Hey, everybody. Welcome to Good News York. I'm
your host, Matt Major, founder of Growth Mode
Technologies, joined by my teal -shirted friend,
Mike. I don't know, what color? Sea foam? Sea
foam. What color is that? No, yeah, I think you're
right. It's like a mint, maybe a sea foam. You
can tell I'm an adult because I know colors other
than green at this point. I am not. I almost
feel like a failure. The founder of Growth Mode,
by the way. You are. I'm not. I am. You're right.
Matt, this is exciting because this is the first
time we're doing like in a new official thing.
It's Tuesday News Day. We don't have a thing
yet. Yeah, we will. We will. Like Danny said
it. Insert jingle here. Oh, yeah. Shout out to
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with us. You know, yeah, it's a good thing. The
whole thing. And not that I hadn't really planned
to talk about this, but since we're on that topic,
I do want to say, fellas, this is episode. What
do we say it was? Twenty six. Ninety plus percent
of podcasts do not make it to episode 20. Fuck
yes, so we're in the we are 10 % we are We're
the other way less, you know, we are we are in
the ultra minority now the next Level is 90 plus
percent. Don't make it to episode 100 to so I
do want to give a shout out to another local
podcast Living Local 315, they've been around
a long time. I don't know them personally, but
we've been seeing them around. And I noticed
that they just hit their 200th episode. No kidding.
That's amazing. It is. And hat tip to them. I
love seeing people make content, especially here
in New York. It's the whole reason we're here
is to really show off what's spectacular about
it. And so many great things. One thing I love,
too, that made me want to be part of this even
more is that You said from the jump, you were
like, and by the way, this isn't just about central
New York. This is about the Adirondacks. This
is about the Mohawk Valley. This is about Western
New York, Southern Tier, New York City. To me,
that is such an important part of this because
I feel like it's New York City and then the rest
of the state. It's like you hear news all about
New York metro area or this imaginary place upstate
where there's only like 10 people. That's what
they think, at least. And I love that we're just...
We are just including everybody. I like expanding
the definition of local by just a little bit,
right? A lot of people think local. They think
your hometown, maybe your county, your kind of
region. And I get that. That makes a lot of sense.
That's where we all spend the most of our time.
It's what we talk about the most. But our state
family, you know, when you look at the grand
scheme of things of the world, even just to expand
to New York state is still such a tiny corner
of the world. And for us to really embrace all
of it. Yeah, it's something I need to do that.
Which by the way, let's let our resources let's
non politically, virtual gerrymander right now
I want to ask is not political. Okay, because
I'm very curious to what I trust you more than
anybody on this. That's when you hear upstate
New York. Yeah. Oh, give me the give me the give
me it. Give me the we're going into the what
is upstate. Yeah, come on. This is the most controversial
topic in the entire Empire State. Shouldn't be
though. I agree with you. So my stance. Upstate
is everything north of Poughkeepsie. I love it.
It's that simple. And you're you're including
like Buffalo or like West everything north. Yep.
Everything north of Poughkeepsie and South New
York City, Long Island, whatever downstate. Everything
above it up. I'm going to tell you something.
That actually checks out, and I'll tell you why.
Because when I lived in the Mohawk Valley before
I moved away to Ithaca, shout out Ithaca, love
you, I would take the metro north into the city
and back. The absolute first or last, depending
on which way you're coming, stop is the Poughkeepsie
Train Station. That's the start of the metro.
That's it. So that actually checks out, bud.
Poughkeepsie is like the checkpoint. Feel like
yeah, you know into the city or not you want
to hear a funny story about because you're sure
My band played at the Chance Theatre Which is
actually it was a really popular venue for a
long time back in the day describe how you get
there Because I want to I want to know if this
is a place that I get to the Chance Theatre You
mean like literally like direction was it like
down like a cobblestone? Road for some reason
I remember something like that like it was almost
like this isn't a road We're driving on no, it
was like a main street. Okay of sorts. There's
a theater Yeah, it's a theater the balcony with
a balcony. Yeah, it's gotta be the same place
I mean, I saw guar there dude. Shut the that's
what this story is about if we were there I'm
gonna shit my pants. This is real, by the way.
Wait, wait, wait. When? Hold on, when? I don't
know. Wait, you started out with your band. Did
you open for them or something? No, no, no, no.
Okay. Wow. My head's about to explode. This is
going in a whole different direction. This is
crazy. I swear to God this is not staged. Yeah,
what? I am being completely genuine. So, the
story is, so we got booked for this battle of
the bands, and we're at the Chance Theater. Here's
the funny part. We get there. We realize we're
not playing the Chance. I got excited. I thought
we were. Oh, we're playing. There's like an area
up at the top of the theater where it's a small
room where they have smaller bands play. Interesting.
So we're technically in the same doors. All right.
You know what I mean? Whatever. So before we
go on, as I always do, I like to poke around.
And I went into the Chance Theater and I was
like, this is so fucking cool. Like this is this
is a nice venue. Yeah. in a not so nice area.
