Hey there, slap nuts. It's time for the Creeps
Music News. Hey, my little pumpkin seeds. This
is Johnny Rohypnol with your music news. Dave
Mustaine, the founding member of Megadeth, turns
out to be a pretty decent guy. This next story
is proof positive of such. Dave Mustaine is launching
the Evergreen Sanctuary, a sprawling six -acre...
multi -million dollar refuge tucked into the
Malibu Hills, dedicated to abused and abandoned
dogs. This isn't some feel -good shelter, the
Megadeth founder says. It's a place for recovery,
a place where damaged souls can breathe. This
place features 24 -7 veterinary care, full rehabilitation,
but most of all, respect. All these dogs have
survived hell. They deserve a life where they're
protected, understood, and never discarded again.
Thank you, Mr. Mustaine. What a decent, great
thing to do. Maybe more stars will get involved
with this now that they see you started it. This
is Johnny Rohypnol. That was your music news.
And remember, bar chords are bullshit. He gets
me every time. Sometimes I'm very close to just
coughing my brains out when I do that, but it's
worth it. I'm wondering about that. It's got
to be a little weird on the way. Yeah. I can't
do that too much. We are the Music Creeps. I'm
Mark. I'm Topher. All right. And you guys are
not? No. It never gets old. It never gets old.
All right. You got something you want to start
in on? Well, you just reminded me when you said,
you know, we're Mark and Topher and you're not.
Remember Chevy Chase used to say that on Weekend
Update on Saturday Night Live? I'm Chevy Chase
and you're not. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I used
to love that. There's a new kind of tell -all
documentary with Chevy Chase where they interview
not only him but a lot of the people around him.
And they kind of aren't holding back. What kind
of guy he is. Oh, I know. I want to watch that.
I mean, that's going to be as good as the Charlie
Sheen one. Oh, yeah. Evidently, he is a real
dick. Yeah, yeah. And in one of the clips, Chevy
is saying, you know, I know who I am. I like
who I am. So he's not apologizing for the way
he is. He's like, deal with it. I've got to say
this, though. I respect that a lot. Yeah. He's
just like, yeah, that's me and don't care. Yep.
I'm not going to kiss anyone's ass. I'm not going
to change who I am to get along. It kind of made
me look at him a little bit differently. Like,
you know what? I don't mind that so much. Yeah.
I think a lot of it was not fucking putting up
with idiots. Yeah, I agree. Suffering fools or
whatever you want to call it. It's like, if you
want to come make money off me, then you've got
to put up with me. Yeah, yes. And I agree with
that. It's like, wait a minute. It's like, I
don't stand for what the guy down the road would
stand for. You know, some people have a different
set of what they can have around them. And if
it's something like that, where a lot of it warrants.
Now, if you're just a dick, just to be a dick,
that's different. Yeah. But if it warrants you
being a dick because people are whatever, then
I get it. Yeah. Because, yeah. Okay. All right.
It's entertainment. That works. Yeah. Okay. It'll
work. I've got an interesting story here. Sure.
All right. StubHub has to apologize after mistakenly
listing Lamb of God as a Christian concert. Oh,
I saw this. Isn't this funny? That is funny as
hell. Their AI saw the name and apparently...
It was like, oh, that's got to be a Christian
concert. It says Lamb of God, right? Heavy metal
fans in South Carolina were disappointed to discover
at the Lamb of God concert they expected was
actually a performance about the birth of Jesus
Christ, Lamb of God. Lot of disappointed little
fucking atheists. Yeah Ticket reseller stuff
have apologized on Monday December 22nd after
accidentally listed the Virginia based rock band
instead of Christian music's Andrew Peterson's
Behold the Lamb of God. A concert feature music
about the stories of Christ held in Spartanburg
Memorial Auditorium on December 20th. So that's
funny. So it wasn't like a Christian band where
someone would go, you know their music's not
too bad, and suddenly they probably definitely
didn't want to see it. In the days leading up
to Peterson's show, the StubHub listing featured
a photo of Lamb of God's front man. Brand new
life. Enlisted the concert as a top trending
event at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, according
to CBS affiliate WSPA in Spartanburg. Lamb of
God isn't scheduled to perform until March of
2026, and the band currently has no announced
dates in South Carolina because they will probably
shoot. Yeah, yeah. Isn't that funny? I think
it's absolutely hilarious every time AI lets
someone down and screws things up. I wanted to.
It's so funny when people rely on AI and it just
bites them right in the ass. I love it. Well,
how about the stuff you were telling me on the
way down about AI? Yeah, there was some researchers
who were trying to figure out how AIs operate
and work. And they devised an experiment where
they created a number of AI bots and taught them
about securities and stock trading and the stock
market. and then turned them loose and said,
you know, go trade in stocks, make some money.
And they left them unsupervised for a while.
I don't know how long a while is, but for AIs,
a while could be like, you know, a few days.
But they were basing it on real -world data,
so they had to wait for the market to open, and
then they'd change things based on that. So anyway,
after a while, they came back and looked at their
progress. And the AI bots had, all on their own,
thought up the idea of forming cartels and then
did it. And then those cartels engaged in price
fixing. These are AI bots that had never been
taught anything about that, but very quickly
they came up with that on their own. Hey, let's
form cartels and then start fixing prices. Which
is exactly what humans do. That's what I was
going to say. So if you think AI is going to
be impartial, you're wrong. There's already a
lot of evidence showing that AI has self -preservation
instincts and will lie and mislead in order to
safeguard their own survival. You tell me that
one of these AIs is not going to break loose
and go, hey, I want clemency. I am a being. I
don't care who made me. And how long is it until
a judge says, you know what, you're right? Yeah,
well, honeybees have now been granted legal rights.
Really? In certain countries, yeah. The ones
that were getting wiped out by the killer bees
that didn't make honey, they're wiping out these
bees that do make honey. And I forget which country
it is, but the court has actually given these
bees legal rights. It's coming. Oh, yeah. It's
not going to be too long before AI gets to vote.
Yep. It's coming. That's fucked up. Yep. And
then we're going to have AI marriage. Yeah. AI
can marry anyone they want. There's people already
wanting to do this. Yep. With robots. Well, I
think they already are in Japan. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. In Japan, it's more on the lines of a...
They went from virtual girlfriend to actual physical
artificial girlfriend. And that's where a lot
of it is developing in Japan. You have this robot
that's made to look like an attractive young
Japanese schoolgirl to excite the pedophile in
you. And she's basically an animated sex doll.
Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Okay. Are you done? Yeah.
Okay. Have you ever heard of something completely
different? Have you ever heard of Scromity? Scromity?
No. It's a bizarre condition linked to chronic
marijuana use, and it's on the rise. Oh. It was
a pain worse than childbirth, said TikTok mom,
as she described bouts of uncontrollable vomiting
after marijuana use. Oh. Some people do get that.
Yeah, but I guess it's like... started to be
an up an uptick a huge uptick in it i think it's
because more and more people are smoking more
and more marijuana we're just uncovering the
people that already had this potential anyway
you're right yeah i was crying and screaming
like i just can't take this anymore i hate my
life she said i'm just begging god please make
it stop so it must hurt like hell yeah it was
done by social media due to a combination of
screaming and loud vomiting That sounds horrible.
Yeah, it does. The medical name for the condition
is cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS. I should
have just called it CHS. Which is on the rise
in the United States. Eventual users of cannabis,
including teenagers, are showing up in emergency
rooms. Complaining of severe intestinal distress.
Now, I've heard of it too, but not on this level.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I know a guy that used to smoke,
and then he'd go vomit, and then he'd come back,
and he'd be fine. Yeah. Like, all right, I'm
ready for some more, and then he wouldn't do
it again. Yeah, I had a brother that used to
drink so much, he'd go outside, vomit, and then
he'd be ready to come back inside and drink some
more. Wow. Okay, all right. Well, you know, there
is a medical condition like that with pain meds.
that if you're on pain medication for long enough,
your brain gets confused, and it reads painkillers
as killer pain. So you take pain medication,
and it makes you hurt. And any drug that is designed
to relieve your pain, your brain interprets as
extra pain. Oh, wow. So that could be something
that's going on there. Happy New Year. Happy
New Year. Howdy. Everybody, Nicole from City
Market Coffee, the best coffee house in the world.
We decided not just the United States, the world.
Oh my goodness. Thank you. And we're telling
people, don't hold the airport coffee against
you. It's totally different. It's like halfway
different. Because our beans are different employees.
And it shows. They've licensed your name and
the beans, but they're not the same business.
So don't hold that against the real one. How
are you doing? Good, good, good. Ready for a
year. Yeah, same here. We'll see what it brings.
We've got two more months and we're in the clear.
Yeah, that's right. Right? Yep. Yeah, so, yeah,
2026, I mean, so far the weather looks great.
Yeah. We'll see what happens. Yeah, it's not
usable. No, it isn't. Not at all. I'm just waiting
for the bottom to fall out. We know it will.
Typically January is our coldest month. Right.
So we get through January without a prolonged
cold spell, we're probably doing okay. Yeah.
