The Headgum Podcast - 177: Of God (w/ AJ Jaramaz and Dom Delzompo!)

Episode Date: November 3, 2023

Geoff's real-life musician friends AJ Jaramaz (boyhood.) and Dom Delzompo (intrnet boyfriend) join the show to critique Geoff's musicality and personality.Advertise on The Headgum Podcast via Gumball.fmRate The Headgum Podcast 5-stars on Apple PodcastsRate The Headgum Podcast 5-stars on SpotifyJoin the Headgum DiscordSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is a HeadGum Original. Previously on the HeadGum Podcast. World's best dads. Doesn't that say it all? Welcome to Green Flag Workplace. BuzzFeed released an article that was just a listicle really of people sharing the green flags from job interviews that tell you it's a good place to work i wanted to list all of these and

see if head gum passes the same tests right all right so who's the arbiter? Because like, I could say green. Oh my god. Of course. This also doesn't fully work because Marika, you've worked here since what? 2016? 2017? Man, these cats are cooking. What was that? Man, those cats were cooking.

That was just Marika. Oh, who's Marika? AJ knows Marika. I do know Marika. Where is she? She's in New York. Did you think she was going to be on this episode? You said that was just Marika. Oh, no. Marika did is she? She's in New York Did you think she was gonna be on this episode? You said that was just Marika

Oh no that Marika did the theme song Oh Marika's just somebody who works here Oh I think I met her She was She had a suitcase on the way out What?

Dude yeah No I was waiting outside I didn't know that she was here I would've said goodbye She left before She was gone before you got here But like by five minutes

Yeah What the fuck? Man we met we exchanged words we exchanged blows blows yeah yeah it was mostly her just kicking my ass in the parking lot for a full 45 before you got here people don't know who y'all are people have clicked on the link they're like what the fuck where's amir yeah you're starting at a net negative People are not excited to see your face Unless they know you from internet boyfriend Unless they know you from boyhood

But let me I'll give you guys a chance to introduce yourselves Then I'll introduce you I will start by Because one of your songs I've played on this show for years What the fuck You fucking stalker what the fuck

that song has been on the soundboard for years Until very recently, I guess Because the soundboard that I use just took it off It's not on my uploaded That's all good Yeah I understand That was all you

That was all Dom Is that fair to say? The internet Boyfriend Internet boyfriend, yeah I was gonna say that soundboard They just don't wanna see me win, you know What was that?

It's when your body rejects a piercing Slowly Over time Yeah They just don't want to see me win, you know. What was that? It's when your body rejects a piercing. Slowly, over time. Yeah. Yeah, the soundboard is attacking you like a cancer. Y'all are two of my closest musician friends. Sons McCall, Sons. List them all.

And you know what? This show has sort of included a lot of musical bits over the years especially this year we'll get to it later but y'all also both

continuously release music and I wanted to bring you guys on so that you could plug the shit but not without

putting y'all through the ringer not without pushing you into the deep end of what this show is Dom was saying that he doesn't listen to the show.

I don't think you listen to the show anymore either, AJ. I listen sometimes. Sometimes. I get the YouTube videos. Sometimes. I listen sometimes. You know how often I listen to your new EP? I know it's coming.

Sometimes. I listen to it many times. Every day. Dude, on the daily. My ringback tone is lighter. Is that true? I mean, how fucked up is that? What is a ringback tone?

It's where you call someone else and it plays a song towards you. Whoa. I didn't how fucked up is that? What is a ringback, Tyler? It's where you call someone else, and it plays a song towards you. Whoa. I didn't know you could do that. We're going to start things off with our... Bond of the Week. Daniel Craig is out as 007. What? So every week until the next James is cast,

we're lobbing up our choice for the next 00. This week my pick is Tom Clancy. Do you want to? Who is Tom Clancy? The author. Tom Clancy wrote like every dad's favorite books. Exactly right. At least of the like early aughts.

Yes. Here's the thing. Tom Clancy used to be, what's that? What is he writing about? Sorry. Did I come into the studio when you were recording your last EP? No. And did I say, right before you're about to do a vocal take, I'm like, wait, who's Tom Clancy?

I didn't do that to you. Right? That's so valid. Yeah. It's awful if you did that. Fuck my life. Tom Clancy, because instead of James Bond, it could be Claims Tom. Because, and I don't know if you knew this, Dom, but Tom Clancy used to be an insurance adjuster.

