Welcome to another episode of the Raw Impressions Podcast. You can't get it through it. Bit too sweet. It's good to people.
You get in the gander. Christ. That's a problem with these Warby Herkers. They're cheating.
You're on impressions. Give me a round. You're on impressions. Give me all.
On your own impression. Give me all. That's the instrument that I was playing. The bass.
I feel like that's sort of how I sound when I sing. How's that Pepsi? This is the first Pepsi that I've had in a very long time. I would five, six years.
Yeah, I was going to say I can't recall the last time I saw you drink a soda. This was my favorite back in the day. Pepsi? Mm-hmm.
I was a Pepsi over Coke. Although I love Coke too. I'm more of a Coke gal, but I don't drink Coke either. I mean, in my past life, when I used to drink soda, Coke and Sprite.
I was there for the Sprite years. The end of the Sprite years for you. Yeah, Sprite tapered off and now it's really no more. It's too sweet, too sugary.
Guess what? This Pepsi is too sweet. Yeah. When you're not used to having that much sugar in a beverage, it can feel really jarring.
Well, I used to when I was drinking Pepsi and Coke, my ice to Pepsi Coke ratio was a lot of ice. Same. Pons of ice like a whole cup full of ice and then add the Pepsi or Coke. I liked if I was to have, yes, the Coke.
I would want to have, like, if I'm in a restaurant, family restaurant, a really big cup. And yes, filled with ice. A big plastic cup. Like the kind of the pebble ice, the huge plastic cup.
A big red cup full of pebble ice. Yes, with pebble ice, a straw. And then now I'm thinking about pizza. Now I want pizza.
So pizza. It's just made me want to have pizza. I want to have some shitty pizza with that. A really greasy, shitty pizza.
I won't be able to, like, move after that and be wired simultaneously from the Coke. But yeah, like a crispy, and it almost hurts to drink it because it's so cold because you've put in so much ice and it's so bubbly. You need a straw. You can't just put your mouth to that because it's too darn cold.
You got to have a nice straw, so at least you get a little bit of a temperature. It just takes a little bit of the sting of temperature. It's a journey from the spike that hits your mouth. I thought this Pepsi would be perfect because...
Why are you drinking it? I felt like I needed a little lift. Yeah, a little tired. I'm just not super tired, but it's already in the afternoon.
We've already had a big long day. We've done all kinds of stuff. A lot of adulting today that we did. So much.
I called a financial institution today. Yeah, I called and I got us new car insurance today. Our old car insurance that I got is in LA and they reluctantly continued to cover us here in Massachusetts. They finally sent me the notice and they were like, yeah, we're not covering Massachusetts residents anymore, which means you because you were it.
You are one. You are a weird random Massachusetts resident we have on this car insurance and no more. Massachusetts has too many weird laws. We don't have to deal with that anymore.
So yeah, had to do all that work. So many pilgrim hoops. Oh my gosh. But here we are back in the stewed and I have to say I thought people had a great reaction to Izzy's Halloween song.
That was fun. It's a really good song. It's like surprisingly good. From Monday's Tyny Terrifying Tunes, if you haven't listened, go back, stop, hit stop and go back.
Listen to that. Then we'll come back here. We should do a video for it, but then I didn't know whether she would want to. How do you even recreate that?
I feel like it would be. I'd say like what are we play it for? What do you want to do? Do you want to dress up?
Oh, I say just act out. Yeah, like if she wanted to act out her own video. I'm going to dance to it. I thought that might be the best way to re-release the song.
That song feels like it was almost like made in the early 80s, like unironically. Oh, it was made unironically. I can tell you that. I was there.
I watched it happen. I watched it unfold. There was no irony in Little Bang Bang's approach. We might need to put in a tiny clip of it just so people can know what we're talking about.
I do. But I feel like I'm seeing purples and blacks and golds and hair and like... I'll talk to her about it. I'll consult with her.
I can talk to her about my ideas. Some year of the comet, sort of fashion inspiration. I don't know what that means. You don't have to explain.
You do not have to go back and explain that reference, the year of the comet. I think that's what it was called. Was one of the writers in that movie? No.
Well, you just told me not to explain so should I sit here silently? Definitely not. Make some noise. Make some noise.
