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SPEAKER_04:

Good evening, everyone. Thank you so much for tuning in to Skip Happens. I'm your host, Miss Ray.

SPEAKER_00:

It's her. Oh, wrong way. Yes. Next to me. And I'm Skip Clark.

SPEAKER_04:

Yes. And next to me, we got Skip Clark. Thank you so much for tuning in to Skip Happens. Tonight we're going to be going over some really, really exciting things.

SPEAKER_00:

It's going to be fun.

SPEAKER_04:

Yes. We're going to be talking about those current events. You already know. We're going to talk about the hot and poppin' news. And then we're going to always bring it back to life. You already know us. We're going to talk about that, that, that tea, if you will, and then bring it back to things you need to know. Exactly. Things you need to know.

SPEAKER_00:

It's coming up.

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Yes. Right here. Stay tuned.

SPEAKER_00:

Come up. Next. We'll be in the pod zone. And we're going to make the move. Let's go to the pod zone.

SPEAKER_04:

What a great intro. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00:

I don't know if everybody saw that because it's the first time I've pieced something like that in there. So I don't know what's going on, Miss Ray. But uh, I don't know if you saw it great. If you didn't, well, you'll see it afterwards. I'll piece it together. How are you? It's good to see you.

SPEAKER_04:

Good, good. How are you tonight?

SPEAKER_00:

Uh, just doing well. Uh, because we're in the northeast, kind of getting cold. Holding in there. Yeah. Uh, you know, it's outside, it's getting cold. And you know what I heard today? Um, I have a lot of friends in Nashville, but uh uh Nate Felty, who happened to be on the Skip Happens podcast here a few weeks ago, he is actually the drummer from Zach Top, but he dropped a text and said, Can you believe it? Nashville may get two uh one to two feet of snow this weekend.

SPEAKER_04:

No way. How do they even are they even prepared for that?

SPEAKER_00:

No, very little, no, no, no, and I've Reagan. Uh uh, Mr. I'll tell you, I've been there where I woke up in the hotel one morning and they were doing the school closings. It was on the radio, and I said, Oh my god, it must have really must have really snowed. Open up the uh the curtains and I'll look outside, you can still see the grass. So it's you know, there was a little dusting, but the thing is it was cold enough to freeze, and they only have so many uh trucks that can handle right, you know, the city. So yeah, but maybe they've changed since then. I don't know, but uh that that kind of shocked me that they were gonna get all that snow. So you know what? If they need snow, they can come here.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, they can they want to know what snow's like. Come on up, come on up to to upstate, you know.

SPEAKER_00:

Exactly. And and if you don't know, of course, we're in upstate New York. Well, central New York.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, I mean central New York, like Syracuse.

SPEAKER_00:

So uh, but if you go like 45 minutes north of here, even just Miss Ray lives just north of Syracuse. But if you go even a little bit further, like Lacona, uh look it up on the map if you don't know what I'm talking about, but you'll find Lacona just north of Syracuse. I read today they got 42 inches in the last couple of days.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_00:

So that's over three feet.

SPEAKER_04:

That's a lot of snow.

SPEAKER_00:

It's like four feet.

SPEAKER_04:

That's a lot.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, it's crazy. It's crazy.

SPEAKER_04:

So they're snowmobiling up there to grocery stores, you know. They're they're doing whatever means they got to to get uh to where they got to.

SPEAKER_00:

You live in the snow belt though, more so than I do. Yes, and it's not really a far drive. I mean, what you're half hour from the studio here.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, it's like right about where we are halfway. It's kind of like the outskirts of the belt, if you know what I mean. So snow belt is what they call it. Yes. So um they call it clay or or Baldwinsville. It's like that. That line is like it's wild how past like more up north, there's there gets to be more snow, and then south of that towards Syracuse.

SPEAKER_00:

You know, um, and we watch the weather all the time just to stay up on things. And of course, when I'm on the air, I gotta talk about the weather a little bit as well. But they always say north of the throughway or south of the throughway. And if you look at a map, uh, it doesn't matter where you are, look at New York State, you'll see it goes east to west, it's Route 90. That is the throughway, and everything north of that gets a lot of snow. South? It could be sunny and 75. Well, not exactly 75, but you know what I'm saying. Yeah, things are good though, huh?

SPEAKER_04:

Yes, everything's good.

SPEAKER_00:

You know, um, I saw some stuff today when I was on on the air. Um, and uh something about the yeah, I know that you know that we get all this weird stuff. I shouldn't really call it weird, but it's kind of it makes you think a little bit and stuff to talk about. And I like to right.

SPEAKER_04:

And I'm I'm sure as a DJ, there's a lot of different directions you can go with content. So you're kind of like, what do I want to talk about? What what kind of narrative or storyline do I want to talk about today? Exactly.

SPEAKER_00:

But the the biggest thing that you can do, if you if you know, because I am in Syracuse and I work for the Syracuse Radio Station, I'm on live every afternoon. The fact is, I can talk about local and things that are happening right here in town, which is pretty cool. John Williard, by the way, I see he's um coming in already. And uh, if you don't know John Williard, he is a legend. He was on Skip Happens last night, and um just some great stories and uh just went really deep when it came to country music. Uh the award shows, uh he talked about those for what 30 some odd years. He was uh the voice of the CMA Awards, and he just you know, hundreds of radio stations, uh not only country, but other formats. He does the voice for those and television commercials and uh the uh the awards.

SPEAKER_04:

Such an acclaimed vocal uh voiceover artist for sure. So yeah, so talented.

SPEAKER_00:

If you get a you know, you can watch this tonight, we're just gonna have a conversation here. But uh what we did last night was really special to have him on as our guest, and we uh we talked for well over an hour, but it's very captivating and what goes on behind the scenes. That man right there, John Williard, is gonna tell you about it. So, how cool is that?