Whoa. Tom Clancy used to be an insurance adjuster. Whoa. You know, the insurance adjuster to 007 Pipeline. And then, what was that? It sounds like you choking. Yeah, that was someone else who works at the network choking. Who is it?

Should we applaud this or should we be sad that they passed? Is it Joel? You're okay? You're like, is it Joel? Legally, you have to tell me if it's Joel. Who's Joel? Joel Dunoff. He works on the tech team here.

You haven't met any HeadGum people other than Alex Berkman who's outside. We met very briefly. They seem nice. when you said briefly did you mean short or that you're in briefs um I'm always in briefs

is that true boxer briefs or briefs right now boxer briefs nice but sometimes dude just the yeah

I think say it before this podcast started Jeff was like is there anything that's off limits and I was like there's like one or two things. And I didn't realize that

we were going to be discussing my underwear so shortly. In a sentence, I just had to stop my, or so immediately up front. I realized I also didn't give you guys any time or space to say who you are. That's so fine.

You didn't. Dom guys any time or space to say who you are. That's so fine. You didn't. Dom, plug your stuff. Who are you? Who is Dom? Yeah, AJ told me that this is like you put your guests through the ringer. Like I wouldn't have been surprised if we'd walked in and it was just like a series of saw traps in here. It's kind of about to be that. Okay.

We've barely started. Fantastic. My name's Dom. I release music under the name Internet Boyfriend. I am a songwriter and singer and producer and classical singer here around town. And that is what I do. That's how I keep the horrors at bay. One song.

If people are going to look up your Spotify internet boyfriend and they're going to listen to one song, what song? Go listen to Meds. Meds is a song that we just... Excuse me, I'm bumping this mic. Bad radio. Go listen to Meds. Meds is a song that my friend Lilo and I just put out.

It fucks pretty hard. That's the one. if i had to tell people like go now immediately listen to the rest of this but yeah fucker i mean sorry aj uh my name is aj i release music as boyhood with a period at the end yep you just made half the audience swoon at boyhood period on all social media and joel and i have the same hairdresser you're a little bit more intertwined with head gum lore i would say because all the head gum new york people know you and you live with johnny villa i do live with johnny villa shout out johnny villa yeah johnny and I have never met,

but I love him. You also know Johnny. Actually, yeah. I always forget about this. The week that Johnny started at HeadGum, he DMs me on Slack and he says, you know Internet Boyfriend? And I was like, yeah, how do you know him? And you guys just know each other from the internet? Dude, just from the internet. You know, I just

love to say dumb shit to people I've never met. And that's how Johnny and I know each other, I just love to say dumb shit to people I've never met. And that's how Johnny and I know each other, I think. So, like a month or two ago, a friend of mine posted on his Instagram story like this, like, brochure, I guess, that he saw in Little Rock. And it said, spanking children for correction is of God and legal in the state of arkansas let's talk about it first of all what do you guys think about corporal punishment second of all what else is of god we talk about this a lot we do talk about this a lot yeah a lot of things are of god yeah so to me let's go three things that you think are of God. Three, two, one, go.

Printers. Got it. Wait, sorry. I'm going to stop you right there. I said three things that are of God. Your first two are printers and friendship. Let's round it out. Friendship is godly.

That second, though, this is a ranking, and the first one is printers. Have you had a printer work? Actually, recently, no. It's a religious experience. When it hits, it hits. When it hits, it hits. Would you rather? Never mind.

Sheesh. You just got a printer. And the ocean. It's been, what was the ocean? Yeah. The ocean is of God. So, okay. What do you think of corporal punishment?

Yeah. To me, not of God, but I could be convinced. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Guys, if you had an extra hour in your day, how would you spend it? Because I would absolutely fix all of my problems with the extra hour. That's the issue, is that there aren't 25 hours in the day, so I can't become a better version of me. Does that make sense? But maybe you would

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Check it out. And we're back. So your three were... Printers, friendship, the ocean. Printers, friendship, and the ocean. Dom, three things that are of God. I'm going to say... The guitar solo at the end of Why You Want to Treat Me So Bad by Prince

is the most godly thing I know. Godly or of God? Of God, godly, you know.ly or of god of god godly you know different different fuck then i have to change my answer um would you say spanking children for the correction in the state of arkansas in the state of arkansas man i don't i don't want to touch that um yet because i'm still trying a product of Little Rock corporal punishment, though. The Clintons? Yeah.

