Matt Connarton Unleashed 5-26-23

0:47 Hey, everybody, welcome, here we go. It is that time again,

0:51 Matt Connerton unleashed and we are live from the studios of w m n

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1:07 and around the globe. You can go to my website Matt Connerton dot com

1:10 for all of your live streaming options, social media links, contact info,

1:12 show archives, etc. Etc. It is Friday, May twenty six,

1:19 twenty twenty three, as we move into Memorial Day weekend, which is you

1:25 know. Of course, I heard it referred to in that clip from the

1:27 History Channel, kind of an explainer of the if you heard it if you

1:32 were tuning in at the beginning, and explainer of the origins of Memorial Day

1:34 and how we came to commemorate the holiday. But I notice in there in

1:42 the clip it referred to it as the official start of the summer season.

1:45 But I thought it was the unofficial start of the summer season. I thought

1:48 it the official start of summer was the day that summer officially begins on the

1:53 calendar June something like June twenty first or something. But so I I would

2:00 not to nitpick, I would call it the unofficial start of the summer season.

2:04 But anyway, it matters not But but of course, more importantly,

2:08 a day that we a day that we honor those who have fought for the

2:13 country and uh and perished in doing so, and so it is very important.

2:17 And also so we played that, and we also played of course Molly

2:23 tried to Ruin My Life, a song from Angry Joe and the Holy Socks,

2:28 and Joe Williams from the band is going to be calling in, actually

2:31 skyping in, I should say, they are in the Great state of Texas.

2:35 It's too bad Texas. Mike isn't here with us today from the Great

2:37 state of Texas, and he sent us a bunch of great music. I'm

2:40 really looking forward to talking to talking to him. So that will be coming

2:45 up today at five pm. At around four thirty though, we have Eric

2:47 Pilcher's classic film review and the subject this week is Saving Private Ryan. Of

2:53 course, very appropriate film as we do, like I said, as we

2:58 move into a Memorial Day weekend, So busy show today and someone is on

3:04 the line. Hi, Welcome to Matt Connerton unleash. Who's this, heymouth?

3:07 It's a POLI policy from Retro Spectrum Radio with policy, How are you

3:14 good? I almost almost slipped into an impression there almost Oh um, I

3:21 who who told? Who said that that it's not the unofficial because it is

3:25 the unofficial The official day of summer is the first day of summer. Right.

3:30 That explainer that I played at the top of the show from the History

3:34 Channel, it's just like a three minute explainer of the origins of Memorial Day,

3:38 how it was established, referred to it as the official start of the

3:43 summer season, and I was just being nitpicky and I say, no,

3:46 it's the unofficial start of the summer season. It is the unofficial day,

3:50 right, So whatever college intern working over at the History Channel created that needs

3:55 to be smacked around. That's not that's not correct. Well, now,

4:00 Paul, I would never advocate for violence, but I do think whoever did

4:03 that, uh should be uh fired if they are, if they are in

4:09 fact working there, And I think they should be blacklisted, and uh I

4:13 think they should be docked and uh I think they should be uh never allowed

4:19 to uh even be seen in public. Again, No, they should be

4:25 demoted to like something lame on the History channel, like I don't dynasty or

4:29 something right, something like that. Yes, but yeah, same. They

4:32 must think they should necessarily lose their job, they should just like go to

4:35 you know, something like that. Well, yeah, well you did say

4:39 they should be smacked around. I'm just trying to avoid any smacking, not

4:44 physically. I don't believe, right, I don't believe in corporal punishment.

4:48 Of course, I have no children, as as you do not either,

4:51 so we've we've never been in the position where it's even come up. Really

4:56 but no, no, no, no smacking. This is a smack free

4:59 zone. No. A good talking too, yes, and a stern one

5:02 at that, right, a verbal smacking around like what are you thinking?

5:09 I would wag my finger? I would, I would wag my finger right

5:14 in that person's face. Yeah, oh doubt. Unofficial, it's the unofficial

5:20 day of summer. Yes, yes, agreed. Oh oh well, what

5:27 can you do? Go out? Not everyone's as conscientious as we are.

5:30 Policy. I'm a minute and a half away from seventy two hours off,

5:35 so ooh good for you? Are you excited? Very much? So?

5:41 Yes? Well you know why, you know what I'm excited most about,

5:46 right, I think I can guess. Well, it's the triumphant return of

5:50 our co host Mike Telopeda tonight on Retrospectrum Radio. But I'm most excited about.

5:56 Oh, very good. I didn't know that part. I assumed you

5:58 were going to say Retrospectrum Radio, but I did no. Mike Pelopido was

6:00 returning this evening. That is outstanding. It will be wonderful to see him.

6:05 Yes, he will be. I mean, unless, of course he

6:08 gets hit by a bus on the way in well um, but you know,

6:12 heaven forbid. But with Mike's luck these days, who know, I

6:15 know, I know, and Mike. Of course, we should remind everyone

6:17 one of our great sponsors here at W ninety five point three h He is

6:21 the proprietor of Queen City Cabinetry and the historic sun Me mall that's right,

6:27 Yeah, the one to Brett Plaza, which we'll see in at night at

6:30 a ACDC. Brian Johnson here's tonight, Yeah, of course, a intro

6:35 tonight doing a tribute to the late great Tina Turner. Yes, wonderful.

6:40 I look forward to that, Paul, and we'll see you this evening,

6:43 all right, all right, bye bye, all right. That was our

6:46 friend Police from retro Spectrum Radio with Police Friday nights from eight to eleven PM,

6:50 and Friday is my favorite day of the week here at WM and H.

6:54 It's my long day here here with you, uh four to six pm,

6:58 and then I'm back tonight to eleven p M is one of Police's co

7:00 hosts on that show, along with DJ Steve and our friend Mike from Queen

7:04 City Cabinetry who became also an official co host and then got injured and it's

7:11 just been a series of calamities, but we will see him this evening,

7:16 it sounds like, so that is wonderful. So retro Spectrum Radio tonight from

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7:49 give us a call at six three two five ZHO six zero seven. But

7:55 yes, if you're just joining us, we do have a busy show.

7:57 I'll plan for you today. Coming up a little bit just after four thirty,

8:00 we're going to do Eric Pilcher's classic film review and this week the subject

8:03 is the nineteen ninety eight film with Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, and I

8:09 think there's at least one or two other big names in it too, Saving

8:13 Private Ryan. So that's gonna be coming up. Eric thought that that would

8:18 be appropriate for the show going into Memorial Day. We won't be here Monday,

8:22 we're off Monday for the holiday, but we will be uh so,

8:26 what we're gonna do that today Eric's film review Saving Private Ryan, and then

8:30 coming up at five pm we'll be joined via skype by Joe Williams from the

8:33 band Angry Joe and the Holy Socks, and really looking forward to talking with

8:37 him as well. And our friend Ron is on the line. Hello,

8:41 Ron, Hey, Matt, just making chit chat. Looking forward to Paulish

8:45 show. And you answer my question that you will not be here on Monday,

8:50 Yes, but did you get a chance to glance at that magazine and

8:52 did you like it? I have perused it a little bit and I do

8:56 like it. Yeah, I haven't had a chance to really really read it

9:00 yet, but uh hopefully this weekend. There's some cool pictures in there too

9:05 that I've never seen, which is which is always good, very good.

9:07 Yeah. Yeah, so no, I appreciate it, Ron, and uh

9:11 and I enjoyed the donuts okay good. Yeah, yeah, that's a cache

9:16 the outline and I saw it and I was like, I bet you man

9:20 might like that, you know, I said, part of me sent in

9:22 he probably already knows all this, but I thought, what the heck?

9:26 Yeah, no, it's it's it's cool though, it's it's cool to read

9:28 some articles that I hadn't seen before, in pictures that I hadn't seen before.

9:31 So I appreciate it. Ron. All right, But before I let

9:35 you go, one last final question. Did you ever find out what those

9:39 whistleblowers did wrong? Yeah? That, guys, that gets a little complicated,

9:45 and I don't know. I know, I promised we'd get to it

9:46 this week, but I don't, you know, I've been really uh bogged

9:50 down with the debt limit talking about that a lot this week, so uh

9:54 so next week we will we might have to get into that next week.

9:58 But there's really two sort of concurrent big stories, one having to do with

10:03 the Durham Report and the other having to do with the the FBI whistleblower that

10:07 you were talking about, And um, yeah, it's it's a lot to

10:11 get into. So it's we got to do it on a day where we've

10:13 got where we've got a lot of time. It's it's been a very busy

10:16 week here on the program or a program, as I think they say on

10:20 the BBC the program program. Hey have a good day, have a good

10:24 night, and a good weekend. All right, thank you Ron, you

10:28 two my friend bye, all right, bye bye. All right. That

10:31 was our friend Ron. Always nice to hear from him. And that does

10:33 open up the line for you. Six Z three two five h six Z

10:37 seven six zo three two five H six Z seven. Let's go ahead and

10:41 say hello everybody in the Facebook live chat. Let's see Melanie Liberty from the

10:46 Great State of Vermont joins us and says, hey, guys, hello Melanie.

10:50 Paul see also in the chat room. We just heard from Paul on

10:54 the phone. Of course. Crystal from the great state of Illinois joins us,

10:56 Hello, Crystal, Uh, Melanie given Paul our time in the chat

11:01 room. That's funny. J Fed, also from the Great state of Vermont,

11:05 joins us. Rondo Ferverro from the Great state of California says, Hi

11:09 everyone. Melanie a skeptical about our friend Mike from Queen City Cabinetry. She

11:16 says, yeah, right, you guys are always slinging that BS Mike isn't

11:20 showing up tonight. I don't know. I believe it. I believe it.

11:24 I'll believe it until you know it gets to be showtime and he's not

11:28 here. No, I do believe it. I've I've got a good feeling

11:30 about this, got a good feeling. Let's see a couple other things too,

11:41 of course we have Oh if you missed yesterday's show, by the way,

11:43 please go back and check it out. We had a Kevin Horn on

11:50 the program. He's um a frequent guest at the Hopknot. They do live

11:56 music at our wonderful sponsor, the Hop Knot every Saturday night, and Kevin

12:01 is playing there in June. I forget the I think it was June twenty

12:03 fourth, is what Ali had said in the chat room. But yeah,

12:07 he plays there quite a bit, and he came in and played live for

12:09 us in studio yesterday and we had a great conversation too, fantastic. Really

12:13 loved getting to hear him live. So if you miss yesterday's show, please

12:18 check it out. He's really incredible. But they've got some other things going

12:22 on at the hop Knot that we want to mention as well. So tomorrow

12:28 tomorrow at the hop Knot, this is this is up on social media,

12:33 Kenny posted this Saturday, we're doing a Oh I hope Governor de Santis of

12:37 Florida is not in the state campaigning because if he runs into this, he'll

12:41 be very upset. Poor Governor de Santis. I mean, you know,

12:46 it'd be terrible to h you know, have to bother him after he had

12:50 that that little bit of a fiasco on Twitter spaces doing his announcement the other

12:56 night. Anyway, I digress, Okay, So tomorrow at the Hopknot they're

13:01 doing drag trivia to raise money for New Leaders Council New Hampshire. I'm not

13:07 familiar with that organization, but I'm I'll have to learn learn about them.

