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Ep. 224 Today's Peep Concert Memories and Cell-Free Concerts, Gene Simmons' Assessment of Entitlement Culture and We Mix It Up with Reflex Revision Mixes of Blondie, The Clash and John Fogerty
From the sunlit foothills of Northern California comes a heartfelt episode celebrating local business, music exploration, and thoughtful cultural debate.
The podcast opens with a passionate call to support local businesses through patspeeps.com – a platform born during the pandemic to help struggling family-owned establishments. There's no need for apps or coupons; just mention Pat's Peeps when you visit these businesses and enjoy exclusive deals while supporting your community. It's a pure American dream story of seeing a problem and creating a solution.
A thought-provoking clip from Gene Simmons provides powerful perspective on gratitude and opportunity. Having witnessed his mother's resilience after surviving a concentration camp, Simmons delivers a frank assessment of entitlement culture that resonates regardless of political stance. This segues into lighthearted listener contributions, including a humorous song about a politically-inclined pet.
The episode dives deep into a fascinating cultural debate: should cell phones be banned at concerts? With Ghost announcing a completely "phone-free experience" for their upcoming tour, we explore both sides – the immersive engagement of being fully present versus the desire to capture and share memories. Artists like Steely Dan prefer phone-free shows while others like Pat Monahan of Train embrace audience connectivity through technology.
Music takes center stage in the final segment, showcasing innovative "Reflex Revisions" – remixes that use only the original tracks isolated and rearranged. From Blondie's "Rapture" to CCR's "Heard It Through the Grapevine," these creative reinterpretations demonstrate how familiar songs can be experienced in entirely new ways.
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welcome to the pats peeps podcast. Hello, there it's patrick. We're at pats peeps number 224. We just keep on rolling man. It's a t a Tuesday, march 11th. Look at this sunshine coming through my studio windows from the beautiful foothills of Northern California. It's so nice. Went out, got my run in today, actually running and walking and feeling good, and I hope you are as well. Happy Tuesday to you and thank you for being a part of our ever-growing audience here at Pat's Peeps podcast. Thank you, I'm noticing it every week. I just greatly appreciate I'm getting more feedback from you. I've got listener content to get to today. So again, thank you so much for being a part of our Pats Peeps family.
Speaker 1:And if you would just so kindly check out patspeepscom, I tell you we started this during a pandemic because I saw these businesses were essentially getting short cheated man. They were paying the price for the pandemic. Remember, there was the distancing six foot distancing and you couldn't put the tables next to each other and the businesses were just getting beat down. And so, honestly, if I may just tell you this, this is how we, this is how I started. I came up with an idea how can I help local business? I have a heart for local business and these families, those of you who have local businesses. So I thought, hey, I'll do a podcast. Perhaps I can, you know, get a nice audience. I have such a great audience both on the podcast and on my show. All of you are very kind and considerate.
Speaker 1:Thank you, okay, and I can give you a coupon not essentially, not even a coupon. You just go into these businesses and you go hey, I heard about you on Pat's Peeps and then the businesses get your business. So we drive local business. So if you would just we have so many good exclusive deals If you could just please check out patspeepscom and look at the businesses and maybe become a business. Right now I'm promoting everyone for free.
Speaker 1:Now I'm not saying their name on the podcast just yet, but they are there for you to check out and very, very soon we're going to be mentioning all of these great deals that you're offering and there's no cost to you. There's no clipping coupons. To me that's great. No app, no clipping coupons. Like you have to stand around the store doing that, nope, you just go into the business. I heard about you on Pat's Peeps and I'm trying to support local so we can give back to these businesses and then you get great stuff in return.
Speaker 1:So thank you for letting me say that I love living in America where we can do things like that. I tell you, you have an idea, you give it a shot, why not? And so here's something, let's see, that was sent to me by a listener, sort of. In that regard, it's funny. The other day I was making fun I shouldn't say making fun, kind of making fun though of you know, gene Simmons of Kiss, where you could be his roadie for a day for just $12,495, which doesn't include tickets to the concert, which isn't even Kiss, it's Gene Simmons' band, right? So I was just poking fun about that, because you're paying him to work, see? Well, carla sent this to me, and I have to say that I very much agree with the sentiment here of Gene Simmons, and so I'd like to play something really cool from Gene Simmons, you know anybody who points and says I've got a hard life.
Speaker 2:you don't understand why I'm a drug addict. You know it just got under my skin. My mother was in a concentration camp. Shut the fuck up. She doesn't complain about anything. She wakes up every day, makes no excuses about anything. She's alive and she revels in life.
