We Walk Into The Magic Castle Unprepared

We recap Allison’s birthday run from a club night to afternoon tea to the Magic Castle, including the small planning mistakes that somehow make the best stories. Then we spiral through AI on TikTok and pop songwriting lore.

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Allison Florea

Alex Hinsky

Transcript

Cold Open And Quick Intro

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Cheers. Not sponsored. Imagine if Koch sponsored us. That'd be crazy. No. They don't need to.

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They really don't.

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Well, hello.

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New Jersey? Yep. Is it because we're the NFL?

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Not the state, though.

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What?

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New Jersey.

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Oh my god. How did I not catch that? That was a great dad joke.

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Thank you.

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Yeah.

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Uh yep. I got it a while ago actually.

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Because we were the NFL champions?

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No, we actually lost in the NFL in the NBA finals last year. We lost last year.

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I'm sorry about that.

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But this was on sale.

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It's cute. It's a crop.

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Yeah, I think it's actually from Fashion Nova. I don't know if I'm allowed to like buy from there, really. If that's bad or not. I feel like it's bad.

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Well, the deed's been done.

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But it was on sale. And I'm a hoe for a sale.

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Oh, me too.

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Well, should we just get into the intro and then just go, you know?

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Like just rip it. Rip it off the band-aid. Here we go. Three, two, one.

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Welcome back to the A-list podcast with Allison and Alex. I'm Allison. He's Alex. I just thought, you know.

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What a novel idea.

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Let's just get into it.

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Just right into it.

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We have to recap the birthday weekend. I know everyone's been waiting on baited breath. What does that mean? What's baited?

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Isn't it that?

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I don't know. Should I look up the um Yes.

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Definition.

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Definition. Baited is an adjective meaning reduced, lessened, or restrained, derived from the verb abate.

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So it is kind of like holding your breath.

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Yeah, I guess. What's that from?

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My head. Did it sound like a musical?

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Yeah, did you just write that? Yeah. My gosh, fun.

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You witnessed it.

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Whatever happened to the musical you were writing.

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It's actually so funny because I now that I have a piano again, I started going through all of my old voice notes and notes. And I came across it.

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You need new characters. Yeah.

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Yeah. So many people have to change in the musical.

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But that's life, you know? That could be in the musical.

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I it's more that there's a couple people I just don't even want to give spotlight to. Like I don't want attention drawn to them as humans.

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That's fair.

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So, but the songs are great, so I will put them in use of someone else.

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Okay. If I don't know how to write things, but I'll help.

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Great. You can be a well then. Storyboard.

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I can help with the storyboard. I can write like little note cards and we can like put them in order and things like that. Isn't that a thing people do?

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Yes. But as far as the music and lyrics go, I'll just you'll it won't be me. Well, no, but you'll be a good um focus group because you are of the general public then.

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Yes.

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Stanley, what?

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He really needs to get right there.

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Okay.

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Okay, well, birthday recap.

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Because you're already on baited breath.

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Right. That's circling back.

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Yes.

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Uh Saturday, I had my little my partee at the Club. In the Club, we all friends.

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And we were.

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Yeah.

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Club Zero.

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Yes. Club Zero Lounge.

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Shout out.

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Yes. They had made some cute little um things for me that marked my the booths. I will say, if they're looking for some feedback, I don't think people really want to. I guess basically, like the booths that I rented were very far away from each other.

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Yes.

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And like I guess I I knew that. But in hindsight, I feel like they should block off like one's whole side.

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Because there's people using both sides, both booths that weren't part of your party. Yeah. You paid for that.

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I know. Like how what was I supposed to and what do you do?

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Right.

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I don't know. To me, that either that whole section needs to be blocked off with like a rope or something, or just one side. I don't know. But it was it was nice. We had a little snafu earlier in the day with the arrangement of the payment. And basically, long story short, he had the owner had told me one thing when I was inquiring about renting the street. And then, like, it's kind of the reason I went with it because it was very affordable for me personally. And then I paid and everything, and we didn't talk for weeks. We had a one check-in that was like, hey, we're still good for this day. I was like, yeah, totally. Then we checked in. I checked in the week before, still good to go. And then the night before, he sent me an email at midnight and was like, Hey, are we still good for tomorrow? And by the way, we have to do the payment for uh the minimum you have to hit completely different than I told you before. Yeah. And I was like, no, we aren't doing that. Not the night of. Yeah. Um, and so I promptly sent him an email back as soon as I woke up. Luckily, I woke up early that day for some reason. Um, so you were excited. Yeah, just like type, type, type back. Hey, that's not what you told me. Here's a screenshot of what you did tell me. X, Y, Z. And I didn't hear from him for a long time because he does own a club. So like he definitely didn't get up until like 2 p.m. Yeah. But he called me and he was actually really nice and was like, You're totally right. I did tell you that. I'm sorry. Like, we just have like a new system that we're trying to do.

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He wasn't aware that it it couldn't do the thing that he said we could do.

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Right. Which is not my problem.

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But he did come up with a good solution.

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Yeah, he came up with a solution. It was fine. It didn't cost me any more money. It seemed to be smooth, and everything was good, and he was very nice about it. So that was the only little hiccup.

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I will say too that those jello shots were like the best jello shots I've ever had. They weren't for some reason they weren't too sweet. I don't know what it was.

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Yeah, they were good. It's just the cup they had was too deep.

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Yeah, really deep.

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You gotta have a spoon.

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Well, my tongue hit the bottom, but well, good for you.

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Mine didn't. I broke it because I couldn't. Um, I did take one too many shot, two too many shots. I will. Did you throw up, did you? I did not. I just was like getting home like a little bit more.

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I nearly did throw up. I almost didn't make it.

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You also have like so not that far to go.

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Correct. This is correct. But you know when you first lay down when you're a little too drunk and you shouldn't have laid down. Oh my gosh, spins. That's what I did.

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Yeah, you can't do that.

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It was just like, God, if I just sat up for maybe like 30 more minutes.

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Yeah, you need to drink some water, maybe have a bite or two of something.

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Well, boyfriend and I pre-planned and had walked to Trader Joe's and had a pizza ready to put in the oven.

