July 29, 2022

Stop Pushing My Buttons

Stop Pushing My Buttons
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My friend of 18 years Ricky Vorias joins me to discuss music, politics and other things as we go from deep conversations to debates with the goal of annoying me. He succeeds so I annoy him with random facts about the band Queen.  

Here is a breakdown of the conversations:

Pick up the conversation in progress - start

Friends with benefits in your 30s - 5m10s

Noise Complaints past midnight 10m30s

Complaining about the process of making music - 13m50s

Music is business, not for the love of music - 18m20s

Requirements for holding political office - 22m25s

Civil War - 25m20s

Failed attempt to play a music game - 27m30s

Stranger Things (minor spoiler alert) - 29m00s

Shows to watch, Things to Listen to - 31m04s

WEBVTT100:00:11.800 --> 00:00:13.960Oh, we've got to not firstas much. That was one of the200:00:14.080 --> 00:00:21.760things I know and I'm already consciousof it. Somebody's not not time in300:00:21.800 --> 00:00:26.839place to put put those words andjust to drop them like it's Sir.400:00:27.879 --> 00:00:33.240I know if I'm drinking, thenthe F bomb is everywhere. Oh,500:00:33.280 --> 00:00:36.600I know, me too, andI and I only speak in a Boston600:00:36.640 --> 00:00:42.119accent. Yes, that's fine.One Girl Says Speak Boston. It's annoying700:00:42.320 --> 00:00:46.640to hear because what does that mean? Number One and number two, and800:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.840then when I get tests like that, I start going to Boston accent,900:00:50.240 --> 00:00:55.000so she wants, and I getmad because it's all the expensive me.1000:00:55.520 --> 00:01:00.399I'm played. What's up everybody?This is big time fresh. My name1100:01:00.439 --> 00:01:06.079is Bella Mars and I'm here todaywith my college buddy. His name is1200:01:07.599 --> 00:01:14.840ricky, Rick Bross, like Rickthe ruler. We're talking about that situation1300:01:15.200 --> 00:01:21.959where there's like a like mine,kind of single mom, and there's like1400:01:22.200 --> 00:01:26.920other people coming in and out oflife and then, yeah, I don't1500:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.920understand. What would you mind meetingmy kids? Like I'm like, I1600:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.920don't care, I'm not. I'mnot adopting them. You're not bringing papers,1700:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.959right. Yeah, I don't mind. I don't mind meeting anybody.1800:01:40.439 --> 00:01:45.519Yeah, well, that's that's oneof the now you got me on edge1900:01:45.519 --> 00:01:49.040with that question. You know.It's like, is this one of those2000:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.120things where meeting my kids means takekids, this is your new dad.2100:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.879It's it's crazy because at the sametime it's so different. I know for2200:01:57.000 --> 00:02:04.000me personally, I'm not introed.You think anybody ever until it's like super,2300:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.439super serious, because I don't.It's not worth somebody getting attached,2400:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.719like if you're with somebody for twoyears, for example, that's like a2500:02:10.719 --> 00:02:14.960connection you're making with the kids.First of all, the guy or the2600:02:15.039 --> 00:02:17.879other person has to really, youknow, think about I love this girl2700:02:19.400 --> 00:02:22.520and she has kids, but Istill want her. That's a big deal2800:02:22.599 --> 00:02:25.879in itself. So if you goabout doing that and then all of a2900:02:25.960 --> 00:02:31.840sudden you break up that want Umkids and don't have them, you know,3000:02:31.919 --> 00:02:37.879like that's saying. This is me, but like, like, like3100:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.400me, I've gotten to the stagewhere I haven't had a wife or a3200:02:40.400 --> 00:02:45.280divorce and had a kid nothing.So some people are looking for that and3300:02:45.319 --> 00:02:49.400then that's a way for them tolike cheat and speed up. That ain't3400:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.319me. So I don't know thatthought process that I never knew that was3500:02:53.360 --> 00:02:58.400a thing. My perception is thatI shouldn't feel this way because I am3600:02:58.439 --> 00:03:04.319this this demograph. But if you'rea single mom, then having a kid3700:03:04.520 --> 00:03:09.439and somebody coming into the relationship withyou, having a kid is like baggage,3800:03:09.599 --> 00:03:13.680which I think it is for alot of people, which is which3900:03:13.719 --> 00:03:17.400is whatever. But I didn't thinkabout the other side where it could be4000:03:17.919 --> 00:03:23.120something that people would actually want,or some guys would actually want, which4100:03:23.159 --> 00:03:28.039I get, because that's like abig ten years, I think, from4200:03:28.080 --> 00:03:34.919you know, meeting, marriage,whatever. Kids skip all that and I've4300:03:34.960 --> 00:03:43.159seen situations where it's, you know, the stepparents are super involved and Um,4400:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.800you know, they adopt the kidsand it's all that cute stuff.4500:03:46.599 --> 00:03:52.599Everyone gonna drop the stigma about divorceand Um and and step parents and stuff,4600:03:52.639 --> 00:03:57.599because now it's like, you know, a Stepdad isn't the old school4700:03:57.639 --> 00:04:00.520quintes Sachel comes home and fucking beatyou because he's an alcoholic and you