Matt Connarton Unleashed 9-5-26 hour 2

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0:27 Speaker 3: When the moment arrives, you know I will be waiting Kicking into survival, the.

0:32 Speaker 1: Scenes of life divide me.

0:52 Speaker 4: Might seem to appear that I am dead already I left it all at your feet on the ground Yes, yes.

1:04 Speaker 5: Yes, yes, yes.

1:20 Speaker 6: Christopher, Christopher Why won't.

1:29 Speaker 1: You just fall.

1:30 Speaker 6: In love with me Christopher guitar.

1:35 Speaker 7: Solo Let the temperature rise, the birds of prey are waning And with you by my.

1:57 Speaker 4: Side, the instinct is alive It might seem to appear that.

2:09 Speaker 5: I am dead already I left.

2:12 Speaker 4: It all at your feet on the ground Before I died Yes, yes.

2:19 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes Christabel Christabel.

2:43 Speaker 8: Why won't you just fall in love.

2:51 Speaker 1: With me, Christopher? guitar solo so so.

3:58 Speaker 6: Christopher Christopher Why won't you just fall in love with me Christopher.

4:23 Speaker 9: That is Christabel by Joan as Policewoman from the Real Life Evolution. And we are going to bring her.

Joan as Police Woman's Unique Sound

4:31 Speaker 9: Let's get this mic up here. She has joined us via Restream.

4:34 Speaker 10: Joan, are you there?

4:37 Speaker 1: I am.

4:37 Speaker 9: Hey, welcome to the show. I'm excited to talk to you, because I've been listening to this. You've got such a cool sound, and it's interesting, well, for a few reasons. But first of all, congratulations on Real Life Evolution. I know that it's the 20th anniversary of the original release, Real Life, and I think it's great. I've listened to the whole thing, and it's so interesting what you're doing, and it's always fun on the show to get to you know, have a guest on who's got such a unique and original sound.

5:09 Speaker 9: So I really like what you're doing quite a bit.

5:13 Speaker 11: I appreciate that.

5:14 Speaker 12: Thank you.

5:15 Speaker 10: Where are you? Are you in New York?

5:18 Speaker 12: Yep.

5:19 Speaker 10: I thought so. I thought so.

5:20 Speaker 9: I would imagine where you are, too. I mean, did you grow up there or have you lived there for a long time?

5:28 Speaker 11: I grew up nearby and I've lived in New York City for.

5:32 Speaker 12: 32 years.

5:36 Speaker 10: Okay. So you're a real New Yorker.

5:38 Speaker 9: Because I would imagine being there, you're exposed. I mean, over the course of your career, you've been exposed to so many different sounds and influences.

20th Anniversary Reimagining

5:48 Speaker 9: But I'm curious, with real-life evolution, and again, it's the 20th anniversary of the original release, real life, but you know a lot of artists, and you know this, and I'm sure you've been asked about this many times, but a lot of artists, when they want to re-release something and kind of celebrate the anniversary of it, they just, you know, the common move, the most common move is to put out a remastered version, or maybe they just re-release the original album, but include a couple of new bonus tracks.

6:16 Speaker 9: You know, so they have a single, but it's really just the same album again. But you, I mean, this is, I suppose reimagined might be a good word for it. I mean, you really, you know, you reinvented the entire album.

6:32 Speaker 11: That was the point. I mean, but it happened naturally over time, you know, because once an album and once songs are released online, I mean, I think of them just as animals that.

6:46 Speaker 12: Then grow and find their own way through the world.

6:49 Speaker 11: And, you know, playing, I play, the live show is very important to me.

6:55 Speaker 13: I've played so many shows since then with a variety of, you know, duo shows, trio, quartet, quintet, all of it, you know, and with different personnel along the way and some things have.

7:16 Speaker 11: Stuck and, you know, I would, I don't, I'm never interested in recreating the studio version because if you want that, you can listen to the record.

7:31 Speaker 12: You know, I'm interested in using.

7:35 Speaker 11: The situation at hand, whether it be, you know, a beautiful old Steinway or like a crappy keyboard.

7:44 Speaker 12: How can we best.

7:46 Speaker 11: Make the live show happen?

7:50 Speaker 12: You know, yeah.

7:52 Speaker 11: So this is a result of 20 years of playing these songs live and where they evolved.

8:02 Speaker 9: I like your perspective to what you said about, you know, if you want to hear them just as they were originally recorded, you can just listen to the record because I'm someone who, well, so many artists, they insist on, I've heard so many musicians over the years say this, that when they go and they play live, it's very important to them to try to replicate what's on the record.

8:24 Speaker 10: You know what I mean?

8:25 Speaker 9: They want to present it as they recorded it. And don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with that.

