Guten Morgan. That means good morning in the native tongue of Maxi Kiba. Good morning. You're listening to the downbeat. I'm ninety seven to one, the Freak, the lovely morning. It is for six to ten am. We today would be myself, Mike Siroy, Daniel, Ricardo Bayless. I know you've told me, what is it? Andrew Andrew, Daniel Andrew Bayless, I'm Michael Lee Serroy. What's your whole deal? Unless you want is
that weird guy from yesterday looking up looking up your government name? You don't have to tell us a lot of Jay's in there though, Are a fourth Jay hidden somewhere? No, it's really just two j's. It's my first and the last name. Oh really, that's what That's what makes JJ. Yeah. My middle name is Renee Renee. That's beautiful. Thank you,
Coude. You destroy Danny Andrew and Renee Jackson. Yeah. The JJ came when I was like ten years old and I was playing softball and the coach couldn't pronounce my name and he was just like, what I call you JJ? And I was like okay, and so it just and then her nickname's cool too, JJ. Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like Jimmy's rone and her nicknames. JJ, you're destroying you are? My names sound
like something from a Bible picture book for kids that you learn about. Daniel was in the lions Den, you know, and then Andrew I'm sure he did, and Satan embraced Daniel. I don't know what Andrew did. What did Andrew do in the Bible, Mikey, tell me all about the Bible. I made it through Genesis in my quest to knock that that big bear out. Okay, did you really try? Yeah? You did? Yeah. I tried when I was already a smart alec teene because I was what
this is all about. No, I was becoming, you know, not political, and you know, had hot religious opinions, and I was like at an age where I'm like, all right, if I need to argue these things, I need to be I need to be educated. I'm going to read this whole thing. I'm going to disprove this whole book line by line. Se Yeah, so I made it through Jenny. That's just it,
dude. It's boring. The whole Bible, or I mean pretty much, it's long unless you've got unless you're on some quest you know, for some spiritual, deep, deeper spiritual connection with your your creator, which we all should be. I mean stories are cool, I guess when they water them down and like I said, put him in a kid's book, but as an adult you're reading him going all right, that's everything's just so allegorical,
you know. Yeah, yeah, that's funny. Is every time anything religious comes up on this show, you know, we kick it around. And one of my very good friends, Michael, is a pastor in Port Lavaca, Texas. I forget that. Well, yeah, he doesn't listen live. He listens you know, right when he in the afternoons, and he'll text me with all sorts of I mean, he's cool and I've said it before, he's an incredible person, Like he has made me view differently.
I mean, you know, I like pastors anyway, and they tend to be very good people who care and very loving, beautiful humans. But he is funny, like legit funny, and I just really admire him. So he will chime in on something that I totally forgot about and he'll be like clear something up or text it. Like he'll probably text me to go dude. Yeah, most of the Bible is pretty boring, especially when you get to all of the begats. Yeah, and you obviously never made it
to that, well you only went to Genesis. But it seems like your pastor friend, he's kind of got like a really good not only self awareness, but awareness of the world that he was called into. Yeah, you know, yes, and perceptions of that world and trying to improve any of the negative perceptions. Yeah, a modern pastor. And yeah, I think
it's really admirable. I think it's really kind of cool. Yeah. But yeah, like the other day, he hit me up after we talked about that girl who was singing for the Lord on the airplane and I forgot all about it, and he texted me later he's like, man, he's like, I'm a man of the Lord. I this this He's like, but I would have told her please sit down immediately, right, and maybe even said like the Lord is not I don't know if he said that. I don't want to put words in his mouth to say that. He said,
I don't want to read it for bati. Well, let me reset the story just super super quick while you're looking that up. So a lady I can't remember her name, I don't have the story yet. But she is a Grammy nominee, two ton Grammy nominee, and a gospel singer. And I guess the newest thing that she's her newest project, gospel project is is nominated. And she was on a plane, and I think this was before the plane took off. She stood up in the aisle and started singing gospel
music and to the passengers, passenger yes with her song. And so one of the flight crew comes back to her and says, lady, can you please sit down? And she didn't really protest, but you know, she's very vocal. I'm singing about the Lord, and I'm sharing the good news with these fine people on Delta, and the Lord's telling me, yes, I'm moved by the Holy Spirit to do this act of kindness, and she
sits down. That's a powerful argument too, if you believe that. And that's the thing is the Bible teaches it depending on how you That's the thing about the Bible. It's you can look at it through one hundred different lenses and get unique interpretations or are unique understandings from each camera that you're looking through. But there is one school of thought that the Bible teaches that these people, these disciples of Christ, the people that are saved, they are supposed
to be a witness. They are supposed to bear witness of the story of Jesus to the world. And you will be prosecuted or persecuted. I'm sorry, you will be persecuted for your views and the fact that you're doing this. So I bet in this woman's mind she was doing the Lord's work and the guy from Delta that's asking her to sit down is someone that is persecuting her views. And she has a right, yeah, to spread the good news. Yeah, and he's just like, we're just trying to get this
