# Poor Man's Cross Promo Special - The Indie Circuit Show 500!

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2023-10-28  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/poor-mans-cross-promo-special-the-indie-circuit-show-500

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## Analysis

Mal from Poor Man's Pinball Podcast presents a cross-promotional special: the 500th episode of his decade-long radio show 'The Indie Circuit' from RadioStPete.com, recorded with Craft Brew Sally. The episode is primarily non-pinball content — a reflective retrospective on 10 years of broadcasting (2013–2023) covering personal milestones, career transitions, relocations from Florida to Wisconsin, family moments, and losses. Mal emphasizes this is a one-time special and distinct from the regular Pinball Junk Drawer podcast.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] The Indie Circuit started officially at noon on July 4, 2013 — _Mal stating the official kickoff date for RadioStPete.com_
- [HIGH] Mal has done 500 shows in a row without missing a week recording — _Mal reflecting on the 500-show milestone, noting only preemptions for holidays like Christmas_
- [HIGH] Mal and Craft Brew Sally sold their Clearwater house in 15 seconds and relocated to Wisconsin in October 2020 — _Mal describing the rapid house sale and move from Florida to Greenville, Wisconsin on October 16, 2020_
- [HIGH] Mal's father passed away in 2015 and Mal broadcast a show that week — _Mal discussing his father's death and continuing to record, referencing Brett Favre's approach_
- [HIGH] The episode will air on 96.7 FM in St. Petersburg, Florida on 10-28 and on RadioStPete.com — _Mal announcing the broadcast details and cross-promotion at the start_
- [MEDIUM] Mal's original podcast 'Bunch of Dorks' ran from 2006 and no longer ages well in the modern era — _Mal reflecting on past show 'Bunch of Dorks' starting in 2006, noting sensitivity/PC concerns_
- [HIGH] Mal had a public access TV show from 1999 to 2007 — _Mal stating the dates of his public access TV show before joining RadioStPete.com_
- [HIGH] Mal and Craft Brew Sally saw 5678s perform three times: UFO Club Tokyo, St. Pete's Jannus Landing (2019), and Minnesota VFW earlier in the year — _Mal and Craft Brew Sally discussing their concert-going history with the band_

### Notable Quotes

> "This has nothing to do with pinball. So, if you're a real purist, go ahead and turn that off rather than writing an angry email about it or something."
> — **Mal**, Opening
> _Establishes the special nature of this episode and manages expectations of the pinball audience._

> "I have done a weekly show every week for these two hours, and I'm starting to wonder if maybe it's my only—what's keeping me sane?"
> — **Mal**, Mid-episode reflection
> _Personal reflection on the therapeutic value of the show over a decade, suggesting deep commitment despite life challenges._

> "Pop would say, do it, you sissy. He was like that."
> — **Mal**, Discussing father's death in 2015
> _Reveals why Mal continued broadcasting the week of his father's passing; illustrates his father's personality and influence._

> "We went from making memories to just having memories and that sucks."
> — **Mal**, Reflecting on father's death
> _Emotional moment acknowledging the shift from shared experiences to retrospection after loss._

> "I will say the more times I go to Japan, the less times I want to leave Japan. I love it there."
> — **Mal**, Discussing concert trips
> _Personal preference statement reflecting Mal's affinity for Japan, likely tied to exchange student history and cultural experiences._

