Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast - EP 275: Nick and Andy catch up

Episode Date: June 18, 2024

It's that time of the month again... we present to you a sincere reunion betwixt two best buds. And what's more: one of those fine gentlemen, Mr. Nicholas Gerlach, has a new tune he'd like to slip into them ear holes. A cover of a Chris Cornell classic too! Feels good, huh? Also! Dont forget that Andy Frasco & the U.N. are on tour, coming soon to a town near you... www.andyfrasco.com/tour And guess what... now you can see a cool dog by the name of Denzel should you choose to watch this episode *exclusively* on Volume.com... now in color!  Generally speaking, we are 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, everybody. It's Andy. How we doing today? I'll be kicking ass at the just really just fucking the day up. Hello, I have a world premiere. You might know his name because he is our co-host, our confidant, our best friend. Nick Gerlach is putting out an EP and we want to premiere it on the podcast. He covered Black Hole Sun. If you didn't know, he's a saxophone player, Badass saxophone player. I mean, he tries to tell you every day if I interrupt him with my

dick jokes and sex life. But he's a great saxophone player. He's putting out an EP. So, Chris, play the horns, baby. A world premiere, podcast premiere of Nick Gerlach in the Coltet doing

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You're the jack to my Rose. Why are you Rose? Do you want me to die? No. At the end? I would throw you off that goddamn fucking... You would throw me off

that fucking door. Like, fuck you. You've had enough fun. No, I'd gladly accept my fate, actually. We're out here. Live at Denver. This is Nick and I today.

We've got a lot to talk about. Yeah, you're back from war I'm back from war, didn't feel as much as war this time around Because I love playing second The best Oh, I forgot, you were playing second every night, no switch off? I was on at eight, dude Did you just get fucking hammered every night?

I got hammered, but not that hammered Did you ever just go crash after your set? Uh, once like second week You know, every second week of tour But not that hammer. Did you ever just go crash after your set? Once the second week. Every second week of tour, I can't be going out every night. The first week, I was really hitting hard. Pigeons didn't have you sit in ever? We had to sit in last song every night.

Oh, so you have to stick around. It was cool. Jeremy is like, they're really about. Jeremy Sean? Or how do you say his last name they're like they have spreadsheets for every set list oh my god like they have spreadsheets for when they played a song how long they played a song i'm like damn boys no wonder you guys are having an aneurysm like these guys are fucking dialed in with that shit that seems like a jeremy thing yeah he's

pretty type a and i got they got me like yeah, you know, you played that song last week. And FYI, we're live streaming. Oh, fuck, word. So, I mean, you'd be proud of me. I didn't have the same set once. I didn't realize how many songs I had. How many do you have? 60?

60, 70. Pretty good. Yeah. And you have like probably 30 covers. Yeah. Exactly. That's good. But we're out here live at the Volume Studio.

Yes, we're back. The Volume Studio is here, ladies and gentlemen. We're out here cooking. Head to volume.com for everything live stream. And we just started our fucking subscription model, baby. People are already subscribing. People are already subscribed. We haven't even really promoted it.

We haven't even done a... We're going to be doing special Nick and Andy episodes. We haven't even offered that yet. I know. How are you doing?'re going to be doing special Nick and Andy episodes. We haven't even offered that yet. I know. How are you doing? What are you doing? Good. I've been kind of like making myself busy like usual. I'm putting that album out. You're not sad or anything, right? No, I'm doing pretty good. Why? I don't know. You're wearing darker sunglasses.

You're wearing a hat. I like it with these lights. I wear a hat every day. What are you talking about? That's true. These lights are kind of bothersome. I'm just trying to find some weaknesses in your shirt. I'm vulnerable right now because I'm putting out an album. I know. That's what I was thinking.

I mean, you've been selling out the Yacht Club. There's got to be a record. I think this is the most... Even residencies for music sometimes are dead. You've never had a dead night on your trivia night. I have had a couple like a year ago, but not... It's crushing. Because that was in summer. In the your trivia. I have had a couple like a year ago but not, I mean, even... It's crushing. Because that was in summer and the first summer.

Summers are hard for weeklies because people are going to weddings. But dude, even last week there's been 14. I'm thinking about splitting it into two shows. I've been telling you that. I know but I need it to be where like that's going to... This is a problem with you. Every time I give you advice. No, that was a good idea. I just wasn't there yet

like regulars wise. Oh, Nick. Because I did a.m while you were going in and it's still packed out really yeah that's what i was worried about no but i i've agreed to do this whole time but you can't just go to you have to it has to be like i don't want to switch to two shows and the first second show is like half full just let me be your manager you don't have time for that. What if I manage your trivia career? I think that's going to toss me some kicks. I think I can manage that. I got my client. He's the best trivia guy in Denver.

I think I'm really good. I think I'm better than most. It's a fun show. I think I'm better than everybody in Denver. Probably. That's what people tell me. Because mine's farm to table. That's why. It's not some corporate bullshit. You work hard on the show every week. I love it. That's what people tell me. Because mine's farm to table. That's why. It's not some corporate bullshit. And you work hard on the show every week. I love it.

It's something different. I wish we had the drum roll because I would tell you something. Tell me. I think I'm done with cocaine. Okay. Well, we'll see about that. I don't know. It's just not fun anymore.

I think it's better not to say you're done with something because that's when you break it. Just be like, I'm not. I'm just not happy. I'm not happy with it right now. See, I'm doing that thing vegans do, aren't I? Yeah. I'm vegan now.

But then you eat a steak a week later, but then you can't tell anyone. Just like if you, I don't think it's good. You feel guilty when you rip a tooth in the bathroom. Yeah. Don't put limits on yourself, but it is. It can be come too much, huh? I was just talking to Stasek about this he's like yeah he's like it feels good that he's in control of his drinking he took like fucking like 50 days off drinking 60 days off drinking and he feels like he's like

picked like i'm gonna go drink now this weekend exactly i think that's a way healthier yeah moderation i mean anything in life is better with moderation. You can't be doing everything all the time and get burnt out. Not sex. I'm going to make this smaller real quick so I can see it. You've been having sex? Yeah, everyone does, but you.

No, I'm just kidding. You do a lot. The other thing I did is I sent 300 PR emails trying to do my own PR for my album. Really? I got on a couple of Cyrus podcasts. Really? Of course, you got Cyrus. Whatever, dude.

It's better than nothing. Who'd you get? That one guy. I haven't done him. Seth? A Slate Sound or whatever. I don't know. There's a couple of them.

There's The Drop. That's the guy. Yeah, that one. I mean, whatever. It's better than zero people. Dude, literally, I would hire a publicist, and I'd get those same looks. prop that's the guy yeah that one i mean whatever it's better than zero people literally i would hire a publicist and i'd get those same looks that's what i'm saying and you just saved yourself six thousand i know dude well my campaign would probably cost less than yours i feel like because

it's so much i don't know actually maybe not no because i you're right because it doesn't really matter yeah they're not like you're not you're less famous so we're gonna but yeah i don't know i just like i know how to copyright, so I wrote my own press release and just sent it to fucking everyone I could find. That's fucking awesome. I sent it to Pitchfork. I sent it to Pitchfork.