know4800:04:00.599 --> 00:04:06.919you're afraid of him. No,step that usually is because the biological dad4900:04:06.960 --> 00:04:11.520just wasn't working out for whatever reason. What's not okay is when you stay5000:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.000together and you put the kid inthe toxic in your talking between your toxic5100:04:15.040 --> 00:04:19.680relationship. But you know, sothat sucks and, uh, it's a5200:04:19.720 --> 00:04:24.480selfish thing for the parents to do. So I think now it's becoming more,5300:04:25.600 --> 00:04:29.600more, and I'm speaking not asa parent, and it's becoming more5400:04:29.959 --> 00:04:31.879normal. Yeah, yeah, andit's like an almost a negligible thing.5500:04:31.920 --> 00:04:36.199People are calling their Stepdad's Dad,you know, and ship like that.5600:04:36.519 --> 00:04:40.480And Uh, and really, yeah, it's just who do you see as5700:04:40.480 --> 00:04:43.800a father figure in your life?Called that person death? I mean,5800:04:43.839 --> 00:04:48.920for Christ's sake, you know howmany girls called Me Dad? D You5900:04:49.000 --> 00:04:55.319have you have it, and thenyou didn't follow through. But try that6000:04:55.399 --> 00:05:01.000again. Okay, so we're bothalmost are we almost forty? No,6100:05:01.079 --> 00:05:05.519I'M gonna say mid Thirties. Relax, and thirty six. Okay, okay,6200:05:05.560 --> 00:05:14.319relax, I'm thirty seven. Okay, UM, single. So I6300:05:14.360 --> 00:05:17.360don't think. I don't think.It's like I'm having a blast. I6400:05:17.399 --> 00:05:21.439feel like it's I'm good until youknow, my daughter's eighteen. I'm gonna6500:05:21.600 --> 00:05:27.199write, write it out, Um, which is what which is ten?6600:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.439Ten more years, Um, andthen, you know, I'll think about6700:05:30.480 --> 00:05:34.680it. But to your point,from earlier. How do friends with benefits6800:05:34.759 --> 00:05:39.920even work? Because the only peoplethat are kind of in the same stage6900:05:40.199 --> 00:05:46.160of being single are like mid twenties, where they're still kind of they don't7000:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.360care, they're not looking to settledown, they're open to the idea of7100:05:48.399 --> 00:05:53.160being fronds with benefits, that theseare blankets stagent in Jamaican. You know,7200:05:53.279 --> 00:05:59.000I'm the situation I brought up earlierwas very specific. Right, yeah,7300:05:59.199 --> 00:06:03.759okay, so generally people, thisis the perception is you can be7400:06:03.800 --> 00:06:09.360friends with a girl, which isfalse, I think, excepting very weird7500:06:09.920 --> 00:06:14.959certain situations, because you end uptalking them. If you, guys,7600:06:15.199 --> 00:06:18.519ask yourself honestly, because you say, oh no, I have a girl7700:06:18.600 --> 00:06:24.199that's a friend. If you honestlyfucking ask yourself that, um is she7800:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.920really might don't want to hang outwith her if she didn't have a vagina,7900:06:28.600 --> 00:06:31.160tell me the answer is fucking yes, I guarantee you the bomb.8000:06:31.560 --> 00:06:39.319But here's the other thing, though. What does that make us? Right,8100:06:39.720 --> 00:06:44.560friends the girl? Okay, right, but you just countered your own8200:06:45.199 --> 00:06:49.319no, no, I said it'sthere. It's it's Um impossible for guys8300:06:49.360 --> 00:06:56.439to be friends with girls. Acceptinga very specific so, let's be honest.8400:06:56.680 --> 00:07:00.759That's the reality of it. Sofriends with benefits are are like we're8500:07:00.839 --> 00:07:04.680friends. We have not hooked upright, and that would be if we8600:07:04.720 --> 00:07:10.160start hooking up right and then tryto contain this level of friendship and Camaraderie8700:07:10.240 --> 00:07:14.360we currently have. That will neverhappen because if you hook up, you8800:07:14.439 --> 00:07:18.160inherently sex does that to you.What Fox up the relationship? Yeah,8900:07:18.199 --> 00:07:23.879I agree. I don't know,and suck it up. It changes it9000:07:24.000 --> 00:07:29.560and whether it makes it better orworse, it depends on the situation.9100:07:29.879 --> 00:07:34.319But Ninety five percent of the timeusually end and those people not being friends9200:07:34.839 --> 00:07:38.959five years later. You know,what do you think the main what do9300:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.639you think it is? If youhad a pin? One of them gets9400:07:41.720 --> 00:07:44.720jealous. Yeah, that's what Iwas going to say. One of one9500:07:44.759 --> 00:07:47.800of them takes it's that's easy.One one of them always takes it serious,9600:07:47.839 --> 00:07:53.920more serious than the other, andgets attached and then that causes problems.9700:07:53.959 --> 00:08:00.680That's always a situation and that's that. But I think that there's different9800:08:00.720 --> 00:08:03.519to be said with I said earlier. Well, what what if you're like9900:08:03.560 --> 00:08:07.680truly friends and then you just youconsider a one off as a favor,10000:08:07.800 --> 00:08:13.439like you're driving over to the airport. You know, how could that be?10100:08:13.879 --> 00:08:18.120Well, it could be different likethis way. Less emotional attached,10200:08:18.199 --> 00:08:22.639because depending on the act it's becauseif you have sex with somebody, you're10300:08:22.639 --> 00:08:26.600emotionally attached to him and then,but if you blow somebody, I don't10400:08:26.639 --> 00:08:31.439think you'd probably be that much attachedhim. I don't know. I mean10500:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.720age