13:11 But it's for new Leaders Council New Hampshire. Uh says we'll have some raffles,

13:16 prizes and some drag numbers from Chee Chee, Marvel and glam Chowda.

13:24 And I believe, I believe I'm familiar with the individual who plays glam Chowda.

13:30 I believe he's been on the program um from a house of Marvel Entertainment.

13:35 Please call and reserve spots. Um. So that will be uh,

13:39 that will be happening tomorrow with hop Not and also tomorrow with top Not.

13:43 They have I'm not sure if it's it's Mike Barger or Mike Barger. I'm

13:46 not sure how to say it, but from tomorrow night from seven to nine

13:50 pm. So uh so the event the fundraiser, drag trivia fundraiser is in

13:54 the afternoon from one to three pm. And uh and then uh, Mike

14:00 Barger, I'm gonna go with Barger is playing tomorrow night from seven to nine

14:03 pm at the Hopknot. So they've got a couple of things going tomorrow.

14:07 And they've also got those delicious gourmet pretzels and that wonderful assortment of craft beer

14:13 and also too, I'll just mention what Paul's got going on tonight, what

14:16 he has planned, what we have planned for retro Spectrum Radio. I mean,

14:20 he's the one who actually does the planning. But this is what he

14:22 posted. He referenced it briefly on the call, but just to give a

14:26 little bit of a little bit more detail, this is from social media Paul

14:31 posted. Last year on retro Spectrum Radio, we presented an evening of ACDC

14:35 songs with lead singer Bond Scott, and tonight we'll be featuring a CDC with

14:39 lead singer Brian Johnson. He's the dude who took over for Bond when he

14:45 unexpectedly died in nineteen eighty Bond saying Highway to Hell. Brian sang back in

14:50 Black. But first, at eight pm, we'll start the show with a

14:54 tribute to the great Tina Turner. Do join us and by the way,

14:58 for that show. We love it when people join us in the Facebook live

15:03 chat. On Facebook, of course, well that is where you'd find a

15:05 Facebook live chat, right if you go to the retro Spectrum Radio Facebook page,

15:11 join us in the chat room during the show, but open a second

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15:18 audio uninterrupted. Paul mutes the Facebook feed so that way we don't get knocked

15:22 off of Facebook in the middle of the show while we're chatting with you guys

15:26 while the music's on. So so Paul mutes that. So chat with us

15:31 on Facebook, but stream the audio uninterrupted at WMNH Radio dot org. Let's

15:37 see, we have a few more people who have entered the chat room here.

15:41 I think I don't know how to say this, but we have a

15:46 friend in the Facebook live chat. I'm not going to butcher your name,

15:48 but we have a friend in the Facebook live chat who says greetings from Uganda

15:54 Libertarians. Well, hello to you and welcome. Also. Tom Blanchard joins

15:58 us in the Facebook live chat. Tom says, Hi, match, just

16:02 getting over cold Zilla feeling good now, Oh you had a cold. Well,

16:07 I'm glad you're feeling better. Jenny is in the chat room, of

16:11 course, and says shalom peeps. Scott Robinson joins us and says, have

16:14 a great Memorial Day weekend, my fellow O'Connor Tonight's yes, hello and happy

16:19 Memorial Day week unto you. Scott and Eric Street joins us in the Facebook

16:22 Live chat and says, oh, good band, good band. So sounds

16:26 like Eric is an ACDC fan. Very good, very good. Just a

16:30 few minutes, we're gonna get to Eric Pilch's classic film review for this week.

16:33 But I suppose here's what we've been talking about it all week, the

16:38 debt limit. This is what I'm seeing right now on USA Today at USAToday

16:45 dot com. Biden and McCarthy getting quote closer to debt ceiling deal before a

16:51 clock runs out. It says White House and Republican negotiators are getting closer to

16:56 a deal to raise the debt ceiling before next Thursday, six days from now,

17:03 according to a Democratic source familiar with talks, as President Joe Biden and

17:07 lawmakers prepare to leave Washington for the long Memorial Day weekend. Yeah, apparently

17:11 while they already left, so the House is adjourned. But apparently they need

17:18 to. They were told by McCarthy be ready to be on your way back

17:25 here on twenty four hours notice. In case a deal is reached, we're

17:27 gonna need to get the legislation written and then vote. There are still some

17:30 hurdles. Even once they reach a deal, there's still some other hurdles to

17:34 clear. Oh, Miriam Bannish joins us in the Facebook live chat and says,

17:37 Hi, they're happy Friday, Hello Miriam. And Biden apparently is going

17:42 to Camp David. But you know he can be I mean, when you're

17:47 the president, you can really work from anywhere. But he won't be far.

17:49 I mean he can you know, he can be brought back to the

17:52 White House in a matter of minutes really from Camp David. So it says

17:56 here are the two sides working into Thursday evening made progress on annual spending caps,

18:03 one of the main sticking points and negotiations. According to the source,

18:07 a potential compromise would cap annual discretionary spending for two years, less than the

18:14 six years of Republicans have sought, but essentially keeping spending levels flat for domestic

18:18 programs. The deal would raise the debt ceiling, which sets a limit on

18:22 how much the government can borrow, through the end of twenty twenty four.

18:29 In another concession to Republicans, a deal in the works would roll back ten

18:33 billion dollars of the eighty billion dollars in IRS funding approved in Biden's Inflation Reduction

18:40 Act last year that was designed to crack down on wealthy Americans and corporations that

18:44 evade taxes. A report from Reuters said Biden and How Speaker Kevin McCarthy were

18:51 seventy billion dollars apart on discretionary spending. In a slim down bill expected to

18:56 emerge that will detail top line number for years yearly spending. McCarthy has said

19:02 he wants to spend less in the next fiscal year than last year. The

19:06 White House declined to comment. Biden said in remarks Thursday, quote, they're

19:14 making progress. I've made clear time and again that defaulting on our national debt

19:18 is not an option unquote. Biden is racing to reach a deal with House

19:22 Republicans demanding budget spending cuts to get their support to raise the debt ceiling before

19:26 next Thursday, which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said is the earliest state for

19:32 a possible default. Thorny issues remain. Republicans say the White House and House

19:38 Republicans sounded more optimistic Thursday than earlier this week, when McCarthy said, sides

19:42 we're still far apart. White House Press Secretary Karyne Jehan Pierre said White House

19:47 negotiations have had productive discussions with Republicans and reiterated that the only path forward is

19:52 bipartisan legislation that gets support from lawmakers in both parties. Representative Patrick McHenry,

20:03 Republican of North Carolina, one of the top Republican negotiators, told reporters yesterday,

20:08 quote, the work that we're doing centers on a shorter and shorter array

20:12 of issues closer yes, is it more difficult, yes, unquote, describing

20:18 thorny issues that remain. In addition to spending cap stocks between the White House

20:23 and asked Republicans have centered on Republicans proposals for stricter work requirements for recipients of

20:29 food stamps and other welfare benefits, expedited permitting, permitting I should say,

20:34 for oil and gas projects, and rescinding COVID nineteen relief money. One of

20:38 the remaining holdups is finalizing an agreement on work requirements, which the White House

20:44 has resisted. This goes on for a bit. That's a pretty extensive article,

20:49 actually, But here's how I see things now. I think they may

21:02 or may not come to a deal. If they do come to a deal,

21:08 they've got to get They've got to get it through both the House and

21:12 the Senate. My prediction at this moment is this, It's not that I

21:21 think will default. I think they may very well get a deal. I

21:26 don't think they can get something that will pass both houses, and I do

21:30 think that next week Biden will announce because it will be down to the wire

21:37 because even if they even you know, even if they get to a deal,

21:40 before any votes even take place, they have to write their legislation,

21:42 which apparently isn't that hard. You write the legislation in this case according to

21:47 the deal that you made. And then there's the seventy two seventy two hour

21:52 rule that McCarthey said he will not budge on that for seventy two hours,

22:00 the legislation has to be available for everyone in the House of Representatives to read

22:03 it before voting, to read and analyze and so forth. And then they

22:11 have to get it through both houses. So you have to have a Republican

22:15 controlled House and a democratically controlled Senate all willing to vote on this. I'm

22:23 worried that you've got people on both sides who are not going to be happy

22:27 with some of the compromises made. You've got House Republicans who would some of

22:34 them, I mean the really crazy ones who would rather just default, But

22:37 you also have some who want deep, deep, draconian cuts or they won't

22:42 vote for this, so that might be tricky. And then in the Senate

22:47 you've got Democrats who apparently are furious with Biden. This is where it gets

22:51 complicated. They feel like Biden is caving and on too many things from what

22:55 they're hearing, what they're being told apparently, so they're getting frustrated and they

22:59 might end up noting for something that they think Biden compromised on too much.

23:04 So I think what ends up happening is this isn't going to work, and

23:07 for the first time in American history, the President is going to have to

23:11 invoke the fourteenth Amendment, and in doing so, then we're really an uncharted

23:15 territory. It may all work out, it may all work out. I'm

23:21 not optimistic that a deal is going to get done in time and legislation passed

23:27 in time to avert default. I am optimistic there are enough people now legal

23:37 scholars, constitutional scholars like Lawrence Tribe, for example, who seem pretty sure

23:45 that the fourteenth Amendment will work and that it will hold up in court.

23:48 So that's where I think it's going to end up. That's my prediction.

23:52 I hope I'm wrong, and I hope I get a deal. Now some

23:56 people, there are some particularly on the left, who say it would actually

24:02 be better if Biden doesn't give in on anything and just go ahead and invoke

24:06 the fourteenth Amendment. But those tend to be the people who are sure that

24:08 it's going to work. I'm worried about a constitutional crisis, which is what

24:14 happens when you have two different parts of the Constitution that are interpreted in ways

24:18 that put them as sort of diametrically opposed in terms of what they mean and

24:25 who can do what and who has the authority to do what? I should

24:27 say. You know, the Constitution says that, you know, the Congress

24:33 controls the wallet of the country, effectively the purse strings the treasury in terms

24:38 of spending money. But the Fourteenth Amendment provision is at four I think,

24:44 says that our debt shall not be questioned, which many interpret to mean that

24:51 the president does have you know, you have to pay the country's bills.

