This had been the first time in twenty fourteen. I

911
00:53:53.440 --> 00:53:58.119
<v Speaker 3>think it was when I was asked, when he asked me, actually, well,

912
00:53:58.199 --> 00:54:01.320
<v Speaker 3>what do you think about blankfast? What are you're you know,

913
00:54:01.360 --> 00:54:05.000
<v Speaker 3>because I'd been in there already two years, so he

914
00:54:05.280 --> 00:54:08.039
<v Speaker 3>actually asked me, you know, write something about it. And

915
00:54:08.599 --> 00:54:16.679
<v Speaker 3>so this is a blank fastpond, many streets filled with loss, sadness,

916
00:54:16.880 --> 00:54:22.000
<v Speaker 3>and contempt, lined with broken thoughts of dreams and lives

917
00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:27.559
<v Speaker 3>that almost could have hungry, wretched souls on fire, left

918
00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:33.360
<v Speaker 3>cold and forgotten, invisibly regarded less or too much for

919
00:54:33.519 --> 00:54:37.000
<v Speaker 3>us to bear reality of what we have joined in

920
00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:42.000
<v Speaker 3>the dance we often play, those people will never be us,

921
00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:49.480
<v Speaker 3>littering my street, shoulders hunched, rushed footsteps, We gayly powder by,

922
00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:53.880
<v Speaker 3>ignore the problem. It's not mine. They should all just

923
00:54:54.000 --> 00:54:54.559
<v Speaker 3>get a job.

924
00:54:55.679 --> 00:54:56.480
<v Speaker 2>How cruelly we.

925
00:54:56.559 --> 00:55:01.199
<v Speaker 3>Can unthink we're but a step away from being cold,

926
00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:07.719
<v Speaker 3>left and forgotten, and freezing all alone. America, the beautiful

927
00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:11.639
<v Speaker 3>the streets are paved with hope. Let's give our hearts

928
00:55:11.719 --> 00:55:17.880
<v Speaker 3>and our thanks and make those folks our own, muchas

929
00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:22.519
<v Speaker 3>cay is genus de perdi de la tristesa il espressio alignido,

930
00:55:22.559 --> 00:55:30.320
<v Speaker 3>compensamin dorotos, the lasuenos iridees, cecasi, prin abricido, almas miserablis

931
00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:35.360
<v Speaker 3>and brintasi in sendidaz they had as free asiovidados in

932
00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:42.440
<v Speaker 3>dissibilmente consideradas menos or the masio paraguantar lerida is the

933
00:55:42.559 --> 00:55:49.719
<v Speaker 3>gernolos mosonido elvila menudo, the sepegnamos ESAs personas noun casan

934
00:55:49.920 --> 00:55:55.519
<v Speaker 3>nosotros and susian do migaye ombros and corbados pasos a

935
00:55:55.599 --> 00:56:04.719
<v Speaker 3>pressurados ale rementeos ladog prolema nus mio de yantos conajo

936
00:56:05.800 --> 00:56:12.280
<v Speaker 3>como cruel mentemos dispenser is tamos menos pasodesto they start

937
00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:20.519
<v Speaker 3>frios dejados lvii dados conlados is solos America LaVeda last

938
00:56:20.559 --> 00:56:30.079
<v Speaker 3>gay is stampa esperanza bamusada nostros corasonesestras gracias maesta hinte

939
00:56:30.599 --> 00:56:32.000
<v Speaker 3>comoestro Propria.

940
00:56:33.119 --> 00:56:37.199
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Bognant and Powerful, thank you for going such

941
00:56:37.239 --> 00:56:41.159
<v Speaker 2>on my ar and Ken Raul your big day coming

942
00:56:41.239 --> 00:56:45.000
<v Speaker 2>up Sunday, just a few days from our taping. Again,

943
00:56:45.079 --> 00:56:48.039
<v Speaker 2>if people are watching this, I highly recommend they get

944
00:56:48.079 --> 00:56:50.960
<v Speaker 2>to the Hudson House. Begins at twelve, wraps up right

945
00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:54.400
<v Speaker 2>around ten or so in the evening. Generally speaking about

946
00:56:54.880 --> 00:56:56.519
<v Speaker 2>can Well, we are.

947
00:56:56.760 --> 00:56:58.840
<v Speaker 1>Usually the bag Daddy is going dead last because we

948
00:56:58.880 --> 00:57:02.000
<v Speaker 1>don't want to take any of the primetime away from

949
00:57:02.079 --> 00:57:05.360
<v Speaker 1>some of the worthy performers, and this year is no exception.