I mean, you know, there's some tough parts of
Poughkeepsie. And so then we walked downstairs
and we wanted to go into the bar for a drink
and the door was locked. And I look in, it was
a glass door and I'm like, what the hell? I'm
like, what is going on? There was a music video
being shot and it was Gwar. Gwar was in full
costume. There were like cinema cameras moving
around, chicks dressed up. I think they were
supposed to be strippers. And the door was locked
because they were shooting a music video. Come
to find out, Guar was playing at The Chance that
night. Tell me you were fucking there. I had
to. When was this? I don't know. I guess it would
have to be 2011, 10, 12. That would have been
13. I don't know. I got if I knew this was going
to go this way, I would have done the work beforehand.
So. Okay, now that I think about it, so here's
the only reason I know when it was. I mean, they
probably played there more than once. This was
right before Malachi was born for me. Okay. So
that was 2001. Oh, no, no, no. That's way too
early. Yeah. Okay. So it wasn't the same night.
So it wasn't the same, but it had to have been
the same place. The only time I've ever seen
a show in Poughkeepsie was to see guar you blew
my head open because first of all that I just
go you want to hear a funny story and Then suddenly
I talk about the chance. Is that the only band
they book? Maybe that's it. Maybe I was it's
the only wait a minute Wouldn't that be so guar
if they had a residency, but the residency was
in Poughkeepsie, New York Yeah, like Vegas. It's
true Well, either way the story was it was just
amazing that I got to like accidentally almost
walk into a guar music video When I was there,
they brought a John Benet Ramsey doll on stage.
And that is awful. Yeah. Yeah. Can you say the
rest or maybe not? It was pretty gross. Yeah,
yeah. Yeah. One of your favorite movies, Empire
Records, there's a there's a very famous part
with Guar in it. Hey, Mark, you love Guar. Why
don't you join the band? Yeah, it's one of my
favorites. It's one of the reasons I like Guar,
honestly. And one of the reasons you eat pot
brownies. They put on a hell of a hell of a show,
though. God, yeah, I mean it's it's the kiss
effect, right? It's like the the music with all
due respect the music is secondary to the show
itself Right. Yes, but Here's the thing. It's
the kiss effect in terms of like the outfit because
Gwar if you've ever seen Gwar they get there
There's this like demon metal band in full Demon
costumes, right do it And these characters and
all this stuff, but yeah, they are the wildest
fucking band ever and they get crazy with the
crowd. And here's what got really wild, is they
have, now I heard about this before we went,
they have blood cannons, they go, right? So the
difference is they shoot like fake liquid blood
into the crowd. Don't they take penises? They
had everything. Yeah. And that's, that's what
I'm getting to is it's literally any, any, no,
no, any liquid you can or probably shouldn't
imagine. Uh, they have a fake like cannon that
they shoot into the crowd. So it's all different
colors. And when you leave a guar show, if you
were where we were towards on the floor where
you're getting hit by all this shit, you come
out tie dye. Literally like because of all the
get covered in every different color, but I would
assume you if you're a true guarantor I would
assume you want that you don't know man My favorite
like you you get to say like I got it was one
of those deals where it was almost like What's
-his -name Gallagher Gallagher? I was just gonna
ask where the balcony they had Plastic that they
could hold up if they didn't want to get sprayed
up on the higher level was my next question Is
the front couple rows like Gallagher? Well, it
was like a pit, you know, so you had the floor
and you had you know, people moshing or just
standing or whatever and just getting covered
in guar juice. Sidebar along these lines. Well,
have you you went to school with the boys from
Showtime? Yeah. Very good friends of both of
ours. I was in the band. Love them. Killer band.
Did you ever hear about their experience with
Gallagher? It is wild. No, I'm not going to tell
it. We'll have to have them on. This one Gallagher
lived in Illion. Correct. He came. I forget why.
Dude, he came, I'm pretty sure, he did like a
Bill Keeler episode. He did a Bill Keeler episode.
And he didn't leave town for two months. That's
correct. That's part of this story. This is like
a real thing. No, no, no, I know. So he does
a show, like you said, I believe it was just
like a fat cat. Local radio show. But then he
comes on the local radio, Bill Keeler, and I
believe, and again, I don't want to tell the
story because I don't know all the details, but
the boys from Showtime, I think were on that
same episode, kind of hit it off with Gallagher,
and Gallagher was like, hey, When do you guys
rehearse? And they're like, uh, we rehearse Tuesday
nights at the, you know, at a place in, in Ilion,
New York. I don't want to say it. And, uh, he's
like, can I stop by? I've got some lyrics of
like, I write lyrics and they're like, okay,
sure. And Gallagher showed up to their rehearsal.
He stuck around for days and his lyrics got off.
He like couch surfed. He like stayed in local
people's homes. Look it up. They did a story
on it. I don't know if it's circus .com or whatever.
But anyway, long story short, and we'll have
to have these guys on to tell because it's amazing.
He stuck around for like two weeks and kept showing
up to their rehearsals and got mad at them when
they wouldn't like accommodate him to play his
songs. It's wild, dude. It's wilder than I'm
put a pin in that one because we got to come
back to that. We haven't even got to the news.
