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September 29, 2026 — "Sammy Chand interviews Shomin Mathur" · The Bridge by Sammy Chand

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  Speaker 1: South Asian music and culture can be found around the world.
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  Speaker 2: We track down the best and present it here for
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  Speaker 2: you on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, this is Anuv Jain and you're listening to Ruckus
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  Speaker 3: Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 4: This is Kubra Tate and you're listening to me on
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  Speaker 4: The Bridge with the Sammy Chand.
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  Speaker 1: Hi, everyone.
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  Speaker 5: This is Rashmeet Kaur and you're listening to The Bridge
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  Speaker 5: with Sammy Chand.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Good morning. Welcome to the big show. My name
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  Speaker 1: is Sammy Chand and you've found the September 29th edition
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  Speaker 1: of The Bridge here. Yeah. We've got a super hour ahead.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be joined today by an artist that I've been
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  Speaker 1: a fan of here. His name is Shomen Mator. He
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  Speaker 1: hails from Washington, D.C. And I would say if there
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  Speaker 1: is anybody from our space that is making an impression
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  Speaker 1: in the new metal market, it's Shomen Mator. Showman has
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  Speaker 1: a wonderful voice. He really does. And you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get to meet him today. We'll be joined by Showman.
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  Speaker 1: Exclusive interview coming up. And I'm really curious to get
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  Speaker 1: his perspective as to what's going on out there. And
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  Speaker 1: get his purview on the metal market, on the rock
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  Speaker 1: market per se. Looking forward to that conversation. Tuesday. It's
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  Speaker 1: a Tuesday. We'll be joined by Nish. Brings you a
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  Speaker 1: preview of his big hour coming up today at 5 p.m.
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  Speaker 1: Pacific time. That show is called The Garage Mahal. We'll
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  Speaker 1: be joined by the Ruckus Avenue Radio All-Stars as always.
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  Speaker 1: And we've got some interesting new music to go through
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  Speaker 1: with you. As I mentioned to you on yesterday's program,
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  Speaker 1: a couple of big albums that are starting to rear
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  Speaker 1: their head. And one of the big ones that we
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  Speaker 1: previewed yesterday was the Cardinal Agila Season 1 album. But
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  Speaker 1: there's another project that I'm keeping my eyes on, which
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  Speaker 1: is coming out on the 29th of October, right in
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  Speaker 1: time for Halloween. It's Talvinder, and his song is called
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  Speaker 1: Ase Pase.
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  Speaker 2: Ase Pase.
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  Speaker 1: Ase Pase.
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  Speaker 3: I can see it in your eyes. When you laugh,
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  Speaker 3: you don't seem to be laughing. You are trapped in
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  Speaker 3: the eyes of the poor. When you laugh, you don't
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  Speaker 3: seem to be laughing. You have kept all the words
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  Speaker 3: of your heart in your heart.
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  Speaker 2: If your name.
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  Speaker 3: Comes, without your laughter, who laughs? If I open your eyes,
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  Speaker 3: I can't see your face I wrote in my fate that.
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  Speaker 2: You are the only one.
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  Speaker 3: What happened to you? What did you get from me?
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to hurt you anymore. I feel like
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  Speaker 3: crying now.
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  Speaker 2: Your eyes are open.
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  Speaker 3: I can see you from your eyes. You could die
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  Speaker 3: in my new house Khodlaan je tere khulaase, tere aase paase,
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  Speaker 3: dikhdaye mainu kaun Tere aase.
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  Speaker 2: Paase, tere aase.
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  Speaker 1: Paase Welcome to the bridge, everybody. The album is called
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  Speaker 1: Painted Feelings. That right there is the lead single from
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  Speaker 1: that project. We can't wait. Can't wait. If it's anything
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  Speaker 1: like that single, sign us up, people. Looking forward to
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  Speaker 1: that project. Ovinda, one of our favorites on the bridge
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  Speaker 1: for sure. Signed, Deep Fareed. The song is called Naa Pushde.
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  Speaker 5: Si mehta tenu taaldee rahi weh kado ton Samjondi menu
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  Speaker 5: naaldee rahi weh kado ton Tu pehla si jo dikhte
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  Speaker 5: khat shale mundiyaan Main ona nu sambaaldee rahi weh kado
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  Speaker 5: ton Mainu gal nek sojdee weh vikraanch dobgeea Dekh gala
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  Speaker 5: karde te loki khaam khaam poshdee Kheere ditti tera kon
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  Speaker 5: dil jaani Peecha naa parishani weh me thotra naa poshdee
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  Speaker 5: Tere ditti bhai gaal vich gani Jo pyaar di nishani
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  Speaker 5: hai baar baar khaam.
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  Speaker 2: Poshdee Who gave you your heart?
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  Speaker 6: Don't ask me about your worries.
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  Speaker 5: Your sister gave me a song in my heart, which
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  Speaker 5: is a sign of love. Don't ask me about your worries.
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  Speaker 5: Your stubbornness makes me feel like I'm going to die.
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  Speaker 5: You will make me get married to the one I love.
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  Speaker 5: You say I'll take you to your uncle. I'll take
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  Speaker 5: you to your uncle. I'll take you to your uncle.
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  Speaker 5: I'll take you to your uncle. I'll take you to
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  Speaker 5: your uncle. I'll take you to your uncle. I'll take
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  Speaker 5: you to your uncle. Who gave you this heart? Don't
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  Speaker 5: ask me about your problems.
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  Speaker 7: Your sister is a song in my heart.
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  Speaker 1: She is the symbol of love.
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  Speaker 2: She keeps asking you.
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  Speaker 5: Who gave you this heart? Don't ask me about your problems.
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  Speaker 5: Don't ask me about your problems.
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  Speaker 1: Don't ask me.
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  Speaker 2: Don't get upset.
