Hey there, everybody. Welcome to the Mark Moss
Show. It is Season 7, Episode 2, Music Therapy.
I'm your host, Mark Maloney. How y 'all doing?
And next to me is my co -host and producer, and
got a lot of his own online stuff we'll talk
about in a minute. It's Aidan Maloney. What's
going on? I am chilling. On a scale from one
to chilling, I am chilling. We were talking a
touch before we started hitting record. Didn't
get good quality sleep last night, but it was
like a healthy duration. Sure. Like I got like
eight hour 45, but then I woke up and I'm like,
yeah, I could use another three or four hours.
Yeah. Yeah, I would agree with that. I actually
was at work about 11 hours yesterday. That was
fun. That was good times. So I did that. And
then when I was done, I had to get this fine,
beautiful, wonderful episode ready, which I had
done almost zero work at this point. And we had
to go someplace to do that. I'm like, hmm, who
has Wi -Fi? You know, most coffee shops are closed
by now. This is true. So I went to a fine establishment
in Crown Point called Stryker's. And it was my
third time there. Great vibe on a Saturday night.
A lot of fun. And it was hilarious because there
were like three people that recognized me. I
only recognized one of them. And they were all
like dabbing me up. Yo, man, what's up, Mark?
Hey, what's going on? So then the one girl had
asked me, she's like, she looked at me kind of
weird. She's like, is this your first time here?
Because I had never. been there while she's working
and i think she might be new ish um and so her
name's ray and so she came over she's like uh
are are you is this your first time and i'm like
i've been here a few times before and she's like
Oh, I was wondering. I'm like, no, I've had Caitlin.
I've had Carissa. I said, I've been here. She's
like, oh, all right. I said, yeah, I brought
a crazy bus group in here. Oh, you're that guy.
I'm like, I'm that guy. Oh, you're that guy.
I'm that guy. I wasn't the guy. They got super
wasted and ran away. We won't name names. We
won't name names. Yeah, some people got lost
in the sauce, literally. And figuratively. But
I was the other guy. I was the fun guy. Anyway,
yeah, so apparently I'm not so regular regular
now at Strikers. We'll have to fix that because
they have amazing happy hour deals there. Righteous.
I'm all about saving a couple of bucks and having
a good time, you know what I mean? I almost wonder
if our... We're both... Highly caffeinated and
still caffeinating as we speak. Yes. I almost
wonder, for anyone in the Midwest U .S. or Upper
East Coast, Canada, you may have realized, wow,
the air quality is really horrible. Like, the
National Weather Service is telling people, hey,
don't go outside. Yeah. Like, you leave your
house and you're like, is the entire Indiana
Dunes having a barbecue today? Right. Right.
Yeah, the AQI around us, I think, peaked around
395, which is on a scale up to 500. That's pretty
terrible. Yeah. As far as breathing air. I thought
two days ago it got up over 600. I don't think
it goes above 500. There was a rating or something
that goes up. That high. Oh. I'm not sure AQI
NFL. I don't know what the hell it's called.
But there was some rating that goes up to, like,
600 or 650 or something. And, like, anything
past 500 is, like, very not bueno. And we actually
had the worst air quality in the country, I think,
two of the last three days. So, yeah, it was
bad around here. It makes me wonder, like, with
how terrible the air quality was. At least it's
a little bit better today. Like, did that affect
our sleep? Like, we didn't get enough O2? It's
possible. Something like that? It's very possible
that people's sleep is affected by that and moods
and everything else. That's, like, 100 % accurate
on that. And, yeah, you know, it was interesting.
I was driving into work, and it reminded me.
I haven't been to L .A. in a long time. But,
like, when I was in L .A. And you're driving
through the valley is when you really notice
the smog out in Los Angeles. And, you know, that's
almost all entirely CO2. issue right yeah yeah
so that being the case like i was driving i'm
like oh my god i feel like i'm driving in the
valley right now i mean oh right that's exactly
what it reminded me of oh my god this is it's
smog we have it right finally finally gosh i've
been waiting so long we did it boys we did it
way to go indiana uh yeah so it it is what it
is i mean you know It's hard to sit there and
be like, in Canada, it's a freaking fire, man.
We've had a bunch of our own. And the Canadians
helped us. Right. And our shit's on fire and
they send everybody. Let's not be too mean. No.
And I mean, conversely, I've seen a lot of Canadians
out there. Americans aren't helping us. I'm like,
no, you're listening to the douchebag Republican
pundits on the TV and the radio and everything
else. The state of Wisconsin, the state of Minnesota,
the state of Michigan, they've sent their own
DNR people up there to go up there and help fight
the fires. So let's just be fair on both sides
of this. The fires suck. I've seen photos that
are just horrific looking. It just kind of looks
like if there was a hell, like somebody opened
the gates and they're like, we're here. Why Canada?
Why Canada? Of all places to pop up. They're
like, yeah, what did we do, eh? It would make
more sense if it pops up in Texas. You invented
hockey. No! Well, yeah, exactly. We in hell love
hockey. Meanwhile, south of Mobile, we're here.
Yeah, that would make a little bit more sense
for sure. What would we know? But what do we
know, right? I mean, it is what it is. Anyway,
my caffeine is probably sponsored by Fluid Coffee
today. Not sponsored. Not sponsored, but it would
be cool. Who knows? It would be kind of cool.
Saw my friend Allie this morning. So, Allie,
what up? She's a supporter and an all -around
awesome person. Word. Definitely worth shouting
her out. And, of course, all the amazing people
over at Strikers. Like I said, if you're in Crown
Point, my favorite bar in Crown Point is closed.
I think it's going to reopen as something else.
But it's kind of like you have the original OG
Dive Bar and then you have Dive Bar by Timu.
Yeah. And I think that's what's going to replace
it. Yeah. It's what the people are saying. It's
what the people are saying. I mean, I'm just
one of the people, so don't look at me. But at
any rate, you know, will I give it a try once?
Maybe. But I think Strikers is my vibe. Yeah.
Yeah. That's what's up. Yeah, man. Just like
the people there are cool. The crowd there was
cool. Very diverse, you know. Middle -aged people,
younger people just all kind of hanging out,
listening to good music. Okay, I have to say
this. Somebody, whoever had the, it's not iTunes,
whatever the app is to play. The jukebox thing.
The jukebox thing, yeah, on your phone. So whoever,
like I was going to play some music, and then
I was like, I wasn't sure when I was leaving,
and I ended up leaving semi -early, and I was
just like, I'm not going to dump any money into
it tonight. Plus, I figured there's probably
20 songs ahead of me. Somebody played. And I
was dying. Like, okay, I need to give some context
here. So there was a time when I would be out,
like Aiden and the boys, and we're hanging out.
And, of course, anyone that knows me, in that
environment, I am a low -level menace. I will
cause problems. Not, like, big problems. I'm
not going to, like, start a bar fight. I'll finish
one. I'm never going to start one. But, like,
I'm a menace in, like, a cute, playful way, I
think. Anyway, so part of being a menace is like
we'll go in and there'll be a jukebox and I'll
go, oh, and I'll just find the most ridiculous,
crazy -ass songs to play. Right. On the jukebox,
to the point where at a Buffalo Wild Wings once,
the manager ran into the kitchen and was like,
which one of you fuckers is playing it? Totally
threw the employees under the bus. Legit, LOL.
I was freaking dying. And they actually killed
the jukebox. And they killed it. They turned
it off. They turned off the damn jukebox. I couldn't
believe it. But at any rate, fast forward to
last night. I'm sitting there, and I'm trying
to do my show, sipping on my Miller Lite, not
sponsored. And all of a sudden, Dominic the Christmas
Donkey starts playing. I'm dying. I'm like, who
the hell played that? It was amazing. Wow. It
was amazing. What a pull. Oh, just out of nowhere.
I was just like, man, who was that? I want to
shake his or her hand right now. That's awesome.
So once I got that vibe, I'm like, oh, I think
these are my people. I really think these are
my people. Christmas in July. That's what they
say. Christmas in July. I'll allow it just for
another two weeks. That's about it. But yeah,
so anyway, we're doing a little show here, right?
Mark Mo Show. We're into our seventh season.
And I have to say, this guy here, over by there,
Aiden has a really cool gaming site called Aiden
Spelled the Right Way. GeoGuessr, PolyBridge,
ObservationDuty, a bunch of different horror
games, things like that. So what do you got going
on this week? Well, I played this game called
Velar recently. Very spooky. I flew backwards
in my chair several times. Quite spooky, very
excellent. The graphics, quite fun. So I got
a lot of indie horror still coming up, as I usually
do, because they keep making good games and I
keep playing good games. I still have not done
the idea I brought up the other week of doing
the Euro Truck Sim distracted driving simulator.
I think it's a hilarious idea, but just like
doing it without... getting copyright claimed
or struck or anything, I'll find a way to do
it. Because I think it's a funny bit. I think
you should. Yeah. I think that'd be a great idea.
No doubt. You know, and it's funny. I've been
thinking about this copyright claim thing for
a while. Because there's... I don't want to say
it limits us big time. I would say a little bit.
It just kind of throws a swerve if there's certain
things you want to do. But I found a way around
it, I think. If you could just take popular song
and change a word. It says separate ways. Separate
way. Done. It'd be like, then what? Who wrote
separate way? Nobody. See? Uh -uh. No, that's
not going to work. So that's what I'm saying.
Totally brand new song. It's a brand new song.
Purple Mountains. Majestic. Change the word.
Change the word. I don't know what you're talking
about. I ain't copying nothing. I ain't no copyright
claim here. So all I'm saying to all of you other
creators out there, be creative with it. Exactly.
Yeah, so you never know. Welcome to the jungle.
Brand new ideas, yeah. Welcome to the jungle.
Who wrote that? I did. We have lots of change.
We have lots of change. That's a bit. Some people
are bothered with my voice, but I think I got
range. Yeah, I mean, we got it, man. Bars. Bars.
I can drop that shit all day. We're already out.
Look, I was out drinking last night. What do
you want from me? That's all I'm going to say.
What do you want from me? I'm doing my best.
Welcome to the Django full version. Full version.
Hitting Spotify soon. Soon. Hitting Spotify soon.
It's this generation's Weird Al. That's what
we're just going to. Yeah. Yeah. Not so weird,
Mark Moe. So anyway, yeah. Other than that, Aiden
and I, we do a collab too. So we do our own gaming
called A &M Gaming. And if you're on the Insta,
if you're on TikTok, well, maybe not so much
TikTok as TikTok can suck my schnitzel. But we
create a lot of content, I should say. Aiden
creates a lot of content to put on there. And
it's hilarious and it's great. And some of you
have actually seen that and liked it. So that's
great. We appreciate you. Anyway, we... We play
a lot of games where we don't have to be totally
screwed in and just really paying attention or
else you die and then the game's over and that
kind of defeats the purpose. But we play games
that we can kind of play and do our brand of
comedy, improv, chit -chatting, utter chaos.
Goofing. Yeah, exactly. So we do that. People
tend to like it. And if you do like it, thank
you. If you don't. Oopsie. Oopsie. Zoe. Joe Rogan
for you. I don't know. Here's other venues, I'm
sure, other options. There's lesser venues if
you want to take that path. If you want to take
that path, for sure. Yeah, there's no doubt about
it. But yeah, just do whatever you want to do,
but the ones that do watch and listen and like,
we appreciate you. So yeah, definitely like and
share and subscribe. All of this would be amazing.
