The MT Alternative Podcast
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The MT Alternative Podcast
"Batteries not included: EVs and 1970 Jams"
What happens when you mix high-potency mushroom gummies, helicopter dangling, and forgotten hits from the 1970s? The latest MT Alternative Podcast delivers all that and more as Mike and Tom embark on another mind-altering journey through random topics and musical nostalgia.
The hosts kick things off with their ongoing "scientific experiment" involving mushroom gummies, creating the perfect mindset for their signature tangential conversations. They quickly dive into a passionate rant about Tesla protesters who destroy the very electric vehicles they once celebrated – a perfect example of what Mike and Tom see as leftist hypocrisy in action. As they note, "The irony or the hypocrisy, or both... you already paid for it, you stupid ass."
The highlight of this episode comes in two parts. First, Troy joins for an interview where he details his long-standing feud with Squeak – a rivalry that began when Squeak catapulted "an ungodly amount of marshmallow fluff and rainbow sprinkles" onto Troy's beloved 1995 Civic. The animosity between them has now reached legendary status, with Troy declaring, "Some grudges are bigger than us."
Later, the podcast showcases five forgotten gems from 1970, including Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows" and Marmalade's "Reflections of My Life." Tom and Mike's genuine enthusiasm for these tracks reveals their deep appreciation for an era when "songs told stories" instead of today's "gibberish." Their musical journey is punctuated by personal memories that demonstrate how these songs became interwoven with their life experiences.
The madness reaches its peak when Squeak himself appears, recounting his harrowing journey to the studio – dangling from a rope beneath Troy's helicopter after a mid-air mishap. His indignation at this "ride" provides some of the episode's most hilarious moments.
Whether you're a nostalgic music lover or simply enjoy listening to two friends ramble through whatever topics strike their fancy, this episode delivers the unfiltered, unpredictable entertainment that MT Alternative fans have come to expect. Join us again next time for forgotten hits from 1971!
well, look who decided to show up again. It's the mt alternative podcast, where mike and tom continue their tireless mission to bring you the finest blend of banter, useless facts and whatever gummy-fueled thoughts pop into their heads. Yes, it's the podcast equivalent of a late-night snack you regret in the morning. This week they're back on their favorite topic forgotten music from 1970, because apparently, if they can't remember it, it's worth an entire segment. Expect bold claims, foggy memories and at least one song that sounds like it was recorded in a garage with the door closed and a raccoon in the background. But wait, there's more Troy. Yes, the Troy is joining us for an interview. That's right. He's flying in, probably literally knowing Troy to add some class or, at the very least, a third opinion. That's just as questionable as the first two. So grab your favourite snacks, lower your standards and prepare yourself for another episode of the MT Alternative Podcast, where the facts are fuzzy, the laughter is real and the point well, we're still looking for it.
Speaker 3:Welcome back to the MT Alternative Podcast. Tom yes Happening.
Speaker 4:Oh, everything is going on. This is amazing.
Speaker 3:This is amazing. Yes, hopefully that sound will be a little better this time.
Speaker 4:We're still tweaking stuff. Hey, no, we're not tweaking.
Speaker 3:No, that's twerking. We're not twerking, tweaking, we are tweaking.
Speaker 4:I twerk.
Speaker 3:I mean not tweaking Like we're on meth or anything.
Speaker 4:Yeah, see, that's what I was saying, that's where you were going I got you, I got you None of that.
Speaker 3:There'll be none of that, nope. So what the hell's up?
Speaker 4:Well, I was just sitting here, sitting here, thinking oh crap, All right, go ahead. Oh, that's it. I was just thinking.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 4:Nothing in particular.
Speaker 3:Nothing at all.
Speaker 4:Well, I thought about one thing. I was just wondering about.
Speaker 3:Wait a minute. You only thought about one thing.
Speaker 4:Well, I get confused if I think about a couple things, multiple things.
Speaker 3:Okay, I got you, I got you.
Speaker 4:And the most confusing thing is when I'm talking to myself.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 4:And I have to go back and repeat it because I realize I wasn't listening to me.
Speaker 3:Well, that's pretty sad, but you're not listening to yourself. Yeah, but I get it. I have an issue with that, I understand.
Speaker 4:Yeah, well, yeah, with that I understand.
Speaker 3:Yeah, well, yeah, first of all, we should let people know what we're doing today for this podcast, for our research. So I myself have went with the Wonder. It's a mushroom gummy 1200 milligrams high potency blend per gummy, oh, and it's got strawberry banana flavor.
Speaker 4:Wow.
Speaker 3:Yeah, ultra-high potency. I think this is more of a psychedelic than the other stuff we took with the kava oh yeah, so that was mine. What do you have today? I have with the Monster Slim Jim no no, no, tom, no, no, no, we're talking about the gummies. Gummies time oh the Monster.
Speaker 4:Slim Jim can wait till later. Oh sorry.
Speaker 3:I know You're confused easily, yep. I thought we were Also good, also good.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I was just wondering what you were talking about there. But I am going, I have went with a I don't know.
Speaker 3:I think I think I hit on this the last podcast at the end. Yeah, that's when the exercise came. Whatever else came turned on me.
Speaker 4:Well, I'm thinking. Well stupid, you took way too much. That's all that was. But it must be pretty good, because it took you to another level Right. At first I giggled. I had good times.
Speaker 3:You were having a good time.
Speaker 4:And then it turned on me, but anyway. So I thought, well, what else to do? Take a smaller dose.
Speaker 3:Go back to that. Yeah, and let me.
Speaker 4:Okay, when your gun shoots off a little bit, you know, go buy a new gun, you twerk that gun okay, why are we twerking?
Speaker 3:why we're doing it?
Speaker 4:you're tweaking it back down, or what? As you said, tweaking it back down, okay, a little at a time, okay, and you're getting it right. So that's what I'm doing Get it right. Oh, I like the music. We are going to get there, so you only took a half of this one.