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  Speaker 5: Read the love well. And from there my friends from home.
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  Speaker 5: By matching your shirt, I'll get a suit and come.
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  Speaker 5: I'll go to your house, don't eat poison and come. Brother,
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  Speaker 5: I was standing in front of you, you were looking
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  Speaker 5: at me. I don't know how I lost, someone.
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  Speaker 1: Ask the way.
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  Speaker 2: Who gave you, who knows your heart.
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  Speaker 1: Don't worry, I won't ask you.
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  Speaker 5: You gave me a song in the house, which is
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  Speaker 5: a sign of love again and again.
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  Speaker 8: You know, very legitimate circumstance here to discuss.
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  Speaker 1: He keeps showering her with gifts. What's she going to
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  Speaker 1: say to her family? The song is called Na Pushde.
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  Speaker 1: This next song we've got for you is by an
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  Speaker 1: artist named Anurag Sekhia.
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  Speaker 9: Your beauty, your soul, your beauty Where do you stay
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  Speaker 9: apart from me?
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  Speaker 5: If I don't see you apart from me.
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  Speaker 10: Aayna tera jalwa nazal Main nahi tere bina tu bhe.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 11: You are the only one who is far from.
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  Speaker 2: Me Make me.
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  Speaker 11: Walk, make me walk Chalwaay jaana Chalwaay jaana Chalwaay jaana
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  Speaker 11: Hawa mein phool mein mausam mein Kalyon ki mehk mein
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  Speaker 11: tun ki.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 11: You are the only one who is close to me
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  Speaker 11: You are the only one who is close to me
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  Speaker 11: You are the only one who is close to me
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  Speaker 11: You are the only.
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  Speaker 9: One who is close to me You are the only
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  Speaker 9: one who is close to me.
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  Speaker 1: The song is called Jalwa-e-Jana. And it's from the artist
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  Speaker 1: Anurag Sekia. Love the vocals. I really do. Beautiful song.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be joined here very shortly by Shoman Mator, one
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  Speaker 1: of the lead vocalists in the new metal space out there.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought I'd bring that to your attention today.
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  Speaker 1: Shoman is such a talented vocalist. And some of these
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  Speaker 1: great artists out there that are doing amazing work in
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  Speaker 1: some spaces that you may not be familiar with, I
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  Speaker 1: thought I'd take it upon myself. to introduce them to
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  Speaker 1: you through this show. And so today, one of those
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  Speaker 1: fantastic artists is Shomen Mator. So we'll talk to Shomen
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  Speaker 1: here very shortly. In the meantime, let's bring in Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Roy to the program. What's up, Dr.
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  Speaker 12: Roy?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, guys.
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  Speaker 13: This is Dr. Roy with today's Word on the Avenue.
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  Speaker 2: In film and TV news.
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  Speaker 11: At.
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  Speaker 13: Just 14 years old, Santosh Davakar was working 12-hour shifts
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  Speaker 13: for 45 Indian rupees a day to pay for his
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  Speaker 13: school fees. Today, the self-taught filmmaker has made Gondal, India's
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  Speaker 13: official entry for the 2027 Oscars. Inspired by the centuries-old
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  Speaker 13: Maharashtrian folk tradition he grew up watching with his grandfather,
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  Speaker 13: Devakar's journey from child laborer to internationally recognized filmmaker brings
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  Speaker 13: a deeply personal masterpiece of Maharashtra's cultural heritage to the
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  Speaker 13: global stage. In media news, Yamini Rangan's journey from arriving
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  Speaker 13: in the U.S. with just $ 150 after paying her first
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  Speaker 13: month's rent to becoming CEO of global software company HubSpot
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  Speaker 13: is a remarkable story of perseverance and ambition. After working
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  Speaker 13: at a football stadium to support herself and building experience
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  Speaker 13: at companies including SAP, Workday, and Dropbox, Rangan joined HubSpot
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  Speaker 13: in 2020 as its first chief customer officer and became
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  Speaker 13: CEO a year later. In event news, Indian American technology
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  Speaker 13: executive Garandip Anand, the former CEO of AI startup Character.AI,
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  Speaker 13: has been named Disney's first ever chief technology officer. with
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  Speaker 13: the newly created role beginning October 2nd. The appointment is
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  Speaker 13: especially notable because Disney sent Character.ai a cease-and-desist letter last
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  Speaker 13: year over the unauthorized use of its characters, while Anand
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  Speaker 13: will now oversee Disney's technology, data, and AI platforms across
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  Speaker 13: the company. That's it for today's Word on the Avenue.
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  Speaker 13: Until next time.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Dr.
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  Speaker 10: Roy.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for always dropping by with the Word on
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  Speaker 1: the Avenue for us here on The Big Show. This
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  Speaker 1: next one we've got for you is from an artist
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  Speaker 1: by the name of Asi Skor, who's been around the scene,
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  Speaker 1: by the way. You've probably heard her music before. But
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  Speaker 1: this song called Razi caught our attention. Hope you guys
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  Speaker 1: enjoy it.
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  Speaker 14: Thoda jaya ho gaya purana mera dil Hath laake ennu
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  Speaker 14: tu nawa karde Akha band karla yakeen sunaya Jedi harwari
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  Speaker 14: jit jaya baazi ravaangi Je mai tere naal ravaangi te
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  Speaker 14: raazi ravaangi I have lost all the excuses that I have.
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  Speaker 1: Kept for myself.
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  Speaker 14: Wherever my heart has gone, I have asked you to
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  Speaker 14: keep me in that same place.
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  Speaker 2: Where are you sitting, my love?
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Foreign Thank you.
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  Speaker 14: And only you will remember, or you will see your shortcomings.
