[rock music] Well, I don't know how much you pay attention to the world of comedy, but I'd say in the last year, it has definitely gotten interesting with quite a divide growing
between comics and the, uh, the world of comedy. Well, right now, the big topic in the world of comedy is this Saudi Arabian comedy festival that a bunch of huge comedians have signed on to perform at. And
man, you wanna talk about a divide in the comedy world, you thought it was divided [laughs] in the last few months, it's getting wild. And I would love to read David Cross's response, uh, to some of the comics who are going to be performing at this thing, 'cause he just nailed it down perfect. But the thing is, he talks about Saudi Arabia
and some of the horrible things that the government in Saudi Arabia has done, and some of it so unpleasant I'm just not gonna read that statement on the radio show. Plus, I don't know, in this day and age, you get a little bit nervous as a broadcaster criticizing an oppressive regime. So, I'll just say Saudi Arabia's not... I- is this tame enough to, you know, not get somebody to come after me or something? But the Saudi Arabian government is bad, okay? They're, they're not good. And, um, a number of comics have been speaking out about, you know, getting offered to play this, turning down the offer.
I wonder if we're gonna start seeing some of these, these guys drop from the bill. I think the main person that I'm surprised to see would be performing is, uh, Bill Burr, 'cause he's been very outspoken in the past. I think he actually [laughs] even made some jokes about, you know, comics ending up performing in Saudi Arabia back in the day. I don't know, I... Just based on some of the horrible things that that government has done, and they're the ones throwing the show, from what I understand, I think I gotta side with all the comics who are saying this is a bad thing to perform at. That's my opinion. I don't know. I'm sure I got some listeners that, in this day and age, would be mad at me for that, 'cause people get mad about everything. But, uh, it's, it's an interesting read to read up on, uh, what comics are saying about this, if you're into standup comedy. Uh, Marc Maron, another one of my favorite comedians, made some really good statements about this. Uh, S-... I don't know, how, how do you say this guy's name? Stavros Halkeus. People just call him Stavvy. He, he talked about how he was offered to play, turned it down for ethical reasons, as a number of other comedians did as well. But, um, just kinda weird. I mean,
like, I need money, all right? I need, I need more money, all right? I think we all do. But sometimes a paycheck, man, I don't know if it's worth it. Like, might go do some radio in Saudi Arabia for a while. [laughs] No. No. Not based on what they've done to, like, journalists and things in the last few months. Eh-eh.
Slip up and say something wrong and you get, you know, executed? That's, you know, that's scary. Hasn't gotten that bad here yet. You know, you might just get canceled or f- fired or something. Thankfully we don't have to worry about, yet, being put to death for making a statement [laughs]. But geez, I, I don't know. It, it... You, you should look into it. I, I was watching some YouTube videos about it yesterday and things, and it's, um... I don't know. Just as a long-time standup comedy fan, how weird that world has gotten
is very confusing to me. Like, over the last few years, I thought it was funny how you'd have all these comics talking about how in awe... "You know, we're so repressed. We can't say anything anymore." And I'm like, what are you guys talking about? I've been to a Doug Stanhope show recently. Pretty sure
that y- you know, you're not being repressed. Nobody's getting locked up, you know, for, for making some jokes. Yeah, you might get in trouble, might lose some gigs, things like that, but that, that's always been something that happened. Um, I don't know. I don't know where to go with this one. I just, I was just reading this article about, uh, David Cross making his statement and I really think he, he nailed it with what he had to say about this. So, I hope some of these guys, a- as human beings, to send out a good message to the rest of the people of the planet, will, you know, cancel the gig. Sometimes money isn't worth it. Like I said, I could use five bucks [laughs], all right? I could use a- any amount of money. But there are just certain things that, uh, I wouldn't do for the dough. You know, if I was offered some kind of an endorsement thing from some company that I didn't think was good,
wouldn't do it. I just wouldn't do it. You know? Even though I'd be like, "Oh [laughs], I need that money so bad." But some of these guys are, like, really clean comics, too. Like Kevin Hart. [laughs] Like, dude, Kevin Hart has so much money. What, what... Do y- do you really need the paycheck? How much, what's Kevin Hart net worth according to the internet? It's gotta be tons. $450 million.
You really need another million, dude? Take a stand, man. Saudi Arabia's bad. They've done lots of bad things. [laughs] Go read the Wikipedia or something. I don't know.Just when people are struggling, yeah? Do some shows here for charity or something. I think you're sitting all right, Kevin Hart.
