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The LNBE Podcast
Mike Rispoli presents: The LNBE Podcast—"Literally Nothing, But Everything."
It’s a mix of personal stories, life lessons, and hot takes, all told like you're on the phone with your most unfiltered friend.
No experts. No advice. Just vibes, opinions, and faith-based curiosity.
The LNBE Podcast
Episode 57 - Nothing but Cutting Back and Sounding Off
Mike runs his mouth about cutting back to one episode a week, why Taylor Swift songs feel like emotional restraining orders, and how country fans seem to think their playlist is a personality trait. Plus, a Super Bowl rant, rock music appreciation, and the daily struggle of turning a boring life into entertainment.
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all right, people, what is going on? If you listened last week, you guys realized that I hate doing intros, and you know what I thought about doing a proper intro, but then I realized I just don't give a shit and I don't think you guys do either. So this is the LMBE podcast, where LMBE stands for literally nothing but everything. I'm Mike Grispoli and I'm sorry, guys, but I'm gonna start this off with a little bit of a sad note, because I've just been doing a lot of thinking with the time being, with what's going on in my life currently. Doing two episodes a week has been great, but I think we both knew that this was never going to last. So it's not you, it's me. I just need a little bit more time for literally anything else, and I know, I know, this is going to be hard. You got used to hearing me twice a week and now it's only going to be once, but we'll get through this together separately, um, but in all honesty, I do think that I bit off a little bit more than I can chew, especially with the football season ending and me just not really having that much to talk about. I do think it would be more beneficial if I go back to once a week. It's kind of like when you realize seeing your ex twice a week isn't necessarily just staying friends, it's self-sabotage and I don't know. I feel like that's just where I'm at right now with this, where I don't want it to become sabotage.
Speaker 1:I want to give you guys the best that I can as I say this, with this episode coming out a day late, but I don't know. I've just been really doing a lot of thinking on this and I don't want one episode just being me just rambling about nothing, even though I know I titled this thing the literally nothing but everything podcast. But I gotta give you something. It can't just be me literally spewing nonsense and garbage. I want to give you guys some substance. So I think this would be the best course of action for the pod in general is just going back to once a week and as of now, I think the day that I will be posting on is Fridays, unless I have anybody tell me otherwise that they like it on Tuesday more. Buddy, tell me otherwise that they like it on Tuesday more. But at least from what I'm seeing from you guys, you guys like the Friday episodes more. So I will stick to the Fridays for the time being.
Speaker 1:That is not to say that I won't go back to doing two a week, but right now my life is so boring. Even AI is like bro, I ain't got nothing for you. I mean, I even checked my calendar for upcoming plans and it was like why are you here here? All right, so, with that said, super Bowl's coming up on Sunday and who you guys got? So my heart is telling me the Eagles, but my mind is telling me the Chiefs. Well, why is that? Well, honestly, I don't know. I know a few weeks ago I said I wasn't sure about the Eagles because of the injuries and some of the extracurricular stuff that they've been dealing with.
Speaker 1:I do think, after seeing them the past few weeks, that they are the better overall rounded team. They have a top rated defense and their offense looks fantastic. But at the end of the day, they are going up against the Chiefs. They are going up against the storyline of Taylor Swift and the rumors of Travis proposing to her at halftime and the 3P and all that nonsense, because at the end of the day, the NFL is a business and they want to make sure that they're going to keep their new viewers invested and that's going to mean the Chiefs winning, especially if this is Travis Kelsey's final year and he retires at the end of the season. I don't know, man. I think there's just a lot going on with the NFL where they want to see this 3P, even though the Chiefs, I think, are a very beatable team.
Speaker 1:I mean, even if you look back at that week one game against the Chiefs I think are a very beatable team. I mean, even if you look back at that week one game against the Ravens, they were literally an inch from losing that game because the guy's toe was very slightly out of bounds. And then the game against the Broncos with the block field goal. That was just, I mean, master class in special teams. But honestly, how the fuck often do you see a block field goal actually happen? So they had a little break there. But then even the game against Tampa that went into overtime. I think Mahomes almost threw a pick that was almost caught. It was literally three inches off the ground. The guy just couldn't secure the ball. And if he makes that catch or that interception, rather the Chiefs lose that game Because I think the Bucs were like five yards within field goal range. So I don't know, it really did come down to a lot of inches when it came to beating the Kansas City Chiefs.
