Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast - EP 251: 2023 World Saving Awards Ceremony with Andy & Nick

Episode Date: December 26, 2023

Andy & Nick reunite after their 3 month "break." Is all copacetic? Can they come together in the spirit of holiday cheer without extraneous recriminations?? (not no, recriminations, mind you. But juuuuuust enough) And what may be at stake, you ask? Well. The boys are tasked with the important yearly duty of *drum roll* end-of-the-year awards! Find out the winners of such categories as: the biggest dud of a show, the best kiss (gay only), and the hottest boy on the pod (my money is on Ken Jennings). Awwww yeah. We love ya (and each other, obviously). Happy new year! (Kiss your homies) Drink lots of water (and make sure to use lots of parenthetical asides). oh and guess what... Watch the full episodes Exclusively on Volume.com now in color!  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. Call, leave a message, and tell us if you think one can get addicted to mushrooms: [phone]  Check out our new album!, L'Optimist on all platforms 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 Chris Lorentz Featuring: Arno Bakker

Hello, this is Arno Bakker, sous-en-fou player with Annie Fresco and UN, and this is Happy Holiday Spirits with Arno Bakker. On tour with the band in beautiful Bavaria, with all the pretty Christmas lights out and little angels hanging from the trees, I woke up this morning on the moldy mattress in the backstage of an alternative music club in Munich. A place still breathing the beery stink of anarchy and punk rock. With a broken back from the metal support halfway the mattress, bruised ribs from a donkey ride with Andy, scooting through the rotting barracks, holding multiple bunk beds filled with unshowered snoring men to the shared toilet,

placing my bare feet in the willy-sprinkled spots on the floor. My droppings splashing my cheeks with diluted piss. Rough, natural toilet paper bleeding my little rose. The jock itch from the sweat-soaked underwear. My athlete's feet itching back in the wet shoes that I danced in for three hours last night and the night before. No coffee, no breakfast, no sunshine, not a kind word. The sign at the entrance read no Nazis and I only fully realized how lucky I was when I found myself one hour later within the barbed wire fences of concentration camp Dachau.

There, amidst the gruesome immorality and the bony ghosts of the past, the trying winter sun could not make a silver lining. Arno, optimism. Happy holiday season, everyone! Ho ho ho, ho, ho, ho. Wow.

And we're back. Sympatico. Sympatico. Harmonized. Somebody got, I got it right. Let's go. They were getting so mad.

I said, hey, relax. Can you turn that down a little bit more? Yeah, where are you? Sounds. One, two. One, two, yeah. Sorry, two. And we're back.

Andy Frasca's World Saving Podcast. One more this year. One more. And of course, I had to stay up till 7 a.m. after your trivia just gets me so fucking hyped up. People get... It's probably the most jacked up trivia on earth, I think. I kind of think it might be.

I liked how it was a perfect size last night. It was. I like when people come halfway through and they're kind of invested, but they're not playing, but they're enjoying it still. That's cool. Hi, Nick.

Hello. You're not going to even acknowledge that I'm wearing sunglasses like you. Because that's what we are now. We're sunglasses and stuff. I didn't invent wearing sunglasses. No one invented. Yes, you did.

I'm bringing it back. I'm bringing it back. What's up, buddy? It's been a minute. I know, man. What are you looking at? The awards. Oh, yeah.

Guess what? It is the 2024. Well, 23. It's 2023. It It's 2023 award ceremony. Chris, play the award music. We're here. We're going to give you awards. Before that, I want to catch up with my buddy, Nick.

Yeah, we can still catch up. What's up? Not much. We're back. We're back in business. I'm so excited not to be in that fucking van. I can't believe how long you were gone. I was gone for three months, dude.

I know. It's weird because I did bump into you a couple times in there, so it didn't seem like it, but you were gone for a long time. I was gone for a long time. You stayed in Europe for 10 days. I did. Because your family didn't want to be around you on the holidays. That's true. They're like, fuck this guy.

I don't know. Italy seems more fun than family Thanksgiving. It was fun. I don't know what happened. It was kind of a mixture of everything. Yeah, yeah. But I understand my mom. My parents had to get their kitchen fixed. I think my dad wanted to get a Porsche.

Exactly. I didn't have a Porsche. And you got to make up the whole story about the girl in Italy. That really happened. Sure. Shut the fuck up. Yeah, girl in Italy. That really happened. Sure it did. Shut the fuck up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It really did. Your life's a real Nora from movie.

Emily Toro. That was her name. That's made up. That sounds literally like bull. Get it? This is her clothing line. Toro? She has a clothing line.

Nothing, huh? People think it's a pigeon's ping pong sticker, but it's her company. That logo is way too classy and nice to be a Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. There's no sacred geometry in the background. I'm back, baby. He's back, baby. How you doing?

We're on fire. I'm doing good. We just interviewed Leanne Kreischer. That was amazing. Dude, next year is going to be fucking popping. What a joyous person she is. That was amazing. We got a lot. Dude, next year is going to be fucking popping for the pot. What a joyous person she is. God, that was amazing. It's just been this whole... I feel like I've just been working nonstop.

I'm starting to think that maybe like... She's like 30% of the reason for Burt's success. I mean, probably a little more than that. I mean, he's very talented, so I don't want to take anything away from him. Yeah, Burt's super talented. And hardworking. But how they were talking about

how he riffs off her and she doesn't think it's funny. It's not going in the spit. That kind of makes sense because even though she's not a comedian, she does, just from being around, have a really deep understanding of comedy. Right. I don't know. It's pretty interesting. Yeah, it's pretty amazing.

Boy, am I excited not to be in that fucking van. Starting to smell at the end there? You guys are getting a little too close. I think we're just getting a little... It was getting a little too long. Long drives. Pretty long drives out there in that part of the country towards the end there. Yeah.

We need to get a bus. Yep. I think it's time. I think you're selling enough tickets, right? I'm at that right... Right there. Right there. What do I do?

I want to... I'm so fucking cheap, though. Buying six hotel rooms a night is a lot of money though these days i know but it's only half of how much a bus oh it is i thought it'd be more like the same actually because maybe hotels have gone down a little bit yeah it was it was they've gone down a little bit during the pandemic they were kind of out of control yeah they were out of control now like people are traveling less so they have to lower their rate and they're traveling to more different places. Yeah, I don't think anyone wants

to go to Dayton, Ohio, you know, on a Wednesday. Hey, we were able to get four rooms at the Hampton Inn in Dayton tonight, guys. For 45 bucks a night. What a stroke of luck. There might be a dead body in there when you open the door, but just push it off. The tour was big, though.

You guys were crushing. I watched on Instagram all your crowds. I was like, fuck. I'm so jealous. No, I'm just kidding. It was funny when you said everyone is like talking about how it's hard out there

and you're like, Frasco's crushing it. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, some people were like, I was in a group of people that were just being like little bitches and whining again.

Why are they whining? I don't know. People are sad. But, um, and there was this people like, it's so hard out there. I was like, I don't know. People are sad. And there was just people like, it's so hard out there. I was like, I don't know. Andy seems to be selling a lot of tickets. It was so fucking funny.

Some people are doing okay, so maybe it's you. Bam. We had a couple duds. Texas was pretty duddy. Really? Austin? Yeah, we had to lower duds. Texas was pretty duddy. Austin? Yeah, we had to lower the venue. Oh, you lowered it?

See, I thought you were making it bigger. No, Mohawk, we had to lower it because we only sold 200 tickets. But it was the right move. We went to Empire and we ended up selling 300 tickets. Maybe it helped you sell tickets somehow. Yeah.

Maybe they like that venue better. Or, no, I just don't know. I don't think we just don't spend enough time in texas yeah to fucking get it popping what about houston no houston was kind of a dud too since maybe the worst market in the country based on how many people that live there it's pretty wild it's the fourth biggest city in the country it's all like rich oil people it's just oil it's damn they don't really there's a good food there. I did hang out with Catherine Blanford. God damn. She's cool, man. She's cool. She's hot. She's like... She has a boyfriend.