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Did you see this video of the zipper at an amusement park, [laughs] at a local fair somewhere, breaking? Now, if you've been on the zipper, these are the things you think about while you're on the ride, but you never think it's actually gonna happen, right? You never think may- maybe your cart's just gonna fall off. Um, it happened. [laughs]
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I shouldn't laugh. I don't think anyone was hurt, right? 'Cause they keep you all buckled in. I don't know, it- it's possible that somebody got hurt, but
the video's pretty crazy. Yeah, they were having family fun day and, uh, [laughs] yeah, all of a sudden one of the carts just comes falling off and smashes into another one. But yeah, it looks like nobody was hurt. But I do think it put an end to family fun day. Or maybe it just depends, you know? Maybe your family, that was exciting seeing that happen and it made it more fun. I don't know. All right. You see this video of a cow using a stick to scratch itself? [laughs]
The animals, man. They're evolving. That's a cow using a tool. Next thing we know... I, I, I don't know what other kind of tools cows could use. They're not really built for it, they don't have the thumbs like we do. But what about monkeys? Hmm? You ever seen Planet of the Apes? You never know what's gonna happen. We got orcas taking down boats, the animals are fighting back. Now we got a cow using a stick to scratch itself. And as we know, cows are the animals that kill the most people. Maybe that's what they do, they wield the sticks as weapons next. They don't really need to, 'cause all they gotta do is mow you down, but maybe u- we have cow battles. You know? We'll have the, uh, you know, alpha cow come outta the pack a-swinging. Just beating cows with the stick. And then we have a cow leader. All right. Let's see what else we got here. "Man shot in both legs during Maplewood wedding." Mkay. Well, I'm sure that put a little bit of a damper on the festivities. Let's see, th- this article doesn't really have a lot of information here other than, you know, it was a wedding with about 100 people in attendance. They don't say w- who shot who and why, but, you know, it's one of those things you don't wanna have happen at your wedding, somebody getting, you know, shot in both legs. I think it's gonna make people uncomfortable. Unless, you, you and your friends are really, really crazy. [laughs] Woo! Yeah, uh, all right. Don't shoot people, okay? Uh, there's a butterfly-shaped hole 23 times wider than the Earth that has just opened on the sun and is sending powerful solar winds our way. Looks like it has the potential to shake up a little bit of technology and also maybe give us some of them sweet northern lights. Yeah. I, I always tend to be in bed when the northern lights are happening, which is annoying. Why can't they happen on a weekend when I can stay up late?
Well, I don't, I don't know when we're supposed to be dealing with some of these geomagnetic storms, but
yeah, that would be pretty cool if we get a- another opportunity to see the northern lights before our skies are just an empty, gray haze for about six months straight. Ugh. Yeah, make sure to get yourself, uh, a natural sun lamp if you live around here, and talk to your doctor about vitamins and things like that. For whatever reason, Idaho isn't listed as one of those places with, like, horrific, bleak winter months where you're gonna potentially suffer from seasonal affective disorder, but it happens. I, I, I should probably start, uh, taking the vitamins my doctor recommended as we get closer to the endless gray skies and just nasty gloom. Ugh. I hate winter so bad. Each year, the older I get, the more and more I just hate it. Ugh. Because it makes me feel sad. Yeah. [laughs] Every once in a while, I'll be like, "Why does it feel like there's a giant black hole, a giant black cloud over my life?" Oh yeah, it's February. That's why.
Or are you supposed to say Feb-rue-ary? Oh, what a stupid word. Okay. I'm gonna roll into this next hour, dig up more content, keep working on my show for tomorrow. It's busy up in here. I hope you're having a productive morning and feeling good, and you're happy and all is well. I got Dayseeker coming up next. Don't forget, you can see them live one week from Friday with In This Moment... The Funeral Portrait and Dead at the Mountain America Center. That show gon' be sick.
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What's happening, Omi?
It's, uh, show day.
It is. And we got a lotta show days coming up. Busy, busy up in here in East Idaho, as far as entertainment goes. I am stoked. It's gonna be a fun night.
Everybody should have their tickets at OneTickets. Um, now we gotta worry about our things.
Yes, a lot to do today. Lot to do today. I went to bed last night at 7:30.
Oh.
I, but that was just because I was so exhausted. I was basically not functioning. I was a mess yesterday. So tired. So-
Last night I downloaded Fortnite, played that on my PC.
Yeah, how'd that treat you?
It's cool. I'm, I'm still getting used to the fact you gotta use a keyboard and mouse, and that your mouse controls the camera.
Why don't you use your Xbox controller?
I, I don't wanna buy a plugin and-
You don't need to plug it in.
Yeah, you do.