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  Speaker 14: You are good, but you don't look good in the
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  Speaker 14: sky and the earth. Don't move away from me, you
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  Speaker 14: are in my dreams. You are the one I read
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  Speaker 14: in the book. Who will listen to you, if I
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  Speaker 14: ask you? You come in my voice. You hold my
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  Speaker 14: hand and make it fast. If you don't call me
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  Speaker 14: by my name, I'll take pictures of you and I'll
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  Speaker 14: be happy with you.
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  Speaker 2: If I stay with you.
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  Speaker 1: I'll be happy. Asis Kaur has dropped this song called Razi.
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  Speaker 1: We love it here on the bridge. One of our
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  Speaker 1: favorite hours of music on Ruckus Avenue Radio is hosted
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  Speaker 1: by our own Nish Riaz, who is stopping by right
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  Speaker 1: now to give you a preview of what's going on
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  Speaker 1: this afternoon on his show called The Garage Mahal. What's up, Nish? Yo,
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  Speaker 1: what is up, Ruckus Avenue Radio fam?
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  Speaker 15: This is Nish, the host of The Garage Mahal, and
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  Speaker 15: this week on Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST, I have
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  Speaker 15: a brand new episode of The Garage Mahal. Now, if
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  Speaker 15: you don't know what The Garage Mahal is, it's where
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  Speaker 15: I feature South Asian artists from all around the world.
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  Speaker 15: And this week is no different.
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  Speaker 16: We got the very talented Rumari with his debut album.
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  Speaker 16: He's an up-and-coming artist out of New York City, and
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  Speaker 16: he's sure to pop off soon. And we have Nysha,
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  Speaker 16: who was recently featured on a few Skrillex songs, but
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  Speaker 16: now she's partnering up with Ty Dolla $ ign with her
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  Speaker 16: newest single, So Then. So if you want to tap
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  Speaker 16: into the freshest South Asian music in the world, tune
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  Speaker 16: into my show, The Garage Mahal, every Tuesday here on
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  Speaker 16: Ruckus Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 1: Back to you, Sammy. Thanks, Nish. Thanks so much, brother.
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  Speaker 1: Go check out his big show. 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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  Speaker 1: I always chuckle because Nish just moved to New York and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, now I've started to give his time of
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  Speaker 1: his show on Eastern Standard Time. timings. Check it out
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  Speaker 1: tonight at 8.
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  Speaker 2: Foreign Oh.
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  Speaker 17: The world has forgotten the diamond that is behind you.
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  Speaker 18: The God of the diamond is your brother.
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  Speaker 5: Don't be upset when my heart cries.
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  Speaker 2: Why make me a joke of love? The drug of love.
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  Speaker 18: Now it feels like I'm going to kill you.
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  Speaker 5: I'll put you in heaven with two eyes.
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  Speaker 13: I'm yours and you become mine, my love.
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  Speaker 5: Come to my heart's neighborhood, my love.
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  Speaker 2: Come to my heart's neighborhood, my love.
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  Speaker 19: I want to see.
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  Speaker 2: Your beautiful face, my love. Come to my heart's neighborhood,
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  Speaker 2: my love.
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  Speaker 5: Come to my heart's neighborhood, my love.
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  Speaker 1: Simran Chowdhury. Dil De Mohale. Love the upbeat vibe. I
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  Speaker 1: really do. It works with her. Personally like the mid-tempo
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  Speaker 1: stuff a little bit better, but that's pretty cool too.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of energy in that track, and I see
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  Speaker 1: what Saragama's trying to do. You know, every weekend we
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  Speaker 1: do a Top 20 Countdown show on this show. And
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  Speaker 1: this song right here is currently number one. Zeeshan Ali.
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  Speaker 20: Zeeshan Ali.
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  Speaker 12: Dekh ke tujh ko aayna chamke Chaaya aankho me teri
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  Speaker 12: kaisa Ye khumar hai tauba.
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  Speaker 19: Jaana na mujh se toh kyun khaafa.
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  Speaker 21: Hai You told him.
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  Speaker 19: Jaana na aaja mujh se mil jaana Jaana na aaja
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  Speaker 19: mujh se mil jaana Pyaar ke lamhe toh kismat mein
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  Speaker 19: hai Toh chaar hi tauba tauba Baandhe.
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  Speaker 12: Zulfon pe.
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  Speaker 1: Beautiful work. Worthy of that top spot. Bande Zulfonpe. Featuring Dr.
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  Speaker 6: Ankh.
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  Speaker 1: It's Zeeshan Ali. Such a great, great song. Caught our
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  Speaker 1: attention the moment we heard it.
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  Speaker 3: You know?
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  Speaker 1: One of our favorite artists on this show is none
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  Speaker 1: other than the great Dr. Sathinder Sartaj. just dropped a
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  Speaker 1: brand new song through T-Series. It's called Guzaarish. Guzaarish.
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  Speaker 2: Guzaarish. Guzaarish.
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  Speaker 1: Guzaarish. Guzaarish.
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  Speaker 2: Guzaarish.
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  Speaker 3: Guzaarish.
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  Speaker 2: Guzaarish. Guzaarish.
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  Speaker 22: Rooha Ko Nazro Se Roshan Kal Diya Mehrbani Shukriya Taslim.
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  Speaker 2: Hai Adab Hai.
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  Speaker 22: Faaab gaahon se ho chukki hai rawaangi Abhi baadlon pe
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  Speaker 22: chhaayegi diwaanegi Faaab gaahon se ho chukki hai rawaangi Abhi
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  Speaker 22: baadlon pe chhaayegi diwaanegi Ame chithiyaan mili hain mahatab se
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  Speaker 22: Chithiyaan mili hain mahatab se Koi bach nahi paayega shabab
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  Speaker 22: se Aaj aaye hain Huzoor bin Kaaf se Ghazaashon pe
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  Speaker 22: maul kijiye Thank you for watching.