Speaker 2:So when I hear people who were born in America and complain about things I'm a victim. You have all the advantages. We had nothing. We had nothing, came to America with nothing and we're given all the access to anything. And it was the rest of. So you know, when images of my mother bring up, I say stupid things because I try to slap all the complainers and the entitlement people. But I will tell you that whether it's a child crying just to get attention, or whether it's a grown crying just to get attention, or whether it's a grown-up saying I'm a victim, I'm sick and tired of it, it's like shut up, pick yourself up by two bridges. You're alive, you're in America, stop complaining. The best thing that ever happened to me was coming to America. I mean that honestly, unapologetically. I mean that honestly, unapologetically. Once I landed in America with my mother, it was like through the rabbit hole Alice in Wonderland, kind of thing.
Speaker 1:Gene Simmons, grateful for America, where dreams happen. And again, I look at these small businesses and they're dreaming too. They have a dream too, so let's support them. Patspeepscom Now, again, we're just putting these businesses up there. We have several and we are growing all the time and you're going to notice more things, like you're going to notice food and all kinds of different things that we're going to be putting up there, but for now, we have really cool stuff that we can start to support at patspeepscom. Here's another thing that was sent to me and, by the way, I love all of the listeners. Please only understand that this stuff is just a joke. It's fun, it's supposed to be fun, and this could just as well be Republican and in a different light. It doesn't really matter, but Gus sent this to me. This is Brian Lewis. My dog may be a Democrat. Here we go. Pat's peeps. Pat's peeps 224.
Speaker 3:I think my dog's a Democrat and it breaks my heart To have to say An ugly thing like that. But there's a big old pile Of evidence that all points towards the fact my dog might be a democrat. I pay for all his health care and I buy everything he eats. I provide him with a place to live just to keep him off the streets, but he just acts like he's entitled, even tried to unionize the cat. Yeah, I thank my dog for being a Democrat. He chewed up the Constitution that I keep on display and every time Benghazi's on TV he looks the other way. What difference at this point does it make? I know he's a liberal, even if he won't admit it. He pooped on my living room rug and tried to tell me George Bush did it, got no papers. And what really gets my goat is if he could find a ride to town. Well, I know they'd let him vote.
Speaker 1:That's part of the song right there, brian Lewis. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you, gus. I think my dog is a Democrat Again. If it were Republican, I'd play that to you. What the heck? It's just for fun.
Speaker 1:Let's see General opinions of this one vary. But did you know, have you been to a concert where they don't want you with your cell phone out, right, shooting video? Well, there's a band by the name of Ghost and they're one of the bands. They do not want you to use your cell phone at their concerts. They're going to have a tour I guess they have a tour coming up or it's going on now and they don't want you to use your cell phone at their concerts. They want it to be a phone quote, phone free experience. Ghost 2025 world tour, with guests maintaining possession of their cell phones at all times, uh, secured in these pouches. Now, people are going to have varying opinions, like I said, on this, just like people can have varying opinions on the band Ghost, and I'm just going to give you my opinion on the band Ghost.
Speaker 1:Now, I don't know all of Ghost's music. I'll say that right up front. Alan, who is a great listener to my radio show, alan I don't know if you listen to my podcast Alan, who lives in Auburn, california, a really nice guy. He invited me over one time we were having a beer and he says hey, pat, I really want you to hear this band. I just think it's the best band to come out in years. And me being a music guy, I thought, well, okay, I can't pass up a beer and listen to some music when you and I know he has good taste in music and all that Uh. But you know, I'd met him several times at, uh, some events and things and um, and, and he's friends of another friend, of other friends of ours, of mine, and anyhow, he just says, yeah, let's grab a beer. I want you to listen to this band.
Speaker 1:So I'm listening, uh, and the first thing I noticed well, it's ghost. I'm noticing the uh bizarre like pope hat or whatever. If the guy's wearing the singer guy uh. And then he got this makeup on and then I'm watching, uh, the. And then I saw on TV and then the other guys in the band had like some kind of I don't know what kind of costumes or whatever you would call them like with hoses coming out of their face. I mean it looked very evil and creepy, like I would imagine hearing something like I don't know Mudvayne or I don't know, just something really kind of heavy. Anyhow.
Speaker 1:And when I heard them and again, I don't know everything about the band Ghost, I have not really delved into it that much, and the reason is because it was just kind of weird. It didn't match the music to me. What I heard, at least on this record, didn't really match their look. It was like kind of poppy and I don't know. I love you, alan Good dude. I just didn't care for him. Now maybe I'll unearth some ghost that I'll just go wow, this is fabulous. But really my opinion of the band doesn't make that much of a difference. I just throw it out there. I don't know.