SPEAKER_04:

Yes. So once you watch this, go take a peek at that because that is really, really interesting. Very good, very good podcast.

SPEAKER_00:

All right, so I have to ask you. Um, so I'm pulling up to your house, what color is your front door?

SPEAKER_04:

So the color of my house's door is red.

SPEAKER_00:

It's red.

SPEAKER_04:

Yes.

SPEAKER_00:

Okay, that's the first thing on my list. Yes, I got it right here. So what it says is red. A red front door shows enthusiasm and energy. It's a bold color that symbolizes the luck and prosperity uh in Chinese culture, and it's often associated with passion. If you prefer a red door, uh, you likely have a bold personality and a zest for life. I think you do.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, I think that described described the fam pretty well, you know.

SPEAKER_00:

You likely enjoy being a host and entertaining guest.

SPEAKER_04:

Yes, yes.

SPEAKER_00:

I can see that in you. We have a white door, so let me just skip ahead to what white is. Uh well, it's kind of an off-white. I don't know if they have beige on beige on here, but uh yeah. All right, so a white, a white front door is described as light, clean, and pure. You may appear polished and put together in how you dress and how you present yourself. The simplicity of a white door might reflect your preference for tidiness and cleanliness and a desire to keep things neat. I hope my wife is not listening to this because we should not have a have a white.

SPEAKER_04:

Should that describe you guys?

SPEAKER_00:

Well, it may describe her, but if you could see my mess, it'd be a whole different story. I think that well, for me, because we are in the pod zone, this is like my room, you know. This is my castle. So I do think that's a good thing.

SPEAKER_04:

The door to your to the pod zone should be the color that that best suits you. You gotta color's like kind of cream white right now. So you're gonna have to go through those colors and pick one out that that best suits you.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, how about a well, maybe that's kind of like a gray.

SPEAKER_04:

Okay.

SPEAKER_00:

All right, so a gray door represents balance and neutral. Uh, you are likely a no-nonsense person who is mature and lives a steady life. This is definitely not me. Uh, you may be impartial when making decisions, and you might prefer compromise. So I always, yeah. I I love that.

SPEAKER_04:

I love how how the colors of doors can have like different meanings. You know, it's I love that. I love how you might be able to get more insight about somebody.

SPEAKER_00:

Little tidbit about life when one door closes, another opens. Remember that. That's what happens. It's pretty cool. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

I also love the saying, I feel like this kind of correlates with it that like rejection isn't like necessarily a bad thing, it's a form of redirection in a way, you know. Like it's not that that thing isn't meant for you, it's that there's something else meant for you on the other side. So I love that. I love that.

SPEAKER_00:

No, it's true, it's true, yeah. And I love that attitude uh coming from you. That's cool. Yeah, you gotta accept what happens and right because everything happens for a reason. We just there's times we don't understand. Uh, we may question a lot of things, but in the long run, when you sit back and look at the overall picture, there's a reason that happened.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah.

unknown:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

For the most part.

SPEAKER_04:

For sure. For sure.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, exactly. Exactly.

SPEAKER_04:

Speaking of things happening, um, we uh they just announced the songwriters hall of fame for 2026. So we got some songwriters that that stepped up to the occasion, you know. Um, Taylor Swift is one of them.

SPEAKER_00:

Okay, yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_04:

Um, we have some members of KISS, so we have Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley for their songs Rock and Roll All Night and I Love It Loud.

SPEAKER_00:

Do you know those?

SPEAKER_04:

Um I wish we were gonna have to listen to that afterwards. I should have come prepared. But um, we also have Kenny Loggins for Footloose, and I have listened to Footloose.

SPEAKER_00:

So go to a wedding, chances are you're gonna hear Footloose.

SPEAKER_04:

Yes, yes. I thought that sounded familiar, so I was like, I'm gonna play this when I was doing some research earlier about this, and I was like, oh my gosh, I saw I know the song, so that's so cool.

SPEAKER_00:

Kenny Loggins, he was on uh Daryl's house uh one night on TV. Kenny Loggins was over at uh uh Daryl Hall. And well, it used to be Daryl Holland, John Oates, but Daryl's house, he does uh he invites all the different musicians over and they do like a jam set session, so it's pretty cool. It's pretty cool.

SPEAKER_04:

It's awesome, and then there was another artist um that makes pretty good wedding songs. Um Christopher, also Tricky Stewart, um, who wrote Rihanna's Umbrella and Beyonce's Single Ladies.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh, the single ladies, oh the single ladies. Oh, the singing ladies.

SPEAKER_00:

That's bad for an old guy, right?

SPEAKER_04:

But yeah, they um they got accredited for being songwriters um and have gotten into the hall of fame.

SPEAKER_00:

Pretty big songs, yeah. So if it wasn't for the songwriters, obviously we wouldn't have what we have in the way of music, and they are the unsung heroes when you think about it. Look at the fine print of whatever you buy, however you buy your music. Read the fine print. Uh the songwriters, they're the ones. It's the artists. Yeah, there's artists, yeah. They do they do write, but a lot of these songs and a lot of the big hits, you'd be really surprised who who writes them, who writes them, the co-writers.

SPEAKER_04:

You're totally right, you're totally right. Because there is a lot of um like bigger artists that are known for their voices, like Beyonce single ladies. I I guess I assume that Beyonce wrote that. I didn't know that that was written by another person. See, that that's so I think that that's really amazing that that person's getting recognized for their work.

SPEAKER_00:

Exactly. And the writers they smile when they walk to the mailbox, if you know what I mean.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

So you know, they get compensated for that as well.