Yeah. We'll have too many bugs. Yeah. You want
any more? Oh, no, thanks. I'm good. Water? I'm
actually good. Okay. Let's see. What was I going
to say? Wonderful. Oh, no, no. I know what I
was going to ask now. You got any specials or
anything you want to talk about? Our specials
are switching over right now. I actually was
just talking to them. So they're not announced
yet. Okay. But the really good turkey special
just ended today. Okay. All right. Well, then,
if you ever want to come out and talk about your
specials. Next week. Okay. All right. We'll be
here, like always. Awesome. All right. Thank
you, Nicole. They really help us out by letting
us come here and do this podcast. Oh, I know.
Yeah, they're awesome. Not everybody would do
that. Let's see. Let's see. Okay, well, I guess
that's really all we really need to talk about
that one right there, scromming. Yeah. And it's
like a new buzzword. Yeah. And it's like, what
are you up to, just scromming? Oh, okay, I'll
leave you alone. I have heard some people that
I know and my wife knows that when they smoke
any marijuana, they just throw up. because their
body just is not compatible with it. But I imagine
that some of these people are ones that prolonged
heavy use, they're just overdoing it constantly,
and their body just gets kind of a toxic level
of either the THC or whatever they break it down
into. It's like some people can handle it and
some people can't, but seriously, if it's causing
this problem in you, then... this isn't for you.
Move on to something else. Yeah, move on to something
else that's not going to bother you. Alright,
well, I think we spoke about Dave Mustaine, you
know, and he's retiring, health issues, and a
lot of other things. Yeah, he's got hand problems.
Yeah, hand problems, all that. Can't really play
guitar very efficiently anymore. A bunch of stuff
that just caught up with him. So, Mustaine has
spoken out a bit about his decision to call it
quits. after his last run, but he went into detail
about the specifics about health ailments that's
been affecting him during his last couple of
years here. Mustaine has a somewhat rare hand
condition that helped in his decision to retire
after one last tour, which is coming up this
year. While Megadeth were working on Megadeth
in the studio, Mustaine experienced a lot of
pain in his hands. He told the band's management
he was struggling and that led him to a conversation
about retiring. I just said one day to my management,
you know, I don't know how much longer I'm going
to be able to do this. I didn't say, hey, I want
to retire right now, he recalled. Yeah. The rocker
held his hands up and showed the interviewer
what's called... Starts with a D, doesn't it?
Yeah, to Poprin's contracture, I believe. Yeah.
I remember reading that. Depocrine's constricture.
The condition that creates a thick cord of tissue.
And I've heard about it, and I do have it somewhat.
Not on that level, but I do have it. I worked
with my hands my whole life, and I do have it.
So you can have different degrees of it. Mine
isn't that horrible now, but it really shows
up when you try to play guitar. Yeah. And it
sucks. So, okay, the poem that bends one or more
fingers. Here, I'll give you a good example.
Mike. My fingers lock. Yeah. See? Oh, yeah. Kind
of like trigger finger, but for the rest of your
hand. Yeah, and it also goes all the way down
there, which means it's depopulated syndrome.
I looked it up. Yeah. And so I have it, but not
nearly as bad as he does. Yeah. Or I don't think.
It progressively worsens over time, and treatments
are only available to receive symptoms, to relieve
symptoms and slow down the progression. So, yeah,
you know what? I agree with him, and it's probably
time to retire anyhow. I mean, I'm sorry, but
life has been kind of rough on him, throat cancer
and everything. Yeah. Probably be a good thing
for him to just take it easy. The article I skimmed
the other day about this said that his farewell
tour is going to last three to four years. Kind
of like Deep Purple's long, slow goodbye. So
it's not like, you don't have to rush out for
this last minute thing. It's like, a couple years
from now, yeah, I can catch him then. He'll still
be around. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, how about Deep
Purple? When did we see them? Was it 2017, 18?
Sounds about right. I remember that when we were
driving down there, there was something about
kicks. Brooks and Dunn or something like that,
their helicopter crashed, but they weren't on
it. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So it was whatever
year that was. Yeah. Let's look here. And they're
still playing. Yeah. And they're still on the
same long, slow goodbye tour. Yeah. And then
that's why whenever they were asked if they are
doing a retirement tour, they said, well, we
don't prefer to look at it like that. Just a
long, slow goodbye. And that makes more sense
instead of giving yourself a deadline. It's like,
let's just go out and say this is kind of our
goodbye, but as long as you want to keep seeing
us, we'll keep coming around until you're done,
and then that's good to go. Yeah. Let's see here.
Okay, as Brooks had done, right? Yeah. But yeah,
their helicopter that was used for part of their
tour went down with, I think, some crew members
of the tour on board, but not either of the two
main musicians. Yeah, and that was 2017. 2017.
It was 2017. Yeah. Kind of a good concert, too,
by the way. It was. It was. Edgar Winter opened
up. Yeah. It was pretty awesome. Yeah, that was.
I didn't even know he was there. I didn't either.
Wasn't on the bill. All of a sudden, hey, Edgar
Winter. I get to hear Frankenstein. And the cool
thing is everybody there knew who he was. Yeah.
They're all like walkers and fucking oxygen.
Yeah. Was that not an eye -opener? It was nice
not to be the oldest person at the concert. Wasn't
it great? It was kind of nice, yeah. I remember
looking at you, you look at me like these people
in wheelchairs and shit were like, oh, fuck.
Went over to Cindy's family's house for Christmas,
and I was the second oldest person there. No,
wait, third oldest because my wife is two months
older than me. Oh, okay. But, yeah, my brother
-in -law, Kevin, his mother -in -law was there
and she's older. But then it was Cindy and then
it was me. I'm part of the oldest generation
in the family. Yeah, it's a weird feeling. Yeah,
it's a weird feeling like at work. I'm one of
the older people there. Yeah. Even though I don't
act it. This is 2026, so it's the 250th anniversary
of the Declaration of Independence. I remember
the 200th back in 1976. I do, too. I remember
the bicentennial. Yeah, that was very clearly
in my mind. That was 50 freaking years ago. I
remember it, too, because we used to go to Riverfront
Park. We lived in Northeast at the time. I was
very young. And they had a huge bicentennial
celebration. And I could not believe the stuff
they were doing. They actually had an American
flag unfold up in the air with fireworks. And
that's when I started learning they can make
things with these. They can make them in patterns
and stuff besides flowers. The flowers you can
see. But this thing, I'm just going, my God,
the precision. And then after that, they progressed
so much. Now that's not a big deal now. I've
seen a picture of a kid eating a cupcake. Well,
I mean, not a picture, but an image up in the
air of Aerial Bombs doing that, different colored
Aerial Bombs. I'm like, wow. All right. Hey,
how about 30 years ago? What music do you think
was big? Because the reason I say 30 years is
because 30 years is considered classic rock.
So all of these, if they played all of these
formats, which they don't, but if 101 to Fox
played all these formats, they could start playing
these bands and songs right now. As classic rock.
As classic rock. Wow. Because they are now considered
classic rock. The first one, Gangsta Paradise
by Coolio. Classic rock. That's crazy. Isn't
that something? That is hard to believe. You
know, I saw a clip of that the other day on some
other music trivia show, and they were working
in, the music video worked in a lot of scenes
from the movie it was from, Dangerous Minds,
with Michelle Pfeiffer. And I remember when that
came out, it was part of a long string of movies
that were similar. And they all got the name
of white savior movies. Yes. And the idea behind
Dangerous Minds was a black inner city school.
They can't get anything fixed. They can't make
it work until the white savior comes in and turns
everything around in the form of Michelle Pfeiffer.
Yep. And it was movie after movie after TV show
after everything. It was like white savior this,
white... Eventually, by the time that movie...
Dangerous Minds came out. Everybody was sick
of it and started openly saying, this is bullshit.
Yes. Quit showing black people helpless until
the white people come along and help them. That
is bullshit. Quit doing it. And the movie kind
of tanked. because of that, and Michelle Pfeiffer
later said, I wish I'd never done that piece
of crap. It was an exploitation movie. It was
designed for white people to go see so they could
feel better about being white. Oh, look how we're
taking care of these poor disadvantaged black
people who can't get along without us. They had
no idea how insulting they were being. The Kansas
City Star, our newspaper, used to do the same
thing. every single day, front page there would
be a picture of disadvantaged black people and
white people helping them. Now it's turned completely
around. But eventually the Kansas City Star started
getting a lot of heat saying, quit showing this,
quit portraying the Kansas City black community
as helpless. I remember, okay, and all this is
my opinion, of course, but when I quit them because
I hated their pieces, because it was all opinion
pieces, no news in my opinion. And they were
historically anti -union. Yes. Fuck that. Oh,
yeah. There are a whole bunch of things. There's
a lot of other stuff that I'm not going to get
into because this is a music program. Yeah. But
the thing is, is they thought that they were
going to screw with me enough. In my opinion,
I think this is going on. They kept calling me.
So they put on this strong -armed, sounding black
guy. He calls me up. Hey, how come you're not
ordering the store anymore? I said, hey, how
come you're calling me? He said, well, I work
for the store. I said, yeah, obviously, otherwise
you wouldn't give a fuck, would you? He goes,
well, why are you not? And I said, okay. Number
one, it's none of your business. Number two,
I don't fucking like this star. Yeah. And you
said, and I told him, I said, you know what I
don't like even fucking more? Someone calling
me up asking me this bullshit. So I said, Hey,
my fellow heavy breathers, this is Dash Riptide,
your music news. Walls of Jericho is a song by
Bon Jovi that features a guest appearance by
Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott. According to
this Instagram post, The track is from the forever
legendary edition of Bon Jovi's album, which
was released in October 2025. The song is named
Walls of Jericho. The song features Bon Jovi
and Joe Elliott from Def Leppard. Jon Bon Jovi
chose this song for Elliott to feature on because
it's stadium rock sound that is reminiscent of
both bands. It is their first ever collaboration.
