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Well thank you GenXers for joining us on one last show before the end of the year. This is a special show with two fantastic folks in my life. The goal was to make it an exciting episode that shows having a prepared mindset doesn’t necessarily mean we have to be all serious. But that we can also make it fun.
In all honesty, we experienced quite a few technical difficulties, but we wanted to share the results and show how we can still respond well when challenges arise. We hope you enjoy it.
Well what can I say, I’m so excited! Kristin and I recently went on an anniversary trip to Nashville and we had the pleasure of staying at Travis’ Airbnb…. It’s a very quick jaunt to downtown with Broadway and that famous Nashville music scene, as well as centennial park with the life sized replica of the Parthenon from Greece, and really just about any other place you might be interested in seeing in Nashville (sorry folks his place is not quite on the market yet on Airbnb)
But while we were there, Travis was getting ready to go out for a concert… and he showed us this party preparedness pack. It’s this cool little backpack with a few very special features that make it great for parties, concerts and sporting events. In the spirit of preparedness for New Years, we wanted to share it with you today.
Show Links
Backpack - Lunchbox Packs
https://www.lunchboxpacks.com/
Face Mask – Jes Splendid Design
Fan – Fansay Fans
Earplugs
Well, it’s the last show of the year. So I wanted to share a few extra thoughts. First ed wanted me to express his thanks to our listeners and viewers. We do this for a reason and that’s to help individuals and communities become better prepared.
M - for me personally It’s been a great few months of shows and for 2022 we’ve got a bunch of exciting plans. We’ll continue to provide value with our Unboxed Prepping videos. We’re continuing the highly successful Storytime episodes where we share our thoughts on a story from the minds of preparedness. And it sounds like we’re even planning some travel sharing events as well through the year.
We can’t wait to get into it with you.
But for now, remember always to respond well and recover faster! Till next time, this is Matt Marshall signing off.
Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?
Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.
I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.
Until next time… this is monk signing off… better be prepared
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Episode Transcript
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Matt Marshall (00:00):
Well, thanks gen X-ers for joining us on one last
show before the end of the year,this is a special show with two
fantastic folks in my life.
The goal was to make it excitingepisodes.
That shows, having a preparedmindset doesn't necessarily mean
we have to be all that serious,but we can actually make it a
bit fun.
In all honesty, we experiencedquite a few technical
(00:22):
difficulties, but we wanted toshare the results and how we can
still respond well whenchallenges arise.
So we hope you enjoy.
(00:49):
well, good evening, ladies andgents, gen X-ers one and all we
have a really fun show plannedfor you tonight.
This will be our first newyear's Eve party preparedness.
New York style show.
I'm your host for the evening.
Matt Marshall overallpreparedness enthusiast.
And Ed is recovering from arecent mission to one of the
(01:11):
coasts.
So he can't join us today.
One of the things, Ed and Ioften talk about is ways in
which working on preparednesscan actually be fun.
Well, tonight, we're going togive a great example.
Of exactly this point to dothis.
We've brought in a couple of myfavorite people in the world.
(01:33):
let me introduce you to ourfirst guests.
My better half is KristinMarshall, Kristin.
Welcome to the show.
Thanks Matt.
Thanks for having me now,Kristin, I'd like, like to give
you the honor of introducingour, actual guest of the show.
Can you take a little bit oftime just to introduce him, tell
(01:54):
us a little bit of history ofhim.
Kristin Marshall (01:56):
Yeah, sure.
So this is going to be theinfamous Travis Lopes.
And I met Travis back in.
We think it was 1997.
It was a long time ago.
And I met him through church.
I was actually his Sunday schoolteacher.
(02:18):
And he was the sharpest funniestkid.
I have met in a long time.
Then he became our babysitter.
After that, we kind of just tookhim under our wing.
You taught him how to drive.
He was on family vacations withus.
He became our nephew littleknown fact but I was actually
(02:38):
the doula that delivered Meganfor Kristin as well.
Matt Marshall (02:47):
And that in itself explains what type of
person Travis really is.
He will deliver a baby for youhaving no idea how to do it.
Talking about paired.
(03:14):
well, what can I say?
I'm really excited actuallyabout this show.
So Kristin and I, recently wenton an anniversary trip to
Nashville where Travis currentlyresides and.
That was 30 years.
Thank you, Travis.
So we had the pleasure ofstaying at Travis's Airbnb.
It's a very quick jaunt todowntown with, Broadway and the
(03:35):
famous Nashville scene,Centennial park that life-sized
replica of the Parthenon inGreece.
Really just about any otherplace you could get to Sorry,
folks.
His place is not on the marketyet on Airbnb, but while we were
there, Travis was getting readyfor, do you even call them
concerts?
Travis, what do you call themshows, but you had some names,
(03:56):
some elect.
Oh, raves.
I mean, rave show concert, samesame.
Okay.
So he was, he was getting readyfor this concert and he showed
us this little partypreparedness pack that he has.
It's a cool little backpack witha few really special features.
Does that make it great forparties, concerts, sporting
(04:16):
events, all sorts of cool stuff.
And I didn't really comprehendwhat made it so special until I
tried to look it up and look atit compared to all the other
ones that you can get on, sayAmazon and what our audience
probably recognizes as likeeveryday carry type of bags.
So in the spirit of preparednessfor new years, we wanted to
(04:37):
share that with the audiencetoday.
So track.
The first question I have foryou is what gave you the idea
for this cool little kit?
Did you, did you like see it atanother, at another show or
another festival or somethingor, or was it a Travis' original
time?
Travis Lopes (04:55):
That's a great question.
And then by the way, thank youfor the, for the intro, for the
kind words.
Definitely much love back.
Congrats again, on the 30th.
It's such a pleasure having youguys down to Nashville.
The idea from the back honestlystarted as just a favor to a
friend.
One of my good buddies inBrooklyn New York.
His name's Andrew Zim.
He told me that he was basicallyleaving his job as a tech sales
(05:17):
guy to found a EDM focusedcompany.
So EDM is electronic dancemusic.
The community basically thatgoes to electronic music shows
him and his partner.
His co-founder really were, wereinvolved in the community and
sort of through trial and errorhad been annoyed about the fact
that they weren't.
(05:37):
Really great packs to go to EDMshows with.
And so through sort of thisideation and getting in touch
with manufacturers, they createda company called lunchbox packs.
And he basically was promotingit a little bit within our
friend group.
And I think I'd just gotten likea commission check.
I said, Zim, I want to helpsupport you and your company,
like I'll buy one of your packs,man, send me the link or
(05:58):
whatever.
You know, mates rates likefriends and family discounts.
So he hit me up with the littlecode and I bought one of the
bags.
It was me, it was basically tosupport a friend in his business
originally.
And then, you know, obviouslyyou get the product And then I
just fell in love with, with thebackpack and the compliments I
get it shows and just theconversation starter.
It's something, it's one ofthose things where you can show
(06:18):
up by yourself at a thing andpeople just start chatting and,
oh man, you know, cool backpack,cool lights, et cetera.
So I just, it became a part ofmy sort of festival and concert
persona.
Matt Marshall (06:30):
When we were talking with Travis earlier in
the discussion, we also shared afew more details on the origins
of the lunchbox pack itself.
you know, this doesn't have tobe a full podcast, just
shamelessly promoting lunchbox.
