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Pat's Peeps Podcast
Ep. 194 Today's Peep Is Live from Court, Dr. Funkenstein, The "Canadian Trump," and Like I Told You, Only The Lonely Can Play
Ever found yourself caught between nostalgia and the current hustle of life? Join me, Pat, as I lace up my sneakers and head to the basketball court, where the echoes of my youthful days meet the present. Picture this: I'm attempting to sink shots with my cherished championship Celtics basketball, while getting sidetracked by the courage of a nearby PG&E worker performing a risky job. With the vibrant hum of families enjoying baseball nearby, I plan the perfect soundtrack of classic 70s tunes by George Clinton and Parliament to enhance the rhythm of the day. Oh, and don't miss my quick mention of a fascinating chat with the legendary Tony La Russa on the Pat Wall Show.
Step back in time with me to college days in Chico, where Friday nights were a mix of basketball, camaraderie, and music at Madison Bear Garden. Amid these fond memories, I reflect on steering clear of exhausting political debates but still can't ignore notable shifts like Pierre Poilievre's potential rise in Canada. Amid the global backdrop of political change and rising living costs, I've got a sound bite from a recent event that gives a taste of this dynamic atmosphere. It’s a journey through the past and present, exploring not just politics, but identity and self.
Finally, I explore the theme of loneliness and its introspective gifts. Relationships can sometimes feel out of sync, a poignant reminder of how human connections interlace with our memories. As I navigate these reflective waters, I sprinkle in a bit of humor with a playful impersonation and muse about an upcoming Italian escapade with my Pats Peeps. A nostalgic nod to the 80s with Martha Davis and the Motels wraps it all up, weaving music, memories, and gratitude for our listeners into a heartfelt narrative. Come along for this soulful exploration of life, music, and stories shared among friends.
Hey, Pats Peeps 194 out in the sunshine, Out and about. Hey, what is today? Today is the 22nd of January 2025. It's a Wednesday. How are you today? Again, a gorgeous day. I am not in my studio right now. You know what I'm doing. By the way, we had Tony La Russa on my show last night on the Pat Wall Show. Hope you heard Tony La Russa. What a great guest. I'm out here at the basketball court today. Yeah, you know how long it's been since I've shot hoop. I used to be. I used to, if you were, even in my you know my height, I don't care.
Speaker 2:At that time, when I was in college, I didn't play college hoops, but I played a lot in my 20s, my late teens, into my 20s. But tell you what I think here if you play college hoops or not organized, if you were my size or even close, we went one-on-one. I'll tell you what. I'll give you a run for your money. I Want a lot was very good in my bragging heck yeah. But you know what? Now I'm older, more than twice that age, and it's been a while since I've shot hoops. So I'm just out here today, at the risk of breaking my device here, to do a podcast, but I'm just going to take a few shots here. I'm trying to stay in shape, trying to get that fitness going. I got the championship Celtics basketball. I'm shooting around here. I'm going to take a couple of quick shots. I got the championship. I'm going to settle these basketball. I'm going to shoot around here. I'm going to take a couple of quick shots. See how I do, see how long it takes me before I can actually hit a shot Again.
Speaker 2:I used to play every day, just like baseball. I mean prior to that was baseball, I would just play every day. I don't even care. If there was no one else to play with, I'd be out there shooting hoops by myself practicing Play baseball, throwing in a concrete like tennis wall, practice wall. Tape it off. Go throw strikes with a semi. Just call them semi baseball.
Speaker 1:So let me shoot a little. Let's see how bad I'd become, let's see if I can still move now. Ah then, I'm old as Walter Brandon. That's Pete's 194. Let's give it a couple of shots of close ones. For sure I feel pretty good. Oh, right, in the bucket was. That was short. I mean, that's short distance, and we got them working on the electrics over here looks like PG&E.
