1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:05,940 Mike Dell's World number 1 76 for 02/17/2011. 2 00:00:44,219 --> 00:00:44,835 Believe it, I did 3 00:01:44,114 --> 00:01:45,795 Meanwhile, deep down and tall on the ground, 4 00:01:45,795 --> 00:01:47,795 I'm gonna get to train cars, rumbling around 5 00:01:47,795 --> 00:01:49,474 back and forth, turning it to the factory, 6 00:01:49,474 --> 00:01:50,915 taking away the people that I'm bringing them 7 00:01:50,915 --> 00:01:52,834 back to me, damn down, again and again 8 00:01:52,834 --> 00:01:54,435 they, so I'm a naked with it with 9 00:01:54,435 --> 00:01:56,114 the wind, but I don't see how they 10 00:01:56,114 --> 00:01:57,555 remain, but I'm gonna keep it all up 11 00:01:57,555 --> 00:01:59,250 still safe. When every day, there gets 12 00:03:39,245 --> 00:03:41,185 And that's the deadly gentleman, 13 00:03:42,125 --> 00:03:44,064 and it's called Helloapocalypse. 14 00:03:45,245 --> 00:03:47,805 It's an interesting group because, they're an all 15 00:03:47,805 --> 00:03:49,025 acoustic string 16 00:03:49,650 --> 00:03:50,889 instrument group that, 17 00:03:51,330 --> 00:03:52,389 has no guitars. 18 00:03:53,330 --> 00:03:55,750 No guitars and no drums, I don't think. 19 00:03:56,449 --> 00:03:58,290 So kind of a cool thing. It's kind 20 00:03:58,290 --> 00:03:59,650 of a a fusion of, 21 00:04:00,530 --> 00:04:02,370 of almost rap and, 22 00:04:02,770 --> 00:04:04,469 almost bluegrass, but, 23 00:04:04,770 --> 00:04:07,864 not quite either one of those. They're kinda 24 00:04:07,864 --> 00:04:08,764 hard to describe. 25 00:04:11,144 --> 00:04:11,644 Anyway, 26 00:04:12,424 --> 00:04:14,604 I think I've played them on the podcast 27 00:04:14,664 --> 00:04:16,284 before, but never that song. 28 00:04:17,144 --> 00:04:19,464 Hey. How's everything going? Thanks for, 29 00:04:19,990 --> 00:04:22,709 tuning in to this edition of Mike Dell's 30 00:04:22,709 --> 00:04:24,169 World. Been kind of 31 00:04:24,629 --> 00:04:26,250 a busy week in my world. 32 00:04:26,629 --> 00:04:29,529 Of course, it's all pretty mundane stuff. 33 00:04:30,789 --> 00:04:32,569 Since the last time we talked, 34 00:04:32,870 --> 00:04:33,930 Kathy and I 35 00:04:34,384 --> 00:04:37,285 made our trip down to Novi in Detroit 36 00:04:38,225 --> 00:04:38,725 area, 37 00:04:40,064 --> 00:04:40,704 and it was, 38 00:04:41,904 --> 00:04:44,064 interesting trip. It was kinda nice. I got 39 00:04:44,064 --> 00:04:46,144 a little time to to vegetate in the 40 00:04:46,144 --> 00:04:49,149 hotel room while, Kathy worked, which is usually 41 00:04:49,149 --> 00:04:50,509 the opposite. You know, when we go to 42 00:04:50,509 --> 00:04:51,410 Vegas or 43 00:04:51,790 --> 00:04:54,029 or, some other place, usually, I'm the one 44 00:04:54,029 --> 00:04:55,149 that's working, and she's, 45 00:04:55,790 --> 00:04:57,389 she's the one that gets to lay around 46 00:04:57,389 --> 00:04:59,970 the hotel room or, go play or whatever. 47 00:05:01,735 --> 00:05:02,215 So, 48 00:05:02,694 --> 00:05:04,314 but, anyway, it was an uneventful 49 00:05:04,935 --> 00:05:07,415 trip, but, interesting, and I'll tell you about 50 00:05:07,415 --> 00:05:07,915 it. 51 00:05:08,295 --> 00:05:11,115 But first, gotta talk about our sponsor. 52 00:05:12,295 --> 00:05:14,235 Why is why do I say our sponsor? 53 00:05:14,375 --> 00:05:15,194 My sponsor, 54 00:05:15,980 --> 00:05:16,879 Leonard Peacock. 55 00:05:17,580 --> 00:05:19,100 And I'm gonna have to, 56 00:05:19,660 --> 00:05:21,259 open up a web page here so that 57 00:05:21,259 --> 00:05:22,939 I can make sure that I get this, 58 00:05:23,339 --> 00:05:24,080 this right. 59 00:05:26,779 --> 00:05:28,879 And that's peacock.com. 60 00:05:29,740 --> 00:05:31,360 And I believe it's, 61 00:05:32,235 --> 00:05:33,455 no. I got it backwards. 62 00:05:33,835 --> 00:05:42,574 It's peik0ffeik0ff.com, 63 00:05:43,860 --> 00:05:47,060 And it's Leonard Peekoff and his podcast. He 64 00:05:47,060 --> 00:05:47,560 does, 65 00:05:48,180 --> 00:05:49,319 podcasts about 66 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:50,919 Ayn Rand's 67 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:52,680 Objectivism, 68 00:05:55,379 --> 00:05:57,399 theory or whatever you call it. 69 00:05:58,375 --> 00:05:59,115 But, anyway, 70 00:05:59,495 --> 00:06:00,375 he, he does, 71 00:06:00,935 --> 00:06:03,175 you know, bunch of little short ones where 72 00:06:03,175 --> 00:06:04,875 he answers questions using 73 00:06:05,735 --> 00:06:06,314 the objectivism 74 00:06:06,694 --> 00:06:08,314 philosophy of Ayn Rand, 75 00:06:08,935 --> 00:06:10,875 and he also does a longer, 76 00:06:11,654 --> 00:06:13,834 more or less weekly podcast. But 77 00:06:14,370 --> 00:06:17,189 said he's, he was a friend of of 78 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:19,430 Ayn Rand, before she died. 79 00:06:20,770 --> 00:06:23,810 He was given the rights to her books. 80 00:06:23,810 --> 00:06:25,110 You might have heard of, 81 00:06:27,104 --> 00:06:29,745 what is it, Atlas Shrugged is one of 82 00:06:29,745 --> 00:06:32,544 them, and, there's several other ones. And plus 83 00:06:32,544 --> 00:06:33,204 he's also 84 00:06:34,064 --> 00:06:36,084 written a couple books, but it's it's interesting. 85 00:06:36,144 --> 00:06:37,365 He he does, 86 00:06:38,329 --> 00:06:39,709 you know, he answers questions 87 00:06:40,089 --> 00:06:41,230 using the Objectivism, 88 00:06:45,129 --> 00:06:45,629 philosophy. 89 00:06:46,250 --> 00:06:48,649 You know how you would answer the questions 90 00:06:48,649 --> 00:06:49,149 and 91 00:06:49,769 --> 00:06:51,470 and, it's pretty cool. 92 00:06:51,930 --> 00:06:53,904 And he's just Ian Ryan's revolutionary 93 00:06:54,365 --> 00:06:58,045 philosophy to real world problems. So, anyway, give 94 00:06:58,045 --> 00:06:58,925 it a try. He's, 95 00:06:59,725 --> 00:07:00,704 he's been advertising, 96 00:07:01,245 --> 00:07:03,884 you know, on and off with with the 97 00:07:03,884 --> 00:07:06,125 show and and several others on the Blueberry 98 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:06,625 network. 