DISGRACELAND - Bonus Episode: Sports Towns, Sports Films, and Diddy's Birthday

Episode Date: November 7, 2024

This week in the After Party, Jake talks about the 1986 New York Mets and what made them such a special baseball team. Jake hears your thoughts on great sports cities and muses on great sports films. We're preparing next week's episode on the late R&B singer Aaliyah, and we want to know: who are your favorite female R&B singers? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638, [e-mail], or on socials @disgracelandpod.For more great Disgraceland episodes, dive into our extensive archive, including such episodes as:Episode 55 - Run DMCEpisode 72 - The RamonesEpisode 117 - 50 CentTo hear an extended version of the After Party and to hear more from the DISGRACELAND community, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership.Visit www.disgracelandpod.com/merch to see the latest Disgraceland merch!Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTERFollow Jake and DISGRACELAND:InstagramYouTubeX (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to Disgraceland, the After Party. Welcome to the Disgraceland bonus episode. A little thing we like to call the after party. This is the show after the show, the party after the party, the bridge to get you from one full episode of Disgraceland to the other, the backyard to dig into the dirt. On this bonus episode, we are, talking about this week's subject of the disgrace land full episode, the 1986 New York Mets.

Also talking about the greatest sports towns and sports movies. Sean Diddy Combs's birthday behind bars. And of course, we are diving into your voicemails, texts, and more. And as always, a whole lot of rosy. All right, discos, let's get into it. So when I finished writing the 86 Mets episode that you all heard in your feed this week, I was convinced the stars had aligned. The release of this episode would coincide with a 2004 World Series championship for the New York Mets. I was certain that it would be what the

Grateful Dead called Synchronicity. And why wouldn't it be? The dead were San Francisco fans and the Mets had the San Francisco Giants, formerly the New York Giants, in their DNA. The orange in the Mets uniforms is a nod to the former residents of New York's polo grounds. that because you just listened to the latest episode of disgrace. But more important, this year, the Mets were playing like a team of destiny. They came back from like 11 games out of first place to make the playoffs in the final days of the season. And then they promptly disposed to the Philadelphia Phillies who were by any account a much better team. Then, of course, they ran into the buzzsaw that was the LA Dodgers, the team that once played at Brooklyn's

Ebbets field and the team that the Mets took the blue from for their uniforms. Again, you'd know that if you listen to this week's episode on the Mets. So my point, my plan did not work, but it almost did. It almost did. If the Mets got by the Dodgers and into the World Series, if the series went to six or seven games, again, a big assumption on my part, then this week's disgrace land episode on the Mets would have been released while the Mets were playing or had just finished their title run. against the New York Yankees, who in a lot of ways are the villains of this week's episode. So it was almost perfect.

Perfect. It was too perfect, though. And of course, it didn't work out that way. Just like in sports, we don't get what we want a lot of the time. As a Red Sox and Patriots fan, these days, of course, I know that all too well. And given the week that we're living through right now, a lot of Americans are waking up this morning, and they're not getting what they wanted for other reasons

that I'm not going to talk about. But as I record this, I'm not sure which Americans those are. But either way, my heart goes out to them just the same, just as it would to the fans of losing team that my team disposed of. That's, of course, good sportsmanship. That's grace. That's what we need more of, not only in sports, but in life, and especially in this country right now.

But back to the perfection that was to be the timing of this Mets episode release. I love this episode. I love it. the true crime story that is adjacent to the story detailing the debauchery of the New York Mets and the theme of corruption. The whole thing when I was researching it, I was like, damn it, this would make a great sports movie. And as I was listening to the episode this morning in preparation of talking to you guys right now, thinking about it all, I started thinking about the great sports movies, the greatest ones of all time. And this should have been the question of the week.

The question of the week that we're going to get to later in the episode was, what are the great sports towns? because the Mets episode is very much, very, very, very much about Queens, New York. So that was an obvious one. But I kind of like this one better. I like the question of what are the greatest sports movies of all time? And it got me thinking about that answer. So I looked it up.

And Rolling Stone, surprisingly, they list the top 30. It's a pretty great list, I've got to say, for Rolling Stone. I'm actually very surprised. Most I've seen, most of these films I've seen, a few that I haven't, that I absolutely should. But more important, I'm super interested to know what you guys think of this list. but also which sports movies are your favorites. Number 10 on the list, Friday Night Lights. I've actually never seen the movie.

