So... Alright - Man's Best Friend

Episode Date: February 4, 2025

Geoff goes down the dog breed rabbit hole, and also gives an inspired update on the state of his baseball card collection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It is worth it for the love and the companionship that this little weirdo gives us. But I was thinking about how much of my life I spend at a vet and how expensive this dog is in particular. vet and how expensive this dog is in particular. I, and by the way, there is pet health insurance you can get like PetSure, I think is the one we have. This is not an advertisement in any way whatsoever or an endorsement rather.

I'm just saying, like if you have like a happy little mutt or a lab or just a low maintenance like regular dog, I don't know that it makes any sense for you. or a lab or just a low maintenance like regular dog. I don't know that it makes any sense for you, but if you have a dog that is constantly at the vet who has exorbitant vet bills. The other day, Albert got kennel cough, even though he had his Bordetella vaccine, all in and out that cost us over $2,000, I wanna say, to deal with.

And anyway, it didn't though, because we had pet insurance. If you have a high maintenance dog, I've just thrown it out there, you might wanna look into pet insurance, because it's worked out well for us. But it just got me thinking about dogs in general, and how if Emily and I had only fallen in love with like a golden retriever,

how different our lives would be, but instead we're English bulldog people. And it is what it is. I love Albert to death. Although I don't know that there'll be another, after Henry and Arrow and then now into Albert. I don't know that I have another bulldog in me after this guy, but we'll see.

You know, I'll probably feel differently 10 years from now. Anyway, it just got me thinking about dogs and how some dogs are cheap and some dogs are expensive and just about the variety of dog in general, which got me thinking about dog breeds and dog ages and dog sizes. And I decided, fuck it, let's let's get into dogs. For instance, how many dogs are there in the world have you ever wondered that question the worldwide dog population is estral fuck the worldwide dog population is estimated to be 900 million data is spotty for some dog populations in certain countries because many pet dogs

are unregistered. We know that France has approximately 8.8 million dogs. Italy and Poland each have 7.5 million dogs. Let's see. What is the number one pet in the world? Dogs. Well, that's easy. So we have essentially roundabouts a billion dogs in the world. So about a dog for about every eight people on earth. If you figure the average family is three people, then it's a basically every two, a little bit more than every two families has a dog.

So like every other family probably has a dog globally. Huh, how many dogs are in the US? In the United States, around 58 million households reported owning at least one dog. They estimate the number to be around 78 million dogs across the US. Okay. Okay. So just under a billion dogs globally, 78 million here in America. Interesting for 300 million, 350 million people. I don't know why we're doing this math. It doesn't really matter, does it? What is the most common breed of dog?

All right, most common dog breeds as of 2023 is the most recent info I can get Looks like the number one most common dog is the French Bulldog number two being the Labrador Retriever Number three being the Golden Retriever and number four being the German Shepherd I am surprised that the German Shepherd is so high on the list. I love a German Shepherd They're very popular dogs, but they're also work dogs and they require a lot of training and they're like a high maintenance dog in that way. Interesting. Well, I guess French Bulldogs are a lot of trips to the vet, too.

Huh? So what would be the rarest dog breed? What is the world's rarest dog breed? Oh, well. The 10 rarest dog breeds from all over the world are, this is according to Nylabone, the Chinook, which is from the United States. The Chinook is not only an uncommon breed, but also their very unusual history. Named after one dog that accompanied an Antarctic expedition in the late 1920s, the Chinook was bred by an explorer seeking a companion with speed,

power, endurance and a good temperament. Today, this rare breed is a member of the working group and one of the best sledding dogs around. So a Chinook just looks like a dog, is the rarest. Number two being the Peruvian Inca Orchid. That's a pretty dog. It looks like one of those hairless dogs, but I think it has just a slight amount of hair.

