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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Transcript

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Speaker 1 0:10

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 1:39

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 2:31

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 3:09

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 4:04

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 5:03

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 6:44

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 .

Musical Preferences and Super Bowl Conversations

Speaker 1 7:57

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 8:40

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 9:22

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 10:24

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 10:52

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 11:54

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 12:44

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 13:48

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 14:47

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

Music Recommendations and Podcast Promotion

Speaker 1 15:12

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Speaker 1 15:12

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 .