Matt Connarton Unleashed 6-21-23

0:40 Hello, everybody, Welcome, here we go. It is that time again,

0:44 Matt Connerton Unleashed and we are live from the studios of w m n

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1:10 Today is Wednesday, June twenty one, two thousand twenty three, so nice

1:15 to have you all with me. We have an exciting show for you today.

1:18 Well in the first hour, so we were supposed to be joined by

1:21 our friend Eric Pilcher from Cedar Rapids, Iowa for our weekly Wednesday segment with

1:26 as I like to call him, my favorite conservative Eric Pilcher, But he

1:32 is at the eye doctor and it doesn't sound like he's going to be able

1:34 to call in. So where's this guy's priorities? I mean, his eyes?

1:41 Really that's more important than the show is vision? My goodness, I

1:47 kid no, h'll I think he needs glasses. That's what he told me

1:53 in messenger. I hope it's okay to reveal that. I hope I didn't

1:56 just violate his hippo rites. But uh no, but he did tell me,

2:00 so he probably won't be calling in unfortunately. So but we do have

2:05 in the second hour, and we have plenty of other things we can do,

2:07 so, but we do have in the second hour. Our friend Shane

2:09 Ballen returns. He is our musical guests today and he said on social media

2:15 he's bringing two guitars this time, so he's going to come in and play

2:17 for us. We had him on the show a few months ago. He

2:21 came in and played for us, absolutely amazing. I love his voice,

2:23 great songwriter, really cool guy. And then he called in. It was

2:29 either last week or the week before. We did a quick phoner with him

2:31 because he's got some new songs for his album. So we played a couple

2:36 of studio tracks and we talked for a little bit, just kind of get

2:38 an update on what's going on with him. But today he's going to be

2:40 with us live in studio during the second hour, so really looking forward to

2:45 that. So we've got Shane Ballen. Today Tomorrow our musical guest is Ricky

2:51 Mapleton. He'll be here in the second hour tomorrow. Ricky Mapleton, you

2:53 might remember he was on the show. Jeez, that was a while ago.

2:59 Yeah, it was definitely last year. It was definitely in twenty twenty

3:02 two. But very talented guy, very fun so we enjoy him a lot.

3:07 He'll be with us tomorrow. And also, if you missed yesterday's show,

3:09 Ali Boudry was our musical guest. She was here in the second hour

3:13 in studio with us and just phenomenal. She played not only keyboard but also

3:17 her ukulele. It's just really really good. So if you miss that,

3:21 check that out. So lots going on, but today, yes, we

3:23 have Shane Ballen with us today coming up in the five o'clock hour here on

3:29 Matt Connerton Unleashed, so also too. I just wanted to mention briefly and

3:36 we're not going to explore the subject here, but I want to just kind

3:42 of refer you and some of you listening might have heard it. If you

3:46 if you are able to check out the Morning show this morning on the Morning

3:49 Show with Peter White, which of course airs weekdays, from seven to nine

3:53 AM, with a replay from two to four pm. Right before this show,

3:55 they did a segment about the new Who's regarding the newest updates regarding the

4:01 Harmony Montgomery case, And again we're not going to get into it here.

4:06 Um, it's so it's so tragic, and it's it's just very very sad

4:11 obviously, and um, it's just terrible. Uh. But also I don't

4:16 feel like I have anything to necessarily add um. On the Morning Show today,

4:20 if you didn't get a chance to hear it, they did a really

4:23 good segment. Uh, you know, obviously very serious subject and uh,

4:27 but they kind of did a deep dive on it. Peter had Um of

4:30 course, Kyle Clayton and Maddie Juno were here, but he also had a

4:33 Jeff Ny in studio and Carol Robido on via Skype as usual, and they

4:41 they did a long segment about it and really kind of explored not only you

4:45 know, the case itself, but you know, just talking about a lot

4:47 of the emotions that that people are feeling over it and whatnot. So,

4:51 uh, if you didn't get a chance to hear that live, it is

4:56 in the archive of course at WMNH Radio dot org and uh, I do

5:00 recommended I suggest you you check it out. They did. They did a

5:02 really nice job this morning. So but we have a call. Hi,

5:05 welcome to Matt Connerton. Unleash. Who's this? Hello, Mattso ratso fat

5:11 so did this Jerry Robinson? Oh my goodness, Jerry Robinson, sir,

5:16 I've I've been Uh. I don't know if you know this, but I'm

5:18 a big fan. I actually played a little bit of audio yesterday from one

5:25 of your videos where you mentioned me. I feel that you are the next

5:30 rated ar radio star. You are the next Howard Stern and uh, I

5:34 am very impressed with you, Jerry Robinson. Great work that you do.

5:39 I'm a fan Matt So. I just I just have to say that that

5:44 means a whole lot to me because I'm really trying my best to be doctor

5:47 greatest part of the show of show. Um, I've heard. I listened

5:53 to that audio, by the way, and it sounded really good. And

5:55 I just I really appreciate you putting me on your channel and it's giving me

6:00 an opportunity while I can just have my voicehood. Yes, yes, absolutely,

6:06 Um, you know, uh we should uh we should do some work

6:10 together mister Robinson, Uh, Jerry, if I may. Uh, you

6:15 know, I would love to. Uh. I would love to do more

6:16 with you and help to promote you. But you know, I can't promise

6:19 anything here on the air. But I'm just so impressed with what you're doing.

6:24 It's next level. I really approach. I would love I would love

6:27 nothing moreton than to work side by side with WMN Nature's very own Matts Ratso

6:33 Covington. That would just be the greatest thing happened the history of radio.

6:38 I think it would be too. I agree. I've I don't think I've

6:42 ever been so excited to work with another human being. I just have I

6:46 just I just have one real quick question. Yeah that makes me crazy or

6:49 anything? For sure? Yeah. No, listen, there's there I know

6:54 that there's people that you've had previous like history with, you know, scumbags.

6:59 Oh well, um but quite frankly, I'm challenging crazy show. Oh

7:04 we don't alec well, we don't have well the people the masses of course,

7:10 yes, yes, and determine who will be the next shock jock and

7:14 radio the show of shows. Yeas any of my emails? Yeah, um

7:17 so I just want to know if I have your support of being crowned the

7:23 next we'll just say supremely the I'm like the Kim jonguon of Rock and Wow.

7:28 Yes, yes we don't. We don't talk about that guy anymore here,

7:30 but but yes, Jerry Robinson, you are the man. Absolutely you

7:35 are you well, I will okay, honestly, Jerry, I don't usually

7:41 endorse candidates as a matter of policy, but I'm going to go ahead and

7:45 endorse you. You, sir, you have my vote for not only the

7:48 what was it, the Savior of real rock and roll, but really for

7:51 anything that you're running for. Sir. I'm that impressed with you. I

7:57 listen, Matt, I really apprec I have to get back to work.

8:00 I don't get the apartment all day and make stupid videos. But uh,

8:03 we'll get together in the future. We'll make we'll come up with a great

8:07 campaign. Yeah, and I'm gonna make you minister a propaganda of my radio

8:11 show. Matt, have a great day. I will talk to you soon.

8:15 Check your email. I'm gonna be sending you some emails. And if

8:18 you haven't heard me before, our listeners, you can find me on YouTube

8:22 at at the crazy Jerry show. Not to be confused with other people,

8:28 right or not, Joe. Jerry Robinson's a video chronicle. Yes, yes,

8:35 absolutely wonderful, wonderful, sir. Yes, and I've already subscribed,

8:39 and I encourage everyone to do so. Excellent, excellent, Thank you very

8:43 much. Matt. You have a fantastic rest of your day. Jenny,

8:46 you have a great day too, thank you. Oh it's our pleasure,

8:50 all right, thanks Jerry, bye bye. Oh that was wonderful. Jerry

8:54 Robinson. Yes, he's a he's a YouTuber. And by the way,

8:58 that's legit if you go on YouTube. H it's uh, yeah, I

9:03 subscribed. It's Jerry Robinson's video chronicles. M great stuff, great stuff.

9:11 I mean a lot of it obviously. You know, I couldn't feature it

9:13 here because there's some there's some language. It's not safe for work, as

9:16 they say. But no, I'm a big fan of Jerry Robinson. Uh.

9:20 He vaguely reminds me of somebody else. But but he's he has clearly

9:24 much more talent. Uh And and I would I would love to work with

9:28 him. I don't care if he's even uh you know, he sounds like

9:31 he might be an older guy. I don't care if he's even technologically challenged,

9:35 I would be willing to let me put it this way. Let me

9:39 just put it this way. And this is a little inside but if you

9:41 know, you know, if Jerry Robinson, this is how enthusiastic I am

9:45 about him. If Jerry Robinson was trying to email me a file and he

9:50 just couldn't quite figure out how to do it, I would drop everything I

9:54 was doing. I would I would drop everything I was doing at a moment's

9:56 notice to help Jerry Robinson figure out how to get that file to me,

10:03 because that's how impressed I am with him. Just just great. But yes,

10:07 check him out on YouTube. You'll be very glad that you did.

10:09 Jerry Robinson's video chronicles excellent, Wow, wonderful to speak with him. Six

10:16 three two five O six seven is the number if you'd like to join us

10:18 today, six three two five o six o seven. You can also text

10:22 me at six one seven nine one seven four four to seven six. I'm

10:26 on social media at Matt Connerton. You can email me Matt at Matt Connerton

10:31 dot com, and of course you can interact endo Pine in the Facebook live

10:35 chat. But the best thing to do so that we can hear and enjoy

10:39 your dulcet tones is to give us a call at six three two six Z

10:43 seven. What did I forget to mention? I forgot to mention something there

10:46 when I was giving the contact info. I'm distracted now. I'm so excited

10:50 to be working with the great Jerry Robinson, truly an up and coming talent.

