This is Good News York. Oh, yeah. Yes, it is.
Welcome. I'm lying. Happy, uh, after 4th of July.
It's all downhill for me. Yes. Yeah, it's happy
July 7th. We survived. We got all our digits.
Yeah, dude. I didn't blow anything off. Nice.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice. What'd you do? Uh, I'm
Matt Major, by the way. Oh, and I'm Mike Brindisi.
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have not talked about this. I have no idea what
you did for 4th of July weekend. What did you
do? I did a lot. That's fine. Yeah. Yeah. No,
I did a lot of stuff around the house with the
family. Beautiful. The boy had to go back to
Florida on Saturday morning like super early.
So I didn't like kick it up late on the 4th.
I had a friend's birthday party. Shot off some
fun fireworks. No neighbors' houses erupted in
flames. It was a good time ahead by all. You
know, I was having this conversation this past
weekend. So, we went to Middle Pennsylvania.
Which, that's a place you want to go for four
days. Is that like Amish Dutch country? Oh, baby.
It's everything. It's that. It is Kid Rock, Mudslides,
and Toby Keith. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah,
yeah. No, it's great. It was actually beautiful.
It was in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. It's like
between Redding and Allentown. We have some family
friends that my wife and kids and I stayed. They
don't have kids. They're dinks, double income,
no kids. So they got a huge pool, jacuzzi. And
we went to the fireworks place and lit some stuff
off. But my favorite part about it was that we
really did nothing other than swim, light off
fireworks. And that's when we got into the debate.
I'm a fan of... You know some people go on vacation
and then you come home and you feel like you
need a vacation from the vacation 100 % because
it was chocked full of events, which is I don't
discriminate. That's fine But then there's those
vacations where maybe you take a nap at 1 in
the afternoon Or maybe you just wake up and you
go. I don't know what we're gonna do. We'll figure
it out That's more my speed I'm not saying I
want to be a hermit and sleep all the time on
vacation But I'm also not saying I want to line
up and say at 1 o 'clock We're going on a fishing
excursion and that you know, I like to meet in
the middle I lean towards just I want to My days
are not like I want a day off from work. It's
I want a day off from work with nothing to do
That's that's fair. You know what I mean? That's
fair. Yeah, that's that's the worst part is like
you take a day off from work and then you just
Work even harder. Yes fun stuff, but you got
to do right? Yeah, but Yeah, no, I'm with you.
We're going on a family vacation soon with a
couple other families in a couple of weeks and
I don't know. I don't know exactly how I feel
about it. We'll see. It's gonna be kind of like
that. So we're going down. We rented a house
on a beach and the whole thing. But I'm not personally
the lay on the beach guy as much as I like it
casual. I also like something to do. Right. And
I enjoy the beach. I love nature more than anything.
Of course. But you know, that attention span
is like 45 minutes. What do we do with the next
seven days? Exactly. And the only problem with...
See, my problem with the beach, I guess I'm a
more lake guy than an ocean, is because you come
home and for the next two weeks, you're putting
your shoes on for work and they've got sand in
them. And you didn't even bring those shoes on
the trip. That's true. You know what I mean?
Like, that's my only downfall of the beach. But
I love it. I mean... They should really be tidier.
Yeah. They really should clean up. Here's the
real question. Do you know? Everybody that you're
going on vacation with oh, yeah, okay that see
that's key because It gets murky when you start
going on like friends of friends that you've
never it's like when you would go on a wine tour
You know I'm I live in Ithaca now so I'm used
we used to go on wine tours for the day and friends
of friends would come and then you're that next
thing you know you're on a on a bus full of drunk
people and You walk into a winery Unfortunately,
you're associated with the guy who just like
walked in and yelled, you know Suck my wiener
or something inappropriate. I don't know why
I went with suck my wiener But is this like a
story people used to tell about you? Maybe I
feel like you're the guy names have been changed
to protect the innocent No, but you know what?
I mean, like you get stuck on these excursions
Where like you could be on vacation with a family
who brought some you know their neighbors with
them or other friends and next thing, you know
They're dictating how your... Yeah, and they're
dictating how your vacation's gonna go and you're
gonna go, I can't say no. We've been on trips
in the past that friends have planned. Not strangers,
but friends. And we don't do that anymore. It's
almost like when you move in with somebody and
you're like, this is gonna be great. One of those
deals where you spend the whole trip like, why
the fuck did we do this? Why are we staying here?
And, you know, and it's like, oh well, you know.
Well, we wanted to be nice, because they - It
ought to be easy, because they planned it. Richard
has a problem with his hip, so he wanted to be
closer to the beach, and you're like, yeah, well,
that doesn't work for me. But anyway. Fucking
Richard. I digress. Hey, you know what's pretty
cool? Me? No. Yes, yesterday I was watching golf
because I'm a old man for and It was the John
Deere classic which is perfect for 4th of July
weekend America John Deere and Right near the
end of the tournament There was a three -way
tie and one of the golfers was Kevin Roy who
is from right from here He lives in Florida now,
but he's right from Syracuse, New York. That's
incredible It is incredible and then I got to
thinking I don't know how many golfers are from
this area that are on the PGA but not Many if
any at all and he's legit. So I just wanted to
do a quick shout out to Kevin Roy I actually
wrote his agent and I tweeted at him I was like,
I'd love to get you on the show this week to
talk about it. So we'll see but no promises But
yeah, it was pretty cool a little representation.