You should be able to just-
Well-
... Bluetooth it.
... I'm also... This is a first-world problem. If I turn my Xbox controller on, it turns on the Xbox, and then I have to walk back out into the living room, turn that off-
[laughs]
... and then connect the controller-
[laughs]
... to the PC.
Well, I know that my daughter, you know, when she started using keyboard and mouse, like, she prefers it over using a controller for like every game.
Mm-hmm.
So, I'm, you know, old school and use a controller for pretty much everything, unless the only option is to use the keyboard. But like, can you imagine trying to play, like, Red Dead with a keyboard and mouse? That seems to me like what it would be like to play Fortnite with a keyboard and mouse. And my... I, I'm just not coordinated enough for the ASWD. Uh, like, you gotta practice that.
You should've seen me tried to play Whac-A-Mole on Thrillville with the keyboard. [laughs]
[laughs]
I was like pressing each individual button.
Now, for a first-person shooter, I bet it's way better.
It is.
You know, 'cause your, your accuracy is gonna be just way better than trying to use a joystick.
You hold the right button on the mouse to aim and press left to shoot.
Mm-hmm.
And, yeah, that was nice.
Yeah, yeah, it's great. But... Well, I'm glad you're enjoying your new computer, Peaches. Uh, I'm just multitasking fiesta here today. Trying to record my show for tomorrow so I can sleep in.
Well, I'm gonna record my show for today in the Cannonball studio, so that way this afternoon I can just focus on running around the Mountain America Center.
Yes. Uh, we've got a lot of errands to do today, so...
There, there were a lot of listeners last time that were like, "Peaches, you look mad," and then I was like, "Yeah, I'm just in my work zone."
[laughs] Yeah.
Out of the way!
I'm busy! [laughs] I got a lot happening right now. Hopefully tonight, you know, should be fairly, fairly easy for our duties. You know, it doesn't sound like-
That's what you think. Easy for you.
Well, well, hopefully.
I gotta guide Maddie around, get her to where she needs to go, and then find out where we need to go and...
Yeah, but, uh, that should be pretty easy. Uh, I, I mean, we're shooting photos, uh, just what, two bands?
I thought it was three.
Is it all three?
I thought so. That's the thing that's like-
I don't know
... I'm so confused by how many people I didn't contact with.
Well, I guess probably, uh, you know, you might reach out to Dead Poets Society's people. Didn't they ask us about some kind of an interview, too?
Uh, yeah. Uh...
I was so out of it-
Well-
... yesterday that I was like, "Aargh! I can't think about this."
[laughs] The one guy with Dead Poets Society was asking about an interview. I'm, I can hit him up if we want to.
Ther- there he is. Yeah, um...
Uh, how long is that guy's last name? It was Jack Doofenshmirtz or something like that. [laughs]
[laughs] I don't know.
[Laughs]
Yeah, yesterday I couldn't even fathom doing an interview, but, um, I'm much better today than I was yesterday. These... Uh, you know, I get a little bit of anxiety when you got a week with that much going on, or a two-week span.
Oh, it sucks.
It's stressful.
Yeah.
I know-
And I try my best to avoid stress, 'cause AFib can happen-
Mm-hmm
... and then I'm out of commission for a day or two.
Yeah, so I've got a goal to get lots of rest this week, you know, be, be good and smart about, uh, staying rested and eating and all that good stuff, 'cause yeah, we got a lot going on. Lot happening this week. So, we hope to see you out for all the different things happening, which again kicks off tonight with Dead Poets Society, Asking Alexandria, and of course Chevelle at the Mountain America Center. It's gonna be great. Gonna be fun.
You just reminded me, I need to, uh, text our, uh, VIP winner to see if he got the instructions.
Yes. Yeah, t- always best to double-check that nice and early, and we'll, we'll get her done. And then before we know it, we'll just be kicking back watching bands, the work will be done, and then we power up for the rest of the week, 'cause we got Mudvayne, Friday night, okie.
That's the same thing.
[laughs] It's a busy day.
Trying to get Maddie to where she needs to go.
We got a live, uh, remote that day. It gonna be busy around here. We don't know which one of us yet is doing [laughs] the live broadcast at, um, at Wackerly.
We probably won't know till day of the show.
Probably, unless we can get some of that interview information nice and early. Um, I'm... I predict a conflict, 'cause it's never easy. You know, things can't just go smooth. I'm, I predict we'll have some kinda conflict and we'll be mad scrambling to make everything work, but that's what we do. We do it for the people, Peaches. Do it for the listeners.
I might just send an email to all sales, be like, "These are the days we have shows. Don't schedule anything."