Lately, we've... We've done a combination of
some GeoGuessr, which you guys do seem to kind
of like. So we probably do that one the most.
But then there's the... Queen rule in the world
one. Sort the court. Never remember that. I don't.
There's just a mental... I think my hard drive's
full. Oh, I see. I have to do a... A little defrag.
I have to defrag my brain so I can start remembering
more things. But sort the court. And we sometimes
do observation duty, but we're doing one similar
to observation duty, which is called... Spectator.
Spectator. See, I forgot that one, too. Spectator.
I hardly know her. what he said so yeah spectator
is really cool it's it's i don't want to say
it's easier but i feel maybe it is a little bit
easier i don't know all i'm saying is like it's
it's more entertaining for us it's more fun as
less stressful less stressful like observation
duty like like it triggers my anxiety sometimes
yeah So I'd sit there and be like, oh, I wonder
if that's the problem people have watching it.
Right. They're just kind of like, ah! And I'm
like, sorry. Or for our friends up north on fire,
sorry. At any rate, yeah, so we play a bunch
of games. Probably some GeoGuess are coming up,
and we'll probably do some more Spectator. That's
been a lot of fun. And, yeah, if you guys out
there have any suggestions, definitely let us
know for sure. And we'll give a game a try. Yeah,
damn right. We'll definitely do that. Oh, by
the way, I saw Del Mar the other morning. I was
going into work, and I was pulling out of McDonald's
with my crack Diet Coke, which I need every morning.
And I'm pulling out of there, and all of a sudden
I hear, Maloney! And I was like, who the hell?
What? Who? And so I literally pulled the wrong
way down the one -way thing. And I just kind
of looped around. And I saw that it was Delmar
from Franklin House. And I was just like, Delmar,
dude, what's going on? So he apparently has this
new gig coming up. So I'm pumped for him. Right
on. It's definitely going to be a good situation
for him. So I'm super proud. So hey to Delmar,
too. He's a good dude. Anyway. Um, let's talk
a little bit about the title for this week, which
is Music Therapy. So, we know life isn't always
easy. Sometimes it is Moonbeams and Misty Meadows.
Name the movie. Uh, Shrek 4, Forever After. Okay,
how about if I say it? Moonbeams and Misty Meadows.
Wizard of Oz? No, Scrooged. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You got it now? Yep. I see the scene now. One
of my favorite scenes ever. And then he just
smacks him in the face with a toaster. I just
love it. The violence of that. Of that whole
interaction. Gonna rip your goddamn wings off.
Sometimes you gotta smack them in the face. So
good. So good. Anyway, sometimes it is moonbeams
and misty meadows, but other times it's hell
on earth. When life brings you down, when things
get tough, there are... things you can do to
improve your mood. There's also music that can
match your mood. Sometimes you just need to know
you're not alone sometime in your struggles.
Now, there are movies and there's TV shows and
there's podcasts and other forms of multimedia
that are distractions from things that are causing
you grief and frustration and other stuff like
that, but there's no greater therapy than music.
Keyword you just said. being distractions. That's
precisely, especially if you're in a bad mind
state, that's exactly what... like binge watching
YouTube or throwing on a Lord of the Rings for
the fifth time is, it's a distraction. Yeah.
Oh, 100%. And that's literally, we refer to this
on our show quite a bit, like us, quote unquote,
getting off the highway. So in a sense, you're
getting off the highway. You're just like, you're
kind of doing your day and it's shitty, it's
shitty, it's shitty. And you make that decision
to be like, nope, getting off the highway. Yeah.
And then you fill it with something else that.
is going to distract you. But at any rate, so
music therapy... is an evidence -based clinical
practice where credentialed therapists use musical
interventions like playing instruments or singing
or listening to accomplished individualized goals.
It's used to improve cognitive function, motor
skills, emotional expression, and social communication
in clients of all ages. Rather than just passive
listening, structured sessions involve active
engagement to stimulate multiple areas of the
brain. So these four primary methods used by
therapists are receptive, so that's listening
to guided or pre -composed music to process emotions,
promote physical relaxation, or evoke memories.
I think that's what most of us do on the daily.
There's also improvisational. which is definitely
very me and Aiden. Creating spontaneous sounds
or rhythms together with the therapist to non
-verbally express feelings. Recreational, singing
or playing familiar instruments to improve mood
or and rebuild motor control. And compositional,
which is writing lyrics or composing original
music to process trauma or grief. Now, last one's
interesting to me because when I'm in a wrong
state of mind, I can't write. Oh, okay. I cannot
write. My brain, if I have to sit there, because
a lot of times I was under a deadline for certain
things I'd have to write, and I would sit there
in front of a computer, usually in a coffee shop
or a bar, because whatever it is about those
atmospheres allows me to write. I don't know.
If I sit in a quiet room at home, forget it.
I have to be amongst other chaos. And then I
go, oh, and click, click, click, 500 words later,
I'm done. Right. Don't know why. It's just everybody
is a little bit different, I guess. But, like,
if I'm having a bad day, if depression's kicking
my ass, I'm thinking about a bunch of sad shit,
whatever, and I sit there and look at a computer
and I'm like, oh, I'm going to write a poem,
I'm going to write a song, or I'm going to write
a story, forget it. No bueno? No. I'd have better
luck learning Mandarin. Damn. Nope. Nothing will
come out of this brain. That's why I had to give
up writing. Because at that time... Number one,
I was unemployed, so I had to find side jobs
and whatever, and I was all stressed. And number
two, my brain couldn't do it. My brain's like,
hey, I am processing like 300 other things right
now, and writing something is not one of them.
And it just would not come out. Yeah. Wouldn't
do it. Interesting. Almost makes me wonder, because
right before that was... improvisational or recreational,
like you were saying, where I almost wonder if
instead of words, if you had an instrument in
front of you, like picking back up the guitar
or something and just strumming around, if that
musically, music type of writing would hit you
differently than writing with words? Perhaps.
Perhaps. I mean, there's some bands that that's
the beginning. The seedling, as it were, of most
songs is not so much, ooh, look at these lyrics.
Now, not everybody's freaking Ice Cube, right?
But not everyone's like, ooh, here's these lyrics.
And then you kind of look at it and create music
around it. A lot of times it's the other way
around, where your writer is inspired by whatever
you play. Sure, yeah. Think about Tony Iommi
sitting there. Strumming to Marsbringer of War
by Gustav Holtz. Oh, yeah, cool. Got it. Got
it. Check. Check. Got it. Ozzy's sitting there
going, I can share it. No, probably not that.
But he was like, I got this shit. And he did.
It's still to this day one of the greatest albums
and songs in metal history, no doubt. That being
said, I agree with that in many respects. Sure.
Because it's a different type of creativity.
Yeah. You know? Oh, 100%. So you have to wonder,
like, who does this all benefit, right? So, you
know, those with neurological and physical conditions,
post -stroke, pain management, motor functions,
like Parkinson's, mental health, anxiety, depression,
stress, something that we've talked about this
show endlessly for seven seasons. Big, big supporters
of all of that. Not pro -depression, of course.
Yeah, I was going to say, we're not supporters
of anxiety, per se. Yeah, yeah. Be mad, be sad,
be sad. Depression, yay. Yeah, I mean, we're
not, no. More stress, please. More stress, please.
Man, I just worked 10 hours. Can I work two more,
please? But also memory and aging evokes past
memories, improves present moment awareness like
Alzheimer's, dementia patients. That was my father
to a T because as he regressed, meaning forgetting
more current things and how to do more current
things and slowly, almost like being erased,
going backwards, a lot of the older stuff, tidbits
remain. Right. So you play Sinatra and you play
Tony Bennett and you play people like that and
you talk about mobsters and you talk about like
stuff from the 60s and 70s and then you're able
to have a semi -decent conversation. Right. As
opposed to being like, oh, do you see that Cubs
game? And instead he's just like, where's my
cane? I want to get out of here. You know, and
then that's just that's not good. Right. for
anyone uh but um also developmental disorders
so helps children adults that like are on the
spectrum have autism right other right other
things like that um but uh yeah i mean you know
first of all for more information right you can
contact the american music therapy association
they have lots of good information there but
i don't know for me personally uh music is huge
it always has been uh more so than movies and
shows and anything I could find on YouTube. It's
just massive. And when you think about it, think
of people that are big movie watchers. And I
mean, there's the written word too, like reading
and things like that. But that's completely different.
Different parts of your brain are used and it's
completely different. So like if I'm trying to
get out of a bad mood, I'm not picking up a book.
Right. Because I'm going to get two pages in
and be like, fuck this book and just chuck it
and then just be more mad. But for me, like say
a movie, for example, because everybody knows
I love movies. Hell, I've done a movie review
for years. But when you think of almost every
pivotal scene from all of your favorite movies,
what do they all have in common? They have a
backtrack. Right. There is a song that absolutely
sets up every moment of that scene. from John
Williams and Jaws, right? So you have that build
-up. I mean, it's awesome. The amazing soundtrack
to Pulp Fiction, for example, and so many other
movies. The music sets it up. So that tells you
the story right there because they understand
that people that are invested in a story, now
when you add that musical component, they know
what it's doing to your brain. right it's either
it's either going to be like this scene of tremendous
loss so the the music is going to be very sad
kind of like that god i'm trying to think who
composed it was it hemski i can't remember who
composed the gladiator but at the end spoiler
alert when he dies and like there's that music
and like he's joining his family who is who has
passed like dude if you are human Your eyeballs
are going to squirt a little bit. It's just,
and that music sets it up. Take that music out
of that scene completely. You're not having the
same emotion. I don't care what anybody says.
Yeah. You're just not. And there's a lot of other
movies like that. Rocky. That was composed brilliantly.
Obviously, he won all the awards, like, forever.
Right. And he should have. Because, once again,
otherwise it's just, you know. this flashy black
boxer and this white looking thug dude and they're
just punching each other yeah you know but you
add the music and the suspense and the build
-up and it made it a great movie so for me that's
that music is that man and like i more than a
book or more than the movie itself like music
can transport me like if i'm sometimes and i
said this a little bit earlier sometimes if i'm
if i'm in a sad mood or i'm thinking about things
that made me sad I'm listening to like Nutshell
by Alice in Chains. I'm listening to other songs
that are sad. But the thing is, it's like, oh,
don't do that. You know, if you're already in
that mindset, that's not the thing. But that
helps. Like it gets me through. I cannot explain
it. I'm not going to sit there and listen to
Katrina in the waves. I'm walking on sunshine.
I would probably throw my computer out the window.
But for whatever reason. I think it's like, I
don't know, there's an old saying called misery
loves company. Sure. But it's just kind of like
if you're in that mood and then you're listening
to other artists lyrically and through their
music, they're talking about things, whether
it's Alice in Chains or it's Tool or somebody
else, and you sit there and you listen to the
music and you listen to the lyrics, and then
like you're sad for a while, but then all of
a sudden you are no longer sad. So whatever it
is that listening to music that matches your
mood does, it just works. Yeah. I cannot explain.