Oh. So, yeah, a little bump for you with the Pepsi Colax. The Socks. My mouth is just now covered in Pepsi.
I know that coating is yucky. You don't like it anymore. I've changed. Grown man doesn't drink Pepsi anymore.
Yeah, well now you know. You're like, yeah. I looked at it in the fridge and I said, I'm going to have that little Pepsi. I know, what else are you supposed to do though for that afternoon?
First of a little energy. You can't drink coffee every time. What else are you supposed to do? This is like wide open for an advertiser right there.
I know, hello, anyway. A refreshing herbal beverage. Refreshing herbal tonic. Well, it would have some name.
I haven't tasted anything yet that I'm willing to return to besides coffee. I'm not having coffee in the afternoon because I'm too far old for it. I thought I'm going to have coffee at 135. What kind of madness is that?
That's like, I mean, open up the gates. It's mayhem. It's crazy. God, I'm drinking coffee at 135 in the afternoon.
No. I don't even do that on tour anymore. I don't even do that on tour anymore. I used to drink, like, you know, I'd be like, oh, I'm playing a show tonight.
So I'm going to start. I'm going to drink espresso at five o'clock in the afternoon. So I have a bump for the show. But actually that doesn't work.
Mm-hmm. No, we're too old. It's too late. I don't buy all your promise anymore, caffeine.
I don't listen to your lies. You were a part of my life. I love you in my life. I love you at seven o'clock in the morning.
I love that. Mm-hmm. Seven, eight, if I forget. Mm-hmm.
I like to dose. I like to just, you know what I like to do. You do. You hit that espresso machine pretty hard.
Pretty hard, yeah. Four shots, damn. Mm-hmm. I'm a black coffee gal.
I go straight for the coffee pot. Nothing fancy, no French press or anything. I've done all that in my life, guys. But I'm just more like I need to have the timer set so that, you know, the night before we prep the coffee.
And I prep the coffee. This is, this is, it should be known. That's one of my- That's one of your nice duties you do as a partner. It's my gesture of love that's expected.
It's an expected gesture of love. Ha ha ha ha. Are you emphasizing the word expected? It is expected because if I don't do it, if I don't do it, something is a lie.
It doesn't mean that you and I necessarily are on the outs. It doesn't mean that we're fighting or anything like that. But it means that something, something happened. Mm-hmm.
Something happened the night before. That I was too distracted to remember how important it is for you to have a hot cup of coffee. Mm-hmm. You have a very particular way of saying cup of coffee.
I do. You do. Cup of coffee? Can you say like, can you give me a cup of coffee?
Can you? I feel like I'm going to say it weird. I don't know. Can you get me a cup of coffee?
That's not the way it's on it. No, no, you have this really particular way of saying it when it's casual. It's like a really, there's a particular like- Yeah, I feel like I'm on, I'm, I'm the lightest shining on me. I'm going internal.
I can't move. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
It's something that I can't really have that on demand. I can't have that. Maybe you'll just have to be recording on your phone in the morning without me knowing and just casually late in the bed and then- Feels creepy. That was more of like a loo-old loo thing to do.
I did without your permission. You record your snoring one night. That was so funny though. I used to do.
If you listen to the pod, you know. I used to do a lot of things without people's permission. Great. I don't do that anymore.
I don't do that anymore. Stop that. Yeah. Well, I know, but I do think if you were going to try to record me saying that, I will understand if you do.
I'm saying you have my consent to record me saying that in the morning if I'm like a little bleary and you have my consent. Yeah, I love my coffee in the morning so, so much. I like a hat. You know, I like my coffee.
Oh. Speaking of the 80s and alien-ish. I'm answering machine messages from the 90s. That's one of the greatest messages I've ever received.
One of the reasons, the non-obvious reason is that the way that he says about it. I need to talk with you about it because it has this little to it that I absolutely love. It's in this with the message that it's calling to request the use of the song Natural One and ESPN's extreme games. I got that.
That's cool. That was like the greatest... What a great moment. Yeah.
This was like, there was a few great moments that I had associated with this song that are like, you know, like a lot of times in our life, we just something, you know, we're like, wow, how could it get any better? Where do you go from here? Yeah, this felt like I climbed Everest. Exactly.