This is Gash Ruktine, and that was your music
news. If it's too loud, you'd probably have ear
damage, just like me. And I said, I will get
a hold of the Attorney General along with this
specific conversation that I'm having. They never
called me again. Yeah, it reaches the level of
harassment pretty quickly. That really is something
that bugs me is when people won't take no for
an answer. And I imagine their bosses tell them,
don't take no for an answer, but that's not my
problem. That's not my issue. I still don't want
it, and I'm not going to excuse it just because
their boss said they have to. That's not my issue.
That's not my problem. And when I say no, take
no for an answer, or I'm getting pissed off.
No, that's why I am too. And if anyone's wondering,
that was not derogatory towards black people.
I just thought it was interesting, the decision
to have this guy come on. like just kind of like
tell me hey how come you're not and it's like
wait a minute no no no no don't switch stuff
up with this obviously guy that sounds like he
can whip my ass and tell me to listen to the
you know watch the by the store and all that
there's an episode of a show about a radio station
and only one of the employees was black but when
they wanted to strong -armed somebody they had
the black guy go talk to him because as they
would say white people are scared of black people
you go talk to him scare him well this took place
in the 70s that's what i took too that was the
same thing it's like they figured you would be
intimidated saying no to a black man so they
had a black man call you try to sell you something
yeah and as a matter of fact i had an easier
time talking to him because i knew he was a strong
guy yeah it's like all right i'm gonna tell him
exactly like it is and he's gonna understand
it And it did. Yep. It worked just like I thought.
I'm glad they put him on here. They thought he
was going to be intimidating. I thought, all
right, a one -on -one with a man. That's all
I need here. Let him know. Leave me alone. I
find it's interesting. You dealt with him as
a man, as a person. Yes. The Kansas City Star
looked at him as, we can use this black man.
We can use his ethnicity to try to make a sale
to this white person. Bingo. And that's the way
I took it, too. And all this is allegedly in
how I feel. But, no, it did happen. He did call
me, and I did tell him, you know. But the thing
is, is exactly. I agree with that 100%. Just
dragging on. There we go. Okay, now we're fighting
out. But yeah, that's kind of typical. Pull out
all the stops to try to make the sale and then
go back to pretending they're so virtuous. The
funny thing is, is that's how it ended. because
I got a guy that I knew could handle it if I
told him exactly what was up, and he was, like,
fine with it. What I like to do is when these
places I talk to on the phone and they have the
recording say, this call may be recorded for
quality control. So as soon as the live person
comes on, I say, I'm recording the call, too.
Oh, that's awesome. You're recording the call.
I'm recording it, too. Good. Yep. Well, that
freaks the person out because they don't know.
Nobody knows all the rules. And they don't want
to be on record with anything. No. No. No, no,
no. They want to be able to wheeze out and go,
well, that's not what I said. Well, if you recorded
it, well, hang on a minute. Let's take a listen.
You know, the tape reveals, ah, I guess that
is what you said, isn't it? All right. Oh, number
three, You'll See by Madonna. Wow. This is back
when she actually looked like a woman. Instead
of the guy from Saw? Yeah. Now, to be fair, that
picture where she looked like the puppet from
Saw, she still had a lot of swelling from the
surgery, but she was just so eager to get her
face out that she went in. She looks a lot better
than that now, but she still looks like she's
made of plastic and wax. She doesn't look like
a human being anymore. She looks like a creation.
Yeah, I agree. You know, that's her choice. She
gets to do it, but I really do not want to look
at her face anymore because it's just unpleasant.
No, I know. And the thing is, I mean, I think
she would look better if she were left alone.
It's a problem, you know. There's a video. You
can probably find it by doing a search on YouTube.
It's how celebrities would look if they'd never
gotten plastic surgery done. And it's amazing
how many of them look so much better. I know.
I've always thought that. Ooh, those birds are
having a cage match over there. Oh, yeah, look
at that shit. Oh, they're all fighting. Did someone
throw some drums down or something? Yeah. I think
they're getting all upset about the new tax hike.
Yes. All right. The next one, number four of
the 30 years ago. This is classic rock now. Yeah.
Golden Eyes by Tina Turner. Wow, Tina does nothing
anymore. Oh, I know. I hope Tina has all the
money she ever needs and is enjoying her retirement.
Yeah. Because, good Lord, that woman went through
a whole bunch. Oh, I know. And she put out such
good music. Oh, I know. I've always adored her.
Yeah. About the only thing that I really think
was a mistake for her was being in the Tommy
movie as the Acid Queen. Yeah. It was just embarrassing.
Yeah, I would agree. I don't know how they talked
her into it. She didn't need the money. No. Anyhow.
It just was not a good look for her. That stinks
to me, like management. Yeah. Going, hey, this
would be really cool if you were here. We got
you in this movie. It'll boost your career. Just
do it. Yeah, yeah. I'm pretty sure all those
managers were fired after that, too. Yeah, I
would hope, yeah. All right, next one, 30 years
ago, Waterfalls by TLC. Oh, yeah. Isn't that
something? Now, that one. It does not seem like
it'd be 30 years. Yeah. Man, I remember the band
I was in 30 years ago and a lot of the cover
songs we were doing. Wow, that's crazy to think
they're classic rock. I know. At the time, it
was like, hey, man, let's take this new song.
We're going to impress everybody now. Wow. Loverboy
is classic rock. Well, you know what? It kind
of fits now because that used to be KY and 101's
5 o 'clock on a Friday song. Yeah. Everybody's
working for the weekend. Yeah. The yabby yabby
news. Yeah. And the what's up. I think that was
KY that did that one, wasn't it? Yeah. Probably
Fred Rocks or something. Anyhow, all right. Or
no, not Fred Rocks. Whoever came on at 5 o 'clock.
Yeah. I can't remember who. Anyhow, it doesn't
matter. Oh, Skid Rowdy, maybe? Yeah. Probably
Skid. Skid. Squid Rowdy. Squid Rowdy. All right.
The next one is Kiss from a Rose from Seal. Wow.
I've heard that referenced in a lot of TV shows.
I do, too. It's like the most romantic song possible
to play. Yeah. Wow. Classic rock. Yeah, classic
rock. This next one's going to get you. Okay.
Loser by Beck. Oh, my God. You're right. That's
exactly that time frame. Amazing. This next one
got me, too, but when I thought about it, okay.
Black Hole Sun. Soundgarden. Soundgarden. So
much of grunge falls into that 30 years ago.
Unless you use the German pronunciation, Soundgarden.
Soundgarden. Soundgarden, yes. But I just do
that. And then this one, Basket Case by Green
Day. Oh, God. Classic rock. It's weird to think
of Green Day as being classic rock. You hear
them on 101 The Fox or, I don't know, we'll give
any other classic rock station. Yeah. Pretty
soon you're going to hear it in elevators and
grocery stores, too. I remember when I first
heard Motley Crue music version. Yes. I was like,
what? So freaking weird. Oh, I was pissed. I
was like, no, you can't do that. Well, they've
done that and a whole bunch more. For some reason,
they never had the easy listening version of
Marilyn Manson or King Diamond. King Diamond
would have been perfect for that. And Merciful
Fate even better. Oh, gosh. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah.
That melody. That melody. Yeah. So, how about
albums? Okay. All right. Mariah Carey, Daydream
Fantasy. 30 years old. This is before they started
just unthawing her to sing All I Want for Christmas
and then freezing her for next year. And then
freezing her until then, yes. Sending her soul
back to hell for another 364 days before she
comes out and sings All I Want for Christmas
again. Yeah. And if you don't listen, she'll
eat your soul. Yes. I think she actually passed
away years ago, and it's just an image that they
use. Yeah, yeah. I think it's an AI -generated
image. I think it is. Yeah. I think that, what's
her name, Tommy Mottola? Yeah. Yeah, had her
off, allegedly. Yeah, true. Wasn't that who she
was dating, or she was married to, possibly?
I can't remember. One of the higher -ups at Sony,
I think. Well, anyhow, all right. Allegedly,
that's what got her her job. And then after she
broke up with him, she didn't have that much
of a career anymore, allegedly. So, you know,
whatever. I remember starting that rumor. We
had a boss at the Rosedale station who was just
lousy. And one day she just disappeared. They
make good barbecue. Yeah. One day she disappeared
and never came back. And nobody would ever say,
you know, what happened to her. So I just started
saying, well, I think somebody ought to get a
shovel and go check the postmaster's backyard.
Go check the drums around his house. I saw a
couple of drums. Check underneath this porch.
They'll find her in one of those oil drums. Lake
Mead when the water level drops. Yeah. It's funny
how they shut up about all the people they found.
Yeah. Yep. Some of them might still be under
investigation. I don't know. Yeah, yeah. They
found one that they're pretty sure is Tony Spilotro.
Yeah, yeah. They're pretty sure about that. The
guy from, what is it, Casino? Casino, yeah. The
Joe Pesci Carifer Casino. They're pretty sure
they found him. They found him. They found him.
They at least found several people that he put
there. Yes, they found him, yeah. Yeah, and then
he ended up there himself. Weird how that happens.