They were talking about Syracuse on the air.
I love that Yeah, did you give it a little love
give it a little love nothing crazy nice But
you know when it would go to him, they know and
they do that thing where they're like and Kevin
Roy I was going for the birdie putt here native
of Syracuse, New York Known for it's and oh and
he just pushed that one, you know, so it's just
like a little bit of a little bit of rub Yeah,
so he's uh Sorry is it a tournament or he won
something or what? Well, he ended up losing.
I mean he yeah You know, it's always in golf.
Go Syracuse in golf every week. There's a tournament
from Thursday to Sunday And, uh, you know, look,
the leaderboard changes quite a bit. Gotcha.
So it's not, we're not talking, again, I don't
know anything about fucking golf. No, that's
what makes it fun. I like that you don't know.
Forgive my stupid questions. But this is not
like, uh, the football season where this game
builds to the next. No, no, no. No, so it's basically
every weekend... From it starts on Thursday mini
championship every weekend sort of deal. Yeah,
they have a tournament So they it's from Thursday
to Sunday and whoever is at the top of the leaderboard
at Sunday wins that tournament Did they ever
take the winner from every tournament in like
a bigger tournament? Great question. So There
are four majors, right? So there are all these
tournaments and there are four majors throughout
the year I think I got that right. There's the
Masters, which is the biggest one. Okay, and
they have the US Open And they have the PGA championship.
And then they have I'm blanking out on the fourth.
Why am I? Someone's going to write in. I'm trying
to remember the fourth. But anyway, so these
are like individual Super Bowls. Yeah, yeah,
sure. Each each tournament, multiple each big
events. Yeah. So each each tournament has its
own trophy and you win a certain amount of money.
But then the big ones throughout the year, there
are four majors that. Every PGA golfer wants
to win the Masters being the biggest and kind
of what you're talking about is in play like
so And again, I'm not gonna get this completely
right because I'm talking off the cuff But in
order to be a part of the Masters you there's
like a bunch of qualifications one of them so
well another You have to be at a certain spot
in the standings you had to have at least won
a PGA tournament running standing So there's
like a oh, yeah through the seat. Yes, there
is yes Yes, there is but in order to play the
Masters to qualify for that major each major
has qualifications You had to if you win that
major ever you have a lifetime bid, okay? If
you won a tournament I think that year or you
know you're in if you've won if you've been in
the standings in the last five years in the top
ten. Like there's all those kind of things. So
the idea is, yeah, you want to win every tournament
you play in. Some tournaments are bigger than
others because it offers more money. And then
there's the majors, which it's those are like
the Super Bowl. So there's like four Super Bowls
throughout the season that every golfer wants
to. And when you win these competitions, do you
actually get the big check like in Happy Gilmore?
Well, I think maybe back in the day they did
it that way, but that's kind of outdated. But
there's always like a hot blonde wife waiting
with their child on the green and you can always
just see in her eyes She's like I'm going shopping.
Yeah. Yeah, you know and then she kisses them
and they make out and then all the guys are like
Oh my god, I wish I was that guy like 50 % of
that in a year. Yeah. Yeah, so So it's cool.
Kevin Roy from Syracuse was in the running. He
ended up finishing I don't know somewhere in
the top five or ten. You probably get some money
for that though, right? Oh hell. Yeah. Yeah,
no it pays out I again, I don't know the exact
number but it pays out the tops, you know, we'll
say 10 maybe even 50 who the hell knows nice,
but Yeah, but it's crazy too because one putt
could be worth like depending on the purse that
the total that the tournament's worth You could
you could miss a $10 ,000 putt because it's a
matter of sixth place or 13th. You know what
I mean? So it's a little it's a lot of pressure
also Wimbledon's going on. That's tennis. No
tennis. Yeah, I have a problem I appreciate you
specifying. Yeah, no, no problem. I think what
Wimbledon is well any tennis they banned Grunting
for a while. I think it's back. I think it's
back I went to tennis camp as a kid, you know
what yeah That is the last camp I would choose
Like if you were like guess what kind of camp
I went to there was uh our one of our coaches
was a local uh, herkimer person who made it in
the like U .s open or whatever the fuck that
is and in uh, there is a U .s open I think in
tennessee like a top -notch um Okay, I wonder
who that was. I think I remember her name. I
don't I was what 12 or something Was this like
a week thing a week long, you know One day summer
things that you go to for a week or two when
you're when you're a kid Your parents sign up
for as much shit as possible to get rid of you,
right? Yeah, so that they can I did now that
I like tennis Yeah, no, it's great the one game.