99 00:07:07,410 --> 00:07:07,910 And, 100 00:07:08,449 --> 00:07:10,470 I said it's worth a listen. I've subscribed 101 00:07:10,610 --> 00:07:10,769 and, 102 00:07:11,490 --> 00:07:13,250 and I listened to them. Whether you agree 103 00:07:13,250 --> 00:07:16,129 or not, you know, that's another question. So 104 00:07:16,129 --> 00:07:17,569 give it a listen, see if you do 105 00:07:17,569 --> 00:07:19,269 agree. Or if you don't, 106 00:07:19,884 --> 00:07:21,084 let me know about it. It'd be a 107 00:07:21,084 --> 00:07:22,705 good topic of discussion. 108 00:07:23,564 --> 00:07:26,045 So anyway, that's, peacoff.com, 109 00:07:26,045 --> 00:07:30,464 www.peikoff.com, 110 00:07:31,084 --> 00:07:32,625 where you can search for 111 00:07:33,084 --> 00:07:33,584 peacoff 112 00:07:33,884 --> 00:07:34,384 in 113 00:07:35,300 --> 00:07:38,740 the iTunes directory or in Google and you'll 114 00:07:38,740 --> 00:07:39,480 find it. 115 00:07:47,060 --> 00:07:47,560 Anyway, 116 00:07:48,314 --> 00:07:50,895 let's see. The trip to Detroit and Novi 117 00:07:51,194 --> 00:07:53,134 area, we took off Friday morning, 118 00:07:54,475 --> 00:07:56,014 which I got off work 119 00:07:56,395 --> 00:07:58,235 08:00, and then we were on the road 120 00:07:58,235 --> 00:07:58,895 at nine. 121 00:07:59,355 --> 00:08:01,035 Drove the new car down there, by the 122 00:08:01,035 --> 00:08:03,295 way. Very nice, nice ride. 123 00:08:04,439 --> 00:08:06,060 Like I said, I I had a 124 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:07,800 I think I told you about it last 125 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,879 time, but I I did a, a moderate 126 00:08:09,879 --> 00:08:11,959 upgrade to the old Camry. And the old 127 00:08:11,959 --> 00:08:12,439 Camry, 128 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,060 is now at my, niece and nephew. 129 00:08:16,754 --> 00:08:18,835 Niece and her husband. I guess I could 130 00:08:18,835 --> 00:08:20,754 call him nephew. I don't know. Nephew in 131 00:08:20,754 --> 00:08:21,895 law. Is that right? 132 00:08:22,275 --> 00:08:22,775 Anyway, 133 00:08:23,475 --> 00:08:23,875 he's, 134 00:08:24,275 --> 00:08:25,875 using that to get back and forth to 135 00:08:25,875 --> 00:08:28,435 school. He lives in Muskegon or they live 136 00:08:28,435 --> 00:08:31,254 in Muskegon, and he, goes to school in, 137 00:08:32,230 --> 00:08:34,329 Owasso, which is near Lansing. 138 00:08:35,269 --> 00:08:36,789 So that's, you know, like a 100 mile 139 00:08:36,789 --> 00:08:38,789 drive or whatever. That's kind of the commute 140 00:08:38,789 --> 00:08:40,730 and does it two, three times a week 141 00:08:41,029 --> 00:08:43,370 depending on which classes he's taking 142 00:08:43,909 --> 00:08:46,455 that semester. So that car will get a 143 00:08:46,455 --> 00:08:48,554 lot of, I 96 time, 144 00:08:49,495 --> 00:08:49,894 which, 145 00:08:50,375 --> 00:08:54,455 is good for it. And, you know, 215,000 146 00:08:54,455 --> 00:08:54,955 miles, 147 00:08:56,134 --> 00:08:58,054 needed to be replaced. So I had a 148 00:08:58,054 --> 00:08:59,514 moderate upgrade. I got 149 00:08:59,929 --> 00:09:03,850 Cam Camry Celera, couple years newer and with 150 00:09:03,850 --> 00:09:05,549 half the miles on it. So 151 00:09:05,929 --> 00:09:07,389 just over a 100,000 152 00:09:07,450 --> 00:09:09,470 in the Celera. And 153 00:09:10,250 --> 00:09:12,009 said so far, I like it, but we 154 00:09:12,009 --> 00:09:13,230 took that down to 155 00:09:13,934 --> 00:09:17,615 Novi to Detroit. Farmington Hills actually was where 156 00:09:17,615 --> 00:09:18,514 we stayed, 157 00:09:19,294 --> 00:09:23,134 and Kathy's convention was in Novi, the Novi 158 00:09:23,134 --> 00:09:24,274 Convention Center 159 00:09:25,134 --> 00:09:28,095 or Novi Exposition Center or whatever they called 160 00:09:28,095 --> 00:09:30,809 it. I don't know. But, she worked that 161 00:09:30,809 --> 00:09:31,309 for 162 00:09:32,730 --> 00:09:33,870 Saturday and Sunday 163 00:09:34,250 --> 00:09:35,389 on Friday night. 164 00:09:36,169 --> 00:09:36,570 And, 165 00:09:37,289 --> 00:09:38,830 what do we do Friday night? 166 00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:41,370 Not a whole lot. I've actually, I when 167 00:09:41,370 --> 00:09:43,735 we got to the hotel room, I crashed, 168 00:09:43,735 --> 00:09:45,834 went to sleep for a few hours. Well, 169 00:09:46,214 --> 00:09:48,774 Kathy went to the Expo Center and set 170 00:09:48,774 --> 00:09:49,914 up her booth. 171 00:09:51,414 --> 00:09:53,434 Got that all, going, and 172 00:09:54,855 --> 00:09:55,334 and then, 173 00:09:57,019 --> 00:09:58,460 I don't know what we did. I don't 174 00:09:58,460 --> 00:09:59,440 think we did much. 175 00:10:00,940 --> 00:10:03,179 We went out went out someplace to eat. 176 00:10:03,179 --> 00:10:05,600 I know that much. But, other than that, 177 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:07,980 wasn't I guess it wasn't that memorable. Oh, 178 00:10:07,980 --> 00:10:09,500 no. We went we didn't go anywhere to 179 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:10,940 eat. We ate right there at the hotel. 180 00:10:10,940 --> 00:10:12,000 There was a little, 181 00:10:13,164 --> 00:10:15,904 pub there called the Red Lion, part of 182 00:10:16,764 --> 00:10:19,485 the Holiday Inn Hotel there in Farmington Hills, 183 00:10:19,485 --> 00:10:21,565 and, I think we're pretty good at deep 184 00:10:21,565 --> 00:10:24,444 fried stuff that you shouldn't eat, but, we 185 00:10:24,444 --> 00:10:25,264 did anyway. 