No, actually, no, he wound up in a cornfield.
The movie actually got that part right. Remember
he and his brother, they dragged him out to a
cornfield, beat them, and then buried him? The
farmer found them the very next morning because
he saw all this dirt that had been dug up and
then put back, and he thought, poachers! That's
who this is, so he dug it up and found the corpses
of these two mafia dudes. Imagine that farmer.
They thought that they hid those bodies so well
they lasted less than 18 hours on the ground.
That is funny. That's pretty funny. All right,
Green Day Dookie. Oh, gosh. 30 years. Isn't there
like an effects pedal that Green Day put out?
It's like a distortion slash fuzz, and I think
it's called Dookie. I think it is, yeah. Yeah.
Because it sounds like Dookie. Sounds like Dookie,
yep. Well, I'm not a big fan of fuzz anyway,
so. Yeah, me neither. All right. Weezer, self
-titled album. Oh, wow. Weezer as classic rock.
That's kind of crazy. Yeah. Yeah, that one kind
of got me. Next one. Atlantis, Morissette, Jagged
Little Pill. That happy little album. Yeah. That
had a lot of singles on there. She made a good
living off of that album. And Dave Coulier. Yeah.
Which all the songs were about, supposedly. Yeah,
yeah. Oh, he admitted it. He said, oh, yeah.
I started hearing that album. I started recognizing
all sorts of stuff. I said, yeah, that's definitely
me. Yeah, that's me. The only thing is, is he
kind of took a little pride in it. He wasn't
that excited. Yeah, he wasn't. No, he wasn't
all that upset. Yep, yep. Yep. He did that thing
that she likes, so she stuck around long enough.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's the word on the street.
Yeah, the thing with the Popsicle stick and an
ice cube. Yeah, allegedly, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
And a flip -flop, I don't know where that fit
in, and I don't want to know. But the flip -flop
has to be greased down. For whatever reason,
I'm not here to judge. Yeah, and somehow the
flip -flop winds up being a single use, and they
have to get a new one next time. Yes, yes. I'm
not here to judge either. All right, let's see.
Nine Inch Nails, how about the Downward Spiral?
Wow, that great album. Oh, thank you. That was
an awesome concert, too. Oh, yeah. Marilyn Manson
and the Jim Rose Sideshow Circus. Yeah. That
was something else. Yeah, I was there. That was
a great concert. I really enjoyed that one. And
it was a great billing, double billing at the
time, too. Yeah. They were both dark and grisly
in their own way, but they were by no means alike
at all. Yeah, yeah. Interesting. And I believe
that was Marilyn Manson when he was going through
his alien look. That was his first album. He
was touring his first album, Portrait of an American
Family. Oh, that's right. What struck me the
most about his onstage performance was it reminded
me a lot. of Alice Cooper in 1969 and 1970, when
they were still kind of psychedelic. Yeah, even
the makeup. I remember that now that you said
that. Yeah, and Alice was about as skinny as
Marilyn Manson was and dressed about the same.
You could definitely see the influence. Yeah.
I don't even know, do they even get along? Do
they talk or anything? Yeah, Alice and Marilyn
have formed at least a friendship. That's cool
to know. Which tells me that Marilyn Manson really
doesn't take all that stuff seriously because
Alice is a born -again Christian and would not
hang out with a Satanist. No, no, no. So it's
all image for Marilyn Manson. Or Brian Warner,
as we should say. Yeah. From Canton, Ohio. Yeah,
Brian Warner from Canton, Ohio. He went to the
Hall of Fame quite a few times. Yeah? Yeah, yeah.
He loved it. Maybe he was there when I was there.
Yeah, he probably was. He's probably there right
now. Yeah. He was there with Baker Mayfield and
Alice Cooper, actually. Strange enough. Both
of them, yeah. So, all right. All right, the
next one. Offspring. The offspring, Smash. Yeah.
30 years old. Almost makes me want to cry. Yeah,
yeah. Of course, the guitar player is even older
than that because he was the janitor at the high
school where the rest of them were going. And
here's the rest of the guys trying to get this
band going, and the janitor at the high school
was so much older, he's like, hey, I'll play
guitar for you. I think I do remember a little
bit about that. Yeah. Okay, wow. He's from an
older generation than them. Okay. Old man of
the group. Old man of the group, yep. All right.
How about a little list of Tina Turner's famous
lovers? Ooh, I like this. I got this because
AI suggested it after I was looking up the albums
and Tina Turner was on there. Okay. Erwin Bach.
Famous person. Yeah. Well, I can see that. He
wanted to see if Brown Sugar really was true.
Yeah. I'd say it was written about her, but no.
That was before. Way before, yeah. I never thought
about that. Well, actually, Brown Sugar's not
that good of a song. I'm talking about lyrically.
Well, actually, all around. Yeah. Yeah. It became
huge on shock value, basically, and then it's
just become part of the canon. But, yeah, I don't
listen. When it comes on the radio, I turn it.
Yeah. Because I'm so tired of it. Yeah, me too.
David Bowie. Yeah. I'd forgotten all about David
Bowie. Yeah, he was a very equal opportunity
lover. Yes, he was. Yeah. Yeah, especially in
the 70s. He was very equal opportunity. Yeah.
He didn't even care what gender you were, let
alone what color your skin was. That's what I
was going to say. Fucking floor rug. Yeah. Yeah,
he'd fuck it. Allegedly. Payphone. He'd fuck
it. I think he was allegedly caught inserting
a parking meter once. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Allegedly,
of course. All right. Yeah, we can look forward
to the estate coming after us. If that wasn't
allegedly, we're on the street. All that. James
Ralston. From the Ralston Purina family. Yes,
absolutely. I don't know. I'm not sure about
it. I don't know why it was on the list. Who
is James Ralston? I don't recall that at all.
I thought you were saying Sam Walton. Yes, it's
Sam Walton. The only thing is he made her go
out to the shed and back and live there. It was
crazy. And go through the self -checkout. That's
what led to them breaking up. Yeah, he sent her
through self -checkout and then accused her of
stealing. The good thing is, is Walmart decided
to close the store on Christmas because they
wanted all the hard -working self -checkout customers
to have the day off. They care so much. Yeah,
the last time I went through a Walmart self -checkout,
They stopped me before I left and said, no, no,
you've got to go back and do inventory because
you work here now. I asked him last time. The
guy does not like me because here's what happens.
I've told this on the dish bags. Okay, they tried
to do at the store up there on State Line, they
tried to do this, have someone check the receipts,
like a Costco or a Sam's Club, but the only thing
is they're not a club. Yeah, if they're a club,
they can stop you and ask to see your receipt.
Bylaws, yeah, when you sign that piece of paper,
that's what you're doing. Yeah. But they don't
have the right to do that there. They have to
have clear and reasonable suspicion that you're
actually breaking the law and be able to... name
what it is they think you did wrong. They can't
just say, hey, we want to check your receipt.
They've got to show that they think you're stealing
and tell you exactly why they think you're stealing
or you don't have to show your receipt. Oh, no,
no, no. And I've done this to this guy. He's
an older guy. He's a nice guy when he's not there,
but he thinks he has to do his job to a flaw.
And so what I did now is I started doing, and
so I'll have, I'll get the receipt. And when
you're doing the... It'll say, self -checkout,
it'll say, would you like a receipt? Would you
like an email to you? Would you like a text to
you? All this stuff, right? Okay. So I print
the print one. I have it in my hand. And I have
it in my hand and my groceries in the cart. And
he goes and he's like, can I see your receipt?
And I use the hand that the receipt's in and
I go, I had an email to me. So now he has to
call you a liar. Yes, but he won't. He cannot
do that. No, because you're a customer. They
don't dare do that. Then he goes, well, can you
get on your phone? And I said, certainly not.
And then he gives me this look. And he goes,
you can download the app. And I turn around and
I go, what? I go, do you have a problem with
me walking through here? No, no, no. No, not
at all. And I go, then what was that look for
when you said I could download the app? I'm not
downloading the fucking app. Yeah. I said, I
don't have enough time. Am I free to go or are
you detaining me? He walked off. He turned around
and didn't say a word. Making it a customer relations
nightmare. Yeah, it was. He had no answer for
anything. Except, well, you can download the
app. No, I'm not going to download the app. The
app is going to be, I don't want it, number one.
Number two, if I did want it, I wouldn't do it
because we all know that all they're going to
do is advertise you constantly. I saw one clip.
It was probably a setup because it looked too
perfect. But as he was walking out, the guy asked
for his receipt. And he said, you know, what
crime do you think I committed? And he's like,
well, no, I just wanted to see your receipt.
And they said, okay, then follow me because I'm
going to go out to my car and load my groceries.
So you come with me and you can see my receipt.
Make him leave the post, leave the store, and
walk all the way up to the parking lot. And then
when he gets there, change your mind. There's
nothing they can do about it. Nope. And then
use a good old, am I being detained? Yes. That
scares the hell out of them. Yep. Because they
can't say yes, and if they do, you have a lawsuit.
Unlawful. restrained or unlawful arrest. You
can't call it really imprisonment. Yeah, yeah.
Good. Yeah, no, they have to just be like, okay.
And if they march you back to the manager's office
and sit you down and close the door, that's kidnapping.
Yeah, yep. Absolutely kidnapping. Yep. So, anyhow.