24:53 The president does have the authority to use the fourteenth Amendment to avert a default.

24:57 And my big worry. It isn't even so much about whether or not

25:02 it holds up in court, because I can see that going either way.

25:06 My my worry with the fourteenth Amendment is that Janet Yelling keeps saying that it's

25:11 not an option. So I'm worried. I'm worried Biden. Biden goes ahead

25:21 and takes that option and invokes the fourteenth Amendment, and then Janet Yellen,

25:26 Treasury Secretary, says, no, what are you doing. We can't do

25:30 this. I told you we can't do this, and then it just doesn't

25:33 happen, and then and then we end up defaulting. I don't know.

25:37 Again, We're we're very much an uncharted territory. So, in trying to

25:41 be an optimist, I say, I don't think there's going to be a

25:45 deal in time. I think we've reached a point in American politics where our

25:48 politics is so broken and so polarized that I don't think they're going to even

25:53 if they come up with a deal, I don't think they're going to come

25:56 up with something that enough people can agree on in both the House and the

26:00 Senate to get it through. That's so I'm pessimistic about that part. But

26:03 I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic about the use of the fourteenth Amendment. And

26:07 if the fourteenth Amendment is used and it holds up and it works, then

26:12 great, that's the end of the debt limit and we don't ever have to

26:15 do this again and life goes on as it should. But so that's because

26:26 I've no doubt that White House lawyers right now are trying to figure out and

26:32 trying to map that out exactly what that's going to look like if that option

26:36 needs to be used. The other thing that I would say, though,

26:38 is again, and I've said this many times on the show, and I'm

26:42 gonna try to be brief because i want to get to Eric's film review.

26:45 I don't want to run behind. But I've been saying all week, you

26:48 know, or for weeks now, actually more than just this week. I've

26:52 been saying, in principle, Biden's original stated position was correct in principle that

26:57 there should be a clean debt limit raise, and you deal with the budget

27:02 when it's time to vote on a budget and in appropriations, that's where you

27:06 deal with it. You should not tie that to the debt limit. Trump

27:08 was right on that too, when he was president. He's done a one

27:11 eighty. Now now Trump's pro default apparently, which is insane, But he

27:15 used to be on the correct side of that issue. And I think what

27:18 Biden said was correct in principle, but in practice it just doesn't work.

27:23 And I hope that I hope this doesn't get held up if they find if

27:30 they come to a deal and they get the legislation written up and it passes

27:33 the House, I hope it doesn't then get stuck in the Senate because you

27:37 have too many Democrats who are mad about Biden caving on too many things and

27:41 caving in on too many things, because that's how they're going to look at

27:45 it. And the Democrats who look at it that way are the same ones

27:48 who are right now saying, just invoke the fourteenth Amendment, you have the

27:51 authority. It will work. I'm worried that those Democrats are so sure that

27:56 they're right, because I don't know if they're right. It hasn't been tested,

28:00 it's never been tested. But I'm worried that those Democrats are so certain

28:04 that it's that it will work, that they're going to vote against this bill.

28:08 They're going to be the ones ultimately torpedo in it because they think Biden

28:11 gave away too much, and to them and to President Biden, I would

28:15 say this, I would say this, I have an analogy for you.

28:19 I understand some of those cuts are a bitter pill to swallow that the Republicans

28:23 want, and I understand that even some conservative minded economists have said that the

28:27 original House bill that the Republicans passed to raise the debt ceiling, those cuts

28:32 were so deep and so drastic and so draconian. Even some conservative minded economists

28:37 have said, well, that's too much. You're actually going to damage the

28:40 economy if you do this. This is austerity on steroids. Come on,

28:44 now, we all know, of course, when negotiating, you start with

28:47 a lot more than you think you're actually going to get, and you work

28:48 toward a compromise. Right, we all understand that. But what I hope

28:56 these Democrats understand is the Republicans hold all the cards. Take the fourteenth Amendment

29:00 off the table for a minute. Pretend there is no fourteenth Amendment, and

29:03 so you've got two options. You either get something past or you default,

29:07 and that's it. There's no other options. Right, Republicans hold all the

29:11 cards because they're in a nose. It's a no lose proposition for Republicans in

29:18 the House. If they get some of what they want, they can crow

29:21 about that they lowered spending and that's going to look great in all of their

29:25 campaign ads and whatnot. If they don't get what they want and we default,

29:30 that's also going to be good for Republicans because in the United States of

29:36 America, while the economy is very complicated, people don't like to think of

29:41 the economy as complicated, and they just blame whoever the president is at the

29:45 time that anything goes wrong economically, or they credit whoever the president is if

29:49 the economy's going well, depending on their own ideology. Of course, if

29:55 the economy is going well but you but you don't like the guy in office,

30:00 then you don't say anything. And the inverse is also true. But

30:03 people a perfect example, nineteen ninety two, George H. W. Bush

30:10 sent our troops into kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, ended up with a

30:14 ninety percent approval rating because that operation was so successful, ninety percent, the

30:18 highest ever recorded approval rating in history for any president of the United States hasn't

30:23 been beaten since everybody thought he's unbeatable, he'll easily win a second term.

30:30 Next thing, you know, economy falls off a cliff, we go into

30:33 a pretty bad recession, and Bill Clinton is being elected president, beating the

30:40 guy who everyone thought was unbeatable because of the First Gulf War, because of

30:42 how well it went so and there are a lot of arguments that could be

30:48 made that, you know, what happened to the economy had nothing to do

30:52 with the policies of the George H. W. Bush administration, but the

30:56 buck stopped with him, so he ended up for it. So Republicans know

31:02 the country because they liked everybody thinks about the economy in such a partisan,

31:07 ideological and hyper simplified way. You know, swing voters will say, you

31:12 know, I mean, Republicans will blame Biden. Democrats in large measure will

31:17 not, but swing voters will. And that's it. If if we go

31:23 into default and we destroy the global economy, it will be terrible, but

31:29 they know at least they'll get the White House back in twenty four. That's

31:32 one way Trump is guaranteed a victory in twenty four is if the economy crashes

31:36 under Biden because of a default. So Republicans hold all the cards. If

31:41 you were in a car going at a very fast speed and you're driving along

31:47 and you're coming toward a cliff, and all of a sudden you realize you

31:49 don't have control of the car anymore because the brakes go out. As you're

31:52 going toward that cliff, you see a tree. You see a large tree.

31:59 You've got two choice, says, you have no breaks and you're going

32:00 at a fast rate of speed and it's too late to turn around. You

32:04 either go over that cliff or you drive into that big tree that you know

32:08 is going to stop you, but you're going at a very high rate of

32:10 speed. Driving into that tree might kill you. You better hope that that

32:15 airbag deploys. If the airbag deploys, you'd probably be okay. Otherwise you're

32:21 screwed. But if you go over the cliff, you're definitely dead. What

32:25 I would say to Democrats is this, understand you're either going to go over

32:31 that cliff or you're going to drive into that tree. Aim for the tree.

32:37 It sucks, I know, I get it. Aim for the tree.

32:40 These are your choices because the other side doesn't care. Ultimately, they're

32:45 gonna win either way, aim for the tree if that's all you can do.

32:54 And on that happy note, Jenny said in the chat, him,

33:00 and where is Biden headed to Delaware to enjoy the holiday? His ass isn't

33:04 worried about not having the money for rent food? Friggin meds Um No,

33:09 I think he is worried because he knows he's going to get blamed. Uh

33:13 if if we go into default, um, I will say, I mean

33:17 it's it's Uh. He can be back in Washington. You know that the

33:21 negotiating Biden isn't negotiating. The negotiators are negotiating. You know, Kevin McCarthy

33:24 isn't negotiating. The negotiators are negotiating. Um. I don't think the optics

33:30 of it are good though, to your point, Jenny, I don't think

33:31 the optics of it are good. I think he should just stay in Washington,

33:35 but he won't be going far. I mean he can be from he

33:37 can go from Camp David back to the White House. And like I said

33:42 minutes, um, it's a it's a it's a short trip, but the

33:45 optics are bad. He should stay home just like Uh, by home,

33:49 I mean the White House. I don't mean Delaware. Uh and uh.

33:53 I don't think the House should have adjourned for the weekend either that that also

33:58 looks bad anyway, exciting times, I don't think. I let me just

34:07 leave the subject this way for now. I am optimistic that it's going to

34:12 be okay because I do think the fourteenth Amendment will work just based on everything

34:15 that I've read, or at least it'll work temporarily, and while the fourteenth

34:20 Amendment is in place, before it gets knocked down in court, hopefully then

34:23 some sort of a deal is made to raise the debt ceiling and in the

34:30 interim before the fourteenth Amendment gets struck down. So I think it'll be okay

34:35 that way. But I think that's that's my prediction for how this goes.

34:39 There, you go, all right, let's get to it. This is

34:42 a very popular segment on the show. This is Eric's Eric Pilcher's classic film

34:45 review again. This week he has chosen the film Saving Private Ryan for a

34:52 Memorial Day as we go into Memorial Day weekend, and then when we come

34:54 back in the second hour, we're gonna have Joe Williams from an Greg Joe

35:00 and the Holy Socks joining us. A skyping in all the way from Texas,

35:02 and I really love love the music that they're doing, so I look

35:07 forward to talking to him all right here It is Eric Pilcher's classic film review

35:10 of Saving Private Ryan by employee no doubt. By now you have received a

35:15 pullet from me and missus Jenson Fun. Time to get yourself. No words

35:17 of mine can ever relief the creut that you are thinking about the post men.

35:21 He was a fine soldier and he believed very strongly. But it's no

35:23 secret anymore that we were involved in one of the most important operations. That

35:28 this whole hell was the one I held us all together. It was always

35:30 the first polite period. I was clearing near a road over four dollars.

35:35 Your husband served with a combat and whose dangerous duty is to place itself between

35:39 chaddish boats, the loss of Queen and others like him. Ms. I

35:45 don't understand your desire, but very much talk about no God in the ten

36:36 Colonel, I got some think you should know about. Yes, these two

36:40 men that I want to do this one Oma Beach Sean Ryan. This man

36:47 at Utah, Peter Ryan. This man was killed last week in New Guinea.

37:00 Daniel right, the three ment of brothers. Sarah, I've just learned

37:05 that this afternoon their mother's going to be getting all three telegrams. That's not

37:12 all. There's a fourth brother, the youngest. He parachuted in with one

37:15 hundred and first airborn night before the invasion. He's somewhere in Normandy. We

37:17 don't know where. Is he alive? We don't know Come with mail,

38:57 damn it. All four of them were in the same company in the twenty

39:00 ninth division, but we split them up after the Sullivan brothers died. On

39:02 the journal contact with the fourth son, James, I'm sorry. He was

39:07 dropped about fifteen miles inland near Newville, but that's still deep behind your and

39:10 hell and act. There is no way you can know where in the hell

39:14 he was dropped. General first reports at ice, people at Shape said one

39:17 hundred and first scattered all to hell and gone. There's misdrops all over Normandy.

