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- Jose: Welcome to Best Most. I am your host, Jose Jogo Gonzalez. This is the podcast where we ask the questions, what is the best or what is the most? For example, we ask questions like, what is the most musical movie that isn't a musical? Or what is the best album that feels like a full journey? The guest of each episode chooses a question ahead of time. I ask the online community that question via Instagram story, then the guests and I discuss the community answers along with our own. You can follow us on best.most.pod on Instagram to join the online community. Today's guest is a talented singer and songwriter. He has three full-length albums now available for streaming and on vinyl. The most recent one is called the Dream, Before the Memories. I would like to give a big welcome to my friend, Mr. Sam Slick. Hey man Sam Slick: Thanks for having me. I'm really happy to be on your podcast. Jose: So Sam got to choose the question for episode like all of our guests do for their episodes. ⁓ Today's question is, what the best movie theme song? Sam Slick, what made you choose this question? Sam Slick: Well, I was just the day, my wife and I were listening to, we got on a kick of like listening to John Williams. And I couldn't believe that one guy wrote so many great movie theme songs. Like you hear one of his songs, like, you know, the beginning of Star Wars kicks in, you know, ⁓ what's coming, you know, something so iconic is just so recognizable instantly. ⁓ And it got me like, what are the movies have songs that are ⁓ this well done? Like song that really ⁓ is iconic in that same maybe maybe that same level there by just hearing a few notes you're like all right i'm in Jose: nice, nice. ⁓ you know, ⁓ kind of agree with that. Like as far as like, you hear like the Star Wars theme or something like that, and you're instantly reminded of you know, an epic journey of Star Wars and all these movies and all the, you know, iconography and all that stuff that goes with it. So let's kind of dive into it. We're go into your community picks. ⁓ Feel free. Sam Slick: Yeah, let me see. I've got some good people weighing in here. Let's ⁓ see. ⁓ The first one I've is interstellar theme, which really was, I know, it's really set the stage of like modern composing. Not that I'm ⁓ too into the classical world there, but I got to respect that someone that's ⁓ taken the music to that level, you know, taking such an old art form and making it ⁓ so relevant and so popular at this point. Jose: What's cool about, because I really love that theme too as well. And it kind of always remind me of Philip Glass. Do you know what it is? Sam Slick: Yeah, yeah, I hear that for sure. Jose: Does it? The repetition? Appraisios? ⁓ Sam Slick: Yes. Yes. ⁓ yeah, it's really driving, you know, ⁓ to have, have elements like that in there. And yeah, I can definitely hear how that became, ⁓ I don't know, something that's so iconic and, and that level. I've got another one that was from my friend Paul Shin. He sent another one as well. ⁓ This one I think everyone's gonna agree something that they love when they hear just a song, know conjure up the movie, but the theme song in its own right is also Really memorable is the Ghostbusters theme song Jose: Yeah. Sam Slick: you know, just hear it coming in there. It's it's really got its own ⁓ point in history, honestly, like obviously it's a very 80's song sure it's tied up a little bit to the era, but you know, on its own, it's ⁓ so much fun. You hear that and you can't Jose: ⁓ yeah. Sam Slick: help but smile. I don't know. It's one of those songs that really like gets you in a different mood than you were before. Jose: it ⁓ is a part an where ⁓ songs would say the name the movie, you know, like ⁓ in the theme. ⁓ But Sam Slick: Yes! In case you forgot what this is about. ⁓ Let me just work that in here, you know. ⁓ Jose: it's like, hey, ⁓ why you a theme song for Ghostbusters? He's like, I got this. Sam Slick: Yeah, yeah. Jose: add Ghostbusters in there. ⁓ it's Sam Slick: Right. mean, he's like started right there. He's like, ⁓ it's, got to talk about Ghostbusters. Jose: You Sam Slick: I'm glad it does. Cause he really kind of explains what's going on there. It's you don't even have to watch the movie. You kind of get like, ⁓ all right. That's what they're up to with this one here. You know? ⁓ Jose: For sure, yeah. Damn, good one. Sam Slick: got one other