Let's go, baby. I sent it to Pitchfork. Yeah, just do it. If they say no, that's exactly where I was going to be. Bro, that's how I started my career. I used to email fucking 10 000 venues it's just number game you're gonna get a hundred people to at least message you back yeah exactly i've gotten a bunch and then i always put i put like do you want to join a cult in the subject line

really i got a couple people like what the fuck you know i mean yeah when you have some skills you just got to use them all to save money yeah so you're not um moderating the pot what if like you get like oh fetish 101 wants you on the podcast i'd fucking be down for that whatever dude whoever wants to hear about my album who gives a fuck you're right talk about anything why are people some people are so fucking precious with their art. No, I'm over that for sure, dude. A lot of people don't want to do podcasts. Why?

They're just precious. We've had multiple people who I thought would be a good fit for the podcast. And I thought it was a no-brainer. And they're like, nah, we're okay. Do you think they're scared they're going to embarrass themselves? Well, some people don't themselves? I also feel like not everyone should do podcasts. I agree. It's going to make you look bad.

There's a certain kind of... Yeah, it could be embarrassing for you. Maybe you're boring. Maybe you're boring. Maybe you're a really good artist, but you're just kind of boring. Yeah. Can't think of anyone offhand that's like that. But I have been... Maybe you want to talk about your vacuum the whole time the vacuum yeah tell me about your dyson man dude the fucking tim reynolds yeah uh podcast is getting some fucking numbers it is like what is going on with tim reynolds and goose who's got yeah we got

um we've been charting we've been no jumper we're top 10 right Yeah, we got... We've been charting. We beat No Jumper. We're top 10 right now. Yeah, we got ahead of No Jumper. That's a huge hip-hop podcast. Holy shit. Look at us. Yeah, look at us. Now back to cum jokes and me pretending that I'm going to quit cocaine. Check us out, potential sponsors.

How was the Goose show? It was fun. I went to the night one of... Where is it? Not Leavitt I went to the night one of Fiddlers. It's a big fucking place. That place is big. It reminds me of Deer Creek, but it's way more slanted. It doesn't feel as big when you're on that stage, but when you're in the crowd, it's like, holy shit,

there's like fucking 12,000 people. It was packed. They were good. The second set was really good. The new drummer sounds great. Did you go to Billy Strings? I didn't go to Billy Strings, but that looked insane. Yeah?

What? Just the crowd. Yeah. Those people were, you know, they'd be drinking. They'd be drinking. Well, Julie worked it. She said it was one of the most unruly crowds they've seen there. What?

Billy? Yeah. All them white people and all that whiskey. White people don't have, they have less boundaries. Yeah. Because they're not scared of the cops. They're not scared. Fucking 10% of them in that crowd probably are cops.

They're not scared. Yeah, Cody was giving me the inside scoop of different. Who? Cody. Oh, Cody Nightingale. Fuck the chair guy. Yeah. Cody was giving me the inside scoop of different Cody. Oh, Cody Nightingale. Fuck the chair guy. Yeah. What a fucking last name. Dude, he is the man.

I like him. He came over yesterday, brought me a Billy Strings or he bought me a Goose t-shirt. Was he at Goose? He was at Goose. I should have hit him up. I was like, I posted on the Goose thing when I saw that menthol cigarette. I'm like, I want that shirt. And Cody was like, I saw that. You want me to? I'm in hit him up. I was like, I posted on the goose thing when I saw that menthol cigarette. What I'm like, I want that shirt.

And Cody was like, I saw that. You want me to, I'm in line right now. You need one. I'm like, hell yeah, Cody.

And then he brought it home and he said the difference between the goose, uh, waiting in line for stuff. And Billy strings is like completely different. No one was in line. The goose at goose early because every they assign oh yeah they give you when people come it's like kind of like the dmv i kind of like that makes sense yeah they are more organized i guess they make it money

dude they stacking they are stacking cash rick was sounding great man yeah they're rick is a fucking beast of guitar player yeah I didn't really know. I saw him at Red Rocks once, but I wasn't... Is he a beast? I was not into music that night. Dude, yeah, he's a fucking... He's legit. He's one of them ones.

He's like musical as fuck. It's not derivative bullshit. He's got his own sound a little bit. People say he sounds like Trey. I hate that. A little bit, but everybody in the GMB scene sounds a little bit like trey right that's your inspiration every sax player sounds a little bit like john coltrane or whatever you know what i mean right yeah he had a fucking hero but he has his own he kind of still looks like a horn player a little bit he's got horn player lines yeah and he's he can sing i was the new drummer great very aggressive

yeah he's like a punk drummer yeah Yeah, he's Warped Tour. Yeah, he's beating it up. His snares, he's got a little higher pitch snare, which I think sits real nice in that band. What's the difference between the Billy fans and the Goose fans? I don't know. Probably like an IRA or like a retirement fund. I didn't say which is which.

Oh, we're off to a great start. They're a rest record. Speaking of fan bases, we are doing a live podcast tomorrow. Podcast fans in Denver, we are playing Ophelia's this Wednesday. And it's almost sold out. I think there's like 40 tickets left. But come on out. Probably less by now. Yeah, probably less by now. We got Carl Denson. We got Sam Tallon. I just talked

to Sam. He's really stoked to do the show. Yeah, and I talked to... I was worried I thought Josh Blue was going to bail. Why? Since me and Schwartz left each other. Is he... Because he's like Schwartz's close friend. Oh, I didn't know they were friends like that. Oh.

And you know Schwartz used to manage the same talent? Yeah, I know about that. I can't see him managing comedians, but I can never

see any music person managing. I don't think it lasted that long. It's two different industries. Yeah. But come on out.

Ophelia's house band is Jeremy Sulkin from Big Gigantic. Large, huge. Who's playing bass? Ross James from

Phil Leshpan. And Ophelia's. And then our fucking fearless leader, Sean Eccles. Shane Eccles. Run of Shane. Run of Shane. We got to do the run of show today. I got it like halfway done.

All right, cool. That's pretty good for us. We're going to do some new stuff. We're going to interview some people. We're going to do some jamming. Come on out tomorrow. It's going to be a fucking blast. People loved it last time.

Yeah, I know. It's a good show. I think it's time. I know. It's a good show. I'm not just blowing our own horn. It's a good, fun show. Those are two of the biggest comedians out there right now. Oh, I'm going to rip the fuck out of some Nitrous, dude. I've been waiting to do Nitrous for the podcast. You didn't do any on the jam band tour?

I mean, the Nitrous Mafia was following. Okay, good. They did give us... They let us borrow a tank to bring us oh no until the next town like just bring it back tomorrow and then how much was it free oh because we're making money let's not borrow well right here just take this it's a kickback right here yeah yeah kickback that's what it is i mean that literally is a kickback i'm like yeah you yeah, you know, I got them backstage and tickets to the show. Oh, my God. I told you, they text me, hey, AF, it's NM.

Oh, my God. They text me, I'm like, NM, who's NM? New Mexico? Oh, shit, Nitrous Mafia. The New Mexico? Word of mouth? Word? What's up, guys?

They're so friendly. Like, the guys they bring to our show are friendly, like the jam. They know who to send where. Fish, they need their fucking boots on the ground. All hands on deck. The fish show. We need the pros out there. Like, we picked you over the Rolling Stone show. Yeah, yeah. No one's going to do a nitrous

there. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Like, 80-year-old people doing nitrous? I don't think they can do that. Isn't a young crowd going to Rolling Stone? They there. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Like 80-year-old people doing nitrous? I don't think they can do that. Isn't a young crowd going to Rolling Stone? They're playing this weekend too. We should go. I bet it's more broader age than you think. It's the day after the live show. Let's go. I don't know who I could ask for tickets.