Speaker 1:Also, I don't know if they have a game that's over 30 points this season. I could be wrong, maybe they have one or two, but they've won every game by a score, like they didn't blow any teams out. They didn't get blown out. Obviously they have a 15-2 record, except for the game against the. I think it was against the Broncos late in the season when they just weren't playing their starters. So I don't know. I think the Eagles have a high probability of winning. But again, with the Chiefs, you're also playing against the fucking refs, so it's a 13th man on the field for them every down and you know at the end of the game, if it is close, the Chiefs are going to get some frou-frou call that allows them with the ball in their hands at the end of the game. Even if it comes down to what happened a few years ago when the Eagles played the Chiefs that call on Juju, that stupid holding call I will never not bitch about this, because that play had no bearing, or that call had no bearing on the play itself and it allowed the game to go into the ref's hands because at that point it gave the Eagles what? 40 seconds to get downfield, rather than maybe a minute and 15. So if they have those extra 35 seconds, who knows what that offense could have done, especially with how great Jalen Hurts was playing that game Probably one of the best quarterback performances of all time in a Super Bowl.
Speaker 1:To lose Reminds me of when Brady played the Eagles. Motherfucker, throws for 500 passing yards, loses the game. I don't know. You also know that every holding call that's going to happen is going to go against the Eagles, even though the Chiefs literally hold on every fucking play. I think in last year's Super Bowl against the 49ers um, what's his nuts, kyle Shanahan every play Bosa was getting held and he was just like look, that's fine, but if you're gonna call it on us, call it on them too. And the refs just didn't. It's just like fucking, call a fair game for once in your life. Refs, I don't give a fuck if the kansas city crybaby chiefs are playing in the game. Call it fair like. How much more bending of the rules are the chiefs going to be allowed to do? Steve spagnola, calling a timeout, even though that's clearly against the rules, but the refs turned their back on that one. Even in that Bills game, the blatant face masks that didn't get called those two first downs that should have been first downs. Like you're playing against the refs, it's just un-fucking-believable. It really is.
Speaker 1:And it's the whole thing now of oh well, if Mahomes wins four, he's already beaten Brady at this point in his career, and that's the other storyline. It took how many years between Terry Bradshaw to win four and then it was all of a sudden Joe Montana who won four. And Joe Montana, I think, went four for four, so he set the standard. Now, all of a sudden, brady comes in and he wins seven. So he's the brand new standard. And it didn't even take them three years for them to find Mahomes and just be like, oh my God, his greatness, let me suck his dick and make sure that he gets all the championships.
Speaker 1:I don't know, man. I think the Eagles have a game cut out for them. They have to play a perfect game if they are going to win. I just hope to see them win, because nothing would make me happier in life than seeing all of these swifties just go crazy, because for as long as they've been watching, everything has gone their way. They can't lose. So I think everybody needs a kick in the pants at some point, and this would be the time. As if swift's album wasn't a fucking kick in the pants. Dude, her last album was trash. I couldn't even listen to a song. I got like a minute and a half in and I'm just like this is garbage.
Speaker 1:In a way, taylor Swift kind of reminds me of Green Day, because it's just like you're singing about ex-boyfriends from, however, the fuck long ago. You're still pandering to a 14-year-old audience and this isn't really a knock on Green Day, but it's just like guys, you are 50 years old getting up there wearing makeup and singing about teenage angst, like you haven't grown, like that was your peak was when you were 18 or 20. Like, give me a break. I think musicians kind of need to go back to thinking about the longevity of songs and how it's going to come across years later. I mean, I don't know, maybe that's why I listen to rock music, because even like sweet child of mine, yeah, you can argue that that song is about a woman or whatever, but that song could be about any woman. Like we all know that whoever Taylor Swift breaks up with, there was going to be a song about it.