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  Speaker 6: Aashikaan aasa mizaaj hain adaon mein, wo milayenge surur bhi
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  Speaker 6: fizaon mein Aashikaan aasa mizaaj hain adaon mein, wo milayenge
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  Speaker 6: surur bhi fizaon mein Wo milayenge.
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  Speaker 12: Surur bhi fizaon mein.
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  Speaker 22: The intoxication in the eyes is more.
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  Speaker 2: Than the alcohol.
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  Speaker 22: The intoxication in the eyes is more than the alcohol.
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  Speaker 2: And the charm of the miracle is beyond answer. I
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  Speaker 2: have heard that there are rumors from Punjab. Make more reports.
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  Speaker 2: Make more reports.
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  Speaker 22: We have received letters from Mahataab, We have received letters
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  Speaker 22: from Mahataab, No one will be able to escape from Shabab,
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  Speaker 22: Today has come Huzoor with no mask, Pay attention to
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  Speaker 22: all the incidences, Pay attention to all the incidences, Music
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  Speaker 22: Chalo seekh layn ishaaron ka muhawra Hai nighaahon ka hi
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  Speaker 22: yeh toh saara majra Kya dilawri dikhayn ge misal doh
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  Speaker 22: Log puchte hain aake toh bata zara Aji se jaamiya
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  Speaker 22: ishq se talim ho Jo shor o gulf hai door
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  Speaker 22: ho saleem ho Wohi ulfatayn sikhayn ge hisaab se.
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  Speaker 2: Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Satinder Sartaj, everybody. The song is called Guzarish. Go check
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  Speaker 1: out the music video. It's a bright and colorful one.
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  Speaker 1: Really well done by T-Series. This is Priya Raghu.
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  Speaker 18: Finally, I found a lover. I know that it's like me.
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  Speaker 18: I finally, I found a girl. I know that it
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  Speaker 18: excites me.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 18: Finally, I found a girl who knows how to ignite me.
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  Speaker 4: Finally, I found a lover who grows up as I say, uh-huh.
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  Speaker 18: For so long, I didn't know what.
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  Speaker 2: I had been looking for.
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  Speaker 4: Faith been knocking at my door.
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  Speaker 2: This doom, doom, doom, this social.
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  Speaker 18: Finally I found you, mi amor, so enticing I finally
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  Speaker 18: have found a love with swagger that's so high-fingered Finally
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  Speaker 18: I found a pure soul so enlightening Finally I found
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  Speaker 18: a love with swagger that's so high-fingered.
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  Speaker 17: For so long, I didn't know what I had been
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  Speaker 17: looking for. Baby, knocking at my door.
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  Speaker 4: This doom, doom, doom is so sure. I won't let
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  Speaker 4: you go. Our names in stone. Even when we are gone, one.
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  Speaker 2: Day we'll know. So can we be free?
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  Speaker 4: For the world to see.
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  Speaker 2: Even when we're gone.
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  Speaker 11: Finally, finally, finally Baby, you.
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  Speaker 2: Make my hope get 180 Won't you.
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  Speaker 4: Come down and save me One million stars have been
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  Speaker 4: raining Just to get close to you Close.
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  Speaker 2: To you.
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  Speaker 1: We are Ragu, everybody. The song called Finally. We're getting
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  Speaker 1: ready to talk to Shoman Mator here on the show.
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  Speaker 1: And as I mentioned to you, sings in a genre
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  Speaker 1: that we don't usually play on this show. But his
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  Speaker 1: work is just genius nonetheless. Thought we'd bring it into
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  Speaker 1: spotlight today. Get ready for Shoman Mator today. This is Jaggi.
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  Speaker 23: Shoppi jave paisa, te paise na pure shaam Raja raji naame,
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  Speaker 23: te raji ni kake taam.
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  Speaker 1: I'll give you a plate where.
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  Speaker 23: You can have it, I don't care if it's full
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  Speaker 23: or empty My hair is black, I don't care where
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  Speaker 23: you go And you don't get the same feeling, I'm
• 32:43
  Speaker 23: going crazy Ranging with the mountains, with the clouds, I'm
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  Speaker 23: making a custom app Now the one who ate will cry,
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  Speaker 23: people are not jealous They call me mother, but I'm
• 32:52
  Speaker 23: a little empty with Chuggi That's Manikha Nepali, I don't
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  Speaker 23: have a name, I'm behind the abuse and I'm my
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  Speaker 23: world Shopee jave paisa te paise na pure shaam Raja
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  Speaker 23: raji name tera jeeni ka ke taam Juhate jaake wehri
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  Speaker 23: de kaada sita naam Juhon kaddi hogi wadi chandi Gaddi
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  Speaker 23: chandi gaddi Moti thadi uschi gaddi Lokaan khali thadi chandi
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  Speaker 23: Thade naddi sone laddi Kehindi dekho sunni addi Mere baare
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  Speaker 23: jini ono churi raddi ji ke akdi Baithi jave chuni
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  Speaker 23: chabi Aapne aagi maini sabbi Kehindi aakari aini jahada kiton
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  Speaker 23: labbi Jaggi, the song is called Knock Knock for you.
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  Speaker 1: Guys currently residing in our top five of our top
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  Speaker 1: 20 countdown show showman matour is stopping by hails from
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  Speaker 1: dc in a music space that we don't usually play
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  Speaker 1: on this show a little bit more of that rock
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  Speaker 1: type of flavor and i thought i'd use this platform
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  Speaker 1: here today to put his work in front of you
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  Speaker 1: his vocals in front of you the rock music that
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  Speaker 1: he puts out there in front of you graduate of
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  Speaker 1: the NYU's prestigious Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. He's
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  Speaker 1: mastered several different instruments. Classical piano, sitar, drums, bass, ukulele.
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  Speaker 1: Stand by for showman. This is Curtain Blue.
