Tax Day Anxiety And Tech Trouble

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Beat middle ye open dope and bob the beatin' bop and fine. Well, I, for one, speaking for myself and all, I'm happy to be back to the Pats Peeps Podcast. That's right. Today, it's the deadline. April 15th. Guy. I hate April 15th. You know, April 15th? Isn't that it's gotta be one of the least popular days of the year, right? But let's take a positive spin on all that. Least why would that be one of the least? Well, it's tax deadline time. That's right. That's why. Because, you know, that is um anxiety inducing. Do you hear that? Did you hear the doo-doo doo do stupid new phone? I hate them. Uh yeah, I I got a new phone. If you ask me, that that's part of the reason. Because I this is like I don't know, what? Oh uh Friday. Well, I had Friday and Monday off. And so this is my first show in like four days, I believe. That's the longest I've gone since starting Pat's peeps. But I couldn't be helped. I had my no technology. Some of the stuff that I use, kaput. And so I the the stress level between that and the taxes, man, and I am not even gonna dive back into that because I don't want to get all stressed out again just thinking about it and get my blood pressure up. But man, it was I learned a valuable lesson this year. And I mean it. This year, this next year, I'm saying it out loud. So next year, I am definitely getting my taxes done earlier. This is for me, it's just a uh I I gotta stop procrastinating. But the good news is it's done. And then and so good luck to you here on April 15th. Uh at least I got that off my plate. But then in the mix of that, you know, I get this phone, man. And I I don't even want to get to the nightmares of that. I probably already have. I can't remember if I did that on my show. Okay, by the way, this is a see, I get rolling, man. I go on a tangent. I don't even tell you. This is a Wednesday. It's um, like I say, April 15th. As I look at my studio windows into the beautiful foothills of Northern California, the sun is out, thank goodness. There's a pretty stiff breeze. It's a lovely day. I can imagine that for some people who deal with allergies, this has got to be tough. April going through June. Man, I grew up, when I grew up, when I was growing up, I had hay fever and asthma. And the hay fever, you know, that was sneezing and coughing and itchy red eyes. Man, I just uh it was brutal. But at the same time, that would cause asthma. I'm not exactly sure how that how that worked. I still don't man see I can't turn the notification off on this dang phone, man. It's gonna go the whole time I'm talking. But but I would get they would happen at the same time. You know, you'd have I'd have the asthma and I'd have the hay fever. So I was never a kid between the uh between the months of like April and June. I, you know, I'd be playing baseball, and I can remember I was a really good baseball player. Like, I get a hit, it'd go over the outfielder's head, and I should be getting like a triple, maybe even an inside the park home run. I remember this happened a couple of times, but I'd have to stop at second base because I couldn't run anymore. I mean, I would be out of it. Could not breathe. Like other kids couldn't imagine, like, what? How come you can't breathe? I mean, it's just air. That's what kids would say. It's just oxygen. How come you can't breathe? Because you can't. So it's never a long distance runner. I remember I'd have severe asthma attacks. I mean, really bad. When I was a kid, they would say, you know, Pat, when you go to sleep at night, you either have to sit sleeping up in your bed, prop pillows up and sit up sleeping, and I thought, oh my gosh, you gotta be kidding me. Or you have to kneel down next to your bed and put your head on your, you know, your arms and try to sleep that way. And I'm like, what? And then they had to give me a scratch test for the hay fever one time. You go in and they got this little kit and it's got a little thing, and they lay you down and they put these little scratches in your back to determine what you're allergic to because I was really severe when I was 14, and we had just moved from uh oh parkway. No, it was from um from Franklin Boulevard to uh Tattershell, a place they call the Olive Orchard over by Charles Mack high school or uh elementary. And so anyhow, we move over there. Nice place. It was a new new home. Every home had a tree in the front yard, really nice neighborhood. And uh we get there, and