10:54 If you will that I forgot. What did I say? I said

10:58 the phone number, right, I said, you can text me. I

11:00 gave the text number. Email me Matt at Matt Coonnerton dot com. You

11:03 can interact in opine in the Facebook live chat. I'm on social media at

11:07 Maconnorton. Okay, I think I got it all. I think I got

11:09 it all. But the best thing to do, of course, just give

11:11 us a call on the studio line six Z three two five h six O

11:13 seven. And by the way, if you're just joining us, our friend

11:16 Eric Pilcher is not here with us on the phone for our usual Wednesday segment.

11:22 He is at the eye doctor. His eyes have been dilated, so

11:26 he probably can't even see his phone. I know that when I go to

11:30 the eye doctor, I cannot I can't you know, when they put the

11:35 drops in, can't see anything too well for a little while, and then

11:39 of course there's that stage of it where you know, the vision starts to

11:43 clear up, but then it's difficult to look at anything because of the bright

11:46 light. I think I have to make an appointment. Actually, I think

11:48 I'm due for a checkup. I go every six months to the eye doctor

11:52 because because of my pigmentary glaucoma. Don't worry, I'm on drops for it.

11:58 I'm not going to go blind or anything. But but yeah, so

12:01 I know all about going to the eye doctor and all the great joys of

12:05 it. Yes, yes, let's say hello to everybody in the Facebook live

12:09 chat and then we will get into some stuff. Mike from Queen City Cabinetry

12:13 joins us in the Facebook live chat. Of course. Uh Mike not only

12:16 one of our great sponsors here at WMNH from Queen City Cabinetry, but also

12:22 one of our co hosts on retro Spectrum Radio Friday nights from eight to eleven

12:26 pm retro Spectrum Radio right here on WMH. I've the honor and privilege of

12:31 being one of Paul's co hosts on that show along with TJ, Steve and

12:33 of course Mike from Queen City Cabinetry. This Friday on the show, we're

12:37 doing part two of original Demos, original demo recordings of popular songs. And

12:45 we had a great time Friday night, learned a lot too, and I'm

12:48 looking forward to part to this Friday night on Retro Spectrum Radio. That's gonna

12:52 be a lot of fun. Let's see. Easyg is in the Facebook live

12:56 chat and says Happy Prince Spaghetti Day. Yes, yes, Jenny of course

13:00 is in the chat and says shalom, peeps. Oh, Dylan Reynolds is

13:03 in the chat, and Dylan says, I hope Jerry Robinson calls yes Dylan,

13:07 hopefully hopefully you are listening when he did, and um, I'll tell

13:11 you what, very very excited to work with that man. By the way,

13:15 Dylan Reynolds check him out on social media. Very talented musician. Uh

13:20 and uh you should you should support what he does. Very talented. Um,

13:26 she's actually maybe Jenny, Jenny does all the booking for the guests.

13:30 Maybe maybe Jenny can schedule Dylan for an interview on the show. Dylan did

13:33 call in once before, but about another matter. But I would love to

13:37 talk to him about his music. Uh, let's see who else have we

13:41 got in here, Yardbird Blue Sky. Who I'm pretty sure I'm gonna go

13:48 out on a limb here, but I'm pretty sure he is from Greensboro,

13:50 North Carolina. Uh, he says, or she or they? Good afternoon.

13:56 Hashtag Matt, We say to you from us hashtagh I'm sorry high hashtag

14:01 gen coffee. We say good mornin and it's morning with no G but instead

14:05 an apostrophe. That's how they talk in Greensboro, North Carolina. Yardbird Blue

14:09 Sky knows the dialect, of course in that part of the country, being

14:13 from the south. Yardbird Blue Sky also says, we will be performing soon

14:18 as we can. Hashtag Matt Connerton. We are covering some of good pop

14:22 songs. We say, who is your guest on your show? Hashtag Matt

14:26 Connerton. Well we have Shane Ballen not coming in in the second hour.

14:31 Yardbird Blue Sky says, Ricky Mapleton. We say, is that right?

14:35 Hashtag Matt Connerton. No, Ricky Mapleton is tomorrow today we have Shane Ballen.

14:41 Let's see, Jenny really enjoyed hearing from Jerry Robinson and Yardbird Blue Sky

14:48 says, wow, that is so true. We say yes, and Yardbird

14:52 blue Sky says wow. Demos Volume two on Friday of retro Spectrum Radio with

14:58 Paul C. We are from Greensboro, North Carolina, and we are good

15:01 friends with Isaac Banks. I get the impression that everybody in Greensboro, North

15:07 Carolina knows Isaac Banks. Jay Fed, of course, joins us in the

15:11 chatwoman says, good afternoon everyone, Good afternoon at Jay Fed, welcome to

15:16 the program. Let's see. Oh. I wanted to mention two, what

15:20 is going on at the Hop Knot. They've got they've got a big event

15:26 Friday, but I want to pull this up on social media. I want

15:31 to make sure I get it right. And also, Ali Boudry sent me

15:35 the list we discussed yesterday. One of the things that she does is she

15:37 books all the guests at the Hopknot. Are amazing sponsor in the Rady Sullivan

15:41 right across the street at one thousand Elm Street. They've got those delicious gourmet

15:46 pretzels. They have an ever burgeoning series of craft beers. Okay, she

15:52 sent me starting in July, She's going to be there July first, at

15:56 the Hop Knot. But this Friday night they have and you know, and

16:03 I hope, I do hope that Governor Ron de Santisa, Florida is not

16:10 in the state campaigning while this is going on, because I don't think he

16:12 would approve. But here's what the hop Knot put on social media this Friday

16:21 with glam Chowda and uh, I think I know who plays jam glam Chowdah

16:30 join us at nine pm for big gay Bingo. Yes. Now, by

16:33 the way, Kenny did explain to me recently what big gay bingo is,

16:38 and I don't recall exactly what he told me the full explanation of it,

16:44 but it is bingo, but I think it's just bigger and uh and gayer.

16:48 So well, it is Pride month, so very exciting. Some big

16:51 gay bingo at the Hopknot Friday night beginning at nine pm. And we have

16:55 a call. Hi, Welcome to Matt Connerton. Unleash. Who's us all?

16:59 Right? Think do pork Fest do the Hot Knot? That's right?

17:03 What's up, Dave Ridley? Well, pork Fast actually has its own big

17:07 gay dance party. I've heard about that, Yes, yes, although actually

17:11 that's I think I think that means it may not have happened for the last

17:15 few years. The lady that did it hasn't been two pork Fast very very

17:21 much recently, so I think it may. I don't know if it's still

17:22 happening or not. In fact, I didn't see I didn't see one in

17:26 twenty twenty one when I was there. Oh okay, well maybe somebody else

17:32 will will pick up the pick that up and run with it at some point.

17:38 I don't know. Well, one thing that pork Fest has that doesn't

17:44 that the Hot Knot does not have, and which I wanted to call that

17:48 is drama. They have drama at Porkfest is a US. Yes, there

17:55 is drama. There is a controversy. I don't well this week, Well,

18:00 Dave, you've called the right show. I don't know if you know

18:03 this about me. This could be a coincidence, but I actually rather enjoy

18:08 drama and controversy. So please, sir, please unferral the flag of drama

18:15 and controversy if you will. So what happened was I guess there was.

18:22 They've been reaching out to kind of broadening in terms of the speakers that they

18:26 bring. In A week or two ago about them bringing Uh, Robert F.

18:33 Kennedy Junior. Uh to speak. Yes, that's controversial because he is

18:38 instcuting a gun free zone in the area where he's speaking. Yes, relatively,

18:44 you know, just like the auditorium, no guns in the auditorium,

18:47 which again, which again, which again, as you yourself pointed out,

18:51 with his last name being Kennedy and all, you can kind of understand.

18:55 Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, I can't. I can't. And he's

18:57 not he's not violating anyone's right parsee in this particular instance. But it is

19:03 considered very controversial in literaltarian circles. Yes, but there's a new, a

19:07 new controversy unrelated, and that is that. I guess they also brought in

19:12 they were bringing in some sort of conservative speaker. I can't remember his name.

19:15 He's apparently a big name, but he's kind of he's kind of a

19:22 melo, almost a melo youanopolist type, you know, bomb thrower type in

19:26 terms of incentiary rhetoric. Yeah, what he said was h he said something

19:33 to the effect that, like he said, if anyone tried to do a

19:38 drag queen story hour, I'll come, You'll come beat them up, or

19:42 something like that. Oh my God, and he didn't quite put it that

19:47 way. It wasn't quite as it wasn't quite as dramatic as that. I

19:49 wish I should have the exact quote, but I don't know exactly what he

19:52 said. He was just considered. It was considered, and it was more

19:56 like an implied assault if if anyone tried to do that, and when no

20:00 one was actually planning to. But as soon as she said that, well

20:04 someone decided, oh, well, since he's threatening, you're not allowed to

20:07 do that. Oh. Dave Dave, a trans, a trans activist,

20:15 a libertarian trans person, said well, I'm just going to go ahead and

20:18 do a story hour. So Ari a Domezzo from Keane is going to do

20:23 a trans story hour and everyone's invited, including children, and uh, she's

20:30 doing that the protest to threats against drag Queen story hours. Dave, I

20:36 think I know who it is. Is it vevak Ramaswami, because I did.

20:42 I did a quick google pork Fest twenty twenty three, conservative speaker,

20:48 and that's what came up. Well, that name. I heard the name

20:55 mentioned in connection with this pork fest, but not not in connection with this

20:59 controversy tax one with the one name type of thing. Oh really, you

21:04 just I don't remember, but I don't think it was I don't think it

21:08 was that guy. Oh it wasn't him. Oh, okay, that because

21:11 that's the only thing that comes up when I google that. But I think

21:12 there's um oh, I think there's a list here too, a featured speakers,

21:17 because I'm very curious who it is. Oh, there's uh, there's

21:21 several conservatives who are going to be there. Okay, Um, Larry Elder

21:26 sound familiar. Yeah, Oh it's Larry Elder. But that's but no,

21:32 he's not the one that he's not the one. Okay, Um, I'm

21:37 scrolling through here the speaker's list, but the only real so far. Well,

21:45 there's a lot of people speaking, but but this but this is somebody

21:48 nationally known. I'm really curious who it is. Yeah, yeah, naturally

21:53 known, but not to me. Oh okay, yeah, I don't way.