I know the rules of yeah tennis game really Yeah,
cuz I can get confusing. I mean not really Right,
but just for someone who doesn't follow sports
like you actually understand the scoring of Probably
one of the harder Sports to understand yeah,
I mean to be fair their scoring is just dumb
It's really like you really just get one two
three four however many points Yeah, but they
call it goofy things right like why is love zero?
Yeah, that's I think love wins all so it should
be infinity, but I think we love all is Everybody's
a zero, but Right Yeah, tennis is fun. My wife
and I tried to play it when we first met and
I just kept belting the ball I mean, I feel like
all the famous tennis athletes that I've ever
heard of, again, I don't follow the sport today,
so forgive me the hate comments. Are there any
big name celebrities in the sport? I remember
back in the day you had like John McEnroe, right?
Sure. And he was famous for being a dickhead.
Yes, still is. That was his whole schtick. Yeah.
And then you had the Venus and Serena. like,
superstar sisters, do they still play? They do
not. Serena, I believe... Serena retired, Venus...
I don't know if Venus is still playing. I don't
follow enough. Gotcha. But are there any of those,
are there any, like, should -be household names
that I don't know of today? So it's funny you
say that because they were actually, they've
been talking about that a lot in sports media,
whereas what we didn't realize, or people that
watch tennis in our era... Was that we were basically
watching for Michael Jordan's with? Nidal Federer
What was the other guys Nidal Federer? Djokovic
and I'm missing one. But anyway, and those were
the Four of those, those four guys, I listed
three, were all constantly winning. They were,
but we just, you know, I just thought, yeah,
those are four good tennis players. I didn't
realize that like, now that they're all retired,
there's really, there's this Alcares guy, or
Alvarez, no, I think it's Alcares, who is young
and he's the new star. I see. But other than
him, you have a few, you know, in the women's,
there's Coco Goff and actually Terry Pagula's
daughter, and Terry and Kim Pagula. who owned
the Bills and the Sabres, their daughter. She
was just in Wimbledon, got eliminated. She's
a big name. Oh, wow. But no. So to answer you.
So that was a long way to say. Interesting. There's
only really one household name at this point
unless you really, really follow tennis. And
it's strange because we didn't realize that we
were just living. I took for granted that we
had four Michael Jordan's players. And, you know,
who knows? But it sounds like one of those sports
that could be in a real good position for like
a good rebound. You know they get their they
get their own like Caitlin Clark or something
sure Superstar and suddenly the world is yes
all over that again, right? I mean cuz back in
our day growing up. It was Sampras and Agassi
okay Yep, yeah, and then I can't believe I'm
missing the fourth because this is Really off
the top my head. We're obviously not scripted
Nadal Federer Yoke Djokovic, and there's one
more. That's a big name, and I'm blanking out,
but but yeah, so That's what's going on in tennis
Good for them Ozzy Osbourne did a farewell show.
Yes farewell show in England With all of the
original members of black Sabbath they get divorced.
I think they did and then they got back together
I don't think they were split. I know she still
manages them. Yeah. No, I think they split for
a while Like to end the last ten years and then
within the last five or so got back together
I think I don't think they were ever officially
divorced But uh been speaking English for like
40 years isn't it crazy? That he can't put a
sentence together, but he gets on the mic. Oh,
yeah, and he sounds I don't even mean he sounds
good live I mean he sounds like he does on all
his records it is mind -blowing and that happens
all the time like I had a friend who stutters
stuttered I think actually a high school friend
of mine and He never stuttered when he sang yeah,
and also how many times did you hear up like
a person sing? And then they get on the microphone
and they're like, hello, everybody. And you're
like, what, you're British? You don't even hear
the British accent. So singing is amazing to
me because it's like you can hide your accent.
You can not be able to carry a conversation past
three words, but you get on that mic, man. So
what is the Prince of Darkness up to right now?
Well, he's got a lot of what they call Parkinson's.
Oh, shit. Yeah. Which, dude, how old is he? I
don't know. I should know this. Danny holds Ozzy.
It's gotta be 80 -something. Danny's pissed,
I ask. He's almost old enough to be president.
Exactly. He... Listen. 76. He's actually young
to be president. Here's what makes no sense to
me. The fact that he... Like, I hear people going,
ah, it's so sad he's got Parkinson's. I'm like,
that's not sad. That's a fucking miracle. He
should have 15 diseases with all the drugs that
man has gotten. In effect, that's the only thing
that he's got. Literally. I mean, him and Keith
Richards... are the reason there's at least dozens
of drug addicts out there that at one point in
their life they were like I should probably put
this down but Keith Richards is fine Ozzy's fine
you know they just they're defying the odds the
fact that he only has Parkinson's and I'm not
making light of Parkinson's by any means but
I am making light of the fact that Ozzy Osbourne
sniffed every drug possible and only has Parkinson's
I'm no doctor you're not but it seems to me that
If you do all of the drugs, it's somehow canceled.