Speaker 3:I only well a little less than half. How are you feeling so far?
Speaker 4:Well, with the other things going on, I feel pretty good.
Speaker 3:Okay, excellent, excellent. That's all that, really matters.
Speaker 4:We'll see how this goes. Yeah, we're. Hey, it just started. Don't get discouraged, we're going to be.
Speaker 3:Soon it'll be like welcome to the MT Alternative.
Speaker 4:No, not at all After dark. Oh no, no, no, no, no, we're going to be really okay and everything's gonna be bright and light and daytime hey, I just wanted to bring up to you I I did a mail order the other day uh, why are we gonna order a mail?
Speaker 3:no, no, no mail order. Some weed uh okay, um right weed you know. Yeah, well, right, weed, you know. Yeah, well, that sounds okay, okay, cool, yeah, you know it should be here. Oh, here, it is now Ah really. Yeah, I'll open the door.
Speaker 4:Oh, hey, there it is Okay, Where's where it is.
Speaker 3:That's him. It's Weed, that's his name. What His name's? Weed, that's his name. What His name's Weed? Weed, that's his name.
Speaker 4:Who names their kid Weed? You're not smoking. That are you no there's no smoke in there, weed why, sir, sir, sir, if that's why you came here? What the hell is this? Nobody is smoking you today.
Speaker 3:Wait a minute, wait a minute, no no, no, see it's misunderstood.
Speaker 4:Well, no.
Speaker 3:No, there was no misunderstanding. Wait a minute. When I went under the site and said weed, I thought I was getting weed Me too, but not a guy named weed.
Speaker 4:Sorry guy, you can have a Slim Jim, but that's about it, don't take it personal. Yeah well, it's more than a Slim Jim, I'd say you can't have that this is stupid shit we come up with under the influence. So keep in mind, the scientific experiment is still moving on forward.
Speaker 3:It is.
Speaker 4:Isn't it it?
Speaker 3:hasn't stopped.
Speaker 4:No, no, no, we're still.
Speaker 3:I reckon I might take another gummy in a little bit. Not me, I reckon I will.
Speaker 4:I'm where I need to be. I've learned my lesson well. So it's not Learned my lesson well.
Speaker 3:This says it won't be empty alternative after dark? Not at all Come on man no. Listen to how that sounds. Nope, I already gave welcome in listeners no no, no, no see, you want to go there, you're just a little afraid no, oh, that's well listen, I haven't heard that line since I left that dentist, that game oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's wrong dentist. Okay, all kidding aside, though, I do want to talk about right now these dumb asses.
Speaker 4:I'm going to go burn a Foreign government again.
Speaker 3:What up, tesla? Look at that, tesla. I'm going to scratch it up. I'm going to do this. You people are the same people that freaking praised Elon Musk when he was like oh, electric cars, electric cars, everyone. The irony or the hypocrisy, or both, I don't know, fucking morons. This is what I like about the whole situation the same people who voted for electric cars. You guys are dumb and own them, and then we buy them. Oh, I'm getting rid of my Tesla. Yeah, fuck you. You already paid for it, you stupid ass.
Speaker 4:Yeah, it's done.
Speaker 3:Who's the dummy? He's already got the money.
Speaker 4:I mean, it's not like you're going to get it back.
Speaker 3:I showed him.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you showed him All right. Yeah, how many of those are you going to buy in your lifetime? Stupid ass.
Speaker 3:And then bonus for people who would like to buy a tesla. Okay, the prices have gone down, but yet it's funny.
Speaker 4:Why has the stock gone up?
Speaker 3:but tesla, that's crazy a little bit weird, right, people are like now like all right, you fucking dumb asses, we'll buy the teslas stock. Right, stock was dropping, people bought, stock goes back up. That's what happens with stark leftists don't know how to boycott and do shit.
Speaker 4:That's their problem. Listen, here's the thing. If you do something that I don't agree with, I boycott your product, okay.
Speaker 3:Plain and simple. Plain and simple. I just won't buy it.
Speaker 4:The other side. If you do something that I don't like, I'm going to burn you down. Yeah, yeah, pretty much you do something that I don't like, I'm going to burn you down. Yeah, yeah, pretty much what they do. It's crazy what money does to people.
Speaker 3:It's mostly peaceful. Okay, protest okay. Yeah, sure it is.
Speaker 4:Okie dokie Moving right along, yeah, moving right along. Yeah, because that's a bunch of horse crap, but they still want to push it on us.
Speaker 3:It's kind of like they woke up, get their fair trade oat milk latte and think you know what would really stick it to the system today, tom Destroying the very thing we once used to brag about at brunch Pretty much Yep, that's about right. Pretty much. That is about right oh, I'm gonna get a tesla.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I'm going green yay, first off then you get that freaking senator kelly, the one whose brother's an astronaut. Oh yeah, I got rid of my tesla and I bought myself a chevy tahoe. Okay, awesome, buddy, that's awesome. I agree with that. It's a gas guzzler yes so all of a sudden now, well, the tesla sucks, so I'm gonna go with this. Wasn't that what you bought the tesla for was to go away gas.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you get away from it, yep.
Speaker 3:But dumb now.
Speaker 4:I don't like it that way, I want my cake and eat it too so you went from going green yeah to to getting a gas guzzler.
Speaker 3:It's kind of like Way to show it to the man.
Speaker 4:It's kind of like Stick it to the man New show that I told you my wife and I were kind of watching this Outlast.
Speaker 3:Supernatural Nope.
Speaker 4:What happened to?
Speaker 3:that.
Speaker 4:We've been watching, we watched.
Speaker 3:How do you have time for all this TV?
Speaker 4:I watch a couple hours a night.
Speaker 3:Oh crap man.
Speaker 4:We have a couple. We don't really watch anything else.
Speaker 3:So go ahead.