22:00 So he also made some comments. The speaker, whoever he was,

22:03 made some comments to the effect that like, well, you know, you

22:07 can't do that in my community. But he I don't think he's ever been

22:10 to Part Beast before. So if I'm there, it's my community, you're

22:14 just making all these sort of outlandish statements and so, but this is a

22:19 sort of a teachable moment here because if you know, for people who are

22:23 asking himself, should a should a drag Queen Story hour be allowed or not,

22:30 it's really good to just plug that into the good old zero zero aggression

22:34 principle and ask yourself, Okay, if somebody commits a drag Queen story hour,

22:42 is that an act of aggression or not? If it's not an active

22:45 aggression, then there's no grievance. Does that make sense? Oh? Of

22:48 course? And uh, I mean the only act of aggression in this scenario

22:52 that you've presented is the person threatening to beat people up over it. That's

22:56 an act of aggression. Making a violent threat. Um, well, it's

23:00 not quite an act. It sort of falls into the gray area between act

23:04 and speech. Okay, so when you're in your serious question, then so,

23:11 in your opinion, does making a verbal threat and it's probably an empty

23:15 threat. I assume this person, whoever they are, is I'm going to

23:19 show up there and actually violently assault anyone. But um, but uh,

23:25 And the statement was probably made more to just discourage this from happening, because

23:30 they obviously think that they have the power to dictate what goes on or maybe

23:33 there there's maybe it's just posturing. But um, in your opinion, does

23:40 um? Does making a verbal threat then not violate the non aggression principle.

23:48 It's it pushes it right up to the line. Maybe it bends the line.

23:52 I think think I think it, Like I said, it falls into

23:55 a gray area. It's not just speech because you're talking about committing action or

24:00 possibly encouraging other people to do the thing incitement by doing so, so it's

24:04 bad. Is it an active aggression to say you're going to hurt somebody?

24:11 It's right on the line. That's where I put it. Okay, Okay,

24:14 I was just curious. So well another question too, So this individual

24:19 did they in in what context was this threat made? Did they say this

24:25 publicly or did they say this to the organizers and you got word of it?

24:29 Or how was this presented? I don't know, but I do know

24:33 that Free Talk Live, the Libertarian you know, flagship talk show, they

24:37 invited this guy whoever he is again I'm sorry, I don't remember the name.

24:41 She invited him to be on the show and make his case, and

24:45 I guess he refused to appear on the show, they said last I checked.

24:49 So he won't go on Free Talk Live, but he's going to show

24:52 up at Porkfest and speak. That is what they said on Free Talk Live

24:57 a few days ago. But I don't know what happened since then. Yeah,

25:00 interesting, I might have to go to that. Yeah, I really

25:06 want to know who this is. There must be a way to find out.

25:07 Um. Yeah, it's just like Super referred to him by just this

25:12 one syllable, but I just can't remember what the syllable is. Really,

25:18 I'm sorry for not researching this better before calling, but it's such a complicated

25:22 process to call in. I don't always have my laptop open and able to

25:26 look up the background data because I don't know if I'm going to get on

25:29 the air. I don't know if I can even call in right. So

25:32 it's all I can do just to pick up the phone, figure out what

25:33 you guys are talking about, yeah, or or to listen to the show

25:37 first or whatever, and then make the call. It's just if I add

25:41 the element I'm going back and looking at my notes. It just the call

25:45 never happened. I apologize, I understand, that's okay, Um, and

25:49 do you know, so, so what do do you know what this person

25:52 was told. I assume they were told, well, you know, we're

25:56 not we're not canceling this just because you don't like it, right, I

26:00 assume, well, I don't there was nothing, there was nothing to cancel

26:02 at first. He would just thinking if something like that, I understand,

26:06 Oh, so this isn't even something that's on the schedule. He's just he's

26:10 sort of I don't think anyone. I don't think anyone was planning a drag

26:14 Queen event in forecast until he said, you're not allowed to wow. Wow.

26:18 Well, you know, Dave, as I'm sure you've observed, there

26:22 are a lot of people who are very preoccupied with, uh with this uh

26:26 so called issue, to the point where I can see someone being so preoccupied

26:33 with it that they'll actually preemptively say, well, by the way, don't

26:36 do this, or I'm gonna be really mad, or you know. It's

26:41 it's it's kind of where we are right now culturally. It's it's fascinating and

26:47 a bit sad in my view that people are so uh uh you know,

26:52 it's it's crazy then in the year twenty twenty three, to me, in

26:56 my view that people are so uh uh concerned. I mean, and you

27:02 know, I don't know if you know the story, but um, yesterday

27:06 of another caller, a friend of ours, Fredo called in. Um.

27:11 When I say friend of ours, I don't I'm not. I don't mean

27:15 he's in the mafia. I don't mean it like that. I don't want

27:17 Sopranos fans to take that wrong. But no, just uh, just a

27:21 genuine enough friend of ours. Uh was calling in and talking about what happened

27:25 and conquered. I guess they did a drag Drag Queen's Story hour at a

27:30 teetotalers I believe is the name of the place, and conquered and uh,

27:33 and these guys showed up in masks and they were outside and they were sighiling,

27:40 and you know, they had Nazi flags and all this. And you

27:42 know, because some people, I think what it is, Dave, is

27:45 some people are not only just stuff full of hate, but they you know,

27:52 they they feel so small that they don't feel like they have any power

27:55 in this world. So they and when I say they feel small, you

27:59 know you could take that a number of ways that they feel like in order

28:02 to exert some power and feel good about themselves have to show up and intimidate

28:06 people. But that just happened over the weekend and conquered New Hampshire. You

28:10 you really wouldn't expect that. But yeah, a bunch of these guys showed

28:12 up. I shouldn't even call them guys. I mean, they're not even

28:15 uh because because I don't think I don't think real men. If you're a

28:19 real man, you don't have to show up and be threatening and menacing toward

28:22 people. Uh. That's not a very Uh that's not a true, in

28:27 my view, a true expression of what masculinity is or should be. But

28:32 individuals, A bunch of these individuals, Uh, you know, I mean

28:36 five years ago, I never would have imagined something like that happening and conquered

28:40 New Hampshire of all places, but it did over the weekend. But that's

28:45 the times we live in. Well, you know, if if the threat

28:48 issue is, you know, in a gray area, the drag Queen Story

28:53 Hour is not that is not an act of aggression. To go to a

28:57 place and open a book wearing clothes and some things you shouldn't wear, and

29:03 speaking to whatever age or people are in the room. None of that is

29:07 an act of aggression. It could lead to an active of aggression later conceivably,

29:11 or might be connected in some way to an active aggression, but it

29:15 is not an act of aggression. So right, who cares? Right,

29:19 Well, we're an agreement on that absolutely, And I would say that I

29:23 will Oh, I was just gonna add, David, I would just say

29:26 to anyone who's who doesn't think children should be I mean, I just look

29:30 at it as well. You know, if you bring your kids to that,

29:33 maybe it's because you want your kids to understand that there are people who

29:37 are different, and just because someone is different doesn't mean you should be afraid

29:38 of them. But I would also say that, you know, to anyone

29:42 who is offended by the idea or doesn't think that children should be there,

29:47 well, then don't bring your kids. Don't go, and don't bring your

29:51 kids to it. You have the freedom to not do, to not participate,

29:55 but yeah, go ahead. Day before were you going to say Portfast

29:59 is not a conservative event, he doesn't live be carrying event, which means

30:03 you'll they'll welcome you there, even a conservative or a liberal or or whatever.

30:07 Yeah, you know, as long as you don't violate the non aggression

30:11 principle. While you're there. Yeah, I did notice on that list it

30:17 looked like there's, um, there are several conservatives. Uh. Obviously you

30:22 know no one who fit the description that you presented. But um, has

30:26 anything like this ever happened before? Dave? Do you know where where there

30:29 was a somebody going to speak there who was very uh, who was controversial

30:34 in some way or um not necessarily just a conservative. I mean RFK,

30:41 who's ostensibly a Democrat. He's challenging for the Democratic nomination, although some of

30:45 his views I think are are I don't know if conservative is even the right

30:51 word. I think I think he's a little uh uh. I don't want

30:56 to say, but I'm not I'm not necessarily qualified to make that diagnos clinically.

31:00 But anyway, Um, has this ever happened before where there's been some

31:06 sort of controversy over a speaker. Well, I don't know about that,

31:11 but there was a drag queen event about maybe seven years ago that I remember

31:17 just seeing if you dragged queen walking around, I think they have an event,

31:19 but I didn't see the event itself. Uh. That's the only thing

31:23 I've seen that would be related in terms of controversial speakers. I just don't

31:29 remember. And then they have had speakers that aren't you know, libertarian.