But my buddy Andrew Zim isactually one of the co-founders
and this pack was specificallycreated by him from his.
(06:51):
Super big experience of going toshows and thinking what would
festival pack look like?
Travis Lopes (06:57):
And that's why a lot of those features you see
that comes from being in thetrenches at festivals, thinking
about certain things, how, howeasy is it to fill the water?
Do you want something that locksso that, you know, people can't
try to open your zipper if it'sbehind you?
I, all these things are all fromsituations he's been in him and
his co-founder.
So it's for the community by thecommunity.
You know, which is probably whyyou saw it, had some little
(07:19):
touches that some of these otherknock-off or whatever, except no
imitations, hashtag lunchbox,only
Kristin Marshall (07:27):
people recognize you by the pack.
Travis Lopes (07:30):
I think it's really easy when you're meeting
friends to say, I'm the guy withthe light up backpack.
That's a very iconic sort ofperson in the crowd at the
shows, but I think what's moreimportant is, you know, I'll
just give you an example.
The other day, I went to a showat a mercy lounge and I got
there and out, you know, I wassupposed to meet friends, but
you know, you show up and maybeyou're ahead of time and there's
not people around, well, this,this pack, everybody just comes
(07:53):
up and starts talking to you.
People that have the little hulahoops or the whips.
So I called lights, like verycool.
It's like in the EDM communitylights is a big part.
Like the Glovers with the glovesand things.
Anybody with any line ofaccessories sees you and goes,
oh man, yeah, lights are like,hell yeah lights And it's just,
you, you sort of instantly get,become friends like, Hey, I'm
Travis.
And it's just a conversationstarter in the festival and show
(08:15):
EDM community.
So for somebody who is a littlebit more gregarious and outgoing
already, I don't necessarilyhave the most trouble making
random friends, but it's just a,it's a social grease in those
scenarios that eases those, likestarting a conversation with
random people.
Matt Marshall (08:31):
Travis, I think you're, you've got a slow
connection, am i right?.
Travis Lopes (08:36):
I think so it's coming across internet.
Connection's unstable mycomputer is always telling me
that I don't understand why,because I feel like I'm a very
stable person, but yes.
You know, it's like, all right,we get it, computer chill out.
You know, we all have someissues, but I think in general,
I'm okay.
I don't know that I am thatperson right.
It's at my computer and I haveagreed to disagree on that.
Matt Marshall (08:58):
Okay.
I'm on pins and needles here,man.
Can you show us what this baglooks like?
Kristin Marshall (09:17):
Yeah,
Travis Lopes (09:18):
totally.
So I actually brought my bag asan example here for the, for the
podcast.
So this is my lunchbox backpack,so he could see her as a little
stress.
It's got the removable skinhere.
I picked this sort of geometricpattern that you can't really
tell based on the lights, but itkinda, it changes different sort
(09:40):
of hues depending on that.
And then if I, we might, ifyou'd like, I can turn the
lights off and show that theselights kind of glow there's a
water bottle slash fan.
Situation here.
Obviously the Camelback sitch,which is really helpful when
you're doing that little puckfor your sunglasses phone keys,
et cetera, right there.
And then your, your easy fillpocket here for the Camelback
(10:03):
pouch, but that's the outsideand this is.
Kind of V1 of my lunchboxwithout looking at what's
inside.
Matt Marshall (10:10):
Yeah.
I noticed you have the coloredwires all tangled up together.
You bought those separately,right?
Travis Lopes (10:16):
And this, yeah.
I had to do a YouTube video onhow to do I don't think this is
called a French braid or is whatit's like, where you go to over
one through two over one underI'm sure it's something moms and
daughters all know how to do,but I had to do a YouTube video
and learn how to do that.
But yeah, I just got them on.
You can sort of, you can dowhatever you want with them, but
I decided to do the braid.
Matt Marshall (10:36):
Yeah, just very, just very quickly.
Why don't you turn off yourlight for just a second and
let's see those lights, shineand show you.
Travis Lopes (10:42):
Okay, perfect.
Let me okay.
You're at a show and you know,you want, you want to have that
sort of report.
This is sort of what it lookslike.
I show up at the shows and I'mjust bopping around and all of a
sudden, like it's a conversationstarter when this is your vibe
at a concert,
Matt Marshall (11:00):
but from what I remember, you have like
different settings.
Travis Lopes (11:02):
Yeah.
It's the speed.
So, so I got the basic versionwhere you can kind of have them
just going or you can sort oflow speed Or you can, you know,
really, you know, really get thevibe going depending on what you
want to do.
So that's the idea.
Kristin Marshall (11:17):
So let's talk about what's on the outside of
the backpack.
Travis Lopes (11:22):
First of all, I'm I'm known if I had, if I was on
social media, my handle would berave-dad, if that was available
or Travvydaddy, but basicallyeveryone in the rape fan knows
me as the rave dab becausewhatever people do.
They know they can come to meand I've typically got it.
So, you know, obviouslyhydration super important in
these situations ever inSweatin, you know, it's a, it's
(11:43):
a whole vibe, so, very easy to,you know, get the little
Camelback going.
So that's a really key piece asfar as the hydration goes.
When you're in the crowd andthings are really hot.
It's essential to stay cool.
So I got my rave fan, whichactually looks better if I hold
it this way, she will design andyou know, another great
(12:04):
conversation starter is you justpull the fan out, you start
banning anyone around youinstantly goes YES, thank you!
And I usually just fan them andI say something like I'm a big
fan and they laugh.
And all of a sudden we're in aconversation and we're best
friends.
It's also great when the beatdrops, it does a little, you
know, kind of like little noise,which is nice.
Matt Marshall (12:24):
You know, I'm coming from a security
perspective, and one of thethings I thought was like super
cool was in order to open thebag, you have to actually take
it off.
And that is like, oh my gosh,that's brilliant.
So there were a couple of otherbags that I saw when I was doing
research that did exactly that,but it's not quite the same and
it doesn't have the cool, likeyou can unzip the skin and put
(12:46):
another colored skin on.
So it's pretty cool.
Travis Lopes (12:48):
One of the cool things that is unique to the
lunch.
Is that lunchbox, zippers comewith this little thing.
So it straps in and it makes itreally hard if someone's trying
to pick by you or do whatever.
It's very challenging.
They'd have to come in, do thisthing, and you'd probably feel
somebody jostling your backpackso you could turn and see what
was going on.
But if you unstrapped thebackpack, you and you turn it
around, you can open up thelittle container.
(13:13):
That it has this little topcontainer.
The bottom one is where the thewater patch goes.
This bottom pouch here.
That's the Camelback.
Yeah, the bladder.
Thank you.
And then this top part is whereyour supplies go right now.
Obviously you've got a littlepocket here.
You've got some different thingson the exterior for easy access
for your keys, your, yoursunglasses, whatever.
So that's sorta my exterior
Kristin Marshall (13:49):
Okay.
And now that we've talked aboutwhat's on the outside of the
bag.
Let's get on the inside of thatbackpack
Travis Lopes (13:57):
in the inside.
I have a couple of things.
So first of all, gum reallyimportant.
I choose extra and I usually, Iget the ones that are like the
little pods of gum.
They melt less.
And so the, the, the sticksreally melts depending on if
you're in your pocket ordifferent days in a hot club.
So these ones are great.
They stick around and they'refantastic.
