Welcome to Mini Music Monday, an abbreviated subsidiary of Ron Prussian's podcast. Thank you for listening. Here we are. It's the last Ron Prussian's Mini Music Monday of the year.
No, it's coming tomorrow. Yeah. Oh, we're recording it on the last day of the year. Today is December 31st.
Tomorrow when our friends and fans are listening, it will be January 1st, 2024. Today is December 31st. Can I tell you what's cool about today? Sure, it's my sister's birthday.
It's Abby Barlow's birthday. Happy birthday, Abby. We love you. And it's also 123123.
123123. The numbers. Wow. So I don't know what that means, but it just means it's special.
I read that people are getting married today because of those numbers. 123123. Yeah, maybe in the hopes that their partner will remember their anniversary. It's a day to waltz 123123.
I need to acquaint myself with what these beats are. That's going to be my expertise in coming here. What is 123123? 123.
Right now I say it's the waltz, but I don't know. I could be wrong. Yes, we were speaking a little bit that some of your New Year's things to look forward to for you are that you're going to be a little more experimental, perhaps, right? Explore some sounds in the near.
Explore some diverse rhythms. Yeah. Maybe a boss of Nova is good for me. Oh, I don't know.
What is a boss of Nova? It's a button on one of my rhythm machines. That's for sure. Don't fear it.
Don't fear the boss of Nova. Try it. Press that button. Yeah.
Are you going to play some guitar for me? I'm ready and poised. Lou has a guitar in this lab and he... I have to remind you that in every mini music Monday, there is an introduction that happens.
And then I play. Oh. I don't just start playing. Okay.
That sounded a little... I'm a little surprised. Harsh. I'm a little surprised.
We've been doing this for a year and change. Okay. And every mini music Monday. Mitty music Monday.
Is anyone else feeling chastised or is it just me? You know, I have to say to be perfectly honest, there is a hint of chastisement. And my voice when I say that, because honestly I thought that it was understood. I would only play the song.
It's song commencing in three hot snaps like a leather belt. The engine seized. Oh shoot. Sound of the belt, Ben.
What? Oh god. What'd you do there? I don't know.
What's the song? I'll tell you later. Well, well, well. The engine seized on the New Jersey Turnpike.
The ice was as black as the night. And our housemates would not know of our well-being. And I'm hungry already. I dream about a carnival.
And the peace he always are there. And I'll win you lots of prizes. Do you like the other guys'? Did you put them in your hair?
Do not put things in your hair. Set it down, he's fascist fool. Paint your money today. We're going 120.
Down the Merit Parkway. Hauling ass home in the heat. King of the road trip. No defrocking.
Firm with the nauseous. Me, I am my king. I dream about an outdoor party. The dirt chief with two legs parted.
Twist and turn and soon departed. Who's that lump in Mallory's closet? It really stinks. Who farted?
Was it skippy? You horny asshole. Magnificent cliffs of wonder. All at your disposal.
Get your mind out of the gutter. Get your mind out of the gutter. Who wrote that? I did.
With a couple of friends. You did not. It was. It was a team effort.
It doesn't sound like anything you've ever written. That's not your writing. It's a cop, Bob Fay. My friend Bob Fay.
Had a little bit to do with that. Okay. And you had the dream about the Beastie Boys. Yeah, I would never hear you do that.
There's nothing in that that speaks of you to me. Doing 120 down the Marit Parkway. The way it's sung and the way it's played. And there's no hook.
No hook. Oh, shit. Sorry. Well, you know what?
Take that. It really stinks who farted. That is like a hook in any song. Yeah, but you never are so literal.
I don't know. Well, it's. What is this from? It's a front.
It's a front. It's a front. It's a front. It was a friendly.
It was a friendly collaboration between myself. Bob Fay and Eric Matthews in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1993. Okay. My name of the band was Bellpuckle.
I'm holding a belt buckle. Okay. We got to get you one of these belts. I need a new belt, you guys.
I found the perfect belt. The Deerfield Belt. It's from the Greenfield Farmers Co-op on High Street. Come on down to Farmers Co-op on High Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Yeah. I found it like a belt in 2023. It's my Deerfield. That's true.
I need to go down there and try. They had a ton of belts. Yeah, trying to belt for myself. And in the spring at the Greenfield Farmers Co-op, you know what they'll have.
What? I don't need that. I don't need that, honey. Chicks and belts.
Well, I am thinking about sheep, though. I might want to get a lamb. Okay. But sorry.
I think I'm just very surprised. It just doesn't sound like you. I thought you were covering David Berman or something. Oh.
Oh. Nope. That was belt buckle for me. I was like, this is very different than loose style.
And this is like someone who's, I don't know, like, I just, I don't even know how to describe it, but weird. Oh, it's not an intro record. It stinks who farted. Yeah.
But that just is like, you don't, you've never, I don't know. I'm just surprised. I was stretching out creatively then. Okay.
1993? Well, I didn't know you in 1993. So maybe this is who you were then. People change.
I was still a bit of an asshole. I was obnoxious. A little bit of a asshole. I was obnoxious.
I thought I was fun. Yeah. There's some obnoxiousness. I thought it was funny to be really obnoxious.
Especially like when I was super duper high early in the morning. Well, there's no chorus on this. Right? I guess not.