Travel back to 750 AD, you might spot this South American pooch depicted on pottery. Wow, it's an ancient dog breed. Number three is that as as a walk country of origin is Molly Niger Burkina Faso. That's pretty. Looks that looks almost like since you can't see it looks almost like a greyhound like a tan greyhound. Number four is the Thai Ridgeback, which is just like a black dog. He's pretty kind of grayish pointy ears

He's from Thailand. Obviously the Thai Ridgeback is one of the most easily Recognizable rare dog breeds in the world. If you look at their back, you'll notice the distinguished Ridge. Oh, yeah They do have the Ridge just like a Rhodesian. That's interesting And they have a blue or black tongue crazy They have a blue or black tongue Crazy number five is the catahoula leopard dog that surprises me Because here in Austin catahoulas are pretty common. I would say across Texas catahoulas are very common dogs They are protective hard-working and intelligent. It's a Louisiana native It was bred to perform many roles from hurting farm animals to helping hunters track hogs and cattle

that's really interesting because they uh Like I said, they're everywhere in Austin I guess I don't see him as much as I used to but they're really distinctive beautiful dogs Look them up. If you're not familiar with what a catahoula looks like they are they're gorgeous dogs. Number six is a telomere telomere telomere Looks kind of like a more fit version of that doge dog. It's from Malaysia Number six is a Telomian. Telomian? Telomian? Looks kinda like a more fit version of that Doge dog.

It's from Malaysia. Number seven is the Otterhound. Hey, it looks like Benji. It is like a big old floppy dog. He's a cutie. He's from the UK. Number eight is the Australia Mountain Dog. Oh, he's pretty.

He's from Portugal. He's a big gentle giant, they say. He looks kind of like a fluffed out, like a cross between a St. Bernard and a chow almost. Interesting. But with a black, no, no, no, you know what? Like a cross between a St. Bernard, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like a cross between a St. Bernard and a, yeah, yeah, like a cross between a St. Bernard

and a German Shepherd, that's what he looks like. He's got kind of a German Shepherd's face. Number nine is the Serneco del Etna. That's from Italy. It resembles an ancient Egyptian hound. Yeah, they definitely do. And then number 10, rarest dog breed in the world is from Hungary, it is the Moody, M.U.D.I. Moody.

There's nothing moody about this moody's personality. The the text here says he's eager to please. He's a new dog breed known for herding cattle and sheep. Interesting. Have you guys ever heard of any of those dogs? Does anybody have one of those 10 rare dogs I just mentioned? If you do, would you email me at eric at jeffsposs.com and tell me about it? How you stumbled upon this breed? What you think about them? Are you a lifelong fan of the breed now? Etc, etc. I'd love to know.

So if there's all these dog breeds, what's the like what is the how many mixed breed dogs are there versus full bread Okay, so this is interesting so 53% of dogs globally are mutts or mixed breeds with unknown or complex ancestry interesting so there's more There's more mutts out there than that. I mean that makes sense. I Know I looked up some dog stuff a long time ago on one of these episodes. I'm gonna try not to retrace those questions, but I do want to know who's the largest dog ever?

Largest dog of all time. The largest dog ever recorded was a Kaimah Zorba, an old English Mastiff who weighed 343 pounds and was eight feet, three inches long. Jesus Christ. In November, 1989, this dog was recorded as weighing 330 pounds, ended up getting up to 343. God damn, the photo photo like the photo genuinely looks like somebody hanging out with Clifford the big red dog if he was gray

Oh my god an eight foot long dog. Jesus Christ What is the smallest dog of all time? Pearl a chihuahua, is the world's smallest dog, according to Guinness. Pearl is just 3.59 inches tall and five inches long, which is shorter than a popsicle stick and about the same length as a dollar bill. This dog was born in Florida in 2020

She weighed less than an ounce at birth. Oh Here you go pearl loves to dress up and eat chicken and salmon How much does she weigh? Pearl weighs one point two two pounds Jesus is pearl still alive. I Mean it says I just don't trust AI I mean it was she was definitely alive as of last year. So there's a bunch of stories on her. Okay If it says they're alive, I guess she's alive. Wow, that's crazy

1.22 pounds I bet it's hard to buy clothes for that dog All right. What is the largest? dog litter of all time? Is this interesting to you at all? At some point today, I'm going to also I'm going to go over a revelation I had with collecting cards. I've kind of re trained my focus. I don't know if I've mentioned that yet on the on this podcast or not. And I got, by the way, you guys sent me, you know, I put the call out to understand industrial chillers and I have been overwhelmed

with dozens of industrial chiller emails and each one is more interesting and fascinating than the last. And so at some point in the future, I'm going to sit down and have to do some email, some sort of an email episode where we get into interesting facts about industrial chillers because you guys had a lot of fascinating stuff he sent my way. Okay, so the largest litter of all time, Jesus Christ, was a beautiful Neapolitan Mastiff. If you are not familiar with the Neapolitan Mastiff, that is what Hagrid's dog was in Harry Potter, Fang, I believe his name was.

