Well, good mornin', everybody! How's it goin'? It's the Victor Royal Show. Ugh. I was talkin' to Maddie, our, uh, I don't know. She does all kinds of stuff around here, so I don't know what her official title is. I don't remember. Marketing assistant? Anyway, I was talkin' to her yesterday. She'd been in Montana on Monday and had to drive through some treacherous snow conditions. Ugh. I have really [laughs] gotta try to get some stuff done around my house. I have gotta get my garage cleared out
'cause, yeah, you know? Sucks having to leave your vehicle outside. I know, first-world problem. "I don't wanna have to leave my truck outside in the snow." Makes it so... Well, actually, I can't get my snow blower [laughs] out right now, so I, I definitely need to get some things done. Maybe I'll attempt to work on that today. So much that I need to do around the house. But with winter approaching, you know, Maddie and I were also talkin' about seasonal affective disorder. A lot of people around here, I don't think about it. I don't think think about it. Jeez. That was a bad sentence. But you generally think about that is in places like Seattle, Portland, you know? The Per- Pacific Northwest where it just rains all winter. But I don't know if you've ever noticed. Winter around here, the sky's just gray for six months, all right? So, one, you need to, you know, talk to your doctor. Make sure, uh, to get your vitamin panel done so you can see if you're, uh, low on anything, 'cause being low on certain things like vitamin D and such, that can make you, uh, feel really down. And you can also invest in things like, uh, sun lamps and blah, blah, blah. But also having something to do with your time. Like, not everybody's into skiing. I was complaining about snow activities the other day. Not my jam. I'm not gonna go slap on a, a snowboard. You know, plus, I think at my age, you fall down, you can really hurt yourself. You know? [laughs] Once you get up over 40, you gotta be a little bit more careful. So, finding a hobby is a great idea during the winter months. Gives you something to do so, you know, you're not just bored out of your skull when you're cooped up in the house. Like, not everybody can be satisfied just sitting around playing Red Dead, all right? I actually need to... You know, as part of my housework, get my studio set all back up and I should probably get into some live streaming again. That's a good hobby. But hobbies, you know, sometimes can be expensive, so I found a list of hobbies that sound expensive, but are actually quite cheap to get into. Uh, the first one they talk about is learning a musical instrument. Now, depending on what instrument you wanna learn, it could be expensive. Like, if you wanna learn stand-up bass, sorry. [laughs] You might wanna start with a cheap bass guitar. But yeah, playing guitar. You can get yourself a decent guitar for a good price. E- Here's some, uh, tips for you. Facebook Marketplace, that's the place to go to find yourself a guitar. I've, uh, found numerous good deals on Facebook Market for guitars before. You don't have to go out and buy a brand new one. Guitars generally don't just, like, break, all right? So, if you see one that looks like a good deal, you can Google it up, get some reviews and be like, "Hey, that, that looks like a good guitar." Go try it, see if it feels good in your hands. Guitars are not an item you can just buy online. I, I know some people do it, but I, I couldn't do it. I have to feel it in my hands and make sure it's the right guitar for me. It's gotta... It's just gotta feel right, but you could get yourself a, uh, pretty good deal. Learn a guitar. You can find cheap, like, uh, drum sets online. Uh, l- Facebook Market. Tellin' ya, if you're looking to learn an instrument, start off buying something used. You don't need to buy something new, 'cause then if you don't like it, you know, you're not out a bunch of dough, and most musical instruments don't hold their value very well. You know? Reselling, y- you're not gonna get a lot back, so... Uh, let's see here. Gaming. You know, uh,
gaming consoles, like, if you get yourself a PlayStation 4, there's a stockpile. Like, years and years and years and years of games. I mean, heck, there's tons of free games out there. Even, uh, you know, go to the used game store or, again, Facebook Marketplace. Get yourself a cheap gaming console, and I, I don't think gaming's as frowned upon as it was when I was a kid. Back when I was a kid, that was a thing that was gonna, you know, rot your brain and ruin your life, and now all of those people are complaining about their kids, uh,
you know, I don't, I don't know. What? Staring at their phones, something like that? Which pro- probably the kids now, who knows what they'll be complaining about their kids doing down the line while they're staring at their phones? Let's see here. Cooking. Cooking's a, a decent hobby to learn and then you get to eat at the end of it. Yeah. There, there's like a payoff. You get to nourish your body with food and you could learn to, you know, cook up something new. Maybe your family's stuck in a rut of eating the same crap all the time and they're getting sick of it. Well, take up cooking as a hobby.[heavy metal music] What the heck is electroplating? All right, let's see. They say you can get everything you need to start for under $100. I've never heard of electroplating. Let's- let's Google that up. "The process of using an electric current to coat a conductive object with a thin layer of metal for aesthetics or protection."
Okay. I guess that's a hobby. Boy, it sounds boring. Um, but I don't know, maybe it's satisfying to sit around and
electroplate stuff. [laughs] Again, new to me. All new to me.
Okay, uh, what are, what are some other hobbies here you can, you can do for cheap? [laughs] Racing horses. And you're like, "What? Horses are expensive." Uh, they say you can go out to a farmer's field and just run as fast as you can. You know, actually race horses. [laughs] [heavy metal music]
I guess we might as well continue looking at potential hobbies for you to, uh, spend your time doing during these, uh, upcoming terrible winter months that will be here before we know it. My hobby for this week is going to be attempting to rearrange, at least somewhat, my garage. I've got some useless items I need to get out of there. I got this old oven. It works fine, I just had to replace a few items around the house, and so I got a new oven to match. And my old oven, you know, it's just been sitting in my garage forever. I- I don't even need any money for it. It's just, like, I'm sure somebody, if put it on Facebook Market, will come take it. But I gotta get it out of there. It's, uh, surrounded by stuff. And then, uh, I've got an old dishwasher I gotta get rid of. I've got to be able to get at my snowblower. It's all, you know, trapped in there. So, how about that for a hobby? Whoa, that's fun. Housework. I think that's gonna be my hobby for the- the next few months. Gotta get the- the place in decent shape for when my kids come and visit. That's gonna happen before I know it, about, uh, about two months from now or so. You'd think that's plenty of time, but y- you get it. Life's busy. How much time do you have to do chores? Yeah. But anyway, back to hobbies that might be fun. You could get into, I don't know, playing Dungeons & Dragons, they're saying online. That's pretty cheap. Now, you have to have friends to do that, so
I- I hope you do. Um, uh, there are local groups, from what I understand, at the, uh, gaming stores, where I'm sure you could go learn D&D. I tried to play that with, uh, my friend, Charlie, when I was a kid, and, you know, uh, I'm just kinda dumb, I think, 'cause I- I just couldn't- couldn't grasp it. It's kinda like chess. I- I learned to play chess when I was a kid, and then I just stopped playing it, and
now I know the basics but anyone could crush me at chess 'cause I never kept up on it. Maybe I should learn chess this winter. I'm sure you can learn it online. You know, just, there's gotta be free online chess. If I wasn't so busy at work, that... I'd- I'd just do it right now. Board games can be cheap. Cheap hobbies. Again, you gotta generally have friends or family to play 'em with, but look at Facebook Marketplace. You're gonna hear me say "Facebook Marketplace" a million times when it comes to this stuff, 'cause you- you can buy board games dirt cheap on Facebook Marketplace, and they're generally, you know, kinda pricey if you buy them brand new. Just make sure you got all the pieces. You know, you can go to a thrift store and buy a board game, but
if they'll let you, open up the box first and make sure all the pieces are there. Even it co- if it costs you, like, two bucks, it's still aggravating when you get home and you're like, "All right, let's play this game." Half the pieces are missing. All right, let's see. Somebody says you could get into programming, computer programming. Yeah. All you need is a- a cheap computer. Again, Facebook Marketplace. Find yourself a cheap computer. Uh, this person says, "Woodworking
and skydiving." I can't imagine that skydiving is a cheap hobby, and that would really suck during the winter months. Can you imagine how cold that would be [laughs]? I don't think they really do skydiving around here to begin with, but also during the winter months?
