Friday, January 8, 2021

The Peverett Phile Phifteenth Anniversary Special Pheaturing The Black Keys

 

We spend $750 billion annually on "defense" and the center of American government fell in two hours to the Duck Dynasty and the guy in the Chewbacca bikini. Shaking my head. Hello, kids, welcome to the Phile or the phifteenth anniversary special. Shortly after President Donald Trump addressed supporters vowing to “never to concede” the presidential election, a large crowd of pro-Trump protesters marched to the U.S. Capitol and breached police barricades. To a crowd of supporters, Trump stated, “We will never give up, we will never concede. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved.” He later claimed that Joe Biden would be an “illegitimate” president. Trump supporters quickly made their way into the building outside of Senate chambers. The Capital was placed on lockdown as police ordered evacuations at several buildings, and the certification of the electoral college votes was delayed. Outside of the building, the protesters could be heard chanting “USA, USA!” and “This is our house” as several of them began to forcefully remove metal barriers that were meant to keep space between crowds and police. U.S. Capitol police officers dressed in riot gear quickly moved to the front of the crowd to hold the line. Live video footage showed officers deploying pepper spray after protesters, who are supporters of President Donald Trump, began charging at officers and moving towards the Capitol steps. The scene escalated quickly as some protesters made physical contact with officers, which made police officers respond with physical action. The crowd breached police barricades, overtaking police forces on the Capitol steps, and then attempted to storm Congress. Capitol Police started evacuations of Capitol campus buildings, the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building, and the Cannon House Office Building. The Electoral College certification, which is located inside the Capitol, was quickly halted as Rep. Paul Gosar objected. At the end of his speech, Trump stated that he was heading to the capital but officials reportedly placed the president at the White House. Trump’s claims of voter fraud have been widely debunked, and the Trump Administration’s effort to challenge the election results in court have been rejected by a succession of judges.     

The storm on the U.S. Capitol made January 6th, 2021, an alarming day in American history. And as the world watched the chaos ensue, one woman lost her life in the midst of the violence. So, who was she, and what happened? In the process of attempting to stop the turmoil, U.S. Capitol Police fatally shot a woman, hailing from San Diego, California, identified as 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt. According to her brother-in-law, Justin Jackson, Babbitt was an Ocean Beach resident who arrived in Washington, D.C., to protest Republican President Donald Trump’s election defeat amongst other Trump supporters. Jackson explained that he had been in contact with the Metropolitan Police Department, but that he still did not know what happened and what had resulted in the shooting. He told NBC 7, “Ashli was both loyal as well as extremely passionate about what she believed in. She loved this country and felt honored to have served in our Armed Forces. Please keep her family in your thoughts and respect their privacy during this time.” Nevertheless, the D.C. Police chief said that their Internal Affairs Unit is investigating the shooting. Prior to the mob’s storming and rioting of the Capitol grounds on Wednesday afternoon, Babbitt had foreshadowed the protest on social media, sending a tweet out on Twitter that said, “Nothing will stop us…. they can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon D.C. in less than 24 hours…. dark to light!” Babbitt was an avid Trump supporter who was active at pro-Trump rallies. She was an Air Force veteran who had served on multiple tours in the Middle East. She and her husband Aaron own and operate Fowlers Pool Service and Supply, per her Facebook page. And now she's dead because she made a stupid decision.

On October 29th, 2020, Alex Trebek hosted his last episode of "Jeopardy!," passing away 10 days later at 80-years-old of pancreatic cancer. He had been hosting the beloved game show since September 10th, 1984, and his five final episodes have been airing after New Year’s Day, during this first week of January. The last episode officially airs today, Friday, January 8th, 2021. The final "Jeopardy!" episode will include a tribute to Trebek’s life and work, honoring his work as a game show host. "The Jeopardy!" host really didn’t know that the October 29th taping would be his final appearance and final show, but he was getting weaker and weaker from cancer. The show’s executive producer Mike Richards told CNN that there will be at least one emotional moment. “That first show of that final week... he gives a speech talking about togetherness, how important family is, and it will resonate even more now. It was so beautiful that we were all emotional, we were all in tears, and we all started clapping. It almost distracted him because he was going, ‘okay, now let’s play Jeopardy!” The show has yet to announce a permanent replacement for its beloved host, but a series of guest hosts from the "Jeopardy!" family will fill in for the time being. Ken Jennings is set to host first, holding the history of winning the show as a contestant 74 times. He had signed on as a producer this past season and will host new episodes starting January11th. Richard said in a statement, “Alex believed in the importance of "Jeopardy!" and always said that he wanted the show to go on after him. We will honor Alex’s legacy by continuing to produce the game he loved with smart contestants and challenging clues. By bringing in familiar guest hosts for the foreseeable future, our goal is to create a sense of community and continuity for our viewers.” Get your tissues ready... it’s going to be an emotional one.