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Mal | person | Host of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast and The Indie Circuit show; has multiple broadcasting aliases; 10-year veteran of RadioStPete.com. |
| Craft Brew Sally | person | Co-host/guest on The Indie Circuit 500th episode special; long-time collaborator on Pinball Junk Drawer and other shows; Disney fan who names cats after Disney characters. |
| RadioStPete.com | organization | Radio station/platform in St. Petersburg, Florida where Mal has broadcast The Indie Circuit and other shows since July 2013; operates on 96.7 FM. |
| Poor Man's Pinball Podcast | product | Regular podcast show hosted by Mal and Craft Brew Sally that focuses on pinball content; distinct from The Indie Circuit special. |
| The Indie Circuit | product | Mal's long-running radio show that reached 500 episodes (10 years) as of this special broadcast; hosted on RadioStPete.com. |
| Saki Mama Go Go | product | Another radio show by Mal that airs directly after The Indie Circuit; features music and Asian cultural content. |
| Pinball Junk Drawer | product | Regular podcast hosted by Mal and Craft Brew Sally focusing on pinball; features beer and craft recommendations alongside pinball discussion. |
| Drew | person | Unidentified contact (possibly network/podcast management) who approved the cross-promotional special when Mal reached out. |
| Tao | person | Exchange student (2006–2007) who stayed with Mal and Craft Brew Sally; became American citizen; now has more degrees and children; married Chris and Mal performed the ceremony. |
| Kyoko | person | Exchange student (2008–2009) who stayed with Mal and Craft Brew Sally; married in Jojo Castle in Kyoto, Japan; Mal and Craft Brew Sally attended. |
| Kaneda | person | Connection/friend who helped Mal and Craft Brew Sally get tickets to 5678s at UFO Club in Tokyo. |
| Reverend Horton Heat | person/band | Band that performed with 5678s at Jannus Landing in St. Pete for 2019 Christmas Holiday Hootenanny event. |
| 5678s | person/band | Japanese rock band that Craft Brew Sally lists as favorite; Mal and Craft Brew Sally have seen them perform three times across multiple countries. |
| Slowest Robot-A-Go-Go | product | B-movie podcast created by Mal that ran for approximately 335 episodes covering multiple movies per episode. |
| Bunch of Dorks | product | Original podcast started by Mal in 2006 that ran for an extended period; Mal notes it 'didn't age too well' by modern sensitivity standards. |
| Graceland | venue | Elvis Presley's mansion in Memphis, Tennessee where Mal and Craft Brew Sally renewed their vows in 2014 for their 20th anniversary. |
| Jannus Landing | venue | Venue in St. Petersburg, Florida where Mal and Craft Brew Sally saw 5678s perform in 2019 with Reverend Horton Heat. |
| UFO Club | venue | Venue in Tokyo, Japan with 85-person capacity where Mal and Craft Brew Sally saw 5678s perform; was overcrowded at 260 people. |
| Greenville, Wisconsin | place | Town in Wisconsin where Mal and Craft Brew Sally relocated in October 2020; currently their home base. |
| Clearwater, Florida | place | Florida city where Mal and Craft Brew Sally lived from 1993 to 2020; sold their house in 15 seconds in 2020. |
| Penn State | organization | University where Mal graduated; moved to Florida afterward. |
| Murder by Death | person/band | Band whose songs 'The Last Night on Earth' and 'Coming Home' were featured in the episode; Mal's favorites. |
| April March | person/band | Artist featured in episode with songs 'Chick Habit' and 'Pavou Lola' from the album 'Paris in April'. |
| Lords of Altamont | person/band | Band whose songs 'Lightning Strikes' and 'Altamont Sin' were played from their album 'Altamont Sin'. |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Radio broadcasting milestones and longevity, Personal life reflections and major life transitions, Cross-promotional podcast/show collaboration
- **Secondary:** Music and concert experiences, Career changes and job transitions, Family and relationships, International travel and cultural experiences
- **Mentioned:** Loss and grief

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.65) — Predominantly celebratory and reflective tone regarding the 500-episode milestone and decade of broadcasting. Warm, nostalgic passages about personal memories, relationships, and creative output. However, punctuated by genuine sadness and grief when discussing the death of Mal's father in 2015 and the loss of beloved pets. Job instability and uncertain future prospects also add underlying anxiety. Overall optimistic and grateful framing despite hardships.

### Signals

- **[content_signal]** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast (regular show) cross-promoting The Indie Circuit (decade-long radio show reaching 500 episodes). Episode airs on 96.7 FM St. Petersburg and RadioStPete.com. Indicates audience overlap and collaborative content strategy. (confidence: high) — Mal stating 'Reached out to Drew. Drew said that would be awesome' and broadcasting details about 10-28 airing date.
- **[community_signal]** Mal maintains multiple concurrent podcast/radio shows (The Indie Circuit, Pinball Junk Drawer, Saki Mama Go Go, We Suck At Video Games, plus ten other shows) with decade-long track record. Indicates deep involvement in media production community. (confidence: high) — Mal stating 'I do the Pinball Junk Drawer, and we do the We Suck At Video Games. And I do about ten other shows' and listing historical shows from 1999–present.
- **[personnel_signal]** Mal and Craft Brew Sally maintain long-standing personal and professional relationships (exchange students, former colleagues, musicians, etc.) reflecting tight-knit community ties. (confidence: high) — Discussion of multiple exchange students (Tao, Kyoko, etc.) who remain in their lives, performing Tao's wedding, attending Kyoto wedding, multiple concert attendances with Craft Brew Sally.
- **[event_signal]** The Indie Circuit reaches 500 episodes at 10-year mark (July 2013 – 2023). Celebrated with special retrospective episode and cross-promotional broadcast. (confidence: high) — Mal: 'this is a huge, huge accomplishment in my life...10 years on Radio St. Pete' and 'officially at noon on July 4, 2013.'
- **[content_signal]** Mal deliberately chose against traditional 'clip show' format, instead opting for thematic retrospective with music interludes and personal reflection. Indicates intentional editorial/creative choice for milestone episode. (confidence: high) — Mal: 'we were going to do a clip show, and then I was like, oh, clip shows, I don't like clip shows...I thought, you know what might be fun? We're going to do a trip down memory lane.'