I've seen parts of the television series, which I liked. Not enough to finish it. Now I'm compelled. I'm reminded, I should say, to see Friday Night Lights. I'm sure some of you guys have. Senna, no, I've never even heard of this. This is number nine. Sena.

It's a Grand Prix racing movie. Number eight, though, when we were kings. Great documentary about Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fighting in Africa. this uh this this this takes place in 1974 i've seen this before him in in parts i've never sat down and watched the whole thing but i've loved it i'm pretty sure this is the one that has a fantastic james brown performance uh number seven this is way too low on the list this might be top two for me top three slap shot okay just incredible movie probably my favorite paul newman performance of all time i love this fucking movie if this is a little bit of this is a little bit of you

on, I will stop whatever I'm doing and I will watch it. I watch this movie a couple times a year without fail every single year. It is that good. One of the great dromedies of all time, probably more of a comedy, just incredible. I'm pretty sure that the Hanson brothers grandkids go to my church, not officially, but there are two dudes that just, God bless them. They look just like these dudes. All right. Number six, Bull Durham, incredible baseball movie. Might be the best baseball movie. that's number six that feels low too but this this list is stacked uh i love bull durban because it's written obviously with so much uh awareness of of of inside baseball baseball history what it's like to be a a journeyman baseball player you get a real different look at baseball through bull

durham through the eyes of a of a sort of of the working class ball players who make up the the lower leagues and awesome performances by tim roberts susan susan Brandon, and of course, Kevin Costner, just tremendous. Also, number five, this feels, this feels right, this ranking. And it's so silly that you might think it doesn't belong on the list, but it absolutely belongs on the list. And it's caddyshack, okay? Just tremendous. So much of this movie has infiltrated our culture, the way we talk, we don't even realize it. There's so many jokes that we tell that are rooted in this movie. I'm not even a golfer. And I've never golfed in my life, and I love this movie.

Number four, now this one might be the best. Might be the best sports movie of all time in the running for one of the greatest movies of all time, I would argue. Raging Bowl, incredible. Of course, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese. I mean, I don't even know what I can say. You know what I'm going to say? We have a Martin Scorsese episode coming up in a couple weeks for Thanksgiving.

And it delves into Raging Bull just a little bit. It's more about the band in the last waltz, thus the Thanksgiving. giving angle, but I will have more to say about Martin Scorsese and Raging Bull in the weeks to come. Number three. Now, this one, this one has a special place close to my heart right now as an adult, as an adult man with two boys who were playing baseball. And it had that same, a similar place next to my heart as a young boy who played baseball. Bad news bears, just incredible. I was actually at the ballpark last night. I was, I was. at two ballparks last night. I was at my son, my six-year-old's first playoff game. They lost. He was,

he struck out three times. It cut me up on the inside. Three strikeouts, tough. He doesn't usually do that. And, you know, I got a bone to pick with the coaches, but that's another story. And then my 10-year-old, he had a scrimmage, actually supposed to have a scrimmage, but it ended up being practiced. So I had to bring him over there. I had to cut out of my 6-year-olds game early, head over to my 10-year-olds field, bring him there. And I was watching the team play. their coach is just fucking awesome. And he reminds me of Walter Mathau, like a modern day version of Walter Mathau from Bad News Bears.

He's always ripping butts in the parking lot. He's got a really easygoing way about him, but he's just a great, great coach. Two of his kids playing on the team. And the kids on the team, they're 10 to 12-year-olds, and they have this weird age where they're pretty profane. They don't think we're hearing what they're saying. They're just lots of, like, dirty sort of,

locker room humor going on for 10 and 12 year olds, but they don't quite know what they're saying. You can tell they're hearing it from older kids. It's pretty hysterical. And they have all the archetypes on the team that you would cast in a movie. It's hysterical. They get like the one big kid, his name's George and he, you know, they're the Yankees. That's the team, which sucks, but that's what they are. And he's clearly fashioning himself. He's a lefty. He's clearly fashioning himself after Babe Ruth. He even wears an old school button down, pinstrikes. Yankees jersey. And they got like the fast-talking, smart-ass pitcher, the juvenile delinquents, the two ballers. It's just, they're talking shit all the time. It's just, it's amazing. It's

hysterical. Anyways, bad news bears. Great movie. Huge digression there. I apologize. If you haven't seen bad news bears and you're thinking you haven't seen it in a while and you've got a young kid and you want to show it to them, don't. Okay. We grew up in a different era. you can't show this movie to your kid. You cannot explain the profanity in the inappropriate, problematic language that happens in this movie. That said, it's still a great fucking movie. So at some point, yeah, but if your kids, you know, 10, 11, 12, 13, I would pass.

