Matt Connarton Unleashed 9-27-23

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It is that time again, Matt Connerton unleashed and we are live from the

studios of w M n H ninety five point three FM and Glorious Downtown Manchester,

New Hampshire, and it is a glorious day outside, very very nice.

Also on Comcast channel six if you're in Manchester. And Hello to all

of our online listeners across nation and around the globe. You can go to

my website Matt Connerton dot com for all of your live streaming options, social

media links, contact in Folk Show archives, etcetera, etcetera. Today is

Wednesday, September twenty seven, two twenty three, so nice to have you

all with me. We've got a great musical guest coming up today. In

the second hour, we will be joined live in studio by the Boston band

Hands of Spite and really looking forward to meeting these guys. I love their

sound. They've got a couple of studio tracks that they want to feature,

but they're also going to play live for us today in the second hour,

so they will be here an hour number two New Meredos. Really looking forward

to that. Speaking of musical guests, by the way, yesterday we had

on the show Fox and the Flamingos and they came in and played during the

second hour and just amazing. In fact, Mike Doyle, who usually he

only calls the show if he's got something political to talk about, but he

actually called the show yesterday during the interview just to just to talk about how

much he loved the band, and he even sent me an email. He

probably sent it right after the show, but I didn't see it until this

morning. I was I was not feeling well last night. We'll talk about

that in a minute. But but this morning I woke up and I saw

I had an email from Mike and he just said in the subject line he

just put Fox in the Flamingos, and in the email himself it's he just

said in all caps, wow, with a whole bunch of exclamation points.

So he was really impressed. And I wrote back to him and I just

said, I know right, they were amazing. So that opening track that

I played today, that's their their new single, Don't Be a Stranger.

I don't know if it's even available yet for streaming. I think I know

that it hadn't been as of yesterday when the band was here. That was

kind of the world premiere of that song on the show. But I did

tell them afterward. I said, yeah, that's that's gonna be one of

those tracks that I'm just gonna play every now and then just because it's so

good. That's such a great track. And also I posted on social media

last night, I said, uh uh, no disrespect to Fleetwood Mac,

but Fox and the Flamingos just played the best rendition of Rhiannon that I've ever

heard in my life. It was so good, so good. Also,

I want to get I think I had said it on air, but I

wanted I talked to her a little bit off air too, Mazie's father,

Mazie from Fox and the Flamingos, her dad, apparently you heard this come

up yesterday if you're if you heard the show. Wasn't a boy band back

in the day and managed run whatever by Lou Pearlman. And I said to

Mazie, I says, oh my god, I have to I have to

interview your dad. I have to have him on the show. I would

just be fascinated to talk to him because and it was the boy band was

a group that I was not familiar with, so clearly not on the level

of say the Backstreet Boys or n Syncor ninety eight degrees or some of the

other boy bands from that era in terms of success. But but I I

remember reading a lot and hearing a lot about Lou Pearlman. And for those

of you who don't know, Lou Pearlman was this guy. He was this

rich guy who wanted to get into the entertainment business and he started managing these

or I think he started at his own record label actually Transcontinental or something,

some generic sounding name and UH and he started bringing on these these boy bands

and putting them together and so forth. But I think he might be in

prison now because he got into a lot of trouble and he ended up getting

sued by the different groups that were working with him, like UH in Sync

was one of them. I remember they sued him, I think to get

out of their contract, and because he turned out to be not exactly an

honest broker in terms of business and was stealing a lot of money from these

groups he was managing and had on his label. I don't remember all the

details, but but Maizie made a comment that her dad was a little bit

a little bit skeeved out by I think the young people say that, right,

skeeved out by by lou Pearlman at their very first meeting, and was

very suspicious of him. So I just think that would be a fascinating conversation

have. So I want to get Mazie's dad on the show too. But

but yeah, they were amazing Fox and the Flamingos just incredible. Uh So

today on the show in the second hour, we have Hands of Spite,

and then tomorrow on the show we're gonna be joined by After the Winter,

another really really great band and so much great talent around here. So also

regarding today a programming note, well, actually we'll hold we'll hold off on

that because I think our friend Charles is on the line. Charles is that

you. Oh yeah, I had to chime in on Louke Pelman because my

wife, who is got a huge love affair with the Backstreet Poison, I

mean almost to the point of fantasy. Yes, I'm not going to join

the much set on that. You just use your imagination on that one.

Sure, But she apparently knows the entire bio of Louke Perlman because they drugged

the boys under the water and then some next with them big time. Oh

I think, you know, they are the ones that got most of the

damage with from from Perlman. But to my understanding, at least that's what

she says. I don't know, but she also just sains that the in

sync fan too, So oh really, I don't know if it's just saying,

you know, to make it look popular, but yeah, Luke Perlman

apparently he put the idea up, but he kept most of the profits.

Yeah, I guess it was like bringing the contract and stuff like that,

and I'm not sure about indezzling, but yeah, he's he's in for a

lot of money in regards to being in prison. So you're right on that.

So he is in prison right now. Yeah, yeah, that's what

I thought. Yeah, I seem to remember, didn't he really take advantage

financially because you know, he's got these young guys, I mean, some

of them teenagers still at that point that he's signing, and I'm sure he's

promising them the world, and you know, to be fair, they did

become very famous while working with him. But but but he was taking taking

most of the money, which is uh, you know, and even with

entertainment contracts, which very often are predatory, it won't necessarily hold up in

court if you're if you're taking advantage of people just because you put something in

a contract like for example, I'm gonna make you famous, but I get

all the money, that's not necessarily going to hold up in court. Yeah,

it's also too it's like you're having these fourteen and fifteen year old boys

find this deal and I'm sure that I'm sure that parents like say, yeah,

go after whatever, right, you know, so they're they're behind it.

But it's like, yeah, you're kind of like you're kind of sewing

a bag of goods, and it's like, you know, it's gonna be

all this great deal and this great awesome thing, and meanwhile you're touring the

country, staying in some three star hotel and lou Perlman's over there building mansions,

like yeah, you know, it's like it doesn't seem that great when

it actually happens. But apparently, according to the Backsteae Boys start line,

which by the way, there is a movie about it, and it does

it does say about how they got. They got hammered thumb Perlman, not

literally fuck they got. They got hammered by him, and they didn't make

hardly any money when their first big hits came out, right, So it's

like, you see, you're seeing him make new music. Now they're keeping

I mean, of course, you know, they're making it a lot better

than they were back then. But like their first three I think Alyssa said,

three or four records they like barely made any money off of because he

just sucked them so dry. Wow, well they did, uh they did

come out of it. Uh, you know, okay obviously, but oh

yeah, they they obviously got their fame and just whatever they right turns to

gold with all these teeny bos. My god. Now, of course te

pop is being late thirties now, but they're still they're still you know,

they still got their fan clubs going on. Yeah, I mean, now

when they have a hit song, it's on the adult contemporary charts, but

nothing wrong with that. A hit is a hit. I love, yeah,

I love I love that track about five years ago. You know the

song. I'm sure you've heard it because Alyssa so into them. Uh,

don't go break in my heart not not not not the Uh yeah, I've

heard of it. I've heard of about a few million times against my will.

So that's that's downright torture in my book. Right now. I think

that's a great track. It's so catchy. I love that song. Realistically.

We saw them in concert I think last year, year before or whatever.

Yeah, just when they when they came to the Tampa And honestly,

they're they're great performers, they really are they And only the only regret I

have I didn't bring enough ear plugs wasn't for the music. It was the

girls screaming as loud as they can right behind me. Yeah. It was

not enough, how and all to get rid of that headache. But they're

great. They're really great performers. They they lit it up. Man,

they did really good. Yeah. Yeah, no I'm not. I'm not

surprised. Yeah, all right, all right, go ahead, bring my

two cents in. Yeah, I appreciate it. Charles, thank you for

the call. All right, all right, all right, bye bye,

all right. That was Charles Richardson from Florida and uh yeah, Lou Pearlman.

Very interesting story. So, like I said, hopefully, hopefully we

can get Mazie's dead on the show. I'd love to get his insight.