She has a boyfriend, yeah. But both think she's my soulmate. Yeah. I had fun with her on the pod. She was nice to me. I like that. She was cool. I love her. God. She's funny. I love her stand-up.

I went out to lunch with Jill last night, yesterday. Jillianair? Just to tell me she has a boyfriend. Oh, okay. Bum, bum, bum. That's why that guy was looking at me weird at trivia. He's probably sizing me up. Oh, yeah. You didn't tell me that she came with a guy.

I didn't realize that. There was like a group of eight of them. She's like, Nick probably told you. No, I was working. You know what I think about? Like, now that... It's like, I don't think about people. I know.

I'm like, we don't just like... He's not going to just do that to get a razz out of me. He doesn't care. He's like, has a dog. Who? Me. I'm like, I don't give a fuck about you. I don't give a fuck.

You're a background character boyfriend. Woo! Ooh, Nick's here. Ooh, we are spicy today. Nick's trying to get a raise. Okay. We got to do these awards. You want to do the awards ceremony?

I mean, we got time. This is our episode. Oh, yeah, you're right. We're not doing any. We got nothing. I had an opening in my mind. No, we are good, bro. We're here.

We're here to do this. We're good. How's Denzel doing? He's doing great. Look at him. He's such a chill dog. We're lucky he is because he's big and he's very strong. I want to get a dog so bad. I know, but you can't.

Why not? You're not home enough. I know, but will you take care of it when I'm gone? No, I got too much with this guy. It's like a person almost. He's a lot. He's worth it, though. He's smart. We crushed it on merch. Shout out like a person almost. He's a lot. He's worth it, though. He's smart.

We crushed it on merch. Shout out to Skippy. Oh, yeah? Dude. Oh, he sells your merch and raps? He hates when I call him merch man. Why? He's the merch man.

He's the merch manager. He doesn't... He... Why? Just come on. No, I respect it. He wants to be a rapper. But he's not getting a fan base.

People are coming for Skippy. Yeah? It's like he's making it. He's like, he's becoming that dude in the scene. A brand, man. Like, Bad Fish hired him, too, to do merch and open. And like, I'm really stoked for Skippy. Yeah.

But yeah, fuck, I haven't seen you since the cruise. I know. We haven't really even talked about the cruise. Six weeks. That was fun. I have an award from the cruise in there. Yeah. That was a wild thing.

Now I want to go on, I've never been on jam cruise, but I assume it's a lot more hectic than that. It's a lot more drugs. Just, well, like everything's over at midnight on the boat, on the comedy cruise. Yeah, on the comedy cruise, everyone was in bed by two. People were just going to bed, getting up, eating to the buffet, going back, taking shits. It ain't a real jam cruise unless you see that dude high on MDMA

at the buffet counter at 7 a.m. eating a piece of pizza. Sweating. High school pizza. It's pretty fun to have that high school cafeteria pizza again. Canadians are way cooler than musicians. You think so? I like them more.

They're more like... They have less of a God complex, weirdly. You think so? I like them more. They're more like, they have less of a God complex, weirdly, because to me, You think musicians have a God complex? Maybe not a God complex, but like, they're really concerned

with like seeming cool. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. I'm guilty of it too. And I think comedians, like maybe they're, you would think

that they wouldn't feel that way because like their whole thing is being up there by themselves and just talking and like almost being adored by like a lot right especially the famous ones they seem nerdier they're nerdier a little comedians are a little nerdy they're a little more anxious maybe yeah yeah but they're also more down to earth i think well it's like self-deprecating

yeah they're more self-aware maybe is what i'm trying to get at trying to quit cigarettes i'm on these zins burke christ got me on zins you can make fun of comedians and they don't get pissed. They can take a joke, obviously, which is nice. That's a nice quality on a person. Musicians, they can't take... Well, because comedians are always making fun of themselves to everyone. A lot of the good musicians are like that, too.

I think, yeah. Musicians are a lot more insecure. Yeah, which is weird because it's way more of a definable skill. Like comedy? I mean, somebody can hear you playing the piano. It's like, you know what I mean? I'm not saying it is. I'm just saying to the average person it's easier to define that you can do this.

Yeah. You know what I mean? Because in theory anybody can talk. Right. That's why comedy is the hardest thing. Just two white dudes having a podcast. Suck it, suck it. No, we got a black. We got a black dog. suck it. We got a black dog. Black guy. We got a black guy, Denzel.

Yeah, man. I just can't believe it. I can't believe I was on the road so long. You can't? This is the lowest year of shows I've ever done in my life and I'm the most exhausted. I feel like it was all in one chunk at the end, though. You didn't really go that hard last spring.

It was like weekends. I feel like next summer was all in one chunk at the end though. You didn't really go that hard last spring. The summer was kind of... Yeah, it was like weekends. I feel like next summer you're going to be out every weekend at festivals, huh? I'm not doing a lot of festivals next year. You said that last year and you ended up doing like 15. We have something else planned that I can't announce. Okay, fair enough. But yeah, it'll be fun.

But yeah, it's podcast. You and me, baby. It's going to be you and me. I love podcasting. We're just going be you and me. I love podcasting. We're just going to... God damn. I love podcasting. It's so much more fun.

I missed you, bro. I didn't have anyone to fucking vent to. Yeah? I vented to Bo a lot. Did you vent to your band at all? Fuck no. I'd vent to Bo. Like when I gave them their Christmas presents

and they didn't say shit. At first, I was so offended. It ruined my show. But then I realized I missed their text messages and they did say thank you. Oh my God. Wow, that's so funny because I was fucking heated. I'm like,

I gave you guys nice Christmas presents. At least say thank you. Too busy asking for nudes for some girl in Cincinnati. You missed a heartfelt thank you from your band members. No. They deserve a bonus. No, yeah. They worked their ass off.

We all worked our ass off. I felt like it was a profitable tour. Yeah, Bo? It worked out great. I'm just like, I don't know. I'm still in tunnel vision from it i said i i made a post saying i want i felt like i went to war and i had a couple people my dms like how dare you fucking say that people die at war i'm like i'm dying inside

people also make a ton of fun i was uh i had fun and um i don't know our fans are turning the corner where it's like they said it was 75 new fans that's good that means like it's a turnover so that means we're growing we're growing i wonder where they're all finding you but i'm like i have I'm like, when I was seeing that, I'm like, fuck, I'm so tired. I don't want to do the OG Frasco show. Do you have analytics on like where these people are finding you, the new people?

Like, what do you think's driving that? I've been, all my social media work, all those videos I've been doing, I've been getting like millions of views. That's true, yeah, yeah. And the podcast, a lot of podcast fans. The music too though. They must be finding the music somehow because they know the words and shit.

Yeah. I think the festivals. People are singing songs. Yeah. Before they're just there to fucking chug Jameson and they still do that. Yeah. But now they know the words.

They know the words, and they're singing. You're not like so much just like, let's go, because this is the thing to do, and like, that's what's going on tonight. It was such a nice compliment

someone said to me, like, I used to come, like, we played in Fayetteville last night, and I've been playing there for like 15 years, like,

I used to come to your show for the party and stuff, but now I'm coming for your voice. Yeah, yeah, no, that's what I'm saying, like.

Let's fucking go. Like, oh, Frasco's at a bar, there'll be girls voice. Yeah, yeah, no. That's what I'm saying. Let's fucking go! She's like, oh, Fresco's at a bar. There'll be girls there. Yeah. I didn't really mess around on tour either. Good.

I did have a stalker. Ooh, boy or girl? Girl. Because usually a lot of stalkers are men, actually. Really? What kind of stalker?

Let's talk about it. Oh, man. It was very, it felt man. Do you know her? There was a couple stalkers. What was the worst one? One was thinking I was like a cult leader. I was her cult leader.

Wrong. Like a prophet. Wrong podcast guy, bitch. No, it was just, it was kind of, it was getting scary. You probably kind of liked her a little bit though, didn't you?

I did until it started getting freaky. That little part in you, it's like, oh, someone's obsessed with me. Yeah, a little bit. Then we had another guy, then we had another guy

who was just sending tons of letters of... Letters? Letters. Written letters. Written? Letters. And Instagram? Written letters. Oh, written? Yeah, and they'd be at the venues and shit.