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  Speaker 7: Nor does he know who he is Yesterday he was free,
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  Speaker 7: why is he helpless today? Nor does he know who
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  Speaker 7: he is Nor does he know who he is This
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  Speaker 7: world Yesterday everything was close, today everything is far away.
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  Speaker 7: Yesterday everything was special, today everything is useless.
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  Speaker 2: Neither we know who it.
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  Speaker 1: Is, nor he knows who it is. Yeah, Dunia, Curtain Blue,
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  Speaker 1: previous number one song on this show. And we'll go
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: to another previous number one song on this show. Romy
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  Speaker 1: Huda is the artist as he collaborates with MC Square
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  Speaker 1: on a song called Treat Me Special. All right, folks,
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  Speaker 1: stand by for Showman. He's joining us right after this song.
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  Speaker 24: Chale dikhao e saki kinna botala mein dum Ya jubaan
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  Speaker 24: nahi legi yonki wokala mein dum Mere kalle mein se
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  Speaker 24: jinna konia totala mein dum Regularly dikhega kinna lokala mein
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  Speaker 24: dum Dikhao e saki kinna botala mein dum Ya jubaan
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  Speaker 24: nahi legi yonki wokala mein dum Mere kalle mein se
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  Speaker 24: jinna konia totala mein dum Re Globally Dikhega Kinna Lokal
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  Speaker 24: Aam Hai Dam Naam Badal Diyo Boli Naja Lipi Na
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  Speaker 24: Banadiw Jindran Mere Naja Kati Shipi Na Banadiw Meri Poto
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  Speaker 24: Aane Loga Gi Jaddi Pi Na Banadiw Mere Naam Gi
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  Speaker 24: Badengi Saare Shiti Na Banadiw Hinn Desiyaan Gi Bhen Saari
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  Speaker 24: Shiti Na Banadiw Jaake West Main Bhi Apni Sanskriti Na
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  Speaker 24: Banadiw Ran Chod Jayenge Aisi Ran Neeti Na Banadiw Aaj
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  Speaker 24: Sofhi Hoon Main Gana Gana Tripi Na I don't want
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  Speaker 24: to make a fool.
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  Speaker 25: Out of them.
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  Speaker 24: I don't want to make a fool out of them.
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  Speaker 24: I don't want to make a fool.
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  Speaker 9: Out of them.
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  Speaker 26: .
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  Speaker 24: Let me show you how many bottles of this sake
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  Speaker 24: you have. You won't be able to hide it because
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  Speaker 24: it's in your throat. You won't be able to break
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  Speaker 24: it from my neck. Keep it, you will see how
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  Speaker 24: many people you have in your throat. Let me show
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  Speaker 24: you how many bottles of this sake you have. You
• 38:40
  Speaker 24: won't be able to hide it because it's in your throat.
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  Speaker 24: You won't be able to break it from my neck.
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  Speaker 24: Globally dekhega kinna lokal amnidaar.
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  Speaker 20: Dikhe top ke likhaari aaj choti na Vanayadu tera rap
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  Speaker 20: star e hip-hop ka goti na Vanayadu Bronx odta aayi
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  Speaker 20: na meri voti na Vanayadu goat rapper aagi dekh liye
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  Speaker 20: thodi na Vanayadu culture bad bad jean saan tohti na
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  Speaker 20: Vanayadu door dangara ye rapper mai oti na Vanayadu scene
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  Speaker 20: godwaan mai solano ki
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  Speaker 20: .
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  Speaker 24: Come on treat me special.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, treat me special. Come on, treat me special.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, treat me special.
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  Speaker 9: Bitch!
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  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure and long time coming.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we should have been doing this a lot sooner.
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  Speaker 1: It's our good friend Shomen Matoru. How are you, Shomen? Dude,
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  Speaker 1: I'm good, Sammy.
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  Speaker 27: How are you doing?
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  Speaker 25: Good, brother.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the bridge. And man, first of all, let's
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  Speaker 1: give some flowers here. Congratulations on all the great work
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  Speaker 1: that you've been doing. Thank you, brother. And from my perspective,
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: and I was just telling the audience about this, one
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  Speaker 1: of the vocalists and one of the instrumentalists and one
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  Speaker 1: of the musicians that I just deeply respect on the
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  Speaker 1: level of being an artist out there. And so I
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: wanted to thank you for stopping by the show today
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  Speaker 1: and making time for us. Dude, of course.
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  Speaker 27: Thank you for having me, man.
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  Speaker 1: What a genre. You're in a different genre than everybody else.
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  Speaker 1: I was just thinking about this as we were just
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: listening to this last song before the interview started. And
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  Speaker 1: my thought was, showman is flying the flag for a
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  Speaker 1: genre that a lot of people probably are not so
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  Speaker 1: familiar with. But maybe they should be. Tell us about
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  Speaker 1: the genre. And then equally, if you don't mind, how
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  Speaker 1: did you get into this?
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  Speaker 27: Yeah, no, that's a great question. Well, first of all,
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  Speaker 27: I just got to say, I'm like a huge Linkin
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  Speaker 27: Park fan, a huge hard rock fan. And to be honest, man,
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  Speaker 27: I grew up with a lot of Indian music. But
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  Speaker 27: on the side, I was like playing guitar. I was
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  Speaker 27: singing in rock bands. And I noticed, like, I think
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  Speaker 27: pretty early on that, man, all the front men do
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  Speaker 27: not really look like me. But I love this music
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  Speaker 27: a lot. And here's the thing.
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  Speaker 15: Yeah.
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  Speaker 27: I mean, it's just, it's just one of those genres
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  Speaker 27: that's deeply part of my soul that I now being, uh,
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  Speaker 27: like 30 years old reconnected when I was, I think
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  Speaker 27: maybe 29 when I started the band, uh, reconnected with
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  Speaker 27: the genre that, um, that I love so dearly. It's like,
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  Speaker 27: they always say, it's like, you always reconnect with the
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  Speaker 27: things that you love, uh, when you're a kid.