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call at six zero three two five six zero seven. By the way,

so quick programming note, because it is Wednesday, so as you may have

noticed, we have not had last week. We didn't have and we don't

have the segment this week either. My favorite conservative Eric Pilcher not joining us

again this week. Hopefully we can resume that next week. Here's what's going

on. Just briefly. Eric's schedule is busy and because of other obligations,

it's become impossible for him to join us during the first hour on Wednesdays,

Like he had been, so beginning next week, because I discussed it with

Jenny. Jenny does all the scheduling of the guests, and so starting next

week, what we're gonna try to do is not have musical guests on Wednesdays

in the second hour. And we always have musical guests in the second hour

because if they want to come in and play live, that's that's got to

be in the second hour. That that won't work in the first hour for

various reasons. But so what we'll what we're gonna do is the plan is

Saturday next week, will we'll leave that second hour open so that Eric will

be able to join us in the second hour, so that we can resume

that segment because I really enjoy it. I always look forward to get and

to hang out with Eric for the hour, and I know a lot of

the listeners enjoy it as well. So just a brief explanation if you're wondering

Eric will return next week. Of course we'll have his film review on Friday

too. But Shannon is on the line. High Shannon as good afternoon.

Hello. Didn't a lot of record producers executives do that to a lot of

people that back in the day, like George Michael Tony and back in the

day. I'm sure it still happens now. I mean, it's a dirty

business, Shannon, It's a dirty business. People have more freedom to do

it themselves with the computers and stuff. Well, that's the thing, you

know, You've really it's funny. I was thinking about this just recently.

You've really got in this era. This is how I think about it.

In the music industry, You've kind of got two systems that run concurrently.

You've got the old system, which is, you know, you you get

signed by a record label and there they release your music and you go on

tour and you do all that. And then you've got the new system online

where you can do it however you want to and really kind of take your

fate in your own hands because you can you can do everything yourself and you

don't necessarily need a record label or even a management team or any of that,

and and uh, and so you can you can do it either way,

or you can do it both ways. I mean, these these two

ways of doing it are not mutually exclusive, obviously, but but yeah,

you you know, the old system is still very much alive and well,

but you do have other ways of going about it, certainly that you didn't

have twenty years ago. Yeah, well, at least at least there's another

option, you know now, Yes, uh. In something I want to

say yesterday, I was reminded earlier to when you go to the pharmacy to

get your vaccine, corporate, at least the one the pharmacy I go to,

doesn't care that the pharmacist is the one that has to run out and

give someone a shot and run back and do the pharmacy thing. They don't,

in other words, provide anyone extra for the inoculations or vaccines whatever.

Well, I'm sure it depends. I'm sure it depends where you go.

I mean, you know, a lot of places are shorthanded. Right now,

I can tell you the right aid on McGregor Street. They seem to

run a pretty tight ship as far as that goes from what I've seen.

But it depends where you go a lot of places don't have enough help.

Yeah, well, there's not having enough help, and then there's corporate being

too cheap to one or hire someone to sit there and give the shots while

the pharmacists does their job. Yeah, says job to do. Hey,

you can't afford it, hire a volunteer nurse, you know. Yeah,

I guess I don't know if there's only so many people to hire it.

We're sitting we're sitting at we're sitting at three and a half percent unemployment with

no end to it in sight. So, uh, you know, there's

only so much you can do as far as hiring people. You gotta have

people to hire. And yeah, oh and and I tried calling yesterday,

but uh, it's amazing Ray right, Yes, I believe so. She

They were all awesome. But I love that growl she's got. I'd love

to be able to know how to do that. M h. That that

I can't do it, so I can't. Sure you're an example, sure,

yea amazing singer. The whole band is fantastic, Yeah, absolutely,

And I just wanted to say, awesome job. And that was great.

Yeah yeah, big, big, big, big success with the audience,

that's for sure. Everybody loved it. Yep. And the next one.

Here's an idea for the next uh indictment report or whatever about Trump be there.

Uh it's gonna start his own band when he's in prison, Colored iron

bars. Mhm. But I'm all right, Shannon or something. I could

just sticking bars. I don't know, there's doors too whatever. Okay,

all right, I don't want to make it angry by all right, Shannon,

make who angry? All right? Very good? H Well that was

our friend, Shannon, and that does open up the line for you.

Six zero three two five six seven six three two five six seven. By

the way, speaking of getting vaccinated, and I did make brief mention of

this earlier, So yeah, last night I was in rough shape, so

I got vaccinated. I got the updated COVID vaccine in the morning. Maderna

and uh and the flu shot got him both, so did Jenny. But

I always seem to have a reaction, and in the past it's just made

me very, very fatigued, very tired, usually in the evening. You

know, if I get vaccinated for a sing in the morning, by the

time I'm done doing the show here and I'm getting ready to head home,

I'm like, I start to really feel it. Oh, yesterday was bad

because I was not only fatigued, but I had a splitting headache and I

just I went home after the show. I made it through the show no

problem, and I think having a you know, having a great band here

always kind of energizes me anyway, So I think that that kept me going.

If if I was just sitting here doing the show by myself with no

guests, I don't know. I don't know how if I would have made

it through the show, but no, I'm sure I would have, but

I would have been struggling. But yeah, I went home and I just

kind of collapsed on the couch and Jenny went and got a blanket to put

over me, and I was just it was like I had it. I

was running a fever one hundred point nine. Jenny took the tamp and this

morning the fever was gone, so and I feel much much better. Still

not one hundred percent, but I really had a You know that that seems

to be the standard side effect that I get after getting a COVID shot.

Is it just kind of takes me down that night, and then in the

next day I'm fine or close to it. But but yeah, that's why

I made that comment earlier. I didn't see Mike's email till this morning.

He probably sent it right after the show or during the show, and I

just didn't see it until today because I was so wiped out. But but

from what I've read, you know, that's that's actually a good thing.

If you have a reaction like that to getting vaccinated, it's a good thing

because what that indicates is that your immune system is reacting to the to the

vaccine, the you know, the message. That's why they call it messenger

RNA. Uh, the information that the vaccine is giving to your immune system.

And uh so, uh, you know, I'd much rather have one

night of feeling horrible than getting COVID and having five, seven, ten days

of feeling horror or worse. So so well worth it. But oh boy,

this one, this one hit me hard though, but definitely worth it.

Get to you know, get it done, get it out of the

way. Uh, let's see. Oh Hans Smith from Sepsis is in the

Facebook live chat and says I've had after effects after from the shot. Oh

yeah, yeah. But like I said, it's it's actually a good thing

because it means that your your immune system is reacting appropriately to the vaccine.

So and it gets the message. Uh, if you'd like to join us

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seven, we will say hello. Everybody in the Facebook live chat. Crystal,

our friend from the Great state of Illinois, joins us and says,

hello everyone, eazyg. Eric Gagnan says, Happy Prince Spaghetti Day. Charles

Richardson, who we heard from a few minutes ago, is also in the

chat room. He says, Olah, fellow Connor tonights or actually he wrote

Connor to Eyer's. I don't know if that's supposed to be Connor Tonights or

if he's trying out a new uh, a new nickname for us all.

Jenny is in the chat, of course, and says shalom peeps. Crystal

says, and again she's in Illinois. She says, they don't sell Prince

spaghetti here, No Hood products or Scotland Franks either, weird. Scott Robinson

joins us in the chat and says, I love Wednesdays on the Matt Connerton

on the show because I think he's using voice to text, because I know

we're going to get Eric Gagnan's entertainment a report. Oh no, no,

no, no, not on Wednesdays, EASYG. We'll do one at some

point, but he's always got a reason why he can't, So that's okay.

Ronda Fervero joins us, of course, from the gray state of California

says hello everyone. Hello Rhonda, jay Fed from the gray state of Vermont

joins us tomorrow people five who I'm going to go out on a limb and

say, it's probably from Greensboro, North Carolina says, we say good afternoon,

hashtag Matt and we say late Lou Pearlman and we say that he and

seeing boy bands is new kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys and and Sync

from us. We love the Backstreet Boys music hashtag Matt from us because they

are talented and those great love songs. Good afternoon hashtag Jason Fetterson, we

say to you from us, and we did not hack Isaac Banks. We're

still on that and we did not hack Isaac Banks. From us to you,

Jason, we hope you understand. From us tomorrow people five, Okay,

Crystal says, if you ever watch Behind the Music and True Hollywood stories

on famous people, there is a lot of predatory and shady af managers who

profit tremendously off their client's talents. Oh yeah, it's a dirty business,

no doubt about it. And before you sign anything, you should you know,

have an entertainment lawyer. Check it out and make sure the entertainment lawyer

is, you know, operating in good faith on your side. They should

be. You're hiring them. Yeah, it's a it's a shady business,

no doubt about it. Tomorrow People five, says Hi, Crystal, good

afternoon. We said from us to you. We say you add Fox and

the Flamingos on your show yesterday, hashtag Matt from us. Yes, I

did, on Smith calling me heavy metal Matt. Yes, that's me.