186 00:10:26,764 --> 00:10:27,504 And then, 187 00:10:28,980 --> 00:10:30,120 let's see. Saturday, 188 00:10:30,660 --> 00:10:32,919 you know, Kathy didn't have to be to 189 00:10:33,059 --> 00:10:34,840 the Expo Center till noon. 190 00:10:35,779 --> 00:10:36,279 So, 191 00:10:37,779 --> 00:10:40,840 we we actually ordered in room service and 192 00:10:41,605 --> 00:10:44,485 had breakfast in the room, and then she 193 00:10:44,485 --> 00:10:45,384 went off to 194 00:10:45,845 --> 00:10:47,924 do her thing. And, I drove up to, 195 00:10:50,004 --> 00:10:52,004 Fenton, Michigan, which is, 196 00:10:52,565 --> 00:10:54,504 kinda between Detroit and Flint 197 00:10:55,379 --> 00:10:57,160 or between Novi and Flint 198 00:10:57,620 --> 00:10:58,120 and, 199 00:10:58,899 --> 00:11:01,000 went to a place called Guns Galore. 200 00:11:01,379 --> 00:11:02,120 It's a 201 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:05,240 fairly large firearms dealer, and 202 00:11:05,620 --> 00:11:08,660 that was interesting. Nothing to write home about. 203 00:11:08,660 --> 00:11:09,320 They had 204 00:11:09,665 --> 00:11:11,745 lots and lots of guns, you know, guns 205 00:11:11,745 --> 00:11:13,745 galore, but they also had lots and lots 206 00:11:13,745 --> 00:11:15,264 of people, so you really couldn't get up 207 00:11:15,264 --> 00:11:16,945 to the counter to to, 208 00:11:17,825 --> 00:11:19,365 look at anything in the 209 00:11:20,065 --> 00:11:21,125 handgun department, 210 00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:23,899 you know, just because it was so busy. 211 00:11:23,899 --> 00:11:25,419 And then they were doing the paperwork, you 212 00:11:25,419 --> 00:11:27,500 know, for people buying stuff right there and, 213 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:28,160 you know, 214 00:11:28,860 --> 00:11:30,879 so it was a little little too crowded 215 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:31,259 for, 216 00:11:31,899 --> 00:11:35,414 for casual browsing of of handguns, but 217 00:11:35,975 --> 00:11:39,495 the, rifle and shotgun section was, open enough 218 00:11:39,495 --> 00:11:40,954 to where, you know, you can kinda 219 00:11:41,414 --> 00:11:43,735 check things out. But like I said, it 220 00:11:43,735 --> 00:11:45,115 was just something to do. 221 00:11:45,975 --> 00:11:49,434 Then, headed back to, Farmington Hills, and 222 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:50,410 Kathy 223 00:11:50,790 --> 00:11:52,250 got back on Saturday, 224 00:11:54,070 --> 00:11:55,129 evening. And 225 00:11:56,790 --> 00:11:58,649 let's see. What do we do Saturday 226 00:11:59,029 --> 00:11:59,529 evening? 227 00:12:00,070 --> 00:12:03,210 Yes. Saturday evening, we went into Downtown Detroit. 228 00:12:04,070 --> 00:12:06,384 First, we headed towards the, 229 00:12:09,084 --> 00:12:12,445 was it MGM Grand? That's right. MGM Grand 230 00:12:12,445 --> 00:12:13,664 Detroit Casino. 231 00:12:14,684 --> 00:12:16,704 Yeah, Detroit has gambling, 232 00:12:18,110 --> 00:12:19,789 and, we checked that out. 233 00:12:20,669 --> 00:12:22,610 All I can say it was it was 234 00:12:22,909 --> 00:12:24,210 way too crowded, 235 00:12:25,629 --> 00:12:28,350 you know, like the MGM Grand in Las 236 00:12:28,350 --> 00:12:31,070 Vegas, unless it's a really busy Friday night 237 00:12:31,070 --> 00:12:33,704 on some special event weekend. You know, the 238 00:12:33,704 --> 00:12:35,284 the place is nearly deserted. 239 00:12:36,144 --> 00:12:39,044 At least that's my impression of the MGM 240 00:12:39,105 --> 00:12:40,565 Grand in Vegas. 241 00:12:42,225 --> 00:12:44,164 Not deserted, but definitely 242 00:12:44,625 --> 00:12:45,524 not crowded 243 00:12:46,209 --> 00:12:48,450 unless you're, you know, around the lion cage 244 00:12:48,450 --> 00:12:49,589 or around the, 245 00:12:50,129 --> 00:12:52,769 rainforest cafe or, you know, some of the 246 00:12:52,769 --> 00:12:55,809 more popular places, you know, around the casino. 247 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:58,610 But the the gaming floor is not super 248 00:12:58,610 --> 00:12:59,589 busy in Vegas. 249 00:13:00,044 --> 00:13:02,684 But I'll tell you what, every single table 250 00:13:02,684 --> 00:13:04,704 was packed. Every single slot 251 00:13:05,245 --> 00:13:07,964 area was, you know, not quite totally packed, 252 00:13:07,964 --> 00:13:09,105 but damn close. 253 00:13:10,044 --> 00:13:11,884 And then what really sucked was all the 254 00:13:11,884 --> 00:13:14,704 tables were set at $15 minimums. 255 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:17,929 And, you know, I'm not gonna play blackjack 256 00:13:17,990 --> 00:13:20,389 at $15 a hand. You know, out in 257 00:13:20,389 --> 00:13:20,889 Vegas, 258 00:13:21,350 --> 00:13:22,710 you know, I have some of the bigger 259 00:13:22,710 --> 00:13:25,370 ones, you can't really get less than 10. 260 00:13:26,309 --> 00:13:29,049 But usually, you can find some $5 blackjack 261 00:13:29,190 --> 00:13:31,445 or even some $3 blackjack. You know, if 262 00:13:31,445 --> 00:13:33,284 you go downtown or you go to Mid 263 00:13:33,284 --> 00:13:35,384 Strip, you know, like O'Shea's or 264 00:13:35,764 --> 00:13:38,264 or Imperial Palace or something like that. 265 00:13:39,684 --> 00:13:40,504 But, you know, 266 00:13:41,445 --> 00:13:43,625 $15 a hand and crowded, 267 00:13:44,404 --> 00:13:46,799 no thanks. So we didn't really play any. 268 00:13:47,519 --> 00:13:49,679 Sort of hung around for a little bit, 269 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:51,279 then we decided, oh, let's go to see 270 00:13:51,279 --> 00:13:53,539 what the Greektown Casino is like. 271 00:13:55,039 --> 00:13:55,779 So Greektown 272 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:56,580 Casino, 273 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,919 it's another big casino. It's not quite as 274 00:13:59,919 --> 00:14:02,184 big as the MGM Grand, but, it's a 275 00:14:02,184 --> 00:14:02,925 pretty big 276 00:14:03,345 --> 00:14:03,845 place. 