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## Transcript

 Oh my gosh, what is this and why is this and who is this and where, why, what, when? Anyway, my name is Mal, otherwise known as Foghorn Leghorn, otherwise known as listener number 15, tribe member number 2, otherwise known as nobody, something. I have too many aliases. Who is with me? Just Craft Bruce Alley. Just Craft Bruce Alley. What's your tribe number? Oh, we didn't get you that. I don't have a tribe number. Anyway, enough of that. Now, this is a little bit of a special circumstance, everyone. So, to preface, this has nothing to do with pinball. So, if you're a real purist, go ahead and turn that off rather than writing an angry email about it or something. So, again, this has nothing to do with pinball. It's just something cool. So, I have a long-running radio show down in Radio St. Pete called The Indie Circuit. I do a second one called Saki Mama Go Go, but we're just going to drop in the indie circuit because it hit 500 shows, which is 10 years. Very long time. So it was something I thought would be very cool to share with our family and friends. And since the tribe is part of our family, wouldn't you say so? I would say so. I would say so as well. We wanted to share. Reached out to Drew. Drew said that would be awesome. So here it is. we're dropping in our 500th show that we just finished it's going up this week 10-28 it's going up on the FM station we're doing a cross promotion on 96.7 FM down in St. Petersburg Florida and then we and it's going up on our weekly upload on the RadioStPete.com so we hope you dig it we hope you like it it's kind of a we were going to do a clip show but those are dumb yeah those are yeah they're tedious at best yes so we figured we just kind of we just kind of did a what has changed for us in the last 10 years and you know hope you like it again I can't stress enough if you were just a real pinball purist don't listen to this show and I don't think we talked about beer at all either See, nary a mention of beer or pinball. So it's a little different than the pinball junk drawer, which you're used to hearing our melodious voices and deep thoughts on. Yes, you are correct. You guys dig it. This is a one-time deal. Don't worry. You're not going to be having to wade through my weekly shows or our weekly shows, just our regular ones. We do the pinball junk drawer, and we do the We Suck It video games. And I do about ten other shows, but this is the one that hit the big milestone, so hope you dig it. Here is, without any further ado, the Indie Circuit from RadioStPete.com. Oh, groovy, baby. Come with me if you want to live. All right. First of all, calling out my audio guy techniques. Anyway, what is this? You know, this is a huge, huge accomplishment in my life. We're talking about the Indie Circuit. Big show 500. And I say big show every week, but this is actually a big show. This is a big deal. We're hitting 10 years on Radio St. Pete. My name is Mal. With me for the first time, although she says not, but my brain is a little fuzzy. Who do I have with me? I am Craft Brew Sally. The lovely and talented Craft Brew Sally. She's on a lot of the other shows I do. We do, I should say, not I do. But I am saying it's the first time appearing on the Indy Circuit for Big Show 500. See, when you drink a lot of beer, folks, that's what happens. Memory's a little fuzzy. But I'm going to start off by saying, if you're used to the regular show, if you are a regular listener, thanks very much. I'm very honored. This will be a little bit different. We were going to do a clip show, and then I was like, oh, clip shows, I don't like clip shows. They're kind of- They're kind of clunky sometimes. And they're tedious. Yeah. Like, you're like, ugh, okay. You're like, yeah, I already saw this. So then I thought, you know what might be fun? We're going to do a trip down memory lane, and I'm going to do a little bit of the before times and then we're going to talk about the decade that was happening around us as we were here on the indie circuit each and every week and then hopefully we ride off into the sun. No wait, we're going to keep doing this show. There will be music. And maybe I'll have a first appearance again in the future. Probably within five shows. I will not remember this anyway. Tomorrow I won't remember this. Too much beer and rum. So what we're going to do is I am going to drop in some music. Right now I'm going to do a quick music break. They're probably going to be shorter. I usually do a nice, like a block of music each time, but I'll probably just do like two songs per drop because there will be a little bit more talky than you might be used to. Anyway, let's gather our thoughts and take a sip of coffee while we drop in some of this awesome music. I'm going to really key in on some of my all-time favorites music-wise too because this is a celebration for you, for us, for Radio St. Pete. Let the good times roll, baby. Now I swear, the next one of you primates even touches me. Yeah! I saw people pray I saw people fight I saw the day turn To endless night The rivers rose And it took its toll Hope faded I folded Skyscrapers fall to the ground Children lost in the rubble And never found Last night on earth Last night on earth Don't look back, it was the last night I saw a husband cradle his wife I saw satellites fall from the sky I felt the hope that I carried inside Die I saw power, corruption and fools I saw wild dogs scavenging the schools Last night on earth Last night on earth Don't look back Don't look back It was the last night Where the charlatan Sold water to the drowned The lost Instructed the found But out there I saw you Surrounded by light The fire of your spirit Burning bright I saw the glimmer Of the hope The last page Of the book Just a spark To catch my eye And I knew I was on borrowed time Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. While the light of the moon Are coming home Howling all the way