Speaker 1:This dude's got a hook. This dude's got like a hundred, I don't know, maybe a 50 foot, a hundred foot hook. I can't tell. He's got this thing up there. He's up right next to me. Whatever that electric or the wires are, he's trying to hook something up there. He's pushing something up, man that looks scary. He's pushing. I don't know what that is, what that is. I don't know what that is. Man, that is fascinating, though that is fascinating. What the heck man? I gotta ask this guy. I gotta ask this guy. Hold on, hold on. I'm gonna ask this guy that looks very, very scary. I'm just going to stand here and watch this. You got to see. Is that like a 100-foot pole? Oh no, it's only like 40, 40 foot. Okay, I usually guess 50 foot. I don't know what this guy is doing, but this is. You gotta see it to believe it. He's like trying to use some old hook on this 40 foot pole Trying to grab something that looks extremely terrifying.
Speaker 3:What the?
Speaker 1:Whoa extremely terrifying. What, oh yeah, was incredible what do you?
Speaker 5:can I ask what you're doing? I'm doing a podcast right now, this pole right here. So we de-energized this top, but those bottom wires are actually fed from what stayed energized, so we had to open up this transformer that was feeding that building right there to de-energize, like all of these wires.
Speaker 1:So oh man. So what were you just doing right there, pushing that thing up in there?
Speaker 2:I mean that looks scary.
Speaker 5:Those are the fuses thatuses that energize the transformer. Okay, yeah.
Speaker 1:Hey, I'm.
Speaker 2:Pat and I appreciate you guys working for PG&E. Everyone. Treat these guys right that come out to your home man. Treat these people right. They're good folks. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Have a great day.
Speaker 1:Okay, now that was. You should have seen that. I wish I had another device to take, you know video. That was unbelievable. Now we got a dad and a son over here playing baseball. I just love it. I love this man. This is just America. It is so peaceful and beautiful out. This is just America. It is so peaceful and beautiful out.
Speaker 2:How you doing Good. That looks like fun. Man, you ever need someone to shag balls, let me know. I'll be out there with my gloves shagging some balls. That looked like a lot of fun. Huh, oh, it sure is. You, fellas, have a good day. Yeah, gonna shoot some hoops. You know I'm gonna do. I'm gonna put on some dr funkenstein, I'm gonna put on some George Clinton, some Parliament. I'm gonna go old-school 70s hoop sounds and I'm gonna see how I can do here. Okay, so I made one. I don't know if you'll be able to hear me All right, let's go.
Speaker 1:I made one, let's start. I'm going to go a little further back. I'm feeling good man. Oh, I made two, come on. Come on, baby, are you?
Speaker 2:serious, I still got it. I'm trying for three. Come on three, three, three in a row.
Speaker 1:And the net is torn too.
Speaker 2:I hit three. Oh heck, yeah, Come on, I can still jump. Oh, missed that one. Let me try a free throw.
Speaker 4:Let me shoot a free throw here.
Speaker 3:I used to be able to make those. Oh yeah, Heck yeah.
Speaker 2:I can still make these oh, I banked it, I can still move.
Speaker 1:I'll come out here and shoot some loopage first, see if I can get myself a chain. Go to a court. Oh, look at this old dude, come on in, let's see what I can do. You know, this feels really good.
Speaker 2:Isn't that gorgeous, Al Isn't it beautiful?
Speaker 1:Look at that I still got that jumper. I still got that jumper. Still got that jumper.
Speaker 2:Let me turn around and see.
Speaker 5:Thus the ringer broke in yeah, some Dr Funkenstein in the house buddy.
Speaker 2:Where'd Dr Funkenstein go? Who can name that theme? By the way, call my show tonight. Tell me if you can name that theme. Pat's Peeps 194.
Speaker 5:Man, I'm hitting them here. I'm hitting my shots, yeah, bud.
Speaker 3:Come on man, Two-point round Nope. So bud, Come on man, Two-point man Nope.
Speaker 1:Still got a little work to do. So tell you what this is awesome. I'm having so much fun. I'm not only just trying to, you know, keep my commitment to 2025 here, but I'm actually loving it. Oh, I have so much energy. I'm blessed to have you listening wherever you're at. I guess that music, too, you still watching, like fat Albert all right.