Oh, God. Yeah. That was weird, too. What's his name? Don't say. I don't want to say it. Fair enough. You don't want to get any more letters.

Yeah, I don't want to. But it was just getting crazy. I mean, the power of music, bro. The power of music and social media. The power of music, bro. The power of music and social media. What is it that attracts Americans to people doing art?

I don't think it's... You think it's just an American thing? Europeans aren't as starstruck about shit like Americans are. Really? I think so. Yeah. I don't...

Maybe like some are and some aren't. Like the British definitely are. Like the dude from Subway. Jared from Subway was an idol. A fool just ate Subway. Whatever happened to that guy? Anyway, I heard there's a crazy documentary about him. I watched it. It's insane. What would he do? You know, I used to see him all the time when he's famous. He's from Indianapolis. Really? He'd be coming out. He was still pretty fat by the way. Hold on. Like what? Was he popular? This is like in the height of his subway fame.

He's from Indianapolis. He went to IU and he would like come around with like... Because like, you know, he'd been fat his whole life. I'm going to drink beer. Fuck it. I'm on holiday. He'd been fat his whole life. Yeah. And now he's like, you know, not skinny. That's the thing. He didn't get skinny. He was still pretty fat.

But he'd have like these Girls that were like Hot for him With him And he'd act like He was so cool And they were just like Fucking fives You know what I mean Yeah

And he'd like go to all these bars And act cool You know Turns out he was just Doing some other stuff What was he doing I don't even know his story Like what

What was he doing Like Like Pedophile stuff Oh gross Like teenagers Oh gross Getting prostitutes

Yeah he's not gonna win any awards He's not winning He's not winning stuff. Oh, gross. Like teenagers. Getting prostitutes. Yeah, he's not going to win any awards. He's not winning the 2000 World Saving Podcast. I think he's in jail for 15 years. Oh, wow. You got to watch that. I heard about this other doc called

Mother God. Yeah, I haven't watched that yet. I heard it's wild. I'm a little burnt out on cult stuff, but I'll get around to it. Oh, you're over it? No, I'm just over watching it. I heard it's wild. I'm a little burnt out on cult stuff, but I'll get around to it. Oh, you're over it? No, I'm just over watching it. It's all the same thing every time. Like the whole story. That's the point.

You're a little jealous. I'm not jealous. The point is like... You're a little jealous that that cult got a doc and you didn't. No, I don't deserve a doc. It's a joke. But I'm just like... I know it's going to happen already because that's how cults work.

And that's kind of the point. Right. Wow. What a way to start this. Look at all these things you do outs that doesn't involve music i know i'm so multi-talented god you're so fucking hot i am kind of talented actually you're talented and i'm pretty good at music i mean i mean you're amazing yeah but do you care about music anymore no i still like i've been really starting to love it again

i took a little break it was just getting a little burnout when you're a side man you're just doing other people's music all the time, it just gets, sometimes you just need to, I got back into writing again. I'm going to make an album next year. It's going to be good.

That's how I felt. Like an album with musicians on it and shit. That's how I felt this tour too. We were playing old songs that I'm like, why don't I just have to play the songs from the record?

Why can't I just, I have fucking eight albums of music. So we were like pulling out songs that we haven't played in forever. Kind of freshened up the band. That's cool. Yeah. And then we had Richie for half of it and then Floyd came back. Is Richie the one that looks like you kind of?

Floyd grounded me. What do you mean? He said I couldn't touch him and kiss him for 48 hours. And every time I touched him... How long did you make it? 12 hours? I actually did pretty good. I did about 48 hours. And every time I touched him... How long did you make it? 12 hours? I actually did pretty good. I did about 36 hours. I do have that Frasco voodoo doll

on my piano. And I'd pull it out and have it lick his ass. Yeah. Okay. Speaking of that, let's do the awards ceremony. God damn it. So, Nick, Speaking of that, let's do the awards ceremony God damn it

So Nick, tell people This is year three What do you have in there? Why do people have all those Buc-ee's things all of a sudden? You didn't like that Why do people go fucking ape shit about Buc-ee's? I don't understand it I mean, they have cool snacks

They have cool snacks that other places don't have This guy, Bo was losing his fucking mind at Buc-ee's, dude. He was like, I'm going to get a sweatshirt, and then I'm going to get a coffee mug, and then Skippy's like, I'm going to get something we can put on the Jameson, like a Buc-ee's. I'm like, what is the deal?

It's like the new Patagonia or something, the way people are wearing that shit. Because it's only white people, I feel like. They love to get the Buc-ee's. They have cool shit for a fucking gas station, though. Yeah, it feels like a Walmart. Yeah, it's better than Walmart. The proprietary snacks there are really good.

I will admit, the hot turkey sandwich, fucking fire. They got some murderous... The beef jerky, fire. Texas, they know how to make meat down there. The koloshes. Yeah, they were kind of scaring me because... You don't like puppets, I don't think. I feel like you could be scared of puppets. Yeah, I don't like...

I don't really like mascots. They kind of freak me out. Yeah, I love mascots. Football games are funny. They are, but... I like when they do emotions to the thing, but I can't talk. But I just think about the person inside of it. He's like sweaty. Yeah, he's only getting 80 bucks. He's like, fuck. He's like... I can just see him like... He can't even get laid from it because no one knows what he looks like. He's probably just having He's like, fuck. I can just see him like... He can't even get laid from it.

He's probably just having a cigarette break. They make him hide to have a cigarette break. He's not a Bucky just smoking a cigarette. Yeah. Hell yeah. People were losing their fucking mind. I didn't understand it. I'm like, what's going on? This is a gas station. I wonder who owns that place.

I heard someone gave me some tea about Bucky's that the sun tea about Bucky's. The sun was putting cameras in the bathroom. I heard this too. Yeah. So it must be true. Yeah, for sure. Who else? There was a famous musician that did that.

Like, hold on. What are you interested in? Like watching someone take a shit? Is that hot to people? Like, what are you watching for? There's something out there for everybody. Freaks. People are into some weird shit, my guy.

Some freaks. Yeah, that's weird. Chuck Berry did that. That's true. I've been using a new porn website. I've been seeing some catalog. Twitter has bomb porn.

There's so much porn on there, dude. I didn't realize that. Whenever I'm in Virginia or like Arkansas. Sign in. Yeah, like you need your ID and I don't trust that. West Virginia. West Virginia. What? VPN? Oh, this guy's a porn

expert over here. He's like, yo, no, just VPN it in Arkansas. No problem. And this man's... guy's a porn expert over here. He's like, yo, no, just VPN it in Arkansas. No problem. And this man's... I got a manila folder for you. I got the archives. Yeah. Redheads and Buc-ee's. Fucking.

Toilet shot. Toilet shot. Buc-ee's. But yeah. So then... So I was using this new site that Wesby showed me. And it's kind of nice.

But it shows like what's popular. You're welcome, Wesby. Thanks, Wes. new site that Wesby showed me. And it's kind of nice. But it shows what's popular. You're welcome, Wesby. Thanks, Wes. Shout out to Wesby. Thanks, Wes. Anyway. Should we start the award ceremony? Yes.

We've done this. It's our third one. This is our third annual award ceremony. First one was for 2021. Last year was Europe Heavy Awards. Europe Heavy because you were with us. This one's going to be different because you really didn't go on the road with us. No, but it's going to be a nice broad, more broad about the music industry.

And a lot about your band, of course. Yeah. You know I love that. So I'm going to kick it off. And I like to start out with a pretty good award. You know, go down just like the Oscars and then the big ones are at the end. Okay, so for the first award, we're going to have the Andy Frasco Market of the Year. Andy Frasco Market of the Year? If you don't know what a market is, that's just a city.