Are coming home Caught a greyhound out of town I'm coming home Yes, I turn right back around I'm coming home On my hands and knees I'm coming home I know where I've been beat Yeah, I'm coming home By the skin of my teeth I'm coming home By the sound of my feet You know I'm coming home I'm coming home But I ain't coming home for you I'm riding out the wind I'm coming home It don't matter where I've been I'm coming home Crawling on our phones And I'm coming home I'm turning brick walls into doors I'm coming home I got that taste in my mouth I got that color in my gut My skin has turned to leather My hair is banded rose My knees have buckled beneath the Carl Weathers down But now I miss the things that I can't do without I'm going home, but I ain't coming home for you I'm going home and there ain't nothing you can do about it Ain't nothing you can do about it Don't leave the light on Don't need you anymore My old friend Put a cross above the door Let out the bones I'm on my own I'm coming home I'm coming home I'm coming home I'm coming home I coming home There are only two things I can stand in this world People who are intolerant of other people cultures and the Dutch All right, that's how you kick off a show that was, of course, Murder by Death. I played The Last Night on Earth and Coming Home, two of my favorites. I wanted to do Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down, but then I would have immediately broken the thing I just said, which I do often, but I'm going to try not to this show. It's a new day for all of us. So anyway, the Times, I'm going to do a synopsis, a quick synopsis of the Times leading up to before I met, before I became part of the RadioStPete.com family, which I will say kicked off officially at noon on July 4, 2013. Wow. I think I followed directly after that. But anyway, so the four times, if you've heard this story before, sorry, this is going to be a very cliff note version of it. Grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, went to Penn State, graduated. Yay for that. Then we packed our belongings into a little jalopy and drove down to, fell off the turnip truck in Clearwater, Florida, and learned some harsh lessons. That was in 1993. throughout that time. We found our jobs, careers, kind of. We had numerous exchange students. First one was Conoco back in 2004 to 2005. Yep. Then who was it after that? Then it was Tao, 2006, 2007. And Tao, they're all still part of our lives. Tao is actually now an American citizen. Yes. She has more degrees than me. Yes. She has more children than me. Well, not yet. but soon anyway then who's after then we had sarah sarah 2007 2008 oh wow yeah and then kyoko yes 2008 2009 yep and then elena that was 2011 to 2010 or 2012 to 2013 see now that was right when i came back i took a hiatus because i couldn't stand hearing about where i worked one more second And so I said, I'm gone. And I went to Korea from 2011 to 2012 to teach English to children who did not want to learn English. Struggling times. But good times. Because you don't know. Sometimes you have to push boundaries to keep your mind from closing in on itself. Because that does that very quickly. Especially as years advance. Get off my lawn, you kids with your baggy pants and your beepers. So I landed back. 2012 is when I landed. and then me and my dad went back to, we were blacksmiths at a heritage village. Now this was in Pinellas County, Florida. And we, as my dad said, let's go ruin some perfectly good metal. And we did that early and often. And we made a good team. Like I would, when kids would show up, I would, my dad would talk and whatever, and I would make stuff. And if the kids hung out long enough, I would give like a little, the girls would get a little metal heart that I made while they were watching. and boys would get a little metal machine gun or knife. No, they would get a little S hook. That's what they usually got. No knives. Don't give kids knives. I learned that from the first lawsuit. So then, I did not. So then one day there was like this open house event at this heritage village and we were doing our thing and off in the distance, I see a CEO of where I used to work or I worked at that time. and he was he'd retired but he was starting up radio saint pete and i said hey and i called him over and he came over and he interviewed us a little bit for like some bumpers and some drops for this for the event for his soon to be launching radio saint pete.com and i said you know what i like to talk you know what corporate corporate radio saint pete corporate head headquarters I have many many many years of doing dumb stuff on air various ways I would very much like to be part of that and he was like you're in just do something because also before that I told you this was going to be a talky episode everyone I had a public access TV show from 1999 to 2007 when they officially yanked that rug from out from under our feet and in 2006 I started the original podcast that ran for a long long time called Bunch of Dorks. Still floating around out there, but it didn't age too well. Let's just say modern era is a little bit more... Sensitive. Sensitive. Politically correct. And then I was trying to think of all the shows I did, because there's like hundreds. I did the Slow Robot-A-Go-Go, which is this B-movie podcast that's still out there. Look it up. Slow Robot-A-Go-Go. If you like B-movies, we did 335 shows or something like that, but there was like two or three movies per show, so there's like hundreds of movies. You can't believe we're movies. I did like the music dojo that was over in Australia. I did the Asian cult cinema, which became Kung Fu Cinema that became Asian cult cinema. Then we did the Creature Feature starring Doc and Clown, which is like kind of a Creature Feature thing we were trying to do that didn't go very far and go very well. And now these two shows, because I do this one and then directly following this one, I do Saki Mamagogo. So let's just say