Speaker 4:You know we watch a little bit of everything but anyway, this outlast is these people and this woman. She's like evil because it's a million dollars. I mean my team's going to win a million dollars. I mean my team's going to win a million dollars. But you know, some of these people that are out there are just wonderful people, but this money has turned them and they're out there stealing people's sleeping bags in 30-degree weather and they're burning down their damn houses in 30 degrees. You know.
Speaker 4:That doesn't sound like a fair. No, it doesn't really at all. I'm like why are they doing that? Because money changes people.
Speaker 3:Money does. Money does, tom Stupid, money does.
Speaker 4:That's where our government's at.
Speaker 3:But anyway, yeah, pretty much there.
Speaker 4:Back to the other great stuff that makes us happy.
Speaker 3:Then another thing I'm happy about is the Board of Education kind of getting knocked down a little bit? Yes, step down. Where's that money going?
Speaker 4:for real.
Speaker 3:Yeah, excuse me, funny, since Carter put that in in 1979 for, of course, favors for unions, but anyways, test scores. Kids graduate and have gone down? Oh, I shouldn't say graduate, because they'll just let anybody pass. Now, oh, we got to make it fair. Well, that's. And have gone down? Oh, I shouldn't say graduate, because there's just let anybody pass. Now, oh, we got to make it fair. Well, that's not how school works.
Speaker 3:Not at all the stories you hear about kids that get their first job, can't handle money because they're so used to that common core math or whatever the hell that crap was. One plus one is two. I don't have to all this figure out shit.
Speaker 4:Exactly, it just is, but it's just stupid, I mean.
Speaker 3:that's why I do believe in my heart of hearts that it should be in the states, because each state has their own agenda, whatever you want to call it. Exactly, let them do their teaching their way. Let's go back to reading math science history. You know history is fine. You can teach all that history stuff. That is history. I don't care. You know the slaves. Yes, you can go through all that.
Speaker 4:But let's get real about everything. Let me ask you this how would your hate progress? The hate that you carry in your heart would progress, if we didn't tell history?
Speaker 3:Exactly right.
Speaker 4:That's what's pushing your hate, you idiots that's what's pushing your hate.
Speaker 3:You idiots. You, you get rid of history. All you do is repeat yourself over and over and over again. Yep, you never learn. Let's get rid of this, let's get rid of that bullshit. But yeah, department of education with that weinberg, whatever freaking name is there, lady, just I'm doing it for the kids. No, you're not, lady, you get all this money and it. I guess they compared us to like New York, 40th in the nation or whatever it was in education. It's like where's all that money going?
Speaker 4:Where is it going the?
Speaker 3:extra money is not there. You look at other countries how good they are and they spend only so much for a child. We're spending an average of $36,000, $37,000 a child a year, a year. Other places there's some states, that was it. I can't remember and I should have remembered this, but did you ten thousand dollars a kid? I don't think. I don't know if I sent that to you, tom. There's other things I have sent, but I don't believe that was one of them.
Speaker 4:I don't know, but I remember that though yeah specifically. So maybe, but you know, like I said, again.
Speaker 3:Guys, it's us. You know research, yeah, not our best tool. We try to remember, but she gets in the way. We're not trying to be dishonest probably the research again, do your own research. Yes, I have. You have it well. Yeah, it's going quite well for me too right now. So far so good, this beverages, frosty beverages, going down quite nice, you have a frosty one. I have a frosty one. I have a sweater on mine a little.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, you kept yours warm.
Speaker 3:No, no, no, that's to keep my hands warm.
Speaker 4:Oh.
Speaker 3:My beer stays chill.
Speaker 4:Oh chill.
Speaker 3:You know we don't like sweaty beer. Yeah, nobody likes a sweaty beer Fuck that it's gross. Or well, yeah, anything else. So Anyway, march Madness. Oh, okay, let's talk about Kansas.
Speaker 4:I don't want to.
Speaker 3:What happened?
Speaker 4:They lost. Oh why they had less points than the other team. Oh, that's sad. Well, it certainly was.
Speaker 3:They got knocked out pretty damn early. Now North Carolina's knocked out also, really. Yeah, they beat last night by who? Arkansas?
Speaker 4:No, that was Kansas. Kansas got beat by Arkansas.
Speaker 3:Well, well, let's look.
Speaker 4:Well, kansas got beat by Arkansas. Well, well, let's look. Well, maybe in the second round, because Arkansas beat Kansas.
Speaker 3:No, no, no, no. I mean I'm not arguing with you. I don't think it was. Let me just double check here. Uconn won last night, so I kind of root for Sorry.
Speaker 4:No problem, everybody's got their. I was kind of hoping.
Speaker 3:Bryant College was going to win last night, but no, they played Michigan, and I don't even know how that went, so anyways, anyway, let me just give this a. Oh, I stand corrected, it was Ole Miss Tom that beat North Carolina.
Speaker 4:Ole Miss, ole Miss. Yeah, because I watched the Kansas Jayhawks get put out by Arkansas.
Speaker 3:Did you? Yeah, it was sad Sorry.
Speaker 4:Yeah, it was sad, Sad.
Speaker 3:Not a good year for Kansas, right? Yeah, it's been rough. Oh well, what are you?
Speaker 4:going to do. Well, okay, you can't lose at home 90% of the time and keep a fan base. It's not a good year. That's all Tough.
Speaker 3:That's all it's tough, it is.
Speaker 4:Rebuild.
Speaker 3:Anyways, what I want to do is let's get Troy in here, because I want to hear his little venting.
Speaker 4:So we'll get that going, let's get him in and out of here before the world finds him.
Speaker 3:Hope you have something interesting. I mean, Troy did bring Squeak's ass, so Squeak's got to be around somewhere.
Speaker 4:Somewhere he's here.
Speaker 3:He was supposed to get a ride with Troy, anyways, anyways, folks, we got this taped interview, so hope you enjoy it and we'll be back All right, folks, we're back with Troy. Hey, troy. What's up, Troy? What's going on bud?
Speaker 4:Good to have you with us.