SPEAKER_04:

You know, and I also wonder, do they have it have it better, you know? Like they kind of get that famous, that famousness a little bit, but like they don't have to deal with like the public image aspect of it, kind of going out in public, you know. Taylor Swift, she's a she's a big personality, you know. So when she goes out, she can't walk down the street without somebody paparazzi calling her way. Right. I don't know how I feel like songwriters kind of kind of have the the right idea because they get to write these songs, create the R, and I don't know. No, that's true. Not that one's cooler or the other, but I think that it's I it's an interesting perspective to kind of think about how I mean, why like not everybody is a singer, but no, but I would love to, you know, we have country songs and we have the pop.

SPEAKER_00:

We have hip hop, we got rap, we we rhythmic, we have all that stuff going. But I would like to know what is the difference when songwriters get together, like you're writing a country song, or maybe you're gonna write single ladies, for example. Uh, you know, I mean, I wonder if if that songwriting is any different. I'd be really curious. I've sat in on you know, songwriters on uh different uh you know events when I've been in Nashville, but um, you know, and it's kind of cool how they play off each other and you know they'll think of certain lines and just see what it sounds like with a rift on a guitar and what have you. And uh, but I I wonder how that works when it comes to you know different genres.

SPEAKER_04:

Me too. That's curious, yeah. Yeah, that's a great, yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

Exactly.

SPEAKER_04:

Wonder as well. Love that. Yeah, love that. Yes. Um, did you see that? Well, Dolly Parton turned 80 years old. Our queen is 80.

SPEAKER_00:

That she is a queen too. She is who doesn't love Dolly when you think about it. I mean, she is she's been through so much.

SPEAKER_04:

Um and she doesn't have like a mean bone in her body, you know what I mean? Like she she's very wholehearted, she's such a kind, sweet individual.

SPEAKER_00:

I bet you John Williard would tell us a little bit about Dolly. I'm sure.

SPEAKER_04:

I'm sure he can back us up on this, yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

But no, um, I've never had the opportunity to to meet her. I've seen her, but never had the actual opportunity to, you know.

SPEAKER_04:

And how did you react when you saw Dolly? Were you did you start sweating?

SPEAKER_00:

Oh my god, let's stop.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah. Oh my god, don't tell me. So you were excited, you weren't.

SPEAKER_00:

I was, but I was trying to be the you know, the cool guy. And when you work in the business as you're learning, uh you get these opportunities, but you know, you got to be professional. You have to be like, hey, how you doing? It's good to see you.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh my god, it's and then you turn around and you're like, Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00:

I told did I tell you the story about the Nashville trip with Kid Rock? Did I tell you about this?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh no.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, I have to tell you about this. I won't say names, but it's somebody we work with. Um so we were in Nashville at what they call a country radio seminar, and that was a few years ago. And we're sitting there on a couch at the top of an escalator in the Omni Hotel, just kind of hanging out and uh just kind of taking a breather from all the sessions and everything. And you know, as I've mentioned before, anybody that's anybody is in Nashville for this event, right? Which is pretty cool. So we're all sitting there, and uh it was myself, a friend, it was somebody we work with and his wife, and just sitting there, and all of a sudden, Kid Rock comes up the escalator, turns the corner, and starts walking down the hall. He gets up, I gotta get oh my god, pulls his phone out, is running down the hall, and he's putting his arm around him trying to get a selfie.

SPEAKER_04:

Now, is that uh it was him? You don't have to say the person, but is this um artist like super influential for this person? Like, have they expressed, like, oh my gosh, if I see Kid Rock, I'm gonna lose my pool.

SPEAKER_02:

I'm gonna okay.

SPEAKER_04:

So I feel like that's relatable. You know, we all have that artist that if if that artist walked past you, I would do anything to get a picture, to talk. Like, I totally get that. So yeah, but you know, but yes, you're you're definitely right. You gotta have a sense of it.

SPEAKER_00:

In the business, yeah, and it's not like you're just somebody out in the public. They should have or with others, and it's just like, okay, okay, never mind, I'll just kind of hide back here. Um but uh and it wasn't me. So yeah, but it's just like, oh, that's good rock, yeah. That's cool.

SPEAKER_04:

Have you but you've have you ever come close to that? Was it when you saw Dolly or no?

SPEAKER_00:

Well, Dolly was one thing.

SPEAKER_04:

Um was an artist that really like oh I oh my god.

SPEAKER_00:

Um wait a minute, somebody does Susan says sidebar. I did not know Ed Sheeran wrote love yourself for the beeb. Yes, he did. Nickel, so there you go. But uh no, getting back to what you were saying, uh, I don't know if I ever told you the story about the Reba McIntyre situation.

SPEAKER_04:

That I know, I know you love her, but I don't know.

SPEAKER_00:

She was one of the reasons, uh, except being told I was gonna work on a country station when I was I didn't want anything to do with country back in the day. It was quite a while ago, a lot of years ago. But Reba was young and beautiful and uh out there doing her thing, and she was coming to the state fair. And um, and everybody in the radio station that I worked at knew that I loved Reba at that point, and so um they hooked me up with meet and greets, I had tickets, and then they surprised me with a meet and greet. So I did the meet and greet. You talk about sweating. I had beads of sweat coming off my forehead. I um we go in the back, she walked in. I was speechless, and it you know breathing.

SPEAKER_04:

Okay.

SPEAKER_00:

Pretty much, pretty much, but uh I got through that. But because you know, we have dogs, you know, we have a yellow lab, even to today, we have a yellow lab here at Rossi. But uh we've had yellow labs for a lot of years. And the only thing I said to her was, well, besides hi, was the fact that I named my dog after you, Reba. And then I'm thinking, she goes, Oh, that's nice. You know, she's got that accent in the eyes. And I'm thinking, all right, don't even, you know, it's just like, don't even open the door, I'll go under it when I leave. Right. So that's what I felt like. So, but then you know, after that, it it that was it. After that, it was like, okay, this is cool. This is cool, it's cool.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, once you had hit that awkward moment, it's kind of like um when Hardy fell into my my arms that that first time I got to go back to the radio room. You know, um, it's just a human moment with an artist. Um, right, even though I was laughing my ass was super cool about it too. Like these artists are human at the end of the day. Yes, they're they're big, big people, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00:

They can you still feel him like bumping into you when you think about it?