You can still beat them. You know, see that episode
of The Simpsons where Mr. Burns go to the doctor
and the doctor does this illustration of every
disease in the world is trying to kill them,
but they're all jammed in the doorway. They can't
get in because there's so many of them. That's
that's what happens with the 80s and 70s rock
and roll drug addicts. Yeah. Yeah. And I think
I think he was obviously clean for a very long
time I actually or should I say this or did the
drugs just suck back then well I mean everybody
talks about how pot is more potent these days
from from the 70s dude you could and and I still
don't know if that's necessarily true or just
people love to say that shit, but You know is
no are the other drugs. No you could in the night
heroin week in the 70s I don't know the pot now
is crazy. You could Back in the 90s you could
smoke a joint without feeling like you were in
hospice care. You know what I mean? Like now
it's like And it's just but if you think about
it the same way with craft beer, you know We
grew up with Coors Light, Labatt, Budweiser,
Bud Light, right? Maybe you got Magic Hat. Whoa
crazy craft beer. Now these beers are like 400
% you take one sip and you're hammered. You know
what I mean? It's the same thing. So that's part
of it I would think. Bro, I don't even want to
tell you about this one made from Ithaca beer
that I've had a few of at some local established.
Shout out, Ithaca Beer Company. You want to talk
about a cost -effective beer. I'm going to assume
you're... They hammer it out of your mind after
one of them. Was it Flower Power? Like, yes.
Yes? Yeah. That's their flagship, man. Yeah,
that'll fuck you up. There was a... So I worked
at the Ithaca Ale House as a bartender server
for years. Shout out Ithaca Ale House. And this
was when craft beer and those kind of... bars
were kind of becoming a thing, right? And so
every year, the Ale House would host, these firemen
would come up from Westchester County, New York
City, Long Island for this fireman's conference
in Ithaca. And they would rent out the, the Ale
House would close to the public right around
four o 'clock and they would have it from five
to nine or whatever it was. And one of the firemen
ended up ironically being taken out on a stretcher
because he was drinking craft beer like it was
Bud Light and ended up passing out and shitting
his pants. I mean, yeah. And that is just an
extreme example of how much more powerful beer
is than alcohol. Listen, you look at it and it
says, you know, it's like 11 % or something.
And you're like, oh, well, the regular, you know,
shit beer is like four or five percent. So that's
like double. No big deal. So it's like two in
one. No big deal. I drink two beers. Yeah, it's
like drinking ten beers Yeah, it is in the time.
It takes you to drink one. It's nuts. It's wild
Yeah, you said though if that's your intention
to go out and get a get a heavy buzz on yeah
super cost -effective I remember in my 20s we
used to have after hours after the bar We made
this thing called beer Nana's where we would
take a normal beer and then put a shot of 99
bananas in them Because it was god -awful. It
was the dumbest thing Was there literally nothing
else you could've poured in there? You know what,
I think at the time it wasn't. Had no one taught
you kids how to do shots? I mean, I don't know.
I think it's the reason why I couldn't think
of the fourth major in golf and the fourth tennis
player. I lost too many brain cells with beer
nanos. But yeah, dude, it's crazy, the craft
beer and the weed now, it's all way, way more
powerful. You gotta be careful with that stuff.
That's a more bang for your buck. Well, yeah.
And I mean, you know, with how expensive everything
is, it better be packed with goodness. So to
bring this full circle, what's this have to do
with Ozzy again? I forget. Oh, he was doing a
fair. He was doing a fair. He did his farewell.
That's it. He's done. He's he hung it up on other
farewells. Well, you know, it's kind of like
the way he can be more probable. Yeah. I mean,
dude, he's Danny just said he's seventy six.
He's got Parkinson's. He's been battling it for
a while and he's Jesus Christ, dude's been doing
it for 50 -something years. So with that in mind,
I have this question. Uh -oh. Is there any reason
other than a money grab facilitated by the people
who are going to stick around longer to do this?
You're 76 years old. You're on death's door.
You've been a superstar your whole life. You
conceivably, and we could be wrong, but you conceivably
have a good chunk of change in the bank. Yeah.
Why the fuck would you do this? What, a farewell
show? Anything. This is my problem with boomers
in general. Hmm. They don't know when to fucking
quit. Well, he is knowing when to quit because
he's doing a farewell show. Yeah, he said farewell
fucking 20 years ago. Well. Like, that's what
I'm saying, like, what is wrong with these people?
Why can these people not just fucking retire?
Well. Have an answer to that, but it's not gonna
be that funny You're not wrong because there's
and maybe there's financial shit that I don't
know about well. They literally need to make
some money That's kind of the so but about 15
years ago 15 plus years ago you would see a lot
of older artists Not doing a farewell show, and
they would just you kind of figure out like wow
they haven't put an album out in eight years
I think they're done because they can collect
what's called mailbox money all the residuals
from and royalties from their albums being sold.
Well, people stopped buying albums. So that mailbox
money for a lot of artists that were living off
of maybe one hit wonder, two hit wonders started
drying up. It was not a source of income anymore.
So that's why all of a sudden you saw guys like
Art Garfunkel and trying to think they're coming
out of tort because they have like that's how
they make their money now. I see that. But and
again, maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like that's
not Ozzy. I feel like Ozzy could have retired
20 years. Ozzy is a brand almost like Kiss. Correct.
