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One Judge To Rule Them All · Nick and Kristen in the Podcast

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  Hello and welcome to Nick and Kristen in the podcast.
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  I'm Nick. That's Kristen.
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  This is the podcast. And yeah, if you are some of the
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  listens every day, you may have noticed we missed 1 yesterday.
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  It's it was unexpected so well. It was Lily's last day of
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  school. And so like, the day just kind
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  of like really went away from us.
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  Like we picked her up. It was only 1/2 day.
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  And so like, we had all this time, but then we spent all this
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  time with her. And then by the time we like,
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  went to bed, you had to go do the Battle of the bands at the
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  Ponderosa. And I, I want to hear a little
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  bit about that. But yeah, so like we realized
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  we're like, oh, we didn't do the podcast and there's no time to
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  do it because you didn't get back to like 10:45.
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  Yeah. So I was to judge bands.
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  As you can imagine, I have much experience in being a Battle of
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  the Bands judge. Now my first question to you was
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  like, why did they pick you? And did they pick you before you
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  lost the radio job? No.
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  So I'm friends with the DJ at at the Ponderosa and he needed
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  somebody. Yeah, but like what
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  qualifications do you have I. Was on the radio and so it
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  sounds like I know music so and I've been there a couple of
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  times like I'm I'm a DJ there as well.
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  So, yeah, I was there with Jesse Lee, who's a local country
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  artist and then the sound engineer that works there and
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  has worked with a lot of like big name.
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  Sure. Yeah.
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  And so it's. Fine, yeah, But it's just you're
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  very out of place because it's like, hey, this is a former
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  radio guy. Hey, if you want, if you want to
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  know if you're good enough to play on the radio, like I would
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  know. Yeah.
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  And so, but it was very awkward because I had to sit there.
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  We had our own special table. Like American Idol, like
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  American Idol style here and you're like.
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  Only the band performed for 45 minutes, so it wasn't like 4
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  minutes at a time. It was 45 minutes set and then
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  they had a 15 minute break. We had to give critiques and you
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  have to be positive. Yeah, I didn't say anything.
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  You're horrible, give it up. I didn't say anything I didn't
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  know anything about. So I let Jesse, who's the
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  musician, talk about the sound and traveling and all that stuff
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  where she's like, I could tell you we're missing this.
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  I could tell the transition here was off because what?
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  Exactly did you critique? So I commented on their outfits.
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  I was the Paula Abdul. Because if there's anybody there
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  that's qualified to talk about their outfits, yeah.
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  Well, they have a good look. And so I, I mentioned that this
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  and then. Yeah.
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  And I know. This I know stage presence and I
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  know comfortability. And so I was like.
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  You mean comfortable in this? Yeah, comfortable.
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  Comfortability is not a word. It's not.
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  It's comfortable in this a word. Comfortable is a word.
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  Comfortable there I. Could tell if they were
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  comfortable or not. Yeah, comfortability is becoming
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  a thing, and I keep. Is it becoming anything?
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  Yeah, like I hear it all the time now.
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  And I'm like, it's not a word. What you're trying, the word
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  that you're looking for, is comfort.
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  Nah, Comfortability. We'll call Webster.
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  You looked. Comfortable on the stage?
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  Yes. Your comfortability, It's like,
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  no, no, no, we don't have to get fancy with it.
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  It's just the word comfort. It's got to add ability to
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  words. No, you don't.
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  So they had good comfortability. And yeah, and so I comment on
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  that like, they were both great. One was a little more polished
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  than the other. And so I was able to say like,
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  hey, you guys sound like an actual band.
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  I didn't say that, but they did good.
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  Oh. Boy, I mean I miss the days when
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  it was just like one song and you're done.
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  What do you mean the 45 minute set that was like a?
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  Whole concert I was expecting like 3 songs but they did 45%
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  each. But the thing that came up was
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  in a battle of a band style, do you think that they should only
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  be able to sing originals or are covers OK?
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  Oh boy, what do you think? What?
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  Do you think band against? Band I think.
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  I think original song. That's what I think too.
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  Like it's not a karaoke competition, right?
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  Yeah, Scott Pilgrim versus the World, you see like, you know,
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  their own bands, their own songs against each other.
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  And that's how you would gradually you as a, you know,
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  old school radio would go to these Battle of the Bands and
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  find the band that, you know, worked out that did really well.
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  And this was all covers. Yeah, see, that feels a little
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  less talented. I hate saying it like that, but
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  it's like because I grew up in my well, both of us really, to
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  be honest. Like in the Vegas radio stations
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  that we grew up in, there was 1 station that did a battle of the
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  bands every year. And there's a lot of great music
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  that has come out of Vegas. There's been not Fall Out Boy,
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  I'm sorry Panic at the Disco. The plain white TS I believe
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  came out also the big one. The killers like all these.