is a big factor, butI could agree with yeah, we'll just10600:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.279like, there's a lot of letterslevels. So it's so. So,10700:08:39.840 --> 00:08:41.679how do you so? What's thedifference between that and friends with benefits?10800:08:41.679 --> 00:08:46.159So how do you not fuck thatup? Well, YOU'RE gonna keep the10900:08:46.240 --> 00:08:52.240true one off situation. Yeah,it as a favor and obviously if that11000:08:52.279 --> 00:08:58.000person keeps requesting that favor, it'snot it's turning into you know, it's11100:08:58.039 --> 00:09:01.919a getting out of hand. Yeah, yeah, so, yeah, I11200:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.559thought about that the other day,but I think, like friends of benefits,11300:09:05.879 --> 00:09:07.840the one way to find out.I don't know. You want to11400:09:07.840 --> 00:09:13.960do me a favor? I gottaget to Florida, man, I'm all11500:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.360the way over here. We canif you flying me out there and then11600:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.279a hotel, I'll think about it. I'll take my decision when I get11700:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.080who's doing a favor at that point? Only put you up in hotel.11800:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.600Oh, how do you like thebreakers? That okay, Oh, yeah,11900:09:28.720 --> 00:09:31.039yeah, Oh, can you dome a favor? What do you12000:09:31.840 --> 00:09:35.759how much? Is this friendship plus? It would gradually friendship plus, any12100:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.759friendship plus. This is friendship.And Hey, if you're with me and12200:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.840I and Hey, I forgot mywallet at home. Right, we stopped12300:09:41.840 --> 00:09:45.519at gas station. I need youto buy me a pack of smokes.12400:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.399Huh, well, I wouldn't buyyou a pack of smokes. Hey,12500:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.200you buy me about and do?Is that gonna ruin our friendship? No,12600:09:52.360 --> 00:09:56.440who cares? No, no,but it's not. Specifically, I'm12700:09:56.440 --> 00:09:58.879not talking about me and you know, but we're the characters in the scenario.12800:10:00.399 --> 00:10:05.759Yeah, I think of it asthe mountain news. It's like,12900:10:05.799 --> 00:10:09.960I'll get you back when you needit. Yeah, exactly. I owe13000:10:09.000 --> 00:10:13.120you one. All right, yeah, I don't know, and I don't13100:10:13.159 --> 00:10:16.159drink about do every day? Youshouldn't. Exactly. That's a good yep,13200:10:16.559 --> 00:10:20.679that's a good God, I amgood. I am good. Put13300:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.840me up there with the best ofthe best philosophers. I really this is13400:10:26.159 --> 00:10:31.919I'm glad Richard. I remember withyour Oh my God, I'm the most13500:10:31.159 --> 00:10:37.840amazing person. It looks like you'resweaty out there. That's hottest. Fuck.13600:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.000Is Not even a wind. Andthen I was going to turn on13700:10:39.039 --> 00:10:48.039the fan, but it's probably loud. Oh Yeah's almost or there. Who13800:10:48.039 --> 00:10:52.799am I going to wake up?I'm sure your love it. They hate13900:10:52.799 --> 00:10:58.200me. The only times that thatit's called the guard date on Karens.14000:10:58.519 --> 00:11:00.879Do you have any Karens up inyour name? Were I would have seen14100:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.600everything that. At this point,the guard gates loved me that I drive14200:11:03.639 --> 00:11:07.799by them all the time and theyfucking wave right. But he calls him14300:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.039all the time, because I remembera guard gate came one time and I14400:11:11.080 --> 00:11:15.879was just I I think it wasthis bike, I don't know, and14500:11:16.000 --> 00:11:20.039I had to drain the carburetor andthen put gas and so I want to14600:11:20.080 --> 00:11:22.200make sure it works, so Istarted so the guys will go through it,14700:11:22.759 --> 00:11:28.399and literally got called on that andthe guard gate comes and he's like,14800:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.039he's like yeah, he's like,he's like if you even just like14900:11:31.200 --> 00:11:35.360just do it quiet or at leastaway from, you know, this area,15000:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.240because and they adjusted. He's like, because we get a lot of15100:11:37.279 --> 00:11:43.519complaints from yeah, like yeah,no, I feel yeah, and then15200:11:43.519 --> 00:11:48.120ever since then I make sure Ijust panic rabbit right in front of his15300:11:48.200 --> 00:11:52.679house every time, because you're notdoing it past quiet hours, are you?15400:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.919Yeah, oh well, okay,I don't know who said him on.15500:11:58.000 --> 00:12:03.080Then are like seven o'clock pm.And plus they don't have laws here.15600:12:03.080 --> 00:12:07.600They get ruled. They don't haverules, the laws of community respect.15700:12:07.879 --> 00:12:11.320If I hear people out at midnightdoing that ship, no, I'm15800:12:11.320 --> 00:12:13.759not gonna call the cops, butI'm gonna go out myself and be like15900:12:13.840 --> 00:12:18.399Yo, yeah, but then can'tbecause it's like it's a fucking vehicle.16000:12:20.000 --> 00:12:26.840We're gonna do it's true. Sopeople just cant hate because I'm gonna have16100:12:26.840 --> 00:12:33.200a lot of beats coming out ofyour mouth, beats, beets, because16200:12:33.200 --> 00:12:39.919you're you got a lot of fbombs. Who Cares? We're allowed them.16300:12:39.039 --> 00:12:43.720No, I have to edit themout, all of them, not16400:12:43.799 --> 00:12:48.840all of them, just most ofthem. Well, usually if there's a16500:12:48.879 --> 00:12:54.120lot, especially together, then usuallyI'm not saying anything that that worth no16600:12:54.320 --> 00:13:01.159real cut completely, you know,because I that's one thing I hated was16700:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.879all the F bombs that I saidbut when I say I'm sometimes I just16800:13:05.120 --> 00:13:09.480nail it. So the ones Inailed stick like a gymnast. You better16900:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.519not beep, you know. Oh, I know exactly what we're talking about17000:13:13.559 --> 00:13:18.000actually. So, Oh, youdo. Okay, this is that scenario17100:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.759where I want to punch you.Yeah, that's why I'm glad you're not17200:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.840right next to it. You KnowMe. You should be me too also,17300:13:26.000 --> 00:13:31.120because I've been looking to punch somebodyand he's really been around. Sure,17400:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.679what is that? What the kidsare calling it these days? Punching,17500:13:35.440 --> 00:13:39.919punching, Gross Punch you, likepunch your face, like I pretty17600:13:39.960 --> 00:13:46.919sure you would jump because of commentslike this. Okay, but you love17700:13:46.960 --> 00:13:52.960it. It fires me up andI think it also makes me laugh.17800:13:52.639 --> 00:13:56.159Yeah, I get fired up alot lately. I'll tell you right now17900:13:56.159 --> 00:14:00.679when I'm fired up about. Ihave on youtube like day because it's on18000:14:00.679 --> 00:14:03.240my computer and I just let itplay or whatever, and I've been watching18100:14:03.279 --> 00:14:09.600queen videos, like the band queen. You know who queen is, right.18200:14:09.159 --> 00:14:15.360Yeah, all of these kids arejust, you know, are finding18300:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.200out Bohemian rap city and they're like, Oh, does this guy write his18400:14:20.279 --> 00:14:24.960own songs? That's been happening withevery like and it's I'm such an asshole18500:14:24.960 --> 00:14:30.320for being like this and I amrecognized that I'm a Dick. And it18600:14:30.440 --> 00:14:35.919is what it is, though,because that there's no appreciation for the actual18700:14:37.120 --> 00:14:41.279art of music and the people whocame before to make it what it is18800:14:41.320 --> 00:14:46.120today. Somebody said, Oh,I thought it was Bohemian rap city.18900:14:48.159 --> 00:14:50.279No one knows. Well, Imean, in their defense, it sounds19000:14:50.320 --> 00:14:54.919like it, it is, butit's not. But like you know,19100:14:56.799 --> 00:15:01.240so on the tip off, Ithink you're gonna to your therapist. Okay,19200:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.879I'm gonna be honest. As yourfriends, I feel like there's something19300:15:03.879 --> 00:15:07.480more going on. What's going on? No, because I'm I have a19400:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.799very thing. Is My favorite bandand I have a very strong affinity for19500:15:11.840 --> 00:15:18.000Freddie Mercury and he's had the biggestimpact on music in society, more than19600:15:18.159 --> 00:15:20.720you know, Madonna or whatever.So for people to not know who they19700:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.039are and to not know their songs, it's me. This is me being19800:15:24.039 --> 00:15:26.879an asshole and I know that.No, it's not, because I get19900:15:26.159 --> 00:15:31.159the same I feel you. Youknow, Queen's the first album I have20000:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.480our owned. Really, yeah,I feel you. But, Um,20100:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.600you can't blame these people. Theydon't know this is when, this is20200:15:39.799 --> 00:15:43.320they were if we were listening toQueen, we were listening to Oldies,20300:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.679like if we were listening up inBuddy Holly. You know, I think20400:15:46.720 --> 00:15:52.360I'm I'm more upset this. Factis I'm getting old and maybe I should20500:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.039just look at it from that perspective, like we gotta relax a little bit20600:15:56.039 --> 00:16:03.759here. I'm fired up. Whatisn't music to chill you out? Yeah,20700:16:03.799 --> 00:16:10.759but right now I'm just upset.I feel you. In all seriousness,20800:16:11.240 --> 00:16:15.240I know what you're saying. Everybody'signorant to actual music, where it20900:16:15.279 --> 00:16:18.919came from the roots of what they'relistening to auto tune. All I hear21000:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.799is, Oh, don't worry,we'll fix it in post. There was21100:16:21.840 --> 00:16:26.480no post back then. There wasno digital recording. How to record on21200:16:26.519 --> 00:16:30.240a tape and then over dubbed,like it's just striking me crazy, and21300:16:30.240 --> 00:16:36.559it's nobody's fault. It's really nobody'sfault, and I used to be okay,21400:16:36.759 --> 00:16:38.480here's a good example. I Dj, do you know what? You21500:16:38.519 --> 00:16:45.360know that and I only did vinyland because I feel like if you knew21600:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.200how to scratch vinyl and