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December 9, 2024 β€’ 62 mins

Ever wondered how uncertainty can fuel creativity? Join us as we unravel the fascinating journey of Incubus' iconic album, "Make Yourself," and explore how the band navigated through artistic challenges to craft their groundbreaking sound. We take a nostalgic stroll back to 1999, blending humor and insight, as we discuss how themes of personal growth and self-discovery resonate through the album. From the unique genre fusion of alternative rock, nu-metal, and funk rock to Tim's memorable acoustic rendition of "Drive," this episode promises a celebration of musical innovation.

Get ready for a lively conversation filled with pop culture nods and playful debates. We dive into the band's artistic direction during their third album and reflect on the whirlwind process of its creation. Highlights include humorous tangents about a high school teacher, Mr. T, a mysterious green globule on the album cover, and the influence of Californian culture on their sound. With references to Gene Wilder, Ben Stiller, and Adam Sandler, we infuse the discussion with nostalgic charm while appreciating the contribution of producers like Scott Litt to the album's success.

As we explore the experimental depths of "Make Yourself," we share our top song choices and the dynamic energy they bring. Each track offers a unique experience, from the ambient magic of "The Warmth" to the anthemic vibes of "Nowhere Fast." Listeners are taken on a sonic journey, with tracks that are perfect for parties and unexpected collaborations that surprise and delight. The episode wraps with an engaging critique of karaoke scenes, ensuring a fun and entertaining listening experience for all Incubus fans and music lovers alike.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
See your future, be your future Make.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Make, make it, make it, make your future, danny.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
I'm Alright, thank you for listening to the
Greatest Non-Hits.
All right, thank you forlistening to the Greatest
Non-Hits.
I'm Chris and playing theguitar.

(00:37):
Acoustic version of the songDrive by Incubus is from
Incubus' album.
Make Yourself is my co-host,tim, and thank you for listening
.
We're going to listen to thishell of an album, I think the
third album by Incubus, recordedon October 26, 1999.
This is a band that splits a lotof genres.
They're a little bit ofalternative rock.

(00:58):
They're alternative metal, numetal, funk rock.
They've got a turntable, Ithink.
In my opinion at least, and Timprobably agrees with me they're
a little bit of a you know,groundbreaking a little bit.
They're sort of a bridgebetween old metal and what was
to come in the 2000s, but supercreative young band at the time

(01:21):
out of Calabasas, california.
The singles from this album arePardon Me, stellar and Drive,
the one that Tim is playing.
We're going to, like we alwaysdo, we're going to list all the
songs on this album.
We're going to dialogue, we'regoing to yuck it up and at the
end we're going to give you ourtop three non-hits.

(01:43):
So sit back, relax, enjoy.
Excellent album.
I love it.
It has a number of themesthrough this album that reflect
personal growth, self-discovery,introspection.
Many of the songs focus onfinding yourself and being true

(02:11):
to your own identity.
That seems to be a huge themein today's world.
Nowadays it's an expectation Inways.
We're kind of fighting overthose things.
It's more of an internal thingrather than you know, at the
time at least, whereas personal,cultural politics, from my

(02:33):
point of view, didn't seem to be, as this is more of like an
internal thing, particularly foryoung people at the time.
It reflects on the ideas ofchange internally and externally
, like drive.
It addresses the uncertainties.
Change internally andexternally, like drive.
It addresses the uncertaintiesof life and the need to adapt
and evolve.
So we're gonna listen to somedeep and heavy stuff here.

(02:57):
Personal struggles, challengescome up all throughout the album
.
Complexities of relationships,love, longing, challenges of
communication.
Those are themes expressed insongs like Pardon Me and Stellar
Existential reflection.
There's a number of elements interms of contemplation

(03:23):
throughout the album where theband reflects on life's meanings
, choices, search forfulfillment, all that stuff
Underlying message of hope,resilience, persevering through
hardships.
So I mean it's a multifacetedalbum through hardships.

(03:44):
So I mean it's a multifacetedalbum and it blends it with
diverse musical styles, so itmakes it just really interesting
to listen to.
It was something different forme at the time and yeah, I'm
kind of getting older at thispoint in time in my life, so
this is like a more mature thingthat I was coming into from

(04:07):
what I was going on.
So it's really good stuff.
So I'd say like, just lookingfrom what I've listened to, like
Mr Clean's a good song, thatshould be a non-hit.
Of course there's a few others,but yeah, we're going to gonna.

(04:28):
We're gonna dive deep into thisum, in terms of the band's die,
um the members.
Brandon boyd is the singeryou've got.
Uh, mike einziger, umco-founder, guitarist, does a
great job on this album.
There's also Jose Paseas, chrisKilmore, nicole Rowe.

(04:53):
That's the current lineup rightnow.
Lineup on this album is sameguys.
I'm pretty sure you can listento Tim's musings.
Dirk Lance is the bass player,I guess DJ Kilmore yeah, he was

(05:19):
turntables.
He replaced DJ Life on this one.
There's a lot of scratching, itwas.
He does a good job.
Then Jose Basias is drums.
They all do a hell of a job.
Great musicians good look,great drummer shout out to
little, nod spinal tap therewhat the fuck is he talking

(05:42):
about?
Come on, you know what I'mtalking about, man.

Speaker 5 (05:48):
But anyway, it just was like a flash of green light
and that was it.

