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February 8, 2025 16 mins

Mike runs his mouth about cutting back to one episode a week, why Taylor Swift songs feel like emotional restraining orders, and how country fans seem to think their playlist is a personality trait. Plus, a Super Bowl rant, rock music appreciation, and the daily struggle of turning a boring life into entertainment.

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
all right, people, what is going on?
If you listened last week, youguys realized that I hate doing
intros, and you know what Ithought about doing a proper
intro, but then I realized Ijust don't give a shit and I
don't think you guys do either.
So this is the LMBE podcast,where LMBE stands for literally
nothing but everything.
I'm Mike Grispoli and I'm sorry, guys, but I'm gonna start this

(00:31):
off with a little bit of a sadnote, because I've just been
doing a lot of thinking with thetime being, with what's going
on in my life currently.
Doing two episodes a week hasbeen great, but I think we both
knew that this was never goingto last.
So it's not you, it's me.
I just need a little bit moretime for literally anything else

(00:54):
, and I know, I know, this isgoing to be hard.
You got used to hearing metwice a week and now it's only
going to be once, but we'll getthrough this together separately
, um, but in all honesty, I dothink that I bit off a little
bit more than I can chew,especially with the football
season ending and me just notreally having that much to talk

(01:17):
about.
I do think it would be morebeneficial if I go back to once
a week.
It's kind of like when yourealize seeing your ex twice a
week isn't necessarily juststaying friends, it's
self-sabotage and I don't know.
I feel like that's just whereI'm at right now with this,
where I don't want it to becomesabotage.

(01:39):
I want to give you guys the bestthat I can as I say this, with
this episode coming out a daylate, but I don't know.
I've just been really doing alot of thinking on this and I
don't want one episode justbeing me just rambling about
nothing, even though I know Ititled this thing the literally
nothing but everything podcast.
But I gotta give you something.

(01:59):
It can't just be me literallyspewing nonsense and garbage.
I want to give you guys somesubstance.
So I think this would be thebest course of action for the
pod in general is just goingback to once a week and as of
now, I think the day that I willbe posting on is Fridays,
unless I have anybody tell meotherwise that they like it on

(02:22):
Tuesday more.
Buddy, tell me otherwise thatthey like it on Tuesday more.
But at least from what I'mseeing from you guys, you guys
like the Friday episodes more.
So I will stick to the Fridaysfor the time being.
That is not to say that I won'tgo back to doing two a week, but
right now my life is so boring.
Even AI is like bro, I ain'tgot nothing for you.
I mean, I even checked mycalendar for upcoming plans and

(02:42):
it was like why are you herehere?
All right, so, with that said,super Bowl's coming up on Sunday
and who you guys got?
So my heart is telling me theEagles, but my mind is telling
me the Chiefs.
Well, why is that?
Well, honestly, I don't know.
I know a few weeks ago I said Iwasn't sure about the Eagles

(03:04):
because of the injuries and someof the extracurricular stuff
that they've been dealing with.
I do think, after seeing themthe past few weeks, that they
are the better overall roundedteam.
They have a top rated defenseand their offense looks
fantastic.
But at the end of the day, theyare going up against the Chiefs
.
They are going up against thestoryline of Taylor Swift and

(03:27):
the rumors of Travis proposingto her at halftime and the 3P
and all that nonsense, becauseat the end of the day, the NFL
is a business and they want tomake sure that they're going to
keep their new viewers investedand that's going to mean the
Chiefs winning, especially ifthis is Travis Kelsey's final

(03:49):
year and he retires at the endof the season.
I don't know, man.
I think there's just a lotgoing on with the NFL where they
want to see this 3P, eventhough the Chiefs, I think, are
a very beatable team.
I mean, even if you look back atthat week one game against the
Chiefs I think are a verybeatable team.
I mean, even if you look backat that week one game against
the Ravens, they were literallyan inch from losing that game

(04:12):
because the guy's toe was veryslightly out of bounds.
And then the game against theBroncos with the block field
goal.
That was just, I mean, masterclass in special teams.
But honestly, how the fuckoften do you see a block field
goal actually happen?
So they had a little breakthere.
But then even the game againstTampa that went into overtime.