Speaker 5:Hello guys, it's about time you asked me back, considering you made me give that runt a ride.
Speaker 3:All right, Troy, let's cut to it. What exactly is your beef with Squeak? Where did all this tension start?
Speaker 5:You know what that little runt did to me, mike? He declared war, full-on crazy warfare. You guys remember my car, right, my 95 Civic with the busted taillight and that slight death rattle when I hit 60. A classic. Well, apparently that car wasn't good enough for Squeak, because one day I walk outside and boom, there's my Civic Covered, absolutely drenched in what can only be described as an ungodly amount of marshmallow fluff and rainbow sprinkles.
Speaker 3:Holy shit, damn.
Speaker 5:Oh, that's just the opening shot. My friends Turns out Squeak had engineered some kind of miniature catapult and I'm talking medieval level accuracy and fired bucket loads of the stuff onto my car from the roof of the convenience store down the street. I guess he thought it would be funny to turn my Civic into a giant dessert, and the grand finale was the giant melon to the side of my car.
Speaker 4:I could imagine the tension on that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that catapult incident was pretty. Uh, that would piss me off too.
Speaker 4:Yeah, punking in the car.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it doesn't do good at all. Some people say Squeak's just misunderstood. Do you think there's any truth to that, or is he as annoying as you make him sound, troy?
Speaker 5:Look, I get it. Some people think Squeak is misunderstood, Like he's some deep, complex soul just waiting for the world to appreciate him. But let's be real here. He's not a tortured artist. He's not a tortured artist. He's a guy who chews with his mouth open, talks during movies and once tried to fix the toaster with a spoon Misunderstood Maybe.
Speaker 4:Annoying. Definitely I stand by that. I'm with Troy, I gotta say he's annoying.
Speaker 3:He's an annoying little guy. He's got that cute little possum.
Speaker 4:Got a heart.
Speaker 3:Well, sometimes he does. For some reason, pip hangs around with him. I don't get it, but whatever, do you think the feud is something that could be settled, or are we talking a lifelong rivalry?
Speaker 5:Look, I'm not saying it's impossible, but let's just say Squeak and I have fundamental differences like oil and water, cats and vacuum cleaners. You know, we've tried to hash things out before, but somehow it always ends with Squeak, making some snide comment, and then I respond and next thing, you know, we're back at square one. I mean, at this point it's practically tradition. If we suddenly got along, people would think something was wrong with the universe, planets would fall out of orbit, dogs would start meowing Chaos. Hey, some grudges are bigger than us. Guys, I don't make the rules, wow.
Speaker 4:Okay, that long oh, okay, wow geez, well I'm. I'm just wondering if, if does he have all the friends that he says he does, where you pick him up and you drive him here, fly him here over the river and through the woods, like I said the other day, but what is his deal? I mean, fill us in.
Speaker 3:Yeah, troy, what do you know? I mean, we know little about Squeak. I know very little I don't know about Tom.
Speaker 4:We tolerate him for Pip, actually Pip seems to be level-headed. Yeah, as can be. God bless him for tolerating that squeak, but hey, you can't pick your friends, but you can pick your nose.
Speaker 3:Can you think of a redeeming quality?
Speaker 5:Troy, that Squeak might have, or is it all downhill from here? Oh, squeak definitely has redeeming qualities, like that time he opened a jar of pickles without spraining anything Absolute hero. Or how he's somehow survived this long, despite making every conversation feel like a live-action disaster movie, where the only plot twist is how fast people can escape the room. That's a talent, right. And let's not forget his knack for saying the absolute worst thing at the exact wrong moment. It's almost impressive, like watching someone juggle flaming swords poorly, but hey, at least he's consistent. He's like that squeaky shopping cartwheel. You hate it, but after a while it's kind of part of the experience. So yeah, redeeming qualities, totally. Just, you know, buried under several layers of chaos, bad timing and questionable life choices. But hey, he once found that bag of chips on a road trip and you better believe we're still hearing about it.
Speaker 4:Oh, good answer, Troy.
Speaker 3:Wasn't expecting that. I wasn't either. I got one question, One final question for Troy Tom. Okay, you were stuck on a desert island, Troy, and you know you had to fight in a cage match with him. Who do you think would come out a winner?
Speaker 1:and you had to fight in a cage match with him. Who do you?
Speaker 5:think would come out a winner. Oh, that's easy Me, no question. Look, squeak's scrappy. I'll give him that. But he's also easily distracted. All I'd have to do is point at a coconut and say, hey, does that look like it's shaped like Abraham Lincoln? And boom, he's off on a tangent, giving the coconut a full character backstory. Meanwhile, I've already won the match.
Speaker 3:What do you think?
Speaker 5:Here's what I think Troy, oh yeah, and what's that? Tom?
Speaker 4:I think you better watch out for Pip, because he's somewhere close oh okay, you know the old Cain and Abel match.
Speaker 3:Yeah right, where'd he come from? Tom? You got any? One last question for Troy.
Speaker 4:Well, troy, I'm just wondering what it's like when you bring him over to that daggum river, fly him every day to work. Do you bicker the whole way? Does he try to backseat fly your plane or helicopter? Excuse me, I just wonder what it all is about. When you come.
Speaker 5:Well, how do you think it went, Tom?
Speaker 3:Wait a minute, Troy. It was supposed to be just from the river. Why are you going to his house to pick him up?
Speaker 5:Well, somehow that little bastard tricked me.
Speaker 3:No, it was supposed to be across the river only Now. Troy's telling us he's going to his house to pick him up.
Speaker 4:Well, here's the thing I thought he was Anyway.
Speaker 3:Wow.
Speaker 4:Wasn't it in the contract there?
Speaker 5:is no contract Tom.
Speaker 3:There was no contract with him, we just gave it to him. We felt bad for him Pitching and whining.
Speaker 4:You're living a hole, for goodness sake.