And definitely not if they're younger. Number two on the list, Rocky, okay? Rocky transcends sports movies, okay? I like to say, and I've said this for years, even before I was in front of a microphone, that Rocky is not only the greatest boxing movie and maybe the greatest sports movie, but I believe it is the greatest love story

that has taken place in a movie. And I've talked about this in the past before. It's worth repeating, I think. At the end of the movie, when the athlete gets what he wants, sort of, all he wants to do, you know, he goes through the thing, that he's, you know, the goal, it's achieved.

But all he wants to do in the end, all he wants is his Adrian. That's it. That's it. And it's beautiful. And, you know, as a kid, we grew up with Rocky and we loved it. We were out in the yard. We were pretending to be Apollo Creed and thunderlips and all that. But as an adult, when I went back to watch the first Rocky, it just hit me like, hey,

this isn't a sports movie. This is a love story. I wonder if you guys agree with me on that. Now, number one, it's a documentary, and I wouldn't have put it here, okay? I would not have put this at the number one spot, but I, get why Rolling Stone did it. Hoop Dreams. Have you seen Hoop Dreams? It's an incredible basketball documentary, like really, really, really incredible. I had it on a couple weeks ago. It's on the Criterion Channel. I'm not sure it still is, but I just had it on playing in the background. I've seen

it a couple times before. And both my sons just got sucked into it. It's from the early 90s. It's got a super gritty feel to it. So it's not the type of thing that would suck in a 10 and a 6 year old, but it did because it is that compelling. And it's a great, great story. I was thinking about how I would describe it to you guys. And I realize that Rolling Stone just really nails it. I'm going to read it verbatim from the Rolling Stone issue here. Because if any of you haven't seen it, I want to do it justice in the description

so that you do go and watch Hoop Dreams. Okay, this is what they say. They got it in the number one slot of the top 30 movies of all time. They say, initially inspired by its makers shared obsession with basketball. This story of inner city dreams started as an idea for a 30-minute nonfiction short about playground hoopsers. It then evolved into a three-hour odyssey about high school kids, William Gates and Arthur Agee,

as they try to make their way to the NBA. A landmark American documentary, this compassionate labor of love from filmmaker Steve, James, Peter, Gilbert, and Frederick Marks has plenty of on-court action in suspense. It's possible. No single free throw has ever been so nerve-wracking in the history of cinema, but hoop dreams is even more powerful as a look at poverty, racial inequality, and adolescence. the agonies of everyday life that sports only occasionally help us forget. Great writing, great description, great movie, great documentary,

go see Hoop Dreams if you haven't. And let me know, 617-906666638 at Disgracelam Pod, what you think the greatest sports movie of all time is and why. And I know we get another question of the week happening now. We're about to get into the Aaliyah episode, but I want to keep talking about this a little bit. It'll be a little back burner question. topic that we're dealing with.

Best sports movie, hit me up and let me know. All right, as promised every week, going to give you guys a little bit of a ditty update here. This past Monday was Sean Combs' 50th birthday. He spent it in jail, of course. His kids shared a video singing happy birthday to him over the phone.

You can hear him on the other end saying that he loves them, that he's proud of them, that he's thanking them for their support. And a part of me right now feels a little bit bad because I can hear the cynicism in my voice when I'm depicting what Diddy was saying. And that is because I think that there are a few characters in the history of the music industry, the entertainment industry, who are more full of shit than Sean Combs, okay?