good one here from, let's from my friend Renee, ⁓ The Never Ending Story. You fan of the movie? You grew up watching that one? Jose: Yeah, yeah, yeah, with the trauma of ⁓ that horse, ⁓ Artex, into the mud. Sam Slick: Yeah. Jose: ⁓ Yeah. Sam Slick: I'm sorry, bad memories. I know it's hard. It's kind of a sad one there. It's tied to that a little bit, right? So it's ⁓ Jose: ⁓ yeah. Sam Slick: got more of the weight ⁓ of that sometimes. ⁓ Jose: Also, if you think back, if you watch those movies, those child actors were good. ⁓ whole scene is heart-wrenching. think it's Atreyu, right? ⁓ damn, it's like these emotions come out. And we're like, ⁓ not right now, not gonna cry on this thing. Maybe, maybe later though. ⁓ But yeah, dude, Sam Slick: Yeah. Yeah. Okay, okay. Listeners, he is not crying. Trust me. Trust me on this one. ⁓ Jose: But yeah, man, those child actors killed it pretty much. Sam Slick: Yeah, yeah, really respect ⁓ anyone who can keep it together after doing the scene like that. ⁓ Jose: Yeah. Do have any others? Sam Slick: I think that's it from my side of the community, but what do you got? I'm sure you got more responses than I do. Jose: we'll have a few, have a few. So let's see, Veronica chose Highway to Danger Zone from Top Gun. Sam Slick: Yeah. choice. Absolutely. Jose: Yeah, dude. I mean, what's funny about it is I think about like people playing volleyball on the beach when I hear that song. Sam Slick: Yeah. I mean, it's, it's a movie about planes, like volleyball is like pretty Jose: You Sam Slick: high up in the equation there too. ⁓ Jose: I just I don't know. I don't think there's a lot of movies or dudes are just like playing volleyball like hey guys Let's get together. It's go fucking play volleyball, but ⁓ Sam Slick: don't think anyone could do it after that movie. Like you're not to top that. ⁓ It's, ⁓ I don't know, top of Jose: Yeah, right. Sam Slick: sport right there. Jose: True, true. but yeah, also planes too. It reminds me of that somewhat. ⁓ Secondary. Yeah. ⁓ then ⁓ Antonio Garcia, ⁓ who was a on our previous episodes. ⁓ Definitely Miserlew ⁓ from Pulp Fiction. ⁓ Sam Slick: Yeah, sure, sure, planes, but volleyball number one right there, right? Jose: ⁓ It's a surf song, if you don't know, it's a surf song that is ⁓ at the intro of the movie that... He said it's such a cool tone setter for the movie. Sam Slick: Yeah, absolutely is. I mean, that's, I don't know. think that's something that theme songs for movies can get away with more than pop songs that, you know, even just instrumental is going to have that power where like the narrative more maybe comes from the movie. So you're not really, you don't need to have the lyrics. Like for example, you don't need to have the Ghostbuster lyrics and you could fine. ⁓ It's extra points. Jose: Yeah. Sam Slick: guess you have lyrics on there, but an instrumental on its own can kind of carry the weight of that, you association with the movie. Jose: ⁓ yeah, for sure. And it's funny, I can't hear that song without thinking of Pulp Fiction. And that's a test to how good that song is and how iconic that song is in that movie. Sam Slick: Yeah, absolutely. Jose: Next one is for Jason Chavez. ⁓ He chose Soul, Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones from the Austin Powers movie. And he said, perfectly sets the tone for that era. Sam Slick: ⁓ yeah. It does. mean, Quincy Jones was a mastermind, just like a genius, Jose: Yeah. Sam Slick: ⁓ musician in own right. But song is so great because like, yeah, of course it's of the era, but it really lends this like lightness and like, I don't, I don't know. I'm, I have a hard time separating like the song itself from the use in the movie ⁓ was a song that funny on its own. Was it supposed to be of lighthearted? I think so. But now I'm just wondering like, if I just associated so much with the movie. So. really good point that this one became emblematic of, you know, the song and the movie being tied together after being used together like that. Jose: Yeah, yeah, good point. I was kind of with this one because is ⁓ the Austin Powers theme is that the, so Quincy Jones wrote that song? Holy shit, dude. I did not know that. I remember on, I think, one of the sequels, they show him ⁓ conducting the band, right, orchestra. And I was like, ⁓ cool. Sam Slick: Yeah. Yes. ⁓ yeah. Jose: He's doing this portion of this score, but I didn't know he actually came up with the actual, the full on theme