Looking at clouds. All right. If you're in a better mental state than I tend to be on a day-to-day basis, maybe you can look at the clouds
[laughs]. Yeah, I- I gotta keep my mind occupied. Sometimes, you know, if- if I'm just sitting there just thinking, ugh. Yeah, I need to, uh, need to schedule a counseling session I think
[laughs]. Probably overdue for that. Uh, uh, that's not really a hobby, but if you have insurance, counseling, you know, it
can be inexpensive and it's good for your mind. It'll help out during, again, the bleak winter months with gray skies. All right, fitness. Now there's a hobby I should get into. I have a few weights at my house. I have a treadmill. You got no excuse other than laziness for... Why I'm looking this way? Jeez. All right, uh, what else do we have here? Knitting. My daughter enjoys that. She'd say it's crocheting. "It's not knitting, Dad. This is crocheting, all right? Come on." Um,
I would imagine that's pretty cheap, though. What do- what do you need? Little bit of, uh, thread
and one of those needles [laughs], that's about it. [laughs]
[instrumental music] I don't know. Doesn't, doesn't sound like my jam. Fishing. Uh, it's gonna be, uh ... You're gonna need a tent, you know, one of those heated tents during the winter months. Fishing can be a cheap hobby during the, uh, summer months, though. Reading. There you go. That's a super cheap hobby. You can go to the library. If you ... Have you heard of the library?
Free books. You go there, you find 'em. They let you borrow 'em for a while. You read 'em. Transport yourself into the, uh, fantasy in your mind. And then, you take 'em back and d- repeat.
All right, there's a
... I'm not gonna read that hobby. [laughs]
Some of these, I don't know what they are, so I'm afraid to say them because, uh, they might mean something that I don't understand. Might be Gen Z slang. Yeah, tennis ain't gonna cut it during the winter months around here. Walking is probably ... And I guess if you enjoy walking on snow. S- uh, hiking's pretty much out during the winter months. I mean, you could get snowshoes. I don't know how much they cost, but that, that sounds kinda awful to me. [laughs] A lot of people talking about reading and doing art. Yeah, you know, get yourself some paper
and some, you know, paint, or markers, or pens, or whatever, and just sit around and doodle. There you go. All right, uh, a lot of people talking about, uh, miniature painting. Yeah, you, you buy those little miniatures and just paint them. Can get a, get a little set cheap on Amazon according to this poster. I just know how rough winter months can be, or when you're stuck at home, if you're not easily entertained, it, it can be tough figuring out what to do. My number one hobby probably gaming, even though I need to put a lot more time into, uh, playing guitar. I did play guitar a little bit recently, JD, if you're listening. I've, I'm trying. I have four guitars right now sitting in my living room. I need to, uh, probably ... Oh, yeah. [guitar strumming] I gotta get somebody big over to my house. And my, my friends, I must drive them crazy. I don't know how many times I've had them help me move this gigantic amp I have up and down my stairs, 'cause I change my mind on where I [laughs] want it. But I think in order to celebrate Christmas, I'm gonna have to move the wall of sound from my living room upstairs. And I, I think it would make the living room feel a little bit more cozy too if I
got the electronic drums and all of the speakers and everything else out of the living room. [laughs] I, I was, I was living the bachelor lifestyle for a long time. You know, I wasn't even gonna put up a Christmas tree this year, but now my kids are coming, and there's, you know, oth- uh, other kids around, a girlfriend around. Gotta celebrate the holidays. What do we got? Somebody calling with a hobby? Let's see what they want. K-Bear, you are live on the show. Keep that in mind. Who's this?
JD.
JD, what's up, dog?
I, I am listening. I am listening!
All right, good, good. I, I got a hobby for you that you might enjoy.
What's that?
Installing a bathroom ceiling fan. [laughs]
Oh, yeah.
[laughs] Is it-
That I-
Have you ever tried that?
I see what Jordan's doing. Yeah, you know, that's all I ever do is just run around to people's homes-
[laughs]
... and, and fix their bathroom ceilings.
[laughs]
And-
Or-
... or other
various things.
Yeah, el- you know, el- electrical stuff, or maybe installing, uh, microwaves and things like that.
Yeah. When I get-
[laughs]
When I could be at, when I could be at home playing my guitar-
[laughs]
... like you should be doing, playing your guitar.
[laughs] Just playing, just playing. [laughs]
I know you are. I get it. I got it. I get it, you know?
Yeah, just-
Jeez
... just trying to help people find-
10 minutes a day.
What's that?
You know, 10 minutes a day.
I know.
10 minutes a day.
I know.
While you're sittin' on your butt in your easy chair, starin' at your darn TV, pick up the guitar.
It's literally right within reach. It's right next to that chair. [laughs]
That's right. I did-
[laughs]
I've, I've been to your home.
[laughs]
I've, I've seen that. And you've got top-notch equipment up there, ready to go.
I know, and it's all hooked up. I got the wall of sound. It's, uh, I, I know. I need to
... I-
Yeah
... I need to get back into it. D- 10 minutes a day, like you said, it would be good.
Yeah. I, I'm guilty, though, just sometimes too. I mean, you know, I work from 6:00 in the morning to 7:00 at night almost every day. And when I get home, I'm just like, "Aah, aah!"
I-
You know, I don't want-
... totally understand. Yesterday, I had lots of, uh, things I wanted to do, and I sat in the chair for a minute. And all of a sudden, I woke up a few hours later, so. [laughs]
[laughs] Oh, oh, I'm not supposed to be sleeping while I'm talking to you or driving? [laughs]
Uh, no, no. Apparent-
Oh
... that's probably not a good idea. [laughs]
Oh, man. We'll have to get ... We'll have to talk to the lieutenant and see if that's okay, you know?
All right. I'll ask him about it on traffic school Friday, 8:45 AM.
Okay. There you go.
Powered by the advocates. [laughs]
[laughs] JD is supposed to be driving a truck, truck around sleeping while talking to me on the phone.
[laughs] Well, well, good to-
S- same day
... good to hear from you, JD, and, uh, I hope your, your workday goes well.
I hope it goes well too. It looks like it's gonna be a little damp, but that's okay. Moisture won't kill me. I won't melt. It'll be all right.
Yeah, and it's a little bit warm out this morning, so-
Yeah
... not, not too bad.
It's not, not too bad. Yeah, I can live with it.
All right, dude.
All right? Thanks, man.
Hey, yeah, good to hear from you, JD. I'll talk to you soon.
Yes, sir. Bye-bye.
All right, everybody. Uh, I can't believe what time it is, but I know that it's time for me to push this button. [rock music] Sitting in school watching the minutes tick by really sucked. Like now, everything just blazes by. It should be the opposite. Shouldn't be when you get older, the time starts blazing by, 'cause that's when you're looking toward the end. No, how about the beginning? Uh, uh, all that, you know, having to be in school and crap, that goes by really fast. And then as you get older, it just gets slower and slower. You're able to enjoy your time. Maybe some of those hobbies you wanna work on. Well, what can you do to at least, uh, not age quite so quickly? Somebody asked online, "What ages a person really quickly?" and, "Where I feel like I'm aging." Maybe I need to work on some of these things. Let's see what we got. Stress and trauma. All right. Hard to avoid. [laughs]
Ugh, stress is the worst, is it not? And I think in this day and age, a lot of people are very, very stressed. You know, everything's gotten to be really expensive. Seems like, uh, chaos is happening all the time. Everybody's all mad at each other. Um, constant fighting online. It's stressful. I, uh, I don't know what to suggest. Um, meditation? If I do that, I tend to fall asleep, but that, that ain't bad either other than it makes the time pass. Uh, therapy. Get into some counseling. Trauma, you, you know, unfortunately, trauma just kinda happens. But again back to, uh, counseling, therapy. That'll help out with that a little bit. You gotta learn some, uh, so you know, some coping skills. Uh, grief, same thing. That sucks. It happens. I don't know. I
d- I'd like to say that seems to get a little bit easier as you get older, but maybe not. Maybe just you're beaten down by the world. Uh, okay, hold on. What else ages a person really quickly? Okay, people getting into some horrible sicknesses here and things like that. That's unpleasant. I should probably read through these threads before, you know, I start looking at them, 'cause these are all things I don't like to think about. I'm, I'm paranoid. All right, drugs and alcohol and smoking. Poor diet. Yeah. Yeah, y- y- uh, you should probably try to
keep that stuff to a minimum. It's not, not great. [laughs] Is somebody gonna say, uh, lack of sleep? 'Cause I feel like that would age you p- pretty quickly too. You know, c- 'cause you're gonna be just fatigued and it tends to add to stress. It takes longer to get tasks done, which is gonna add to more stress. Yeah. Anyway, g- good luck to all on the, uh, you know, drinking and smoking front. Yeah. Addiction is, uh, brutal. Help is out there, though. Yeah. Lots of different ways to get help on those things. Let's see. Sitting in the sun all the time. Yeah, that, uh, that'll age your skin. Does it age you on the inside? Sunblock, everybody. Sunblock, all right? The sun can do some serious damage to you. Okay? Let's see here. [laughs] Things that age you. Meth. Yeah, don't do meth, everybody. Don't do ... They need to put those horrific billboards back up that showed, you know, like, d- do you remember 'em? I probably shouldn't get into the descriptions 'cause you might be trying to have breakfast. But those, you know, horrifying billboards, I would think they were sort of effective, 'cause they were pretty accurate. Let's see. War. Yeah, that's gonna age people. Poverty. Yeah, 'cause y- you're not getting the proper medical care and things you need. If you can, you know, make sure to get in, uh ... Like earlier I mentioned with seasonal affective disorder, getting your vitamin levels checked and things like that. Get into your doctor and, you know, just get, get a checkup. You might have something going on that's aging the crap outta you. They might, uh, you know, just have something that can get you back on the right track. Oh, children. Now, okay, they definitely age you. All right? They age you.
