Excuse me as the as the put that my closer to your sweet lips, baby as the engineer was the official engineer of this podcast Yeah, I'm warning you See see that's what I mean. It doesn't stay why why I don't know I've been struggling with microphones for most of my adult life. I feel like this shouldn't be that hard like it Why does my name do this? I don't know I see people adjusting their mic stand all the time on stage Our actually not not all my stands are made are equal now.
I can't look I can't even see you Impressions For you the intro I like that intro a lot that that was beautiful Jingle jingle yeah, I worked on a whole instrumental this week. That was beautiful. I get kind of heard a little bit through the door Yeah, I'm gonna try to complete it. I thought that that was for folk implosion.
I didn't know what it was. Oh, that's for us, baby Oh, nice. That's our song. I Like that accurate description to a podcast about Yeah, I don't know what I was precarious because we really don't know What this is about it's raw impressions.
Yes. Yeah, and we do give our wrong impressions on things sure but ultimately there are impressions that are so raw Mm-hmm that we can't you know, we're not gonna share them. They're like chafing. You can't those are for us those are for us Your parents are listening your parents have been very concerned because you've been crying on the episodes crying today Really concerned.
Hmm. So yeah, we can't you know no tears today? We gotta let people know that we're doing good. I do other I have a full range of emotions many emotions and I sometimes I cry sometimes I don't today.
I will give mom and dad a break and I won't cry So there but it's so sweet when you cry on the podcast well, I I don't plan on it Just I get overwhelmed with emotions and then I notice that I said on the podcast I don't like I mean when you're crying in the real. Yeah, that's I don't well because generally when I cry Out side of the podcast not on the podcast. It's something is making me sad. Yeah, and then I'll say oh, please don't cry and you'll be like I gotta cry.
Okay. That's one. That's what the guy really learned also learned this from an episode of everybody loves Raymond but Sometimes a woman needs to cry yeah, and you can't always fix it guys you can't always fix that for your partner Yeah, this is universal truth for any Gender any person any coupling combination Yeah, sometimes your partner just needs to cry. That's that's it's hard to see you cry I mean cuz I do want to I do want to I mean sorry I have a cry cry So I mean anyway, that's there was there was this a very poignant episode of everyone everyone everyone everybody I don't know loves Raymond I saw approximately one episode which was this episode and the woman was just crying just in the sobbing in the Sync and he was like what's going on?
You know, it's a lot of sitcom thing is like the the men are a little you know, they're a little slow Mmm. Yeah, that's kind of like the joke right the classic. Which is dad's don't quite get it. That's fair enough Mmm.
It's a cliche at least in my case rings true. You're like it's probably being carried out because it happens a lot Yeah, I know I know now more than I've ever known now having teenage children that yeah a little slow on the slow dad anyway You can say something totally unrelated to that we can start anywhere you want to One of my new years things that I'm doing since hey everyone guess what it's we're recording this on January 3rd Tuesday because the children are finally back in school Which means we're finally back to work I want to work so bad in my life. Oh my god. Yeah, I started working yesterday I was like I can't possibly hold out so I came in here and Worked on the I've worked on the podcast.
Yeah, I worked on some music I want to make a little bit of music for this particular. I like that. Well, so what I was gonna say is that I just took a sip right now another one and From my own yeti mugs. I'm not talking anyway.
I'm not gonna go back to the commercial Say that Well, I have to make the commercials. Yeah, we could sure I don't know if it's like good No one seemed to like it, but it now it has to happen anyway We're just gonna keep pounding it I guess and tell people just get it Bigger and better than Bigfoot the mighty yeti signs images of ferocity and power Yeah, appearances matter when you want to look like you care about hydration harsh on a lot of these cannon shells into your couple Look at you looking for the toilet the power of hydration exists unlike the nithically yet We were in province town for my sister's 50th birthday in this wonderful house. Yeah, that my great sister had rented for us from the whole family to gather there Yeah, and I forgot to bring my toothbrush. This happens to me and it was like I could I was like I could use Adele's toothbrush And I'm like I cannot use Adele's toothbrush absolutely not because you'll know Also, it's an electric toothbrush So if I was I would because you'll know and also because you know what this is a I feel like this is a recent thing in my life Where I would actually feel really guilty for putting my mouth on that.
Yep, you couldn't live with the lie. You would know I feel like of all the all of the things that I could do like You know the city that I keep the white lies that I tell The vast collection of white lies are carrying in your body day today the web of deception that I weave around you and my family I knew that if I was to use that your toothbrush, you would just know oh, yes Like there would just be a wrinkling wrinkle in our dimension at that moment and you would cock your head Suddenly no matter where you were and would know I would know so I actually also I'm gonna use his expression I'm gonna use his brush. She'll never know Is he is he could if she's training though, she would be rips shit if she found out she's in training I've got her the training started she she could uh someday she will know you you're enjoying that small window time I feel that all the time. I'm like, you know, I'm reaching this I mean just because she she's just got this thing.
