Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast - EP 218: Nick & Andy Recap Jazz Fest PLUS Live Podcast From Republic NOLA

Episode Date: May 9, 2023

All of us here are pleased to present a very special live show set in the happiest place on earth: New Orleans! Nick & Andy open the show with updates, breakdowns, and various heel turns to lead ya right where you need to be: exactly where you're at. Enjoy special guest sit-ins by Dolav Cohen, Anders Osborne, and who knows... maybe even Mayor McCheese?? Call, leave a message, and tell us how you really feel: [phone]  Watch this episode streaming now!! Psyched to partner up with our buddies at Volume.com! Check out their roster of upcoming live events and on-demand shows to enrich that sweet life of yours. Check out our new single, You Do You streaming on Spotify and Apple Music now! And while you're at it, give a big middle finger to the bigots in your life And don't forget to catch the band in a town near you andyfrasco.com/tour Follow us on Instagram @worldsavingpodcast For more information on Andy Frasco, the band and/or the blog, go to: AndyFrasco.com Check out our good friends that help us unwind and sleep easy while on the road and at home: dialedingummies.com Produced by Andy Frasco, Joe Angelhow, & Chris Lorentz Audio mix by Jason Burdett (NOLA live show) & Chris Lorentz (post-production) Featuring: Shawn Eckels Arno Bakker

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It's just a little comedy. Ready? What do you mean by that? And we're live. Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast. You guys are never going to know what he said right before that. Anyway, I'm Andy Frasco. Finally back from that prison they call New Orleans.

Real prison. I got out Monday morning with ease. You're just an alcoholic, Andy. Yeah. Well, I just like having fun. And, you know, Denver's fun, but it's not like New Orleans fun. Yeah, but you can't be in New Orleans all the time either. Yeah.

Enough is enough. Enough is enough. There was some cool... I like the Nirvana thing. Nirvana. I went to that. Yeah, we went together. It was Vacation Nick.

Oh, yeah. Vacation Nick. That was when Vacation Nick was there. I smoked a cigarette. Oh, you had two cigarettes? Yeah, I think it added It was Vacation Nick. Oh, yeah. Vacation Nick. That was when Vacation Nick was there. I smoked a cigarette. Oh, you had two cigarettes? Yeah, I think it added up to one, maybe. I hadn't had a cigarette in seven years. Did you do cocaine?

No. I really didn't, actually. That city is so fucking fun. To me, it's not like a drug city. It's more like a just drinking city. It's a dirt bag. You can just go there to be a dirt bag. Yeah, you drink heavily,

but there was drugs everywhere. Oh, for sure. Everywhere. To me, like a drug thing is like when you go to a festival in the middle of nowhere or something. One thing I got to respect, not a lot of ketamine. You don't do downers in New Orleans. You don't do downers if you want to stay up drinking

until 6 a.m. Yeah, it's an alcoholic. It's a great town to live if you're an alcoholic. I think there's some famous quotes about it. You just go there if you're an alcoholic, and no one really thinks you're an alcoholic because everyone's an alcoholic. Yeah, I missed my flight four times. This is why I fucked up. Well, you rescheduled.

I rescheduled it, but I was at the bar until 6 a.m., and I realized, oh, shit, I need to be on my flight in two hours. And I have the biggest anxiety. I can't just sleep for an hour. I need to sleep at least five hours, or I will not sleep at all. I get it. I'm have the biggest anxiety. I can't just sleep for an hour. I need to sleep at least five hours or I will not sleep at all. I get it. I'm like that too. Because I have such a fear of being late to something.

You aren't late. I don't like being late. You're not a late guy. It's not my thing. No. That I will just stay up until I have to be at where I need to be. That's smarter. But it's not good for my body. No, but it's smarter. But you still missed your flight, so I guess it doesn't

that smarter, is it? I missed it four times. I mean, I wanted to stay. I just had to come. I would have thought about staying. I just had trivia to do. I felt like Bill Murray from the Royal Tannenbaums. I kept on going to the lobby at 7 a.m. saying, can I

get another night at the saying, can I get another night at the hotel lobby? I need another night. Mr. Frasco, would you like another night? They knew me by name by now because it was like four days in a row. They're like, oh, you missed your flight again, didn't you, Mr. Frasco? I'm like, yes. It's 6 a.m.

Unpopular opinion, that's actually my favorite Wes Anderson movie. Great movie. It's my favorite one. But shout out, I did get some exercise. I looked at my... Oh, you walked Great movie. It's my favorite one. But shout out, I did get some exercise. I looked at my... Oh, you walked a lot. I walked a shit ton, five miles. You don't realize you're walking so much.

Yeah. I went to the Harrah's a lot. Yeah. Harrah's Casino a lot. I went to the Harrah's. I love watching basketball at those sports bets. Yeah, they're fun. I don't even bet.

I just go there just like to feel the vibe of everyone. Yeah, it's cool. It's like sports fans. But New Orleans was a fucking blast. Did you have fun? Yeah, always. So fun. I like it there.

We killed it. We're about to show you the live stream from New Orleans at the end of this. That went great. It went great. We rushed it a little bit. It was only 25 minutes. I think you were nervous. I was nervous.

I don't think I was nervous at all. No, you're calm, cool, collective. That's my thing, baby. You're the guy that we pass the ball to. We just got to know, hey, we can talk longer. We can do this. In your defense, though, the crowd wasn't like the perfect podcast crowd. No, they were loud.

Like, Andrews is up there like, yeah, I almost, you know, whatever. He wasn't being that sad, but we know his story. And he's like, people are kind of talking over him. We got some laughs, though. We did get some laughs. And, you know, the first 15 or first 10 minutes was just us talking about drugs. And then we bring a sober guy in like,

so tell me about being grateful. And then it was like, he's like, what the fuck? In the future, when we do the podcast live, which we're going to be doing, it's going to be just the podcast. So it's going to be podcast fans buying tickets. It's not going to be people thinking they're going to, which they were going to an Andy Fresco show,

but it's two very different things. But it's better too short than too long. Yeah, I don't like doing, I don't think I'll ever do the podcast before the show ever again. That's not a good fit. I mean, not because like your show wasn't, it's just like, they're just too.

It took me like five, six songs to get into the set because it was just like, you know like when you get adrenaline when you first perform and you feel comfortable, but like if you already do it, I had it the other way. Like I was already like, I had my release. You can't open for yourself. No. I've always said this.

I don't like when people open for themselves. No, I didn't like it at all. First of all, it seems weird and cash grabby. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Second of all, I said that. I'm like, we're too cheap to get an opener.

No, it's different when it's a podcast. I'm talking about like, guys will do that in bands, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Their little side project will open for themselves. I'm like, first of all, corny. Why? Did you need the extra 200 bucks? Second of all, it's not good for your real show.

Oh, Jesus. You're going to piss off Ryan Stacey. You just know, they don't open for them. Do Flamingo used to open for... But they'll do the after party, which is a different thing. I'm okay with that. That's fine. You did the main thing that people paid the $70 for. Or whatever it is.

I think when you open for yourself, because I've done this. I've played with the opener and the thing. You just kind of like you said, you blow your load a little early. So shout out to everyone who went to Jazz Fest. That was a lot of fun. A lot of fun. I had a blast. I had a fucking early. So shout out to everyone who went to Jazz Fest. That was a lot of fun. A lot of fun. I had a blast.

I had a fucking blast, dude. I love that city. God damn it. I love the food. I could never live there, though. Even the bartenders are nicer. They're always nicer there. They're all drunk.

I watched a game. Yeah, that's true. There's more oxygen. It's better. I watched game two at this bar called The Corporation, and no one was in there, and it was so awesome. It was just me and the bartender and five TVs. I was like, thing, this is heaven.

This is heaven. A bar, TVs, and a bartender. And I could just ask him for drinks whenever I want. I don't have to talk to anyone. Yeah, they're a little different there, though. People are hotter in Denver. They're friendly. I would say the people are hotter here in Denver.

Well, yeah, because they're not staying up until 7 a.m. every night. Yeah, they're not eating crawfish creams, creamy. Louisiana's the second fattest state. Did you know that? Really? They didn't look fat out there. Well, that's because there was a lot of tourists in town probably. And Denver, Colorado is the least fat state. Right.

Because we don't eat. We just do cocaine and go in the mountains. Southern people, though, are nicer than Colorado people. Yeah, they are. And West Coast people. They are, but there might be something behind it with them Southern people. They're like, ooh. Bless his heart.