Yeah, and conversely, I really don't listen to
a lot of sad music necessarily, or at least sad
-toned music. It's just not my jive. But lyrically,
I totally get that, especially grunge rock as
compared to punk rock that's more... mad at the
system and grunge rock is more introspective
like damn I'm not doing so hot buddy right and
you can kind of separate the the tone of the
song from the lyrics of the song and fit it to
however you're feeling or you know build your
own playlist around it and I I feel like my brain
almost works kind of in the opposite way where
if I'm like really down on myself I almost don't
want to listen to like much sad -toned music
at all. I'll just throw on something more casual.
Neutral. Yeah, more neutral. But I don't know.
I don't know if that's a brain chemistry thing,
but I think it all kind of boils down to everyone
kind of interprets and experiences art in different
ways. Yeah, oh yeah. You know, and of course
music being an art, like you had kind of mentioned
earlier, that can be... enjoyed or experienced
in a different mental capacity yeah because you
can't quote unquote like idly watch a movie right
but you can idly listen to something and do 10
other things yes you can so i think that's kind
of why not that i'm a doctor but i feel like
that's kind of why music is so versatile in the
uh like the therapy side of things is like oh
for sure you can do a dozen things while you're
listening to an album right doing chores or whatever
and you can sit there and have music on in the
background whereas if you're into a movie you're
just into the movie right that's what you're
doing yeah yeah yeah that's very interesting
um but yeah you find folks out there let let
me know how music um impacts you um and your
and your mood whether you're whether you're sad
or you're happy or whatever, and if music is
more the cause of many of your moods or you match
the music to fit your current mood. I mean, there's
a lot of different directions there. Right, absolutely.
And I even have, like, different playlists. Well,
damn, I've got dozens of different playlists
that I've kind of self -curated. on my phone,
but that's kind of half because I like a bunch
of different genres, and if I shuffle everything,
it's like getting whiplash. You'll jump from,
I don't know, like a Tchaikovsky composition
straight to Rage Against the Machine. It's like,
how the hell did that happen? Right, exactly.
But yeah, I totally curate different moods and
genre -style playlists. And I don't know. Let
us let us know in the comments. Lovely listener.
I'm sure all the music enjoyers out there do
something similar or maybe you've got different
processes. Yeah, for sure. Different thoughts.
I would love to hear it. Yeah, for sure. All
right. We're going to take a quick break when
we come back. We got a great show for you today.
I have a very fun. Southside Theater, you guys
are going to love that. We are finally taking
the Jeff Daniels Challenge in our final Other
Foods segment today. I think we have a fun beer
to try. I think you guys will like that. Aiden
has prepared yet another tier list, so I'm definitely
looking forward to that. We've got, oh, our top
ten list. You just made the list. That one is
definitely going to be fun. It's going to be
automotive, so we'll drop that little hint for
you. And then, of course, down the Reddit rabbit
hole and while you were sleeping and much more.
So we'll take that quick break, and we'll be
right back with a little Carpe Diem. All right,
we are back from break. Mark Moe Show. I'm your
host, Mark Maloney, along with Aiden Maloney.
And we are now on to Carpe Diem. That's right.
You fine, beautiful folks send us your DMs, and
we read them on the show. And if they're in the
form of a question, well, I think we'll, well,
well, I... Hmm. Hmm. We'll consider hearing you
out. We will. Should you give us some money.
It's pretty straightforward this week, yeah.
No sugarcoating it. Give us the cash. Put the
money in the fucking bag and then ask your question.
Right, exactly. That's really as simple as it
gets. Now, it does mean we're going to answer
properly or correct. This is true. Should you
straight? We don't know what we're talking about.
Nah, most times we don't. But, you know, whatever.
It is what it is. You're the one giving us the
money. So, anyway, I got a couple of DMs here.
The first one is from at kindofbadleroybrown.
So, kindofbad says, Mo Show, what am I supposed
to do? My best friend's girl is sleeping with
my brother. Should I just whoop his ass? Damn.
Okay, so best friend's girl sleeps with kindofbad's
brother. Yep. Damn. Well, first and foremost,
I want to make it very clear. Your brother's
an asshole, but I don't think he's the problem.
It's your best friend girl that's cheating on
him. Right. Your brother's just the guy she's
cheating with. Yeah, that's a thing, man. First
of all, I'd let your best friend know. Yep. I
would give your brother a hearty slap in the
face. Just like, you're an asshole. Yeah. But
quite frankly, I think it's homegirl's problem.
I think she is the issue and needs to be eradicated
from best friend's life. I think that's fair.
That's my assessment. Because, I mean, let's
face it, they're messing up the whole dynamic
there. Oh, yeah. All of it. Family, friendships,
all of it. Right in the toilet. Yeah. Wow. But
she's the cheater. He's just the guy, you know.
That's not to say he's not part of the problem.
He could be, too. But here's the thing. Hypothetically,
she eventually leaves the friend for the brother.
Your friendship's toast. Oh, yeah. It's done.
Because that's your brother. And if he sees your
brother, he's going to be... Them's fighting
words. They're going to have a quote -unquote
air quotes talk. Yeah. Out back behind an Arby's.
Yeah, that's about right. That is about right.
That's bad news, dude. Yeah. I would say find
a better friend and then, like, it's your brother.
And so you can whoop his ass. Yeah. You know,
you can definitely whoop his ass. Or if he's
much tougher than you, which could be the case,
tell your old man what he's doing. Let him whoop
his ass. There we go. Yep. I know when I was
out of line, my dad used to be like, oh, you
want to box? Because normally we would box. We
would spar. That's how I learned from Golden
Gloves quality sweet Mickey. And every time I
got bopped once on the head, fell on the floor,
he'd always go, you all right? Uh -huh. Do you
know why you're laying down there? Uh -huh. All
right. He'd help me out. He'd be like, you got
bopped on the head. It's like, well, one of the
field mice bopping him on the head. Got bopped
on the head because I was a smartass. I learned
eventually. Yeah, I did. Caught on to it. Don't
be a smartass. You won't get bopped on the head.
It's a shack. It's fine. But it sounds like your
brother needs a bop on the head. Yeah. At and
I'm Bernice. Hi. This is terrible. I'm the ugliest
of four sisters. Oh, God. It is okay. I'm incredibly
self -aware. I kind of like her now. My sisters
are tens and I'm a six on a good day. However,
I am clearly the most fun and funniest of the
bunch. Oh, and I've slept with all of their boyfriends.
So I guess maybe I really am the best sister.
Damn. Wow. First of all, gamer. That's problematic.
Game respects game, dude. That is problematic.
Yikers. Your self -awareness is inspiring. Keep
up the good work. But, yo, problematic. Yeah.
Now, she isn't saying she's currently sleeping
with them. She could have slept with them before.
Oh, this is true. Maybe. She didn't explain that.
Yeah. But even in a way, that's even better.
Like, if the 10s are getting the 6s sloppy seconds.
Like, that's even better. Kind of like, yeah,
girl, I've been there. Baller maneuver. So there
is some context we're missing. Yes. Clearly.
Important context, I'd say. But kind of sounds
like she's a baller and might be the best sister.
She's Bernice, goddammit. She's Bernice. Way
to go, Bernice. At Newbie Boozy. Sup, guys. Love
your show. I am 30 years old and new to the bar
scene. Really, no kidding. What are your go -to
drinks? How do I hook up with chicks? I'm tired
of being alone. Wow, that escalated quickly.
Yeah, that took a left turn there, brother. Holy
jeepers. Well, first time drinker, you're probably
not going to go for whiskey neat. That's probably
not going to be your first go -to. Trust me,
there's no shame in getting fruity drinks. Don't
let those machismo -filled, roided -up pieces
of shit tell you otherwise. If you want a Cosmo,
get a Cosmo. They taste wonderful. You want a
strawberry daiquiri? Get a damn daiquiri. It
tastes wonderful. That can be your intro to drinks.
Get a daiquiri. Get a lager. I'm also going to
encourage that the first time you go out, if
you have a friend you trust, go out with that
friend. Don't get sloshed on your first day.
Right. And go to that friend and be like, hey.
You know, I'm going to go to the bar or whatever,
and I don't drink, but now I'm going to have
some drinks or whatever. I need a wingman I can
trust if I get stupid. Right. Smart. That's always
a good play because you don't know how you're
going to react. People have different tolerances.
You could go out and you could just have a naturally
high tolerance depending on your metabolism and
get four, five, six drinks in and be fine, and
your friend probably thinks you're superhuman.
Right. It's possible. I'm just saying because
you don't know what you don't know. Or you could
be trashed after two. Or you could be. And you
could accidentally discover that you're a sad
drunk and just start crying at the bar. That
is also possible. Hey, the more you know, just
stick with pot. Right. Well, right, exactly.
You know, then you're just going to get the munchies
and fall asleep. Yeah. So that's probably a better
play. Yeah, so my go -to drinks, here's what
I'd recommend. I like beer. I can drink about
six or seven at a sitting. And be like, I'm drinking
soda pop. They just have zero effect on you.
So I would encourage maybe two or three lights.
If you're going to do a shot, say, hey, let me
buy a shot for your first. Take like a, what
do they call that? Like a lemon, lemon drop.
Lemon drop, sure. A lemon drop's a good one.
There's a few that are like very low alcohol
content that you could take. I would recommend
doing that. Now, there's some people that are
going to be like, hey, man. Let's have a couple
of pints of Guinness and a shot of Malort. That's
probably hitting the gas. Yeah. It's probably
hitting the gas a little bit too hard. I can
do that. I am a seasoned veteran. Yeah, we're
champions of Malort and Guinness. We definitely
are. That is our scene. But for you, my fine
sir, I would keep it easy, especially addressing
your second point. If you're interested in meeting
a girl, you probably don't want to be a first
-time drunk. That's not going to work out really
well for you. And how to hook up with chicks.
Look, dude. We had a whole Riz 101 episode about
that. We had a Riz 101, okay? And it wasn't specifically,
like, how to hook up with chicks. It was, like,
just how to meet them. Sure. And show your interest.
It was more along the lines of what we were doing
with that. It wasn't like, hey, what are the
easiest ways to, like, hook up with a chick?
Now, could I have had that show? Yes. 100 % I
could have had that show. I'm good at that. But
I don't advocate that necessarily. Although if
you've got a girl ready to go, I'm not going
to tell you no either. I'm just going to say
be yourself. Don't get really drunk. Have a friend
you trust. And if you meet a girl, cool. Don't
be weird. Don't be weird. Be genuine. Be interesting.
And importantly, be interested in what she's
talking about. And see last week's show. Find
a way where you guys can somehow... quote -unquote
meet up again, and then advance the situation.
Sure, get a snap, get a phone number, whatever.
That's it. So don't go for the gold on your first
night, my guy. That probably won't end particularly
well for you. Yeah. Not going to work. And anyway,
my last one, at stonerstanley420, our buddy,
stonerstanley, he says, oh, my God, Momo and
Alan. I'll be the men of times. Why, thank you.
Wow. Funny story. That's what he said. I was
in the water too many times, and this fish was
there. Ha, so funny. Why are you in my bathtub,
man? What the hell? What is he doing? I don't
think... He doesn't have a bathtub. That I know
of. I'm assuming because he lives in a van down
by the river. The river is his bathtub. The river
is his bathtub. And that's why there's a fish
there. And there's the fish in there, right.