That's a good name. Miriam Bannis joins us in the chat and says,

Hi, there, I keep thinking it's Thursday. Ugh, I hate that.

Oh no, no, we're only halfway through, halfway through the week.

Let's see tomorrow People five says Hi. Fox and the Flamingos. We

are Tomorrow People five, a pop singing group, and we are from Greensboro,

North Carolina. Matt, we heard you said from us, Yes,

Crystal says in the chat room. B two K has members getting PTSD and

having public meltdowns from what they went through and are calling it out. Sadly,

fellow band members have been discrediting what's being said. I think that further

adds to the trauma being called a liar. Oh, no doubt, no

doubt tomorrow people five says hashtag Matt, we do karaoke as well for Center

City Park, downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. Yes, Will Vegas joins us

in the Facebook live chat from of course, Will's autocare great place. I

suggest you take your car there for your automotive needs. Will says hashtag we

say all lou Pearlman's boy bands played the flute. I see what you did

there, Will, And Oh, I think this is Charles calling us back.

Hey Charles, Hey, I know it's not very customary or professional to

college show twice in the same day, but we gotta take a pull.

I mean no, well not we, I think more you. We gotta

find out if there's actually anybody that's not in a boy band in Greensboro,

North Carolina, Like, is there actual residents there? Maybe people that work

at Walmart or maybe you know, work at Circle K or seven eleven.

I mean, is there any regular people in Greensboro or they all like linked

the boy bands and they all happen to find your show it. You could

probably get a grant for to do some research on it. It does seem

as though there are a lot of boy bands in Greensboro, North Carolina,

and they all do karaoke in downtown Greensboro. It's very interesting. I know.

I'm thinking, there's like there's got to be something going on there that

like, we gotta get the mayor of Greensboro on the phone. What is

going on? Are you getting overrun with teen teen bands over there? Is

there any regular people that live in your area? I mean, even seen

your citizens? Please anybody just I mean, all we're getting is boy bands

here. I'm really I'm really scared next time I come up there. If

I go through a road trip, I go through Greensboro, I'm thinking,

I'm gonna I'm gonna, you know, if I stop at a road lights,

gonna want to listen. Have me listen to their song with hashtags on

it? That's right. I don't I don't know if I can handle that.

I would go around Greensboro. Will Vegas says. Will Vegas says Greensboro

is the new hotbed for the boy band movement. I had no idea hashtag

that if I get yeah hashtag hashtag the hashtag, I say to you,

yes, yeah, Well, I say to you, Matt, there's there's

something going on in Greensboro hashtag boy bands something in the water. It's yeah,

definitely all right, Charles. Nice for the call, very nice.

That was our friends. Tomorrow People five says hello hashtag Charles Richardson, Good

afternoon from Greensboro, North Carolina. And we say do karaoke as we can.

Hello Hello hashtag Greensboro mayor. We say that we do karaoke. Well,

maybe you know, Jenny schedules a guess. Maybe Jenny can reach out

to the mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina and see if they would like to

join us on the show. Miriam Bannish says, I have a cousin in

Greensboro. Miriam, have your if you don't mind, could you have your

cousin look into this, or maybe your cousin isn't a boy band. I

don't know. Crystal says Charles stops at a red light in Greensboro and ends

up in a boy band. Well, you know, that's probably what happens.

That's probably what happens. I would just go I would just go around

there. Will Vegas says hashtag Bye Bye Bye Greensboro. I like that song

and I'm I'm not ashamed to admit it. Bye bye bye bye in sync.

That is very catchy, very catchy. Probably the only sing song I

liked, But that is very catchy. I like that song. That's my

jam. I think the young people say that, right, they say that's

my jam. Six O three two five zero six zero seven is a studio

line if you'd like to join us six zero three two five six zero seven.

Don't put it off, though, because we do have a great musical

guest stock coming up in just a little bit. In the second hour,

Hands of Spite will be with us live in studio. Miriam says, my

cousin would be in a girl whoops, let me back up there. My

cousin would be in a girl band. But I expect she isn't. Well

you should I, you know, for all you know, she could be

and you just don't know it yet. You know. We have a call.

See who's on the line here? Hi, Welcome to Matt Connerton unleashed.

Who's this? Hey Matt? How are you doing buddy? Oh it's

Polly c. How are you? I'm doing well? I'm just calling to

give the show, our show a quick plug. Yes, yes, this

Friday night, you and I and J Steve will be paying tribute to the

wonderful Doctor Demento. Yeah, I look forward to that. That'll be fun.

I remember when I was a kid listening to Doctor Demento his syndicated show.

One of the I don't remember which one, maybe you know one of

the Boston radio stations carried it. Yeah, I was on w c o

Z kick Ass of Rock and Roll. Ah, yes, yeah, that'll

be fun. And for the millennials out there, that was ninety four and

a half FM back then and eventually turned into I think w zo U was

a zoo uh like of a mid eighty YEP and today it is w JMN

jam in ninety four five and what are they doing there? Are they doing

pop or hip hop? Urban pop? Yeah? Yeah, back of the

day was ill. I mean, I want to call it classic rock,

but it wasn't classic rock back of the day. It was all the current

stuff. But they played currently what we now consider classic rock, you know,

Joe Walsh and Nazareth and just a great hard rock station. And that's

all they played, you know, versus their competitors, uh like bcn BCN

did include their you know, the hard rock in their in their format,

but they also played a lot of new age and alternative type of rock and

new wave I should say type of rock back in the day. Yeah,

but CZ kept it all hard rock and they had the Doctor Demento Show and

Friday Night, well, we're gonna be playing a bunch of classic tunes that

he would feature on his show, including songs from the fifties through the nineties.

And I gotta tell the three years that I've been doing it out radio

station, I'm having the most fun this week building the show, just hearing

these songs and last days a Demento awesome. So it'll be a great night

on Friday night on retro Spectral. He's not still on, is he Doctor

Demento? He must he must be long. Is he even still alive?

I don't know. I'm gonna read up on him tomorrow night like I normally

do on my Thursday's doing my history lesson with the stuff that we play.

But yeah, from what I gathered last night on the brief portions that I

read, he's eighty two years old now, and I didn't read of anything

of whether or not he's still syndicated. But I will find that out and

we will share that with the world on Friday night at a pm Eastern.

Well, very good. I look forward to that as always. All right,

my brother, carry on with your fabulous show, big fan. All

right, Paul, thanks for the call. I'll see you Friday. All

right, very nice. That was policy from retros Spectrum Radio with Police every

Friday night from eight to eleven pm here on wm H ninety five point three

FM. And I do have the honor and privilege of one of Paul's co

hosts on that show along with DJ Steve, and so I always look forward

to. Fridays are my favorite day here at w M ANDH because I get

to I get to basically spend the day here. So well, if if

you actually I get here at about three thirty in the afternoon, so I

don't know if that's really spending the day, but you know what I mean,

it's my long day here. So there you go. If you'd like

to get in with a quick call, probably have time for one more call

before we get to the top of the hour. Six O three two five

O six Z seven. The studio line is open six three two five six

O seven. We should talk about just quickly. Well, there's a debate.

Tonight, there's another Republican vice presidential debate. I call it a vice

presidential debate because obviously none of these people are going to be the nominee.

That's tonight at the Reagan Library. Trump won't be there, which isn't surprising

for two reasons. One is, I don't think he's going to do any

of these debates. I mean, he's going to be the nominee, so

what's in it for him? But also he's got a long running feud with

the Reagan Library. In twenty sixteen, he refused to do the Reagan Library

debate as well. But the thing that caught my eye today that I thought

was really interesting. So we've been talking a lot on the show recently about

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and his legal problems. This is from Nbcnews dot

Com. See, you gotta watch what these people do and how they vote,

because there's always a reason. Menendez single handedly blocked a bipartisan effort to

strengthen the law regulating foreign influence in Washington. The new Jersey senator charged last

week with accepting bribes, halted a twenty twenty proposal fueled by widespread concerns that

foreign influence campaigns had successfully infiltrated American politics. And by the way, so

this is about FARAH. The Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act, which

basically says, if you are working in any way representing a foreign country or

a business foreign business, uh, you have to register with our government.