I I couldn't bear, I couldn't breathe. I mean, and I my dad's like, oh my god, my dad was panicking because there were several times he thought I was gonna kick the bucket at 14, they would be that severe. So, anyhow, he's like, what is going on? So, take me to the doctor to get that scratch test. Turns out I was allergic to everything, you know, dog dander, cat dander, all kinds of pollen. But the number one thing I was allergic to was um the pollen from olive trees, of all things. And where did where we just moved into the olive orchard? All of those trees that were in our front yards were olive trees, and it about did me in. Then I ended up working in an olive plant when I'm in my late 20s, because the thing is, at some point you begin to outgrow, and the doctors would always tell you that, you know, you begin to outgrow the asthma or the hay fever. Emmett Smith, the great running back for the Cowboys, said one time, he described what an asthma attack was like. And I thought, you know, that is exactly right. It's the best description. He said, having a severe asthma attack, because he had really bad asthma like I did. And you see how I compared myself with Emmett Smith. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much, thank you. Whatever. Yes, okay. Emmett says uh it's like running the 100-yard dash, and then at the end of it, you know, when you're trying to recover, it's like right at that point, someone hands you one of those little tiny bar straws that you'd always see maybe back in the 70s, maybe they still have them. Little tiny bar straws that they kind of stir your drink with, and they put that in your lips, and you got to pierce your lips around that and try to recover through one of those little straws. And I thought, yep, that's it. It's a panic-inducing feeling. You know, and the thing we had too. Back then, the only thing you had, nowadays they have these other inhalers, ventilin, and some of these other things. But back then it was two things. And if you were around then watching TV, you remember these from TV. Primatine mist. Remember Primatine Mist? You'd have primatine mist or broncade mist. And they'd have that graph up on the TV where it'd be the guy that's like a cartoon-looking mannequin thing that's looking to the side, be animated, and yeah, it'd show the lungs, and you couldn't breathe, and then they then he'd take the inhaler, the animated inhaler, and suck it in, and next thing you know, the the his lungs are expanding. Well, it had epinephrine in it. So I can't I had these memories, you know, I have memories of like running around. He's going around, I drive it over Jeff Babbage's head out in left field at Fern Bacon School. Anyone come on, early 70s. Drive it over Jeff Babbage's head. I'm like, yeah, I'm running. I get to second. And then collapse on third, and they run out the primatine mist. Because everyone's panicking. But I have, but I had to have it in my in the dugout. Then you hit that bad boy a couple of times to get your breath back before you kick the bucket, and boy, the next thing you know, that epinephrine would kick in. Bam! Your adrenaline would go up, your heart would start racing. Sure, you could breathe, but your heart's like dang, man. So it was the what was the you know, which one did you want to deal with? But the breathing was scary, terrifying. You would do anything. Anyhow. I hope none of you are suffering with that. That's a tough one. Happy Wednesday to you, by the way. Last night fun show. By the way, I'm the host of the Pat Wall Show, KPK News Radio, 93.1 FM, 15.30 a.m. Uh streaming live everywhere, just like the Pat's Peeps podcast. Everywhere, all of your streaming platforms. Please check it out for yourself. You know, I'm always playing these records for you. By the way, as I'm writing, speaking of records, as I'm writing, and the spring cleaning, by the way, I've been doing, oh my God. I'm not getting I won't get into that, but on a future episode, I'm going to just, it's amazing. But as I I write every day, cursive. Every single day. Anyone out? Anyone out there listening? Do you write cursive? I have friends that forgot how to write cursive because it's been so long, because we're on keyboards or we're speaking into your phone, no, not even typing. It's not even it's just speaking. So we lose that skill. So I do it every day. All of my shows I do in uh long form on cursive. And today, the pen I'm using, I thought this would be worthy of a mention. I almost hold on, I dropped it.