'Cause time starts flying by even quicker once you have kids, so you're just gonna naturally age. Plus, you know, the older they get, they can be stressful. [laughs] Always remember what it's like to be a teenager, everybody.
Always remember that, 'cause if you, if you gotta deal with a teenager and you have forgotten what it's like to feel like a teenager, you're gonna have a bad time. Mm-hmm. All right, let's see here. Poor sleep. There. I know, and sleep can be tough in this day and age. I know on my schedule, you hear me complain about it all the time, that I don't get enough sleep. It's 'cause it's impossible to go to bed when I need to and that's why I end up sitting down to, uh, you know, have some food, watch a little TV, and wake up like three hours later going, "Oh great, I accomplished nothing." But,
I would assume I, you know, just crashed out on the, you know, the recliner yesterday 'cause I needed the sleep. Which sucks 'cause again, wasted time. All right. Exposure to sun again. Kids. Now everybody's just posting all the same things. Oh, here we go. Whining and complaining about being old instead of just being. My grandma did this. It started when she was 50, acting like she was 80. And I'll tell you, it's a self-fulfilling pro- prophecy. Okay, age is a mindset.
[hard rock music] I am young! As of right now, I'm gonna stop calling myself old. I am young!
I don't know, it made me feel good to say that. [hard rock music] Agents of Oblivion and Ennismouth, little bit of that Halloween music action, courtesy of our friends at Juicity Vapor. We're hooking it up with a couple tracks, Halloweenish tracks, every hour up through the Halloween holiday. And then, don't forget, Halloween day, nothing but Halloween jams. That reminds me, I need to get a little, uh, playlist together
for Friday night. I'm gonna be hosting a Halloween party at The Heart. Uh, 18 plus. It's a metal Halloween party. Gonna be a great time. Tickets are like, 10 bucks. And, uh, I'm pretty excited. I, I haven't, uh, hosted a show in quite some time. I'll get up on stage and like, scream and yell. You know, do that kind of thing. But it's the, uh, Heartbeat Halloween with Botched Burial and Flora. Doors at 7:30 and music at 8:00. Yeah. I gotta have a proper list together. I mean, it's easy enough to get up and just play some metal in between bands, but I might as well make it Halloween themed. And where I've got, you know, the ultimate Halloween playlist that I've compiled over the years, should be able to throw together a, a pretty nice little list of songs to keep that Halloween vibe up Friday night. So, hope you'll come hang out with me. You know, dress up, have some fun. It's a Friday night. What's the weather gonna be like Friday night? Is it gonna suck? Let's take a look at the, uh, the 10-day forecast. Today it's gonna be a little bit rainy everybody, just so you know. All right, Friday, you know, n- not looking too bad. High of 56, low of 33, partly cloudy. I don't see anything about rain. Looking fairly decent on the rain front, uh, over the weekend as well. So, today and tomorrow, n- not so much. But, all right. All right. And then, holy crap, before we know it, Halloween's gonna be here. I got fingers crossed for decent weather on Halloween. Nothing worse than a cruddy Halloween, as far as the weather goes. You know, you want the, the little ones to be nice and warm when they get out and just load up on candy that you can then, later on, dig into. Nothing like sending your kids out to gather free candy for you to eat. It's great. Halloween rules. Yeah, I need to, uh, figure out a costume for Friday. Keep forgetting to ask my lady if she has a wig 'cause I, I, I don't wanna spend money 'cause I need more money [laughs]. It's gonna be a value Halloween costume, for sure. So, we'll see how that goes. Anyway, I gotta dig up some freak news. Hopefully there is some that's not like, annoying. I mean, every day if you fire up the news, it seems like nothing but freak news. But it's all stuff I don't wanna talk about on the air so... [hard rock music] All right, let's dive in to freak news by taking a look at Spotify playlists created by politicians, CEOs, and other people you may or may not have heard of. [laughs] I'll admit, I can be judgemental when it comes to peoples' musical tastes. I, and you can like whatever, but if you're one of those people that, like, th- there is no rock or metal on your playlist at all, I'm gonna be like, "Mm, I don't really trust you." Okay?
If it's all like, pop and country, n- ... I mean, I, I think it not, I shouldn't even say rock and metal. There's gotta be a little bit of metal on there 'cause I trust metal heads the most. All right? The nicest people I know are probably the scariest looking people you've ever seen. Covered in tattoos,
listening to the scariest sound of music you ever heard. Generally, generally, bunch of sweethearts. Yeah. There's a website that some, I don't know, tech nerd out there, tech prankster as they're calling him, created called the Panama Playlist. It's panamoplaylist.com, and he finds the Spotify accounts from celebrities, politicians, journalists 'cause a lot of them use their real names. And then he looks at their playlists and he shares them with everybody, and it's kinda funny. I just pulled it up, [laughs] and you know, it looks like, you know, the more well-known, say, the politician is, the higher they are up in the, uh, the list here. Not everybody's on here obviously, 'cause not everybody uses Spotify. Uh, but Vice President J.D. Vance, he has playlists. He has two of them. One's called Making Dinner
and the other one's called Gold on the Ceiling. So, I'm guessing where it's called Gold on the Ceiling, it's gotta have the Black Keys on it, right? Now, the Black Keys, definitely not metal. Kinda indie rock, kinda hipster, okay. But what else is on J.D. Vance's Gold on the Ceiling list? Or do we, or do we wanna look at Makin'- Making Dinner? What does he make his family suffer through while making dinner? Let's find out. Hey, there's Black Keys Gold on the Ceiling. It's on the Making Dinner list, but it's also got the very first song, The First Noel. Yeah, you remember that song? At Christmastime?That's, that's an annual song. What if every time your dad made dinner, he threw on The First Noel? Hang on, just imagine. "All right, kids. It's summertime. I'm gonna, I'm gonna fire up the barbecue grill here. Get-"
Noel, Noel, Noel-
This is what's, you know, blasting out of the backyard while dad's whipping up some hotdogs.
... -ber.
[laughs] You got the kids running through the sprinkler.
At the first Noël.
Yeah. I hope that's only during the winter months, but from there it goes to The Black Keys, Gold on the Ceiling. What a transition.
The angels-
Let's listen to this
... Noel.
All right, kids. Now we're gonna get crazy. [laughs] [instrumental music plays]
All right, I always point out... Or not always, but I have pointed out that I don't believe in train wreck segues as people in the radio business would call them. Like, I was trained by these old school radio programmers that, "You know, you can't go from a slow song to a really heavy song or vice versa." And I'm always like, "No, just play songs that, uh, people like." But I don't know about The First Noel into Gold on the Ceiling, and then listen to this next transition. Let's get to the end of Gold on the Ceiling here.
Easy come, easy go. [guitar music plays] Yeah.
You know, you know what this is?
You know what this song is? You'll, you'll know.
You are
my fire.
[laughs] That's right, it's the Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way.
The one desire.
And then Justin Bieber, Florence and the Machine, Of Monsters and Men, then the nitty-gritty Dirt Band. What kind of list is this? All right, let's see what other, uh, politician lists we've got going on here, or other celebrities. [laughs] No metal on either of JD Vance's playlists, in case you were wondering.