Okay. City of the Year. What city is the best? Just the Market of the Year because I don't want to go with best. Maybe biggest growth. Maybe. You're going to be the one to pick from this and you can add a nominee like we always do. So I have Philly in there because Philly's always goes hard for you right and you had a

couple good shows there didn't you buffalo obviously is always one of your better markets i put la on there because you sold out the troubadour this year in march and i thought that was big for you that was big to have your own hometown they're not going to win but they should just be like on this list right right i put har Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I like that you put that one because it's a D market that came out hard. That's not offensive. It's true. It just is. You know what I'm going to say? Market of the year. I got one more. Oh, St. Louis, Missouri. Oh, I think I'm going to see market. I'm going to say St. Louis. So I was thinking too. Yeah, I saw that. That was rowdy as fuck. Louis. That's what I was thinking too. Congratulations, St. Louis.

That was rowdy as fuck. Crazy. Not even nominated last year. I wish I saw those guys' text messages because it ruined my St. Louis show. Oh, God, yeah. Whatever. Let's not get into that the whole time. You know what I mean, Andy? Let's not dwell on things.

That's crazy. It went from not being nominated last year to market of the year. Yeah, St. Louis popped off. That was amazing. Shout out to St. Louis. At the pageant, it was very special. Very special event. You had been proud of me. Next is the annual self-care

award. I only have two nominees. Maybe you can add one or two. Andy's solo trip to Italy. That's when he spent Thanksgiving in Italy with some girl. And then me wearing glasses inside now. So no one can perceive me. Do you have anything you want to add to your self-care? Self-care.

Maybe Floyd giving me boundaries. Ooh, that's self-care? That's self-care for him. For him? Not for me. I wanted my kisses, but... What about Bo? Does Bo have any self-care on the road this year? God, no. No, he fucking had the stomach flu. He was shitting black

the last week. That's not healthy. No. I don't think I've ever... I mean, that's something else, bro. Did you throw up, too? Were you throwing up? Norovirus. That went around a little bit. Oh, how long did it last? Five days?

Yeah, I think that's what I got. Give it up for Bo. What a fucking trooper. Yeah, never bitches when he wants to

kill me. All right, so he holds it in. What do we think is the winner? You did. He thought I threw a beer at him.

I didn't. I kind of like the Floyd one for this. I kind of like the Floyd one for this. I kind of do to the boundaries because we're going to rip on him a lot later. So let's give him a win right now. So the winner is Floyd setting boundaries that Andy broke like an immigrant climbing the wall at the southern border. Wow, I love. Yeah yeah I gave

Floyd the boundaries he was you could tell he was he's trying to build a wall and he you could tell by the end of this tour he was fucking done right inventory barely showed up for a did take half the tour speaking of that what the next award okay is the Floyd to get your ass to work

you lazy piece of shit award for best sub. Best sub. Here are the nominees. Cooney, Andrew Cooney, the bass player for 10th Mountain Division. He subbed on the boat. He was pretty good. He did another run too, right? He just did that.

I thought he did some mountain run with you. Okay. Well, whatever. Rich Derbyshire. Is that his last name? Yeah. Richie. That's the guy that looks like you that was playing bass.

Yep. The new Stampede Brisket sub from Subway. Is it good? I don't know. I don't go to Subway. I'm not white trash. Chris Lawrence. I figured he played. Chris Lawrence. Yeah, he didn't actually. Oh, yeah, he

did. Yeah, I think early in the year he did. Yeah, our podcast producer. Yeah, Lawrence. Sorry. And the Titan sub. Oh, the one that just blew up? The one that blew up at the Titanic. That was the fifth nominee for best sub. What is wrong with you?

Took out five billionaires. Pretty good sub. Am I picking this one or you're picking this one? Yeah, because you played with them all. I love them all. Very well. But Richie fucking killed it. There we go. Rich Derbyshire.

Richie killed it, bud. He had the look. He was happy. He was helping. I think he did the most gigs, too. He did the most gigs. But the best thing, I think, Bo could talk about this, too, is he helped load out every night.

He was like... Floyd doesn't even do that. Fuck no. He goes straight to the IPAs. Okay, next one. Hottest guy we had on the pod this year. Ooh. You picked this one, right?

Some good. Some hotties. Some good ones. Okay. There were some hotties. There's five nominees. I had to take one off because you told me something last night.

Josh Radner, star of How I Met Your Mother. That was good. He's hot. He's looking good. Dude, he's looking hot. He's got this beard now. It's hot. Yeah.

Grizz. I mean, you can't beat Grant. Look at that. Grant is fucking hot. He's got a body in the face. Can't beat Grant. He's hot as fuck. Here's one debatable, but I think he's pretty hot.

Ken Jennings. What the fuck? I can see it. For his fuck? I can see it. For his age. I can see it. He's smart. He takes care of his skin. He's very, yeah, he's going to age very well.

Do you like smart people? Yeah, they're not dumb. Who do you like better, smart people or rich people? Oh, rich people. Let's go. I mean, rich people are usually pretty smart. Four, Jacob Plummer ooh Jake's hot too

good looking guy damn I have one more damn we've had some hot ass people I have one more handsome older man okay

Todd Glass he's handsome he's hot he's a good looking guy I'd like to point out that we have two gay men in here I'm proud of our diversity

of our podcast these days okay see you later Dan's like I'm proud of our diversity of our podcast these days. See you later. I was like, I'm done with hottest guy. I'm the hottest guy in the pod. So I think I don't know. I think it is right. I'm going to go with Jake Plummer. I like that move.

He is hot. Personality. He was great on the live pod. Pro athlete. He's got mushrooms. He's open-minded, but he's not too open-minded. We can't give Grant it twice, right? I don't think he wants it either.

He's too traditionally hot. There's something hotter about him. Yeah, I think Jake Plummer is the move on that. Radner, though. I know. He's too traditionally hot. It's like there's something hotter about him. Yeah, I think Jake Plummer is the move on that. Yeah. Okay. Radner, though. I know. Hot dude.

Yeah, but... Mark Norman. Hot. I know. I almost put him on... What did we talk about? I don't know. What did we talk about last night again?

That you took off somebody? What? I forgot what we talked about last night. I don't know. He said I took off one person. Oh. Wait. You got to believe that He's a tough one person. Oh, wait, you gotta believe that that might be some

news coming out about that guy. Check MBS NBC. Best opener. The next one is best. Ooh, opener. He's had a lot of openers. I know you had some good openers this year, dude. Yeah. Some really good openers.

There are six nominees. I can't. There might be one I forgot. Dogs in a Pile. Our boys. Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers. Maggie Rose. That was fun.

Cool, cool, cool. I forgot about Cool, Cool, Cool, too. That was fun, too. I know. They're banging, I bet. I didn't see them. That was a fun hang. Doom Flamingo. I mean,

whenever I get to see Stasic, I love it. And when the podcast opened for the band at Jazz Fest. Also, Tenth Mountain Division. I forgot. Tenth Mountain Division. So I wasn't at a lot of these shows, so you're going to have to pick them. Oh man, it's like picking my children. I know, but who is your... So we're talking about best opener, so I want you to think about not who you got

along with the best offstage. I want you to think about who warmed up your show the best on a boat probably know this as well i would say uh maggie rose beau or dogs in a pile who do you think warmed up the show the best cool cool actually i forget about cool cool cool because it was so early In the tour I know And it went by so fast Yeah but those shows

Were fucking crushing And then we had Everyone on stage So maybe we just Give it to all of them You're right No no We give it to

Let's give it to Cool Cool Cool Okay Cool Cool Cool Thanks You're welcome I agree There you go

They're moving And everyone sat in All A hundred of them They're pros They're pros They're real fucking pros sat in. All hundred of them. They're pros. They're pros. They're real fucking pros, that band. That's what I like about them.

Yeah. I love, dude. They're not pussies, you know? Yeah. They're going to show up on time, put on a good show, not complain. Yep. Until they're back in the van. Right.

Like everyone. Right. Man, but fucking Duke Flamingo was crushing. I mean, can he get kills? Yeah, I feel like they only opened for you a couple times. Just three shows. I think they won last year too. They won last year.

Yeah. Nick Gerlach Award for Best Sit-In. Here we go. Grace Bowers. That was good. The guitarist, right? The Nick Gerlach Award for Best Sit-In. That's what I call it every year.