SPEAKER_04:

Sometimes, yeah. Like I can I can replay that moment. I mean, it was a crazy moment, you know? So it it just was it's unforgettable, really.

SPEAKER_00:

Wow, that's crazy. Crazy stuff.

SPEAKER_04:

But speaking of Dolly and Reba, they came out with a new song with Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson, Queen Latifa. Um, and their new song is called Light of the Clear Blue Morning, and the song's really cool because all of the proceeds go uh towards pediatric care, towards a hospital in Nashville, which I thought was was absolutely beautiful.

SPEAKER_00:

So that uh what did it come out last Friday? I I believe it did, yeah. I think it dropped last Friday. But I have heard it. It's absolutely I heard it too.

SPEAKER_04:

It is great, it's amazing.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_04:

They did great, and I think that that's such a such a wonderful cause, you know.

SPEAKER_00:

Unbelievable. I'm trying to read there's we have a post on here, but it's like so long, which is uh kind of cool. And thank you for watching. Uh oh, yeah, it's John Williard. There you go. It's just he's so he is we love you, John. We love you. Yeah. I'm just he's talking about songwriters. I dropped the name last night, Jared Neiman. He did, and uh while 12 Or so years ago, after a country radio hall of fame event, I walked over to the the lobby. I can go out. You know what? This is going to be posted. So you can read it afterwards. But John, I just I just love your stories. And to go back what we said a couple of minutes ago, and not to uh repeat myself, and I don't mean to, but I do mean to because I want you to go back and watch the podcast from last night. Definitely when we had John on. And oh my god, it's just just unbelievable. And he is John. Um Jared Neiman, a huge songwriter, one of the many great country artists that actually takes the time to write. You know, a lot of great songs. So a lot of great songs. Hey, we were talking about dogs. You know how I have a yellow lab. We have Rossi. Uh, do you know that Lego is offering another dog, the Lego icons golden retriever puppy set? Oh my so if you're into Legos, I don't know. It doesn't matter what how old you are because I had friends, believe it or not, I'm not gonna be able to do Legos has really stepped up their game.

SPEAKER_04:

I mean, you would think that like their Legos they'd be for kids, but you can make like bouquets of flowers, you can build houses with Legos.

SPEAKER_00:

They're they're pretty much it's one thing playing with them, it's another thing showing them off. You build it and then you put it in a showcase. You know, I understand you take the kids to Legoland and and all that, I get that. But then there's people that just collect these and they will go beyond the limit to get whatever they need. Uh, you know, if they, for example, now they have this uh golden retriever puppy set. They say it looks like a golden retriever puppy wearing a blue collar with a gold tag includes, oh boy, 2102 pieces and is available for pre-order. Guess how much?

SPEAKER_04:

The dog.

SPEAKER_00:

I'm gonna say I'm gonna go with like a solid.

SPEAKER_04:

I don't know, they're kind of expensive. So I'm gonna go with maybe like how big is the dog?

SPEAKER_00:

Don't tell me that.

SPEAKER_04:

Um, then I'm gonna go with it.

SPEAKER_00:

So it's two thousand pieces.

SPEAKER_04:

2100 pieces. I'm gonna say it's like 75 bucks.

SPEAKER_00:

Low.

SPEAKER_04:

That's a low number.

SPEAKER_00:

It's a low number. It's over 100. It's 139.

SPEAKER_04:

139 dollars for a Lego dog.

SPEAKER_00:

But you know what? If you're into Legos, you're gonna be ordering this. And yeah, yeah, I I know people that do this.

SPEAKER_04:

And it's a dog that'll be there with be there forever.

SPEAKER_00:

Unless somebody knocks it over, maybe his tail falls off or something. Right.

SPEAKER_04:

No, I wonder if do you glue them together when you build?

SPEAKER_00:

No, no, no. They they stick together pretty tight. I don't know. I have a I'll have to check with my friend. So my buddy.

SPEAKER_04:

I love that.

SPEAKER_00:

It's pretty cool. Pretty darn cool.

SPEAKER_04:

I wonder what other dogs they have.

SPEAKER_00:

I don't know. We'll have to look that up.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, we're gonna have to check that.

unknown:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

So if you know somebody that loves Legos, I know I saw that come across today, and I said that's pretty cool too. So yeah, yeah. Pretty cool. Pretty cool. Did you know today is national hug day? You know, here it is. What's the day today? It is the uh 21st.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_00:

Right? Today is the 21st.

SPEAKER_04:

Do you know what yesterday was? Sorry to kind of go off topic.

SPEAKER_00:

That's okay.

SPEAKER_04:

But I think that what yesterday was was more important.

SPEAKER_00:

Probably.

unknown:

What?

SPEAKER_04:

It was National DJ Day. Oh, it was. It was National DJ Day. So shout out to Skip and all our other DJs out there that are working hard, putting hours in behind the mic. We see you. We appreciate you.

SPEAKER_00:

And this young lady right over there, she's she's gonna be on the air here starting this week.

SPEAKER_04:

So which is very exciting.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, we're so excited to have her. But uh, if you're in the area, and let's say you can even listen online if you go to 921 FMThewolf.com or go to tune in radio. So uh it's all right there. But uh yeah, it's right. That's it. Hey, uh, you know the the big game, the Super Bowls come on. Do you guys watch that?

SPEAKER_04:

We do. I mean, I I'm there for the halftime show. You know me. I'm I'm really there for the music. The game's cool, but the food and the music is where it's at.

SPEAKER_00:

Do you know who's opening the Super Bowl?

SPEAKER_04:

No.

SPEAKER_00:

Green Day.

SPEAKER_04:

Really?