Speaker 3 (06:05):
Did you hear the sustain on that?
He like, he like, shake theguitar.
He did that little, that littlereverb.
Oh, natural from the acoustic.
So great stuff, great, look,good guitarist.
The guy behind the guy behindthe guy pulls that off.
You're going to drop someknowledge on us about this band,

(06:28):
pretty much.
Aren't you Well like?
Like the name?
By the way, here's Tim.

Speaker 7 (06:32):
Tim, how you doing?
Hello, doing well, thanks.

Speaker 3 (06:34):
All right.

Speaker 7 (06:34):
Yeah, no, I had that tab printed out in my little
high school tab book.
Shout out to Mr T.
Mr.
Tab book.
Shout out to Mr T.
Mr Tambasio, I know you're outthere, the T man.
I've improved, my friend.
I've improved.

Speaker 3 (06:53):
Okay, well, you're a hell of a teacher.

Speaker 7 (06:54):
Mr T was right by the smoker's bathroom so people
would dip out and he'd be like,oh God, come on guys.
But he like didn't care,wouldn't like he, god, come on
guys.
But he like didn't care,wouldn't like he wouldn't send
this down to the office.

Speaker 3 (07:07):
He was like the cool teacher, but he was like there
to keep an eye on you guys.

Speaker 7 (07:10):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (07:10):
Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 4 (07:11):
What the fuck is he talking about?

Speaker 3 (07:12):
Yeah, I don't know yeah but He'd never say what the
fuck for time.

Speaker 7 (07:18):
We're off the rails already cover this, this album
cover.
I don't know what is it like.
Uh, it's like a little greenglobule is it?

Speaker 6 (07:24):
is it a globule?
It's truly did.

Speaker 8 (07:25):
There's a little green globule on his drum seat
yeah, there's something there,it's more of a stain in a
globule actually, and there'sseveral, you know dozens of
people spontaneously combust.

Speaker 3 (07:35):
It has like a green light to it, kind of like that
little it just was like a flashof green light.

Speaker 7 (07:42):
Yeah, spontaneous.
And that was it.
It's all that there is on thealbum cover, but it's yeah this
is genre melding stuff here.
It's unclassifiable and maybethat will or did isolate some

(08:03):
fans.
But I think there's just somuch carryover.
There's so many groups ofdifferent fan groups of
different music sets that reallyhave a soft spot in their heart
for Incubus and I think theyshould, because this is a great
band.
It's good stuff.
Great book, there was, yeahthere's a lot about how the

(08:26):
guitarist and einsinger and boydwere all about, you know, being
vulnerable and, uh, also, boydfound out he was getting cheated
on on the science tour so hebroke up his girlfriend and
there's a lot of anguish andheartbreak there, so it was kind

(08:47):
of maybe easier for him towrite these songs.

Speaker 3 (08:51):
Um, yeah, 1991 was when they were formed, and it
was brandon boyd, mike einzingerand einziger I don't know and
jose pacillas.
They were all enrolled incalabasas High School at the
same time and then they laterbrought in Alex or Dirk Lance.
Wow, dirk Lance is also AlexKatunich, okay, and Gavin DJ

(09:14):
Life Koppel.
All right, so that guy leftafter the first two albums and
this third album they brought inare.

Speaker 7 (09:28):
Scratchery yeah, Now they brought in.
Are scratchers yeah, Now theyformed in high school.
Maybe they had their nameformatted in high school because
if you look up what an incubusis, it is a male demon in human
form in folklore that seeks tohave sex with sleeping women.

Speaker 3 (09:46):
I don't know, I don't really understand that.

Speaker 7 (09:48):
I don't know it's creepy and they were in high
school and they're like, yeah,let's just name her being that,
that's.
You can't get away with thatnow.

Speaker 3 (09:55):
That's weird.
Yeah, we're incubus, cause thisis what this means.

Speaker 7 (09:58):
So it went over everybody's head, not mine.
Yeah yeah, she's no saint.

Speaker 3 (10:08):
Yeah, well, all right , this is going off the rails.
Are you ready to get into thealbum?

Speaker 7 (10:13):
It would be a privilege, it would be a
privilege, it's not a chore.

Speaker 3 (10:16):
All right, we're looking for our top three
non-hits and away we go.

Speaker 7 (10:22):
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Speaker 1 (10:23):
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Speaker 3 (10:27):
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Speaker 9 (10:51):
Ha ha ha.
I can only show you the door.
Maybe if we looked hard enoughwe could find a back door.

Speaker 5 (11:13):
I can only show you the door.

Speaker 3 (11:16):
This seems like a hit .
I don't know why Is it?
It's a sudden listen.
You're the one that has to walkthrough it.
I ain't dragging your feet, youhave my silver hand.
The day you were born, what didwe say?
Is it in here?
No, no, free your mind.

(11:45):
No, this is not it, okay.

Speaker 7 (11:51):
The man behind the man behind the man Doesn't have
a clue why he's waiting or whathe's waiting for.

Speaker 9 (11:58):
Maybe it's me, but I'm sick of wasting energy.

Speaker 7 (12:01):
Me too yeah.

Speaker 9 (12:03):
Maybe, if I look in my heart, I could find a back
door.

Speaker 5 (12:08):
I can only show you the door.

Speaker 4 (12:16):
Find yourself a the door.

Speaker 7 (12:18):
You know a lot of Matrix for this.
I think that applies.

Speaker 3 (12:24):
I think so too, but you can tell there's a
bitterness in his voice.
Oh yeah, this is about his ads,right um song facts you're the
one that has to walk through ithow you doing that

Speaker 7 (12:50):
we have no idea how you doing that.
We have no idea how you doingthat.
What that is so cool, though Iknow Scratching is so good.
I'm sorry.