31:33 Oh sure, ye, sure, yeah, but I don't I don't remember

31:37 one where everyone walked out or turned their backs or anything like that. But

31:41 I just maybe a forgetting Okay, Yeah, I was just curious. But

31:48 RFK, that is that is still happening, right, that there's been no

31:51 change on that He's still going to be there, right, Okay, Yeah,

31:55 I just wondering, all right. Yeah, and that dude, I

31:57 mean I don't know a ton about Every time I see him the news or

32:01 doing anything, the guy is batting it out of the park in terms of

32:05 taking a pro freedom position and wiping the floor than anyone who wants to debate

32:10 him. And I really do appreciate day or whatever I might not like about

32:14 him, it just seems nice to see, uh, you know a little

32:17 bit of a pro freed and voice in the NEAT party. Sure. Um,

32:22 I mean I don't. I don't like what he has to say about

32:28 vaccines, but you know, I'm very pro vax and pro science, pro

32:30 medical science, and you know, I don't I don't like that I cringe

32:34 at that stuff. But Uh, but yeah, I mean he but he

32:37 is another voice out there. I mean, I I think he's a bit

32:42 of a crank. I don't think he's I don't think he's all there now,

32:45 let me just put it that way. But um, but sure I

32:47 can appreciate him, you know, putting himself out there, certainly, you

32:52 know. Uh. And I'm all for having more voices, not less,

32:54 you know, So I'd command anyone to listen to his debate with Alan Dershowitz,

33:01 the authoritarian lawyer. Um, and I listened to that debate as a

33:08 pro vaccine person, or at least I'm skeptical of the vaccine skeptics. That's

33:14 probably the best way to put it. Yeah, yeah, you know,

33:17 at least at least when we're talking about you know, more proved, more

33:21 proven vaccines. Obviously, we still have data coming in about the COVID vaccine

33:25 and how good or bad that was. But when you're when you're talking about

33:29 older vaccines and your skeptical about those, that's pushing it. But but ourfk

33:35 making you know, his anti vax pitch was very convincing. I thought he

33:40 I thought he defeated Derschowitz in this argument. Oh, No, that's interesting.

33:45 Well I will I will check it out. You're you're actually the second

33:50 person who has recommended that to me that particular that particular debate. Um,

33:54 you know, and I'm an open minded guy. But um, all right,

34:00 anything to add Dave, that is all. But you still I think

34:04 people still have time to go to Porkfest. You don't have to have a

34:07 ticket in hand or anything like that to go to the festival itself. I

34:09 think you can just walk right up to it. Oh what was so?

34:13 What is the ticket got you? If you buy a ticket, ticket lets

34:17 you go deeper in. There are certain events I think, like certain areas

34:22 that are just you gotta have a ticket. I mean, you might have

34:25 a ticket to get on the grounds, but I don't That's not like I

34:29 don't think it's the type of ticket that sells out. I think I think

34:31 anyone can get in to Rogers Campground. You might have to pay to get

34:37 in, okay, but I think I think an endless number of people will

34:42 be let in as I understand it. It's just it's just a pavilion area.

34:45 I think that requires like an advanced purchase or whatnot. And also advanced

34:52 purchases are very helpful if you want to stay overnight. Okay, you know

34:57 that, under sure that all the lodging on ground sounds who's already sold out?

35:00 And sometimes the hotels to start running out of the rooms, you know

35:05 in other parts of talent. Yeah, yeah, may I understand it makes

35:08 sense? Makes sense? Are your are your allergies? Do you have allergies?

35:13 If you sound like you're I don't have allergies. But my voice has

35:16 been speaking of Robert F. Kennedy, my voice has been kind of uh

35:22 softer lately, or it's the lower the lower tones or something like that don't

35:28 come to as well as they used to. I've noticed you sound different.

35:32 What if all of us? What? What if not all not all of

35:37 us, but the best of us? MM I was gonna say, what

35:39 if this isn't really Dave Ridley I'm talking to right now? M At least

35:44 you've got virtual Dave Ridley isthing he happened to me. That's true, that's

35:47 true. We do have and I did. I did find him recently.

35:52 We had we had lost virtual Dave Ridley for a while, but I have,

35:54 I have located him, so who knows, perhaps he'll perhaps he'll pay

36:00 us a visit at some point during the show today. I'm glad you reminded

36:06 me. All right, Dave, well, we will let you go,

36:07 uh, go ahead and plug whatever you'd like. Porkfest dot com, porkfest

36:15 dot com and pork is we should say, is p O R C H.

36:21 Yes, yes, yes, very good. All right, Dave.

36:24 Oh and if you please call us another day, if you find out who

36:28 that individual was who made the was making the threats, I am very curious

36:31 to hear more about that, all right, if you think, Matt,

36:36 if you find that out, all right, Dave, thank you for the

36:37 call. Take care, Okay, bye, all right, bye bye.

36:42 All right. That was Dave Ridley, or at least I think that was

36:44 Dave Ridley. He did sound different, but that does open up the phone

36:47 line for you. Six zo three two five six Z seven is the number

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36:57 six one seven nine one seven four four seven six. On social media at

37:00 Matt Connerton. You can email me Matt at Matt Connerton dot com. And

37:06 uh, of course you can interact into Pine in the chat room. I'm

37:09 looking for seeing if I can find virtual Dave Ridley. He was missing for

37:16 a while and then I found him and now I'm having trouble finding him again.

37:20 But yes, we might need him. Oh see, now I can't

37:22 find him again. That's so weird. We might need him in case anything

37:27 happens to the real Dave Ridley, assuming that was the real Dave Ridley.

37:32 If you're just joining us, by the way, in the second hour,

37:35 we do have Shane ballin coming in. In fact, I think he's already

37:37 in the building, so we'll be bringing him in soon. Really looking forward

37:40 to that. Um if. Oh and if you're looking for our friend Eric

37:45 Pilcher, who usually joins us in the first hour on Wednesdays, he is

37:49 at the eye doctor today, so we will hopefully see him soon. Is

37:55 something that we had mentioned briefly but we never got to it. So we'll

38:01 look at this quickly because I do want to get our guests in soon.

38:06 But I talked yesterday, of course, in the first hour about two big

38:09 bits of legal news yesterday. One involving Hunter Biden, which we talked about

38:15 quite a bit yesterday, got into some depth on that. The other involving

38:20 Donald Trump and Trump has been I think I guess I've been saying it wrong.

38:24 It's it's not Eileen, it's a lean canon h. The judge who

38:30 is presiding over the Trump's document case Trump Documents case, I should say she

38:38 has said a trial date. I think it was August fourteenth. Now,

38:42 people don't think that it's going to um necessarily happen, uh necessarily going to

38:46 start that date, because there can be continuances and delays and so forth.

38:51 But but that is the date that she's chosen. But the other thing,

38:54 and I wanted to um, this is a media item. So I really

38:57 wanted to talk talk to Eric about this today, but he's not available.

39:00 But we'll look at this quickly. Right now. Trump did an interview with

39:04 Brett Bear on Fox News, and Brett Bear I have to say he did

39:07 step up and committed an actual I would say, a bona fide act of

39:15 journalism in his interview, asked some some hard questions and challenged Trump on things.

39:20 But to me, the most interesting thing about it is, if you

39:23 watch it, Trump seems to well, let me preface this by saying,

39:31 actually, Chris Chrissy had a funny comment. He said that while that interview

39:37 was on Trump's lawyers, were probably looking to jump out of whatever window was

39:43 closest to where they were at the moment, because the more Trump talks,

39:46 the harder he makes their job. And it's almost as though Trump you almost

39:51 get the sense that not only is he known for not necessarily paying his attorneys,

39:57 because he likes to treat them all like they're these buy here pay her

40:00 lawyers that you see on television. You know, you only pay them if

40:01 they win your case. But he makes it really hard for them because the

40:07 more he talks in public, because you know, you're not supposed to talk

40:10 about your case. You know, any attorney will tell you that, don't

40:13 talk about your case. But Trump now, granted, Trump's in a unique

40:16 position. As much as his attorneys might like him to shut up and not

40:21 talk about his case, Trump is an active candidate for the presidency, so

40:25 he talks about the case. But Trump also, as I've observed on the

40:32 show and even some of his supporters will admit, Trump exists in a perpetual

40:38 state of self immolation. Trump makes his own problems for himself and then makes

40:45 them exponentially worse at every opportunity. So he not only talks about the case

40:52 to the media, but he talks and talks and talks and says things that

40:55 make everything worse for him. And I think the single biggest takeaway, and

40:59 this is why Chris Christie made the comment that he did, the single biggest

41:01 takeaway from Trump's interview with Brett Bear on Fox News the other day, was

41:07 that Trump seemed to admit to obstruction of justice. He pretty much, you

41:15 know, yes, he had always acknowledged that. Yes, in fact,

41:20 he did take those documents documents, and he claims they were classified and so

41:22 forth. But you know, there's an old saint it's it's not the crime,

41:28 it's the cover up. You look at lat Nixon, you look at

41:31 Watergate, for example, it's not the it's not the break in itself of

41:39 the Watergate hotel that got Nixon in the end. It's it's trying to cover

41:45 it up. So in Trump's case, I mean, I think even some

41:50 of his supporters would probably acknowledge that none of this would be happening right now

41:54 if Trump had just given back the documents to begin with. And Brett Bear

41:58 again, Brett Bear from Fox, who said, an excellent job, excellent

42:00 job. He really pressed Trump on on these things, and and Uh.

42:07 But but there's a point where, you know, Brett Bears asking him about

42:12 Okay, so they came to you, they they came to you with a

42:15 subpoena and said, look, you have to give these back. We've been

42:19 patient with you. We've been negotiating for like a year. We can't wait

42:22 anymore. So now you're being issued to subpoena. And uh, Trump said,

42:29 well, yeah, but I can't. I'm in I'm paraphrasing, but

42:31 basically he said, yeah, but I can't, just I can't just comply

42:37 with the subpoena. Well he doesn't. He doesn't. Actually he never actually

42:40 says the word subpoena, but he tries to get around it by saying,

42:43 well, I couldn't. I couldn't give these boxes back yet. I hadn't

42:45 had a chance to go through them. I was busy. I couldn't give

42:49 these boxes yet. So Bret Bear is asking him, Okay, so they

42:52 issue a subpoena and your lawyer, one of your lawyers signs and a half

42:58 of David and we already gave you back everything when you hadn't given back everything

43:02 and you still had all these boxes. And Trump's going, but I hadn't

43:06 had a chance to go through them yet. Some of them had golf shirts

43:09 and pictures, and you know, I'm a very busy guy. I don't

43:14 have time to go through all these. I wanted to go through all these.