950
00:57:05.519 --> 00:57:09.440
<v Speaker 1>We're supposed to go on around tennis, although you know,

951
00:57:09.519 --> 00:57:12.719
<v Speaker 1>one of the names I forgot because we couldn't add

952
00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:14.880
<v Speaker 1>them to the flyer on time. There's a band out

953
00:57:14.920 --> 00:57:17.960
<v Speaker 1>of New York City called Crazy Mary. Their lead singer

954
00:57:18.159 --> 00:57:22.840
<v Speaker 1>is Emma z and she actually left when she decided

955
00:57:22.880 --> 00:57:24.559
<v Speaker 1>to start a family to go back to her native

956
00:57:24.559 --> 00:57:27.519
<v Speaker 1>Australia about five or six years ago, and she's been

957
00:57:27.559 --> 00:57:29.159
<v Speaker 1>back to visit New York City from time to time

958
00:57:29.239 --> 00:57:31.880
<v Speaker 1>for little reunions with her band. She was flying into

959
00:57:31.960 --> 00:57:35.119
<v Speaker 1>town or into the city this week and I just

960
00:57:35.199 --> 00:57:38.760
<v Speaker 1>picked up the phone and you know, texted her and said, hey,

961
00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:40.239
<v Speaker 1>how would you guys like to come up and do

962
00:57:40.280 --> 00:57:41.880
<v Speaker 1>the show. She said, let me run it by the boys.

963
00:57:42.199 --> 00:57:44.519
<v Speaker 1>And she's been a last minute addition to this. So

964
00:57:45.199 --> 00:57:46.639
<v Speaker 1>if the back daddy is we're going to go on

965
00:57:46.719 --> 00:57:48.760
<v Speaker 1>at ten, then we're going on at ten thirty now

966
00:57:48.960 --> 00:57:52.119
<v Speaker 1>because Emma's going to show up almost directly out of

967
00:57:52.159 --> 00:57:58.159
<v Speaker 1>Australia and Crazy Mary Bloody Good band, they're going to

968
00:57:58.199 --> 00:58:02.320
<v Speaker 1>be playing at ninth your ten o'clock. I don't have

969
00:58:02.440 --> 00:58:05.440
<v Speaker 1>the schedule in front of me, and so Lord knows

970
00:58:05.519 --> 00:58:07.920
<v Speaker 1>when Blankfist is gonna wrap up. Because if you fly

971
00:58:08.039 --> 00:58:11.320
<v Speaker 1>in from Australia to do a set for Blankfest, especially

972
00:58:11.559 --> 00:58:13.480
<v Speaker 1>the night, you can go on as long as you want.

973
00:58:13.559 --> 00:58:16.440
<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm gonna play, Yes, good, good stuff. So

974
00:58:16.760 --> 00:58:20.800
<v Speaker 2>Sunday the fourteenth, beginning at noon, going until ten or

975
00:58:21.079 --> 00:58:24.360
<v Speaker 2>later at the Hudson House of Niak, New York. It's Blankfest.

976
00:58:24.679 --> 00:58:28.000
<v Speaker 2>Bring what correction? Hold on to fifteenth fifteenth? Thank you

977
00:58:28.559 --> 00:58:31.400
<v Speaker 2>very good, Yes, the fifteen. I should look at a

978
00:58:31.480 --> 00:58:34.039
<v Speaker 2>calendar that might help you know. I do all this

979
00:58:34.159 --> 00:58:36.719
<v Speaker 2>preparation and don't look at a cant the fifteenth. Sunday

980
00:58:36.760 --> 00:58:40.199
<v Speaker 2>the fifteenth, at noon, begins at the Hudson house, bring

981
00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:43.360
<v Speaker 2>a blanket. You also accept clothing like a warm jacket

982
00:58:43.480 --> 00:58:46.400
<v Speaker 2>or you're not going to turn anything warm away, right, guys,

983
00:58:46.559 --> 00:58:47.159
<v Speaker 2>that's for sure.

984
00:58:47.320 --> 00:58:50.320
<v Speaker 3>No, never, everything is useful.

985
00:58:50.519 --> 00:58:50.920
<v Speaker 2>Everything.

986
00:58:51.000 --> 00:58:54.199
<v Speaker 1>Also, we're always looking for volunteers to help us bring

987
00:58:54.239 --> 00:58:56.880
<v Speaker 1>the equipment in, to help us bring the equipment out,

988
00:58:57.280 --> 00:58:59.239
<v Speaker 1>or help us get the blankets out to New York

989
00:58:59.280 --> 00:58:59.920
<v Speaker 1>City on Christmas.