Speaker 3 (13:23):
I see you in my dragon.
The scratching is so good.
I'm sorry.
Yeah, I mean he's just in anego spot right now.
He's just like venting, likeafter the relationship is over.
That's what it sounds like tome, I mean, I think Speaking
more generally, but Underneathit all, it's really about the
breakup.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (13:49):
It's.

Speaker 6 (13:52):
A harmony of mathematical precision, that is
your.

Speaker 3 (13:58):
I like the bass.
That is your.
It's very Shout out to Katoonand each other.

Speaker 4 (14:06):
Programs running all over the place.

Speaker 7 (14:08):
Shout out to the Scratchers out there yeah, and
the DJs, chris Kilmore.
Yeah, all right, we gotnoatchers out there, yeah, and
the DJs Chris Kilmore, yeah.

Speaker 4 (14:13):
All right, we've got no way to fast forward.

Speaker 7 (14:15):
Mad props to the DJs, yeah.

Speaker 3 (14:21):
It's so acoustic and echoey.

Speaker 7 (14:23):
I like that.
The reverb in this is reallygood.

Speaker 3 (14:26):
Yeah, yeah, very good use of reverb.
Yeah, very good use of thereverb.

Speaker 7 (14:38):
It's this kind of thing that appeals to the
metalheads the echoiness of thescratching and the sound effects
in the beginning, sort of likeit walks you into a space and
then it pushes you into it.

Speaker 3 (14:54):
Right, yeah, like the time signature kind of changes
or speeds up from what we werejust very subtle.

Speaker 7 (15:05):
We got some Rabe Shankar stuff going on here.

Speaker 2 (15:10):
What the fuck is he talking about?

Speaker 3 (15:11):
No, no, it is.
Yeah, you're right, it doessound like.

Speaker 1 (15:14):
Robbie.

Speaker 3 (15:20):
Yeah, it slows down Nice.

Speaker 6 (15:22):
Oh wait just a minute .

Speaker 7 (15:24):
No, I'm a man.

Speaker 2 (15:25):
I'm a man.
I'm a man.

Speaker 7 (15:42):
No, you won't know, I don't even care I won.

Speaker 9 (15:57):
Don't tell me you respect wood.
Oh, I respect wood, Larry.
I respect wood so much that ifI had a piece of wood in my hand
right now, I'd beat the shitout of you with it, okay.

Speaker 3 (16:12):
Thanks, Susie.
Shout out to Susie.
Put Larry in his place.

Speaker 7 (16:18):
You hear the Jaco Pistorius bass, mm-hmm.

Speaker 1 (16:23):
Is he?

Speaker 7 (16:23):
using fretless.
Do you think it sounds like?

Speaker 1 (16:28):
it yeah, right there, yeah, sure, I was about to
compliment the drums, but yeahfucking fast get the fuck out of
here, alright get out of herefucking fast, alright.

Speaker 7 (16:43):
So this song is about Brandon and the band not
knowing where they're going.
Yeah, it's like literally aboutthat and the sound with
direction they're going.

Speaker 3 (16:59):
Maybe that's just the way they felt About what they
were doing yeah, would theychange directions?

Speaker 1 (17:14):
No matter what you hear in there, no matter how
cruelly.

Speaker 9 (17:17):
I beg you do not open this door.

Speaker 3 (17:24):
Was that from Young?

Speaker 7 (17:26):
Frankenstein.

Speaker 3 (17:26):
Okay yeah.
I knew it was Gene Will.
I didn't know if it was fromthe chocolate factory or not
Because, you know, doesn't hehave a room that I'm not allowed
to go in?
But anyway, it's youngFrankenstein.

Speaker 7 (17:39):
I feel like directionally they went into a
different room.
You know this one, maybeslightly An adjacent room.

Speaker 3 (17:52):
No, seriously, that's interesting.
They were at a point in theircareer.
It was their second album.
They're making the third one.
They didn't know this at thetime when they were recording it
.

Speaker 7 (18:01):
if this is going to be Plus.
They did it super quick.
Super quick, eight weeks orsomething like that.
Right.

Speaker 3 (18:12):
So they were sort of blowing into them.
Who knows Any little thingcould have derailed them, Even
though success was so close.
They could feel it, but it wasdicey.
As it panned out, they had ahell of a career right, yeah,

(18:35):
they still have small tours, youknow.

Speaker 9 (18:41):
I respect.
Yeah, don't tell me you respectWood, Alright.

Speaker 3 (18:47):
Is this Consequence?

Speaker 7 (18:49):
Another non-hit.
This is a non-hit.
It's very good, this one.
Definitely asterisk star for me.
Okay, sort of more poppy.
Yeah, ah, this couch, it's gotlike a ecstasy.

Speaker 1 (19:32):
Ecstasy yeah than a gang of drunken minds.
Situation has a stink.

Speaker 7 (19:33):
that'll clearly be before your son becomes a man.
A man, I'm a man, I'm a man.

Speaker 3 (19:47):
Those two weird guys in the booth.

Speaker 7 (19:49):
Science on that.
Your son becomes a man.
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man.

Speaker 8 (19:54):
I'm a man.
I'm a man, everything's beenaugmented.

Speaker 1 (19:58):
You've been left so far behind.
I think for sure next time youshoot a whereabouts, there are
eyes in the back of your head.
Consequence you've seen asbeing stranger than I have a man
.

Speaker 7 (20:22):
I'm a man, hey, fast, fast times oh.