Aren't they from Little Rock or something? Hillary and Bill. I think just Bill, maybe. Just Bill. Bill definitely. That's a man who got spanked. Yeah. I'm Bill Clinton and I'm, you know, that's my Bill Clinton.

They spanked his ass until he was a president, bro. No, his bottom was still sore when he sat down in the Oval Office. Straight up. We have to take another break. We have to take another break. When we take a break, does that mean that... It means that we read ads in between. Oh, yeah.

But like, oh, but this is like such short segments. It's amazing. Not segments yet. This is just the wax portion where we just kind of talk. Exactly. Well, I mean. Not exactly. Segments of time.

No. Not exactly. Egg is on your face. Fuck my dumb. Dude, I did come in here after Malika was like, you can go inside. I was just sitting outside eating a bagel. And it was not until

after we had a full interaction where I was like, oh, wow, like, it's so nice to meet you. I looked in the mirror. I was like, yeah, there's like this much cream cheese on my face.

It's foolish. Of God, three things. The guitar solo at the end of Why You Want to treat me so bad by prince videos of unlikely animal friendships involving like a bird and a rodent uh a reptile a reptile and an amphibian like the the two the further you get, the more close to God it is. Sure. The more of God it becomes, excuse me.

And probably the Crusades. Moving on. Discuss. A recent Slate article begs the question, is the slow dance dead? What do you guys think? No. You don't have to think that. What? Why? Slow dancing is a god.

Got it? I think slow dance, you can do any dance slow, no? This is, oh my god. Sorry, you're going to have to blur the bottom of this. I've destroyed the studio. But you can do any dance slow, oh my god. Sorry, you're going to have to blur the bottom of this. I've destroyed the studio. But you can do any dance solo. Check this out.

We've never done this. Slow dancing, not of God. We've never done this. Three breaks. We have to take another break. Unprecedented. And we're back yet again. I didn't realize how spanking heavy this episode was going to be.

But it's time to introduce our first segment. Okay. I woke up in a noble God. I woke up in a noble time to introduce our first segment. Okay. Spanked or nah? I'm going to show you a series of celebrity photos

and you guys are going to tell me whether or not you think that they were spanked for correction as a child or not. Let's start with Dwayne Johnson, the rock himself. Spanked or nah? I think nah because he's looked like he was 300 pounds since he was so small. Such a child. I also think nah because his family, his dad was a professional wrestler.

I think that sort of environment. He's getting all his spanking out during the day. He doesn't need to come home and do some more spanking. Yeah. He's getting all his spanking out during the day. Like, he doesn't need to come home and, like, do some more spanking. Right. You would argue maybe that his, like, metaphorical spanking was neglect.

Yes. On record. Spanked or nah? Nah. He's a billionaire. You think... Sorry. They only spanked him with, like, enough money to, like, start whatever fucking Microsoft bullshit he was doing. I'm sorry.

I feel like maybe every billionaire in the world was spanked because they remember that trauma this man is alive or dead right now in the photo or in life in like right now he is alive okay bill gates is alive spanked or not spanked no i think spanked. Jeb. Jeb. Nah. Ooh, what do we think? Do we think the Bush family in general is into corporal punishment?

Not an Arkansas family or dynasty, rather, but... I wouldn't be surprised if Jeb was spanked. Yeah. Because please clap gives, like, spanked energy. Yeah. I think George was not spanked energy yeah um i think i think george was not spanked and the and george senior and wife were like yo we fucked up yeah and we should say that you refer to all couples as aj and wife yeah whoa this is phil heath the like best bodybuilder in the world right now or something Right now or something?

Shut up I see 2011 Jeff on that placard behind him That's true I think he's still like one of the greats I believe it this man looks great And this man looks spanked to me Yeah cause Cause he was spanked and then he developed this body

So that it would never happen again AJ? I say spanked yeah Is this the current Pope? Yeah this is Pope Francis and then he developed this body so that it would never happen again. Exactly right. AJ? Oh. I say spanked, yeah. Spanked or not? Ooh. Pope Francis. Is this the current pope? Yeah, this is Pope Francis.