Speaker 5:More to come on Pat's piece 194.
Speaker 2:That's Beeps 194.
Speaker 3:Happy Wednesday to you. Ever since I was a little baby, I always be dribbling. In fact, I was the baddest dribbler in the whole neighborhood. Then one day my mama bought me a basketball and I loved that basketball. I took that basketball with me everywhere I went. That basketball was like that basketball with me everywhere I went.
Speaker 2:That basketball was like a basketball to me. Cheech and Chong, I ain't gonna put that basketball underneath my pillow.
Speaker 3:Maybe that's why I can't sleep at night. I need help, ladies and gentlemen. I need someone to stand beside me. I need, I need someone to set a pit for me at the free throw line of life, someone I can pass to Someone to hit the open man on the given goal and not end up in the popcorn machine. So, cheerleaders, help me out. Basketball Jones I got a. Basketball Jones. Oh, that sounds so sweet. I got a basketball job.
Speaker 2:I hope you're doing great today. Thank you for listening to my podcast. Yeah, I surely appreciate you. I play as a sing-along with you Basketball job Every day. Honey, I used to play hoops every day when I lived in Chico Used to be a place we called the Electric Church.
Speaker 2:It was the rock and roll church. It used to be a church. Then it turned into kind of a party house. Imagine that in Chico and there was a basketball court right outside. It could be 105 degrees, it didn't matter to me.
Speaker 2:I was going to Chico State Butte College. I'd go out there, even if it was me just by myself Shooting hoops, practicing day after day after day, until someone would show up on the court. Then we'd throw down man A little half court, depending on who's out there. Maybe we'd go full court and yeah, I was bragging on there. I should post a picture. I should my running layup Susie Back, my friend in college. She took a bunch of photos, black and white photos. I should post one of those. I'll post it on the Pats Peeps podcast page. I could beat anyone my size of those. I'll post it on the Pat's Peeps podcast page. I could beat anyone my size Pretty much. I mean at least the people that I played with. I'm sure there was a lot more skilled players, but oh my God, I had so much fun back then.
Speaker 2:I remember going to Madison Bear Garden, which is in Chico Very popular spot. Madison Bear Garden, which is in Chico, very popular spot. Madison Bear Garden Loved the burgers. Used to go there on Friday. I'd be feeling really good because I'd have my college work would all be done. Maybe I had some homework on a weekend, but you know you complete another week Been working, going to college, supporting yourself, trying to make the best out of life and improve yourself right. Then on Friday, come around, you feel real satisfied with those efforts. Go over to Madison Beer Garden, have a burger, have a gigantic pitcher of beer and then a basketball court in the back. You could play music like that. Go out there. By the way, I did like the Dr Funkstein. I love me some Parliament. I'm big on George Clinton, though, particularly P-Funk. Parliament. Man Bootsy love it. Go out there at Madisonburg and just shooting hoops, drinking beer, flashing back to some great, great times I loved living in Chico.
Speaker 2:By the way, the song that I'm going to end the podcast with today is a song that reminds me of back in the Chico days Orland too, hello Orland. So a couple of other things. I can tell you this much I'm going to begin to, at some point here, drift away from anything, unless it happens something that's huge. I'm going to start drifting away from the political landscape a little bit. It was a rough, long political year Also. It just gets tiring. But there's still some fun things to listen to, and so I do want to present one of those today, because I really got a kick out of this. So I need to play this for you.
Speaker 2:This is now I'm not sure. Let's see this gentleman. I guess he may be. Is he the new Prime Minister of Canada? I guess it is. I think he is, I'm pretty sure, pierre Palliev. I hope I'm saying his name correctly, I believe, because Justin Trudeau announced his resignation to avoid a revolt from his liberal lawmakers over the disastrous polling liberal lawmakers over the disastrous polling. And so here's this guy, who people are comparing to Donald Trump, who will now be Canada's prime minister. I just want to make sure that was absolutely official, pierre Palliev, and my apologies if I'm saying that incorrectly.