unknown 10:56

Hold on.

Tower Records Pen And Nostalgia

Spring Cleaning And Selling Vinyl

Why Promo 45s Are Valuable

Rare Singles From Stones To Sun

SPEAKER_00 10:57

I almost don't want to use it because I don't know, because it'll dry up at some point. The ink will be gone. But this is an old pen from the Tower of Records. Brings back such great memories, the Tower of Records. I miss it so much. The Tower of Records. So happy that I had Russ Solomon, rest his soul, Russ Solomon on a couple of times on my radio show. But anyhow, Tower Records pen I'm using today, and it just so happens that I pull these records off my rare record shelf. Because as soon as I get done with my spring cleaning, my thorough deep uh spring cleaning before the sun comes out for good. That's my goal. Uh the next project I'm gonna do is I'm going to start selling some of my records because I know what I'm sitting on here. And, you know, someday, when my time comes, hopefully way down the road, I pray, obviously. But you know, I don't want them just thrown in the trash, you know, or just given to some place where they just don't even understand what these really are, because they really are special. And they are to collectors. And I and some of the ones I I had set aside today, I gotta tell you, hold on. These are absolutely amazing to me. And apparently to collectors. I'm looking on websites, reputable websites like Discogs and things like that, where these are record collectors looking and selling. And so I have a stack in front of me here. I'm not gonna play them all, but I just to give you an example, I'm gonna gently pull one out of these sleeves because these are in these are in absolute perfect condition. And that's the thing that they stipulate on these websites. They're like, you know what? Yeah, these are pretty common, but not the promotional copies. They're very, very desirable. They're promotional copies. That's why on this podcast I always read to you whether they're stickers. I just want you to imagine what the label looks like and all of that, right? So, yeah, if you get a record, like let's say you're looking for, I don't know, the temptations or whatever, and you say, Well, I just need a copy of this record, whatever it might be. And yeah, you're gonna find it out there. Generally, they're very reasonably priced. Heck, they might be anywhere from five to ten to fifteen dollars, right? But these are the common releases, these are the ones that were sold to the public. They are not the promotional 45s. And I'm talking about 45s, not albums right now. 45, 7 inch records, singles. So, for instance, when I pull this one gently out of its sleeve, and I can tell right away, it's never been played. So when you have the combination of not only extremely rare, okay, first off, promotional copy and never been played. That is the trifecta right there. In this case, and a lot of times they don't even mind the fact if it has a little stamp or something on it because it shows really genuine radio, you know, that it was at a radio station, and some people really actually like that. On this record, for instance, blue label. This is the Rolling Stones record. Fool to Cry. Love this song. Promotional copy, not for some for sale. Stereo. Flip it over, fool to cry. Same thing. Stereo. Now, that is a light blue label. You're not gonna find that anywhere. Here's the next one. I'll pull this out gently out of its sleeve. What is it? Look at how beautiful that is. Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles, okay? These, and I don't have to tell you and keep saying it over and over that they're promotional copies. Just suffice it. These are all promotional. Next one up. Well, unfortunately, it has Yoko's name on it, but the ballad of John and Yoko, the Bates, Apple Records. The all the flip side, old brown shoe. It's another Eleanor Rigby and the Beatles. Okay, so this is interesting. Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles, on this 45 is oh no, it's the same one on uh on this, it's the same flip side, yellow submarine. Okay, so I have that two of those. I have two. Eleanor Rigby flipside yellow submarine. I mean, these are Beatles records. These are in 45, these are total collectors item. I'm pulling this one out of its sleeve gently. It has never even been on a turntable. I can assure you, it is an absolute immaculate condition. Pardon me. Got to get you into my life. Beatles, Capitol Records. Promo, mono on one side. June. Okay, so that's June of 76. Man, that notification sound. So that is gotta be like a re-release, obviously. Yesterday by the Beatles, stamp on there, 1965, flip side, act naturally. Oh, that's a Ringo song. That is a uh Buck Owen song. By the way, this is what I get all day. My text going off. All day long, I get messages. It never stops. That's why I have to have that little notification sound gone. And then that sticks in your head. See? Anyhow, I should have known better. The Beatles, flip side, a hard day's night, 1965. Come on. I mean, if you're a Beatles collector, God, everyone would want this. 1965. Beatles, boy, were they prolific. The Beatles, help, on one side. I'm down. I'm really down. I like that song. On the other side, hug in your lap when you know I'm down. Beatles, boys. Kansas City. Sheez. Got to get you into my life on both sides. It just goes up. Revolution. Let's pull this one out.

unknown 16:58

Oh my god.