(14:18):
Always great for shows whenyou're a, when you're into that,
I have a party mask from justsplendid designs when you're
trying to be safe, but also vibeout.
This is a great again,conversation starter kind of fun
party mask, a lot of cooldesigns.
Matt Marshall (14:33):
With the party masks thing have you ever
gotten?
The ones that are digital andhave the like smiley face,
because that might go with this.
Travis Lopes (14:43):
A hundred percent.
One of my next moves, actuallyone of my boys is into the, like
the fiber sweatshirts where it'slike a sweatshirt with a hood
that just is all light up withthe fiber kind of.
And so that's my next step up isthe backpack.
Plus the fiber hoodie, like withwhat we call a rave hoodie,
cause it ties around your waist,but then you can put it on
whenever you.
So that's my, definitely my nextstep.
(15:04):
Hadn't considered that for themask, but I've seen like the
will, I am masks that are all,you know, crazy and futuristic,
but for now this is, this iskind of the move Omicron will
get right through it.
But you know, it's still a greatparty mask vibe
Matt Marshall (15:18):
I think you prounounce it Omicron like a
transformer or something,
Travis Lopes (15:28):
or like, like captain, captain planet, you
know, like the power of lovecreates Omicron.
These are super key.
So these, I don't have the rightcase cause I lost my case, but
these are fantastic little toolsAnd you're going to laugh, but
they're actually, the brand iscalled Eargasm, which I think is
a hilarious name for a brand.
(15:49):
And the reason it's called thatis because, you know, when
you're at a show and you'reclose to these speakers and
you're, you're doing your thinga lot of times when you leave
the show, have you ever had thatringing in your ears when you
leave the show?
And it's just like hard to go tosleep and it's, you know, you
know, it's not great for youreardrums.
these are ear buds.
But instead of being plugs, youcan see that inside.
(16:11):
There's this little metaldigital thing in there.
And what that is, is an actualfilter.
So what it does is it doesn'tplug your ears.
It just filters out the baddecibels.
So you can still hear a lot ofthe sound and you can still have
conversations with peoplearound.
But you're just going to nothave the, the filtering at the
end of the day and I'll show youthey're super unobtrusive so you
(16:32):
put them in and you can't evenreally tell I'm wearing
anything.
Right.
Yeah.
But you're just partying and Ican still hear you and
everyone's doing the vibe, butit just cuts out all the bad
Decibels and the range that likedamaged your eardrums and so
when you walk out, you just feela lot better after the show.
So that's, if you take nothingelse from this call and you go
to a lot of concerts, getEargasm filtering headphones.
Matt Marshall (16:55):
They're so great.
Like an orgasm for your ears,right.
If you're really thinking.
Thank you for sharing thatreally nice little tidbit of
extra information.
Probably unnecessarily that's.
Okay.
Travis Lopes (17:11):
I've been called things like unnecessary and a
lot, you know, but I guess we'llagree to disagree..
(17:33):
you know, there's these littlemini fans, which are kind of
fun.
This is one that I got at theThis little shop in Nashville,
but you know, a little, littlemini fan that has also helped us
have these kinds of like fold upand do a little baby, which is
nice if you don't have space forthe big fan, but fans in
general, if you put, if you busta fan out at a show, you
instantly make friends.
(17:54):
It is what it is like.
Everyone's a huge fan of you andeverything that you're about.
So I think I just have multiplefans, another big thing, and
you'll see people.
These are these little beadthings.
This one actually says pizzafam.
Somebody saw me and goes, yeah,this guy with pizza and they
were right.
I do.
So they gave me this pizza famthing.
And if you see in shows, anothercool thing is you'll see women,
(18:17):
mostly women, but sometimes menwould just like a hundred of
these things on their wrist.
And whenever they see someonethey like which typically to do
with the light of backpack andthe fan is someone they like
they'll link hands like thiswith you, and then use their
other hand to just pull thisoff.
And over on to your other hand,it's like a Rite of passage at a
show that somebody with ahundred of these sees you and
(18:37):
goes, yeah, you're awesome.
And like grabs your hand andthen just pulls one of them over
onto you.
I've kept this one because pizzafam was the one I've gotten that
most most stood out to me asrepresentative of who I am.
So I've kept that.
I always put that on for shows.
Kleenex is you never know,blowing your nose you know, hurt
your finger on a fan.
I've had it all happened.
(18:57):
So always good to do, I tried todo wet wipes as well These are
specially useful at festivalswhere you go into some
port-a-potties and there's aplus minus on toilet paper being
in there, mostly the under, notthe over.
So bringing some wet wipes andsome Kleenex really going to
help you out in those situationsspecifically for festivals, most
concert venues have toiletpaper, but man, you get in the
(19:17):
festival land and it's a diceroll.
Matt Marshall (19:20):
You never know.
Travis Lopes (19:21):
And then one other thing is we also have Vicks
vapor rub here, which.
It's going to sound weird, butin certain scenarios, if you rub
it on your face and then fanyourself really great facial
sensations this year issomething I recently picked up
at a at a Christmas light thing.
(19:43):
It's their 3d glasses.
But what they do is every pointof light is a big Santa's face.
So specifically, if you can getsome 3d glasses to just do some
weird, put their eyes back,nothing is better again than
just being at a festival.
And like it's a million Santasjust partying with you.
Very, very cool
Kristin Marshall (20:02):
Hey Travis, you better be
Travis Lopes (20:05):
definitely on the naughty list.
That's what I've got.
So yeah, basically anythinglight related, anything party
related, anything fan related,anything, you know, definitely
the eargasms and anything, youknow, basically party that's.
That's my that's my kit and ashoutout to lunchbox fam it's at
lunchbox packs.
(20:27):
I'd be remiss if I didn'tmention get yourself on the
mailing list.
When these things come out,you're going to want one of
these or one of the sling onesthat the sort of Fanny pack or
chest ones that for your next.
@lunchboxpacks orlunchboxpacks.com, they actually
have some new skins that I'vebeen looking to get that sell
out instantly.
But they're like digital, likedancing alien skin with a skin
(20:48):
actually is like a digitallights and is like an alien
doing the shuffle.
So that's my next move is goingto have lights and the whole
skin is going to be a littleelegant.
Digital dancing alien or likeastronauts.
So that's now that's my nextstep.
Matt Marshall (21:02):
This might date me a little bit, but does it
have any of the like dancingbabies too, or maybe sharks?
We'll see if there's a lot ofoptions.
Kristin Marshall (21:27):
So what's the most interesting thing.
That's happened at the clubswith your backpack and that you
were so thankful that you had itor had something in it?
Travis Lopes (21:37):
I think, I dunno if it's interesting, but I I've
lost track of how many drinkspeople have bought me just from
like, like I literally walk intoa club, I don't know anybody.
And all of a sudden I'm friendswith people and they're bringing
me drinks and it's all, I wouldsay the biggest.
Are the fan and the backpackitself.
If there were two things, well,three, we talked about the
Eargasms backpack or, you know,something light up kind of fan.
(22:00):
You're going to make friendsvery easily.
Your ears will be protected, andyou're going to have a great
time if you show up at a PBMshow.
So the fan is from a companycalled fansay F a N S a Y fans.
They're on Amazon.
They have a site but those arereal.
Yeah, mine is outdated.
There's some really cooliridescent ones I'm looking to
(22:21):
upgrade soon, but yeah, it'sit's I think between the fan and
the lights and the Eargasms, youcan really just show up by
yourself at any event and makefriends, people buy you drinks.