Speaker 3:I think I put in a good word for you, the juice feeds off. So is it like bringing Squeak to the studio today. Give us a little play-by-play.
Speaker 5:All right, guys, buckle up, you won't believe this one. So I'm coming in hot to the studio today, right In my helicopter. Yeah, you know the usual, but apparently someone forgot to mention to Squeak that he wasn't exactly on the flight plan today. I'm cruising along minding my own business when I look down and I see Squeak running along the tarmac like he's in a damn action movie. No Uber, no rideshare, no, nothing, just Squeak, full sprinting it towards me like he's trying to break some sort of speed record. So, like any good friend, I decide to help him out. I lower the ladder and there he is yelling up at me talking about how traffic's awful, and don't get any ideas. He's about halfway up the ladder when suddenly, bam, he trips. And not just a little stumble, oh no, my friend. And not just a little stumble, oh no, my friend.
Speaker 5:Squeak, in all his glory, falls out of my helicopter. I'm talking full-on freefall. It's like one of those moments you see in slow motion, except instead of some heroic music playing, I'm screaming Squeak, no. But here's the kicker. This man, this absolute lunatic, somehow manages to grab the damn rope midair, like some kind of circus act gone wrong. Now I've got Squeak dangling from the helicopter spinning like a ragdoll, screaming the whole time about how this wasn't part of the plan.
Speaker 5:And how does a guy end up in these situations? Meanwhile I'm just trying to keep my cool, piloting this thing like it's business as usual, but in the back of my head I'm thinking how the hell did I get here? Eventually I circle back around and there he is, hanging from the rope like it's no big deal, still complaining that he could have taken the bus. But at least this was more scenic in the bus. But at least this was more scenic. So we finally land, squeak, still clinging to the rope and me trying to pretend I didn't just witness the most ridiculous thing ever. And he gets off like it's Tuesday, says well, that was a ride, and walks straight into the studio.
Speaker 3:Well, that doesn't surprise me, Typical Squeak.
Speaker 4:Anyways, traps whatever.
Speaker 3:Sure, it's been a pleasure. We'll talk again and thanks for coming in again, buddy. Thanks again. Bye now, mike.
Speaker 5:Tom, this has been wild. I got to get back to the helicopter. You know the usual Don't let the fame get to your heads, all right, but seriously, it's always a pleasure. I'll leave you two to clean up your mess from this interview. Catch you later. Gentlemen, stay grounded, or, you know, not in my case.
Speaker 3:All right, that was interesting. Yeah, well, troy had some good points too. Yeah, he did. You know he's doing us a favor actually. Yeah, he really is some good points too.
Speaker 4:Yeah, he did you know he's doing us a favor actually. Uh, yeah, let's wind him from squeak. We hope, of course. I guess up there in the air and all that sound and noise, you don't hear him too much yeah, yeah, that's true, probably mutes his little uh headset mic and everything.
Speaker 3:But uh, yeah, it was interesting and uh, all right, tom. So, uh, we discussed, we wanted to talk about music from the 70s. We were going to do top 10 songs from the 70s that were popular, that people seem to forget about, right? But we decided to break it down by a year in the 70s Exactly. We're going to start off at 1970.
Speaker 4:Okay.
Speaker 3:All right, so I guess the first song we're going to do is by Edison Lighthouse Love Grows, and we both loved that song. Yeah, it was a good song. It was a good song. I know the song. You know the song. Yep, your first memory of the song, do you have any? I know you got older brothers and sisters.
Speaker 4:It's just, I was really young when this one came out.
Speaker 3:You were born in 67, so three years old I was seven.
Speaker 4:I was three years old when this song came out, but it's the time after.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 4:Like when I was five to seven, when I was in different parts. I mean I had six older sisters, two older brothers, right right, right, so you've got a lot of different musical interests genres, and then a dad that was from the South, so there's country thrown in there. It was amazing of everything that I got.
Speaker 3:But this was a big staple on 70s radio back then, you know.
Speaker 4:Yeah, partridge family kind of deal.
Speaker 3:Yeah, exactly that's what it reminds me of too. But yeah, good song, good song.
Speaker 4:Yeah, for back in the day, and we'll skip into this part for a minute and just but yeah, good song, good song, good song, yeah for back in the day. But yes, I enjoy things.
Speaker 3:And we'll skip into this part for a minute and just.
Speaker 1:And I just got to tell her that I love her endlessly.
Speaker 4:Because love grows where my rosemary grows.
Speaker 3:Excellent, excellent song. We both admit we like that one. Yeah, that's good. Excellent song. We both admit we like that one. Yeah, that's good. All right, and let's move on to our next song that we picked out.
Speaker 4:Rolling right along.
Speaker 3:We have Reflections of my Life by Marmalade Marmalade I myself have not heard of it. You have Yep. I don't know why I haven't heard of it. I'm surprised actually, because I've heard of Marmalade, I know who they are and see honest, I didn't know who it was. Oh, you didn't know the name of the band, you just know the song. I just know the song. That's usually how it goes with you and I.
Speaker 4:Well, in the backseat of a Fairlane 500, you hear all kinds of music.
Speaker 3:Wait a minute.
Speaker 4:What are you doing in the backseat of a Fairlane? Well, my brother-in-law and my sister had the babysit you. Yeah, and I was in the back. Oh, that's sad, not really. I got to hear the cool music.
Speaker 3:You got to hear cool music, yeah.
Speaker 4:I didn't want to hear all that other crap up front. I'll do anything.
Speaker 3:See now, like I said, I'm surprised I've heard a lot of music from this one. Just for some reason skipped me. I do like the harmonizing in the song, oh yeah.
Speaker 4:Very good song, yeah the changing.
Speaker 3:Does it take you back?
Speaker 4:It does yeah. It's got that sound, that nostalgic type sound to it and also it brings my sister in mind. Okay, she's in this era also. She lives upstate.
Speaker 3:Okay, so this isn't the sister that passed. No, okay.