Oh, Stanley. You know, he means well. And we
are the, all be the men of times. Apparently.
One of the nicest compliments I've gotten in
a while. I would say so. I think that needs to
be the tag to the show. I think I am the men
of times. The Mark Mosho, the men of times. The
men of times. Why, thank you, Stan. Coming to
a theater near you. Oh, Stanley. God bless his
soul. Oh, what a dude. What a dude. That is my
last one for this week. What do you got? I got
a DM here from Trashed Boy Jr. Oh, I wonder if
he knows Stoner Stanley. They went to schools
together. What do you worry about most regarding
Gen Alpha? Wow. That's a... Oh, jeez. That is
a good question. I know there's the whole stereotype
of iPad kids, right? Yeah. And that is kind of
worrisome just because, I mean, realistically
in human history, the Internet is still so new.
And the corporatism of social media is so new.
And I worry about kids not being able to discern
online life from real life. from ai from reality
sure um and and also like the global loneliness
epidemic yeah i feel like kind of stems from
this social media plague if you will and these
kids are just born into it and three years old
they're scrolling on ipads and tiktok and shit
i'm like I remember being three years old and
I was just like playing under a pine tree or
something. Right. Yeah, you did. It is worrisome.
You know, okay. Unpopular opinions, maybe. I
don't know. I'm part of Gen X. And we're kind
of, I would maybe classify us as the black sheep
generation. But I think we wear that as a badge.
proudly uh that we're that way i think we're
maybe the most self -aware generation of all
of them we know who we are and we just don't
give a shit and we stopped caring about a lot
um once again generalization but that's kind
of what this is about um i look at alpha and
what i see is vapid i just see a void i see nothing
and really if you're gen alpha and you're like
what a dick This is a generalization. Maybe you're
a kid that's got goals and is proactive and all
of that. Largely as a generation, I don't see
it. I see you guys very selfish. You're kind
of in your own bubbles. I don't see millennials
and Gen Zers the same way. I see Gen Zers being
more similar to Gen X. between millennials and
gen alphas that like in 10 years time they're
going to be like oh my god we're just like them
that's exactly what i feel right now um i don't
tend to see alphas with a ton of drive um yeah
i mean that's just kind of like i said once again
broad generalization but yes i'm answering this
is true you know so that's just kind of how how
I look at it. I just look at them as these fleshy
things that exist without a ton of drive, without
a ton of like, you know, we want to do this,
we want to do that, we want to make the world
a better place. They're just kind of like, I
want my safe space and I want to be left alone
with my own little group of people and whatever
and just laugh at dumb memes and videos. And
that's all I see out of them. And I hope they're
young enough, or I hope for more. I hope they
evolve. There's plenty of time for them to do
that. But I look at millennials and Z -ers much
differently than I do at Alpha. I mean, we came
up with a comic bit based on Gen Alpha, and his
name is GamerKid10. Yeah, this is true. And he
is the poster boy for that generation. This is
true. I've always had this fear, too, of the
dissolving of the arts as we know them with AI
stealing artists' jobs and Hollywood movies and
shit being made in part or fully by AI. Does
Gen Alpha have creative tendencies? Are they
too young to be like, oh, I want to be a pianist
when I grow up? Or is the constant death spiral
of capitalism, we know it's destroying artists'
lives and livelihoods. Yeah. So is Gen A going
to be the first generation to purely be consumers
of content and not creators? It's possible. It's
a fear. Yeah. It is a fear of mine. Yeah, oh,
for sure. I mean, I look at just creators largely
today, and I look at... Say your top 20 or top
30 creators that are out there, and I would hazard
a guess 90 % of them are exer -millennials, that
they fall in there. Those are who your creators
are. Interesting. Largely. When you go right
down the list, that's exactly what it is. And
it just seems like the younger it goes, the more
they're consuming and less creating. So I think
there's a lot to be said for that. Damn. I really
do. Let us know in the comments, lovely listeners.
Yeah, absolutely. What do you think about Gen
A? Or perhaps are we being unfair? Maybe some
of these could be thrown right back at us. Let
us know. It's possible. But I'm a Gen X, so either
way, I won't give a shit. Weather Carl checked
in. Besides, quote, Italian Plumber, what are
some other video game characters you could describe
without saying their name? A video game character
you could describe without saying their name.
Yeah. Well, Italian Plumber, clearly Mario. Yeah.
I'd say blue blur, blue hedgehog. Oh, yeah. Just
with a sound. Pac -Man, yeah. I'm yellow and
I eat dots and fruit. Yeah, awesome. Awesome.
Getting so fat. I get chased by ghosts, dude.
I'm just a mouth. That's it. Oh, gosh. I'm an
angry monkey who stole a babe. Come get me, dude.
I love throwing barrels. I love throwing barrels.
I'm a fucking gorilla. I'm a gorilla named after
a different animal. Wow, I like to hop around
a lot, man, but my pond is on the other side
of this really busy highway. Oh, well, here we
go. I was just about to do a frogger one, too.
Here we go. I'm green and I run through traffic.
That's perfect. That's perfect. It's kind of
fun. It is fun. I'm sure there's more, but I
feel like most of them would have to be, like,
from the old days of gaming. When you really
had, like, video game characters. Right. Yeah,
I don't think you could describe Michael DeSanta
in, like, oh, rich man witness protection. It's
like, I don't know. That could be anyone. Right?
Exactly. Yeah. I mean. Yeah, like us thugs are
all kind of running around this place. It looks
a lot like Los Angeles. Yeah. Well, okay. Then
it could be any one of the three. It could be
any one of the three. Well, although Vice City
is Miami. This is true. Let's see. Vice City
is Miami. Los Santos is LA. Liberty City. Liberty
City is New York. Philadelphia. Or Philly. It's
Philly. Right, right, right. What are they going
to do with Chicago one, man? That would be awesome.
Are you kidding me? Dude. That'd be lit. Yeah.
Call it, call the city Midway or something like
that. Yeah. I'm sure they could find a name for
it. South Shore. Well, no, we're on the South
Shore. We're on the South Shore. Yeah. Yeah.
They'll find something. Yeah. Get with it, Rockstar.
Get with it, Rockstar. It only took you like
a dozen years to... To actually make a GTA 6.
Oh, my God. Last DM I got here today from Krippy
Gru. Krip. With no genre specifically, who's
the GOAT? Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan. Yeah.
That's, yeah. Who's the goat? Michael Jordan.
That's the first one that comes to mind. Abraham
Lincoln. You could say that. He's a goat. Yeah.
Yeah. I cannot argue that one. Not one bit. No.
Those are two excellent ones. Bo Burnham. He's
a goat. Wow. I don't know if I would, like, I
don't dislike Bo. But that's a... It's a Gen
Z take. Are you saying it's a Gen Z take? Maybe.
Maybe. Like if we're talking comedians, I would
probably go George Carlin. Oh, George Carlin's
a goat. You got me there. Yeah, I think I'd do
that. You got me there. Bo could be in your top
ten, but yeah. Carlin's the goat. Yeah. Leslie
Nielsen. Oh. Is the goat. Dude, so good. So good.
Funny without even trying. Oh, yeah. Shirley,
you can't be serious. I am serious. Don't call
me Shirley. God, it's so great. Great movie.
But yeah, Michael Jordan first comes to mind.
He's the GOAT. Oh, 100%. Because there's so many
other sports where you could kind of name two
or three or four people. It's like, Jordan, man.
Yeah. He's just so far. Caitlin Clark. So far
beyond. So far beyond everyone else. What'd she
do last night? 45 points. And like 10 assists.
10 assists. 8 rebounds. Like, yeah. I mean, just
awesome. That is legitimately one of my favorite
teams right now. is the Indiana Fever. Yeah.
Her and Sophie and Lexi and Boston, and it's
just like far and away. Yeah. And the fact the
league just lets them get beat up is just stupid.
Heartbreaking. It's stupid. Yeah, Caitlin Clark's
like, I think I might play in Europe next year.
And Sophie's like, I'll come with you. Yeah.
I'm like, wow. Talk about a league that's going
to go right in the toilet. I don't blame them.
I'd bounce too. Oh, I'd be out. I'd be out. Why
would you do that? Because at least when Jordan
got that shit beat out of him by, like, the Knicks
and the Pistons, they called the penalties. They
called the fouls. Right, right. They even had
flagrants. Like, they called the fouls, but they
were going to beat up on him anyway. Yeah. But
at least call the foul. Yeah. They're just mad
because they're not getting the fouls. No, beat
up on me, fine. Where's my free throw? Right,
right. It's just that simple. But the WNBA is...
Goofy. Just made up of goofballs, man. Just so
stupid. Yeah, never understand that. Never will
understand that. That brings us, my fine friend,
to Southside Theatre. Last week we had our first
one. We did A Few Good Men, as performed by Southsiders.
Damn right. Now, this particular edition is TV.
It's a TV show. It is Doctor Who. For you sci
-fi buffs. Season 9, Episode 7, The Zygon Invasion.
So we have the Doctor. And we have a character
named Bonnie. And a character named Kate. And
basically the fate of the world is set between
these two women who have a box. And they can
pretty much end the world. If they so chose.
If they so... And the Doctor... is trying to
make this not happen, but he can't necessarily
intervene because of his code or whatever it
is, where he tries not to intervene in history
per se. Sure. Because technically, the Doctor
doesn't have a beginning and an end. He's just
the Doctor. Floating through time. So chances
are he knows the history, but he's got to let
the history be the history. Yeah. So anyway...
What character would you like? I'll be Bonnie.
You'll be Bonnie? Yeah. Okay, we have Bonnie,
Kate, and the Doctor. Do you want both Bonnie
and Kate, and I'll do the Doctor? Sure. Okay.
You got this? Are you ready? I'm prepared. Okay.
This is an intense scene, ladies and gentlemen.
The very fate of the world is at stake. Only
the Doctor can save us. Go figure. Here we go.
So let me ask you a question. By this Brave New
World ears, when you've killed all the bad guys,
and when it's all perfect and just and fair,
when you have finally got it exactly the way
you want it, what are you going to do with all
the people like you, the troublemakers? The troublemakers.
Ah, I broke. How are you going to protect your
glorious revolution from the next one? Ah, we'll
win. Oh. Will you? Well, maybe. Maybe you'll
win. But nobody wins for long. The wheel just
keeps turning. So, come on. Break the cycle.
Why are you still talking? Because I want to
get you to see. And I'm almost there. Do you
know what I see, doctor? A box with everything
I need. 50 % chance. Yeah, for us too. And we're
off. Fingers on the buzzers. Are you feeling
lucky? The buzzers. Are you ready to play the
game? Who's going to be the quickest? Who's going
to be the luckiest? This is not a game. No. It
is not a game, sweetheart. And I mean that most
sincerely. Why are you doing this? Yeah, I'd
quite like to know that too. You set this up,
why? Because it's not a game, Kate. This is the
scale model of war. Every war ever fought right
there in front of you. Because it's always the
same. When you fire that first shot, no matter
how right you feel, you have no idea. Who's going
to die? You don't know whose children are going
to scream and burn, how many hearts will be broken,
how many lives shattered, how much blood will
spill until everybody does what we're always
going to have to do from the very beginning.