[laughs] Well, you know, there's just certain times of year we gotta be busy, you know? 4th of July time, we know it's gonna be nuts.
Oh, the month of October's always terrible.
October, crazy.
Yeah.
It always is. And then before we know it, Peaches, Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, we got some fun stuff planned out for at least Christmas.
Oh, yeah.
You know?
Mm-hmm.
I was glad to hear yesterday you mentioned that certain things had been approved.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
So we can combine that with some other fun stuff we have going on during Christmastime. That'll be great.
Oh, yeah.
I know people are gonna be excited about those tickets, so...
We're gonna have to say the name of that promo, though, over and over and over again.
Yeah. Uh, t- well, you missed out back in the day we had one that was, uh... Oh, what was it? When a cooler cooler to keep your cooler, or your cool beverages cooler with the cooler... I, I can't remember.
[laughs]
But the way you won-
Yeah
... was the listeners had to say this tongue twister we wrote
and, uh, they'd win, uh, or they'd get into a drawing to win this, uh, beer dispenser.
Oh.
Yeah.
And it was powered by some super long business name.
[laughs] Yes, it was. And so it, it, it was a pretty fun giveaway with a ridiculous name, kinda like the one we're working on right now.
The Utah First Credit Amphitheater powered by da-da-da-da-da-da.
Yeah. [laughs] Lots of words. So, plenty of fun coming up throughout the end of the year. We're trying to keep you guys hooked up with cool stuff, so you just keep listening and keep trying to win. Uh, we did get one winner this morning for the Bert Kreischer giveaway.
Good.
So, hopefully later on today we can get another. You know, if you people aren't tuning in at 7:05 for the password...Sorry! Gotta have the permission to party password to win tickets to Bert Kreischer on Friday. So, lots going on. [rock music] All right, we got Jade Davis in the house to talk concert etiquette. Uh, yesterday, Jade, on the noon hour, we talked about this article about Sleep Token fans losing their mind at Louder Than Life because of crowd surfers and moshing, and getting very upset. They were screaming at the crowd surfers, yanking them down to the floor.
No, that's not okay.
That's not okay.
You're gonna hurt someone.
I saw, or I had a guy message me after the Seether show that somebody did that to him. He was crowd surfing-
Was this a country concert?
Uh, no, this was Seether-
[laughs]
... POD-
[laughs]
... [laughs] And I think it was during POD, which, you know, that's an old school nu metal band. Growing up in that era, I mean, crowd surfing, moshing, um, and-
It's part of the fun.
Part of the fun, part of the show.
Especially on the floor in the pit area.
If you were in an open pit, I almost-
I highly expect to get hit.
Oh, yeah, dude. I expect to get kicked in the head.
But not in, like, a, not in a malicious manner.
Yeah, no. Not like-
'Cause it's just there's that many people in a small, confined area. You're gonna get bumped into, and a crowd surfer's gonna come across your dome.
Yeah, you're gonna get kicked in the head probably.
Isn't that right, Peach?
Oh, yeah. I'm worried about the DPC. That's what I'm worried about.
[laughs]
Uh, that happens after the show.
Oh.
Well, you know, 'cause there was a moment at the Seether show. I mean, I've gone to countless shows at the Mountain America Center since it opened. And generally, toward the end of the show, after we're all done working and everything, I'm like, "All right, I'm gonna get up close and see some of this show." We did it at Dethklok. We- we- we've done it at, like, every single show.
Yeah.
'Cause in the era we grew up in, almost anything goes in the crowd. Obviously, punching people or starting actual fights, no. But, like, if you had a spot on the rail, you fought to keep that spot.
Yeah.
I would have my arms wrapped around the rail.
Or you leave and you just push your way back up there again.
Or yeah, y- exactly, 'cause you might need to go pee.
Yeah. [laughs]
So you leave, and then you're like, "I gotta get back to that spot." So you, "Op- excuse me, excuse me." And sometimes you gotta squeeze hard. Sometimes you gotta push, you know?
You just wait for the crowd... 'cause the crowd is like its own little entity. It'll eventually squeeze you up there if you just play your cards right.
Oh, yeah. Like, here's what you do, people-
You didn't even have to put in your own effort.
You know, if you're at a show where there's a lot of moshing going on, like this is how I got up front at Poppy. Once the mosh starts, you jump in the pit and run through to-
Straight through. [laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs] Yes, you just get into it, and then you get up close. And then, e- inevitably, the pit's gonna surge against you, shove you into the people in front of you, and you can use that opportunity to squeeze thr- it's just part of being in the crowd.