I have a lot of experience talking to microphones and he's like, whatever, sure. Well, the first show went and then got immediately yanked because I didn't realize he was going for PG because it's a radio station. So my first show was very cursey and I dropped in music that was very not correct. So good luck finding the first one. and I went if you would like to stay on here you're going to have to tone this down some I went oh oh yeah I should have asked these questions before so I really went I had to like I ripped like half the music out of the library I had at that time because it was all angry, cursey, punky whatever nonsense so now you're caught up now I have officially landed in Radio St. Pete and now you are officially going to stop hearing my voice and Crafty Roussali's voice and it's time for more music. I usually don't play this band, but Crafty Roussali had mentioned it. It is my favorite band of all time. And who might that be? Five, six, seven, eight. Yes. Are you going to play my favorite? The world famous five, six, seven, eights. Hang on. This is usually music on Saki Bamagogo. In fact, it's every week on Saki Bamagogo. But I got to be me. Hang on tight. Here's some five, six, seven, eights. Johnny, what can anybody got of this? This? Well, I can make half. What a broach. A pterodactyl. Please keep your arms up. Thank you. Thank you. Don't let the sakuyan be no more Lussoia do ya Hava hava bo ya La da da u la da Don't you gotta Get sakuyan Thank you. Mosura, ya, Mosura It's time to land the barracuda! Everybody do it now Come on and do the balacuda B-A-R-A-C-U-D-A We're the dance crew, we're the dance crew Do the balacuda What's the difference with all those? You know you can't do it, no, no Come on, all of us know We're gonna have a ball One big ball, fly and keep it tight We're gonna do it, no Jump, baby, jump back Jump, jump, jump back I'm so ready now, baby, kick it So left, right, to the right, to the left, up, up. Right, baby, come on, baby, come on. The power to the... Ooh-wee! Ooh-wee! Ooh-wee! Oh, yeah! Ooh-wee! Ooh-wee! Oh, baby, come on! Who, ha, ha, who, ha, ha, who, ha, who, ha, who, ha, who, ha, who, ha, B, A, R, A, C, U, D, A.Edark adolescent headed to work going to developing World's Fair Where the sacraments will守다 space Hey, want to hear the most annoying sound in the world? And all was right in the universe again. That was the world famous 5678s. I played two of Craft Brew Sally's favorites, which were... Barracuda. That was the second one, and what was the first one? Mothra. Mothra. Masuda. We got the Fledger. I saw them three times. Craft Recycling. I had seen them twice. First time I saw them in the UFO Club in Tokyo. That was with Kaneko. We got tickets and went. It was amazing. It was so, so packed. I think the UFO Club has a capacity of 85 and it was at 260. It was like a train. Couldn't even move. It was insane. Just pushing you in. Yeah, I will say the more times I go to Japan, the less times I want to leave Japan. I love it there. So we also, then we saw them, when was the other time? We saw them in St. Pete at... Janice Landing. Yes. That was the 2019 Christmas Holiday Hootenanny. With Reverend Horton Heat. Yes, and Crab for Sally became a big fan of both of the bands after that show. It was really wild. And then earlier this year, we saw them in Minnesota. Minnesota at a VFW. Yes, I had never been in a VFW. It was so much fun. You've led a better life. I used to see a lot of punk shows back in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. Look that town up. We'd go to punk shows when I was a rowdy teen, and you had to walk past all the surly vets that were upstairs in the VFW to get downstairs to listen to music they hated, and they hated you. And at that point, they were drinking, going, why did I defend this country? It's okay, vets. We're trying our best. What can I tell you? We're all wrong. So now we're going to kind of go over a little bit of what has happened, because I will tell you something that's interesting when I reflected upon it. I've never missed a week recording here. I literally have done 500 shows in a row. There was one or two weeks where the show got preempted because it was on Christmas or something like that, and, of course, that makes sense. But I have done a weekly show every week for these two hours, and I'm starting to wonder if maybe it's my only – what's keeping me sane? like my personal you guys are my personal therapist because I have, of this list I was looking at there's been some not so good ones there's been in fact tragic ones but we're not going to talk about, well I'm going to talk about those a little bit but I was coming back from Korea and when you spend time away you come back with different eyes it's hard, you don't think it's going to be that hard but it's very difficult to settle back in. But eventually you get going. Obviously I had Crafter Sally welcoming me with open arms and the kittens and all that kind of stuff. Now we did lose. We had four cats in Clearwater and they slowly died off. First we lost Abu and then we lost, who was the next one? Kink. Then the brothers. Oliver went and then Fulgore held out the longest and And 20 seconds after that, I couldn't walk into a house without cats, and we got four more. So we reset Those are the four that we have now What are the four we have now We have Belle and Destructo Ariel and Zoltan Guess which two I named Craft Beer Sally loves Disney. In fact, we have an upcoming trip to Disneyland in California. So she always names her cats after Disney, and I try and find the most non-offensive, insane names I can think of. So, you know, of course, one of the biggest, one of the things was the move, the big move from Clearwater to Greenville, Wisconsin. Right. Yeah. We sold our house that we lived in since 97. Yes. In 1997 to 2020, our house went on the market and sold in 15 seconds. Then we were homeless. Well, we weren't homeless. We had a month to find a house. Yes. So we