I've been researching this guy pretty heavily now for the last two weeks for this episode that I'm going to bring you in early January. And the guy is disgusting to me. Everything about him is a fucking lie, I believe. And I believe that he is not going to get away with even a portion of what he's been accused of. It's hard for me to take Sean Diddy Combs at his word, even when he's expressing kindness and warmth towards his children, based on what he's been accused of and based on the research that I've been doing over the last few weeks. Okay. There's a witness, this is news.

There's a witness who's come out recently and is stating that he has tapes that will shock all of us. Now, this is different. Now, we've heard from, we've heard from federal prosecutors. we've heard from Tony Busby, we've heard from attorneys about these tapes. This is now a witness who has come out recently, again, and is stating that he has tapes that will shock all of us. The tapes in question that this witness alleges

show Diddy having sex with two minors who are celebrities, okay? Two underage boys. Now, we can all speculate on who that might be. But to me, the actual news here is that This came out during the witness's recent grand jury testimony, recent, okay? Not the grand jury testimony that led to the federal indictment. Recent. And when that news came out, Sean Combs' legal team, they moved quick, very quickly on Sunday,

actually, over the weekend, no less, and filed a gag order against this witness and against all potential witnesses. They move, again, they move very quickly, and they filed that gag order on a Sunday. So they're very motivated. They could be afraid of something. What are they afraid of is the question? Well, it could be that they're afraid of what this witness obviously has to say. But it could also be that they're afraid that the witness, you know, if he's lying,

if he's making this up, that he could, if what he's going to say becomes public, potentially poison the potential jury pool for the trial that's coming up supposedly in May. So the prosecutors, of course, have objected to this gag order. No word on what the judge is going to say. I think we're going to hear this week from the judge on this, and I'll let you know as soon as I know, or at least I'll let you know in the next episode of the afterparty here. But what we do know, and again, this is news.

The federal grand jury is hearing new evidence in this case this week, which means that the current federal indictment could result in a superseding indictment, which could mean more charges against Sean Combs, and that'll likely mean that the May 5th trial date will be delayed. Now, also related to Diddy, as promised, I'm not going to eat up this whole episode with Diddy News, but I do have some firsthand anecdotal news on Kevin Hart relative to Sean Combs, which I'm going to talk about in the all-access portion of this episode.

I'll be right back after this with your voicemails and your texts. There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl. You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield, and in this new season of the girlfriends, Oh my God, this is the same man.

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All right, we are back. 617-90666338. The question of the week this week was, what is the greatest sports town in America or anywhere for that matter? Let me know. we'll want to hear now from the 440 on this very question. Hi, Jake. My name is Jefferson.

I'm a pretty new listener. I live in the 216 currently. I'm originally from the 513. And I just listened to the episode about the 86 Mets, which as a man of a certain age, I was a huge fan of the 86 Mets. And 86 World Series is, without a doubt, one of my favorite World Series

that I've ever had the opportunity. to watch. I am a Died in the Wool Reds fan, and I cannot argue that Cincinnati is the best sports town, but I do want to make a case that opening day in Cincinnati is very different than opening day in a lot of other cities. It's just a very, very special day. And I know we've had our share of success in Cincinnati. We are a small market team.

We've also had our share of disgrace is there as well. There might be some fodder there for some future episodes that I would love to hear you take on. But either way, you know, again, I don't want to make a case that we're the best sports city, but opening day in Cincinnati is just head and shoulders above opening day anywhere else in Major League Baseball. If you ever have the chance to check it out, you should. It's just a great all-day celebration, citywide celebration. Keep up the good work. Love listening to the show.

rock and roller 4-40 out in Cincinnati um this is really interesting to me because we think of boston as a as a small sports as a small town okay but it's obviously it's not it's a it's one of the world-class it's a world-class city it really is um even though it's small geographically and you know there's not that many people there relative to new york city but when you talk about a place like Cincinnati i get it and in a way i hear what you're saying and i'm envious of you because the Red Sox had become so mammoths. The brand, the whole experience has become so huge in the last two and a half decades since the new ownership took over and since we won the World Series in 2004,

that it's taken on, it's kind of lost a lot of its small town appeal, small town, small ballpark, small, you know, we're not the New York Yankees. We used to think of ourselves like that, like an underdog, and we don't anymore. In opening day to me, used to mean something different than it does. now to your point. So I can't, I don't know exactly what you're talking about, but I can, I can, I can, I can, I can, I can, I can, I can, I can understand that it's, it's a specialness to it that we don't quite get in the bigger market. So like I said, in the way, I'm kind of envious of that. Good, good voicemail. Thank you for calling in. All right, let's hear this voicemail from the 619. Hey, Jake, this is Don in the 619, formerly of the 773. I think Chicago is the greatest port city in the world.