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That's so smart.

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And nothing tastes better than a drunk barbecue chicken pizza.

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Precisely. I uh for the first time took a not sponsored Z Biotics, and I do think it did help me. I was just really tired.

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You were able, I was shocked when I looked at your location and saw you made it to your appointment. I was like, whoa, okay, she was.

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We were actually late because I guess I should have asked you this. I okay, wait, I'm getting ahead of myself.

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Sorry.

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So the party was good. Um, had fun, danced. There, the DJ actually played really good music.

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Yeah, it was great.

Afternoon Tea Timing Stress

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Um, and only had one little like issue with an attendee. Um, and yeah, fun time. Yes. And then the next morning, uh, I had a made a reservation to go to the Huntington Gardens to have afternoon tea and then walk through the gardens. And my appointment or my reservation was at noon. And we were like just a few minutes late. We were like 12.05. Yeah. Maybe four. But we what I didn't know is that the rose garden is in the middle of the gardens. I thought it was at the front for some reason. Because the time I've been before, I knew there was like some buildings up at the front that you could eat at.

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Yes, yes, yes. So you thought it was kind of in the vicinity.

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Yeah.

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No.

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20 minute walk back there. And so I was, of course, stressed out because you walk in, then you have to stand in a line to check in.

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Yeah.

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I just thought, because I had pre-purchased tickets that you just walk in, you scan, and you walk. No, these are things I probably should have asked you what the protocol was. But for the reservations, like you only get like a 15-minute grace period. And so I was like, we're not gonna be able to eat, basically. And Josh was like, I'm not gonna let them do that. Don't worry, like it's fine. But then we had to 20 minutes walk into the middle of the gardens to get to the reservation. Yeah. And we were like, had no idea, didn't did zero research on the location of this place. We had to wait, like, I don't know, less than five minutes. They were like, Okay, they were like, sit down and we'll like see where we are on the reservations and everything. And it ended up being fine, and we had a nice seat.

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Very good.

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I will say it's like pretty, hmm. The tea itself, the drink, the tea, the best tea I've ever had in my life.

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The tea.

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Best tea I've had in my life. And did you try multiple flavors, or was it just a we both got we got a different one each?

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What?

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Like you get your own, like the personal teapot.

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Okay.

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Right? So I got a flavor, and then he got a different flavor.

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Okay. I didn't know if you got multiple cups, like different flavors.

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Oh, no, no, no.

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And I totally heard that as he got he and I got me.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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Um, I forget which one I got, to be honest, but it was really good.

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A bulky one or like a clear one? Wait.

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Mine was a reddish intent.

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And then then did you put cream or anything in it?

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No. No, it didn't need it. I put no, I did put a couple little cubes of sugar. Oh, cute.

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Yeah. Well, it's more about doing activity.

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Little tweezer. Uh, I think it was like Earl Grey Creme something. So it was like Earl Grey, but then it had a reddish tint, so there was something in it that made it that delish. He got like a a pear, caramel pear situation. It was really good. I think mine was a little bit better.

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Did he agree?

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He did agree. And then I got the like more expensive version of the tea tasting menu.

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Got it, yeah.

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Because it came with a glass of champagne and like a little lobster roll, which that was delish. And like a little extra tart. And he got the other one because he does didn't want the lobster roll. Yeah. Uh, but I will say it's like a little too expensive for it. The food was not and the pastries were not like out of this world. Yeah, I wasn't dying over them. So like for$75.

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Yeah. A person.

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A person. It like was a little bit lacking in that area. Like for the for the sandwiches, I guess they're sandwich. The lobster roll was really good. There was a another one. Oh, there was like a little tartine, if you will. Did you remember that one with like salmon, something sort of salmon-y on it, and like salmon roe, and I don't know. Like that was also really good. But then the rest, like, there was I don't know, mushrooms and goat cheese, or mushrooms and blue cheese and things. They were it was fine, but it wasn't like, oh my god, wow.

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Yeah, okay.

Magic Castle Night And Show Strategy

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So yeah. And then on my actual birthday on a Monday, Josh and I went to the Magic Castle.

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Oh, yes.

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He had had an invite um that he got like last year, but we didn't end up being able to go like when we were originally planning.

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Dinner and the show.

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Yes. Nice. Um, I will say that we didn't plan perfectly. Because the last time I went, um I went with someone who had was taking magic classes, and I got there like a little bit late because the whenever the magic classes ended.

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Or just what a sentence.

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Yes. Was later. So missed a bunch of stuff that happened before that. And then I had to watch the show of the the teacher of the magic class.

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Well, yeah.

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And then got to see the close-up room, which is like a really fun room, but only 15 people can fit into that.

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I hate it.

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Oh, you did? Oh, because people I hate being that close to the tricksters, which I do need to talk about. But so we got there at seven. Our reservation wasn't until 8:30. So we were like, wow, we're gonna have to.

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We were gonna do shows first.

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We were we were like, we'll just see what we can watch before.

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Okay, okay.

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And um, so we go in and there's like, you know, there's a room with a like ghost pianist, and you can ask her to play literally anything ever in the world, and she can play it. You can be like, play Brittany Spears, and she will, or play a music, or play a style. And so we kind of got caught up in there, like getting our drink. And then I also didn't know that you could walk around with your cocktail.

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Oh, yeah. Because you can't have your phone in case those listening, like you cannot have your phone out, or you'll get kicked out.

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No, you can't. Although people have their phone out, you just can't take pictures.

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That then they've loosened on that because we would get like when we went, person I was with, sh she pulled out her phone and they were like, That's your last warning.

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Oh no, they were just like no photos and videos. People were definitely like looking up things on their phone. Oh, wow. Okay, so I don't know. But I didn't realize that you could walk around with your drink because I was like, This is an expensive old mansion, like with carpet everywhere. They definitely don't want people stumbling and falling with their cocktails everywhere.

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But it happens, yeah.

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So we were kind of at the bar and I was trying to just toss it, get my drink down, and so we were trying to go in the close-up room first because the time of that was right then, and then we didn't make it in because again, only like 15 people can fit in that room, and so I was like, Oh, that one's full. And we were like, Okay, well, what can we do next? And we looked, and that just the times of the shows didn't really line up.

