14. Gig Reviews, Tour Merch Show & Tell, & Anvil Cards, OH MY!

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Hello and welcome to the Lovejoy
Nation podcast.

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Hi Angie and Dave, good to see
you guys.

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It feels like it's been forever
since we recorded an episode.

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It seems like it's been such a
long time.

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Glad to be back.
We're glad to have you back.

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I'm more ways than one.
Right.

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Golly, yeah, we have.
Been quite busy, but not as busy

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as Lovejoy as they've been
touring as part of their one

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Simple tour around North
America, but they're about

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halfway through at this
juncture.

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We have a lot to cover today,
including some surprise, at

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least surprise to us acoustic
gigs.

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This shows that Angie and I had
the benefit to attend in Chicago

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and Minnesota.
The VIP experience as we

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experienced it, we learned to
share our point of view and how

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it went for us.
And of course, to go over all

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the amazing merch, the VIP
exclusive item, and give us sort

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of a merch review to show you
what they have to offer for this

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tour.
And Dave's favorite part that

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he's most excited about is Anvil
cards.

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And Anvil cards are here and
they are back.

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So we will go through everything
we know at this point about

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Anvil cards to start us off.
Dave, you'll kick us off with

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the acoustic gigs.
Yeah, absolutely.

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I believe I I spotted it.
For some reason it popped up

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Chicago Q101 on October the 27th
whilst you were all stupidly

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queuing early, so they did an
acoustic gig at the House of

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Blues.
Nope, the evening show the the

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regular concert was at House of
Blues.

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I'm not sure actually where the
Q1O1 acoustic gig took place.

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It wasn't there right?
And I don't.

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Know they've got this thing that
they call the Lounge, so I'm not

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sure if it's actually in their
studios or not, but I

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definitely.
Don't think it was at House of

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Blues.
I think it's a separate

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location, yeah.
Alan, Joe and Will were there.

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That was it for the band.
It's been strange because we've

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only had a little bit released
by Lovejoy, so we don't know the

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full set list.
Do we know anybody who went?

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Know somebody that went yeah.
So you know what, that's it.

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Actually, I'm going to try to
ping them and see if they can

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give us some more info, maybe
for another time or maybe they

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have pictures or videos because
I, I think there were very few

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people there.
I mean, we were standing in line

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like you said, Dave, and we just
found out about it.

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We were like, man, if we would
have known, but yeah.

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Yeah.
You know it would have.

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Been another thing to stress out
about, yeah, but to be honest.

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You know, if you knew about it,
you would have at least tried,

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right?
It's as simple as and on that

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note, I believe yesterday,
today, overnight time

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differences they've released.
In fact, I think Leslie, you

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released it.
They're doing a show in Austin,

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TX for one O 1X in Austin.
Another acoustic gig that they

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are offering as a contest on
their website to win entry to.

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Yep, new November 13th, Austin,
TX.

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So by the time we edit this and
get this posted, it may have

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already happened.
But it's worth keeping an eye

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out, you know, to your different
cities that the band is coming

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to, to the local radio stations
to see if they have other pop up

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acoustic gigs.
You know, planned.

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Absolutely.
I'm sure Leslie, you'll be

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keeping an eye out too, as you
do with everything and hopefully

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keep us posted.
You seem to know all and see

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all.
I know some things.

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It's just like, how do you find
that out?

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Well, you know, and thanks.
To Google.

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It come comes out on Lovejoy
Nation and I think, oh OK,

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another acoustic gig, you know,
and then 3-4 hours later HQ.

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Yeah.
All the boys themselves,

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Lovejoy, they've basically.
Leslie with the scoop.

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Yeah, I mean, it's happened more
than once.

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It's almost like they're
watching you.

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Oops.
Perhaps, you know, some might

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even some have even called us
the official Lovejoy podcast.

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So you know, you never know.
You never know, actually, while

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we're talking about radio
stations and scoops, I was sort

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of encouraging on the Reddit,
the Lovejoy subreddit, LLVJY

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folks to participate in getting
Lovejoy on the big Twenty

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countdown on 97 XI know Dave
loves our radio station names.

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They're based in Tampa Bay,
Florida.

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They also host the annual music
festival called The Next Big

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Thing where Lovejoy performed in
2023.

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Is that right?
Wiki, Wiki.

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Angie, that's correct.
Yeah.

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So a few weeks back, I'm just
going to make this really quick,

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but it's something I'm very
proud of.

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A few weeks back, the radio
station used a picture of Wilbur

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performing at The Next Big Thing
as their sort of advertisement

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for that weekend's countdown.
So I was telling everybody, Oh

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my gosh, check this out.
They're going to be on the

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countdown because they posted
their picture, so they must be

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on there.
I listened and Nope.

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Pan display Lovejoy nowhere to
be found on the top 20 list.

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So I found out if you just
download the app so you can look

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this up 97 X it's a neon green
black and white motif app.

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You just look it up.
You can see last songs played

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and if you look for Lovejoy pay
and display, you can give that

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song a thumbs up.
By giving it a thumbs up, it

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lets the radio station know that
you like the song, want to hear

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more of it, and it gets it on to
this countdown.

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So immediately the following
week after I posted about that,

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it was number 8 on the list.
So it went from being not on the

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countdown at all to being #8
Then the following week it

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dropped down to #14 and I was
like, we can't have that wrong

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direction, people.
So I posted about it again on

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the Reddit.
Actually, my next door neighbor

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was excited.
She put it on her phone to get

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the app.
She was also traveling to

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Florida, so she appreciated
actually having a radio station,

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but you can actually listen to
anywhere in the United States.

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But she hadn't known about the
station until I told her about

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it.
And.

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Lo and.
Behold, yesterday's countdown

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came on and we are at #2 guys
number. 2.

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Display on Tampa Bay's 97X.
Nice work and and you said that

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just like a radio DJ 97.
XI try, I try, so let's try for

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next week to be #1.
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Fingers crossed.
And you're going to say?

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Oh, yeah.
Leslie, I just can you reiterate

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for the for the 97X voting, are
you able to vote more than once?

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It does not appear that well.
OK, OK.

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So it looks like once you've
given it a thumbs up, it has a

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thumbs up.
So because I've got a backup to

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make sure it's still a green
thumb up, OK, to make that thumb

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go away, you'd have to thumbs
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So I'm like, oh, I don't even
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And I like to set the alerts
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I I get notifications when
they're going to play the song.

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Disney.
Yeah, well, that's what I

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thought because I, you know,
after you mentioned it, I've got

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the app too.
And I noticed I was only able to

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vote once, so I just wanted to
make sure I wasn't doing

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something wrong.
No.

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And I think that's cool because
for anyone thinking, you know,

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we're like trying to like rig
the system or anything like

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that, it's really not because
you can't abuse it.

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You can really only go with the
one time so and it's fun to set

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that alert and listen for the
song.

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It is and that's what helps me
know it was coming up on the

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countdown as well because it was
like coming soon.