43:15 So in saying that, he confessed to obstruction of justice. And I'm

43:21 not being hyperbolic when I say this, because in saying that, so he

43:25 acknowledges he got the subpoena and he defied the subpoena because he just wasn't ready

43:34 to give everything back because he wasn't done going through everything. It doesn't work

43:40 that way. And even some of his allies have pointed out, well,

43:45 you know, he probably should have asked for an extension on the subpoena and

43:50 had his lawyers say, well, we're not we're not ready to do this

43:53 yet. Can we delay this, which apparently you can do. I mean,

43:57 they'd already showed him an incredible out of deference. This dragged on for

44:01 over a year, them just trying to get these documents back. And listen,

44:07 when you got to when you're talking about a box of you know you

44:09 got some nuclear secrets in there. Yeah, you know, a year is

44:15 a long time to be patient, but they were. They were very patient,

44:17 and Trump Acknowledgiest, Well, you know, I didn't have time to

44:22 go through everything yet. I can't give this stuff back yet, so that

44:28 will be used against him in a court of law. You know, when

44:30 they mirandize you and they say anything you say, cannon will be used against

44:34 you in a court of law. They don't mean just you know, anything

44:38 you say to us right now in this moment, the police who are arresting

44:42 you, anything you say to us is we're dragging you off and cuffs you

44:46 know, might be used against you. Know, they're telling you anything you

44:49 say from this point forward, now that you've been arrested for this cannon will

44:52 be used against you in a court of law. And obviously that Fox News

44:59 interview you more than anything else he has said or done since this started,

45:04 that Fox News interview will be used against him in a court of law.

45:07 It's just shocking. And you know, I understand the game. He figures

45:16 he's got to do this stuff because it helps his fundraising and the people who

45:22 most desperately want to believe him, his disciples, they will believe anything he

45:28 tells them, so it helps in that regard. But he's he's that Brett

45:37 Bear. Look, I'm no legal expert, but that interview that Brett Bear

45:42 conducted with him, and again, listen, Brett Bear, I think did

45:45 an excellent job. He certainly didn't lead Trump into anything. He just asked

45:52 obvious questions, though Trump walked himself into a lot of jeopardy. I mean,

46:00 and again, there's a bunch of things in there that were problematic,

46:04 but the single biggest thing is Trump in that interview. I mean again,

46:09 you can call me a Trump hater, tell me I have trumped arrangement syndrome,

46:14 or whatever other tired insult you want to throw at me. But I'm

46:16 telling you there's no getting around it. Trump in that interview admitted he confessed

46:25 to obstruction of justice. They subpoena at him, but he just didn't feel

46:30 that he wanted to give the stuff back because he wasn't done going through it

46:35 and he's very busy. It's there, it's on tape. You can look

46:40 at it on YouTube. If you don't believe me, it is what it

46:45 is. There's just no getting around it. This isn't me being partisan,

46:51 This isn't me, you know, just going after Trump because I don't like

46:54 the guy. This is the reality. You know. If if you can

47:04 find any kind of a legal expert who can tell you that what I'm telling

47:09 you isn't true, God love you, but you're not gonna find one.

47:17 This is what happened that he just again, like I said, he exists

47:22 in a perpetual state of self immolation legally speaking. In that moment, he

47:29 poured gasoline on himself and let himself on fire. That is exhibit well,

47:34 I can't say it's exhibit A. I suppose exhibit as documents themselves. But

47:40 wow. So anyway, USA today dot Com is a story up five takeaways

47:46 from Trump's Fox interview on classified docs, China, Ukraine in more. By

47:51 the way, I will because I am fair. There is something that Trump

47:58 did in this interview. And this isn't me being sarcastic or trying to be

48:00 funny. I mean this sincerely. There is something Trump did in that interview

48:05 that I thought was very smart. I'll just throw this out there because this

48:08 has been in the news because of a comment that President Biden made that there's

48:12 a lot of people clutching their pearls. Biden calling at a fundraiser, calling

48:16 Jijingping a dictator, and people are freaking out to varying degrees over that.

48:22 So Bret Bear asked Trump about Taiwan, and here's what Trump said. So,

48:30 because if you remember Joe Biden, we talked about it on the show

48:34 at the time that had happened. Joe Biden said, yes, we will

48:36 defend Taiwan, which is okay, good in a sense, but I'm a

48:40 big fan of strategic ambiguity, so I was uncomfortable with it. I'm a

48:44 little less uncomfortable with Biden saying that at the time in hindsight, but we

48:47 won't get into all of that. But I thought it was I thought it

48:52 was smart how Trump handled this. So Bret Bear asked him. While Trump

48:58 said, if he was president in China, quote, would never be talking

49:00 about even the concept of going into Taiwan unquote. He refused to say,

49:04 however, whether he supports independence for Taiwan, claiming it would make discussions with

49:08 Chinese President Jijing Ping more difficult. Actually, that's they've kind of they've got

49:13 this a little bit wrong here USA today. What he was actually asked was

49:17 he bred Bear asked him, would you defend Taiwan if China invaded Taiwan,

49:23 like Joe Biden said, you know, his policy is yes, we would.

49:27 He was asking Trump would you and Trump said, if I tell you

49:31 an answer, it's going to hurt me in negotiations with Jijing Ping. Trump

49:39 went on to say, I have a very good relationship with President ge After

49:43 COVID came in, I sort of I didn't want the relationship, and I

49:45 sort of ended the relationship after having made one of the greatest trade deals ever

49:50 made. Oh they left out the part, okay, the part that I

49:55 thought Trump was smart about. Yeah, they left out the part I was

50:01 going to Uh, they didn't include it in this article, so I can't

50:06 tell you verbade him what he said. But the part that I thought was

50:07 smart was when Brett Bear asked him, so would you what would you do?

50:13 Trump said, well, I can't give that away here. It would

50:15 it would hurt us in my discussions with Jijing Ping. In other words,

50:20 Trump seemed seeming to want to reclaim some degree of strategic ambiguity. But but

50:24 I thought this was smart. But he said, but he knows what I

50:28 would do. Jijing Ping knows what I would do. So there was a

50:30 little bit of an undercurrent of sort of a veiled again ambiguous, but a

50:35 little bit of a veiled threat. He knows what I would do. I

50:37 thought that was smart. I thought that was a very smart answer. And

50:40 Trump Trump caught that one, right, He played that one well in my

50:43 opinion. So there you go. So for those of you you want to

50:49 be critical of me because you don't think I'm fair to Trump, will there.

50:52 I just I found something in that interview that I think he did right.

50:54 But the other thing I stand by that he literally confessed to obstruction of

51:00 justice during that interview with Brett Bear. All right. Oh, by the

51:02 way, Paul sees in the Facebook live chat mentioning, of course this Friday

51:07 night Retro Spectrum Radio with Pauli c and an all new Shower Time with DJ

51:12 Steve Friday night at eight pm. So looking forward to that. That's always

51:15 a lot of fun. All Right, Um, we're going to take a

51:19 quick break, we're gonna bring in our we're gonna bring our guests in in

51:23 a moment. But I'm going to before we get him, I'm going to

51:28 play another one of his studio tracks that he had sent us. We'll play

51:32 this song. Oh you know, what I want to play this. We'll

51:36 play this Charlie's remix, Charlie's song, the remix that he did with um

51:43 mister Goodbars. Let's let's play that because it's got a really really good response

51:49 from everybody last time. So we'll we'll give this a listen from the great

51:52 Shane Ballon. Then we'll show some love to our amazing sponsors, and then

51:54 when we come back, we'll have Shane Ballen in studio with us live.

51:58 But here, just check this out. This is the Charlie Remix from Shane

52:01 Bowen and mister Goodbar is here on Matt Connerton Unleashed. Yeah, I miss

52:14 you over you know I can never let you go. As we travels through

52:17 the slack, I know my hand and play my ros or what I miss

52:22 you? See you in my dreams when I get some sleep. You're young

52:24 and on my heart and that makes me breathe. Arlie pictures on the wall

52:30 up for life. We've seen the pastimes, remember my oldest smiles in the

52:35 feeling what your life like? Chills on my arm as the sky sturned blue.

52:39 I have to say this true. Your love can change my move to

52:44 me. You didn't know wrong you saw my favorite side. You showed me

52:49 how to open up and brace with open arms. I cried the most.

52:54 I loved you all. I smiled the most because you're my heart. Miss

53:00 you, hope you know I could never let you go. As me travel

53:04 through this life, I know my hand and play my roles, So what

53:07 I miss you? See you in my dream when I gets some sleep.

53:09 You young and know my heart and that makes me breathe. Charlie M No,

53:45 I don't care, Sam. I wish my living love and laughter and

54:08 still camest me. It's the resonation that's still resigns. No, this you'll

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58:08 contact info, show archives, etc. Etc. Today is Wednesday, June

58:14 twenty one, two thousand twenty three, and we have with us returning to

58:20 the program. Mister Shane Ballen is here. Hello. Hello, it's great

58:23 to be back. Yeah, scad to be back. Thanks, Matt.

58:25 Yeah, absolutely, it's good to see you and looking forward to hearing some

58:30 tunes and yeah, me too, me too. I got a We had

58:35 a couple of guitars here, I got at Martin here. We just got

58:39 so, I got some. I got a couple of covers I want to

58:43 play. But I want to play some songs off the EP that I just

58:46 put out. Oh yeah, and my good friend and producer mister Goodbars Timothy

58:51 Thorpe Toy Box Studios in Nashwam did a great job helping me out with that

58:57 and looking forward to working with him again. Yeah, so excellent, excellent.

59:00 Yeah, um, and is the so the EP is it out now?

59:05 Yeah? It takes a few days. It takes like a week or

59:07 how many days it is, but it's all set up with on destro Kid.

59:10 Excellent. Yeah, so it's out there on all the platforms. Oh,

59:14 very good, very good. Yeah, I don't know how I guess

59:15 it will be a little while. Yeah yeah, yeah, well congratulations on

59:17 that. Thanks. And I just keep writing. You know, I have

59:21 a bunch of songs, so I have another another whole whole EP, I

59:24 would say right now. So excellent. It's just gotta work on it.