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You would have been a little late.

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Yeah, so we were like, Well, let's try to go on this one and maybe we can slip out the back. And we stood in line for like a half hour. Oh my god, and because we didn't have a ticket for this show. Oh, and we were like, Hey, our reservation it was the show started at 8. Our reservation was at 8:30. And we were like, Hey, is it okay if we sit in the back and we can just like slip out the back? And the lady was like, Absolutely not. We were like, Okay, so sorry. My bad. So then ever. So then we like two shows we like did, we were like, we've seen zero magic here.

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Um well, you haven't, you saw piano.

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That's true. Uh, but then we were able, waiting for our reservation to watch like a guy just like doing magic, like out in the hallway at a little table. So that was good. He was really good. Then we had our dinner reservation, and that was good. I had a steak, and he had some pasta thing.

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Cute.

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And then we did like with your dinner, they give you a ticket to go to another one of the shows in the bigger rooms. So we went to see this girl who she's from Chicago, she's been on a bunch of like talent shows or something, and she did a really fun uh trick that Josh was involved in because she was like, I love sports, and I like to send her my tricks around sports a lot of the time. So she asked if anyone liked baseball, and he raised his hand, and um, she asked the team, and he said the Cubs, and she was like, Oh yeah, I'm from Chicago, get up here. And so she did a really cool like card throwing trick with him, but first she kind of distracted us because but first she was like, What was the last time you went to a Cubs game and when and how much was it if you have ever bought a hat, how much was it? And he was like, I don't know, probably like 2013 and probably$25. And so that was like at the beginning, and then when he walked up there, so we kind of forgot that she asked him that question. And then she did her trick, like throwing cards, and that was really cool. And then she was like, Well, she was like, I'm so upset that I forgot I didn't bring my cubs hat, I just have this like angel's hat or whatever, and she had this box that was empty and she put the angel's hat in there, and then she closed it and she reopened it, or maybe she didn't put the other hat in there, but it was empty. She closed it and she reopened it, and it had a cub's hat in the box, and then she which was cool, but it was like, okay, sure. We can I guess figure out how you did that, but then she was like, Look at the receipt, and it said March 9th, 2013,$25. Wild uh so cool, yeah. So that was fun, and then we just we got to watch a couple other things and we ended our night in the close-up magic room. Great, but we were there till 12 30. Wow, because we were like, we have to watch shows because we have not planned well on that was a Monday night. I know it was pretty crazy, but it was you know, you know me. Love magic, loved walking around because I didn't get a walk around really the last time and all the nooks and crannies and like what'd you guys wear? I had a I wore a black dress and he wore a black suit. Yeah, great, with he had a yellow tie. Cute, but yeah, that was it.

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Wow, what a great birthday weekend! You made it go right into the beginning of the week.

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But you have to do that. Yeah, I don't never really do that. That was crazy of me to have three days in a row. Yeah, yeah. Three days in a row is a lot.

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Well, happy birthday.

Ice Maker Rules For Adults

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But I appreciate everyone who wished me a happy birthday and everyone who attended my things. Thank you.

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How's the ice maker?

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Lovely. I set it up actually officially last night because I Monday was a wash.

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Yeah.

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And then I had moved it again, and I was like, do I need to let it sit again? Um, and then I couldn't reach the plug, so I had to have help.

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Oh, okay. But it's up and operational now.

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It is up and operational. And my question is, do you leave it on all the time?

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Okay, because it'll melt and then it'll just recycle and make another six.

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Okay, good.

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Yeah.

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I was like, do I need to not do that? And it's so hot outside that I and my apartment gets so hot that I feel like it's gonna melt so fast.

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We'll see. But when I w when I go to boyfriend's for like multiple days, I will turn it off because it doesn't need to be running. True, true, true.

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Oh, yes, Alex got me an ice maker also, and I'm very excited about it.

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Nothing like fresh ice.

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Yeah, because I don't have an ice maker in my um fridge and freezer, and I am not taking the time to make ice cubes. Like, I'm so sorry I can't do it.

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It does. And then remembering to get a bag of ice is annoying.

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And I'm constantly buying bags, and that's just like money that doesn't need to be happening.

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It's literally water.

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So you have solved my problems. Thank you so much.

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Are you using filtered water?

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I am okay.

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Good.

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Duh.

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Well, yeah.

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I don't hate myself. I'm just kidding.

Viral TikTok Song With AI Voice

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Okay, I have to talk about a TikToker.

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Please.

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Well, I sent it to you because I was like, we gotta talk about this. I watched. Okay. So I'm not gonna use his name, obviously, but this is like this is why this is where the debate of AI is starting to like stress me out.

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Is that person AI?

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No.

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Oh, I was about to say I'm cooked because I had no idea.

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This person is a musician, he's a songwriter. The video I sent you was of them playing guitar, singing, a song they wrote. Terrible singing voice.

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Yeah, I was like I was like, I know I don't have a great ear, but this is sounding a little flat to me.

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That song that they're playing in that guitar, they are now the reason I found this person is because they have a video going viral right now.

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Okay.

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Where they're playing the recording of that song in their car and they're being like, this is gonna be the song of the summer. And without question, you I can tell immediately that it's an AI voice. But no one knows. Everyone in the comments is like, oh my god, I can't wait, release it now. And I'm scrolling, I'm just trying to find one person to be like, that's that voice is 100% AI. Yeah, and I'm not gonna be the one to do it because I don't want to get read to filter.

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You need a burner, but I'm so upset.

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I know I thought about it because I was like, these are regular people who are like, this guy's voice is amazing. And I I was like, this voice is fake before I even went and found the video of him him playing it live, and I was like, no fucking way people actually think this is his voice.

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Well, at least he did post him live because someone in that comment did say, Wow, the power of auto-tune really like matters, I guess, which is such a read or something.

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But I, of course, am listening to tonality and the tone. It's it is that there is an AI singing voice that's really popular right now.

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Yeah.

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That is on everyone's songs, or like fake artists, like not real artists, have this voice, and it is I it is that voice. Well, he is He did technically write it, I guess.