Like, you and I have these moments a lot where we're just like, wow, where do we go from here? How do you top that? And when I got a song, John and I made it onto ESPN, the extreme games, the level, the delicious irony associated with that. The idea that my voice would be like echoing across a stadium or just on people's television sets was so fucking funny to me.
And just like one of those like, wow, I mean, I wasn't thinking in terms of the money at that point because I was like, I was pretty young and I kind of didn't care. You know, that part was just, it was just knowing that you're a little bit of myself was going to enter the culture on that level. And there were a few, and John had an instance, I think of hearing Natural One at about, like on a basketball game, which was his kind of moment. Wow, you know, it's like where you, and I had this amazing moment where I was watching the beginning of Tony Robbins, you know, the big tall, the big guy with the really big teeth, the inspirational speaker, Tony Robbins.
Okay. He was like one of his infomercial things. You know, he comes out like Tony Robbins was where the narrator explains how great Tony Robbins is and how powerful he is and Tony comes out onto the stage. And the music accompanying his like triumphant stage appearance was a music version of Natural One, which was like, again, I'm speechless.
Where do I go from here? Yeah. But when I start to feel like, you know, put down a little bit or I feel a little grumpy, I really have to say to myself, but Lou, Tony Robbins is the natural one. The music natural one.
Like you. What else are you really looking for here? Yeah. I mean, you climbed musical Everest.
That's it. I got you. I got a couple of kids. I know I've got clean socks and running water.
True. I mean, I mean, yeah, I love it. Occasionally people recognize you too. But I know them too.
I'd be like, oh, you know, it's usually someone you know. I know. I know. I reckon.
Wait a minute. You're the guy that bought the t-shirt in Chicago in 1995. Oh my gosh. Your memory actually is pretty patchy.
Well, actually it can be really good. It can be very patchy. I mean, you know, it can be so downright terrible and so amazing at the same time. You have kind of a weird memory.
It is. I was thinking about thinking about my memory today. I've been thinking about it a lot because I'm getting a little bit older. You know, I'm looking for the signs.
That's what you do. You look for the signs. I'm going to ask this morning. You do have a choice as you get older.
Do you look for the signs of the decline or do you embrace the things that you are getting to know? Do you embrace the new things that your age is showing you, the new insights, or do you look for signs of decline? And of course we do both. And I spent a fair amount of my day looking for signs of decline.
And I found this list. And I made it recently. It's a recent notebook acquisition. It's the notebook I got at the Bob Dylan Museum.
It's a nice book. That's a really nice looking notebook. I've been just scrolling down notes and I haven't taken it on. I'm not in there like right in my doing my Dylan on it.
I'm not there. I'm just putting notes in it. There's a piece of paper. And it's obviously very recently.
And it was a long list of colors. It was like red, green, blue, rainbow, silver. And then next to each. This is my handwriting.
Next to each color is a number. Okay. When the fuck was I counting things of when did I find 25 rainbow? What is this?
It was like a long list. Like I'd obviously spent a lot of time writing out this list and calculating. Counting. Also there was obviously counting involved.
Wow. What was that? What was it? Huh.
And a rainbow. Yeah. Rainbow was one of the colors of whatever we were identifying. What is this acid trip where you just like?
Maybe you were there with me. We both could have been there. I don't know. Why would I be counting?
I don't know. I might have to see that piece of paper. It could jog my. I want to run right out of the room right now and get it for you and show it to you.
Do you want to do that? Can you talk to the people while I go? Sure. I'll talk to the people.
What do you guys want to know? Oh my gosh. This is all the matter of writing a letter and it not being opened until the gates later. This is the classic.
So the song just played saying something about writing a letter while you were in the other room getting a book. Oh, yeah. It's the reading of Sabot of letters from 1994 that have never been opened. Oh.
Okay. Okay. Do you want to do that? Do we feel that this is appropriate?
I mean these are like private letters from people. Well, you're going to read it. Oh. You're going to, you're going to, you're going to, you were going to, it's up to you.
Okay. Okay. Let me see. Everyone I have four.
I was holding four envelopes in front of me. I found a stash of Sabot fan letters. They're all manila. That's amazing.