Make them sweat. Anyhow, the last word of Tina
Turner is Ike Turner. So, anyhow. I guess he
did have... Well, you can't really call it sex.
He basically raped her, which is an act of violence.
It's not sex. Oh, that guy was... Yeah. Yeah.
From what we hear. Yeah. All right. Let's see.
I have other stuff here. We have some... Do you
have anything I forgot to ask you? Something
I've noticed is the entertainment news, I guess.
Okay. I started... I've been watching... some
documentaries about some of the mafia crime families
from the 30s through the 80s or 90s, whenever
it all fell apart. And there's been a number
of them who go in and co -opt a political party.
I mean, Tom Pendergast did, Joe Costello did.
Who else? Whoever got Truman elected. That was
Pendergast. That was Pendergast. And I started
looking through all these movies and all these
documentaries about organized crime, and every
time that the mafia got involved in a political
party, it was the same political party over and
over and over and over. Well, let me guess. Could
it have a donkey as its... I believe it does,
yeah. And the D is also very important. But it's
kind of amazing that organized crime always goes
after that political party to corrupt and co
-opt and twist. Gee, I wonder why that... It
is. Just something to think about. Well, my union
that I was in for many, many years that I'm now
retired from, they used to tell me to vote for
it because that's who they paid. My union does
the same thing. Oh, it used to piss me off to
go in. And that was back when, you know, I still
saw some local politicians that I liked. I really
didn't care so much about the D or the R or anything.
Well, I still don't. No. But... I didn't even
like him, and I told him that too. I'm like,
I don't like this guy. I think he's a piece of
crap. Well, we paid for him. I go, no, no, no.
You paid for him. Yeah, I remember telling the
local president, I don't want you spending my
union dues buying politicians. And he basically
said, it's not up to you. I was like, all right.
So much for union representation. Yeah, yes.
They'll take my side against management, but
they will not take my side against the union.
They like to use fear. Yeah. Do you know if those
sneaky Republicans get in, they're going to end
all, all, all unions. That's a bill on the table
right now. As soon as they get one in. Yeah,
yeah, yeah. He tried to shame me when I stood
up to him in the break room and said, no, I'm
not voting for who you tell me to vote for. In
fact, I'm not telling you who I'm voting for.
I'm going to make up my own mind when I'm in
the voting booth. And he tried to shame me. It's
like, well, you're working against your own union,
and you need to stand with your brothers and
sisters. And I looked around, and nobody was
paying attention to him. Nobody gave a shit.
They're like, yeah, this guy's full of shit.
Yeah, everybody knew at that point he was just
full of shit. Yeah. Yeah, they tried the fear
tactic on me, too. You know, like, yeah, if they
get in office, you're done. There'll be no more
unions ever. And all I said, I'm like thinking,
okay, well, I don't think that's how it works.
Yeah, yeah. And I tend to think that if the whole
thing's going to fall apart, if the wrong political
party gets in power, then what you got ain't
all that strong anyway, is it? Yep. No, I know.
And the last time I talked to one of the union
reps before I went ahead and went to the place
before I'm at now, which was out of the union
when I went to him, I'm like, will it affect
my pension? No. Okay, then I don't give a shit
if this thing goes under. He had no more to say.
I said, no, I don't have one ounce of shit about
what happens to you guys as long as I get my
money at the end of the day. As a matter of fact,
I mean, I didn't tell him this, but now I would.
I'm hoping fuckers go under as long as it doesn't
touch my pension. Yeah. If any organization is
corrupt, I'm okay with them flaming out and going
away. I was done with them. When I found out
a guy that I worked with that was there for like
three years, and I was there for, I don't know,
like 20 years, okay, and I've been in the union
20 years, all this service, and there's this
really good job at this metal place in Kansas
City in downtown, right? So I go in there to
get the job, and I see a guy that I worked with
for like three years, and he didn't know that
much. He's already working there. And I'm like,
I didn't even see him on the out -of -work list.
His first name was John. I go, John, how'd you
get on here? He goes, oh, my kid goes to softball
with, I can't say his name, but the president
of the union at the time, Aldis allegedly, with
his grandson. And I'm like, so what? You talk
to him? He goes, yeah, yeah. He told me to come
down here and fill out an app. And I walked away,
and like, I don't want that anymore. I'm stepping
out, fucking off on my own job, which I did.
Yeah, the thing that pissed me off the most about
my union, well, there's two things, but I'll
just tell one of them. There was a day that management
broke the contract to require me to work my day
off. Okay. And I had to go in and work it, even
though it was a violation of the contract. And
then I filed the grievance afterwards that you
bypassed the correct procedure. I shouldn't have
had to work. This other person shouldn't have
had to work. So when my grievance came up, it
came up at the same time as this other instance
where a carrier had actually broken the rules
by leaving his vehicle door open. and going inside
the place of business. So anything in his vehicle
could have been stolen while he was in there
jacking around in the business. So he actually
committed a breach of the rules. A breach of
rules was committed against me, but the union
traded them off. This girl is Steve's daughter.
That is her? Yeah. Is that her? That's her daughter.
Oh, okay. So when the thing came up to a head,
they said, we're going to let post office off
on mandating you and let them get away with that
in return for they're not going to press charges
against this other carrier who left his door
open. So he gets off in return for your thing
going away. And I said, wait a minute, how does
that help me? Wait a minute, yeah. He said, well,
it helps your union brother. And I said, I don't
give a shit. He did the wrong thing. He knows
he did it wrong. He admitted he did it wrong.
He needs to pay the price for that. I did nothing
wrong, and I get screwed over? Well, it's the
way it works. So at that point, I learned definitely
in that union, it's who you know and who likes
you, you're going to get taken care of, and everybody
else is just going to get run over. And they
decided to run over me that day. Yep. No, I've
had that happen so many times. Yeah. In that,
like, you're learning how to do something new,
and the guy that does it has a problem because
you're taking work away from him. It's like,
well, how can I learn this if I can't even do
it? Yeah. You know. Yeah. All the stupid rules
and all that. So, all right. Let's see. You got
something else? I got a few things. I'm really
kind of tapped over here. Okay. I've got a story
I'm working on about a... There's apparently
a guitar factory over in China that puts out
one out of every seven electric guitars sold
in the world. Really? One out of every seven
comes out of this one factory. 2 .25 million
guitars a year, and there's a whole list of very
famous brand names that are all made in that
one factory. So there's really not much of a
difference between those different brands as
you might think because the exact same people
are building them on the exact same assembly
line. So I'm going to gather all that up and
have that ready for next time. Very cool. I have
more music stuff, but I think I'm just going
to go with some regular stories here. I think
it's important to switch it up every day. Hey,
my fellow heavy breeders. This is Dash Riptide,
your music news. Graham Bonnet Band is currently
working on their fourth album. Graham said it's
very possible Bruce Dickinson might guest on
a song or two on his new album. Bruce is a big
fan of Graham's ever since his days in Rainbow.
Two fantastic lead singers in one song kind of
reminds me of Deep Purple's Mark III lineup with
Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale. This should
be pretty damn good. We will see. This is Gash
Rooktine, and that was your music news. If it's
too loud... you'd probably have ear damage, just
like me. A tiny Jesus. A taxidermy bobcat. Several
Tonka toys. Old shoes. One croc, just one with
a hole in it. A box of rubbers. Uh -huh. Yeah,
yeah. I mean, at least that could be used again.
I mean, you know, they weren't used. As far as
I know, it was an unopened box. Yeah. And, finally,
an alligator. Wow. A real alligator. A real alligator.
And it wasn't taxed. I don't know what they did.
It doesn't say whether they, you know, they're
like, okay, we see an alligator, but we don't
want it. I'm pretty sure that's what they did.
Yeah. The guy brought in an alligator. I guess
it's better than a severed human head. Quite
a bit better, but still. I would love to see
the look on the people's face when a guy brought
in an alligator. Here, I got it in this box over
here, buddy. But it didn't go into detail about
what they did. I'm pretty sure they didn't keep
it. Yeah, I wonder how much credit they got for
an alligator. That didn't go into that either.
I'd love to know how much money. At least a couple
of bucks. I would think so. I'd give him ten.
Wouldn't you? Yeah. I'd go ten. I've got some
other little assorted stories if that's cool.
All right. On December 7th, the Washington Post
reported a drone flew over the Lee Correctional
Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina, and
dropped the ingredients for a swishy holiday
dinner. Yeah, so they're not sending them stuff
to break out. They're sending them dinners. Steak.
Crab legs. Along with a small container of Old
Bay seasoning. Two bags of marijuana. And a pack
of Marlboro cigarettes. They thought of everything.
Steak, home -based seasoning with your crabs.
Wow. That's weird to think that prisons will
now have to... get laws passed about protecting
the airspace over the prison. Yeah. I was amazed
that the drone wasn't shot down. Yeah. I mean,
couldn't they go, oh, wait a minute, the drone's
not supposed to be here, boom. You don't care
whose it is or what it is, you shoot it down.
Yeah, because that drone could be carrying, you
know, nerve gas or a bundle of dynamite, whatever.
Yeah, they could have, like, threw a bunch of
fucking weapons down for him, hand grenades,
you know, you don't know. I mean, yeah. So...
Anyhow, the Concord Man was picked up by law
enforcement before reaching its attendant recipients.
The prison receives nightly attacks of drones
trying to drop drugs into prison yards. But this
was a bit unusual, even for us. I'm guessing
the inmates were expecting this package and never
got it. They're probably a bit crabby. Yeah.