Gorgeous dogs. Abel, Abelatino Arabellalla or Tia for short holds the record because she had a litter of 24 puppies. Two dozen dogs. Jesus Christ. I can't, that was poor nipples. Good Lord. So while I was sitting in the waiting room,

I was also thinking about how not only are English Bulldogs expensive, but they also don't live very long. As opposed to cheaper dogs, which will live forever. It's like, from a financial standpoint, it's really dumb to get an English Bulldog. It's just why you can't look at it that way. And I don't, I love,

Lay Albert is like the greatest thing I got going for me right now. But that got me thinking, what is the longest lifespan dog? And is mine the shortest? So I did a little bit of investigating already. And here are the longest lifespan dogs. The Chihuahua is number one

with a lifespan of 12 to 20 years. And I guess Pearl is an example of that in action as she's gotta be pushing 25 now. The Datsun is 12 to 16 years at number two. That is, I think that's Becca Frazier's favorite dog. And then the Toy Poodle tends to last anywhere between 10 and 18 years. Jack Russell Terrier can make it up to 18

and the Shih Tzu can make it up to 16 as well. So if you want a long time companion, you don't wanna say goodbye to your dog after a dismal eight to 10 years, get a Chihuahua, Datsun, Toy Poodle, Jack Russell, Terrier or Shih Tzu because they could be with you for a long time. So if that's the longest lifespan,

what are the shortest and is it my dog? I'm pretty sure it's not. Let's see. Shortest lifespan. English Bulldogs, number 12. Weight, 50 pounds, male, not Albert. He's about 62 right now, I think. Temperament friendly, courageous, calm, calm. Yeah, right.

Life expectancy, eight to ten years they are Not even in the top ten though scottish deerhound number 11. Uh, let's skip let's just go to the five Shortest life expectancy dogs. You guys should be prepared for this if you're thinking about getting one of these Neapolitan mastiff we were just talking about fang over in har in Harry Potter. They only live seven to nine years. Oh, that's heartbreaking. That's a big dog though. 150 pounds. Bull Mastiff is number four. They only live about seven to nine years. I didn't know that. Mastiff Mastiff only lived six to ten years at number three. That's so sad. The Irish Wolfhound, which I think is one of the largest dogs in the world in terms of height

They only live six to eight years and then the I guess the dog with the shortest lifespan is the dog Debordeaux which I'm assuming is a French dog It lives five to eight years about a hundred pound dog just like a pretty brown dog doesn't look like the kind of dog that would die in five years, but. Be very aware or very wary if you get a dog de bordeaux that they might not be with you very long. Ah, depressing. So if my dog isn't doesn't have the least lifespan, what is the highest maintenance dog?

Let's see. And do I fit in here? Found the top 10. Well, my dog's not in the top 10. French Bulldog is though. Okay, so top three highest maintenance dogs. Afghan hound is number one. Extremely high maintenance due to their coat.

Needs daily brushing. Oh my God. Needs a blow dryer, a blast or oil treatments. Careful wrapping, clipping up out of the way. Snoods at meal times. Ooh, Jesus Christ, that sounds, that sounds, not only that, but this is a breed that loves quick, crazy sprints and zoomies in the great outdoors.

So untangling, deleafing, and leg drying is going to be a daily and surprisingly time consuming thing. Number two is a Labradoodle, probably for the same reasons. Number three is a border collie. So be prepared to spend a lot of time on maintenance. If you have a border collie, labradoodle or Afghan hound, maybe you don't want maintenance.

Maybe you want the dog that is the easiest to take care of and requires the least maintenance. And if that's the case, let me give you the top three of those. Best low maintenance dog breeds cross reference this with the longest living dog breeds and I think you're gonna start finding some pretty salient information number three Cavalier King Charles Spaniel number two Chihuahua Low maintenance number one Datsun low maintenance So if you want a dog to live a long time and be low maintenance