59:28 Yeah yeah, all right, Well, whenever you're ready, I'm dying to

59:32 hear whatever you're gonna play for us. Yeah. I wanted to play a

59:36 couple of the songs I was thinking about playing. Um, you know Charlie

59:39 and I want to play Daddy's Truck. I want to play spring Pain projection.

59:45 You know. I have a new song that called the Note that I

59:46 that I just wrote. Okay, somebody I can get that in. Yeah,

59:50 yeah, we have plenty of time. All right, great and yeah

59:53 yeah, so I like to start it off here. Let's get warmed up

59:55 with little Stapleton. All right, it sounds good. I've seen my share

1:00:32 broke, hanglow fold it wins that he used to fly. If I got

1:00:46 rather rocking halos that used to fly, ain't just calm down an on the

1:01:00 healthline, came to hell, bows came high way first, They teachers,

1:01:12 they don't leave gonta fine, No soul saved. I've seen my share broken

1:01:25 halok folded ways. They used to fly. He fuck where every day you

1:01:38 go broken hang on stay used to fly broken hangs and he used to shine.

1:01:53 Don't go again. For the reason, don't go asking Jesus why we're

1:02:07 not mental? Not all he answers. They belong to the bye and bye

1:02:17 Eveline to Bye Bye. I've seen my share of broken halo al in Wines

1:02:32 said he was by the if I Come Lago broking Halo that used to shine

1:02:50 broken Halos and he used to shine broken Hanros and Us Stapleton. Ah,

1:03:07 it's beautiful, beautiful. I love it, but I was gonna say,

1:03:12 by the way, Sarah, Lorraine Prince is in the Facebook live chat and

1:03:15 says, excited to hear you perform the song you wrote with my mom.

1:03:19 All right, that's right, I think I remember you. Uh oh,

1:03:22 and uh Iris Ivason Lamire is in the chatterman says cool Shane Balen, all

1:03:25 right, let's do Daddy's Truck right now. All right, this this is

1:03:29 the song that Sarah was talking about. Yeah, cool, cool, alright,

1:03:32 awesome, all right and uh yeah, here we go. This song

1:03:40 is uh I wrote with a friend of mine passed away, Janine McGrath,

1:03:45 And she wrote this song and I said, spoke about it once and it

1:03:50 reminded her of her dad when I started playing a certain chord progression and she

1:03:53 wrote a song about an old Dodge truck and it had the smells, you

1:03:58 know, reminiscent of her father. Um. So she would keep it around

1:04:02 and then she had to go to the junkyard one day, and this is

1:04:05 the story of Daddy's truck. I can still smell back when I climb said

1:04:34 my Daddy's truck dreal dream, Daddy's need. He taught me how to travel

1:04:43 down in the hold, different room, lucky strikes and no spice out.

1:04:55 Two smells that my heart now that a moment memories in his own dad struck

1:05:08 her birth more than the money and that you pay me. If I wasn't

1:05:13 so down on minds up right now, I drunk hanging on to my daddy,

1:05:25 unruly child and running wild. It didn't know how to take me Daddy's

1:05:31 girl, and I was his world and all his love Daddy gave me.

1:05:39 I didn't care, he right, just wanning to grow up and be free.

1:05:50 Memories and as old did strucking worth more than the money that you will.

1:05:58 If I wasn't so hold on my lud right now, hockey back tucking,

1:06:05 I hang on to my daddy as I take that gun rack down now

1:06:29 my heart breaks with a very painful turn of the screw. Let me feel

1:06:40 window now has a very clear and painful you. Please fix her up the

1:06:56 trunker, don't turn my daddy to man. Little memories in his little dad's

1:07:10 recovers more than money that you ever pay me. Memories that ruck with that.

1:07:36 Mm wow, that's that's uh yeah, you played that last time too.

1:07:42 It's just amazing. Um, thank you. Our friend Ronda Ferverro from

1:07:46 California and the chat room says, uh, having just lost my beautiful husband,

1:07:50 this song is so resonating with me. Thank you. Wow, you're

1:07:54 welcome what it helped? Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry to hear that,

1:07:58 rondaw. Sorry. Absolutely. Sometimes music can bring out the pain and make

1:08:03 you, you know, reminisce, but in a in a way that heals

1:08:06 you in a sense. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And Sarah said,

1:08:11 thank you Shane. Huh, you're welcome. Yeah, yeah, thanks to

1:08:15 Janine and um Yardbird Blue Sky says hashtag Shane Balin, we say, awesome

1:08:20 song. Um, very nice, very nice. Um and uh oh and

1:08:28 I see another name in there too. I iris Ivason Lamier, who I

1:08:31 assume as that's my mom. Oh that's your mom. Excellent? Okay,

1:08:35 very nice, very nice. That's good. All right, Well you want

1:08:39 to keep going him? Yeah? Cool? Cool. I'm not gonna do

1:08:45 that one though, I was gonna say that sounds familiar with Oh yeah,

1:08:47 yeah, I would like to do another cover cover though us goes out to

1:08:54 my dad and uh um down in Florida. Oh yeah, so uh.

1:09:00 The song right here is uh by Luke Combs. It's called even though I'm

1:09:08 leaving? Are you doing? Dad? Love you? Hm? Daddy?

1:09:32 Am free? Whon't you stay in a little while? I don't keep me

1:09:40 safe because there's nastas right outside. Daddy, please don't go. I don't

1:09:50 want to be alone. There's the second that you go. They're gonna know.

1:10:00 And before he left, he grab my handing say, even though I'm

1:10:09 leaving, tell me I won't be had by your side when you need me

1:10:15 and you can't save me in the middle, love Dix, close your eyes

1:10:24 and a safe prayer. It's okay. I know you're scared when I'm not

1:10:29 here, but I always be right there. Even though I'm leaving, I

1:10:38 ain't going nowhere. Bob Ballance like Ballance tough the sky. I know there.

1:10:51 We're gonna be late. I'm sam. Don't like the way you got

1:11:00 a big old plain gonna take me far away. I don't know why I

1:11:06 acted. There's a churn in mygt because I just can't call you up being

1:11:15 things differ, and my daddy turned and he grabbed my nikin. Even though

1:11:27 you'll leave, you don't mean I won't be right by your side when you

1:11:34 need me and he can't see me in the middle. Love and night,

1:11:41 just close your eyes and safe prayer. It's okay boy. I know you're

1:11:45 scared when I'm not, but I'll always be right even though I'm leaving I

1:11:56 Angle nowhere that he am afraid, won't you stay a little while I never

1:12:18 thought I had seen. I had to say goodbye that he please don't go.

1:12:29 I can't do this on my o. There's no way that I can

1:12:34 walk. It's crude alone. And Danny turned and grabbed my m on last

1:12:44 time. Even though how may you don't mean I won't be right by yourself

1:12:53 when you know you can't see me in the middle. Love and night,

1:12:59 Just close your eyes, say prayer. It's okay. I know I'm right

1:13:06 here even I'm leaving Angle. It's beautiful. That's really beautiful. Thanks.

1:13:27 By the way, we just had this person to not identify themselves, but

1:13:29 we just had a message coming on the text line kick ass Shano. You

1:13:33 sound great all right? Thank you anonymous? Yeah, yeah, very good,

1:13:39 very good. I'm gonna grab my other the guitar here. Yeah,

1:13:41 absolutely absolutely. If you're just joining us, we have Shane Ballen in studio

1:13:45 with us. He's playing live for us. He's got a brand new EP

1:13:49 and we've shared some studio tracks on the show. But Shane is back live

1:13:55 with us in studio and sounds phenomenal. If you have if you want to

1:13:58 get in with a quick call, Shane's swapping guitars. If you have any

1:14:01 questions for him, or any feedback at all, or you just want to

1:14:03 say hello, the studio line is open six zoo three two five ZHO six

1:14:09 zero seven six zo three two five zero six O seven And of course you

1:14:12 can text us at six one seven nine one seven four four seven six.

1:14:16 You can also interact and opine in the Facebook live chat of course. And

1:14:20 uh got a very full chat room today. And um let's see yup.

1:14:26 Everybody's up. Oh you found your water? That's good, Shane was commenting

1:14:32 earlier he thought he'd left it in the car. Gets it gets uh,

1:14:38 it does get dry. And here that's for sure with the with the air

1:14:41 conditioning going and whatnot. But yep, so so Shane is here and um,

1:14:46 well he's getting ready to play for us some more too. I want

1:14:49 to remind people. Oh actually, you know what, let's go ahead and

1:14:51 grab this call. I think we've got Shannon on the line. High Shannon

1:14:59 Flin started this, uh we we or something? Afternoon, Yes, good

1:15:02 afternoon. What's going on? Shame beautiful singing? Thank you very much.

1:15:08 Appreciate that. All right? That that was my two cents so I can

1:15:13 play okay, wonderful, Thank you, Shannon. We appreciate the call.

1:15:16 Appreciate whoops. All right, very nice, very nice? All right.

1:15:21 Uh so you now just to tell us why the why the switching of the

1:15:27 guitars. What's different about this guitar. I have some heavier strings on the

1:15:31 other guitar. This guitar has some lighter strings on it. Better for finger

1:15:35 picking, sounds better, Oh I got you, I got you. Sometimes

1:15:40 easier on the fingers. But um, that one's a little bit more heavier

1:15:44 gauge. When you when you play out to usually bring two guitars and switch

1:15:47 off. Never had really, Yeah that's right, because he's just Scott one

1:15:51 of them. Yeah, that's right. Had an old Gibson and I was

1:15:54 still using it. For a while, you know that fifty nine Gibson and

1:15:57 I said, I'm not gonna use it anymore. Yeah, so I just

1:16:00 kind of put that away and then and then uh now yeah, so it'll

1:16:03 be great. Um yeah, I'm gonna be uh yeah, I'm gonna be

1:16:08 over like I said, I was at the Old Salt that a little thing

1:16:11 over there. Um, I'm gonna be playing in Hampton for a couple of

1:16:15 parties over there. Excellent Northampton, excellent. So I'm excited about that.