Speaker 2 (20:32):
I got, you know, Nicolette.

Speaker 7 (20:36):
These guys have sort of a good California yeah,
they're so Cal yeah.

Speaker 2 (20:40):
They barely get pitted, so pitted.

Speaker 7 (20:51):
It's bigger than Showing me.
You are me.
Don't blink, alright.
You are me, don't blink withthose big eyes.

Speaker 4 (21:03):
Also, you have like really big eyes.

Speaker 2 (21:05):
And that freaks me out sometimes.
Thank you.

Speaker 3 (21:06):
Thank you, you are me , you are me, thank you, thank
you.
They play really well in syncwith one another.
Impressed.

Speaker 7 (21:26):
There's a lot of hustle.

Speaker 9 (21:30):
Attention campers Lunch has been canceled today
due to lack of hustle.
Deal with it.

Speaker 3 (21:46):
Is that bad?

Speaker 7 (21:46):
camp.
Yeah, there's a little Benstill right there.

Speaker 2 (22:00):
Make, make, make, make, make it.

Speaker 7 (22:06):
Make it All right.
What do we got now?

Speaker 8 (22:12):
This is the warmth.

Speaker 7 (22:14):
I'm just getting warmed up Weird Pink Floyd-ish.
We got some whales.

Speaker 2 (22:28):
Shout out to the whales on this album.
Oh, this couch.
I created the Matrix.
I've been waiting for you.

Speaker 7 (22:59):
Oh, man Gets all medley now.
Yes, I love this littleI-Izinger's.

Speaker 1 (23:07):
Also, you have like really big eyes.
Yeah, nice, i-izinger's so good.

Speaker 7 (23:10):
He was the producer of this album Also.
You have like really big eyes.
Yeah, nice, heidzinger is sogood, he was the producer of
this album.

Speaker 3 (23:15):
He should have done a really good job too.

Speaker 1 (23:18):
It's not a breeze Cause it blows hard, yes, and it
wants me to Discard and I'llwatch the warmth blow away.

Speaker 2 (23:32):
So don't let the world bring you down.

Speaker 3 (23:38):
So Scott Litt is the producer.
Great job.
Did some work with REM in yourbody.

Speaker 2 (23:45):
Remember why you came and while you're alive, live.

Speaker 7 (24:00):
They like spontaneously combusted.
It's just so warm the globulewas warm Chant with us.

Speaker 1 (24:14):
Fear and love and throw a wrench in spokes by I'm
leaving the air behind me.

Speaker 7 (24:24):
Great lyrics too.
Yeah, don't let the world bringyou down.

Speaker 1 (24:33):
Not everyone here is that fucked up and cold.
Get the fuck out of here, allright.
You tell them, Susie.

Speaker 2 (24:40):
Why you came and why you're alive.

Speaker 3 (24:45):
Experience the world before you grow, and start
walking before you grow.
This guitar right here is cool.

Speaker 1 (25:31):
Oh, that you're now.

Speaker 7 (25:36):
Everything here is fantastic.
There's always that one fuckedup guy at the party.

Speaker 2 (25:51):
Back to the the party , ah.
Back to the cool pack Drop down, snap Ah.

Speaker 7 (25:58):
I love this, like animal noises here.

Speaker 2 (26:04):
Okay, rise and shine campers, what, what?

Speaker 5 (26:17):
Are you mental?

Speaker 7 (26:19):
Maybe sit the next couple plays out.
You're warm, you're in theforest, you're with Heather
Alright.

Speaker 3 (26:28):
That was a great one attention campers lunch has been
cancelled today due to lack ofhustle.
Alright, this one is calledwhen it comes.
Chris Kilcoyne is playing a bigpart in this one.
That you can tell already.

(26:48):
Ian Fingers getting in there aheavy riff.

Speaker 8 (26:56):
Please don't play this game with me.
Please don't play this gamewith me.

Speaker 3 (27:02):
Casillas is keeping the time down.
Brandon's building it up Comingaround again.

Speaker 2 (27:13):
Ow, fuck me in the gutter.

Speaker 7 (27:17):
Oh, adam Sandler, adam Sandler loves Incubus.
I would think so.

Speaker 3 (27:25):
Ah, you button hooked me.
I didn't know you were gonnabutton hook me.

Speaker 2 (27:28):
I'm being static.

Speaker 7 (27:33):
Looks like he's got a nod on your head.
He's got a lot to say on thisone.

Speaker 3 (27:38):
Everybody better not mention that again.
Good harmony.

Speaker 7 (28:11):
Argumental I want a little more poppy, a little more
raga here, raga metal, if youwill, I like it Now there's a
lot of raga.

Speaker 3 (28:21):
See you around it's barbershop.
I was going to say the carbounce Are the best part of this
.

Speaker 5 (28:29):
They go they come back, they go around again.
They come back, they go aroundagain.

Speaker 1 (28:41):
They just go around and around A Matador.
A Matador, what?

Speaker 3 (28:47):
He's the bull, she's the Matador, she's controlling
him.

Speaker 7 (28:55):
And there's bullshit.
There's the shit too, in thepavilion, I think that's
metaphoric as well.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (29:14):
Are you mental?
Oh you fucker.

Speaker 7 (29:29):
Whoa, all right.
Oh, alright Cool.

Speaker 3 (29:34):
I wonder what ever happened to his ass Like the one
this is about.
She's like she's.
She lost the war.

Speaker 7 (29:43):
She's working at the local strip club.
Yeah, he's like touring, yeah.