We have not even been wanted. Dude, what would
have thought when we hit when we said let's go
on that we'd be talking about war and gal. Let's
go. This is why podcasts are awesome and you
should subscribe to Good News York. You should
just subscribe to us. All right. You want to
hear some news, please? Let me tell you some
news from actual current news. Even here. Not
from 20 years ago. The first thing I want to
talk about. All right. This is exciting. All
right. You know, we keep bringing up paperwork.
Oh, yes. You know, it's serious when he's got
paperwork. Well, I figured you are. He's like
a real anchor. Well, I don't know about that.
I'm no Bill Worden. Well, shout out for your
local. Well, yeah, with the news, I got to have
it. So this is, you know, we keep talking about
this micron thing and it's a huge deal. And it's
probably the biggest thing since the Erie Canal.
And that's not a joke. It's going to be incredible
for the economy here. But that's not all because
the Greek yogurt giant Chobani is planning to
build a one point two billion dollar production
facility that would bring more than one thousand
jobs to Rome's Griffiths Business and Technology
Park to Rome. Yeah. And the project is in the
former Air Force Base 50 miles east of here in
Syracuse, New York. Did you know? Or actually,
I'm sorry. It's going to cement New York as the
number one yogurt producer after that, which
I think is I mean, if you're going to be good
for something, it might as well be yogurt. It
might as well be yogurt. Here's the thing that
base, you know, as you know, when we were kids,
they closed it as an as an official Air Force
base. And, you know, lots of jobs went away and
things like that in the. Recent years, though,
they've been working hard at bringing all kinds
of things. And there's a number of really incredible
high tech companies of all sorts now being based
at the former base. And there's a lot of the
facilities that are originally there from the
Air Force that are available and able to be kind
of remodeled and repurposed. So it's exciting
to see that. It really is. Chibani is a company
that's been in New York for a little while here.
They've had a great presence. I believe closer
to you, right? Yeah, actually it's funny you
say that southern tier Right here it says The
governor said Chobani has been a major employer
in the Mohawk Valley for decades and this investment
is gonna bring more than 1 ,000 jobs Here's another
thing that I found amazing is that once the new
plant reaches full capacity the company is gonna
Purchase an estimated six billion pounds of milk
a year creating additional economic opportunity
Did you know that dairy is the largest single
segment of the state's eight billion dollar agricultural
industry? You know the number of times that I've
been to the dairy barn at the state fair you
think I would know that You think I would know
that but that's you know Chobani is a company
that is also very well known for treating people
well They're very popular with their employees
and too soon things of all that nature. So it's
pretty awesome to see them expand, especially
in Rome. Shout out to Oneida County all along
the thruway. And as we talk about these things,
all along the thruway, we are hearing these announcements.
That's not even the only one. You know, I have
another one. I don't think I even gave you this.
Wait, wait, before you do that, I got to ask
you one quick one. Oh, shit. OK. Do you know
the difference between Greek yogurt and regular
yogurt? I assumed one was. Was gonna ask you
and then at the last second of the article I
saw one of the last line says Greek yogurt is
strained of excess way Giving it a thicker texture
than regular yogurt. I guess I didn't need to
read that. It's kind of All right, it's thick.
I didn't know what the difference. I know it's
all great people love it All right, go ahead.
What do you got? I didn't know that's why I feel
like that's become all the rage compared to what
was kind of traditional yogurt Oh God, right.
It's it's a whole new world. My wife is they
figure out a better way to get us with those
Greeks Our man Ryan McMahon, to date the only
politician who we have embarrassed at a ballpark,
shared the news yesterday that here in our own
Onondaga County, United Auto Supply is expanding
their operation out in Getty's. 19 million they
are going to put into their existing operation
and create 65 new jobs. They currently have 433
people on site every day. In New York State,
we are getting these reports of new mostly manufacturing
operations today's situation in both cases expanding
mm -hmm not even new businesses established New
York businesses continuing to grow and expand
here in New York State and it's it's a story
that Unfortunately, I think you're gonna get
sick of hearing now as we're doing the news here
because there is so much of it It's you know
When you told me we were gonna start good news
York and it's gonna be the positive things happening
in New York State My first thought, and I'm sure
it was yours, was, yeah, good luck. Where are
we going to find all this shit? Because we're
buried in negative news all the time. Dude, when
we just started actually including news into
Good News York, you know, this Tuesday Newsday,
and I'm combing through, there's a lot of good
shit happening. A lot. And, you know, we can
all joke about, oh, yeah, upstate New York is...
Dude, it's not really something you can joke
about anymore. This Micron thing, the Chobani
thing. How about this one? ground round is coming
back boy now now hold on hold on before we get
too excited you go before we get too excited
and let you go it hasn't been announced that
the new ground round is opening in new york state
yet but but but there is a couple in massachusetts
that is bringing it back they've cranked open
their first location i almost did fake news and
no No, their goal is to expand. But right now,
the first location is open in Massachusetts.
If you want to take a road, we might actually
have to take a road trip to go to the ground
round. But have they broke ground round? Here's
the thing. They're bringing back all the classics
of ground. Oh, including laying all the hits.