Let me talk to this Jew, but he is still a Jew. Yeah, exactly. You're different. Hey, Jewish brother. You're sounding good on that piano. Yeah, you know when they hit you with the bless his heart but they don't like you. That means they're like, oh, he's dumb or something. I was seeing a lot of Denver people.

Denver? Denver people in Jazz Fest giving me the stink eye because I'm getting popular. They hating in the club. They hating in the club and I saw it and I just want to let you know I'm on to you. I know you probably don't listen to my podcast because you're fucking haters, but I'm on to you. When I see you at the bar,

I'm going to be just as shady. I would be just as salty. Or they do listen to your podcast, and that's why they are haters. Well, I hope so. I hope they hear this. They're jealous you get to talk to me. I saw a lot of them at Days Between. A lot of these local Denver folks that were just talking shit, and I

overheard it. Denver people love to go to New Orleans and come back and act like their culture now. It's like now you just did the thing. there's no black people in Denver? Or no, just in general,

like the music, the whole New Orleans thing, you know, they like to pretend like, they like, sometimes they'll like give you directions how to get around. It's like,

you went there for three days, like twice a year. Shut the fuck up. You're not from there. Like, shut up, dude. I have Google Maps too.

Like, I know how to get up. You know what I mean? Y'all eat crawfish in. Shut up, dude. I have Google Maps, too. I know how to get up. You know what I mean? Y'all eat crawfish in Denver? Yeah, exactly. I am playing a crawfish boil right after this, though. I have two gigs today. Let's go.

Where do you even get fucking crawfish in Denver? They fly it in. Same way you get izakaya sushi or whatever the fuck. I didn't need to go to my Tuna grows in Lake Dylan. You think there's tuna in Lake Dylan? Oh, I missed you, big brother. I'll tell you one thing. I've been hanging out with Chris Galbuta.

I like that guy. I don't know him super well, but every time we interact... I fucking love him. And he has my back so hard. He should listen to the podcast. It's so dope. He does. Good. Sometimes when we talk about him, he'll record it and send it to me.

He's like, you son of a bitch. I'm not supposed to be known. Hi, Chris. Hi, Chris. But Gal Buda was a blast. We've had some raging times at summer camp together, me and Christopher. He took us to this mafia steak dinner with David Shaw and Andrew Campanelli. It was like...

Who's Campanelli again? The drummer revivalist. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I felt bad for David because he had to cancel his Jazz Fest set because... God, he's so hot. That means you don't have enough bacteria in your throat. And he bought dinner. I mean, he moffied out.

He's like, he's making money. Let's go, David. Thanks for buying dinner. They had like the number one song on the radio. Yeah, I'm stoked for the revivals. Shout out to the fucking revivals. They got famous and they always stayed humble. They're not dicks. No, they're not

dicks at all. And they're not one hit wonders officially. Yeah, now they got two hits. Let's go! They might have three hits. I think this is the second big one. You know more than I do about that. We haven't talked about that. They've had the number one song on AAA radio for a few weeks at least. Because you have to, if you want, a one hit will last you maybe five, six years.

But if you get two hits, you're 20 years in. Let me ask you this. What's AAA radio exactly? It's like alternative radio, college radio. But like the famous alternative radio. Yeah, yeah. KCRWs. You're legitimate if you're doing number one.

I know. They're ahead of Boy Genie. That's how fucking Nathaniel Rateliff got huge. Son of a bitch was like huge on AAA, and then it bumps over to mainstream. Yeah, okay. So it's like AAA. AAA.

It's like AAA baseball. I got to give it up for my body as well. Your body. Shout out to my body. Shout out. This was a fucking... i put my fucking body to a test i have no heartburn i have no bad gut i have i barely ate but maybe you just got used to it over the five days of drinking it's just like hit stasis you know no i just want to say thank you body because last time i was there i don I was there, I didn't abuse my body as much. I didn't really drink during the day as much.

Yeah, you were kind of chill during the day. What the fuck? I was. I know. I was being serious. Oh, okay. Yeah, you were kind of chill during the day. The days I was there, at least.

Yeah. Dolav, not Sunday. Dolav brings it out of you. I did. Yeah, when Dolav and I, when the whole band left on Monday and I was like I hang with Dolav for those two days I did get a little kooky.

You could classify Dolav as an enabler if you wanted to. 110%. I don't want to speak to Dolav. I don't want him to leave some voicemail

yelling at me. No, he is a complete enabler. The last thing we need is me and Dolav becoming enemies which I may be. And I like it because Dolav's like

when I hang out with our LA friends we have to go to all this bougie, boring shit. Your LA friends saying terrible, by the way. Yeah, they're kind of terrible. Dolav was explaining to me. I was like, these seem like the guys I would not like. They're a little bit terrible.

Golf. They like golf. It's just the LA vibe. We're going to go to the nicest reviewed place. It's rich people shit. Yeah, but they're not rich. I know, but they want to seem rich. It's like rich people don't even do rich people shit. I think that they

just trick upper class, middle class people into doing rich people shit. I like kicking it with you guys more because we just go to the local shit. Yeah, and you get drunk all day. Dolab likes to get drunk too. There's a dirt bag in there. He's got a little bit of dirt bag. Yeah. Shout out to Dolab coming out. He's coming to summer camp too. There's a dirt bag in there. He's got a little bit of dirt bag. Yeah.

Shout out to Dolav coming out. He's coming to summer camp too. He missed us. It took a minute. He had to go hang out with his rich friends enough to know that he missed his dirt bag friends. He does know a lot of famous people, which I respect. You know I like that. And he likes to keep in touch

with them. The minute they start acting like... He's better at it than you. Yeah. The minute he's... The famous they start acting like... He's better at it than you. Yeah. The minute the famous people start acting like... The only time I get jealous is when they're not nice. Oh, yeah. When they're not nice and you're getting famous, fuck you. That's when you should be the nicest. You should be having so much gratitude and joy in your life. Yeah.

You're getting paid a bunch of money to talk into a fucking thing. Yeah. Loser. I know who you're talking about. Yeah, you know who I'm talking about. Pussy. You're getting paid a bunch of money to talk into a fucking thing. Loser. I know who you're talking about. Yeah, you know who I'm talking about. Pussy. You little punk-ass bitch. It's like, because I know I could beat him up.

You know what I mean? Right. I hate that, when you know you could kick their ass. This person I'm talking about that I grew up with in LA who's super famous now is such a hoe now. Super famous is a stretch. He was famous 10 years ago. Yeah, he's like a niche.

He's a meme. Yeah, he's a meme now. Super famous is a stretch. He was famous 10 years ago. Yeah, he's like a niche. Like, he's a meme. Yeah, he's a meme now. Whatever. I don't give a fuck. I just call that dude a meme. That fool doesn't hang out with me. I don't hang out with him. He can suck my dick.

You know what? If you don't think he's a meme, I can show you like 100 memes of him. Okay, we're done. But you have another famous friend. That's too many people. Too many things. They'll know who it is now.

I don't care. Is he going to sue me? But we have another famous friend who's famous right now. And actually good. And he's very talented. A great actor. And he's nice to people. Super nice. Humble. I'll say his name. Cousin Greg.

Nick Braun. That guy's a legitimate... Yeah, he's super sweet. He's going to have a long career. He's the man. He seems like he'd be doing it no matter how much he got paid. Yeah, he loves it. He loves acting. He doesn't, like, his goal isn't to be a celebrity.

His goal is to be an actor. Yeah, and I'm super, I'm proud. I'm proud of all my homies. And he's tall and he's hot. And I like, you know, hot guy, tall guy, rich guy. What more do you want? And he's famous? Jesus Christ.

Right. You know? I'm proud. Yeah, I like that guy. It did feel good. I really feel like I'm moving to a next level of... I think I'm in at least the B-League.

Jam bands. Yeah, maybe. Yeah. Well, New Orleans is all jam. But I was getting into wild shit. No, I know. I would just shoot a text and say, hey, I'm outside. I'd get in. Full access. I can tell you are because I'm getting noticed more. This is awesome. Your eyes. I can tell you are because I'm getting noticed more. This is awesome.

Your eyes. I love it. No, it's fun, but I can tell you are because I'm getting recognized more as being from this. It's really cool. I'm like, damn, it's weird when I get recognized from not this. I'm like, oh yeah, a podcast like what's the podcast? It's like, oh, you remember me. It's just little things. I don't need to make

a lot of money. Just like get me some get me into some shit. Yeah, validate validate me. Val's just little things. I don't need to make a lot of money. Just like get me into some shit. Yeah, validate me. Just validate Andy, guys. It is weird though when I'm like... It is weird. Just make his parents love him, guys.

