GEMFEST - Ralph Renna

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Episode Transcript

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Quit a can't terra picks one Osix. Ralph, Ralph Randa is on
the phone. He's he's Ralph.But what's your title? What don't we
call you? Yeah? Who areyou? What the hell's your deal?
What is my title? You justasked me? Yeah, what's your uh
celebrating thirty five years of a failedradio career, that would be it?

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All right, Well, you're honestwith yourself. I respect that. What
are you doing? What are youdoing now, Ralph ran Well, first
of all, um, just drinkingdecaff half calf and um, you know,
partaking in a bowl of my favoritestrain. Because I noticed that you
guys are definitely weed supporters and Idefinitely support the information. But he was

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asking what your career? All right, all right, I want to I
want to put out another alert thatyou shouldn't drink boiling water. That definitely
something that's the water. So Iboiled my water. Ralph, I love
that you were listening this morning.Yeah, what are we promoting? The
Gemfest? Gemfest? Yeah, wellit's you know, thirty five years ago

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I started, and I was thinkingI was going to slow down and I
was going to stop doing I'm likeI got to celebrate this with some things.
And local music is kind of whereI made my way with Capital Underground
Radio dot com and that closing rockshowdot com. I kind of made my
way with that these days independently justdoing that supporting local music live streams in

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a podcast and it's fun and Ihave a good time. So we figured
June twenty fourth and Empire Live,we were going to have our first anniversary
party. July twenty first and twentysecond in Glens Falls is the Gemfest ADK
dot com. Now Gemfest has beengoing for like eight years. There's been
ten bands. Now this year there'sover fifty artists over the course of two

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days, seven stages. So Ifigured we'd go big for this, and
Gemfest is where we're gonna land inGlens Falls in July in the of the
summer, Hey, Ralph, isit Is it all in one location or
is it multiple venues? It startsout at the Queensberry Hotel and it is
on a Friday from twenty first toJuly, and then after the Queensberry lets

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out, there's a big party andthen all the bars around town have banned.
The next day it moves down thestreet to the shirt Factory, which
has a huge open yard with ahuge full concert stage, and then there's
four other stages throughout that venue outdoors, indoors. Very cool thing. Lots
of artists, lots of vendors,craft beers, family friend Again, this

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is the biggest local music festival ofour time right now? Is that?
Is it? Now? Is that? Is that smack chocking enough fire and
shot across the battlet another festival?Are you? No? Not at all?
We all know that it perfessed isthe same day? No, that's
not. That's not the reason why. And there's the plug for that.
Because Fuz and I use that fora platform warm for ourselves. We decided

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to break off last August and justgo on our own because we come from
the the shock job generation and wewant to talk about you know, flatu
in Shields. You guys, youguys actually schedule your events on the same
day. Uh see, that's thething I believe from what I heard,
we didn't schedule an event. Theorganizers a Gemfest, and they professed,

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I guess how to talk, andthey came to the conclusion there was no
malicious intent. It just happened andit's happened in the past. Remember,
everything doesn't have to be a battle. I am Tony Brown and Mike Corna
and now you have professed. Comeon, no, no, no,
what's up. I'm really glad thatyou guys brought this up, because yeah,

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it's just it's just the way it'sgoing down. People have to make
a choice of going to see theconcert A or constant B. But you
didn't put up now in the middleof this, say it again. We
are quitting where we stand? Wheredo you stand now? You guys stand
just fine? No, if noone's gonna worry about it. But the
thirty fifth anniversary is really what Iwanted to talk about. If I'm playing

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nipper Fess this year, if Ifeeling obligated to play them next year,
or like, do you think theband's not don't have a problem getting book
both places. I think between Nippertown, Capital Underground, that Buzzing Rock Show,
Amy Klem, Mike Stampalli, EmergeFilms, five one eight, Rock
Art Forget Your Old Friend from Experiencemonthly in RRX and Radio Radio X and

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Motor Mountain off Road. There's plentyof outlets for local music, and there's
plenty of love to go around.So it's all about a unity and that's
what we're calling for too, isa calling of a truth. There's no
competition between all of us. Weare like the unified front for a local
musician to benefit in upstate New Yorkbecause that's basically it's a piece rising tides

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lifts all everyone, right, right, So yeah, you know, if
you guys want to spin it theother way while they you can do that.
Take it easy. We're test happenbut good time. Yeah, No,
I know you got a lot intothis. We're talking about Gemfest.
Gemfest a DK dot com that didn'tthe name didn't come from the Stephen Universe
cartoon, did it Gemfest? Idon't think so. Man, No,

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you're a psycho. It's a trip, you know. It's the It's the
brain child of two guys, BrianMichael and Um and Anthony Ratikui, an
artist a musician, put their effortstogether and it's changed every year, and
this year it's at its biggest.We're just happy to be part of it,
all right, Oh cool man,We're we want We're happy to support.
I don't think we get enough opportunityto support local music. So I'm

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glad that we can do this,and I like Tom. It's tough calling
a gemfest yea, and keeping mymanliness. It's a good name. Happy,
it's a great it's a great name. Ralph, Ralph Ranna. Thanks
for the time. We'll keep pushingthis for you. It's a good day
all around for local music when itgets here. Thanks Ralph, Thanks guys,

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having a great weekend, you too, buddy. It's Quinny can't Tara
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