The hosts of ABC’s "The View" have spoken out about the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, and even Meghan McCain, an outspoken Republican with a history of defending President Donald Trump, had a few things to say. The daughter of late Senator John McCain, known for her spiffs with co-host Joy Behar, called on the enactment of the 25th amendment, heavily criticizing those who were a part of the U.S. Capitol insurrection. On yesterday’s episode of "The View," the conservative panelist started the show with a firm objection to the actions of the pro-Trump supporters and rioters who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol building to protest the count of electoral college votes that ultimately would certify Democrat President-Elect Joe Biden as the new president of the United States. She said, “This is one of the great national tragedies of my lifetime,” explaining that Trump’s influence just two weeks before the incident contributed to “one of America’s darkest days.” “He’s clearly a president who’s turned into a mad king. At this point, I’m calling on all Republicans and conservatives who still have clout. We have to invoke the 25th amendment,” she said. And with tears in her eyes, she condemned the rioters as “bastards” who are “using the American flag as symbols as they’re attacking our own republic- the same flag that our veterans at Iwo Jima held” after the Second World War. “You are not patriots, you do not represent America. You are the scum of the earth who are using and abusing and bastardizing all that I love and grew up with for your own sick agenda,” she sternly said. McCain’s fellow co-hosts on the famous daytime talk show also commented on the incident, with their own criticisms to follow. "The View" moderator, Whoopi Goldberg, called for the FBI to look into those in the White House, including President Donald Trump, his children, and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in deciding who was actually responsible for the riots and protests. She said, “They sent all those people to the Capitol building. If you want to look for somebody, there are three people right there whose fingers are the dirtiest because they knew what they were doing and they did it anyway.” And fellow co-host Joy Behar, also commented on the incident, supporting McCain in her argument in a rare moment of unity on the show. She concluded from proof in referencing back to video footage showing pro-Trump supporters breaking in and entering the Capitol building, that "the police are capable of restraining themselves’ in ways that critiqued in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis officers last year,” according to Entertainment Weekly. She said, “Many of them enabled these insurrectionists to go into the Capitol and endanger the life of people… It’s outrageous. I don’t forgive Lindsey Graham. He can go on the floor of the Capitol and cry his eyes out. He is part and parcel of this problem, and so is Mitch McConnell and this idiot Josh Hawley… Ted Cruz, Rudy Giuliani, go back to the landscaping business! You are done!” Since the violence that ensued in Washington, D.C., President Trump has been suspended on multiple social media accounts, after tweeting about his hope that the riots would remain “peaceful.” His accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitch have been suspended due to “repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” as explained from Twitter. 

It looks like President Donald Trump is in quite a pickle. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that both Facebook and Instagram have suspended President Donald Trump’s accounts indefinitely. Through a statement, Zuckerberg stated, “The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.” Both Facebook and Twitter announced that they had to stop Trump from posting on their platforms on Wednesday after several rioters and Trump supporters stormed the house of Congress in Washington, D.C. This was the most aggressive action either company has yet taken against President Trump, who more than a decade ago embraced the scale of Twitter to spread false rumors, rally his loyalists, and bash and taunt his enemies. Twitter locked President Trump out of his account for 12 hours, saying that any future violation could result in a permanent suspension of the @realdonaldtrump account. Then, the company removed three of Trump’s tweets, including a video in which he urged his supporters to go home while repeating falsehoods about the integrity of the presidential election. The video was posted more than two hours after the Republican and pro-Trump mob protesters had entered the U.S. Capitol building, interrupting several lawmakers’ meetings in a joint session to confirm the Electoral College results and president-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Twitter had initially left the video up but did block people from being able to comment or retweet it. They deleted it later in the day entirely. Instagram and Facebook followed up announcing that Mr. Trump wouldn’t be able to post in 24 hours following two policy violations. But come by yesterday morning, Facebook updated the suspension to indefinite. Although several cheered on social media platforms, several noted that the company’s actions followed several years of hawking on Trump and his fellow supporters by spreading dangerous misinformation and then encouraging the violence that has contributed to Wednesday’s protest. 