My dad called me. I'm like, oh shit. He's gonna... I put that music video out. By the way, thank you so much. Everyone's been giving me mad love about the You Do You music video. I have an idea about your dad real quick before you get into this.

Hold on. Let me say this first and then we'll talk about my dad. Thank you guys so much. I'm really proud to fight the good fight with everybody and thank you for appreciating that I'm not just like trying to purple andy yeah i loved it and i'm you guys are digging the single so go um go check out you do you and um yeah thank you very much all right back to my dad your dad so it's i can't

remember his real name bruce and you call him bruno yeah bruce but look i'm wearing a bruno we need to do a sean shane thing so like when he's bruce that's when he's just like the dad and when he's bruno that's when he's fun br the dad. And when he's Bruno, that's when he's fun Bruce, maybe. I couldn't believe it. He was like, normally he calls me. I'm like, either if my mom is mad at me and she needs him to tell me that I'm doing something wrong. Oh, she does that move? Yeah, my mom does that all the fucking time.

What's the strategy there? Because she's like... Because she's not a good communicator. She's too sweet and she'll be too nice to you kind of thing no she just won't she just doesn't she says she doesn't want confrontation or whatever okay so she's scared of conflict she's scared of conflict and my she'll make my dad say all this shit and my dad don't give a fuck no he's a commercial commercial real estate guy like it's their whole day is conflict it's like what they do is they manage conflicts. But my dad called me. Uh-oh.

She probably either listened to the podcast. My mom probably listened to the podcast I was doing cocaine last week. Uh-oh. Or that was it. That's what I thought. I'm like, oh, fuck my mom. And he's like, he's like, He's like Andy I want to be a dad right now

And he said Bruce There's a lot of What's that stuff called That's in cocaine now Fentanyl There's a lot of fentanyl going around And I'm worried about you

And don't take drugs from your fans Because you never know what's going to happen. I was like, that is some good fucking advice. Yes. And that wasn't my, I know that wasn't

my mom talking because my mom doesn't know what fentanyl is. She doesn't know anything about drugs. She's a sweet lady. But she thinks I'm a drug addict.

You're not a drug addict but you could play one on TV. But I drink a lot and so did my dad when he was a kid so he understands my drinking because we still work hard and we're not drinking all day. You get it from your dad.

I definitely get it from my dad. We drink a night after all our work's done. I learned that from my dad. My grandpa was like that. It was just a little release. One of my grandfathers had a scotch at 5 p.m. every day. That's my dad too. Maybe a couple more years. Off work, he relaxes.

We didn't realize he was an alcoholic, I don't think, until I was an adult. But he was probably a friendly one, right? He did great professionally. He made a lot of money. Yeah, same as my dad. Shout out to my dad. He was a chemical engineer, you know. He wasn't a bad alcoholic.

He just liked to have a couple drinks with him. It was a different culture back then. Yeah. 50s and 60s and shit. Yeah. You're supposed to, I don't know, it's different. He wasn't hitting people. He's a sweetheart. Yeah. Just working his 60s and shit. Yeah. You're supposed to, I don't know, it's different. He wasn't hitting people. He's a sweetheart.

Yeah. Just working his ass off. So it was like really nice and I told him, you know, they'd say rule number one of being a rock star dad is know your dealer.

Yeah. And he's like, guys, only do drugs that rich people give you, okay? Yes. Never trust the poors.

Chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, chill.

The poors are not to be trusted. I have been saying no to more people giving me drugs unless it's mushrooms. I could tell when they're not lacing fentanyl on mushrooms, are they? No. I don't think that would even work. I don't know. I don't know.

Yeah, this is Brian's going to love this part of the pod. But it was great. My dad was looking out for me. I'm like, damn, he's actually being a dad. When's he going to retire? He'll never. He's one of those?

If he retires, he'll die. I like that. He's like me. I can't. What are we going to do? Just sit and go? Well, I mean, it's like what he does, it seems kind of fun. I don't know.

Yeah, and it doesn't. He makes deals, right? He makes deals. He's not in a factory throwing c it seems kind of fun. I don't know. Yeah, and like it doesn't... He makes deals, right? He makes deals. He's not in like a factory throwing cinder blocks around. You have to retire from that. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah.

No one's like... My grandpa was a real estate broker until he was 90 years old. Yeah, you just broke real estate your whole life. Right before he died, he remember telling me, I got a business investment, Andy. Dude, you're in hospice. You're in hospice care right now. Shout out to the Frasco work ethic. Shout out to it, man.

Let's go. Shout out to it. Speaking of work ethic, dialed in gummies. Yeah, they work hard, actually. They work fucking hard. I like their new location. They went to it. You did?

It's all once they have all the people in one place now. I think about Keith a lot. I really love Keith. He's been a dear friend of mine for years. He's always looking out for us. He watches the show. He gave us great compliments about the You Do You video. I wish you knew him

earlier in his life. He was a lot more of a party boy. Really? You would have loved party boy. I think that's why he relates with us. I mean, that's a party boy that grew up, basically, is what he is. Now he's professional. He still can be party boy, but... Do you want to give the pitch for Dowding Gummies?

Yeah, but let me talk about Keith Portman being a party boy. I'm just kidding. Dowding Gummies! Dowding Gummies. They're the best gummies. I have some in my pocket right now. I'm going to eat them before my gig so I can be around these white people for three hours during the day in Denver.

They are... Eating crawfish in Denver. I don't... Can you get food poisoning eating crawfish that's like shipped out? Can you get food poisoning from eating shellfish?

Yeah, it happens all the time to people. It's like one of the main things people get food poisoning. I got food poisoning the night before. Iodine. Iodine.

Anyway, dialed in gummies, not food poisoning. Not you throwing up. The delicious treats that we're promoting. Yes. Not you being sick. The delicious treats. Do you like delicious treats? I like delicious treats. Do you like delicious treats that we're promoting. Yes. Not you being sick. The delicious treats.

Do you like delicious treats? I like delicious treats. Do you like delicious treats that also get you a little high? Of course you do. Because you already like delicious treats. So you like getting high there. It's all one thing. Right.

Do you like delicious treats that are homogenous with the THC equally spread? Do you like THC treats that are beautiful colors and flavors? I do. You're a pro. I'm a pro. I like delicious flavors. I do. You're a pro. I'm a pro. I like delicious flavors. I like homogeny. I like... They're in pretty much every dispensary here. They're selling out constantly.

Andy has... I don't know if there's any world-saving ones even left, but who knows? I don't think so. Well, ask for them. They don't have them. Get a different flavor. Every flavor is good. They want to do a flavor with me, and I said, can we do one that's flavorless? Just a flavorless gummy.

So if you're in the Denver area, grab some dialed-in gummies. If they do a flavorless gummy, I will be so angry at you. But it would be hilarious. Just tastes like gelatin. Regret. It just tastes like... It's just you staring on the can. Mmm, yummy. this is how my brain

feels about everything in my life this will be tasteless but you'll be high later yeah you'll sleep better yeah no we don't want to do that i wonder what flavor i'll do um cherry pepsi remember wild cherry pepsi yeah that was good it was good what's your favorite soda oh i just had a phantom i've actually been thinking, ooh, which flavor? Oh, my God. There wasn't any water. Don't you want a Fanta? I always go grab a couple bottles of water at like 5 a.m. from the hotel lobby.

Of course. They didn't have any water, so I'm like, what kind is white water? So I grabbed a Fanta. What flavor? Orange? Orange. I love orange soda. I never drink soda.

I don't like soda. Well, I do love it, but I don't want to have it Because I put so many other toxins in my body I have to have a coke with the following things If I'm having a hot dog at Yacht Club I have a coke but I only drink I don't drink the whole coke I just drink it until the hot dog is done

Also with tacos You've got to have a coke with Mexican food It's the best Other things that we're thankful for Volume.com Thank for Volume.com Thank you Volume.com for hosting that live stream It was a blast I met Ben for the first time in person

I met Chris, the whole crew When he slayed you guys on guitar Oh I did not know that man was that good at guitar If it wasn't for me and Jen He would have been the best musician sitting in on them You know you always get skeptical about tech guys. You're like, I'm a guitar player. You're like, are you?