I bet we don't find metal on any of these peoples' playlists. Okay, Mike Jo- N- there- M- Mike Johnson definitely not gonna have. He- there probably ain't even any rock on his playlist, certainly no metal. I'm not even gonna dive into that one. What about Pete Buttigieg? The former US Secretary of Transportation.
He has a playlist called Election Eve. It's only one song. That's not a playlist. Why did they even link that?
Did I click in the wrong spot?
Yeah, no. There's just one song. Okay, that's no fun. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida. What has he got on his Hodgepodge Mix?
I'm, I'm just gonna read through some of the songs, I'm not gonna actually play them here. Okay, Glen Campbell, Southern Nights, Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire, Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode, Elton John, I'm Still Standing, Billy Joel... Oh, I hate Billy Joel. Piano Man, more Johnny Cash, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult. All right, he likes classic rock.
Any metal on here? I doubt it. Okay, AC/DC is borderline metal. When AC/DC was new, they would've been, I'm sure, very frightening. But, you know, it goes from there into, uh, more Billy Joel, The Beach Boys, Johnny Horton. Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway? Get outta here with that. Uh, that song is... I don't know, Rascal Flatts just kinda makes me cringe no matter what. Miley Cyrus, Party In The USA? Okay, Dan Crenshaw. You've seen him, right? He's a, a congressman from Texas. He's got, uh, he, he wears an eye patch, looks like a tough dude. All right, wait, what has he got in his list? This is from... Oh, well, he was throwing a party. It's his 40th birthday. I don't think that counts, 'cause you're probably trying to be pretty cool and get kinda wild on your 40th birthday, right? Oh, it's a bunch of, uh, like hip hop and pop music and, uh, we got a little bit of EDM in there. There ain't a metal track in that. This guy, I bet, yeah, he was throwing a party, looking at this list. I bet that's not his daily playlist. Yeah, g- yeah, for- 40th birthday. He probably had somebody throw that together for him. They need to expand this list. Okay, how about the, uh, Mayor of San Francisco? What has he got going on for his Peloton music? I'm gonna [laughs]... It's so funny that people have managed to find these. Um, Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band when you're getting on the Peloton? Who, who exercises to that? And Fix You by Coldplay, Under The Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. I thought you need to get pumped if you're gonna exercise. Chumbawamba, Tubthumping, Matchbox Twenty, Real World. Oh man, this list. Every one of these lists is just so bad. Okay, we, we got a little bit of rock popping up later on in this. Still ain't seeing a lick of metal on any politician's playlist. And I s- I started off this break by saying, "I don't trust people that don't listen to metal." If you listen to zero metal... I mean, you're listening to K-Bear right now, so I know you listen to metal.[laughs] You have to. We play it all the time, so I know that you listening listen to metal. Is- is there-- this guy gonna have any metal in here? I mean, he's got Incubus Drive, that's a very mellow song. Got some Eminem. Nope, I- I ain't seeing nothing for metal. All right, I'm gonna just Google "politicians that like metal." Who are they? They've gotta be out there. There's gotta be at least one. "Politicians that like metal music." Okay, "12 politicians, noblemen, and royals..." [laughs] Noblemen and royals "that like rock and metal." Why isn't Metal Injection loading? What's your- what's wrong with your- your website? Why is it being a piece of crap? Okay, "The Crown Prince Haakon." Now, who's he? Oh, he's from, uh, Norway. Okay. A- all right. You know, if we're talking Swedish or Norwegian politician, of course I'm not gonna be surprised if they like metal. But what- what about here in the US?
These are all people in other countries. There has to be at least one United States politician that likes at least one metal song.
Nope, not on that list. Huh. Okay, let's go to this other website here. "12 Famous Politicians That Love Metal Music." Oh, they just ripped off the other article from Metal Injection.
Okay, this person says, "We have a metalhead senator."
All right. Uh, Sena- "Senator Danica Roem." Where's she from? Doesn't say.
She's a state senator, not a senator. Okay.
Virginia? Virginia. Think she'd be down there listening to Tyler Childers. All right, vote metal, everybody. If- if any local politicians that are running listen to metal, I would like to know. I know we've got the elections coming up, uh, in just a few weeks. Make sure to get out and vote in local elections. And I'm telling you, if they don't listen to metal, it's a red flag. Get 'em out. It should be a requirement to run for office, have to enjoy at least one metal song.
Have you put your pants on yet?
Sure.
Thankfully, Peaches has. Oh yeah, I forget you're, uh, using mic three. What up, Peaches?
I got my pants on. No belt, though. We're risking it.
Whoa-ho, Peaches getting wild.
Russian Roulette, might drop trowel any second.
Well, I was just talking to everybody who has not yet gotten dressed. You know, they're sitting back, just either in their, um, underwear or maybe nothing, listening to my show.
Oh, nice.
And, uh, if you haven't got dressed yet, today is Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and we want you to join us in going all out wearing pink. Peaches is wearing a pink K-Bear shirt.
One of one.
One of one. I, uh, was supposed to have one, but it, uh, did not get completed in time. So, I'm wearing my I-don't-give-a-crap-what-anybody-says-this-is-pink poppy hoodie.
It's salmon.
Salmon is a- is a pink color. Okay? There's many shades of pink. This is pink. All right? Don't give me no grief. And, where'd they go? I got my pink- my pink glasses.
Guys, Victor's not supporting breast cancer. He's, uh, he's, uh, making this stuff up right now.
Yeah, whatever. I bet I wander around here, I'm gonna see somebody else wearing salmon. All right, so I got my pink glasses. There we go.
Justin has a hot pink 105 The Hawk, uh, hat on.
All right.
Um, I don't think Katie was wearing anything pink. I think hers was an alter- alternative version of pink, too. Hers might've been more magenta.
Yours is an alternative version of pink.
No, mine-
It's hot pink.
It's-
It's neon pink.
Yeah, but this is the right pink.
That is neon pink. And it als- actually has two different shades of pink on it.
W- when you wear those glasses, you look like the, uh, one of the musicians in Citizen Soldier. Think his name's, like, Chino. [laughs]
Uh, he looks like me-
[laughs]
... is what the way it actually goes, Peaches. So, yeah, you know, uh, my mom passed away from breast cancer. I have other family members that, uh-
And you're wearing salmon on this day?
Why are you wearing neon pink?
[laughs]
Why don't you wear the-
I'm wearing the brightest pink, come on.
Yeah, why don't you wear the standard pink, huh?
It is, it is standard.
It's not what the bow looks like, you know? L- look at this. Looks closer to me.
Look at that.
We're also in a dark room.
Look at that. I- I guarantee-
That the nose way off, but you think that's close?
Now you come here.
You're wearing pink glasses.
Come here. Yeah, these glasses are definitely pink.
Let me take a look see a little bit.
Let's put this by you. Put it by your shirt.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it's closer to my shirt.
It's way closer to my face.
No.
You're- you're smiling. [laughs]
[laughs]
Knock it off.
So anyway, everybody, you should wear pink today. I'm wearing pink glasses, a pink hoodie, and, um, yeah. We just wanted to show our support for people in our community who are fighting the fight against breast cancer. Uh, breast cancer sucks. Uh-
It does.
Like I said, um, you know, my mom passed away from it.
Right.
Um, I've got family members going through breast cancer treatment as we speak. So, um, you know, we wanna crush and destroy cancer, and raising awareness is important. So, wear some pink today. How often do I wear pink?
Hardly ever.
Hardly ever. I wear all black clothing all the time. But, um, yeah. You know, let's, uh, may- you know, maybe consider donating to your favorite breast cancer cause today. Um, or just, you know, get out and do something nice for- for, you know, people who are going through treatment and things like that.
We changed the- we, uh, changed the look of K-Bear for the day. Got the K-Bear pink logo-
Yes
... on Facebook.
Yes. We updated our Facebook page nice and pink, and, uh, we're wearing pink to show support. I need to finish getting this studio, uh, lit up pink, though.
Oh, no. That's gonna mess with our eyes again.
I- it... that's- that's all right.
Oh, no.
We can suffer, Peaches-
You know what?
... with a little bit of, "Oh, my eyes hurt."
Yeah.
What about people who are suffering with breast cancer?
I was gonna say, like-
Are we gonna get wine?
... would I rather watch pink or-
[laughs] Exactly.
Yeah.
So this studio's going pink today. So, that-
That- that light just turned to pink right as you said that.[laughs]
It did.