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Yeah, he is being like, I'm a songwriter, I'm trying to get this one artist to notice me to record this song for me, basically. Isn't that what he's saying in the video?

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He's releasing it on April eleventh himself.

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With the AI artist.

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But he's not saying it's an AI artist.

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You do need a burner account, unfortunately.

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My guys out him. And the thing is, it is good and catchy, but just own it. Just be like, I wrote this song, but I'm not a singer, and I can't get someone to sing it, so I put an AI voice on it.

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Yeah. If anyone is a singer and they want to sing it for me, let's go.

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Then hello, it's Millie Vanilli, but like everyone knows about it.

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Yeah, he definitely should be doing that.

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But that's also a fun angle, too, to be like, I'm not a singer, but I can't get people to sing my songs.

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Yeah.

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I should just DM him.

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You should DM him and be like, hey, can I record that? Does he live here?

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No, no, no. He is not here.

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Okay, well, you have recording equipment.

SPEAKER_00 22:34

Yeah, but I would rather tell him, like, own that it's an AI artist and make that your story. That you aren't a singer, but now because of AI, you can do this thing. But don't fool people into thinking that it's your voice. Like, that is scary to me.

SPEAKER_02 22:49

Maybe you should DM him.

SPEAKER_00 22:50

Maybe I'll all think about it.

SPEAKER_02 22:52

Or maybe you should just get a burner account and shame him.

SPEAKER_00 22:55

AI. AI. AI. Just keep putting it. Or maybe I'll put it in the comments. Just be like, Thought, you're a great songwriter, not a good singer. Maybe you're the the that you're you're an artist, and part of your artistry is that your voice isn't your voice, but you can like lip sync in the performances. But he was really playing guitar.

SPEAKER_02 23:13

He was. But there are then he's just he's just going about it the wrong way. He I don't think this was his plan. I don't know this man. It seems like it was his plan was like, I am just gonna put my song out there and hope that I can get someone I want to sing it. But then because he used the AI, he was like, Hey, I can do this, and this is probably gonna make me money because it's going viral, so I'm just gonna do it. And he pivoted to that, which he could have just done the angle of yeah, I'm a songwriter. Does anyone want to sing this song? And like just kept pumping that out and got a lot of visibility on that, and then use that as his way to like break into someone famous doing it.

SPEAKER_00 24:06

That's just a little crypto.

SPEAKER_02 24:08

Yeah, that's for like very valid.

SPEAKER_00 24:12

It's something.

SPEAKER_02 24:13

And honestly, and if you can't beat him, join them. What if you just did the same? Actually, but you can sing, so you don't need to do that.

SPEAKER_00 24:20

Thanks, Allison.

Max Martin Worship And Pop Songcraft

SPEAKER_02 24:21

Why don't you just start publishing your songs, please? Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 24:25

Well, I had a meeting with a songwriter, producer, Fierce. And we're gonna do a project together.

SPEAKER_02 24:33

Amazing.

SPEAKER_00 24:33

A single. We're gonna see how we work together.

SPEAKER_02 24:36

This is a new person. Yeah. Do I know this person? No. Oh, okay. The look in your eye seemed like I might.

SPEAKER_00 24:42

It's no imagine.

SPEAKER_02 24:44

It's Max Martin. I'm gonna get together with Max.

SPEAKER_00 24:48

Yeah, his name, uh you know him as Max Martin, but I call him Mr. Max. Maxie. Oh. Mr. Max. It's fun, playful. Uh I am, I think, Max Martin's biggest fan. Every time I go to do these songs or we're about to.

SPEAKER_02 25:00

Well, you don't run the fan account, so I don't run the fan account.

SPEAKER_00 25:02

The fan account will be running on our account, though. No, but I'm I'm always like, I think I'm just Max Martin's biggest fan, is really what it is.

SPEAKER_02 25:09

Um anyway, so have you ever met a Max Martin song you didn't like?

SPEAKER_00 25:14

Yes, that's so funny you said that. I thought of oh, there was one the other day that I I have. There is, but I'm not gonna say because A, I can't remember, and B, it doesn't really matter. It's like I'm sure a lot of it is I don't know. I just think in the 90s, Max Martin helped.

SPEAKER_02 25:29

Just trying things, just trying things?

SPEAKER_00 25:30

I just think in the 90s, artists were not real people, they were put through a machine. So like Britney and Sink Backstreet Boys at Backstreet Boys are put in the work, but most of them were given these songs. It wasn't really like they got a ton of say in them sometimes. But and so Max got to really be the artist behind the artist. Okay, then as people became more songwriters and he started working with like Kelly Clarkson, he didn't he I have a story about Kelly Clarkson to talk about. Since you've been gone, is Max Martin. Or is it Dr. Luke?

SPEAKER_02 26:03

I've never heard Dr. Luke in association with Kelly.

SPEAKER_00 26:06

No, Kelly called him out. Oh, okay. Hold on. It's Dr. Luke and Max Martin. So okay. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_01 26:13

All right.

SPEAKER_00 26:15

The Max, but it's Max Martin written all over it. Like it is Max Martin to a T. And I but I Kelly helped write that. So like things changed, and it wasn't just like Max's because a Max song, a Max Martin. A Mr. Max song, a Mr. Maxie's bridge is so iconic, and you know what it is right away. He loves a second part that stands alone, that comes together with the main part in the chorus after the bridge. I love it, I'm here for it. It's all I ever want.

SPEAKER_02 26:40

You know who needs Max Martin?

SPEAKER_00 26:43

Ava Max.

SPEAKER_02 26:44

Cat's eye.

SPEAKER_00 26:45

Oh my god, can you imagine? Because if they just put him in a room together for one month.

SPEAKER_02 26:50

Here's the thing terrible, terrible songs. They are being given the actual worst songs I've ever heard in my life. And I, you guys, I'm a icon. I love them so much.

SPEAKER_00 27:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 27:03

The girls They deserve better. They're like my little sisters. Like, I love them.

SPEAKER_00 27:09

Yeah, you love them.

SPEAKER_02 27:11

But the the songs, just like think of if they got the Max Martin treatment. Oh my god, it would be glorious. It would be they would be icons already by now.