Just so yeah, there's nothing illegal about that necessarily, but just so everyone

knows what you're doing, what you're you know, who you're associating with.

It is very loosely enforced, but it is important. And the last time

I talked about this on the show was Farah specifically was regarding Hunter Biden,

because I kind of have felt I don't want to get sidetracked. But just

briefly, that's that's actually been my biggest concern with Hunter Biden. Why did

he ignore FARAH, which he should have registered with. But apparently a lot

of lobbyists and so forth they don't register with FARAH even though they're legally required

to, and they get away with it more often than not because it's very

loosely and laxly enforced. In fact, that was one of the excuses some

apologists for retired General Mike Flynn used in defense of Mike Flynn when he was

on his way to prison. One of the things was, you know,

he violated farah, he did not disclose to the United States government for an

interest that he was representing. And he got caught and he got charged.

But this guy, Democratic senator from New Jersey, Bob Menendez, well here,

this will get us caught up. I want to do this quickly.

But again this is from NBC news dot com. Senator Robert Menendez, charged

last week with secretly aiding the Egyptian government in exchange for bribes, single handedly

blocked passage of bipartisan legislation in twenty twenty that would have strengthened the law regulating

for an influence and lobbying in Washington. Senate records show, and by the

way, this was bipartisan Republican Senator of Iowa Chuck Grassley. He was the

sponsor of the legislation, but had bipartisan support. Both Republicans and Democrats were

behind this and in fact it was expected to pass. But guess who made

sure that it did not. Guess who made sure that it didn't advance at

all. Robert Menendez, a Senator from New Jersey, who today the arrangement

was today is now charged with taking bribes on behalf of Egypt and so forth.

It's a little more complicated than that, obviously, but so you know,

obviously this is not a coincidence. Oh and his reason, as I

understand it, the reason he gave for why he was going to uh,

he didn't want this to go forward as something about well, and I heard

the audio. I heard the audio today. I don't have it ready,

but it was something about, well, I think I think this is important,

and obviously I think that this law needs to be strengthened and or widely

enforced or more consistently enforced, however he put it. But I'm just not

sure that this particular bill is the right way to do it. Again,

keep in mind, this was bipartisan, this bill that Chuck Rasley had brought

forth. But Menenda said, oh, I'm not sure that this is the

right way to do it, and I think we need to give this a

little more thought. And this and that just some mealy mouthed nonsense, which

apparently surprised everyone at the time because this seemed like a no brainer. This

seemed like a slam dunk and listen. It's really hard to get people in

power to actually hold themselves accountable to begin with, right, you know,

or put any restraints on themselves that are beyond what already exists, which aren't

much to begin with. Right. So here was an opportunity to do something,

and Menenda said, yeah, we should do something, but I don't

know if this is really the answer, So that let's us not do anything

basically is what it amounted to, right, And sure enough nothing was done.

There was no follow up, There was no amended bill that I know

of. It was just Okay, well, Bob doesn't want this to happen,

so I guess it's not going to happen. So it says here.

The proposed Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act grew out of widespread concerns that

the current law regulating foreign lobbying had seldom been enforced and that foreign influenced campaigns

had successfully infiltrated American politics. Strengthening the law had drawn support from Democrats and

Republicans on key committees. In December twenty twenty, after a Republican senator asked

for unanimous consent to bring the bill to the Senate, floor for a vote.

Menendez stood and objected. The New Jersey Democrat argued that while enforcement of

foreign lobbying rules needed to be strengthened, more thought he needed to be done.

Oh there's a typo here. He thought more needed to be put into

it, into exactly how to do it. More thought needed to be put

into it. Okay, here's exactly what he said. This is what he

said on the Senate floor. If you have some boots by before I read

this, put your boots on before I read this, because it's going to

get a little thick here. And I don't do a botman Endez impressions,

so I've rarely even heard his voice. Okay, but here's what he said.

It seems shortsighted to provide additional enforcement tools before we have figured out what

that regime should look like. The disturbing rise of foreign influenced campaigns that use

a variety of measures to mask who is the ultimate source or beneficiary should serve

as an alarm bell for all of us. So before this body passes any

tweaks or new tools and adds to the current patchwork of FAARA regulations and exemptions,

I think we should take a step back and take a comprehensive look,

and we have not done that. Unquote. Okay, well, somebody did

something because there's was legislator with bipartisan support. Two congressional aids told NBC News

that it was clear that Menendez was objecting for himself, not for another senator.

They also said that the bill had significant support from key Democrats, including

Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, then ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, and

Senator Diane Finestein of California, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. Menendez's

office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Three years later,

the Foreign Agents Registration Act, known as FARAH, has not been updated.

Senators at the time said it was a huge missed opportunity. Republican Senator Chuck

Grassley of Iowa, who had asked for the unanimous consent, noted that the

bill had drawn support from a bipartisan group of senators and appeared surprised that Menendez

had objective. Grassly said, quote, it took a lot of work to

put together the bill that I asked unanimous consent on, to work out the

differences with several different approaches, and I thought that we had taken everything into

consideration, particularly bringing together people from the Intelligence Committee and the Judiciary Committee.

Unquote. The existing affera, which was enacted in nineteen thirty eight and last

updated in nineteen sixty six, requires agents of foreign entities to register with the

Justice Department and file detailed public disclosures detailing their lobbying and influenced campaigns. Failure

to register is a crime, but prosecutions have been rare. According to a

detailed analysis of the text by law firm, the bill Menendez blocked would have

We'll go through these very quickly. I see musicians in the hallway. Here's

what the bill would have done. Increase the criminal penalties for willful violations and

material misstatements to two hundred thousand dollars from ten thousand dollars. Created a so

that's a fine, I guess. I created a new criminal offense for meeting

with a member of Congress or staff without disclosing that an individual is registered as

a foreign agent. Required the Department of Justice to develop a comprehensive strategy for

I don't even know what a lot of this means. We'll skip that.

Let's get to the end of this. Yere Menendez and his wife pleaded not

guilty in federal court in Manhattan today to a three count indictment alleging they were

part of a bribery scheme. Among the allegations where that the senator accepted bribes

from an Egyptian American businessman with ties to the Egyptian government. The indictment says

Menendez passed on sensitive US government information to Egyptian officials. And by the way,

Menendez is still not resigned, and I don't think he will, Crystal

said in the chat room, Menendez's ethics got blinded by the gold bars he

got from Egypt. Greed kicked in. Of all the countries to worry on

about foreign influence, Egypt is not even in the top ten shady and evil

countries. Maybe Menendez thought his corruption would fly under the radar. Yeah,

you know what I think, Crystal, And you know, Egypt is at

least on paper and ally of the United States. But what I think happened

is I think he got cocky after twenty seventeen. Remember he was on trial

in twenty seventeen. I don't remember if his wife was as well. She

is now their co defendants, and he was not acquitted, but it was

a hung jury. And then he got re elected in twenty eighteen. No

problem, he got re elected. So I think he just thought, oh,

look, I'm Teflon, I can get away with this. I know

how to work the system. I can I can stand up and object to

Senator Grassley's legislation, and uh, no one will suspect I have an ulterior

motive, you know. That's that's part of what happens to these people they

I think that's my theory anyway. There as as they are are more and

more successful over time in their criminality, they begin to believe that they're smarter

than the system and that they're not going to be held accountable ultimately, and

then it catches up with them. That's my theory. I've never been a

wealthy and powerful person, so I don't know, but that's my theory about

what happens. All right, So we are approaching the top of the hour.

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some studio tracks from them. Love their sound. Really looking forward to meeting

these guys and hearing them play live. So let's let's play this one.

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show archives, etcetera, etcetera. Today is Wednesday, September twenty seven,

two thousand twenty three, and we've got a great band here with us today.

Let me bring those mics up. We've got Hands of Spite joining us

live in studio. How are you guys? Hey? Great? Are you

doing man? Man? Thank you so much for having us. Yeah,

I appreciate uh, I appreciate you guys coming in. I played, Uh,

I played a track, was a dumb love song? Great, great

song. Thank you appreciate that. Where are you guys from? We're all

kind of collectively from outside of Boston. Uh. Austin lives just uh in

Pawtucket. Yeah, I'm in protect Right Island. Yeah, where are you

guys that I don't even remember? Grew up within a half hour of Boston,

so I got check it. I consider us from from Boston. Yeah

yeah yeah. Now how long has that album been out? What's what's the

full name of the album? Songs Love Songs for the Dumb and Stupid.