Speaker 3 (29:50):
We're putting our hands together for the lovely
Jasmine.

Speaker 7 (29:52):
She's like tomorrow, and that's tomorrow, tomorrow's
Jasmine.
Yeah, now yeah.

Speaker 2 (30:18):
Whoa.

Speaker 1 (30:19):
Whoa.

Speaker 2 (30:21):
Get the best barrels ever, dude.

Speaker 3 (30:25):
We'll do it live yeah all right, so here's our first
hit.

Speaker 4 (30:36):
This is stellar I'll get my space suit we'll get our
space suit.

Speaker 7 (30:51):
watch the earth come up, that's overrated Wait what.

Speaker 3 (30:56):
What does the earth come up?
No, when you stay up all night,oh yeah, talking about it.
This is like when this girlsaid we can do this, Just stay
up all night.
That's the kind of cool thingto do in your teens with another

(31:18):
person, johnny Redknee.

Speaker 9 (31:20):
Okay, do it, do it, do it, all right.

Speaker 2 (31:28):
And you oh, he's desperate Do what he say.
Do what he say Do what he sayDo it, do it, johnny Redknecht.

Speaker 1 (31:40):
Meet me in outer space.

Speaker 2 (31:47):
I will hold you close If you're afraid of heights.

Speaker 7 (31:53):
Shout out to what's that?
What's her name?
Sandra Bullock Gravity.
There we go.
Her only good movie, whoa what?

Speaker 1 (32:06):
You didn't like the blinds Inside you.

Speaker 7 (32:10):
Yeah, you didn't like the blinds Inside you.

Speaker 1 (32:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (32:17):
You didn't like speed .

Speaker 7 (32:19):
Oh, wait just a minute, nah, no, do it yourself
Do you like to do it yourselfSometimes, I mean.

Speaker 9 (32:33):
Mood, strike Mood strike yourself Sometimes.
I mean mood strikes.

Speaker 6 (32:37):
Mood strikes, how is?

Speaker 2 (32:47):
the mood striking you now.

Speaker 7 (32:52):
Yeah, no, he got a new girlfriend.
I think this song is about herand how she makes him feel
better and he was so down andwhatnot.
This is definitely a hit.
Yeah, yeah, joe, it's about JoeEnglish.

(33:29):
Oh, that was her.
It's her traditional song.

Speaker 3 (33:39):
in a way, she was like you lose it in banks.

Speaker 6 (33:41):
Do it yourself.

Speaker 7 (33:44):
Yeah, he was done with the just a minute days.
Wait just a minute, and then hefound Joe.

Speaker 3 (33:54):
That's right.
Make, make, make make it.
This one is make yourself allright same as the album this is
a hit too right, no, no.
It's stellar, hard and new anddrip.

Speaker 7 (34:24):
Drive, yeah, oh.
Shout out to the R people.
If you let it make you, makeyou paper mache.
Shout out to the art people outthere.
Paper mache-ers, yeah, whoa,that was.

Speaker 4 (34:48):
What the fuck is he talking about?

Speaker 7 (35:11):
Oh crap, yeah, we're all.
Just you know frequencies andlight beings.
Yeah, you know, just maybegreen lights, I know.

Speaker 5 (35:26):
It just was like a flash of green light.

Speaker 7 (35:29):
And that was it.
A lot of people spontaneouslycombust.

Speaker 3 (35:35):
Yeah, it's phenomenal .

Speaker 7 (35:41):
If I hadn't made me.
So now I'm like me, I'll waitjust a minute.

Speaker 6 (35:51):
I'll wait, just a minute.
I'll wait, just a minute.
I'll be in my own way.
I'll be in my own way, I'll bein my own way.

Speaker 7 (36:12):
You shouldn't make comments with you.
This is about what?
Being celibate or what is thisabout, I don't know.
Yeah, make yourself, you know,really internalize your sexual

(36:39):
energy for positivity.
Yeah, yes.

Speaker 3 (36:51):
Okay, wow, all right, here's.

Speaker 6 (36:53):
Drew, wait just a minute.

Speaker 7 (36:55):
Get in the car, Shotgun All right.
Here's Drunk.
Oh wait, just a minute.
Get in the car, Shotgun Allright.

Speaker 3 (37:07):
They're very uncertain and unsure about a lot
of things.

Speaker 7 (37:11):
Yeah, makes a good album.

Speaker 1 (37:14):
Yeah, fear and love.

Speaker 7 (37:35):
Programs running all over the place.
Too much electronics in carsnowadays big driver in the.

Speaker 3 (37:46):
Yeah big driver but they're talking about driving a
car, not.
No, but they're talking aboutdriving a car, not a car, no.

Speaker 7 (38:13):
Open arms, open eyes.

Speaker 1 (38:17):
So if I decide to waver my chance to be one of the
hive.

Speaker 7 (38:25):
The hive Sounds like a, b, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (38:28):
Will I choose water over wine and hold my own and
drive?

Speaker 7 (38:36):
Trying to get biblical I don't know what he's
trying to do Before.
It seems to be the way thateveryone else gets around.

Speaker 3 (38:50):
Lately I've been getting a funny way to not drive
myself.
Yeah, a lot of analogies here.
Yeah, oh fuck.

Speaker 9 (39:00):
From western Pennsylvania, you probably know
my father, tony Berkus Sr, thelighting fixture king.
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'llbe there, I'll be there.

Speaker 7 (39:23):
Good delicate, solo here I like it yeah, peter likes
it Everything here is fantastic.
Kramer, it's tolerable.
Let's try that again, hopefully, if you're driving.