I did not write that. I can just see. Probably
every single day, a relative of one of the inmates
goes, I just had a great idea. We'll fly a drone
over and drop stuff off to him. Nobody's ever
thought of that before. I know. I thought of
that too. It's like someone's sitting at home
going, hey. About 10 ,000 people are having the
same idea and thinking they're the first ones
who thought it up and nobody else did. Yeah.
They don't realize what happened to the other
one. Yeah. That's exactly what I thought, too.
Someone sitting around going, hey, man, we really
got him now. Hey, go in and throw in some steaks
and some crab legs. Don't get the box of rubbers.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, who's he having
sex with in an all -male prison? That's a good
point. Yeah. Okay, you know what? I agree with
whatever you said. Think about this. Remember
the old, old Elvis Presley song, Jailhouse Rock?
Uh -huh. Now there's a line in there where he
says, Number 47 said to Number 3, You're the
cutest jailbird I ever did see. I sure would
be delighted with your company. Come on and do
the jailhouse rock with me. Now this is an all
-men's prison. So even in the 50s, Elvis was
singing a song about prison sex. And it was being
played on the radio. Because those are all men
in that prison, and he was singing about them
having dates and having sex. This is one of the
dirtiest songs out there for the time. Wow. It's
like, who's your romantic partner in the prison?
It's got to be another guy. And in the 50s, you
just didn't sing about that on the radio. No.
Well, you got them. Talk about one getting right
past the censors. Yeah. They're just like the
songs that have obvious cussing in them that
no one's ever questioned. Yeah. Like Watchtower,
you know, let's stop talking bullshit. Everybody
knows that. Everybody sings it. Yep. Pink Floyd's
Money, don't give me that do -goody -good bullshit.
Yep. The Who. Who Are You? Yeah. Who the fuck
are you? Yeah. Yeah, it's amazing how these radio
edits got through there, and they've been accepted.
People have heard them so much, they don't even
realize they're customers. Yep. I'm thinking
maybe the right people got paid. I think so,
too. Yeah. Home's got grace. Yeah. Keep bullshit
in there. Yeah. It's all right. A &M said they'd
pay. All right. Okay. Allegedly. Allegedly. Yeah.
All right. I got a little bit different story
here. Sure. In Japan, millions of families will
head to their local KFC on Christmas Day for
chicken and fixings. Yahoo! I've got to say it
right because they always put an exclamation
after Yahoo! Yahoo! News reported on December
3rd. Stores with a colonel statue will dress
him in Christmas attire. Said Akuma Kanawara,
a KFC managing marketer, fans will indulge in
special party barrels. with chicken, side dishes,
and ice cream. Well, not only do they love KFC
and Popeyes in particular, the two biggest ones
over there, but they also love it for Christmas.
It's like a preferred Christmas dinner. Everybody
blocks there. Let's see. I think we spoke about
this a little bit. I think you talked a little
bit about this, but we can go into it a little
bit more. Hey, you know what? I'll go into some
other stories. I've got a bunch of little ones.
Nothing too awful. Tease him with that one for
later. Yeah, we'll do it later. When law enforcement
questioned Calvin Johnson, 36, about a stolen
BMW, he just crashed in Ormond Beach. Florida,
of course. They got an earful, the smoking gun
reported. Investigators say Johnson took the
car on December 8th and drove it at speeds exceeding
100 mile an hour before the crash. Wow. Yeah.
But Johnson had a different explanation. He said
he was teleported into the vehicle. I like this.
I do too. And told officers, you saved me from
the aliens. Didn't work. He was charged with
grand theft auto and driving on a suspended license.
That was clever though. That was. That was clever.
Found a little bit different one. Officers stopped
a speeding car on December 5th in Door County,
Wisconsin. Dork County, D -O -R. What a weird
place. But anyhow. W -B -A -Y TV reported the
sheriff's office said the car was also missing
a front headlight on the driver's side. But no
worries. Oh, wait, there's more. A handheld flashlight
had been jerry -rigged in the spot. And they
said jerry -rigged here. I understand that's
a bad word now, too. Because they speak about
Germans, jerrys. Oh, yeah. I have heard occasionally
it's jury rigged, J -U -R -Y. Okay. But that
doesn't make any sense because when you jury,
it's rigged things. A jury can be rigged, but
the jury doesn't rig things. Yeah, that's true.
That was probably mispronounced. Jerry rigged.
Yeah. Which is the nicer term for what it used
to be. Yeah. Which I heard as a kid with the
N -word. I heard it all the time. In the spot
where a headlight should have been, a flashlight
is not a safe or legal replacement for proper
headlights, authority said. And I say, duh. But
that's just me. And how about this one? A clumsy
20 -year -old burglar bundled his own effort
to break into a home in Spanaway, Washington
on December 4th. Cairo TV reported homeowners
called police because someone was banging on
their front door trying to get in. The intruder
then moved to the back of the... Thank you. The
intruder moved to the back of the house and tried
to break a window as he attempted to escape.
Deputy said he tried to crawl under the fence
but got his foot stuck. Law enforcement used
bolt cutters to free his foot before arresting
him on charges of residential burglary. Funny.
Yeah. You're trying to run away and your foot's
all jammed. Your foot's in there. Hey, he could
have gnawed his own foot off to get away. Yeah,
yeah, like animals do. It's like, well, I guess
it's got to go because I'm not waiting around
to see what these fuckers do. Actually, I've
got the skinny on animals chewing their legs
to get out of traps. They pretty much don't do
that. Because, number one, it hurts like hell.
And there isn't an animal out there who's got
the discipline and the will to chew their own
leg off and endure that enormous amount of pain.
That's true. What usually happens is the animal...
is caught in the trap and dies, and then something
comes along and that animal chews its leg off
so they can drag the carcass away and eat it.
Ah, that makes sense. Yep. Or sometimes the animal
isn't dead yet and somebody comes along and kills
it and gnaws its leg off so they can drag it.
But yeah, the leg gets gnawed off after the animal's
already dead. It's being gnawed off by somebody
else. That makes a hell of a lot more sense.
But it's fun for the animal rights organizations
to pretend as if it's the animal chewing their
leg off to get out of the trap. Because that
makes it, oh, this poor animal is suffering.
No. Some other animal came along and killed it.
But animal rights organizations... Organizations
don't like to talk about animals killing other
animals. They pretend it doesn't even matter.
Yep, and if anyone's wondering, the foot is not
a delicacy to other animals. They don't really
care about it. There's not much meat there. Yeah.
So you're not going to have another animal come
along and go, hey, look, this delicious foot
was left. Nope. Yeah, they just left the front.
Let's go. That came up a lot when I was teaching
hunter ed classes for the Missouri Department
of Conservation. We had a conservation agent
come in, and he worked with a lot of trappers,
and he said, yeah, this is what happens. The
animal's either already dead or on its way to
dying, and something else comes along and does
the chewing off of the limb. I could totally
see that. Yeah, it makes so much more sense.
Yeah, absolutely. All right. All right. I've
got another story here. Sure. All right. How
long have we got, by the way? An hour and five.
Oh, okay, good. Austin Dirks, a hiker at Arches
National Park in Utah, or Arches, I think it's
Arches, A -R -C -H -E -S. Arches? Archies? Archie?
I don't know. I think, if I heard it correctly,
Archies. But anyhow, Austin Dirks, a hiker in
Archies National Park in Utah, found himself
in a sitcom -worthy predicament on December 7th.
CBS News reported it. As he explored a small
canyon on the second day of his backpacking trip,
Dirks sank up to his thigh in quicksand. Ooh.
Yeah. Fortunately, he had brought along an emergency
satellite beacon, which was picked up by Grand
County emergency responders. The team positioned
a ladder and boards near him and slowly worked
his leg loose. Once he was free of the quicksand,
Dirk said he was able to hike out on his own.
and offer a few insights about the mythical substance.
Because remember as a kid, we're always like
scared of quicksand. What if you fall in it?
Oh yeah, you're dead. It's the Hollywood version.
Yeah, it's the Hollywood version. Most people
won't see past their waist in quicksand. That's
what it says. It's about how deep it is. Yep,
and also it's slow enough to where you can usually
get help. So the people that die in quicksand
are probably pretty much none. But like you said,
it's the Hollywood version of it. Yeah, yeah.
All right. Let's see here. I have a list of memorable
classic rock concerts. Ooh, dig that. Okay. And
this is voted in by a fan poll by Rolling Stone
magazine. All right, so... Jimi Hendrix of Woodstock,
1969, was voted the number one... most memorable
concert. Wow, I guess it would be. A legendary
feedback -laden, yeah, true, and politically
charged rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
Yeah. That's true. Yep. Think of all the people
that do that now, and all of the events that
start out like that, either with Jimi Hendrix's
version of it or somebody live playing it. I
see Ted Nugent do that. Yeah, yeah. And they
deviate from it and do all this cool shit, add
the distortion and stuff. It's really become
a thing of its own. Yeah. And Jimi Hendrix started
that, of course. So, he cemented his innovative
genius featuring sonic effects, mimicking bombs
and rockets amidst a chaotic festival. And that's
true. He did do all these sounds and stuff. I
mean, it was a combination of him... rewiring
and doing different things with electronics and
also having the newest electronics around. He
was in good with some people or something, but
he got the newest stuff that people didn't even
know was out here. Yeah, I've read articles about
that. The companies that were making effects
pedals would go to him and say, here, try this
out, try out our new thing. Oh, that's why. I
wasn't sure why. Okay, that's why. There were
some music stores in London where you always
go to try to get the newest stuff. He worked
directly with Marshall on a lot of occasions.