Yeah, and every once in a while, like, uh, the Killswitch Engage show in Vegas that we went to, you end up with a black eye like I did-
It happens
... trying to go through that pit.
[laughs]
Whoa.
Yeah. Like, if you don't want to get touched at a show, hav-
Get a seat.
Get a seat. You know, if you don't want people shoving through you, i- it's gonna happen. It's gonna happen. And I mean, like I sa- I've talked about it on air that some people got mad at me at Seether 'cause I was squeezing-
It's because you're a jerk.
I was not being a jerk!
No, I watched it.
You short, little troll.
He- he was fine.
No, I was a jerk.
If- if he pushes you, it's like, "Oh, is that the wind? Oh."
[laughs]
But I was simply squeezing my way through. I wasn't shoving-
Jerk move!
I wasn't shoving people-
Total jerk move.
And, uh-
Shoving people around.
[laughs]
See, it- it would be awful if I was the one shoving people making my way to the front, you know?
Now, here's-
I don't know. Victor has that old man strength.
I'd pro-
That's right.
I'd pick people up by their heads and, you know, move them out of the way.
Dude, you know how I used to get up front at shows? Here's another way-
Wear a diaper?
... aside from going through the pit. Uh, no, farts are a different topic. Er-
[laughs]
And please don't wear a diaper to a show, everybody, so that you can stay-
Hey-
... in the pit.
[laughs] You never have to leave the rail then.
[laughs]
That's- that's the whole thing. It depends on how good you tie them on there. [laughs]
Oh.
It depends on what's in the box.
Dude, here's another way I used to get up front at shows. And this, this is sort of rude, but it works 'cause I'm short. My brother's tall and he's big, you know? So, I'd get him behind me and be like, "All right, Jake, [laughs] get ready and push."
[laughs]
I'm too, 'cause I'm a t- little skinny guy.
Exactly, exactly. So I'd use my arm. I'd get my arms wedged between people and have Jade ju- or, uh, Jake just use me like a steamroller and just plow through like a bulldozer. [laughs]
I totally forgot about that move.
[laughs]
That was, like, a late teens, early 20s move.
Oh, it was great. It worked awesome. I got up front at tons of shows by that move.
[laughs]
Another one-
That's when I weighed, like, a whole 135 pounds.
Oh, yeah. And then a- a lot of people in the comments, 'cause I made a post about this in the K-BEAR group 'cause I think a lot of people, either they haven't been to a lot of shows or maybe they haven't been to a lot of different kinds of shows. You've got different types of crowds at metal shows than you would at, like, Seether.
Yeah.
Okay, but there's still, there was gonna be metal fans at Seether 'cause POD was opening the show. So, you had crowd surfing, and I saw people pulling crowd surfers down at that show and yelling at them. Sorry, you're gonna get kicked in the head at almost any show if you're on the floor.
Better than me crowd surfing.
Yeah.
The only ones that should be pulling down crowd surfers are the security and-
Pulling them over the barrier.
Yeah, because they know how to do it safely.
Exactly. They get them to the front. They pull them down on their feet so they land on their feet, not crash them to the ground on the floor where they might break their neck. It's not your job in the crowd to... It's your job to keep crowd surfers in the air. And yeah, you might get kicked in the face, but that's part of being on the floor. But, uh, short-
Stand by the sound booth.
There you go. Yeah. Stand-
And no crowd surfers by the sound booth.
Exactly. No crowd surfing near the sound booth.
And it sounds better there anyway.
That's the best spot if you want it to sound good. Right where the sound man is. Stay on the sides if you don't want people to touch you.
[laughs]
But, uh, short people were commenting, you know, that they like to, you know, try to move their way through 'cause either a tall guy will get in front of them or they-
Sorry
... just can't see.
Uh, sorry. I apologize for nothing. [laughs]
[laughs]
My 6'1" deserves to be up front too.
[laughs] Me and Jade have fought ourselves to the rail at so many shows, and w- I've had a, a few occasions where somebody said, "Excuse you."
Excuse you.
[laughs] Excuse you.
Well, that didn't work. [laughs]
But short people, here's another good move. If you're at a show where there's crowd surfers, wait till the crowd surfer is in your area. Everyone's gonna put their hands up, and then you duck down-
[laughs]
... and you run forward. [laughs] And, and you just mow through tons of people.