SPEAKER_00 27:22

Yeah. And they are because they're some of the best dancers in the game.

SPEAKER_02 27:28

Yeah, like they I think that marketing-wise, like their look and their dancing and visuals, like they're there. It's just people are not really connecting with the music, and it's because they're singing about Tesla, gnarly, in and out, gnarly, like whatever. And it's what that isn't that's not relatable. Bagataki's bagatkies. And uh BT Dubbs.

SPEAKER_00 27:58

Tell me.

SPEAKER_02 27:59

I don't know if Menon.

SPEAKER_00 28:01

Menon?

SPEAKER_02 28:03

She's the uh yeah, like mixed biracial girl. Um, she like is on leave right now. Yeah, and is she coming back? We don't know.

SPEAKER_00 28:14

We don't know. But this happens in girl groups, it's wild. It's so intense and toxic and hard mentally. Like it happened to Little Mix, it happened to GRL, it happened at Fifth Harmony. It's just like, why?

Kelly Clarkson Money Mystery And Replacements

SPEAKER_02 28:30

Because because the patriarchy, literally, because they are being asked so much more, and there's not really boy groups right now, besides the like K-pop boy groups, yeah. But other than that, there's really not, and women just have like such a higher standard and are treated worse. So that's brand new information. Never heard that. Oh my god. Anyway, well, speaking of Kelly Clarkson, I just thought this was crazy. Um, so Rob from Traders was on her show.

SPEAKER_01 29:06

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 29:07

And with Daniel Radcliffe, with with gosh, I was gonna say Dream Mont Rotation.

SPEAKER_01 29:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 29:17

Um, but she said that she never got her prize money from winning American Idol and or nor the car that she was uh told she would be getting.

SPEAKER_00 29:27

Never got the prize money?

SPEAKER_02 29:29

Yeah, that she was supposed to get a million dollars and a car. And she was like, she basically was like, Rob, I hope you see that money because he had said he hadn't gotten it yet.

SPEAKER_01 29:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 29:38

And she was like, I know how that feels because I never got my money. And I guess maybe they tried to spin it as a million dollar investment. Oh my god, no way. But she was like, I was fully aware that I was supposed to be getting a million dollars of money, yeah, yeah, yeah. And she was like, and my car was beat up and I needed a car.

SPEAKER_00 29:59

And so I was like, It's like this competition, I could really use that money in a new car.

SPEAKER_02 30:03

Yeah, never got it. Now she did all right for herself.

SPEAKER_00 30:06

She sure did. I mean, she got a movie deal too.

SPEAKER_02 30:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 30:09

Do you know that was originally how it was supposed to be?

SPEAKER_02 30:11

What?

SPEAKER_00 30:12

The setup for American Idol was that the winner, the first and second place, would get a movie after every season.

SPEAKER_02 30:17

And they only did it for the first.

SPEAKER_00 30:19

Because and then it tanked so bad that they were too. But that was originally it was part of the package. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 30:24

Which is like that is the only thing she got then. She got the the record deal and the movie from Justin DeKelly. Wow.

SPEAKER_00 30:30

What a great movie.

SPEAKER_02 30:31

I almost said something so dumb.

SPEAKER_00 30:34

Say it.

SPEAKER_02 30:35

No, because Justin Guarini and Corbin Blue are different people, and my statement was gonna be about Corbin Blue.

unknown 30:44

Got it.

SPEAKER_02 30:45

And long story short, I saw a TikTok of him and his wife or girlfriend or whatever, and she was making him say book talk, like sexy phrases from like Reese from my movie or from my books, Avatar, in in like the recording booth. So it was like very clean and sexy and dark or whatever. And he was like, I guess this is my life now. Um, but that's not the same person. No, it's not, and that's my bad. It's okay. But she said that Clay Aiken got second place and got a car.

SPEAKER_00 31:20

I'm sorry, what? Yeah, so did did Ruben ever get this?

SPEAKER_02 31:24

It's like also all of a sudden she's like giving us this information.

SPEAKER_00 31:28

Yeah, that's so funny. I guess like you're right, she did okay for herself. She got a million brand deals after that.

SPEAKER_02 31:33

The show's ending. She's like, I'm just gonna I'm going out the bang.

SPEAKER_00 31:35

Yeah. Her show's ending?

SPEAKER_02 31:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:37

The Kelly Clarkson show. Wow.

SPEAKER_02 31:39

They're finding a replacement. The rumors are pink could be taking it on. She just did like a week.

SPEAKER_00 31:47

I saw that. Yeah. Her daughter is such a good voice.

SPEAKER_02 31:50

I mean.

SPEAKER_00 31:51

That was insane. They did a duet together.

SPEAKER_02 31:53

I was like, what?

SPEAKER_00 31:54

Willow?

SPEAKER_02 31:55

Which like it does seem like a good fit for her because she also is a singer and she can continue doing the karaoke thing.

SPEAKER_00 32:02

Pinkieokie.

SPEAKER_02 32:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:05

Pinkieokie. Wouldn't that be what it is?

SPEAKER_02 32:08

Hate that.

SPEAKER_00 32:09

Yeah. Kalaoke? What's it called?

SPEAKER_02 32:11

Karaoke. But that rolls off the tongue better than pink.

SPEAKER_00 32:16

Elishhi Elishi Elishioki. It's harder to say. Her name's Alicia.

SPEAKER_02 32:20

I think maybe we just go karaoke with pink. Karaoke. Let's sing.

SPEAKER_00 32:25

Yeah. Karaoke, let's sing. Okay, but why is she leaving? I think I maybe did this. Did I dream this, or was it like something about family? And she wants to be have more time for her children because their father passed.

SPEAKER_02 32:37

Yeah. Has he passed? Yeah, he passed away. Okay, yeah. She's just done it for a long time, I think. And yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:43

She hasn't only been like a year.

SPEAKER_02 32:46

I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 32:47

Actually, no. When we were living in Santa Clarita's when you made me listen to that cover with Billie Eilish.

SPEAKER_02 32:52

It's been a while.

SPEAKER_00 32:53

Three years?

SPEAKER_02 32:53

Yeah. I think she's probably just it's run its course on her life. Like, because it's hard. I feel like daily shows, you're filming so much in a day, she has to live in New York.