It's been since Austin's birthday. Yeah, yeah, so July end of July

twenty five, so it's been out for about like two months now. Oh

so it's pretty new. That's great. Yeahs off the press. Also,

before we go any further, I just want to say shout out to able

Blood for giving us a shout out and getting us here, sous. Those

guys are awesome. Oh yeah, they're great. Yeah, absolutely, it's

funny. So I'm curious about the name because when I hear the name Hands

of Spite, when when Jenny first you know, Jenny does all the book

in him when she first had Hands of Spite, I was thinking metal,

which you're you're clearly not a metal band, but the name is is you

know, it must be the word spite, right if it if it if

it was hands of Love or something, or hands and cauliflowers kind of band,

right, Yeah, hands and Spite makes it edgier, it does it

does? Yeah, where does the name come from? Who came up with

the name? Well, uh, one of my favorite bands is Ceremony and

they have a song called My Hands Are Made of Spite, And I was

like, that's a great band name. Yeah, yeah, snagged. I

think genre wise, you know, we get heavier and we're not you know,

we're not a metal band, but yeah, you know we can get

down. I would imagine live, you're probably just because a lot of bands,

you know, live, you're probably heavier than Yeah, we definitely pretty

hard, a little faster too, I think. Really. Uh yeah,

it's a good time. If you are just joining us, We've got Hands

of Spite in studio with us. And if you have any questions or anything,

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five zero six zero seven and we're going to talk for a bit and then

these guys are gonna play live for us in studio, so really looking forward

to that hearing them live. And let's do this. Uh, we haven't

done the formalities yet. Let's start at the news desk and sir, tell

us tell us your name and exactly what you do in the band. Oh

well, my name is Zach and I'm drummer of the band. All right,

primarily what I do, but I like to provide moral support as well.

There you go. I try though, all right, and you sir,

and I am Nate. I'm the bass player, no moral support whatsoever.

I'm a bass player too. We're not good at more, we're not

good at moral sut. No, you're you're better than you think. You

know clearly you're the moral support. My name is Sam. I played guitar

and sing and I am apparently the moral support. Bear. There you go

when it comes to Yeah, and my name is Austin. I'm the other

guitar player and singer. Okay, what's your moral support level? Medium?

I don't know. Has it always been the four of you in this band?

Well, let's start it out. Is a three piece, so is

me, Zach and Austin Okayeh, Austin was playing bass. Yeah, and

then Nick came in. And I don't consider the band fully forming until Nick

came in, so right, right? Had you always intended to add a

fourth member before Nate came in? Or yeah? I mean I think we

just didn't sound as full. Yeah. Well, think when we were forming

the band we needed a bass player because Sam was playing guitar and we didn't

there wasn't anything else. So Austin played bass, but he primarily plays guitar,

so once we had him in the group, we were like, oh,

let's switch him over to the just a lead guitar and brought in an

actual bass player to the mix. And right, well, Austin's a good

bass player. Let's great. And I mean when I when I met Austin,

he was playing solo guitar in his in his project, and I just

love his style and I think just he brings a whole different depth to the

to the project. It's amazing. Now, do you have any recorded music

of the band as a three piece or is everything that you've put out in

the four of you know, it was only a three piece for a month

months? Yeah, we did, like like when yeah, before any music

live? I got you, I got you? And do you guys play

a lot of are you playing a lot of shows? We were? And

then we're kind of taking a break because we have a second record that we're

just trying to find tune before we go to the studios. Oh cool,

Yeah, a full album or an EP or it's a ninth song, Yeah,

excellent, excellent, same same kind of stuff or is it sound changing

over time or I think I mean, I'll just open up the door to

this one and have everyone else kind of comment. But I feel like this

is more of a it's a darker record, it's it's not as dirty.

I feel like it's a lot cleaner in terms of our songwriting, because I

feel like the first record was us kind of finding our footing, and this

is us kind of diving in a little bit more flavor wise. Be like,

oh, Austin's gonna put hispin on it, Zach and Nate are going

to put their spins on it, and I just I'm like a rock.

I don't change at all. It's definitely become a much more collaborative process with

this new stuff. Yeah, for sure, excellent, excellent. Do you

guys all write together? Yeah? Now we do? Now we yah.

Initially when the band started, we kind of had like Sam would bring something

to the table that was basically a whole song and then we'd kind of jam

on it and then turn it into like our our style. But as we've

progressed as a group, we're definitely writing more together, being more collaborative,

and just making like more cohesive projects. Yeah, a lot of the stuff

like we're we're gonna be well, we're working on now and that's going to

be coming out soon. It's definitely like we're all working on together in a

room, the four of us, and like you know, Zach's trying out

a new like drumbeat to it, changing things up, and we're kind of

like giving each other feedback live in the room and working songs out together.

Yeah. So yeah, No, it's really exciting new stuff. I think

excellent, excellent, And where do you record? Last rerecorded was Willie Mammoth

with David Minahan and oh, yeah, that name came up recently. Oh,

able Blood. I think records with him? Right, really, I

think so that name came up recently on the show, Oh David Minahan.

Yeah, excellent. I think it was able Blood. Butter, I'm not

sure. I might just be thinking that because you mentioned them, and it

might be somebody completely different, but I feel like it was able Blood.

I mean, I don't know. We haven't talked about it, yeah,

between us, but yeah, Yeah, I love David. He's Kouka video

cool. Yes, really call him pop pop. Yeah, he just knows

what you do. Yeah, did you now? The first is the first

album? An album or an EP I forget EP and then a record Okay,

now the EP did you record Did you record that there as well?

That was all one big session. Yeah, the EP and the album were

from the same recording session, but we split them up just to oh,

like tease people, get people excited, yeah, and then drop the whole

thing on it. We did about sixteen songs and a handful of days.

Oh okay, We're like, oh, these four or five or good,

and maybe we'll have one carry over and then kind of, you know,

let it do its own thing. That's an ambitious schedule. Was it hard

doing it that way or were you just know? We were not really,

I mean, we practiced the way we this is just kind of like we'll

have a list of songs and you kind of just hammer it over and over,

so it kind of just gets like ingrained in our heads. So it's

just kind of like, we know, I know exactly what I'm supposed to

do right now, let's just walk in and do it. Yeah, that's

definitely how I felt with that, And I think because we hammered it all

in, it was like we were really lucky that we could get every song

pretty much in the first three takes. Oh that's great. Yeah, yeah,

later I mean my part drum tracks were done in like three takes.

Yeah. Yeah, basically one day. Yeah, which was a great day.

No. But when when you're well practiced and you know kind of what

you're going into, you can definitely be more efficient in the studio. Yeah,

we have a question in the chat room tomorrow People five says, hands

of spite, what is your favorite Three Doors Down song? Oh my god,

what a question. Those guys that do Kryptonite or no? No?

Yeah, yeah, I think that Superman whatever it took a walk around the

world. I could quit their whole discog. I feel like, oh,

well, phase, they were in the Early Sea. They you know,

did what they did? Yeah they did. They're not saying they did anything

what they did it. I hate that Kryptonite's song. It's it's a hit.

I hated it the first time I heard it, and I hated at

the one millionth time that I heard it. But but but but I hate

it. I think they had one or two other hits. But uh yeah,

what what an interesting like? Oh do you guys like three Doors Down?

Like I don't. I guess yeah, they had other song. Tomorrow

People five is one of our friends in Greensboro North Carolina, and there's a

lot of a lot of interesting questions that come out of there. Oh yeah,

and our friend Shannon is online. Hi Shannon, do you have a

question for the band? Yes, we say, I'm from I'm visiting Greensboro

at the moment. Now my question is, uh, do you have you

ever played in Canada? Oh? No, but we would would want to

know. That's right, you stole Easyg's question. No, we haven't played

in Canada yet, but we definitely love to. That would be amazing.

Yeah. And the other question is when you do have a show, do

you put the playlist up so everybody knows what's coming? No? No,

no, we want it to be a surprise. Sometimes it's a surprise to

us. All right, yeah, okay, all right, Shannon, thank

you for the You can steal that question sometime if you want. I don't

mean to steal his thunder. I was just asking, Yeah, hey,

somebody's got to do it right now. Yeah, okay, Shannon, by

bye, all right. That was our friend Shannon. That does open up

the line for you if you have any questions for the band. We've got

hands of spite here with us six zero three two five zero six zero seven

six three two five zero six oh seven. Did you guys have any videos

online of uh you, have you made any videos yet? It seems like

everybody's making videos, he says, yeah, no music videos. You have

like a couple of like live clips, like roughly recorded that are up on

YouTube. Definitely gives you a good sense of what it's like live. But

yeah, we haven't done any like high production value. We don't have that

kind of money. Man. Yeah, well these days you can do it

pretty cheap. It's it's pretty remarkable. We definitely have some ideas for videos.