I love it. Yeah, yeah. I'm known for sitting in. It's kind of my thing. The Melt Girls Chicks. Remember? Where was that at? Peach Fest.

Yeah, I've just seen a video. They are intense. I just saw their band for the first time. They opened for Twiddle. It was nice. They crushed it. I have a couple notes for them. If you guys want,

email, message me. Why don't you tell them now? They listen to the pod. No, it's too mean. I'm just kidding. Okay, the Nick Gerlach Award for Best Sitting. Grace Bowers, The Melt Chicks, Maggie Rose.

Yeah, Maggie's dope. Kanika Moore, and the Cuckoos on their little marching band are on. I love it. I love it. That was fun, Hank. And the Cuckoos is on their little marching band. I didn't even nominate myself. I just name it after me.

Are you picking the winner or am I? Well, I wasn't at all these shows, but I'm just saying the award is named after me, but I'm not nominated. You sat in with us. I know. I just think it's fun to just have it. I won it the first year. It's just my award. Yeah. This is like now it's the

honorary, like you're the honorary. So I don't think it can be Grace Bowers. It was only one time. It was, you know what I mean? It's just a good time. I know who my pick is. Okay. Second year in a row, Kanika Moore. That's what I was going to say, too. She's a fourth.

Every goddamn time. I love a good back-to-back victory. Mag was crushing it too at the end. She doesn't do the improv. She might have won last year actually. No, I think Kanika won last year. She's been nominated a lot. I mean, you can't beat the queen. I know, but they were all great except for the Cacuzas

obviously. Okay. Oh my God. Stupid. That's what I'm here for. If anybody's going to laugh. We love you, Mad Chad. They know I'm joking. They know I'm joking. I don't think they listen to the pod there's no way they listen to the pod they don't probably don't even have spotify most annoying jesus i'm kidding they're my friends most annoying thing in the music industry this year i love it i'll give you my first six and then you can go okay spotify

wrap-ups i don't know why they're just fucking annoying me. They're annoying me too. Jealous jam band nerds online hating on whatever band is successful. You know who you are, a certain group. Just ticketing in general is number three. Ooh, that's actually fucking annoying.

Four. Floyd Kellogg coming and going as he pleases when he has literally the gig of a lifetime. The guy has a golden ticket and he comes and goes as he pleases. Yeah, he's like, I'll think about it. I'm not going to Little Rock, but I'll come to Memphis.

Yeah, exactly. The whole merch thing with venues taking a cut of merch. Oh man, that grinds my gears too. And one more, U2. U2? Like the band? Yeah. I just fucking hate that band. I don't know. Is there anything you'd like to add? I think I covered a lot of it.

Venue fees. How much people are charging. Oh, I said ticketing. That's kind of part of ticketing. Just in general, the whole ticketing process. Also, what else? I think how people are not creative with the writer. Their writer?

Like their hospitality writer? No, they just give us the same shit. I guess we just ask for the same shit. Yeah, exactly. That's you. Oh, that's me. So you're annoyed with yourself. I'm annoyed with myself.

I'm just bored with beef jerky. Well, get something else. Just put something else on the list. Write a different word. We should do every other day. We should have three writers. So there's every other day, like Monday, Wednesday, Friday. And then we could have a cheat day where we just get Reese's Pieces and shit.

Hell yeah. I got to go to the gym. What do you think it is? I'm going with... This is a tough one, dude. This is a fucking tough one. This one's tough because they all suck. I know.

And they're all kind of equally bad. But the ticketing thing doesn't bother me because I get on the guest list for everything. The Floyd thing annoys me, but I understand it. I get it too. He's a dad. That's also more of just a joke. No, but I hear you.

It grinds my gears. I fight with Bo all the time about this. Like, what the fuck? We almost didn't book him for the tour. I was so pissed. Yeah, but I don't think we can do that. Ticketing doesn't really bother me, like I said, because I'm on the guest list for everything.

I think those fucking nerds. It's the nerds again, isn't it? It's the nerds again. Yeah, shut up. Yeah. Fucking, shut the fuck up. The new thing is like, they don't shit about every band, you fucking nerds.

The new thing is like, they don't care about Goose, but they can't shut up about the goddamn rumor that whoever might be leaving or whatever. Yeah, everyone's like, so happy that there's turmoil for a bit. Like, fuck off. You are a loser if you're happy about it. Yeah, like don't, it's like, fuck off.

Look in the mirror. Go for a walk. Read a book. Get something to eat. Yeah. Molly is not a food group. You still live with your parents. You're 35 years old. Yeah, fucking nerds. Stop being a communist on Facebook and go get a job.

Best breakup release of 2023. Best breakup release of 2023. There are six again. Iowa Moon by Andy Frasco in the UN featuring Nick Gerlach. Quaranta by Danny Brown, killing album.

The rapper. Yeah. He also has a great new podcast Have you checked it out? No Just him and then I'll have a guess He's fucking hilarious Flowers by Miley Cyrus Okay That Boy's a Liar by Pink Pantherous

That boy's a That's a TikTok song I know a lot of shit for a four year old What the fuck What are you doing? Chemistry by Kelly Clarkson I don't know any of these songs. And Thought You Should Know

by Morgan Wallen. Ooh. I know who I'm going to pick. Let me pick. Yeah, you pick this one. I don't know. I know nothing. Iowa Moon by Andy Fresco

on the UN. I can't even play that fucking song anymore. I mean, it's just funny to hear a 35-year-old guy writing his first breakup album. You know what I mean? Fuck you, Nick.

That's like me writing a song about how to ride a bike. Okay. Best kiss. I need help on this one. Ooh. Andy and Floyd, obviously, nominated every year. There was a lot of kisses. I know.

Bo had a very intimate kiss last year at serves with Bo. Which one's the rapper in Little Stranger? oh and little kevin kevin yeah they had a very it was too soft it was like unsettling the kiss bow so you give me some more kisses i mean when bow is feeling feeling heartfelt he'll give me a kiss. Yeah. Both? His lips are voluptuous. Those Italian... And they're wet. They're like moisturized.

I'm like, wow. He must be a good lover. I think Skippy. Skippy was kissing me. You know what? Floyd... He should be kissing you. Sean gave me one kiss.

What? Yeah. But what was the best kiss of the year? Was there a particular Ewan Floyd kiss that was intense? No, I think the best kiss of the year. Kanika kissed me. That can't be. That's not gay enough.

I think I'm going to give it to my beau boy. My beau boy. My Bo boy. You and Bo or him and the little stranger guy? No. I felt our connection on that kiss. All right. Fair enough. Come here.

Get over here. Get over here, buddy. Happy New Year. Look at the camera. What a fucking... That's a kiss. That's a fucking kiss. Dude, I'm telling you.

When he kisses other dudes, it's like... That's a kiss. I know. That's kind of how he kissed the little... I'm like unsettled by it. All right. They share a bed together, him how he kissed the little... I'm like unsettled by it. All right. They share a bed together, him and Skippy? Yeah, I bet they do.

Do you share a bed with him? No, it's him and Jason. Oh, you share with them? Yeah. They share a bed? Yeah. We put crew all in the same room, and my narcissistic ass just sleeps alone.

What the fuck is wrong with you? You can't be doing that. That's bullshit. That's on Skippy, though, kind of. Just a merch guy, you know? He's a merch manager! He's gonna kill you. Manage these nuts, Skip.

Best hoax or conspiracy theory of the year. Best hoax. Goose asking for a green room at the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard show. That's a pretty good conspiracy. Two. That thing where Billy Strings fired his pothead stage manager. Remember that?

Yep. Still don't know if that was real or not. That was fake. That makes it a hoax. Pete Shapiro is running the entire Jam Band scene from an ivory tower in New York. I like that one.

The Jam Band Illuminati? Four. I like that conspiracy. I love that one because it's so stupid. It's so stupid Guys not doing that The whole aliens are going to be finally revealed soon thing You keep hearing that

What's up with that I just wanted to nominate that So I could be like come on And Andy meeting and falling in love with a stranger in Italy And Andy meeting and love I already know I know the winner of this one What is it Pete Shapiro running the entire jam band I already know. I know the winner of this one. I get it. What is it?