SPEAKER_00 33:04

We want her to tour again anyway. Or go back to residency in Vegas.

SPEAKER_02 33:08

I'd like to feel like because of the her child children's father passing and like that being a lot to take on emotionally for them. And the fact that it's it's a tough daily job to do, like schedule it. It is, yeah. I think it's probably just like run its course.

SPEAKER_00 33:27

But they're gonna keep the time slot, change the celebrity. Someone like Pink is a good replacement, you're right.

SPEAKER_02 33:32

Yeah, I was listening to like another podcast throw out people, and it's like someone like Pink that can sing is obviously a good choice, but you could also do just like another good personality that can talk to people.

SPEAKER_00 33:49

Because I feel like Pink is that yeah.

SPEAKER_02 33:52

The only thing is like Alicia Keys, maybe. Yeah, the argument was like Kelly's pretty neutral in terms of politics and she remains just Pink is pretty outspoken, so it's like there might be a group of people who are like not her biggest fan because she's kind of polarizing. So like trying to think of someone who's also just people go to for like a good time. Megan Trainer is a good one. Um not well Jennifer Hudson, she already got one. Yeah, which yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:32

Well, let's go through maybe another alumnus, maybe Katherine McPhee.

SPEAKER_02 34:35

Catherine McPhee. She would probably be great. Fantasia.

SPEAKER_00 34:38

No.

SPEAKER_02 34:39

Okay. I don't know. I I'm just listing people that I know.

SPEAKER_00 34:42

I love Fantasia, but I don't think this would be good for 50.

SPEAKER_02 34:45

I kind of forget who won.

SPEAKER_00 34:47

Season one, Kelly Clarkson. Season two, Ruben Sutter, season three, Fantasia Barina. Season four, Carrie Underwood.

SPEAKER_02 34:53

It's not it's not her. It's not her. I'm gonna let you know right now.

SPEAKER_00 34:57

Season five. Jordan Sparks?

SPEAKER_02 35:01

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 35:02

She could be a good one.

SPEAKER_02 35:03

She could be a good one.

SPEAKER_00 35:06

Yeah. They won't give it to a queer.

SPEAKER_02 35:08

What about Adele?

SPEAKER_00 35:09

Oh my god, I would love that. Adele would be so good.

SPEAKER_02 35:12

She's so funny.

SPEAKER_00 35:13

So funny. She would be great.

SPEAKER_02 35:14

Honestly, I think it could be Adele.

SPEAKER_00 35:15

I think she cares too much about that.

SPEAKER_02 35:16

No hate to pink. Yeah. Yeah, it has to be someone in their career that like is okay to work like a nine to five basically for a while.

SPEAKER_00 35:29

Well, this is fascinating. I am actually invested. A guy? We don't care.

SPEAKER_02 35:33

What about Caleb Heron?

SPEAKER_00 35:35

Caleb who?

SPEAKER_02 35:36

Heron. Heron.

SPEAKER_00 35:37

Oh, the comedian. Sorry. I was thinking of a. Yeah, he would. I would love a Caleb show.

SPEAKER_02 35:41

Like a person like that. Maybe who is there someone who's famous already? Or he's famous, but like that big. A list.

SPEAKER_00 35:49

Mary Beth and Benny would be so funny to have a show together.

SPEAKER_02 35:52

I don't know them.

SPEAKER_00 35:53

Benny.

SPEAKER_02 35:53

Bonco.

SPEAKER_00 35:55

No. Benito Skinner.

unknown 35:57

Oh.

SPEAKER_00 35:58

Overcompensating the duo that has the ride.

SPEAKER_02 36:01

Benny Drama. I know him as. I know that he's moved on from that. I know he's moved on from that.

SPEAKER_00 36:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 36:07

Well, comment below, guys, if you have someone.

SPEAKER_00 36:09

Yeah, who would you recommend?

SPEAKER_02 36:10

I am gonna miss her Kelly Oki covers because she's so good.

SPEAKER_00 36:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 36:14

And I truly, Pink is also has an incredible voice. But Kelly's upper register is remarkable. And no one can touch it. No one can touch it. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_00 36:29

Maybe Adele.

SPEAKER_02 36:30

That's true, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 36:32

Uh actually an Adele Kelly duet would be everything.

SPEAKER_02 36:37

They should just get all the women powerhouse singers to do like a style like we are the world, you know? But only girls, only the girls.

SPEAKER_00 36:48

There is.

SPEAKER_02 36:49

What is it?

SPEAKER_00 36:50

It's got Beyonce, Miley, Rihanna.

SPEAKER_02 36:52

When did this happen and where was I?

SPEAKER_00 36:54

Elij, Sierra, Carrie Underwood.

SPEAKER_02 36:57

When did this happen?

SPEAKER_00 36:59

This was my favorite song of like 2007.

SPEAKER_02 37:02

Oh my gosh, that was so long ago.

SPEAKER_00 37:05

But it's happened and it's incredible.

SPEAKER_02 37:06

Okay, can we have a reboot? Just stand up. What was it for? Was it 2000 for sure?

SPEAKER_00 37:13

Research. Stand up to cancer.

SPEAKER_02 37:15

Love it. Well, maybe we could just have part two.

SPEAKER_00 37:18

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 37:19

Because now we have a lot of new voices also.

SPEAKER_00 37:22

And still.

SPEAKER_02 37:23

We have Olivia Dean. We have we have Olivia Rodrigo. All the Olivia's.

SPEAKER_00 37:29

She wasn't in that original one.

SPEAKER_02 37:31

I wonder why they leave her out because she was Taylor. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 37:36

This Cole Scherziner was in it.

SPEAKER_02 37:39

Right. 2007, for sure.

SPEAKER_00 37:40

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 37:41

That makes sense.

SPEAKER_00 37:42

Yeah. Which PCD coming back.

SPEAKER_02 37:45

They are. They are performing at Pride, right?

SPEAKER_00 37:47

They are performing at Pride. They are going on a world tour.

SPEAKER_02 37:49

Tour.