Wow.
It's a message, Peaches.
The magic of fighting against cancer.
That's right. So-
Look, there it is. Look, there's more pink, right there.
Yeah.
Oh.
Yeah, and I wish that, uh, I knew what app could control this, 'cause that's not really pink. It's kinda purple-ish pink.
Well, you can use the remote, right?
N- uh, it doesn't have a pink button.
Oh.
It has a purple button that's kind of pink. But I know it, when you do the, uh, color cycle, uh, the, uh, pink will go through it, but I don't know what... That's some weird off-brand thing, you know? So, who knows what app it is? I might be able to figure it out if I go back through, like, uh, my, uh, Amazon order- orders or something like that.
Do it for the people suffering through breast cancer.
I should.
They want the pink light.
I should. All right, I'm gonna get the studio lit up pink. Wear some pink today, everybody, and, uh, we'll be back with more music, but I'm not gonna play Pink by Aerosmith. Okay, Peaches?
Play some Pink - So What.
Pink - So What?
Yeah.
That rocks harder than Aerosmith pink.
Yeah.
[laughs] It really does. Were, uh, are there any good rock songs that, uh, or metal songs that have pink?
Le- let me, let me look it up real quick.
I looked at our list of pink songs the other day, and it was like Pink Skies by Zach Bryan, and you know, the... I, I don't know if there's any good metal songs about pink. Poppy have a pink song or something? I don't know.
There's-
We'll work on it
... Pink Maggot from Deftones.
Pink Maggot?
[laughs]
Eh, I don't know about that, Peaches.
AC/DC - Sink The Pink?
Okay. All right, w- we're gonna-
You're gonna get a little...
W- we'll [laughs] be back.
[heavy metal music]
All right. Does your relationship suck? Dump 'em. No? Okay, hold on.
[rock music]
Maybe you're just going through a rough patch. You don't gotta immediately just jump to dumping 'em, okay? You could try some counseling, or
you could try the one-minute ritual. That's what this website at... Or, this article, I should say, at Psychology Today is saying. The one-minute ritual. 60 seconds a day to help boost your relationship and to, I don't know, make things a little bit better. All right, take a minute, and after work, just give 'em a hug. A one-minute hug. Even a 20-second hug can lower cortisol and increase oxytocin, the bonding hormone. A 2022 study found that women who embrace their partner before a stressful task showed a resu- reduced cortisol response compared to those who didn't. And a full minute of holding one another allows your nervous system to feel more regulated, offering a measurable buffer against stress. You could also do a, a moment of gratitude before bed where you share one thing you appreciated that day. Could be anything big or small, but make it consistent. Yeah, research shows that couples who regularly practice daily gratitude report greater intimacy and resilience, because appreciation shifts the emotional climate of the relationship from criticism to connection. You could also check in each morning. You know what I'm finding kind of funny about this so far here? Isn't this just like normal relationship stuff you should be doing? It, like, should come kinda natural to give each other a hug? You know, tell each other something nice about the other one, or something you're, you know, you l- you like about 'em? [laughs] I don't know. Quick morning check-in. "Hey, how are you doing this morning? Anything I can do to help today?" Yeah, a- apparently, you know, some people need to be told. So, I, I hope I'm helping your relationship here. Yeah, this, uh, signals care and primes you to see each other as allies throughout the day, because yes, you should be allies.
And then, you could just do a silent ritual, like holding hands, sitting forehead to forehead, or you can do some meditation together. Sometimes words aren't necessary, a- according to this, "to feel each other's pres-" No kidding. You don't need to
talk to hold hands. Um,
anyway. The one-minute ritual can help rewire a relationship. And you might be skeptical, like, "60 seconds? Can that really make a difference for me?" The answer, according to this, is yes.
Yes. It's a reliable deposit in your emotional bank account. Yeah.
Couples who stay together consistently, you know, do this stuff, all right? And, uh, let's see, he says, "You should follow Gottman's 'Magic Ratio' of five positive interactions to every negative one." [laughs] Um, I hope so. Imagine if it was the other way around. Five negatives, and, "Oh, I guess I'll throw in a positive." I'd say try to avoid, you know, negative, you know, um, negative connections, you know, or negative messaging. There should be a reasonable way for you to communicate things that are bothering you, or things like... I mean, communication is usually one of the things that most relationships don't have going on in the proper way. Like, I don't know, my, my current one is, uh, amazing, the, the communication that we have. I, uh, I don't know. I don't know how I got so lucky. Extremely lucky. Lucky as can be.[rock music] Anyway, this article goes on and on, but uh, if you're having troubles in your relationship, you could go to psychologytoday.com and look this up. You know, the- the one-minute ritual.
Or, you could also do something like, you know, maybe play him a nice song. You know, be like, "Hey, I was thinking about you. Was thinking about you this morning, Becca, so I figured I'd play you a song." Here's the, the most romantic metal song that there is. [metal music] JD just called to yell at me and tell me that's not a love song. Now, I'm not gonna go into the big, long story behind that song, but Lamb of God's guitarist, Mark Morton, wrote that song for his wife,
uh, after going through some really difficult times. And it's a song about, you know, getting through the toughest times together.
You know? With your partner, you take their hand, and you can get through anything together. Walk With Me In Hell. There you go. All right.
Let's, uh, let's talk about a dog
causing a woman to get her head smashed in a trunk. Um, [laughs] I think she's gonna be okay. So this woman, she, she did suffer a traumatic brain injury after being, uh, well, like her head got smashed in the closing tailgate of a Volvo SUV. And she's saying it was accident- accidentally triggered by her dog. Yeah, um, apparently,
let's see, the vehicle's motion-activated lift gate sensor caused the tailgate to shut while she was standing behind it. So, uh, like the dog walked under the vehicle. She's saying that triggered the sensor, causing the tailgate to close. Maybe her dog just didn't like her, you know?
I mean, I feel bad for the woman. She is dealing with some, uh, vision and balance problems, and if it is, in fact, like something could go un- you know, under your vehicle and it would cause your trunk to just close and smash your head in it, I- I'd say she deserves compensation. This might be a situation when you'd want to call The Advocates Injury Attorneys. I would. I'm... 'Cause it... Here's a good deal about The Advocates
[laughs]. It... You can call and just ask them, like, "Do I have a case?" They're not gonna charge you. They'll talk to you, "Hey, give us all the details, what happened," let you know if they can get you taken care of. And then, you know, they'll, they'll take whoever injured you to court, battle on your behalf, and you won't have to pay them until they get you a, you know, the best settlement you could possibly get. So, you know, shout out to my homies at The Advocates Injury Attorneys. They power our Traffic School feature, which happens every Friday morning at 8:45 AM.
And if you want to call them, 208-471-4444. Just make sure to tell them, you know, "Heard about you on KBER," or, "Victor sent you," 'cause they're my homies and I want them to know that people are listening to me. [beeping] What was that beep I just heard? I- I don't like that. That's gonna cause me a trauma. Mysterious beeps in the studio are not good. Anyway, hope this woman ends up okay. Uh, if you have a dog, keep it away [laughs] from any kind of automated, uh, sensors or buttons in your vehicles. We've, we've had, uh, plenty of stories pop up over the years of dogs hurting people, or, you know, through, through, unlikely means. Like, not just dog, dog bites, which is another thing you can call The Advocates about, dog bites. But weren't there stories where, like, dog shoots owner? I think we've had a bunch of those.
I mean, there was a guy who claims he was shot by his dog while lying in bed. Here's a dog steps on gun, inadvertently pulling the trigger. Uh,
yeah, dog got his paw stuck in the trigger area of a gun. There's a lot of stories about people getting shot by their dog. Make sure to keep your safety on if you have a dog. Dogs monkey with stuff, you know? And some of them, they're, they're pretty strong. Yeah, if you got a cat, too. You never know. Cats are more vindictive than dogs. Always practice proper gun safety. If you have a dog, I'd keep your gun locked, locked up in a safe, huh? You never know. You might have, uh, you know, scolded it for taking a dump on your floor. Next thing you know, "Blam!" [hand slamming] Or it crushes your head in your trunk. These things happen. It's in the news right now. [heavy metal music] AC/DC, of course, by request. Yeah, we do actually play requests on the radio. Lot of radio stations will not do it. Why? [rock music] I don't know. The number one reason is because they don't actually have DJs sitting in the studio doing a live show. That would be most radio stations nowadays, which sucks. It's so sad 'cause live radio is where it's at.