I mean, I would love to ask Carl. Maybe he'll offer it if we're just chill. Yeah, if we just chill. Hey, what time are you playing? Are we going to maybe go buy tickets tickets Who's opening Is it sold out We didn't know We were gonna be in town

Hey I'm in town Hey Carl Hey Carl Thanks for Doing this show for us By the way Can you hook us up Can you also hook us up

I'm afraid to ask Dave Schools I don't know him at all Is he not I thought you guys Were good friends Why can't you ask him We are but You know I don't

Like asking him for things Because He's going through Some shit right now That's but I don't like asking him for things he's going through some shit right now I don't know maybe he wants you to come out I would love to come out I'm not like the biggest Rolling Stones fan but I'd definitely check out a show or we could go see Widespread Thursday

I want to see Stones I haven't seen them it's one of those things where it's like are they on my do I have their poster up on my wall? No, but it'd be iconic to see them. I would love to see a lot at a Rolling Stones concert. That'd be hilarious.

Yo, grandma! Three for twenty, no deals! The Nitrous Mafia just yelling at my grandma, who loves the Stones. Three for 20 anti-inflammatories. My grandson's in a band. Your grandma likes the Rolling Stones?

She's still alive? She's dead. Oh. I don't have any grandparents either. But she's out there. She's the Puff Six. Yeah, that was the generation, man. Man, I think that's the reason why I smoked Camel Lights. Because your grandmother? I used to watch her gamble. Oh, yeah.

She liked gambling. That's right. Dude, she made a shit ton of money. This is your grandpa invented that paint thing? Yeah, the stain comb paint. But that was in the 70s. But I mean, that $10 million then was a lot. Yeah, yeah.

But they moved to Vegas just to gamble it all. $7 million. She gambled like $7 million. She gambled all the way? Yeah, she was like, it's our money. I mean, I ain't mad at her. I kind of respect her. She just gamble it all. Seven million. She gambled like seven million. She gambled all the way? Yeah, she was like, it's our money. I mean, I ain't mad at her. I kind of respect her. She just did like slots.

She wasn't like fucking like. Being a fucking. She's that bad? Come on. It's like, I don't know. I think about retirement. Is she like royalty in there now? Or when she was alive?

Oh, dude. We used to go to like Billy Joel. Fucking Elton John. Got free tickets. She always, she loved Caesars. So we always, like I'd come there

every weekend. I'd just roll into fucking Caesars Palace. You just drove, drive up there? Yeah, it's three hours from my home. It's not that far, yeah.

Three and a half. My mom, you know, my mom likes to do the penny slots. She's not like a heavy. That's what moms like. They like to just

go over and over up there. Yeah. And, but it was a fun experience. We'd go to all David Copperfield. You know he's a creep. He turned out to be a creep, right? Wasn't he taking girls to some island or some shit?

Shut the fuck up. Really? What? Epstein's? I remember he was a magician on Epstein's Island. That's so fucking funny. That's how rich they are. They have like 17-year-old Yugoslavian prostitutes and... David Copperfield.

...coming out to do something. What else? David Blaine's like up in the air and like some... Levitating. I wonder what musicians they had. They got Barney for happy hour. Garth Brooks solo acoustic set. That's fucked up.

Barney? Barney. Barnabas? I never really got into Barney. He kind of weirded me out. me oh you know what we're doing me and fucking sulkin you should come what july 11th through 13th we're gonna go see grateful dead at the sphere oh dude that looks cool dude and we tickets aren't that crazy no we're just gonna get tickets last minute because it's like the end of the run and everyone's probably already

seen it they're all burned out on it. I'm going to go. I'm going to July 4th with you. I know. You're going to be our guitar. We don't have a bass player yet. Who should be our bass player? What? Floyd can't do the six. What's his deal with this? His kid, he's got to find a school for his kid.

It's go time. He's going to do the fourth. By the way, I should talk about tour dates. And then we'll talk about the Pigeons tour. Yes, this weekend I am filling in for Railroad Earth at Sawtooth Music Festival in Stanley, Idaho. They had a little family issue, so he said he will come to save the day.

What's going on? I don't know. I'm just kidding. We can't really talk about it. But we're thinking of you, buddy. And then the following week, the 28th, we are in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Oh, shit.

It's going to be fun. Which place? Snow Bowl, outside of your theater. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know if you're doing old PTs. Yeah. What's that place called? The Venue, yeah, yeah. I don't know if you're doing like old PTs. Yeah, and then... What's that place called? The Venue.

Oh, yeah. I love that. Schmiggedy's. There's the other one, though. Oh, Old Town Pub. Yeah, that place is sick. Those guys are awesome, too. They pitched me to do a Bayless Frasco.

Hey, you should... We'll talk about it. Okay, yeah. Let's not. Salt Lake City on the 29th for the Salt Lake City Art Festival. You've been playing there a lot, I feel like. I know. Because we got,

they took away our gig at Snow Basin in Ogden. And they asked us back to play, like last minute. Why did they take it away? They said I was anti-Semitic because I was doing Jew jokes. Exactly. Oh, don't get me.

Marty, I'm past that. You're right. I didn't know that actually went. These fucking people. I didn't know it went far enough to get you off the gig. They tried to. These two older Jewish people from Utah tried to take my gig. Yeah, we read that on the episode once.

Oh, yeah. We read that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Show the new fans. So that got to the point where they were thinking about taking you off the gig? They took me off the gig. Were they involved with the festival or something? No, they just wrote a fucking complaint letter saying I was being anti-Semitic

that I was calling Jews cheap. I'm like, I'm calling myself cheap, you dumb fucking retired old Jew. Also, it's true. I'm just kidding. No, I've been to a Jewish wedding. They're not cheap. That's very true, buddy. No, they've been to a Jewish wedding. They're not cheap. That's very true, buddy. No, they don't.

You guys go out on parties. Jewish people do. Jewish people go out on parties. Yeah, they... They blow a load. Weddings. Even the funerals are seven days long. Yeah, the...

Just the amount of food you need to... What's it called? Sitting shiva? Sitting shiva? I mean, even the funerals are lit. Yeah, I like that. I respect a lit funeral more than a sad funeral. Right, I do too.

So I didn't know they did that. I didn't know it actually got far enough for the place to take you off the gig. They took me off the gig and then they fell. Then everyone complained like, why isn't he on the summer series? He's an anti-Semitic Jew. Because I'm an anti-Semitic Jew. What does that even mean?

I do the horror every night in every fucking city. You did it in Munich, Germany. I did it in Munich, Germany. How am I... Now, fuck you. Fuck you, those... You don't have to write a letter. You can just not go.

I fucking hate Yelpers. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Me too. Don't get me started with these people who are just commenting, just trashing these restaurants. Unless you're legitimately warning someone about something.

Just like trashing someone's appetizer. Like, fuck you. Who gives a shit? You cook. But also, I guess we're being pretentious because not everyone can go out to dinner every night. Yeah, but fuck you. They could if they worked harder.

Just kidding. If you don't want my sound machine, I wouldn't do that. I know. Maybe I'll stick some in here. And then the 30th, we're going to Durango, Colorado again. Oh, shit. Animus Theater. I love that place.