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If you want to dress like the idiot in the middle here's how you can do it...


You are welcome. Hahaha. Between people refusing to believe in the virus and politicians refusing to believe in votes, 2020 was a big year for face-palming. I'm surprised my nose hasn't been palmed right off my face. But 2021 will be different, right?! In 2021, people will believe science, accept facts, use our brains, and practice empathy, right? RIGHT???? WRONG! It looks like this year is shaping up to be about as dumb as the last one.

What a great time to party, right? Some NFL teams have changed their logos this season...


Hahaha. If I had a TARDIS I would probably end up at Hitler's 50th birthday in 1939 when he got a VW...

Adjusting to changes as an adult can be tricky. On one hand, you have the time to emotionally mature and learn to deal with your thoughts and emotions. On the other hand, there are things that evoke an emotional response, no matter how much you think you’re prepared for it. A Phile reader explained how they upset their childhood friend in an email.  

"Am I wrong for buying my friend’s childhood home? I’ve got a friend, K that I’ve known since we were 5 and now we’re in our mid 30s. We used to be close but after uni he moved to the U.S. for work so we only talk occasionally. In fact I see his parents more often than I see him, because pre-pandemic his dad would get the same train as me into London and sometimes we’d sit together. Anyway, me and my wife have a kid and would like one more at least so we’re looking to buy a house. We currently live in a 2 bedroom flat and it’s getting small. We were looking at listings online when I came across my friend’s childhood home. Turns out his parents were looking to downsize and were selling their house. Honestly, it was perfect for us: 5 bedrooms, garden space, close to the station. They’d even had a special line laid into their house for super high speed Internet, something like 5-10 GBPS down. Seeing this I phoned up my friend’s dad and asked him about the house. He was very open to the idea of selling to me, and even said he was glad ‘it was staying in the family’ (our families are also close). We dealt with each other directly, without an estate agent and therefore he was able to give me a nice discount. All that was in October... but my friend K has been livid ever since. He keeps saying how I’d ‘bought his childhood’ and I was ‘taking advantage of his parents’ by having paid them less. His sister on the other hand, was happy for me and on lieu of a housewarming party sent my family a framed picture of our two families from when we were about 10 or so. While I didn’t do anything wrong legally, I feel I may have stepped on K’s toes by now living in a place where he grew up." No, you are not wrong. Its getting sold regardless, the price that you and friend’s father agreed upon must be fair or else I doubt he would have sold. You’d think it would be a bonus that friend could still visit his childhood home. The nostalgia is no reason for you not to buy the house. Moreover you didn’t take advantage of his parents since the discount you got was the money they now didn’t have to pay to the middle men. I don’t know what Ks problem is but it’s not you. Maybe he’s just really mad his parents moved from his childhood home, some people are like that. But considering everyone else in his family is happy, you should be too. He’s probably worried that you’ll find his collection of Penthouse or Playboy magazines under the loose floorboard in the wardrobe of what was his bedroom, as he’s spent the last few years trying to find a way to discreetly retrieve them. K probably feels like he's losing some piece of his childhood. But he's actually fairly lucky someone they know chose to buy the home. In another scenario, maybe a stranger buys it and they lose out on being able to revisit their old house forever. It may take time, but perhaps K will come to understand this is for the best. If you have a problem you'd like me to help with then email me at thepeverettphile@gmail.com. Now from the home office in Port Jefferson, New York here is...


Top Phive Things Said About Mitch McConnell Losing Control Of The Senate
5. Just realized Mitch is the first ever living confederate statue to be taken down.
4. Liza Minnelli has outlived Mitch McConnell's control of the U.S. Senate. 
3. McConnell has become what he hates most... a minority!
2. McConnell waking up in the morning feeling like a noxious pile of shit and then after that he also remembers the GOP lost the Senate.
And the number one thing said about McConnell losing control of the Senate was...
1. Take a second to enjoy just how bad McConnell is sweating right now. They embraced Trump and now it's eating them alive. 



Haha. If you sport the Mindphuck let me know. Okay, let's take a live look at Port Jefferson, shall we?


Looks like a beautiful evening there. Now for some sad news...