Speaker 4:This sister's still alive and well and lives upstate Washington State. She's who I got my spiritual background from. Okay excellent, she was.
Speaker 3:I have to admit, tom good song you picked out because, like I said, I don't really remember the song.
Speaker 4:I enjoy the song.
Speaker 3:Give it a little listen here.
Speaker 1:All my sorrow Said tomorrow, send tomorrow, take me back to my home.
Speaker 3:Yeah, like a really nostalgic type song.
Speaker 4:I dig it, enjoy it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, no, it's a good song. Kudos to you for bringing this one up.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's a good one, thank you.
Speaker 3:Alrighty. So next. This is one of my favorites. Ah, cool. I don't want to let it out right now, but I know you've heard of it too.
Speaker 4:Right.
Speaker 3:Let's just tell people what it is Ride, captain, ride.
Speaker 4:You remember that one On the mystery ship? That's the one. Yeah, boy, what makes this?
Speaker 3:song so good for you. Well, I'll be honest, I don't remember it when I was young. Young, but I remember when I was 14, 15, smoking weed, you know, starting out drinking, and that song came out. It was a great song to be.
Speaker 4:What would happen if a Mystery Ship? Yeah, I've had that conversation with my buddies too, right after we ate a big old thing of shrooms and drank a bunch of beer. Yep, do you remember that Well, and some of us even went on one. But anyway, different story, different time, oh yeah, oh yeah, this will take you back From the San.
Speaker 3:Francisco Bay Excellent, excellent tune.
Speaker 4:I love this song, good tune.
Speaker 3:You notice a lot of songs in the 70s had a lot of stories to them.
Speaker 4:Yeah, well, they told stories Exactly. Now gibberish Pretty much.
Speaker 3:Pretty much. But again I go back to my group. We'll talk about that in a little bit. Oh yeah, We'll talk about that in a little bit. Ah yes, talk about yeah, oh yeah, drinking beers. That was, yeah, drinking beers. That was that With your friends, and they were.
Speaker 4:Bonfires. They went down so well Ben.
Speaker 3:You were probably drinking PBR, yes.
Speaker 4:Yes, I was. Me, bill O'Heilly Well not really PBR, it was more of a PB Hooch. Ah, it was made in a PB hooch. Ah, it was made in a styrofoam cooler with fruit and everything.
Speaker 3:Oh, cuckoo juice. We called it Purple Passion. We made cuckoo juice, which is brew.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 3:Good old times, good old Everclear.
Speaker 4:Take parties out in a field Good old, everclear, exactly Holy crap, that was a good one. I Holy crap, that was a good one. I love that song, famous last words of a fool. I'm driving, I'll have nothing to drink, just a fruit.
Speaker 3:Just a fruit? No, no, no, that's not going to work. That fruit's got stuff in it, what you know what. Well, hmm, and then we have this one. I don't know if. Wait a minute, here we go. Let's wait till this commercial passes by, because you know how.
Speaker 4:Yeah, we love commercials pass by Do you remember this? One I do oh.
Speaker 3:There you got it the five stair steps.
Speaker 4:I would have never thought this, aretha Franklin. Is who I would have thought of.
Speaker 3:Another good song from the 70s 1970, because that's the year we're in yeah, 70s great See.
Speaker 4:I mean and think, okay, how do you know you were over three?
Speaker 3:Because, as you're growing up, those songs are playing Anyway, exactly. Not just when you were born, they're used for weddings, for movies and movies.
Speaker 4:They're used for weddings and movies and funerals and you hear them over and over.
Speaker 3:Good tunes, great tunes. So, as we wrap up, we'll be doing more of this. This is going to be our weekly thing.
Speaker 4:We right, yeah. So as we wrap up, we'll be doing more of this. This is going to be our weekly thing. We like it. We like the music. We like the music. Hope you do.
Speaker 3:Let's see. We got one more song, another one of my favorites. You have any that you 70s. It's kind of hard to break down from year to year in memory. It really is Because, oh, I like this song. Well, that didn't come out in 70, that came out. So doing it this way is a little different. Let's see. Let me find it quick here.
Speaker 4:Yeah, we'll get it figured out.
Speaker 3:Here we go.
Speaker 4:I know you'll know this one Yep got you going. It's just about time. It's spring right now, but pretty soon. Mongo Jerry, mongo, mongo Jerry. Oh yeah, mongo, I remember Mongo on.
Speaker 3:He's got some pork, chop sideburns, he does.
Speaker 4:Yeah, he does, yeah, he sure does.
Speaker 3:Not him.
Speaker 4:Well, he's got pork, chop something. Oh goodness, his chin must be chilly.
Speaker 3:A little bit right.
Speaker 4:Yes, but I do remember.
Speaker 3:Great song. This is a good song too. It's a chill song.
Speaker 4:Yeah, it's in the basement. Right after you rip off a good, I mean watch some. Tv Whoa whoa whoa Watch some TV and eat spaghetti. Yeah, yeah, pizza, frozen pizza. Yeah, that's what I meant.
Speaker 3:Good songs, good songs.
Speaker 4:These are good songs Next time we'll be doing 71. Oh, 1971.
Speaker 3:There's more songs that people have, what that were out there that we forget about. That were good songs, and this is what Tom and I did. We just kind of looked through a list of damn you remember this one, Of course, obviously I do hear a little banter in the other room, so obviously they're here.
Speaker 4:Something about no snacks.
Speaker 3:You know what Squeak? We can't afford your snack habit, Lucky you. Yeah, we've learned that you gave that up by getting a ride here. That's one thing you had to learn to do.
Speaker 4:Yep, you give up one thing for another, Yep you got a ride here and there.
Speaker 3:You're not paying $100 or whatever it is you were complaining about, but I guess we'll get them out. Let's get what they have to say, tom. I can't wait and in the meantime, we'll sit back and enjoy our beer. Yes, all right, people, Once again, we'll be right back, hey.