Yeah, I've actually never played in Durango, weirdly, but I heard it's pretty fire. The first in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We're playing on the streets. Oh, shit. Big crowd. Then Chicago, Illinois opening for My Morning Jacket at the Salt Shed on the 4th. I'll be at that one sitting in.

Nicky's fucking coming in hot. Boom, boom, boom. We have the 5th off. Are we staying in Chicago? It's up to you guys. Let's hang out. I love Chicago. Then the 6th, Sioux City, Iowa. We're playing some big 25,000. It's like a cool game. I better learn.

I need to relearn. You want to play some keys? Yeah. You want to play bass? Dude, so who can we get? Let's think. What about Sayers? I mean, he's the best bass player there is. You think he could do it? He said he's not busy. Hit him up. I'm going to hit him up. I saw him last night. God damn that motherfucker. He's going to bass player there is. You think he could do it? He said he's not busy. Hit him up.

I'm going to hit him up. I saw him last night. God damn that motherfucker. He doesn't play some bass. Garrett Sayers? He's honestly the best bass player I've ever played with, maybe. He does it so... Him, Felix Pastorius.

He does it so... Effortlessly. Effortlessly. How funky he is. Dude, he's... Everything is so clear and aggressive that he plays. Everything is like he's speaking. Oh, it's like he's speaking. Oh, yeah. And he's like the nicest guy

on earth. Yep. And then I have kind of a month off. And then Flood City Music Festival. Where's that? Kind of near Pittsburgh. Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Oh, yeah. That's cool. They have the green elevator. On the 26th and the 27th

we're playing in Blaine, Pennsylvania at the Bears Picnic. That should be fun. Bunch of big gay men. That was an add-on, but I'm excited. It's my homies. It's my homie who always hangs out in New York. Whatever. They got the check, so whatever, man.

Thanks for paying us, Blaine, Pennsylvania. Blaine. Blaine. Blaine it on the rain. Blaine it on the rain Blaine it on the rain Yeah That's all the shows I'll promote for now Yeah they get the fucking idea

Yeah go to AndyFrasco.com I want to talk about this tour you just went on I want to hear everything about it Okay it was awesome I specifically haven't texted you the whole time about this Dude Dogs in a pile Let's talk

We'll start with the openers Our boys I'll interview a little here Alright How'd they do every night? They were great Are they professionals? They're professionals do they handle themselves well on the road are they too much no they i party more at home when i'm off the road actually what do you mean i just like to be safer when i'm that's true when we were on our europe tour you didn't really party a little here and there i pick my spots you pick your spots saturday night

i'll get fucked up but i don't know i was playing solo too so it's like yeah if i'm fucking up it's like okay we're fucked but they're great i mean we sold 3 500 tickets every day in asbury park new jersey damn we sold out fucking connecticut westport connecticut 2 000 people we sold out 2,500 people, Rochester, Columbus, Ohio. What was that? I don't know. Who's down there? Okay. Who goes there? And then the only dud was Cincinnati.

But there were still 1,000 people there. That's a pretty good dud. It was a 4,000 cap. I know, but that's a good dud. It was like a Sunday too, wasn't it? Yeah, and then it was just... A lot of people would fucking kill someone to play for 1,000 cap. I know, but that's a good dud. Yeah. And it was like a Sunday, too, wasn't it? Yeah, and then it was just... A lot of people would fucking kill someone to play for 1,000 people. That's true. You know what I mean?

That's the thing. Yeah, we took a risk on this tour saying, like, we're not going... Leg 2 is going to crush because of this, though. Yeah. I mean, we already sold 3,000 tickets for Pier 17. What is that again? In New York, right under the Brooklyn Bridge. That upstairs venue. Sick.

I thought you were coming over to the Midwest on this run. We are, but we're doing a Northeast. Okay, it's like coming across the top kind of thing. Lake 2 starts August 23rd, people. Oh, yeah. You're going to be gone during Labor Day? Yeah. That means you can't go to fish again.

You know, oh, I haven't even told you the mike gordon stuff i got a lot to talk to you about he came and sat in us all for a couple times yeah then he came out again the second night and now we've been talking i've been sending him songs and he's been sending me songs i told him yo bro i don't really fuck with fish he probably he likes that i bet he's like but i would he was showing. He was showing me his solo stuff. He's got some good ideas. Funky. His solo shit is dope. He's funky. He's the funkiest guy in the band.

He's funkier than Fishman. But I'm going to try it again. I was thinking about going to Alpine. The Wisconsin venue for fish? Yeah. We should go to Deer Creek. I'm down. That's the one right outside of Indy. Let's do it. Mike said we could go. We should hang out for a couple days. We should go to Deer Creek. I'm down. That's the one right outside of Indy. Let's do it. Mike said we could go. We should go hang out for a couple days.

We should try to set something up at the Mousetrap or something. We should do the live pod there. Yeah, even if... I don't know if the live pod would work good at Mousetrap. I don't know, yeah. But I could definitely do an after party or something. You could just come be the special guest. Be your hype man

Yeah just get your Just like wave a flag Get a ton of money Yeah We put you in the bill Some more tickets I'd be down to do that Let me talk to the guy there

But yeah So Vermont was sick The two days It's just been so nice With this bus You know I haven't been Oh yeah I forgot You have the bandwagon

Bandwagon I've been sleeping Until 1pm That helps That's good for the old man I kind of feel lazy though. I'm like not. No you're not lazy. Okay.

Shut up about that. I'm not even going to explain to you why you're not lazy. Just stop. I don't know. But it was good. It was good for me to just like actually be a musician and not just like a business guy in the mornings. That's what I'm saying.

The new management's good. They're killing it. They killing it they're fucking you don't need to be yeah it makes you better at the show if you're not like already stressed out about other bullshit how's the band behaving band's behaving okay i love that they're partying but yeah whatever they're partying less i mean can you sleep while they're partying around you? The first night, oh my god, I gotta tell you about this, dude. Logan, our new merch guy, I love Logan. Is that the guy doing all the videos with the beard? Yeah. Okay.

But I have Andrew Gingy who is making all the dope recap videos. Okay, but he's always behind the camera. Yeah. Okay, okay. But Logan, day one, just loves fish. He freaked out when Mike Gordon showed up. He almost had a panic attack. He's like, can I get a picture coming?

I'm like, Logan, you better be cool. Chill the fuck out. Chill the fuck out. It took us seven years for him to finally fucking hang out with us. You better not be a fucking groupie boy. I've never met him, but I feel like me and Mike Gordon would get along. He's actually cool as fuck. I think we have a similar wit to us.

Yeah. Yeah. He's funny. I think he's a funny guy. It was day one and everyone on the first day of tour of the bus were like, we're so excited. They're like, yo!

I had the front bunk where you hear everyone partying in the lobby or in the hallway. They're screaming because they're not the quietest turn on fish screaming and i've never been i've i keep my cool i pulled over my i pull my curtain over it's like six in the morning they're screaming like six they're like fucking screaming tweezer and shit like oh my god this is my nightmare dude you would have fucking you would have killed these guys and i And I'm normally pretty cool about this.

It was Sean and them just loud as fuck. Well, they get so loud. Remember the night Charlie died in California? Oh my God, I almost killed them then. Yeah. I was just laying there like, oh God, they're so lucky I'm not a serial killer. But he got so scared.

I pulled up. Who did? He's like, wake up, you motherfuckers. We're listening to fish. Like trying to be really annoying about it. I pulled my curtain. I pulled up. Who did? I was like, wake up, you motherfuckers. We're listening to fish. Like, trying to be really annoying about it. I pulled my curtain. I said, Logan, I will fucking kill you. I literally paid you.