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I'm like Oh my God, they're #3
that means it's probably over 2.

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So that was exciting.
Awesome.

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The Next up we will talk about
Angie and I got to meet up again

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since it's been almost it.
Was actually.

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Yeah, in.
Chicago.

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I was close to, I guess, 11
months to the day almost from

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when we met in Brooklyn, so it
was neat to go with my daughter

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and spend a couple days there
and cue for Lovejoy and see

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Lovejoy.
It was great.

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It was amazing to see you guys.
Thanks for guys for coming to

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our neck of the woods.
And it was was fantastic.

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It didn't seem real.
None of it seemed real.

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No, it was like a fever dream.
David says our heads are in the

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clouds for.
Dave's accused of.

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Like Dave?
They still.

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We bought we've, you know that
we've been to Lovejoy shows

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before.
This show was unlike other

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Lovejoy shows.
Especially.

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Sources for teaching?
I'd say the energy on this from

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the crowd and on stage.
They took Wilbur's guitar away

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for a few songs, or portions of
songs That boy can dance and

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jump, and the enthusiasm and
energy and excitement of him all

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over the stage, like the crowd
was just lit.

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Up yeah, and I I told the guys
to I was like you know when I

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saw you that night in Chicago I
felt like I was seeing you all

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over again for the very first
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I really did.
It was just that.

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It was just that initial kind of
and.

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Just.
Excitement.

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I mean, wow, Yeah.
Will is like one of those wind

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up toys, you know, those little
chickens that you get for Easter

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and you wind them up and you
just want to go hop, hop, hop,

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hop, hop.
That's that was him.

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He wow.
I know he said his energy, he

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has said before that he's not an
extrovert, but it's hard, it is

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hard to believe what his stage
presence, his confidence, you

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can just it just oozes out of
him.

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You just know that he he feels
confident in himself in these

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songs, in his voice and he owns
that stage and it's honestly

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A-Team effort.
They are all amazing.

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We said Ash is like on fire Joe
with the extra singing parts and

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I always love watching Mark on
the drums.

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The they just the collective
energy from all of them is is Oh

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my God, my cat is rubbing his
face on my screen.

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Sorry, not an earthquake over
here.

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Infectious for the anyone there
you couldn't avoid it.

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I'm not not going to lie,
looking back from September the

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24th when everything was fresh,
everything was new, and we're

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all in the crowd and we're just
stood there head bopping to

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listen to Fatal and you look
around the crowd and it's just

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head bopping.
Don't get me wrong, it felt

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fresh, it felt new.
It felt exciting to be in that

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crowd.
But to see videos and the people

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are screaming, they know every
single word back to front,

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inside out.
They know how to jump up and

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down to it.
A different six weeks, mate.

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Totally different vibe.
Totally different vibe.

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I sent you guys a TikTok today
that sort of I felt showed that

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if you saw it.
Yeah, even some of these that HQ

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have been put on from a
distance, even some that the

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videos Orion's braces are put
up, you can see the crowd.

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Speaking of jumping in the
crowd, we know someone that

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actually went to the gym before
the tour and worked with like a

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plyo box so they could jump
super high for the tour.

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It's freaking amazing.
Yes.

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So they could jump at every
show.

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And this kid, he jumps.
OK Yeah.

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So high.
He like, double s his height.

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Yeah.
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Going back to the energy of the
show, that e-mail that they sent

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out the day after the Chicago
show, they called themselves the

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Music Boys.
I feel like that summed up so

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perfectly how we felt towards
them.

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And it was really great to see
that they were understanding and

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they were getting the vibe of
like what we were feeling

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towards them.
And we're like screaming out

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those words and just jumping
and, you know, dancing with our

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eyes shut like it said.
So I hope and I think from that

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e-mail that they're feeling it
as much as we are.

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So I hope that they're getting
back what they're giving.

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From what I've seen from, you
know, it's kind of good you

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you've experienced this we and
I've experienced it in a

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different way.
And I'm now looking across the

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pond at wow.
And I'm really quite envious

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that the kick that I went to in
September wasn't as raucous.

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It's apples and oranges.
Like that was like a heavier,

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like that was like a really
deep.

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And nobody knew the songs at
that at your gig either, Dave.

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You know, everybody was hearing
those songs.

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That's exactly what I'm saying.
I appreciate I was a real

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special gig.
Yeah, yeah, OK.

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Really, really appreciate.
That for the for the band, it

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was like a huge moment you were
part of with the smoke.

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And I loved it and to look
around and to see all the family

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and friends, to see all them, it
was special.

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But then I look at these videos
and you're having a riot.

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Well, you know, it's to come.
It's going to come to cross the

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pond over to.
You guys, so it has seemed that

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as they've gone on they've
relaxed and it's exactly like

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you said, they've relaxed.
We now have a front man.

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Gosh.
He always was, but he was a

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front man behind a Qatar.
Right.

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But now we have this chicken.
This wind up chicken.

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We have this wind up chicken.
He was.

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This is what he was.
This is what he was made to do.

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Each before each show, he's like
even more and more like tuned in

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and turned on like I, I felt
like in Brooklyn.

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And I think that was a maybe a
hard, a difficult show for him.

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Maybe personally, I don't know.
And you know, that last that

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year was rough.
I felt like we couldn't get eye

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contact from him because I think
we saw that introverted side

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there and I feel like.
There was a lot of nerves of

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what?
Yeah, make or break time.

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How am I?
How are they going to react?

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Yeah, he seemed very kind of
hesitant in Brooklyn.

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Like cautiously, cautiously
optimistic, I would say.

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Yeah, and it's funny.
It's you didn't.

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It wasn't so apparent until the
contrast with this new breed of

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Wilbur, this whole new fully.
Blossomed, bloomed Lovejoy with

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this new album.
Yes.

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And the community too, comparing
to shows back in 2023 or

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whatever, you always had this
this big sense of community.

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And of course, they were away
for a while and maybe we kind of

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lost some of that.
And in those Brooklyn shows, it

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felt like it was kind of
tenuous.

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People were maybe wanting to get
there, but they weren't quite

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interacting as much.
I feel that really coming back

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with these shows, having been to
two of them, I see people, you

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know, making friends with
strangers and sitting together,

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making bracelets and deciding to
team up in groups and go walk

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around the building and stuff
like that.

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And that's things that we didn't
really see in Brooklyn, but we

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saw a lot of before.
And it's really great to see

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that community.
Back together again.

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I love it.
So many Tik Toks.

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And I think Tik Toks is like
really a mirror of this whole

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thing because good, the bad and
the ugly.

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And seeing the people getting
ready for Lovejoy or like their

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whole experience, you know, of
getting there or the morning of

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or their outfit or yes, the
bracelets they've made, like

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absolutely in this whole thing.
It's wonderful.

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Yeah, I'm not always on social
media because it's terrible, but

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the times I go on, it's, you
know what I mean.

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You do swat these things and
everybody's relaxed.