I just know she shares She shares some pretty intense parts of you and I together in one little creature So you have this verits and I can tell you I see it in her eyes. I see it in the glint in her eyes I'm like She's got that thing I got Yeah, that happened it showed up was it not last night But the night before that thing you're talking about well, I have a two but I understood it was easy I was putting Izzy to bed and right before I thought or hoped we would be falling asleep She started this absolutely full-body cry the sobbing deep deep sorrow and I thought oh boy What is this she started telling me that she didn't want to be an adult that was scary because being an adult is hard And you have to make hard choices and this is actually verbatim. Yeah, this is what she said to me I'm not riffing it. This is she literally said to me I don't want to be an adult because I know I'll have to make hard choices and I want to be a baby And then she squeezed her eyes shut while sobbing and said three two one baby And then I and then she opened her eyes and just kept sobbing it didn't work She was trying so hard to manifest I guess becoming a baby like just by saying that she did that a few times It was pretty rough hard lesson to learn that you just can't close your eyes and just count yourself into being another Just like get me the fuck out of here like exactly That is an absolutely terrifying realization and to be an adult and to see a human being go through that mortal like like that thing where they're like It's mortality, right?
It's like getting there is life fucking sucks. Yeah, and it's gonna end and guess what money's gonna get older Which scares a crap out of her she's like mommy and then I want you to go back to when I was a baby And I just I want to be in your arms and you're holding me and I'm like fucking get it kid You just want to be held and safe and have everything taken care for you and the older you get the more you have to make decisions The scarier like becomes she's not wrong The ones that I read a lot of them the child behavior books like the parenting books are largely about saying Something that saying the right thing as opposed to the thing that you heard over and over again when you were young as opposed to just reacting directly from like you know generational trauma well not just generational trauma but like annoyance and Clostrophobia like we experience, you know, we just got off this very long break with the kids. I mean Clostrophobia, yeah, which creates you know, yeah, you gotta be able you don't have to of course because I mean people just don't I mean people generally just throw jabs at each other and they throw jabs at their kids And that's kind of that's a way of life But the other there's a way of life also that you can you can work to finesse the way you speak with your children regulation regulation I you know, I think you're quite good at that. Well, I try I do I feel like yes, I'm on a constant endless Quest to become regulated in situations where I feel squeezed So it's like okay my claustrophobia here it is I go breathe it all keep your fucking mouth shut don't say anything give it a beat give it a beat Mm-hmm.
That's a fucking beat. That's something that I I Whoa Have I struggled with that? Yeah, I've never been a good drummer wish I was that's one thing. I really wish I was Really wish I was a drummer.
Mmm. Dremming is cool drumming is so bad ass. Yeah, it's true. It always feels extra cool It's like well, you can drum I think it's because With drumming too, you're very aware of the multitasking nature of it.
You're I mean, yes, we're not aware They just do it. It's like it just moves through their body. They are totally I find it amazing I mean, I'll tell you it's one thing I really what I that it gives me solace or it gives me it makes me feel better about myself sometimes when I need to feel a Little better about myself because as as someone who writes songs and sings I'm like yeah, but it's so easy You know, and I really feel that I'm like, ah, it's just because you know people haven't tried really You know, I sort of imagine that everyone has a talent equal to my own that they but but with drumming You realize that things that you do are born with your gifts are innate I'm on my mouth But I do feel like there's an emotional intelligence that comes with being a percussionist As I know in my mind, I'm thinking about all the people that I know that do percussion and there was something about them that Is slightly different, you know in an emotionally intelligent way Like I think of Murph and I think Murph can be really perceptive, you know, like about relationships or just people or like situations I think sometimes like his insights You know, you'll be like wow, you know, Murph was really insightful about that or something and and I think that's really There's something like it's in this internal thing and like you think of um, you know what? They're all psychopaths in their own way Because I'll tell you like emotional intelligence.
I mean you're absolutely right about Murph Um, but as to apply that to all the people who know how to play drums absolutely not Absolutely, so my generalization doesn't track. No, no, they're drummers. I mean they're drummers who are like I don't know they're aliens dead inside I don't I wouldn't I'm not gonna go that far. I actually don't believe that either.
Um, but no, they're just a fearsome breed Fearsome Mmm. Well, that's interesting. I don't know what really didn't carry it away Huh, I have I have so many feelings about drummers that I would love to talk about I feel like another generalization. I have which again totally not true because I know many percajatas They all wear sleeveless t-shirts But they don't they don't everyone okay, but in my mind Childhood that's in the 1980s and 1980s.