mixed vinyl. You actually know how to fucking do21700:16:48.360 --> 00:16:55.639the art of Dj whereas the computerstuff that was out, it was automatic,21800:16:55.840 --> 00:16:57.559right, spoke it up for you, would put it at the draw21900:16:57.720 --> 00:17:02.639for you, whatever. Yeah,and it took no skill. So it22000:17:02.759 --> 00:17:04.119was just pressed play and go.And I'm like, you know what,22100:17:04.279 --> 00:17:08.680that's stupid. But that was mebeing ignorant to the Times. Because,22200:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.200guys, what, if you wantto throw a party now, they're gonna22300:17:11.279 --> 00:17:17.720hire the person with the electronic equipment, not the stuff, because it's not22400:17:17.759 --> 00:17:22.799a scratch battle. You know,it's just like so sometimes you're gonna embrace22500:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.440the change, but it's hard.So what, when we come from what22600:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.799we know and what we like andwhat we're have an affinity for, what's22700:17:30.839 --> 00:17:38.400that like? Nostalgic? What we'renostalgic for? I feel yeah, I22800:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.599know food fighter said they made thiscomment maybe like five years ago at this22900:17:42.680 --> 00:17:45.960point, and they said, youknow, they record as a band,23000:17:47.160 --> 00:17:49.119you know, not like individual parts, but they record as a band and23100:17:49.279 --> 00:17:53.559as a whole, and it's notit's it's they try to say as authentic23200:17:53.599 --> 00:17:57.240as they can to the whole processof what they did back in the nineties.23300:17:57.759 --> 00:18:02.799But that's the only that's that's it. That's all I can think of23400:18:03.000 --> 00:18:08.759right now. Get over it,anyway. Okay, I'm over it.23500:18:08.880 --> 00:18:18.200Rands over. I'm not over it, but no, it sucks. It's23600:18:18.240 --> 00:18:22.279sad. It is sad because Iwhat came on the radio the other day,23700:18:22.599 --> 00:18:27.240if not yesterday, two days ago. was six, nine or not.23800:18:27.359 --> 00:18:32.119You're not on the radio, buton my spotify, right, yeah,23900:18:32.640 --> 00:18:40.319Dun cloud something, and I'm like, and even he in an interview,24000:18:40.400 --> 00:18:42.720was like yeah, Bro, allI say is like, have you24100:18:42.799 --> 00:18:49.440listened to my songs? All Isay that. See what what he's like24200:18:49.640 --> 00:18:53.799that. I'm not saying anything,BRO, and I'm like, I know,24300:18:55.279 --> 00:18:57.759but it was. That's that's oneof his songs comes on and I'm24400:18:57.799 --> 00:19:04.200just like this stuff fucking disgrace toeverything. But I mean, okay,24500:19:04.240 --> 00:19:08.039the throwing money at these people,what the fuck? You know what I24600:19:08.119 --> 00:19:15.880do? I do you appreciate himfor telling that truth? He's like,24700:19:17.000 --> 00:19:21.240I know, I'm a ridiculous yeah, I think I like him, but24800:19:22.319 --> 00:19:25.880for but like, let's just talkabout the quality of music. Like,24900:19:26.319 --> 00:19:30.640Oh God, off his music.I mean fun me, but he obvious25000:19:30.680 --> 00:19:33.680he had a great marketing ploy andship yeah, that's all it is today.25100:19:33.920 --> 00:19:37.240And so a lot of the problemsthat they had back in the day25200:19:37.319 --> 00:19:41.960with Queen, when, you know, the management company was making all the25300:19:42.000 --> 00:19:45.240money and they didn't see a dimeand they were starving and stuff. That25400:19:45.480 --> 00:19:49.680problem has not been solved. Thathappening with Queen. It happened with in25500:19:49.799 --> 00:19:52.839sync or whatever. But, like, how do we fix that? You25600:19:52.880 --> 00:19:59.440know, it's sad. You don't, because it's okay, it's music.25700:19:59.559 --> 00:20:04.799Is Not a burning man event.It's not for pleasure, it's for it's25800:20:04.880 --> 00:20:08.440business. Okay, music is business. If it was for pleasure and it25900:20:08.480 --> 00:20:15.839was for like, okay, theorchestra is music. Is Music based on26000:20:17.160 --> 00:20:21.559talent. They get the best violenist, the best people in their craft and26100:20:21.680 --> 00:20:23.519you know, I'll never understand anyof the stuff they do, but you26200:20:23.559 --> 00:20:29.160know, they do incredible things andbut they they're none of them are millionaires,26300:20:29.200 --> 00:20:33.000but but they probably enjoy you knowwhat I mean, right, and26400:20:33.039 --> 00:20:34.720they enjoy it. And that's thething. Like they and they are the26500:20:34.759 --> 00:20:41.039people that enjoy music and harness itand love it like we do. These26600:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.599people. You gotta look this way. You're gonna wear this, wear this26700:20:42.720 --> 00:20:47.119and you need to your yeah,know, that's that's what they do,26800:20:47.480 --> 00:20:52.000that's it's a business. Jimi Hendricksup and they were told to do that.26900:20:52.000 --> 00:20:55.000That's how they are, that's whothey are. That's you know,27000:20:55.240 --> 00:20:59.319Jimmy Hendricks played the left hand andguitar, bore the scarf around his head.27100:21:00.039 --> 00:21:04.319And now everyone's like whatever their manager, whatever their stylists, says,27200:21:04.960 --> 00:21:10.440um, because it's more of abusiness now. You know, back then27300:21:10.480 --> 00:21:15.319it was like wishy washy, andthen you had superstars like Hendrix, because27400:21:15.359 --> 00:21:19.640all the the times too, it'slike after no, and he's he's all27500:21:19.680 --> 00:21:25.359about peace and yeah, everyone's trippedand they go see Hendrix. He's amazing.27600:21:25.960 --> 00:21:29.480And now everyone loves hendricks. Sonow people, I. can make27700:21:29.519 --> 00:21:33.160money and bag money here. Sonow you get the vultures, you know.27800:21:33.000 --> 00:21:37.799And Yeah, current musicians from likethe nineties. I guess. How27900:21:37.799 --> 00:21:42.119do we solve it? Before Iforget, not here's how we solve it.28000:21:42.839 --> 00:21:48.279We we provide financial literacy to theartist, because, guess what,28100:21:48.240 --> 00:21:52.799the NFL in the I don't knowif other sports places are doing it,28200:21:52.839 --> 00:21:57.079but the NFL is requiring the rookiesto take Um. I think it's two28300:21:57.119 --> 00:22:03.680semesters of financial literacy. Yeah,that is so smart. It's an awesome28400:22:03.720 --> 00:22:08.000move and I think that that's theway that because then pick and choose their28500:22:08.000 --> 00:22:12.200deals and see which ones you know, they won't get fucked exactly. If28600:22:12.200 --> 00:22:15.640they do, it's their own fault. At least they'll know what they're getting28700:22:15.680 --> 00:22:18.519into. So I think financial literacy, because we're not going to change the28800:22:18.559 --> 00:22:23.559companies, so we're gonna change thepeople, the infl yeah, and I28900:22:23.599 --> 00:22:30.519also think this apply. This conceptshould apply to whoever gets voted into any29000:22:30.599 --> 00:22:37.039kind of office politically. They shouldtake a test on what the first ten29100:22:37.079 --> 00:22:41.200amendments are. That's it. Whatare the amendments? Take a little quiz.29200:22:41.519 --> 00:22:44.519What's an amendment three? Amendment four? We all know what amendment one29300:22:44.559 --> 00:22:48.000and two are, but what's therest of them? I don't I don't29400:22:48.000 --> 00:22:52.880know exactly. Political politicians need toknow what they're talking about, because right29500:22:52.880 --> 00:22:56.200now they're saying, oh, they'regonna take our guns. No, Bro,29600:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.440we can't. It's not that we'renot gonna take your guns. Read29700:23:00.480 --> 00:23:06.160the Damn Constitution before you go outand say all these things. If everybody29800:23:06.279 --> 00:23:10.920read those who is currently holding officeand the craziest they have to pass that29900:23:11.039 --> 00:23:14.480test first. If they don't passthat test, that means they don't even30000:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.599care. You know what I mean, like if you want to be an30100:23:15.640 --> 00:23:22.319audience defending the government, tests rightin school and ship. And if they30200:23:22.319 --> 00:23:26.519pass another one, doesn't mean they'regonna behave, because the reason they're not.30300:23:26.559 --> 00:23:30.160But if they don't pass do youthink right now Donald Trump would pass?30400:23:30.400 --> 00:23:37.000Yeah, the test, you're you'rekidding me on what? On the30500:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.240first on the top ten, theamendments of the Constitution? Yeah, yeah,30600:23:41.359 --> 00:23:45.799I think most of the people wouldknow. Absolutely not. I disagree,30700:23:45.960 --> 00:23:52.000wholeheartedly disagree. Well, okay,the point is, even if they30800:23:52.039 --> 00:23:56.480don't know them, if they weregoing to have to take a test,30900:23:56.480 --> 00:23:59.799a bother them? They just studythem, know them, pass the test31000:24:00.000 --> 00:24:03.640and then my point is, ifthey know them or if they don't know31100:24:03.759 --> 00:24:07.920him, you're gonna get the sameoutcome. It would be the level of31200:24:07.960 --> 00:24:11.880effort. I think a lot ofpeople would how much effort did you put31300:24:11.960 --> 00:24:17.200into memorize and just a few thingsto pass the tests at school? None,31400:24:17.279 --> 00:24:19.640okay, ten minutes could study.Well, it would show a lot,31500:24:19.680 --> 00:24:22.839because I'm sure there's it wouldn't showthat much. What would show a31600:24:22.880 --> 00:24:26.519lot. Is this is they're gonnahave a law in place where this is31700:24:26.559 --> 00:24:30.640what Warren Bobby said. I actand and and I'M gonna paraphrase it wrong,31800:24:30.720 --> 00:24:38.880but it's something like this. Peoplein the in the in the in31900:24:40.000 --> 00:24:45.680government, should only be able tokeep their jobs, probably this. They32000:24:45.680 --> 00:24:49.400get fired if their policies end upputting us in debt or losing US money.32100:24:49.559 --> 00:24:55.359Okay, then everybody would shape upquick because they wouldn't have because what32200:24:55.400 --> 00:24:57.240they're doing is acting and self interests. They know what the funk they're doing.32300:24:57.559 --> 00:25:02.119There's every there every I can't evenget into it, but everything they're32400:25:02.160 --> 00:25:07.559doing right now is not in thepublic's interest or what the public wants.32500:25:07.400 --> 00:25:11.880Politics a game and it's a zerosum game in my kin, and I32600:25:11.920 --> 00:25:15.759feel like don't matter whose president,don't matter nothing. I agree. Yeah,32700:25:15.680 --> 00:25:18.920it's gonna Happen and it is whatit is, and I think there's32800:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.920no way to disprove that, becauseyou can't get in the time machine and32900:25:22.960 --> 00:25:26.440pick someone else and they say,Oh, I told you that would happen.33000:25:26.400 --> 00:25:29.440You know, they can say whateverthey want, but it's not