Pope Francis. He's more tolerant than past popes in a way that makes me say not spanked. Not spanked. Holy shit. Not spanked. It's a big old chain. Dude.

Spanked or nah? Spanked. Really? I think so. I think nah. Really? I think absolutely not spanked. Owen?

Why, Jeff? You said that with a lot of tenderness in your voice. Yeah. I mean, look at him. He's always had a good look. I mean, he's always had like a glimmer in his eye. He's never really ran into any trouble. You and I ran into him at the Bedford stop.

Oh, wait, no. You weren't there. You told me about it, I think Bedford stop. Oh wait, no, you weren't there. You told me about it, I think. Yeah, anyway. Oh no, yeah. It's like I was there. It's really funny, Jeff, to be like,

oh yeah, the time I met him, I bumped into this celebrity. Oh no, you weren't there. To every, like anytime you tell this story, please. Oh, sorry, yeah. You weren't there when I saw Luke.

You weren't fucking there. Sorry, Owen. Freud didn't slip because I think this one spanked for sure. He's older, right? Yeah. Spanked? Not spanked. Sorry, Owen. Freudian slip, because I think this one spanked for sure. He's older, right? Yeah. Spanked?

Not spanked. Yeah. Spanked or not? Spanked or nigh? Nigh. What do you think, AJ? I think nigh. I think he's got too much whimsy in his heart.

Yeah. Yeah, I think anybody who is that interested in the pursuit of truth was like, that was fostered. And if you're spanked, you're saying that people might want to mar that truth slash a logo. I think if Bill Nye had been spanked, we might have gotten like, um,

there might be a sequel to Oppenheimer called Nye. Spanked or not? There's no way. If, if he had been spanked We wouldn't have Any soprano sax Smooth jazz This is what I hear In my head

AJ Kenny G Spanked or not I'm saying spanked I think spanked I think the music Is coming from a place Of spank

I think Ultimately Yeah Spanked or not Finally Maximilian Robespierre I think. Ultimately. Yeah. Spanked or not, finally. Maximilian Robespierre. What I will say is that trauma begets trauma. And he did end up guillotining a lot of people.

Which is sort of like the spanking of the head. He's got a really small head. Honestly, though, I have a soft spot for Robespierre because look how thin his ankles are. You got thin ankles i've got thankles yeah you can't tell right now because i'm wearing boots ah yeah i would that's how i would hide that as well um maybe it's a small head maybe he's just leaned back yeah the artist didn't know how to depict perspective i mean this is in monarchical france he was like fighting for you know every man landowning or not to have the right to vote and i feel like that equality right comes from a place of at one point there was a power dynamic between him and mr robespierre comes from a place of spank exactly did you explain that to us from a place of spank yeah did you explain that to us because you you you think we don't know

who fucking robespierre is i think a lot of the audience doesn't know who Robespierre is. And then the people are going to be like, Jeff thinks we're fucking idiots. Fuck Jeff. Jeff doesn't even show up and he's prepared all the time. This is like, everybody relax. Jeff, I think you're doing an amazing job. You don't have to say that.

You really don't. I know I don't. I'm not being paid to say that. You can't really see his ankles in this picture is what I'll say. They're both kind of marred. They're both obscured. Exactly right. But spank or no spank yeah spanks oh i said um that sorry you don't have to get angry because like don was like but spank or no spank you're like oh actually i said i already said it

spanked or not what spanked or not spank okay i got it yeah i think spank i think not what? spanked or not spank okay I got it yeah I think spank I think if you're French in the past you're spanked yeah I get that

should we just leave Rose Pierre up on the thing because if I take it off it's going to turn on to what the frame TV always turns on to which is

Young Turks oh TYT I think leave Rosere up there I want the Young Turks I want the Young Turks TYT

fuck you guys right because I'm trying to put together a good show this is a great show it was like a PYT parody I got there Jeff let's be clear let's take a minute to sit in that.

And we should say that that is straight off of the new Boyhood EP. I know it's coming. It's an interlude. It's the single. That and a blunt. Oh. EP I know it's coming it's an interlude it's the single that and a blunt oh oh you got the royalty-free version What's that? What? Risotto is a dish that tastes nice. Butter

broth, white rind, spice and rice. I'll congeal into a cream. Some people will eat this with glee. I disagree. Use a wok to ensure burn char. Ilee. I disagree. Use a wok to ensure burnt char. I like singed rice. Use a wok to ensure burnt char.