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  Speaker 23: So that's, that's what.
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing, man.
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  Speaker 27: I'm just following my heart.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's a great passion. And I think from, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when you take the ingredients of how you're, you know,
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: where you were raised, you know, out there in the D.C. area,
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: and you carry the culture of, you know, being born
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: and raised in North America here. And, you know, we
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: live this dual cultural lifestyle where the diaspora kids, as
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: we like to say here. But, you know, when you
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: look at the genre as it grows around the world,
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  Speaker 1: and it's kind of going through a resurgence, I would say.
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  Speaker 1: You know, do you ever look and reflect as to
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: the effect that it's happening into India itself? And are
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: there any thoughts that you have on that?
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  Speaker 27: Oh my God, I have so many thoughts on this.
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  Speaker 27: We can go all day about this.
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  Speaker 1: That's great.
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  Speaker 27: But yeah, I mean, it's like, I was just as
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  Speaker 27: surprised as anybody else. Like when I researched this a
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  Speaker 27: couple of years back, like, oh my god, there's such
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  Speaker 27: a huge scene, like you're saying, a huge resurgence going
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  Speaker 27: on in India. Like in places like Bengaluru, Mumbai. Like I,
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  Speaker 27: on Instagram, Instagram's this amazing tool just to reach out
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  Speaker 27: to new people. I have made, I think, more fans
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  Speaker 27: and more friends from India.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 27: Than I have, like, I think anywhere else, and that
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  Speaker 27: surprises a lot of people. Like, I think one of
• 43:36
  Speaker 27: the biggest cities for Black Mustang to sense my band, uh,
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  Speaker 27: I think is, um, I want to say it's Mumbai.
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  Speaker 27: I have to check on that, but it's one.
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  Speaker 1: Of the top cities. I believe it.
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  Speaker 27: And, yeah, and honestly, there's so much, uh, Sammy, dude,
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  Speaker 27: there's so much amazing talent coming out, uh, in the
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  Speaker 27: rock scene in India, and I think we're just having
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  Speaker 27: a moment, and I think just like anything else, man,
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  Speaker 27: just like with any other genre, dude, like, it comes
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  Speaker 27: back like every 10 years. We're witnessing something really cool.
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  Speaker 1: I think in a new iteration, sometimes it comes back.
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  Speaker 1: It kind of soaks up a generation in between and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, then spits out this new kind of version. And,
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  Speaker 1: And it often takes somebody like yourself to kind of
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  Speaker 1: carry that forward. And I think you, you know, let's
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: talk about this. You're not able to just become a
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  Speaker 1: one-man band because you decided to. You can only do
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: that if you can play the instruments that make up
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  Speaker 1: the band. So my question to you is, Shomen. Dude,
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  Speaker 1: you play like 35 million instruments. How did you do that, dude?
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  Speaker 1: How did you do that? Are you going to blow
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: our mind and tell us that you're self-taught? Is that
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  Speaker 1: what you're.
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  Speaker 27: Going to tell us?
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  Speaker 15: Well, I'm okay.
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  Speaker 27: I am self-taught on.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of them. I'm sure. I'm sure.
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  Speaker 27: I'm self-taught on the piano and saxophone and guitar. The others,
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  Speaker 27: I think YouTube is such a big thing, man. It's like,
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  Speaker 27: I feel like with music production, I always wanted to
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  Speaker 27: be the person who is creating my own ideas because
• 45:14
  Speaker 27: if I had an idea at 2am, I didn't want
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  Speaker 27: to be like, Oh, I got to call my producer
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  Speaker 27: and you know, let's, let's get this done. And then
• 45:20
  Speaker 27: we have like, you know, a week where we don't
• 45:22
  Speaker 27: talk or, and then I wanted to do.
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  Speaker 1: It like right now.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So, um, that was the thing.
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  Speaker 27: It's just, I had a billion ideas in my head
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  Speaker 27: that honestly, like I, I don't, um, no, uh, like
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  Speaker 27: if I can fully articulate that to a producer, so
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  Speaker 27: I just, you know, spend maybe 12 years learning that myself.
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  Speaker 1: Right. Right.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you, you've done something incredible, um, for the, for
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: the individuals that are out there that don't know what
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: new metal is. Describe it to us. Tell us what
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: this is. You know what it is?
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  Speaker 27: I have a very interesting answer for this. I think
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  Speaker 27: it is, an encompass it's a thing that encompasses a
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  Speaker 27: lot of different genres like hip-hop and rock like i
• 46:10
  Speaker 27: love hip-hop like i was taught under bob power who
• 46:13
  Speaker 27: uh who's like the main engineer for the late great
• 46:17
  Speaker 27: late great um and he was like my mentor back
• 46:21
  Speaker 27: at nyu at the clive davidson this year he was
• 46:25
  Speaker 27: the guy who was just like showman you really you're
• 46:29
  Speaker 27: making a lot of hip-hop beats now like your your
• 46:31
  Speaker 27: heart isn't rock like your voice goes there and i
• 46:34
  Speaker 27: think you should do something about that and i think
• 46:37
  Speaker 27: showman like you are going to be a front man
• 46:40
  Speaker 27: and don't tell don't let anyone tell you that you
• 46:42
  Speaker 27: can't do it so it's that combination of of the
• 46:45
  Speaker 27: hip-hop element and the rock element and just like being
• 46:51
  Speaker 27: just living life in New York back when I was
• 46:53
  Speaker 27: younger in college, just exposure to so many different genres.
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  Speaker 27: I wanted to have one genre where we can do
• 47:00
  Speaker 27: it all and still have that rock element in it.