39:22 Assuming Private Ryan even survived the jump, he could be anywhere. In

39:24 fact, he's probably Kia and frankly, Sir we go sending some sort of

39:29 rescue mission flat heading throughout swarms of German reinforcements all along our access in advance

39:34 that they're going to be Kia two. That heart wrenching tragic scene you just

39:58 heard was and is a reality of war. Mothers and fathers lose sons.

40:06 Sons and daughters lose fathers in families lose loved ones, all to defend our

40:13 freedoms that we should hold in the highest regard. This week's film encapsulates that

40:19 tragedy in what seven men endured to save just one so a family would have

40:25 one remaining son. Released in nineteen ninety eight, directed by film maestro Steven

40:32 Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan tells the tale of Captain John Miller played by Tom

40:38 Hanks, a man tasked with leading the aforementioned six men on a mission during

40:44 World War Two to retrieve Private James Ryan played by Matt Damon from behind enemy

40:51 lines so he may be returned home following the death of his three brothers in

40:55 the same war. Our next two clips show what Captain Miller is up against.

41:00 After getting their orders, Miller's group is against the mission. They do

41:06 not understand what is so important about risking their lives for one soldier. That

41:10 is, when Captain Miller explains how gripes work in the military and then Captain

41:16 Miller explains why this mission is important. It is because of the detachment he

41:22 feels from the person he was at home, and in order to get rid

41:28 of that detachment, he has to return home to his family. Do you

41:32 want to explain the methodist to me? I mean, where's the sense of

41:36 risking the lives of the aid of us to save one guy? Anybody want

41:39 to answer that? Right? So he's about the flow fast the mother?

41:45 Hey, doc, I got a mother, all right? I mean you

41:46 got a mother's side, He's got a mother. I bet even the Captain's

41:50 got a mother. Well maybe not the captain, but the rest of us

41:53 got mothers. There's not the reason why there's but to do and die?

41:59 No, no, because that's supposed to in corporate hun We're ill supposed to

42:01 die, is at it? I'm first talking about our duty as soldiers,

42:05 Yes, sir, we don't have orders or we have to following. That

42:07 supersedes everything, including your mother's yes, sir, thanks sir. Even if

42:12 you think the missions foodbu sir, Especially if the thinking missions foodbar? What's

42:15 foodbull? Oh it's German? Yeah, never heard of that, sir.

42:22 I have an opinion on this matter by all meaning shared with a squad.

42:28 Well from my way, thank you, sir. This entire mission is a

42:30 serious misallocation of valuable military resources. I go on, Well, it seems

42:37 to me, sir, the guy gave me a special gift, made me

42:38 find instrument of warfare. Riv and pay attention. Now, this is the

42:43 way to gride. Continue Jackson's Well, what I mean by that, serge?

42:46 He used to put me in the serious sniper rifle anywhere up to and

42:50 including one mile Adolf Hitler with a clear line of sight, Sir, backing

42:53 backs, Fella's war is over. Amen, that's brilliant, bumpkin. It's

42:58 the captain. What about you? And you don't grip at all? I

43:00 don't grab to you arriving. I'm a captain, he's a chain of command.

43:04 The gripes go up, not down, always up. You grab to

43:07 me, I grabed him my superior officer, or so on, so on,

43:09 so on. I don't grip to you. I don't grap in front

43:12 of you. You should know that it arrangers. I'm sorry, sir,

43:15 but let's say you are on a captain, or maybe I was a major.

43:17 What would you say that? Well, in that case, I say,

43:22 this is an excellent mission, sir, with an extremely valuable objective,

43:24 Sir, worthy of my best efforts, sir. And moreover, I feel

43:30 heartfelt sorrow for the mother of Private James Ryan, and I'm willing to lay

43:34 down my life and the lives of my men, especially you arriving to these

43:37 are suffering. He's good. I love them. And now Captain Miller gets

43:45 personal. Wait to pull on me up to right now? What's it up

43:50 to? Wait? Wait? Is it to three hundred dollars? I'm a

43:53 school teacher. I teach English composition this little town called Adlete, Pennsylvania.

44:02 Last eleven years, I've been at Thomas Alva Edison High School as a coach

44:09 to the baseball team in springtime down back home, and I tell people what

44:15 I do for a living. They think, well, now that figures.

44:22 But over here it's a big, big mystery. So I guess I've changed.

44:31 So sometimes I wonder if I've changed so much my wife is even going

44:38 to recognize me whenever it is I get back to her, and how I'll

44:44 ever be able to to tell her about days like today? Uh? Ryan,

44:54 I don't know anything about Ryan. I don't care and man means nothing

44:59 to me. It's just a name. But you know, if going to

45:04 room now and finding him so he can go homes that earns me the right

45:07 to get back to my wife, woman, then that's my mission. I'm

45:14 gonna leave. I'm gonna go often fight the war, all right, all

45:23 right, I want to stop you. I'll even put in the paperwork.

45:30 And it's not that every man I kill the farther away from home. I

45:31 feel there are very many aspects that make soldiers that have served or currently serving

45:39 the epitome of heroes, and those that have made the ultimate sacrifice they supersede

45:47 hero status. One of those aspects is a sense of duty. We have

45:53 heard this throughout our clips thus far. In our next one it is even

45:58 more evident. Upon locating Private Ryan, Miller tries to get him to abandon

46:02 his post despite learning his brothers are dead. Despite the low success rate of

46:08 maintaining the post, he refuses to leave because his orders tell him he must

46:15 stay. This scene concludes with a powerful speech by Commander my Corvath that sets

46:23 the stage for the climactic final battle in this film, Your brothers were killed

46:30 in combat, which which one all hullo. Yeah, I'm afraid Soil might

47:00 want to take some time with us. There's some place you want to go.

47:01 And what's this all about? Ryan lost his brothers, which one all

47:15 of them? M He came on the way out of here to tell me

47:25 that you're you're going home. Our orders are going to bring you back,

47:37 bring me back, Corporal Henderson. Don't mean they can even be more shorthanded.

47:44 But orders, Your orders say any communication and when you're gonna be believed

47:47 up here, So there's no way to tell. I mean, we have

47:49 no idea what's happening in South time. I have my orders too, sir.

47:52 They don't include me abandoning my post. I understand that, but this

47:54 changes things. I don't see that it does, sir. The chief of

48:00 staff for the United States Army, he says it does, sir. Our

48:02 orders are to hold this bridge at all costs our planes in the eighty second

48:07 of taking out different bridge across the murder at with the exception of two one

48:09 of alone, and this one here we let the Germans take it where it

48:12 was our foothold and have to displace your rightful wants to stay. That's one

48:15 thing your party's over sure, I can't leave until at least reinforcements. You

48:20 got three minutes to gather your gear, sir? What about them? I

48:22 mean, there's barely hard to Two of our guys already died trying to find

48:28 you. All right, Sorry, that's right? What were their names?

48:40 Are? One? Wade and Andrean Composo? Wait and Composo doesn't make any

49:00 sense. It doesn't make any senser. Why why why do I deserve to

49:07 go? Why not any of these guys? They all fought just as hard

49:09 as me? Is that what they're supposed to tell your mother when they send

49:17 her another folded American flying Tell her that when you found me, I was

49:29 here, and I was with the only brothers that I have left, and

49:31 there's no way I was going to deserve them. I think she'll understand that

49:37 there's no way I'm leaving this pitch. And now the commander's speech on why

49:57 they must save private right and stay on the bridge, what he orders actually

50:09 here across some strange boundary here the world has taken a tury for this serial,

50:15 clearly, but the question still stands, I don't know what do you

50:21 think? You don't want to know what I think? No, Mike,

50:27 I do well. Part of me thanks the kids, right, what's he

50:32 done? Do deserve this? He wants to stay here, Fine, let's

50:36 leave them and go home. Yeah, But another part of me thanks.

50:43 What if, by some miracle we stay and actually make it out of here.

50:47 Someday we might look back on this and decide that saving Private Ryan was

50:53 the one decent thing we were able to pull out of this hole. Got

50:58 awful mess, That's what I was thinking, sir. Like you said,

51:05 Kevin, we do that. We all earned the right to go home.

51:15 Brother. This film has been heralded since its release. Veterans of World War

51:21 Two have said it's the most realistic depiction of the battles that were fought.

51:27 This includes the twenty five minute opening battle scene on the beaches of Normandy.

51:31 Spielberg, in making this film, sought consultation from known World War Two writer

51:38 Stephen Ambrose, whose work was eventually adapted into the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

51:47 Its reception was also of note. It was the second highest grossing film

51:52 of nineteen ninety eight, earning four hundred and eighty one point eight million dollars.

51:58 It was the highest gross video rental of all time. It garnered five

52:02 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Hanks, and Best

52:08 Director for Spielberg. It won three, including Best Director. The fact that

52:15 it did not win Best Picture, Shakespeare in Love took home the award that

52:19 year is considered one of the greatest upsets in the history of the Academy Awards.

52:24 This is not just a simple war movie, or even a great war

52:29 movie. It is one of the greatest films ever made of any genre bar

52:36 none. It's realism, performances in everlasting legacy make it a film that truly

52:42 shows us what Memorial Day is for remembering those that made the greatest sacrifice for

52:49 every citizen of this great country. This film is the epitome of showing us

52:55 that it must be seen by everyone at any time. I hope you join

53:01 me next week when we will look at the classic Jamestein performance Rebel without a

53:07 Cause to close and honor those this weekend that made that ultimate sacrifice so we

53:15 all may sleep comfortably in freedom and have the rights we cherish. I feel

53:22 it appropriate to share the words that truly speak on the sacrifice these brave men

53:28 and women made and continue to make spoken by then President Ronald Reagan in nineteen

53:34 eighty five for WMNH and Matt Connerton Unleashed. This has been a classic film

53:38 review with Eric Pilcher. Sometime back, I received in the name of our

53:47 country the bodies of four marines would died while on active duty. I said

53:52 then, but there is a special centers to the companies that different servicemen for

53:59 We're never quite good enough to them. Not really, we can't be,

54:06 because what they gave us is beyond our powers to repay. The soul in

54:10 a service man dies. It's a tear in the fabric, a break in

54:15 the hold. All we can do is remember it is, in a way

54:20 an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country, in

54:23 defense of us in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We

54:30 see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as

54:34 something like the founding fathers, grave and gray haired. But most of them

54:37 were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives, the one

54:43 they were living and the one they would have lived when they died. They

54:46 gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up

54:51 their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country,

54:59 for us. We hold them my depth. We can never repay what

55:02 we can do. I remember them what they did and why they had to

55:07 be brave for Rush. I should stand dealing with the everyone's in. I

55:55 should stand everyone's ela. It's a contata, a sweep. I can't even

56:15 be try try so. Then I want what I can't get. So I

56:47 really like stream to the sting intil let's get heart dream. Can I try

57:07 fake, try to try so? The war can't so, and I tread

57:51 faking, try to try so, then war I can't. What a great

58:45 track that is so far from Angry Joe and the Holy Socks. And we're

58:50 gonna talk to Joe in just a moment. Actually we have him on skype

58:52 as we cross in the our number two you marrowed use of Matt Connerton unleashed

58:58 and Hi Joe near me? Yeah, yeah, can you hear me?