Just stay under the crowd surfer. [laughs]
Yes! Yeah, exactly. You can get up really close. Uh, that's another move I use all the time 'cause I'm short. And so, I hope that tonight people can avoid any kind of conf- they're... It's Asking Alexandria and Chevelle. There is going to be moshing, there's going to be crowd surfing, there's going to be people shoving through the crowd and trying to get up front. Don't throw a tantrum and start fights with people 'cause it's just things that happen at a show. But I don't know if I'm gonna try to weasel my way through after the, some of the just... I don't know.
[laughs]
I will, uh, I'll... Maybe I'll use a... Whiny? Is that okay? I don't know.
You're just rude!
I wasn't being rude.
You're rude!
I wasn't being rude-
Don't lie
... and I didn't sh-...
[laughs]
Jade-
You're always rude!
Here is shoving, Jade.
Punching people.
Shu- [laughs] Shoving-
Make them throw up.
Shoving is when you... Okay, now that, that's a different topic.
Not accepting water. [laughs]
[laughs] I, I, I, I only drink water out of a glass, not plastic cup, so... [laughs]
[laughs] You can't have glass in a concert.
Well, look at, look at that guy.
[laughs]
Shoving is when you take both of your hands and with force push people, like, like this.
[laughs]
Uh, s- if you have your arms up and your elbows at your sides and you're squeezing through, that's not shoving.
Okay.
Maybe that's squeezing.
Maybe it's because you're so round that, you know, you're just knocking people out of the way.
Well, you... The, the goal is to get them out of the way so you can get closer. Yeah. I, I, I don't know if it's the generation we grew up in, but I saw a few guys saying like, you know, back in the '80s and '90s, you had to fight for every inch.
[laughs] Oh, yeah.
And that's what we grew up in. And so people our age at the shows-
Try a Rage Against the Machine show in '95.
Oh, dude-
[laughs]
How about... Yeah, late '90s Slayer.
Yeah.
Late '90s Slayer, all right? You, you were just, uh, hoping you didn't die.
[laughs]
Yeah. I've been crushed against a rail.
How about Slipknot in '98?
Oh yeah, dude!
I ended up with bruised ribs and black eyes from that one.
Oh yeah, d-... I mean-
Yeah
... I used to leave every show like seriously messed up because that's just how the crowds were. So if you're going [laughs] and you got bands that are from the late '90s or early 2000s playing, it's probably gonna get rough. And then there, there's like a gap, Jade. I think there was... You know that era when bands like Puddle of Mudd, Seether-
All the back bands.
Yeah. When all of those were the biggest bands in the world?
When all the ones that sounded like Nickelback came out.
Yes. That was a different era, I think, of music fan, and now it's coming back 'cause the most violent shows and crazy shows I've been to recently were newer bands. Electric Callboy?
Oh, so good. [laughs]
That-
We're in the start.
[laughs] That was an old school style show. It was nuts.
Y- This bruise that I had on my hip from that one stayed for three months.
Oh yeah. And then Poppy, you know, another one that I didn't expect. It was nuts. I got knocked down to the ground so many times. I hit the concrete on my tailbone [laughs] so bad-
[laughs]
Oh.
... that it hurt for weeks. I was all messed up.
You'd think with all that cushion you have, it wouldn't have affected you.
I know! You'd think this booty would have kept me feeling good.
[laughs]
But no! I hit just right. It sucked. I, like, couldn't sit.
I mentioned to Victor off the air, the Trinity of Terror show, I got lifted off the floor, and that's pretty wild.
Yeah.
That was a good show.
Yeah, it was.
Like I guarantee since Asking Alexandria is on the bill, tonight's show gonna be a little bit more wild than, uh, Seether was.
Oh, Chevelle can throw down too. I've seen them several times and-
Oh yeah. They're, they-
... their pits are, are decent.
That's from that era, dude, back in the day. So if you are worried about being kicked in the head by a crowd surfer, about somebody-
Move to the back! [laughs]
... bumping into you, somebody shoving through you, uh, m- mosh pits, just yeah, stay on the side or in the back.
'Cause you know there's gonna be at least one jerk in the c- in the, the crowd by the name of Victor.
That's not true!
[laughs]
I'm very nice.
I'm a very rude concert goer!
[laughs] I'm very nice.
Victor Wilt's coming to the show tonight. Watch out. Make room for his rotundra.