Tommy Lasorda 
September 22nd, 1927 — January 7th, 2021 
Well, fuck. I always want someone solid to make fun of as the FIRST death of the year, and Tommy was NOT it. A baseball icon, an all-around good guy, and worst of all... NO scandals. 


Several hours after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. and violently clashed with U.S. Capitol police officers, President Donald Trump protestors to go home so that there can be peace. In the video posted on his Twitter account, Trump begins by sharing baseless claims that the presidential election was stolen from him and he won in a landslide. He then tells his supporters at “we have to have peace, we have to have Law and Order, we have to respect our great people in Law and Order. We don’t want anybody hurt.” He continued, “This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace. So go home, we love you, you’re very special, you’ve seen what happens. You see the way others are treated that is so bad, and so I know how you feel, but go home and go home and peace.” Trump’s message was immediately flagged by Twitter to dispute the claim of election fraud, adding a stipulation that the Tweet can no longer be retweeted, replied to, or liked due to a risk of violence. Trump also tweeted, telling pro-Trump supporters to stay peaceful after they decided to storm the U.S. Capitol. Vice President Mike Pence, who was inside the Capitol when the rioters arrived, tweeted, “violence and destruction taking place at the U.S. Capitol Must Stop and it Must Stop Now.” President-elect Joe Biden demanded that Trump call for an end to the standoff of his supporters storming  and breaching into the landmark. During an address, he noted, “I call on President Trump to go on national television now to fulfill his oath, to defend the Constitution, and demand an end to this siege.” After his short remarks, Biden then walked from the podium ignoring the questions from reporters, then turning around and returning to the stage saying, “I am not concerned about my safety, security, or the inauguration. I’m not concerned. The American people are going to stand up, stand up now. Enough is enough is enough.” Through a joint statement, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer also called on President Trump to demand all protestors leave U.S. Capitol grounds. Dozens of Republican protestors were able to breach security perimeters at the Nation’s Capitol and lawmakers and members of Congress inside the House chamber were told to put on their gas masks as tear gas was fired inside the Rotunda. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted that the National Guard, as well as other Federal Protective Services, were headed to the Capitol. Pro-Trump protesters tore down several metal barricades at the bottom of the Capitol steps, where they were met by officers in heavy riot gear. Some tried to push past the officers who were holding shields and were using pepper spray into the crowd. According to the Associated Press, at least one explosive device was found near the U.S. Capitol grounds, likely placed by Trump supporters. luckily law enforcement officials say that it is no longer a threat.



The 143rd book to be pheatured in the Phile's Book Club is...


Matthew will be the guest on the Phile on Monday. 


Phact 1. Alternative rock band OK Go added their 35 minute track “9027 km” on their album “Oh No" in order to prevent their label from using the extra space to add DRM software. 

Phact 2. A graffiti artist bought an abandoned warehouse in Iowa and recreated, in half-size, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. 

Phact 3. Take-out restaurants existed in Ancient Rome, with service counters opening onto the street to pick up food. More than 200 existed in Pompeii, and most of its homes lacked dining or kitchen areas, suggesting that cooking at home was unusual. 

Phact 4. Newborn babies choose to look at attractive faces over plain ones, thereby suggesting that recognizing appealing faces is hardwired at birth. 

Phact 5. The Hope Diamond glows red when exposed to UV light, fueling its cursed reputation.



Today's guests are the members of the rock band the Black Keys whose latest album "Let's Rock" is available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Please welcome to the Phile... Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney from the Black Keys!


Me: Hey, guys, welcome to the Phile. I'm a big fan and it's great to have you here. How are you, guys? 

Patrick: Thanks, Jason. Great to be here. 

Me: So, you guys were on a five year hiatus, which I didn't realize was that long. Now you have a new album out called "Let's Rock." What was the first song you guys recorded after you got back together? 
Patrick: "Breaking Down," the very first thing we recorded when we first sat down. That was the very first thing. Day one. First idea was that one. 

Me: Most songs nowadays have about 13 writers, no judgement, but that song just had you two, right? 

Patrick: I'll judge it if you want. 

Me: Yeah? 

Patrick: Sure. When you have 13 songwriters on a song they're trying to write a hit and I think that in general is just a terrible way to make anything that's cool. 

Me: So, you and Dan never sought out to write a hit? 

Patrick: Dan and I sought out a song that maybe have more potential to be played on the radio. In a sense that we were not going to write anything that is too slow or something. Those simple guidelines but when you see there's 13 people writing a chorus... 