If you look at all the history of all their teams, it's just hard to argue with that. I lived in Chicago during when the Cubs won the World Series after their long curse, and it was one of the most incredible nights ever. I mean, the whole city roared when they won. But they have so many great teams and such a long history of all their teams, that I think that they're the best. Thanks for all you do. It's a great show.

I enjoy listening. Thanks. Bye. Okay. Chicago, great sports town, great music town, just great city. One of my favorite cities on the planet. I love it. Chicago is unlike anywhere else in the world, really.

I know Boston is as well, but there's just something. There's a bigness, there's a bravado. There's a thing about Chicago that I just absolutely love. And as a kid who grew up in the 80s, Michael Jordan, my God, just, you know, for that alone, for Jordan alone, Um, you got to call Chicago a great sports town. Greatest basketball player of all time. Um, you know, just tremendous, tremendous team to Chicago Bulls. And I was happy to see the Cubs win it when they want it.

I, you know, I begrudgeoningly, uh, not begrudgeoningly, you know, I can get with the bears somewhat, you know, growing up in the 80s, right? 86 bears. Thanks for the call. All right, let's hear from the 440. Hey, Jake. My name is Samantha. Um, I've been a very long time listener like Jerry Lee Lewis. episode.

Yeah, so I was responding to the sports team one. I never respond to these. But I am in Cleveland, and I got to give my city credit. We are committed to our sports teams, regardless of how many times they lose, how bad they are, how many quarterbacks we get rid of, how many grade A baseball teams we tradeaway after we don't win the World Series. We are the mistakes on the lake, but I think that is a good example of a team who will stand behind there.

There are a few that will stand behind our sports team. Anyway, that Cleveland is probably not it, but I figured I'd contribute because I am proud of us. Hey, Samantha out there in Cleveland, I got a lot of respect for Cleveland fans. I really do, similar to Buffalo. and Detroit in a lot of ways, you know, it's going to happen. And honestly, you don't know what you have right now. It's, it's, there's something galvanizing about being the underdog. And, uh, I think Cleveland's going to pull it together one way or another at some point. And you're going to be incredibly

gratified when it happens. Thanks for the call. 617-906-66-6-638 to leave me a voicemail. Got another one from Chicago here. The four-o-two. Damn, Chicago showing up. Uh, best sports city is Chicago faux show, the Cubs, the Sox, the Bulls, the Blackhawks, the Bears. May not have the best records, but their fan base, except for the Sox, they make the games in the city electric. And as a lifelong Cubs fan, I will wait until next year, and we will have another World Series win in my lifetime. I like to think that the Chicago Cubs can have two baseball teams and Boston could have two baseball teams. I really want the Expos franchise to be, come back to life in Boston as a National League team. You know, just as Chicago has the White

socks and the Cubs and of course the Yankees and of course the Mets. I think the Boston market could sustain two Boston sports franchises. Of course, the Henry ownership would never allow it. But, you know, I'm kind of jealous of Chicago. 610 writes in, hey, I love this Graceland. And I want to suggest an episode that you can do on Diddy. Do another episode because a lot of stuff has happened with Diddy since the last Diddy episode. Yes, that's true. And you will be happy to know 610 that I am researching the next Diddy episode right now. I've been on it for the last week and a half. I'll finish research this week. I will write it next week and it will be sound designed, mixed, and released the first week of January. And it's going to cover,

it's going to be pretty much about the Cassie, everything from the Cassie accusation to the indictment. And I'm going to cover everything in between there. I'm going to try to in 30 minutes. We shall see. And then there'll be a couple more Diddy episodes throughout next year. Hey, Jake, it's Krista Kay from the 724, aka the suburbs of the best sports town, Pittsburgh. In total, we have six Super Bowl wins, five Stanley Cup wins, and five World Series wins.