If you don't go to bed right now, I will fucking kill you. Did he go to bed? Yeah, and then he was kind of like puppy boy. Like puppy, like sad puppy for like two days. And I had to like. Oh, yeah, because he's probably kind of a. Yeah. But I had to hug him.

But he told his sister and his sister's kind of scares me. She has a gun and shit. Oh, cool. I'm thinking about getting a gun. Really? Yeah, I kind of want one. Someone just gave me a crystal gun so I could shoot off bad vibes. Okay, that's not the kind of gun I'm thinking about getting.

I just feel like if I have a gun on me, people will take me a little more seriously. You don't need a fucking gun. You don't need a gun. It'll be fun to have on me. You're already scary. People think you're a serial killer. People? Me and Julie talk about this.

People are, I think. Am I intimidating strangers? You are fucking I like that I have a vibe People are scared of you I'm not trying to put off that vibe It's just how I am

You're just a midwestern boy People aren't used to just calmness It's just how you stare at people Sometimes It's kind of fucking scary You've got that Dahmer vibe Sometimes it's just how you stare at people sometimes yeah it's kind of fucking scary i do be looking in your you got that dom dommer vibe sometimes when you're like yeah i know you're just thinking about something else yeah look that's how you look when you're thinking i'm hardly in the room

with any of you i don't i mean it's just i've always kind of had that vibe which is just some you know yeah i kind of like it yeah i mean i love it i mean you're my best friend it's just how i am you know i'm just like i'm like i'm calm people aren't used to calmness man people are especially in the music scene everybody here's such a freaking narcissist that needs to constantly be validated right that if other people aren't like that too it scares them yeah it's good to have someone like me around though keeps the room in check yeah but i was gonna imagine and i had a hug of him because he's really sensitive and i you know It's good to have someone like me around though Keeps the room in check But I was going to kill this one And I had a hug of him

Because he's really sensitive He's a sensitive boy So I hugged him, I took him out to lunch I'm like I'm sorry for saying I wanted to kill you I didn't really mean it Don't fucking play fish at 6am Yeah I mean it's on him, big picture You're at work

No I mean I want him to have fun. Yeah, but there's like a line. We did poach him from Joe Hurtler. You did? I mean, we kind of took him from Joe Hurtler, Rainbow Seekers. Welcome to the biz. These colors don't run, Joe. I didn't want him to feel like these colors don't run.

I honestly feel like he's having a lot more fun with you guys. They don't really party. I got him to crowd surf in Michigan in front of his family, and I told his sister, I'm like, I'm sorry. I was just fucking. No, he probably needs that. He probably needs that a little bit. And I was also partying.

I was like, you know, doing like blow for four days before the tour started. I was like, yeah, you were getting kind of. I was like kind of partying. You were having fun there for a minute. I was. I almost was going to be like, dial it back. Yeah, you should have. It was getting getting annoying it was i i was annoyed with myself yeah you don't need me on that shit yeah i was stressed out with uh you know brian i firing i

was just kind of like yeah yeah it's like not having a dad for a second and just fucking party and you are your own dad i'm back yeah whatever it's all whatever i was like holy shit dude i was on a fucking tear that's why i'm like because and then at the end of the tour i was like yeah this shit i was like finally going to bed at two like right when the bus like because we wouldn't first week pigeons they don't party they don't party anymore no gator parties a little bit yeah but not really. Not like. I'd go sleep on their bus for a couple nights.

What do they have? They have a tour bus. Like a Prevost. The real thing. The real thing. And I started bonding with everyone. You know, we'd party a little bit, smoke some weed, drink some beers. Are they selling tickets too?

Are Pigeons fans coming out? Pigeons are coming, dude. Yeah. They have fans. Yeah, it was really cool because no one left. Everyone showed up early for dogs yeah stayed the whole night that's what i'm saying it's like no one left after we played or like it wasn't even like that they gotta be loving those bar sales oh god i'm love i was loving the

merch sales oh my god holy shit dude i heard it was i'm like you paying your band yeah i paid them really good this year i i sent them the Venmo and they looked at their phone like, what the fuck? I'm like, yes, finally. Sometimes they look at that Venmo like, motherfucker. They looked at the Venmo this time like, oh. Can't wait to see how much I get paid for going to fucking Iowa.

I'll set you up. I'm just kidding. Going to Iowa. I just want whatever Ernie would have got. That's all I want. You will. overall fucking success ernie yeah we did do 14 shows in 16 days yeah because you did a couple off the tour too yeah because pigeons went home because they have kids oh yeah do they well not gator but the other three all have no ben doesn't have yeah because greg doesn't drink he's a a family man. Jeremy doesn't drink.

He drinks like he gets his, like, he has these dark lagers he drinks after, like a couple of them. But my party friend was Mr. Gator. I never thought, and he's not even that. No, he's not. We were just fucking talking basketball. I fucking love him. I like Gator.

He's a good drummer, too. If Beats ever quit the band, I'd probably ask Gator to be in the band. Yeah, he'd be a good fit for you guys Is Gator still single or what's he doing? Yeah he's single man He's crushing it probably He's a hot dude Gator's hot

They all got hotter that band actually Dude even Greg got hot I was like He's skinny He's skinnier They've gotten healthier I feel like like it looks exactly like skinny he's like skinnier he looks exactly yeah they are like they are like yeah they've they've gotten like healthier i feel like and like i feel like the shit talk on pigeons has become way less yeah no one's really shitting on pigeons anymore it became

passe yeah everyone knows if you either like them or you don't know well like you know some people who are just shitting on who weren't giving them a chance. They're a fucking good band. Even my fans who weren't even kind of poo-pooing the pigeons thing at the beginning. They're fun. They all loved pigeons. Yeah, it's not particularly my bag, but they're fun.

Yeah. I ain't trying to hate them. Sometimes the covers... I respect their success. Sometimes they'll do like, while my guitar gently weaves, but then go into a disco beat. Yeah, exactly.

I'm like, okay, it's a Pigeons thing. It's them, though. They're a little bit theater kids. They're theater kids. Yeah. But overall, success. They didn't even sit in with you during your sets? Yeah, I made them all sit in.

And then Ben was... I yelled at Ben on stage. He didn't them all sit in and then ben was i yelled at ben on stage he didn't make his sit-in bass man yeah and he was like trying to do some shit where he had his wireless and he was upstairs up in the mezzanine trying to solo i'm like fucking mute him ben you're on my shit list on the mic oh yeah i love that he's like are you being serious i was i was pissed i was like are you kidding asked so... Are you being mean to people on stage? No. Okay, just that.

No, I was just... We're all fucking vibing. The whole tour. Okay. Everyone's vibing. I don't want you to become mean. Sometimes you can be a little mean on stage. Yeah, yeah.

It's bad for vibes. No, no. I told Sean that. Sean was getting a little aggro for a couple shows. But now I just tell him, hey, we're live streaming every night. And he's like, that's so smart. Did you play at Zen Bar? That's where you saw Gordon?

Yeah, two nights with Gordon at Zen Bar. I love Vermont. And Connor was there? Connor was there, our boy. Man, he's been promoting you hard, man. He's promoting me hard. He messaged me and said, I'm part of the jam band scene now. Shut the fuck up.