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Everybody stood down.
And you now from what I see,

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from what I from what you guys
have told me, from what your

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friends or friends have said,
they're back and better than

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ever and better than ever.
And I look across the pond and

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that's exactly what I see.
And I can't wait.

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Dave, you, you don't even know
what you have in store.

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Collectively, the three of us,
given our advanced ages, have

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seen many bands over our
lifetimes.

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This is not just a band, you
know what I mean?

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It's like.
But it's.

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Appealing.
It's a community, it's unlike

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any other performance I've seen
and I can't wait to share with

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my best friend who's coming, my
brother and anyone else so I can

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get to go.
Because it's it doesn't matter

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even if you know the songs yet,
it's just you just can't help

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but smile from ear to ear and
jump around.

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It's how it's kind of how I felt
when I went to Youngblood, only

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knew one song boy.
I've come away loving him

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because it was not amazing and I
thought he's an amazing front

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man and now all of a sudden I
see this will fella.

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Amazing.
Buffing around.

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And.
He found his feet.

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Go over the whole room like
that, You know Ash too.

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Ash giving it death with a
guitar behind his neck.

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Do you know what I mean?
You know.

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Right.
And Wilbur singing on Joe's,

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like leaning on Joe's shoulder
when they sing together.

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My.
God, you can tell.

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They're all very tight knit and
knowing, knowing how things have

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gone, the knowing how things
have gone the past couple years,

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seeing them together like that.
Experience.

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Being a little parasocial here,
but seeing them together,

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knowing what they've been
through, seeing them.

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So yes, seeing them so happy and
up there on stage having fun

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makes it it just, you know, it
gives me such a warm fuzzy,

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Right.
Yeah.

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It's like.
To see the boys, how relaxed

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they are, how they've relaxed
over these first 3 or 4 gigs,

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how they've my God, people still
love us.

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Yeah.
Let's show them.

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And that e-mail that just to get
back to the scheduled

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programming, they played sex
cells at the Chicago gig.

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They said that Wilbur said that
we've persuaded visit.

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What's the word persuaded them?
I think so.

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I think it was something like
that persuaded us perhaps some.

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It was another P word.
But it was.

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Yeah.
They came out from their little

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walk off and then they came back
to the encore and.

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They said they basically said we
deserved or we earned the right

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to hear how to hear them play
sex cells because we were such a

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great crowd.
And so that was really special.

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I mean, we had some jealous
people that had seen them at the

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prior dates that didn't get that
song, but they've they've been

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they've since played it for a
few other shows as well as Scum.

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That night was also special
because it was the night before

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day before Mark's birthday, so
Busta came out with a birthday

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cake with candles lit up on it
and the whole crowd sing Happy

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birthday to Mark, which was
neat.

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That was the most cursed cake
I've ever seen.

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But you know what?
It was so funny.

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And what did Mark's?
What did Mark say?

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He wanted a little kiss from
William Gold that that's what he

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was for and was like.
But we'll say it will come true

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now that you told me.
Yeah.

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That was cute.
That was sweet.

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And any anything else you want
to add from Minnesota?

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You went two days later as
Minnesota, I believe.

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I did, yeah.
On the 29th.

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So we drove straight from
Chicago to Minneapolis, and we

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stayed over there, went to the
show on the 29th was, you know

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what, as far as energy goes,
exactly the same level of

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energy.
That show might have even been a

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little bit louder.
Wow.

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It was crazy.
And you don't go ahead.

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It's funny because I was going
to ask you what show was better?

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Forget that Leslie was there,
because obviously Chicago was

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better because Leslie was there.
Well, of course.

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Experience What was the better
show?

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They're all good.
Like, I don't know, I, I can't,

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I can't, I can't rank them.
They both had the same amount of

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energy.
One thing I thought was

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interesting is when the band
usually walks off, you know, and

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then they eventually come back
on for an encore.

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At some point, the crowd will go
quiet.

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You know, they'll be cheering.
One more song.

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One more song that never
happened in Minneapolis.

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People kept chanting.
It was four more songs, is what

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they kept chanting because they
wanted to hear sex Dolls, right?

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So they kept going.
Four more songs.

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Four more songs.
And it never let up.

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It was it was loud.
And they were saying that the

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whole time until they came back
up.

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That's cool.
Which I thought was pretty cool.

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And I met some really great
people there.

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Yeah.
I have to shout out to Maddie

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and her dad.
They were fantastic.

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Again, the sense of community.
It's it's nice just to be there

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and meet some new people.
And yeah, it was it was great.

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It it was the same great show
all over.

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Did they play Sex Cells?
They did.

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Oh, OK.
They played Sex Cells.

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Yeah, they did.
And I know they've got this

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thing with Death Box that it's
cursed, right?

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It never quite goes off as
planned.

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Chicago.
It went off without a hitch,

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right?
Right.

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Yeah, because.
You did.

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It.
It's just the reason why they

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didn't play it in the UK,
because they just couldn't.

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Maybe they know it's.
Cursed.

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Well, like something like the
microphones go out.

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That kind of.
Yeah, and Minneapolis.

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Will stepped on his mic like
wire and it came out so we had

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no mic.
But then there's another show

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like died and then he's second
mic died and then he had to go

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to Joe's mic and then like a
third show he had the mic like.

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So I think there's been 3 or 4
that have had issues with that

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song.
It's sort of like Poltergeist,

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you know?
I know at this point it's just

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like, you know, it's going to
happen, right?

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Yeah.
There's a ghost in the

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microphone.
But it was, it was fantastic.

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I can't, I can't rank the two.
I mean, they're wonderful.

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Cool, right?
So tell me about the VIP

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experience because I've asked
you questions.

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How did it go?
But you're all in dreamland and

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I still haven't had an answer.
OK.

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So I guess I'll just go quickly
first.

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So I guess we should talk about
how it went.

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So Angie and I can we were on
the same page with that like how

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the process was for anyone
that's always curious about how

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it works.
So I know for Chicago, we were

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all like one big line in the
queue early.

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I won't say how early we were
there, but yeah.

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And then when it was check in
time, 430 is when they sort of

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pulled out, right?
Separated the VIPs from the rest

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of the crowd, general, and
checked your QR code on your

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phone to make sure it matched
your ID.

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Adults got wristbands.
And then they had us go in and

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chunk sort of because I guess
the space was limited inside and

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sort of queue in there, line up
till they're ready for us.

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I think the criticals are doing
an extra sound check because it

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took all longer than I think
they expected.

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So then we then got to go into
the actual venue where the stage

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was and see the boys standing
there with the table where they

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would sign things.
You brought things to be signed

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or if you gave them gifts, where
they put gifts down.

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So yeah, Busta would stand
there.

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Their tour manager, Will
Holland, also known as Busta.

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I'd like to say it like that.
Busta would sort of signal you

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when to go up to talk to them.
So that was very organized.

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Went up a nice little
conversation with you about some

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little gifts.
LED was there at the ready with

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her camera.
So after you spend two or three

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minutes chatting and you I took,
I asked Wilbur for a Wilbur

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selfie since he's so tall.
It's like a really great selfie.