Paella is made up of soggy grains. Mixed with chicken, beans, rabbit, and saffron But you don't need all that I would argue that's mostly meat Keep it simple Use a wok to ensure burnt char Ruin your rice Use a wok to ensure that's scald And the searing rice goes rice casseroles the dish that some make best most of them live in the midwest

Midwesterners know how to char usually it's overcooked ham to their credit. They use walks to ensure burn scald. They damage rice by using walks to ensure burn rice. He's going to do this for like 45 minutes. Sicilians eat orangey meat. So many verses. Grecians eat perfectly cooked rice. Belgian folks eat rich start.

Rich start is a ricey pie. I hate all that. I use a walk-to and sherburne char. That's all garbage. Just use a walk-to and sherburne char. That's all garbage. Just use a walk-to and sherburne char. Char. Un. Ah.

O. Ah. Ah. Grr. I feel like I should elaborate. Elaborate on the topic of rich start. Rich start is a Belgian pie made of rice and slightly charred, but it's dessert. It's nothing like loose rice that's called.

I want burnt rice. So you use a wok to ensure burnt char. And the scorching rice goes. That was hard. Five whole verses. Kind of the perfect amount for a song. Listening, learning, taking notes. Y'all are musicians. I said to AJ last week, I said, hey, y'all should make a burnt rice parody.

You've never heard the show, at least not recently. Basically, the lore is that there used to be a onigiri restaurant on the same street as the old studio called Omsby. Omsby closed, and then during the pandemic, we started singing songs, making puns on rice. And then at a certain point, it became songs about Omsby, and then songs just about rice, and then songs about ruining rice by overcooking it and charring it and scalding it, you know, cauterizing grains. Oh, my God. It's like I'm getting excited just thinking about the back catalog because at some

point, ideally in the next six months, I'm going to actually release, record, mix, master and release an EP of all the songs that we've done. This one is the newest iteration. We haven't done one for a couple of months,

I think two months. So this is actually, the audience is going to be excited. That was, walk to ensure burnt char. Instead of walk on the wild side. I was wondering what that was. Do you guys mind if we just talk through these lyrics real quick? I can get some notes because y'all actually are musicians.

Again, boyhood and internet boyfriend. There's an E missing also if you're looking for me right now. We'll figure that out later. Don't worry. Just going to talk through these. Risotto is a dish that tastes nice agreed butter broth white wine spice and rice so far so good all congeal into a cream some people eat this with glee i disagree congeal what's that congeal i would argue that risotto is a congealed cream. Is that fair to say?

It's sort of like sweetened condensed. As a man who knows how to make risotto and not much else. As a man. As a man. So. As a man. And I'm not going to get hung up on congeal, but the, you know what? No.

Keep going. The point of this is to hyper-scrutinize every single syllable. Okay. Congeal makes, how do you, Jeff, feel about risotto?

Do you like it? Do you not like it? I don't like risotto. Why not? I mean, I don't hate it. I just think it tastes like a congealed cream of rice. I think you've probably

had a bad risotto. And I got that from your lyric, which was honestly true. Yeah. They say right what you know. Yeah. They say right what you know. Universality through specificity. Now that I got that from your lyric, which was honest and true. They say right what you know. They say right what you know. Universality through specificity.

Now that I have that, I understand I'm prepared to move on. Use a wok to ensure burnt char. Speak on that part. Yeah. So basically. That's where you lose, man. So far, so good. That's where you lose, man.

You think people are. I don't think people are burning their rice on a walk before they make risotto but that's the point okay and that's what i'll say it's a twist on a classic this is maybe the some of the best lyricism i've done i really wanted to show up because each verse no it's a story about rice or rice-based dishes, as we'll see. And the chorus is saying, forget all that. Just simply take a wok, put rice in there, and burn the shit out of it. So it's basically like, use a wok to ensure that there's burnt char all over the grains.

Does that make sense? Yes. Okay. I have a rock. Well, not only does that make sense, do you love it? Well, so you're looking at kind of, it's five verses. You're looking at five different cultures, ways that people make rice.