song for Austin Powers. That's cool. Sam Slick: Absolutely. Yeah, Legend of Music right there. ⁓ Jose: Damn, learning something new every day. ⁓ So John Estrada, chose Trainspotting, comes to mind with Lust for Life by Iggy Pop. Sam Slick: He Yeah, yeah, totally. I mean, that's a great one where, you know, the songs so much older. I mean, about almost 20 years older than the movie when it came out ⁓ and just really, I don't know, another one that got so tied in with the movie itself, it's kind of to separate. Like if you listen Lest for Life, like you're kinda picturing you know, those junkies running around Scotland and everything. know, ⁓ Jose: ass baby on the roof. Sam Slick: yeah, ⁓ that scene, absolutely. No, but I mean just having like the drums being so driving really locked in there Yeah, ⁓ I could see why they're like need a move a song that really the mood of this You know the kind of the chaos here and the it ⁓ really lined up great. Yeah good choice Jose: Yeah, well, because yeah, because that movie is like has an edge to it for sure. Like it's like 70 percent edge to it. But it also has like a playfulness to it, like like a dark comedy. mean, a lot of that movie is like super dark, super, super dark. But there is a certain like strange light to that movie, too, where it's like, you're like, oh, shit, it's funny, you know. Sam Slick: Yeah, right. Yes. Yeah. They definitely, I mean, that's so hard to do because the subject matter is so brutally dark, but like, yeah, there's some throughout there because ⁓ I don't know. guess that's just life, you know, and that culture there. Jose: Yeah, but even the song like it has like a certain like darkness but has a little light to it because it has that Like that bounce, you Sam Slick: Yes, yeah, absolutely. Jose: So let's see, he also chose, he said ET kicks ass. Just throw in everything, John Williams, done. Sam Slick: Yep. Hear that. mean, and another great example, et honestly, you just like, you know, throw a stone at like any John Williams soundtrack be like, ⁓ yeah, that's iconic piece of music itself. You know, and like instantly you think of the movie, like you're right back watching it for the first time. So yeah, he, ⁓ no one does it better. Honestly, at this point, no doing it better than John Williams. Jose: Yeah, dude, I remember I was a part of this daycare kind of thing when I was a kid. And they would play the vinyl of ET for us when we'd have to take a nap ⁓ And I remember again, yeah, that theme song, just playing and just chilling with a bunch of other little kids and being like, gosh, this is the life. So ⁓ easy. ⁓ Sam Slick: Yeah. Did you feel like you were riding a bike into the sky as well, whenever those strings kicked in there? Yeah, absolutely. ⁓ Jose: Sure did. Sure did. in the IG post I put, I used Miserlew as like the, you know, for the question and he said, ⁓ but good ear throwing in Miserlew. In fact, think that diner scene is probably, bear with me, the best film opening in the past 30ish years. Sam Slick: It's definitely up there. mean, like it's such a good tone of the movie there, you know, going from like kind of, I don't know, just kind of quirky characters to life or death pretty quickly, you know? And that's definitely what he does in his movies. ⁓ And yeah, ⁓ just so tied with the song again, like ⁓ it's hard to not listen to that. It's hard to listen to that song and not think of the movie, you know, at the same time. Jose: I can see that. And SoCalBasis, ⁓ Renee the bassist know. ⁓ Hedwig's Theme by John Williams for the Harry Potter films ⁓ perfectly the spirit of enchantment and wonder. Sam Slick: What's up, Rene? Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Again, I mean, can't say enough good things about John Williams. He really is able to tap in to be like, Hmm, how am going to convey this emotion and like completely nailing it every time? ⁓ I don't know how he does it. It's really one in a million. Jose: ⁓ yeah, so Sam do you fuck with Harry Potter? Sam Slick: No, no, not really. No. mean, I don't know. I was just, I feel like I was maybe like just a little bit too old when the books were to come out. Like I was like just beyond that reading level. I love reading. ⁓ I'm still love reading, but at that time I was ⁓ I was like, ⁓ you know, it's like younger, younger kids. So I didn't really go for that. And I like, I obviously just missed the movies because of that too, you know, but Jose: ⁓ yeah. Sam Slick: I've got to respect how much that weighed on people, not weighed on people, but how much that affected people when they were growing up, learning to read and getting into a whole world there. Jose: Cool, cool. Sam Slick: How were you? Were you in Harry Potter? Jose: Well, I mean, I'm older than you, I don't know. liked some young stuff here and there. I I liked like Goosebumps, that kind of stuff. ⁓ I mean, which is kind of older, I guess, right? Stuff like Pokemon, I wasn't really big on that. ⁓ Or like Harry Potter, I liked it enough. I liked the movies here and there, but I honestly, to this day, I can't tell you. Sam Slick: yeah. Jose: anything happen in any Harry Potter movie at all. It's like magic. So the movie itself did magic on me by saying, don't remember any of this. ⁓ But I mean, I know they're well done, beloved films, and ⁓ gotta respect it, you know? Sam Slick: Right. Yeah. I mean, I wonder, I don't know how much the films weigh against, like, I feel like the, popularity of the books was like on another level, right? The film was popular for sure. ⁓ I don't know if they're in like the same Pantheon, but I think they're still pretty ⁓ because so many people watch them at such a formative age. Like, that's definitely got some more respect in there. ⁓ and the music definitely helps that. Jose: Sure, I can see that. For real? And Rosa, my wife, my wife, she chose Interstellar Score. It's so good. It makes me feel some emotions I can't describe. And it's by Hans Zimmerman. Sam Slick: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You know, really capture something that is hard to describe and, just kind of puts in front of you right there and keeps in your head. So like a good theme should. Jose: I think Icon Zimmerman is one of those other kind of names that like, it's just getting huge and huge. mean, mostly by Christopher Nolan movies, of course. ⁓ But I think he does like really cool, just innovative ⁓ things with his scores too. Sam Slick: Right, right. Yeah, he's definitely on a level where, I don't know, he's kind of well known as far as like throwing out the name. People will know who that is and, ⁓ definitely leaving his mark in terms of like the number and quality of scores he's doing there. ⁓ and definitely, yeah, ⁓ very respectable work he's done so far. Jose: Cool, so those are my community answers. Let's go into your answer, how about that? So what is the best movie theme song, Slick? Sam Slick: Well, it's hard to choose. There's so many great composers. I was talking earlier about my love for John Williams and what he's done for just huge movie franchises over decades. ⁓ know, iconic song after iconic song. ⁓ But I don't I'm going to pick him my, I want to highlight one ⁓ that really means a lot to me. It's not, ⁓ it was a song that was written for the movie. So it's not a song repurposed for it. ⁓ The movie itself isn't super well known. It's not super famous. It came out, I want to say, definitely early 70s. The movie and the song, it's called Across 110th Street. Have you ever heard of Across 110th Street? Jose: No, no. Sam Slick: All right. So it's a blaxploitation movie. And the soundtrack, the score, was by Bobby Womack. He's a pretty big soul artist in his own right at that point over the past decade or so. He'd been building up a name for himself. And he gets to do this soundtrack and the theme song, just it kicks in like it's pretty chill, but like, you know, it certainly sets a vibe like from the first notes there and it's building up over a few seconds and then kicks in. Uh, his vocals are just incredible. And it's a song that like, you know, you don't think it can keep like building up where it is, but it does like every section that comes in is even higher than the previous one. Once it gets to the chorus, you're like belting along with it. It's. incredible. It's definitely of the era, you know, like you're thinking early 70s, soul song, soul artist there. Yeah, he gets all the hallmarks there and it's incredible. Great Jose: And Sam Slick: string, Jose: what is it? Sam Slick: his percussion is really driving a lot of hand percussion in there. Yeah, ⁓ it just the era for great soul soundtracks like that. Jose: And what's the title of it again? Sam Slick: across 110th street. Jose: Okay, I gotta check it out. It's like, I gotta check it out, yeah, for sure. So go ahead. Sam Slick: Yeah, I- No, I highly recommend, uh, it's, it's a great time. Yeah. It's one of the