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So I had Wilbur selfie and then
sort of way to like wrap things

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up to like sort of get people
moving along for the next group

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to go.
LED will sort of gently come

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over and say, Are you ready for
your picture now?

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And then she'll take the nice
group shot in front of the stage

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with the band.
And they're so much fun.

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The, you know, Ash and Mark and
like they all made silly faces

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and did silly things and made
each everybody's pictures.

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I think have something quirky or
fun about it to make them not

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just boring posed pictures.
So that was great.

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And it was, you know, everyone
got their, their chance and I

453
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,320
felt like a good amount of time
spent.

454
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,200
So it was nice because.
How long do you think it roughly

455
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:35,320
was?
I think my.

456
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,760
Video because Angie videoed me.
I think it was about 3 minutes.

457
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,520
And I videoed her as well.
I think it was about 3 minutes

458
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,320
total.
And that feels like a long time.

459
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:45,880
Yeah.
Yeah.

460
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,920
When you're talking to your
heroes, you know, basically that

461
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,120
you've been like, thinking for
months about what the heck

462
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,400
you're going to say and do.
What's it going to be like?

463
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,200
Yeah.
I know a lot of people sort of

464
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,360
asking, were you allowed to take
a lot of stuff to get signed?

465
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:05,680
Were they limiting it?
Was it because, as we've said

466
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,160
before, they've only got a
certain amount of time?

467
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,200
Yeah.
I mean, I think you have to, you

468
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,560
have to weigh your priorities
because getting things signed

469
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,360
does eat into that time you have
with them.

470
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,360
I did see somebody come with a
tote bag filled with every piece

471
00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:24,400
of media Lovejoy has ever come
out with, every record, CD,

472
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,320
cassette, and they had them sign
all the things.

473
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,600
That's ridiculous.
Sneakers people would have

474
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,640
signed.
People would give like plushies

475
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,920
or a puppet or, you know, things
they made.

476
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,920
I am just signed like a little
card with the Lovejoy Nation

477
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,240
logo on it.
I actually joked to Wilbur that

478
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,080
I wanted him to sign it, so I
proved that he knew who I was.

479
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,280
Such a cornball.
But it seemed like they did

480
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:48,600
actually.
Actually, they pointed.

481
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,200
I was wearing a shirt with the
three of us on it that Zim drew.

482
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,600
And Mark pointed to the shirt
and he's like, like, is that you

483
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,360
or something like that?
And I was like, yes, that's me.

484
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,840
So there was recognition there.
It's absolutely mental.

485
00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:04,120
Did it appear on HQ?
Was it you 2 in the front row

486
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,320
with your T-shirts on?
Oh yeah, Were we?

487
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,840
I don't know.
I know I was next to one of our

488
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:16,480
friends or her daughter.
It it was on one of their social

489
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,400
medias.
I think I think House of Blues

490
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,800
posted it and.
My bed, House of Blues.

491
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,720
I didn't know that and I'm
thinking I'm in that photo.

492
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:29,680
I know this is so.
Random and even Mark was

493
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:34,400
definitely aware of the podcast.
He even said he's glad they are

494
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,720
doing things, finally doing
things now that give us

495
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,240
something to talk about on here.
So that was very sweet.

496
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,040
So that was my experience with
the VIP in Chicago.

497
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,440
We also got a signed poster and
this great scarf.

498
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,120
We will get into merch, but
since we're talking about VIP,

499
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:55,280
let me go on to this part.
I think it will not be backwards

500
00:28:55,280 --> 00:29:00,840
for you ultimately, but for me
it is nice quality scarf, fuzzy

501
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,840
on the bottom with the finger
guns.

502
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,720
A really nice VIP exclusive
gift.

503
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,760
I felt and just from hearing
Angie talk about VIP packages,

504
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,800
it's like high caliber so.
It's a very nice, it's a very

505
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,560
nice VIP merch gift.
Yes, good.

506
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,880
I mean, a lot of times you'll
get key chains or badges.

507
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,120
You are the VIP queen Ang.
Well, I don't know about that.

508
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,560
I mean.
Well, you OK?

509
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,000
You've done more than any of us.
Right.

510
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,520
Yeah, you're the knowledgeable.
1 you were given.

511
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:39,360
Now, I appreciate, Leslie, you
didn't get the the Anvil cards

512
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,760
at Chicago, but you got them in
Minneapolis.

513
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:47,720
Yes, and here's the poster love.
It was it worth the money?

514
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,960
Oh my gosh, it was more than
worth the money.

515
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,040
I thought it was a fantastic
deal because if you're just

516
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,400
buying a general admission
ticket alone, that's a good 50

517
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,040
bucks.
So for an extra, for an extra

518
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,800
$100 you, you know, you get to,
you get to meet the band, you

519
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,360
get early access.
So I mean, you're right, you're,

520
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,320
you're on barricade or in the
2nd row, you get that scarf,

521
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,960
which is really nice.
You get the autographed poster

522
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,040
and you get 5 ammo cards.
Right.

523
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,320
And getting to buy the merch
right after every meet and greet

524
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:26,040
you got to the merch table and
say I want one of each.

525
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,400
Just kind.
Of yeah, early merch and I says

526
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:32,320
it's well worth it, right and
then we're actually line yeah to

527
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,600
get up to get our spots right
after extremely well priced.

528
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,560
Cool.
So I know, Leslie, you were

529
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,440
showing the poster.
Yeah, looks a lot thicker than

530
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,600
what I anticipated.
Yeah, it's nice.

531
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,120
It's a good.
Big quality, looks very good

532
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,160
quality.
It is.

533
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:53,720
It's about 12 by 16, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, and it didn't get

534
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,880
crunched miraculously, like with
all the jumping and chaos and

535
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,520
craziness.
And it's all signed nice with a

536
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,480
silver pen.
And you get it in a tube.

537
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:08,880
No, a rubber band.
Tip, they do OK.

538
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,560
I know we haven't talked about
merch yet, but they do sell a

539
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,080
really cool monochrome tote bag
there.

540
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,600
So if you buy the tote bag, then
you can, you know, roll up your

541
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,520
poster and put it in there along
with your other stuff.

542
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:24,480
Thomas and the scarf that looks
quality Anvil cards.

543
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,520
You got 5.
I know we're going to talk about

544
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:34,160
them more in depth.
You were pretty much one of the

545
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,520
first people to actually get
your hands on them.

546
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,360
Right, Angie?
Her.

547
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,600
Show was the first show.
Yeah, in Chicago they did not

548
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,360
have them.
So what we had to do is just put

549
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,280
our info in an iPad and then
we'll we'll get them mailed to

550
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:49,560
us.
But they did have them in

551
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:53,320
Minneapolis.
Were you first in the queue for

552
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,360
VIP again?
Maybe.

553
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:03,840
So you were pretty much the
first person to get your hands

554
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,520
on the first lot?
You know, I, I didn't think

555
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:08,880
about that, but yeah, I guess I
was.