You know, dance with people,chat with people.
I've just had so many greatexperiences between the lunch
box and the fan.
You know, it's, that's one ofthe things I love about the EDM
community specifically,especially in a city like
(22:42):
Nashville, where it's, it'sreally up and coming still when
I was in new.
You'd go to some shows that, youknow, Brooklyn Mirage and it's
become like the scene, you know?
So even people that, you know,don't really like it, young
people, you know, there's peoplejust elbowing their way through
crowds and really kind of be an,a holes.
But in Nashville, reallyeveryone that shows up to EDM
shows is there because they lovethe music.
And really, if you look at a lotof EDM artists, there's not a
(23:05):
lot of like, Angry music.
Most EDM artists are like, youknow, good vibrations, love
positivity.
That's like the bio for everyEDM artist is like sending good
vibes into the world, through mymusic.
And so because of that, it's areally loving community.
Like, you know, Yeah.
Offered stuff.
You, you have greatconversations.
(23:26):
Everybody's just there to kindof stay in their lane and have
fun dance.
Enjoy the music, enjoy thelights.
And it's, you know, you'renever, you're not going to get
elbowed your feet.
Aren't going to get stepped onyou going to get drinks spilled
on you.
Like some of these shows whereit's just a, you know, a mad
rush of people.
So I think that's what Iappreciate about the community
And so if you show up there withthe, with the kind of servant
heart of, Hey, I'm a fan, youI'm gonna get you some water on
(23:48):
my I'm a hell.
We're all take.
We all take care of you.
I think it usually ends up in areally good, good scenario.
Matt Marshall (24:09):
So for my last question, I wanted to ask each
person, if you can think of justa couple of items that could be
added to the kit.
Now for myself, my mindimmediately goes to water,
shelter, fire security, becauseof those are the big things in
my mind and preparedness.
But in reality, those might not,not be appropriate for this type
(24:32):
of scenario.
And it's likely those itemswouldn't even make it through
security checks.
So.
I'd probably stick to some ofthe more important medical items
like Leukotape or mole skin thatyou could stick on when your
when your skin's feeling a bitraw after some dancing, then
maybe some closing layers likean undershirt or a hoodie as
(24:53):
Travis is referred to a coupleof times in the, in the
discussions.
And then from a securityperspective, it's harder because
you often think, you know,you're not going to get through
those security lines with anytype of security device, but
there are some interesting toolsthat I've talked about in our
podcast in the past, some peppergel from Sabre, and then maybe
(25:14):
even one of those tactical whipor Kubotons that you can attach
to your key chain.
Oftentimes they let those go bywithout without an issue.
Now maybe not necessarily in thevenue itself is where the danger
might lie, but outside whenyou're standing in line or
you're walking to, and from thevenue for parking, Kristin what
are your, what are yourthoughts?
Kristin Marshall (25:36):
So I'm thinking more like inside the
events itself, what are somehandy things to have?
I know you can never go wrongwith band-aids.
Band-aids are a key, not onlyfor somebody who might've just
gotten a minor cut, but alsoThere's a lot of dancing going
(25:57):
on, and I know as a femalewearing the wrong heels you can
get blisters dancing and nothingcan ruin your night faster than
having irritating blisters.
So having a friend that hasband-aids would be just top of
my list Yeah.
And then I know that in my past,there've been times where not
(26:19):
necessarily me, but maybe peopleI've been with had wardrobe
malfunctions.
So it might be nice to havesafety pins or even one of those
small little mending kits In thebackpack.
That would be good.
And then as far as medical goes,I know that those rave
(26:40):
situations you're often havingpeople.
May have partaken in substanceswhere they have now started to
become overdosed.
And so in that case, I think itwould be really important if you
were carrying a Naloxone kit,most people.
(27:01):
In all 50 states can go to theirhealth departments and ask for
training on that.
Once you become a certifiedtraining and it's not that hard,
it's a class that can lastanywhere from 30 minutes to 60
minutes, you get certified as acarrier for Naloxone, you can go
to your physician and you cansay, Hey, either myself or
(27:26):
people that I am aroundfrequently have a problem with
substance abuse.
And I am concerned that I shouldhave Naloxone on me.
Here's the thing is the doctorwere always prescribed that the
issue is sometimes the insurancecompany.
What happens is if you getdenied the first time, you can
put it through again, sayingthat you are around people who
(27:50):
are substance abuse exposed andalmost all insurance companies,
they will permit it that secondtime.
If they don't talk to yourhealth department, they'll help
you.
But I will tell you we're luckythe health department where
we're at, they give the kit onceyou are certified.
So you walk out of that classwith the free kit that you've
(28:12):
been carrying with you
Matt Marshall (28:29):
Now for our parting shots due to some
technical difficulties, we didlose a bit.
So Kristin and I were going toshare our thoughts today.
Kristin I'll go ahead and letyou go.
Kristin Marshall (28:42):
Yeah.
So from my parting shot, I wouldsay this has been a great
podcast to participate inbecause it made me realize that
there is this generation that islooking out for one another.
They are not just globallyminded, but they are community
minded.
And that really warms my heartto see that they are looking out
(29:06):
for their brother.
I think that is really great tohear.
Matt Marshall (29:11):
Yeah, absolutely.
That was a that's part of minetoo.
For my parting shot.
Number one I found I was soimpressed with how much thought
went into the design of this, ofthis bag.
When you really get into it, youlook at the details of the bag.
And I'm, I'm not trying to be asalesperson for this company
necessarily, but it's actuallyreally impressive.
And, the fact that they camefrom as Travis likes to say, In
(29:36):
the trenches, they've gonethrough multiple shows the EDM
community, they've gone throughfestivals and concerts and all
different activities.
And, and there are someabsolutely excellent features,
like from a securityperspective, so that, that will
really help.
So even if you're, if you'reusing that type of bag for
everyday carry it, winds upworking perfectly for you.
(29:59):
So consider this for your ownbag.
Really do your own research whenyou're thinking of things like
bug out bags and get home safeand everyday carry and, and even
the party pack.
Right.
So they each have differentpurposes.
Some can be multifaceted, buteach one has a different purpose
and they can be usedeffectively.
(30:19):
And then that second lesson asKristin mentioned earlier,
growing up, I had always thoughtthat raves and EDM were
associated with craziness andsometimes violent type of
activities and hearing Travis'sinterpretation.
It either.
It evolved over time or dare, Isuggest it, maybe Hollywood
(30:45):
didn't tell us as much the truthin all those movies portraying
what raves look like.
Maybe there was a little bit offalsity there.
Maybe there is some, some goodstuff going on there.
Maybe not, but we don't know.
I don't know because I'm more ofa gen X or never been to one.
But I really love how Travisputs it, where, how he describes
them and how they've becomequite the community with good
(31:09):
vibes, having fun dance and justexperiencing life.
So that's a, it's a, it seemslike a, an excellent community.
I'm not sure that it'snecessarily a community for me.
But the idea behind the, thepacks themselves are fantastic
because it will help you beprepared in those types of
events, concerts, festivals,even EDM events and raves.
(31:34):
Well, we definitely want tothank Kristin and Travis for
joining us on this final show ofthe year.
It has been such a greatpleasure having them both on the
show and and just to have somefun.