Speaker 1:But I'm going to talk about this. I think on my radio show tonight you have general opinions, like I say, suggesting that banning cell phones at concerts could be a good idea. For some Others they just may disagree with that. So when you look at the arguments for this, like the arguments for, let's say, banning cell phones, well, they want enhanced engagement, which I'm all for, by the way, and I do feel that sometimes that disconnect when you're so worried about your cell phone when really you know it used to be. There's something to be said about the old days. Back in the 70s and 80s and you know the 90s you didn't have a cell phone so you could really fully immerse yourself in the concert. You didn't have that device to worry about taking selfies and recording the music. And again, I think I must have talked about this because I recall saying that I've done this myself.
Speaker 1:But someone argued that banning cell phones would allow concert goers to be more present, fully engaged with the performance, rather than being distracted by the screens. That's another thing. You look up and see that you look up at these than being distracted by the screens. That's another thing. You look up and see that you look up at these big screens instead of the band. I mean, heck, I can just watch them on TV. If I'm going to do that, why buy an expensive ticket if I'm just going to watch them on the screen or even through my cell phone screen? And reduce distractions is another thing.
Speaker 1:Phones can be a significant distraction, like I said, for other people though in the audience, not just for yourself, but for other people. The lights and the noise and the screens can be very disruptive by not having cell phones, I think that I would have to agree it improves the atmosphere. You know, some venues believe that the phone-free environment creates a more immersive like I said earlier atmosphere, enjoyable experience for everyone, like it used to be. Here's where I kind of sort of disagree, even though I would be a hypocrite for doing so. But many concert goers, they want to take photos, they capture videos to capture the experience to share with friends and family, which I get. And, quite frankly, when you're paying the kind of money they're asking for tickets these days, I mean, come on, I think you'd have a right to do that. Social media sharing. I've done that many times with concerts.
Speaker 1:You know a lot of people can't get out to concerts. So when you're showing a band and you're going and some people can't get out because they're very expensive or maybe they're ill or they just can't get around, whatever the case may be, you can kind of share a piece of that with them. And plus, let's also keep in mind that you kind of want your phone for other reasons communication, maybe there's an emergency, and banning the cell phone could create problems for some attendees, so that is a downside to it. So there's the good and the bad when it comes to the cell phone usage, and a lot of times you know, alan Parsons, please, I ask you not to use the cell phones. Steely Dan, they don't want your cell phones, they don't want you to use them. On the flip side, pat Monahan of Train, the man is awesome with the cell phones Also.
Speaker 1:Oh, um, uh, uh, oh, uh, oh, geez, uh God, I'll send them for um. Michael Fronte from spear spearhead. Another guy, joe drew a blank there for a second. Another guy who just immerses himself with the audience. Take pictures, whatever you have, let's just groove, let's have a good time. Yeah, so I'd say the memory, but let's have a good time. Yeah, so I'd say the memory.
Speaker 1:But here's the thing for me, I think, even though I do share some of the concerts, I do have some of them still saved on my phone and, yes, I can look back at them. But when you say memories, you need the phone and the video for the memories. For me, the memories are all in my mind. I really don't need those videos. Quite frankly and honestly, I don't even look at them that much. In fact, I've erased some of them because I don't really need them. I have the memory up here. It's much stronger in my mind than it is even coming off, that video or that recording, I should say video recording on the cell phone.
Speaker 1:I'll ask about this on my show tonight and see what people think about this. There are maybe a couple of solutions. One idea people float out there maybe limited phone use. You know, we encourage intermittent phone use during specific moments of the show, maybe allowing photos or videos, but only during certain parts of the show, and that maybe could be a compromise. And then again, one other thing, before I get off of this venues could also implement their own policies on phone use, you know, based on the type of event, the venues, environment and such. I don't want to give up my cell phone, though, to like say, hey, we got to put it in a bag and lock it away. No, you're not, I'm not going to go for that.
Speaker 1:So anyhow, speaking of music, you know I'm always going to include music. Here's a couple of cool things. There's this thing. This is the anyone heard of the Reflex version, the Reflex revision version of these songs. Check it out. I'm going to play just a couple of examples. To me, the only issue I have is that they do a little too long on the intro, but it's very. It's fascinating to me. To me, the only issue I have is that they do a little too long on the intro, but it's fascinating to me in that the Reflex revisions. This is exactly what they do. They take only the music that the artist originally did in the original song. They don't add any music of their own. They don't do any of that. They just take all of the tracks that is in the original song. They isolate the tracks and then they remix them in a different way, but again not adding anything to them other than the original track, the original instruments. So let's give you an example here, and there's a lot of examples, but let's go ladies first on this.