It sounds like a Chihuahua or a dachshund's the way to go. Jesus. TD Direct Investing offers live support, so whether you're a newbie or a seasoned pro, you can make your investing steps count. And if you're like me and think a TFSA stands for total fund savings adventure, maybe reach out to TD Direct Investing. How many dog breeds are there? Let's find out. According to the American Kennel Club, a new dog breed is recognized almost every year with the organization typically adding one to three new breeds annually to their official list. However, the process of establishing a new breed can take many years, requires, and also this is just the AKC there's different kennel clubs that handle it differently. But it doesn't answer the question, which is

how many dogs are there in the world? How many dog breeds are there in the world in 2025? AKC only recognizes 195 breeds currently while the FCI, which is the Federation Kina Logic International. Recognizes 360 breeds and then there are all the experimental breeds. So there isn't an exact worldwide internationally agreed upon number anywhere between 360 and 500 dog breeds in the world. So about 500 maybe upwards of 500 that's

fucking crazy The other thing I was wondering is how much money is there in in dog breeds? I know I know breeding dogs and selling them and studying them can make you a lot of money My first wife's family they bred golden golden retrievers. And that was how they made I wouldn't say a lion share their money, but a pretty decent chunk of their living. But what does a dog win for winning like Westminster? Let's see. Westminster features thousands of dogs competing for the coveted best in show title. The dog show purse may be one of the most prestigious events in the canine world,

but dogs and their owners don't receive much of a reward for winning in laugh figures. They get trophies, ribbons and bragging rights, but winners receive no cash prize. However, the winner is much like an unpaid internship. The winner is paid with the experience of having won is much like an unpaid internship the winner is paid with the experience of having won winners of the agility and obedience contest do receive monetary prizes of five thousand dollars but it's not for them they must be donated to a training club of the winner's choice or to the akc humane fund so it's all about status and bragging rights i imagine though is it expensive to get in it's only about a100 to enter, let's see, but that doesn't cover cost of preparing for the show.

Owners shell out as much as $250,000 to ensure their dogs are ready. So people are putting in a quarter of a million dollars to get their dog ready for a dog show where they win bragging rights. I'm going to assume that means that the dogs that win are then bred or studded for an insane amount of money, because there's gotta be,

there's tons of money in this industry, right? And if people aren't winning it, they're getting it some way, then they're getting it a different way. And it's gotta be, I'm assuming it's through breeding. And probably endorsements too. I don't know, I don't know how dog endorsements work. Like is it lucrative to be a Purina dog?

I don't know. What's the Air Jordan of dogs? Is it would it be like a Kong sponsorship maybe? What's the most expensive dog? How about that? Because I know there's money in this thing. Let's see the most expensive dog ever purchased. Oh, OK. OK. So a golden haired Tibetan Mastiff puppy.

That is a beautiful dog, by the way, a Tibetan Mastiff puppy. It looks like a, this actually does look like a cross between a chow and a St. Bernard. It is fucking like St. Bernard's size and markings and then there's like a chow, same around face but chow hair over his face. It sold at a premium pet fair in the eastern province of Zhejiang, I guess, which would be in China. Yes, in China for 12 million yuan or $1.95 million, according to All France Press. So the breeder who sold the puppy to a property developers reported to have told the paper that the mastiff had lion's blood to a property developer is reported to have told the paper that the mastiff had lion's blood

and a similar dog sold for six million yen, so about a million dollars. Wow, the hound was 31 inches tall, nearly 200 pounds, and said it could be compared to nationally treasured pandas. Tibetan mastiffs, an ancient breed of dog with long coats, have become a status symbol among China's growing wealthy classes.

Okay, so I guess it's a, I mean, it would have to be a status symbol if somebody's paying two million dollars. That is, man, I love Albert, but I don't love him two million dollars worth. Some Tibetan mastiffs can earn stud fees up to 16 K Huh? Well, that's a lot of money. But but if you bought a two million dollar Tibetan Mastiff he would

man, I Thought I would be exhausted trying to stud him out to pay for that fee Good lord Okay, I think I'm starting to reach the end of my interest in this stuff But I do want to look at the oldest dog of all time. Let's see Bluey Alright, let's see Bluey an Australian cattle dog Holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest dog to ever live the rev record was briefly disputed by Bobby

I'll have to look at Bobby in a second Bluey was born in 1910 in Australia Bluey was reported to have lived to the age of 32 years 12 days Not verified by Guinness. So what? This is so confusing all right, I've cut some of this out because it got a little crazy in here, but hotly disputed Who is the oldest? verified living dog of all time, but best I can tell it is

verified to be bluey a dog who lived Approximately 32 years and 12 days in Australia in the 1930s. It was briefly changed to a dog named Bobby Who was a? Raffiero do Alentejo. That's the breed. Hold on. What was the other dog? Did I say it was Australian? Cattle dog is what blue was Bobby, who died in 2023 was from Portugal and was claimed by his owner to be the oldest dog to ever live. He was verified as the oldest living dog by Guinness briefly, along with being the oldest dog on record to ever live. However, after veterinarians became suspicious of his real age and investigation was pursued, once his records were revoked, he was stripped

of the title. Oh, so there might have been some chicanery in there. Interesting. So I guess if for safety's sake, go with Bluey, the Australian cattle dog who lived more than 30 years. That's a long time. You know what, we're done here, but let's just for the hell of it, what is the longest living cat of all time? Because I feel like I remember it was in Austin, Texas.