59:02 Yes? Yes, welcome you are all the way and where in Texas are

59:07 you? I'm in the little small town of Houston. Houston, I've heard

59:13 of it. Now. Is it true, by the way, that there's

59:15 no zoning in Houston, so you have like you might have a house right

59:22 next to a shopping mall and uh, and then there's nothing else around it,

59:27 Like the nearest gas station is ten miles away. Because things aren't zoned.

59:30 Everything is just kind of everywhere in Houston. Is that true? You

59:35 may see the little pockets of that, but I don't think that's very very

59:38 common. Okay, all right, I've just I've heard that about Houston,

59:42 and I was like, oh, that's odd. All right, well,

59:45 very good. Hey, crazy happens in Houston. What's that? A lot

59:51 of crazy stuff happens in Houston. Really Okay. I can't speak for most

59:54 of it, no, I understand. Yeah, so we just heard so

1:00:00 far. And I played at the top of the show today too, I

1:00:04 played, uh, Molly tried to Ruin My Life a great track, and

1:00:07 uh, I really love everything that you sent us, Joe, and you've

1:00:12 got a great sound. It's very accessible, very uh, you know,

1:00:15 really catchy stuff. Um. I really love what you're doing. And um,

1:00:22 but of course it's not just you. You're you're actually a duo,

1:00:24 right, Uh, Angry Joe and the Holy Socks. Yeah, the brains

1:00:30 of the operation Charlie Wan she couldn't be here today. I'm having to do

1:00:35 this solo. But yeah, we're very much a team. You know.

1:00:40 It's me and Charlie doing all the right And now when you play live,

1:00:45 is it because I noticed one of the things that she does is she plays

1:00:47 drums. So obviously, and I'm sure you've heard this a thousand times,

1:00:52 so I don't mean to be cliche, but you know, there's there's the

1:00:54 obvious white stripes, uh comparison. Yeah, I mean, is that what

1:01:00 it's like live? Are you there with the guitar, she's there on the

1:01:02 drums. Um. It depends on the setting. Yeah. Sometimes, well

1:01:08 we'll get other musicians that are good friends that we know to fill in the

1:01:15 whatever. You know. Sometimes Charlie will get up on the viola or the

1:01:19 violin and uh yeah, we'll just play acoustic that way as well. Sometimes

1:01:23 so oh okay, yeah, well we can try to cover all the bases.

1:01:29 Yeah. Yeah, Now in Houston, you know, because obviously in

1:01:31 Texas people kind of have, um, you know, the stereotypical idea that

1:01:37 it's you know, a lot of country music, and obviously there is a

1:01:38 lot of country There are no doubt, but we've had some some really good

1:01:43 rock bands on the show. Um, and uh, what you're doing is

1:01:46 very I mean, is there a lot of music around in that area that

1:01:50 sounds like what you're doing because it's very you know, it's rock, but

1:01:53 again it's very very catchy, very very radio friendly. Like I said that,

1:02:00 that first song that the Molly tried to ruin My Life is so the

1:02:04 first time I listened to it, I swear I had it just kind of

1:02:07 stuck in my head for a couple of hours. Is there other music in

1:02:10 that area or there are other artists in that area that sound like what you're

1:02:14 doing, or do you kind of stand out? There may be a few.

1:02:19 Um, I usually reach out to my buddy in Austin if I want

1:02:23 someone similarly with us. Yeah, we would get like my friend Jordan Barney

1:02:30 and see who he's playing with these days. And but there there's a couple

1:02:35 of people I would reach out to in Houston for sure, for like a

1:02:38 similar lineup show. You know, there's a couple out there I think that

1:02:43 are kind of in the vein of what we're doing. Okay, okay,

1:02:49 Um, can you tell me a little bit about influences because I there's a

1:02:52 certain name, especially on that song. So far, there's a certain band

1:02:57 that comes to mind when I listen to that song, but I don't want

1:03:00 to say who it is because I'm curious if you talk about influences, if

1:03:05 it'll if if the name will come up, and then I'll tell you the

1:03:07 name that I was thinking about. Can you tell me about some of your

1:03:10 influences and some of Charlie's influences too. Not to speak for her, but

1:03:15 you know, I'm sure you could speak to that. Oh yeah, well,

1:03:20 um, most of the crunk phase for Charlie, you know, Little

1:03:24 John and but no, seriously, she's classically trained musician. You know,

1:03:32 plays every every instrument, been playing since she could walk. So um,

1:03:37 yeah, you know she's she's very well versed. Um. I was kind

1:03:42 of more of a wild person listening to Stone Temple Pilots and and partying and

1:03:47 uh you know, but I you know, I've been listening to a lot

1:03:52 of George Harrison and Jeff Lynne lately. Yeah, you know, I love

1:03:58 the Beatles and uh yeah, you know, just pretty much anything that's the

1:04:05 Counting Crows. I'll find myself listening to them quite a bit. Yeah,

1:04:11 yeah, I can hear some of that. I was actually thinking the Smith

1:04:14 Reens. I don't know if you're a Smith Reens fan. Oh yeah,

1:04:17 yeah, oh yeah, okay, yeah yeah yeah so far specifically, really

1:04:23 I think has a cool smith Reens vibe. But um, yeah, So

1:04:28 now do you play out a lot? Do you and Charlie play a lot

1:04:30 of shows? Um? Since the whole COVID deal. No, but we're

1:04:36 we're starting to get geared up to get back out there. We're we're about

1:04:42 halfway through with our second full length Elpe and uh yeah, we're looking We've

1:04:49 got some things in mind. We're gonna start hitting some stages. Excellent,

1:04:54 excellent. Um. By the way, when you so when you record who

1:04:58 who was on the on the studio tracks, is it just the two of

1:05:00 you or do you have other musicians who participate? We do it all.

1:05:06 That's what I thought. We split, try and split the duties in half.

1:05:12 Yeah, you know, Charlie does all the drumming and then sometimes she'll

1:05:17 do the basslines, sometimes I will. I'll do most of the guitar work,

1:05:21 and we'll share singing duties as well. So yeah, and it's just

1:05:30 it's just awesome working with her because we're kind of from two different styles,

1:05:38 but when we get together, it just works out and we just love you

1:05:42 know, writing together at the end of the day. So yeah, it's

1:05:45 a you know, favorite thing. Well that's pretty cool too that you can

1:05:49 do something that you know, the songs they sound like a full band,

1:05:54 but to be able to go into the studio and be able to cover everything

1:05:58 with just the two of you, I mean, that's that's kind of a

1:06:01 uh seems like a great way, a very convenient and sort of streamlined way

1:06:05 to record, right because when you when you have an actual full band for

1:06:10 four people or five people or whatever, even three people, you know,

1:06:13 you've got a you know, it's just more too uh schedules to work around

1:06:16 and everything all that goes into it. So so that's great that you're able

1:06:19 to do it all just the two of you and and play multiple instruments and

1:06:23 the whole deal. Um, that's uh, that's awesome. Um do you

1:06:27 go to uh is there a studio in the area that you go to or

1:06:30 do you do is that is that all d I Y? Or what's your

1:06:32 recording process? Like? Um, well, we started out working with the

1:06:39 producer named Justin Rose up in Buffalo, New York. Oh. Um,

1:06:44 and uh, he did the first self titled EP, and he did Kicking

1:06:49 Rocks the the LP. But this most recent one, we've been going to

1:06:55 Austin, Texas to a studio called hen House, and we've had a great

1:07:01 music musician and friend of mine, Jordan Barney, has been producing it.

1:07:06 So okay, oh, very good, very good. Um. So I

1:07:11 have to ask you an obvious question. Where does the name Angry Joe come

1:07:14 from? I gotta tell you, you don't seem like an angry guy,

1:07:16 but I don't know what. I don't know what lurks beneath where? So

1:07:21 where does that? Where does that come from? I could see how one

1:07:26 could assume from some of the lyrics or main themes of the songs that it

1:07:31 could be that way. Yeah, but no, I'm trying to be as

1:07:34 laid back as possible. Yeah, especially like Charlie's probably the nicest person anyone's

1:07:41 ever met. Yeah I'm not just saying that, but actually just a friend

1:07:46 of mine UM told me, if you ever start your own band, you

1:07:50 should call it Angry Joe and the Holy Socks Is I think I was like

1:07:56 ranting at her for some reason coming across. She was like, you know

1:08:00 what, and and she's kind of a my friend, Heather, she's a

1:08:03 little out there. So but I remember that I said Angry Joe and the

1:08:09 Holy Socks. Huh, And so I did that I use that name.

1:08:15 Yeah, No, that's that's uh, that's cool. Um and uh yeah,

1:08:20 And and Charlie liked it right away. Yeah, you know, most

1:08:25 people seem to like the name. I get a lot of positive feedback on

1:08:29 it. So yeah, I thought it was a little ridiculous starting out,

1:08:33 especially how holy is spelt like as it would be like like your socks are

1:08:39 biblical or something like that, right right, Well, you know what's cool

1:08:44 too, is obviously and unfortunately not everyone realizes this and then they end up

1:08:47 regretting it. The ones who don't realize this is that it's always really good,

1:08:50 a good idea to pick a name that you're reasonably sure nobody else is

1:08:54 going to have, because you know, there's there's many a horror story have

1:09:00 somebody not you know, just even just going on Spotify. You know,

1:09:03 they have an idea for a name, and they don't even go on Spotify

1:09:05 and do a basic search and then they and then they're shocked when uh,

1:09:10 you know, there's ten other bands with that same name. So no,

1:09:14 so I think, uh, I think that makes sense stones man. Yeah

1:09:19 yeah, I mean all the you know, all the obvious names have already

1:09:23 been you know, no matter how cool they may be, they've already already

1:09:26 been taken. So no, I think it's a good name and it you

1:09:29 know, it sticks with you. It's uh, it's definitely uh, definitely

1:09:32 memorable. Now, do you have any kind of any so you said you're

1:09:34 you're in the middle now of recording your your next stuff full length. Yeah,

1:09:41 we're we're halfway done, and we're actually about to release the first single

1:09:45 here about a week from probably a week from today. Oh really yeah,

1:09:49 okay, Yeah, I got the artwork back and for the album cover and

1:09:58 the first round of songs or polishing up, and we're ready to do it

1:10:03 all over again and get some more music out there, because it's been a

1:10:08 little over a year since we released Kicking Rocks, and you know, I

1:10:15 gotta keep pumping the music out. You know, the four tracks that you

1:10:18 sent us, are those all from Kicking Rocks? Um? One of them

1:10:24 was off of the LP or though the ep um left over? Oh gotcha?

