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Mid-Show Quit: Epic Resignation Story · Classic Metal Show

• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: That is amazing that you had that insight.
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  SPEAKER_01: Cause I didn't, I, I knew it from day one.
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  SPEAKER_01: I said, you're going to be back and I'm going to make sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: You did.
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  SPEAKER_00: You told me that the day I quit, I said, you're going to be back.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I just was like, Nope.
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  SPEAKER_00: I remember saying,
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  SPEAKER_00: no,
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  SPEAKER_00: dude,
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  SPEAKER_00: I got to work on this and this has got to take priority and blah,
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  SPEAKER_00: blah,
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  SPEAKER_00: blah,
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  SPEAKER_00: blah,
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  SPEAKER_00: blah.
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  See,
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  that's,
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  I know you still have the letter that I,
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  that I wrote that needs to be in the book.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, I believe it will be in the book.
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  SPEAKER_00: That should definitely be in the book because that's a good story.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_01: The resignation email.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, which I will cringe when I read it.
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  I don't even want you to pull it up or tell me even what's in
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  it because I don't remember.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I'm sure it's awful.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just because I know it's awful, I want it in the book.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Every wart.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't hide from anything.
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  But,
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  see,
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  that's a chapter in the book about how the co-host went on
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  hiatus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know,
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  SPEAKER_01: and,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: maintaining the show,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: and then coming back and doing it better than ever.
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  SPEAKER_00: Than the first time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bigger.
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  SPEAKER_00: Certainly bigger.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're bigger now than we ever were.
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  right of course you know it's amazing it's cool yeah so so the
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  book is going to be
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  fun i hope it's going to be a fun read for you know people who
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  but who have both a
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  been around since the very early days sure and who may be
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  recent you know fans or
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  SPEAKER_01: listeners and you know understand where the show's genesis
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  came from and the trials and tribulations and the ups and down
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  and the good parts
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  SPEAKER_01: and the bad parts and all that.
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  SPEAKER_01: But it's going to be a fun ride, I think.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it will be, too.
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  SPEAKER_00: To answer Demon's question, is it like a letter to Oprah?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to be perfectly honest, Demon.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've got to ask Neely.
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  SPEAKER_00: I really don't remember what I wrote,
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  SPEAKER_00: but knowing how I was in 2009,
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  I'm going to imagine it has way too much information and that
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  it's way too long.
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  i don't imagine that it's like bro gotta quit out bye i i have
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  to imagine that it's
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  a very long well it's probably about four paragraphs yeah you
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  know but but it it
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  came after a sudden departure from the show in the middle of
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  the show yeah i mean
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  SPEAKER_01: we were doing a show together and we were just
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  it was like me doing what i'm doing right this minute i'm just
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  talking and then i'm
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  waiting for a response from chris and he's gone and i was gone
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  i was out and gone
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  he he just he just pulled the plug yeah and i'm just like what
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  the you know and i'm
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  just like okay and then i get this text dude i have to go i'll
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  talk to you i'll
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  i'll tell you about it later and that's all it said and i was
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  just like okay you
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  SPEAKER_01: know and so i wrapped up the show
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  and then i woke up sunday morning and there's this sprawling
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  email my inbox that
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  that chris banged out probably at three four in the morning
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  basically saying i
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  SPEAKER_01: resigned from the show yeah just sucked
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  SPEAKER_01: You know,
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  SPEAKER_01: I have responsibilities,
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  SPEAKER_01: and I'm a family man,
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  SPEAKER_01: and I can't spend my Saturday nights like this,
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  SPEAKER_01: and I have obligations.
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  SPEAKER_01: Bunch of bullshit.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's just like, what?