It didn't print it on me. It did personally. Oh, yes I think that that that's true. I think yes They're just like they gotta have that's that sleeve you just cut that thing off you just let your little ribs It's not just the sleeve.
It's got to go halfway down like almost to your waist that t-shirts It's like this almost like a tank thing like a weird low tank. Oh, does Dave Grover tank tops? Does he's a drummer? He's the drummer.
What am I say a drummer? He's wrong worn a tank top at some point whether he's done Does he wear a tank top still? I As a fellow as a fellow middle-aged man I would say when you start when you kind of hitch 30s And you know you kind of get that kind of bloat that sort of you know, you know kind of functional alcoholic bloat going on and and You know you know the 30s are rough on everybody everybody So no, I would say you'd be less inclined to show your upper arms I really would love to see you and Dave Grohl grow off sometime. That would just be you know, you I thought you said you wanted to be friends with Dave Grohl.
I never said I wanted to be friends with Dave Grohl I'd love to be friends with Dave Grohl. I would not think you did. I think you did. No, I think you put that out there last year No, and then it was a Dave Grohl and Eddie better.
Hey, take it easy. Oops. Did I? I Can't say no, I don't want to be friends with David Grohl or that's legal you have to wear better And no way they both they both seem like very nice people.
Yeah, but I'm just it sounds pathetic When a sea list Says I want to I want to I mean it's it's more pure coming off like it's more pure coming off a contractor Like a guy who steps out of a pickup truck like you know Shumday I'd really love to meet Dave Grohl. I like you're like wow, that's really how cool is that? You like you want to make that guy's dream come true You want to put him on the guest list you want to get him backstage at Fenway and to shake Dave Grohl's hand So he can look look Dave Grohl's square in the eye and say like you know whatever the shape and the beauty and whatever the color and the Change my life dude, you know, but me I feel like I don't want to meet Dave Grohl because I feel like he's too funny And I get I get nervous around people that I'm aware like too funny. It's too intimidating I when we met Todd Barry.
He was at a dinosaur junior show in New York, New York many years ago We were you know, I don't know how this even happened But like next thing you know, we're backstage at the thing was a Bowery and and I'm sitting next to Todd Barry for some reason on this Tiny sofa like how does this happen and and we're kind of looking at each other and I was like this is mortifying Okay, because he's a comedian he gets paid to be funny Oh, and I just literally was like I'm in hell I'm in hell and then I feel like anything that came out of my mouth He gave me the nod and I'm not this is no shading because he's poor thing I mean, I just I want to say I'm sorry to Todd Barry for every dumb thing I said backstage at the Bowery because I was mortified and your face scared the crap out of me Don't worry about it. You're not your face like literally your face, but your expression one more thing because we got I could tell you We're holding back buddy. Okay, we got it. We got to put this we got to put the breaks on this Sorry, I have one more statement.
Yes, and this one I'm putting this podcast bed for the day And I mean this one comedians are fucking psychopaths. Oh And I mean it, you know, I'm okay with that one. I'm okay with that one. I'm okay with that one.
Yeah, they scare me. I'm scared They are yeah, yeah, I have a I just shrink I become like a reverse. I'm the shrinky danker. What before it gets ground I just I can't scared I just want to stay away I'm in an older comedian once who did I remember seeing on evening at the improv when I'm in the 80s It was pretty funny I met him in real life and he was actually very nice.
I don't remember his name But he made me kind of go like okay, maybe this is just a guy who lives in Burbank towards the country and tells funny jokes What who is it? It was some older guy. I don't remember his name. He's part of this older crew.
He's not he's not like our crew He's not he's not like Todd Barry and David Cross and I mean, I'm not very face-lives in my memory I was like he was you know, I'm standing in front of a brick wall on late night television See I equate Dave Grohl in he also to me is a comedian whether or not I don't want to say that girl anymore. That's it. Oh, we're done No, I was just let me finish my goddamn sentence. I was I was simply trying to say that Dave Grohl is a comedian.
I'd love to hit pause on this right now I just stopped it be like oh yeah, there we go We got the whole podcast and then you and I just like we can go down to the kitchen. Oh, I have to eat lunch I'm starving I can go down you can use the facilities I have to Mark yourself a sandwich. I am I'm gonna make myself a sandwich. I'm gonna make myself a sandwich with lots of mayonnaise What can I talk about we're gonna talk about Dave Grohl?
We're just you and me We're gonna have a we're just gonna talk about Dave Grohl and let the conversation go wherever it wants to even it could go as far as me going Like gosh, you know, it would be great to stay in Eddie Vedder's guesthouse and Kawaii Wait Eddie Vedder we just you were just saying Dave Grohl. It's the same thing you said I wanted to say No, you kind of you outed me saying that I Friends with Dave Grohl and You and Adele Barlow. Thank you for listening to Raw Impressions episode 8