Yeah, but I haven't really bit the bullet yet. Zach Zack and

a ball pit just running around sweaty, that would be great. I mean

there you go, yeah, oposed to a ball Yeah know, that's what

I'm saying. Like, you know, get a slide. Have you coming

down the slide? I mean I'm in, No, we know you're in.

Yes, we got the ideas we need. We need to get produce

video producer basin or something. Yeah, yeah, call in and help us

out. We need we need as much help clinically. Oh Melanie a liberty

from the Great State of vermontos US in the Facebook live Chat, Hello Melanie.

Now, so when you guys play, because obviously being based in and

around Boston, I mean, it's such a great scene. There are are

there any bands in the area that you kind of usually I mean I just

know from my own experience too, it usually kind of happens organically. But

are there any bands that you kind of team up with unofficially that you play

a lot of shows with so funny enough able blood. You know, they're

in a New Hampshire band, but we I mean we love all those guys,

yeah, just as people and their music. Their new album is amazing.

I have not stopped listening to it since I was very lucky to get

an early release, so uh them. There's a band called Lobo Own Raise

that we really love. They're like, they're just kind of a bad religion,

kind of straightforward old school like punk in your you know, they bring

the heat. Yeah, there's so many great bands that we've played with locally

though. Yeah. Yeah, I feel like sometimes it's unexpected to we just

show up to a gig and I'm like, I remember those guys from like,

you know, like a few months ago or something. That's always like

a great surprise. I guess to see the same band you love last time

you played and they're they're still out there cranking away. Yeah, or they're

better than they were before, like you you were like, oh I loved

you guys and it was an off night and now you guys are really stepping

your game up. And oh yeah, yeah, no doubt. Where have

you guys gotten out of the area of much as as far as live shows?

Yeah, we just toured in August. Oh where'd you go? Yes,

we did a run of shows. Where did we start? Philly was

the first show, right, and then uh, Cleveland and Madison, Wisconsin.

So we got to hang out, play with some play for some strangers

and stuff. It was a good time. It was a good time.

I guess tech started in Rhode Island. Oh yeah, yeah, right Island.

But we did. We did a bunch of shows within like two or

three weeks. Definitely covered a lot of ground on the road. Yeah,

yeah, it was fun. Where was the Furthest? You went? Was

it? Mat? Madison? Was the Furthest? Wow? Wow? That

was a cool venue. Yeah, crustal bowl or something huge five super professional

stage with the lights and everything. It was sick. Yeah, it scared

high production value upgrade from like an Irish pub like time far yeahn of the

other clubs we were playing at, I'll never forget the basement we played where

it was you you three were fine, but I was behind the water heater.

Yeah that was with it. Yeah. Yeah. Speaking of local awesome

bands, Troll Milk, Troll Milk, Yeah, they are rad. Yeah.

I'm also partial because I you know, the main the singer in that

band is like a brother to me. So oh okay, I'll check them

out there from Boston Salem. Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, black

metal punk kind of thing, really cool, excellent, excellent. How many

shows did you do on that tour? Uh so technically like four? Right,

No, No, if you include all the Rhode Island stuff, Rhode

Island, Boston, it's like, I don't know, it's probably six.

Yeah, probably closer to it. I don't know. When are you letting

me talk so much? Guys, let's go with let's go with start.

That was like five six shows? Yeah overall? Thank Yeah, within three

weeks, I think we did like five or six shows. Okay, yeah,

yeah. Did you while you're on the road, did you did you

do any kind of like a like a vlog or anything like that of the

tour or anything. We really should have though, we basically were just like,

let's hit the road. I think we're all also pretty camera shy.

Really yeah right, well you're on camera right now, just say you no,

So you know that's why I feel so sweaty. Thing is over there,

Melanie says in the chat room. Wow, j FED must be super

happy with desk man's beard. So full and sty looking. I mean that's

true. Is that? Has anyone ever complimented you on your beard? You're

yes, you're a full and sturdy looking beard. No, not nearly enough.

I mean call it iver heard anybody call it sturdy, But that is

a true statement. People usually choose majestic, voluminous. Yes, but no,

no, people definitely comment on it. It is on my face after

that is a big beard. Yeah, a lot of people can't do it.

The blessing in a curse. That's true because most people when they grow

their beards out, they get these Yeah, they getting patchies. But but

you've got this, it's like it sort of grows down but also out and

out. Yeah. Yeah, that it goes everywhere. Man? Is that

your Yeah? Does he have Jewish there you go. Alright, well Jay

fed loves your beard. Oh well, I appreciate that, Thank you very

much. Melanie says it's sturdy af it is, Melie, Well, very

good, it's a yeah, it's all the beard oil. Yeah, do

you really do? See I've never had a long beard, do you.

Yeah, absolutely have to oil it. I've heard that. Yeah, what

does that too? Does that keep it from getting itchier? Well? Yeah,

it keeps it from getting like skin under the beard and then also relaxes

the hair so it doesn't like actually come out like a man. Yeah yeah,

brush it down. Oh okay, we need a sponsorship or something.

Yeah, shout out Badger, bad your products if you want to. I

don't know. I don't know if you're kidding. I'm not kidding it,

but I think but I think you. I think you could get you could

get a sponsorship from one of those companies. Honestly, we need to go

in corporate as soon as positive should. Actually, the whole, the whole

music video should be sponsored by Badger. You want me to your products of

any kind, you can let me know and I'd be happy to yell at

And that solves the problem about needing money for the music video. Yeah,

I will shameless endorsements for sure. It's called the music business for a reason.

Let gilette if you want to sponsor me because I'm apparently the clean shaving

guy in the band. Yea, the one without by both sides of it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, They're like, oh, you want to

have a great beard or do you want to be nice and clean? Yeah?

Either way, we need help. Please sponsor us, We need your

money. Aceph Tomorrow people five now is asking in the chat room at Hands

of Spite, what is your favorite of all time? Matchbox twenty song,

Oh my god, this guy's is going to be my call. Yeah,

Stairway to Heaven. That's a good one. Yeah, Adam Jocelyn and the

aram before from Able Blood. Hey, Adam, I love you. Love

that guy creep, he says, Yeah, Sam, you're still dirty?

Oh was less dirty? Oh? Is that what it is? I'm guessing?

Well, Adam, I love you. And also the album sounds amazing.

Yeah, it's no skips. Song after song, nine nine tracks of

Just You Guys, Home Run like Love the first release. This one is

next head like heading the Shoulder. It's so I can't get over I've been

listening to it NonStop since I got the CD. And also the artwork is

amazing too. Yeah, it's interesting the AI generated artwork. Is that what

that is? It's a I generated Yeah, isn't that interesting? No?

Not, everyone's a fan. Oh. Rob Dan is in the chat room.

Rob of course an important, an important part of the w m H

family. Of course, he ows his own show here called Through the Stage

Store and he does he does a segment on the morning show on Thursdays.

And it is Rob's birthday today, so happy birthday, Birthday, Happy birthday

Rob. Hello to Carol Za Warrowitz in the chat room, and Adam Jocelyn

says, love you, Sam and Zach, Nate and Austin. All right,

you remember it, all of our very nice love you, Adam,

very nice. Give Malcolm and Jim a big wet you know, oh my,

you know later. Chris from the band Edgewise is in the chatroom.

Hello Chris, Chris and tomorrow people five says hashtag Sam. I guess this

one's for you, specifically, Sam, what's your favorite song of the outfield?

I don't know. Take me after the ball game. I don't know

you had that song. I don't want to. I don't want to lose

your love as a long time ago. Yeah, I don't listen to music.

I don't know what's going on. I don't blame you. Now,

what do you guys have, So any kind of an eta on the album,

the new one that you're working on or no, I mean I don't

soon, not as of yet. But yeah, we still got to record

it. We got the songs like they're very close. We got a massage,

like the little details out in the songs. Yeah, get in a

studio. But after we get in a studio, I don't think it'll take

very long. No, I think we're gonna bang it up pretty this winter.