great, my favorite, I've got to say my favorite movie theme song, like by a long shot is that one. Uh, there was one time I got a quick story about this. was, Jose: Yeah. Sam Slick: I was at a house party, um, a couple of years ago and you know, someone's like, here's my phone. Just throw on some music, whatever, take overview songs, DJing or something. Um, and I put on this song, uh, cause I'm like, you know, it was in my head. I'd listened to it. Within, know, whatever a few days and still stuck in my head. So I put on across 110th street and I put the phone down or whatever. go, you know, hang out, whatever. And then, ⁓ you know, song ends, it's the end of whatever the playlist is. So it repeats the song again. I'm like, I mean, that's fun. Like I'm glad we're getting this again. That's great. You know, I don't know whose phone this is. ⁓ And so I don't know how to unlock it. So the song goes again, Jose: You Sam Slick: goes for a third time. And it just keeps going. keeps going. think maybe around that time we were getting ready to leave, but we were getting up close to double digits repeating the song. Jose: ⁓ no. Sam Slick: And it was, no, it was the best. was, I was loving it. Cause every time it came back, I'm like, yes, I don't know. just kept getting more high. Jose: the best for you, for sure. ⁓ Sam Slick: I Jose: People are like, help me! ⁓ Sam Slick: didn't hear any complaints about it, but I'm hoping some people were building across 110th street for a days after that. Jose: What the fuck is happening here? This is a great song! Four times! But going to like number 11? Sam Slick: Yeah, gets More repeats will get it more into your head. you know, like any good song, it does not get ⁓ Jose: Cool, cool, cool. I feel like I have to do ⁓ like a playlist or something of the songs that we talk about in a lot of these podcasts. Like at some point, right? As a little companion. ⁓ And then also maybe like a movie list too as well. That'd be kind of fun. Sam Slick: ⁓ you have to. Yeah. That'd be great. Yeah. Love to check more of these out. Cause sometimes I'll listen to your episodes and I'll be like, you know, I have like a blind spot sometimes it would be like, ⁓ that's a popular movie. And like, I don't know why I haven't seen that, you know, so definitely need to have some recommendations, like build a bliss. Start that going there. Jose: Well, I feel the same way too because it's like, don't think, ⁓ there's so many songs, I because I feel like I've seen so many movies and then I've also heard a bunch of bands and whatever else, but there's so many movies and so many songs that you're just like, you can't catch all of them, you know? But ⁓ this podcast kind of helps me get a little bit more educated and, you know, so that's kind of cool. Sam Slick: Well, I mean, that's the great thing about having listeners chime in with their recommendations, you know, it's stuff that I haven't paid attention to or haven't been aware of. I'm like, ⁓ you know, that's, that is, that's something worth checking out. You know, that that's something that I wouldn't have found on my own or wouldn't have paid time to, know, on my own, but you get some Jose: Yeah. Sam Slick: great people chiming in with their ideas here. Jose: Yeah, exactly, exactly. So I have, and that, you're done with your answer? Sam Slick: I so. I think so. could talk ⁓ for longer. If you want me talk about Bobby Womack and Across 110th Street, buckle up. Let's get a beer going. ⁓ We don't have to go into that much more depth. It's just like a kick-ass soul It's incredible. Jose: Cool cool. Sam Slick: I'll sing it. Do you want me to? no, no. I'm kidding. Jose: ⁓ Sam Slick: I'm kidding. We don't have to do right now. Just everyone ⁓ go Jose: Well you a singer so yeah. ⁓ Sam Slick: listen to Bobby Womack right now, and ⁓ it will turn your day around, guaranteed. ⁓ Jose: Yeah, listen to it. Everybody listen to it. So let's see. ⁓ My answer. Let's see. have like a few. I've kind of I kind of cheat on these things because I have like a few answers, but I'll kind of it's kind of like a stream of thought a little bit. My main answer, it is a movie. is song that I believe was repurposed the movie, but. The movie itself, it's one of those things that every time I hear the song, I think about the movie. And the artist is Nick Cave in the Bad Seeds. The song is Red Right Hand. And it's a recurring song in the Scream movies. the Scream movies could kind of like okay