8:32 Speaker 10: Obviously, it's art. There's no right or wrong way.

8:35 Speaker 9: And I respect that it's important to some artists to really preserve and give the audience what it is that they're expecting. But the problem is it's almost not as interesting, right, if you just give the audience what they're expecting and i like it when i go see a live show and what is performed live does not sound exactly like it is on the record because like you said if that's what you want you could just listen to the record so i think it's cool that um you know that you approach it the way that you do and you know you play these songs in different circumstances and different configurations and and and that obviously leads to this reimagining this reinventing of uh of this album so i i think that's really.

9:18 Speaker 12: Cool Thank you.

The Evolution of "Real Life"

9:23 Speaker 9: What is it about the album that caused you to, that made you want to revisit it real life? What is it about this album specifically, or maybe you plan to, or maybe you have done this with other releases, I don't know, but what is it about it that made you say, this is something that I need to reinvent and revisit these songs in a studio?

9:47 Speaker 11: Yeah, well, it's really the 20th year anniversary that it's commemorating that, When I released this album originally, I had already had a whole career in music as a violin player.

10:08 Speaker 11: I had had a really full career doing tons of different projects and bands, etc. It wasn't until my 30s I started writing songs at all and singing at all. I knew I had to make an album for myself of my own material that I composed, but I didn't have any idea what would happen with it. I knew my my family and my friends would hear it and that might've been it, you know? Um, and you know, it was, it was, it was surprising and wonderful to find that people really took to it. Uh, people I did not know took to it and, uh, you know, it, it launched, it launched my career.

11:11 Speaker 11: I've been, uh, I've been touring and making albums under my, under my moniker ever since. You know, and people really cite that album as something that is meaningful to them. So indeed, I am not interested in re-releasing a new master of the album.

11:39 Speaker 11: I really, I wanted to see what else is there. You know, I'm a curious person and music is alive. You know, so, you know, I just wanted to explore the aliveness of what music can bring.

11:58 Speaker 9: Are all the songs on Real Life 20th Anniversary, are they all... or Real Life Evolution, I should say. I apologize. Are they all substantially different, or are there any of the songs that sort of came out really close to the original, or did you intentionally try to not replicate anything you had already done?

12:21 Speaker 11: They're all different.

12:24 Speaker 12: You know, they.

12:30 Speaker 11: The song Real Life is a piano. I recorded it with piano and strings. And I recorded it again with piano. But I had one of my favorite piano players play it rather than myself. And so it's still very intimate, but the feeling is very different in it. But everything is.

12:58 Speaker 11: Sort of substantially different. I feel like the song Save Me that I have Iggy Pop's, you know, Iggy Pop is the singer on Save Me. I feel like that's probably the closest in terms of arrangement and vibe.

13:18 Speaker 12: But, you know, I have Iggy singing it. So it sounds very different.

13:24 Speaker 9: Yeah, we're actually going to play that a little bit later. I really like that a lot. He has such a haunting voice, too.

13:32 Speaker 1: Yeah.

13:34 Speaker 9: I'm curious too, did any of the lyrics change? I would assume not, but then again, you know, sometimes an artist will, they'll re-release something or they'll put out a new version of something and they'll say, well, these, I don't know if I, emotionally, I don't know if I'm as connected to these lyrics. I might need to tweak them a little bit. Did you change any of the lyrics or are the lyrics all intact from the original release?

13:58 Speaker 11: The lyrics are there. There was like a, I defy the bridge is gone and there's other compositional parts in there.

14:14 Speaker 12: But in general.

14:18 Speaker 11: The lyrics are the same I really stand I'm grateful that I'm able to stand by the lyrics I had definitely lived a certain amount of life at that point and gratefully had something to say.

14:34 Speaker 10: Right. Right. Yeah.

14:37 Speaker 9: Um, and I'm also curious too about time signatures because on, on Christabel, uh, so the original was in four, four and, and this, uh, arrangement moves it into five, eight. Um, did, did, did anything, I mean, cause that's a pretty drastic change, just changing the time signature. Was there anything, uh, did you change the time signatures on any of the other songs?

14:59 Speaker 14: Uh, yeah.

15:00 Speaker 11: Like anyone is in a very different, is a very different feel. Eternal flame is in a different feel.

15:07 Speaker 4: Yeah.

15:08 Speaker 11: There, there, um, there's a lot of feel difference differences. Um, the, the Christabel is the most radical one, you know? Uh, but yeah, there's a lot of, There's a lot of vibe changes. You should check out their original record.

15:30 Speaker 9: I haven't yet, but I need to go back and listen to it. I listened to all of the new one, but I haven't gone back and listened to it. But I'm especially curious to go back and listen to Christabel just because I'm so struck by the idea of actually changing the time signature. I would be intimidated doing that. But I think it's really cool that you did that.