The 7-Inch Sampler Explained

Car Wash Soundtrack And Rose Royce

SPEAKER_00 17:00

Revolution on Apple Records. Hey, Jude on the flip side. Come on, what a combo. God only knows the Beach Boys. Flip side. Wouldn't it be nice? So this is an entire stack of these. O blah dee, obla da. Here's one. This is on Swan Song. Of course, that's the Led Zeppelin label. Swan Song. And you think, well, well, yeah. Heck, there was only how many how many other artists were on Swan Song? I can only think of two. One was a band called Detective. I really liked them, by the way. I think they only released two records, about 78, maybe. And then the other one was this band right here, Bad Company. So this is actually a light blue promotional Swan Song record that is, again, absolute mint condition. That's worth a fortune. Youngblood on the flip side. Oh no, Youngblood on both sides. Badfinger. Badfinger. Day after day. Baby blue, badfinger. Flying. Beatles for you, blue. Booker T and the MG. Soul limbo. Elvis. I see. I can't stop. It's only love, man. It's only love and the sound of your cry. Monterey by Eric Burden and the Animals. Here's one. Tony Bennett. The good life. Check it. I know you can't see it, but look at this. Columbia, white label. It's got a yellow sticker, 653. It's got all kinds of writing. 1144. Twice on that one side. Same thing on the other side. But the 45 is bright red vinyl. Tony Bennett, the good life, and spring in Manhattan on bright red vinyl. Come on, who else is sitting there with that right now? Roy Orbison on a 45. Here is on Sun Records. Oh my gosh. The original Sun Records. Jerry Lee Lewis. Look at this. This is Jerry Lee Lewis. I can't seem to say goodbye. And yeah, on both sides, Sun label and the record, the vinyl itself, is bright yellow. Almost, it's almost gold. And then I want to talk about this one. Alright, so this is the one I'm going to feature today. What the heck? Because this one's different. This is a seven-inch record, but is a, you know, seven-inch record is a 45. 45 RPM is what it spins on the turntable. They used to have 16. No one seems to remember that. 16. Like they turn it really low. We would sit and laugh at that as kids. Then you had 33 and a third, which is album size. You know, that's 12-inch vinyl. Be it a regular regular record album. But then they would have these things called a like a promo sampler, let's say. Like a so it would be a seven-inch record, the very same size as a 45. A 45 is only one song on each side. But the sampler, in this case, I have two of these. And I was just looking this up. A sampler would have is would play at 33 and a third speed rather than 45. Like the usual 45, like the usual 7-inch records would. So this particular one, which boy does this remind me of when I first started driving a car after I got my license. This promotional 7-inch vinyl is specifically with a 33 and a third RPM speed. Was also part of a movie, of course. Rose Royce Car Wash. Remember this? Funny movie. So this particular promo record that's never been played, promotional copy, not for sale, has four songs on this. Same size again, like as the as the 7-inch 45. But this has four songs rather than one on each side. Two on each side of this record, one on a regular 45. And there's another song on here that I had totally forgotten about, that I just love, but I forgot about it until I listened to it a couple of minutes ago. We'll listen again.

SPEAKER_01 22:04

I'm doing it up. I'll be the dog.

SPEAKER_00 22:24

Pat's P430. Here's another one. This is uh this one is called put your money where your mouth is. Rose Royce. Happy Wednesday. Yow. It's kind of got that Ohio players vibe in there too, Livin, huh?

SPEAKER_03 22:53

Fire. Put your money where your mouth is. Oh you ain't saying nothing. Put your money where your mouth is. Or you ain't saying a damn bang.

SPEAKER_00 23:13

Woo! Good bass, man. Doctor's tea. Man, I like that. There's another one off of this same record. This one is I'm going down. Pets peeps four thirty.

SPEAKER_01 24:09

Since you've been away, boy. I got no plans. No no no no And the sound of the rain against my window pane is slow, slowly driving me and say Boy, I'm gonna die I'm gonna die because you ain't a home So don't sleep don't come easy. Boy, please believe me. Since you've been gone Everything's going around Why do I have to say Global?

SPEAKER_00 25:09

I really like these guys.

SPEAKER_01 25:11

Look what you've done to me.

SPEAKER_00 25:13

I like Rolls Royce.

SPEAKER_01 25:19

Oh baby, I'm going.

unknown 25:24

I'm going.

Final Track And Wednesday Sign-Off

SPEAKER_00 25:26

Alright, so I'm gonna play one that I had forgotten all about, like I said, until I started thinking about doing this podcast today with this. And then I went, and as soon as I started listening, like, oh my gosh. I mean, as soon as I saw the title, it shot me right back to high school and good times. And honestly, I haven't heard this song in many, many years, but it's so good. At least I think it is. This song came out in 76, and it was the third single from the Car Wash soundtrack. Became a staple on Oldies Radio. It's the group's second and final top ten hit on the pop charts. Like I say, it takes me back, man. I want to get next to you. Ah, love this. That's peeps 430. Thank you for listening.

SPEAKER_02 26:48

In this chain. Wait, baby.

unknown 27:00

But safe.

SPEAKER_02 27:13

Spendin' my damn, wasting my time. Talk until I black and blue. Oh, can't you see? I wanna get next to you.

SPEAKER_00 27:35

Thank you for listening today. I sure appreciate you. On this Wednesday, I wish you a great rest of your day. We'll see you on the radio. You're so high.

SPEAKER_02 27:53

And girl, you make me feel so insurre. You're so beautiful, pure. Why must you be a kid? And tell me about your kind. Blow in my mind. My money is low, and I know that I can't take you to the past set. The laces you might want to go. Still, I wanna get next to you.