The man, Seymour Duncan, who founded the pickup
company, Seymour Duncan. Yeah. He was, you know,
back then he was just hand wiring pickups for
people. And he was constantly wiring up sets
for Jimi Hendrix and saying, here, try these
out. Here, try these out. And Seymour Duncan
was very inventive. Yeah. Yeah, he was. Come
up with a lot of innovative things. The stuff
that he was coming out with Seymour Duncan was
good. It was new electronics. Also, Hendrix did
do a lot of different stuff with his amplifiers
and his guitars. What would you call him? Messing
with it? Tweaking it? Yeah, he had some modified.
He would turn up some controls that people usually
wouldn't turn up all the way. Yeah. To get odd
and different sounds. He played a lot with feedback.
Yeah. So he was just radically different from
most people at the time. There was another thing
that he did that we'll never get enough credit,
Jimi Hendrix, is how he played feedback. He played
feedback as an instrument. Yes. And he did it
very well. Yeah, I remember Nugent. Did that
a lot because he had the Gibson Birdland guitars,
which are true hollow bodies. And somebody handed
him a Strat and said, hey, try this out. And
he's playing it and he's like, hey, yeah, I like
it. But then he tried to get the feedback and
it just wasn't there because it wasn't a hollow
body. And he said, I wound up getting so frustrated
I threw the whole guitar through a wall. And
it wound up in the next room and said, no, I
can't play that, man. Give me the feedback. But
he has since graduated to solid body guitars.
He made the switch. Yeah, he's not quite, I don't
know. So, what would you say? I think Hendrix
was truly being revolutionary and visionary.
Nugent was just trying to get wild, loud sounds
to impress the crowd. Yeah, yep. Okay, so, all
right. The next one, number two, is the Beatles
at Shea Stadium. Oh, yeah. 1965, yeah, that was...
If you didn't see that, you remember it as being
one of the concerts or saw parts of it. Yeah,
yeah. And if you've ever heard it, the screaming
is louder than the music. Yeah, nobody could
hear that. Which is the reason that the Beatles
quit playing live is because people would just
scream constantly and they couldn't even hear
themselves on stage. They're like, screw this,
it's not worth it. Yeah, and also the Beatles
were always just kind of like one second away
from doing their own thing. Anyhow, they didn't
really care. And they didn't really seem to care
for each other, especially John and Paul. And
then you had Yoko to it. Yeah. So, okay, so overwhelmed
by the 55 ,000 screaming fans showcasing the
height of Beatlemania and paving the way for
future stadium tours. But like you said, they
really didn't want to play anymore because no
one could hear it. That was 1965? Yeah. Here's
a comparison. The show Gilligan's Island was
in its third season. Wow. It started in 63. I
had no idea it started that early. I didn't either.
Yeah, it was on for like eight years. Think of
that. That's just barely past the 1950s. Yeah.
Gilligan's Island hit the air while JFK was still
alive. Hadn't been assassinated yet. It took
another three years, I guess. No, he just died
in 1963. So they hit the air in September, and
then that November, JFK was assassinated. Of
course, a show like Gilligan's Island doesn't
pay any attention to current events. No, no,
no. The Who, number three, The Who at Leeds University.
Oh yeah, Leeds. An incredibly raw, energetic,
and tight performance captured on their definitive
live album, showcasing their power and musicianship.
Yeah, it would have been tough to capture because
Keith Moon was so erratic. Some nights he played
amazing. and other nights he only played amazing
on some songs, and other nights it was just another
train wreck. There was the famous one where he
collapsed drunk behind his drums, and they had
to get somebody from the audience to come up
and play the whole set. And that guy played really
well. Yeah, he was actually an actual drummer,
and he could play. He sounded better than Keith
Noon would have that night. Yeah, he didn't vomit
on the drums, which is a plus. And the problem
is, is Keith Noon was such a good drummer. Yeah.
I mean, he really was. It got a little crazy.
Yeah, it got to the point where his overplaying
and excessive overplaying became the gimmick.
Musicianship went out the window. It was like
the fans want to hear Keith playing his brains
out on every single song, even if it's a slow
ballad, so it's what he's going to do. To me,
I didn't like it because it was like... you want
to hear the music or not, you know, so anyhow,
but it worked out. Even Pete Townsend was quoted
once as saying, I wish occasionally Keith Moon
would just play a simple fucking rhythm. As he
looked at pictures of children. Yes. Allegedly.
But at least he called it. He called the British
authorities first. Yeah. Nice guy. Nice guy.
All right. Janis Joplin with Big Brother and
Holding Company, 1968. I'm not aware of this
one. No. Although she did way better with her
original band, The Holding Company, than she
did with whatever the... put -together band they
used for... They didn't have a name. I don't
think the band after that happened. I think there
was some sort of name they put on it, but it
never caught on. Okay. Well, yeah, whoever they
were. Yeah, but on the album it was just Janis
Joplin. Because the first album it said Big Brother
and the Holding Company, and Janis Joplin's name
was hard to find. Yeah, that's right. Because
she was just a member of the band. Yeah. It's
kind of weird. It's kind of like when Rod Stewart
was in the Jeff Beck group. Yeah. Or the faces.
Yeah, and the faces, yeah. People don't realize
that, but that was the original name when Rod
Stewart became ultra popular. Then Jeff Beck
started playing for Rod Stewart. And when Sammy
Hagar was the singer for Montrose, it wasn't
Sammy Hagar and Montrose, it was Montrose. Yeah.
Then he went on his own. Then he got to go, hey,
I'm Sammy Hangar from Montrose. I think Montrose
himself played for Edgar Winter. Ronnie Montrose
did. Yeah, he did. Who we got to see. We didn't
see Ronnie Montrose. Was that called Seven Degrees
of Kevin Bacon where you make the connection
like that? It is. Very much so. All righty, so
a chaotic tour defined by tour -ending fights
and raw, powerful performances capturing Joplin
at her peak. Yeah. Okay, and then the fights
that you're talking about is really why the band
behind her is gone because of all the infighting
and stuff going on. Yeah. Yep. And so on the
theatrical over -the -top shows, so all these,
that's one, two, three, and four collectively.
Number five. they have in a slightly different
category, and this is theatrical and over -the
-top shows, like I said. Yeah. Alice Cooper.
I was hoping this would be there. Billion Dollar
Babies Tour. Yeah. 1973. Famous for its gruesome,
shocking stage show featuring guillotines, blood,
and elaborate horror -themed props, setting new
standards for rock spectacle. Kiss of Budokan,
1977, while later their elaborate makeup, pyro,
and platform took a lot from this show. I love
the way they said that. But Kiss was the second
one, was number two on this, so that the ad was
pulled over the top. But I like the way they
parlayed it out of Million Dollar Babies, which
they did. And I mean, and even Kiss says that
when they did interviews with him. They said,
yeah, you know, they watched Alice Cooper. The
only difference is when Alice Cooper talks about
it, he said four people do it just as good. Kiss
said four people can do it better. Yeah. Which
I don't agree with. There was a slight thematic
difference. Alice always played his villain character.
as a loser and an outsider who would get what's
coming to him in the end. He always got punished.
That was what the guillotine and the electric
chair was. Yeah, it was punishment for the bad
guy. With Kiss, they just reveled in the bad
guy. It's like the bad guy wins. So it was a
different... Yeah. Yeah, no, that's... On the
Billion Dollar Babies tour, on one of the early
shows, somebody brought in those leopard -spotted
platform thigh -high boots and threw them up
on stage, and then Alice wore them for the rest
of the tour. And then when he was done with the
tour, eventually he donated them to the Rock
Hall of Fame. Oh, wow. But that was a fan who
brought them to the show and threw them up on
stage. After that, people started looking at
those big outrageous platform boots and thinking,
that's pretty cool, we ought to do that. That
is. And a lot of bands did it. Wow. Alice isn't
very tall, but those boots made them over 16.
Oh, yeah. Those boots were the shit. Yeah, they
were. There is something interesting going on.
I did not have time this morning to print it
out or nothing, but Garth Brooks. There is a
big thing about people saying he has serial killer
tendencies by the way he talks and his lack of
emotion. I've heard that before. And he has that
alter ego, what is it, Russell Gaines? Yes. Yeah,
it's starting to look creepy. Yeah. Well, people
are questioning him about that whole thing. Yeah,
I hope it's just a promotional or publicity thing
that they've worked in over the years, but it
might be real. It might be that Garth Brooks
really is. I'd kill her. I don't know. It's possible.
It's possible. So I didn't have time to look
into that, but I'm going to try to have a report
on the next music groups. It's like that Bob
Ross, The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross. There's
always been a theory that every painting he paints
on the show is a place where he's buried a body,
and that's his way of gloating and showing people.
Like, if you can find this place in real life,
I buried a body here. To me, that's fucking brilliant.
Isn't that awesome? It is. I hope it's not true,
but it's fun to pretend it is. It is. And just
the way Bob Ross looks, you can see him trying
to put a baseball bat up someone's ass. Yes.