Speaker 2:The leader of the opposition conservative party is on track to decisively win an election. So really, I guess it's not official yet, but it's, I guess, okay, expected this spring. I was kind of confused about that, but anyhow, bringing the Trudeau era to an end, right? So the conservatives now up to more than 20 points in the polls. 20 points because polls, 20 points Because everyone's ticked off over the cost of living, just like in America. That's why we just saw the election go the way it did.
Speaker 2:And there's some other issues, of course, that have recently toppled the incumbents there. And listening to this gentleman, issues of course, that have recently toppled the incumbents there, and listening to this gentleman, I really wanted to play a piece. And here's some other things. By the way, if Polyaev wins the expected majority in the parliament, he's going to have his run of things, just like Trump. Right now, the House and Senate, the Canadian prime ministers, famously or infamously powerful in these situations. So I have a couple of sound bites. This one I have not heard. Let's listen to this one. Here he is. This is Pierre Palliao.
Speaker 7:My friends, as you all know, I'm a fighter. Every bone in my body has always told me to fight.
Speaker 2:Excuse me, I played the wrong video. I played the wrong video. This is Justin Trudeau. I clicked on the wrong one. So just to clarify, justin Trudeau.
Speaker 7:Deeply about Canadians. I care deeply about this country and I will always be motivated by what is in the best interest of Canadians. And the fact is, despite best efforts to work through it, parliament has been paralyzed for months after what has been the longest session of a minority Parliament in Canadian history. That's why, this morning, I advised the Governor General that we need a new session of Parliament. She has granted this request and the House will now be prorogued until March 24th.
Speaker 7:Over the holidays, I've also had a chance to reflect and have had long talks with my family about our future. Throughout the course of my career, any success I have personally achieved has been because of their support and with their encouragement. So last night, over dinner, I told my kids about the decision that I'm sharing with you today I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust nationwide competitive process. Last night, I asked the President of the Liberal Party to begin that process. This country deserves a real choice in the next election and it has become clear to me that if I'm having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best speaking of canada.
Speaker 2:So they move on. And I've got a great bit of audio for you. That's Peeps 194. And the Pat Walsh Show. So they move on. As I say, pierre Pallier has been compared to Trump in the way he is expected to run Canada and when you listen to him, it absolutely sounds that way. By the way, you know, I don't have the rights to this music. Not trying to sell anything, not trying to sell it. She's trying to educate you. Let you know that Rush is Canadian, from the first album, rush. So here's the working man, peter Polyev. Now, here he is on what is this Canada Now? I think this is Canada Now. Oh, and this guy's asking him. He's asking him about something. Oh, I just, I don't even want. So this is the news anchor on Canada. Now I just have to play this for you. Listen to this response, which I love.
Speaker 6:All right, let's go back to DC right now. I was on his first day on the job. President Trump signed an executive order, you know, the US government only recognizing two genders male, female. They're unchangeable. You know, if elected as prime minister, is that something that you're going to kind of walk in line with, or what are your feelings on that executive order?
Speaker 4:well, I don't know. Do you have any other genders that you'd like to name me?
Speaker 6:personally, I'm yes. I'm just asking more. So if you're in line with what he is saying, do you agree with what he's saying? Is that something that you would be lockstep with if elected as prime minister?
Speaker 4:well, I I'm not aware of any other genders than men and women. I mean, if you have any other that you want me to consider, you're welcome to tell me right now well, there's, well there's.
Speaker 6:Personally, I am a man, I am a okay, say cis man. There are there, are people there who you know, they say, they're me too gender neutral you're a man.
Speaker 6:yes, there are people there who say they're some gender neutral. They say they're gender neutral. You're a man. Yes, there are people out there who say they're gender neutral. Yeah, they say they're gender neutral. They're you know they're. They are a trans person. Is that something that you would recognize here, Whereas in the States, at least with their US government, the way they're seeing it there's only two?