So, Kristin, thank you very muchfor jumping in
Kristin Marshall (31:51):
my pleasure, Matt.
Matt Marshall (31:54):
Well, it's the last show of the year.
So I wanted to share a few extrathoughts.
First Ed wanted me to expresshis, thanks to our listeners and
viewers.
We do this for a reason andthat's to help individuals and
communities become betterprepared.
For me personally, it's been agreat few months of shows.
(32:15):
And for 2022, we've got a bunchof exciting plans.
We'll continue to provide valuewith the unboxed prepping
videos.
We're continuing with the highlysuccessful Storytime episodes,
where we share our thoughts on astory from the minds of
preparedness.
And it sounds like we're evenplanning some travel sharing
events.
(32:35):
As well throughout the year, Ithink Ed's even thinking of
going to Egypt and sharing whathis travel plans look like and
what he experiences when he'sthere.
We can't wait to get into itwith you, but for now, remember,
always to respond well andrecover faster till next time.
This is Matt Marshall signingoff.
Well, thanks gen X-ers for joining us on one last
show before the end of the year,this is a special show with two
fantastic folks in my life.
The goal was to make it excitingepisodes.
That shows, having a preparedmindset doesn't necessarily mean
we have to be all that serious,but we can actually make it a
bit fun.
In all honesty, we experiencedquite a few technical
(00:22):
difficulties, but we wanted toshare the results and how we can
still respond well whenchallenges arise.
So we hope you enjoy.
(00:49):
well, good evening, ladies andgents, gen X-ers one and all we
have a really fun show plannedfor you tonight.
This will be our first newyear's Eve party preparedness.
New York style show.
I'm your host for the evening.
Matt Marshall overallpreparedness enthusiast.
And Ed is recovering from arecent mission to one of the
(01:11):
coasts.
So he can't join us today.
One of the things, Ed and Ioften talk about is ways in
which working on preparednesscan actually be fun.
Well, tonight, we're going togive a great example.
Of exactly this point to dothis.
We've brought in a couple of myfavorite people in the world.
(01:33):
let me introduce you to ourfirst guests.
My better half is KristinMarshall, Kristin.
Welcome to the show.
Thanks Matt.
Thanks for having me now,Kristin, I'd like, like to give
you the honor of introducingour, actual guest of the show.
Can you take a little bit oftime just to introduce him, tell
(01:54):
us a little bit of history ofhim.
Kristin Marshall (01:56):
Yeah, sure.
So this is going to be theinfamous Travis Lopes.
And I met Travis back in.
We think it was 1997.
It was a long time ago.
And I met him through church.
I was actually his Sunday schoolteacher.
(02:18):
And he was the sharpest funniestkid.
I have met in a long time.
Then he became our babysitter.
After that, we kind of just tookhim under our wing.
You taught him how to drive.
He was on family vacations withus.
He became our nephew littleknown fact but I was actually
(02:38):
the doula that delivered Meganfor Kristin as well.
Matt Marshall (02:47):
And that in itself explains what type of
person Travis really is.
He will deliver a baby for youhaving no idea how to do it.
Talking about paired.
(03:14):
well, what can I say?
I'm really excited actuallyabout this show.
So Kristin and I, recently wenton an anniversary trip to
Nashville where Travis currentlyresides and.
That was 30 years.
Thank you, Travis.
So we had the pleasure ofstaying at Travis's Airbnb.
It's a very quick jaunt todowntown with, Broadway and the
(03:35):
famous Nashville scene,Centennial park that life-sized
replica of the Parthenon inGreece.
Really just about any otherplace you could get to Sorry,
folks.
His place is not on the marketyet on Airbnb, but while we were
there, Travis was getting readyfor, do you even call them
concerts?
Travis, what do you call themshows, but you had some names,
(03:56):
some elect.
Oh, raves.
I mean, rave show concert, samesame.
Okay.
So he was, he was getting readyfor this concert and he showed
us this little partypreparedness pack that he has.
It's a cool little backpack witha few really special features.
Does that make it great forparties, concerts, sporting
(04:16):
events, all sorts of cool stuff.
And I didn't really comprehendwhat made it so special until I
tried to look it up and look atit compared to all the other
ones that you can get on, sayAmazon and what our audience
probably recognizes as likeeveryday carry type of bags.
So in the spirit of preparednessfor new years, we wanted to
(04:37):
share that with the audiencetoday.
So track.
The first question I have foryou is what gave you the idea
for this cool little kit?
Did you, did you like see it atanother, at another show or
another festival or somethingor, or was it a Travis' original
time?
Travis Lopes (04:55):
That's a great question.
And then by the way, thank youfor the, for the intro, for the
kind words.
Definitely much love back.
Congrats again, on the 30th.
It's such a pleasure having youguys down to Nashville.
The idea from the back honestlystarted as just a favor to a
friend.
One of my good buddies inBrooklyn New York.
His name's Andrew Zim.
He told me that he was basicallyleaving his job as a tech sales
(05:17):
guy to found a EDM focusedcompany.
So EDM is electronic dancemusic.
The community basically thatgoes to electronic music shows
him and his partner.
His co-founder really were, wereinvolved in the community and
sort of through trial and errorhad been annoyed about the fact
that they weren't.
(05:37):
Really great packs to go to EDMshows with.
And so through sort of thisideation and getting in touch
with manufacturers, they createda company called lunchbox packs.
And he basically was promotingit a little bit within our
friend group.
And I think I'd just gotten likea commission check.
I said, Zim, I want to helpsupport you and your company,
like I'll buy one of your packs,man, send me the link or
(05:58):
whatever.
You know, mates rates likefriends and family discounts.
So he hit me up with the littlecode and I bought one of the
bags.
It was me, it was basically tosupport a friend in his business
originally.
And then, you know, obviouslyyou get the product And then I
just fell in love with, with thebackpack and the compliments I
get it shows and just theconversation starter.
It's something, it's one ofthose things where you can show
(06:18):
up by yourself at a thing andpeople just start chatting and,
oh man, you know, cool backpack,cool lights, et cetera.
So I just, it became a part ofmy sort of festival and concert
persona.
Matt Marshall (06:30):
When we were talking with Travis earlier in
the discussion, we also shared afew more details on the origins
of the lunchbox pack itself.
you know, this doesn't have tobe a full podcast, just
shamelessly promoting lunchbox.
But my buddy Andrew Zim isactually one of the co-founders
and this pack was specificallycreated by him from his.
(06:51):
Super big experience of going toshows and thinking what would
festival pack look like?
Travis Lopes (06:57):
And that's why a lot of those features you see
that comes from being in thetrenches at festivals, thinking
about certain things, how, howeasy is it to fill the water?
Do you want something that locksso that, you know, people can't
try to open your zipper if it'sbehind you?
I, all these things are all fromsituations he's been in him and
his co-founder.
So it's for the community by thecommunity.
You know, which is probably whyyou saw it, had some little
(07:19):
touches that some of these otherknock-off or whatever, except no
imitations, hashtag lunchbox,only
Kristin Marshall (07:27):
people recognize you by the pack.
Travis Lopes (07:30):
I think it's really easy when you're meeting
friends to say, I'm the guy withthe light up backpack.
That's a very iconic sort ofperson in the crowd at the
shows, but I think what's moreimportant is, you know, I'll
just give you an example.