SPEAKER_00 37:49

Don't give a fuck, but good for them. Who's going to come back? They've all said so much shit about Nicole. But Nicole needs this press, so that's why she's doing it.

SPEAKER_02 38:00

Yeah, I'm interested.

SPEAKER_00 38:01

I've sent you on so many different roads. Bring it back.

SPEAKER_02 38:05

I don't even know. Who's gonna fill in for Kelly? Or who's gonna take over?

SPEAKER_00 38:09

Let us know in the comments.

SPEAKER_02 38:10

Gracious.

AI History Vlogs On Titanic

SPEAKER_00 38:11

Good question.

SPEAKER_02 38:12

Okay, speaking, we gotta go back to TikTok because I sent you a TikTok of this girl.

SPEAKER_00 38:17

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 38:18

Called, hold on, I gotta look up her name so everyone else can see. Dr. Did you watch the Titanic one I sent you? It's good and nice.

SPEAKER_00 38:27

Yes, of course.

SPEAKER_02 38:28

Chloe versus history is her page.

SPEAKER_00 38:31

Didn't watch it.

SPEAKER_02 38:32

What?

SPEAKER_00 38:33

Did I? I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 38:34

She's basically like she has used AI in a way that she is her person. She's made an AI version of herself.

SPEAKER_00 38:45

Like on the Titanic talking, like she's vlogging. She's vlogging. Okay, I haven't seen that, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 38:49

And all these historical things.

SPEAKER_00 38:50

Yeah. Chloe versus history.

SPEAKER_02 38:56

Yes, that's the page name. But it's like people aren't mad at her for using AI. I post one picture of turning myself into an AI dog, and I got yelled at. But she's making it made a whole page of, and I'm I'm being like hyperbolic, but she her whole page is these videos where she's like, hey guys, not me being in Pompeii. Like she's talking like so gen Z. I've seen the two. Not me being on Pompeii the day that it's the volcano erupts. And I have to tell all these people they need to get out of here. And she like goes up to people and she's like, hey, this volcano is about to erupt. And they're like, what are you talking about? No, it's not. And she but she is telling historical facts, but all the comments are like, this is a great use of AI. And I understand she's like maybe inspiring someone to pick up a history book and read more about Pompeii. Yeah. But why are people not mad at her for using AI? I'm sure there are. If I really scrolled, there are, I'm sure, people that are being like Sure, sure, sure.

SPEAKER_00 39:58

But yeah, why is it not an immediate like canceled, canceled, canceled.

SPEAKER_02 40:00

Yeah, it's great quality. Whatever app, whatever system she's using to create these videos, great.

SPEAKER_00 40:06

Wow.

SPEAKER_02 40:08

But she's been everywhere. She's been to Pompeii. It's like how the people were doing the waking up and yeah, yeah. And she's just now made it her, yeah, herself. And then she's like vlogging and talking so genzy. She like is on the Titanic and she goes up to someone at dinner and she's like, You have to, you guys, you're gonna hit an iceberg and this boat is gonna sink. And they're like, It's this sink is on this ship is unsinkable. What are you talking about? And then she's like up on the deck running, and she's like, Well, I know it's going down, so I'm gonna find I'm gonna find a lifeboat.

SPEAKER_01 40:41

Wow.

SPEAKER_02 40:42

Um, it's very interesting. And I will say, I've been watching them, so I'm perpetuating whatever's happening there, but I can't really stop because I love history.

SPEAKER_00 40:52

You do love history while you're a slut for history.

Timothee Chalamet Vs Ballet And Opera

SPEAKER_02 40:55

Sleut. Okay, well, what do you think about Timothy Chalamet hating ballet and opera?

SPEAKER_00 41:04

I think he's just kidding. I think he is I think he's sorry he said it.

SPEAKER_02 41:10

I don't think he is he? He's too famous. He's not gonna like this isn't don't hit him. This isn't like a super cancelable offense. If you guys are not aware, Timmy and Matthew McConaughey were doing this like interview thing with each other. It's been a while ago, actually. Yeah. But he made a comment where he said they were talking about the movie theaters, movie theaters kind of dying off, and like the art of going to the movie theater is like people don't really do that much anymore.

SPEAKER_01 41:42

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 41:43

Obviously, a lot of that is from COVID because it changed the game, and people were like, Oh, they're gonna just give me this movie in like a month. So I don't need to go pay 40, 50 bucks at the theater and be around a bunch of annoying people when I could just wait a month and watch it in the comfort of my own home.

SPEAKER_01 42:02

Right.

SPEAKER_02 42:03

So people kind of go less to the movies now than they did previously, prior to COVID.

SPEAKER_01 42:09

Correct.

SPEAKER_02 42:10

But he said, I would rather be doing what I'm doing than trying to revive an art form like the opera or the ballet because no one cares about that.

SPEAKER_00 42:20

Harsh.

SPEAKER_02 42:21

And people really just stuck on to the nobody cares about that because he his mom and his sister were like did ballet. His mom was like, went was in the New York City ballet or something. I don't know. And it seems that he has like a vendetta against it because the people then resurfaced another time that he said the same thing. Oh, where he brought up no one caring about ballet and it being a dying thing. And so it's like this is his like hill he's dying on. I don't know why. Interesting, because it is something that's like been in his life, yeah. And so it's like it feels like you really have like an issue here with those things, and he's not wrong, I suppose. I was talking to Josh on the way over here, and like I don't have the stats, obviously. And Josh is like the panttages are always full. So it's not like people are not going, and it's in dire danger of like having to shut down major theaters, and Broadway is still doing well, but Broadway is like we've talked about so many times, stunt casting because they need to fill the seats. So there is some form of it's not doing as well as it used to.

SPEAKER_00 43:39

Sure.

SPEAKER_02 43:40

Obviously, it's not the only form of entertainment like it was in the Victorian era, but what I'm saying is I think it's more this is where I was getting. I feel like it's more a reflection of the economy and people not having extra money to do that. Like if someone, if they love the theater. But they used to have enough money to go every week to see a Broadway show.