SPEAKER_00:

Yep. Green Day. We'll open the Super Bowl. Super Bowl, you know what which one it is? 60. Super Bowl 60. And Green Day is gonna be the opening act to open the Super Bowl. Uh, and they'll have a ceremony celebrating uh the 60 years of Super Bowls. And what genre it's it's rock, it's rock, it's rock, it's rock, but it's it's you know, we're going back to the 90s. Okay, so but yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

I'm gonna definitely have to.

SPEAKER_00:

No, I guess if it wasn't disco or whatever, she well, no, I disco is 70s, but I don't know.

SPEAKER_04:

She showed me a song today that I was like, it was rap. I was like, yeah, I can try to figure out what it was, but I was like, Becky, what you because I don't know. I like you said, she likes to listen to like that disco that that fun stuff, and I was like, Oh my gosh, she showed me you guys are gonna get a kick out of this, it's going down by young job. No way, yeah. She was like, Reagan, do you know the song?

SPEAKER_00:

And I was like, No, no, and I was like, now mind you, this is the but I I loved it though.

SPEAKER_04:

I loved that she kind of took me by surprise, you know what I mean? Yeah, she's she's with she's hip like that.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, you guys are always laughing. I don't know if it wherever you guys work, that if you're watching this and what you do for a living, but um we have uh, you know, we're a small company, but uh we call Becky our director of first impressions because when you walk through the door, she was the first person you see. But Becky's job is not to be sitting at that front door. I mean, she does a lot of other more important duties, but she happens to be the first person you see. And if you don't leave there laughing or smiling, then you you've got problems, right? You could have but you could have the worst day. And she is she needs to be everywhere. Yes, she needs to be everywhere.

SPEAKER_04:

She would make in another life she's a therapist, you know.

SPEAKER_00:

She is just she needs to be in Switzerland at the summit right now.

SPEAKER_04:

She's just amazing, she's very personable, someone that you can connect with, which which I love. And I love that she, you know, she listens to her music, she listens to that, to her throwbacks, that nostalgia. But then she steps in with stuff that that I never would expect. Um, speaking of things that she would never expect.

SPEAKER_00:

And let's see, what what would I never expect? It's it's another chapter. I have to talk about this.

SPEAKER_04:

So this week I have been listening to a lot of ASAP Rocky.

SPEAKER_00:

Okay.

SPEAKER_04:

He released a new album. Do you know who Ace ASAP Rocky is?

SPEAKER_00:

I do. Okay. I can't say I'm a huge fan. I mean, I'm a fan. Don't get me wrong.

SPEAKER_04:

But you know who he is.

SPEAKER_00:

Exactly. And I respect everybody for what they do and their, you know, their talent and their quality. Right. You know, I get it. I get it. Okay.

SPEAKER_04:

Um, what I thought was really, really cool about ASAP Rocky was that he collaborated with Tim Burton on this past album. So Tim Burton created the art, he created characters.

SPEAKER_00:

Tim Burton was a director, uh, movie director, right? Right. He's a director. Okay.

SPEAKER_04:

So we've talked in the past kind of that relationship between the the television slash movie industry and then the music, and how, you know, music can help aid um, can help aid movies, you know. You can use it in a soundtrack, you can use it to uh accentuate emotion in a movie. What I think is so cool about this is that it's like the reverse. You know what I mean? Like it's like Rocky's album wouldn't be what it is if it didn't have Tim Burton in it. That's and he used that to his full advantage. I watched um one of the music videos, I believe it was for oh my god.

SPEAKER_00:

That's amazing though.

SPEAKER_04:

Tim Burton, I can't think of the song. I want to say it was either I think it I don't know. It was either don't be dumb or another one, but Tim Burton was literally in the music video, and I thought that that what is that?

SPEAKER_00:

Something going on in the background. I don't know, but it'll it'll go away, I think. I hope I don't know, it's kind of weird.

SPEAKER_04:

That is weird.

SPEAKER_00:

But if you want to keep talking, maybe I can slide over there and shut it off.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, you're good.

SPEAKER_00:

All right, you keep talking. I'll be right back.

SPEAKER_04:

I don't know what's going on. It's like brief intermission, but anyways, so he collaborated with Tim Burton. He created this album, and I just think that that's super cool. That you know, we talk about the industries collaborating, working together, and we see a prime example in 2026 of of that relationship being used. And you know me, I'm I might be a little biased, but I love it. I'm like, this is this is gold, this is great. And okay, I don't know. I just I mean, are there are there country artists that that kind of step into that that that really take advantage of that that um you know the television industry as well?

SPEAKER_00:

You know, well, you're gonna see more and more country artists involved with different TV things and different you're totally right. I just saw um I mean McGraw, look what he did even years ago, the movies he's been in and what he's been doing. But now it's it's not only him, it's it's just about everybody.

SPEAKER_04:

Right. Jelly Roll is gonna be um collaborating with Lizzo for a a comedy special on Netflix, which I thought was really cool.

SPEAKER_00:

And if you ever get a chance to uh to meet Jelly, you're you're just you know, you're gonna go, oh my god, I just blew up on the screen. But uh you're gonna go, um, what is going on? Oh my god. You're gonna go, oh my god, he's such a good guy. And he's so faith-based, if that makes sense. Yeah, that's you. Hang on. I don't know, some weird stuff going on here, but that's okay. It's why it skip happens. Yeah, it is, it is so not to worry, it's just the ghost, just the ghost on the pod zone. The pod zone is haunted, yeah. But uh, you know, because I mean, this is this is you know, I I I'll get yelled at by the guy that critiques us about going off subject, but uh this is the pod zone. This is an actual studio, this is not just a desk with a computer on it, which is pretty cool. So, but getting back to what was I saying? Don, help me out here.