277 00:14:04,264 --> 00:14:06,825 But it was even more crowded because we 278 00:14:06,825 --> 00:14:08,205 got sucked into the 279 00:14:09,305 --> 00:14:10,285 parking deck, 280 00:14:11,225 --> 00:14:12,825 went all the way up, but I I 281 00:14:12,825 --> 00:14:14,825 believe it was six or eight floors of 282 00:14:14,825 --> 00:14:16,825 the parking deck and couldn't find a parking 283 00:14:16,825 --> 00:14:18,929 spot. So then we had to go back 284 00:14:18,929 --> 00:14:20,769 down six or eight floors, and by the 285 00:14:20,769 --> 00:14:22,049 time we were done with that, we said, 286 00:14:22,049 --> 00:14:23,110 oh, to hell with it. 287 00:14:23,570 --> 00:14:25,269 And Kathy's friend had 288 00:14:26,049 --> 00:14:27,750 recommended a bar up on 289 00:14:29,169 --> 00:14:30,070 on 8 Mile. 290 00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:33,375 You've heard Eminem talk about 8 Mile and 291 00:14:33,375 --> 00:14:34,195 Kid Rock. 292 00:14:35,535 --> 00:14:36,975 Well, anyway, there was a bar up there 293 00:14:36,975 --> 00:14:37,934 on 8 Mile that, 294 00:14:39,215 --> 00:14:41,154 that was became highly recommended 295 00:14:41,774 --> 00:14:44,254 by Kathy's friend there. So, we thought, oh, 296 00:14:44,254 --> 00:14:46,115 we'll go up there, have something to eat. 297 00:14:47,049 --> 00:14:48,990 They're supposed to be known for their burgers, 298 00:14:49,450 --> 00:14:52,009 but being that Detroit has a pretty big 299 00:14:52,009 --> 00:14:53,070 Greek influence, 300 00:14:55,450 --> 00:14:55,850 we, 301 00:14:56,490 --> 00:14:58,649 you know, anyway, we went to this burger 302 00:14:58,649 --> 00:15:01,595 place, this bur or, this bar, and Kathy 303 00:15:01,595 --> 00:15:03,434 had a burger, and I had a, a 304 00:15:03,434 --> 00:15:05,835 gyro or as I call them gyros because 305 00:15:05,835 --> 00:15:06,975 that's how they're spelled. 306 00:15:07,995 --> 00:15:10,414 That's the pita bread, lamb, 307 00:15:11,595 --> 00:15:12,575 whatever whatever, 308 00:15:13,034 --> 00:15:13,774 and Greek 309 00:15:14,529 --> 00:15:17,809 sandwich, and that was really good. And, that 310 00:15:17,809 --> 00:15:18,289 that, 311 00:15:18,850 --> 00:15:19,350 establishment 312 00:15:19,809 --> 00:15:22,289 become becomes highly recommended except for I can't 313 00:15:22,289 --> 00:15:23,750 remember the name of it. 314 00:15:25,169 --> 00:15:28,174 So, anyway, I'm gonna take a a little 315 00:15:28,174 --> 00:15:31,455 break here and play a a song by 316 00:15:31,455 --> 00:15:33,554 another group that I've played here before. 317 00:15:36,095 --> 00:15:36,495 It's, 318 00:15:37,054 --> 00:15:38,674 oh, geez. Song of the Lakes. 319 00:15:39,455 --> 00:15:40,514 It's kind of that, 320 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:43,339 I don't know what you call it, maritime 321 00:15:44,519 --> 00:15:45,019 themed 322 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,159 group. They're right here from Traverse City, and, 323 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,440 this one's called Winter Walk. And, it's kind 324 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,919 of appropriate, although, we're we're kinda having a 325 00:15:54,919 --> 00:15:56,539 meltdown right now, but 326 00:15:57,375 --> 00:15:59,934 it's it's been winter and it well, still 327 00:15:59,934 --> 00:16:01,455 is. We got lots of snow on the 328 00:16:01,455 --> 00:16:02,274 ground, but, 329 00:16:03,054 --> 00:16:04,674 you know, supposed to get into 330 00:16:05,695 --> 00:16:08,815 the high forties, low fifties today. So a 331 00:16:08,815 --> 00:16:10,495 lot of that snow is gonna go away, 332 00:16:10,495 --> 00:16:12,940 but, we could still take a winter walk 333 00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:14,879 with the song of the lakes. 334 00:16:38,245 --> 00:16:42,029 Snow is falling, the sky is gray. 335 00:16:43,129 --> 00:16:44,509 Brown leaves cling 336 00:16:44,889 --> 00:16:45,709 to the oaks 337 00:16:46,409 --> 00:16:46,909 today. 338 00:16:48,490 --> 00:16:49,309 I stand 339 00:16:50,889 --> 00:16:52,189 firm and high. 340 00:16:53,689 --> 00:16:54,750 The wind whistles 341 00:16:55,264 --> 00:16:57,205 and rushes by. 342 00:16:58,785 --> 00:17:00,164 Lakes are frozen, 343 00:17:00,625 --> 00:17:02,644 the air is clear. 344 00:17:03,985 --> 00:17:05,204 March is living 345 00:17:05,505 --> 00:17:06,404 and dying 346 00:17:06,785 --> 00:17:07,525 with fear. 347 00:17:08,945 --> 00:17:10,085 Greyhound flies 348 00:17:10,650 --> 00:17:12,830 so proud and free, 349 00:17:14,410 --> 00:17:17,710 reminds me of where I long to be. 350 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:27,164 Loudest sky 351 00:17:27,865 --> 00:17:29,085 of winter breeze. 352 00:17:31,065 --> 00:17:33,404 Raven's cry is among 353 00:17:34,184 --> 00:17:34,924 the trees. 354 00:17:36,105 --> 00:17:37,325 Children play 355 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,900 when snow drifts white. 356 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:42,779 The joy and laughter 357 00:17:43,559 --> 00:17:44,059 fill 358 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,259 the night. 359 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:47,980 Lakes are frozen, 360 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:49,180 the air 361 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:49,815 is 362 00:18:03,670 --> 00:18:05,849 of where I long to be. 363 00:19:17,115 --> 00:19:20,015 Clear. Mars is living a life 364 00:19:20,555 --> 00:19:21,375 with deer. 365 00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:23,775 Rayon flies 366 00:19:24,555 --> 00:19:25,455 so proud 367 00:19:25,914 --> 00:19:26,654 and free. 368 00:19:28,154 --> 00:19:30,230 Reminds me of where I love 369 00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:31,589 to be. 370 00:19:48,904 --> 00:19:51,804 This podcast is part of the Blueberry Network. 371 00:19:52,265 --> 00:20:00,320 Find other fine podcasts at www.blubrry.com. 372 00:20:00,619 --> 00:20:02,720 That's blueberry with no e's. 373 00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:05,359 And thanks, Joanne, for 374 00:20:06,460 --> 00:20:09,660 for announcing that. It's my friend Joanne from, 375 00:20:09,980 --> 00:20:10,480 Adelaide, 376 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:12,400 Australia. 