Holy shit, the Pirates have five World Series wins. Not to mention some of the most iconic names in sports history, Roberto Clemente, Mario Lemieux, Franco Harris, just to name a few. Oh, you can't forget to mention the terrible towel that is literally everywhere. Pittsburgh wins, Jake. It's what we do. you know what chris d kay i can't i can't argue with you there pittsburgh's hard to fuck with they really truly are

steelers are always good even when they're bad they're still scary they always kind of pull it together so they always have some sort of team and you can't fuck with six super bowl wins i'm shocked to see that the pirates have five world series wins i did not know that that is just crazy to me of course the stanley cup wins i knew about that and what's remarkable here, which you have not mentioned, Krista K, is that Pittsburgh is not big. It is a small city. And to have that kind of winning legacy, you got something going for yourselves over there. So props to Pittsburgh from a Bostonian. 617-90666-3638 at Disgraceland Pod for some DMs. Guys, we got a book club coming up. We haven't picked a date. It's going to be in December.

We need some sort of true-crimey, entertainment-y Christmas book. I don't know. You got any recommendations? I want to hear about that too. At Disgraceland Pod, 616. 9066638. A lot of love for the Mets episode on the socials at Disgracely and Pod on Instagram. Jay Smitty 757. Writing may have passed George Harrison as my favorite episode. How the Mets pass a beetle. I don't know. Beatles played at Shea. Okay, so there's that. Jay Smitty goes on to write, need the Pittsburgh drug trial sequel episode now. Oh, man. As always, thanks for the engagement. guys, I'm going to take a quick break. Be back in a flash with your emails and some reviews.

There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl. You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield. And in this new season of the girlfriends, oh my God, this is the same man.

A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me? The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed.

I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe. On the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, host of the Wicked Words Podcast.

Each week I sit down with the true crime writers behind some of the most compelling true crime stories and discuss their years spent investigating and why it still matters. He sees his father coming out of the woods with his hands over his face, and he knows something happened. His father just grabs him and says she's gone. She's gone. These are the cases that leave survivors, families, and the journalists who cover them changed forever. Working in national television, it'll push you to your limits, and you'll end up doing things you never thought you'd do. You know, you look back at it and you're like, I can't believe that really happened.

Join me and step inside the investigation. New episodes drop every Monday on the Exactly Right Network. Listen to Wicked Words on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your husband is not who you think he is. Your body is not what you thought it was. Your identity is formed by a secret history. I'm Danny Shapiro, and these are just a few of the stunning stories I'll be exploring on the 14th season of Family Secrets.

And just then, we felt the plain turn in the air, so much so that the bags that were under people's seats just kind of flew into the aisle. Each week, we dive head first into the complex power of secrecy, how it shapes our identities and relationships, and how it ultimately can reveal to us our truest. selves. My daughter, she's pretending she doesn't know, but is trying to cook and feed me and keep me alive because I wasn't eating anything and me pretending like everything was fine. He kind of shoved me out of the way and said, move. And he went out of the front door and he jumped in a car and drove off. And that was the last time I saw him. Listen to season 14 of Family Secrets, starting May 7th on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, guys, disgrace. Disgracelyapod at gmail.com is where you email me. And right. on cue we get this one from lillianna lira who writes in book wrecks for december hi i was just listening

to the bonus episode where you were looking for book recommendations for december you should read what the hell noes for atu but it's not spelled like nos for at you oh nos n os 482 by joe hill joe hill i believe this is me talking now is stephen king's son lilyana goes on to say it's a christmasy and has criminal subject matter also yep here we go Joe Hill is Tabitha and Stephen King's son. That's going to be worth reading, right? If not, Stephen King's Doctor's Sleep is also good. Great podcast.

All right, Liliana, I'll take your recommendation. I'll bring it back to the discos in the chat on Patreon. See what they think of Nosferatu, NOS 482. Disgraceland Pod at gmail.com, guys, hit me up, all right? Got this one from Michael Lane Heath, who writes in about the cramps episode. Hey, Jake, loving the cramps episode of Disgraceland is one of the actually more than 10 fans in Washington, D.C. DC was actually for a time the cramped second home outside of New York City in the late 70s.