(39:49):
Yeah, that's an interestingdriving.
Yeah, you know that's aninteresting line.
Yeah, yeah, the harmonics.

Speaker 3 (40:15):
Here's some raga.
I like it.
I think it's just Brandon doingthis, just his voice overdubbed
.

Speaker 7 (40:31):
Yeah, he's hurt, yeah , he's really.

Speaker 2 (40:35):
You're're hurt.
You're hurt real fucking bad,but you ain't dying that's right
, that was good.

Speaker 3 (40:42):
That was a natural palate cleanser right there,
yeah oh, should we do a sponsor?
Yeah sure like shout out to youmy cocoa why don't you?

Speaker 4 (40:51):
let me fix you some of this new mo cocoa drink all
natural cocoa beans from theupper slopes of mountain
Nicaragua.
No artificial sweeteners.

Speaker 7 (40:59):
Wait, do we have one more?

Speaker 6 (41:03):
Mr Clean, mr Clean.

Speaker 3 (41:04):
Mr Clean, there we go .
All right, this next one iscalled Clean.
Good segue there, bud.

Speaker 6 (41:12):
Hey.

Speaker 7 (41:14):
I'll own a day's work here, oh shit.

Speaker 3 (41:20):
Yeah this is like Starsky and Hutch kind of shit.

Speaker 7 (41:23):
Kind of like a car chase yeah.

Speaker 2 (41:26):
Why is everybody so tense?

Speaker 1 (41:28):
It's a party.
It's a party.

Speaker 7 (41:39):
I'm scared.
I need an adult here.
I need Blanket, my blankieietoo damn bad.
You keep digging we're diggingfor those hits here, and I'm
afraid I just don't listen tometal that much anymore.
So listening to this is likeit's good, I like it, but it's

(42:07):
good, I like it, but it gets youpumped up.
It's the most creative ofmetals, though, so it's
tolerable.

Speaker 3 (42:15):
I like the build-up.
It's good, it's going to comeback down.

Speaker 7 (42:23):
What it's ambient kind of it's metal but it's
ambient and the DJ Put all thisin afterwards, right?
You know that With Chris.
Yeah, okay, like he wasn't,they wrote these songs first
Without him.

Speaker 3 (42:38):
Yeah, and after we replaced the other guy, yeah,
came in and filled in, right.

Speaker 1 (42:43):
That's just so cool Filled everything on top Wake up
fried, filled in Right.

Speaker 7 (42:47):
That's just so cool.
Filled everything on top, wakeup fried, do what I say.

Speaker 1 (43:03):
Do what he says, mr Green, tomorrow, what price will
I pay?

Speaker 9 (43:13):
Cause I make it all up to you by serving coffee,
like you in bed, but you thenGive me the time of day.

Speaker 1 (43:20):
I need a map of your head, translated, dancing With a
star.
I can learn how to make youfriends.
It's that one he's like.

Speaker 7 (43:27):
I wish I could just Take all my thoughts to you, A
map of your head.
It's that one he's like.
I wish I could just take all mythoughts, take them out of my
brain, scrub my brain.
It's like clean my brain orwash my brain.

Speaker 2 (43:39):
Yeah, I'm gonna hurt you, I'm just gonna bash your
brains.

Speaker 3 (43:46):
I'm gonna bash them right the fuck in.
Okay, maybe not that one.

Speaker 7 (43:50):
Take your brain out of your head and wash it and
scrub it and make it clean.

Speaker 4 (43:55):
Take your brain out of your head and wash it and
scrub it and make it clean.

Speaker 7 (44:03):
Sounds like Wahlberg Little uh yeah, what was that?
Um, not Ted.
Sounds like a wall burp Alittle uh yeah, what was that
Not Ted?
When he's in the other guys,when he's Dirk Diggler.

Speaker 3 (44:16):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 7 (44:18):
Boogie Nights, yeah, boogie Nights.

Speaker 2 (44:23):
I don't remember.

Speaker 3 (44:25):
After he was just like disgusted by all the things
that he did.

Speaker 2 (44:28):
Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 7 (44:32):
You can't offend yeah .

Speaker 9 (44:38):
From Western Pennsylvania.
No, you can't never offend.

Speaker 2 (44:47):
How dirty words come out clean.
Hey, hey, hey.
Back to the Drop down.
Okay, alright, so that wasclean.
Okay, rise and shine campers.

Speaker 7 (45:04):
Okay, so this one he was in the hallway, it's called
battlestar skrillached.
Chris was in the hallway withuh, a chemist and some other dj
and they were just shooting theshit, and then they recorded
this track on an off day in therecording studio.

(45:27):
It's so cool.

Speaker 1 (46:00):
All the lights.
I'm going to show you the light.

Speaker 4 (46:05):
All right, because the music was so much class
Class.

Speaker 7 (46:19):
Before I haven't done this one.

Speaker 2 (46:23):
I've got my spacesuit .

Speaker 3 (46:29):
We're scratching, our back Scratching.

Speaker 6 (46:34):
A harmony of mathematical precision.

Speaker 8 (46:41):
I'm just getting warmed up.
I created the matrix.

Speaker 2 (46:50):
I've been waiting for you.
Tell me your respect boy.

Speaker 7 (47:03):
This is wild, yeah, almost.

Speaker 3 (47:04):
This is wild.
Yeah, almost he's doing toomuch right now.

Speaker 5 (47:19):
They go around again.