here and there. They might not all be winners, ⁓ but one thing I could count on is that I love this song. Like it just kind of like sets mood of like, I almost get giddy when I hear this song ⁓ has this kind of a dark ominous and just cool moody feel to it. Sam Slick: Yeah, I love there's so many cool elements in that song. Like there's a section where it goes at like creepy organ solo. It's not doing a whole lot, but like the focus is on the instrument, right? I feel like there's like a howling, like a sound effect thing in the background too. Like I love like little Jose: Yeah. Sam Slick: elements like that. Definitely lend themselves to a horror movie, but like it's also drawing like, you know, this is kind of a cliche, but it's cool at the same time. Kind of fits for a movie like that. That's, know, being so meta about horror movies itself. So definitely a good choice in Jose: Oh yeah, Sam Slick: that one. Jose: also like Nick Cave's voice that kind of like crooner kind of voice just fits for like a horror movie too. And I love the bells that like ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, Sam Slick: You Yeah. ⁓ yeah. Jose: ding, Sam Slick: two ⁓ the exercise that's probably up there for you as well. Jose: What song? Sam Slick: I think it's just called tubular bells in the exorcist ⁓ Jose: ⁓ really? Sam Slick: theme song there. Jose: ⁓ that's what it's called? Sam Slick: I think it's, I think it is. think I've seen like the album that the guy did. I'm pretty sure it's just called Tubular Bells, like it's instrumental album. Jose: Yeah, ⁓ Sam Slick: It's pretty cool. Jose: I love that theme song too, the Exorcist ⁓ theme It kind of like, like ⁓ instantaneously me shit in my pants because it's so scary, that movie. ⁓ Sam Slick: Yeah. So you're kind of afraid of bells, but drawn to them at the same time. It's hard to escape. Jose: Yeah, Sam Slick: Yeah. Jose: yeah, kind like that song, that sweet silver bells ⁓ ⁓ Sam Slick: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Can be creepy sure. I feel like chorus, ⁓ you know, acquire like that. mean, ⁓ can pretty scary. Yeah. ⁓ Jose: Yeah, also makes me instantaneously shit my pants. ⁓ So let's see. I also chose Call by Kavinsky ⁓ and Love Fox. from the movie Drive. It's from the Drive soundtrack. Sam Slick: He ⁓ Yeah. ⁓ Jose: It's ⁓ that first song that goes on he's like driving night. Like something about that song, man. and again, I can't ⁓ separate that song from ⁓ the movie itself. ⁓ for some reason when I listen to that song it just makes me feel cooler for some reason just for listening to it in some way. Sam Slick: Yeah. I mean, especially, ⁓ I don't know. It's, it's been a while since I've seen the movie. but instrumental like synthy right? Jose: Yeah. Sam Slick: Yeah. Yeah. It's definitely a cool feel, from that Just good one to throw on and be like, yeah, I feel like I'm almost in, in this world a little bit, you know, Jose: ⁓ for sure. And also, like, the vocals by ⁓ Love Fox, who's from a band called CSS. She, she... Yeah. So she sings like the female vocals in that song. just like that little accent in that song fucking kills me every time, dude. I'm just like, ugh, so cool! Hell yeah! Sam Slick: ⁓ yeah. Okay. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Great. Great characterization there. ⁓ it's really cool. ⁓ I know that soundtrack particular, have to check it out on its own, but Jose: ⁓ yeah. Sam Slick: always makes like people's, you know, lists of like top soundtrack albums. Like that's, that's up there. Drive always comes up ⁓ at least in recent year soundtracks. So I got to into one. It's been a while. Jose: Yeah, and let's see, so just some information about the Drive soundtrack, or the Drive, the movie in general, came out in 2011 starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Bryan Cranston. Notable songs in that soundtrack, for me at least, are Under Your Spell by Desire, A Real Hero by Electric Youth in College, and also Oh My Love by Cut. Katina and Riz or Ordelani. I totally butchered the hell out of those names, but ⁓ you get it. So yeah, I don't know, all of those songs in that movie, I mean, I could have chose almost any of those songs that really kind of connect to that movie, but ⁓ yeah, Night Call, just like a badass song. But yeah, that's what I got. Sam Slick: you to give that a spin. Yeah, good call. Jose: Hell yeah, man. that's been our show today. Sam, thanks for joining me today. Would