The other day, I went to a showat a mercy lounge and I got
there and out, you know, I wassupposed to meet friends, but
you know, you show up and maybeyou're ahead of time and there's
not people around, well, this,this pack, everybody just comes
(07:53):
up and starts talking to you.
People that have the little hulahoops or the whips.
So I called lights, like verycool.
It's like in the EDM communitylights is a big part.
Like the Glovers with the glovesand things.
Anybody with any line ofaccessories sees you and goes,
oh man, yeah, lights are like,hell yeah lights And it's just,
you, you sort of instantly get,become friends like, Hey, I'm
Travis.
And it's just a conversationstarter in the festival and show
(08:15):
EDM community.
So for somebody who is a littlebit more gregarious and outgoing
already, I don't necessarilyhave the most trouble making
random friends, but it's just a,it's a social grease in those
scenarios that eases those, likestarting a conversation with
random people.
Matt Marshall (08:31):
Travis, I think you're, you've got a slow
connection, am i right?.
Travis Lopes (08:36):
I think so it's coming across internet.
Connection's unstable mycomputer is always telling me
that I don't understand why,because I feel like I'm a very
stable person, but yes.
You know, it's like, all right,we get it, computer chill out.
You know, we all have someissues, but I think in general,
I'm okay.
I don't know that I am thatperson right.
It's at my computer and I haveagreed to disagree on that.
Matt Marshall (08:58):
Okay.
I'm on pins and needles here,man.
Can you show us what this baglooks like?
Kristin Marshall (09:17):
Yeah,
Travis Lopes (09:18):
totally.
So I actually brought my bag asan example here for the, for the
podcast.
So this is my lunchbox backpack,so he could see her as a little
stress.
It's got the removable skinhere.
I picked this sort of geometricpattern that you can't really
tell based on the lights, but itkinda, it changes different sort
(09:40):
of hues depending on that.
And then if I, we might, ifyou'd like, I can turn the
lights off and show that theselights kind of glow there's a
water bottle slash fan.
Situation here.
Obviously the Camelback sitch,which is really helpful when
you're doing that little puckfor your sunglasses phone keys,
et cetera, right there.
And then your, your easy fillpocket here for the Camelback
(10:03):
pouch, but that's the outsideand this is.
Kind of V1 of my lunchboxwithout looking at what's
inside.
Matt Marshall (10:10):
Yeah.
I noticed you have the coloredwires all tangled up together.
You bought those separately,right?
Travis Lopes (10:16):
And this, yeah.
I had to do a YouTube video onhow to do I don't think this is
called a French braid or is whatit's like, where you go to over
one through two over one underI'm sure it's something moms and
daughters all know how to do,but I had to do a YouTube video
and learn how to do that.
But yeah, I just got them on.
You can sort of, you can dowhatever you want with them, but
I decided to do the braid.
Matt Marshall (10:36):
Yeah, just very, just very quickly.
Why don't you turn off yourlight for just a second and
let's see those lights, shineand show you.
Travis Lopes (10:42):
Okay, perfect.
Let me okay.
You're at a show and you know,you want, you want to have that
sort of report.
This is sort of what it lookslike.
I show up at the shows and I'mjust bopping around and all of a
sudden, like it's a conversationstarter when this is your vibe
at a concert,
Matt Marshall (11:00):
but from what I remember, you have like
different settings.
Travis Lopes (11:02):
Yeah.
It's the speed.
So, so I got the basic versionwhere you can kind of have them
just going or you can sort oflow speed Or you can, you know,
really, you know, really get thevibe going depending on what you
want to do.
So that's the idea.
Kristin Marshall (11:17):
So let's talk about what's on the outside of
the backpack.
Travis Lopes (11:22):
First of all, I'm I'm known if I had, if I was on
social media, my handle would berave-dad, if that was available
or Travvydaddy, but basicallyeveryone in the rape fan knows
me as the rave dab becausewhatever people do.
They know they can come to meand I've typically got it.
So, you know, obviouslyhydration super important in
these situations ever inSweatin, you know, it's a, it's
(11:43):
a whole vibe, so, very easy to,you know, get the little
Camelback going.
So that's a really key piece asfar as the hydration goes.
When you're in the crowd andthings are really hot.
It's essential to stay cool.
So I got my rave fan, whichactually looks better if I hold
it this way, she will design andyou know, another great
(12:04):
conversation starter is you justpull the fan out, you start
banning anyone around youinstantly goes YES, thank you!
And I usually just fan them andI say something like I'm a big
fan and they laugh.
And all of a sudden we're in aconversation and we're best
friends.
It's also great when the beatdrops, it does a little, you
know, kind of like little noise,which is nice.
Matt Marshall (12:24):
You know, I'm coming from a security
perspective, and one of thethings I thought was like super
cool was in order to open thebag, you have to actually take
it off.
And that is like, oh my gosh,that's brilliant.
So there were a couple of otherbags that I saw when I was doing
research that did exactly that,but it's not quite the same and
it doesn't have the cool, likeyou can unzip the skin and put
(12:46):
another colored skin on.
So it's pretty cool.
Travis Lopes (12:48):
One of the cool things that is unique to the
lunch.
Is that lunchbox, zippers comewith this little thing.
So it straps in and it makes itreally hard if someone's trying
to pick by you or do whatever.
It's very challenging.
They'd have to come in, do thisthing, and you'd probably feel
somebody jostling your backpackso you could turn and see what
was going on.
But if you unstrapped thebackpack, you and you turn it
around, you can open up thelittle container.
(13:13):
That it has this little topcontainer.
The bottom one is where the thewater patch goes.
This bottom pouch here.
That's the Camelback.
Yeah, the bladder.
Thank you.
And then this top part is whereyour supplies go right now.
Obviously you've got a littlepocket here.
You've got some different thingson the exterior for easy access
for your keys, your, yoursunglasses, whatever.
So that's sorta my exterior
Kristin Marshall (13:49):
Okay.
And now that we've talked aboutwhat's on the outside of the
bag.
Let's get on the inside of thatbackpack
Travis Lopes (13:57):
in the inside.
I have a couple of things.
So first of all, gum reallyimportant.
I choose extra and I usually, Iget the ones that are like the
little pods of gum.
They melt less.
And so the, the, the sticksreally melts depending on if
you're in your pocket ordifferent days in a hot club.
So these ones are great.
They stick around and they'refantastic.
(14:18):
Always great for shows whenyou're a, when you're into that,
I have a party mask from justsplendid designs when you're
trying to be safe, but also vibeout.
This is a great again,conversation starter kind of fun
party mask, a lot of cooldesigns.
Matt Marshall (14:33):
With the party masks thing have you ever
gotten?
The ones that are digital andhave the like smiley face,
because that might go with this.
Travis Lopes (14:43):
A hundred percent.
One of my next moves, actuallyone of my boys is into the, like
the fiber sweatshirts where it'slike a sweatshirt with a hood
that just is all light up withthe fiber kind of.
And so that's my next step up isthe backpack.
Plus the fiber hoodie, like withwhat we call a rave hoodie,
cause it ties around your waist,but then you can put it on
whenever you.
So that's my, definitely my nextstep.
(15:04):
Hadn't considered that for themask, but I've seen like the
will, I am masks that are all,you know, crazy and futuristic,
but for now this is, this iskind of the move Omicron will
get right through it.