Pete Shapiro running the entire jam band scene from an ivory tower in New York City. That is the dumbest fucking conspiracy ever. He's not that rich. I looked into it. I'm sorry, jam bands. We're only 1% of the community. Dude, the jam band scene is not real. People have not heard of any of these bands.

If you go to like the right city. They're like, Pete Shapiro paid Jimmy Fallon to put Goose on. I'm like, shut the fuck up. Yeah, dude. Like 600 people watch Jimmy Fallon every night. I bet they popped off from it. They had more people at their goddamn Hampton show.

God, I hate haters. Me too. I try not to hate. Unless they're funny. There's funny haters. There's funny haters. I mean, that's just comedy. Yeah. But, you know, I like it if you're going to be funny or if you have a point.

But just making up, like, if you're just a jealous weirdo, it's weird. Most annoying actor being a musician of 2023. Oh. There's only one nominee for this. So, hit it. Jared Leto. Jared Leto. Fuck you, Jared Leto. You fucking hate him.

God, would you stop it? Did you see the shit he climbed the Empire State Building? That was fucking low-key cringe. You're not... You are rich. You're already rich. Why are you doing that? It wasn't even for charity, I don't think.

You just did it. Also, stop having abs in your 50s. You weren't a pro athlete. Weird. Psycho. You always hated Jay-Z. He's a good actor, though. He is. But I know I don't like his... Why don't you like about him? He seems like an extremely bad

narcissist weirdo, just obsessed with himself. He's always doing something stupid. He's a good actor. I'm not taking anything away from that. Best band that pisses people off for some reason. Best band that pisses people off for some reason. I did not put you in it this year. Thank you because I don't know people aren't hating on you like they used to know goose. Yeah, William strings people have Billy. Yeah, people kind of hate on Billy. I kind of hate on Billy. I don't like bluegrass. I hate those fans like how can seven thousand

people like bluegrass i hate those fans like how can 7 000 people like bluegrass 100 gex wow it's good to have you back nick 100 gex what's that you don't know them they're pretty big they're like in the festival season it's two people it's like this new hyper pop shit i like it but it's pretty out there greta van fleet people are always gonna hate that man kind of why because they sound like zeppelin yeah and look like zeppelin and act like Zeppelin. Oh my God, I have a great story about Taylor Swift. Greater Van Fleet, I didn't realize I was talking to him. I was in Nashville having a beer.

Which guy in the band is it? Guitar player, not the singer. Nobody cares about you, dude. Jesus fucking kidding. I don't know who this is. I think it's Goose. Goose? What is the category? Best band that pisses people off for some reason, but they are a good band. I don't know who this is. I don't know who... I think it's Goose. Goose? Hold on. What is the category?

The best band that pisses people off for some reason. But they are a good band. They're a great band. That's the thing. And like, I feel like more people hate on them than Billy Strings. Yeah. Yeah, there's...

I don't know. There's this weird... I don't know why Goose strikes a nerve with these jam band people so much. Because... What do you think it is? I think it's because people like their good band.

They can sing. And people feel threatened. I agree with you 100%. That their favorite band, like the fishes of the world or whatever. Yeah, yeah. And they're like,

because people used to hate them like when Twiddle had their little come up in 2016 or whatever. 514. I'm surprised. Why is there so much goose hate? It was different with them because like those bands are like goofier and like not as polished. They don't have such a 514. I'm surprised. Why is there so much goose hate? It was different with them because

those bands are goofier and not as polished. They don't have such a pop management team behind them. Which is a compliment to Goose, by the way. I think people are less threatened by that. I almost feel like jam band people want to keep their bands here. I don't know. It's weird. It's gatekeepy.

Yeah, it's gatekeepy. They don't want them to be popular. Yeah, but they also get jealous when guys are hot. It's just a lot of jealousy. They don't do. It's weird. It's like gatekeepy or something. Yeah, it's gatekeepy. They don't want them to be popular. Yeah, but they also get jealous when guys are hot. It's just a lot of jealousy. They don't do that with that fucking Lizard Wizard band or whatever they're called. King Gizzard Lizards. They're hip. They're Australian hot. Yeah, I don't know. I don't really get it.

A lot of people don't like that band, but in a different way, they just don't get it. Yeah. So I pick Goose. I pick Goose too. I think they're a great band. Yeah, fuck you guys. Fuck you haters. Best Andy's first of the year.

Andy's first? Like me? Yeah, your first time doing something. What'd you get? First real breakup. Holds for applause. First fish show. Remember that? And first time going to Japan

I didn't go to Japan I know It's a joke Because you didn't get to go Was there any other firsts You had this year? What other firsts? I

No I pretty much did the same shit I do every year Yeah Oh I quit smoking cigarettes We'll see about that Okay You quit smoking like

Four times this year You know what I mean? Yeah It's not your first time quitting But this is the first time I've consecutively been Three weeks in a row It's not good enough to be nominated for this award We'll see, maybe next year What do you think?

I got it First fish show, I like that one the best Because you were so confused I was confused You're like, what the fuck? Why am I famous here? I don't know. Yeah, it was.

And it was like with. Yeah, it was just a whole ordeal. Yeah, exactly. And we had Todd there. Todd wasn't really having fun. He didn't like it. I mean, he wouldn't admit it, but I could tell he was trying to get the fuck out of there. It's not for everybody.

Yeah. And, you know, we went with my friend Pearl, and I kind of bailed on her because I just didn't want to be at the show anymore. Yeah. Because I was dealing with Todd. It was fun. It was a fun night for me. Oh, yeah.

You went. Yeah, I was there. Yeah. And Vinny. And Vinny. Sweet, sweet Vinny. So I say the fish show. Breakup's too sad. We did leave at set break. Yeah, I. And Vinny. Sweet, sweet Vinny. So I say the fish show. Breakup's too sad.

We did leave at set break. Yeah, I left at set break. I mean, I've seen him. I've seen him a bunch. I would have stayed if... I would have stayed if... Todd would have... Todd just didn't eat the mushrooms.

If it was just me and you, we would have stayed the whole time. Yeah. Yeah. Todd just didn't eat the mushrooms, so we're all high, and he's just felt out of place. Unless my girlfriend was working in a green room and I went with her, remember?

Yeah. Shout out to Mike Gordon, though. Thanks for the tickets. Hell yeah, dude. You rule. I left early. I mean, they're a fucking great band. They're a good band. Mike Gordon doesn't need you to like his band. He's fine. I think he's doing okay. He's doing fine. You did not dislike it, by the way. I didn't dislike it. Just not your bag.

Not my bag. They're not a lot of people's bag, but the people whose bag they are, they get the Louis Vuitton fucking, they are bagged up. They're bagged up. They're checking bags. Best venue is the next. Ooh.

There was a lot of great venues. I know. You can add some if you want. The Sphere. Uh-huh. Cervantes. I love Cervantes. It's an independent venue.

Making money in this climate. I hung out with Scott and Adam Stroll until about 7 a.m. Cervantes. I love Cervantes. It's an independent venue making money in this climate. I hung out with Scott and Adam Stroll until about 7 a.m. last night talking about the whole history of Cervantes and how it's pretty amazing. Pretty interesting. Yeah. How it used to be with that one guy. Yeah, Jay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They bleep his name out. That guy fucking sucks. Yeah, that dude kind of sucks. Number three, a cruise ship deck in the middle of the ocean. Four, the Mission Ballroom. Just a great venue. Great room. And I put Brooklyn Bowl.

Those are good venues. Plus Pete Shapiro kicked me a little money to say it. What are some other venues you want to add? The Pageant was amazing. Oh, yeah. I love that venue. I haven't played there in 10 years, but I love it. One other was a good one.

I mean, I think the best, my favorite room is Town Ballroom, Buffalo. I've never been to that one. It's like an octagon. What do you mean? It looks like an octagon. It looks like you're in a UFC battle. Is there people behind you and shit? No, it's just like an oval.