Not even the music, but the merch, and then he
did the fucking TV shows back in the day. And
like, I don't know. And again, like I said, it's
the - As somebody - You can judge people how
they manage. I've spent my life performing, and
from a performance standpoint though, Sometimes
it sounds cheesy, but sometimes you do it just
because that's your therapy. That's what you
love That's when you feel at home is when you're
on that stage like he's so it's like yeah, I
have a ton of money but uh since like Yeah, I
don't know man. This feels like oh, I would it
feels like Joe Biden 2 .0. It's like It yeah
elder abuse. Well, I mean maybe that's why I'm
finally said we can't we can't do this anymore,
man That's but what a fucking legend Yeah, what
a fucking legend I mean I mean there are we use
the word icon and legend too freely, but like
is he gonna? No, he's not gonna bite. I knew
you were gonna ask that now That's a myth by
the way, so not a myth. Well. It's not a man
like that He didn't bite their fucking heads
off. He didn't know he did the bat that he did
bite Was he didn't know it was alive, which how
do you not know that things got to be wriggling
around in your hand? But he did not know it was
live. He thought it was a fake bat I see and
I could have swore I have to look this up But
I'm pretty sure he's on record saying like behind
the music or one of those shows back in the day
That he actually did it in a meeting with the
record labels Like he was in the room and something
happened and he and he did it in there as a joke
and it was a real But then there was an incident
on stage as well. I don't know. I gotta do my
Aussie research, but... So I'm saying, like...
Still fucked up! If you're gonna do a farewell
tour, you gotta incorporate that somehow. Oh,
I see what you're saying. Like, he's gotta...
It's your goodbye. He's gotta do some sort of...
Yeah. That's a great... I mean, now with PETA,
though, that would... Or maybe he's a thousand
years... Maybe his thing is the end. He fucking
lets a dove go. No. Prince of darkness is...
That's not bad. Free. I got a better one. You
know? A guy comes out dressed like Batman and
he bites his head off. He bites the head off
a Batman. I mean, I'd pay for that. Could he?
It is a little excessive. I mean, I guess human
decapitation wouldn't be a crowd pleaser. Could
be the next Batman movie where Ozzy is the final
demon. He's the next bad guy. Dude, totally.
Parkinson's. The fucking Prince of Darkness.
Did you watch that reality show? I'm not ashamed
to admit I did. That's one of the few reality
shows I watched. I just thought it was fantastic.
Well, it was mind blowing because you got to
watch this really weird family and all surrounded
by this old dude who acted like he didn't know
where he was most of the time. Well, because
he didn't. Know where he was also remember him
fucking with the remote. Yes But you know what
the thing is man that was honestly the segue
again that that was What social media is now
you're seeing people living in their everyday
lives that was weird like for people that? Didn't
grow up with reality TV when everything was scripted
That was odd to see Ozzy just operating a remote,
because you either saw him on stage or in a studio.
The other thing is, I feel like that's the thing
that gave Sharon her, I don't want to say her
career, because she did a ton for Ozzy through
all the years. But as her own brand, it was kind
of her breakout, where she then is now doing
talk shows. I would say you are 100 % right,
except for me, from my perspective. Sort of that
for the kids, but they burned out. There was
a famous Howard Stern interview you probably
remember with Sharon and insane clown posse where
they like totally ragged on her and Ozzy and
she started swearing at them and You know which
in the 90s was she's like you mother. I was never
got a huge argument Yeah, they got a huge argument
It was it was a one of the bigger moments in
Stern history, and I think that put her on the
map at least in my world I was like yo, that's
Ozzy's wife. She's his manager She just told
swaggy P or whatever his name is to fuck off.
All right I like this lady and then you're right
and then came this the Ozzy show or the Osbournes
and then she had to remember America's Got Talent
That's I'm saying she she skyrockets amazing
the kids on the other hand. I feel like Yeah,
there was Jack right Jack. They're all right
now. They're all right. I think I think he's
sick No, he's got a pretty bad disease. Yeah.