You get to hear me screw up, like fumble words, sound like an idiot. Be so easy to do a pre-recorded radio show. You could take out all the errors, or you could sit there and do the same break over and over. But yeah, you can't call them and chat with them. Like, you can call me and tell me, "I hate your guts!" And I just have to go, "Well, hate your guts too."[instrumental music] "You get..." But you could also call and request songs, like JD did. And if you're lucky, or if I'm feeling nice, I'll play it for ya. You know, that's, that's what I did right there. So, anyway,
I'm sitting in here trying to turn the studio pink, and I've got this like off-brand light bar in here. It, it's a piece of junk, but it, you know, does the job for creating light. But to turn it pink, you need this app. So, I went back through my Amazon orders from years ago, and I found the app,
but I can't figure out how to sync it to the light. And now I'm feeling like a boomer. So, now I'm looking up YouTube videos, how do I sync this, you know, piece of junk to this other piece of junk? And like, I'm just being picky, okay? Right now, I have it lit up a purplish pink. It's close enough, but I want the whole studio like neon pink, like, you know, make your eyes just hurt pink. And I haven't been able to get to that point yet, so that's my, uh, first world problem I'm dealing with this morning.
After I get done yapping here,
gonna play some Poppy with Amy Lee and Courtney from Spirit Box, play some other stuff, and I'm gonna watch a YouTube video on how to sync an app to the light. 'Cause the app doesn't say anything about it. It has instructions in the app, but it's just instructions on how to use the app, which is easy. You push the buttons for the color. It's like, I don't need those instructions. I need to know how to get the, the light into sync mode 'cause it's i- it's like off-brand Amazon special light, and I ain't got the dough to be decadent. I've got some nice lights from home here in the studio. I bring a lot of my crap here.
You know, if, if I ever, uh, get the boot,
this studio gonna be empty [laughs]. I got a lot of junk laying around in here. So, anyway, that's, that's what I'm gonna work on. I'll play you some tunes in the meantime. I was going to get into another like kind of horrible thread, but, you know, we already talked about the woman getting her head, you know, s- smashed in a trunk by her dog. I think I could lighten things up a little bit, okay? And I need to work on lightening things up a little bit in the studio nice and pink because, if you missed, today is Breast Cancer Awareness Day. I'm wearing my pink Poppy hoodie and I got my pink sunglasses, and you should throw on something pink, all right, to show support for those going through the, the horrible, you know, l- life situation that is breast cancer. Talked to a listener a few minutes ago whose brother went through breast cancer treatment. It can hit anybody, so, you know, show support, raise awareness, throw on something pink,
and, uh, I'm gonna try to make this studio as pink as can be.
Wish me luck. It's been a frustrating process so far. [rock music] Since we're talking pink, why not a little bit of Pink Floyd? Talked about the Dark Side of the Moon yesterday, one of the greatest albums of all time. If you haven't given that a listen in a while, you should. It rules. [rock music] All right. I was, uh, yapping with JD on the phone talking about the, these stupid lights. Failed to look up some kind of content in the meantime, so, yeah. Sorry. Just trying to light this place up pink. And now, for some reason, on the other side of the room, the lights look purple. It's all right. It's, it's pretty pink in here. It's very pretty. Okay. I'm gonna quickly, quickly glance at this.
All right, sure, we'll talk about this. It's, it's dark, but [laughs] whatever. It's all I got open right now. Pages, we are going to talk about
people who have witnessed someone nearly dying due to their actions and what they did.
Cool.
Yeah, it's fun, huh? It's fun.
Do your best Rad Chad for this one.
Hey, everybody. Oh, I don't know if I'm quite warmed up enough for Rad Chad. All right, I worked at... [laughs] I can't do Rad Chad right now. All right, so this guy worked at a l- lumber yard and, "A two-by-four got jammed between two conveyor belts. Instead of shutting the machine down, a coworker jumped on the conveyor belt and tried to get it unstuck. When he finally got the board pulled out, the belt started running again and he flies down the line and could've easily slipped between the belts and seriously got injured or killed." Imagine if, uh, you know, have, have there ever been people, like, pulled into a wood chipper?
Plenty of times.
You think so?
There was that one guy, that 19-year-old guy, uh, teenager who just died at a, uh, meat packing plant or whatever that was couple weeks back. Remember that?
Uh, I forgot about that one.
All his coworkers heard him scream and they turn around and he's just gone. [laughs]
Oh. I mean, sounds like it'd be a s- sort of quick way to go. A giant meat grinder? Have you seen those machines that'll eat anything? Like, people will chuck, uh, like those big metal barrels into 'em and all kinds of stuff, cars, and it's got the big gears and it just eats everything?
Sure.
That seems like it'd be a... You know, it's gonna be brutal for a few seconds, but they eat things fast. With as fast as they can eat a barrel, I bet a person is no problem. Just crush you immediately.
The craziest things are when you see people get sucked into jet engines.
I don't know if I've seen it. I've read about it.
Well, I mean, there's pi- there's been pictures on those news articles there.
What?
[laughs]
Why [laughs] would they show a picture? What, what family member wants to see the aftermath of their, uh, loved one that's been sucked into a jet engine?
[instrumental rock music] That, and, and we're supposed to be talking about near, near death. I guess I should settle down, settle down a bit. Let's see. This guy, okay. "My dad fell asleep when we went to a movie theater. I noticed his skin was really gray when we got out to the car." Oh, super low blood sugar. Hmm. I've, I've fallen asleep in the movie theater, but I, I figure that's just 'cause I don't get enough sleep. Kinda like sitting in my recliner yesterday. The room was dark. I was kicked back.
Mm-hmm.
[claps hands] Out cold. Sometimes sitting in this dark studio, I start getting tired. This is a dark room. You know, I'm, I'm getting old. Dark room, nap time. That's why I gotta turn the lights on in my office when I'm working at that computer. Otherwise, I'm gonna... I mean, that's probably why they bought us these terrible chairs. If we had comfortable chairs, they know we'd be sleeping all day. That's why they got us the most uncomfortable chairs imaginable. We're never gonna get comfy chairs. They want us a- awake and alert 'cause, "Well, my back hurts. I can't sleep with my back hurting."
I like this. They did give us, like, these other new chairs, and those sucked. [laughs] Let's be quite honest.
Those ones are the, the, they're the worst.
Those cushions are awful.
They bought them because of the way they look.
Yeah.
'Cause they look like nice office chairs-
Right
... but they are horrible to sit in. You know? And they were probably extremely expensive, probably coulda got three really comfortable ergonomic chairs that you're, they're good for your back, but they don't look like that. They don't look classy looking. Chairs aren't supposed to look nice when it comes to the office, all right? That's for your, like, home or, I, I don't know, a lawyer's office or something.
Well, we do need to spruce it up around the building. Like, this K-Bro Studio has way too much, and then you go around the corner, and there's nothing.
That's not your and my fault. I've been working on, uh, making this studio look stupid and ridiculous for years.
I was truly embarrassed when a high school class came by, and one of the kids was like, "Is this a radio station or a doctor's office?" Like...
Because of, uh, the, the lobby?
Just, no, back there going over... Like, they were doing a tour.
I don't know. Classy's got the studio.
And-
Cannonball-
Yeah
... Cannonball's got the banners all over the wall.
Yeah, those are like-
Justin has all kinds of crap in the aux studio.
Justin's been sprucing it up, but when you go-
Yeah
... down that hallway, it's like there's different rooms on either side. It kinda does look like a doctor's office.
Mm. Yeah, I mean, we, we do have a full end of the building that is offices, but I don't know. I mean, the lobby is, you know, kinda classy looking.
Maybe-
We need to hang some guitars out there or something.
Gotta make it fun.
I agree. I agree. You know? Uh, we've got that big TV in there. We should be blasting rock videos and stuff when people walk in. Hang up some guitars in there. Maybe change the lighting up a bit. Get some chairs out there that don't look so boring, you know?
Who chose that orange, by the way?
The orange what?
The orange chairs, the orange couch. Who cho- [laughs] who chose that color?
Uh, the orange couch in the, um, the studio, the video studio or break room, uh, it was basically
that or nothing. I, I won't get into the details.
Gotcha.
[laughs] There were other better choices, but it was a budgetary issue.