Sit down and talk. Listen to me. Listen, I just
want you to think. Do you know what thinking
is? It's just a fancy word for changing your
mind. I will not change my mind. Then you will
die, stupid. Alternatively, you could step away
from that box. You can walk right out that door
and you could stand your revolution down. No,
I'm not stopping this, doctor. I started. No,
I'm not going to stop it. You think they'll let
me go after what I've done? You're all the same,
you screaming kids. You know that. Look at me.
I'm unforgivable. Well, here's the unforeseeable.
I forgive you. After all you've done, I forgive
you. You don't understand. You will never understand.
I don't. Understand? Are you kidding? Me? Of
course I understand. You mean you call this a
war? Funny thing is, this is not a war. I fought
in a bigger war than you'll ever know. I did
worse things than you could ever imagine. And
when I close my eyes, I hear more screams than
anyone could ever be able to count. And you know
what you do with all the pain? Shall I tell you
where you put it? You hold it tight until it
burns. Your hand. And you say this. No one else
will ever have to live like this. No one else
will have to feel this pain. Not on my watch.
I'm just going to close this box over here. Thank
you. Thank you. And scene. And scene. Well done.
You can really feel the emotion through the Southside
accent. You really can. You really can. I'm surprised
there's not more Southside actors out there.
I am too. I really... Kind of baffling. The dialect,
the passion. The passion, the spirit. The spirit,
yes, of the Southsider. Yeah, we really need
it. I mean, the only... in the history of acting
that I feel nailed it was Heath Ledger when he
was the Joker. Oh, yeah. Because he definitely
sounds like a Southsider. It's so great. It's
like the movie takes place in Chicago, but in
Batman lore, it's Gotham. Gotham's different.
But still, he just has that accent, and I'm like,
God, man, he just dove in. Yeah. And you have
to appreciate that. The Blues Brothers do a little
bit. A little bit. Yes, the Blues Brothers do
do that. Especially Dan Aykroyd. He really leaned
in. We're on a mission from God. We're on a mission
from God. Yeah, he definitely leaned in. It'll
be interesting to see what other movies really
nailed it. Yeah. As far as that went. Because
I've seen movies based in Chicago. And rarely
have I seen, like, there's actor Dennis Farina,
but the guy was an actual Chicago cop before
he became an actor. So when he was in a movie
like Get Shorty, for example, and he's talking,
I laugh because it's like he's so Chicago. Yeah.
Because he's Chicago even when the movie isn't
in Chicago. Right. Do you know why they say L
.A. has such beautiful fucking sunsets? Like,
he just, like, says it. I'm like, I love this
dude. You know, so it's, you don't see it a lot,
though. You just don't. But it's so Chicago.
This is true. All right. Well, we hope you enjoyed
that. Once again, if you have any ideas, you're
like, hey, I would love to see you do this scene
or this movie or whatever, let us know. We'll
put our South Sider on and we'll do that. We'll
do that just for you. Over by there. Over by
the jewels. Or even in my front room. It's fine.
Over by there. Anyway, we're going to take a
break. And we've got, finally, the Other Foods
finale. Jeff Daniels Challenge coming up. All
right, we are back from break. We're going to
get to You Just Made the List, but we decided
to do our final other foods before we hit up
You Just Made the List. And the best way, I think,
to finish off this segment is taking the Jeff
Daniels Challenge. Trying another food ourselves.
We're finally doing it. Now, had we done something
like Sir Strumming, we probably would have saved
this for the last segment of the show because
we probably would have been vomiting. Throwing
up, yeah. In a matter of minutes, if not seconds.
So this... Honestly, I probably would have done
Sir Strumming outside. I wouldn't want the studio
smelling like rotten fish for months. Oh, God,
it would be awful. This was mentioned on the
Colbert show, Tonight Show, whatever his show
was. I can't remember because it's off the air
now because they're stupid. Classic CBS. Classic
idiots. Anyway, on his show, he always asks his
guests at the end a couple of questions, right?
So one of them, one of the kind of standard ones
he always asks every time is like, what's your
favorite sandwich? So Jeff Daniels got on there
and he mentioned his favorite sandwich. Which
was something of his own creation. God damn it,
Jeff Daniels. And so we're going to do it. We
call it the Jeff Daniels Challenge. We're going
to try his sandwich. We actually brought it up,
too, I think two episodes ago on our season finale
of season six, where the other foods we talked
about the worst sandwiches of all time. And you
had brought it up. I had never heard of it before.
Yeah. But the Jeff Daniels Challenge. It's a
pita, piece of pita bread, peanut butter, potato
chips that are cheddar cheese flavor. The Ruffles
cheddar cheese. Top that with barbecue sauce,
fold the pita, and eat it. That's it. That's
what we're trying today. That's what we're doing.
All ingredients on their own, I have no problem
with. They have merit as solo acts. But... Do
we really want to invite them all to the party
at the same time? Yeah. That's the question.
Just coming off the plate, the smell is heavily
barbecue sauce. That is the ingredient. Heavy,
but it is a drizzle. It's just a drizzle. Just
a drizzle. Yeah, it's not like a massive coating.
But I just can't comprehend how this is about
to taste. I really can't either. Do we dare just
go in? I think we do. I'm afraid, actually. I'm
slightly afraid. So we fold it up. Oh, man. Did
you hear that, lovely listeners? A little crunch
of the chips. A little crunch of the chips. Oh,
yeah. Well. Cheers. Cheers. Here we go. Oh, God.
Okay. I'm a little confused. I feel like maybe
a little more peanut butter would have been good.
Hmm. Okay. The peanut butter just peaks in at
the end. And it's just like, oh, I'm also here.
I'm not any less confused than I was before.
I'm as confused as I was before. Right. It's
not bad. It's not bad at all. I don't dislike
it, per se. I don't think I would do it again.
Oh, you're going in for more whites. We might
have a Jeff Daniels fan over here. I just need
to make sure. Got to double check your work.
So the potato chips, I might add, are, in my
opinion, mainly there for texture. I don't get
much cheddar cheese flavor off of them. We did
literally just a drizzle of the barbecue sauce,
but it is so overpowering as a flavor profile.
Yeah, the peanut butter just peaks in at the
end, just lets you know it's there. You don't
get the chips a lot. No. Chips very much just
there for the crunch factor, which is appreciated.
I like chips on a sandwich. Oh, yeah. But, yeah,
it just tastes like barbecue sauce on bread for
the most part. Yeah, kind of. A little creaminess
from the peanut butter. I'm going to go back
in for a second opinion myself. Yeah. I'm going
to say I don't hate it. I don't. I'm sure there
are worse things I could have put in my mouth.
Mm -hmm. Like it's okay. It's okay. But to Aiden's
point, you don't get the chips a lot. Maybe we
should have put more. Maybe we should have put
more chips and peanut butter. I'm not sure. It
was kind of our first time. But it's okay. It's
fine. The part that's getting me is exactly that.
The fact that this sandwich is fine, slightly
confusing, but it's fine. And somehow this is
Jeff Daniels' favorite sandwich of all time.
Favorite sandwich. How? I don't know. This is
the most middle -of -the -road experience I've
had. If I had a restaurant and this was on it,
I would probably call it the mid. I'm going to
be completely honest. I was going to say mid,
but I didn't want to be too mean. But yeah, there's
nothing overtly negative I can say about it.
But there's absolutely nothing positive I can
say about it. No, it's just... The chips are
lost to the barbecue sauce in terms of flavor.
Yeah. The peanut butter is like an overtime feature.
I am a pita bread enjoyer, so that's nice. I
am too. I like pita bread. But yeah, it tastes
like barbecue sauce. Yeah, and I don't feel like
we put that much barbecue sauce on there. No.
You said light drizzle. I think I did a light
drizzle. You did. Like I said, perhaps we had
to have a little bit more peanut butter and chips.
Sure. Maybe the ratios are different than Jeff
Daniels would have done it himself. Yeah. But
we didn't exactly have a recipe. That is true.
We just had the outline, the idea. And I don't
think we could have added that many more chips
without it being incredibly messy. Maybe that's
how Jeff likes it. Maybe it is. I don't know.
One at a time. Five. Right down the middle. Right
down the middle. Yeah. I'll get a 5 .5 just because
I like Jeff Daniels. You get that half point,
Jeff. You're welcome. I get that half point because
we like you, but favorite all time? I don't know,
man. That's a little sus. That's a stretch. That's
a stretch. Do you think it's just Jeff patting
his own back like, hmm, I made this myself? I
invented this. Brother, don't quit your day job.
I wonder how many, like, restauranteurs and chefs
and stuff were like, yeah, I'm going to try that.
Because, like, thinking if it is that good, they'd
probably put some variation on their menu. Right,
right. And they tried it, and they're kind of
like, nah, we'll leave it here. Yes, a Michelin
star chef is like, I must get ahead of the curve.
We're trying the Jeff Daniels today. Yeah. I'm
trying to think of the name of that Purdue basketball
player. Is it Perkins? Or Purvis Ellison? He
came up with the peanut butter on the hamburger.
Oh, okay. There's a diner in West Lafayette,
Indiana called Triple X, which if you're ever
there, you should go. Their burgers are really
good. Very tasty. And the root beer is fire.
So I'd recommend that. But they have this burger.
I think it's called Purvis Ellison or Perkins
or something. I can't remember the guy's name.
But it's peanut butter on a burger. Now, I never
tried it because I like peanut butter and I love
a burger, but I'm not going to cross the streams.
Like that just does not sound enjoyable. I don't
understand. It's once again one of those things
my brain isn't telling me how that could make
sense. No. Yeah. Chocolate and peanut butter,
good. Chocolate on a sandwich with jelly, fine.
That's about it. Yeah. That's about it. And,
like, I see how peanuts and peanut butter can
be applied in savory situations. Like, I think
there's, like, Thai peanut noodles, and those
taste great. That's true. That's very true. What
are we doing here, Jeff? What are we doing with
the burger thing, Ellison? Right. I don't get
that. I don't. Me neither. It's a little bit
confusing. It's not like we should show up at
a restaurant and be like, you know what, I love
a scoop of chocolate ice cream, so why don't
we just dump that shit on a cheeseburger and
kind of see how things go. Let's not. Let's put
that with my spaghetti and marinara. Can we do
that? Yeah. Yeah. Or, like, what does Elf do?
He takes the spaghetti and then he puts, like,
maple syrup and cereal. Ew. I mean, we could
have done that one, too, but I'm glad we didn't.
Yeah. Yeah. If that had been too many ingredients
and too many calories, I would have gone. And
my blood sugar probably would have come out my
ears. Yeah, I'd have gone to the hospital, I
think. I think that would have been too much.
Yeah. For sure. Well, God bless the other foods.
Jeff Daniels. Yeah. You've closed us out. You've
closed us out. With one of the least describable
sandwiches I've ever had. I just don't know.
I don't know. I don't know. I kind of feel the
same way I felt before I tried it. Yeah, exactly.
Like, how would you describe it? Well, barbecue
sauce, crunch, touch of peanut butter. And a
pita bread. Pita bread. Think of those flavors.
That's exactly what it is. Yeah. Yeah. How interesting.
Very. All right. Well. Enough of eating mid -food.
We're moving on. Back to my beautiful Pabst Blue
ribbon. And we're on to you. You just made the
list. It's a top ten list, ten through two, with
our magical number one. And let's see. Rules,
rules. Hey, there is a rule. Oh, no. No rules.