Yeah, he's pretty sick I don't know if it's MS
or It was Kelly Kelly that's right there was
the third there was another daughter that refused
to be on the show really who was estranged from
the family I Think if she wasn't estranged then
she just didn't want to be on the show. I mean
that's fair but But Kelly was obviously on the
show like Tiffany Trump like she knows yes stay
in the shadows Yes, I like that you've made three
political references in this slipped them in
Like it Do you think it'll piss people off? I'm
sure it will that's hilarious Do you know why
it pisses people off when you mention anything
political? We talked about them earlier. Yes,
go ahead because what I what I'm finding with
you is when you post things political You you
do it in a way. That's genuine first of all,
but it's never F this and yay that You're always
very just like matter of fact and very like here's
from a human perspective and what I found is
that the the the mail that we get turns into
a A coded way of saying we'll just pick a side
because I can't figure out if I don't like you
or if I like you Because I want you to like what
I like. Yeah, it's funny. It's the weirdest Hate
I've ever gotten and like I try to go out of
my way to not even get into that stuff anymore
for these reasons But you're so smart with it
though, but that's the problem If I make a comment
on something, I'm not a team player. I have massive
issues with all of the above. This is the most
politics we've ever done on the show. Well, we're
not doing politics. We're talking about talking
about politics. I call something out or whatever,
and people don't debate the thing or anything
like that. They come at me. and are upset because
exactly what you said, they don't know what the
fuck... Am I with them or against them? And they
don't come out and say that, like, hey, what
are you? But they dance around it, and I read
it as they just want to know what party you're
affiliated with because they need... Because
in society, if you've studied history, or not
even history, stratification is what we as humans
do. When we're talking to somebody, we're immediately
going, hmm... What race are they? What religion
are they? Hmm, I wonder if they're poor. You
know what I mean? Like, in your head, whether
you know it or not, we have to fit things and
people into categories. So when you post what
you post, nine times out of ten, you don't really
know what you're agreeing with. You might say,
I'm disagreeing with this, but you never say
what party or anything like that. And I think
it drives people nuts because we're in such a
world now where with politics, it's... It's my
team versus your team instead of, it's party
over people. It was so weird. You know? Because
when this guy, so just a quick little backstory,
I posted something, the light of something. It
was not a very serious post whatsoever. I get
a DM from somebody I've never got a DM from before.
And it's a fucking novel. It was. I mean, it's
pages and pages. And it's like one of those I'm
reading. It was like War and Peace. Nonsense
things. So. This guy's going on and on about
my post. OK, well, I thought his issue was that
I was insulting someone that he supported. Right.
And I pointed out, well, listen, I've made almost
no political posts in a long time. But the ones
I have, you'll see there's one poking fun on
one side and the other one pokes fun at the other
side. And I'm not into this team sports thing.
And by the way. I'm just talking about different
things that happen. And I speak up about. And
to your credit, you're not purposely going, well,
I posted one about this site, so I should balance
it out. I'm not trying to make it even or anything.
That just happens to be the way it fell. And
this guy, and that was part of his thing, is
I've seen you make a couple of posts recently.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And again, I thought at first
he was just mad because I said something about
somebody he likes. Sure. Come to find out is
exactly what you said. And I interacted with
him and I was trying to understand that, you
know, I'm not trying to insult anybody. I'm not
against you. I don't, you know, I don't care
if you subscribe to whatever. I have no problem
with you that way. And typically folks find understanding,
or at least traditionally, folks find, oh, OK,
yeah, I get it. You know, you're not against
my guys, whatever. This guy, no, you've got to
pick a side. No, I don't. And that boiled down
to his whole gripe was that I don't. play the
team sport. That just proved my point. You know?
And it was like, wait a minute, what? It's unbelievable,
you know? Look, you know how much I love the
Buffalo Bills. If Josh Allen came out on the
field screaming profanities, pulling his pants
down, throwing D batteries at kids' heads, I'm
just thinking of horrible things. What about
Cs? Cs too. I would be like, man. I love Josh
Allen, but I don't know if I can support him
anymore. Yeah. And we live in a time now where
people do really bad things and people still
are like, what? Or maybe Josh. What happened
to this? Why are we on a team? Let's just call
out. Let's be human. Maybe maybe Josh Allen says,
you know, anchor bar is the best wings of Buffalo.
Oh, and you're like, which they're not. What
a fucking idiot. Right. I now hate the bills.
Yeah. Screw the bills, because he he said the
anchor bar likes But that doesn't have to do
with the bill. That's the team mentality that
these folks apparently want me to engage. And
the funny part about that is I've played that
game before, too. Yeah. And nobody's even happier
than that. So people supposedly on your own side
will spend all their time telling you why you're
not on the same side. And then people on the
other side will spend their whole time telling
you're an idiot. And nothing gets done. It's
a great time to live in America. It's great.
Happy 4th of July weekend, Murica. Murica. Listen,
before we came on the air, actually breaking
news, the drummer Matt Cameron from Pearl Jam
is retiring. Just wanted to throw that out there.
That literally happened a few minutes before
I came on. Did you just get a fucking news? I
have a chip. Yeah, I have an Eddie Vedder chip.
What the fuck did that? It's like we got a producer
in his ear. Hold on. What? Yep, I'm just receiving
this news to recognize. Yeah, he's retiring You
know the first time I saw the even flow music
video where he thought it was every other Pearl
Jam song well No, yes, but when he climbed up
the the balcony and stage dove because we were
coming out of the hair bands like overnight I
was like I want to do that like that was the
first time I was like I want to be that You know
anyway breaking news destiny. We don't know what
it is, but destiny Mall teasing a big announcement.
They're teasing a big announcement And they've
gone so far as to not only say we're gonna make
a big announcement But Danny had pointed out
they like changed the logo on their social media
About the announcement so we're starting to think
maybe it's a big one so now now we're sitting
here going before we went on like What what do
we think it could be? Well, it's got to be new
ownership, right? No No, it doesn't. But it is
definitely something positive. There's a lot
of people, there's a lot of speculation online
or people are like, no, it's closing, you know.