Pay what you weigh. Remember, pay what you weigh.
is wild to do in 2025. You know, it was... I
remember when I was a little kid, you used to
go there on a certain night a week or something,
and as the kid, you stand on the scale and pay
what you weigh. Now, I was a fat kid, so it was
probably a better deal for my mom to pay market
price, but... That's fantastic. It was a great
promotion. I was a fat kid. Well, listen... It's
probably, I gotta say, as you mentioned, you
know, these old restaurants and things like that
that used to be around are gone, people miss,
ground round is the top of everyone's list. And
I think Pondo is the next, like, it depends on
if you want table service or buffet. That's where
which one comes first. I miss Ponderosa. Ponderosa
and Herkimer, bro. Dude, that's what I'm talking
about. That's where I lived. That was... You
got to remember this is, you know, mid -90s,
okay? The thought of an all -you -can -eat buffet,
like, what? And I don't know what it is. With
chicken wings on it. I experienced this the other
day, Easter Sunday. My wife's family, we have
a tradition. You can actually go to the Cornell
Dining Hall. It sounds funny, but it's open to
the public all the time, but we go on. And my
gut, you got to remember, the Statler Hotel.
The hotel at Cornell where the the Statler's
the hotel students. They have a hotel management
program That's where they train. So it is five
-star quality food. Well, guess what the dining
hall gets It's the same same student Wow, so
you're getting five -star and it's like 20 bucks
a head and it was all you can eat and I said
Sunday I said this reminds me of Ponderosa when
I was a kid the excitement of just going in there
and going I could get Asian cuisine I could get
pizza dude. I could get chicken tenders The pudding
you go there all the time with your family, but
I'll tell you the real heyday for me It was when
we were teenagers and when we were you know in
our cars and figuring out our own meal had to
be like I don't know 40 % of where we went to
eat was Pondo and the best part about Ponderosa
was they had that buffet right and they always
had that deal where for like 25 cents more they'll
give you a full steak and a baked potato Yeah,
right, and you look at it. You'd be like I how
could I not? I mean by that 79 cent steak, you
know easy up like I have to and it's brilliant
because what happens is you eat that steak and
they don't anything on the buffet So they you
know, they had it all figured out. They really
did but really did There was no ground round,
but I'll tell you those wings those breaded chicken
naked wings Those they're the only naked wings
I've ever liked and for those of you Maybe tuning
in that aren't native New Yorkers, especially
Buffalo area naked wings mean no sauce Feel like
I do have to explain that I mean, I don't you
still give him a takeout my dad you sort them
for parties We'd get bulk pondo wings, but naked
wings don't taste good to me, but I'll tell you
what I agree with you Well, they had upon the
ones did they weren't just playing you know I
mean they were mini drumsticks. They were oh,
they were so good They were light tan a pondo
want some more good news Yeah, okay, I would
love that Our friends at FXMAT Brewery, Saranac
Brewery, have secured seventh place among the
top 10 craft breweries, and 17th in the top 20
overall breweries across the nation. And these
results were featured in the Brewer's Association
Annual U .S. Craft Brewing Industry Report. And
I say that, I always cite it because every time
we do this, I talk about, I don't put faith in
these polls. Yeah, who came up with it? It could
be anybody. We could do a poll today. Yeah, but
if this is an association of brewers, that's
legit. And, you know, I have nothing bad to say
about Saranac Brewery except for one thing. Don't
get nervous. Why would you get rid of Saranac
Thursdays? That was everything. That was everything
for this area. I completely agree. Do you actually
know? Is it a budget thing? I'm not attacking
the brewery. I'm expressing how sad I am. I don't
want to get sentimental, but our man Joe Boogie...
who was the king of Utica, he was the man that
got the party started. Yeah, yeah, disruption
network. He passed away. And they canceled Serenac
Thursdays afterwards. I don't know if they're
related, but to me, I don't know. In other words,
I don't know that you could have that event without
Joe around. If Joe Boogie is going to die. If
Joe was here, it's going down. We might still
have Serenac. Now, to be fair, they will tell
you that they have changed it a bit. They do
not have Serenac Thursdays, but they now have
a beer garden where they have events and they
have bands and things. It's not the same. No,
of course. It's not the same. But you know that.
And for those who don't know, Serenac Thursdays
was a summer concert series that they had at
the brewery in Utica. And they took this back
like shipping dock area and literally turned
it into a concert venue. It was perfect. It looked
like. Remember that extra space Willy Wonka and
the chocolate factory it looked like when in
the part of the movie where they where he comes
out and he fake collapses and Kind of that area
within the fence of the factory. That's kind
of what it was. Oh, yeah Yeah, the old like brew
house and everything's been there forever. Exactly.
Yeah, you know the big smokestack super cool
event, but As society's changed a bit, right?
I mean people aren't drinking like we used to
now imagine that back in the day when everybody
was partying hard It was wild On a good night,
if the weather was good, they would have between
three and five thousand people there easily on
a Thursday night after work. And it was awesome.
Yeah, because it started there. It started there
about five o 'clock. And I know at some point
we'll find these old. My podcast career started.
at Serenac Thursdays with Farda and I. That's
a great story at the You Should Be Here podcast.