He messaged me like three times a week. I love Connor. Connor's the man, dude. Connor is the man. He listens. He does. Shout out to Connor. He's on 2002 right now.

He said he's listening and all. I love it. He's on 2000. He's going through our whole podcast like Breaking Bad. I love it. That's so fun. Maybe I'll send him this clip. Yeah.

But yeah, it's been good. The whole tour was good. I had a couple days off. I didn't book any podcasts for a reason. Yeah, I like that. Yeah, yeah. It's cool. The whole tour was good I had a couple days off I didn't book any podcasts for a reason Yeah, I like that Yeah, yeah, it's cool I think we gotta do that Give me like at least three or four days

Yeah, well, I think we're gonna Once we get Riverside set up We're gonna switch Marty over to scheduling Cool But I mean, it's going well You're killing it You're doing good You really killed it

Once I get something, I die And the reels have been doing well The reels are cool. I'm kind of crushing right now. You're crushing social media. I'm crushing sort of just the whole job right now. You are. By hand, kind of.

I gave you your raise back. A little bit. We're almost back. We're almost back. We need a couple more sponsors, guys. Someone sponsor us. Even if you're a plumber. I'm trying to move.

We will fucking hype up your plumbing company. We will. What other plumbers? We need two sponsors. Lawyers. Lawyers. Anything. Anything.

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I'll do stuff. A unmotivational Wednesday. I'll help you guys chill out. I'll help you chill out. We can go live and just hang out if you guys want. If you just want to hop on the live and we can just chill.

Yeah. How are you feeling about Boston winning the championship? I mean, I don't love it. But this is the most likable Boston team in a while. It is. But like this isn't like a competitive series. Here's what I like. I like that there's a good chance that they're going to win and Tatum's not going to win the MVP. I love that. Because I don't like his little

I'm Kobe, me and Kobe were best friends thing. I don't like that either. What is that all about? I don't know. The LA thing. Oh, he's from LA. No, he's from St. Louis, isn't he? No, but that was his idol.

And how Kobe demeanor. You don't get to gatekeep. He was everyone's idol within the NBA. That's 27. True. You know what I'm saying? Right. That's the thing where he sounds like Trey.

They all sound like Trey a little bit. You know what I mean? Should we call the the thing where it's like, he sounds like Trey. They all sound like Trey a little bit. You know what I mean? Should we call the new manager? He just called me. Ivory? Matt. I thought it was... Ivory is the day-to-day.

Oh, he don't know what he's about to... Let's call him. He did call? Yeah. Hey, you're on the podcast. Hello. This is your first time people are going to hear your voice on the podcast. What am I supposed to do?

I don't know. You called him. No, you called me. He hasn't even met me yet. I'm Nick. I'm calling you so I can get some numbers about the podcast so I can put a deck together to help present the podcast to other people. Wow, I like this. See, I'm telling you, he's on it. I like this guy.

Matt, you're on it. John, I'll call you back. Well, this is really exciting. Thanks for having me on. Hi, Matt. I'm Nick. We haven't met yet. Matt, meet Nick.

What's up, Nick? I'm sort of the gas that powers this whole engine. Can you help him out a little bit here? Yeah. I need to get you in with Joe Angel Howe. He's off tour. He doesn't know what to talk about. He's a few.

You're the one who called me on your drive home at 1 a.m. Because you texted me and go, what are you doing? And you sent me these little emojis. Oh, God. Like you're spying on me. Where does he live? I watch him.

Am I supposed to? L.A. He's trying to convince me to move back to L.A. No, don't do that. What do you mean convince you? I thought you already made your mind up. You told me you were moving to Venice.

He can't afford it. All right, I got to go. I won't let you. You're the one that put me in this position, dude. Don't flip this around. I'm the puppet master here. I'll decide where Andy goes. Matt, how much money have we made today for the Frasco band?

I think we're negative two grand. That's pretty good for a band. Pretty good for a band. So you're up three grand. I mean, we didn negative two grand. That's pretty good for a band. Pretty good for a band. So you're up three grand. I think that's, I mean, we didn't lose everything. So, I mean, that's how it works, right? Tell Eva I said hi. Yeah, we love her.

She's my old buddy. She's the best. She used to live in Denver. Yeah. Nick knows her well. Yeah, and then she was like, you know, I'm going to make a better decision with my life and move to L.A. Yeah. Is he from there? Here comes the recruitment process. All right. And then she was like, you know, I'm going to make a better decision with my life and move to L.A.

Yeah. Is he from there? Here comes the recruitment process. All right. Well, let me call you when we're done recording. You're not moving to L.A., by the way. Very exciting. I appreciate your time, and I look forward to talking to you.

First time, long time. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. I like him. I like that he's actually trying to work on the podcast. That's weird. You're not moving to LA. You can't move to LA. You don't think so?

How would that help you? I'd still keep my house here. I'd just get an apartment there. Oh, you'd probably be here just as much. I'd be here more. But what's the point, though? Why do you need an apartment there when you can just go stay at your parents for three days

when you're there doing business? Because having a beach house sounds cool. I think that's just going to be like a thing where you're like, damn, why am I spending two grand for this place and I'm here three days every four months? I had that epiphany when I woke up today. Why do you want to move back to your hometown?

I don't know. Nah, I'm not letting you do it. Plus, it would be bad for me. I thought, I mean, you're my main decision why I'm not moving back. No, but here is better for you. It's just slower. It is. If you'm not moving back. No, but here is better for you. It's just slower. It is.

If you're not there all the time, how can you really benefit from... It just takes an hour to get anywhere. We have Zoom. And I don't have a lot of real friends out there that are not married with kids. What music industry is even there anymore? No, they want me there for the voiceovers

and the cartoons. I haven't told you oh i mean that's cool but fly there and do it yeah i know that's what i think okay we've made our decision sorry voiceover is like a dream job of mine let's do like the espn i'm taking my talents back to denver colorado it's a two-hour flight anyway they're trying to get me An agent for voiceovers That's cool

You don't need to live there for that I know Alright Why add another expense? I don't I mean A rental? I guess you could write it off actually

I'd do it if I could Airbnb it That's the thing You can't Airbnb something you're renting I don't think you can even Airbnb On Venice Beach actually You can't Airbnb in LA Really Unless you own don't think you can even Airbnb on Venice Beach. You can't Airbnb in LA. Unless you own a house. So you're not doing that.

Well, it was a good thought. Do the thing they're going to help you with. I don't know. People love LA. They do. Denver has more music going on than LA right now. Live music. I just like how the flying is only two hours.

Everything's two hours from here. Everything's easier to get to. I don't know. But they are kicking ass. Yeah, what were we talking about? New management's kicking ass. He seemed cool. We were talking about.

They better know how important I am, though. They do. Brian didn't really get it. I'm just kidding. Brian Buck called me today. He's like, sorry, Buck called you. Just hung up. No, that was on purpose.

I'm like, he misses me. I did talk to Brian. Oh, good. Because he's the first time we talked since I had a new manager. He's like, I'm happy for you. Yeah, I think it's all. I still think you're, you know, I still want to be your friend. I still.

Brian's a good dude. He's a great dude. Not like a bad person. No. But, you know, I don't know how long... I'm like his little son. I don't think you are. He doesn't have kids.

I'm his kid. No. He just doesn't have a kid, and you're a guy he used to manage. So we got Ivory, Matt, Eva. Eva. Vanessa. What about Hillary Clinton? She works there, right? She works there. She doesn't work on my project, Matt, Eva. Eva. Vanessa.