I wanna see. Cream puff. All right, August 3rd 1967 to August 6th 2005 was a mixed tabby domestic cat owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas She was the oldest cat ever recorded According to Guinness Book of World Records when she died aged 38 Years and three days old. Holy shit that cat lived through some change Wow 1967 to 2005. Hats off to you, Cream Puff. All right. Let's talk about baseball cards for a second. I've been

in a metamorphosis in terms of collecting. During the pandemic, especially, I was just looking for something to do and baseball cards kind of fell back in my lap in a big way. Then it became an opportunity for Emily and I to leave the house, would be to go to drive out to little small towns and go to pawn shops and antique stores and vintage shops and looking for old cards and cheap cards and stuff

and weird cards and stuff and weird cards because it sort of morphed into this immediately became content and I wanted to share this love of collection but the absurdity of all the weird cards I was finding, I wanted to share it with the audience and so we created The Break Show which then just kicked more fuel into my love of, my reinvigorated love of collecting. And I kind of went crazy. And now I have an office full of cards in every direction on earth

and there's no cohesion to it. So I took a break earlier this year. I had a lot of other stuff to focus on. Obviously I had to wind down a company and spin up a new company. And so I kind of took a walk away from card collecting for a while. Not for the clutter and finance, you know, we're big reasons for both but

It helped me kind of see things You know have sort of a macro view of the whole thing and it helped me kind of crystallize what it was I enjoyed about collecting and over the course of the last half of last year, I kind of whittled it down and figured out what I wanted to collect. And essentially, I think I've talked about this on the podcast, but I basically just wanted to collect tops, baseball cards, and maybe some basketball cards.

Individual players like Marcus Smart, obviously, I collect Evan Mobley, I collect a couple of different individual baseball players, which has allowed me to carve everything else out to be Content for the break show when it eventually comes back this year, which I fully plan on bringing back in 2025 and once I was able to separate those things that really helped me enjoy collecting a lot more and I basically went through every card I owned over the last three or four months of the year and Separated them into two groups. However, the other day,

something I do for fun when I can't sleep or if I'm bored and I'm trying not to look on TikTok or social media is I will scroll eBay and I'll just look at card auctions ending and I'll just look at all baseball cards. Lately, I've just been looking at PSA rated card auctions ending and just seeing if any crazy deals come through.

And as I was doing that, I was doing that for, I'm probably doing that for a couple months, it hit me a few weeks ago that most of what I liked about it was just seeing all the great old vintage classic baseball cards that I grew up, you know, dreaming about knowing that, you know, I'll never own a Mickey Mantle or a Roger Maris or an Ernie Banks or a Willie Mays or a Hank Aaron or a Frank Robinson or a Brooks Robinson

or a Joe Morgan or a Catfish Hunter, or you know what I mean? Or I'll never, some of these Thurman Munson, some of these amazing Warren Spahn, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, the most amazing baseball players that you hear about your entire childhood, Titans of the sport. And they have these iconic baseball cards that you see it and you're like, God, what I would give

for a 1962 tops Hank Aaron, you know? I realized that I just, I love that art and I love those cards so much. And I would catch myself flying through modern day cards and then really paying attention to the old ones and the vintage ones. And I realized some of these cards, if you buy in like a, this is my revelation.

If you're into collecting, and I am, you get convinced of the idea that you have to have the best version of a thing. You have to have a, you want a Victor Wimben Yammer rookie, right, let's say, we'll use him, he's a popular basketball player right now. You want a Victor Wimbenyama rookie, right? Let's say, we'll use him, he's a popular basketball player right now. You want a Victor Wimbenyama rookie, then you damn sure want a certain kind, right?

Probably Prism. But on top of that, you want it to be rated, which means you have to send it off to a service and get it slabbed and rated. And then when that rating comes back, you want that rating to be a gem meant 10, because that's how you extract the most potential value out of this card you can.