15:51 Speaker 10: Thank you.

Joan's Musical Journey

15:53 Speaker 12: Do you make music?

15:56 Speaker 10: Yeah, I haven't written anything in a long time. I'm a musician.

15:59 Speaker 9: I've played in some bands and whatnot, but I've been so focused on the radio aspect of what I do.

16:04 Speaker 10: It's been a long time.

16:05 Speaker 9: But yeah, just the idea of changing a time signature like that, it would scare me a little bit. I'd be afraid of messing it up.

16:12 Speaker 10: It's really fun.

16:15 Speaker 11: I love reinterpreting other people's songs, like radically reinterpreting. If you go back I have two entire covers records where I really, really reinterpret other people's songs. And if you listen to Kiss, I do a cover of Prince's Kiss.

16:40 Speaker 10: Really?

16:40 Speaker 11: And I do a cover of Jimi Hendrix's Fire. So I really enjoy....

16:51 Speaker 12: Finding a new pair.

16:53 Speaker 11: Of glasses on a song.

16:56 Speaker 10: Yeah.

16:58 Speaker 11: So I love doing that in general because there's so much in a song that you can unearth.

17:07 Speaker 12: From your own.

17:09 Speaker 11: Creativity, uh, and, and you bring a whole other, you know, aspect to, to a song. So, you know, in a way I do that in general, including my own songs.

17:23 Speaker 10: Yeah.

The Joan as Police Woman Identity

17:25 Speaker 9: Um, I'm curious too about, so your, your identity as a Jonas police, I'm sure you I'm sure you've been asked this question a thousand times.

17:33 Speaker 10: You're probably sick of it, but I am very curious.

17:36 Speaker 9: So Joan, as policewoman, where does that identity come from, and why do you go by that moniker?

17:43 Speaker 12: Yeah, it's a good question.

17:46 Speaker 11: So as I mentioned, I was a violin player.

17:53 Speaker 12: I was a session player.

17:55 Speaker 11: I was known for being a violin player, and I had a very special— particular style and when i started writing songs and playing live um i remember i did one of my first solo shows under my own name and people thought because i had been a violin i am a violin player they thought i was doing a solo violin show and so i realized I needed a name for the music that I was making, the songs that I was writing.

18:32 Speaker 12: And I saw my friend Ruben.

18:34 Speaker 11: On the street, and I was wearing like a three-piece polyester pale blue pantsuit. And, you know, my hair was blonde at the time. And he said, Joan, you were channeling Angie Dickinson from Police Woman. Police Woman is a show that some people are going to know and a lot of people are not. It ran from 1974 to 1976. It starred the great Angie Dickinson.

19:07 Speaker 12: And, you know, I grew.

19:09 Speaker 11: Up on cop shows. It was like sort of a proto Charlie's Angels. And so that is how it happened. Joan as Police Woman.

19:24 Speaker 10: Okay. Okay. I like it. Yeah. I do know who Angie Dickinson was. Or is she still alive? She's probably gone, right?

19:34 Speaker 12: I think she's still alive. But Burt Bacharach, her ex-husband, is gone.

19:40 Speaker 10: Okay. Gotcha.

19:41 Speaker 15: Yeah.

19:41 Speaker 10: I remember when he passed away.

19:43 Speaker 1: Yeah.

19:44 Speaker 10: Absolutely.

Touring and Collaborations

19:45 Speaker 9: So what's kind of the touring situation here? Obviously, I mean, I assume you're... got, maybe you're on tour now or maybe you've got something coming up, but are you, and I'm really curious too about the configuration in terms of playing these songs live.

20:02 Speaker 6: Yeah.

20:02 Speaker 11: Where do you live?

20:04 Speaker 10: I am in Manchester, New Hampshire.

20:05 Speaker 12: Oh, wow.

20:08 Speaker 1: Yeah.

20:09 Speaker 2: Yeah.

20:10 Speaker 10: Not too, too far.

20:12 Speaker 8: Anyway.

20:13 Speaker 11: Okay, so I tour with Will Grafe on guitar and Jeremy Gustin on drums, and they both sing backups as well.

20:24 Speaker 12: And I've been touring.

20:25 Speaker 11: With them since 2024 when I toured on my previous album, Lemons.

20:31 Speaker 12: Limes, and Orchids. And you will hear their playing on.

20:37 Speaker 11: six of the 10 songs of real life evolution because we, we developed them over that tour. And so we are touring, there's three tours set up in Europe, all in Europe, one in November, one in February, one in May. I just did four shows in New York city in June.