Maybe you're gonna do You're gonna be maybe end of the year is probably

a study. Yeah, so you're gonna do it the same way. It

sounds like going for a couple of days, and yeah, I think pretty

much. I think we're gonna try to do it even quicker. It's nine

songs, it's not sixteen. Yeah, and we got those sixteen songs down

almost entirely in the first two days. Well, it was the first day

mainly, and then we just had it was like two or three left over.

Yeah, which was insane. Yeah, so what that kind of pace?

It will be just fine. Yeah yeah, wow, very cool,

very cool. And so are you not playing any shows until then or are

you just focused on that or do you have anything coming? We have unofficial

weekend tour in November. Oh you do so unofficial, but unofficial can't announce

it. It just can't. I can't bring myself to do it. Yeah.

I can't say that I'm going to. But we will be out of

state in November. Okay, so interesting. Interesting Tomorrow people five is asking

a hashtag Austin, what is your favorite pizza? Oh? Favorite type of

Oh wait, I'm gonna weirdly go with deep dish pizza. Oh yeah,

because I never had a growing ups and every time I have it, I'm

just like, oh my god, I can't believe. Well, you know

what. So this is a place in the Providence called Cecilia's. I think

they make a baby size personal phenomenal Personal every pizza, the personal pizza.

What about like toppings? Are you like a pepperoni? Are you you know?

I like the I like the spinach one like spinach cheese. So you

animal tricks maybe it tricks me and a feeling healthy because it's like green or

something. But that's the one I always go with. Yeah. Interesting,

Yeah, there you go, there you go. Well we should uh.

I want to make sure we have enough time, so we should take a

break. I'll play I'll play another track from you guys, and you guys

can get set up. I'm dying to hear you play. Yes, this

is gonna be very cool. Crazy. Well, this be your first time

playing in a small room like this. Yeah, we've never done like an

acoustic like performance anyway. This is the first time. We practiced it earlier,

and I think it sounded just set in our practice room and we did

admit once or twice through each song, and he's like, okay, well

here we good to go. They're playing a different instrument for this one,

so it's gonna be fun. Yeah, oh interesting, Okay, I mean

I'm not playing drums, gotcha, gotcha? You're playing and play from my

idea. Yeah, I'm hitting stuff for sure. Listen to this song that

we've crafted. Everyone's sick around, Okay, love it? Help us,

No, it'll be it'll least. I have faith in you guys. All

right, So we're gonna play this. We're gonna play this track studio track

Lover from the band Hands of Spite, and uh and and maybe another one

depending on how long it takes us to get set up. But uh,

but then we'll show some love to our amazing sponsors and then we'll be back

with these guys playing live. Really looking forward to this, so there's plenty

more to come stick around Hands of Spite performing live coming up. But check

this out. This is lover. I'm a little bit beaker listener. Will

thank you here those happy at chump parties? What is time for me?

Ever? Will show me this? All? Blah? Me up? Can

I plead at hard blah blah blah? I feel too love? Can't just

be real with me? If you want me lass now, we don't want

us love your friend, your lover, tope be so cold? Love only

just swalls, Tope, be so cold, love just swalls, love your

place, not love. IL want me your lover? I love warn met

command God, don't get suppreenly done magzille king. Did you guys even know

that I was the commander to the Supreme Leader? Oh, it's very well

aware now, it's very precis and I have an enormous amount of power.

It's great. Yeah, Welcome back everybody, as we cruise into our final

segment today of Matt Connerton Unleashed. We are live from the studios of wm

n H ninety five point three FM and Glorious Downtown Manchester, New Hampshire,

also on Comcast Channel six. If you're in Manchester. Hello to all of

our online listeners across nation and around the globe. You can go to my

website Matt Connerton dot com for all your live streaming options, social media links,

contact info, show archives, etcetera, etcetera. Today's Wednesday, September

twenty seven, twenty twenty three, and we have live with us in studio.

They're gonna play live for us. We've got the band Hands of Spite

joining us here and I am really looking forward to this. We'll do we

have to do this live on the air. But let's can you just hit

that a little bit? Let's see if actually okay, thank you and Nate

can you play a little Okay? Sam? Can you play a little please?

All right? I do it? See that again? Are you a

ventriloquist? Non artist? Called that's art? Yeah, that's called art.

Baby. How do you do that? Uh? It's a lot of jet

propulsion guttle area. Wow, all right? Sorry, am I love to

say that? What jet propulsion from the guttle area? Yeah, well I

didn't. I didn't hit the dump button. It's medically correct, so I

mean, it's just we're on an eight second delay. So if you say

something not medically correct, I can I can jump out of it. But

that's fine real quick. Well, I'll trust me. I'll hear about it.

If there's a problem, I'll hear about it. Uh no, no

worries, Austin. Can you play a little please? All right, we

should be good to go. I'll kind of ride the faders as we go,

as I do because I'm a sound guy and I'm OCD about it.

But yeah, yeah, all right, I'm looking forward to hearing you guys

play. So whenever you're ready, I hit it. This one's called these

Days. It's going to be our next single. All right. Yeah,

Hands of Spite live in studio two too. Let me come home, all

American boy, No come, no two flaws, darknosed. Something on my

mind, something on my mind, something wrong. I'm not your telling for

getting hard. God don't even know what you can't do? Trying to find

pieces. Mind these days, bet On Holme, tell me into calacombs,

trace in the faces and places from my memory, stuck on our wall,

thinking I'm not cold. Well be younger. God don't even knows what you

can't do. Try to find piece Mond these days. God don't even knows

what you can't do. Try to find pebnd these days, trying to find

piece. Very nice, very nice. We have Hands of Spite joining us

live in studio. That sounded great. Thank you. You guys were saying,

I think it was off air. You were saying you hadn't you hadn't

played live acoustic before. We've ever done any acoustic. Yeah no, that

sounds the first time. Every messed around. Yeah no, that sounds that

sounds great. That sounds really good. It's very different. Jenny in the

chat room says wow, and uh, Vick Vicky Opine says, not bad.

I love it. I'll take it. Thanks to both of y'all.

Uh, this next one is gonna be way worse now. We're gonna intentionally

by the way, Adam Jocelyn says, yeah, sounds awesome, and Isaac

Banks says wonderful. Fellas, So you're getting some love in the Facebook live

check. I haven't called a fella since the last fist fights in What's a

Fella? Bud? Hey, gay friend a friend? Guy? All right,

well, I'm ready to hear the next one. All right now,

you guys you started off. All of this will be a distant movie about

how you felt for me, and all of this will be a lit's stick

cover dream of what we could have been. It's all the tat us what

you know and where it points you to you go. It's all that taught

us what you know what and where a pints you to you go and everything

you need. It could have been with me, but you decided to leave.

So all of this will be at tisting my mommy of you and me.

It's all the touchus what you know and will avits you to you go?

Cause all the touch yous what you know and where avits you to you

go. I'll clean it up this time and maybe a fall in line.

We'll give up everything I am. I'll kiss it all goodbye and save it

for next time. Well maybe the day after that. Slats what you know

and where to points you to you sli tato is what you know where a

point you to you good awesome. Yep, you gotta sound great. Hands

of Spike Live in the studio, Vicky Opine says, h Jim Blossom esque

love it? Okay, I kind of like I'll follow you down there.

You go there now you know that, but you don't know the outfield.

Uh no, I'm kidding. I'm kidding different different rors, she says,

I kind of like it. I'd like to hear you all live. Oh,

thank you very much. You should keep an eye on our website handsaspipe

band dot com. Yes please, yes, yes, and Jenny shared the

link in the chat room too. Now who does the who does the website?

Do you all us Austin over here? Yeah, yeah, yeah,

it's good. I'm kind of a website nerd, so I like the I

like the site. It's a good site. Oh yeah, thank you.

Well, because I mean, I meet a lot of musicians who have really

awful websites. Nice when I see none of the right right, yeah,

oh yeah, I've seen some. I've seen things that look like they were

built in two thousand and four. It's it's unbelievable. So it's it's and

it's important, you know, to have a good website. Sot that's really

good. That's really good. So do you guys think you might do do

something? I mean, does this playing these songs like Who's does it open

something up where maybe in the future you might play out somewhere where you know,

maybe they want an acoustic act and you say, oh, well,

you know we actually can do it that way. I mean, it does

open up some option. Yeah. I think they also kind of breathe.