What about Hillary Clinton? She works there, right? She works there. She doesn't work on my project, but she helps. She's like more on the lettuce side, right? Yeah, she does lettuce and Tower of Power. Oh, really? I love that band.

Ivory does Tower of Power, Sublime. He does. I mean, he does a lot of... I looked at their lineup. It's all like kind of LA skateboard guys. Yeah. Judas Hill. He's badass. Everlast is on there. Everlast. of their lineup it's all like kind of la skateboard guys yeah yeah judas hill i don't know badass everlast is on there everlast does big business like saying the blues song yeah i would love that was he in cypress hill or what was yeah yeah he wrote jump around i mean come on they get i bet

he makes so much money off that song oh yeah still. Probably. It's like the most usable song ever. Yeah. Sick. So Pigeons was good. Pigeons was good, and I'm ready to do these festivals. And, dude, I really only have one more month and a half of touring, and then I'm off for four months. Yeah, we're going to get so many podcasts done.

Oh, yeah. We're going to be doing the Nick and Andy's. Yeah. You want to yeah there's an opportunity that i might be opening for a big band solo really that's fine but why why solo because you already done the band with them or like a no they wanted a solo oh they want a solo act and uh i have they asked me if i want to just do like a 40 minutes what's i'm having so much more confidence doing just my songs.

Ever since that Bayless tour. Dude, that gave me the confidence I needed. Very high returns on those gigs. I'll go with you. Play some horn. Yeah, play some horn. We'll do pod. Maybe a little keys. It's a two and a half week run. Is it a cool band? Yes.

Want me to tell you who? Yeah, we can bleep it oh cool yeah oh yeah actually someone weirdly brought that up to me i was in a car with someone a buyer and he said like oh some show with andy and that band you just mentioned has gotten pitched to me and i hadn't heard about it but that must be what he's talking about it's a buyer buyer for C3 on the West Coast. Yeah. I was hanging out with Baruch and him. How's Baruch doing? Baruch gave me a... I'm very Illuminati connected for a sax player. I mean, it's crazy, actually.

You just hang out in the back, don't say a word, just like... People, I think it's... Managers like me because I don't ask them for shit. Yeah. I'm never trying to get them to manage me. I know where I stand. Yeah. But I get free tickets and stuff.

Sometimes they hire me to be guests It works out I want to have sex Right now or later? Just in general You haven't since you got back? I had sex in a car When?

On tour That sounds kind of fun actually It was fun But we don't have hotels Oh yeah That makes it harder a little bit Oh that's good You were getting laid too much there

For a little bit It was getting kind of gross yeah it was getting kind of gross no not gross but you know what i mean but you know yeah it's like drugs i'm a single man yeah but there's a line where it starts to be like what am i doing this for what is this yeah does this even and i'm just like old i'm like kind of over the one night stand you're like does this even feel good anymore what am i doing you know what i mean like pushing rope it hurts coke and fucking just low testosterone just fucking just pulling my pulling this fucking steamboat dick that was a funny when you said that steampunk steampunk where did i say that i said that on a podcast old steampunk dick that's good we got to break that out

like wild wild west yeah the tank the spider tank at the end of wild wild west We got to break that out. Choo-choo! Like Wild Wild West. The spider tank at the end of Wild Wild West. What about you? Are you excited for your record release? I think it's a really good record. When are we going to be able to play some songs on the pod? It comes out the 26th. Why don't we open this show with the song?

Okay, I'll send you the Black Hole Sun cover. It's really good. It's mixed well. I think it's mixed well. I did a good job and then I had a guy finish it. Who? This guy, Chris Harden. It's really good. It's mixed well. I think it's mixed well. I did a good job, and then I had a guy finish it. Who? This guy, Chris Harden. He's very good.

He's here in town. I know him from Chicago. Oh, you told me about him. I should... He did that... What's that school side project? Hard Working American? No.

Schools Hard Working Americans? Yeah, he did their record in 2013. Oh, okay. He's from the schools. He has done a lot of Humphreys-type stuff. He was a part owner of IV Labs in Chicago. Humphreys did all their records there for a while.

He's a rock god. It's cheap. Like $40 an hour. Pretty good for mixing. He's got outboard gear. He smokes weed. He's cool. He lives up in Arvada. We're talking to labels right now.

I think we're going to get a record deal. I thought you already were on a label. No, it's like always one and done stuff. That's good. Is that going to help you? I hope so. You just get the budget up front, basically. And a little more marketing.

Although labels are probably good for the streaming shit. Right? Yes. Black Hole Sun. although labels are probably good for the streaming shit right uh yes black hole sun it's a good cover man i'm excited about that one and a couple of the originals i wrote turned out pretty good i think yeah it's only three songs i think i'm gonna do like three songs every quarter yeah you should it's just basically it's still an album a year there's no fucking rules anymore it's just why do to... Well, it's just more economically viable that way. But I made all this whole thing for like $2,100. That's so cheap. Pretty good. Because I did all my own PR.

I basically did 50% of the mixing myself. When you play multiple instruments, well, there's one less keyboard player I have to hire. You know what I mean? It adds up having a lot of bullshit skills. Right. So I hope I can at least break even. I love that you're just being the own PR and just sending out press releases. I mean, that's what you got to be a copywriter.

That's what's going to separate me from not you, but other people at my level. Right. Like other saxophonists who are making instrumental records are not doing this. So whatever. I'm just using whatever I have to get whatever I can. That's great. Whatever. You know what I'm just using whatever I have to get whatever I can. That's great. Whatever. You know what I'm saying? That's awesome.

How long have we been going? I don't know. Let me look. 55. Not bad. Just shooting the shit. What about you and Julie? Same shit. She's doing good. She's been working her ass off lately, dude. What'd you say? She's done a bunch of shows? Yeah. I mean, I'm not really allowed to say who she's been working her ass off lately dude yeah what'd you say she was she did uh she's done a bunch of shows yeah i mean i'm not really allowed to say who she's been working for but she you know she works at ball arena big show she's like the concierge for their

oh they keep it hush hush i mean i don't know so i just don't want to say yeah don't she's like the tm basically she's the tm's like right hand man all day they need anything she like decorates their green room for them right she might do your Red Rocks show maybe Really She works Red Rocks Sometimes She's working Red Rocks Last night Is that Blue Note

Or Blue Place Blue Note Yep She's like But she's like Doing their She's like a Hospitality manager

For them She crushes it Sick Everyone likes her there She's very calm Right I mean she has really She's actually

One of the most anxious People I've ever met In my life But that makes her Good at that job In a way Yeah She builds these Charcuterie boards Oh really Yeah that's like Part of her most anxious people I've ever met in my life. But that makes her good at that job in a way. Yeah. She builds these charcuterie boards.

Oh, really? Yeah, that's part of her job. She does all that. That's fucking awesome. Yeah. But she's worked for something insane. Just look up who sold out Ball Arena lately. You know what I mean?

What time, when are you flying into Chicago? On the 4th. On the 4th. Like in the afternoon. What day is the gig? The 4th. Okay, so I get there like 1.30. Oh, shit.

We're playing like 2.30 or 3. Why did you do that? We're second or 4. Why did Bo book it that way then? You want to move it to 3rd? We'll see. We'll figure it out. Maybe he didn't.