And you're saying, actually, fuck all that. Throw it in a wok, burn the shit out of it. Fuck the thing that you guys are doing culturally. I like singed rice. Sure. Use a wok to ensure burnt char. Okay. Yep.

Paella is made up of soggy grains mixed with chicken beans rabbit and saffron is rabbit a common did you just like google paella recipe and just is that famously like seafood heavy i feel like yeah i was like i think there's like a scrimp or two in there I realize I've been peaking maybe this whole record oh we have to start over it's kind of a pleasant saturation people are doing that for color a lot yeah in a way

you roll off your high end you sound like Phoebe Bridgers that's true well I was going to ask you wouldn't feel comfortable having J-Som mix this episode first track on his EP mixed by J-Som Would you mind if... You wouldn't feel comfortable having Jason mix this episode. First track on his EP mixed by Jason. I looked it up and said, paella, what's in paella?

And it's chicken, beans, rice, rabbit, and saffron. This is the first thing that comes up when you Google paella. Maybe not the first, but I dug for hours. You're on page 50. That's where he got rabbit yeah i don't want to i don't want to offend any anybody who knows what's in pi i do not know yeah but you don't meet all that i would argue that's mostly meat okay meaning it's that's mostly not rice that's mostly rabbit and saffron it seems like yeah. Yeah, you want more rice. Keep it simple. Yeah, okay. Keep it simple.

Use a wok to ensure burnt rice. Yes. Ruin your rice by using woks to ensure burnt char. And the searing rice goes... That's my favorite part. Yeah. I think that the commitment, you know, a good and a mediocre lyric, I'm not saying that's what this is, but a mediocre lyric can really be salvaged by an incredible performance, and I think you brought it. Backhanded compliment?

No, no, no, no. I don't want to say mediocre. I think... Bad. No, no, no, no. To be fair, Jeff, there are no words. They're not lyrics. But your performance was exceptional. It's the sound of... Sears. It's the sound of... It's the sound... It's my favorite Postal Service song.

Of Sears. Scalding. You could do... Smolder. Can I just... Next. Sorry to interrupt, but I'm sure you have dozens of IDs

in the back catalog, but the sound of settling by the Postal Service, the sound of... Pretty good. You guys could have written that on the way here. Yeah, we could have. Rice casseroles, the dish

that some make best. Is that a real... Is rice casserole a real thing? If somebody presented me with a rice casserole, I would really have to evaluate how badly do I want this person to stay in my life? A gift is a gift. A gift is a gift. You know, you're right. I'm always grateful

to be gifted. Most of them live in the Midwest. So there's a lot of casserole. I grew up in Cleveland. There's a lot of casseroles there. Rice-based? Most of them not rice-based, but, you know, some of them. It's just a song. Enough. Jeff, don't belittle your work. You're not talking about the lyrics? No, I meant enough casseroles are rice-based, but, you know. Some of them. It's just a song. Enough. Jeff, don't belittle your work.

Enough about talking about the lyrics? No, no, no. I meant enough casseroles. Enough casseroles. Because that would have been such a funny way to be like, enough. Enough, actually. Jeff, don't belittle your work like that. This is more than just a song.

This is your truth. No, this is sort of, this might have to be the lead single. Yeah. This bangs. Midwesterners know how to char. Usually, it's overcooked ham To their credit They use woks to ensure burnt char

Where is the rhyme? What's that? Where's the rhyme there? It's okay if there's not one Rice casserole is the dish that some make best Most of them live in the Midwest Midwest, thank you Midwesterners know how to char

Usually it's overcooked ham to their credit I think we just We took such a long intermission Between best and Midwest I was like, hold on Cool, I'm back I'm in the studio My rhyme schemes are like

You know, there's ABAB There's AABB For me it's like AQRZC You know what I mean? So I like to make people feel on edge It's working I like that So I like to make people feel on edge. It's working.

I like that. They use wax to ensure burnt char. They damage rice by using wax to ensure that scald. I like the use of scald. Sicilians eat arancini. Grecians eat perfectly cooked rice. See, this is great because like Hearing all the previous lyrics My first thought is like this man doesn't know

The plural word for like the Greek people And then you bust out Grecians You're saying that the Lyricism involved in making This song parody Suggest suggests someone so dull that they wouldn't know the plural word for Greek.