I don't think you'd lead up to that. Right. You're
right. You don't build fanfare. Yeah. Get ready.
Get ready. Their social media are very excited
and we got this great, you know, it's clearly
something that at least in their mind believes
is a positive. Massive impact drum roll, please.
Here's our big announcement. So We burn down.
Yeah It's a good point. It's either a new national
retailer coming there or Absolutely. Nothing
is changing except a rebrand Which they think
will fix all the problems in the world because
that's a trendy corporate America thing to do
today. Yeah Those are my two guesses. What a
scary world to be in, though. Like, you know,
with online shopping and selling, which we talked
about last week, imagine having the fourth largest
mall in America and not a lot of people go out
and shop anymore. However, you made a good point
every time you're there. I think that's false.
You're probably right. Don't get me wrong. Malls
around the country are dying, especially even
locally. Smaller ones are all gone. Right. But
destiny, as much as people will talk crap about
it. You could go there. It's the middle of an
afternoon on a Monday. If we were to go there
right now, there would be a crowd in the mall
on a weekday. Weekends, you still have a rough
time getting parking, and they quadrupled the
parking in the last number of years. The idea
that nobody goes at least to Destiny Mall is
demonstrably false. massive crowds to the point
of like, it's almost too busy those days on weekends
and things like that. So that whole, like again,
nationally, sure. And as a concept in malls,
you're absolutely right. But Destiny, they got
the business. And then you think about like,
all right, well, is it the rentals? And there's
some vacancies there. And there's been stories
of some of these folks that didn't pay Jimmy
Buffett's place, wasn't paying the rent for a
while, that type of shit. You know that'll happen,
but if you walk around that mall you realize
that like the vast majority of spaces are full
It's not a ghost town by any means now So all
these people that are ready to just like close
the casket on the mall Are idiots yeah, like
it's not what they're saying is not representative
of what you could see with your own eyes If you
went there, but you know Interested to see what
they'll do a lot of what they've been doing and
maybe this is where they'll go is they've been
adding a lot of entertainment venues like the
funny bone. Yeah. Versus, you know, traditional
stores. Right. So like for my kids, we did one
of my daughter's birthdays there at what was
it? Billy B's. Yes. Been there a bunch of my
kids. They love it. Not that one. I'm sorry.
It was a different birthday bounce. What's the
upside down building? Wonderworks. Yes. Yeah.
Wonderworks. A huge thing with stuff for them
to do. And then they have a laser tag room. But
they've got that. The Comedy Club, they've got
all these different... You know, you made a good
point without trying to. Or maybe you were. Things
to do rather than shopping. But, you know, if
retail is struggling, how do you get people out?
Live events. Yeah. So if we bring live events
to the mall. 100 percent. Right. So maybe it's
more venues. And maybe this is one of their announcements.
They used to do some like summer things, too,
where they had a pass... where for summer vacation,
your kids could go to do all those different
events for like one price. So there's stuff like
that that I think, if the right folks in charge
of the places keep up those sorts of things,
it'll be a good place for a long time to come.
But they got a lot of problems too. Write in
producer at growthmodetech .com. Is that the
right email? I don't even know. Or comment below.
What do you think the... Announcement will be
for the destiny will reveal it tomorrow when
they is it gonna be oh, it's tomorrow. I think
they said it's tomorrow Yeah, no, you better
hurry up comment Well, either way we wish them
well because dear god that would before we go
Yes, give me the number one thing you would like
to see And it should be realistic, but you can
go crazy with it. Oh god number one thing I would
like to see what in destiny if we were to add
something whether it was a store whether it's
a Amenity, anything. Half paintball, half laser
tag, please. I have this thing where every time
I see an abandoned building, I think, that would
be so sick for laser tag or for, what do you
call it, paintball. And you make it... Call of
Duty themed. Yo, when we were kids... That's
just off the top of my head. ...there were a
few different places that we went to to play
laser tag. Like, we traveled. We lived in Herkimer
County. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We arrived to Syracuse.
There was a great place here that did it. And
then there was a place in Rochester that was
absolutely incredible. Paintball or laser? Laser
tag. They need to bring that back. Dude. We played
that at the mall for my daughter's birthday.
That is fun. That is... I went to a paint...
Maybe you'll remember. It's like a video game
where you actually get physical activity. I went
to an outdoor paintball place somewhere... Near
Utica when we were growing up with a buddy of
mine and it was all outdoor They had like three
or four courses and one was like in a jungle
Well, not a real jungle, but you know in a forest
and it was it was amazing Yeah, and it hurt and
I cried but I hit it the thing about laser tag.