Speaker 4:I'm only aware of two, but I mean, if have, if you come up with another list, then you're welcome to do that, but I'm aware of two and as far as I'm concerned, we should have a government that just minds its own damn business and leaves people alone to make their own personal decisions.
Speaker 3:That's the kind of government I'm going to run you Cruisin' to a ball on the shore. A picture creates a crime on the door. She's long lost love in her fight. Baby, maybe you're wrong, but you know it's all right.
Speaker 2:Thank you for listening to Pat's Beach Podcast. Happy Wednesday to you. Yeah, it was nice. We had Tony La Russa on the show last night. He's doing a lot of things. He and his family organizations. Tony La Russa on the show last night. He's doing a lot of things. He and his family organizations are La Russa family Doing some really great things for animals and animal rescue and I got an opportunity to talk to him about you know, a lot of his career, some of the memories I have of his career and Ricky Henderson and the A's coming to Sacramento.
Speaker 2:And I talked to him about Mark McGuire, big Mac, and asked him about Harry Dunlop who right there on the air, said that he changed his life. That's why he became a manager, because Harry told him he wasn't that good at playing. I couldn't believe that was his response, but that was a real pleasure to talk to Tony La Russa. You know Tony was the man who was managing the Oakland A's back when Kirk Gibson hit the home run off Dennis Eckersley. I would have loved to have more time to talk to him about that but, god you know, I'm sure he's answered that question so many times and besides, I didn't ask him because it was a game that he lost and you know, no one wants to go back and remember. You know the losing games in a World Series. I didn't want to be a bonehead and bring that up, so I concentrated really a lot on what his foundation is doing, but I did get a lot of baseball out of him.
Speaker 2:He was also the manager of the St Louis Cardinals during the 98 season. He was a manager for a long time there, but in 98, if you go back and remember, that was the year when Mark McGuire, who played for the Cardinals, and Sammy Sosa Slammett Sammy, who played for the Cubs at the time were both going after Roger Maris' single-season home run record, which of course, both of those gentlemen eclipsed that, and then they were eclipsed by Barry Bonds' steroids. But yeah, and so I just remember and then I'll get off of this. But I think I mentioned maybe this, I don't know, maybe on my show or on my Pat's Peeps waiting for McGuire to come out and talk to him about his home runs and just how he came out of the shower with a towel around him made us wait for like a half hour in his locker room. Everyone else had dressed and kind of left. He was trying to outlast us, you know, see if we'd leave. And then I need to find that tape somewhere, have a cassette of it. Oh, come on, fellas, you're still here. Just was in a grumpy mood and I thought, gosh man, you're actually living the dream. You're living the dream man. What a blessing that is.
Speaker 2:With all the attention, I'm still looking for a second letter. There's a couple letters. Like I mentioned on my podcast yesterday, I've been debating whether I should ever read these letters to anyone, but found a couple. I found one. I haven't had time to really look for the other, but I'm going to try to find the other one, maybe by tomorrow, and if I do that, I'm just going to share them with you. Let you make the decision on what they're all about. So I'm planning on doing that, just need to find the other one. I saw it not that long ago. I'm going through a bunch of stuff Organizing while we have the sunshine and I hope we get some rain very soon. It's such a lovely day, but you know we need the rain coming up and then we can crank that valve that Trump was talking about. I love that. Did anyone else hear that Like?
Speaker 5:yeah, we've got a big valve. There's a valve in this. It's a big valve. It's one of the best valves. When it comes to valves, it's one of the. I'm sorry, I'm working on my Trump. It's one of the best valves ever. It's a big Trump valve. You turn the valve this way and it goes. You know it doesn't put any water in the ocean to.
Speaker 2:LA, I'm starting to sound like Truman Capote when I do that. I just realized that Anyhow can't wait for them to crank the valve, and when they do this big giant valve, then we need some water. So hopefully that'll happen soon. Was I going somewhere with that? Was I saying what was I saying when I started all that? Or was I just rambling? I don't know. I may have been rambling, oh no, I don't know. I guess I'm rambling. Oh, one other thing. I can't believe it. You probably heard me talking about my upcoming trip to the Italian Riviera this spring. Oh, my gosh, apparently, a lot of people signed up. Thank you, if it's any of you. Thank you, boy, do I? And this is the Pats Peeps group that's going to the Italian Riviera.