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  Yeah, the big ones. Imagine.
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  Dragons, Imagine Dragons, right? And so they come out and a lot
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  of them won this radio stations battle of the band.
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  And it's like you go and you hear the song for the first time
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  and you're like, oh, that's a cool song.
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  And then they they win. Like if not, it just becomes who
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  does the better cover of Maroon 5 or something?
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  You know, it's like that's not. Real.
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  I thought that was interesting that they went this like it was
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  covers, but you know, a lot of the people that perform at the
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  Ponderosa are a lot of cover bands.
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  So like, nobody will pay to see somebody that they don't know.
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  Out here for some. Reason But yeah, like, I mean,
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  you grew up in LA, that was the main thing, right, That all
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  these special bands that came out, I'm sure you know, you
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  never heard. Of sublime or like yeah, so.
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  But there was the one of the bands did play a couple of
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  original songs that were decent. Like, I was like, oh, those are
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  pretty good. They stood up to like your
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  covers where you do the cover and you're like, well, you're
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  now set yourself against like the artist, the artist that
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  sings these epic songs and you, you know, they fit in really
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  well. So I was OK, we'll go shut.
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  Yeah. Yeah.
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  And I was able to judge that and say that out loud.
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  And well, there was one time, there was one time that she
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  covered Kelsey Ballerini and she covered Dibs or whatever, like
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  her first single. And if she had finished there, I
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  was going to bring like, you know, the only interesting thing
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  about me is that I was the first DJ to interview Kelsey
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  Ballerini. I know like.
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  Literally just going to be like, I don't know.
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  And she sang that song for the first time at our radio station.
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  And I you know. Even her, the one covering the
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  song is like who cares? Like what a weird.
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  But like, it popped in my head. I'm like, oh, I have one
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  interesting fact about me. And then we went and had two.
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  It's not a fact about you, it's a fact about Kelsey Ballerini.
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  Yeah, but I was there. I was there when the fact.
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  Happened I'm the first one, or I mean we're the 1st. 1.
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  To interview. I don't go around talking.
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  About it. That's my claim to fame.
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  That was weird claim to fame. I don't have a lot of fame.
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  Super. She's not super famous anymore.
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  Like she's, she's up there, but like, she's not like, you know,
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  she's not on top of the world, right?
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  Now, you know, but when she was and this cover, this cover gave
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  me a way to to relate and sound like I was more important than
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  everybody else. Yeah, it didn't work out 'cause
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  she had like 88 songs after that.
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  But the third song after that, I was like, well, I can't bring it
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  up now. Yeah, if it was the last song.
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  Hey. Totally.
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  Can we talk about that one song you sang?
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  Oh. Boy, Speaking of, yeah.
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  So yeah, it was fine. I get to do it three more times.
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  So. So summer has officially begun
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  for us. Today was our first official day
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  with no school for our daughter Lily.
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  And it was OK. It it was tame.
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  Yeah, it was tame. Long as all hell though.
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  Well, that's going to be the theme because the daylight hours
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  are long. She got us up.
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  Well, I had to go to work. So like, I was up, but she got
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  up like 7:00-ish, you know, and, and so when, when you got the
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  whole day, it's a, it's a big stretch of time.
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  Yeah, we watched like a little bit of TV, had some breakfast.
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  Then her friend texted and was like, you want to go like to the
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  park or. So she came over for a little
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  bit. They played for like an hour and
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  a half. And then we got bored and we
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  went like, let's go to a park. So we went to a park for two
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  hours, came back, it was 11:30. I was like, Oh my God, I've done
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  so much today. Yeah.
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  And then you got home at 1:00 and they did all sorts of arts
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  and crafts. We made potions and all the.
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  Stuff. We went through all the things
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  that we bought for the whole summer and pretty much done
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  already and and then she had karate like really late.
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  Karate is really, really late. But by the way, she's in weapons
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  training and she's got the staff now and she's looking fierce and
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  I'm getting excited. I'm like, all right, like this
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  is what we're paying for now. Jazz.
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  So she went through. She has her junior black belts
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  and now she's on to weapons. And so that's kind of.
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  Her actual black belt training years.
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  I'm excited, I know. So we have.
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  To kick everybody's ass. Yeah, hopefully, right.
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  Yeah. I want to know if there's
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  anybody in concert that you would or is there anybody that
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  you still want to see in concert that you would pay for and then
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  on top of that if they were at the sphere?
