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Adam's avatar

For the record, I gave all credit to you and gave my support to no segment titles on TRRT… I was told to make it to the Gathering this year and tell Peter himself… 😂

I do appreciate everything you and Reason have done over the years Matt. Big inspiration!

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Norm Benson's avatar

Did I read that correctly? Sarah Rose is pregnant?

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Adam's avatar

Was, I think. I’m to understand she gave birth.

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thoreo's avatar
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ana navarro claimed that trump would not be critical of cubans yet i just found an article from nbc news titled: "Trump Says Special Access to U.S. for Cuban Immigrants Is Wrong: The comments risk alienating Cuban Americans, an important voting bloc in the Miami area." from nbc news. i also found another article titled "Trump targets Biden-era migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti for deportation" by the miami herald

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Bill Allen's avatar

Louis C K is one of the best to ever do it. “Because he wrote the fucking movie!”

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Sally Jane's avatar

Omg, Sally Jane is me! The last “[Blank] of the Week” shout-out I got was maybe donut maker at my part-time job in high school. Awesome! ☺️

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Not Sam Harris's avatar

I don’t get why Moynihan needs the 2-way platform for his show, no one wants to hear the questions from the despicable masses anyway.

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Robert's avatar

Crazy talk. He needs to do more MM advice segments.

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Jake O'Finkelstein's avatar

Huh, never took you for a Todd Snider fan (nor a Billy Strings fan for that matter), Welch. Take it from me, your wife will hate you for it...

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Matt Welch's avatar

Not a "fan," per se. Did listen to East Nashville Skyline for the first time the day after he died while driving off-grid in northern New Mexico, and it hit pretty good. Strings I've come to learn this year, and am impressed.

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Jake O'Finkelstein's avatar

I’ll give you this, Matt: You have the best taste in music of the triumvirate, and there’s really no competition…

I hate to speak ill of the dead, but Todd Snider met the end that just about everyone who followed his career expected. I would describe his output from a quality standpoint as rather uneven.

Billy Strings is the truth and one of the best human beings alive at the moment. I just hope he maintains his humility, rather than turning into a flaming jackass like Jason Isbell.

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davo's avatar

I'll amen that, but amend it to hope that Isbell licks this new demon and allows his amazing talent to do the talking for him, returning his humanity and online personality to be somewhat less insufferable and more akin to Billy Strings.

And a further amen to MW picking the outros in lieu of MM trying to imitate Sprockets.

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Jake O'Finkelstein's avatar

Oh man, Sprockets… that’s a hilarious call back and also spot on.

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