landed up here and said, we need a house like this minute. And they were all selling out from under us. Yes, and that was a really hard weekend. It was. Not fun. But our realtor, we found the house we were at. They were still building it. We were walking around on wood planks and crap, and they were still putting in things like walls and stuff. And we were like, well, this one's nice. And she called up the people that were building it, and she's like, they need a house by October 16, 2020. That was our official. That's when we officially became Wisconsinites. Yes. And the cheese ran through our veins. Lambo field. And then, so then, like, literally the guy was like, well, they're paying this price. We're not changing a thing, and we'll get it done. And we said, okalee dokelee doo. Right. And then. And here we are. Here we are. Just three years later. Three years, yeah. We were almost exactly at a three-year mark, a little past. Yep. Amazing. It's been a wild three years. Yeah. You know, I'm so thankful that Radio St. Pete Corporate, they could have said, well, you're not in part of St. Pete anymore. So no, but he's very cool. They are very cool. I should say. And, uh, allowed me to keep doing what I love doing for you and for me. So here we are. You get to hear what about Florida and about Wisconsin. Yes. All the learning. Oh, wow. All right, let's jump in some music and then we'll come back with maybe some not so good things. That was an exciting thing. Yeah. Um, it was hard saying goodbye. It was. The house had a ton of good memories. Uh huh. And, uh, No snow. And no snow there. That's okay, though. Snow's not terrible. Well, I'm the one shoveling at 6, 5, 4, 3 in the morning. No, 5, 30 in the morning. So it's a little harder on me, but it's okay. You get used to it. I thought there'd be a lot more kids around here that would do that for money, but I haven't. They don't get up at 5 o'clock in the morning to do it. They don't do that. Those lazy youngsters with their pages. I've used that joke. I can't use it. All right. Here's music, less of my voice. Shut up, monkey. I got company, dude. Tell me who you think I am. Tell me who you think I am Tell me who you think I am Tell me who you think I am Try to get away from who I am Try to get away from who I am Tiger web, who I am? Who I am, what I'm making now Thank you. Thank you. I'm a believer I'm the center of the world I won't fall, Peter Time to settle scores One, two, three, four Knock me down and back for more Listen Listen Listen Beat up the monsters You know I'm the hero In a doggy dog world Walk with the brembo Emerging from the show Five, six, seven, eight Kick me out, I'm on the floor Something like a hurricane Taking it too far Never see the light of day That is who we are God damn left 12, beat me down, I'm back for more You gotta give me a ride I'm way too big to drive to the devil's house Look out! Here comes the wildest bunch of back clawing, blood lusting, shine drinking, pill taking, pot smoking, crypt taking, law breaking, bootlegging, cop killing, fast living characters you've ever seen. It's the moonshine blockbuster of the year. See them both. The bootlegger. He wanted the money and he didn't care how. He's mean and mad for moonshine. The bootlegger. Plus, on the same bill, moonshiners woman. Mix moonshine with LSD and you take a murder trip. Moon Shiner's Woman. From the backwoods to the bright lights, she was big trouble. It's big action, big trouble, big excitement. Moon Shiner's Woman. Moon Shiner's Woman. Moon Shiner's Woman. Moon Shiner's Woman. It makes Thunder Road look like an ice cream social. Hey, hey, it's your old pal Krusty for my new pork sandwich, the Clogger. If you can find a greasier sandwich, you're in Mexico. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I wonder what the name of that other, that second movie was. Hmm, I can't sound the tip of my tongue. Oh, it's Moonshiner's Woman. Moonshiner's Woman. Moonshiner, woof. Those are two classics, the bootlegger and Moonshiner Woman. That was, of course, The Lords of Altamont. I played Lightning Strikes and the titular Altamont Sin. That was off of their Altamont Sin album. Oh, that band is so good. So I'm trying to think of what else happened. We did stop having exchange students. The last one was Alina right when we kicked off this show. Yeah, I think she left shortly before that. Oh, okay. And yeah, we kind of felt we were a little bit aged out, I think. Yeah. You know, like kids should have like young families, so they're running around doing stuff and wacky stuff. Yeah. You know, and we also took our kids to Disney basically like twice a month, so we were out of ideas once we moved away from a Disney. So that was, you know. Let's see. What else? What else? So we had our 20th anniversary. Oh, we did. Right? Wow. 2014. We went and renewed our vows at Graceland. Oh, that's right. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, the guy didn't dress like Elvis, which was disappointing. I'm sure we could have paid extra for that. We didn't have to pay any extra for that. Yes. Oh, that was, wow. That was exciting. We've been to Graceland a couple times. Yeah. We haven't since they redid it. Correct. They sold it to a company that made it into a real, or is trying to make it into a real destination. Yeah. And we want to get back there. They took out the Heartbreak Hotel, which made my heart break. Yes, literally. No, not literally. Figuratively. Yes. People don't know what literally means. They say that, but they're like, no, no, no. you're talking about figuratively. Yeah. The, um, I didn't love Elvis until the first time we went there. Oh yeah. And we left there going, wow, I, I kind of dig him now. Yeah. Uh, he's like one of those, like Johnny Cash, you know, I don't like country music. Sorry folks. I don't like country music at all. No. I like Johnny Cash. I do too. Yeah. I'm the same. You know, and, and Elvis fits that bill too, where I don't like, like lovey