You want a slab PSA rated or Beckett rated gem mint 10. I'm a PSA guy myself. They rate by far the vast majority of cards out there. And I like the symmetry of having all of my cards graded by the same thing. I have other, I have SGC, I have have back and I have some other graded cards but for the most part most of my cards are PSA rated. Yeah I'm just flying through and I just noticed over and over again that I'm paying a lot of attention to Ernie Banks you know and I'm

paying a whole lot of attention to Vita Blue and Robin Yount rookies and and I'm just and I realized some of these cards are not expensive you can get a PSA 1.5 or a PSA 2, you know 1973 P rose for like $11 slabbed and it's not Worth money clearly because they're selling it for that cheap and because the grading is so low on it. But Why do I give a shit? All I want is that card. Why do I give a shit if it is a PSA 9 or a PSA 2? The card is the same as long as it's not damaged in a way that I can't enjoy to look at it and read the back of it and to have the

experience of owning it. Why do I care what grade it needs to be? Now, I'm going to preface this by saying modern day cards, obviously I give a shit. It's dumb to buy a PSA seven when a PSA 10 is readily available. But a card that's 40 or 50 years old, why do I care? Why do I need to sell my car to buy a Mickey Mantle that's a PSA 7 for 15 grand when I could get that same Mickey Mantle and a PSA 1.5 for like 140 bucks. You know what I'm saying?

Something clicked and I said, fuck it. I'm gonna buy the cards that I've wanted my entire life. And so I have reoriented towards vintage cards. And since I have done that, I have been able to buy a Hank Aaron a Willie Mays and Ernie Banks. I have a Mickey mantle on the way and I bought a case for them and I've been displaying them in my room and I just stare at them and I

Cannot tell you how much joy it has brought me to have these vintage cards and they're all PSA two, three, three and a half, whatever. They're not in great shape, but it doesn't matter. They feel that it feels the same to me to hold my Ernie Banks, Mr. Cubs Ernie Banks card as it would if I had a PSA 10. If anything, it's a little bit easier because if I drop it, I don't give a shit if it breaks. I mean, it sucks. It would suck. But if I got a $12,000 Ernie Banks card in my hand, it feels differently than if I have a $60 Ernie Banks card in my hand. You know what I mean? And I appreciate the lack of fear. You know, if somebody were to come in and steal them all, they wouldn't be getting that much money out of me. A couple hundred bucks max. But I'm getting, I think the exact same level of enjoyment, more so because I never considered in my life owning

these cards because the idea of paying what it costs to get them in a good quality is so ludicrous to me. I don't think I'll ever be in a financial situation where that wouldn't feel irresponsible, but it's completely and totally changed how I feel about cards and their value. And I couldn't be happier. And I have had so much fun bargain hunting for cheap vintage cards. And I got a card from a guy, 1952 Tops,

which is second year Tops made cards. I got a 1952 Tops the second year tops made cards. I got a 1952 tops dick sizzler. I don't know who dick sizzler is but his name is sizzler dick sizzler I had to buy that it was ten dollars It's insane. I Want to have a slabbed card of every year of tops tops started in? 1951 I went out and bought a 1951 tops card. I haven't received it yet. It is a PSA one. It is in dog shit condition, but I'm very excited to have it. I already have a 52 and a 53. I don't have any other 50s. I got a few sick, a few late 60s, 369s, a couple of 70s, but I have some some work ahead of me there So 2025 for me is gonna be about getting rid of cards that I don't collect bringing the break show back to celebrate all the weird and odd cards like Dallas and Alf and shit that I find and then

Continuing to reorient and refocus my personal collecting and I'll probably bring that into the break show as well That's my collecting update. You guys need a song of the day Let's go with a deeply personal song to me maybe the most Beautiful sad song I know from one of the most influential bands of my youth who I don't talk about very often,

but still means a lot to me. And I think is, actually keep an eye out. I think that they are, as a band, they're not coming back or anything, but I think that they are coming back into this, like I said a little bit, I'm ancillarily seeing people remember them and talk about them and bring them up a lot.

And they were a band that was incredibly important to music and independent music for a really long time. And I think that they're gonna come back through the cycle a little bit and get some love again. I'm talking about REM and the song is from their most famous album out of time. And it is the best song on that album, which is a pretty good album but the very

best song is a song called country feedback and if you've never heard it it is a fucking roller coaster of emotion and it is a heartbreaker and it is beautiful and it is arium at their very best, which was very, very, very good. And I hope you love it as much as I do. That'll do it for today. All right. La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la This is the end of the show. La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

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