And I forgot that he's actually a musician before he was a tech guy. And he fucking shredded and he did all like the, I love the fucking bits on the guitar where he stares at Sean. Guitar players love to make love as they play guitar to each other.

He was a fucking good... So shout out to Ben, our podcast. He's our sugar daddy. Podcast sugar daddy. I have to say one thing about the stream and volume. What? It was just refreshing to put on something and not have to worry about the tech one time.

So nice. God damn. If you guys want to do some live streams with volume.com, go to volume.com slash what? I think creator. Yeah, creator slash creator. Either way, just get on there. It's not that hard

to figure out. They're the best. Now they're stockpiling all these great shows. The Daniel Donato with Bill Kreutzman was fucking fire. That was fire. Kreutzman was up there forever, by the way. Dude, they did like a 40 minute... Sometimes I wonder if Kreutzman is just

deaf and he's just looking at the drummer to see when the other drummer's done. I've played with one member of the Grateful Dead, and I won't say who it is, who is definitely pretty much deaf. I don't want to call him out for it. Call him out. Call him out. I know, but they'll never want to be on this show, so call him.

Oh, really? Let's go. Shout out to... I'm not going to do it. I'm trying to get Kreutzman on the show because he'll want to talk about Billy and the kids. Okay. I'm fine with that. I just want to talk about him. I mean, that man's done so much

acid to kill a small elephant. He's into Hawaii, too. He's a Hawaii guy. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Damn. Those guys are getting old. I saw a picture of Bobby.

They're 80. I know. Some of them. They're all younger. Let's put this in perspective. They're still younger than Joe Biden. President and co. Joey looks good, though.

For an old man. I see pictures of him taking selfies. He's like, oh, Joe. Oh, he's figuring out the phone. He figured it out. There's probably a guy holding it on the other hand. I love when he says folks. Folks.

Folks. We got it. My favorite thing Joe Biden does. He's like my grandpa. Every speech, Joe Biden does this. And my dad said, he said, Joey. I think every speech, he goes, my dad said, he's a likable guy. He's a politician. So head to volume.com and go watch some of the live streams.

I mean, you want to watch art and also our podcast is on there. So if you want to watch us in person, you want to see the emptiness in my eyes after eight days in New Orleans. I feel great. You know, that's the thing. New Orleans, I am so happy. I was like, everyone was so loving. People were giving me

mad love. And just like, I was just supporting everyone. I went to all the late night shows. We were all just, everyone came to my late show. I came to theirs. We were just like, it was like a fucking supportive family. It is a vibe. And I can't thank the jam scene enough for fucking accepting my weird ass.

It's not like coming home from a 90s... Because I'm not a fucking soloist. You're not, that's for sure. It's not like coming home from some music festival where it's like 90s. You feel rejuvenated when you get home. Yeah, you have a hotel. Not depleted.

Yeah. I do like having a hotel. I mean, if I play festivals, I get hotels now, but it's like, you have to have your own little quiet. I forgot. I needed... I can't have a roommate at those things. I just want my own room But it's like, you have to have your own little quiet. I forgot. I needed... I can't have a roommate at those things. I just want my own room.

Yeah, yeah. I'm an own room guy. And that's the thing. That's why it was like the first half of the Jazz Fest. We had that Airbnb. I was Airbnb and sharing with people. And I just... I was there.

I know. God, Jason. I tried to text you if you wanted to go smoke a joint. And you were like... I think you were watching porn. I thought I caught you beat off. I don't beat off on the road. I'll do it really quick.

How did you catch me beating off? I was trying to get to the other room to see where Dolav was. You had your hand in your pants. I always have my hand in my pants. Let's talk about your sound guy. That guy snores. I just don't jerk off with other people. I can't jerk off with guys I know in the other room.

Because I've been in a band for 11 years, I've learned how to master the quiet beat off. Oh, no. I got to go for it. Just got to do it really quick in the bathroom. Mine's like a symphony. You're like a fucking drill sergeant. Symphony of sounds when I do it.

It sounds like this. I've beaten off so much in the silence that stop just stop that's so perfect that sentence in the silence because i can't listen to like loud porn when my bandmates are in the other room so i'm just like just like it's like a silent movie in the silence the dead eyes yeah People's eyes when they masturbate go so dead. I know. But your sound guy snores so loud. What was up with that? I could hear him through the wall.

The snore orchestra, dude. I don't fuck. I can't sleep, but I love him to death. Shout out to Jason. But... No, this isn't like a... You can't help it. Oh, God.

I'm starting to snore like that. Don't sleep in your bag, people. Okay. And I don't know. Maybe he's yeah in the silence you said i beat off in the silence sounds like you're like sociopath like serial killer it'd be funny if you caught me beating off my girlfriend's never even caught me really yeah but i've caught sean beat off i feel like i saw him i caught sean with his dick in his hand just passed out on the bed. I'm like, Sean damn respect, dude. I'm like he

tried to beat off to go to bed. He's kind of like me and he's a like beat off before he falls asleep and we were poking him with the stick. His dong so big, like even flaccid. It was just like over his listen to his hand. If I was jerking off, you would know fucking damn it. This dude's got a dong.

You would know I was jerking off. It wouldn't be any question if I was jerking off or not would know. God fucking damn it. This dude's got a dong. You would know I was jerking off. There wouldn't be any question if I was jerking off or not. Let's just put it that way. The shadow. You sleep with one eye open anyway. So you'd be like. I do sleep. I'm a very light sleeper.

You're a fucking weird sleeper, dude. I don't. It's like I'm not asleep almost. Yeah. You got like one eye open. It's kind of freaky. If I was like. You don't even trust sleep.

I would be a perfect spy. You'd be perfect in the military. No one could sneak up on my ass. Oh, I've always... People say that I would be bad. I think I would be an incredible military leader. Because I could easily wipe out a village with no emotional connection.

Boop. Just kidding. No, that's our people. What were the good shows I saw? Oh, you know, I got to give love to our boy, Benny Bloom. Benjamin. Every fucking show that he was the leader of, like the front man of, and doing the conducting thing,

I think were my favorite shows. He's a pro. God. And he's like, Benny's fucking sweet. You know, he got I think were my favorite shows. He's a pro. God. And he's like, Benny's fucking sweet. He got me into a bunch of shows. I'm like, Benny, you're a real one. And he gave me a list of all the food I needed to eat

and all the places I needed to go. He lived there for four or five years. He's a real pro. He's a real one. Yeah, he's like one of the best musicians on earth. I think. But what do I know besides a lot? Do you have to go, Chad? You still good? Can we talk for another 10?

All right, cool. We got Chad Zellmer here fucking holding the ones and twos. Yeah, Bo went on a little vacation. Yeah, Bo went on a little booty call vacation. In his defense, we were supposed to do this four days ago. Yeah, and it was my fault because I kept missing my flight. So it's like not really his fault. He was like, I know.

He really thought I wasn't going to come back till Monday. I thought it was in play. What? Me coming back on Monday? Did you see my girlfriend's comment on your Insta post? No. She's like, you look a lot better than I thought you would. It was your one where you're like during the day.

I didn't comment. I was like, he has sunglasses on. It's in the eyes with Andy Yeah But I lost weight I love going on benders Because I lose weight I don't think you understand

That that's not necessarily healthy though What? What do you mean? Like you didn't lose weight In like a good way I look healthy Do you? I don't feel healthy

But I love it It's your idea of what's healthy You might have an eating disorder I'm thinking I might have a little bit of eating disorder. A little body dysmorphia? Yeah. But I did eat a shit ton last.

I do like, I like starve myself for a couple days and I eat a shit ton. Oh yeah, that's not an eating disorder. That's literally what a fucking eating disorder is. It's not that I don't want to eat, it's just I forget to eat. Look, bro, I'm not like Mr. Good Eater, so like I'm just telling you what I'm observing. If I look at the mirror, I'm like, damn, I'm like rockstar lean. Jesus Christ. Oh my God.

Andy, you have high blood pressure. I have high blood pressure. You're not supposed to be skinny and have high blood pressure. That's not like the normal combination. Your heart shouldn't be working overtime even though you're skinny. It's not that because I'm just stressed. You know, album's coming out in August. Stop stressing yourself out. What's stressful about that

You got it I know but like I gotta build all the content All the music videos You'll be fine It's fun All the things It's fun

It is fun But it's stressful Because this is I really This is an important record I'm really proud of this fucking album The whole thing From back

This is the first record Am I on this one at all Yeah Horns Or No no you're on Me and Gabe did some horns, right? Yeah, what song was it?