bird off the ground, right, that's it. Well, that's not part of my my plan. That doesn't work for me. He texted me after that story. He said, I'm a man of the Lord. I would have told that woman to sit down and shut up. We ain't there for that. And he said, this is not a Christian move right there? Really? Yeah? Did he expound, No people want to hear saying or singing. They could, you know, download her music or go to a concert. Yeah. And I don't know if it's quite that simple, but
yeah, he's he views it in a modern way. And I just think it's very interesting. Yeah. I do believe that, you know, when you kind of it is free will. It is your choice, and if that's something that you want, then it should be up to you right to seek that out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, But then I think there's an obligation by true believers to share their love and their heart and their beliefs. Like you said, that's part of sharing the words, spreading the gospel,
right. Well, yeah, there's the difference is is you have guys like your pastor, your pastor your video game friend it happens to be a pastor. Yeah, you know, let me reset that real quick. I've met him twice now in person. Right. You lived in Florida at the time, and like ten years ago, I tweeted out, Hey, I'm looking for someone to play Fortnite with, and he just happened to be the
first person to slither through the cracks and invite me. And he was like near my he's my age, and he's funny, and he's crappy at the games like I am. And we just hit it off and I never added at like almost anyone else to play with like and he and I have been playing for nearly a decade. But there's a distinction between guys like him and the guy that's, you know, wearing a sandwich board with a megaphone at a concert at the AAC spreading the good news in his way as people are
trying to walk in in this distorted, loud voice. Telling everybody they're going to hell if they don't repent is another strategy. And that's, like you said, the perception of what you read excally how and they would argue how they're so passionate they have been called to stand out on a street corner and megaphone in people's faces. And the thing is is who's to say which one is right? And the eyes of the one that would determine that it's correct.
So it's really it is all up to us humans and our interpretations of what the message is and how many of those people can get together and be like minded about it, and the larger the group, the big or the influence, which I truly believe and this may be unpopular to say, but I think the the majority of wars that we've had in this world are based on people's different interpretations of religions and the biggest group that can get together and
believe the same thing. Are the ones that are going to have the most impact on well, on those types of Uh. I would say all of them are rooted in that, but sometimes loosely rooted. Of course, it's screaming that when the real motive is something else entirely that's a mountain of money. Always follow the money, Yeah, for sure, because look the pious nature of these A lot of these people that are that are that are attacking
and fighting and warring in the name of God. Their behavior typically does not line up with the message of the Almighty. Otherwise nine to eleven attackers wouldn't spend the night downing shots of gold old schlager at a strip club till four in the morning, right, And the Hamas people that are doing what they're doing over there in the name of spilling blood in the name of the Lord wouldn't be adding rape to their list of things to do that day. It's
a mess. That's why I tend to try and stay out of all of it. Yeah, kind of me too. Yeah. Did you read the whole Bible or some of it or how much of it? I did at one point? Because I grew up, you know, mostly Baptist in middle school and high school. And we did have a youth director that was really awesome. I love the guy. He was great. But he had this mission for hey, read the Bible in a year. I'm like, you know what, I think I can do that knock out a little bit at
a time. And I stayed on that, I think until about maybe I don't know March. Okay, it's pretty good. No, but I did I you know, I didn't stay on there that grid that they that he had a sign to do it in a year. But ultimately I think I have at least red ninety five percent of it, skipping over a lot of the genealogy stuff. Yeah, when you just kind of are looking there's seventeen pages of Begats, I'm really just going to flip through this crap and move
on to something else. But yeah, I would say pretty close to it. Not absorbing every single word in course, but yeah, look, do whatever you want to do. Everybody, absolutely just be a good person. You'll pay the price in the end. I ten, whoa the ultimate price? Right? What a way to end it? You'll pay the price in the end. I mean maybe you will, maybe you want that's the thing
is nobody knows anything for certain, nobody. I tend to try to follow the Golden Rule, which I feel like has been sort of pushed aside. Here is this the rule that Trump had in that hotel room in Russia? That? Yeah, not that one, I said, Golden rule. My apologies to my friend who's been compromant, Danny Bayles. No, I think the Golden rule, and no one really. I almost wonder if there'll be like a religious or not a political party like called the Golden Rule Party or
something like that. I don't know, it's just sitting there. It's the easiest thing, like not connected with any religion in any way. No, I don't know. It's just such a basic principle that kind of says it all. Well, the Golden Rule is somewhat flawed as well. Why because I paraphrasing, But it's treat do unto others as you would have them do
unto you exactly. Well, what if you're kind of a sado masochist and you like to self flagellate, and you don't think have a high opinion of yourself, and you really don't like to be treated well, and then you're going to project down on others if you adhere to the Golden Rule. Look, I imagine there's loopholes to every as there's loopholes everything that you could.