SPEAKER_04:

We were we were talking about Rocky, that's the only thing I remember. Yeah, yeah, Rocky S ASAP and the industry is kind of collaborating together and it is and working together to to kind of create that story, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00:

I think that that's really where that collaboration comes full force is that it's there to create a story, it's to invoke emotion and absolutely, it is, it does, and and when you get somebody you know, like Tim Burton involved, you get a whole different uh view of what's going on.

SPEAKER_04:

Is very um niche, yeah. You know, he his his work is very niche, so you're automatically feeding into that niche aesthetic, but then the way that the music is actually um presented is is really interesting because he like blends genres, like completely blends genres in um don't be dumb. He's rapping, he's going like he's saying his thing, and then all of a sudden he'll like sing. That's crazy, and it's like it kind of contradicts the idea of fitting into a niche or a box, you know, because his the music sounds not like that, it's all over the place.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, you don't want to be in the box, right? Right, so you want to be out outside the box, and that's you know that we talk about that all the time.

SPEAKER_04:

You gotta be outside the box, and you gotta think outside the box and you want to stand out with your stories, bam, yeah. Yeah, awesome.

SPEAKER_00:

I you deserve a round of applause for that remark. Thank you, but uh yeah, just uh throw that in there. Um, and it would make you smile, but uh yeah, no, absolutely right with that.

SPEAKER_03:

So yeah, so I love that.

SPEAKER_00:

I love that. How many times? Um, you know, I'm always my mind's always going in so many different directions. I mean, you've got things written down, I'm like just doing whatever. But um, you know, and and that's why I love you because of what you do and how you do it.

SPEAKER_04:

But I'm a lot more structured than Skips. We make fun of Skip and call him last minute Larry. That's why we're gonna Skip lost his notepapers right right before the I did today.

SPEAKER_00:

And they can't and they can't go too far. I mean, the students.

SPEAKER_04:

No, but then I look over and there's papers on the floor, there's papers over there on the floor. Because we have a white door, remember? Yeah, right, right. So I was like, I'm sure you or whatever. I'm sure you lost.

SPEAKER_00:

How many times uh do you think you say, well, you're you're pretty new to the company, but uh those of us that have been there a while say, Man, I need a vacation. I need a vacation. Do you say that at work? Do you if you're watching this? Do you say that? John, do you say that? Well, John works for himself, so but still you need a vacation. Yeah, you know, the average person says, I need a vacation three times a week. You know that really I thought that was interesting.

SPEAKER_04:

I wonder if people are saying that because they're working too hard. I wonder why they're saying that. You know, are people not happy with what they're doing? Uh are people being overworked? Are, you know, there's a lot of factors.

SPEAKER_00:

Exactly. Because nowadays, and you see it where we are, and the companies have all downsized, or many have working right with skeletons. We're all multitasking. What used to be just your job was your job, now your job is that job, that job, that job, and that job.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

So there's a lot of stress, and there's a lot of uh, I bet you, you know, time deadlines. You got it, a lot of things you have to get done. I mean, I know, you know. So I think it just forces you to go, man, I just I just need a vacation.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

I've probably said it a dozen times and it's only Wednesday.

SPEAKER_04:

And burnout.

SPEAKER_00:

I don't know if I'm getting uh burned out, but uh stressed every once in a while. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

And last minute Larry, but I think that's normal sometimes, you know. Sometimes I I question my nerves, but then I'm like, if you're not nervous, then do you care? You know what I mean? If you're not getting stressed or putting yourself in, do you how do you feel about yourself?

SPEAKER_00:

Do you feel stressed?

SPEAKER_04:

Do you I think it ebb and flows, you know?

SPEAKER_00:

It it really depends on what really stresses you out, what really stresses you as Miss Ray, what really stresses you out?

SPEAKER_04:

I think um not being organized. Oh, no, I'm just kidding. Um, but no, you're not but like to an extent, it it does. I think um I'm somebody that you know a lot of people don't like routine, but I am one of those people that that does better when I have a routine, a schedule, and and do kind of the same thing every day, but not the same thing, if that makes sense.

SPEAKER_00:

So yeah, you know what drives me crazy? I mean, stressed out, I guess, is one thing, but when you feel like you have to justify everything, somebody'll ask a question, then they'll go, Why? Then you got to explain why. But why do you need to justify everything? I mean, I've been like that for so many years, but you know what? I'm learning now, and I talk to somebody and she helps me out. Um, you don't need to justify everything, you don't need to do that. It is what it is.

SPEAKER_04:

I do that too, where when I want to explain something or somebody's like why I kind of feel the need to like over-explain or over like support myself, and then I'm kind of like, Well, I don't really need to do that, I don't need to uh to let this other person.

SPEAKER_00:

Right, no, exactly. Because you know what happens once you start justifying yourself, then it's almost like you're coming up with excuses, but then again, uh you are inviting more questions, so that just wants you to justify yourself even more, right? Right, yeah, yeah. I don't know. So that's that's what gets me going, and you know, and you know, is that even though we're a small company, things things get me stressed a little bit, you know, like when I'm called last minute Larry, that kind of you know, but you know what?

SPEAKER_04:

And then and then there's the flip side of the coin where he does better under pressure, so he kind of needs that I do that. Come on, Larry, let's go.

SPEAKER_03:

No, I'm just Larry again.

SPEAKER_04:

No, but um, you're right. And sometimes, like on the flip, like for me, it's good to switch things up and try new things and change that schedule up because I think there's something so beautiful about trying new things and and kind of stepping outside of yourself for a second, if that makes sense.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, let me ask you, I'm gonna change it up here again, just a little bit. It's another chapter. Uh, five years down the road, where do you want to see Miss Ray? Where do you want to see Regan LePage? Where do you want to be?