(04:35):
I think Mahomes almost threw apick that was almost caught.
It was literally three inchesoff the ground.
The guy just couldn't securethe ball.
And if he makes that catch orthat interception, rather the
Chiefs lose that game Because Ithink the Bucs were like five
yards within field goal range.
So I don't know, it really didcome down to a lot of inches

(05:01):
when it came to beating theKansas City Chiefs.
Also, I don't know if they havea game that's over 30 points
this season.
I could be wrong, maybe theyhave one or two, but they've won
every game by a score, likethey didn't blow any teams out.
They didn't get blown out.
Obviously they have a 15-2record, except for the game

(05:23):
against the.
I think it was against theBroncos late in the season when
they just weren't playing theirstarters.
So I don't know.
I think the Eagles have a highprobability of winning.
But again, with the Chiefs,you're also playing against the
fucking refs, so it's a 13th manon the field for them every

(05:47):
down and you know at the end ofthe game, if it is close, the
Chiefs are going to get somefrou-frou call that allows them
with the ball in their hands atthe end of the game.
Even if it comes down to whathappened a few years ago when
the Eagles played the Chiefsthat call on Juju, that stupid
holding call I will never notbitch about this, because that

(06:10):
play had no bearing, or thatcall had no bearing on the play
itself and it allowed the gameto go into the ref's hands
because at that point it gavethe Eagles what?
40 seconds to get downfield,rather than maybe a minute and
15.
So if they have those extra 35seconds, who knows what that

(06:35):
offense could have done,especially with how great Jalen
Hurts was playing that gameProbably one of the best
quarterback performances of alltime in a Super Bowl.
To lose Reminds me of when Bradyplayed the Eagles.
Motherfucker, throws for 500passing yards, loses the game.
I don't know.
You also know that everyholding call that's going to

(06:55):
happen is going to go againstthe Eagles, even though the
Chiefs literally hold on everyfucking play.
I think in last year's SuperBowl against the 49ers um,
what's his nuts, kyle Shanahanevery play Bosa was getting held
and he was just like look,that's fine, but if you're gonna
call it on us, call it on themtoo.
And the refs just didn't.

(07:16):
It's just like fucking, call afair game for once in your life.
Refs, I don't give a fuck ifthe kansas city crybaby chiefs
are playing in the game.
Call it fair like.
How much more bending of therules are the chiefs going to be
allowed to do?
Steve spagnola, calling atimeout, even though that's
clearly against the rules, butthe refs turned their back on

(07:39):
that one.
Even in that Bills game, theblatant face masks that didn't
get called those two first downsthat should have been first
downs.
Like you're playing against therefs, it's just
un-fucking-believable.
It really is.
And it's the whole thing now ofoh well, if Mahomes wins four,

(08:01):
he's already beaten Brady atthis point in his career, and
that's the other storyline.
It took how many years betweenTerry Bradshaw to win four and
then it was all of a sudden JoeMontana who won four.
And Joe Montana, I think, wentfour for four, so he set the
standard.
Now, all of a sudden, bradycomes in and he wins seven.

(08:23):
So he's the brand new standard.
And it didn't even take themthree years for them to find
Mahomes and just be like, oh myGod, his greatness, let me suck
his dick and make sure that hegets all the championships.
I don't know, man.
I think the Eagles have a gamecut out for them.

(08:44):
They have to play a perfectgame if they are going to win.
I just hope to see them win,because nothing would make me
happier in life than seeing allof these swifties just go crazy,
because for as long as they'vebeen watching, everything has
gone their way.
They can't lose.
So I think everybody needs akick in the pants at some point,

(09:06):
and this would be the time.
As if swift's album wasn't afucking kick in the pants.
Dude, her last album was trash.
I couldn't even listen to asong.
I got like a minute and a halfin and I'm just like this is
garbage.
In a way, taylor Swift kind ofreminds me of Green Day, because
it's just like you're singingabout ex-boyfriends from,

(09:31):
however, the fuck long ago.
You're still pandering to a14-year-old audience and this
isn't really a knock on GreenDay, but it's just like guys,
you are 50 years old getting upthere wearing makeup and singing
about teenage angst, like youhaven't grown, like that was
your peak was when you were 18or 20.

(09:52):
Like, give me a break.
I think musicians kind of needto go back to thinking about the
longevity of songs and how it'sgoing to come across years
later.
I mean, I don't know, maybethat's why I listen to rock
music, because even like sweetchild of mine, yeah, you can
argue that that song is about awoman or whatever, but that song

(10:13):
could be about any woman.
Like we all know that whoeverTaylor Swift breaks up with,
there was going to be a songabout it.
But you know what?
Maybe that's also part of hercharm, of like we all got to see
her grow up, essentiallybecause she was, however, the
fuck old when she initially gotinto the industry.
What was she like 17?