We'll never forget them playing at a place called Sechideli in the suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, literally a deli at the front of the club and in the back they were playing. They were connected with the local band, the Sicky Boys, excuse me, the Slicky Boys, whose guitarist, Kim Kane was once approached to be second guitarist for them after Kid Congo left. And we all ended up at the classic diner nearby, complete with those mini jukeboxes in the booths. We all sat up drinking coffee, eating pie, talking about old rock and roll records into the dawn. They, of course, also were the equivalent to the pistols in Manchester on February 79 when they played a benefit for the Georgetown University FM Freeform Station, WGTB.

All of the folks that were part of the Discord scene were there and had their asses set of fire. Only sorry you forgot to mention the presence of Miriam Lena in her part as drummer, by the way, Pam and Nick Knox ruler of the Norton Records Empire. else however chef's kiss sir thank you m l heath san francisco p s is that theme music yours i dig yes m l heath the theme music is ours um i wrote that we recorded it with some friends broke into a studio at night uh you know made it happen punk rock style um uh thanks for the email i i was aware of the dc connection to the cramps and if you if you notice there was a little mention of it um i do believe i i say dc suburbs I said something, I think I said basement or something like that.

And that's because I was reading a recount, recounting of a show by Henry Rollins that he had seen when he was a kid. And it might be the show that you're referencing here from February 1979. I do mention Nick Knox and I do mention, I believe I mentioned Pam. Did not mention Miriam. Couldn't get to everybody. Just didn't fit into the storytelling. But you know what?

You're right. I should have mentioned them. I should have found a way to do it. But this is so much info, man. Sometimes you just got to keep following the protagonist, if you know what I mean. All right. Disgracelandpod at gmail.com, guys, hit me up. Leave us a review.

If you're feeling so inclined, as you know, we read the reviews here on the show. Reviews help with the discovery of the show. So, you know, I'm not a shame to ask for a little reviewage. And in exchange for that, if we read one of your reviews here, as you know, you get some free merch. This one comes from Cosmic Fawn 77, who writes, for the weirdos, misfits and freaks. disgrace land fell into my lap on a random search and the first one I listened to was the Black Sabbath episode hearing the infamous bat story, another ancient musical lore that I've already heard my whole life told in a way that only Jake can makes it feel like I'm getting an exclusive listen to these

stories for the first time ever. Thank you, Jake, for making my days driving my small army of humans around feel cool still. You got it, Cosmic Fawn. Love that. Hit me up, Disgracelandpot at gmail.com or you can hit me up at Disgraceland Pot on the socials and we'll get some free merch out to you. Lori Metz on Spotify writes in, how do I not see these comments? I don't know, Lori. I'm seeing them.

Lori, I don't know that that's worthy of any merch, but it was the first one I read when I pulled up in the Spotify app here. Ben Reynolds writes in on Spotify, dipping his little Vic Firth as a drummer. This one made me giggle. Reminds me of one of the more lascivious, I can't say this word,

lasciviously named drum rudimentary. I, dude, fucking, Ben, I don't know what you're talking about here, parodiddle-diddle. But Ben, I appreciate the effort. Get in touch at Disgrace Land Pod. We'll hook you up with some merch. Guys, leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Like I said, it really helps out with the show. We appreciate it.

This episode is nearing its end. But the after party, as you know, it keeps going for the All Access members. Okay? Just go to disgracelandpod.com slash membership. And you can become a member. you can support the show that way as well. You're going to get a little bit extra here in the after party. Get a little more all-access content.

You're going to get ad-free listening. You're going to get a free episode per month. All right. Disgraceandpod.com slash membership. I'll be back in a flash. There's two golden rules that any man should live by. Rule one, never mess with a country girl. You play stupid games.

You get stupid prizes. And rule two, never mess with her friends either. We always say that trust your girlfriends. I'm Anna Sinfield, and in this new season of The Girlfriends, Oh my God, this is the same man. A group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I thought, how could this happen to me?

The cops didn't seem to care. So they take matters into their own hands. I said, oh, hell no. I vowed. I will be his last target. He's going to get what he deserves. Listen to the Girlfriends. Trust me, babe. on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a host of the Wicked Words podcast. Each week I sit down with the true crime writers behind some of the most compelling true crime stories and discuss their years spent investigating and why it still matters. He sees his father coming out of the woods with his hands over his face, and he knows something happened. His father just grabs him and says, she's gone, she's gone. These are the cases that leave survivors, families, and the journalists who cover them changed forever. Working in national television, it'll push you to your limits, and you'll end up doing things you never thought you do.