556
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,200
And there, you know, it's,
they're, they're just rubber

557
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,600
banded together.
They, they were sitting on the

558
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,040
table in stacks of five.
And I've actually, I've got them

559
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,920
here, but they were laid face
down so you couldn't see what

560
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,960
the bundles were.
And, and one of the venue

561
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,760
employees just handed you a
bundle along with your scarf and

562
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:30,000
your poster.
So you get what you get, yes.

563
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,000
You know, it looks like Ash was
the one organizing, which is

564
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:39,720
kind of cool for Ash though.
Ash's Ash's side gig organizing

565
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,840
the anvil cards before every
show apparently.

566
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:47,120
But we and we had a fun time
looking at other people's and

567
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,600
I've got I actually brought
them.

568
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,760
They probably won't show up on
here at all.

569
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:56,800
But between my kiddo and I we
got 10 and then there was 2 that

570
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,600
were duplicate not duplicate
within the pack.

571
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:07,560
So we've got 8 and I mean, they
look exactly like the other

572
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,760
cards.
Again, it's I don't even know if

573
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:14,400
you can see this on here.
Can you see that at all?

574
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:16,960
Yeah.
Yep, hold it there.

575
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:18,480
That's good.
OK.

576
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,120
So that there's that one.
There's I think that's Will and

577
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,080
Joe is it or Will and Mark?
I can't tell it's Will.

578
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,800
It's Mark and Will.
Yeah, and then I was go through

579
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,160
super quick.
Here's Submarine or Joe.

580
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:36,080
Submariner.
And then we got Joe and Mark

581
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,680
with their left beer and right
beer, of course.

582
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,200
And then you'll understand when
you're older.

583
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,040
Super cute.
And here, Sybil's girls, we've

584
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,160
got our mannequins from normal
people things.

585
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,840
Nice.
Yeah, super cool.

586
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:56,080
And then sad Cappy, which I feel
bad for him.

587
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,440
And then pay and display.
This one's really cool.

588
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,120
It's kind of reminds me of the
lyric where they're, you know,

589
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,000
that tills our ticket to get us
out of town.

590
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,800
Like they just took the till and
now they're getting out of town.

591
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,280
And then the last one that I've
got is baptism.

592
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,120
Very cool.
That's a very cool one.

593
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:19,280
So yes.
Your time will come.

594
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:21,960
Yeah, I don't have them either.
I don't have them either.

595
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,679
But yours are on your way and
you'll get more.

596
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:33,679
You lot are gonna have like
2530, maybe even 50 by the time

597
00:34:33,679 --> 00:34:37,760
this tour ends.
And scarves will never go cold,

598
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,760
will never cold.
And then Ash teases us on the

599
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:46,920
Reddit with a picture of a super
rare Yeah, it's a clab between

600
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,480
between Ash and Birdie.
It's the launderette.

601
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:54,560
It's a tomorrow card.
And it's absolutely beautiful.

602
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,960
You know, it's got, it's got
some shiny parts on it and

603
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,680
basically just, you know, I need
that.

604
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,560
I know Dave's a big fan of the
court.

605
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,440
Well, the both of you are big
fans of the cards.

606
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,520
I never started, I never got
into it because I guess I didn't

607
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,680
want to give them a rabbit hole
spending $80 a card on, you

608
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,120
know, Depop.
I refuse.

609
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,880
I've never.
Yeah, that's smart.

610
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,400
There's no need to be spending
that sort of money because one

611
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,360
will come along which is
relatively cheap and as long as

612
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,520
you're in the right place at the
right time, you can snatch it

613
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,360
up.
I mean I still I still need the

614
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,120
OG vinyl.
I'll spend the money on that

615
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:34,080
someday instead.
And.

616
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:39,880
Somebody I think it's is it lazy
on the Reddit, the subreddit

617
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:44,240
they have a Google doc started
with all of the anvil cards.

618
00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:48,040
It's Gen. 1 and Gen. 2, which is
really nice if you're.

619
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,200
Yeah, yeah.
If you're totally like nerding

620
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,000
out over these like I am and you
want to know everything, like

621
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,800
where they are and how they fit
in and what's left.

622
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:02,760
So if you go on there, I think
you can find that It's I I put a

623
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,600
link to that right away.
It's very cool.

624
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:06,040
Yeah.
He.

625
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,680
So shout out to that person.
Yeah, he didn't.

626
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:13,600
He start one for the generation
ones and then it sort of

627
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,160
disappeared for a bit.
Or did he take that over?

628
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,520
I don't know.
I don't know either way.

629
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,680
There's used to be 1.
There's a dock, yeah.

630
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,760
Yeah, there used to be one for
generation one.

631
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,760
Now it's come out of the closet
again and it's it's filled up

632
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,400
with every single one that we
know of and.

633
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,440
There's some great.
Ones out there and will this be

634
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,720
on the wiki too at some point?
Imagine.

635
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,520
It will.
Oh gosh.

636
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,360
I have to be a mass undertaking
I have.

637
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:45,440
Much work to do on there.
I need to learn how to not

638
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,560
sleep.
If I didn't have to sleep, I

639
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:51,240
could get so much more done.
Leslie, I, I don't know how you

640
00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:52,520
do it.
You'll have to like teach me

641
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,840
your ways of how you get so much
done.

642
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:59,280
Learned how to tap the tap light
next to you and turn it on and

643
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,760
bop you in the nose.
Yeah, that usually works, yeah.

644
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,800
But yes, I am looking forward,
I'm hoping, I'm hoping that as

645
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,320
these tour, I haven't really
seen anybody else post any more

646
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,920
cards.
I mean, there's got to be more

647
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,000
out there.
So I'm hoping.

648
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,600
To see some we got to ask maybe
on the Reddit for like another

649
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,680
shout out for cards, because to
do that, you are right, there

650
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,000
must be so many that we haven't
seen yet to be.

651
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,160
And the fact that there's like
special cards curious about

652
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,200
that, like how how does one get
those?

653
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,720
And people are asking how to get
the cards if they don't go to a

654
00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:35,600
show and like, we don't know
what that'll be.

655
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:40,080
There will become a stage or
there will be a time when like

656
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,080
yourself and you, you've already
got a duplicate.

657
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:48,760
So you know somebody will have a
duplicate and they will be

658
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,280
selling it wherever you folks
sell your stuff.

659
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,440
Yeah.
So there will be an opportunity.

660
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,200
I'm looking forward to that
opportunity myself for over

661
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,320
here.
Yeah, you know what I mean.

662
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:04,680
Well, I wonder if they're going
to send it with the merch like

663
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,200
they had been doing.
Well, things like that.

664
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:08,480
That's a good.
Question.

665
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:14,880
I hope, yeah, I hope they're
going to be in packs of five and

666
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,360
that you're going to pay.
That's true.

667
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,440
I remember be a money making
thing a little bit right?