Probably generally speaking, I think the Golden rule is a good policy, and it's not to acquire as much gold as possible and stare at it point make sure no one else gets to touch it. We don't have any Kevin Turner today. Let's see it is empty. He's on an adventure. I don't leave it this afternoon. I suppose he's going to New York cityy he's going to see dm B Right Matthews Dave Matthews Band at Madison Square Garden two nights
or just one. Well, he's got tickets two nights, Friday and Saturday night, and I think that's pending if anything comes through for him to go see uh Saturday Night Night Live. Of course is Saturday. That would interfere with his Saturday Night Dave Matthews plans. But I think in that trade he would rather do Friday Night Dave Saturday Night SNL we have. He'd scream at me for not knowing this, Jason Momoa, is that this week? Oh God? Sorry? He told me that was a cathere noise from Mama this
week, and I think it is. I don't know. I saw a picture of Mama man because he's doing Aquaman tour. Maybe she's out December. What you got? I said, that comes out in December. Essen l hosts this week. You like him? I do? He is your fabie? No, Michael Michael b is her? Yeah, her number one? Yeah, he's doing Saturday Night Lights. Okay, little promos. Someone said, man, I love being part of the six a M Club. Let's tackle politics, next boys, religion check Jason Momoa. And then musical guest
is Taint McCrae. Tate McCray. Tate McCray. He's Tate McCrae, pop singer. Yeah, gote like one two songs. Oh that's right, yeah, because you'll play them both. So he's trying to I don't know. I mean, at worst, he's going to see his favorite band twice in MSG. Have you done shows at MSG? I've never been to MSG. I've only been to New York one. New York City one time. Yeah, and that was in twenty ten when the Rangers. The only reason I was able to go was because of it was a work trip. For the
Rangers playoff run when they went up there and played the Yankees. Oh so that was only a couple few days. We went to all three games. Okay, well we went to two and then the game one, two, three, because it was it would have been Game five was a day game, and the other guys, Mike and Korby, were broadcasting, because well broad it was kind of like what we did in Houston. You go to the game and then the next day you broadcast from you know, a Cumulus
site at the time. So we would do our show, catch the subway to the Bronx, and then go to the game. So we did that two nights and then the next day there was a game five, and we those guys did the show and sent me out there. So I was at the game five where the Rangers got smeared by New York, but I was calling in with live updates. Can you imagine that in twenty ten? Yeah, let's go Yankee Stadium live, didn't you? Yeah? What you got?
I don't know, really, I mean, somebody's on third, but you wouldn't believe the tank top on this lady in section four oh three. My god, her name's Glinda, very friendly, she said, I'm kind of single. Anyway, back to the buffet, guys. That was one thing is that was a sponsored trip by a big ticket outlet that paid for us to go, so we had full VIP treatment. There are pictures of me and Corby sitting on the front row in plush seats. Those when Yankee
Stadium referbed all that crap. This was New Yek Stadium, that's right, and so we're s pliners. That looked. Dude. It was insane, insane And you would walk so right on the front row, right down the first baseline the Cliff League game, which was just legendary, where he emptied that damn stadium out probably by the sixth inning. There was a little a door that you would go to when you would exit your section and led down this hallway to this massive buffet. And I think we spent more time eating
free food from this buffet than we did watch in baseball. Yeah, just grazing, dude. It was so good, so much stuff. It was the full VIP treatment. But yeah, that's the only time I've been to New York City and spent you know, any amount of time there. But we were there for a week. Man We were there like several days, so I had time to goof around and do stuff to the nine to eleven. Saw a friend of mine that lived up there, hung out with her for a day, just you know, took it all in as much as
you could. It's fun. I've done an a bunch of times. The only time I've done MSG is for I saw Fish there and I saw Radiohead there. I've never seen a sporting event there when I probably went up there for both those events. One was New year so yeah, New Year's even New York. Did you do the Big ball Drop? No, we did the Fish show. They had a they usually do do that, and it's a party. I mean you're there at midnight, you know, so it's a quite a fiesta up there. But yeah, no, I did not
get anywhere near the ball drop. And it sounds like a nightmare. Both shows are ready MSG. Yeah. Is that place just a total dump? No, But it's not like there's nothing about it that's out other than where it is. Man You are right in the city. It's is it it like right in the middle of Manhattan? Uh? Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, it's just south west of Times Square, I think. But yeah, you at a Penn station, and you know it is when you're on
those subways, it's just something cool about it. And you get off and you walk up those stairs and then it's New York. It's a different chunk of New York, and you once you breach the sidewalk, you know, you're just eye candy galory. My god. Right, I'm at Madison Square Garden essentially are there? And I do remember you walk up like the court is elevated. I think, like you go up a bunch of escalators. Really yeah, Okay, So I always had the impression that Madison Square Garden
was like underground. No, no, because I think Penn Station is like right underneath it or right there. I think I just remember going up more. Why are we going up so much? And then you tended to be at court level. I think maybe it's just a perception thing from starting at the subway station under it. I really don't know. But yeah, no, it's it's fine. It's nice. There's a bunch of cool pictures and
crap on the walls. There's iconic sports moments and concerts. I mean, everybody's been there and played there, and it's it's got a cool vibe and feel to it, But there's nothing else standing about it other than the fact that you're standing in the you know, most famous arena in America? Is it? Have they modernized it to the point where when you're inside the inside the actual arena, that you don't even realize you're in an old ass stadium?