1:10:30 Yeah, yeah, yeah, um yeah, I was gonna play that

1:10:31 one at the end of the segment. Actually, I really I like that

1:10:35 track a lot. Um and uh yeah hopefully yeah, when you've got the

1:10:39 when you've got the new single ready, I hope you'll I hope you'll email

1:10:42 that to us and we'll definitely, uh play it. We'll do it.

1:10:45 We'll do a world radio premiere for you here on the show. So I

1:10:47 really like what you're doing. You've got a really cool sound. And um,

1:10:50 is the uh the new album? Is that going to be kind of

1:10:54 in the same vein of what you're doing or any any surprises? Um,

1:11:00 you know it. It might be a little heavier, yeah in the previous

1:11:04 one, is I say heavier? Maybe more a faster hard rocks songs,

1:11:12 sure, kind of that you're not hearing much of anymore, and then a

1:11:15 good mix. We've got a ballad or two on there as well, so

1:11:20 it's kind of a it's gonna be a good one, you know. I'm

1:11:24 looking forward to the release. Very nice, very nice. Well, we

1:11:29 look forward to hearing with it, Joe, and we really appreciate you joining

1:11:32 us today. Um, what should uh, what should our listeners know about

1:11:36 how to Well, actually, in your case, it's probably not even It

1:11:41 probably doesn't even matter because you can just h you've got such an unusual name

1:11:45 for your project. You can just google Angry Joe in the Holy Socks and

1:11:48 you're very easy to find online, which is which is again very important from

1:11:54 a marketing standpoint. So I commend you on that. Yeah, you can

1:11:58 find us, and we have our own website, Angry Joe on the Holy

1:12:00 Socks dot com. Everything is on there. Yep. It's a nice website.

1:12:03 Who does I'm a website nerd? Who does the site? Did you

1:12:06 design that yourself? Charlie kind of took control of that, and I didn't

1:12:13 want to get in her way. She's pretty good at it, so yeah,

1:12:15 yeah, no, she did a great job. It's it's a nice

1:12:17 website, very clean, very easy to navigate, which is important. Like

1:12:21 I said, I'm kind of a geek for that stuff. So I commend

1:12:25 her on that. Yeah, well done, well done. All right,

1:12:27 Well listen, Joe, We'll let you go in a second, and I

1:12:30 am going to play that track left over and I'll play another one too later

1:12:33 at the end. Of the show. But I really appreciate you joining us

1:12:36 today. I love what you're doing and would love to play the new single

1:12:41 on the show when it's ready, and we will do this again, and

1:12:44 you know, definitely we'll do a follow up interview when the new album is

1:12:46 ready and all of that. So let's stay in touch. And I really

1:12:51 appreciate you joining us today. Hey, thanks for having me, man,

1:12:56 it's my pleasure, absolutely anytime. All right. Joe from Angry Joe and

1:13:00 the Holy Socks, Thank you, my friend, and I'm gonna get to

1:13:03 this song. We'll talk to you soon, okay, see you all right,

1:13:06 bye bye, all right, very good, very good. Joe Williams

1:13:11 from Angry Joe on the Holy Socks, And let's give this a listen.

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1:20:29 Hello everybody, Welcome back as we cruise into our final segment today,

1:20:32 our final segment of the week on Matt Connerton Unleashed, and we are live

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1:20:58 etcetera, etcetera. Today is, of course, Friday, May twenty six,

1:21:02 two thousand and twenty three, the friday as we go into of course

1:21:08 Memorial Day weekend. We will not be here Monday, by the way,

1:21:11 for anyone who's wondering, we will be off for the holiday. But happy

1:21:15 Memorial Day everybody, and I hope you enjoy your weekend. And you know

1:21:18 it's kind of the unofficial start to summer, as we discussed earlier. But

1:21:24 of course also we should remember what the day is really about. And again

1:21:30 thank you to our friend Eric Pilcher who does this classic film review and this

1:21:33 week he chose, of course, the nineteen ninety eight film starring now Tom

1:21:38 Hanks Saving Private Ryan and did an excellent job on that. We also talked

1:21:44 to h not relevant specifically to Memorial Day, of course, but we did

1:21:46 talk to Joe Williams from Angry Joe and the Holy Socks, great band from

1:21:51 Houston, Texas or a duo actually, and really enjoy talking with Joe.

1:21:56 I love their music. We've we've played a few songs. Well, we'll

1:22:00 probably close out today's show with one more track from them, but really great

1:22:03 stuff, great sound. So thank you to Joe Williams for joining us today

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1:22:38 By the way, today is Friday, and Friday is my favorite day

1:22:42 of the week here at WMNH. We've got this program. We've got retro

1:22:45 Spectrum Radio tonight from eight to eleven pm. I'm back for that. We

1:22:48 also have, of course, granted State of Mind hosted by the great Rob

1:22:53 Azevedo and Pauli Stone coming up immediately after this show, and we have a

1:22:58 call. Hi, welcome to Matt Connerton Unleashed. Who's this, Maddie,

1:23:02 It's Gary? Hey, what's up? Gary? That? Uh I was

1:23:06 some good music. Yeah. I was trying to think of the group that

1:23:11 they reminded me of you, and you said it couldn't. I couldn't.

1:23:15 The Smith of Rings, I couldn't. I couldn't remember the name. Yeah,

1:23:18 yeah, they have that, they have that sound and they're from Texas

1:23:26 and they have a fiddle in the band, right well apparently, yeah,

1:23:30 Charlie apparently plays multiple instrument he plays fiddle. You know, she is a

1:23:34 fiddle in the band. And say, you know you gotta when you play

1:23:38 in Texas. So that's right, and uh, yeah, And I have

1:23:45 a question for Melanie. This is this is you know, this is a

1:23:49 true place. I was wondering if she knew where this place was in Vermont.

1:23:54 It's called tickle Naked Pawn. Oh my, that sounds dirty. Um.

1:24:01 I was looking at some because they have these ridiculous names to places and

1:24:05 roads. Yes, and um there was one that said, um, over

1:24:13 Yonder was one of the roads. So if you live someplace and escort it

1:24:16 is, it's over Yonder. And then I heard I heard this one and

1:24:19 it's from It's in Vermont someplace, and it's a true It's a true place.

1:24:25 Melanie says on the chat room, No, she does not know where

1:24:28 that is. Ah, so I stumped her. I guess, so,

1:24:32 I guess. So, yeah, it seems like a fun place to go,

1:24:36 you know, but I don't know. It might be with the fish

1:24:40 in the in the pond or something. Yeah, i'd be nervous, I'd

1:24:44 be a little I wouldn't know there with just anyone. Yeah, you don't

1:24:47 never know around there, you know. But yeah, so I'm looking forward

1:24:53 to hearing, uh to hearing Mike. I had I had a real great

1:24:56 conversation with him the other day. Yeah, he mentioned that in the chat

1:25:00 room. Yes, of course, Mike from a Queen City Cabinetry, who

1:25:02 will be returning tonight as one of Paul's co hosts on Retrospect Your Really it

1:25:08 was really awesome. We had a really good, awesome uh talk and good

1:25:13 good, great guy. Seems like a real cool guy. Yeah, absolutely,

1:25:17 but yeah, I told him I listened to the show and everything.

1:25:19 But yeah, it was really it was really fun. But I just wanted

1:25:24 to, yeah, that that group is awesome and it's gonna be a real

1:25:30 fantastic weekend. So everybody get out there and enjoy the weather. We're gonna

1:25:33 have some nice eighty weather man good and but yeah, send my love to

1:25:41 you and Jenny and have a great weekend. And I'll listen to the music

1:25:45 tonight as I usually do. All Right, excellent time, so excellent.

1:25:49 Uh yeah, so you guys have a guys, have an awesome weekend and

1:25:54 everybody too. All right, Garry, all right, you too, Gary,

1:25:57 thank you again. All right, bye, thank you for the call.

1:25:59 Bye bye. All right, very nice, always nice here from Gary.

1:26:01 Melanie says in the chat room that Pond I she must have looked it

1:26:04 up that Pond is over an hour away from us. All right, well

1:26:09 there you go, Tickle Naked. Pond six three two five six seven is

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1:26:16 two five h six o seven. Yes. So, of course Friday,

1:26:21 very busy day here at WMNH. We do have a great a state of

1:26:26 mind. Immediately after this show and then tonight, I'm back for retro Spectrum

1:26:29 Radio with Paul ec along with DJ Steve and Mike from Queen City Cabinetry,

1:26:35 who Paul says will be returning this week. And I do see Queen City

1:26:39 Cabinetry LLC in the chat room as well. But here's what Paul has planned

1:26:44 for tonight on Retrospectrum Radio. He put this on social media. Last year

1:26:47 on retro Spectrum Radio, we presented an evening of ACDC songs with lead singer

1:26:51 Bond Scott, and tonight we'll be featuring a CDC with lead singer Brian Johnson.

1:26:58 He's the dude who took over for Bond Leny unexpectedly died in nineteen eighty

1:27:02 Bond saying Highway to Hell. Brian sang back in Black. Yes, that

1:27:06 will be this evening on Retrospectrum Radio with Policy and I do believe my dad

1:27:13 is on the line. Hello, Hey, man's good afternoon. How are

1:27:16 you good afternoon? Listen God that band um or duo as you say?

1:27:26 Angry? Was it? Angry Charlie? Now I forget already. Angry Joe,

1:27:30 Angry Joey, Angry Joe and the Holy Socks. Yes, Holy Kyle,

1:27:34 that was really good. Yeah. I just want to say I'm gonna

1:27:39 be brief, but I do have a proposal. Uh, they're about they're

1:27:43 about six issues I want to talk about with the Santis. Now I'm just

1:27:46 kidding. Um, so here here's the thing though, I thought we could

1:27:51 do a quick on a positive note, you know. And again before I

1:27:56 even say that, I want to wish everybody is sacred. Memorial Day.