Oh, Love All of Me. Okay, good. But this is the first record that I'm still in love with. It was work for hire, guys. Don't worry about me. Shut the fuck up. It was. Yeah, true.

But I'm really proud of this. I'm like, this is the best Music I've ever made I like the artwork You like it? The Instagram thing Yeah shout out to Justin Folk Who did that? He's cool

Justin Folk OKC You should hire him I need some artwork Yeah Something creepy He's great Is he expensive?

No No I don't mind paying a little bit He wasn't He's actually fair I've gotten quotes From some of these guys Who You know Started doing like Billy Strings art and stuff And they're like paying a little bit. He wasn't. He's actually fair. I've gotten quotes from some of these guys who

started doing Billy Strings art and stuff, and they're overcharging now. It's not overcharging because it's art, but there's only so much money you can make off silkscreen posters and shit. We're not like Billy Strings or Goose where we could sell $500 every night of

a specific one. So when you put their art on merch, do they get a cut? No, I do a flat. You buy it. You buy the copyright. It doesn't make sense. They make more money on the flat than... They do. They would.

Yeah, and then it's like easier too. Yeah, I don't like, you know... You just buy the copyright basically. Just buy the copyright. Your license or whatever. Yeah. But some, I mean... No, make sense.

Shout out to The Hustle. I mean, artists got to make money too. They do, but some of them, it's just hard to tell who's good and who isn't. It's so random. So, I mean, artists got to make money, too. They do. But some of them, it's just hard to tell who's good and who isn't. It's so random. I love following all these designers who design all these art posters. Because it's so cool. I love art posters.

Yeah, they're cool. Album art, tour art. You could tell which one, guys. I'm not really into, like, the Grateful Dead vibes. Too much. Miley's favorite is the Sacred Geometry shit. Yeah. Just too much shit on the page, man. Billy's got some great artists he fucks with.

Goose, too. Goose has... They're on it. I talked to, you know... 11-11 has... Big money fucking Deciani. My man is making money. Shout out to Dave Deciani.

He got a car. He got a house. My man is making money on Goose. I'm like, damn. He's like, I just bought a house in Asheville. I'm fucking, I mean, he's going out to these nice dinners every night. I'm like, him and I'm like, you know, that's my boy. I've watched him grow into a fucking big

time manager. Shout out to Dave. Shout out to 1111. Every band's killing it. You know, I saw Ben Baruch. Like, he has like 25 bands. I was at Jazz Fest this year. All his bands kill it, too. He's, you know, I saw Ben Baruch. Like, he has like 25 bands. I was at Jazz Fest this year. All his bands kill it, too. He's, you know, Jam Band Mafioso.

He's got his hand on all those guys. Every single band he works with, I'm like, yeah, they're cool. I'm like, oh, yeah, that's a good design. I just, you know, those are all good boys. And, like, we all just have beers and they're all laughing, loving. Ben, Jeremy Salkin told me I'm one of the only people that Ben's met

that he left right away. Oh, I didn't call him. You want to go to the game with me? What day? I for sure got tickets If the Lakers and the Nuggets go I'm going definitely to that shit Oh yeah because the Nuggets lost So they're going to have to come back to Denver

It won't be a sweep I don't know Something irks me about Devin Booker He's a little hoe I don't like him Something irks me about Devin Booker. He's a little hoe. I don't like him. No. He's good at basketball, though. Yeah.

Yeah, but Jeremy said that Ben doesn't usually like people, but he liked me right away for some reason. Yeah. I think it's because I didn't ask him for anything. Yeah. I can't wait to hang out with Sulkin. Yeah, he's a good guy. God, I love Jeremy Sulkin.

I think he's out of town this week, though. Where's he going? Somewhere. Oh, like touring? Jeremy's always doing something cool. I don't know. Yeah, he's the man. Going with his extremely hot girlfriend somewhere. He's so smart. Where's he going? Oh, like touring? Jeremy's always doing something cool. He's the man. He's so smart.

Last time we went to the game together, we were just talking about band budgets and how to nickel and dime the budget so you could really profit off back line and stuff. I'm like, God, you're fucking smart. He could just do that for a living, I think. He could manage tour finances or whatever. he's like a genius with that stuff hotels yeah he always has some weird angle he's taking you're like but then he saves

30 bucks but then that adds up if you do it 300 times right i don't know the guy's a genius so are we gonna have a good week the best thing about jeremy too hold on real quick i'll add this is he kind of you don't know he's that smart. He's kind of like, hey, Mr. Nice Guy. Like, what's happening? Right. You know what I mean? He's like, ooh, that's awesome.

You know, everything's fun and cool. And then he's like, and then I saved 10% over here. You know what I mean? Yeah. It's very interesting how he is. He hides it. I'm going to pump air in my tire for my bike. I'm going to go on a bike ride.

Okay. Wear a helmet. Wash park? Just wear a helmet. I could just see you falling off your bike. I'm going to start... You have a bike?

You know what I learned about myself is I'm not a good closer. What do you mean by that? Just like when I flirt with women and they flirt back, I don't...

I can't close the deal. It's hard. It's very hard. Especially in this economy. Yeah. I just don't know what to do. And I'm like, pretty women just intimidate me. And I'm

just like intimidated by fucking beauty and smart and being like a great brain. I love yeah. I don't know why I was thinking about that, but I'm getting older and I'm not just like, yeah, I'm just not trying to like just hook up when you're 22. You're like, whatever

who wants to hook up. I want to,. Yeah, I'm just not trying to just hook up. When you're 22, you're like, whatever. Who wants to hook up? I'm trying to find substance, and that's more intimidating to me. Right. Yeah. Women are intimidating. I'm going to try it out. I'm going to try to find me a nice, smart lady in Denver, Colorado.

Yeah, or somewhere else. My past is finally gone. I'm finally shoo away from the past. I am over that. I'll bring it up. I'm officially shoo away from the past. I am like over that. I'll bring it up. I'm officially over that. Yeah, sounds like it. Oh, yeah.

You have the tone of a guy who's officially over something. Shut the fuck up, Nick. Who are you telling? Me or yourself? I am. We'll see about that. No, I am. I know, but we'll still see about it.

All right, let's have a great week. Let's have a great week. I got to go play a crawfish boil. Maybe they'll have... In Denver, right. Let's have a great week. Let's have a great week. I got to go play a crawfish boil. Maybe they'll have... In Denver, Colorado. That's so weird to me. I don't know why that's weird. People do that. I don't know.

Yeah, it's not that weird. Where is craw... You freeze it and fry it overnight. So is it expensive? Yeah, that's the thing. Probably the crawfish... I mean, it's a... Why not that big?

It's a mug bug. There shouldn't... Mud bug. It shouldn't... Mug bugs should not be expensive. They eat shit off the ground. You sound like my friend Kit Zaloski right now. Mug bug. Mud bug. Mug bugs should not be expensive. They eat shit off the ground. You sound like my friend Kit Zaloski right now.

He hates shellfish because of this. I do like lobster. It's kosher. Well, that's the same thing. What about crab? When lobster first came around in the 1800s, it was for the poors. Did you know that? I didn't know that.

For the poors, it used to dine on lobster. Somehow the elite class is now the lobster eaters. But it used to be a meal for the poor to enjoy. Crawfish, I don't like how you disassemble it. For a little bit of meat? I feel like a monster almost. Yeah. And the seasoning gets in your eye and shit. You're crying but eating it.

I need you to cook it for me and not make it look like it was alive at one point. I want to do all the bad things, but I don't want to know I'm doing it. Anyway, enjoy that. Enjoy having the blast. I might go. I'll to do all the bad things, but I don't want to know I'm doing it. Anyway, enjoy that. Enjoy having the blast. I might go. I'll be playing saxophone the whole time. I might go. That sounds fun, actually. Does it? Yeah. You just went to New Orleans for a week, and you're

going to go to a Denver crawfish boil. I thought you were going to go to motocross. I do want to do that. That's what I would go to that. I could see a motorcycle do a backflip. But I wouldn't drink as much at the crawfish fest than I would at Supercross. It's that Mile High distillery. Their shit's strong as hell, man.

They make their own vodka. I'm not into any whiskeys besides Jameson. The club we're trying to get that sponsorship. They're not going to sponsor you. You're too reckless. I'm too reckless. Alcohol companies only sponsor. Never mind.

Actually, I'm not going to make that joke. Yeah, don't do that. Is there any songs you want to rap along to before we get out of here? Whoa, whoa, whoa. We're not bringing that up either. You only know if you know on that one, guys. It's a little inside humor.