668
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,400
Can't be money losing venture.
That's what Ash had said on the

669
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:30,320
subreddit quite a while ago,
that the Envel cards will have

670
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,760
to be monetized.
Yeah.

671
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:33,160
Oh, that's right.
That's right.

672
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:34,040
He told you.
Yep.

673
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,000
Let's hear some more about that.
How did his skin look that day,

674
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,040
Dave?
Beautiful.

675
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:46,200
So yes, they'd yeah, they, they
were not a money, they're not a

676
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,200
money making venture.
And since they lost money on

677
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,800
them, they do need to be
monetized.

678
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,800
But yes, I would like to sell 5
pack bundles please.

679
00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:03,560
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 55 and a foil
pack, yes, maybe 6 or 7 quick

680
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:09,000
6-7 I don't.
Know, I think that's a little

681
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:17,720
pricey, Dave.
But yeah, 55 or a pack, yeah,

682
00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:20,960
6-7.
That would be I'm, I'm not going

683
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,920
to lie, I'm going to put an
order in for 10 packs right off.

684
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:28,240
Oh heck yeah.
There's £5060.

685
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:29,440
Take my money.
Nice.

686
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,680
Do you know what I?
Hope they're listening you.

687
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:36,520
You're all wearing lovely
T-shirts, but I'd rather spend

688
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:37,360
that's.
Funny.

689
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:44,400
On those, I am so, so chuffed
that all these artists that have

690
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:51,520
been on Reddit, we said a couple
of times, do we think this

691
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,080
person's going to be an anvil
card artist?

692
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,360
Do we think this person's going
to be an anvil card artist?

693
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:04,640
Turns out that both these people
are so chuffed for them really,

694
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:08,040
really, really AM.
And it's extra cool that we have

695
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,800
podcast related art done by
these artists too.

696
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:16,000
Absolutely, really really am
chuffed.

697
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,600
I mean, I sent you a video of
the queue back in September and

698
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,920
you went that person there is so
and so.

699
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,760
Turns out it's an artist.
Yeah, I'm really excited for

700
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,480
everybody that's had a chance to
be involved in the artist.

701
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,880
Yeah, what a great they.
They must be over the moon.

702
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,840
Huge opportunity.
Yeah.

703
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,160
Such a grass grill.
Can you imagine?

704
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:42,680
Yeah, at their ages too.
Like, like so cool.

705
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:44,720
Yeah.
Amazing.

706
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,120
I'm not sure how old they are,
but let's call them 18 years

707
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:51,200
old, give or take 19.
You know this.

708
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:56,840
Is amazing, yeah.
To be in a real popular band

709
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,600
class, or as you know what I
mean, be part of it, Be

710
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,320
recognized by.
Yeah.

711
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,560
Happy in people's hands all over
the country, all over the world,

712
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,720
eventually.
Yeah, I hope they don't get too

713
00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:16,560
gutted when a common one only
sells for £2, you know what I

714
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:20,160
mean?
Just because they're common

715
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:21,440
doesn't mean they're not
amazing.

716
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,840
Yeah, because people need the
whole collection, I mean the.

717
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,800
People that are into it, like
you guys want every card.

718
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,360
Oh yeah, absolutely there.
There's a common Ash one that's

719
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,680
out there right now.
It's made by Klee.

720
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,880
It's common, but it is
absolutely stunning.

721
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:40,400
It's.
Beautiful.

722
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,960
I think I know the one you mean.
Yeah, the windswept hair.

723
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:48,080
It's very sort of airbrushed and
soft, the beautiful skin, yes.

724
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,720
Blowing clocks.
Yeah, just.

725
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:53,360
Because he's worth it.
Yes.

726
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:55,600
Well, that was a good shout out,
Dave.

727
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,840
Thank you for that and thank you
for the reminder of that.

728
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,600
Yeah.
We're saying names Ghost Fork,

729
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:09,040
it says on the car and Burby
Blurby, Burby Burdy Cat 90.

730
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,520
I don't know all the other
artists, to be fair, but there's

731
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,120
the ones off top my head that
I'm aware of.

732
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:15,960
Yeah, Yep.
So.

733
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,880
Merchandise.
Merch.

734
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,760
How much did you leave for
everybody else?

735
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,680
Just a few things each thing
that's all.

736
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:30,440
I helped someone else out too
that bought a shirt at in Boston

737
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:34,200
and then it got ruined and she
asked me to pick her up 1 and

738
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,960
mail her a replacement.
So I did that and I sent a

739
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,520
couple Nuggets too, so that.
Was awesome, yeah.

740
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:44,240
But other than that, yeah, I got
one of each thing and it's great

741
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,360
because now we're going to more
shows.

742
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:48,440
That part's done.
We don't have to worry about

743
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,320
buying anymore.
Absolutely.

744
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,720
Yeah, right.
How many of the same?

745
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,640
How many you know of the same
thing do I need?

746
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,360
It looks like you've got one of
those shirts on there, Leslie.

747
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,880
This is the Gray T-shirt.
It's hard to tell with this

748
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,760
lighting, but it's sort of a
light to medium Gray I.

749
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,760
Beg your pardon?
Can you see the back?

750
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:08,760
I don't know if you can see the
back.

751
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,120
Yeah, we can see it.
Yeah.

752
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,240
Is it the?
Songs on the back.

753
00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:18,400
Yeah, we can see them and I've.
I've got the hoodie on, it's

754
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:19,840
just got the Lovejoy on the
front.

755
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,400
And what I love about this is
you probably can't see it at

756
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,480
all.
I'm going to try and go like

757
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,960
this and you still can't see it.
The sleeve has a bunch of

758
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,520
artwork on from the singles,
which is so.

759
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,040
Actually, I had.
I brought the sweatshirt down

760
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,480
with me too.
It might be furry but I could

761
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:39,640
choke.
Maybe the sleeve?

762
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:43,240
And quality of the sweatshirt.
Oh, it's fantastic.

763
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:45,240
It's great.
Yeah, it is.

764
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,200
Thick as can be, like you wear
like your oldest day.

765
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,920
And I've already washed mine.
I've already washed mine a

766
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,000
handful of times, and it's held
up perfectly.

767
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,120
It still looks brand new.
Yeah, there it is.

768
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:58,040
That's the same.
And what else, Leslie?

769
00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,880
Do you have the other T-shirt
handy otherwise?

770
00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:01,200
I do.
I do.

771
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:05,720
You go ahead.
Yeah, it's super thick, guys.

772
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:07,480
Super.
So would you going?

773
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:09,560
Back to the.
Acid.

774
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,960
Yeah.
Going back to the acid, what

775
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:17,200
wash Hoodie with the heart
better?

776
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,960
I wouldn't say better, they have
different uses so I like the

777
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:26,840
lighter weight of the acid
washed one for like now this one

778
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:31,280
I can tell when it's freaking
cold and snowy out and I want to

779
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,880
be super warm.
This hoodie is going to be it.

780
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,040
It's super thick or warm for
sure.

781
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:38,200
Yeah, there.
Are just different things.