That's not what I'm saying. I'm just I would have expected Greeks. A lot of backhanded compliments being given. Slinging poison and hoisin. Is this where we just actually spank each other? Belgian folks eat rich start. This was my favorite verse because I feel like I learned something.

I really did. Yeah. Agreed. There hasn't been a lot of new info in these rice parodies. But yeah, Belgian folks eat rich start. Rich start is a ricey pie. I hate all of that. Yeah.

Just use a wok to ensure all that. Yeah. Just use a wok to ensure burnt char. Yeah. Okay. That's all garbage. Use a wok to ensure burnt char. Yeah.

So, I mean, I was gonna be like, so here's what rich start is, but the next verse explains it does. I feel like I should elaborate.

Elaborate on the topic of rich start cool rich start is a belgian pie made of rice and slightly charred so what rich start is is basically rice pudding in sort of a flaky buttery crust with like a creme brulee sear on the top right so yeah i did it have you had no i would oh you said i would like talking about a celebrity that you would smash your pass yeah uh-huh reach start as a belgian pie made of rice and slightly charred but it's dessert it's nothing like loose rice that scalds i want burnt rice so use a walk to ensure burnt char. And the scorching rice goes... And that's the song. Overall.

For this and for the other rice parodies that I've done. I think really good. Yeah. I think you're delivering. You're not just saying that. No, I'm being honest. Honestly, after we walked through it, I'm even more convinced. I think you told a story.

I think I learned something new. I think there were five verses, but they flew by. I think the chorus is convincing. I danced along. You did different things with your voice. You kept it interesting. There was some talking. There was some singing.

There was some hissing. There shouldn't be hissing in a song there were some there were some parts that were pretty reptilian and uh that reptile friends with a shark whoa we got there of god of god callbacks callbacks callbacks uh guys we've made it to the end of the episode. What the fuck is wrong with us? You want to bang out a second? What the fuck are you talking about? What's that?

You want to bang out a second episode real quick? Muna's coming in in 30 minutes. Famously. If we had a Patreon, it could be like a bonus backlog after the episode and watch what happens live after show but no uh you have to get the fuck out of here that's um plugs what do you guys have going on what do you want to point the people towards we've already plugged the music uh but continue to plug it i guess probably right so let's start with dom

again oh okay um could just be social media. Could be like... Okay. Where can the people find you? The people can find me, I think, easiest place is probably Instagram. My at is I-N-T-R. And you don't think the easiest place would be... That's actually, I mean, you will, you can find me like on my like afternoon depression walk.

Or if you're visiting AJ in New York, the easiest place to find you would be yep uh and you can also find johnny villa there you can't want to yeah fantastic access both uh dom um yeah you can find me on the internet doing way too much uh instagram my ad is intr net bf intr net bf and we got links in the bio to spotify where you can hear every song i've ever made for the last half a fucking decade um my twitch where i'm streaming myself making music and playing video games with my friends. And my YouTube, which is not as important. Yeah, listen to my music, please. I'm begging you. I'm so fucking tired. Holy shit.

AJ. AJ? You can find me on Instagram at JoelMannDunoff. No, you can find me at Boyhood. The word period spelled out because they wouldn't let me end with a symbol. You can find me on kind of wherever you listen to music

at Boyhood. But it's just the period. It's like a dot. And I just put out an EP. It's called I Know, It's Coming. And Jeffrey is my muse. I forgot to say that as well. Every song I've written is also about Jeff.

Yeah. This is my birthday today. Yeah. Yeah, let's write off on this. write off on this. See, and what we could do is just write out over the credits. But instead, what we're doing is we're live listening to it, and everybody's watching

us hear a song. Live reaction. At Jeffrey James on Instagram. That's it. And reaction. We're live. At Jeffrey James on Instagram. That's it. And keep listening to this show and send it to your friends. Namaste. That's Daz, folks. You're so

lovely by in a round Spinning me out and that's fine Spinning me out and that's fine You're so lovely, I'm in your way What a shame, run me down Breakdown, fever pitch, I'd like that Wanted to change, lay down But I don't have my fight back yet

You're so lovely, I'm running away And I wanna stay, fight my mind You're so lovely, steering the car Is it always this hard to feel fine? You're so lovely tear me apart Head over heart and all that