21:02 Speaker 11: I have other shows, tours that i can't talk about yet because they're not confirmed okay happening over these and other countries in march and so um i mostly tour overseas because it is where i'm able to survive okay um and it's also really fun um and there's a there's a way that listening to music that feels a little bit different uh also a lot of people still go out to see live music less people here go out and see live music not in new york new york feels like.

21:44 Speaker 12: You know its own thing but yeah um i don't.

21:48 Speaker 11: Know if you experience that yourself but i would like to hear your thoughts on that but um So, yeah, I have a lot of touring coming up.

21:58 Speaker 12: I also, you know, I play with Iggy Pop.

22:01 Speaker 11: And so we were playing in Chicago this month in a couple weeks. And, yeah, I always have a lot of touring going on because playing live is incredibly, incredibly joyful for me and important.

22:20 Speaker 10: Absolutely.

Live Music's Importance

22:21 Speaker 9: Yeah, you asked my thoughts on, you know, people not going to shows and whatnot. I do think that, I think a part of that is we just live in a time where there's so much competition for your attention, you know. There was a time when there was no Netflix and there was no YouTube and.

22:41 Speaker 10: You know. Yeah.

22:44 Speaker 8: You know.

22:45 Speaker 11: And so people stay home and watch films, you know, instead of, Instead of going out and seeing live music. And I think people forget how live music can make them feel.

23:00 Speaker 10: Absolutely. Yeah.

Manchester's Music Scene

23:03 Speaker 11: Do you get a lot in Manchester?

23:05 Speaker 10: Do we get what? I'm sorry, Joan?

23:09 Speaker 12: Where do you see shows in Manchester?

23:12 Speaker 14: Oh, yeah.

23:12 Speaker 9: There's a great music scene here. There's a lot of places. In fact, there's a place close to here on Elm Street called the Shaskine that really does a lot. There's quite a few venues here at Jewel Nightclub. There's quite a few venues here that have original music. Plus, where we are, too, we're less than an hour north of Boston, maybe 45 minutes north of Boston.

23:33 Speaker 4: Yep.

23:34 Speaker 11: Yep.

23:36 Speaker 12: Yeah. I have family who lives there actually.

23:40 Speaker 10: Where? Close to here?

23:41 Speaker 12: In Manchester, New Hampshire.

23:43 Speaker 10: Oh, in Manchester. Oh really? Oh, no kidding.

23:45 Speaker 15: Oh, okay.

23:47 Speaker 12: Yeah.

23:47 Speaker 10: Oh, wonderful. I might know them.

23:50 Speaker 12: You might. We'll talk about that when the recording is off.

23:55 Speaker 8: Yeah.

23:55 Speaker 14: Yeah.

23:56 Speaker 10: Oh, that's great.

23:56 Speaker 11: Yeah.

23:57 Speaker 5: Um, yeah.

23:57 Speaker 9: Cause it's not a huge, you know, we're, we're like a midsize, you know, I think, I think 120,000 is our population here. So we're not even, it's not even that big. Um, But since we're talking about touring, because we are going to play the song you mentioned. I'm actually, at the end of our conversation in a couple minutes, I'm going to cheat and actually play two songs. I'm going to play Save Me, the song with Iggy Pop, and I'm also going to play another collaboration.

24:25 Speaker 10: I want to make sure I get the title right. Defy?

24:28 Speaker 11: Crystal War.

24:29 Speaker 10: What's that?

24:30 Speaker 5: Defy.

24:31 Speaker 9: I defy with crystal Warren. I'm actually, I'm actually going to play both of those, but I, but is what I was reading.

Iggy Pop Collaboration

24:37 Speaker 11: Correct.

24:37 Speaker 9: That you actually recorded the, um, the song that you do save me with Iggy pop. You recorded that while on tour with him.

24:44 Speaker 10: Is that correct?

24:45 Speaker 12: Yeah.

24:46 Speaker 11: Well, it's on tour with them in New Zealand.

24:49 Speaker 1: Oh, okay.

24:50 Speaker 15: Wow.

24:53 Speaker 5: Yeah.

24:54 Speaker 11: I record, I travel with like, uh, a portable recording rig, so I had my gear with me, and I recorded him in my hotel room.

25:05 Speaker 10: Oh, no kidding. Excellent. Yeah. Well, that's smart to bring that with you, for sure.

25:09 Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.

25:11 Speaker 12: Always.

25:12 Speaker 10: Is that the only time that you've collaborated with him on a song?

25:20 Speaker 12: I guess so, yeah.

25:21 Speaker 11: I mean, I play in his band, so I contribute.

25:27 Speaker 12: I'm, I'm in his band. Yeah.

25:30 Speaker 10: Oh, see, I didn't realize that. Oh, that's, that's amazing. Okay.