Let's freaking go, chat. We lucked out on that
one. Chat, subscribe if that's your favorite
rule. Exactly. Well, this week, we're picking
our top ten. ugliest cars oh yeah baby and if
you go down the reddit rabbit hole or hit the
old google machine you're gonna find some pretty
ugly cars some damn ugly cars out there oh yeah
going way back so uh aiden you want to kick us
off sure ugliest cars i've ever seen got a couple
honorable mentions here the jeep compass okay
that's just ugly the ford ecosport is the least
inspired Dumbest looking SUV I've probably ever
seen. Yeah. And the Jeep Commander. Jeep just
has a way of making ugly SUVs. That's fair. Just
stick with the Wrangler, boys. Right. Just stick
with the Jeep. Stick with the Wrangler. Yep.
Number ten. The Chevrolet Uplander. One of the
early minivans, and god damn is it ugly. Yeah.
So ugly. Number nine. The Ford Ka. Wait, what?
The Ford Ka. K -A, Ka. Ford Ka. The Ford Ka.
Pull up a picture here so you can see its beauty.
Hey, Billy, what'd you get? I got the Ford Ka.
Got the Ka. Well, I know you got a Ka. What kind
of Ka? The Ka. The Ka. The Ka Ka. That's what
we're looking at here. The Ford Ka. Wow. It's
like they saw a Volkswagen Beetle one time and
it was like, what if we took away its character?
That's pretty much it. Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty
boring looking. Yeah. Number eight, the Lincoln
Blackwood. Oh, God. Which is the quote -unquote
fancy version of the F -150 from way back in
the day. Oh, God. Ugly, ugly truck. I've never
understood luxury trucks. Yeah, what are you
doing? It's a work mule. Right. Why are you making
it luxury? And it looked fucking dumb. Right,
and it's somebody that lives like on the near
north side on tiny little side streets that owns
one of those things. Right, and nothing has ever
set. In the bed of that truck. No, nothing. Nothing.
Number seven, the Saturn Ion. Back in the days
when Saturn was still alive and kicking, they
happened to make one of the ugliest sedans I've
ever seen. Oh, yeah. There's actually a couple
still on the road you can see sometimes. It's
like, wow, that's an ugly car. Holy cow. Number
six, the Fiat Multipla. So ugly. The design makes
no sense. It's like they put a little bubble
on top of... A really small car. Yeah. And then,
like, the lights make no sense on it. It's kind
of one of those cars that's so ugly you almost
want one just to have it as, like, a novelty.
Oh, Fiat. Oh, Fiat. Number five, the Chrysler
PT Cruiser. Oh, I remember that. I'm surprised
Chrysler is still a company. I swear to God they
make the shittiest cars mechanically. And they've
made some ugly boys. Yeah. Can we make a trade?
Can we, like, get them off the road and bring
back, like, the Pontiac Trans Am? That would
be amazing. What is GM thinking? They killed
Pontiac? Wasn't Saturn a GM company? I know Holden
was a GM company, and they killed that. They
did, yeah. Damn. Number four, the Mitsubishi
IMI -EV. Oh, boy. It is so ugly. It's like a
smart car. but more terrible. I mean, at least
smart cars are logical. They get like 80 miles
an hour or something crazy. Even though they
look dumb, they're incredibly practical. This
is just an ugly car. And then number three on
my list, the Nissan Cube. The Cube, that's such
a dumb looking car. I hate it. It's boxy, kind
of like a Honda Element is, but then it's got
like this weird wraparound glass making it asymmetrical
for no other reason that... Hey, I'm Nissan.
I make an ugly car. No, it looks like a piece
of Swiss cheese with some wheels. Yeah, it's
so ugly. And number two on my list, the Tesla
Cybertruck. Yeah, that's good. Ugly. Ungly Grinch.
It is maybe the dumbest looking vehicle. You
want to talk about truck owners that have nothing
to do with any kind of utility on a truck? It's
those fuckers. Oh, yeah. Oh, for sure. All right,
I have no honorable mention, but I'm going to
start off with the 2001 Chevy Avalanche. Oh,
it's an ugly one, too. Which is a really bad
SUV. Number nine, the AMC Gremlin. Which is kind
of a fun name for a car, but then they just made
it ugly. It's a fun name, but it's just so dumb
looking. It just looks like a dome. Just like
a dome or a bubble. Number eight, the Volkswagen
Thing. It is literally called a thing. That's
right up there with Ka, as far as the worst names.
Do you like a thing or a Ka? What? Yeah, it's
based on the Jeeps of World War II Germany. Unlike
Hummer, who took a Jeep and made it look like
a vehicle you want to have on the road, Volkswagen
said... I've even just painted to color. And
literally it looks just like the military vehicle,
just in blue or black or purple or whatever.
Thanks, Volkswagen. Good job. Good job, guys.
We always say how the Germans do great things,
and it's like, well, it just shows not everybody's
perfect. Yeah. Number seven, the Fiat Multipla.
Great car. So ugly. Dumb name, too. Number six,
the Nissan Cube. That checks out. Number five,
the AMC Pacer. AMC twice on the list. That's
good. So it's kind of like if the AMC Gremlin
had a baby with a smart car is the AMC Pacer.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Number four, very
simple, one word, Yugo. Yup. Yugo. That one almost
made my list. It's just simple. It was an ugly
car. As a matter of fact, in Die Hard 3, the
one with Samuel L. Jackson, and they're in a
Mercedes, and then they get out of the Mercedes
and get into a Yugo. They're pushing 40, and
that's all I can do. That's a Yugo. Top gear,
redlining it. Oh, God. Number three, the Nissan
Juke. That's an ugly one, too. Number two, the
Pontiac Aztec. So ugly. I suggest if you do not
know what I'm talking about, hit the Google machine.
I wonder if that's why Pontiac died. Right. They
made the Aztec. They put so much money into the
Aztec. We're going to get into that crossover
vehicle SUV game. I swear, I swear SUVs are the
future. Call it Aztec. Well, you know the Aztecs
are kind of like exterminating. No, no, it's
going to work. Our Aztec will be around forever.
Okay. What? Well, and I will save my number one.
My number one, the Pontiac Aztec. Ah, there we
go. So, so ugly. It's bad. Just uninspired and
stupid looking. And in my opinion, it's the only
car that beats out the Cybertruck in terms of
straight up ugly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I agree.
Wow, baby. Yeah. That is an ugly one. And Aiden
and I just flip -flopped our two -in -one. My
number one is the Tesla Cybertruck. Yep. Not
only is it incredibly dumb -looking on the outside,
but also what's on the inside is stupid, too.
This is true. Typically. The one big windshield
wiper looks so fucking dumb. Oh, my God. It's
just... I don't understand. It's like, did...
musk like watch too many episodes of the jetsons
or like i i don't right i'm not sure where that
came from where they put that together and said
yeah that's the car i want on the road it doesn't
hit any safety standards to be a road vehicle
but i think they get past it by calling it like
a novelty car or some shit like that oh my god
there's some way they get around like the road
safety laws because it is a death machine for
everyone around it And it is the least truck
truck of all time. Of all time. Like you literally
like Ford loves when they're just like, well,
yeah, there's another Cybertruck stuck off the
side of the road here in Washington. Well, Ford
F -150 to the rescue. It's got to get his ass
out of there. I saw one yesterday, actually,
of this Cybertruck towing a boat. And then the
camera pans over a little bit. It's actually
a ram truck towing the stuck cyber truck that
is towing the boat. That's amazing. It's so funny.
That's amazing. Oh, man. Let's be fair, right?
You've got... Ford F1, F -Series, right, for
a truck. Yeah. You got, like, Chevy Silverado.
Do they still make that? Yeah. Some form of that.
And then the Dodge Ram. Yeah. And, like, those
are trucks to me. Nissan's got a truck, too.
I can't remember what its name is. I've seen
it at the auto show. It looks pretty cool. Toyota's
got a decent truck. The Tundra. Tundra. Oh, okay.
Yeah. And then Honda makes the little Ridgeline,
which is kind of like the Ford Maverick, like
a small truck. Oh, like a smaller truck. Yeah.
So there's good trucks out there, and then you
have this abomination. It makes no sense. You
want to drop $100 ,000 on a shitty built car
that doesn't do what you bought it to do? So
dumb. So dumb. All right, Aiden. That's our number
one. And by the way, hey, if we missed any weird,
ugly vehicles, let us know. Yugo was a good call
on your part. Oh, thank you. I appreciate that.
I was very young when that car came out, but
I just remember it was always made fun of. Like,
from its inception. And then it just disappeared.
Like, Yugo's like, yay, we're going to try this
whole Western capitalism thing. We're going to
come up with our own. Oh, we're broke already?
Oh, no. Oh, no. To be fair, I've always had a
love for hatchbacks. Yeah. So, like, the Yugo
and the AMC Pacer, they kind of hold a special
place in my heart of, like, I see they're ugly,
but I kind of want one. It would be fun to, like,
get one and trick it out. Yeah, exactly. Wouldn't
it? Like, put, like, a small block in there.
Yeah, put some spinnies on it. And then just
have people, like, watch you drive by, like,
did that guy just trick out a Hugo? Oh, my God,
you'd break it. You'd absolutely break it. All
right, well, hey, if we missed any, definitely
let us know in the socials. Down the rabbit hole,
what do you got? Well, I found this super neat
article. on what Americans say they want versus
where Congress stands. Ooh, okay. So this comes
from Project Curia, and it is seven government
reforms, each backed by a majority of both parties'
voters, and then directly next to that is where
the Congress members stand as far as the elected
officials. Ah. So, of voters... I'll give you
the issue, where the voters stand, and then I'll
tell you where Congress actually stands. Oh,
perfect. Requiring dark money disclosure. 88
% of Democratic voters and 85 % of Republican
voters are for this. 85 and 95, right? Is that
what you said? 85 and 88. 88, okay. 90 % of Democrats
in Congress also support this. Okay. Zero percent.
Of Republicans in Congress support that. So everything
lines up except. Except that. Next up, overturning
Citizens United. 84 % of Democratic voters are
for this. 75 % of Republican voters are for this.
Okay. 88 % of elected Democrats are for this.
Okay. 0 % of elected Republicans are for that.
Wow. Wow, that's despicable. Disturbing. Everyone
feeling represented out there? Oh, yeah. Here's
a fun one. Of Democratic voters and 71 % of Republican
voters are for that. Aligned, yep. 1 % of Congressional
Democrats and 1 % of Congressional Republicans.
One on both? One. Wow, dude. I'll reiterate.
Everyone out there feeling nice and represented?
Open primaries to independents. 79 % of Democratic
voters like that. 65 % of Republican voters like
that. 70 % of Democrats in Congress. are for
that. 1 % of elected Republicans. Jesus. The
last one I'll bring up today. Good lord. End
partisan gerrymandering. 76 % of Democratic voters
like that. Okay. 57 % of Republican voters like
that. It's the first real quantifiable diversions
between the... But still a majority of both.