Oh, it goes all the way. So it just looks like you're just fucking surrounded by people. It's cool. Then what is the other just looks like you're just fucking surrounded by people. It's cool. Then what is the other one that was kind of cool but weird? Oh, yeah. The Vogue. The Vogue Theater was sick. I've played there a bunch. Raleigh Theater's sick. Lincoln?

I mean Lincoln, yeah. Similar to the Vogue, actually. Yeah, similar to the Vogue. Yeah, it had the same exact vibe. The Vogue is a legendary place in Indianapolis. Very many legends have played there. Tough one. I know what I want to pick. What are you going to pick? Cervantes.

I always pick Cervantes. I like Cervantes. I just like it. It's like my favorite place to go. It's easy to get in. It's our local bar. It's independent. It feels local,

but also like some crazy people come through. I don't know. It's just like one of those. It's like all these other places could exist at any moment in time, but Cervantes could only exist when it does where it does. I like that room, and I like the pageant. The pageant's an amazing room, yeah.

Yeah. Speaking of the cruise... Man, I wrote the shit out of this. Best thing about the cruise... Here we go. What, the Burt Kreischer cruise? The Burt Kreischer cruise, to be specific. Not Jam Cruise, you fucking MDMA or Apple psycho. Be nice or we're not going to be able to play there again.

No, I'm saying the Burt Kreischer Cruise was sick. Oh. No, I'm talking about Jam Cruise. Oh, the opinions expressed by Nick Gerlach do not necessarily reflect those opinions expressed by Andy Fresco. Best thing about the cruise. Okay. You could smoke in the casino. Oh, that was the best.

Two, everything was free. You just scan that little card you have. Three, how skinny I felt. There were some big boys in there. There were some big, big boys. Big boys in there. Four, being around comedians. You probably looked anorexic.

Yeah, I felt great. Being around comedians instead of probably looked anorexic. Yeah, I felt great. Being around comedians instead of musicians. I like that. And five, the constant urge to run full sprint and dive headfirst into the ocean. Did you hear that someone died on the next boat? Yeah, they jumped off. Holy shit. Dumbass.

Drugs. Tough one, huh? Or probably sadness. They probably just wanted to get out. Yeah. Probably drugs. Drugs and sadness. What do you think was the best thing about the cruise we were on, though?

Man, I love smoking inside. Me too. I'll smoke inside everywhere. Yeah, let's put that, actually. Yeah. That was awesome. We don't need a drum roll ever since we're done. But, damn, everything was free, though. But the late night hangs with all those comedians In Burt's penthouse

Was fucking sick That was cool I kind of actually think That was better than smoking I think so too Because they're cool people I fell in love with the Honest Papas Yeah, that guy rules

Oh God, I love him I've listened to him religiously now Yeah, yeah I like how he's like smart But he can be goofy And Catherine Blandford God damn Yeah, we get it

We get it, dude We get it I really like Jim Norton I really liked he was my yeah we got him coming on the show I went and saw

every comedian on that boat so oh Big Jay Oakerson he's doing something here next month like an all crowd work really

yeah yeah yeah in Denver yeah like mid Jan I think oh let's get him on the pod I mean I'm sure he'll do it

yeah he said he would didn't he say he would I thought we had him kind of in the we gotta figure out yeah yeah he's doing an say he would? I thought we had him kind of in the... Yeah, yeah. He's doing an all-crowd work album

and he's like the... I'm not like... I don't like obsess, like love crowd work, but he does it better. I'm excited to interview Bruce Hornsby. Dude, I love Bruce Hornsby.

We should get Ben from Goose on the show and see what the fuck's going on. If he's down, he might not want to do that. I don't think he wants to do it. He's kind of closed off. I want to get Mahali

on the show too because Dempsey's been wild now. I'm way more interested in that actually. Let's get Mahali on the show next year. Mahali will actually. Yeah.

That's Mahali's my dude. Yeah. I went to their final show. It's like Better Sweet. Oh, you did? There was a little tension on stage. What, with Dempsey?

I can talk about this because there's videos and something. Yeah, what happened? Mahali flipped off Dempsey like during the show. No way. But to be be fair dempsey was running around videoing the crowd like during a song was was jokingly was mahali joking about it i mean no i think he was pretty mad at him the dude got up from his keyboards during a jam and walked on the stage and just

video people and didn't play jesus scott hanae they're like guy yeah you know who that is i love scott he's a badass actually player. He should maybe be his band. He's Mahali's keyboard player. And he's also like their something. He was in Richie's band. Richie Derbyshire. Oh, Mild Adriatic?

Okay. So he had to come out and sit in because Dempsey's just running around videoing the crowd. By the way, the whole thing is streamed. They got video. And Mahalia did. I got to call Dempsey. Something's up.

I could see in his eyes. I've been watching his videos lately. Something. He's fucking sad, dude. Yeah, but it's like maybe he's not sad. He feels sad. He feels like abandoned. I just hope he doesn't start drinking again.

That's okay. I agree with that. But sometimes it's not always everyone else's fault. Right. You know what I mean? Sometimes it is your fault. Yeah. So I'm going to put a comedian thing.

Yeah. I think so too. All right. Yeah. Next year we're going to get, we're going to be like, we got to get, we got to gossip.

We got to get a little more gossip. A little more Oprah Winfrey, a little more Wendy Williams. Not everyone. Especially because people know I'm just going to say whatever... Or gossip. We're going to get a little more gossip. A little more Oprah Winfrey. A little more Wendy Williams. Not everyone. Especially because people know I'm just going to say whatever. You know what I mean? Now our friends will talk on the pod. Because they know that we're safe.

We're safe. We're not fucking going to chastise them. Yeah, we're not going to make them talk about anything they don't want to. But they should talk about it. Yeah. We're open ears. Yeah. Let's do tour of the year.

Ooh. Tour of the year. There's been so many goddamn tours. I open ears. Yeah. Let's do tour of the year. Ooh. Tour of the year. There's been so many goddamn tours. I have five. Okay. John Mayer, the acoustic arena tour. I just thought selling out arenas by yourself. It's pretty amazing.

Solo acoustic like you're just... That is pretty amazing. In a dorm room is pretty impressive. Yeah. Taylor Swift, the Eros tour. Dude, I watched that on Amazon a couple days ago. Wow. Oh, it's on Amazon now?

It's awesome. Andy Frasco, The Optimist Tour. What? It's your fucking podcast. Beyonce, The Renaissance Tour. And finally, The Olive Garden Tour of Italy Meal. Dude, we went to Olive Garden. I think that's where he fucking

lost his stomach. Oh, dude, Olive Garden is gross. It was so gross How gross was it? The soup was just kind of a water. I mean, think about who's working in those kitchens, dude. Oh, this dude. Our waiter.

He was like an 18-year-old kid. He had pearl necklace on. That's a new style thing. I kind of like it, actually. I do, too. But he had zins in his mouth. Yeah, track marks. It was in Alabama. We went of like it, actually. I do, too. But he was like, had zins in his mouth. Yeah, track marks. It was in Alabama. We went to Olive Garden in Alabama. Oh, you really didn't have good Italian food at the Olive Garden in Alabama?

Jesus Christ. It was the end of the tour. We were like, let's treat ourselves. Go to Olive Garden. You're making money, dude. At least go to Outback or something. Those guys love that shit. They go to Outback. They go to Applebee's. Oh, Outback?

Applebee's kind of fucks. I like that chicken bourbon thing. You can hit an Applebee's. It works. Outback's got some good stuff. Outback's fire. Whatever. And Chili's is kind of good.

Chili's, yeah. I heard it's been kind of shitty lately. I went to one recently, actually. Me and Julia, every once in a while, like to go to a stupid chain restaurant almost like as a joke. Yeah. It was okay.

I'm out on Texas Roadhouse and I'm out on Olive Garden. I'm out on Texas Roadhouse and I'm out on Olive Garden. I'm out on Texas Roadhouse and I'm out on Cracker Barrel. Oh, Cracker Barrel is disgusting. Also Panera can fuck right off. Oh, dude. It is a fucking hospital prison in there. It just looks like people are dying in there. It smells like death. It's too sterile.