25:35 Speaker 12: Yeah.

25:35 Speaker 11: I play key.

25:36 Speaker 12: I play world.

25:37 Speaker 11: It's our organ, uh, electric piano and sing in his band.

25:41 Speaker 12: Yeah.

25:41 Speaker 11: For the last three years.

25:42 Speaker 10: Oh, that's amazing.

25:43 Speaker 6: Wow.

25:44 Speaker 9: He's gotta be, he's somebody I've always wanted to meet. I mean, is, is he, is he as intense an individual as, as he sort of presents to the world?

25:56 Speaker 12: Intense.

25:58 Speaker 11: I'm not sure what that means, but I mean, as a human being, he's incredibly kind and soft and wonderful.

26:12 Speaker 10: Yeah.

26:13 Speaker 12: And as a performer, he is.

26:17 Speaker 11: Just spectacular and vital. He's about, you know, he'll be 80 next year.

26:25 Speaker 12: Wow.

26:25 Speaker 5: 80!

26:27 Speaker 10: Wow. That's incredible. That's incredible.

26:31 Speaker 8: It is!

26:31 Speaker 9: Yeah, you see video of him at his age, and he still just, he goes on stage, and it's just, it's take no prisoners.

26:37 Speaker 10: I know.

26:39 Speaker 12: I'm on stage with him. I know.

26:41 Speaker 10: Yeah, yeah. No, it's amazing. Whenever, just as an aside, whenever I think of Iggy Pop, I think of.

26:48 Speaker 9: I think it was about 10 years ago that I heard it for the first time because I didn't realize he had recorded his own version of, because he, I think he and Bowie wrote it together, China girl. And I was used to hearing the David Bowie song. And then I heard the Iggy pop version and I like it even better than Bowie's version.

27:03 Speaker 10: I was like, Oh my God, this is so good. So, so good.

27:09 Speaker 4: Yeah.

27:10 Speaker 12: He's, he's incredible. He's incredible.

27:12 Speaker 11: I can't say more good things about him. He's incredibly inspiring. Those songs that he's written are some of the most perfectly created songs I've ever played.

27:27 Speaker 10: Oh, that's cool. That's very cool. So when do you go back on tour with him?

27:34 Speaker 12: I do a show, like I said, in Chicago.

27:38 Speaker 11: We did tons of touring last year, so that's the only show for this. I think for the rest of this year, but I guarantee we'll be doing more.

27:49 Speaker 10: Okay. Outstanding. Outstanding.

27:52 Speaker 9: Well, Joan, this has been wonderful. I'm really glad you were able to join us today. Like I said, I'm going to play two songs at the end of our conversation. I am going to play Save Me the Song with Iggy Pop, and I'm also going to play I Defy with Crystal Warren. Anything we should know about that one, by the way? We didn't really talk about that song, I Defy with Crystal Warren, but anything we should know about that and who Crystal Warren is?

28:16 Speaker 11: Yeah, absolutely. So the song... originally was recorded with Anoni. I was in her band, Anthony and the Johnsons, in 1999 to 2004.

28:30 Speaker 12: If you're not aware of.

28:33 Speaker 11: Her music, you should absolutely check it out. And so that was a very special song on the album. And she has an incredibly signature voice. and delivery so I needed to find someone who could really hold their own in that role and Crystal Warren is one of my favorite singers she grew up in Kansas City and now lives in France and she I mean you heard her voice it's beyond it's beyond and she really added so much to this recording um When you hear this, when you listen to the original and then hear this, you'll see how much I altered the sound, the arrangement, the the chords.

29:36 Speaker 11: Um, but you know, the song remains. So, um, so, you know, check them both out.

29:44 Speaker 9: Yeah, absolutely. Now I'm going to go back and listen to the original album for sure. I'm especially curious to hear it now. Um, so we're going to, we're going to hit those tracks. We're going to let you go in a moment, but before we do that, uh, Joan as police woman, where is the best place for people to go online and, to keep up with everything that you're doing? Cause you've got a lot going on and where can they, where should they go online to find the album and all of that?

30:06 Speaker 11: I mean, I have a website, Jonas police, one.com.

30:09 Speaker 8: Yep.

30:10 Speaker 11: And then I'm on all the, I'm on all the music streaming platforms.

30:15 Speaker 12: I'm on all the social medias. Um, you can buy vinyl and March direct for me.

30:22 Speaker 11: I have a U S store and I have a UK store and, And, you know, I would most like you to come out to a live show and see that.

30:35 Speaker 12: So, you know, come over and visit me.

30:38 Speaker 10: Absolutely. Absolutely. Well, Joan, this has been wonderful.