SPEAKER_01 44:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 44:08

Now, because of the economy and inflation and all these things, like, and we're pay cuts and we're heading into a recession pay, maybe possibly allegedly. Yeah. Um, maybe that person can only go once a month now. Yeah. And he's just like not wrong about that fact, probably. Yeah. Without seeing a list of statistics. But he just like so uh brazenly is like, no one cares about that. And people are like, oh, you want us to come watch your movie about ping pong? Okay.

SPEAKER_01 44:42

Great.

SPEAKER_02 44:42

Like, just like have a little respect for the arts because someone does care. Correct. And a lot of the ballet companies around the world really had something to say about Timothy.

SPEAKER_00 44:55

Timothy Chalamet.

SPEAKER_02 44:57

And it is just like a thing when you're too overexposed in the media, he's so exposed right now because everyone's obsessed with him and Kylie. He is in a lot of movies right now. He's like one of the hottest actors, hottest as in like people booking him. Yeah. And when you're that overexposed in media, people are gonna want to bring you down and humble you a little bit. And it's just like that's what is happening, I suppose. But he's a big enough celebrity, like, this is not a cancelable thing to him. He's fine, and I don't think he cares, but because he's said it multiple times, this is the hill he's dying on. He does not care. Okay, and that's sure. Yeah, whatever. But just be like, I don't like it, guys.

SPEAKER_01 45:45

Right.

SPEAKER_02 45:47

Happy for all of you, not a big fan, and just own that, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 45:51

Uh live your life.

SPEAKER_02 45:53

Live your life, but don't get mad at us, please, dancers.

SPEAKER_00 45:57

Yeah, what? Us dancers.

SPEAKER_02 46:01

Well, is it time for A list of the week? Whoa. Mine is Paradise. I finally got into it this new season. Wow. Incredible.

SPEAKER_00 46:11

Wait, did you watch last season?

SPEAKER_02 46:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 46:13

Oh, we've already talked about this. Sorry. I still haven't seen season two yet.

SPEAKER_02 46:17

I hadn't, yeah, I hadn't started it because I had other things to finish. And I now have watched all the episodes that are out, and I'm stressed about our current actual world because it just feels like so possible for the same thing to happen.

SPEAKER_00 46:32

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 46:34

And very it's just like, well, immediately I was hooked in again. So that's my A-list, and everyone should watch it.

SPEAKER_00 46:44

Heard. My A-list of the week is Panera Breads, you pick two. Not ashamed to say I've had Pan I had Panera twice this week.

SPEAKER_02 46:55

I love that for you.

SPEAKER_00 46:56

But it was because we had shoots and that was what was being catered, and I said, okay.

SPEAKER_02 47:00

Turkey Cranberry Club?

SPEAKER_00 47:01

No. So that yeah, my go-to was either it used to be that and the bacon turkey Bravo. But they had a um grilled chicken avocado BLT.

SPEAKER_02 47:13

Yum.

SPEAKER_00 47:13

It's as good as it sounds.

SPEAKER_02 47:15

Yum.

SPEAKER_00 47:15

And then of course, I always used to get, you're not gonna believe this. I always used to get the kitchen sink cookie.

SPEAKER_02 47:21

Yum.

SPEAKER_00 47:22

They're known for this.

SPEAKER_02 47:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 47:24

So you got a different one. I got a chocolate chip because in going to make my order, I they show you the fucking calories. Do you know how many calories that cookie is?

SPEAKER_02 47:33

Probably like 600.

SPEAKER_00 47:34

810.

unknown 47:35

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 47:37

810 calories for the kitchen sink cookie. And it says best enjoyed shared. Never shared that cookie in my life.

SPEAKER_02 47:43

How much is the chocolate chip?

SPEAKER_00 47:44

300.

SPEAKER_02 47:46

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 47:47

And still not great, but 500 calories less than the other one. So I went with a chocolate chipper.

SPEAKER_02 47:52

Yeah. Have you ever had their French toast bagel?

SPEAKER_00 47:56

No. Fire. Sounds incredible. With just some butter?

SPEAKER_02 48:00

No, you had to put some cream cheese on there. Oh.

SPEAKER_00 48:03

That's what I mean, obviously.

SPEAKER_02 48:05

Um, well, everyone, make sure you watch the Oscars this weekend. Here are our birthdays. Janelle, Janelle? No. Janae Iiko is 38. Lauren Graham is 59. You love her.

SPEAKER_00 48:17

Oh, she's in a new movie coming out.

SPEAKER_02 48:19

Alexandra DiDario is 40. Victor Garber is 77. You would know him if you saw him.

SPEAKER_00 48:27

Alexandra DiDario, right?

SPEAKER_02 48:29

Did I say Ur?

SPEAKER_00 48:30

Yeah, I think you did. But yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 48:33

Victor Garber. Is he in Titanic?

SPEAKER_00 48:37

Victor Garba. I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 48:39

What wouldn't be his real name?

SPEAKER_00 48:43

Oh, right.

SPEAKER_02 48:45

He is in Titanic.

SPEAKER_00 48:48

We love Queer.

SPEAKER_02 48:50

What is his name in Titanic?

SPEAKER_00 48:52

Mr. Andrews.

SPEAKER_02 48:53

Mr. Andrews. And Flavor Flav is 67. Oh wow.

SPEAKER_00 48:56

Still wearing that chain. Hurting his name.

SPEAKER_02 48:58

He he's never taken it off.

unknown 49:00

No, never.

SPEAKER_02 49:01

Um, but like I said pro prior to this segment, go watch the video.

SPEAKER_00 49:05

Yeah, I was like, that was the such a Okay, and be sure to watch the Oscars this weekend and now look at the birthdays.

SPEAKER_02 49:10

I was like, Yeah, I meant to say that after.

SPEAKER_00 49:14

We'll debrief next week.

SPEAKER_02 49:15

We will, and good luck to all those who are nominated.

SPEAKER_00 49:18

And hopefully they don't bomb the city of Los Angeles.

SPEAKER_02 49:22

Yeah, I sent that to Josh uh today, and I was like, how stressed should I really be about this?

SPEAKER_00 49:30

They're not.

SPEAKER_02 49:30

Maybe hopefully we'll be here.

SPEAKER_00 49:32

And if we're not, the call came from inside the house.

SPEAKER_01 49:34

Okay, love you bye.