you like to plug anything or give any shout outs? Sam Slick: Sure, Jose, well, thank you for having me on Best Most. I'm a fan of the show. I'm really happy to be on here for a couple of episodes. Thank you for the Jose: Thank you. Sam Slick: call here. I want to, I guess, promote my recent music. By the time this comes out, I'll have my third album. It will have just been released. It's called After the Dream, Before the Memories. It's streaming everywhere, available for purchase on vinyl or digital download on Bandcamp. Follow me at Sam Slick wherever you follow people. Mr. Sam Slick usually for social media, Instagram, TikTok, whatnot. And the music's just under Sam Slick wherever you listen, you'll be able to find my music there. So thanks for checking that out. Jose: Yeah man, I think I even told you I already ordered my album ready, my vinyl Sam Slick: I Jose: copy. Sam Slick: appreciate it ⁓ by time this comes out, you will have that in hand. ⁓ And, ⁓ I'm excited for to listen. It's ⁓ it'll be the way it's meant to be is on vinyl there. Absolutely. Jose: You know, just side note too, like, I'm like, oh dude, it's so cool to have friends that you love their music and you're like a fan. So I really appreciate that. Good job, man. You're kicking ass. guys, you and the boys are kicking Sam Slick: ⁓ thank you so much. Jose: ass. Sam Slick: We go back. We go back ways. ⁓ listeners out there. We had many, Jose: Oh yeah. Sam Slick: many, ⁓ many of Sam slick and Palm trail shows. And, I even filled in, was maybe about the third best basis to ever play for a Palm trail back Jose: Yeah, you're good, man. You're also really solid. And also, you dress as a silent film vampire for one of the shows. Sam Slick: in the day. You That was great. I mean, it was for Halloween. Uh, so it makes more sense. Jose: Yes. ⁓ Sam Slick: Little context. Jose: Yeah. Sam Slick: We all dress stuff and it was, it was a great time. think you were Wolfman there. Like you really got dedicated to that. And Allison was a mummy. Yeah. Jose: And then Josh was Frankenstein. Sam Slick: Was Frank Sinatra? That's right. That's right. Yeah, that's you guys are a band that does not let Halloween go by without like going Jose: You Sam Slick: in on it. And I really appreciate that as a fellow Halloween fan. ⁓ never personally, I never have like my stuff together enough when it's almost like Halloween time to be like, all right guys, talk my band. Like let's, let's go in theme. Let's dress up for this. I never, it's on me. I I'm always like not, I don't have it together enough to like ⁓ make something happen there. But I appreciate that Palm Trails, you guys always had that going on every year. Jose: ⁓ yeah, ⁓ my god, I just remember this too. By the way, someone thought I was The Weeknd when I was dressed the best like a werewolf. They're like, hey are you The Weeknd? I'm like, no, what Sam Slick: I... ⁓ that's a weird one. Okay, okay. Yeah, one of his Jose: then, Sam Slick: many, many there. Jose: And also, think when we met you, was it the, was that Halloween show? Sam Slick: That was also Halloween. think you were dressed up as as Chucky, right? Yeah. Jose: Yes, I was. that that that, ⁓ fuck, dude, I was ⁓ I remember like idea of it was really cool ⁓ to me in head for some reason. And then ⁓ when I was know, behind that whole curtain area at the Redwood bar ⁓ dressing up in this thing as a grown ass man, I was like, what the fuck am I doing with my life? Like, ⁓ I so stupid. then playing in whole thing. ⁓ One thing, though, it ⁓ Sam Slick: Yeah. Yeah. you Jose: once you kind of feel like a certain amount of like stupid or like ridiculous, you can just kind of let go and enjoy. So it helped me with that for sure. Sam Slick: Yeah, I mean it is a very serious ⁓ nautical theme bar. So you got to Jose: haha Sam Slick: really just, ⁓ you know, dress the part. This is a place that means business. you got to tone down the Jose: Can I do- Sam Slick: orange wigs there and a place like this with mermaid decorations everywhere. ⁓ Jose: Yeah, I was a little out of place. ⁓ Sam Slick: No, no, it worked. worked. Jose: But, Sam Slick: ⁓ Jose: But yeah, so ⁓ thanks to everyone who answered the questions. Keep them coming. Please spread the word. You guys make this fun. Rate, subscribe, comment, and like on whatever podcast streamer you listen to best most on. And remember, love what you love, enjoy what you enjoy. 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