ballady. Well, you can't say you can't really put him into any category. He's in all categories, kind of. I am trying to think, what else do you have on your list? Because I have one that's, I'll close out this talky segment with it. So some of the things I wrote down was our niece Molly was born in 2013. Oh, see, there you go. She joined her brother who was already in existence. Yes, Brandon. He was in reruns by the time she came up on her new show. Our friends Mark and John got married. Yes, they did. Um, Kyok got married. Oh my God. We went, and we went to, we went to Japan. I, I reflect on that. Two gaijin sitting in the Jojo castle. She got married in the Jojo castle in Kyoto. Yes. And we told the other parents, the other family, the exchange students we were hanging out with the one day. And she looked over at us and went, that's not normal. She's like, that, that's doesn't happen here. That's not a, I likened it to people being married at like Disney. Right. People do it. Yeah. But not many. Yeah. So that was incredible. She gave us one of the greatest, other than, like, her year with us was great. And then she gave us one of these memories I'll cherish forever. I couldn't believe it, you know. And then the next year you got ordained and you performed Tao and Chris's marriage. Yes, I did. Yep. So Tao got married by me. I performed the wedding. But I tried to make, I wanted to make a shirt for a while. See, I got like the card that said I was ordained. I paid a little bit extra for the kit. I was trying to get like free parking and I went into Subway and asked for a free sub and they wouldn't give me one. Doesn't seem to get you a lot of being an ordained minister, but I tried. I did. Yeah. I did try. Yes. And then, yeah. Yeah. I mean, I have some other stuff on here. Like I used to work at Target, which was really great in the pharmacy. and then I woke up one day and I no longer worked for Target. I worked for Three Letter. Yes. And. WTF. She works for WTF Incorporated. Yep. Yes. So that was kind of hard for me. That was a big transition. Yeah. And in the same time, in this time period working with you guys, I came back from Korea. I lost the job that I had for 20-some years because they actually outsourced all of the widget making portion to India. Then I got a job. They were trying to keep me on with a different department in third shift I went nah nah nah brah So then I worked for this other company which I hated but I stuck with it because they had an office up here so I could transition so we could get a mortgage. Then I immediately found another job. So I've had, I lost a job, I quit a job, and now I'm on a third job, which I'm on the fence about. I kind of like it, but there's some stuff I'm kind of like, I don't know. But every job's kind of like that probably. So, yes, it's been a tumultuous job life. Yes. We're both kind of, we're at a crossroads. We're kind of both going, we'll see how this goes. But while we contemplate even further, deeper into the decade that was, why did I become this wrestler voice? I don't know. Let's play some more awesome music. Shall we? We shall. I find this all quite preposterous. Oh, I say good sir. Oh, harumph. Oh, oh, boba, goba, boba, boba. Hang up the chick habit. Hang it up, daddy, or you'll be alone in a quick. Hang up the chick habit. Hang it up, daddy, or you'll never get another fix. I'm telling you it's not a trick. Pay attention, don't be thick, or you're liable to get licked. You're gonna see the reason why when they're sitting in your eye, they'll be sitting in your eye. Hang up the chick, have it, hang it up, daddy, a girl's not a time for a pill. Hang up the chick, have it, hang it up, daddy, you're just jumping for a pill. Oh, how your bubble's gonna burst when you meet another nurse, she'll be driving in a hearse. You're gonna need a heap of glue When they all catch up with you And they cut you up in two Now your ears are ringing The birds are stopping singing Everything is turning gray Penny in the jail Now she left the girl You're alone, I love to stay Hang up the chick, have it Hang it up, daddy, oh, yo Be alone in a quick Hang up the chick, have it, hang it up daddy or you'll never get another fix I'm telling you it's not a trick, pay attention, don't be fixed or you're liable to get licked You're gonna see the reason why when it's sitting in your eyes, it'll be sitting in your eyes You're gonna see the reason why when it's sitting in your eyes, it'll be sitting in your eyes When you're gonna see the looking one When you're sittin' in your I He'll be sittin' in your I When you're gonna see the looking one When you're sittin' in your I He'll be sittin' in your I Excuse me. He has tender words, what a tender man, tender Lola Yes, some tender words should tenderize her, O Lila I love you. On peut pas te prendre, tu dois t'en rendre Compte Lola On peut pas te prendre jusqu'au calende Il reste Lola Isn't it interesting, Summer, that after all that stuff we just did, nothing really mattered and there was no point to it? Wowzers. That was April March from her Paris in April album. I played Chick Habit and Pavou Lola, which is poor Lola in French. Anyway, enough of that nonsense. So now we talked about we've moved and sold our home. We've talked about changing jobs. Well, why not take off another of the most tragic things in life? My father passed away. And that was in 2015. Believe it or not, folks, I did a show that week. I just channeled Brett Favre and said, you know what? Pop would say, do it, you sissy. He was like that. my life became a lot less happy or not a lot less silly and funny my dad gave us tons of laughs over the years and we went from making memories to just having memories and that sucks but because we did a lot of stuff together we went to the Heritage Village we were blacksmiths every weekend for not in the summer you don't blacksmith in the summer in Florida that's you'll fall over dead and then we all whenever I went to like arcade auctions he