• 47:02
  Speaker 27: So that's what new metal is to me. And I
• 47:04
  Speaker 27: think that, um, it can just be whatever you want
• 47:07
  Speaker 27: it to be, you know?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I, I, I think that you, uh, To the late,
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: great Mr. Powers' perspective, I would like to also add
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: on to that. Having seen you live and knowing the
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: musicianmanship that you carry, you know, as a musician, we'd
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: like to easily say that you have by far the
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: chops to be able to pull off a one-man band,
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: which takes me to the moment where you're sitting in
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: a room and you're going through the thoughts that you're
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: going through, which is, you know, it's very hard for
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: me to condense this down into a communicative kind of
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: form to where I can talk to a producer and say,
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: can you redo this? Or can you help me create this?
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: When you yourself can very easily do it yourself just
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: because you can. And my feeling to you is when
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: you're sitting there, you're going through that process. When do
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: you say, all right, it's black Mustang defense and here
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: we go. You know, what was that moment for you? Oh,
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: my God.
• 48:08
  Speaker 27: I think the moment just came from many years of
• 48:12
  Speaker 27: me not really trusting my gut, I think. Many years
• 48:17
  Speaker 27: of me being sort of a shapeshifter genre-wise and trying
• 48:20
  Speaker 27: to understand where I fit musically, that one day, dude,
• 48:24
  Speaker 27: I was just like, no, I want to commit to
• 48:27
  Speaker 27: what I started loving when I was a kid, you know,
• 48:30
  Speaker 27: like rock music, man. It's just, there's so much... that,
• 48:34
  Speaker 27: you know, I think you can explore vocally, you can
• 48:36
  Speaker 27: explore musically that that just felt like the right genre
• 48:40
  Speaker 27: for me. Um, and it's just like, you know, when
• 48:44
  Speaker 27: you get older, dude, you start, you stop caring about
• 48:47
  Speaker 27: what people think. And you're just like, you know what?
• 48:49
  Speaker 27: I don't care what happens with this. I know I
• 48:52
  Speaker 27: have to just truck my heart on this because, you know,
• 48:54
  Speaker 27: life moves pretty fast and I want to, I want
• 48:56
  Speaker 27: to do what I love. And I'm so happy. It's resonating, uh, because,
• 49:01
  Speaker 27: you know, first year it's, First year, we got a
• 49:04
  Speaker 27: lot of love, so I'm very happy people are listening
• 49:09
  Speaker 27: to the music and understanding that this has a place
• 49:13
  Speaker 27: in the world.
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: It absolutely does, sir, especially with someone like yourself that
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: is doing it the right way and giving it the
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: right kind of credibility. as we say. And most importantly,
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: the talent speaks for itself, Shoman. My question to you
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: as we dive into this song, Casino Always Wins, not
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: a truer statement has been said. Why is this song
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: titled this way? And explain to us the meaning of it.
• 49:40
  Speaker 27: Yeah, man. So Casino Always Wins, it was all about,
• 49:43
  Speaker 27: you know, indulgence, addiction, about how some things, sometimes they
• 49:47
  Speaker 27: feel really good in the moment, but that thing is
• 49:50
  Speaker 27: going to have power over you, you know, if you
• 49:52
  Speaker 27: keep giving it the flowers and keep giving it attention.
• 49:56
  Speaker 27: And I think casino is when maybe the reason it's
• 49:59
  Speaker 27: resonating with people can kind of, they have their own vice,
• 50:03
  Speaker 27: whatever that is, whether it's, you know, like I'm eating
• 50:06
  Speaker 27: too many cookies or whatever it is that, that, you know,
• 50:09
  Speaker 27: that the cookies are going to win.
• 50:10
  Speaker 1: So it's just a.
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  Speaker 27: Cautionary tale about how, you know, something incredibly like fun
• 50:16
  Speaker 27: can kind of destroy you. And, and, and it's um
• 50:19
  Speaker 27: yeah and i think everyone has their vice and everyone's
• 50:22
  Speaker 27: battling with their vice and and i think it's okay
• 50:25
  Speaker 27: this is a platform to talk honestly you know my
• 50:27
  Speaker 27: music is i hope um resonating because it's just me
• 50:32
  Speaker 27: being 100 honest about everything i've been through so.
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: Wow showman We can't wait to hear the song, brother. Well, we...
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: I'm so excited to hear it. Of course, for me,
• 50:43
  Speaker 1: I've had a chance to check it out all day today.
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: And for me, I'm really excited to share this with everybody.
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: So if you can, please, Shoman, introduce this track and
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: let's everybody hear it. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 25: What's up, guys?
• 50:57
  Speaker 27: My name is Shoman Mather. I'm the frontman for Black
• 50:59
  Speaker 27: Mustang Events, and you're listening to Casino Always Wins.
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  Speaker 1: All right, folks. Thank you so much, Shoman. Here it is.
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: Let's do it.
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  Speaker 28: I'm so paralyzed I don't believe it to the damage
• 51:16
  Speaker 28: it's my life every time I'm back in your lies
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  Speaker 28: I chase the feeling just to keep myself alive I
• 51:25
  Speaker 28: can't help myself I wonder why come with me.
• 51:30
  Speaker 2: Tonight I'll show.
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  Speaker 1: The band's name is Black Mustang Defense. And it's led
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: by Shoman Mator. Big shout out to Shoman for joining
• 53:16
  Speaker 1: us today, folks. And that song is called Casino Always Wins.
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: And a fascinating conversation with somebody that's really flying the
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: flag for new metal and rock music out there. Big
• 53:28
  Speaker 1: shout out to Shoman Mator for joining us today. And folks,
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: now it's time for us to bring in Doita Dasgupta
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: for today's Artist Spotlight. What's up, Doita?