[laughs] Just got a call from Stewart who had another question about concert etiquette, dealing with tall people. He asked if I ever thought it was appropriate for a tall person to, you know, make their way up close and block all the shorter people behind them. And I said, "Absolutely." I don't think because somebody was born tall that they should be punished at a show and have to stand at the back just 'cause they're tall. They, they should be able to enjoy what it's like to be up close at a show. Sure, it sucks when I get stuck behind Peaches, all right? This... The whole discussion we had about making your way up front a few minutes ago
comes from, you know, being a shorter person. In order for me to see good at shows
back in the day, like we talked about it... I mean, it was almost like a war zone back in the late '90s, early 2000s as far as how crowds worked. You had to battle for your spot, especially if you were at an extreme metal show, something like Slayer, Lamb of God. Yep, Jade mentioned Slipknot, Rage Against the Machine, back in the day with Korn. I mean, I don't know if it was just the era, but if you're a short person and you get stuck behind a, a tall person, try to shove your way in front of them! [laughs] You know? But again, if you're a tall person-[rock music] Like Peaches, I don't think you should be punished for being tall. I think you have just as much right to be up close as everybody else. And that's why, to me, moving around in the crowd and, you know, squeezing through people to a different spot seems normal to me 'cause it's just what you have to do as a shorter person if you wanna be able to see. And so, again, do it with respect. Don't shove people. But also, having your elbows up at your sides and squeezing through people is not shoving, okay? That's squeezing your way through. Shoving people i- is a motion that is basically starting a fight, as far as I'm concerned. So, please be respectful to each other tonight. But if somebody bumps into you,
like, don't raise a ruckus. It's just gonna happen. [laughs] You know, don't get into the middle of the crowd with a drink. It's gon' get spilled, 'kay? Stay at the back. [laughs] And be nice to crowdsurfers, 'kay? There's no pulling crowdsurfers down. There's no punching crowdsurfers. That is a perfectly acceptable thing to do at a concert. Getting in a mosh pit is perfectly acceptable.
Just, you know, every few minutes, l- look back. Keep an eye on your surroundings. Be situationally aware 'cause
once there's one crowdsurfer, there's gonna be a lot more. So you just gotta g- y- keep your head on a swivel. And if you see 'em coming, put your hands up and block your head, and then do your part to help carry them. It's the job of the crowd to keep crowdsurfers in the air safely, not hurt them. Okay? All right. Tall people, feel free to try to get up front. It's not your fault you're tall. It's your parents' fault. There's nothing wrong with it. If Peaches in, is in front of you, don't be a jerk to 'em. He can't help being tall. And if he moves, he's just gonna be in front of somebody else. It's your job to move to a different spot, 'kay? [rock music] Poppy and Scary Mask, we got them Halloweenish tracks at least twice every hour, thanks to our friends at Juicity Vapor with K-Bears Rockin' Halloween. Love this time of year. So much fun. And I gotta do some editing on some audio of a video [laughs] I just watched. Eh, meh, we, we don't need the audio. We'll just talk about it here. Um,
don't intentionally crash into a police car, all right? Don't intentionally crash into anybody. But if you intentionally pla- uh, crash into the police, you're gonna go to jail. Uh, and also, it's dangerous. I was watching a, a body cam video here of a cop. He was going up to, you know, just do a traffic stop. All of a sudden, somebody just smashes into his car from behind, sends his car flying into the car he had pulled over. Guy gets out. Cop's like, "W- what happened, dude? Are y- are you okay?" And the guy's like, "Man, I've been drinking
and I took some weed pills." And then the officer's like, "W- what? What are you talking... Like, sit down, 'kay? Stay there. I gotta go make sure this other driver's okay." And then the guy's like, "I need a new car." The cop's like, "Sit. Sit down." And the dude's like, you know, sits back down and cop checks on the other driver. He comes back and he's like, "So, so what happens?" And the guy's like, "I did it on purpose." [laughs] He's like, "You hit me on purpose?" And he's like, "Yeah, I did. I was bored and I don't like the police."
Coulda gotten multiple people killed. What an idiot. Um,
I got my next spot for The Advocates Injury Attorneys. [laughs] Jeez.
Ah, some people, man. Just the irrational, crazy behavior that... Doesn't it seem like it's increasing? I, I don't know. Is it just me and this... You know, because I do this show and I'm endlessly digging for crap to talk about, maybe I just see this stuff more? But... Yeah, if some idiot pulls something like that, give you whiplash, while you're just trying to avoid getting a ticket for, I don't know, speeding, I don't know how that would work. So you have a driver who was pulled over for a potential crime, but then they get injured. I would assume they can call The Advocates Injury Attorneys. I'll have to ask Ben about this. And, uh, it'll be a good question for Lieutenant Crane on Friday with Traffic School, powered by The Advocates, at 8:45 AM. So, yeah, tune in and join that show. It's a lot of fun. You can ask us questions. [laughs] Ugh. [rock music] Hey, no. No, I wasn't ready for that. Hold on. Hold on. There we go. Sorry. My bad. I thought I pushed stop. I'm multitasking. All right. [laughs] So, recently, my lady, Becca, and I drove to Washington to help my daughter move. And it was a good trip, but it was one of these trips where you're just going non-stop. Lots of driving. We didn't have a lot of time to do anything. So, when we were in Bellingham, you know, w- we had a, one day, basically, to hang out. 'Cause other than that, we were loading things up. It was just really a, a quick trip. So we went and got, you know, the matching Ozzy tattoos. May the Prince of Darkness rest in peace. But we didn't get to go to, like, the bay or anything. We didn't get to go down to the water. Maybe it was a good thing 'cause the sea lions are out and they're mad. Um...When I've been on the Oregon coast, I've been with people before who were like, "Sea lions, no big deal. Look at 'em, look at, they're like big kitties." No!