would go with, he had no interest in it, but he would go with and he'd look at stuff and then he'd leave for a while and go to like wherever. Have coffee. Exactly. Some of the stories we could do a show just on his stories. One of the ones that makes me laugh all the time was he used to, I think he used to get hollered at for having candy. We used to have a candy bowl for all the girls and for us too. After he passed away we were cleaning out the sofa. We found all these wrappers. He had eaten. He would sneak one and then shove it on the side of the wrapper or of the sofa so he wouldn't get hollered at. There were a lot of wrappers in that couch. So funny. So many laughs. I mean, he just, I don't know. One of mine is when you, it was when you were in Korea, one of our shelves in the kitchen, one of the little like tabs that hold the shelf up would It would come out and it would break. They had those janky plastic ones where they clicked in place, but if you moved the shelf, it kind of just fell out. Yeah. As soon as the plastic was that brittle crap. So he decided to fix it by using a drink pitcher. A pitcher, a Rubbermaid. Yes, to hold the shelf up. So one day I go in there and I take that out because I'm going to make stuff in it. and the whole shelf, everything on that shelf just came crashing down. I like the one where he busted, I guess at some point he busted my sister's waffle maker, so he didn't tell her. He just put a $20 bill in the waffle maker and just left. And like months later when they were on the road, my sister opens up the waffle maker and just said, I think it just said like sorry or something broken, sorry. Oh, that's classic. Yeah. So, yeah, again, you know, it's been a tough decade. Yeah, that's true. But I'm trying to think what else. COVID, of course. COVID, yeah. Oh, my God. Oh, yeah. COVID. Remember that, everyone? Yes. Sure, we all do. We all suffer. Still remembering that. So this was because of COVID, I was fortunate enough to learn how to vaccinate people. Oh, something that Crafter Sally never thought she would do or never ever wanted to do. I never thought I would, but I actually enjoy doing it. I shouldn't say enjoy it because that sounds weird that you're sticking people and you're enjoying it. But you're also away from the other part. Yeah, it's something different. And that's what kids don't realize. Listen, you youngsters out there. What kids don't realize is you get a job and it just becomes just the same crap day in and day out. Your life kind of just gets into, I don't want to say a rut, but it just gets into a repetitive thing. And that's not it, but a lot of it is just that, except for traumatic change, which we just discussed. So I guess it's been a real interesting decade. Right. I'm going to drop in one more music break. We'll be back, folks, but I'm going to find some shorter songs. And then we'll wrap it up and give our thanks and give our final thoughts. Ooh, what could they be? Who knows? Here's music. That was really good pizza. Oh, this is the best pizza in a cup ever. This guy's unbelievable. He ran the old cup of pizza guy out of business. People come from all over to get this. Thank you. guitar solo Thank you. Thank you. You don't know the power of the dark side. And we are back. That was, uh, who was that? That was the ghastly ones. I played Ghastly Stomp. I was going to play the Lonesome Undertaker, but then I realized that would leave us no time at all. No time at all. All right. So, you know, we were going to kind of just do a quick wrap-up. this decade versus others. The 90s, we met, fell in love, got married, moved to Florida, got new jobs, got new everything. When we landed in Florida, we had a rental couch that pulled out of our bed and a 13-inch TV on a milk crate. And that's not a lie. And we've slowly built up this empire, this media empire for nothing. So that was an exciting decade. The 90s were insane. I graduated Penn State in the 90s. Then 2000s and 2010s. We had all the girls. All the girls. Yeah, they were all exciting. And I'm curious. This one has been the most challenging decade. Yes. But I like... I liked the move to Florida much better than the move to Wisconsin, probably because we didn't have... Because we had a milk crate and that was it. And we had a little goofy cat that used to... Look at the West Play. I used to play Super Mario on that little 13-inch TV, and he would try and get Mario, and it was the happiest time. You know, when you kind of, like, look back over the eras of your life, it can't really go by decades, but you go by the eras, you know. I am hopeful that this one is, like, kind of rejuvenating as far as, like, new and exciting. You know, we're trying to, right now we have these goals we want to do. We want to put the basement in. We're going to Disneyland. We're going to go to Japan again in 2025, we think, we hope. Yes. You know, you have hopes and you have dreams, but you also have the day-to-day stuff that sometimes is good and sometimes is bad, you know. I guess I'm going to wrap it up this show by kind of saying, first and foremost, thank you, listeners. If you're new to the show, welcome. And hopefully, maybe you're a regular listener. Maybe you've listened to all 500 and, my God, you should reach out and say hi. But I don't think there's any of those. I'm very honored That Radio St. Pete Corporate lets me do this show each week I'm very honored that the bands Let me play their music and mostly I'm very Thankful for you all And saying that Make sure you check it out, We Suck at Video Games And the Pinball Junk Show because that's shows that me And Craft Recycling do together Anything else before game is over man? Yeah, we have to do a Shout out to ProjectPinball.org They put pinball machines in children's hospitals. And that's going to do it, folks. Thanks. Here's to another 500. You're the best. That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over.

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