Yes. 77 % of elected democrats okay looking good
so far zero percent of elected republicans wow
that's uh that's the country we're in boys everyone
liking the two -party system yeah everyone liking
that first past the post wow type shit i'm sure
as fuck not that's uh that's disturbing yeah
yeah decidedly not a fan of where we're at but
that uh for everyone out there that's that's
the numbers for you that's the raw data That's
terrible. Yeah. That's terrible. Well. Everyone
out there feeling a little more sad, sorry about
that. All I have to say is if you sit at home
for the midterms, I just never want you to open
your mouth again about anything. Just don't.
Don't bother me with it. Yeah. This is the opportunity.
And once again, I always tell people, look, Democrats
are not perfect. Far from it. But. When you only
have two choices, there's really only one choice.
Right. That's it. Get the other ones, eradicate
the government from the other ones, and then
you can sort out the rest. Right. Then if the
other parties, hey, we want to go a little bit
left, we want to stay in the middle, then let
those be the two parties. Right. I could certainly
live with that over what the other side's doing.
Yeah. Yeah. That's why I've always said rank
choice voting and four, five, six. Would be ideal.
That's what we need. Yeah. I agree with that.
But, yeah, we'll see. I mean, it'd be great to
just have a progressive party or if they want
to call themselves like the Democratic Socialists,
which is not socialism or communism. So if you
think that you're a moron, please listen to a
different podcast. So like Democratic Socialists.
Green Party. Libertarian. Green Party. And then
I don't even call them Republicans because it's
an insult to the Republicans of the past. Conservative
douchebag party, CBP, I guess we'll just call
them. It's got a ring to it. Kind of does. Yeah.
It kind of does. So I don't know. But definitely
coming up with a different system. Yeah. It would
definitely make sense. So now we're going to
finish this and then go on to our last segments
after a quick break. But we often sleep. And
while we're sleeping, Aiden discovers many interesting
things that we have missed. It could be a YouTuber,
it could be a movie, it could be music, it could
be anything. And I'm very interested to see what
we slept on this time. Well, I've got a quick
one for you today. It's more of a public service
announcement than a while you were sleeping,
but they kind of go hand in hand. While you were
sleeping, people out there seem to have forgotten
to enjoy a savory breakfast. I rarely... Which
does not include the Jeff Daniels sandwich. Yes,
God no. I am something of a breakfast skipper
myself, unless it's the weekend. Like, my work
days, I don't eat breakfast, just because I don't
have the time nor care to do so. But there's
so many breakfast foods that are just blocks
of sugar and carbs, and it leaves your stomach
feeling... Like, way too full, and then you get,
like, afternoon blues because your blood sugar's
plummeting because you ate ten waffles for breakfast.
Don't sleep on savory breakfast foods. It's honestly
one of the best food genres out there. Yeah.
Breakfast burritos? Get fucking real. Oh, yeah.
Skillets? Unbelievable. Even, I know this is
a funny meme, but avocado toast is actually really
good. Baller as hell, you put a little cracked
egg on top of there? Come on. Dare I say, the
absolute old school B &E. Damn right. And I'm
not talking about breaking and entering. I'm
talking about bacon and eggs. Oh, I was talking
about breaking and entering. Oh, shit. My bad.
For breakfast? Come on. Come on. No one expects
it in the daytime. They really don't, you know?
Busting Aunt Susie's shed at 7 in the morning
on a Wednesday. Did you take my shovel? Nah,
Sue. I don't know what you're talking about.
You got omelets? Omelets are baller. Mm -hmm.
Frittatas, if you will. Frittata. What do they
call that? A quiche? Is that what that's called?
Quiche. That's a breakfast pie, basically. Breakfast
pie. All I'm saying, don't sleep on savory food
for breakfast. Good source of protein. You can
always do a side salad, get your greens in there.
If you're doing breakfast, don't eat 100 grams
of carbs for breakfast. You're going to feel
like shit come 11 o 'clock. Yep. I agree. I'm
going to swerve just slightly. Forget the greens.
Okay. Hey, for once in my life, this is a bit
of a side quest here, but for once in my life,
I feel good about being the meat and cheese guy.
And I'll tell you why. Because all of my vegetarian
friends are shitting from here to kingdom come.
Because of lettuce and onion and other shit that...
Taylor Farms. Taylor Farms. And we can thank...
God bless Taco Bell for saying, yeah, that shit's
out of here. Come enjoy some Taco Bell. Yeah.
But yeah, it... No. And look, I get that there's
bird flu and mad cow and other shit that we've
had to deal with. But we've gotten through that.
I feel better about being the meat and cheese
guy again. Because, you know what? Other than
a little bit of caffeine... I got no reason to
shit my brains out all day long. But I'll tell
you what, all you salad eaters, I guess I'll
see you in a few weeks. Once you're off the john.
Once you're off the john, man. I am such a healthy,
oh, I'll be back. Yeah, okay, have fun with that.
Nah, nah, man. You keep your greens and all your
veggie things, and I will enjoy. Ask me what
I had for breakfast this morning. What did you
have for breakfast this morning? I'm glad you
asked. I had two steaks from Strax that I picked
up. They were on a sale. Oh, God bless. Like
those little medallions or whatever, little sirloins.
Yep. And I forgot about them, and I'm like, oh,
shit. And I looked this morning, and like their
expiration date was coming up. I'm like, well,
shit, I just better cook these things up. So
pan, a little butter, put them in there, salt,
pepper, basil, and garlic. Spiced those things
up, cooked them in a pan, diced them up. Ate
some steak. Breakfast. God bless. Now, I could
have added some eggs. Steak and eggs is also
a winner. Hell yeah. Hell yeah, it is. But yeah,
I just had chunks of steak this morning. Lovely
breakfast. That's righteous. Lovely breakfast.
Protein, straight thing. Straight out. Straight
out. Yeah. And I was leaving my house, backpack,
all my stuff, leaving to come here and do some
content. I'm like, I was happy. Yeah, I feel
pretty good. I feel pretty good. And I'm not
shitting all over the place. This is a major
win. This is a win on so many levels. I woke
up, downed an energy drink, ate a salad, had
some mac and cheese, had another energy drink,
and now we're here. And now we're here. Post
-Jeff Daniels Challenge. Right. We survived it.
We survived it. It was mid. We've already had
that conversation. But we're going to take a
break. Maybe go eat some more meat. We're going
to take a break, and when we come back, we've
got our beer review, and then a surprise tier
list. All right, we're back for the home stretch
here on the Mark Mo Show. I'm Mark Maloney. That's
Aiden Maloney. And we've got our beer review.
The official beer review. The official beer review.
The only official beer review. And then we've
got... tier listing to close things out this
week. Now, before we do this, I'm just going
to say head to the old socials. Check out Instagram.
Primarily Instagram. TikTok's being stupid. Poopyheads.
But you can find a lot of our awesome content
on Instagram under a .m .gaming, I think. Something
like that. If you look up A &M and Co. You'll
probably find us. But yeah, our tag is... There's
so many Instagram accounts, it's hard to find
a tag. We are a .m .co .content is our actual
handle. So there you go. So you'll find... Our
collab stuff for our gaming on there. You'll
find stuff for Aiden's gaming on there. You won't
find much for the Mark Moe show because it's
not a very visual show. Occasionally I'll post
something on the old Facebook or Instagram. Pretty
static stuff. But some of our best content I
think you're going to find on the socials. Funny
clips. Funny stuff. So definitely check that
out. All right. We're on to beer. And I'm almost
positive I'll have to do a little research that
I thought we did. This company, which is called
Prairie Artisan Ales. And that is from McAllister,
Oklahoma. I didn't know much about this one.
I told Aiden when I picked it up, I was hoping
we didn't do this one. But I'll let Aiden describe
it. And I'm 99 .9 % sure we haven't. Yeah, this
artisan ale, if you will, is called Patches.
It is a sour ale, as you said, from Prairie Artisan
Ales. Regional Brewery out of Okelahoma. It is
a sour ale with sour gummy candy. That's the
whole description. That's it. That Untappd gives.
We're doing the Untappd app on our phones, not
sponsored. But it is free if you're a beer enjoyer.
We're going to rank this on a scale from 0 to
5 on how much we like it. We'll give you some
tasting notes. And yeah, it's won multiple Untappd
awards. It's got like a 4 .09 average. On all
the rankings. Which is high. Super high. So,
yeah, down the hatch. All right. I'm looking
forward to this. Sláinte. Sláinte. Smells great.
Kind of smells like tea. Like brewed tea. Holy
cow. Holy cow. Damn. Kind of tastes like some
of the energy drinks I drink. This. Tastes like
danger. I am not. Oh, my goodness. Oh, wow. It
is 5 .5 % ABV, so it's just a touch higher than
your lagers. Nothing left on the tongue. So clean.
At all. The sour is not super overpowering. No,
that's what I was worried about. As Aiden knows
me, the kids would get these sour gummies. He'd
be like, Dad, you want some candy? And I'd be
like, no, I'm okay. He's like, I'll have a piece
of candy. And then this little sugar bomb thing
would come my way, and I'd be like, is this sour?
And they're like, not really, no. And I'd try
it, and then I don't do sour particularly well.
And I'd just get this soured look on my face,
this pucker, and the kids would just all laugh
at me. Good times. But, yeah, good times for
some. But this is, like, perfect. Yeah, it's
a touch sweet, a touch sour. The can itself looks
super cool. I guess the characters on the front
are emulating Sour Patch Kids, seemingly. But
it's kind of funny. Yeah. It's like the two Sour
Patch Kids giving the other Sour Patch Kid a
wedgie. They're, like, bullying him. Yeah, the
orange gummy is definitely being bullied. And
the red gummy is pulling his underwear and the
blue gummy is laughing at him. He's laughing
right in his face. It's kind of funny. What a
wonderful beer. It's so freaking good, dude.
Sour ale. I'm blown away. Wow. Wow, wow, wow.
Yeah, that is quite tasty. It does not taste
like beer. No, not at all. Like I said, first
flavor notes, I'm like, oh, this tastes like
an energy drink I've had before. Yeah. And it's
not... Not overly sour, like there are some sour
ales out there, especially ones if they have
like orange juice in them, that kind of have
that almost vomitous kind of sour flavor where
it's like, oh, why does that taste like bile?
No, this is... Right, because that acidity comes
through just a little bit. Yep, I agree. This
just tastes like Sour Patch Kids. Holy crap.
In a beverage. Yeah. No beeriness, not overly
sweet, not overly sour. Just straight down the
middle, tasty. Absolutely well done, Prairie.
Holy cow. This is spectacular. That's pretty
damn good. Yeah. Do you recall, because it came
in a four -pack of 12 -ounce cans. Do you recall
what the price point was? It was $12. $12, so
you're looking at $3 a can? Yeah. It's not crazy.
It's not crazy. It's slightly on the high side,
but like you're getting an artisan beer. So,
wow. That's kind of remarkable. They absolutely
described it. Here's the thing I was questioning
before we started recording this segment block.
Specifically on the can, it says sour ale with
sour gummy candy. So I was wondering, is there
sour gummy candies in the bottom of this can?
Because I doubt it. No, I think what they did
during the brewing process, I think they probably
just threw bags of gummy candy in there. Right.
They had to have. I'd believe it. There is. I
got it on the nose. And the more I'm sipping
this, I'm getting it again and again. There is
something herbal in there that is reminding me
of like an herbal tea. There's a touch of something
herbal in there. I can't pinpoint it. Interesting.