Speaker 7 (47:21):
They just go around and around.
And the band's on it.
This part's cool yeah.

Speaker 5 (47:35):
Johnny Redknecht.

Speaker 2 (47:36):
Okay, Do it, do it All right.

Speaker 7 (47:42):
All right, all right.

Speaker 2 (47:49):
All right, all right, you're hurt.

Speaker 6 (47:56):
You're hurt.

Speaker 7 (47:57):
Do it yourself.

Speaker 8 (48:00):
Do you like to do it yourself?
It's tricky.
It's tricky.
There's a little green blobbyone.
It's tricky, there's a littlegreen lobby wall.

Speaker 5 (48:11):
Do it yourself Shiny red meat.
Okay, do it, do it.

Speaker 6 (48:20):
Oh God, oh wait, just a minute.

Speaker 2 (48:22):
Make, make, make, make, make, make it, make it all
right.

Speaker 7 (48:37):
Now we have a one more sponsor here.

Speaker 1 (48:39):
Let's see before our last track.

Speaker 9 (48:40):
All right, and by happy fun ball still legal in 16
states.
It, it's happy, it's fun.
It's Happy Fun Ball, all right.

Speaker 3 (48:50):
Is this our last one?
There's one after this one.

Speaker 7 (48:52):
I don't know, man, this might be it.

Speaker 3 (48:57):
Oh no, no, we got two more after this one, but we're
getting close, we're gettingthere.

Speaker 7 (49:05):
They're all so short.
This is only a 48 minute album,yeah, but it's 13 tracks,
that's true.
It's a baker's dozen.
It's a baker's dozen.

Speaker 1 (49:15):
Oh, threefold, nope, it's me.

Speaker 7 (49:27):
This is like a karaoke incubus song.

Speaker 3 (49:31):
How so, I don't know.
You can see like some drunk guyat a bar.

Speaker 7 (49:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (49:36):
I would do a surfer.
Yeah, for sure.
For sure I miss you yeah.

Speaker 3 (50:02):
I always just feel kind of uncomfortable when the
lonely guy at the bar sings asong like this.
I'm just sort of like.

Speaker 5 (50:07):
Maybe sit the next couple plays out.

Speaker 7 (50:09):
Yeah, like that guy Go cry in the walk-in All right,
Take it easy champ.
Don't express your emotion.

Speaker 1 (50:24):
Yeah, what the hell are you doing?

Speaker 3 (50:27):
Just sitting at the end of the bar with my beer.
Ten days Just trying to watchthe game.

Speaker 7 (50:39):
I don't need to hear you blubbering about your
girlfriend.
Well, she bought you a gun rack.
You broke up.

Speaker 4 (50:45):
Yeah, are you mental?

Speaker 5 (50:54):
You get upset if someone thinks you live below
sunset.

Speaker 7 (51:14):
Programs running all over the place.
Shout out to the oracle.

Speaker 4 (51:18):
Yes fear and love.

Speaker 3 (51:31):
All right, that was sweet.
Okay, all right, this is PardonA hit.
It's a cool song.
It's a lot of scratching, a lotof scratching.
A lot of different genresrepresented into a like a green,

(51:54):
a green green globule.

Speaker 7 (51:57):
Yeah, like a drummer for Spinal Tap it's a little
green globule on it pardon mewhile I thirst.

Speaker 3 (52:09):
It was just a flash of green light and that was it.

Speaker 5 (52:21):
He just was like a flash of green light.

Speaker 4 (52:30):
It happens a lot.

Speaker 2 (53:01):
Ah 50 drama.

Speaker 3 (53:02):
Tell the fire department this is out of
control.
What, what is this?
I love scratching, that's.

Speaker 9 (53:12):
How you doing that.

Speaker 1 (53:16):
How you doing that that's like all the.

Speaker 7 (53:19):
People who are like 90 years old.

Speaker 2 (53:21):
they're like what is that?
What is that how you doing that?

Speaker 9 (53:27):
you're scratching.
I've got enough of the worldand it's people's mindless game.

Speaker 2 (53:39):
So pardon me while I burn.
It runs above the flame, pardonme, pardon me.

Speaker 3 (54:01):
I'll never be the same.
Never be the same.
I had the other bars doing thisone.
I can't do it.
Me too.
I don't know Jesse's gonna doIncubus again, jesse okay, whoa
whoa hey guys take the mic.

Speaker 7 (54:25):
I love karaoke, though it's good, take the mic.

Speaker 3 (54:28):
I love karaoke, though it's good We've got a
party going these days.

Speaker 7 (54:34):
It's a good machine.
Yeah, get the Party Rocker Plusyeah.

Speaker 3 (54:41):
All right.
Next up is Robin.
She's going to do DollyllyParton highlight of my life.

Speaker 7 (54:51):
I would do.
What would you do?
Tears for Fears Head Over Heels, head Over Heels.
Yeah, that's a good one.

Speaker 1 (55:01):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (55:02):
Four Leaf Clover.
You know I'm Irish.
What's up?
Okay, there we go.

Speaker 1 (55:08):
I know that your now can be what I consider the past,
or your now can be what Iconsider the future, and your
now is every bit as valid as mynow.

Speaker 4 (55:18):
Then we learned that the past Nice fade out.

Speaker 3 (55:28):
Okay, this is the last one Out from Under.
Oh gosh, to resist is to pissin the wind.
Anyway he does.
The imagery is the imagery.

Speaker 2 (56:00):
Not a fisting.
Oh wait, just a minute.
Get out from under precipice, Ifeel like.