It's kinda like the last person you wanna dance with at the high school dance. You're like, "Okay, fine."
And those, you know, they got that... I, I don't know if it's real leather, but you know, if somebody vomits on it or makes a mess, you can wipe it up. You know, it's, it's different than fabric. So, I don't know. I, I don't mind the orange couches. I just mind the chairs. I don't like these chairs around here. I complain about them almost every day. And I've figured it out, it's 'cause they don't want us to be comfortable 'cause then we'll fall asleep, so. Yeah. G-
Well, how about a couple of these chairs go missing one day? Magically, they're just broken.
[laughs] Magically, they're just out in that dumpster out there?
Yeah.
Yeah. Trust me, I'd be happy 'cause every chair in this room sucks.
Even the Classy studio, all the chairs suck.
Oh, yeah.
I think K- Katie's is all messed up. Justin's, I think, might be a little bit messed up, so.
That's 'cause, I'm, I'm guessing, old management, they shopped on a budget. [laughs] You know?
Go to DI. [laughs]
I am a chair expert, and if you ever need anybody to pick chairs for your office, let me pick. They might not look how you want them to, but your employees will be comfortable, and they'll have good posture, and then their backs won't be aching all the time. "Oh, my aching back."
I, I'm looking into a lower back, uh, comfortable cushion.
A lower back comfortable cushion?
Yeah.
For your vehicle or home?
For, for here.
Oh, for here?
Yeah.
Okay.
I'm sitting here all day.
Just take this, uh, coffin and stick it behind your back. [laughs]
[grunts] Get a tennis ball.
Yeah. All right, we're gonna take a break. I'm gonna keep monkeying with this app, try to figure out how to get it working.
What app?
The app for this stupid light bar behind me.
Oh.
Trying to get it connected. It's not cooperating. So, uh, yeah, gotta monkey with it a little bit. [instrumental rock music] So, we got Peaches in the studio. We're talking about... What's the name of that app?
Uh, Sora. Sora by, uh, OpenAI.
All right, so I did install it yesterday. I've got it right here. Oh, let me turn it down 'cause you never know what it's gonna say. [laughs]
Also, did you see what the, the CEO of OpenAI said? Um, coming up in December, you'll be soon enough... soon able to have naughty, naughty conversations with ChatGPT.
Oh, boy. [claps]
Yeah.
Yes. A- as if, uh, people aren't already having enough mental breakdowns from simply texting with, uh, ChatGPT. Now, they're gonna start having romantic relationships and-
Oh, they're already having romantic relationships with, uh, AI.
Yeah, which is... I don't know. It just seems so weird to me. I guess it's better than being lonely, you know?
I, I, I, I, no.
I don't know, I-
I'd rather see somebody alone than, like, kissing their phone.
Oh. Do they kiss their phone?
I could imagine. There's, like, someone-
Hmm
... who's extremely desperate out there. "Come here, Android. Mwah."
Okay, but, you know, just imagine you got no friends. You can't get-
I don't need to imagine that. [laughs]
[laughs] Oh. Can't get a lady. You need someone to talk to, and your phone will talk back to you. I don't know. I mean-[laughs] I- I could see
eventually just going, "All right, I'm gonna give it a try," and then you fall in love with your phone. [laughs]
This is Tiffany.
[laughs]
I'm gonna bring- I'm gonna bring her to Thanksgiving dinner-
[laughs]
... prop my phone up on the chair, feed her some mashed potatoes.
That's right. Well, um, this Sora app, I'm sure are- people have been seeing other videos from this app pop up like, you know, s- uh, Stephen Hawking.
Steve Irwin, Martin Luther King Jr., JFK, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. The list goes on.
Like, yeah, on and on. I saw some pretty funny Jake Paul videos where he was-
Oh, the Jake Paul ones are bad because he's like, "Please stop making these videos," and, of course, what is the internet gonna do? Keep making even worse ones.
Yeah, I saw one where he was crying, like literal, just [imitates sob] 'cause they were throwing him out of KFC. It was very funny. [laughs]
There are some ones of him in a dress where he's, like, holding hands with some- with his boyfriend and stuff. [laughs]
[laughs] So, um-
When people made stuff like that of me, I'd just laugh. [laughs]
All right, so when you fire up the app, you gotta allow it to use your camera
and your, uh, microphone.
Yeah.
And now, since-
Well, ma- well, you're in a- we're in a pink room here, Victor.
Okay, so I need to do it in a well-lit room?
You need to do it in more so, like, natural light.
You want to turn the light on? 'Kay.
Okay, careful. Here we go.
I'm gonna take, uh
... I got the, uh, microphone in front of my face.
We'll get it-
And the- the lighting doesn't look natural. I s- I look like I'm sunburned, so maybe I'll do it in my office after. But you've been making some very funny videos with the Sora app of yourself. You just showed me the one of Peachman at Peach Fest.
[laughs] Yeah.
[laughs]
Um, so the- the thing is, is that it's very hard to work around the, uh, content block. Like, I tried having ... Y- y- you shared with me the, the musician Peaches is coming to Salt Lake City.
Yes.
And so I was gonna make a video of me reacting to that, and I turn into Bane, and I go like, "Oh, you merely adopted the name. I was born into it," type of thing.
Okay.
And I think with the word Bane, it just said, "Oh, this is a villain. He's gonna cause some violence." Can't do it.
But you've shown me some where you're, like, smashing things-
[laughs] Yeah
... in your bathroom.
It doesn't know what to do. It's weird.
Yeah, y-
I keep going to ChatGPT. I'm like, "Give me a prompt that'll bypass all those filters," and it does, and then I put it into Sora. Sora then blocks it. I go back to ChatGPT. It's a whole thing.
All right. Well, uh, have you posted any of these videos on any of our socials?
I haven't because I don't wanna have that crowd, you know, "AI slop!" You know, the, the, the, the whole thing.
Who cares?
Well, I- I do because it's like, if you're-
I don't give a crap what listeners say. [laughs]
[laughs] "I'm very disappointed. K-Bear just posted an AI video. I'm done."
Well-
"Hashtag not my station."
[laughs] Oh, jeez.
"Hashtag the pick." [laughs]
Oh, oh, jeez. Uh, now, I would imagine that, uh, Shaggy, he'll be busting out some, "Look at me hanging out with the Scooby-Doo crew," uh, videos before we know it-
Oh-
... 'cause I-
... can I do the wolf is gonna do? [laughs]
Um, Dawn transforming into a wolf.
But here's the thing. Here's the thing. If they upload their face and their voice to the app, they're available to use.
Oh!
Since Maddy uploaded her video and her picture, her voice, I can tag her in a video. I can tag Jake Paul. I can tag Mark Cuban. That's why I showed you that Shark Tank one of me with the instant coffee shooter.
Yes, that one was pretty funny.
And I shoot coffee at Mark Cuban-
[laughs]
... and he throws me off the show.
[laughs] Yes.
[laughs]
Uh, you should upload, uh, some of these to the K-Bear group.
I wish I could upload the one that m- is my absolute favorite. It's on my page with the, uh, I- I accidentally cuss on the air and I just have a full-on meltdown.
Yeah, that was really funny.
And then the- the fake station manager has his arm around me, and I'm just going, "Oh," and then it's like screaming my head off. I can't repeat what I said, but-
[laughs] And the AI Peaches is, uh, very, very energetic.
And very fat and very short.
And, uh, very ... I don't- I don't know. It changed... Your face is just enough different that it's unsettling.
[laughs]
You know, it's kind of, kind of creepy.
Right. [laughs]
So you, you, you need to upload some of these so listeners can see.
It's Peach Fest, you know, that video I showed you.
Yeah, upload that one or the one where you're smashing everything in your bathroom trying to shave your head.
[laughs]
That- that one was really funny. But n- now
... Now, you just let listeners know they can make their own Peaches videos-
Sure
... with Sora?
Yeah.
See, now I'm kinda nervous to upload my face 'cause I don't want listeners making crazy videos of me. I don't wanna look like Jake Paul crying. [imitates sobbing] Just bawling.
Well, what's funny is that there's a lot of boomers in the entertainment industry that are in charge of a lot of things.
Uh-huh.
And so they don't know what's AI and what's real, so they're calling Jake and being like, "Hey, I just saw a video of you, like, flying around in a car yelling some obscene words."