1:16:20 And um yeah it's so this Charlie's Hill show coming up Live Love Laugh Festival,

1:16:26 that's gonna be coming up um a little bit about a month or so.

1:16:30 And then um yeah maybe um my, like my friend Brian Munger,

1:16:34 I might have a little show coming up here with him too. So yeah

1:16:38 that's a name I've heard. Um plays a lot in main you know,

1:16:42 plays a lot around here too. Yeah yeah, oh yeah, very good,

1:16:45 very good. All right. So uh yeah, what are we gonna

1:16:48 play next? Um, um, you know, maybe I'll uh let's see,

1:16:55 I'll play I play Charlie, I guess okay, cool cool, Yeah,

1:16:59 So this is the uh now we should clarify too for people so on

1:17:02 the EP, there's two different versions of this, correct, there's yeah,

1:17:06 yeah, I was recording this and uh and uh, mister Goodbar's tim he

1:17:11 knows. He said he had an idea already, you know, as soon

1:17:14 as he heard it, and he put the bass behind it, and I

1:17:16 said, wow, that's great. You know, I didn't think of that

1:17:18 song like that, you know, or any of the songs that I was

1:17:21 playing with with the fingerpick style. It seemed very folk and slow and I

1:17:25 and when you put that to it, it just gives it life and you

1:17:28 feel like you can merge with the genres like that. Yeah, yea,

1:17:30 yeah, a lot with country right now. Oh yeah yeah, Like he

1:17:33 was saying, the beats now have switched from country and and uh you know

1:17:40 R and B or you know, rap kind of switched it. Yeah,

1:17:43 it's true hip hop, I should say, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:17:46 But yeah, So this song is this song is called Charlie, and it's

1:17:50 dedicated to h. Terry Merrill and her daughter Charlie, And this is she

1:17:58 passed away. She was several years ago now. But the song I wrote

1:18:04 because all the different things, um that would remind me of her, of

1:18:12 her daughter, and kind of one night, just wrote this after waking up,

1:18:17 and I haven't. I really didn't know where that well too now and

1:18:21 I wrote this. This was the first song I ever wrote. Oh wow,

1:18:24 no kidder, Saturday Night Johns and loving Hands, pinks, hears and

1:19:01 borrow cards. The distance between us, it's closer than the next time.

1:19:11 You're in the field and the star is gilling. Just remember I'm waiting hearing,

1:19:21 just like campers in your field. The truth. I'm the flickering light,

1:19:32 and I am the rasing you find. I am the curl in your

1:19:40 grand I'm the chu song on your neck. I am Louis Soulian the wind,

1:19:47 and I'm the silence when you are living love and Laughters survive. That's

1:20:00 Dove keeps that music lying. It's a resonation that still design office. You'll

1:20:13 find I'm the flickering light. I'm Maris, and you'll find I'm the curl

1:20:23 in your grinning. Now the ship's on your neck. I'm louhistling Wheel,

1:20:30 and I'm silence when you rest living love and laughter survived. And I still

1:20:38 keeps the music live. Mike Merril, It's a resonation that still resigned.

1:20:46 And oh yes, you'll be fine. It's me, it's me, it's

1:20:56 me. Him my, amaze me, bo, it's me. Yeah,

1:21:01 it's me, it's me. That's the first song you ever wrote. Huh

1:21:19 yeah, wow, no kidding. I just recently started playing it more of

1:21:24 a song. It was like a spoken word. Oh okay, interesting interesting,

1:21:28 So um when you wrote So, when you wrote that, obviously you

1:21:31 knew you're already playing and everything and and you and you you're already uh,

1:21:38 playing covers and so forth. You just hadn't. Yeah, I was playing

1:21:41 covers, lots of covers, okay, but that was your first time.

1:21:44 And I think I was playing like, um, some sort of progression,

1:21:46 you know, with that, that progression in a song. Yeah, just

1:21:49 thousands have the same you know, it's changed slightly, but right, don't

1:21:53 call me a cheering but but yeah, it's um. And then I just

1:21:58 kind of applied that into there, and yeah, wow. Then I noticed

1:22:01 you get a feeling as a songwriter starting off that you want to keep using

1:22:04 that kind of progression. And then I got to change it. My songs

1:22:08 are going to have that same thing, even though you can change it up

1:22:10 to make it sound different. But yeah, so I'm trying to you know,

1:22:14 do find different ways to make different melodies here? Yeah. Yeah,

1:22:19 and uh that's another thing that's I'm really excited to keep working with people who

1:22:24 are looking for especially you know, like hip hop and be looking for for

1:22:28 beats, looking for you know, riffs and guitar pick you know picking,

1:22:32 finger picking too, like that, because you hear that in a lot different

1:22:36 you know, trap stuff or oh yeah, so absolutely. Oh. By

1:22:41 the way, the person who sent that message on the text line that was

1:22:45 she said, thanks Matt. It's his number two fan, Carrie. His

1:22:48 mom is of course number one. Hey Carrie, she's great. Thanks Carrie.

1:22:54 Oh very nice, very nice. All right. Oh and y'ard Yardbird

1:23:00 Blue Sky says a great song hashtag Shane, thank you. I was gonna

1:23:10 play string pain projection. Yeah. Yeah, this is the title track,

1:23:14 right, yeah, this is the chitle track. I wrote this song when

1:23:18 I was sitting in front of a wood fire and watching a bunch of bands

1:23:24 out there. Afterwards, it just takes like one line, you feel,

1:23:28 one line all of a sudden. I was watching Van Morrison was talking about

1:23:32 that on an old video you can find too, and he says that with

1:23:34 Bob Dylan, he's standing there and he says, you know about songwriting,

1:23:38 And one line might you know, popped in my head and I don't know

1:23:40 why I wrote it down, And that leads to another line, at least

1:23:43 to a chorus, And the next thing you know, you have a song.

1:23:45 You always sometimes you think of something and you I should write it down.

1:23:48 But you got to write it down because it might be a good song,

1:23:50 right otherwise you forget it. I wait to snack. You can't catch

1:24:14 me on rain. I'm running instep, you can't catch me on ray,

1:24:42 instill best on rechess. I've got my head. I'm moling in these Spanish

1:24:50 lines before ties of flat moving him wrong? What they thinking about that?

1:25:10 I rise like feelings land on my feet. The feelines, a bar of

1:25:16 things fight my wing. The string pain projection makes my fingers leap. The

1:25:26 subconscious mind is deafening a sleep. I'm feeding with them on everything, like

1:25:49 my cat on my chest, burning and his stream. The wind's hunging outside

1:25:58 like banshee screen. I've been known to make a s strange sing. I

1:26:12 love the songs that a snowpas sing. The creek babangs when a screen those

1:26:26 swings. I love the songs and stove fight sing, creeks and bings when

1:26:40 a screen those swings, and I love the snails out of camp fire brains.

1:26:46 The slow kid, hugon to my blue jays, can't catch me on

1:26:58 a ratime, Run myself best upon the riches. I've got my health moning

1:27:06 in the thing, shines for ties off of the thinking and fetch me on

1:27:32 the radar, moaning itself best on riches. I've done my health and self

1:27:45 shrines four ties off flame moving. I'm wrong within doubt that awesome? Awesome,

1:28:04 Uh, if you're just joining us. Shane Ballen is here. Our

1:28:10 friend Melanie Liberty from Vermont in the in the chat Room's asked, who's who's

1:28:15 the thick cut of meat on the couch? Shane? Have you ever been

1:28:20 objectified in quite such a manner? Strangely, don't mind it? Yeah,

1:28:25 yeah, I think she mentioned as a compliment. So there you go.

1:28:30 Thank you. Strangely, don't mind if that's the best answer. Shane Ballen

1:28:34 is here. Of course, he's performing some songs from his Yes the Giant

1:28:39 Cardboard Peter Whitehead. He is. He is also often objectified. What does

1:28:45 he think? He doesn't say much I don't know. He's very quiet,

1:28:51 but he watches over us. So so you think you can tell heaven from

1:30:02 hell, little skies from pain? Can you tell the green feet from the

1:30:14 cold? Steal a smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

1:30:26 Hey, they got you to train you hear us go hot, ashes

1:30:35 for tree, hotel, cool, breathe God, comfort for shame? Did

1:30:46 you shame? Walk on? Party in the water for a lee, roll

1:30:56 in the cave. M h m m m m m. How I wish,

1:31:35 how I wish you were here? Just to my soul swimming a fishbowl.

1:31:45 You have to hear running over the same moment what I find the same

1:31:57 moment this, Hugh, I like it. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

1:32:44 awesome if you're just joining us. Shane Balen is here with us live in

1:32:47 studio. Yard Blue Sky was asking earlier about influences. We probably talked about

1:32:54 this last time a bit, but yeah, tell us we were into um,

1:32:59 you know, like a lot of a lot of nineties you know,

1:33:02 alternative rock, um, and uh all sorts of classic rock you know in

1:33:09 seventies. Yeah, um so uh yeah, he just you know, I

1:33:13 would say listen to that a lot of UM, I like the real like

1:33:17 not really blues but powerful belting like Chris Stapleton bluesy but like Chris more like

1:33:21 Chris Cornell. Yeah, and and stuff like that. Um but uh yeah,

1:33:27 I'm just all all over the place, you know, I just play

1:33:30 so many covers. I think I'm just learning from so many different colors covers

1:33:31 that is influencing me. But I listened to a lot of you know,

1:33:36 R and B and hip hop stuff too, yeah, you know, because

1:33:39 I just I can't listen one thing. You listen to it for a while

1:33:42 and I got to change it out the same my mood, definitely, I

1:33:45 gotta change it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so um yeah, And

1:33:48 and I would say, you know, the always you know, like my

1:33:53 grandfather being Clyde, him playing so much country X kind of and it was

1:33:58 in the back of my head here, you know, playing that old Gibson

1:34:00 and um but uh, you know, I don't know who else I can

1:34:06 think of right now, but I just know, I mean, and I

1:34:11 would say people like Brian Munger, people like um, Joey McDonald, you

1:34:15 know, people who are solo guitarists, singers, singers, songwriters. You

1:34:20 know. Yeah, I just thought that was so neat. I've always thought

1:34:24 that was great. My dad's always listened to a lot of music. He

1:34:28 actually managed a band, Fade to Black, back in the back in the

1:34:31 nineties. Oh no kidding? Oh interesting? Yeah, um from where were

1:34:35 they around here? Yeah? They were a Manchester Okay. They play all

1:34:39 over the place. Yeah I remember, yeah, Firewoman they would sing oh

1:34:43 no kidding? Yeah. Were they a cover band or were they originals?