That's weird. It's Ricky's birthday. Ricky. Rick Alden. Oh. From Skullcandy. Oh, really? How old is he? 23? He's about 23. I like that guy, man.

I haven't seen him in a while. How's he doing? He's good. Everyone's good. Oh, yeah. God, I really don't have any complaints right now. I know. I like that. It's weird. It's weird. It's kind of just... We didn't talk that much when you were on tour. I like that, though. I did, too. But I kind of missed you because... I mean, you can text me. I like that. It's weird. It's weird. We didn't talk that much when you were on tour. I like that, though. I did, too. But I kind of missed you because... I mean, you can text me.

I just prefer you to bother me because I don't really know what you're doing. Yeah, I should. Then if you don't respond for some days... Well, I get jealous, and I'm like, why isn't he texting me? I'm not going to text him. I'm just more like, well, he's probably on stage

or fucking getting laid or yelling at Sean. No, we're all kind of civil. Whenever there's beef, we squash it right away. That's smart. How's Ernie doing? He's good.

Yeah. Banging out the horns? Sounding good? Sounding good. Ripping it up? Ripping it up. Did he sit in with pigeons? See, after the show,

he just goes to his bunk. I respect that. Goes to bed early. He's trying to take care of himself. Doesn't complain? I never hear him complain. He never complains, man. No. I don't know. Maybe probably he has to have someone to complain to. But like, you know, but who cares?

But he doesn't do it to you. No. That's good. I should give volume.com a better pitch. Volume.com. Best live stream business in the business. When do we start that other one? What? Oh, they canceled. Volume.com. Best live stream business in the business. When did we start that other one? What? Oh, they canceled.

They said, nah. Really? We're too cool? We ran out of budget. I'm like... Nah, we talked about cum too much. We talked about cum too much. I think they're over. Whatever stupid ass company. Fuck off. Don't buy it. I'm just kidding. It's all poisoned. It's got poison in it. Alright, guys. We love you. It's all microplastics. I'm just kidding. It's all poisoned. It's got poison in it. All right, guys.

We love you. We're out. It's all microplastics. I'm going to start eating macroplastics. You got any shows coming up? I'm doing your thing with you. I'm doing a live podcast. It's mostly any shit this month, honestly.

I'm doing some shit next month. Did you do any shows last month? Were you doing shows? I didn't see your name on some shit. I didn't really play that much. I haven't been playing. People need to book me more. It's getting...

Yeah, book Nick. He's the best saxophone player in fucking Denver. There's better, but I fucking... When I play, people are coming out. Not in Denver. I'm selling tickets. I know. People are excited when I play something,

and they come to see me now. Yeah. Stupid-ass promoters. To be fair, the budgets aren't what they used to be. Stupid-ass promoters. I need to... Well, yeah, because... Now that I have a record, though, I can book my band a little bit more.

That'll help. I have something to show people. I got a feeling we're about to be in some sticky shit next year. Who? People aren't. All the arena festivals. Oh, they're canceling. Canceling.

Well, Black Keys had no business playing arenas, and neither does Jennifer Lopez. They had no business. A ton of arena shows. Trust me. Just like I said, Julie's been working on them. A ton are still selling out. Yeah. Brooks and Dunn sold out.

Yeah. Other ones. Yeah. So we're not screwed, I don't think. I mean, I think we're at the bottom already, and we're going back up, actually. Yeah. We need comedy to die off a little bit. I think it is.

Guys, quit listening to the same guys tell dick jokes. Come listen to us play covers. No, I'm just kidding. I love comedy. I know. I'm excited. Hopefully, I get to announce what's going on while these meetings have been taken. For what?

I guess off record. Okay. What does that have to do with the band? It's for a cartoon. Oh, that. Yeah. It's for the best of the World, and you're in it. How do they even know about me?

You're going to be one of the characters. Do I get to voice myself? Voice, yeah. It'd be funny if I hired someone else to voice. I pitched for you to be the tour manager. Just like this very straight. I would love to. Fuck these fucking people.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I would love to fucking. No, you're in. Are you? Todd Glass? Todd Glass. Gotta have him? Catherine Blanford. How'd they find out about you? They pitched me on the idea.

Which guy is it? It's one of the writers. I'll send you the script. It's their production company. Dude, that sounds amazing. It's going to be sick. I don't want to put my hopes up. We're already on the third draft. I'd love to be sick. I don't want to put my hopes up. Let's not put our hopes up. But it's cool. We're already on

the third draft. I'd love to take a look at the script. I'll send it to you right now. Alright, guys. We're going to have a great week. Hell yeah. We're going to kick ass. We're going to kick ass at the podcast show. We're going to kick ass all weekend. We're going to kick ass. We're going to fucking...

I just feel so chill today. You got money, dude today You got money dude You got time Basketball To be honest I'm kind of over basketball That Dan Hurley stuff I'm so sick of the WNBA dude Why is everyone being such a fucking asshole

To Caitlin Clark She's helping build the association We don't need four stories about it today, guys. No. No one cares. Whatever. I don't want to even talk about it because I'm so sick of hearing about it that I want to also throw it on there, you know? Yes. Just fucking... It's okay. I mean,

it's women's basketball. Shut the fuck up! Oh my god. Alright, we're doing so good. I felt like we didn't have to delete anything, but here we are at the end. That one part about the other thing. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

About that. No, I'm just saying it's annoying. Talk about how good they are at basketball. There's tons of good players. Talk about that. Yeah. We're trying to build drama in the league. I know.

I do like how fucking violent they are. It's like 80s NBA. Yeah, and they're talking shit to each other. They're talking a lot of shit. I wish Denver had a WNBA. My favorite was that girl. I was like, I'm 28. My pussy's old. I know. That was more interesting than all these Caden Clark stories.

I don't know. I'm like, she is good for the league, though. She's a badass. She's like marketing. Yeah. Wait till she gets really good, and then she's still getting used to it, I think. She's still doing pretty good. She's doing all right. She's got a shot on her. All right, guys. I love you. Bye. Next week, we have

Kyle Tuttle. Oh, sick. Country music star. We got some big interviews coming up, though. We got some big interviews coming up. Andy Richter, dude. Andy Richter. I know. We got to get that one out as soon as we can. Yeah. We got some big ones coming up. And then we got... Yeah, people are confirming. We are a fucking real deal

powerhouse publication. I get right on them. Powerhouse publication. I get right on them when they agree. Have you seen the emails? That's what you got to do. It's because you can't give them a day or two that something else happens. That's how we miss fucking Noah Kahan. We got to get back.

We got to get Noah back. I never was around for that booking process. Dude, we had him in our hands. He wanted to do the podcast. He's huge, dude. Now he's just fucking huge. I'm trying to get her to get that McGee guy. Have you checked him out yet? He's the new indie rock guitar guy. He's been on Kimmel. He's viral as dude. Now he's just fucking huge. I'm trying to get her to get that McGee guy. Have you checked him out yet? He's the new indie

rock guitar guy. He's been on Kimmel. He's viral as hell right now. Is he? Yeah. Alright, I'm down. He produces for other people. There's some other people. Alright, cool. Chapel Rowan. We should try to get her. I'm down. You know who else we're going to get? Bradley Knowles' kid from Sublime. Oh, yeah. Cool. The one where

you were... That was fine. A lot of criticism about it. I mean... It just wasn't there on the guitar. That's all I'm saying. Yeah. All right, guys. Goodbye.

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