(10:35):
So it's kind of like you got tosee how she's progressed with
every relationship, but they allfailed.
So it's just like, how doesthat make her any better than me
at this point?
Like all my relationshipsfailed.
You don't see me putting out afucking album.
But I don't know, maybe this isalso just because I like rock

(10:56):
songs.
So since I already brought upsweet child of mine, let's
compare that to some taylorswift songs, because I gotta
just say, for as crass as thatband is, I think in the past
I've said that they've got thelike dirtiest rock lyric of all
time.
But when you you look at SweetChild of Mine, it kind of
immortalizes women when you go,like she's got a smile that, it
seems to me, reminds me ofchildhood memories.

(11:18):
Like that's pure admiration andthey're basically saying that
the woman is a goddess, whereasI feel Taylor Swift just kind of
files emotional restrainingorders through song Like we are
never, ever getting backtogether.
That to me just sounds like ahostage negotiation, not a love
song.
And when she goes, I knew youwere trouble when you walked in.

(11:39):
All right then why did you datehim, sherlock?
I don't know.
To me, rock songs make you wantto fall in love.
Meanwhile, taylor Swift songsjust make you want to draft a
formal apology to your futureex-girlfriend.
It's just ridiculous.
But since we're on the topic ofmusic, it's funny because I went
out to a bar to hang out with afriend actually tonight, and

(12:01):
while I was there I ended uptalking to this guy and he was
just like oh yeah, I only listento country music.
I'm like what's the fuckingproblem?
You only listen to rock music.
That is not true.
I've listed countless artiststhat I've listened to Carrie
Underwood, shania Twain.
Here's one I actually saw ToveLo in concert many years ago.

(12:21):
There's one out of left fieldfor you.
And you know what I got?
No shame.
She got some dope beats and sheflashed her crowd.
So, needless to say, that wasone of the better concerts I've
been to.
So don't tell me that all Ilisten to is rock music, because
it's not true, it's just what Iprefer.

(12:44):
So, with that said it, just itreally kind of annoys me when
people only listen to one genreof music because you're not
expanding your horizons to whatelse could be out there.
I mean, music is just such anemotional and personal thing and
by not exploring differentavenues of what you could be
listening to, you're just notexpanding different emotions
that you can feel or differentphilosophies that you might have

(13:06):
, or even just generalmusicianship that there is out
there.
But I will say it does drive meabsolutely crazy with the
people who only listen tocountry music because they just
make it a true personality trait, dressing up like you own a
farm, but the closest thingyou've been to livestock is
ordering a fucking mcchickenfrom mcdonald's.
Give me a break, oh my god.

(13:31):
And you know what.
That's totally fine if you livein the south and that is your
culture and that is your vibe.
But I live in the north.
So people up here who onlylisten to country music will
just say to you something like Ijust don't like any other type
of music.
Oh cool, all right.
So you've never once heard asong that didn't sound like a
love letter to a pickup truckgot it, I don't know, man.

(13:55):
Like there's a band out therecalled down, and if you don't
know who down is, that was philand selmo's band after pantera,
and you literally can't get anymore country than them when it
comes to a metal, because theirfirst album was recorded in a
barn, like come on.
Also, it is funny, if you guyslike more southern rock stuff,

(14:18):
if you guys do like the heavierstuff I haven't done this in a
while.
When it comes to mentioningbands that I don't think other
people might know about, but Iwill mention them.
I don't know if they're notknown, but they're kind of newer
to me and it's a band calledtexas hippie coalition and to me
they kind of remind me of likezz top, and five figure death
punch had a baby like very bluesrock oriented kind of metal

(14:44):
groovy riffs.
If, if you like that style ofrock music, um with the zz top,
or even if you guys listen tothem, asphalt Ballet I mentioned
them a while back If you likethat stuff but you want to go a
little heavier, check out TexasHippie Coalition.
I mean, they got some bangers.
Blue Lights, turn it Up.

(15:06):
Hellhounds I Come From the DirtBuilt For the Road.
All of those are just fuckingbangers.
So, if you are interested, ICome From the Dirt Built For the
Road.
All of those are just fuckingbangers.
So if you are interested, Iwould give them a listen.
But that's pretty much all Igot for today.
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(15:28):
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All right, guys.
I hope you all have a fantasticweekend and I will catch up
with you next week.
Thank you you.
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