But you know, it's still a greatparty mask vibe
Matt Marshall (15:18):
I think you prounounce it Omicron like a
transformer or something,
Travis Lopes (15:28):
or like, like captain, captain planet, you
know, like the power of lovecreates Omicron.
These are super key.
So these, I don't have the rightcase cause I lost my case, but
these are fantastic little toolsAnd you're going to laugh, but
they're actually, the brand iscalled Eargasm, which I think is
a hilarious name for a brand.
(15:49):
And the reason it's called thatis because, you know, when
you're at a show and you'reclose to these speakers and
you're, you're doing your thinga lot of times when you leave
the show, have you ever had thatringing in your ears when you
leave the show?
And it's just like hard to go tosleep and it's, you know, you
know, it's not great for youreardrums.
these are ear buds.
But instead of being plugs, youcan see that inside.
(16:11):
There's this little metaldigital thing in there.
And what that is, is an actualfilter.
So what it does is it doesn'tplug your ears.
It just filters out the baddecibels.
So you can still hear a lot ofthe sound and you can still have
conversations with peoplearound.
But you're just going to nothave the, the filtering at the
end of the day and I'll show youthey're super unobtrusive so you
(16:32):
put them in and you can't evenreally tell I'm wearing
anything.
Right.
Yeah.
But you're just partying and Ican still hear you and
everyone's doing the vibe, butit just cuts out all the bad
Decibels and the range that likedamaged your eardrums and so
when you walk out, you just feela lot better after the show.
So that's, if you take nothingelse from this call and you go
to a lot of concerts, getEargasm filtering headphones.
Matt Marshall (16:55):
They're so great.
Like an orgasm for your ears,right.
If you're really thinking.
Thank you for sharing thatreally nice little tidbit of
extra information.
Probably unnecessarily that's.
Okay.
Travis Lopes (17:11):
I've been called things like unnecessary and a
lot, you know, but I guess we'llagree to disagree..
(17:33):
you know, there's these littlemini fans, which are kind of
fun.
This is one that I got at theThis little shop in Nashville,
but you know, a little, littlemini fan that has also helped us
have these kinds of like fold upand do a little baby, which is
nice if you don't have space forthe big fan, but fans in
general, if you put, if you busta fan out at a show, you
instantly make friends.
(17:54):
It is what it is like.
Everyone's a huge fan of you andeverything that you're about.
So I think I just have multiplefans, another big thing, and
you'll see people.
These are these little beadthings.
This one actually says pizzafam.
Somebody saw me and goes, yeah,this guy with pizza and they
were right.
I do.
So they gave me this pizza famthing.
And if you see in shows, anothercool thing is you'll see women,
(18:17):
mostly women, but sometimes menwould just like a hundred of
these things on their wrist.
And whenever they see someonethey like which typically to do
with the light of backpack andthe fan is someone they like
they'll link hands like thiswith you, and then use their
other hand to just pull thisoff.
And over on to your other hand,it's like a Rite of passage at a
show that somebody with ahundred of these sees you and
(18:37):
goes, yeah, you're awesome.
And like grabs your hand andthen just pulls one of them over
onto you.
I've kept this one because pizzafam was the one I've gotten that
most most stood out to me asrepresentative of who I am.
So I've kept that.
I always put that on for shows.
Kleenex is you never know,blowing your nose you know, hurt
your finger on a fan.
I've had it all happened.
(18:57):
So always good to do, I tried todo wet wipes as well These are
specially useful at festivalswhere you go into some
port-a-potties and there's aplus minus on toilet paper being
in there, mostly the under, notthe over.
So bringing some wet wipes andsome Kleenex really going to
help you out in those situationsspecifically for festivals, most
concert venues have toiletpaper, but man, you get in the
(19:17):
festival land and it's a diceroll.
Matt Marshall (19:20):
You never know.
Travis Lopes (19:21):
And then one other thing is we also have Vicks
vapor rub here, which.
It's going to sound weird, butin certain scenarios, if you rub
it on your face and then fanyourself really great facial
sensations this year issomething I recently picked up
at a at a Christmas light thing.
(19:43):
It's their 3d glasses.
But what they do is every pointof light is a big Santa's face.
So specifically, if you can getsome 3d glasses to just do some
weird, put their eyes back,nothing is better again than
just being at a festival.
And like it's a million Santasjust partying with you.
Very, very cool
Kristin Marshall (20:02):
Hey Travis, you better be
Travis Lopes (20:05):
definitely on the naughty list.
That's what I've got.
So yeah, basically anythinglight related, anything party
related, anything fan related,anything, you know, definitely
the eargasms and anything, youknow, basically party that's.
That's my that's my kit and ashoutout to lunchbox fam it's at
lunchbox packs.
(20:27):
I'd be remiss if I didn'tmention get yourself on the
mailing list.
When these things come out,you're going to want one of
these or one of the sling onesthat the sort of Fanny pack or
chest ones that for your next.
@lunchboxpacks orlunchboxpacks.com, they actually
have some new skins that I'vebeen looking to get that sell
out instantly.
But they're like digital, likedancing alien skin with a skin
(20:48):
actually is like a digitallights and is like an alien
doing the shuffle.
So that's my next move is goingto have lights and the whole
skin is going to be a littleelegant.
Digital dancing alien or likeastronauts.
So that's now that's my nextstep.
Matt Marshall (21:02):
This might date me a little bit, but does it
have any of the like dancingbabies too, or maybe sharks?
We'll see if there's a lot ofoptions.
Kristin Marshall (21:27):
So what's the most interesting thing.
That's happened at the clubswith your backpack and that you
were so thankful that you had itor had something in it?
Travis Lopes (21:37):
I think, I dunno if it's interesting, but I I've
lost track of how many drinkspeople have bought me just from
like, like I literally walk intoa club, I don't know anybody.
And all of a sudden I'm friendswith people and they're bringing
me drinks and it's all, I wouldsay the biggest.
Are the fan and the backpackitself.
If there were two things, well,three, we talked about the
Eargasms backpack or, you know,something light up kind of fan.
(22:00):
You're going to make friendsvery easily.
Your ears will be protected, andyou're going to have a great
time if you show up at a PBMshow.
So the fan is from a companycalled fansay F a N S a Y fans.
They're on Amazon.
They have a site but those arereal.
Yeah, mine is outdated.
There's some really cooliridescent ones I'm looking to
(22:21):
upgrade soon, but yeah, it'sit's I think between the fan and
the lights and the Eargasms, youcan really just show up by
yourself at any event and makefriends, people buy you drinks.
You know, dance with people,chat with people.
I've just had so many greatexperiences between the lunch
box and the fan.
You know, it's, that's one ofthe things I love about the EDM
community specifically,especially in a city like
(22:42):
Nashville, where it's, it'sreally up and coming still when
I was in new.
You'd go to some shows that, youknow, Brooklyn Mirage and it's
become like the scene, you know?
So even people that, you know,don't really like it, young
people, you know, there's peoplejust elbowing their way through
crowds and really kind of be an,a holes.
But in Nashville, reallyeveryone that shows up to EDM
shows is there because they lovethe music.
And really, if you look at a lotof EDM artists, there's not a
(23:05):
lot of like, Angry music.
Most EDM artists are like, youknow, good vibrations, love
positivity.
That's like the bio for everyEDM artist is like sending good
vibes into the world, through mymusic.
And so because of that, it's areally loving community.