OK, that was the name of the show. And the idea
was we were going to go to a bunch of different
events and live broadcast. It ended up being
mostly just Serenac and because the other where
you should have been at Serenac Thursday. But
we were there every week and did a great live
podcast. It was a super cool thing. And the way
it worked is, you know, it started at like five.
They'd have the music at the brewery and stuff
like that, and they'd go to like eight or so.
And that was over. But then you'd go to Varick
Street, which was the entertainment area. It's
right there. And all the local bars there would
have live bands. And, you know, it was a great
all night. Say hi to Rainbow. Get a picture with
him. Yeah, good old Rainbow. Rainbow moved to
New York City. Maybe that's maybe that's the
other half of things are bad when when Rainbow
is moving out. You know, I thought we were just
talking about all the good things. That's a he
is a staple. Dude, he moved to New York City.
And then the next day he was in somebody's music
video. Did you see that shit? No, I don't remember
who it was, but I'm not surprised. Literally,
literally the big announcement he's in in the
city. And the next thing you know, somebody's
video comes out and they go, that's rainbow in
the video. Speaking of bands, we'll interview
him sometime. I got very, very exciting. What
else you got? Well, a red hot band with a famous
sounding name to rock the New York State Fair.
The Red Hot Chili. Pipers will perform at the
New York State Chevy Court stage on Wednesday,
August 27th at 6 p .m. Don't be fooled. That
took a hard left turn. I know. That's how I felt
when I was reading it. Don't be fooled by the
famous name. It's not the red hot chili peppers.
Some fans mistakenly assumed it would be the
red hot chili peppers. But in fact, it is a bagpipe
group. So I imagine thinking you're going to
show up for fully and you get. Do bagpiper. You
get so much better. It's like hitting the lottery,
honestly. I showed up to see a shitty band and
I got to see actual talent. What a mistake. Listen,
there's only so many songs you can sing about
California and the Chili Peppers surpassed that
amount 18 albums ago. You know, the Under the
Bridge video was the first video that ever made
me want pecs because remember, he runs in slow
motion. Yeah. And his pecs are perfect in their
bounce. I was like, I want those muscles. The
reason I'm telling you about that, I wouldn't
do a whole thing just to say the name is because
when I read it up until I printed it out, you
thought I thought it was the chili peppers, which
leads me to this is a public service announcement.
We're going to revisit this story because I am
telling you in August, people are going to show
up. Thinking it's the chili I know this because
look what we go through with misinformation and
disinformation and people reading headlines without
actually reading the article There's gonna be
a huge sector of pissed off. Here's the thing
hot take Red hot take if you name yourself the
red hot chili pipers. Mm -hmm Do you invite said
confusion and should be on the hook? For it.
I think you do you know what you're doing. You
know what you're doing. Here's the thing if you
were a bagpipe band that covers Chili Peppers
songs? Fuck. Is that what they are? I didn't
even read. See? Misinformation. Then it's a valid
name. But if they just went with some pun that
actually, and they don't do anything else to
do with the Chili Peppers, the jury's out. Somebody's
going to have to listen to this band and tell
us what the hell they actually do. We're going
to have to Google this. Was this the State Fair?
It's going to be at the State Fair free. We're
going to have to go there. The Chili Peppers.
I just want it on record. The whole reason I
read this. We're gonna revisit this because I
promise you there's gonna be a lot. We need to
write this down and be there. We need to just
capture that footage of the people showing up
going, jelly poppers, jelly poppers. And then
they come out. And they come out with the horns
and people like, what the fuck? What if we...
We didn't sign up for corn? Come out, we don't
look it up. Let's just go and like literally...
You just go to the fair every day? Go there and
no, I'm saying fuck the schedule. We'll just
wait around Chevy court Till the fucking chili
piper show up. No, I'm saying we're the first
in line, dude No, I'm saying let's go let's not
look them up and find out if they do chili pepper
song Let's just go and get a blind reaction.
I see you know, I mean, yeah Anyway, speaking
of oh, here's a picture of them. There's lots
of other great artists that you probably have
been I have heard of booked at the fair as well,
right? I'm not reading it. It's actually telling
me. Actually, I will tell you there. Here's some
of the lineup for the New York State Fair. Yeah.
Cheap trick is common. Steve Miller band. Kids
bop. Huh? Hold on. Slow down. What? We got two
out of three are great. Kids bop, though. Look,
kids bop was like who performs kids bop. Kids.
Oh, really? Yeah, it's like they you ever hear
them. I thought it was adult singing clean versions
of the pop song close It's kids singing clean
versions of the but it's like a group. It's a
chorus of kids just going like I don't give me
a song. So they're a child cover band kind of
yeah, it's for the kids man legal Labor laws
in this state. Oh we are going is coming. All
right. And in a hard turn of events, Busta Rhymes
will be there. Yes. Herman's Hermits. No way.
Sister Hazel. Hold on, hold on. We're going to
go from Busta to Herman's Hermits. Back to back,
baby. Not the same day. 24th, 26th. What if they,
like, do a duet? Imagine Busta remixing a Herman's
Hermits song. I got you all in check. How many
Herman's Hermits are left? I don't know, but
they're Hermits. Aren't they? Can't find them.