377 00:20:13,404 --> 00:20:14,224 Forget which, 378 00:20:14,845 --> 00:20:17,085 which state in Australia that's in it. I 379 00:20:17,085 --> 00:20:19,724 guess that's that's terrible, isn't it? But, they're 380 00:20:19,724 --> 00:20:22,224 on some sort of funky time down there. 381 00:20:23,005 --> 00:20:24,785 I talked to her and her husband, 382 00:20:25,730 --> 00:20:27,410 I don't know, week and a half ago 383 00:20:27,410 --> 00:20:29,509 or two weeks ago on Skype and, 384 00:20:30,529 --> 00:20:31,509 you know, it was, 385 00:20:31,970 --> 00:20:33,330 I don't know, 11:00 386 00:20:33,330 --> 00:20:35,970 at night here and it was, like, 01:30 387 00:20:35,970 --> 00:20:36,869 in the afternoon 388 00:20:37,410 --> 00:20:39,605 down there. Something like that. I don't I 389 00:20:39,605 --> 00:20:40,724 don't remember the exact, 390 00:20:41,204 --> 00:20:43,524 time conversion, but they're on a half hour 391 00:20:43,524 --> 00:20:44,024 off 392 00:20:44,565 --> 00:20:47,444 time zone and, like, thirteen and a half 393 00:20:47,444 --> 00:20:49,764 hours ahead or twelve and a half hours 394 00:20:49,764 --> 00:20:50,264 ahead, 395 00:20:50,789 --> 00:20:51,529 something like 396 00:20:52,150 --> 00:20:53,769 that. But, anyway, 397 00:20:54,470 --> 00:20:55,130 let's see. 398 00:20:55,910 --> 00:20:58,710 We do Sunday. Sunday, same thing. Kinda hung 399 00:20:58,710 --> 00:21:00,789 out. We actually went out to breakfast Sunday 400 00:21:00,789 --> 00:21:01,289 morning 401 00:21:01,990 --> 00:21:04,154 to a Coney Island place, 402 00:21:04,455 --> 00:21:06,375 not not for hot dogs, but I guess, 403 00:21:06,535 --> 00:21:09,255 you know, these Greek restaurants down there, you 404 00:21:09,255 --> 00:21:11,755 know, do the normal breakfast thing. But 405 00:21:12,455 --> 00:21:14,455 to this little Coney Island place, it was 406 00:21:14,455 --> 00:21:16,634 right, near the hotel and 407 00:21:17,269 --> 00:21:18,809 had a really good breakfast. 408 00:21:20,230 --> 00:21:20,730 And, 409 00:21:21,269 --> 00:21:23,829 came back to the hotel and, Kathy got 410 00:21:23,829 --> 00:21:25,829 ready to go, and I kinda lounge around, 411 00:21:25,829 --> 00:21:27,849 veg, and watched the TV and, 412 00:21:28,549 --> 00:21:31,794 read some stuff on my Kindle and surf 413 00:21:31,794 --> 00:21:35,075 the Internet and didn't, didn't really accomplish much, 414 00:21:35,075 --> 00:21:36,694 but it was very relaxing. 415 00:21:37,954 --> 00:21:40,035 And, then I went and picked Kathy up 416 00:21:40,035 --> 00:21:42,515 at the convention center when she was done. 417 00:21:42,515 --> 00:21:43,974 We loaded all the, 418 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,400 you know, stuff for her booth in the 419 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,619 in the car, and 420 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,799 and on the way back to the hotel, 421 00:21:50,799 --> 00:21:53,619 we stopped off at this, really good Italian 422 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:54,180 place 423 00:21:54,799 --> 00:21:56,640 that had been re recommended by the same 424 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,640 friend that recommended the bar over on 8 425 00:21:58,640 --> 00:21:59,619 Mile in Detroit. 426 00:22:01,255 --> 00:22:03,115 Or was it Detroit or was that 427 00:22:03,815 --> 00:22:06,134 I don't know. There's so many areas of 428 00:22:06,134 --> 00:22:08,615 Detroit. I I you know, the whole the 429 00:22:08,615 --> 00:22:10,855 whole Southwest corner of the state of Michigan 430 00:22:10,855 --> 00:22:12,474 is Detroit as far as I'm concerned. 431 00:22:13,170 --> 00:22:15,250 But, anyway, I went to this Italian place. 432 00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:17,809 Oh, it was really good. And their salad 433 00:22:17,809 --> 00:22:19,029 was to die for, 434 00:22:19,890 --> 00:22:21,430 the salad dressing, anyway. 435 00:22:22,930 --> 00:22:24,710 And, I forget what I had. 436 00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:26,150 Some sort of 437 00:22:27,575 --> 00:22:28,075 garlicky 438 00:22:29,494 --> 00:22:32,295 spaghetti or linguine dish with, 439 00:22:32,775 --> 00:22:33,755 mussels and 440 00:22:34,055 --> 00:22:37,255 shrimp. Kathy had the veal Parmesan or no. 441 00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:38,234 Chicken Parmesan, 442 00:22:38,819 --> 00:22:39,880 not veal. 443 00:22:40,819 --> 00:22:41,220 And, 444 00:22:41,859 --> 00:22:43,240 yeah. It was really good. 445 00:22:44,179 --> 00:22:45,380 And then, hey. 446 00:22:45,859 --> 00:22:48,819 It's, Monday morning. Yeah. We, you know, spent 447 00:22:48,819 --> 00:22:50,259 one more night in the hotel. And on 448 00:22:50,259 --> 00:22:51,079 Monday morning, 449 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:52,919 Valentine's Day, 450 00:22:54,734 --> 00:22:55,634 Let me backtrack. 451 00:22:56,174 --> 00:22:57,955 You've heard of, Pawn Stars 452 00:22:59,134 --> 00:22:59,535 on, 453 00:23:00,335 --> 00:23:02,595 on the History Channel. That's at Vegas 454 00:23:02,974 --> 00:23:03,474 pawnshop. 455 00:23:03,934 --> 00:23:05,775 Kathy and I actually went there in in, 456 00:23:06,255 --> 00:23:06,755 October 457 00:23:07,490 --> 00:23:08,390 when we were in Vegas 458 00:23:08,849 --> 00:23:10,769 along with the rest of the Raw Voice 459 00:23:10,769 --> 00:23:11,269 team. 460 00:23:12,369 --> 00:23:13,970 Well, most of the rest of the Raw 461 00:23:13,970 --> 00:23:15,109 Voice team, anyway. 462 00:23:15,490 --> 00:23:16,230 We all 463 00:23:17,490 --> 00:23:20,230 took the rental van and, went to the 464 00:23:20,494 --> 00:23:23,215 Pawn Stars pawn shop, which is actually called 465 00:23:23,215 --> 00:23:25,295 Gold and Silver Pawn. It's right on Las 466 00:23:25,295 --> 00:23:26,195 Vegas Boulevard 467 00:23:27,295 --> 00:23:28,515 between the Stratosphere 468 00:23:28,815 --> 00:23:30,115 and, in downtown. 