Dan: Thirteen professionals writing one song who never sat in the same room together, largely writing it over email. But some of the greatest records in time have been done by email. 

Patrick: It's very thirsty. We almost called this record "Hotmail." 

Me: Haha. So, how do you guys write? Is it all improvised? 

Dan: The whole record was pretty much improvised. It would start with music and we would try to find pieces and parts we liked and play them and throw away stuff that wasn't working. And I guess we tried to form songs. That's what we were doing. Then I would kind of go back and find some vocal parts and vocal melodies and write lyrics to the melodies. So most like songwriting in reverse a bit. Then lots of the vocals or some of them were improvised. I would just improvise sounds or words would come out and kind of stick with those. The build around them so there was definitely a lot of improvising on every level of it. 

Patrick: When we're in the studio we sit down at our instruments and we start to find something together that sounds interesting. If we do then we try to write a second part maybe or change, then we might try to do a bridge or something. We try to lay it out while we're sitting down. 

Dan: We try and have it be a song, and interesting enough song with just the music. 

Patrick: Then literally we do the first and second take and play through it. 

Me: What about the guitar solos? Ae they planned out? 

Dan: On this record in particular more majority of the guitar solos were the improvised ones. 

Patrick: Yeah, from the rough track, the original track. 

Dan: We always at the root of all of our songs we always try to at least have a live performance from start to finish and we'll build on top of that and add overdubs and stuff. The foundation of everything is a live take. 

Me: So, do you guys rehearse? 

Patrick: No, we've never been a band that rehearses. Like here's a song, let's learn it, let's replay it a hundred times in a basement. We've always been kind of opposite. We had to rehearse for the tour because we haven't played in years but as a band I don't know how many times we rehearsed. How many times do you think we rehearsed, Dan? Twenty-five times. Maybe. 

Me: In how many years? 

Dan: Eighteen years. 

Me: So, in the video for "Go" there's a therapist that talks to you about you not talking and that you hate each other. Haha. Contractually obligated though and you had to go into a spiritual retreat center to mend some wounds. Obviously that was meant as a joke. But, Patrick, did you think that people were thinking you guys broke up? 

Patrick: I don't know. People would ask when we were going to make another record and I would tell them at some point we're going to do it. I'm friends with the guys in Vampire Weekend. They were on a break when we were. No one questioned that. I think people are used to how much output we've had. We've made a record basically every year for the first couple of years as a band and then after that every two years. This was the first break we took, I guess five years between records but to me it was actually three years because we did our last show in August of 2015 and then went back into the studio three years later. It was like our sabbatical. 

Me: So, why did you guys take those three years off? 

Patrick: What happened was we got fired. 

Me: How so? 

Patrick: Because we started and it wasn't until our sixth album that people described was our breakthrough album. One that we had success, and I think we were very successful prior to our record "Brothers." But when that record came out we experienced something that we never really thought was possible I don't think which was a song that was a hot on alternative radio across the globe basically. A platinum selling record and we won Grammys. At that point after eight years of being in a band that happened to us all these kind of opportunities that we were seeking like heading Coachella or Lollapalooza, they all were great and we had to do them. We did them all and we put out another record and it was a hit, then we put out another record and that created more work. We've played five hundred shows basically between 2010 and 2015. And at that point we hadn't been home, Dan had a studio that he hadn't got to use very much. We needed to "get off the train" a little bit. 

Dan: The crazy train. We finally understood what Ozzy was talking about. 

Me: How did it feel at the end of all of that? 

Patrick: I wouldn't have done anything differently. It's hard to describe. 

Me: Were you exhausted? 

Patrick: I was ready for a break. I understood it was time, time to slow things down. I feel the easiest thing for me to describe what it feels like, I wake up in a field and I'm up and knowing I have six more weeks of it. Knowing I am in my mid-30s and I've been doing it since I was 21 and 22, I love it and I'm excited. The shows are always fun, but trying to find a bathroom in a 100 degree field in Dresden at 8 in the morning is not as glamorous as you might think. 

Me: Haha. But it'd about the music, right? 

Patrick: It IS about the music and that's what brought us into that situation. The music has always been fun. It's the stuff that surrounds the music that can be daunting. Like the 22 hours a day that we're not on stage. Hanging out with too many people in cargo shorts and rolls of duct tape. 