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  Would you go see them? So the whole sphere thing has
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  become a thing. Like if you don't know, the
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  sphere is the big round Dome in Las Vegas.
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  It's a concert venue. And also like they show movies
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  and stuff and it's like these insane graphics that are all
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  around you and people are losing their mind it.
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  Looks like an insane venue. I've never been there.
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  I've never seen anybody there, but like I think it would be
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  cool to do anything there. I think it just it looks.
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  It seems super cool. Like my friend has gone and seen
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  the Backstreet Boys multiple times and then she just got back
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  from Vegas to see No Doubt. She just had her birthday.
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  And so like, it's funny because the the No Doubt was trending
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  because of how bad Gwen sounded. Yeah, my friend that went said
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  she didn't sound bad at. All well, and then I hit up my
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  friend and I was like, hey, did Gwen sound bad?
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  And she was like, no, she was great for us because she did
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  multiple shows. And so she's like, maybe it was
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  the last show or whatever. And that could be sound exactly.
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  So I was thinking about this too, because I was like, man,
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  I'd love to go to the sphere, but there's not a lot of people
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  I care about seeing live. And then like when I really
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  think about it, like my millennial brain kicks in and I
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  go, oh, no, I would totally see Fall Out Boy.
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  I would absolutely see Green Day.
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  I would see Paramore. Like these are the artists that
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  I would see. But the graphic has.
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  The graphics have to be. In one point.
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  I don't think they would do it if they didn't Fall Out Boy
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  would be interesting because they I feel like they would get
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  weird with the graphics like and then Green Day would be
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  interesting too because there's like, you know.
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  But also, this is an opportunity.
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  I mean, we've seen it with the Backstreet Boys.
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  This is an opportunity In Sync. If In Sync reunited and went to
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  the sphere, I would pay grown up money for that because I know it
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  would be fun. Because imagine like the
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  marionettes like appearing all around you from the bye bye bye.
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  You can see a person up at the top doing the Marinetta, Yeah.
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  Like I would be down for that. Like I would pay adult, adult
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  money. I know my friends would.
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  And and my thing is like, I can't hang in a regular concert
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  anymore because I'm old. Like I don't want to stand.
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  I don't want to like be packed in.
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  But like, there's the the pit where everybody stands, and then
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  everything else is seats and everybody stays seated.
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  Everyone just sits and enjoys the show.
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  Yeah, because it's like, why? Why stand unless you're in the
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  pit? Well, if you're there for
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  *NSYNC, you're standing like there's no way you're going to
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  be like sitting on your butt. You can't sit back and watch.
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  Bye, bye, bye. Like that's just, I mean, I
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  haven't, I don't. Think you could I, don't I?
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  Mean you would be like oh snap it would be so fun.
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  Yeah, I think that would be. Damn you, Justin Timberlake, why
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  do you suck so bad? I was thinking like because I
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  love boys to men, I've seen them like 4 times in concert, but
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  they wouldn't be good at this sphere.
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  Like I wouldn't go, I wouldn't go see them at this sphere, but
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  they're they can. Sway like nobody.
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  Else if you get a chance to see them live, they're amazing life.
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  No, I'm sure they're amazing talents, yeah, just not known
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  for their life. Yeah.
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  Like it wouldn't. It would be a terrible like,
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  sphere show. Yeah, yeah.
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  Fall out, boy. We're good.
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  Metallica is supposed to be coming.
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  Oh really? That would be really.
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  Good. I'd probably see.
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  I don't know if I'd go see Metallica, but I'd go see
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  Metallica. And if Garth ever did it, I
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  might. Do it.
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  Garth would be fabulous. I.
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  Don't know how it could get better.
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  Yeah, that's a tough one, man, because I have seen some great
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  acts and I talk about this to anybody that will listen.
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  Like I've seen Queen at the Hollywood Bowl, I've seen the
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  Eagles, I've seen Neil Diamond, I've seen Elton John and Billy
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  Joel together. I've seen Elton John in tiny
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  theaters. I have seen Paramore when they
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  were nobody. And I've seen No Doubt, and I've
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  seen all the people, all the people that are amazing and
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  fabulous and nobody compares to a Garth Brooks concert.
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  It's insane the the audience and him like just feed off each.
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  Other, but it is. He's just got all the energy in
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  the world and he just, he like he literally puts everything out
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  there every show. It's an.
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  Experience like nothing you've ever seen there's no fancy like
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  pyro there's nothing like crazy about it it's just like it kicks
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  butt from like second one to the set last second like there's no
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  down time you. Didn't even know any of Garth's
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  songs when you. Went to the show.