happen.33100:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.799You don't even want to go herewith me. But look, I33200:25:30.839 --> 00:25:38.839don't I know. Everything was finewhen we were youngsters, Um, and33300:25:38.880 --> 00:25:42.240now they're crazy. So, yeah, I'm starting my own country. You33400:25:42.680 --> 00:25:45.640fix a problem, you get tomake a law, but it has to33500:25:45.680 --> 00:25:52.200be approved by, you know,cabin I thought about moving like I feel.33600:25:52.599 --> 00:25:56.440I mean, I'm a coster RECONcitizen. So did you know that?33700:25:57.519 --> 00:26:02.359I said I'm a cooster reconsider sinceso I can where where you're gonna33800:26:02.359 --> 00:26:04.319move? Let's be honest. CostaRica, San Jose, Costa Rica,33900:26:07.039 --> 00:26:11.319because they're okay, so down there. No, there's gonna be a civil34000:26:11.400 --> 00:26:15.079war here. And like, Ohmy God, Dude, are you?34100:26:15.160 --> 00:26:21.599Are you of America already says thatthere's a civil war coming, but I'm34200:26:21.599 --> 00:26:23.920saying like, people are gonna gotake unto the streets. For Real,34300:26:25.880 --> 00:26:27.720that's already had. That's happening everyday. You're not realized that? No,34400:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.240I realize that, but I'm nottalking about how it is today.34500:26:30.279 --> 00:26:33.920I'm talking about no, there's notgonna be red coats and blue coats.34600:26:33.920 --> 00:26:37.559There's just not. It's not gonnabe a civil war like that. Ever.34700:26:37.119 --> 00:26:42.799and Um, we are in acivil and a civil war where a34800:26:42.839 --> 00:26:48.000civil divide. Yeah, and that'sgetting worse. But I don't think that's34900:26:48.000 --> 00:26:52.240what that's that's my plan. That'snot by accident. That's why I refused35000:26:52.279 --> 00:26:55.960to feed into it and talk topeople. I feed into it because I35100:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.079think I watched too much news,because I just get so stressed out.35200:26:59.480 --> 00:27:04.839I want to for Congress. I'mrunning for president, Kennedy hair and I'm35300:27:06.079 --> 00:27:14.720Kennedy, good looking, Massachusetts,Massachusetts. I'm a candidate. I'll be35400:27:15.160 --> 00:27:17.599no, I want to be president. You can be vice present or CO35500:27:17.759 --> 00:27:25.079presidents. I refuse to report toyou. That's facts. You ain't even35600:27:25.480 --> 00:27:30.359reporting to me, sweetheart. You'REgonna report to like the person that reports35700:27:30.400 --> 00:27:33.359to the person that reports to me. After that comment's fuck, you just35800:27:33.400 --> 00:27:38.960got fired. Actually, alright,I want to work with you anyway.35900:27:40.039 --> 00:27:45.039You're you're the worst. I can'tyou want that bunch. They want to36000:27:45.119 --> 00:27:48.720Luke in your house. Okay,okay, so you're in the music.36100:27:48.799 --> 00:27:52.039Let's do this real quick. Iplayed this game the other day with somebody.36200:27:53.519 --> 00:28:02.200Um, so it'll be for eachof the the decade. What is36300:28:02.200 --> 00:28:06.359your favorite song from this whatever decades? And it can be a guest,36400:28:06.440 --> 00:28:10.160because I don't sometimes it's sixties sometimesit's like Seventies. You know what I36500:28:10.160 --> 00:28:15.039mean? M Hm. So,so, starting with right now, who's36600:28:15.079 --> 00:28:21.839your favorite artists? This is notgonna go well because I don't have one.36700:28:22.680 --> 00:28:27.960Yeah, thanks for ruining the game. No, I'm not ruining it,36800:28:29.039 --> 00:28:32.400would be playing it. You're sayingyou don't listen to any music right36900:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.519now. Is that? Is thatwhat I said? Or did I say37000:28:33.559 --> 00:28:37.640I don't have a favorite artist?Shut up, man. Well, no,37100:28:37.720 --> 00:28:40.920I can't remember. What did Isay? Yeah, that's right.37200:28:41.200 --> 00:28:45.000The second let's say you want tobe a podcast list all right, Um,37300:28:45.119 --> 00:28:51.400what about right now? I'm backon Queen. Yeah, you're doing37400:28:51.440 --> 00:28:55.720the study and research. Yeah,I know, but I mean when I37500:28:55.799 --> 00:28:59.880play the guitar, it's different,like I like to play. Certainly.37600:29:00.400 --> 00:29:03.160Oh, do you watch? Doyou watch that stranger things or no?37700:29:03.519 --> 00:29:08.680Yeah, but I haven't gotten.I've stopped after a season, fucking one37800:29:08.720 --> 00:29:14.160and a half. You don't likeit. After two I didn't like and37900:29:14.200 --> 00:29:17.720I'm just over it. Just stickto four. I'll fill you in.38000:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.680There's a recap to every season andit's way different. It's this one's more38100:29:22.680 --> 00:29:26.160of a horror movie versus the otherones that were like well, there's a38200:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.160monster tracing alien movies and monster movies, the ones that have real good build38300:29:30.200 --> 00:29:36.640ups. They need to have agood monster or else it's ruins the entire38400:29:37.000 --> 00:29:40.680movie. Yeah, like it's happeningand I think it's like a serial killer38500:29:40.720 --> 00:29:42.720and it ends up being like,Oh, an ancient curse, and I'm38600:29:42.759 --> 00:29:47.480like, alright, Sonny, I'mback, come back from the other okay.38700:29:47.519 --> 00:29:51.920So I think we would like seasonfour because the scariest part about it38800:29:52.000 --> 00:29:57.000is that it gets people if theyhave issues that they haven't dealt with yet.38900:29:57.799 --> 