782
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,480
The new ones got pockets in the
front.

783
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:45,080
Yes it does.
Which is so much better, you

784
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,440
know, just to have the little
pocket in the front of the.

785
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:48,960
Yeah.
Don't they always?

786
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:52,080
I don't.
Know the Acid Watch has there's.

787
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:56,200
One that doesn't.
There's a couple different acid

788
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:59,560
wash ones One.
Doesn't one with the heart on

789
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:01,640
the front?
And the.

790
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,120
Big skull on the back.
OK.

791
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,560
There's another one from before
that like a previous iteration

792
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:11,400
that has the Lovejay logo on the
front and then I think an Anvil

793
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:16,360
cat on the back that maybe has
the pocket in, I don't know.

794
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:20,960
And I know the acid washed wrong
with the heart we got at a show

795
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,600
in DC, but then when they put it
online that you switch to a

796
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:26,280
solid black.
And I think, Angie, you said you

797
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,280
had both versions of that.
Yeah, of course.

798
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:33,480
Yeah, yeah, Why wouldn't we?
So here I'm going to show your

799
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:34,880
pins.
But while I'm holding this in my

800
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:36,720
hand, this is the other
T-shirts.

801
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,440
It's very cool.
Brick.

802
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,840
It's probably too close there.
And this is the.

803
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:47,200
This has all the cities on the
back.

804
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:51,160
So one has all the songs and the
other is all the cities.

805
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,520
So they are different.
And one's Gray and one's black.

806
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:55,560
So you could see the difference
now.

807
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:58,240
Black and Gray.
Yeah, against me, yeah, to.

808
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:00,800
Be quite honest with you, I'm
more of AI know I'm wearing

809
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:02,800
black but I'm more of a Gray
person.

810
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:03,920
So you would.
Love that shirt.

811
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:07,160
It was fun to get Gray because
they're always black, you know?

812
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,320
Yeah.
And I like that the the black

813
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,600
one has a lot of red on it.
So it's not just black.

814
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,320
Black.
And then this is the monochrome

815
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:16,400
tote bag.
Please.

816
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:20,840
I love fur bag Mike.
It's nice and thick and sturdy.

817
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:23,360
Good, solid, strong bag.
And a big size.

818
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,000
A good size.
So is it bigger?

819
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,840
Would you say it's bigger than
the other type bag?

820
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:31,680
It is cool for sure.
Yeah.

821
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,520
Is there anything on the other
side?

822
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:37,000
No oops, upside down.
It's got the lyrics to.

823
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,680
Monochrome, you can't go wrong
with that.

824
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,720
I adore that song as I know you
do too.

825
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:44,600
Yeah, it's nice.
Strong.

826
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,720
Sturdy handles like yeah, it's a
good item for sure.

827
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:52,520
Like I say, I know the other the
other ones from 2023, they were

828
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,920
good solid bags.
This is thicker.

829
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,040
I feel like this is like
sturdier more.

830
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,040
Yeah, Yep.
And a little bit bigger.

831
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:02,200
And Angie, you got the pins
there.

832
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,480
I know everyone wants to see the
close up of those pins.

833
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:07,120
Yeah, they're very cool.
Let me see here.

834
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:11,400
Can I get them in there?
They're very cool.

835
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:16,360
It's got it's got the hand.
And then the ghost, which, off

836
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,200
topic, I love that Mark has that
ghost on his drum head.

837
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,160
Yes.
That's very cool.

838
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:22,320
That's.
Pretty sick.

839
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:24,520
Yeah, the pins are cool.
I like them.

840
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,040
I.
Got a lot of compliments on the

841
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:28,360
Ghost on my purse.
People thought it was like there

842
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:31,880
for Halloween.
I'm like band, my band's thing.

843
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:34,760
They all know my band means
Lovejoy.

844
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,480
Yeah, all the merch, it's it's
well made.

845
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:42,600
It's I'm, I'm happy with it,
1000% Yeah, good.

846
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:46,440
And oh, I didn't get to show
this off before.

847
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:50,760
It's not exactly merch, but it's
exciting.

848
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:55,360
So my daughter was lucky enough
to have received the set list

849
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:58,720
from Wilbur at the Chicago show.
You like how they wrote Chick a

850
00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:01,240
go?
I was just about to say the

851
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,560
chicken wrote chick a go.
Chick a go and I like how they

852
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,440
it's not just plain white.
It has the ghost as we're

853
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:10,040
talking about.
My daughter was using a point

854
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:11,560
and shoot camera for the whole
show.

855
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,360
Not often, but when she did take
a picture or video, it was the

856
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,760
point and shoot.
And she said I think that he

857
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,520
liked that I was using something
different than I just have a

858
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,080
cell phone to take pictures.
She thinks that's why maybe he

859
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:26,120
chose to give her the syphilis.
And this piece of tape was a

860
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,040
little thicker when we got it.
It was funny.

861
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,560
This girl came up to us, came up
to my daughter anyway, at the

862
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:35,360
end of the show and said she
collects pieces of the tape from

863
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:37,440
setlists and puts them in her
phone case.

864
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:41,600
She asked for a piece of tape.
So my daughter tore off a little

865
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,600
strip of the the tape and she's
like, Oh my God, I love you.

866
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:46,000
You're the nicest person I've
ever met.

867
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,960
Was there a piece of tape?
Yeah, 'cause it was like a nice,

868
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:53,200
good strip across the top.
So it was nice to like.

869
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:57,200
Here you go.
The things people collect.

870
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,400
Everybody else, there's thing,
you know, usually it's confetti.

871
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:01,800
Anytime my daughter and I are at
show when there's confetti or

872
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:06,080
the ones like scrambling on the
floor, you know, So it's the

873
00:49:06,080 --> 00:49:08,720
little things.
So that was.

874
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,560
Very nice.
So you're more than happy with

875
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:15,640
all the match?
More than happy.

876
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,480
The whole experience start to
finish.

877
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:22,000
Angie had Avip go in Minnesota
as compared to Chicago.

878
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,520
I was, I was just thinking about
that actually.

879
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:27,680
It was very well run there.
I would say there were twice as

880
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:31,200
many VIP people in Minneapolis
as there were in Chicago.

881
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:36,200
So it was very, very, very
quick, which it had to be like

882
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,080
totally understand that.
So yeah.

883
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:40,200
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Especially after getting a

884
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:44,040
little more time in Chicago, you
felt like you did not get a lot

885
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:48,240
of time in Minneapolis.
But you know what, it's just to

886
00:49:48,240 --> 00:49:52,680
even have any time at all was
really amazing.

887
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:56,840
I mean, I was able to spit out,
you know, like, Mark, I hope

888
00:49:56,840 --> 00:49:58,720
these guys were nice to you on
your birthday.

889
00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:02,040
And I, I, I talked to him about
that e-mail that I loved so

890
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:03,520
much.
Yeah.

891
00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,120
And I was talking about it.
All of a sudden, it's like, OK,

892
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:07,440
we got to take a picture.
We got to go.