Speaker 7 (56:16):
This is a A resistance song.
This is like a.

Speaker 9 (56:24):
To piss in the wind.

Speaker 3 (56:30):
So you're going to end up smelling if you resist.

Speaker 1 (56:38):
I don't understand what the fuck is he talking
about?

Speaker 9 (56:45):
Oh gosh, what the fuck is he talking about?
I don't know what you'retalking about oh gosh.

Speaker 7 (56:54):
Don't sell your soul.
Spontaneously.
Combust before that, ifpossible.
Okay, yeah, that's what I'mgetting from that Resist unlearn
defile, the horror of it, themathematical precision.

Speaker 3 (57:18):
What did this guy do to him?
That's what I'm wondering.

Speaker 5 (57:26):
I can only show you the door.

Speaker 4 (57:29):
You're the one that has to walk through it.
It's getting all trippy in here.

Speaker 3 (57:41):
Program is running all discreetly that whole.

Speaker 7 (57:45):
That was like big in the early 2000s A drop, it's
like a drop, okay, whoa.

Speaker 2 (57:54):
You hurt.
You hurt real fucking bad, butyou ain't dying.
I hurt real fucking bad, butyou ain't dying.

Speaker 7 (58:13):
It's back to like this is the heavy metal, yes,
heavy metal Lock on, lock onthis one.

(58:39):
Yeah, see the sky.

Speaker 3 (58:45):
Oh, wow, okay, Nice Okay.
All right, oh wow okay, nice,okay, all right, so we're taking
it back to the beginning here,so let's, let's start off on our
number three.
What do you have?

Speaker 7 (58:55):
here.
Let me see all right we got.

Speaker 3 (58:58):
Um, oh yeah, let's get back here.
Get a list up for us, let's getuh, so, um, I I'm gonna.

Speaker 7 (59:11):
I know this, that one was tough, but I like its
message.
You know resist, unlearn, defy.

Speaker 3 (59:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (59:19):
I think a lot of uh.
Our society needs to do thatright now yeah.
So, um yeah, get out, see thesky, get the sun in your eyes.
All right, huberman Podcast.
What's up?
Number three Out From Under.

Speaker 3 (59:36):
Oh wow, the very last one, Okay.
Yeah, I thought it might be tooheavy for you Sleeper.
Sleeper, never too heavy, allright.

Speaker 7 (59:41):
It's just yeah, I mean it, just let it all out,
you All right.

Speaker 4 (59:44):
It's just.

Speaker 7 (59:44):
Yeah, I mean it, just let it all out.
You know it's very emotional.

Speaker 3 (59:46):
It was very bold.
My number three is going to beBattlestar Skrullactica.
Oh wow, you like that one.
Yeah, there's a couple morethat I like a little bit better,
but I liked it.
You know, I thought it wasunique and I liked yeah, I liked
the instrument I liked all theinstrumentation.

Speaker 6 (01:00:05):
So that'll be my number three.

Speaker 7 (01:00:07):
Yeah, that one honestly, is a cool song to put
at a party and it doesn't haveto be like.
It kind of breaks the mold ofthis whole album and it was the
randomness of the three djs.
I wish I could remember thethird dj right now uh, our mixer

(01:00:30):
are you setting up your numbertwo?
Or yeah, it's my number twobattle star oh, this one
skirlachtica.
Okay, yeah, nice, okay, good,I'm choosing some you're going
out, I'm just I'm going out on alimb here.

Speaker 3 (01:00:45):
Well, uh, you know, there's some really good ones at
the beginning too, and I'mgonna say number three, oh man
it's number two, I'm sorrynowhere fast is gonna be my
number two.
Yeah, okay, it's a really goodsong and uh, um, it was kind of
a sleeper for me.

(01:01:05):
I just thought it had itsmoments, and so that's my number
two.

Speaker 7 (01:01:09):
Yeah, it's my number one.

Speaker 3 (01:01:11):
Is it.

Speaker 7 (01:01:12):
It's called Action.
I mean shout out to Privilege,and well, no, I take that back.
Make Yourself, make Yourself ismy number one.
Oh yeah, okay, the title trackneeds to be on there.
Okay, it's just message.
You know you got to make it.

Speaker 3 (01:01:32):
You like the message part of it.
You got to make it.
Make your future.
Make your future.

Speaker 7 (01:01:37):
Just envision it.
Look in the mirror in themorning and shit, yeah, yeah.
And at night, Okay, all right.

Speaker 3 (01:01:45):
Yeah, I mean, it was kind of up there All in all, a
great album.

Speaker 7 (01:01:48):
I love this album.
Yeah, I do too.
It goes by quickly too.

Speaker 3 (01:01:51):
It's like yeah, my number one is the warmth.

Speaker 6 (01:01:55):
Nice yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:01:56):
That that was.
I like the ambient feel of itand it felt almost kind of like
world music at some points intime.
I had like a lot of differenttypes of genres and it it sped
up and it slowed down and itwent to crescent, crescendos,
and so the warmth it's a, it's agreat song.

Speaker 6 (01:02:16):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:02:17):
Yeah Well, privilege is a privilege is up there for
me, Consequence is a good songtoo.

Speaker 7 (01:02:24):
So basically what we're saying it was hard to do a
top three.

Speaker 3 (01:02:27):
It was very hard to do a top three but this album.
I stand by all three of mine.

Speaker 7 (01:02:31):
I think the listeners can find their own personal
favorites in this one, but yeah,and any given day they can
change, for us too.
So yeah, exactly so all rightWell all.
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