Speaker 5:Here's Blondie and rapture. Tell me everybody's fly dj spinning. I said my, my flash is fast, flash is cool. Francois said pa flash ain't no dude. Tell me everybody's fly dj spinning. I said my, my flash is fast, flash is cool. Francois said pa flash ain't flash, ain't no duke. Five, five, 30,. Tell me everybody's fly DJ's spinning. I said my, my Flash is fast, flash is cool. Francois, c'est Pas flash, ain't no duke. And you don't stop Shusha. And you don't stop Shusha. And don't stop Sure shot. And don't stop Sure shot and don't stop Sure shot.
Speaker 1:And don't stop. I love the way they bring that guitar in at the beginning, like that Toe to toe dancing, very close, body breathing, almost pubertal, shout out to the Reflex. Who do these Reflex revision? I think they do a great job and I just kind of want people to know about them. So yeah, there you go, you know she gets into the rap stuff in this.
Speaker 5:You know too, flash is fast, flash is cool. Francois Cepa, flush and Oduf and you don't stop sure shot, you keep on. And you don't stop sure shot, you keep on. And you don't stop sure shot, you keep on and don't stop. Sure shot, you keep on and don't stop. Sure shot, you keep on.
Speaker 1:Then they have. I'll give you another one the Clash. Here's another take on Rock the Cosby. The Clash Reflex revision Pats Peeps 224.
Speaker 1:I love how they take that part of the song that's usually so far in the background and isolate it at the beginning here like this, to give it that feel Sometimes I get the feeling it's almost like because of the lengthy intros would be my only criticism of them maybe. It almost makes it sound like a dance hall record, like you'd hear in a dance club or something. Doo doo, boo Doo. That's cool though I mean. I just think it's very creative to be able to remix their original instruments and vocals like this you have to let that bugger drop the oil down the desert way have been shaken to the top. The shaking for this Cadillac, thank you. So here's another one, and then I'll get off of this. But this has got a little bit of a lengthy lead into it. But Creedence Clearwater Revival heard it through the grapevine and I really like the kind of modernized the sound on this particular song. I may have to forward it a little bit for you, but there you go.
Speaker 1:This came off a Cosmos factory, the original, if memory serves me correctly.
Speaker 4:Oh, a little cowbell in there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, very different.
Speaker 4:Hey, hey, hey hey.
Speaker 1:Hey, ooh, hey, hey, see again. Now we're 135 into the intro. Before they bump into that, it's so good right there. But again, I think you get my point about the length of the intro itself.
Speaker 4:See, there's finding it in the vocals say yeah, but I found out yesterday.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's the uh reflex revision. I could have just started it. You know each one of those like two minutes into the song, you know, hey, yeah, here's something for you. Here's a little mashup. Here's Chicago Black Sabbath mashup Not reflex version, just a mashup for you. That's a brand new with our past.
Speaker 4:Peeps 224. When I first met, you Didn't realize I can't forget you or your surprise. You introduced me to my mind and left me wanting you and your kind Sitting cross-legged.
Speaker 1:That's pretty good. 25 or 6 to 4, I love you. That's pretty good. That's a nice little mashup. How about one more? You know, music is the best medicine for me. How about Puddles the Clown doing Folsom, prison Blues slash Pinball Wizard. Here we go.
Speaker 6:Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball From Soho down to Brighton. I must have played them all, but I ain't seen nothing like him in any amusement hall. A deaf-dumb and blind kid show plays me pinball Very clever. He stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine Very clever. The deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays me in ball.
Speaker 4:Ha, ha, ha ha yeah.
Speaker 6:That's really great. Puddles the clown. My friend, my friends.
Speaker 1:Hey, thank you for letting me take up 30 minutes of your day today on Pat's Peeps 224. I'm just going to end it right here. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 6:thank you, that deaf dumb and blind Kid sure plays a mean pinball.
Speaker 1:Please support your local businesses. Patspeepscom. We'd love it if you would. He's a pinball wizard. We'll see you on the radio.
Speaker 6:He has to be a twist. A pinball wizard. He's got such a soft wrist. He's a pinball wizard. His score shoots even more. The pinball wizard, the world's new pinball lord.