990
00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:02.440
<v Speaker 2>Ken, how can how can they get to you to

991
00:59:03.719 --> 00:59:06.239
<v Speaker 2>find and hook up with you to be able to

992
00:59:06.360 --> 00:59:08.079
<v Speaker 2>volunteer if they want to? How can they find you?

993
00:59:08.599 --> 00:59:13.079
<v Speaker 1>Well you can obviously, Uh, well not obviously, but you can.

994
00:59:13.760 --> 00:59:17.840
<v Speaker 1>You can go to the blank Fest page on Facebook

995
00:59:18.400 --> 00:59:21.199
<v Speaker 1>and send us a message there. It'll you know.

996
00:59:22.199 --> 00:59:24.239
<v Speaker 3>We're also just blankfest dot org.

997
00:59:24.559 --> 00:59:29.199
<v Speaker 1>Well, well that's that's the website. There's an email address there,

998
00:59:29.199 --> 00:59:33.400
<v Speaker 1>but there's also Blankfest the blank Fast page on Facebook. Also,

999
00:59:33.719 --> 00:59:35.840
<v Speaker 1>the email address you can reach me at easily is

1000
00:59:35.960 --> 00:59:39.360
<v Speaker 1>surf Vietnam s U R F V I E T

1001
00:59:39.639 --> 00:59:42.760
<v Speaker 1>N A M at hotmail dot com. Drop me an email.

1002
00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:45.000
<v Speaker 1>I promise you it won't get caught in a spam

1003
00:59:45.079 --> 00:59:47.000
<v Speaker 1>filter and I'll let you know what's going on.

1004
00:59:47.960 --> 00:59:48.199
<v Speaker 4>Guys.

1005
00:59:48.239 --> 00:59:49.880
<v Speaker 2>I want to thank you so much for joining us

1006
00:59:49.920 --> 00:59:53.760
<v Speaker 2>here on Being Frank. It was a pleasure again, always fun. Absolutely,

1007
00:59:53.880 --> 00:59:56.599
<v Speaker 2>thank you and I'll see you guys Sunday. We'll be

1008
00:59:56.679 --> 00:59:59.119
<v Speaker 2>there Amanda and I have some fun with you again.

1009
01:00:00.440 --> 01:00:02.199
<v Speaker 1>You gotta take some of your great pictures.

1010
01:00:03.760 --> 01:00:06.559
<v Speaker 2>I'll try, you know. Of course, we offer special thanks

1011
01:00:06.599 --> 01:00:08.360
<v Speaker 2>to our listeners who take time to give us a

1012
01:00:08.440 --> 01:00:11.119
<v Speaker 2>voice in their lives, and we remember we offer a

1013
01:00:11.159 --> 01:00:14.039
<v Speaker 2>fresh topic every week and can catch us wherever and

1014
01:00:14.199 --> 01:00:18.320
<v Speaker 2>whenever you get your favorite podcasts like Apple, Spotify, Heheart

1015
01:00:18.480 --> 01:00:20.679
<v Speaker 2>Radio and the others. Could check us out on the

1016
01:00:20.760 --> 01:00:23.920
<v Speaker 2>Hudson River Radio Facebook page. Like us and leave us

1017
01:00:23.920 --> 01:00:27.559
<v Speaker 2>a comment too. We also ask you to consider sharing

1018
01:00:27.679 --> 01:00:31.639
<v Speaker 2>Being Frank with others. You know what, Neil, I'm gonna

1019
01:00:31.679 --> 01:00:35.320
<v Speaker 2>ask you to introduce our final song. It's one from

1020
01:00:35.360 --> 01:00:38.760
<v Speaker 2>the bag daddios. I know you have a hand in it.

1021
01:00:38.920 --> 01:00:40.400
<v Speaker 2>So what are we going to hear?

1022
01:00:41.320 --> 01:00:43.679
<v Speaker 4>Well, I think we're gonna hear a song. Christmas ain't

1023
01:00:43.800 --> 01:00:46.000
<v Speaker 4>for lonely people? Is that right? Ken that?

1024
01:00:47.159 --> 01:00:47.320
<v Speaker 2>Yes?

1025
01:00:47.400 --> 01:00:49.920
<v Speaker 1>I believe so. And a matter of fact, it was

1026
01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:52.840
<v Speaker 1>recorded by our very good friend Kevin Lacey from New City,

1027
01:00:52.920 --> 01:00:53.280
<v Speaker 1>New York.