Too sterile. Stop cleaning. The food feels like it's like too sterile too sterile stop cleaning yeah and it's like yeah just the food feels like it's just plastic yeah it feels like they got it out of like a fisher price kitchen or something yeah toward the year it's like what cancer would look like so here's the options john mayer taylor swift andy fresco beyonce or olive garden hit the drum roll for this one yeah what do you got well i wanted to give it to and, but you got to give it to Taylor Swift. I mean, that tour.

And then second, I would go Beyonce, close second. I heard that movie's awesome. It has to be. Beyonce's actually a better performer than Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift would say that. Maybe I'll watch that tonight. But Taylor just made too much money. Sorry, I care about money the most.

So let's do wins. Saddest celebrity death of the year. We're almost done. A few more. Bob Barker. Remember, he died. Oh, wow. Matthew Perry.

That one was sad. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. What? You put him on the award list. Well, without him, we wouldn't have Apocalypse Now. We wouldn't have Platoon. We wouldn't have any of those good Vietnam War movies, would we?

Stupid ass. Just saying. You're right. Art is art. Tina Turner. Oh, she died this year? Yep. And Rosalind Carter, former First Lady Rosalind Carter. She was hot. Yeah, but she was too old for it to be sad. Also, Bob Barker, too old

for it to be sad. I think I know who I'm going to say. Okay, you pick. Because I don't have any feelings. Matthew Perry. Yeah, it is kind of sad, huh? I was watching his videos. Oh, you know who?

Ralphie from Stern Show died too. Rest in peace, Ralphie. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I was watching some of his Like he was doing Like some like Keynote Speaking things Matthew Perry

Yeah it was just Fucking sad Yeah I honestly Despise his character On Friends But he seemed okay In real life He didn't write the

Fucking show What does he want to do Say no to a million dollars In an episode Good this morning Yeah What was yours pick Probably him

Or Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger. Henry Kissinger. Damn it. Okay, so. Why? Because it's funny. Because I like Vietnam War movies, dude.

Have you watched the World War II in color on the crosswalk? No, I can't wait. I might watch it tonight. Oh, it's so good. Hell yeah. You know I love war. It is so good. Oh, dude, it's on like the... We're due for another big war. It's been 80 years. You know we're in an 80-year cycle. Yeah, it's so good. Hell yeah. You know, I love war. It is so good. It's, oh, dude, it's on like the... We're due for another big war.

It's been 80 years. You know, we're in an 80-year cycle. Yeah, it's coming. You're too old to be drafted. Don't worry. Goose versus Billy Strings. God. World War III.

Let's do... It feels like bluegrass is cooling down here. Hopefully. I never, you know... Let's do Rising Star in the jam band scene oh i like this one you're not nominated oh you are but you can't win i can't win your stars take me out i'll take you shannon blake who's that you haven't seen her she's like the super hot chick that's like all about like oh man here let me just pull the Girl? Yes. Everybody hates her, though.

But she is a rising star, dude. Someone's like in my drug band's band, here we go. Frass is probably going to interview this chick. I mean, we probably will. We probably will. But we're not going to just let her just say what she wants. We might a little, though.

LPGOB. I like her a lot. How do you pronounce her last name? Something like that, right? Yeah. Eggie. Dogs in a P though. LP Giobbe. I like her a lot. How do you pronounce her last name? Something like that, right? Yeah. Eggie. Dogs in a Pile. Damn. And Daniel Donato

in Cosmic Country. Okay, so what is this award? This is like Rising Star. Who's like the biggest Who had the biggest rise this year. So I think I know

who it is actually. It's not not Shane and Blake as much as I want it to be her for the joke. No, because she doesn't draw. No, she just sold out like Lost Lake. That's not like No, but she did. So I'm I know who it is, actually. It's not Shannon Blake as much as I want it to be her for the joke. No, because she doesn't draw. No, she just sold out like Lost Lake. That's not like...

No, but she did... So I'm going to tell you who I think it is. Tell me if you agree. Hit the button again. LP Geobee. You think so? Dude, she is huge. She is the creative director of W Hotels right now.

What? Or something like that. Let's go. She just had like a whole sold out tour. Eggie and Dollars in a Pile. They're too similar. I feel like there's another year for them. They're rising. Yeah, but I don't think they rose as much as her. Yeah. And I feel like there's maybe next year

they might win it. Yeah. Donato had a big... Same with Donato. Donato had a big year. Yeah, I don't think he was as big as LPGOB. Because like not enough people hate them. That Eggie Donato tour crushed. People are kind of hating on LPGOB. That's why. Why? Because they get mad when anybody remixes anything with Grateful Dead. These Grateful Dead fans, they think it's fucking sacred or something.

It's not. It's just... Oh, get over it. Let people fucking evolve the music. For sure. One last... Fucking old people. One last award.

What? And then I have one little thought exercise after that. Musician of the Year. There's only three nominees. Taylorlor swift andy frasco and billy strings oh and drake damn me and billy go let it play and the winner is a musician of the year andy Fresco. Really? Yeah, it's your podcast. Thank you. Hell yeah. None of those other motherfuckers have ever Venmo'd me anything. Thanks, Nick.

I always wanted to win best musician. What a good award show. Wow, what a show. Google's free. It's good to have my best friend back. We were talking. We're going to take one week. We're taking next week

off, people. Have a happy new year. Andy's going back to Italy to visit that girl that definitely exists. Shut the fuck up. Emily, text Nick.

Emily, text Nick. Yeah, text me. She listens to the podcast. Text me, Emily. We're going to have a great year, guys. 2023 was kooky.

A little kookyooky but we worked hard we got through it you survived another year that's all we could ask for right it's gonna be 2024 and we're gonna kick fucking ass out there hell yeah

podcast gonna be popping off we got Jim Norton we got Leanne Kreischer we got Bruce Hornsby we got Stephen Sanchez we got a bunch of people coming on this pod

and me and Nick are talking about doing on this pod. And me and Nick are talking about doing an extra episode of just me and Nick once a week too for our... We're going to start a Patreon. It's only going to be five bucks a month. Five bucks a month for an extra episode. Maybe two. We'll see.

We'll just build a thing. But we're still going to have the episode once a week free. Every Tuesday. Everything's the same. We're just going to have an episode once a week free. Every Tuesday. Everything's the same. We're just going to have an extra thing. Everything's the same. Just if you want a little more bonus material,

we're going to give it to you. Bo, you did a great job this year. And there'll be no ads. Get some sleep. You're going to go to bed? Do you get laid out here? Do you get pussy out here? I've been home for like 12 hours.

That's true. Yeah, so? We went straight to podcast world right when we got home. But I'm going to go watch TV. I'm going to drink maybe six more of these Modellos and go to bed by 7pm. Hey!

I got to go to Chicago. Fuck. I hope I make my flight. Why wouldn't you make your flight? Over sleeping. I haven't slept. Someone down there? Oh. Well, I love you Alright

Be safe See you next year Bye Nick thanks Buy my book Thank you Thank you podcast fans Oh

It's great here Nick I love you Let's hope it's not Two months again And we started from the middle Now we're here now I'm just gonna start Flying you in

Fly me baby I know how to fly Ernie gets so intimidated Whenever I say your name in the middle. Now we're here now. I'm just going to start flying you in. Fly me, baby. I know how to fly. Ernie gets so intimidated whenever I say your name. Are we still recording? Does he really? Yeah. Why? There's no competition here. I mean, I'm not like trying to take that gig, right? We all know this, right? I think because

you're my best friend. I'm not trying to get ridden on stage. No, because you're my best friend. It's not about the music stuff. Somebody said that you said that on stage at the Vogue. Yeah. I said, why are you talking about me behind my back, motherfucker? Okay. I's not about the music stuff. Somebody said that you said that on stage at the Vogue. Yeah. And I said, what are you talking about me behind my back, motherfucker? Okay. I heard that was a good show,

though. It was good. Yeah, nice. And he was lit. All right. You tuned in to the World's Health Podcast with Andy Fresco.

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