I got out of a pickle. Andy just missed a little friendly fire last weekend. Fuck. That was scary. It would have been so funny. Oh, my. No, no.

We're not even bringing it up. I know, but it would have been funny. What did you say? Be kind. Shout out to Mincy. I feel so horrible for him. Oh, you're just saying that. I know, but I feel horrible for him. It was an accident.

It was a complete accident. I know that man. I know. I know that man. That man doesn't have a mean bone in his fucking body. You know, you heard my theory about it. God. Yeah. Alright. Let's have a great week. We're going to have a great

week. We're going to get water in us. We're going to go on hikes. Honestly, I felt like I was in a rut where I wasn't exercising. I was feeling shitty. I was walking four or five miles every day. Walking is good for you. I walk.

I feel back. Like I feel energized. So I'm going to start going. I think I'm going to go to the gym now. You should start reading. I'm going to go to the gym. I've been reading a ton lately. I'm going to go exercise now.

I'm going to sweat it out. I know I got it in me. I read Sam Talent's book on the flight. Yeah? It was good. It was a really good, well-written book. Yeah. They should make it into a movie. It feels good. You would like it. Tons of drugs. Yeah? It was good. It was a really good, well-written book. Yeah. They should make it into a movie.

It feels like a... You would like it. Tons of drugs. Yeah. And sex. Sex. It's like a depraved guy on the road doing drugs and just like... It's what you're going to be in 30 years.

Shut the fuck up. Oh, the guy's like 50 in it. Oh, cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, have a great week. Be safe. Drink some water. Hey, it's okay to go on some benders.

Have sex. Just don't do it every... You know, if you know that you're on a bender, just say, all right, time to go home. Like I forced myself to get on that plane. Hey, don't do any powder drugs. You know, I realized, yeah, don't do any powder drugs. Just stay off the powders. There's just like, what's the ceiling?

What's the floor? Wow. That's a good point. Always compare it. So, you know, it's a cost benefit analysis for you finance bros out there. Right. The benefits are far, or the cost can far outweigh the benefits of powdered drugs. Now, mushrooms, we're getting back into some pretty good ROI.

You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. You know, if you want to take drugs, feel an experimental, just take some mushrooms. Go out to eat somewhere nice. Go out to, yeah, or just save your money. Like, think about it. If you take cocaine every night, that's $40 a day, right? Oh, that's at least, that's like $80. Or $50, $ night, that's $40 a day, right? That's at least.

That's like $80. That's $560 a week. That's $560 a week. Let's say you only do it three times a week. That's $2,240. Not a lot of people are drug addicts like us in the music scene. That's like $920 or whatever. You're spending $1,000 on cocaine a month?

A month. What else? You could buy something else. Oh, my God. Buy a PlayStation. That's $12,000 a year. You're spending $12,000 a year on cocaine. Think about that.

Think about how much $12,000 a year is. Yeah. Half what a teacher makes in Ohio. And you're doing it on cocaine. Yeah, they would love to be doing cocaine all day at work. No more powders. Come on, guys. Let's just get over the powder thing.

Right? Let's move on from that. We're going into, like, we have virtual reality now. We don't need cocaine. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. Just get on AI. We're going into like, we have virtual reality now. We don't need cocaine. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. Just get on AI.

Tell them to tell you. Oh, man, I had AI write some rap lyrics. No cigarettes either. I'm done with cigarettes. Me too. You're not done with cigarettes. I know. I'm closer.

I'm closer being over cigarettes. Guys, just get out there. Get laid. Yeah. Take some psychedelics. Learn about yourself. Yeah. Right? Get in a fight with your parents

Yeah About About how they raised you Yeah Blame everything on them Blame everything on them But you're like 40 Yeah

Guys you can't do it past 25 At some point it's gotta be you Yeah I know Go to therapy I need to go to therapy again No This is fine We'll just do more podcasts

You can't make You can't make money off therapy. I've been hanging out with my friend Caroline. She's so fucking cool. She's from North Carolina. She's half the reason why I extended my trip. Not the one chick. Who? Raleigh.

Yeah, her. KCD? No, no. Casey's the photographer. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But Caroline's like my friend. We're just friends. I didn't know the C was. She's the photographer. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But Caroline's like my friend. Like, we're just friends. I didn't know the C was...

She's just such a good fucking friend. Casey D rules, too, though. Oh, Casey DeForest? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's a bad bitch, too. I like her Instagram. All these North Carolina girls are so fucking cool. And they're all good looking, too.

They're fucking hot. I'm going to move there. I have a girl. Friendly, hot. Just like, shout out to North Carolina. No, North Carolina's kind of a bastion of greatness. Yeah. But she was so cool and such a vibe.

And so I would stay. We were talking. She showed me all like, I'm like, I don't want to watch anymore after parties one day. I was like, kind of like, oh, yeah, they get old. It's like, okay, E minor, funk. Like, we're jamming. I get it. You guys are all awesome.

But they are fucking awesome, man. They're fucking great. I saw one jam. It was insane. but they are fucking awesome, man. They're fucking great. I saw one jam.

It was insane. Stan Moore, Krasno, Benny Bloom, fucking Jeff Coffin. Dude, it's like, if I'm in from Dave,

man, I'm like, what the fuck? You know, they're beast. And if I'm there and I'm like, I don't want to play. Yeah,

but what I was getting at is I'm not sure, but find yourself some friends you love and no more powders. Find yourself some friends you love and no more powders. Find yourself some friends you love and no more powders. So enjoy the 22-minute fast podcast because I forgot we're still having that after this. We love you guys. Enjoy the podcast that we did in New Orleans. It was fun. We're learning how to do it because we are going to

be taking it on tour. And I guess we can announce this because it finally got confirmed. You're playing Indianapolis this September. We're playing. We're doing another live podcast in Denver, Colorado at Ophelia's. Do we know the date yet? Yes. Wednesday before Fish Dicks.

Oh, my God, guys. Get there early. Come out. Hang out. Yeah. So if you're flying in, get there a day early. You know we're going to have some crazy guests. Yeah.

We're going to have some crazy guests in the fish world. I want to. Call my Uber now. Oh, you got to to have some crazy guests in the fish world. I want to... Call my Uber now. Oh, you got to get out of here, right? What time is it? It's not that rush, but I just call it now. You're going to love it. And it's going to be fun.

And we're learning. We don't know who the guest is yet. No, but we have some hooks on some really big people. Oh, yeah. And we're going to make it an hour long. And we're going to take our time because you're going to have podcast fans there. So we learned from this podcast episode. It was quick, but

I feel like there's some bits in there that really work. Yeah. And we'll keep growing. Us chilling is always the bit. It'll be longer than 22 minutes the next one. I promise. We're just going to vibe it out. We're going to podcast people in a podcast world. Right. We're still living and we're still going to make this great. You need to watch some other podcasts, live podcasts. I will.

They just sit there and talk. I'm going to watch Kill Tony. They just sit there and talk. I know. I just get intimidated when people start talking over me i'm like oh they're not interested but that doesn't i learned from trivia that doesn't mean shit okay okay i thought we did good i thought it was a good show doing oh for sure i'm just being nitpicky okay trivia has helped me learn a lot about how to do the live podcast a little bit just i understand how people are but when we do it it, Ophelia, it's going to be our people. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's going to be a low cap. I don't know when tickets come out.

200. We're only selling 200 tickets. Yeah. So get your goddamn probably announced it in a couple of weeks. But podcast fans, you know, you guys maybe we should have an early thing for the people who listen. We will. We're telling them now. Yeah. Well, like a code or something. Yeah. Well, whatever. All right. We love you. Have fun. Yep.

Jazz Fest was a blast. Everyone I saw out there who was giving us mad love about the podcast, thank you so much. Yep. And thank you so much for just supporting this band. Thank you so much for listening to the single. We're really stoked that we have a new record. August 11th, people.

You're going to love this record. Pre-save it now. Go to antifrasco.com and buy the record. Yeah. Please. Pro and buy the record. Please. Prove to the record label I'm on that I'm a commodity. Yeah. Okay.

Thank you. All right. Goodbye. Enjoy the live from you. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, it's Schwartz. You know, I'm listening to this podcast. I'm getting phone calls.

Andy Frasco struck again. He's apparently went on a bender and doing blow cocaine with a young band. Aside from all the issues around what I just said and the act of you doing that, you then called me from the doctor's office this morning going, I have blood pressure. This is your fault. Basically, you're saying, sports, you're giving me high blood pressure. What the fuck is going on here?