They're huge and they're mean. [piano music plays] The Bellingham Humane Society reminding people to keep their distance from sea lions. Take that, eh. I was, uh, in Newport, Oregon one time, we're walking on this dock and, uh, a sea lion jumped up out of the water onto the dock right in front of us. And I was like, "Ah!" Because this is a giant sea beast, all right? Well,
the people I was with were like, "Oh, it's nothing to worry about." I'm like, "The sea lion might rip you to pieces, okay?" So, they spotted a sea lion near a park in Bellingham and they're, like, making sure to let everybody know, you need to stay at least 100 feet away. Keep your pets away. Sea lions might appear cute and harmless,
but no. They can attack you and they also carry diseases that can easily be transmitted to humans and pets. If you're on the coast, you gotta watch out for sea beasts. Animals are fighting back.
D- you, if you weren't listening to this show earlier, there was a video of a cow
that was scratching itself with a stick. All right? Cows are starting to use tools. Orcas are attacking boats. Sea lions are gonna start messing up some people, okay? Jade got followed by a pack of coyotes a while back. You never know. Those are wild dogs, people. They'll rip you to pieces. Just like throughout these warnings, I know we're not close to the coast, but again, you might see a sea lion if you ever visit. And you're like, "Oh my God, look at him. He's barking and ar-ar," you know? Eh, till he rips your leg off. They're huge! They're monsters! Again, sea beasts. So anyway, um, maybe it's good we didn't make our way to the bay in Bellingham. Didn't have to worry about getting ripped apart [laughs] by a sea lion. [laughs] [energetic music plays] Well, I'm sure you've heard me complain about my truck. Um, not only the, just, never ending issues I have with the stupid brakes. I've just given up on that. I've just given up. I mean, they work, uh, th- good enough. I'm just gonna have to eventually sell it and get myself a car. But then I, I probably won't 'cause I know I always need it to drag some kinda crap around and things like that. Well, when the day comes that I can somehow get myself a car,
I'm gonna make sure not to buy a blue one or a black one, apparently.
Because those cars lose their value faster than any other. There we go. We're throwing out factoids, everybody, 'cause I'm multitasking and desperate for content. Yeah, blue cars, average depreciation, 27.11%. Average value lost, about $12,500. Blue cars, apparently you just don't wanna go for it, all right? So I'm just letting you know these things, trying to help you save money. Every cent helps in this day and age. Jeez. Went to buy some cheeseburgers recently at the grocery store. Holy crap! Okay, and then black cars, they depreciate by about 23.3%, so. Now, and black cars are one of the most common cars on the road. So I don't know what you people are doing. I don't know, I have a gray truck that's probably not that great either. Probably not gonna be able to sell it. Anyway. [laughs] Ah, I said anyway! Um,
just throwing out those factoids, try to save you a little bit of time and money. I'm gonna get back to my multitasking, and I swear I'll find something good to talk, uh, talk about to end the show, okay? I mean, this might be helpful. Maybe you're car shopping today. Don't buy a blue one or a black one.
[laughs] Uh, red cars also don't do too well. Silver. What, what are the best ones? What's the best color to get? Around here, probably white. Yeah. It, there's a million of them out there. People love a white vehicle, so if you wanna be able to sell it, th- I guess that's the way to go. Get yourself a boring white vehicle.
Is that why everybody's houses are painted so boring? They, they just sell better? That sucks. Paint your house something fun, okay? Please. We're about to enter the realm of gray. Six months of gray doom and gloom. Paint your se- your house red or something, brighten up the neighborhood. Get tired of seeing just the endless, just, gloom. Ugh! [energetic music plays] Thank you again for tuning in to the Victor Wilt Show. This program's a production of Riverbend Media Group. To contact the show or for more information, hit us up at riverbendmediagroup.com.