[laughs]
"Um, is this you?" [laughs] And Jake's like, "No, it's AI." [laughs]
[laughs] But he must have uploaded his own face, right?
Yeah, yeah. I mean, M- Mark Cuban has, like, 26,000 followers on there. Jake Paul has 28,000.
Ah.
But that- do you know that y-
I- I'm sure people would make the most embarrassing videos of me.
You know that Ricky dude who's, uh ... I th- I, I forgot what exactly he has, but he's in a wheelchair, and he's, uh, different looking. And so he makes fun of his appearance, and then he uploaded himself onto the app-
Okay
... too, and he's, like, running, r- running around a rose field even though he can't 'cause-
Now, how are people getting, like, uh, Stephen Hawking and stuff in these videos?
Um, uh, you can upload a picture.
Finding vid... Okay.
I think you can upload a picture, and it might detect the person, and you have to ... I forgot exactly what it is. I mean, the ... Stephen Hawking didn't really have a voice, so you could have, like, m-
Yeah, it was a computer voice
... you could go, "64, 42," you know, the whole thing.
Yeah, 'cause I've, I've seen Bob Ross videos, uh, where, I guess, yeah, he s- looks back and forth at the camera, and, uh, I would assume people could find clips of him saying numbers at times 'cause he's like, you know, "Put two of these happy little trees here." Blah, blah, blah.
It could be a guy doing an impression, too.
It, it could be that. Could be that. Um, there's tons of Mr. Rogers videos-
Oh, yeah
... where he's, you know, being very foul, and those are pretty funny.
My favorite is when he pulls out a gun. He's like, "I got something to show you."
[laughs]
"It's my M42," [laughs] and he says, pulls out this giant machine gun. [laughs]
[laughs] I know, and I know some people are just adamantly against the AI stuff, but now it's starting to get entertaining.[rock music] Like, this stuff's making me laugh. However, we're almost at the tipping point where we're not gonna be able to tell what's fake and what, you know, is real. And you're gonna have people who do horrible things and then just claim it was AI. Actually, I think that's already started happening.
Yeah. Uh yeah, I think I saw- I saw a story this morning.
Like, wasn't there... There was a video where someone was chucking garbage bags out of the White House. Um, did that turn out to be AI? I know that, uh, the President claimed it was AI.
Well, did you see that what happened to that one guy who started the fires in LA? Like, he... ChatGPT generated those pictures of LA burning, and was like-
Oh, really?
..."I wanna do this." And then...
Let's see here. Conflicting accounts. So, hmm. Yeah, uh, it appears that the video, I think was real, but, you know, the President said it was AI. AI slop. The garbage bags [laughs] just getting thrown out of one of the top floors of the White House.
See, that's the thing. It's like now everyone's using that. Somebody must have coined that early on, and now everyone's like, "Oh, AI slop, that's what I gotta say."
Yeah.
"I'll put that in the comment section."
Yeah, I... It's gonna really start to suck, 'cause we're not gonna know what's real and what isn't anymore. But... Oh well. Uh-
I mean, if you want me to upload the Peach Fest video, I can. But I'm just saying, if we get a whole bunch of outrage in the comment section.
I think that, uh, either that one or the one where you're shaving your head and you start smashing your bathroom. 'Cause that one, is there profanity in it?
No.
Yeah. Maybe upload them both, dude. [laughs] They're really funny.
[laughs]
They're really... Upload one-
I need to- I need to rescan myself, because it makes me look like I'm a five foot eight, 400 pounds. Like, it's bad.
Yeah, you look a little bit, like I said, unsettling. And your face, it- it gets so animated, the facial expressions, [laughs] they're so crazy that it's- it's kinda creepy. So, y- before you rescan yourself, upload a few of these that you've made, 'cause I think the listeners will laugh.
[laughs]
You know, and if you get any, "Meh, meh, AI." C- c- come on everybody.
I can guarantee you-
Come on.
... there's a lot of people that follow us on social media that don't listen to us, and they're just gonna, you know, repeat stuff.
Well, you know, screw them. They can get over it. All right? Get over it. [rock music]
Remember when I uploaded the, uh, Studio Ghibli style drawings of all four of us?
Yeah, we didn't get-
I'm disappointed in K-Bear for doing something like that.
Yeah, but that was like, what, one or two people? Not- not a big deal.
But there's a whole bunch of likes behind it, like, "Yeah, I agree with this person." So, it's...
Well, oh- oh well. It- it... Interaction is good, Peaches.
I'll make an AI video of them crying and reply- [laughs] reply to them with that.
If- i- if people are fighting in the comments, the reach will increase. That's the... [laughs]
Well, Facebook is driving controversy like way to the top, so-
Oh yeah, dude. For sure.
Yeah. Let's start being controversial on social media.
Like, if you go to East Idaho News Facebook page, you'll see all kinds of articles that don't pop up on your feed, and they tend to be about like good local news stories and things. But you see anything that people are arguing about, that's on everyone's feed, 'cause people are fighting in the comments. So listeners, if you wanna increase your social media, um, action, you just need to [laughs] say something controversial and you will get tons and tons of action on your post.
I know your post about getting vaccinated was right there at the top.
I'm not the... I haven't gotten vaccinated yet. That was the President, not me.
No, but I was saying like your post about getting vaccinated was right there at the top of my feed.
Was it? Nah, it's 'cause it's a controversial topic, you know? I just thought I was being, you know, snarky and a bit of a smart alec 'cause, you know, you got, "I- I'm RFK. Vaccines are gonna make your brain explode."
I think RFK is on Sora. You might need to-
RFK is on Sora?
We might need to, uh, mess around with some of that.
Uh, that could be pretty fun. I-
I might need to send Jade an invite code. That's the thing for this app, you need to be invited onto it.
Yeah.
And so far I have you and Maddy on there. I'm gonna try to see if I can get Jade on there.
Yeah. It was just me poking at people. You know, 'cause e- every once in a while I like to be an agitator. So it's like, oh, the President got a COVID shot, that's gonna be, uh, something that'll make people mad. So I'm gonna post it [laughs]. 'Cause I- I get kinda dumb sometimes and like to frustrate people. So I thought I'd be a smart alec and post it. And of course, my comment section turned into a dumpster fire fairly quickly. But, um, you do you. When it... I'm not gonna give any kind of medical advice 'cause I am not a doctor. But RFK isn't either, right? Does he have any kind of a medical degree?
No.
Again, you really think a guy that sounds like that is credible enough to give out medical advice?
What if your doctor sounded like that? You went in for a checkup... "Hello, how are you doing today?" Like, how much you smoke, bro?
[laughs]
[laughs] I think you need a checkup. Something going on there. People don't talk that way.
Watch them- watch them start a podcast, too.
Oh.
That's gonna be the worst thing ever.
Can you imagine?
Mike Tyson has a podcast and it's terrible.
[laughs] Yeah, I tried to listen to the Mike Tyson podcast. I can't do it. But I could listen to that before a RFK podcast. That'd be a good challenge. You know, the RFK podcast challenge. If you can sit through three hours of listening to him yap.
How about the Worst Voices of All Time podcast? We got [laughs]-
James Blunt.
RFK Jr., James Blunt singing into the- into the- the podcast.
[laughs] What does James Blunt sound like when he talks? 'Cause I mean, to sing like that, you'd think he has to have a sort of n- no- like, weird normal voice.
A lot of pe- a lot of musicians-
[singing] I can't even do it.
A lot of [laughs]- A lot of singers who have weird voices singing sound pretty normal when they talk. It's weird, right?
Yeah, I... Well, or vice versa. They sing really well and then they s- like, talk. You can't understand them at all when they talk, like good old Ozzy. You know? It's always weird, Ozzy on stage versus Ozzy in interview.
I always think it's weird that people lose their accents.
Yeah. Yeah, it happens.
It- it- it's... Like Ozzy, you know, Sam from Architects, same thing.
Mm-hmm. Oh geez, look at that time.
All right, so if I'm messing with AI in the Cannonball studio, I'm posting on social media, it's not me messing around, Jade.
It- it's work.
Yeah, it's work. It's work.
It's work. Yeah, go upload one of those 'cause they're really funny.
Okay.
All right, everybody. Yeah, check out the Sora app. It's AI. Sorry, but it- it's pretty fun. [rock music] Thank you again for tuning in to the Victor Welch Show. This program's a production of Riverbend Media Group. To contact the show or for more information, hit us up at riverbendmediagroup.com.