893
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:10,920
And it, it was really nice
because I was still, I was still

894
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:12,800
talking about it as we were
taking the picture.

895
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:16,560
Will was standing next to me and
he's like, it's OK.

896
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,080
He's like, I understand, I know
how you feel.

897
00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:22,000
I get it.
I was like, oh, thanks, but

898
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,880
that's sweet.
It was great and everything.

899
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:27,400
Yes, very well organized.
And I don't remember if we said

900
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:31,320
this or not, but Busta will come
out and kind of give you a brief

901
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:34,680
overview like no hugging, stuff
like that.

902
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:38,200
And there is a line of tape that
they put on the floor just to

903
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,960
kind of help keep a healthy
distance because these guys

904
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:42,760
don't want to get sick.
We don't want to get them sick

905
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:46,560
so they can continue to play.
But it was all very well run

906
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,920
again, it was, it was organized.
When you were done, you got

907
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:52,400
right back in your line.
So you were first for the queue.

908
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,440
You have to watch sometimes for
tricky people that will try to

909
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:57,640
circumvent that.
But it was, it was good.

910
00:50:57,960 --> 00:50:59,720
It was good.
I have no complaints.

911
00:50:59,720 --> 00:51:01,400
It was great.
Yeah, I thought very well

912
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:05,880
organized and I hope this
conversation has been helpful

913
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:10,040
this episode and last for what
to expect because it seems so

914
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,760
overwhelming to not know exactly
what to expect.

915
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:16,480
And it's nice to know and be
able to share that it goes

916
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:19,040
smoothly and well and you feel
like you had your moment.

917
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,320
And I know we got some great
pictures that we'll have to

918
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:25,160
share on here as well.
Pop into this episode.

919
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:26,640
Yes, and I've.
Yeah.

920
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:31,040
And I will say, the guys, you
could tell if somebody was up

921
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:34,880
there and seemed very nervous,
they're very good at starting

922
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:38,120
conversation and very good at
making you feel.

923
00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:40,000
Relaxed, I'm sure you saw it
too.

924
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,920
There are some kids up there
that weren't that were that were

925
00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:45,960
pretty scared and just kind of
overwhelmed didn't know what to

926
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:47,720
say.
They're they're really good at,

927
00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:50,920
especially Will, he's great at
making conversation.

928
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,680
And they're all just, it has to
be exhausting, mentally

929
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:59,240
exhausting for them to do that.
So like, I appreciate it.

930
00:51:59,240 --> 00:52:02,080
I'm really grateful that they've
taken the time to do meet and

931
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:04,760
greets because it has to be, it
has to be tired.

932
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:08,240
Yeah, it's fantastic.
And it sounds like they have

933
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:10,760
gotten something.
Out of it as well.

934
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:15,440
But yes, it's got to be it's got
to be tough because all these

935
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:17,440
different personalities coming
up to you, you don't know what

936
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:21,000
they're going to throw at you
Not literally, but yeah, they're

937
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:22,840
very sweet.
I think everyone's walked away

938
00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:26,600
from these experiences, these
meetings, and felt that they

939
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:30,200
just beaming, just that they had
a great time, it was a

940
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,760
tremendous opportunity and they
felt comfortable even though

941
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:37,120
they were anticipating.
Not feeling so.

942
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:40,120
They're all so kind, all four of
them.

943
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,640
They're just yes, absolutely.
They're fantastic people.

944
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:45,600
You have lot to look forward to
doing.

945
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:49,840
I'm really looking forward to it
and I'm really hoping that by

946
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:53,960
the end of the tour you'll come
back to me and tell me when the

947
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:57,240
UK are going to get a go
briefly.

948
00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:04,880
Next gigs for you 2.
Yep, I added a an unexpected gig

949
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:10,480
to my list.
I'll be seeing Angie in DC and

950
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:13,720
I'm bringing my bestie.
So I'll have my Midwest bestie

951
00:53:13,720 --> 00:53:17,200
and my bestie since this grade
in the same place.

952
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:19,600
The same with my best favorite
band I like.

953
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:21,880
My head didn't explode.
How much better does it get?

954
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:26,920
And I added an unexpected gig to
my list, so I will be seeing

955
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:31,440
Leslie again in Philadelphia.
And then I'm taking my daughter

956
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,360
and my brother, so I'm psyched
for him to see the band.

957
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:37,360
I will be at the New York show
the day after Philly, their last

958
00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:39,400
show of the tour meet.
Awesome.

959
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,360
It's exciting to know that we
have all these shows ahead of

960
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,040
us.
The site it's going to be 1 hell

961
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:47,080
of a week.
Yeah, Oh my goodness.

962
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:49,560
You've got a crazy.
All of those shows in a week.

963
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:56,520
The 22nd, 26th and 27th for me
and then Angie's got the 22nd

964
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:59,600
and 26th.
Yeah, I fly home and then fly

965
00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:03,480
back out again the next day.
Well, thanks you all for

966
00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:06,480
listening.
I think we are all caught up.

967
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:11,760
Absolutely all the bases.
Look out for a lot of photos

968
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:14,560
above.
We'll drop how we pronounce

969
00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:16,160
Nick.
Lazy or lazy?

970
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:21,120
Oh yeah, we'll drop a link to
his Anvil cards in.

971
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:23,720
The binder.
Yeah, the binder.

972
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:27,960
Very good.
In the blog post or attached to

973
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:32,960
this.
I'm so glad that I finally now

974
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:38,360
know how you got on because it's
all been a bit a male.

975
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:40,120
A blur.
A male.

976
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:44,480
God, yeah, we both came down
with the cold at the same exact

977
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:47,520
time.
Of course, next time we we chat,

978
00:54:48,240 --> 00:54:50,480
we'll have been to these other
shows.

979
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:53,240
Yeah, much more.
To talk about yeah and.

980
00:54:54,320 --> 00:54:59,240
More News UK News Yes, for 2026,
that'll be your.

981
00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:03,200
Turn what will be telling me?
Then more Angel cards.

982
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:06,880
We'll have more, sorry.
Oh no, you're good, You're good.

983
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:08,320
Yes.
More ammo cards.

984
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:09,800
I need to see more new ones.
I'm going to.

985
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:11,880
I'm going to put a post on the
Reddit about that.

986
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:14,040
There's got to be more floating
all around out there.

987
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:18,440
For sure, good call.
Just nobody wants to put them up

988
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:20,360
today.
They're gatekeeping.

989
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:25,720
Don't gatekeep.
Come on, we're all friends,

990
00:55:25,720 --> 00:55:31,880
right?
On that note, all right guys for

991
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:33,280
watching.
Thanks for listening.

992
00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:36,320
Let us know if you have any
other questions you have for us

993
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:38,000
or anything.
Well, I guess we'll build answer

994
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,080
them.
We can answer them on in the

995
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,120
comments section.
So thank you all.

996
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:43,000
Excellent.
Bye, guys.