30:41 Speaker 9: Again, I've been excited to talk to you today because the project is so interesting and we are going to play both of those songs, but we'll let you go for now, but I'm sure that we will talk again in the future and we'll have to, maybe you can, maybe we can email offline and talk about who your, your family, all right, just tell me this much, your, your family that you have here in Manchester, are they musicians?

31:06 Speaker 12: No.

31:07 Speaker 4: No?

31:07 Speaker 16: No.

31:08 Speaker 12: No.

31:08 Speaker 15: Okay.

31:09 Speaker 10: I was going to say, because if they're musicians, I probably do know them.

31:14 Speaker 1: All right.

31:15 Speaker 10: Well, it is a small world though, isn't it? All right.

31:19 Speaker 9: Joan, we'll let you go for now. And again, thank you so much for joining us today.

31:24 Speaker 12: You too. Thank you. Have a beautiful day. Thanks a lot for this.

31:28 Speaker 10: You got it.

31:28 Speaker 14: Wonderful.

31:29 Speaker 10: You got it. Take care.

31:30 Speaker 1: Bye-bye.

31:32 Speaker 9: All right, that is Joan as Police Woman. And as promised, we're going to actually play both of these tracks. So first we're going to play Save Me, which is featuring Iggy Pop. And then we'll play I Defy with Crystal Warren right after that. And if you are listening live on Saturday, stick around. We've got plenty more to come. As we continue on and coming up in the third hour, Charles Richardson will be with us. So lots more, lots more Unleashed coming at you. But right now, here it is. This is Joan as a policewoman featuring Iggy Pop on this one.

32:04 Speaker 9: This is such a great song. This is called Save Me.

32:15 Speaker 3: I don't want to live for tomorrow I don't want.

32:32 Speaker 2: To live for tomorrow for tomorrow I don't want to live for the dying chance if you.

33:20 Speaker 1: I don't want.

33:23 Speaker 2: To live for another I don't want to live for the dying chance.

33:30 Speaker 3: If you're already good as gone.

33:45 Speaker 6: Cause we'd live under the common tree.

33:50 Speaker 1: Save me.

33:53 Speaker 13: I'll learn to leave us there with all the fruit.

34:00 Speaker 5: Still searching. Save me. Still looking in your eyes.

34:09 Speaker 1: For a sign.

34:14 Speaker 3: I need to.

34:22 Speaker 1: Know. Save me. Save me.

34:44 Speaker 2: I don't wanna wait any longer.

35:12 Speaker 3: How could it be different?

36:01 Speaker 8: How could it be different than to say I love your way? How could it be different? How could it be different than to say I love your way?

36:15 Speaker 1: How could it be different? Now I'm kissing you. Now I'm kissing you. Will I get.

36:38 Speaker 5: Through my dark days?

37:07 Speaker 8: I see the stars all around your back. They never seem to hurt at all. The stars all around your back.

37:17 Speaker 1: Oh, they never seem to hurt.

37:19 Speaker 3: They never seem to hurt at all. The stars.

37:39 Speaker 5: I see the stars all around your face I never seen.

37:42 Speaker 8: You hurt enough The stars all around your.

37:45 Speaker 1: Face I never seen you hurt.

37:47 Speaker 5: Enough Didn't have the shame to hurt at all.

38:07 Speaker 1: I see the.

38:08 Speaker 8: Stars fall around your back.

38:15 Speaker 5: Oh, they have.

38:16 Speaker 1: The same to hurt.

38:18 Speaker 5: Now I'm missing the million. Now I'm missing the.

38:26 Speaker 1: Million.

38:27 Speaker 5: Well, I got through my dark day. Did you feel me?

38:34 Speaker 1: Did you feel me?

38:35 Speaker 3: Ooh, now I'm loving you Ooh, now I'm loving you Ooh, now I'm.

38:42 Speaker 1: Loving you Thank you.

39:20 Speaker 3: Thank you.

39:21 Speaker 5: Thank you.

39:55 Speaker 1: Thank you.

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43:00 Speaker 11: Whoa!

43:00 Speaker 1: Go ahead! Bye.

43:39 Speaker 3: We'll be right.

43:52 Speaker 7: Back.

44:36 Speaker 10: That is Buoyancy from Frequency Overload.

44:39 Speaker 9: And we have one more World Radio premiere for you this week on the show. This is an exclusive to Matt Connerton Unleashed. Nobody else has this yet. You heard it here first. Blake Rascals. And the track is called Tangled Mind.

45:11 Speaker 18: I read the signs, you pressed my soul into your sticky mind.

45:15 Speaker 16: A tiny frame, I'm glued to the line. They locked the doors, I knocked the salon's only pause. A fleeting spark that.