You know, you look back at it and you're like, I can't believe that really happened. Join me and step inside the investigation. New episodes drop every Monday on the Exactly Right Network. Listen to Wicked Words on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or... wherever you get your podcasts. Your husband is not who you think he is. Your body is not what you thought it was. Your identity is formed by a secret history.

I'm Danny Shapiro, and these are just a few of the stunning stories I'll be exploring on the 14th season of family secrets. And just then, we felt the plain turn in the air, so much so that the bags that were under people's seats just kind of flew into the aisle. Each week, we dive head first into the complete. complex power of secrecy, how it shapes our identities and relationships, and how it ultimately

can reveal to us our truest selves. My daughter, she's pretending she doesn't know, but is trying to cook and feed me and keep me alive because I wasn't eating anything, and me pretending like everything was fine. He kind of shoved me out of the way and said, move, and he went out the front door and he jumped in a car and drove off, and that was the last time I saw him. Listen to season 14 of Family Secrets, starting May 7th on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, I am back. Thank you for joining me on this after-party bonus episode of Disgraceland.

We spent a lot of time in Queens this week with the 86 Mets. We got some Queens episodes in our archive that I want to point you toward. Of course, the Ramones. That's episode number 72, released on February 16th, 2021. Go check that one out. The Run DMC episode, also set in Queens. That is episode number 55, released on April 14th. 2014, 2020. And of course, 50 cent, episode 117, released on February 14th, 2020.

Those are three Queens episodes. I'm sure we have a couple others that I can't remember at this point. Anyways, check those out if you want. If you haven't heard them, they're in there. 50 cent one. I never think of this one, but it's just awesome episode. Love it. All right, I get to get out of here. So let's recap, number one, right now, in your feed, our episode on the 1986 Mets. Number two, coming tomorrow, a special rewind episode from our archive. And we're talking about Alia in next week's episode. So I want to know, what are your favorite female R&B singers? And of course, we'll talk more about sports movies. I can't help myself. Number three, merch winners get in touch. You know who you are. Number four, remember no one cares about great

storytelling more than you do. And well, that's a disgrace. And also this week, in particular, love your neighbor. Okay. Your neighbor is not the enemy. They just might not agree with you. and that's all right. Grace, patience, peace, love and understanding. All right. In honor of this week's episode subject on the 86 Mets, me, reading to you, the billboard charts from October 26, 1986.

Number one, dancing on the ceiling. Lionel Ritchie. Last week, one. Peak position. One. Weeks on chart. Six. Number two, top gun soundtrack.

Last week. Two. Peak position. One. Weeks on churn. 18. Number three, raising hell.

Run DMC. Queens, New York. Last week. Three. Peak position. Three. Weeks on churn. 17.

Number four. Four. By Huree Lewis in the News. Last week. Six. Peak position. Four. Weeks on chart.

Number five. Number five. Number five. Two. And start Mixing. Cut it! When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands.

I vowed. I will be his last target. He is not going to get away with this. He's going to get what he deserves. We always say that, trust your girlfriends. Listen to the girlfriends. Trust me, babe, on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your husband is not who you think he is. Your body is not what you thought it was.

Your identity is formed by a secret history. I'm Danny Shapiro. And these are just a few of the stunning stories I'll be exploring on the 14th season of Family Secrets. He kind of shoved me out of the way and said, move. And he went out the front door and he jumped in a car and drove off. And that was the last time I saw him. Listen to Season 14 of Family Secrets, starting May 7th

on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This season on Dear Chelsea with me, Chelsea Handler, we have some fantastic guests like Amelia Clark. When like young people come up to me and they want to be an actor or whatever. My first thing is always, can you think of anything else that you can do? Rather be disappointed in. Do that. David O'Yello. I love this podcast, whether it's therapy or relationships or religion or sex or addiction or you just go straight for the guts.

Dennis Leary, Gaten Moderato from Stranger Things, Tana Mongeau, Camilla Morone, Carrie Kenny Silver, and more. Listen to these episodes of Dear Chelsea on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.