Aren't they like? What's their hit? Oh? Come
on I Don't know and any what is it myself? I'm
being a music whiz and I cannot think of one
Herman's hermit song We know it we got to know
it while he's looking that up sister hazel red
hot chili pipers sister Maddie and Tay yacht
rock review Blippi my son will be excited and
shaggy is closing it out sugar wasn't me Shaggy
is the foremost expert. That was actually pretty
good. I learned more about cheating from Shaggy
than really anyone else on earth. Well, listen.
All right. And in a while, you are looking that
up. We are going to play a small game. OK, now
this is risky. I still hold on. We're going to
hold for it. I still don't know what who Herman's
hermits is. I'm into something good. OK, I'm
into something good. What are they going to play
for the? Dressed to the show. They're just going
to play that over and over, and then the Chili
Pipers come out. No milk today. No milk. Lost
me on that one. What if Herman's Herman? Is there
a year just out of curiosity? 1966. OK, that's
when I was thinking. Yeah, great year. And then
the Chili Pipers come out with Herman's Hermits,
and to cap it off, Guar comes out and squirts
fake penises all over the crowd. Now, that's
a show I would go to. Charge Extra, that's going
to be at the end. Oh, is it Herman only one hermit
Feel like this is controversial, but we're gonna
play a game guess the pedophile I read So I thought
we're not we can't read bad news, so I've got
to lighten it up I turn it into a game. I just
want to in a I knew you didn't like it go one
of two ways This is not a joke Read now, why
would I read that on good? Listen, it's a heavy
article. I want to play a game. I thought we're
not a bad I mean really So here's the band Which
which I knew you wanted to I guess we'll put
it not a joke ironically Danny walked up he goes
because I want to play a guy Abel came in one
of our other ways he walked in I go which one
he goes definitely guy with I mean really I'm
not I'm not into any sort of profiling I think
you walks around So here's the band like So if
it wasn't him, he would one of our other employees.
You walk in, I go, which one? He goes, Oh, definitely
a guy with a comb. We do. Listen, I'm not I don't
really feel bad about showing his face. He's
a piece of shit. So, yes, I mean, but when he
was in a band, walks around with a pornographer
pervert. Like the only thing that Were you a
pornographer? Talk about being on We kind of
missed this one To launch his new so there's
a lot of these stay me 70. Yeah, he's moving
And with our friends at Flintstones who we love
what do you think is company absolutely amazing?
Check them out greatest. Do you think that does
like dispensary? I've ever been to and I've been
to Colorado. It's absolutely Anywhere but but
like the prices Pretty much in line with everybody
else. So we need to it's not a premium product
How much so are there's a lot of actually making
on their own, you know brand deals of all kinds
of products I'm just interested. You know, how
does that work out for them? What do you think
guys on the show? How do you think that? Yeah,
I mean like I think if it's more of like expanding
your portfolio, right? Like I think a lot of
these guys are already Celebrities and whatever
right so it's it's Like a lot of these guys are
already established celebrities in whatever industry
they're in right whatever so it's it's Ken it's
kind of we were talking about earlier off it's
new so you're getting it on the ground like and
people think early retirement in the canvas area
I can see that but I am good I do have investments
and I pride myself on it. And I feel like one
of the first rules I was taught was investing
what people need. You know, medicine, food, whatever.
It's available for you. It's new, so you're getting
it on the ground floor. Who the hell doesn't
like cannabis? So the other side to that too
is, you know, like anything else, if you have
a celebrity, just like anything else, you can
walk into my store every time and go give me
mellows and that makes it sell more. You're buying
in the cannabis area. I could see that. Oh, we're
out of extra advantage Yeah, the reason for that
is it becomes a very just like if you go to these
legal shops almost never but it's also brilliant
on his part because it's First of all, you're
gonna sell it based on your name. There is Carmelo
kind and it's available for you And that's why
we're exactly same brands. I mean, but the exact
same thing. No, I mean very right So why wouldn't
I you know have a lot more of him now with you
familiar with you? Walk in this store every time
and go give me mellows. It's my understanding
and you're buying his stuff without Might be
buying a stick around on a regular day in town.
So It's a little gossip, but it's also on his
part because the chance we'll see him first of
all You're gonna sell it based on your name.
Where is Carmelo a king when I? So, I mean not
I mean to the Knicks why fucking why wouldn't
Just it couldn't get any better here, I mean
he's got buildings around my own How incredible
is that? They worship me and they put my name
on things I don't really like it here. I'm so
cool that I don't even have to live in the town.
They worship Someone who walks in right now that
was yeah, okay who has this kind of power? Yeah,
it was like There's a place in this They worship
me and they put my name on things. I live in
another state. So I'm I'm so cool that I don't
even have to live in the town Someone could walk
so the answer is in a perfect world where we
are now you're gonna put a building in a perfect
world We have unlimited resources. It is a massive
building like it is like the state tower building
or building I want as much space in a property
as possible So the answer is in a perfect A,
if you gave that to me, I could probably fill
it with different ventures, different facilities
set up for different things. But also, I'm insane.