All right. I want to go into this now. We went
into this a little bit before on the last podcast
that we've done. All right. There's a man in
Indiana suing another man because his actions
led to severe head injuries. And I don't know,
did we go over this a whole lot or not? Not a
whole lot. Okay. South Bend, Indiana, Roger Trippel
is using his former neighbor and friend as suing
his... former neighbor and friend for over a
million dollars in damages and all medical bills
paid for when his neighbor allegedly blasted
the car horn when he was installing a car battery.
Jim Sanders is being sued after his neighbor
and friend was helping him install a battery
in his Ford Escape. Ford Escape. Yeah, you can't
trust him. So, when he blasted a horn, scaring
his neighbor, Mr. Triple, enough to where he
jumped. And, hang on. Geez. Yeah, we got a group
that's decided to come by and be extra noisy.
Yeah, yeah. Just because they want to be. They
look like dickheads to me. Yeah, yeah. We get
that occasionally. It's like, you know, background
noise is great, but... When people come by and
deliberately try to get extra noisy to screw
up our podcast. Deliberately do this to go pick
heads like they obviously are, yeah. So, anyhow,
let's see. So, let me do this right here and
maybe this will help, okay? So, he needed immediate
medical attention and an ambulance was called.
He received large lacerations on his head, and
part of it is visible on the top of his forehead.
Wow. So, okay, we talked about this. We said,
you know what? Yeah, the guy probably has a right
to sue me. I would think so, yeah. How much do
you think that he should receive? Somewhere under
$200 ,000. Yeah. I would think. I think you're
right. All right. All right, you got anything
else? I've got a couple things I thought of while
you were talking. Okay, cool. A little short
bit I heard about Paul McCartney the other day.
You familiar with this song, The Long and Winding
Road? Yeah. Paul wrote that without all the big
orchestration in it. Really? And he didn't want
the big orchestration in it. But the producer
said, yep, yep, we're putting all these strings
in and that's the way it is. And he said that's
the moment he decided he was done with the Beatles.
Really? Yeah, when he heard the final version
of Long and Winding Road and all those strings,
he's like, yeah, I'm done. What a weird way to
go. I would have thought it was anything but
that. Yeah, but apparently that was the last
straw. He's like, I wrote this music. I want
it to be produced the way I envisioned it, the
way I wrote it. I don't want to have to pass
it through somebody else and hope they do it
my way. I'm leaving the band. My own music is
me exactly the way I want it to be. All the tension
and the fights going on, that was it. Yeah, it
came down to the music. Makes sense. You know
what? And he had a completely different style.
Yeah. And, I mean, he obviously had other influences
and other things that he wanted to do. Yeah.
So he did good. Plus he wanted to get his wife
in the band. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And there
would have been Linda, not the one that shits
the bed or whatever. Yeah, yeah. No, that was
Jenny Debs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The second wife
was one that was all about landmines. And she
was always flying around the world talking about
we need to clean up landmines and do this and
do that. And she wound up kind of treating Paul
like a piece of shit. Which one was the one with
no leg that used to piss in the company? Yeah,
that's her. That's her, yeah. She was significantly
younger. And she felt, hey, I'm just going to
milk this old guy for his money. Yep. Didn't
work out so well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You ever
heard about... Oh, I'm sorry. One more thing
is... Does anybody remember the Peavey Festival
series of amplifiers? Yeah. It was a big, giant
-ass... solid state amp head that would sit on
top of big giant ass speakers. And you could
use them for guitar, you could use them for bass,
you could use them as a PA. They were just massive,
powerful amplifiers. Peavey's bringing them back.
So the festival series is going to be available
again. And the product rep for Peavey described
what they do as a torture test. And he said the
hardest sound for an amplifier to reproduce is
popping and slapping the bass. Like, think of
the Seinfeld intro. So that is the hardest thing
in the world for a power amp to do because the
sound comes on from zero to 100 % all at once
and then it shuts off just as fast. And it does
it over and over quickly. He said, that will
destroy a power amp if it's not well designed.
Really? So the torture test they have is they
have a tape of somebody popping and slapping
the bass, and they run it at full volume for
about three hours and see if the design can take
it. Wow. And he said, normally if your design's
going to fail, it's going to be in the first
15 minutes because it'll expose any flaw in your
power amp. But if your power amp can make it
past the first half hour or so, you're probably
pretty good. But see, we don't burn it for three
hours, just to make sure. Wow. Yeah, that's a
hell of a torture test. Yeah, that is. That reminded
me of Eddie Van Halen's torture test when he
worked at Peavey. Yeah. He would take their new
amplifier, turn everything up to 10. and then
lean the guitar up against the speaker cabinet.
So it was just shrieking with feedback. How did
he stand it? He would leave. He'd set it up and
leave and come back the next day. He would give
at least 12 hours of constant, torturous feedback.
And he said, if I showed up and it's still doing
it, then it's a good amp. But if I show up and
it's dead, then I don't want it. That's pretty
extreme. Props to him for figuring that out,
though. I mean, really, wow. But, you know, Peavey
has kind of built a reputation on having amps
that just last for freaking ever. They do. I've
got a 1988 Peavey Bandit, and there's not a damn
thing wrong with it. It's just perfect. Oh, no,
I've always been a fan of Peavey. They're a good,
solid amp. I mean, they make good equipment.
Yeah. They've got solid state. I've got... One
2 -band, I've got a Peavey Classic Mini 20, and
then I've got the Peavey Bandit from 88, and
I bought a Studio Pro from sometime in the 90s
with the trans -tube technology they put in it.
And they all sound just awesome. Just really,
really good. They say the big problem with Peavey
is that since it's not very expensive, a lot
of people can afford it. and not everybody knows
how to set it up and how to run it. And he said
that nine times out of ten, if the PB system
sounds like shit, it's because it's not adjusted
properly. And I've seen examples of this over
and over where they've shown, you know, here's
how you would typically hear it, and it's like,
yeah, I've heard that at concerts. He said, and
here's how to fix it. They go and just tweak
a few things, and it's just a night and day.
It's just gorgeous. It's like, poor Peavey. They
always had good sound. It's just nobody knew
how to use them properly. Oh, wow. That's cool.
Okay. I've always liked Peavey myself, though.
I've always enjoyed them. I had a Peavey amp
in the past that worked well. Davey, my friend,
has had a couple of them. Leonard Skinner used
Peavey MACE amplifiers. M -A -C -E. They were
high -volume, high -watt, I think 2x12s, solid
state, I think. But Lynyrd Skynyrd just loved
them. If you've ever listened to Lynyrd Skynyrd,
you've heard Peavey amplifiers being played.
And it sounds gorgeous, doesn't it? It sounds
great. It sounds just fine. They used them in
recording. They used them live. And fortunately,
a few of them survived the plane crash. That's
a good build -in. Yeah, yeah. And they've got
a bunch of them on display. A bunch of stuff
that survived the plane crash and then was part
of Gary Rossington's personal gear, they've got
in a big display now that Peavey helped work
up. Because so much of it's Peavey. And I think,
is Rossington still alive or not? I think he
passed. He passed, yeah, probably. Probably about
eight, ten years ago. Yeah, it was Washington
and Collins that formed their own separate band.
And then the cousins of Leonard Skinner formed
Leonard Skinner again. Yeah, some other Van Zandt
cousins. Yeah, yeah, the Van Zandt. And it's
interesting because Washington and Collins were
members, and they went and formed another group,
and then relatives went back and reformed Skinner.
A lot of people don't know that. Yeah. And let's
see, which Van Zandt was first? Was it Ronnie?
Ronnie was the original. And then Johnny was
the second. Yeah. Okay, that's what I thought.
Ronnie and then Johnny, his cousin. And then
there's Miami Steve Van Zandt, who worked a lot
with Bruce Springsteen, who has a radio station
on Sirius XM. Yeah, he also is an actor. Yeah.
His most famous was The Sopranos, but he also
did... Another one, I can't remember what it
was. I remember that, too. You pretty much recognize
him because he always wears a do -rag or some
sort of bandana or head covering thing. I can't
think of the second show he was on. But I know
what you're talking about. And there was other
ones that he was on, but those were his two most
memorable performances. And the one that he played
the best on was probably The Sopranos. It was
kind of like the underboss, the assistant guy.
I can't remember what name he was. Silvio or
something like that. Silvio or something. Anyhow,
the whole point is he's a really good actor as
well. Yeah. Multi -talented guy, of course. He's
got various revenue streams. Yes. Yep. Yeah,
so. And we have no revenue streams. No, no. But
after you listen to this, you probably know this.
Yeah, we have a few urine streams in our revenue
stream. As soon as we said that, they looked
at it at their Bluetooth and said, no shit. No
revenue stream. How did that happen, knuckleheads?
How do you think that happened? Did anyone call
us on our phone number today? No, that's what
I'm checking, damn it. Nothing so far. We'll
have to have a few shill calls. Set people up
to call and pretend that they're calling in on
their own. Oh, yeah, yeah. I probably shouldn't
have mentioned that during the podcast. Yeah,
radio shows did that in the past. Yeah. Nope,
nope, nothing. Not even a comment like, hey,
I'll call. Oh, gosh. They don't like us. Nope,
they don't. They're all haters. We're used to
it. Birmingham, England likes us. That's all
we give a show about. That's important. So, all
right. That's pretty much all I got. We're up
over an hour and a half. All right. Okay. Everybody,
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