Was this like, every envelope was manila colored in the 90s? Sort of like a vanilla ice cream, vanilla, vanilla. Oh, white envelopes. I guess we're a standard.
But I mean, it's not white. It's like a vanilla ice cream color. Really? Yeah.
Or maybe it became that color over time. That kind of a, okay. Let me pick one. Select one.
I'm fanning up some envelopes right down. She's going to grab one. This little one. Okay.
I'm going to very neat handwriting. This came from Rockwell, Texas. It says May 2nd, 1994. Oh my gosh.
What a cute envelope. It has a plaid on the inside. Oh, really? You want me to read this?
Oh my gosh. You read it. We'll see if we edit this out. Okay.
Oh, in the meantime, here's my list. Here's my list. Oh. Brown.
Twenty-two. Gray. What the heck is that? Oh, weird.
I don't know. Huh? Okay. Okay.
Well, here's, this is a, I'll start reading. I guess we'll see what our thoughts are. Two Lou or Mr. Barlow, if you prefer, from a stranger.
And Lou is underlined. I'm a guy from a small town out of Dallas, Texas, whom writes to you in feeling from what I get from your lyrics and music that you lay down for everyone to hear and feel. I don't know you, but I feel I can relate to you. I also try my part at writing and playing music to get things off my conscience.
I play guitar and mess with drums, keyboard, violin, bass and harmonica. Man, I was so awoken by your freed weed album and sebidot stuff that I realized I wasn't wrong to play into cheap recorders to catch that quote unquote realness. That's right. Studio recordings take so much away that already there that's, it's become such a joke.
Yeah. Studio recordings are sterile. He's right. He's absolutely right.
Man have that one thing we can relate to in life and its trials. We just find different ways in putting up with it, not knowing the real reason behind why we are here on this screwed planet. What a great line. Sorry about how Jay Mascis treated you.
At least you can now do what you should really do. It seems he was real once, but fame took it away from him. If sebidot gets big, I hope it won't happen to you too. It did.
It did. In a way, I see it as all you have to say should be saved before fame and popularity take over. So during that time, it's never lost and people who want to suck it out of you can fuck off. Okay.
And fuck is underlined and fuck off is written real intensely. Um, Lou, you're my Bob Dylan. That sounds stupid, but what else can I say other than I feel from your generation? I'm about, this is funny, I'm about 19 years old.
I'm about 19 years old. And I relate better with the 80s post punk Jimmy Reagan crowd. You see, you could say, Jimmy Reagan. Jimmy Reagan.
Like Ronald Reagan. Reagan Reagan. Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter Reagan.
Interesting. I mean, Jimmy Carter's slash Ronald Reagan. Interesting. He didn't say that's my words.
I guess the young crowd of rejects who experimented with everything and got a lot out of it in some ways can relate no matter what decade. Oh. Oh. Don't show me.
Don't show me. Don't show me. Okay. Well, this is almost done everyone.
I'm staying here for this. And then it's, and it ends pretty like I'm just saying it's he says, we're all in this together. We've all got to make mistakes and grow to be anything and even worth hanging out with. Your friend, Bloop Bloop.
I'm not going to say his name. And then he actually gives you his phone number and his address. And then he says the lastly, if you write or call, I know you understand. And plus, I'd like to hear what you have to say.
If you don't, then you've got better things to do. I'll leave you alone now. And then he has a really interesting drawing of it looks like pulling on a t-shirt with a guy with his, it's great. You guys let me know if that was violating.
If I violated this wonderful person's letter, their privacy. Wait, this was my choice. You made me do this. Was that a good idea?
Was that a good segment? It's very old, everyone. This is not new. It's from 94.
Was that a good segment? Should this be a new segment? Was that a good segment? Or you're like, how now?
Stop that. You crazy. It's kind of a long letter. Well, I enjoyed reading that.
Thank you. I thought you read it really well. Thank you. Yeah, really good.
Maybe I should read audio books. I'm for hire. Alright. That's my phone reading.
Phone my offers. Have a wonderful day. And go forth into the world. I've had a pretty fucking good day so far.
Keep it going, baby. Thank you for listening. Our impressions. Episode.