00:30:03.960The UH, his name is whatever, the Bekna, is like this39000:30:03.079 --> 00:30:10.960really scary person that feeds off offeeds off of the people that have emotional39100:30:11.000 --> 00:30:15.359issues that they need to deal with. So like one kid felt really guilty39200:30:15.480 --> 00:30:18.799that he was in a car accidentwith his friends and the car was burning39300:30:18.799 --> 00:30:25.559and he didn't really kind of helpum so that they took him kind of39400:30:25.559 --> 00:30:32.119out of consciousness and they killed himin real life and in the I don't39500:30:32.119 --> 00:30:33.519know, you just have to seeit, because it breaks me out,39600:30:33.559 --> 00:30:37.559because I'm like do I not haveI like when they were just in the39700:30:37.799 --> 00:30:41.880arcade and the monster was coming,and now it's too involved you know,39800:30:41.960 --> 00:30:47.200like alternate universe, upside down,downside up, and this that all the39900:30:47.279 --> 00:30:49.920kids are growing up. You knowwhat, this weekend I watched season one40000:30:49.960 --> 00:30:55.559through three so that I could justjust remember it all, because there's so40100:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.839much. They have one more seasonleft, so I just wanted to make40200:30:56.880 --> 00:31:03.000sure that I pick up on everything. They are so adorable when they start40300:31:03.200 --> 00:31:07.519getting into, because people are tellingme to get into it was trailer Park40400:31:07.599 --> 00:31:15.920Boys. What's that on Netflix?What is it called? Trailer Park Boys?40500:31:17.440 --> 00:31:19.559Yeah, that's pretty funny. Yeah, because one of the guy's name40600:31:19.599 --> 00:31:22.440is ricky. So everyone's like,Oh, reggy, Oh yeah, you40700:31:22.519 --> 00:31:27.480like smoking weed, you like smoking. I go oh, yeah, there's40800:31:27.920 --> 00:31:33.880there's one about Canada that's kind oflike that style. It's on Hulu,40900:31:33.920 --> 00:31:36.319though, and I think you wouldlove it. I think you would think41000:31:36.359 --> 00:31:40.880it's pretty hilarious. Um, Igotta I'll figure it out. You Have41100:31:41.000 --> 00:31:47.039Hulu. Maybe I got it allright last time. You did most of41200:31:47.039 --> 00:31:49.680the talking, I think this time, but pretty even. That's why I41300:31:49.720 --> 00:31:53.480tried to scale back, because Idon't like myself. I don't like I41400:31:53.519 --> 00:31:57.599don't either, but I gotta getused to it. Now. We're never41500:31:57.880 --> 00:32:04.920really huh. What are you gonnado after this? Jack off to your41600:32:04.960 --> 00:32:12.920Avatar? I don't like him.Appreciate the honesty. More like that.41700:32:13.480 --> 00:32:15.599What would you say I was?I was I was raised not to be41800:32:15.640 --> 00:32:20.440a liar. No, I don'tknow what am I gonna do. Actually,41900:32:20.480 --> 00:32:23.839I do know what I'm gonna doafter this. I'm gonna Watch sort42000:32:23.880 --> 00:32:29.319of trailer park boys. Well,I got some good fucking ship today at42100:32:29.319 --> 00:32:31.759the dispensary, so I'm gonna rollone up, roll a hog leg up42200:32:31.960 --> 00:32:38.079right and then go into outer spaceand then, uh, watch an episode42300:32:38.200 --> 00:32:44.759trail park boys and then wash upand go to bed. Okay, what42400:32:45.960 --> 00:32:50.640gross? Okay, so if you, if you will jump on board with42500:32:50.920 --> 00:32:53.680stranger things, which just sounds likeyou won't. They have those options where42600:32:53.680 --> 00:32:59.079you can watch for somebody else,you know, you can like, you42700:32:59.119 --> 00:33:01.119can like a sink it up towhere there's an option. They're like,42800:33:01.160 --> 00:33:05.359Oh, this is a watch party, and then the people can get on42900:33:05.440 --> 00:33:08.720that watch party. I like yourred headphones, by the way. Thank43000:33:08.759 --> 00:33:13.640you. They're beat spy DRE.They're very you right now watching panic at43100:33:13.640 --> 00:33:17.279the disco on TV. He's areally good singer, that Brandon Urie,43200:33:17.680 --> 00:33:23.200did you ever listen to panic atthe disco? No, isn't it panic43300:33:23.839 --> 00:33:30.319at the disco? Really can necessaryto get the apt up in the middle43400:33:30.319 --> 00:33:37.119of your band name at the discobout? How wham? Did they have a43500:33:38.400 --> 00:33:43.480Pham One of those bands? Idon't know. I think so. I43600:33:43.519 --> 00:33:45.880think you need to go to bed. Maybe it that was an album cover.43700:33:46.759 --> 00:33:53.880Uh. Queen is the is thethirty third most streamed artists as of43800:33:53.960 --> 00:34:00.680today. Anyway, I could sayyou're you care very much and you're very43900:34:00.720 --> 00:34:06.359interesting. First of all, Idon't really know who. Damn well,44000:34:06.519 --> 00:34:10.320thank you for joining me on thisepisode, episode number two, I think.44100:34:10.920 --> 00:34:17.000Thanks for having alright. Alright,thank you, sir. Signing off.44200:34:17.960 --> 00:34:23.480I'll talk to you sooner than later. Bye. Right, okay,44300:34:23.480 --> 00:34:28.159I'm shutting this off. Thanks forlistening. I'd be like what you heard.44400:34:28.239 --> 00:34:31.039Check out cross the streams media dotcom to hear more episodes of this44500:34:31.280 --> 00:34:36.360podcast and the other shows on thecross the streams network. Don't forget to44600:34:36.440 --> 00:34:40.639subscribe, rate and review on applepodcasts or wherever you download your favorite shows.44700:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.480visit cross the streams media dot comfor more information. See you next time.