1028
01:00:53.400 --> 01:00:56.880
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, right right here in Rockland County. If I remember yes,

1029
01:00:57.039 --> 01:00:59.840
<v Speaker 4>and in the middle of a snowstorm. If I do

1030
01:01:00.119 --> 01:01:04.079
<v Speaker 4>remember too that it was what's pretty romantic?

1031
01:01:04.239 --> 01:01:09.440
<v Speaker 2>It's pretty close show my god fit for our engineer

1032
01:01:09.519 --> 01:01:12.119
<v Speaker 2>Neil Richter. I'm your host, Frank Levono, and we hope

1033
01:01:12.119 --> 01:01:13.920
<v Speaker 2>to have you join us on the next being Frank,

1034
01:01:13.960 --> 01:01:17.000
<v Speaker 2>We're the only way to be is Frank. Thanks everybody.

1035
01:01:17.719 --> 01:01:24.599
<v Speaker 9>Christmas A for lowly people, Christmas April lowly people, Christmas

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01:01:24.679 --> 01:01:25.880
<v Speaker 9>Aple lowly people.

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<v Speaker 5>You should know that by now.

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<v Speaker 10>Marry Christmas, I'm alone, not another friend to stone lot's

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<v Speaker 10>of breaking.

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<v Speaker 5>It's okay for me.

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<v Speaker 10>It's just as know.

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<v Speaker 4>The day happy people on.

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<v Speaker 7>My TV send distracts me so much and I almost

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<v Speaker 7>beget now that Christmas April lowly biglow Christmas A for

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<v Speaker 7>lowly be o Christmas A for lonly people.

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<v Speaker 4>You should know that by now.

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<v Speaker 5>My compan's gone to her sister's.

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<v Speaker 10>Face and now a bet is chanced.

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<v Speaker 5>An empty space three days to double on my children.

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<v Speaker 5>Let the holidays begin.

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<v Speaker 1>See these get been messed up.

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<v Speaker 5>Jingle bells said.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows you.

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<v Speaker 9>My friend said, I wish you well. Who Christmas A

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<v Speaker 9>for lowly people, Christmas A for lowly people, Christmas and

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<v Speaker 9>for lowly people.

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<v Speaker 4>You should know that by now. See a crazy man

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<v Speaker 4>talking to himself on the bus.

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<v Speaker 5>But I'm staring passing more I think.

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<v Speaker 1>About his sirs.

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<v Speaker 10>I can trying to call you a bunch of silvers

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<v Speaker 10>Onis off pistol story, maddess of my lonely Spanish, all

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<v Speaker 10>of low I'm my dad and is my mom the.

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<v Speaker 9>Rich I now releave in in Flora on my sister

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<v Speaker 9>and a kid's a living in the verbs.

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<v Speaker 1>But the buses are on, and so I'm stradded out.

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<v Speaker 9>The girl, the girl unaware, the Netwick withers. Smile, here's

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<v Speaker 9>me booked before you won't know the Christmas and for

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<v Speaker 9>lowly people. Christmas a for lonely people. Christmas a for

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<v Speaker 9>lonely people.

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<v Speaker 5>You should know that by now, Yes, Christmas.

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<v Speaker 9>A lowly people. Christmas a lowly people Christmas aple lowly people.

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<v Speaker 4>You should know that.

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<v Speaker 1>For now, Apple, buy a color up to my head,

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<v Speaker 1>weed down, don't talk to me.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm just trying to kire gross town to fest to

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<v Speaker 7>snow as now, judge and slush when you're by yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Be concerned as me too much.

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<v Speaker 5>All I want is.

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<v Speaker 4>To be with you.

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<v Speaker 5>But I guess the drinking too, who have to do

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<v Speaker 5>a look at pictures and.

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<v Speaker 1>Try to remember do so, which happens to me.

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<v Speaker 5>When we get into sim I Hear's voices, see.

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<v Speaker 7>To it been a carolers, just a memory.

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<v Speaker 9>Christmas a lowly people, Christmas a lowly people. Christmas aple

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<v Speaker 9>loly people. You should know that bye now. Christmas a

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<v Speaker 9>for lowly people. Christmas a for lowly people. Christmas a

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<v Speaker 9>for lowly people.

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<v Speaker 5>You should know that. Christmas aple loly people.

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<v Speaker 9>Talk you forgain. Christmas a for loly people.

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<v Speaker 4>You should know that bye.

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<v Speaker 1>No.

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<v Speaker 4>This is Hudson River Radio dot com.