469 00:23:30,734 --> 00:23:31,234 And, 470 00:23:32,975 --> 00:23:34,434 anyway, I went there, but 471 00:23:34,950 --> 00:23:36,169 on Sunday morning 472 00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:39,130 not Sunday. Monday morning 473 00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:41,589 well, you see, I was gonna backtrack and 474 00:23:41,589 --> 00:23:43,429 tell you about this other show. There's another 475 00:23:43,429 --> 00:23:46,630 show on the true TV network, the old 476 00:23:46,630 --> 00:23:48,490 Court TV, the TRU 477 00:23:49,429 --> 00:23:49,929 network, 478 00:23:51,494 --> 00:23:53,275 and it's called, Hardcore 479 00:23:53,575 --> 00:23:54,934 Pawn. And it's, 480 00:23:55,494 --> 00:23:58,955 you know, very similar to the, Pawn Stars 481 00:23:59,015 --> 00:23:59,994 show on history, 482 00:24:00,455 --> 00:24:01,994 only it's set in Detroit 483 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:05,755 in a rather bad neighborhood of Detroit. 484 00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:09,170 I guess it'd be on the 485 00:24:09,950 --> 00:24:12,109 I wanna say the North Side Of Detroit, 486 00:24:12,109 --> 00:24:14,430 but I am not actually sure. It's it's 487 00:24:14,430 --> 00:24:15,970 right off at 8 mile 488 00:24:16,990 --> 00:24:17,490 and, 489 00:24:19,065 --> 00:24:20,044 what was it? Greenfield. 490 00:24:20,345 --> 00:24:21,884 Greenfield and 8 Mile 491 00:24:22,424 --> 00:24:23,244 on the corner 492 00:24:23,944 --> 00:24:24,444 is 493 00:24:24,744 --> 00:24:25,404 the the, 494 00:24:26,505 --> 00:24:27,724 it's a shop called, 495 00:24:28,744 --> 00:24:30,764 American Jewelry and Loan, 496 00:24:31,704 --> 00:24:32,924 and it's run by 497 00:24:33,950 --> 00:24:36,910 a guy named Les, the owner, and his 498 00:24:36,910 --> 00:24:38,690 son and daughter. And it's 499 00:24:39,470 --> 00:24:41,710 quite a bigger place than the gold and 500 00:24:41,710 --> 00:24:44,910 silver shop there in Vegas, and they don't 501 00:24:44,910 --> 00:24:47,950 deal in as much high end stuff as, 502 00:24:48,269 --> 00:24:50,325 as you see on the History Channel, but 503 00:24:50,325 --> 00:24:51,845 it's a cool show. If you get if 504 00:24:51,845 --> 00:24:54,565 you get the True TV network or Court 505 00:24:54,565 --> 00:24:55,065 TV, 506 00:24:56,325 --> 00:24:58,244 look them up there. You know, put it 507 00:24:58,244 --> 00:25:01,065 on your DVR. It's definitely an interesting show. 508 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,400 But, anyway, being Valentine's Day and being that 509 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,440 it was a jewelry shop, I thought, well, 510 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:07,900 jeez, what a better way to 511 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:08,519 to, 512 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,559 get a Valentine's gift. You know, Kathy and 513 00:25:11,559 --> 00:25:12,940 I are fans of the show. 514 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:14,539 So we went 515 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:16,700 over to the 516 00:25:17,684 --> 00:25:18,424 the shop. 517 00:25:19,284 --> 00:25:20,804 And like I said, it's in not the 518 00:25:20,804 --> 00:25:21,304 greatest 519 00:25:21,764 --> 00:25:23,845 part of Detroit. It wasn't bad. You know, 520 00:25:23,845 --> 00:25:26,825 it's not the greatest part of Detroit, and 521 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:28,585 and definitely this pawnshop, 522 00:25:29,605 --> 00:25:32,264 deals with a a lower end clientele 523 00:25:32,565 --> 00:25:33,065 than 524 00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:34,240 than, 525 00:25:34,619 --> 00:25:35,680 the one in Vegas. 526 00:25:37,580 --> 00:25:40,220 And, you know, it was interesting, but Kathy 527 00:25:40,220 --> 00:25:42,619 found a a little silver ring that that 528 00:25:42,619 --> 00:25:44,480 she wanted and, you know, 529 00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:48,059 sterling silver was on sale and and all 530 00:25:48,059 --> 00:25:49,875 that good stuff, which just makes her happy 531 00:25:49,875 --> 00:25:50,615 as hell. 532 00:25:51,234 --> 00:25:51,734 And 533 00:25:52,115 --> 00:25:53,955 when we went to check out, 534 00:25:54,434 --> 00:25:56,275 the owner of the shop, you know, the 535 00:25:56,275 --> 00:25:59,095 star of the TV show, checked us out. 536 00:25:59,714 --> 00:26:00,535 Cool dude. 537 00:26:01,075 --> 00:26:02,994 I think his name is Les. I am 538 00:26:02,994 --> 00:26:05,519 not positive because I, you know, I watch 539 00:26:05,519 --> 00:26:07,519 the show, but I don't pay that much 540 00:26:07,519 --> 00:26:09,200 attention. But, like I said, if you ever 541 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,600 get a chance, we went there. What's funny 542 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:12,660 is we've been to 543 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,680 a lot of places that that were based 544 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:16,180 on 545 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:17,700 reality shows 546 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,500 or that reality shows are based on, 547 00:26:21,414 --> 00:26:23,355 remember, American Casino, 548 00:26:24,055 --> 00:26:24,555 from 549 00:26:25,015 --> 00:26:28,234 gosh. That that probably five, six years ago, 550 00:26:28,934 --> 00:26:29,914 that was based 551 00:26:30,775 --> 00:26:32,134 I'm not sure if that was the show 552 00:26:32,134 --> 00:26:34,134 that was based at Green Valley Ranch or 553 00:26:34,134 --> 00:26:35,494 if that was the one at the Golden 554 00:26:35,494 --> 00:26:35,994 Nugget. 555 00:26:37,109 --> 00:26:38,869 But there was another you know, there was 556 00:26:38,869 --> 00:26:40,410 one called American Casino, 557 00:26:40,789 --> 00:26:41,769 and I 558 00:26:42,230 --> 00:26:44,470 don't remember what the other one was called. 