It breathes a different life into the tunes, which is really interesting. Yeah,

a whole different way to play them, listen to them, think about

them, which is a lot of fun, right right. If you're just

joining us, we have Hands of Spite live in studio with Essaysa's played a

couple of songs and it's just sound absolutely amazing. If you have any questions

or anything at all for the band, the studio line is open six zero

three two five zero six zero seven six zero three two five zero six zero

seven. By the way, so why is the album I'm curious about the

album titles Love Songs for the Dumb and Stupid? Who came up with that?

And and is there a story behind that? I just thought it was

funny. Yeah, And there are some love songs in there. There's a

couple of collectively pretty dumb and stupid. Yeah, and the album artwork is

Zach's idea because we we're talking about like just things that make us happy,

and Zach goes hockey. I would kill for some cigarettes and ice cream,

and I was like, hold hold that, hold that cigarettes in ice cream?

Where cigarettes and ice cream? And you know, I don't care as

long as they're cream. No, I like it. It's a cool cover.

I should describe it for those of course, you know, you can

go online and see it. But yeah, it's a it's a dish of

ice cream with a bunch of cigarette butts stuffed in it. And it's it's

very rock and roll, I gotta say, really Elicits a response from people.

Yeah, people either hated or really hated Delicious, but also looks yeah.

Are you're like, are those sprinkles? Are they? Is it ash?

Yeah? I don't know. It still looks good and uh, you've

got also how do you how do you say this in cohite? What does

that mean? I've seen that word not not fully formed yet. So this

was oh okay. So this was of course the EP that came out before.

Yeah, And I mean I think ink wit was the It was an

appropo title because it's like, hey, we're just showing you the beginning of

it. Yeah, yeah, did the did the sound change much like they're

probably not because you did them all once, right, Those are like the

heavier songs on that from that session. It was like, oh, this

would be an interesting side thing on its own. The record is its own

kind of vibe, you know. Yeah, yeah, I think would think

the record that we put out is more like a good cohesive collection of songs

that kind of represent our style. Then like the EP is kind of like

just a little more raw and aggressive and just the nature of the songs and

like we we are doing that, but collectively, like as as a theme,

I think everything just worked better on the songs for the album. And

we have a call. Hi, Welcome to Matt Connerton Unleashed. Who's on

the line. Hi, This is Jacqueline Montolango. Hey, what's updy friend

Austin there. I'm just listening in and you guys sound amazing. Yeah,

thank you, Jackie very nice. Yeah, no I have I have a

bunch of spite in the rest of my body. Here we go yea yeah,

and say hi, and you know I'm currently at work, but just

taking a little bit of a break. And wow, what a great way

to end the evening into some amazing music. Thank you very appreciate your support.

Thank you all right, keep jamming out, guys, Jacqueline, thank

you so all we can do. Let's go. Hello's a nice call.

I'm concerned. I'm concerned about that spite though it sounds like it's spreading.

She's got to work out a lot of that's that's a common problem. She's

a tough lady. She's gonna live through it. I mean, it's one

thing to have it in your hands, but to have it naturally occurring in

most people. You've ever been behind the wheel and you're like ringing out the

neck of my my steering wheels right right, Malcolm Sauls is in the I

love you, Malcolm, Malcolm says big love for hands of spite. These

guys went from one of our favorite bands to some of our favorite people.

Love you, Malcolm, thanks for coming up my surprise birthday party. Oh

I love you guys. Oh very cool. It was Austin. It was

all Austin's fault. Was great yep, Malcolm says, love you guys.

Now, Malcolm sounds like someone with no spite, and he's no, no,

no, Malcolm is seems he seems very not He's not a person.

No, he no, he just hides it. Well, he's yeah,

yeah, you get it. You got that. It's just behind the eyes.

I'm the kind kind facade exactly. And Vicky Opine is in Texas and

is wondering if you're gonna go on tour and maybe go to Texas. If

you book us, we'll find we'll get there. Yeah. Yeah, just

tell us when to play wearing Yeah, that's kind of our motto. You

you book us, will show up right right. We're gonna put a thing

on our website that says minimum a grand and we'll play anywhere, really anywhere.

I'll take a free dinner whatever. Yeah, I'm just talking about usually

done free beer, and I'm in That's a long way to go for free

beer. But yeah, well you can get lone Star though, Oh,

lone Star and barbecue. I'm there. You do not know what I'm talking

about, Okay. Lone Star is a type of local Texas cool makes sense

a right, Vicky said, it's not my job. But I do get

it. But I guess given you a thousand dollars. Yeah, yeah,

well maybe you can play anyway. Maybe you can connect on Facebook and work

it out. Maybe hands By Band we're easy to find. There you go,

there you go, it's party. Yeah we should. We should make

sure people know too. Before we were almost out of time. Where to

find you online? How to keep up with everything that you're doing? Social

media, website, all of that. Yeah, it's just hands the Spy

Band pretty much everywhere, hands by band dot com, Instagram, Facebook,

all the all the usual suspects. I suppose on what Spotify and Apple Music

anywhere, everything that's right. We have a TikTok check us out. Oh

yeah, yeah, it's there's a picture of me punching coffee or a video

of me punch that's a good I do like that one. We should be

more active, but that's worth following. Oh yeah, we post weird stuff.

Well yeah six yeah, well it's mainly me having minor psychotic breakdowns and

Austin filming on his phone. So an actor of you into our practice.

Yeah yeah, why are you punching coffee? Uh uh? I was looking

at him? Funny, I think yeah, it had a face on it

and it was throwing me out and also SYNCD up with one of our songs.

Quite well, I see, all right, we make art in this

household, and it makes sense that you would punch it because you know,

hands of spite. Wow, that's why. That's why you're the commander,

overlord. I'm the I'm the I'm the commander to the Supreme Leader. Yes

or nothing at all? Yeah, so, uh, great to great to

have you guys in. We should probably I'm thinking we can end the show

with one more studio track if you guys want to pick something. Yeah,

it just has to not have any swears in it. Most most of your

songs don't. But but I didn't get a chance to listen to all of

them. Lips, No, don't do that one? Love her? Maybe

weird did love her? Oh yes, well we could play it again.

I mean it's no no, we got enough songs too, Yeah, we

have more than four songs. Doesn't really matter, Yeah yeah, yeah,

yeah, no, no, don't you I think that isn't that isn't that

doesn't that one have a swear? Yeah, because I was listening to him

earlier. It doesn't really matter. Has the effort. No, I I

slipped one out there. Oh no, uh talk a teal teal ah teal

tail it is that's in quit. Oh okay, I was gonna say,

why don't Why don't I see it? Okay, let me go to because

it's not fully formed yet in but back help me? All right? O,

come, I don't This is weird. Oh I view full playlist.

I see what I did wrong. Oh, actually, we have a call.

Let's grab the song quickly and then this is Shannon calling back. Hi,

Shannon, Shannon, get some calling back again. Pick a word and

improvise. Play play this song you want, but don't swear. Just say

something. Oh, we're we going to play one? Or I thought we

were going to play a recorded one. Yeah, we're just playing. We're

just playing a studio track. Shannon closer show you look up with songs without

without swears, right right. We just don't remember what our lyrics are.

Yeah, that's the problem. Remember one's going to be slipped in there.

So I mean we can curse for you, Shannon, but not on the

air. Pick a word to empprise with. Yeah, sure we do that.

Actually, when we're practicing, slip random other words of different. All

right, but please testify see see Shannon. Thanks for calling in. Now,

would you like me? You did say you can swear for her,

just not on the air. Do you do? You want her number?

You can call her? We mess It's like and these are all the swear

words. I know. I wrote them down just for this. I mean,

you know I've accumulated over my twenty years. You got to give the

people what they want now. A couple of people in the chat room said

lips Adam Jos, No, no, no, don't those guys know the

songs, but they like that song. I Got You. It's a great

song. You should go listen to it. Not yeah here I got you,

I got you. I think tel Teil. I think it's safe,

okay, right yeah? Is there any next to it? I don't think

so. What do you mean is there any I don't think so. I

was looking it up. Yeah, I think tell is safe. All right,

all right, so we will close with this, guys, thank you

again so much. This has been amazing. Thank you for having it.

Thank and if you missed any part of today's show it we'll be up in

just a little bit at w m H Radio dot org and on my website.

Matt Connor to dot com, Isaac Banks says, Hands of Spite rocks,

Oh thanks to make me blush. Very nice, very nice. All

right, So we will end with this. This is teal from Hands of

Spite. To close out today is Matt Connerton unleashed. Check this out.

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