45:26 Speaker 18: Dies before we list attack. Ice flicker past Pretending.

45:39 Speaker 16: Not to hear me cast I push my sound It's swallowed underground Secret scream A crooked greed I try to keep I strike my note It falls to cracks It cannot.

45:52 Speaker 18: Float And drowns through my soul I'm slipping into my tango mind.

46:01 Speaker 1: I dream on your walls.

46:04 Speaker 18: I'm gone before the shadow comes.

46:07 Speaker 16: I'm gone before the shadow comes.

46:31 Speaker 5: I'm gone before.

46:35 Speaker 18: The shadow comes.

46:45 Speaker 16: I'm gone before the shadow comes.

46:58 Speaker 18: I'm gone before the shadow comes.

47:00 Speaker 17: I'm gone before the shadow comes.

47:21 Speaker 16: Vision keeps the touch of me.

47:25 Speaker 18: Toxic to satisfy.

47:30 Speaker 1: Vision lifts what.

47:32 Speaker 16: Phantoms leap, hurries back at a time.

47:55 Speaker 18: I read the signs, you press my soul into your sticky mind.

48:00 Speaker 16: A tiny frame, I'm glued to the line. They lock the doors, I knock the silence, only pause.

48:08 Speaker 18: I'm leeching spite, the dice before it leaves the dark. And trance, through my soul, I'm slipping into my tiger mind.

48:20 Speaker 11: I dream on your walls.

48:23 Speaker 12: I'm going for the shadow coast.

48:26 Speaker 16: I'm going for the shadow coast.

48:29 Speaker 5: I'm going for the shadow coast.

48:32 Speaker 1: Sleeping in my tango mind.

48:34 Speaker 16: I'm going for the shadow coast.

48:38 Speaker 1: Sleeping in my tango mind.

48:39 Speaker 5: I'm going for the shadow coast.

48:42 Speaker 14: Sleeping in my tango mind.

48:44 Speaker 18: I'm going for the shadow coast.

48:47 Speaker 10: You heard it here first.

48:47 Speaker 9: That is the world radio premiere of the new single from Blake Rascals. That is called Tangled Mind. And before that, we also heard Buoyancy from Frequency Overload. Great band from New York City. Some real New Yorkers, as I like to say. And of course, you are tuned in to Matt Connerton Unleashed, and we are live from the studios of WMNH 95.3 FM in glorious Manchester, New Hampshire. And you can stream the show from anywhere. Go to mattconnerton.com slash unleashed, which I, if you... Excuse me, if you were listening earlier in the show, I spent a lot of time this week painstakingly rebuilding the website.

49:22 Speaker 10: But if you go to mattconnorson.com.

49:25 Speaker 9: Slash unleashed, you can see all of your live streaming options, social media links, contact info, show archives, et cetera, et cetera. I do want to thank again Joan as policewoman for joining us earlier in the hour.

49:35 Speaker 10: Really loved talking to her.

49:37 Speaker 9: She's had quite a career, and I do need to go back and listen to some of her earlier stuff, definitely. And of course, we had Niall McHenry on earlier from seven streets in the first hour coming up in the third hour today charles richardson will be with us via restream looking forward to talking with charles uh... something quick before we have to go to commercial break as we near the top of the hour something radio related some radio related news that i thought was interesting this is from digital music news dot com the a m radio for every vehicle act inches closer to becoming law It says here, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is scheduled for a standalone floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives during the week of September 14.

50:23 Speaker 9: On Thursday, a report from the National Association of Broadcasters, the NAB, revealed.

50:29 Speaker 10: that U.S.

50:29 Speaker 9: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Republican of Louisiana, has scheduled the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act for a standalone floor vote during the week of September 14. The announcement not only curbs concerns that the legislation might end up sidelined until a lame duck session post-election or attached to a broader transportation legislation, but also suggests that the bill may finally have the support its advocates have been working toward. NAB President and CEO Curtis Legate said this, quote, unquote.

51:01 Speaker 9: This legislation, here's what it does. This would require the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to be completed in one year that mandates AM receivers to be included in all vehicles sold in the U.S. as a standalone feature without extra costs to buyers. The bill has 317 co-sponsors in the House and 61 in the Senate.

51:38 Speaker 10: Nick Anderson.

51:40 Speaker 9: the Director of Government Affairs for Salem Media Group and VP of Public Policy for the National Religious Broadcasters, said, quote, our energy has been focused on pushing for a floor vote through the House suspension calendar, and we're talking directly with the White House and House leadership to make that case, to move it now and not later, unquote. Let me stop on that for a moment. Why is this guy, the Director of Government, first of all, why does a company like Salem Media Group And the national religious broadcasters, why do these organizations have a government.