559 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:46,650 But, one of them was at the 560 00:26:47,029 --> 00:26:49,049 the Golden Nugget, and one was at 561 00:26:49,534 --> 00:26:52,575 Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, Nevada. It's just 562 00:26:52,575 --> 00:26:53,714 outside of Vegas. 563 00:26:54,494 --> 00:26:54,974 If you, 564 00:26:55,454 --> 00:26:57,054 take a left out of the airport, you 565 00:26:57,054 --> 00:26:58,494 end up in Henderson. If you take a 566 00:26:58,494 --> 00:27:00,654 right, you end up on the strip. But, 567 00:27:00,654 --> 00:27:01,154 anyway, 568 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,420 we've been to 569 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,019 Green Valley Ranch while that show is being 570 00:27:08,079 --> 00:27:08,579 filmed. 571 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,619 We've been to the Golden Nugget 572 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,240 while that show is being filmed. We've been 573 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:14,980 to the 574 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:16,740 Pawn Stars 575 00:27:18,075 --> 00:27:18,575 shop, 576 00:27:19,034 --> 00:27:20,875 you know, and that show is being filmed. 577 00:27:20,875 --> 00:27:21,534 Not not 578 00:27:21,914 --> 00:27:23,674 not not that the cameras were there at 579 00:27:23,674 --> 00:27:25,115 the time we were there, but, I mean, 580 00:27:25,115 --> 00:27:27,034 it was in production at the time we 581 00:27:27,034 --> 00:27:27,694 were there. 582 00:27:27,994 --> 00:27:29,054 And then this 583 00:27:31,759 --> 00:27:32,980 hardcore pawn, 584 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:34,819 we've been there. So 585 00:27:35,599 --> 00:27:37,220 I don't know. I guess we're chasing 586 00:27:37,599 --> 00:27:40,160 reality shows. Hey. Hey. Hey. You can count 587 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,640 the Mackinac Bridge too as one of those 588 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,420 because, Mike Rowe and 589 00:27:45,325 --> 00:27:46,225 Dirty Jobs, 590 00:27:46,845 --> 00:27:47,345 was 591 00:27:47,725 --> 00:27:49,585 on the Mackinac Bridge, and 592 00:27:49,965 --> 00:27:51,884 we go over the Mackinac Bridge every now 593 00:27:51,884 --> 00:27:52,545 and again. 594 00:27:54,285 --> 00:27:56,684 So, anyway, I got one more song just 595 00:27:56,684 --> 00:27:58,065 because I wanna play it. 596 00:27:59,325 --> 00:28:00,225 Not that it's, 597 00:28:01,850 --> 00:28:02,509 not that 598 00:28:03,210 --> 00:28:04,650 it has anything to do with what I'm 599 00:28:04,650 --> 00:28:05,610 talking about, but, 600 00:28:06,809 --> 00:28:07,210 this is, 601 00:28:08,009 --> 00:28:09,470 my friend, Todd Taylor, 602 00:28:09,850 --> 00:28:12,190 and his version of Freebird. 603 00:28:13,924 --> 00:28:14,404 He's the, 604 00:28:15,285 --> 00:28:17,305 banjo man, Todd Taylor. 605 00:28:27,045 --> 00:28:28,744 Should've rewound that, I guess. 606 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,720 And, of course, that was, Todd Taylor, the 607 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,660 Banjo Man. You can find him 608 00:33:18,484 --> 00:33:18,984 at 609 00:33:19,285 --> 00:33:22,265 toddtaylorbanjoman.com, 610 00:33:22,644 --> 00:33:24,724 I believe. Let me make sure. Yeah. It's 611 00:33:24,724 --> 00:33:27,785 toddtaylorbanjoman.com. 612 00:33:28,565 --> 00:33:30,825 Todd's currently the Guinness World 613 00:33:31,285 --> 00:33:33,705 Records fastest banjo player, 614 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,519 And, I guess he now is endorsing Gibson 615 00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:38,019 banjos. 616 00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:39,460 Used to 617 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:44,099 endorse recording king banjos, but, hey, whatever. 618 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,579 Banjo's a banjo's a banjo. 619 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:48,419 You know, 620 00:33:48,964 --> 00:33:51,065 that's that's the whole thing about the banjo 621 00:33:51,125 --> 00:33:52,424 is, you know, 622 00:33:52,805 --> 00:33:55,204 tie some strings to a gourd with a 623 00:33:55,204 --> 00:33:57,365 two by four on it, and as long 624 00:33:57,365 --> 00:33:58,964 as you can get the strings tight enough, 625 00:33:58,964 --> 00:33:59,865 it's a banjo. 626 00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:02,025 But, anyway 627 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:06,460 So, anyway, we we completed our trip from 628 00:34:06,460 --> 00:34:09,340 Detroit to back home on Monday, and, I 629 00:34:09,340 --> 00:34:11,599 went back Monday night and 630 00:34:12,539 --> 00:34:12,860 to my, 631 00:34:14,059 --> 00:34:14,719 a k 632 00:34:15,260 --> 00:34:17,340 a day job, which is actually a night 633 00:34:17,340 --> 00:34:17,980 job. But, 634 00:34:18,539 --> 00:34:19,039 anyway. 635 00:34:19,554 --> 00:34:22,355 And, hey, hopefully, the audio on this sounds 636 00:34:22,355 --> 00:34:23,335 alright. I 637 00:34:24,114 --> 00:34:27,315 found out two things about my audio setup 638 00:34:27,315 --> 00:34:30,054 here that I'm I am, gonna be rapidly, 639 00:34:31,474 --> 00:34:31,974 addressing. 640 00:34:32,799 --> 00:34:34,159 One is the, 641 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,199 USB interface that I've been using, 642 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:39,059 the old Gryphon iMic, 643 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:43,699 seems to be prone to extra noise. 644 00:34:45,264 --> 00:34:47,764 And so I'm now recording into 645 00:34:48,385 --> 00:34:51,744 a external digital recorder. I'm not, recording into 646 00:34:51,744 --> 00:34:54,485 the computer. I'm recording into my Sony recorder. 647 00:34:56,144 --> 00:34:57,960 And that'll take care of that, 648 00:34:58,599 --> 00:34:59,900 noise issue, hopefully. 