• 53:38
  Speaker 29: Hi everyone, this is Doita Dashgupta, your Ruckus Avenue radio
• 53:41
  Speaker 29: music correspondent, back with another artist spotlight. Let's turn the
• 53:45
  Speaker 29: spotlight to Bhatsha, the multi-platinum Indian rapper, singer, songwriter, and
• 53:50
  Speaker 29: producer who's helped shape South Asian pop and hip-hop over
• 53:53
  Speaker 29: the past decade. Known for massive hits like DJ Wale
• 53:57
  Speaker 29: Babu and Genda Phool, Bhatsha has become one of India's
• 54:00
  Speaker 29: most streamed artists, pushing past 5 billion streams worldwide. a
• 54:04
  Speaker 29: first for an Indian rapper and a major milestone for
• 54:07
  Speaker 29: Desi hip-hop. In 2025, he dropped his introspective EP, Sitar,
• 54:13
  Speaker 29: blending hip-hop, R & B and synth-pop into a fresh sound.
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  Speaker 29: Beyond music, Bhatshah has been breaking new ground globally. He's
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  Speaker 29: been announced as the first Indian rapper to headline London's
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  Speaker 29: iconic The O2 Arena in March 2026 a historic moment
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  Speaker 29: for Desi music on the world stage. He's also expanded
• 54:31
  Speaker 29: into fashion collaborations and other ventures, including co-designing a limited
• 54:36
  Speaker 29: edition Maybach eyewear collection in 2025. Whether he's topping charts,
• 54:41
  Speaker 29: selling out arenas, or blending sounds and cultures, Batsha keeps
• 54:45
  Speaker 29: proving why he's one of the biggest names in music
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  Speaker 29: today and one to watch as he takes his global
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  Speaker 29: tour into 2026.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's all from me.
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  Speaker 13: Stay tuned for more only on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Doyita. My goodness, so much to
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: talk about Badshah, an artist that has been here in
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  Speaker 1: the U.S. on a couple of different tour stints, continues
• 55:10
  Speaker 1: to be involved with the culture, being one of the
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: main figures behind MTV Hustle, continues to put out great
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  Speaker 1: singles like this one. The song is called Chimna. I
• 55:22
  Speaker 1: really love the way that they take the whole folk
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  Speaker 1: vibe and flip it into a hip-hop song. Enjoy here.
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  Speaker 1: Here's Bacha.
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  Speaker 25: Chimna Chimna Chimna Chimna Chimna.
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  Speaker 30: Chimna Ouchie ouchie, pouchie pouchie, mic on the car lease
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  Speaker 30: Chowchie chowchie, where's my gang? Rowdy rowdy, week of money
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  Speaker 30: like we Southie Southie Shakey shakey, bouncy bouncy, dance to
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  Speaker 30: the music Let it be loud on the floor, let
• 56:01
  Speaker 30: it be dirty, let it be Prada shawty Let it
• 56:04
  Speaker 30: be loud, let it be dirty, let it.
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  Speaker 1: Be Prada shawty Kimna.
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  Speaker 25: Kimna aa Kimna kimna aa Saajan kya kaan chaata ho
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  Speaker 25: Suriye ugha wala.
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  Speaker 8: Ekati karati mati mati khelati Chalati dhavati ran ran bagadti
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  Speaker 8: Aala ek kola re kola kola aala re Kava kava
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  Speaker 8: shodhi pan saapane na kona re Gare gare gare gare
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  Speaker 8: gare gare tu saath mere tu gare.
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  Speaker 2: You are the king of the country. Oh, my God.
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: Oh, my God. The song is called Jimena. One of
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: our favorites right there from him. Wanted to give a
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: big shout out to Shoman Mathur for stopping by the
• 57:43
  Speaker 1: bridge today. Let me tell you guys what you heard.
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: Shoman Mathur grew up like many of us. Indian music
• 57:51
  Speaker 1: in the house and something else entirely in his headphones.
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: Linkin Park in his case. Hard rock. He picked up
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: the guitar. sang in rock bands, and noticed something early.
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  Speaker 1: None of the front men looked like him. He loved
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: the music anyway. But here's the detail I want you
• 58:07
  Speaker 1: to sit with. His mentor at NYU was the late,
• 58:10
  Speaker 1: great Bob Power, the engineer behind a tribe called Quest.
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  Speaker 1: And Bob looked at this kid making hip-hop beats and
• 58:17
  Speaker 1: told the truth. Your heart is in rock. You're going
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: to be a front man. Don't let anyone tell you
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  Speaker 1: that you can't. It took years for Showman to trust that.
• 58:27
  Speaker 1: years of shapeshifting and not trusting his gut, until he
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: did the thing we should all do. He went back
• 58:34
  Speaker 1: to what he loved as a kid, and he committed.
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: At 29, Black Mustang Defense was born. One man, a
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: band's worth of instruments, piano, saxophone, sitar, some self-taught, 12
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: years of learning production, so a 2 a.m. idea never
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: had to wait for anybody's permission. And the beautiful twist?
• 58:56
  Speaker 1: One of his biggest cities isn't here, it's Mumbai. A
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: diaspora kid from the DC area flying the new metal flag,
• 59:05
  Speaker 1: and India is flying it back. Casino always wins, as
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: a cautionary tale about vices we keep beating but showman
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: himself is proof of the opposite bet put everything on
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  Speaker 1: your authentic self and the house doesn't stand a chance
• 59:22
  Speaker 1: that's showman Mathur and you heard it here on the
• 59:24
  Speaker 1: bridge have a great day everybody we'll see you tomorrow.
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  Speaker 17: I met you in this way Oh my friend, as
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  Speaker 17: if nothing had happened Even the words seemed to be
• 59:39
  Speaker 17: yours Oh my friend, tell
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  Speaker 11: Me, you forgot me You seemed like an unknown to
• 59:47
  Speaker 11: me