Speaker 1:But you know what? Maybe that's also part of her charm, of like we all got to see her grow up, essentially because she was, however, the fuck old when she initially got into the industry. What was she like 17? So it's kind of like you got to see how she's progressed with every relationship, but they all failed. So it's just like, how does that make her any better than me at this point? Like all my relationships failed. You don't see me putting out a fucking album.
Speaker 1:But I don't know, maybe this is also just because I like rock songs. So since I already brought up sweet child of mine, let's compare that to some taylor swift songs, because I gotta just say, for as crass as that band is, I think in the past I've said that they've got the like dirtiest rock lyric of all time. But when you you look at Sweet Child of Mine, it kind of immortalizes women when you go, like she's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories. Like that's pure admiration and they're basically saying that the woman is a goddess, whereas I feel Taylor Swift just kind of files emotional restraining orders through song Like we are never, ever getting back together. That to me just sounds like a hostage negotiation, not a love song. And when she goes, I knew you were trouble when you walked in. All right then why did you date him, sherlock? I don't know. To me, rock songs make you want to fall in love. Meanwhile, taylor Swift songs just make you want to draft a formal apology to your future ex-girlfriend. It's just ridiculous.
Speaker 1:But since we're on the topic of music, it's funny because I went out to a bar to hang out with a friend actually tonight, and while I was there I ended up talking to this guy and he was just like oh yeah, I only listen to country music. I'm like what's the fucking problem? You only listen to rock music. That is not true. I've listed countless artists that I've listened to Carrie Underwood, shania Twain. Here's one I actually saw Tove Lo in concert many years ago. There's one out of left field for you. And you know what I got? No shame. She got some dope beats and she flashed her crowd. So, needless to say, that was one of the better concerts I've been to. So don't tell me that all I listen to is rock music, because it's not true, it's just what I prefer.
Speaker 1:So, with that said it, just it really kind of annoys me when people only listen to one genre of music because you're not expanding your horizons to what else could be out there. I mean, music is just such an emotional and personal thing and by not exploring different avenues of what you could be listening to, you're just not expanding different emotions that you can feel or different philosophies that you might have, or even just general musicianship that there is out there. But I will say it does drive me absolutely crazy with the people who only listen to country music because they just make it a true personality trait, dressing up like you own a farm, but the closest thing you've been to livestock is ordering a fucking mcchicken from mcdonald's. Give me a break, oh my god. And you know what. That's totally fine if you live in the south and that is your culture and that is your vibe. But I live in the north. So people up here who only listen to country music will just say to you something like I just don't like any other type of music. Oh cool, all right.
Speaker 1:So you've never once heard a song that didn't sound like a love letter to a pickup truck got it, I don't know, man. Like there's a band out there called down, and if you don't know who down is, that was phil and selmo's band after pantera, and you literally can't get any more country than them when it comes to a metal, because their first album was recorded in a barn, like come on. Also, it is funny, if you guys like more southern rock stuff, if you guys do like the heavier stuff I haven't done this in a while. When it comes to mentioning bands that I don't think other people might know about, but I will mention them. I don't know if they're not known, but they're kind of newer to me and it's a band called texas hippie coalition and to me they kind of remind me of like zz top, and five figure death punch had a baby like very blues rock oriented kind of metal groovy riffs.
Speaker 1:If, if you like that style of rock music, um with the zz top, or even if you guys listen to them, asphalt Ballet I mentioned them a while back If you like that stuff but you want to go a little heavier, check out Texas Hippie Coalition. I mean, they got some bangers. Blue Lights, turn it Up. Hellhounds I Come From the Dirt Built For the Road. All of those are just fucking bangers.
Speaker 1:So, if you are interested, I Come From the Dirt Built For the Road. All of those are just fucking bangers. So if you are interested, I would give them a listen. But that's pretty much all I got for today. So if you guys like this episode, please share it with a friend, rate and comment to help boost this thing up, because that's where we all know that this thing needs to be. And also, if you guys want to check me out on my Instagram and TikTok, you can find me at the LNBE podcast. You can also write in and email me at lnbemedia at gmailcom. All right, guys. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and I will catch up with you next week. Thank you you.