1:28:00 That was a great presentation by Eric. One of my favorite movies. I

1:28:03 don't think you've seen it, man, have you seen that one? I've

1:28:05 never actually seen Saving Private Ryan believe it? Yeah? No, Oh,

1:28:13 that's good. Yeah, I know it's a long movie, but it's it's

1:28:15 I think it's Tom Hanks's best performance. But you know, I mean he's

1:28:20 been in a lot of good movie. Oh yeah, he's a solid actor.

1:28:24 You know, he's he's got the uh the talent. Yeah, he

1:28:28 said, yeah that that Oh my god, that staving private Ryan. I

1:28:34 think your grandfather, of course, who made the Normandy landing in hand to

1:28:39 hand combat and everything and survived. You know. But yeah, spoken to

1:28:43 all that. But kudos to Eric and all your listeners worldwide who support Eric

1:28:48 and his presentations. I thought what we'd do is just do a quick true

1:28:53 false. What do you think She's sure, Yeah, let's do it.

1:28:57 It's music and it has to music, and h I'm sure Gary will get

1:29:01 a kick out and I don't want to name everybody will get a kick out

1:29:03 of a run. But it has to do with Pat Boone and what's that

1:29:12 guy's name, Matt. Let's see Bill Haley and the comments Rookie no Elvis

1:29:16 Presley. Okay, so here we go number you know, we'll go through

1:29:19 the three and then we'll go back to the works. These are not these

1:29:23 are not the most difficult, but we'll see what happens. Okay, Number

1:29:27 one true or false by nineteen fifty nine. Both of these wonderful art my

1:29:33 judgment, I love them. Both wonderful artists had all kinds broke all records

1:29:39 for pop kiss. Before then it was Frank Sinatra and Tuny Venett. But

1:29:44 you know they had six to eight nine maybe, but they broke all records

1:29:47 and they almost tied. It was forty one to forty, forty one to

1:29:53 forty guys, and Elvis had the forty one, just one more than Pat

1:29:58 Boone, true falls number one. Number two. Pat Boon who has always

1:30:04 been someone who has faith, and he's in a church now in California called

1:30:10 the Church on the Way, And I know, you know, I'm a

1:30:14 Catholic guy, but I love my Protestant brothers. They have a good reputation.

1:30:16 Pat Boon still has a show a show on every Saturday night. So

1:30:20 anyway, Um, but Elvis was though he had the edge with Pat On.

1:30:29 I was gonna say soul sing as gospel music, which is soule sing

1:30:33 in a sense. But he had the edge, but he wasn't going to

1:30:40 church and Pat Boone was. And Pat said, listen, uh you know,

1:30:46 um, I am in touch with people like Rex Hubbard and others.

1:30:53 We could meet them, They could bless you. You could do a salvation

1:30:57 prayer. And you could come to church with me and others. And Elvis

1:31:01 was convinced and said, okay, Pat, I'll do that. True or

1:31:05 false? Finally Number three had, of course had his own problems in his

1:31:12 marriage, but he's always, you know, been in a marriage with Shirley,

1:31:16 who was his dad was a famous country singer. I don't window that.

1:31:21 But Elvis before he married and Christ after he married, there was trouble.

1:31:26 But before he married in sixty seven, he was kind of fooling around

1:31:30 Matt, if you know what I mean. And Pat Boone said, you

1:31:33 got to stop that, you know, and you're a Christian man, settled

1:31:38 out and marry the love of your life. And Elvis said to him this

1:31:44 statement, why should I buy the cow when I can get to melk free?

1:31:49 Oh? Now did he really say it? True or false? Okay,

1:31:53 let's go to number one. Matt, forty one to forty, I

1:31:57 hope told me here assisting to this, because Paul should know this. Forty

1:32:00 one to forty almost a tie. Elvis gets the edge over Pat Boone.

1:32:05 True or false? I said false. I would think in nineteen fifty nine

1:32:11 Pat Boon would have still been ahead of Elvis. But I say, are

1:32:15 absolutely correct, Obo, no, man, and that's good reasoning. Matt,

1:32:19 You're absolutely right. It took Elvis a while to catch up. Pat

1:32:24 was ahead of them forty one to forty number two. They both sang great

1:32:30 transcendent metaphysical gospel music. I love it. I love them both doing that

1:32:33 work. But I give thee for my personal love. I give the edge

1:32:40 to Elvis. Yeah, I'm saying gospel like Elvis. But anyway, so,

1:32:44 but he wasn't going to church, and Pat said, come on,

1:32:45 I'll introduce you to Rex Harberd and Jimmy Swaggered, and these people will get

1:32:50 you back to church. And Elvis said, okay, I'll do it.

1:32:55 True or false. I've not heard that story, but I'm gonna say true.

1:33:00 No, it's actually se okay, yeah, he never consistently. Elvis

1:33:06 never. And you got to remember too, that he was We didn't know

1:33:11 it at the time. I certainly didn't know it at the time, and

1:33:13 it wasn't published. But Elvis was already struggling with drug and alcohol abuse badly,

1:33:18 you know, and they were recovering that up so that one would be

1:33:21 false. Okay, the final one here we go. Elvis took Pat.

1:33:28 After Pat kept and they were good friends, by the way, right up

1:33:31 till Elvis's death. Pat was devastated in seventy says, was I in his

1:33:36 fans, But um, Elvis came back with this remark, why indeed should

1:33:44 I buy the cow when I can get the milk free? True or false?

1:33:47 I've certainly heard that expression, but I hope that Elvis wouldn't say that,

1:33:51 so I said false. Oh jeesus, Oh no, Elvis said that.

1:33:57 Elvis said that, Yeah, that's just a you know what's sad is

1:34:00 that's all right, you get one out of you know, hopefully your audience.

1:34:05 You know, they were participating in their quiet way. But you know

1:34:12 it's sad because Elvis, you know, he married what appeared to be I

1:34:15 remember that I was overseas at the time, but he married the love of

1:34:20 his life, even though she was a lot younger. But after the birth

1:34:28 of Lisa, he I won't go into it all, but he did not

1:34:32 show a lot of respect for his beloved. Just put it that way.

1:34:35 Yeah, And I think that part of that was, you know, he

1:34:40 was here was no what other entertainer was like Elvis. He was just metaphysical

1:34:47 in his presentation. And he was a great actor by the way too,

1:34:50 so he didn't get the good roles. They kept rolling over these terrible movies

1:34:56 ultimately, but King Creo and Jail House Rock, I mean those are good

1:35:00 movies. People don't watch them anymore, I don't think. But Elvis had

1:35:03 everything going for him, so if he wanted, let me put it this

1:35:08 way, if he wanted to date, even though he was married, he

1:35:12 was dating unfortunately. So yeah, that's that's a that's a shame. But

1:35:16 I'll stop on that note. Uh, you know one band I always love,

1:35:20 Man, I know you love Kiss and I love the Beatles and the

1:35:25 Beach Boys. Yeah, um, Rolling Stones and not that you don't like

1:35:29 them, but do you ever have you ever listened to the Flying Burrito Brothers?

1:35:33 Do you remember them? Uh? Yes, I'm aware of them,

1:35:36 and I know that I've heard them, But I've a number of people have

1:35:42 mentioned to me over the years, I should uh give them another look?

1:35:45 Um, I would. I would agree with them. Match they had,

1:35:50 of course, uh Chris Hill, but they had Graham Parsons. That man

1:35:57 was so talented and so creative, and because he had a sent going with

1:36:00 Emmy Lou Harris for a while and helped her, but unfortunately again he died

1:36:05 of a terrible drug overdose. And then he's like twenty six years old.

1:36:11 Oh but what are they harmonize? Man? They're like Poco another group.

1:36:15 Yeah, yeah, the early Buffalo Springfield, you know. Yeah, and

1:36:18 Beach Boys. They got that. They got that a great harmony. They

1:36:23 can slow it down, they can speed it up, and the musicians are

1:36:26 just sophisticated as I'll get up. Yeah, all right, we'll stop there.

1:36:30 Happy Sacred Memorial Day. You know, I got trouble once when I

1:36:32 said Happy Memorial Day to someone someone respected. Yes, she was not happy

1:36:39 to learn a lesson. Remember I remember that story. Yeah, she was

1:36:43 not happy with you. Oh well does to a war veteran. Now she's

1:36:48 gonna throw a pie in my face. But we had our fun. That's

1:36:53 that was the main thing. I guess. It was a long time ago,

1:36:56 and we we we still respect each other. Good good, all right,

1:37:00 I love you. I'll let you go. My regards to Jenny and

1:37:01 everyone. Keep up a good work. All right, Well, all right,

1:37:04 I love you too. Bye bye bye bye, take care all right,

1:37:09 very good. That was That was my dad. That was martin Connerton.

1:37:13 Very good. A little trivia there, boy, Although I did well

1:37:15 true or false, I did horribly on that. I only got one out

1:37:18 of three damn anyway, well, but that was fun. My dad,

1:37:23 of course, is a veteran. He was a Navy seal six three two

1:37:27 five six seven is a number six three two five six Z seven. If

1:37:30 you would like to get in with a call, we do have a little

1:37:32 bit of time left. I do want to finish saying hello to everybody in

1:37:36 the Facebook live chat. Very busy chat room today. Yardbird Blue Sky,

1:37:42 who I'm pretty sure is from Greensboro, North Carolina, joins us in the

1:37:45 chat and says good afternoon. Hashtag Matt. We say to you from us.

1:37:50 We are going to be performing soon as we can. Where's President Biden?

1:37:56 We say. Melanie had pointed out in the chat room that Sonny Bono,

1:38:01 he died running into a tree. That's a reference to an analogy I

1:38:05 made during the first hour involving the debt limit. If you miss it,

1:38:11 of course, you'll be able to go back and hear it in the archive.

1:38:13 We do archive all the shows at WM and H radio dot org.

1:38:15 Jenny said this is regarding you know we were talking earlier about how the house

1:38:19 went home. You know, Biden's going to Camp David. The House has

1:38:24 already adjourned the House of Representatives. Jenny said, they should be locked in

1:38:28 chambers until the work is done. The New Hampshire way. Damn it.

1:38:31 Yes, they actually do that in the New Hampshire State Legislature. They'll they'll

1:38:35 lock you in, they'll lock the doors. If you have more to do,

1:38:42 Yardbird Blue Sky says, we will. Hopefully you can check our Facebook

1:38:45 like page. I'm right on it. Yardbird Blue Sky. Miriam is in

1:38:50 the chat room. Tom Blanchard says, regarding Eric's classic film review of Saving

1:38:57 Private Ryan, Tom said, I love this movie. Yardbird Blue Sky concurs

1:39:01 and says, awesome movie. We say we will be watching is retro Spectrum

1:39:06 Radio with POLC at eight pm one or f We'll appreciate that. Crystal,

1:39:15 our friend from the great state of Illinois. As again, this is regarding

1:39:17 the you know, everybody kind of going home for the weekend as the as

1:39:24 the country sits on the precipice of economic disaster. Crystal says, when there

1:39:30 are time constraints on legislation, that's exactly what they should do. No trips

1:39:33 or time off, get the job done or else. You don't go home

1:39:38 until it is. You'll see them responsibly compromise with each other eventually, maybe

1:39:43 even the extreme factors of both parties or factions rather of both parties will have

1:39:47 accountability on their bs by their peers, so will be less apt to hold

1:39:54 up legislation if they know their own people will turn on them and won't put

1:39:58 up with their antics. Well said, I agree, Cristal, I agree,

1:40:03 Scott Robinson says again regarding Saving Private Ryan, this movie is definitely in

1:40:08 my top five. Every time I see it on I can't change a channel.