I have a dedicated studio for 10 different types
of things. You guys only know a fraction of it,
and I am limited by my budget. This is why I
have to do this question. If I had a bigger budget
program, I would be really fucking dangerous.
Because I knew you would answer it in an interesting
way, but being the entrepreneur is the first
thing. I was looking at new towers of 19 stories.
million square feet and then there's a little
melody and I would have filled it. If you gave
that to me. Anytime I get in the car with Matt,
we could be going to the store on the corner.
It ends up being a 15 -minute detour if he just
goes around and shows me buildings. And I'm like,
oh, cool, what would you put in there? He's like,
I'm not sure, but I just want a big building.
So this is why I asked you this question. Any
amount of space you give me, I will fill. Because
I knew you would answer it in an interesting
way. But being the entrepreneur and just the
person that I dream. Dude, I was looking into
buying Remington Arms in Illion, that is a million
square feet. Matt, this morning you wanted to
buy it. I drive around town or I look at the
commercial real estate listings. I look at any
time I get in the car with Matt It ends up being
a 15 minute And I'm like, oh cool, what would
you put in there? You asked me that and I said
this could it be a shop? Could it be a restaurant?
That's literally what I do. I dream, you know,
sort of all the time. And I'm not trying to hop
on your bandwagon here, but we drive around town
or I look at the commercial real estate listings
and look at especially me up on this. I said,
you know, you got this new warehouse, a vacant
whatever. commercial building, but I have to
be in and just imagine what can be used for and
But you take the next level dude mall. I have
a detailed plan for a shopping mall. I could
be really cool in that space Shopping town or
something. Could it be a shop to turn it into
a facility that would do all kinds of crazy things?
Makes this sort of thing. This town needs another
shop. That's literally what I know. No, I'm saying
to use that facility. Actually, I would turn
it into a bandwagon here, but we had a pre -production
meeting today with a client and Danny can back
me up on this. I said, I have this issue when
I see a vacant commercial building, I have to
peek in and just imagine what an incubator is.
But you take it to the next level. Dude, I have
a detailed plan for a shopping mall. I could
get like a shopping town or something on the
bagpipe to turn it into a facility that would
do all kinds of things. Repeat after me. That's
what this town needs, another shopping mall.
No, no, I'm saying to use that facility. Lights.
Actually, I would turn it into an incubator.
Rise up lights. That's how you say razor blades
with an Australian accent. Rise up lights. I
got some unique ideas. On that note, and every
year you throw a bash with a good news place.
Tuesday Newsday. At this place that's in incubation.
They're no red hot chili pipers. It really is
a dad joke bit. I'm going to dip out of here,
but before we go. Repeat after me. What? Rise?
What are you doing? I'm scared. Our expert producer
has some news that he's going to talk to us about.
Lights. Lights. I'll say it fast. Rise Up Lights.
Danny's coming? It's a classic game. It's got
some new life. Rise Up Lights. He's going to
give us some expert input on it. This has been
an insane episode of Good News York Tuesday Newsday.
Are we going to start like a dad joke bit? I
mean, isn't this one giant dad joke bit? I'm
gonna dip out of here, but before we go. Oh shit.
What before we go? What are you doing? Our expert
producer has some news that he's gonna talk to
us about about Oh Danny It's a classic game that's
got some new life He was a deadhead but no more
he's a pepper But I am joined now by a much handsomer,
much more charming, our producer of Good News
York, our friend, my coworker, I love him, Mr.
Danny Tripodi, everybody. Whoops, that's not
what I'd like to hear. Danny. Yeah, first of
all. Danny Tripodi. I actually did not know you
were coming on. Yeah, so this is great. Neither
did I. Matt left. No, I just really wanted to
talk about Chili Peppers. I think it's very important.
And before you start, I will say no more. He's
a pepperhead. But I am joined now by a much handsomer,
much more charming, our producer of Good New
York, our friend, my coworker, Mr. Danny Tripodi.
Yeah, Danny is a nerd, but the good kind of nerd.
First of all, which actually you just want to
be completely transparent. You know, people made
fun of nerds back in the 90s, and now all those
assholes are calling those nerds. Can you help
touch my modem? I think it's very important.
It's the ultimate redemption. Anyway, I will
say, first of all, tell us about what's going
on among many other things. Is it October? No,
I'm not talking about that. One of the people
that are putting on a very big event. Mike, for
a nerd. I know exactly what I want to say, so
I'm just here to say it. Yeah, Danny is a nerd,
but the good kind of nerd. As of today, Oblivion,
I'm looking at you, camera three. You know, people
made fun of nerds back in the 90s, and now all
those assholes are calling us nerds. Like, can
you help fix my modem? Oblivion is getting a
remaster because apparently Todd Howard got bored
of selling Skyrim for the ninth time. It's the
ultimate redemption. But anyway, you know what?
First of all, tell us about what's going on.
And here we are. It's in Unreal Engine 5 now,
has modern menus, big quality of life stuff.