You don't actually get hit with anything No,
but what where was that place? Do you know? I
know what you're talking about, but I don't know
for some reason It sure burn a place. Yes somewhere
out there something Vernon. Yeah, yeah whitesboro
hillbilly But do you know what I hated about
that? There would always be those dudes that
showed up with their own guns and their own their
own masks way too Like hey am I allowed to use
this paintball grenade or this landmine? You're
like dude. I'm here with my fucking kid like
right I'm just looking for an anti -fog mask
which never They always fogged up on me. I never
found a true anti -fog mask, but Yeah, I hated
those guys. Oh, I brought my KS -47. Yeah, I
just hold the trigger. It shoots like 800 paintballs
a minute. Fuck you, dude. I'm not like... Wanna
be military guys who got painted eye black. Could've
never made it in the military. Yeah. But they
always won. And I always ran. They have thousand
dollar guns when you had the provided $50 one
that they gave you. They always jammed. Right?
Jammed. I remember there was one game I boycotted.
We were there with a group of people. And they're
like, all right, so you would do the game, then
you would fill into the waiting room, and they'd
say, all right, the next game is this. And the
next game was called, I don't know, Traitor or
something. And it's where you guys would go out
in this place, but one person on the team was
a traitor and at any moment could turn and kill
you. Not for real, but like shoot you with a...
And I hated it, because I was just walking around
flinching. Like anytime someone was like, hey
Mike, go this way, I'd be like, ah! Because I
just thought they were going to shoot me. I hated
it. I will tell you and then we can get out of
here. My. I guess my well, aside from a radio
shack, which should just be a given, I'd love
a radio shack to open anywhere. I did look into
that. Actually, I'll talk about that off here.
We're buying a radio. We might be able just to
open our own radio. It's a legit thing. OK. But
for Destiny, what I would love to see is what
was at one point the original plan to where there
would be an amusement park. integrated as part
of Destiny. I'm not even a big, like, rollercoaster
guy. I'm not a rollercoaster guy. I don't like
them, but... Is this your idea? No, this was
originally in the plan. No, I mean, but, like,
you asked me, like... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So
this is my... I should have asked it back, yeah.
This is my, uh... What if? Dream... Dream edition
Destiny announcement tomorrow. Amusement park
with rides and... Hell yeah. Things of that.
I already got the carousel. Yes. I mean, they
pretty much have everything else. It was supposed
to be okay. It was supposed to be very much the
biggest the big pitch originally when they did
these expansions was gonna be bigger than the
Mall of America's which is the biggest mall in
the world that's in Minnesota and Yes, that one
has straight -up apartments in it. You can actually
live inside that one Wow and it has amusement
parks and and all these other things but I'd
love to see destiny have that too. That'd be
great. I might be in the minority on that a lot
of people around here would rather More outdoor
spread out things which I still don't understand
the concept of malls great everything in one
spot great What a time to be alive? Apparently
that's not true things are changing That's it.
That is it tomorrow Tuesday Newsday, and we've
got to actually starting next week Ramp it up.
I think we've got a guest Every day next week.
I think we got excited this week. Oh we do good
So yeah, good times. It's going to be good times.
And then on Thursday. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You
guys don't know. This is really for our growth
mode content clients, but we will be doing a
good New York. I don't know exactly what time
it'll come out because we're going to be shooting
a little weird. Usually comes out at 5. We're
going to be off location. Not going to be here
in the studio. We're going to be at the River
Edge Mansion in Penneville, technically just
outside of Clay. 20 and we're going to be shooting
some it's a historic bed and breakfast classic
old property beautiful by the water And we're
gonna be shooting a bunch of different content
including some good news York stuff from that
Yeah, gorgeous bed. This was this was man Yeah,
it was Matt's was the mastermind behind this
just a way to get our our clients, you know We
obviously in addition to good news York. We produce
podcasts for for businesses and business owners
And you decided that it would be a great idea
to rent that place out and give a new space to
just shoot some content. I wanted to do this
from the beginning. And actually, John from River
Edge Mansion was one of our very first guests
on Good Destruction. No, he literally was our
first guest. If you do some lore, you will go
back to when we launched at the winter fair.
Yeah. And John, the owner of the place, came
and told us all about his place then. And I've
wanted to do this since then. Finally, we got
our shit in line and got things organized. But
it is my goal to do this sort of, I'm gonna call
it a content field trip. I like that. On a somewhat
regular basis, where we invite our clients out
to a really cool place, not too far, where we
can shoot some stuff that is some great organic
content, like we're doing in the studio, but
not in the studio. As great as this facility
is. Every video we put out doesn't have to be
completely identical well, and we have a new
studio. That's almost done That's as well even
fun part. You know we should do in the future.
Let's set out We should send out old -school
permission slips like we did like like in school
that like and send it to our client No, I know
send it. I've just thought of that send it to
our clients. How cocky was I was like yeah? I
know I know it was right down in blood though
cut yourself and write it. Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah, I think that would be hilarious. Ginger's
don't bleed, bro. That's right. They don't bleed.
And with that, we are Good News York sponsored
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we'll see you. Wouldn't it be funny if Danny
cut us off like a half hour ago and it's just
laughing at us? Yeah, he's like, who bleeds now,
bitches? Like this shit was posted a while ago.
It's already done. Every time we started a new
subject, he groaned. He went, Jesus Christ. Get
ads on the go fucking guys get ads on the go
calm. I'm mad. That's Mike. Bye peace out