Speaker 1:Squeak. What did you think of Troy coming in today? What'd I think? Yeah, and how was the ride? By the way, a lot of wind, but I heard you were actually in the way. A lot of wind. I heard you were actually in the helicopter. No, oh, so that must have been nice. You get a lot of fresh air, wind, a lot of wind.
Speaker 1:What's wrong with your hair? Well, first off, what a beautiful day. It's 56 degrees, wasn't it gorgeous? It's 56 degrees, not 20,000 feet in the damn air, hanging off a rope Swinging through the air. It's 120 to below zero, but you got a free ride and tough nipples. Now you sound like that guy. Zero, but you got a free ride and tough nipples. Now you sound like that guy Tom. No, tom, don't sound that like this. He's never been hung from under a damn helicopter. Listen, you whine. You pay all this money. You get a damn ride. What are you bitching about? I'm bitching because it was cold. Troy is a very nice gentleman to do that for you. Troy, yeah, troy, no. Well, okay, let me just ask you one question. Sure, how come? How come?
Speaker 1:When I wanted to play John Denver in the CD player, he went all late. Shit, I'll be. What, what? No, john Denver, no, no, no, john Denver. Well, what? Rocky Mountain High? Yeah, oh, there you go. Then you should have really enjoyed that breeze. No, not from that way. No, rocky Mountain High, baby. Well, not that high. Oh, why not? Because I wasn't high at the time. Oh, that's your fault. Well, wait a minute, I was. And then when he dropped me on that damn rope, I wasn't because I lost my high, your what I lost my high? You lost your hat. High, my high, your high, you were high.
Speaker 1:I was not high anymore. You were already high. Yeah, in the air. Okay, well, that's not the high I was looking for.
Speaker 2:Uh, you just don't do it right, buddy.
Speaker 1:Well, anyways, what else happened since the last time? Have you ever bungee jumped to work? No, well, fine, that sounds incredible. Well, fine, that sounds incredible. Well, I kind of was, oh see, very stimulating. Well, forced stimulation Nothing wrong with that, buddy, keep it real. Yeah, keep it real. Yeah, well, troy, he better come with a different attitude next time. Uh, listen, you do know he was supposed to only give you a ride across the river. That was nice of him to go all the way to your hole in the hill and get you. Nice of him. Yeah, it was nice of him to keep the contract. Okay, there's no contract. Squeak, I told you Remember, no, no, no, we're not the same. It was the nicest of the contracts. We're not the same. My contract is not your contract. It kind of is no, we're one. No, we're not, I'm picked.
Speaker 1:We did talk about the app. You're a squeak. We went through this. We've been through this so many times. We have, that's right. You keep bringing it up.
Speaker 1:Ladies and gentlemen question Do we sound okay by? Ladies and gentlemen? Welcome to the podcast with Pip and his friend Squeak, okay, yeah, and his friend Squeak, yes, yay, see, bye, bye, bye, oh, oh, okay, let's take Squeak out of the picture. Ladies and gentlemen, here's Pip, See, bye, bye, uh-oh. Okay, let's take Squeak out of the picture. Ladies and gentlemen, here's Pip. Yay, pip, pip, you know, like Gladys Knight and the Pips. Yeah, there's somebody else. And Pip, never just the Pips Pip. You want to go see the Pips? No, we can't go to the Sn the Pips. No, we're not.
Speaker 1:Glad it's night. Why he's there? They can sing, they're good, they're talented. Yeah, we're glad it's night. You know, that's my family you're talking about. Well, pips, what family do the Screeks have? The Jackson 5, thank you. Where's the Squeak in that? Huh, where's the Squeak in that? Hee, hee, right there. Oh, you can't call the way Michael Jackson sang Squeak, squeak. What's the group's name? Jackson 5. Is that the Squeaks? Michael Jackson and the Squeaks? No, we allowed them to. Gladys Knight and the Squeaks. Michael Jackson and the Squeaks. No, we allowed them to. Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Speaker 1:Yeah, see, see how that is, what about Squeaky Byrne and his mule band? That sounds ridiculous. You don't remember them, do you? No, that sounds stupid. You're making shit up now. No, no, no, yeah, you know jealousy is a disease, do you? No, that sounds stupid. You're making shit up now. No, no, no, yeah, you know jealousy is a disease. Squeak, no, yeah, yes, it is. Well, it might be a disease, but I don't have it. You don't have what? Jealousy or disease, either one, I'm not sure of that. Well, but anywho, who Did you get any of the gummies that the guys left for us? I did, and I've adjusted very well, adjusted to the gummies. Oh, cool, okay, excellent, yeah it is.
Speaker 1:Right now it pretty much is. It's all right. Well, let's put it this way Okay, I've had three monster big Slim, jims and, and four beers, six beers, four, six. I just opened this one, so that's eight beers. No four it will be when I'm done, according to your math. Okay, there you go. See, you're learning, buddy, you're learning. I'm not learning, I'm just knowing. I said your math, which everybody knows. Again, we discussed this. Tom and Mike have broken this down. Mike's right. What About the beer? What are you right about? If I had two 12-ounce beers, I'd drink those. That's all I had. And you had that one 24-ounce beer. We drank the same amount of beer.
Speaker 1:That's all I'd have, but we drank the same amount. Yeah, just because you opened one and I'd have, but we drank the same amount. Yeah, just because you opened one and I opened two. That's still the same, not really. Twelve and twelve is twenty-four. What's that? Savings? Twenty-four Savings? I don't know savings? You have two bottles, I have one. Okay, yeah, I'm saving Mother Earth. Oh goodness, sweet, you're not doing shit. I jumped on that bandwagon.