1:34:45 Originals? Yeah? Okay, remember them? So they're called Fade to Black?

1:34:48 Wow, Like do you remember, um, do you remember anything?

1:34:53 Or were you even around that? Yeah? I was like I was probably

1:34:55 like ten, I think something like that. Yeah yeah, oh but uh

1:35:00 yeah you know, and I always been I remember the first concert I went

1:35:02 to his hall and oats oh no kid, I remember my dad carrying me

1:35:08 out. My mom carried me out. I was sleeping. It was like

1:35:10 the end of the shot of the show. Yeah yeah, so oh yeah

1:35:15 and U but yeah, I have a I have trying to think of the

1:35:19 song. I have a couple of new ones, but there's one here,

1:35:23 yeah, called Lost and Found. I wrote about this. Uh, I

1:35:29 was gonna play the other one, but I wrote it about this. Um,

1:35:31 we got we got time, all right, great fraternity brothers of mine.

1:35:34 Um that from up in Plymouth State College when I went there, and

1:35:40 uh, over the years a few you know, thirty years, you start

1:35:43 having people pass away. Yeah, and uh this starting like it was racking

1:35:46 up. I was thinking of their several people, you know, so I

1:35:49 want to give our tribute to them, you know, because I love them.

1:35:53 So yeah, so this was lost and found all right. Yeah,

1:36:00 h h h stand fire, we're love. Stand like a shipped one getting

1:36:41 going home. We frown like an old chattered star left on the ground.

1:36:48 It's in the brown box with all your stuff in it now, Yeah,

1:36:51 it's standing five. Stand fire. I got an old hound dog picked up

1:37:05 at the palme. Look in your room and it's so empty. Now all

1:37:15 I hear is that goose of empty sounds. Will stand every week, traveling

1:37:27 to the next time, memories of my brothers buried in the ground, fractals

1:37:42 of lighting, so fatial sound calling the past. Drinking beer is feeling proud

1:37:50 sitting around the fire. What with your friends getting alloud thinking about our brothers

1:37:56 who are period in the ground. Fine and fine stand fire like a kid

1:38:33 with one mitt and going home to mom. With a frown like an old

1:38:39 hound dog left at the town. It's your one last shot to get your

1:38:44 life back somehow. It's a little old box with all your stuff in that.

1:38:49 Now your lost Stan. Fine. You can keep knocking me down,

1:38:57 but you can't knock me out. Yeah, I'm fine. Memories of my

1:39:04 brothers who I buried in the ground, lost him, sitting around the fire

1:39:13 with all those tools, getting loud, ringing bears, telling lies about the

1:39:17 past, feeling proud in remembering our brothers who are buried in the ground.

1:39:34 Oh that's cool. That's a new one. Yeah, excellent, excellent.

1:39:39 Yeah, now is that on the EP? So that's gonna be on enough

1:39:42 woman, Okay, very good, very good. By the way, our

1:39:44 grim rock is in the chat room and says right on, hello from Pittsburgh.

1:39:47 Cool. Yeah. Yeah. And there was another native. There was

1:39:50 another name I saw in there too, I hurt Soul, Jeremy Hurtzel.

1:39:54 I think I don't know if that's someone you know. Um already that one

1:39:58 already scrolled by, So im I got the name exactly right, But yeah

1:40:00 you got you got a lot of a lot of people in there. Excellent,

1:40:03 absolutely absolutely, Um, yeah you want to you wanna sneak in one

1:40:09 more? Yeah, definitely. Um. Yeah, this one's called the note.

1:40:18 Okay, it's about you know, when you leave your note for it

1:40:26 doesn't have to be your kids, but in this case is this is my

1:40:29 kids when they go to school in their lunch box and left a note in

1:40:31 there, you know, and yeah, you don't have phones or whatever.

1:40:35 And then if they if you know, if you get split fans and they

1:40:38 go into their other place for a week, I can talk to them for

1:40:40 a little bit and you leave a note. And it also reminds me of

1:40:44 the days before cell phones when you leave notes on the table still find them

1:40:48 when you go through all pictures, like hey love you, so I'll talk

1:40:50 to you later on tonight. We'll you know, we'll have this for dinner

1:40:53 or something and xx. You know it's so awesome when you see that and

1:40:57 then reminds you of those days. So this is uh, this one's called

1:41:01 the note. And this is a new one too. Yeah I just wrote

1:41:06 this so o my best, my very best remember it all. So this

1:41:10 is very new. Yeah, like a couple of days ago. Oh sweet,

1:41:13 okay, mm hmmmm, I'm writing this No, I'm just so you

1:41:45 know that's thing about you always when you go I'm using pencil, but tears

1:41:56 cood org too. Who knows that board buck kids crying over you, crying

1:42:02 over lie. Oh yeah, I could have drowned in my tears over you.

1:42:13 Oh the notes on paper m h m hm hm hm h m hm

1:42:57 m m m hm m The note was on paper my hands. They were

1:43:19 shaky and so it was slipping through from cooking bacon and holding note. Red

1:43:28 was what I just said, and I hugged them in the morning. M

1:43:48 I told him I love them and I always will told the mine proud of

1:43:55 them too, And it gives me chills hope that they say did for least

1:44:00 day were colored in their special way. M h m hm. Note what

1:44:12 you leave when you who can't call, Maybe they won't see it at all.

1:44:18 M h m m m angles. They was shaky from book back cam

1:44:51 was on paper in my mind. Answer sh such a leave when you can't

1:45:03 come. Maybe they will be very nice. So that's brand new. Yeah,

1:45:15 it's just you know, sorry for the gap. I was trying to

1:45:16 remember some lyrics. That's what happens, that's all right, that's when you

1:45:20 go live and you don't use notes. Yeah, yeah, I love it.

1:45:24 I love it. Very cool, very cool. Well, Shane,

1:45:26 We're we're almost out of time, but I want to make sure people know

1:45:29 now the so the new the new EP is out. Correct, Yes,

1:45:31 it's out. And you know if you look on right now on my Facebook,

1:45:36 if you look, if you look me up on there, you'll find

1:45:39 it. But it'll say available soon, Okay, okay, yeah, Um,

1:45:43 I guess it'd probably be within within the week, I would imagine,

1:45:45 okay, okay, excellently thirty of them out there. Yeah, so I

1:45:49 got all those four um and uh, mister A good Bys, I gotta

1:45:53 talk to him. We gotta get that one out together. So yeah,

1:45:56 yeah, and then you've got what do you have coming up for shows?

1:45:59 You got anything this week? Or um? No, it's July eighth.

1:46:02 I'm gonna be playing up off King's Highway area and then um and then um,

1:46:08 I'm gonna be playing up at Charlie Shilf. That's a month and a

1:46:11 half from now. Yeah, and um, there's a couple uh, you

1:46:15 know, open mics and stuff that I'm gonna be going to cool cool,

1:46:18 um, but those are the only real shows I have I guess it's kind

1:46:20 of consumed. Everything was coming here and doing the getting everything on the EP.

1:46:26 Yeah yeah, where where's Charlie Hill again? Okay? Yeah yeah man

1:46:30 excel oh wow mean yeah yeah yeah very cool? Um good good and um

1:46:35 anything else you want to make sure? What should people know about how to

1:46:40 find you? We should? We should make sure people know how to spell

1:46:42 your last name? Yes, B A L O N okay Balin. I

1:46:45 might change it to Bayalin, it sounds better, Shane Baylin. Uh so,

1:46:50 yeah, you can find me on Facebook right now. I gotta do

1:46:54 better job of getting a music site up there, but I have all my

1:46:58 music I play out there and you conf'm there or um, you know,

1:47:02 um, if you ever want to reach me, I'm not afraid to give

1:47:04 my number six h three two nine four eight one four two. If you

1:47:08 ever have any um weddings, shows or anything you want to have private parties,

1:47:13 Um, you want to play, I'd love to do it. So

1:47:15 yeah, excellent, excellent, Well Shane, this has been wonderful. I'm

1:47:18 actually gonna appreciate it. Yeah, absolutely, my friend. Absolutely, it's

1:47:23 great. Here you play. I'm actually gonna we'll close out with another one

1:47:26 of the studio tracks that you sent me this Gingerbread Houses, because we didn't

1:47:30 you didn't play that one today, No, yeah, so we'll we'll end

1:47:32 with that one as as we kind of kind of fade out for for the

1:47:38 next show. But thank you again, and of course, uh, if

1:47:41 you miss any part of today's show, it'll be up in just a little

1:47:43 bit at WMNH radio dot org and on my website Matt Connerton dot com.

1:47:47 Thank you again to Jerry Robinson for calling us in the first hour. That

1:47:51 was very cool, and everybody in the chat room. And um, and

1:47:57 don't forget be back bright and early tomorrow morning and am for the morning show

1:48:00 with Peter White, and we will end with this. So this is called

1:48:05 Gingerbread Houses. This is one of the great studio tracks from Shane's new EP.

1:48:11 So check this out. Oh and don't forget tomorrow we have Ricky Mapleton

1:48:15 with us alive in studio and that's gonna do it for us for now.

1:48:18 I'll talk to ya a little bit later. Hi, everybody send ginger bread

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