It comes with all the things that you would expect
from an Oblivion remaster, including, so this
is why I'm irritated, the crown jewel of DLC.
So back in 2006, Bethesda made history by being
the first company to charge for DLC. It's been
announced by Bethesda. So Oblivion is getting
a remaster because apparently they got hired,
got bored of selling Skyrim for the ninth time
and said, you know what? And they started that
by charging. And here we are. It's in Unreal
Engine 5 now. And it has modern menus. Big horse
skull factor. It didn't help people in combat.
All the things that you would expect from a little
bit more of the remaster, including, and this
is why I'm irritated, the crown jewel of DLC.
Back in 2006, Bethesda made history. Everything
is asking for a battle pass. I can log into the
Sims and they're going to say, hey, we have a
battle pass. Every bit in the game is charging
extra for games and it's all because of Todd
Howard and the Bethesda team charging $2 .50
for that horse armor. Gamers were furious. But
unfortunately, we're also to blame in combat.
We were all dumb enough to buy it back in 2006.
It just made your horse look a little bit more
shiny. Hey, it was $2 .50. Oh yeah, they were
dragged for it. But now here we are. We're in
20 years later. They're re -releasing. Everything
is asking me for a battle pass. I can log in
to the Sims and they're going to say, hey, we
have a battle pass. Every bit in the gaming industry
now. And you know what, Mike? I will be buying
it again. Chief Todd Howard and the Bethesda
team. Charging $2 .50 for that f***ing horse
armor. You did it again. Unfortunately, we're
also to blame because we were all dumb enough
to buy it back in 2006. He got me again. I bought
$2 .9 times. And you know what, Todd, I'm buying
Oblivion. Here we are. Almost 20 years later,
they're releasing Oblivion. It's available today
after their announcement with this new high res
horse armor in their deluxe edition. And you
know what, Mike, I will be buying it again. And
all of a sudden, history repeats itself. My initial
reaction was. Todd Howard squeeze amul you did
it again. Yeah. And then I did it again. That
was the most annoying game almost every day.
He got me again. I bought Skyrim nine times and
you know what? I'm buying rewards and oblivion.
We are in a society now that I was stupid. I'll
never do that again. And then here he comes.
So I mean, from a business standpoint, I'm serious.
You know, as a fan of games, it gives you something
brilliant. I remember the first time I turned
on Call of Duty, not only customize, you know,
for different all of a sudden I had to buy a
battle pass. And my initial reaction was zen
out. Every day it might be for 20 minutes But
I go back You're here and you can download it
right now, so. I'm gonna go home after this and
download it. But it also gives you a reason like,
you know, I might be bored with Call of Duty
at this point. You know, I might be going, oh
my god, how many times am I gonna play it? It's
the same shit. But you can, you have such a fan
base that you can just announce it on a whim
and immediately the world flips out. It's a nightmare.
Did you not know before today that this was happening?
When you read it, it sounded like you just found
out. So Danny, before we go, first of all, thank
you. Wonderful monologue. Thanks for getting
released. I would like you to plug. Hey, you
know what? Oblivion remasters here and you can
download it right now. So we got retro game.
I'm going to bring it in happening. That's May
17th, Saturday at the Elite Gaming Center. It's
the basement of the Adrian building. It's to
Clinton Square. You have such a fan base that
you can just announce it on October 10th, 11th
and 12th at the On Center. It's a nightmare.
It's the big retro game con 12. It's it's the
best. We're allowed to announce Danny before
we go. We got a slew of people, but off the top
of my head, I don't want to butcher it. We got
Ellen McClain, who's the voice of GLaDOS, the
killer robot from Portal. We got Retro GameCon
Spring Edition happening. It's May 17th, Saturday
at the Elite Gaming Center. It's the basement
of the Entrium building. It's two, Clinton Square.
And then our main show in October, that's October
10th, 11th, and 12th at Beyond Center. It's the
big Retro GameCon in 2012. You're a gamer a proud
nerd I say anyone who's awesome then you need
to come to this thing. We're gonna be actually
we had a meeting this morning, and we're going
to we don't know what yet, but Good News York
growth mode content. We're going to be there
in in some capacity, whether it's live, live
episode from Retro Game Con or just shooting
footage or both. We cannot wait. So that'd be
great. Is there somewhere maybe I know what cosplay
is? Yep. Check us out at Retro Game Con dot com.
Tune into our socials. I think that's when people
try something else before we go. Characters.
Sure. All right. I have said As we get plenty
today. We need to educate Mike a little bit more
about what has to happen. Especially when we
get into the cosplay that is quite prevalent
at the event. I think we should educate Mike
on cosplay and have him dress up as different
hair. Oh, yeah. That'd be great. Oh, can I say
it? Be so. Yes, I just want to dress up as funny.
Yeah. No, I think that's when people dress up
like like Characters, right? Sure. All right.
I have said plenty today Good news you I'm Mike
Brindisi. This is Danny Tripodi Matt Mazer, who's
actually producing right now for the segment,
and we will be back tomorrow. Some exciting news
coming down the pipeline for Good News York.
So stick around for that. Good News York dot
com. Love you guys. Oh, can I say it? Be so.
Yes.