SPEAKER_04:

That's a great question. I um I don't know. I kind of I'm somebody that kind of has learned to kind of take it day by day and do what I want to do and what I love now because there was a point where I was like, you know, I really love um like being a personality. I really love photography. So I love being the personality. I love the production, I love the the marketing and the promotions. And I kind of felt like I needed to corner myself and be like, you know, right now I'm gonna focus on this. And then a year down the road, I'll focus on this. And um, since graduating college, I've kind of just been like, you know what? I'm gonna take it day by day and I'm just gonna do my thing and and see what happens because life is unpredictable, and I feel like I can't control things as much as I would like. So I I want to control what I can control and let the the things that come my way come my way because I think that there's a reason that I'm in this this seat right now, you know. Like it's funny because absolutely I was telling Skip, um, we kind of did a trial run of me being on the air this past weekend. And I told Skip I was like, you know, I do really cool things. I do, I do a lot of really cool things. But this was the first moment when I heard myself. I was like, I'm proud of myself. You know, I was like, I'm I'm really, really, really proud of myself for doing that. For I was proud of how I sounded, I was proud of what I said. And I was like, you know, five years ago, I was just a little girl from Fulton sitting on the news, doing this, sitting like this on the side, doing exactly what I'm doing. And I'm like, I kind of lost that. And then out of it kind of came back, you know? And it's not like I directly was like, Skip, I want to do the podcast, you know. It's it's more like my story is written and I'm just reading it, you know. Like I'm I'm just I'm on like chapter three, you know.

SPEAKER_00:

I'm kind of a lot more to be read.

SPEAKER_04:

Exactly. There's a lot more to be back.

SPEAKER_00:

There's still more to be written.

SPEAKER_04:

Mm-hmm. That too.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, and I can't.

SPEAKER_04:

So it's it's very exciting.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, it's and you're in a good spot. You're in a good spot. And uh I couldn't be happier, to be honest with you.

SPEAKER_04:

So, but yeah, that's what about the next five years for Skip Happens on a beach?

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, traveling podcast.

SPEAKER_02:

There you have it, folks.

SPEAKER_03:

Yep.

SPEAKER_00:

No, you know what, and we will be taking the podcast out when it's not 20 below. Yeah, um, we will be going out, but uh, we got some good things coming down with it with the Skip Happens podcast and also things with the radio stations. So here in upstate New York. Uh, I don't know where you're watching this. You could be watching this in England for all I know, or Ireland, or you know, maybe they got us on at the uh the summit in Switzerland. I don't somehow I doubt that, but uh you never know because you never know. Something like this can be seen around the world. And I've had uh I've done interviews with uh you know artists in Australia. We I'd sit right here, but they're in Australia. It is so cool because it's just kind of weird because it's eight o'clock, it was eight o'clock at night here, it was lunchtime there. So it's like, uh, you know, and right now it's summer in Australia and it's winter here. So, you know. Do you ever think I'm gonna change it up again? Okay, I'm gonna talk about uh you know, a year. How many days in a year?

SPEAKER_04:

365.

SPEAKER_00:

Figure that out. Do you think there's really 365? You can't go by days. Do you know that? A year is based on the Earth going around the sun.

SPEAKER_04:

That's why we have a leap year.

SPEAKER_00:

Bam! Because if we didn't have a leap year, uh everything would be messed up, right? Everything would be messed up, it wouldn't be right. So when you figure it out, uh, let's say, you know, yeah, you're right. We have some days, some 29 days in February, certain years, 28 and others, and you know, we have to adjust everything. We do oh, am I moving? Oh, yeah. That's kind of cool. Um, I'm learning, but this place is haunted. But uh, think about that. So I was reading this and they said, no, there's not 300. Somebody said 366, somebody said 365, you know. But really, when you think about it, it's not based on days, it's based on the earth's revolution around the sun. Right, yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, that is weird.

SPEAKER_00:

It's weird, but when you think about it, yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

I like that.

SPEAKER_00:

I like there you're gone. There you go. Hey, mom, dad, hey, uh, hey, hey, Kelly, Frank. Hey, come here. I need to talk to you. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_04:

Did you guys hear what we talked about last night? About the sun.

SPEAKER_00:

I love it. I love it. Well, it's good stuff, definitely good stuff. So five years, five years for me. Yeah. You know what? And yeah, I'll probably this is what you know. This is what I love. This is what I love being able to do my own thing, as well as I love this and I love what I do in the afternoons. But my my my afternoon actually starts at about 9 30 in the morning when you think about it. But still, yeah, it's pretty cool. Pretty cool stuff. What else you got there, Miss Ray? Anything good?

SPEAKER_04:

I have just um some kind of everyday.

SPEAKER_00:

I hate you because you're so organized.

SPEAKER_04:

I yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

I have um just got all the papers laying out nice and neat. Look at my mess.

SPEAKER_04:

I really just wanted to kind of talk about um like everyday living with music, you know. Yeah, just kind of what what have you been listening to? I mentioned that I've been really on ASAP Rocky. What have you been listening to?

SPEAKER_00:

You're gonna laugh at me because we're at opposite ends when it comes to this of the spectrum. We um, of course, I listen to a lot of country. I like a lot of the new country. Um, but then if I I'll I can't say I'm listening to a lot of new music like you. Um listen to the new country, yes, but then again, you know, I like to throw it back once in a while. I like to, you know, just you're gonna laugh at me, but there's you know, I'll have a crank uh down here in my uh my studio on Sunday mornings and I'm playing Frank Sinatra, or I'm playing uh yeah, or I'm I'm playing uh uh God didn't make little green apples and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime.

SPEAKER_04:

Is that what you you listen to um to like hype you up or to like both okay, both. And I will drive is it the same genre of music or are you kind of listening to No, it's kind of all over the place.