649 00:35:00,359 --> 00:35:03,659 And the other thing is that, my Behringer, 650 00:35:06,119 --> 00:35:06,619 Zenix, 651 00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:10,139 u b eight zero two Eurorack 652 00:35:11,364 --> 00:35:11,864 mixer 653 00:35:12,325 --> 00:35:14,025 has started to die. 654 00:35:14,405 --> 00:35:16,105 I'm still using it right now, 655 00:35:16,724 --> 00:35:17,125 but, 656 00:35:17,525 --> 00:35:18,005 it, 657 00:35:18,644 --> 00:35:20,825 it slowly lost certain things. 658 00:35:21,765 --> 00:35:22,985 The FX bus 659 00:35:24,590 --> 00:35:27,869 died. And, the last, what's up with that 660 00:35:27,869 --> 00:35:29,489 podcast with Jim Farley, 661 00:35:30,670 --> 00:35:32,449 had to be post edited 662 00:35:33,630 --> 00:35:35,949 instead of, live to the hard drive or 663 00:35:35,949 --> 00:35:36,929 live to the 664 00:35:37,390 --> 00:35:39,090 flash memory as 665 00:35:39,390 --> 00:35:41,625 the case may be because 666 00:35:43,684 --> 00:35:44,324 he couldn't, 667 00:35:44,644 --> 00:35:46,025 hear any of the music 668 00:35:46,404 --> 00:35:47,924 that I was playing or any of the 669 00:35:47,924 --> 00:35:50,184 sound effects or anything else and, 670 00:35:50,484 --> 00:35:53,045 you know, through the, mix minus setup. I 671 00:35:53,045 --> 00:35:56,429 know I'm doing some some podcasting naval gazing, 672 00:35:56,429 --> 00:35:56,929 but, 673 00:35:57,630 --> 00:35:58,130 anyway, 674 00:36:01,309 --> 00:36:03,010 so we got a new mixer coming. 675 00:36:04,030 --> 00:36:06,369 This is coming by Farley Express. 676 00:36:07,635 --> 00:36:10,114 Jim actually is gonna gonna be here in 677 00:36:10,114 --> 00:36:10,614 town 678 00:36:11,155 --> 00:36:12,534 next weekend. Hopefully, 679 00:36:13,635 --> 00:36:14,775 maybe on Saturday 680 00:36:15,235 --> 00:36:16,614 or maybe even Friday. 681 00:36:16,914 --> 00:36:18,675 I'll have him here in the studio, and 682 00:36:18,675 --> 00:36:20,695 we'll, record a live, 683 00:36:21,750 --> 00:36:23,269 what's up with that with both of us 684 00:36:23,269 --> 00:36:25,750 in the same studio. That, that would be 685 00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:28,409 different, wouldn't it? But he's bringing me a 686 00:36:29,670 --> 00:36:30,730 16 channel, 687 00:36:31,349 --> 00:36:34,070 mixer board that, he assures me is way 688 00:36:34,070 --> 00:36:35,289 bigger than I need. 689 00:36:36,394 --> 00:36:38,315 Guess it's supposed to be 30 inches wide, 690 00:36:38,315 --> 00:36:39,835 so I'm gonna have to find some desk 691 00:36:39,835 --> 00:36:41,054 space for it. But, 692 00:36:42,315 --> 00:36:44,474 anyway, he's bringing that up with him when 693 00:36:44,474 --> 00:36:45,775 he comes north 694 00:36:46,474 --> 00:36:48,500 in a couple of weeks. I I guess 695 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,579 he's going to New York this weekend and 696 00:36:50,579 --> 00:36:52,119 then, the weekend after, 697 00:36:53,059 --> 00:36:54,760 he'll, he'll be up here. 698 00:36:55,139 --> 00:36:55,639 So 699 00:36:56,260 --> 00:36:59,460 that'll be good, and, hopefully, that'll solve the, 700 00:36:59,859 --> 00:37:02,739 the rest of my audio problem. So so, 701 00:37:02,739 --> 00:37:05,905 hopefully, I I did alright with this, digital 702 00:37:05,905 --> 00:37:07,445 recorder this week, and 703 00:37:08,224 --> 00:37:10,625 and, we'll get it nailed down and, and 704 00:37:10,625 --> 00:37:12,704 I'll quit talking about it as soon as 705 00:37:12,704 --> 00:37:13,364 I do. 706 00:37:15,025 --> 00:37:15,525 So, 707 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,960 anyway, I don't have any more music that 708 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,280 I wanna play right now, and, I don't 709 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,440 have any idea how long I've been talking. 710 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,400 That's that's another disadvantage of recording into this 711 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,980 particular recorder. It doesn't have a good 712 00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:29,914 counter 713 00:37:31,255 --> 00:37:33,594 of time, and I also don't have a 714 00:37:34,054 --> 00:37:35,355 level meter. So 715 00:37:36,295 --> 00:37:38,454 kinda winging it, then looking at the level 716 00:37:38,454 --> 00:37:39,434 meter on the 717 00:37:41,255 --> 00:37:41,994 on the 718 00:37:43,735 --> 00:37:44,235 Behringer 719 00:37:44,909 --> 00:37:45,409 AutoComm 720 00:37:45,789 --> 00:37:46,289 Pro 721 00:37:47,069 --> 00:37:47,569 XL, 722 00:37:48,030 --> 00:37:49,650 compressor limiter gate 723 00:37:50,589 --> 00:37:52,109 wonder machine, but, 724 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:54,750 you know, it only gets so close, so 725 00:37:54,750 --> 00:37:56,510 I might have to do a little post 726 00:37:56,510 --> 00:37:58,204 edit. Let me know how 727 00:37:58,505 --> 00:38:01,005 you how you think the audio sounds. 728 00:38:02,425 --> 00:38:04,744 And, generally, it sounds better on speakers than 729 00:38:04,744 --> 00:38:06,825 it does. Yeah. I noticed the last few 730 00:38:06,825 --> 00:38:07,325 episodes 731 00:38:08,744 --> 00:38:10,664 sounded better on speakers than they do on 732 00:38:10,664 --> 00:38:12,744 the headphones. For some reason, there's some sort 733 00:38:12,744 --> 00:38:13,619 of crackle, 734 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:15,780 on the peaks, 735 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,559 you know, when I'm listening on headphones, but 736 00:38:18,559 --> 00:38:20,159 I don't hear it when I'm listening on 737 00:38:20,159 --> 00:38:22,659 speakers. So, yeah, could be alright. 738 00:38:24,639 --> 00:38:25,139 Anyway, 739 00:38:25,679 --> 00:38:27,460 we're gonna call this a podcast, 740 00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:28,339 and 741 00:38:29,255 --> 00:38:29,735 we'll, 742 00:38:30,135 --> 00:38:31,494 catch you later. 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