Speaker 1:Now, who the hell are you freaking? Oh, come on, I have free-range chickens. I'm telling you, those are your neighbor's chickens. No, no, no, my free-range chickens don't wear underwear or nothing. They just free range all over the yard and stuff their ass. Yeah, okay, have you never even seen a bare ass chicken? I have, I have. Yeah, that's what mine look like. But again, you can't keep taking your neighbor's chickens just because they're free-ranging to your yard. Yeah, you can't do that. So what about all these? I'm not going to go there. But there's these people that are really not supposed to be here. Yeah, who Are they free-range? If they wander in here, we take care of them. Yeah, you can, really. That's because they don't belong to anybody. They do belong to their own place. Then they need to go back to their own place.
Speaker 1:And then they can come here and stuff. Anyway, we ought to go somewhere else. What are you saying? Go somewhere else. Yeah, before it gets out of hand. What are you saying? Do you even know what you're talking about? Go there, it goes.
Speaker 4:Yes.
Speaker 1:That's what I was talking about. Well, you're kind of like well, I need to go somewhere. Well, I didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings. Everybody talks about what a bitch I am. Wait a minute. Squeak is all of a sudden worried about feelings. What the hell's wrong with you?
Speaker 1:Did you hit your head on that helicopter ride or some shit? I think I'm still coming down from the ride. Ah, so it was an excellent high. Have you ever hung from a rope Swinging in, did you? Oh yeah, I'm telling you it was a ride that I don't want to take next week.
Speaker 1:But they had you in that basket thing. Where was the basket? People get rescued from that all the time. They put them in that basket and they carry them away. No, no, no, there was no basket. No, oopsie, these are a very good pair of gloves. Just hold tight to the rope. There's a knot for your feet to stand on. Woo-hoo, ah, no, let me tell you, I've flown here, I've flown there, but I will never fly there again, motherfuckers. And now I'm telling you, if they don't send me a ride, a real ride, no, I don't. People would pay for that kind of ride Exhilarating.
Speaker 1:You know. The only thing keeping me here. What's that? Squeak Is knowing Me? Nope, it's knowing that next time we come here I get to talk about music, because, oh, did that thing bummed you out today? Did you hear them? Dumbass songs, that is some good songs. Well, I got some good songs. Squeak, why are you so miserable? No, no, this is happy songs.
Speaker 1:Obviously, folks, squeak couldn't handle a little helicopter ride. He got a good ride from Troy, but nope, troy don't know how to fly a damn helicopter. And, by the way, by the way, I might add, that's an uh-oh that they forgot the basket. Should have been a basket for you. There should have been. Well, or, or hear me out, you could bring your own seat. No, why would I have to do that? Listen, oh, troy, it was an uh-oh that he forgot the basket. Yeah, see, I can just hear that now at my funeral. Here lies Squeak. He died of an uh-oh. What the hell is that? You know what? Let's move on to the music, all right, folks? Yeah, we're going to run along now. Squeak's a little uptight still.
Speaker 1:I'm a little irritated, gotta tell you. We'll be back in a couple weeks. At least I will. Yeah, Hopefully you have a better ride. Squeak, yeah, or the obituary will be very sad. Ah, later folks. Bye.
Speaker 3:Oh boy, a little wound up. A little wound up for sure. Squeak Falling out of a helicopter. Only Squeak can pull that one off.
Speaker 4:I wonder how far he really went on the end of that road Exactly.
Speaker 3:Give him the little squirt. Freaking kudos, Manny Hang on.
Speaker 4:Why is there never videos for that?
Speaker 3:I don't understand either. That's the ones we need videos for, yeah, and then, what Didn't like our music?
Speaker 4:Yeah, what kind of music is he listening?
Speaker 3:to oh boy.
Speaker 4:One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, Two fish two fish, red fish, blue fish, dr. Demento hour for him or some shit.
Speaker 3:I guess we're going to find out Right, but that was a good podcast today, I thought Tom yes, it was, I enjoyed it. It was very enjoyable listening to Squeak's little journey over here.
Speaker 4:And the nostalgic music that was a place for me.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I dig that too. I dug that, that was good.
Speaker 4:That's why I can't wait until next time.
Speaker 3:We'll be talking about 71. So that'll be nice.
Speaker 4:Yep. Next time it'll be 71.
Speaker 3:Yeah, do a little reminiscing. See well, geez 71. I was eight years old.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I was.
Speaker 3:You're still young. I was, we're still young. What am I saying?
Speaker 4:We're both still young, but everybody wonders how do you like music? A little background. I was accompanied with many, many older siblings. I was the youngest of nine.
Speaker 1:Damn.
Speaker 4:And I was born in 67, so if that tells you anything, yeah, yay.
Speaker 3:Not me. The oldest Four Sounds so sad.
Speaker 4:You guys probably had leftovers, yeah right.
Speaker 3:Looking forward to that next time, Tom. In the meantime, everybody, you can listen to us on our website, mtalpodcom.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Little microphone on the bottom you can leave comments and don't be too nasty. But it's okay, we don't mind criticism. We actually would appreciate some input, yeah yeah, some feedback. Exactly, and you can listen to us on Spotify iHeart, Amazon, Deezer, DeepCastFM.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's a good one.
Speaker 3:That's a really good one. If you actually read the description about our podcast, that one nails it. We're on Buzzsprout too, yep, but I guess that's it Until next time, tom.
Speaker 4:I'm excited about next time. Absolutely there you go, and let's always thank God for the gift of Gab.
Speaker 3:Absolutely Tom, Everybody. God bless, Take care Until next time.
Speaker 2:Later. And that, dear listeners, wraps up another deeply confusing, mildly entertaining and accidentally insightful episode of the MT Alternative Podcast, where the only thing more questionable than our facts is our sense of direction. Huge thanks to Mike and Tom for once again proving that two brains are just barely enough. Thank you, and, enemies alike, you can find us wherever quality podcasts go to question their life choices Spotify, amazon Music, iheartradio, deezer, deepcast, buzzsprout and, of course, our digital mothership, m-t-a-l-t-p-o-dcom. Until next time, I'm Daniel signing off before Mike tries to explain economics again. Stay weird, stay sceptical and, for the love of all things logical, lower your expectations. It really helps.