52:19 Speaker 10: Liaison, if you will?

52:20 Speaker 9: Why are they focused on this piece of legislation?

52:24 Speaker 10: Because AM radio... Well, it's symbiotic.

52:30 Speaker 9: I was going to say AM radio depends on conservative talk radio, political talk radio that's with a conservative bent. And conservative talk radio is very much dependent on AM radio. See, when I was a kid, and I'm showing my age a little bit here, but I'm a Gen Xer. When I was growing up, you had AM and FM. I didn't listen to AM radio. Nobody I knew listened to AM radio. And the theory was, and AM radio sounded weird too. It didn't sound as good as FM. So you didn't really want to listen to music on AM.

52:59 Speaker 9: And there was this weird, sometimes it even had this weird whistling sound. AM would sound very strange compared to FM. And it was seen to be a dying medium. There was an assumption that AM radio would eventually just go away. because no one cared about AM radio anymore. And then in the eighties, there was this resurgence of AM radio because all these conservative talk radio shows went to AM radio and effectively sit like AM radio probably still exists because of conservative talk radio and conservative talk radio was able to flourish because of AM because of the continued existence of AM radio.

53:33 Speaker 9: So at that time shows like Rush Limbaugh and all the others were And that remains to this day, that interdependence. The two exist because of each other, right? So AM radio has survived and even thrived because of that. Now, I don't listen to any AM shows, and of course this show is on FM radio as well as streaming online, but the reason AM continues to survive to this day, I believe, is 100%. because of conservative talk radio. But there are these other concerns about, you know, emergency, you know, communicating during emergencies and so forth that AM is handy for, although I don't know why you can't just do that with FM as well.

54:18 Speaker 9: But again, you know, Steve Scalise, who is a— we don't do politics on this iteration of the show, I realize that, but I'm just saying, Steve Scalise, who is a Republican, of course, you know, a Southern Republican, right, he's from Louisiana— I can see where he might be someone in a position to really be concerned about this and would sponsor a bill like this. Okay, just a little bit more, and then we've got to get to break, and then Charles will be with us in the third hour. It also says here that Anderson, Nick Anderson from the Director of Government Affairs for Salem Media Group— Salem Media Group, by the way, that's their specialty, is conservative talk— and the public policy for the national religious broadcasters, Anderson cautioned, that should automakers be permitted to omit AM radio simply because it is cheaper or easier, the same logic could eventually be applied to FM radio, which I would not like, selfishly.

55:08 Speaker 10: I would not like that.

55:09 Speaker 9: And threaten the future of free broadcast radio and vehicles. The AM radio for every vehicle act was reintroduced in the current Congress after the previous legislative cycle ended without a floor vote, despite broad bipartisan support. The 119th Congress concludes its session at the end of the year.

55:32 Speaker 10: So there you go.

55:32 Speaker 9: We'll see what happens. I don't want to see AM radio. I mean, I don't listen to AM radio. I don't want to see it go away. But I can see where automakers, if they feel that there's a lack of demand, they may not want to include it if it's cheaper not to. You know, one of the interesting things, I'll just say this, I'll stop on this point, as my father used to say. My father would say that all the time. I'll stop on this point. and then ramble for 10 more minutes. But one of the interesting things about getting older, as much as getting older, there's a lot of bad things about it.

56:05 Speaker 10: We'd all like to stay young forever, wouldn't we?

56:07 Speaker 9: But one of the interesting things is seeing what technologies go away, what technologies remain, what technologies everybody thought were going to go away but managed to stick around, like AM radio, what technologies everyone assumed we would always.

56:21 Speaker 10: Have forever but end up going away.

56:24 Speaker 9: That's one of the interesting things about getting older is to see what comes and goes and how it comes and goes and what people were right about, what people were wrong about. But AM radio continues to exist, and I don't think it's going anywhere. And I certainly don't want, oh, but my point, what I was going to say is, new cars, as far as I know, new cars do not have CD players in them. So that's an example of where automakers have adapted to, in terms of what they include in their vehicles, depending on the technological demand for them.

56:52 Speaker 9: So if nobody wants a CD player in their car anymore, they don't bother to put CD players in cars anymore. I'm sure some people would still like to have them, but I think if you buy a new car today, it might depend on the manufacturer, but chances are there's no CD player. There is a possibility at some point there won't be AM radio either. But we'll see about that. But I think it'll be sticking around. All right, we've got to get to break. We've got to show some love to our amazing sponsors. And then when we come back in the third hour, for those of you listening live on Saturday, and of course, happy Labor Day weekend if you are.

57:21 Speaker 9: In the third hour, Charles Richardson will be with us. We're going to talk some wrestling. So don't go anywhere. There is plenty more to come.

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