Episode #34

We’re joined by special guest Nick Lambert, all the way from Iceland! We try to guess his middle name…and fail How people pronounce names in Iceland Ancient ways of communication The last time we played a show together Making band YouTube videos in the mid 2000s before social media Nick purposefully does Social Media poorly Movies of the 70’s and their poor lighting techniques Taking theater class in college and switching majors From Pre-med to acting and music Growing up being in a band Tooth and Nail records and their other labels The S.A.C. at Walla Walls College Seventh Day Adventist schools People that say “clean” things that sound dirty Dolly is a musician Playing trumpet in high school Ska is dead Nick and Erik are bad drummers and can’t keep tempo Everyone has an instrument When Nick joined the band Falling Up, and growing up listening to them Practicing the same song for hours Structured band practice Creating new guitar parts after the record is released Nick’s Falling Up discography Being in a signed band and making the most of the limelight One hit wonder bands and how we all would be lucky to gain any success Chumbawamba’s hit Nightlife in Iceland The healing powers of the Arctic sea Hollywood star that Nick met when he landed Eurovision was surprisingly accurate, accept for the belief in Elves Kindness of the Icelandic people and learning the language TV shows from Iceland Taking Spanish in high school Learning multiple languages Erik tries speaking Spanish while asking for toilet paper in South America The pitch of languages Rolling R’s C’s get degrees The grading system in school and what actually matters Even D’s get degrees Jobs never ask for your grades Going to a college just for the name/status Who’s your Dad or what’s your family name? Famous people that changed their last name to make it on their own College applications Getting asked if you have kids and proper responses Family trees and names that disappear through marriage Icelandic dogs sound way different than dogs in the America Adjusting to climate Iceland being from the PNW Strong winds and renting cars in Iceland Working remotely and other reasons Nick moved there Depends diapers and Austin Powers references Having a VPN and watching different Netflix content around the world Movies with giant monkeys and the new Super Mario Bros movie Playing classic video game consoles in 2021 Reminiscing about old games Michael Jordan and why he’s not in any basketball game Comparison between players in different eras And much more…