And the reality is that you are giving you high blood pressure for so many reasons, including doing cocaine all night long with 20 year olds. Please. I am not your emotions. I'm not your nervous system. I'm not your childhood. I am nothing except your friend and manager and someone who cares about you greatly. And if you have high blood pressure, you may want to look at your lifestyle, not your manager. Read this book. It's called Loving What Is by Byron Katie. Read the book. Ask yourself some hard questions. Stop blaming me for your high fucking blood pressure.

And secondarily, I got 20 years on you and I don't have high blood pressure. Listen to how I speak. You know why? Because I'm not fucking around drinking every day, doing mushrooms and blow all night long

with 20 year olds. Okay. Bye. Bye. Ladies and gentlemen, all the way from Los Angeles, California, standing six foot something, 182 pounds, 30 in the foreskin alone,

give it up for Andy Fresco! Hell yeah! How we doing, everyone? Thanks for being here today! Wow! Thank you for showing up early for my podcast. How we doing, everyone? Thanks for being here today. Wow. Thank you for showing up early for my podcast. The reason why we're doing a podcast is because I'm too cheap to hire an opener, ladies and gentlemen.

So you're going to hear me talk for 30 minutes. But give it up for the band, ladies and gentlemen. They look great. This is the first ever live podcast we've ever done in our lives. So this is scary, but we have Anders Osborn tonight. He's going to be fucking killing it. He's going to kill it with us. He's going to probably tell me to go to rehab, I think.

But that's what happens. But I'd like to bring up my co-host before we... And tonight's going to be fun. What's up? Oh, hey, babe. Give it andy obb it looks hot today i got a haircut so we're gonna open the show a little 30 minute podcast and then we're gonna play all night until you get sick of us is that cool ladies and gentlemen okay i like to bring up my co-host to the show please give it up for mr nick gerlach ladies and gentlemen Nick Gerlach Nick

Give it up for Nick Hey Nick, how we doing? Andy's got high blood pressure Hey, you better go to New Orleans Hey, let's go get some fried shrimp I have high blood pressure Char-grilled oysters and Jameson. I fucking love New Orleans.

Is everyone having a fun time out here in New Orleans? Y'all having fun? Staying safe? How you doing, Nick? I'm feeling pretty good. My blood pressure is great. Because you don't do shit. Well, it's good for you to not do anything sometimes, isn't it?

This guy knows what I'm talking about. This guy, yeah. I think the only thing I need to do is I need to start drinking water more. That's what I need to do. Not less booze, more water. It is good for your blood pressure. You can't say that to my fans. My fans drink.

This is what we do on this... Make some noise if you're already drunk! Pretty good. This is great. We have Anders Osborn on the show. We're already talking about getting drunk. He's going to yell at me. I have a feeling he's going to yell at me. That's good for you.

At least it's not your manager for once. That's all he does. Yeah, what's the deal with that? Why do I... I feel like I need to figure that out. Should I fire him or is it... What you need to do... We talked about this earlier.

He takes 15% of everything you make. Give him 15% of your blood pressure and you're back at normal again. What are you, 147? I'll take you down to 125. You're right in the good range there. Give him 15% of your blood pressure and you're back at normal again. What are you, 147? I'll take you down to 125. You're right in the good range there. Give it to him. He's in his 50s, right? Yeah, you're right. Let's get, let's get, let's get Brian sucks.

Brian's amazing. He's definitely watching this stream. Yeah, we can't talk shit about Brian. He's clocking us hard. I'd like to bring up my best friend to stage. He's going to give us a sports segment. Give it up for my best friend, Dolab Cohen, ladies and gentlemen. Around the game, he's got a weird fucking game. It's Sports with Dolab. Give it up for Dolab.

The only Jewish Utah Jazz fan in the country, ladies and gentlemen. He's here with us tonight. He got shitted on. He got shitted on last night because he was wearing a Pistol Pete Utah Jazz jersey when Pistol Pete was from New Orleans. You fucking idiot. Yeah, who got me that jersey?

I bought it for you. And I'm so grateful. It's fucking awesome. Dolab, I want you on this show because I want you to give the people a sports update of what happened last night. So... Lakers won! want you on this show because I want you to give the people a sports update of what happened last night. So, Lakers won! Let's fucking go!

Come on, gang! Lakers won. My man, Lakers won. How did the Utah Jazz do? We almost made the playoffs. We're very close. We had an amazing year. How many people traveled to see the show tonight?

Everyone from New Orleans? We travel? Okay, this is good. Anyone from Utah? How many people from Utah? Not one fucking person here is from Utah. Mormons love jazz. Mormons love jazz.

They love jazz and funk music up there in Salt Lake City. They're big Mumford & Sons fans. Absolutely. But no, mad respect, dude. Lakers won. No one thought they would. I gave you mad shit, but they pulled it out, and now they're going to lose to the Dubs?

Okay, no. No. No, no. Good luck. I'm happy for you. If people don't know, Dolov has been my best friend since I was in sixth grade, ladies and gentlemen. This is my guy.

He shows up to all my shows. We even found out he goes to college at Kansas State, so we started booking shows in Manhattan, Kansas for our boys. So give it up for Dolab. Dolab,

what type of advice would you give the people? What type of person was I when I was a kid versus what I am now at 35 years old? He was a fucking liar then. He's a fucking liar now.

It hasn't changed. He's full of shit, but he's a good dude. He's never done anything for me in my life, but he's okay, I guess. We were neighbors. I could get there in five minutes on my bike, and he had a better video game system than me. Absolutely. He was this tall back then. I could get there in five minutes on my bike and he had a better video game system than me. Absolutely. He was this tall back

then. I was like this big. I've grown. You haven't changed. Your penis size hasn't changed since then either. That's because it was massive. Pretty much you're the same. It was scale. It was bigger than yours then, but now you just caught up with me. Exactly. The Rolex. But I'd like to say thank you, Doloff.

Give it up for Dolop Cohen. Thank you, guys. It's wonderful. Thank you. Dolop, thanks for being on the show. Now get back to work. Talking shit about the game. He's got a weird fucking name.

It's Worst with Dolop. Dolop Cohen, ladies and gentlemen. Unbelievable. My best friend. He keeps me grounded, that's for sure. He keeps me warm. It's so sure. Oh, he keeps me warm. It's so weird. All my friends, they don't pump me up.

They hold me down like a piece of rock. They pump you down. Pump me down. I think the internet does a good enough job of pumping you up. So if anyone listens to our podcast, any people listening to our podcast, fuck yes. So if you didn't know, we do these parody songs. And Sean Eccles actually writes,

and Andy Alva writes all the parody songs. Get over Sean Eccles. So I have a Twitter beef right now with the Billy Strings fans right now, ladies and gentlemen. It's not good for me right now. I'm getting destroyed out there by guys who...

Because I... Over a Facebook poll, because I beat Billy Strings in the Wookery contest. Congratulations. And they're coming after me and my mother now. And you gotta hear this voicemail someone sent me in our podcast machine. It's fucking insane

And we wrote a song to Rebuttal this beef With the stringers What do you call them? Stringheads I don't actually know what they're called Check this out Apparently lunatics Hi Andy

The fuck is up I'm having a really good day today Like a really good day My boys were out, had a couple fucking beers Just enjoyed the sunshine The fuck is up? So I'm having a really good day today. Like a really good day. My boys were out. I had a couple fucking beers. Just enjoyed the sunshine. And one of my boys told me,

apparently you've won jam band of the year. Andy Frasco and you had jam band of the year over goddamn Billy Strings. Are you fucking kidding me? What a crock of shit. Really, what a crock of shit, man. You guys are nothing but a glorified bar band. Drugs and alcohol.

Drugs and alcohol. Fucking glazed over fans with some pathetic speeches. They haven't even talked a shit about my fans. It's embarrassing. And it's not jammed. It's not even jammed.

I don't get it. And you know what? And also, while we're all over this shit, dude, you gotta quit all this anti-Semitic fucking Kyrie Kanye bullshit, dude. You're literally only talking about this stuff now because you have a platform.

You have a platform. Finally, people are looking at me, so I have to say something dramatic to make sure they keep watching. The fuck is that, dude? Go interview another fucking electronic DJ you fucking want to be. How's that for some Monday motivation, bitch? The beef is started

with the strings fans. So, get a drummer. No. This has nothing to do with Billy. We love Billy. We love Billy. Billy's a great guy. Their fans are suspect a little bit. Listen to do with Billy. We love Billy. We love Billy. Billy's a great guy. Their fans are suspects a little bit.