Oh yeah, probably, i'd say that, but there's something, there's some old crap about it. I will say that fish show I went to is the most expensive ticket I've ever bought to maybe anything, seven hundred and fifty bucks. And I was sitting there at Italy having a glass of wine on the rooftop, beautiful by the way, and I want to go to this show. And I tried all the tricks of people I knew or anything, and nothing comes in and I'm just like, what am I going to
do? I've came all the way up here and you have to click on the thing and spend seven hundred and fifty dollars for second to dead last row rafters like partially obstructed view rafters seven hundred fifty bucks. That was when they did the Baker's Dozen. They did the thirteen straight shows in New York, and how many years ago? Was that? Hell eight, that was seven hundred five fifty bucks seven years ago? Yeah, oh my god, And
that's the most expensive ticket you've ever purchased. I think that's gonna change in April. What's in April? And what are you doing? Where are you going in April? Bro? I literally don't know. I think you're taking a taking a trip with a bro going on? Oh god, yes, no, man, there might be Yeah, I don't know. I don't want to think about. Yeah, you're right, Mike. He's going to the mass Destination Augusta, Georgia. And I promised my brother for his fiftieth
and I don't have tickets yet, but we're going. Yeah, g damn it, we're going. We guys have both been before. No, he's never been. Did you have? I have? Yes, you've actually watched real live Big Boy golf. There just a practice round. I was there for Sunday of Jordan Speath's victory. But I was invited. What year was that? Fifteen? Okay, so yeah, I went the year after. Were you there because of the ticket or did you go? No? Demarus,
our buddy, Brian Demaris invited me. I was pro James Harden's best friend. Yes, exactly, the James Harden guy. I was prepping for circ de Siroy on a Friday night and he's like, hey, you want to come to the Master's Sunday two days from then? And I called my brother and I asked permission because it was just always our plan to go together, and he's like, yeah, man, go. So I booked a flight that night, I booked everything, rental car, and Demeris was awesome.
He invited me, had a Sunday badge and had an Airbnb. He's like, oh, you do is get here? So yeah, I did Cirk Saturday. I flew out right after the show one day late, less than twenty four hours after I found out about it, and rented a car and zipped over there, and oh my god, that wasn't heaven. I got there to his airbnb and I was just re He had like the pamphlet from en Course Rules and en Course Viewer Guide, which I've never seen before, and I just laid on the couch and read it like such a nerd
little kid in baseball cards. And he had been there two previous days and he's like, oh, He's like, we can get there at like eleven o'clock. You know, the leaders will be teeing off about that. I'm like, that does not work for me. I want to be out there at six, like whenever the door's open, because you're there one day. You need time to walk the ground. Yes, I want to do it. I want to do it. When so he acquiesced a bit. We got there pretty early earlier and he would have wanted. And I walked it
back nine hours before anyone was out there. Just looked at it, you know. Oh my god, got a sports cry right when I walked out there. It's overwhelming, man, unreal. To this day, I will still say I think golf is not my favorite sport. I don't play it. I'm the most casual golf viewer in the world. And it's the coolest sporting event that I've ever been to. Yeah, I love that. You say that, too, nose. It might not even be that close.
Yeah, yeah. And I've seen World Series Championships one on my home home field, you know, and seeing the Mavericks at the Mother's Day massacre and clearing out the Staples Center in LA when they're big run and walking onto the hallowed grounds of the Masters. There's nothing like it. Yeah, it's gorgeous. I'm going big ticket in April. All right, no KT. Today we have JJ Jackson. She will be featured at nine am today because it is Press play JJ. She's seen some doozies for us. She's seen the
new Hunger Games movie. Let me try it, Let me try it. Hold on Serpents and serpents, Jesus, no snake skin and seaweed. You're in the neighborhood. I know it's just a few blocks away, but you're all right. The Hunger Games. It's the Ballad of songbirds and Snakes. You were close. Thank you. She's seen that, she's seen the new Holy In with mister Phoenix. I'm excited to hear about that. A couple other ones. We'll do Press play JJ at nine o'clock. The hot mop
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