Speaker 2:I got some amazing news yesterday that I'm going to share that. I simply can't believe it, honestly, but I will share that with you on. This is the 22nd, five days from now. What is that? Monday, I guess I think it's Monday. I'll share this news with you which, honestly, it's just, it's an incredible thing. Anyhow, let's get to some music, shall we? Shall we?
Speaker 2:Okay, this one I pulled off the old record shelf today. This one takes me back, like I said, to the 80s, to madison bear garden and all of that working at the olive plant there in orland, musco olives. White label capital record stereo. One side. Stereo the other side. As a matter of fact, stereo on the other side is in bold lettering, on the other side it's in just kind of regular lettering. I don't know if that means anything. Same length, 316 on both sides, not for sale. 1982, capitol Records Inc. I'm going to pull this out. I don't think this has ever seen the light of day until right, except for when it was put in this envelope. Look at that thing. It's so beautiful. I mean, that is pristine. I guarantee you there's never been a record needle on this. And this is again 1982. All right. So if you've been around, if you're a fan of the 80s, you are definitely going to remember this.
Speaker 2:One Song by an american new wave band releases the first single in 82 from their third studio album, all for one, propelled by a very popular music video. Of course mtv was huge at the time. Debuted in number 90 on the us billboard hot 100 april 24th of 82. Ultimately climbs to number nine July 17th of that year. Spent four weeks in that position On the US Cash Box Top 100. Excuse me, cash Box Top 100. Performed slightly better, peaked at number eight for two weeks, and the song was included in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto. Don't ask me, I don't play it. I've never even seen the stupid thing. It's not for me Not to suggest it's stupid. I just whatever Grand Theft Auto, vice City Stories In the fictional power ballad radio station Emotion 98.3.
Speaker 2:The band initially recorded darker pieces for their anticipated third studio album. However, with the exception of a reworked well the name of the title of the song, the rest of the songs were shelved. The unreleased songs would eventually be featured on the 2011 Apocalypso. Really, huh, that's pretty cool. I might have to check that out. I wonder what they mean by darker pieces, less poppy, a little darker mood. I don't know. But darker pieces, less poppy, a little darker mood, I don't know.
Speaker 2:The lead singer wrote this song on a guitar that was given to her by her late father and administrated at the University of California, berkeley, who found the instrument in Stiles Hall of Fame on campus. She explains the song's inspiration in an interview with Beyond Race magazine. It's a song about empty success Came about while this band were experiencing critical acclaim, traveling the world riding in limos. And yet she says I was probably as sad as I'd ever been. I was in a horrible relationship, had not yet recovered from my parents' death. As she says, I doubt anyone ever does. She's right, I think, at least in my opinion, at least in my instance. The contradiction of these two worlds was where this song lived, a bittersweet song. It's Martha Davis and the Motels. It's only the lonely, the Motels, it's Only the Lonely. Pats, peeps 195.
Speaker 3:We walked the loneliest mile. We smile without any style. We kiss altogether wrong, no intention style. We kiss all together wrong, no intention. We lie about each other's strengths. We live without each other, thinking what anyone would do, do without me and you. It's like I told you only the lonely can play. So hold on here we go. Hold on to nothing. We know I feel so lonely way up here, to nothing. We know I feel so lonely Way up here. You mentioned the time we were together so long ago. Well, I don't remember. All I know is it makes me feel good. Now it's like I told you only the lonely can play, only the lonely only the lonely can play.
Speaker 2:Brings back memories. What about you? Remember exactly what I was doing?
Speaker 1:Right where I was Thank you.
Speaker 2:Only the lonely can play. It's like I told you Thank you for listening to my podcast, Pat's Peeps 195. Greatly appreciate you. See you tonight on the radio. Only the lonely can play.