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  I really know a lot about Garth because we were working in
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  Sacramento at the time and like we were new to country and, and
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  just because we worked in country didn't mean I was a huge
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  fan. I grew up with Garth, so I
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  loved. Garth, I didn't really, I mean,
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  I knew who he was obviously, but like I was working in the
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  country format for the first time, so I didn't really know.
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  We we didn't play throwback. So it's not like I was
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  introduced to like I know friends in low places, but like,
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  OK, who doesn't, you know? And then we go backstage, we
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  meet him. I'm like, oh, cool.
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  He I guess like, you know, he's nice.
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  Tricia was there. I'm like, oh, hey, I mean, I
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  understood. What an awesome experience.
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  Yeah. Because I knew what a big star
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  he was. And then we had, like, front row
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  tickets. And I was like, oh, this is
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  crazy. And I was like, well, you know,
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  we'll say a couple songs, like my butt was up and dancing the
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  entire show. Like if even if you don't like
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  Garth Brooks, like if you have a chance to go to a Garth show,
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  you go. Yeah, you see how just the
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  everyone kind of, it's just he, he knows how to control a crowd.
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  Like he's a great performer and entertainer and yeah, he just
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  does. And everyone that sees him says
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  the same thing and they're not like.
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  No, it's and it's it's interesting because it's like, I
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  was thinking about this earlier today because we were listening
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  to the Mulan soundtrack and Donny Osmond does the voice of
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  one of the characters in it. Yeah, it's Donny Osmond.
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  And I was just like, they don't I this is how it's very old
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  because Donny Osmond wasn't like a star for me.
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  But like they don't make stars like old Hollywood stars
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  anymore. Like because we met Maria just.
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  Say yeah, we met Maria and. She was fabulous.
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  Like she knew our names, she knew her, she knew what she was
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  talking about, she was on point, she was energetic.
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  She was made-up. And like, same thing with Rebo.
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  When we introduced, we interviewed her.
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  Same thing with guards. Classics they they're.
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  On point they. Had to go through some training.
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  The media training and then you run into these new guys that are
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  half drunk from the the night before.
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  They didn't even get up to shave.
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  They don't know what they're talking about.
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  They don't know where they are. They're looking at everybody
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  else in the room but you. It's like.
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  And they're expecting you to just like, make them look good
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  or they just, their mere presence is enough for you.
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  And it's like, wow, like this is just not what it used to be.
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  Yeah, even when we did the radio room, like we met all the new
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  guys and we won't name any names, but a lot of them were
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  very forgettable. Yes.
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  And then like someone that you've probably never even heard
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  of or met was Clinton Black. Like he walked in and like, you
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  just feel the energy change because he's like a pro and he's
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  like, he's like in, he's like locked in.
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  And you're just like, man, I just like had a moment with
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  Clint Black. He gives you everything.
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  He he's invested in the interview.
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  And it's funny because he took us aside after we interviewed
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  him in Nashville and he was like, by the way, that was the
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  best interview I've ever done. Or maybe of the day, probably.
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  Not of like. But he was just like, man, that
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  was a great interview because we, we were prepared.
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  We. Were looking at other radio
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  people and they're like not prepared.
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  So it's just like people phoning it in.
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  So it's it's just nice to see. Sorry again that we did not do a
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  show yesterday and I will remind you that we that are brought to
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  you by Oh yeah, the Clark County Trash Pandas.
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  The Clark County Trash Pandas a slam dunk for Clark County
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  basketball fans, bringing professional basketball family
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  friendly entertainment and commitment to the community we
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  all call home. The Clark County Trash Pandas
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  where community, passion and professional basketball come
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  together. We actually had someone hit us
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  up and say where can I get a shirt and a hat?
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  And you can go to clarkcountytrashpandas.com and
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  that's where their website is. I don't know if they're selling
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  hats, sure it's yet, but when they do, make sure you grab one.
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  Also keep in mind that season tickets go on sale in December
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  or October October, October, so follow them on Facebook for
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  updates because that's how you'll get them they're.
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  Doing a lot with the community and it would be cool to go see a
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  game and they just got like a new live streaming person, so
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  they're going to be streaming the games.
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  Why isn't that you? Well, he's a professional.
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  What do you? Mean you're I could be a
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  commentator actually, I don't know if I could it's basketball,
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  but I'm. Going to commentate.
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  I'll be busy, DJ. Nickel is like, oh, the ball was
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  over there and now it's how like.
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  They scored. Oh, they're running back to the
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  court, but. Here they go.
• 16:37
  They all look like they're having fun.
• 16:39
  Go. All right.
• 16:43
  Talk to you tomorrow, next week, Monday.
• 16:44
  What's the end? I don't know.
• 16:45
  Bye.