SPEAKER_00:

Like you know, there's some certain rock songs, it depends what I you know, and yeah, it's it's just you know, I totally respect music. I love music. If it wasn't for music, I don't know where I'd be. Um 100. Just all different types. Uh in it, I mean, you know, like I said just a moment ago, we're on the opposite. I know what you like, you know what I like. Uh, there's times I've got the music cranked in the studio because I'm loving what's playing. And there's other times if, you know, if you're in my truck and you know, maybe I'll just put on my own playlist of maybe some 60s and 70s and stuff, you know. And I first I'm moving. I'm moving. I'm moving. I don't know why. There we go.

SPEAKER_04:

So are you more drawn? Um well, I know like for for your job you have to be kind of exposed to that newer music, but personally, are you drawn to more um like classic music, like older music, or do you like still listen to the to the new drops? No, no, I just add them to your both. Yeah, I do. Who was the last artist you like listened for? And I also have another follow-up question too.

SPEAKER_00:

Trim Pike Troupadors.

SPEAKER_04:

Uh okay. Is that a song? Or is that no, no, that's an artist.

SPEAKER_00:

It's an artist.

SPEAKER_04:

Okay.

SPEAKER_00:

Uh they were here at the Ampli Amphitheater. Uh they opened up for somebody. I think I want to say it was last year, but uh they're definitely one of those bands that okay.

SPEAKER_04:

And they released um an album or something like that.

SPEAKER_00:

They they have yep, and um we're playing their song. Um, that definitely good stuff. Um yeah. Good stuff. I'm trying to think what other, you know, there's oh my god, there's so much in the way of great music when it comes, you know, because I get a heads up on a lot of this stuff. And uh, you know, Luke Combs is gonna drop a brand new album here pretty quick, and he's got 22 tracks on it, and there is not one.

SPEAKER_04:

There's a lot of artists dropping this year. I've just seen news upon news, Bruno Mars, except rocky. There you go.

SPEAKER_00:

I love the Bruno Mars.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh my gosh, I'm obsessed with Bruno Mars.

SPEAKER_00:

And have you seen the video? Yes, because it's him, he's the drummer, he's the guitar player, he's the one-man show, you know. And and he is a one-man.

SPEAKER_04:

I think that that's so symbolic for him, you know. It has a much deeper meaning than surface level.

SPEAKER_00:

I saw him at the fair a bunch of years ago. I might have told you that. He's so jealous interviews ago, but yeah, I know. But uh, you know, then he he kind of backed off for a little bit. Now he he's coming back, and you know, and this song that he's got, I can't think of the title of it, but I just might do do do do do do do do well. There you go. You got it.

SPEAKER_04:

There you go. There's a live performance for you.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, Miss Ray. Yes, Miss Ray doing Bruno Myers. See, I don't know. See, I could listen to that. That's something I would definitely crank up.

SPEAKER_04:

I would crank that up.

SPEAKER_00:

I could crank it up. And for me, it's one of those songs like if it's 75 degrees, my windows would be down and that'll be cranked.

SPEAKER_04:

And do you, I have to ask, do you like it because you genuinely like it, or is there something deep in your soul that's like, I like this because it's Bruno Mars? And Bruno Mars. It's everything. It's everything.

SPEAKER_00:

It's Bruno, it's the talent that he has. He can play every single instrument, and that's not just a show. He he can play every single instrument. He is amazing. He's a dancer, he's a singer, he can, like I say, he's a performer.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, an artist at its finest.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, exactly. I wouldn't, oh man, I'd do anything to go see him again.

SPEAKER_04:

I would well, he's going on tour, I believe, so we might have to bring the podcast on the go and go see Bruno Mars.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, we'll get a hold of someone and say, hey, you know, we'll we'll see what we can do with that. But uh definitely good stuff, yeah. So that's the deal. Yeah, good stuff.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah. What do you got?

SPEAKER_00:

What do you got?

unknown:

I don't know.

SPEAKER_00:

You know, it's been a it's it's been another great conversation. And of course, we covered a lot of things tonight. We went from you know, talking about music, right, you know, all that and um things you need to know to the color of your door, and what does it mean? You know, I only read a couple of those because your color, my color, right? Um, just found out a little bit more about each other and how we uh we're different, but we're on the same path. If that makes sense, it does make sense. Yeah, skip happens, you know, and skip happened because you saw me go all over the screen. Uh you heard the music come out of the other studio, um, which I still have no idea. We don't know what that was. I have no idea. But I don't even know if you could hear it over the you know, we heard it because we're sitting right here, but uh still, but it's we took a second uh to appreciate the art appreciate the art of storytelling.

SPEAKER_04:

Um yep, we did great stories storytelling. We talked about those new drops.

SPEAKER_00:

We we did, yep, yep, all different, all different types, all the way through. It's just definitely good stuff.

SPEAKER_04:

And uh and of course we talked about Dolly Parton and Reba and our girl. Well, Skiff's favorite ladies. Reba. Well, they're very talented. I don't even blame you.

SPEAKER_00:

Wait a minute, favorite ladies, Dolly Parton. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay. Sorry, sorry. I my mind kind of you know, Larry's mind here.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, there's like in out.

SPEAKER_00:

I don't know, it's gonna be my new nickname. I'm sure this is last minute Larry.

SPEAKER_04:

But anyways, Gary with Larry.

SPEAKER_00:

That's right, because they have the Gary shirt. But, anyways, everybody, this is what we call skip happens. Is as you know, it uh you know, it does happen. It happens every day in life. Skip does happen, but we bring it all together here on the podcast. It's Miss Ray. My name's Skip Clark. We try to do this each and every Wednesday night. You want to give us a thumbs up, you want to subscribe, we would love that. You want to comment, we would love that as well. Uh, just thank you for being there. Thank you for watching. And this young, I gotta make see that there you go, right over there is uh Miss Ray. Yeah, all right. Skip happens, everybody. Thank you so much, John Williard. If you're still watching and I see your comments, uh, thank you so much for being there as well. And uh God bless you, God bless everybody, and right here, skip happens, and don't forget that. Good night.

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