Like, you know, Yeah.
Offered stuff.
You, you have greatconversations.
(23:26):
Everybody's just there to kindof stay in their lane and have
fun dance.
Enjoy the music, enjoy thelights.
And it's, you know, you'renever, you're not going to get
elbowed your feet.
Aren't going to get stepped onyou going to get drinks spilled
on you.
Like some of these shows whereit's just a, you know, a mad
rush of people.
So I think that's what Iappreciate about the community
And so if you show up there withthe, with the kind of servant
heart of, Hey, I'm a fan, youI'm gonna get you some water on
(23:48):
my I'm a hell.
We're all take.
We all take care of you.
I think it usually ends up in areally good, good scenario.
Matt Marshall (24:09):
So for my last question, I wanted to ask each
person, if you can think of justa couple of items that could be
added to the kit.
Now for myself, my mindimmediately goes to water,
shelter, fire security, becauseof those are the big things in
my mind and preparedness.
But in reality, those might not,not be appropriate for this type
(24:32):
of scenario.
And it's likely those itemswouldn't even make it through
security checks.
So.
I'd probably stick to some ofthe more important medical items
like Leukotape or mole skin thatyou could stick on when your
when your skin's feeling a bitraw after some dancing, then
maybe some closing layers likean undershirt or a hoodie as
(24:53):
Travis is referred to a coupleof times in the, in the
discussions.
And then from a securityperspective, it's harder because
you often think, you know,you're not going to get through
those security lines with anytype of security device, but
there are some interesting toolsthat I've talked about in our
podcast in the past, some peppergel from Sabre, and then maybe
(25:14):
even one of those tactical whipor Kubotons that you can attach
to your key chain.
Oftentimes they let those go bywithout without an issue.
Now maybe not necessarily in thevenue itself is where the danger
might lie, but outside whenyou're standing in line or
you're walking to, and from thevenue for parking, Kristin what
are your, what are yourthoughts?
Kristin Marshall (25:36):
So I'm thinking more like inside the
events itself, what are somehandy things to have?
I know you can never go wrongwith band-aids.
Band-aids are a key, not onlyfor somebody who might've just
gotten a minor cut, but alsoThere's a lot of dancing going
(25:57):
on, and I know as a femalewearing the wrong heels you can
get blisters dancing and nothingcan ruin your night faster than
having irritating blisters.
So having a friend that hasband-aids would be just top of
my list Yeah.
And then I know that in my past,there've been times where not
(26:19):
necessarily me, but maybe peopleI've been with had wardrobe
malfunctions.
So it might be nice to havesafety pins or even one of those
small little mending kits In thebackpack.
That would be good.
And then as far as medical goes,I know that those rave
(26:40):
situations you're often havingpeople.
May have partaken in substanceswhere they have now started to
become overdosed.
And so in that case, I think itwould be really important if you
were carrying a Naloxone kit,most people.
(27:01):
In all 50 states can go to theirhealth departments and ask for
training on that.
Once you become a certifiedtraining and it's not that hard,
it's a class that can lastanywhere from 30 minutes to 60
minutes, you get certified as acarrier for Naloxone, you can go
to your physician and you cansay, Hey, either myself or
(27:26):
people that I am aroundfrequently have a problem with
substance abuse.
And I am concerned that I shouldhave Naloxone on me.
Here's the thing is the doctorwere always prescribed that the
issue is sometimes the insurancecompany.
What happens is if you getdenied the first time, you can
put it through again, sayingthat you are around people who
(27:50):
are substance abuse exposed andalmost all insurance companies,
they will permit it that secondtime.
If they don't talk to yourhealth department, they'll help
you.
But I will tell you we're luckythe health department where
we're at, they give the kit onceyou are certified.
So you walk out of that classwith the free kit that you've
(28:12):
been carrying with you
Matt Marshall (28:29):
Now for our parting shots due to some
technical difficulties, we didlose a bit.
So Kristin and I were going toshare our thoughts today.
Kristin I'll go ahead and letyou go.
Kristin Marshall (28:42):
Yeah.
So from my parting shot, I wouldsay this has been a great
podcast to participate inbecause it made me realize that
there is this generation that islooking out for one another.
They are not just globallyminded, but they are community
minded.
And that really warms my heartto see that they are looking out
(29:06):
for their brother.
I think that is really great tohear.
Matt Marshall (29:11):
Yeah, absolutely.
That was a that's part of minetoo.
For my parting shot.
Number one I found I was soimpressed with how much thought
went into the design of this, ofthis bag.
When you really get into it, youlook at the details of the bag.
And I'm, I'm not trying to be asalesperson for this company
necessarily, but it's actuallyreally impressive.
And, the fact that they camefrom as Travis likes to say, In
(29:36):
the trenches, they've gonethrough multiple shows the EDM
community, they've gone throughfestivals and concerts and all
different activities.
And, and there are someabsolutely excellent features,
like from a securityperspective, so that, that will
really help.
So even if you're, if you'reusing that type of bag for
everyday carry it, winds upworking perfectly for you.
(29:59):
So consider this for your ownbag.
Really do your own research whenyou're thinking of things like
bug out bags and get home safeand everyday carry and, and even
the party pack.
Right.
So they each have differentpurposes.
Some can be multifaceted, buteach one has a different purpose
and they can be usedeffectively.
(30:19):
And then that second lesson asKristin mentioned earlier,
growing up, I had always thoughtthat raves and EDM were
associated with craziness andsometimes violent type of
activities and hearing Travis'sinterpretation.
It either.
It evolved over time or dare, Isuggest it, maybe Hollywood
(30:45):
didn't tell us as much the truthin all those movies portraying
what raves look like.
Maybe there was a little bit offalsity there.
Maybe there is some, some goodstuff going on there.
Maybe not, but we don't know.
I don't know because I'm more ofa gen X or never been to one.
But I really love how Travisputs it, where, how he describes
them and how they've becomequite the community with good
(31:09):
vibes, having fun dance and justexperiencing life.
So that's a, it's a, it seemslike a, an excellent community.
I'm not sure that it'snecessarily a community for me.
But the idea behind the, thepacks themselves are fantastic
because it will help you beprepared in those types of
events, concerts, festivals,even EDM events and raves.
(31:34):
Well, we definitely want tothank Kristin and Travis for
joining us on this final show ofthe year.
It has been such a greatpleasure having them both on the
show and and just to have somefun.
So, Kristin, thank you very muchfor jumping in
Kristin Marshall (31:51):
my pleasure, Matt.
Matt Marshall (31:54):
Well, it's the last show of the year.
So I wanted to share a few extrathoughts.
First Ed wanted me to expresshis, thanks to our listeners and
viewers.
We do this for a reason andthat's to help individuals and
communities become betterprepared.
For me personally, it's been agreat few months of shows.
(32:15):
And for 2022, we've got a bunchof exciting plans.
We'll continue to provide valuewith the unboxed prepping
videos.
We're continuing with the highlysuccessful Storytime episodes,
where we share our thoughts on astory from the minds of
preparedness.
And it sounds like we're evenplanning some travel sharing
events.
(32:35):
As well throughout the year, Ithink Ed's even thinking of
going to Egypt and sharing whathis travel plans look like and
what he experiences when he'sthere.
We can't wait to get into itwith you, but for now, remember,
always to respond well andrecover faster till next time.
This is Matt Marshall signingoff.
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