Me: I know what you mean. My dad when we would be on the road would write when he wasn't performing or going out finding record shops, but that doesn't fill in all the time. You could get bored, right? 

Patrick: Get bored and start shooting heroin. That's what happened to a ton of musicians. I would just crush cigarettes and sit in the closet basically and watch Netflix. It's dark but when I think about it it's a lot less dark than when we were in a van because that was getting no sleep. 

Dan: That was just crazy. We would just tour in a car, a four door, but there were stuff in the back seats. We couldn't recline, not fully. But we'd sleep in a rest area. 

Patrick: Have to lock the doors in the rest area, wake up with nose bleeds. 

Dan: Wake up with that sweat sheen. 

Patrick: But there's something exciting about touring and playing shows. And the adventure. I'll never forget and I try to remind myself that feeling when we were on our first tour in my minivan and we didn't have computers, we just had the Rand McNally road atlas and a couple phone numbers. Going out there and figuring out where these venues where, and playing these shows. It was like the greatest adventure. It was sort of like a scavenger hunt. 

Dan: We were basically in the Boy Scouts. 

Patrick: We were collecting 25 dollars a night. We were sleeping in the van and staying in hostiles in Vancouver with people that were completely out of their minds. But it was amazing. But fast forward, it didn't take us that long, By 2014 we were on tour in a van. It was actually the worst idea ever, a couple who was dating, she was running sound and our tour manager who was selling more and they were smoking hashish. At the same time they both got pneumonia and were vegan and couldn't eat nothing and they were fighting the whole time. It was like this is really what the road is. It was us dealing with this dysfunctional couple. 

Me: It's not the glitz, it's the glamour. Dan, in the five years that you guys took a break the music industry changed. Did you think about that? 

Dan: I probably should've given more thought to it. I know it's getting more and more difficult to sell records. It's a crazy business to invest in. We'd have to be insane to do it. But we do it year after year. 

Patrick: It's an interesting thing that is happening to us right now. We were asked if we wanted to "bundle" our album with tickets, which is basically we would give money to our ticket sales back to our record label in exchange they would send everybody that bought a ticket a link and if the clicked on that link a ticket buyer we would get what would count as a record sale. So essentially we would give about a million dollars back to the record label. And if someone clicked the link some of that would count as a record sale. Which to me they must think all musicians have brain damage. Frankly we don't care what that number is after the first week. Is it going to be 125 thousand fake sales or is going to be 18,000 people for some reason want it on vinyl or a CD copy? 

Me: What do you think the problem is with the music business today? 

Patrick: I think what the problem is when I was 13, when I was 9 I would say I listened to "Ice Ice Baby" thirty times a day for about a month. Okay? I had a 9-year-olds brain and I was obsessed with that song. I essentially streamed it about 500 times. And if you look at the Spotify charts there are songs that are being streamed basically 9-years-olds and they're basically sucking up all the money available to Sharon Van Ettan or whoever are making incredible records. How do we qualified what a certain value of what a stream is? Streams that are worth more than other streams. Clearly Dan and I have been fortunate enough to actually this problem is something we don't have to worry about financially for ourselves. But we both have records that we make for other people and production that we do for other people and it certainly does affect the bottomline. I think it's bigger problem that needs to get solved because Spoon's biggest top three streaming songs, be it it's only 30 or 40 million streams it's a lot, but compared to Post Malone it's not much but every one of those people that stream that song by that band are going to buy a ticket. I think there's a different type of fandom that comes with certain types of music. To quantify the value of a stream, the fact that Spotify or Apple Music can say they pay .065 cents a stream to me is insane because essentially it's a distribution service. They should take a 30% cut. How can they know what they pay for stream because if I'm given them ten dollars a month and I'm streaming two songs in theory shouldn't those two songs receive $3.50? That's the type of thing I'm talking about. 

Me: You are so right. Thanks, guys, for being on the Phile for this anniversary entry. Please come back again. 

Patrick: Thanks. 

Dan: See ya.




That about does it for this entry of the Phile. Thanks to the Black Keys. I love their music. The Phile will be back on Monday with actor Matthew McConaughey. Spread the word, not the turd. Don't let snakes and alligators bite you. Bye, love you, bye. Kiss your brain. 






























Give me some rope, tie me to dream, give me the hope to run out of steam, somebody said it could be here. We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year. I can't count the reasons I should stay. One by one they all just fade away...


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