Listen to music with drummers. So we wrote a song. I hope you like it. Sean, kick it off. In New Orleans theme. You're just bad, you're just bad The comments are on fire Don't take Frasco seriously You're acting like a little baby Talking about death threats Death threats, death threats

Over me, I'm in cheese That's leftover salmon You don't need to calm the fuck down It's just a little comedy You ain't cooking up for Andy's comeback Can't admit makes you tired Better get some wrestling for my boy Lights you on fire

Talking about death threats Death threats Death threats For mayonette cheese You don't need to calm the fuck down It's just a little comedy Death threats Death threats

Death threats Internet Internet Chill please Chill please You all need to calm the fuck down Just a little comedy Well you all need to calm the fuck down Just a little comedy Give it up for Sean Eccles, unbelievable

It's just comedy We're just trying, chill out Sorry It's not like you have to be. We're just trying. Chill out. Chill out. Sorry. It's not like you have to be in a band with John Mayer or anything. Shut the fuck up, Nick. So.

They laughed. You know, we're going to do another parody song. We wrote this song when we were opening for Umphreys McGee. Anyone know Umphreys McGee? Woo. Yeah, boys. Here we go. Here we go. We're in the opening band We're in the opening band We're in the opening band

Our mothers had no face We got no parking space We're in the opening band We've got no artist past Bartender serves us last We're in the opening band Can't get you VIP Cause nobody knows me We're in the opening band Oh, let me bring out my sister

Or use the headliner's piercer We're in the opening band Fuck yeah! Woo! Oh, pretty girl. Fuck yeah. Woo. Fuck yeah. Fuck you, Umphreys. No, I'm just kidding.

Hey, good job on that one, Floyd. It's a shit talk fest today. No, no. Yeah, I was trying to take a piss in there at Red Rocks. They're like, get the fuck out of here, Frasco. I'm like, I respect that. I respect that. Well, and you're a guy, so it was an Umphreys show, so the line was probably super long.

Men's restroom line goes all the way unfreeze. A lot of dudes at the unfreeze shows. All right, let's bring up our interview. Ladies and gentlemen, all the way from New Orleans, please give it up for Anders Osborne, ladies and gentlemen. Anders Osborne, New Orleans. Wow. What a treat. Woo. Wow. What a treat.

Woo. Damn. Good looking guy. God, you are hot as shit, Andrews. I didn't know he was going to. He's a good looking man. God damn it. You are hot as fuck.

I keep forgetting how hot you are every time I see you. It works out, I think. I know. Cool haircut. This is one of the best songwriters of our time, ladies and gentlemen. He lives in New Orleans. Really thankful for you. I told you this many times that Coming Down has been one of the best,

best, one of my favorite songs of all time. This band, we listen to it every day. And when I was going through my anxiety attacks through COVID, you were the first one I called, and you were giving me gratitude notes. And this man saved my life. So please give it up for Anders Osborne. I appreciate it. So my first question to you is, Anders, should I go to rehab?

Yes. For what, though? Tonight. For what? Right after the show. You've got to pick the thing. Yeah, we've got to pick the thing. We've got to narrow it down. Let's pick Right after the show. You got to pick the thing. Yeah, we got to pick the thing. We got to narrow it down.

Let's pick three tonight. Yeah. So what was your reasoning about doing the gratitude? You're texting your friends these gratitude things. Talk a little bit about that while we're in this. This turn is so fucking weird. Yeah, I know. From drug talk to sober talk.

Here we go. Andy Frasca, World Saving Podcast. Somebody sent me an old friend that I hadn't talked to in a long time, and he sent me a gratitude list, like the first week or so of the pandemic. And I was like, wow, this is glorious. I haven't done this in years, especially not over the phone. So once I started doing it, I started to feel like every day was better. And then I did it the next day, and it was better.

And it just kept growing and growing, and you start realizing that you're grateful for so many things, but you never take, like, five minutes to think about it. So I started to send it to a couple of friends that were pissed off all the time, resentful, and, you know, they were always like, Hi, blood pressure. Totally.

You know what this bitch told me? So I was like, hey, can I send you something? Yeah, sure, whatever. So I send it. They're like, what the fuck is this shit? So I'm like, well, just read it. Okay. And then two days later, they sent me, I'm grateful for my mom and i'm like okay good good

and then and then eventually it just grew and this guy within six months is like the happiest fucking guy i know it changed his complete i mean everything his outlook he realized he was fine he was just out of habit being pissed off and resentful all the time. So I start sending it to people. I'm like, that guy looks mad. I'm going to send it to him. And you were one of them. I was. And I'm thankful for that because, you know, like I said, COVID was hard for musicians.

Like when you have to turn off your brain when you're used to just playing every night and then you're stuck in your house watching Love is Blind for the 17th fucking time. I was like, I can't get my brain to sit on a couch. And that's why I was resentful. And you taught me that. So when you were first learning when you're getting sober about being grateful, the gratitude, what was the first thing you thought about that you didn't think before that you were grateful for?

That's a good question. I think the first gratitude was probably waking up not hungover. Yeah. I respect that. I'll clap to that. Let's go. I'm into that. What's up, Andy?

That was a dude hungover trying to call my voicemail. That was wrong. Try again. I'll clap to that. We're going live, baby. Pelicans! I'm sorry. Guess what?

Andy's not perfect, guys. I know you all think He's this perfect guy But he makes mistakes too Sometimes Yeah But I think eventually It was Just you know

My family And my wife Sticking with me And the kids We're all healthy And yeah We get along It's small things

Birds Air Fresh water I press a button And I flush I mean a little shit along. It's small things. Birds, air, fresh water. I press a button and I flush. I mean, little shit like that. It's just incredible. Yeah, the little things in life.

That's what I'm talking about, Andy. So now, how many years have you been sober now? 14 plus a few months. 14? Let's fucking go. That's what I'm talking about. So now you're 14. What are you grateful for?

Shit. I'm grateful for you. Yeah. Fuck yeah. We love you. It's still family. It's family. It's my relationship with friends and people and time alone, solitude, walks in the morning.

Right. Shit like that. It's fucking beautiful. I want to clap one more time. This is the most social moment of my life. You're still not being hungover. It's quite good. That'd be nice.

Yeah, you never get used to that, right? So, Anders, you're putting out a new record, I heard. Oh, I got four in the can, but yes. What the fuck is wrong with you? I think machine. This is why I need to get sober. Exactly. I invited you to come down and do it. I know.

And you know what the problem is? I'm intimidated by you because I feel like I'm not a good enough songwriter for you to produce. You're great. So if you all don't know, Anders is producing bands right now as well as he's doing his own thing. And I got a phone call from him and i almost shit myself that a man of this caliber wants me to write songs with them but i'm gonna take you up with that this is a live audience i'm gonna take you up on that so so what are you writing about right now and how do you what you have 48 songs that you wrote about what do you what are the topics of most of these things

resentment That you wrote about. What are the topics of most of these things? Resentment. There it is. We never get that question old, don't we? We keep thinking about resentment for fucking our whole life. Yeah. I don't know. I'm writing about myself as I always do.

Why do we always think about that? We can't help it. That's the mind. The mind takes you on a selfish ride every day. I'm thankful for you, Anders. Do you have any shows coming up this week? Not just this is it. I did one at Tips Thursday, but this is my big show.

Let's go. Anders Osborn. Ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be a special treat.. Anders Osborne. So, ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be a special treat. Anders is going to sit in with our band tonight, and we've got Jen Hartswick sitting in with us. This is going to be a special night. Anders, thank you for the music. Thank you.

Thank you for everything. Give it up for Anders Osborne, and we'll see you guys in about 20 minutes, ladies and gentlemen. Let's take a quick break, and we'll be right back. Give it up for Nick Gerlach, Sean Eccles, Andy Avila,

Floyd Kellogg, Chris Lorenz, I'm Andy Frasca. We'll be right back, y'all. Look it. You tuned in to the World's Health Podcast with Andy Fresco. Thank you for listening to this episode. Produced by Andy Fresco, Joe Angelo and Chris Lawrence. We need you to help us save the world

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Mara Davis. We thank this week's guest, our co-host, and all the fringy frenzies that help make this show great. Thank you all. And thank you for listening. Be your best, be safe, and we will be back next week.