But it's got a touch of green tea something or
matcha, but it just kind of hangs out in the
background. Right. But yeah, both on the nose
and then the more I'm sipping it, I'm getting
that herbal tea something, something in there.
I swear to God. It's so good. Like anybody that
likes fruity things or if you're just a huge
like gummy fan, you'll love this. Absolutely.
Yeah, there is not one note in here that says
I'm a beer. And once again, great summer beer
too. Oh, absolutely. So good. Yeah, and it's
not one of those sweet beers that's going to
make you like feel sick or like. hungover by
3 p .m. Right. And I'll be honest, I'm kind of
one of those weird dudes that doesn't like to
drink beer while I'm eating, necessarily. Like,
I can do it sometimes with pizza. Sure. But most
times, like, I have to have water or tea or...
Coffee if it's breakfast. Coffee, water, tea,
coffee, or soda with, like, food. Like, that's
just how my palate or my body, like, that's just
how I work. Sure. I get that. But, like, this?
If I'm at a barbecue, right, and I got some potato
salad, and I got a burger and some chips, I am
grabbing one of these. Like, this is perfect.
Yeah. This is damn good. Damn good. I'm going
pretty high. How high do I want to go? That's
quite nice. I know, right? That's quite nice.
I'm going to go 425 out of 5. That is absolutely
in the elite tier. Very tasty. Yeah, it's up
there. Flavor profile on the app, I gave light
-bodied, tea, sweet, candy, and sour. Yeah, I
went fruity, sour, candy, sweet. Yeah. All those
things, it definitely is. I went, I think, I'm
pretty sure, I think my highest score ever, 4
.75. Damn. It's about as high as you can go.
Yeah. And trust me, I'm a lager. Now, I am an
ale guy. Sure. But this might be my first sour
ale. I might have to dive into that a little
bit if I enjoyed this one. Did we ever try those,
what are they, 450s, that brand? Those are sours.
I thought we tried one of those before. I'm not
sure. I can't remember. We'll have to go back
in the untapped app and look. Yeah. But I know
those are sours, too. I thought we did one of
those before. Perhaps not. But this is wonderful.
Yeah, I'm going to lock in my score when a trip
to Dogfish. Oh, wow. That's a craft brewery.
I don't know where Dogfish is, but that's nice.
We do get badges in the Untapped app. We do.
Lovely listeners. Yeah. For certain milestones
of trying certain things or supporting independent
breweries. I got a badge here for the can, level
71. Canning is all the rage. It's not hard to
see why. Travels well, more environmentally friendly.
No need to carry your bottle opener. 355 check
-ins with the serving style of can. Got cheers
to independent U .S. craft breweries level 65.
Middle of the road level 60. Pucker up level
4. Right about now you're feeling your face tighten
and your taste buds explode. The full pucker
is quickly setting in and you can't get enough.
This is the... Wonder of the Sour. 20 different
sour beers I've tried. That's awesome. I love
that. I also got untapped at home level 15 and
middle of the road level 12 on my badges. Right
on. Damn good beer. That was really good. I'm
so happy I stumbled across that this morning.
No kidding. That brings us to our last segment
of the day, tier listing. I'm looking forward
to what you have. Well, last week on Tier Listing,
I had 10 songs from the 1980s and 10 songs from
the 1990s that I had Mark Moe rank on a scale
from F being the worst of the worst, D being
bad, C being mid, B being good, A being great,
and S being the best of the best. Now we're doing
70s and 80s songs. Oh, all right. So I have ten
songs from the 1970s you're going to rank on
that scale, and ten more songs from the 1980s
that you will rank on that scale. Okay. Everyone
clear? Lovely listeners, you ready? We are clear.
Mark Moe, you ready? I'm ready for the challenge.
Let's go. Of course, play it home, lovely listeners.
Give these a letter ranking, and if you disagree
with Mark Moe, that's between you and him. Leave
me out of it. You won't mess with me. From the
70s. Mm -hmm. Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees.
Not a big disco guy. I can appreciate them for
their contribution to music in movies. Sure.
The John Travolta movies and whatnot. And the
fact Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon mock
them on SNL, and that's funny. Aside from that,
I'm not going to rate it badly, but I'll give
it a C. C? Just not my vibe. That's fair. Immigrant
Song by Led Zeppelin. Oh, wow. Probably in my
top five Zeppelin songs of all time. Definitely
in my top five. I would agree. I would probably
give that S tier. I like that. S for song. Dancing
Queen by ABBA. Once again, not an ABBA fan. I
appreciate them. But there were these movies
that came out. That revolved around ABBA's music.
And it just annoyed me. And every time the commercial
came on TV, it just annoyed me. Yeah. So, C -.
C -. I like that. Hesitant to go to D on that
one, I see. Huh? Hesitant to go to D. I was hesitant
because I do appreciate their contribution to
music. I just don't appreciate their music. I
totally get that. Next up in the 70s. What You
Won't Do for Love by Bobby Caldwell. Bobby fucking
Caldwell. Indiana Jones looking dude. He does.
He does. He looks like he's on a quest for a
crystal skull and all of a sudden he busts out
these bluesy notes, man. He sounds like Lou Rawls.
Soulful. So soulful. I'm going to give him an
A+. A+. You've earned that one, Bobby. Oh, yeah.
Well done. Roxanne by The Police. Roxanne! Turn
on the red light! It's a band I like a lot. I'm
actually the biggest fan of the drummer, Stuart
Copeland's Unreal. That is a good song. Also
in the movie 48 Hours, Eddie Murphy sings it.
It's funny. I'm going to give that one an A grade.
A grade? Yes. I like that. Brandy. By Looking
Glass. Oh, I love that freaking song, dude. Hmm.
All right. Uh -oh. Controversy. Where are we
going? It's controversy. Controversy time. I'm
going S tier. Damn. Full S tier for Brandy. Yeah.
Well done, Looking Glass. Come and Get Your Love
by Redbone. Come and get your love. It's okay.
B. B? Yeah. For Redbone. Saturday in the Park
by Chicago. See, I love Chicago. I love all the
brass. Oh, yeah. Definitely that big band kind
of backing, powerful sound. Saturday in the park,
you'd think it was the 4th of July. Let's go
A+. A +, I like that. Play That Funky Music by
Wild Cherry. Play that funky music, white boy.
Ah. It's a good tune. Good beat. A little disco
-y. Sure. It's still okay. I'll go solid B. Solid
B? That's worthy. It's worthy. Final song from
the 1970s. Piano Man, Billy Joel. Sing me a song,
yellow piano man. Sing me a song tonight. Well,
it's weird. It's called Piano Man, but the harmonica
dude won't shut up. He won't shut up, man. He
busts in like Piano Man's like, dude, I'm trying
to... Dude, I want to play. Damn it. Now, I won't
go into a lot of detail. I'll just say that there's
probably four or five... billy joel songs i like
more than piano man sure a lot of songs fall
to the victim of of commercial success and just
being played overplayed yeah you know but like
summer highland falls and new york state of mind
and oh yeah italian tea some restaurant like
those are just a pressure like all those are
great this is still great and it's one everyone
can sing at the bar Pretty much by heart. By
heart. Even if you're not a Billy Joel person.
I'm going to give it this grade because it deserves
it, even though it's not one of my favorites.
I've got to go S tier on the old piano man. S
tier. Damn. Solid, solid. All right, that moves
us on to the 1980s. We have ten more songs from
the 1980s. Rapid Fire Time, Mark Moe Show. Okay.
Of the Mark Moe Show. All right. First up, from
the 80s. Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.
Never gonna give you up. Yeah, that's great.
It's literally become a meme and everything.
But let's grade it for what it is. It's an okay
song. It's so catchy, though. It's super catchy.
A. A. I'll give it to him. A for Astley. Sweet
Dreams by Eurythmics. S tier. S tier. You know
what I'm gonna do? The judge's hand drops an
S+. Oh, it's such a banger, dude. It is a great
song. I love it. Really great. Eye of the Tiger
by Survivor. Another great one from a great movie.
Did I make this too top -heavy? It might be top
-heavy. Oh, no. A+. A +, that's solid. Sunglasses
at Night. By Corey Hart. I wear my sunglasses
at night. You know, I listen to that song, and
it is kind of iconic, whether you like it or
not. I just always had the same question every
time he starts singing it. I'm like, why? You
literally see less when visibility is low. Right.
What are you doing? Unless he looks at streetlights
and be like, it's too much for me. I got the
migraine. I'll give it a C+. C+. I think that's
fair. I really don't know any of the other words
besides. I wore my sunglasses at night. That's
all you need to know. Ghostbusters by Ray Parker
Jr. Gosh darn it. Something strange in the neighborhood.
I'm going to pick S tier. S tier? Damn. It's
great. That's up there. Yeah, it's good. Well,
if we're speaking about 80s movies, how about
this one? The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and
the News. It's the power of love. Now, I've seen
them in concert a couple times. Once again, probably
two or three tunes that I like a lot more than
that one. Sure. But it's iconic. It's iconic
from an amazing trilogy. Gosh darn it. Yeah.
A. A? Yeah. That's solid. Honestly, let me know
in the comments, lovely listeners. I may have
made this too top -heavy. My bad. Down Under
by Men at Work. Down Under. By the way, I've
tried Vegemite. Vegemite's terrible. I still
want to try it. It's salt. Like, literally, my
quote, it is saltier than salt. It's just, it's,
ugh. I do love this song, though. It's kind of
a banger. It kind of is. So 80s. S tier. S tier.
God bless. I love that song. Centerfold by the
Jay Gales Band. Jay Gales Band. God, that's a
great one, too. My love runs cold. My memory
has just been sold. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Oh, did
I go too far? I went too far. Come on. God damn
it. A plus. A plus. It is catchy. Come on, Eileen
by Dexy's Midnight Runners. It's so great. It's
so great. It's just, it's kind of. Irish -y and
punk -y and just, it's fun. It is. It's such
a fun song. It really is. I love it. The final
song from the 1980s we're talking about today,
Tainted Love by Soft Cell. Tainted Love. Now,
I might like the remake more than the original.
I do like Marilyn Manson's version. Yeah. Oh,
God. Oh, God. At Hamilton's, we used to drink
at Loyola. They used to close out the night to
this song, too. Shit. Okay, A+. A+. Yeah. That's
fair. Totally fair. Well, that is the end of
tier listing today from the 70s. You gave Stayin'
Alive a C, Immigrant Song, S, Dancing Queen,
C-, What You Won't Do for Love, A +, Roxanne,
A, Brandy, S, Come and Get Your Love, B, Saturday
in the Park, A +, Play That Funky Music, B, Piano
Man, S, From the 80s, Never Gonna Give You Up,
an A, Sweet Dreams, S +, Eye of the Tiger, A
+, Sunglasses at Night, C +, Ghostbusters, S,
Power of Love, A, Down Under, S, Centerfold,
A +, Come on Eileen, S, and TaintedLoveA+. That's
it. That's the tier listing. Well, that also
concludes our show. I want to thank everybody
for listening in. You can find us, obviously,
on all podcast platforms and the old YouTube.
Check out Aiden's Gaming. on Aiden Spelled the
Right Way. And of course, you definitely want
to check out the A &M Gaming, which you can also
find on the old YouTube. Got some fun stuff coming
up for you. So that's about it. You got anything
to say to these peoples? Absolutely not. Ha,
that's great.