I kept waiting for like the, you know, like the chorus that gets repeated and I've never thought about that. I've just thought of it as like an interesting corner of my career. Oh, it's interesting. The belt buckle seven inch.
That was interesting. People ask me about it occasionally. Okay. Hey, what about the belt buckle seven inch?
What are you going to make? When will you re-release the belt buckle seven inch? The answer is never. Okay.
I will never re-release the belt buckle seven inch. Got it. However, I will cover it as I just did. For our podcast, Ron Prashins.
Yay. So when it's a seven inch, does that mean it's one song? No, it means it's on a seven inch record. Oh.
One of the little records. Okay. One of the ones that only have one song on them and then you have to flip them. Well, that's a single, a seven inch single.
Right. You can put more than one. How many songs get on a seven inch? Oh.
Well, Dirty Rotten Nimble Souls from Austin, Texas. You did. Put 21 songs on a seven inch. 22.
One of my favorite seven inches. 21. Two fast. Really great songs.
Great band. That's impressive. So it's... My band Deep Wound.
Yes. Deep Wound. Okay. And that's the play because of the size of the record, right?
I guess so. But even then, it's... You know, you can change that. There's no hard and fast rule about it.
I mean, there are people... There probably is, I'm sure. There's a limit. It's only says...
There's got to be a limit. But I don't know what the limit is. It could be 15 minutes. Ten.
Probably. It kind of depends. You can adjust the grooves to the size of the record. That's what I was wondering.
Can you actually adjust the grooves? Yeah. When you manufacture it, absolutely. Well, I mean, could you say that I want to have like 50 grooves on this seven inch?
I mean, I'm not going to specifically how many grooves are on this seven inch. That's like, who knows how many grooves? I don't know. Somebody does.
Okay. You're asking me questions that I could answer. Thousands. Wikipedia could probably answer it.
There's probably a lot of people that could answer it. So I guess I'm confused. I'm not one of them. You'd be like, this is sort of giving me like a flashback to...
Was it the beginning of Ron Presley? I can't remember. But I would ask you like, you would go to the store when you got your first record and you'd be like, yeah, it's a seven inch or something. But it was just one song.
And I was trying to understand the fact that you would just go to buy one song. Do you know what I'm talking about? Is this bringing a bell to you, this conversation, this query I have? This could go on for a long time with someone much more knowledgeable than myself.
I'm thinking about you and I though, like a conversation we had where you were saying your first record. My first record that I bought was a seven inch record, a single one song on each side which was standard for years at 45 rounds per minute. However, you can make a seven inch that runs at 33 rounds per minute and put more time on it. You can make it an extended play, an EP, a seven inch EP.
And that's okay. This record, the bell buckle record was a seven inch EP. So there was more than just this song on it? Yes.
How many songs were there? There's four songs. Okay. And just one side.
Two sides. Two songs aside. Two songs aside. I'm going to put it on the sub-sack.
I'm going to put it on the sub-sack. Free people can stream the original record for free. Okay. Maybe you could check it out.
Okay. I will. I will. Brush up on your Lou Barlow.
I know. I was like, this is a cover that he knows well. He must be like Bill Callahan or David Berman or I was like my. I can say that both Bill Callahan and David Berman have never written a song that's stupid.
No, I didn't think it was stupid. You didn't think it was stupid? No. I just didn't think it was your style.
I really think this is one of the dumber songs I've ever. I just thought it was more. I know it's almost like to me this intellectual like I stick nod thing where it's like I'm so intellectual I can say these silly things. Ha ha ha.
Does that make sense? Yeah. I'm sure that people heard. He just sang.
Somebody used money. They spent money to make a seven inch. Can you hand me the lyrics? A seven inch.
Now check it out. Do you want to recite them? Please recite them. Oh, I can't.
You could. The sound of the belt buckle indicates the end of this mini music Monday belt buckle edition. Podcast terminating in three snaps of a hot leather belt. I dream about an outdoor party.
It doesn't sound like you. Did Bob say right that? He did. Bob, I can see you.
I see you. Last time I saw him he told me he doesn't listen to the podcast. Bob, maybe it's time you listen to this. Let's discuss.
Oh, this is tense. Break down this song. I would like to know. Did he also write, was it Skippy?
You horny asshole? That was me. That was me. I could have been wearing my family tie shirt.
It's Skippy. You horny asshole. I was just wondering. Are you talking about Skippy from Family Ties?
Yes. Who was the stand up comedian? I went to see his stand up once in Boston. Is he from Massachusetts?
No. I don't know. He was just on tour. I'm just a fan of the bandart.
Well, speaking of Family Ties and heading into 2024, I'd like to put out there before we bid you a do for your first day of the year, I would like to request the Family Ties theme song by you this year. Oh. A cover of that. Oh.
Again, once again in my life you've given me direction. The direction is to play that song. What would we do baby or whatever the fuck is? We're done.
Shh, la la la. Check out. One more. This.
Snap it. For this part that we've gone too long. We broke the rules. Mm-hmm.
You broke the rules. I dream about an outdoor party. The dirt chief with two legs parted, twist and turn and soon departed. Who's that lump in Mallory's closet?
It really stinks. Who farted? Was it skippy? You horny asshole.