1:40:12 Ever, the most heart wrenching scene in this movie was the German soldier

1:40:15 they let go and he came back and killed one of our soldiers. Crystal

1:40:21 says, great job, Eric, Saving Private Ryan was a great movie.

1:40:25 Jenny says, well done. Eric. Pilcher. Joe Pilcher, who I

1:40:30 believe is Eric's cousin, says nice Tom Lanchard says, so proud of our

1:40:33 guys, Thank you so much. Melanie Liberty says, nice job, Eric.

1:40:38 Yes, Eric getting a lot of kudos for his classic film review Queen

1:40:43 City Cabinetry LLLC, who of course is Mike from Queen City Cabinetry, says

1:40:47 good job Eric and yes, very popular segment on the program, and our

1:40:54 friend Shannon is on the line. High Shannon, Hello, Hello, I

1:41:00 said, hello, you know that's how you say it. Um gonna say

1:41:09 you just mentioned something about All I heard you'd say was, um, he

1:41:14 came back and killed one of our soldiers. Are you talking about Chris Kyle?

1:41:17 No, no, no, in Saving Private Ryan. Now I haven't

1:41:19 seen the film, but apparently there's a scene where they let one of the

1:41:25 German soldiers go and then he comes back and kills one of our soldiers.

1:41:29 Okay, because the reason I say that American sniper, I believe Chris different

1:41:34 movie, different thing. I mean, obviously that's the true story. But

1:41:39 yeah, no, no, we were talking about saving Private Ryan. Okay,

1:41:43 Yeah, that's very good. We do. Yes, he does a

1:41:45 wonderful job. But um yeah, um, I think he's the one who

1:41:51 started the warrior Um program. Christopher Kyle. I'm not positive on that,

1:41:58 but okay, I got one thing you gotta ask police. How come he

1:42:04 didn't put Last Dance Last Chance? Um, I don't know the name of

1:42:11 the song. Only know some sports? Do you know what I'm talking about?

1:42:16 Last? Is that? H? Is that Donna? Is that Donna?

1:42:19 Summer? It's a disco song, right, last Dance? Last Chance?

1:42:25 Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know the song. He

1:42:28 didn't put it on though. I was waiting for it. I thought you

1:42:31 were waiting for the theme Niccagney and Lacy. Oh, I'll be waiting for

1:42:35 that. Yeah, I think he's playing that tonight. U ac DC had

1:42:41 covered that with Brian Johnson singing, yes tonight's I mean? Is it a

1:42:48 two parter? Yes, it's a two parter? What't no meaning this weekend?

1:42:55 Tonight though? Right kidding? U Oh? DJ DJ Steve is in

1:43:00 the chat room and says, Hi, Shannon, miss you? Hello?

1:43:02 Who DJ Steve? H? Yes, miss two. He's in the chat

1:43:09 room. He misses you. Did you guys have a thing? Yes?

1:43:13 We did? Okay, very nice? How long were you together? Spilled

1:43:15 the two? It was fun and it was it was slighty, and it

1:43:18 was fast and it forever you said it was fast, Well that's disappointing.

1:43:24 Forever. Oh very nice. Yeah, but no, I don't want to

1:43:29 screw everybody after everybody's eyeballs are going around their heads right now. But it's

1:43:32 up full moon a week from today. So yeah, but he was fast

1:43:36 on top of for everybody. You know. Yes, well, you're cramming

1:43:42 a lot of ideas, said to a couple of sentences there, Shannon.

1:43:45 Um. But yes, I will ask him why he didn't play the theme

1:43:49 for Cagney and Lacy or Last Dance, okay, because I know sometimes you

1:43:55 guys can't play stuff because the copyright then prints or something, right, right,

1:43:59 We're really not allowed to play anything, okay, because of a copyright

1:44:03 copyright infringement. So that's why sometimes it's it's just white noise. That's all

1:44:10 we're allowed, you know. And you should ask Eric the next time you

1:44:13 talk to him. Um. I had asked one of the girls Kremlin few

1:44:16 years back, as if I just stuff playing the music, m why did

1:44:20 they She told me something about how well, we can't play it because of

1:44:27 copyright blah blah blah. Well, the thing is that does get a little

1:44:32 tricky because if if somebody from one of these music rights organizations like uh like

1:44:38 BMI or ASCAP, they actually have under and by the way, people will

1:44:42 think I'm making this up. This is not a joke. They actually have

1:44:45 agents for lack of a better term, that they send in undercover to places

1:44:49 and bust them for not paying for the licensing to be playing playing music.

1:44:54 Now, we are a radio station, We're a federally licensed radio station.

1:44:58 Fan and so I was kidding what I said about how we can't play anything.

1:45:00 We can actually play whatever we want to. Yes, I know,

1:45:03 but it's just weird going to Cremeland and not having the speakers right Creameland,

1:45:09 they they cannot just play. Not only do they not have a public not

1:45:15 only do they not have a public bathroom, they do not have permission to

1:45:17 just play all this music. And uh, apparently an end has been put

1:45:21 to their chicanery. Yeah, they need to fill in that that. I

1:45:30 don't know what it's called. It's not driveway. That the lot, the

1:45:34 lot right in front of all the windows. The gulch. Well, you

1:45:42 can lose a small dog in that. Well that's not Why did that happen?

1:45:45 Did you lose a small dog in the gulf and it's in the gulch

1:45:51 it might still be there. Well, have you ever been there? I've

1:45:55 been there. Yeah, that's why I know that's how I know they don't

1:45:58 have a public bathroom. It's very upset. Yes, well, Teab,

1:46:01 they didn't have the picket table set up. I mean they could just let

1:46:04 people go in the gulch. Yeah, the health Department might not allow that

1:46:10 though, but I mean it is a gulch. Might as well put something

1:46:13 in it. Well, yeah, I mean already a little more. Yeah,

1:46:18 alright, Shannon, all right, Ye have fun tonight. Thank you

1:46:24 everybody, Mike, Um and Kenny have a nice weekend, all right,

1:46:29 Shannon, thank you for the call. Appreciate it. All right, bye

1:46:31 bye, all right, very nice, very nice. Always nice to hear

1:46:34 from our our friend Shannon. We are almost out of time, so we

1:46:39 will. Uh did I miss anybody in the chat room. It's a very

1:46:42 busy chat room. I don't like to leave anybody out. Eric Pilcher is

1:46:45 in the chat room, by the way. Uh, let's see and uh

1:46:51 very good, very good. Yeah, So tonight, let me just read

1:46:55 this again so you know what's coming up tonight be here because Fridays are very

1:46:59 busy. A double M ninety five point three. If you are listening live

1:47:02 stick ground up. Next is retro up. Sorry, no, next is

1:47:06 granted State of Mind hosted by Rob as a Veto and poly Stone during the

1:47:11 warm weather during the summer ish months. They record all the shows at Pembroke

1:47:15 City Limits, the wonderful venue that Rob set up in his in his garage

1:47:19 that Rob and poly Stone set up in the in the barn rather, I'm

1:47:24 sorry, in the barn and it is amazing, truly remarkable what they've done.

1:47:27 So that'll be coming up, and then I'm back tonight for Retro Spectrum

1:47:30 Radio with poly C. I'm one of fause co hosts on that show along

1:47:33 with DJ Steve and the returning Mike from Queen City Cabinetry. And tonight the

1:47:38 subject is it's part two of ACDC Tonight. It is the Brian Johnson era,

1:47:44 and I know Paul's planning to play the not the songs you hear all

1:47:47 the time on classic rock stations, but some gems that you don't hear all

1:47:51 the time, so that'll be very cool. And don't forget tomorrow at the

1:47:56 Hopknot there is an event. Actually, hop Knot's got a couple of things

1:48:00 going on tomorrow. Our amazing sponsor right across the street at one thousand Elm

1:48:03 Street. They've got those delicious scourmet pretzels. They have an assortment of craft

1:48:06 beer, and tomorrow is drag Trivia to raise money for the new Leaders Council

1:48:14 New Hampshire. We'll have some raffles, prizes and some drag numbers from Chee

1:48:19 Chee Marvel and glam Chowdah from the House of Marvel Entertainment. Call ahead to

1:48:26 reserve a spot. That is tomorrow from one to three pm and then tomorrow

1:48:28 night from seven to nine pm. I don't know if it's Barger or Barger.

1:48:31 Let's go with Barger. Mike Barger will be performing live at the Hopknot

1:48:35 Day of Live Music every Saturday night. Speaking of music, we'll end the

1:48:41 show with one more track from our friends Angry Joe and the Holy Socks.

1:48:45 And thank you again to Joe from Angry Joe and the Holy Socks for skyping

1:48:49 in earlier. Thank you, of course everyone who called today. Thank you

1:48:53 Eric Pilcher for another wonderful classic film review. We appreciate it very much.

1:48:57 Great job. If you missed any part of today's show it we'll be up

1:49:00 in just a little bit at WMH radio dot org and on my website.

1:49:03 Matt Connerton dot com. Everyone, please have a safe and happy Memorial Day

1:49:10 weekend. The roads are going to be busy, so be careful out there,

1:49:13 and we'll leave you with this one more track. This is uh.

1:49:15 The song is called Halfway, and this is of course, from Angry Joe

1:49:19 and the Holy Socks. To close out today's Matt Connerton Unleashed. We'll talk

1:49:24 to y'all. Well, I'll talk to you tonight on Retrospectrum Radio, of

1:49:27 course. Otherwise on this show, we'll talk to you on Tuesday. We'll

1:49:30 be off on Monday for the holiday, so talk to you next week and

1:49:33 hopefully, hopefully the next time we speak, there will be a deal in

1:49:38 place, and there will be voting happening, and we will have successfully averted

1:49:45 an economic collapse. But we'll see. That's the adventure of it all,

1:49:51 isn't it all? Right? This is Halfway from Angry Joe and the Holy

1:49:54 Socks to close out this week's or this Friday's, Today's whatever the week,

1:50:00 Matt Connerton Unleashed. I'll talk to y'all a little bit later. By everybody,

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