[00:00:01] Speaker A: Welcome to Unsigned 500 and eighteen's weekend spotlight for the weekend of October 4, 2024. Got a lot of great music coming up for you, including music from Shiloh, the Messenger Billy and the great Western Postal Service, Buggy Jive, and more. Also gonna check in with Scott Womer of Song City and see what's up for season three, episode two. So without further ado, let's get started.
[00:00:25] Speaker B: It's motherfuckin Andy with some local motherfuckers in bedazzled. If you're in a local band and you're passing through town, stop by after.
[00:00:37] Speaker A: Bizna when the trains come out?
[00:00:38] Speaker B: You're at the dazzle dance with those creepy mama bump. You're at the dazzle dance with those creepy mama bump. You're at the dazzle dance with those creepy mama fucking.
[00:00:49] Speaker C: You're at the dazzle bandaid.
[00:01:18] Speaker A: All right, so welcome back. And before we get into the music, I just wanted to make mention that just a couple days ago, I went up to see my buddy Frank Palangi. He's a musician and horror film director who lives locally and he is shooting a horror movie and. And had a bit part for me. So I had no idea what I was in for. I had no. Well, I mean, I knew, like, what the part was, but, like, you know, I had no idea what I was going. But oh, my God, it was so much fun, and I can't wait to see it. I got to, you know, film a scene. I had some dialogue, I had some lines, and then he actually let me operate the camera on one scene. So that's fun as well. I got to do a little behind the scenes ship. But anyway, check out Pulangey films. He's got movies out on Tubi. His latest one, souls of the dam, just came out on to be recently, I don't know how long ago, but it's out now. So go see souls of the damned, Frank Palangi, and look for the one that I'm in. I think it'll probably be, you know, like next summer, maybe next spring. So it'll be a while before it's out, but I'll keep you posted and, you know, maybe I'll do. Maybe I'll do another one, hopefully. I love to get like, murdered in a, in a slasher film or something. That'd be fun. But, you know, I'll take what I can get. But anyway, spooky season. So I'll probably be talking some more spooky stuff and look forward to, or, you know, look for my Halloween special. This year I'm gonna make it a big one. I'm gonna do some recording right on site from the actual location. Old camp Arawak from Sleepaway camp. I have full permission from the owner to do some video recording and some audio recording. I'm gonna do that, and I have some special guests, and it's gonna be fantastic. So that'll be out, I don't know, a couple weeks closer to Halloween, but I'll be. I'll be in the spooky mood.
Oh, months like this is my. This is my Christmas, you know? All right, so up first, wext and WAMC present, live and local at the Linda, this time with buggy Jive and Lennox. It is tomorrow, Friday, October 4, at 07:30 p.m. tickets are just $15 in advance and $20 at the door. If you'd like more information, go check out the linda.org again, live and local at the Linda with buggy Jive and Lennox. And I actually played Lennox her new single last week. Yes, it was last week on last week's weekend Spotlight episode. And this week I'm gonna play a buggy jive song. So this is Shahrazad of Schenectady buggy jive. And it's here on unsigned 500 eighteen's weekend spotlight.
[00:04:26] Speaker B: Teach me how to tell a story, mistakes are how to tell the tale.
We go down in the morning if we fail, she say don't tell me, you better be showing me. If it's dirty, better make it for a dream, pretty, better make it messy. Portia has a disconnected tell, a dirty american fiction.
She's erasing all the exposition.
A monk who do not know no jails, son of Alice cannot see through man she read the book, she ain't seen the movie. It's the parody of the fucking bougie loving layers of messy, messy for sure hands I disconnected show don't tell show, don't tell show, don't tell show, don't.
[00:06:01] Speaker D: Tell.
[00:06:29] Speaker B: Mac ho is driving sleepy shit ho, I'm riding shotgun, I'm looking out for music, my guitar in the back with Shay, Shay in a coma and Mac is all excuses he locks the keys inside the car, he says he owns a thing, puts us around until she's sleeping with my gift, fluorescent, techy, transcendental and I'm writing a song from outside the car.
I'm writing the song from inside the dream with no guitar a novel within a novel, inside a dream, outside the car without my guitar but God is love and love is Goddesse my baby shakes your hair aside, it is allegorical ecstasy.
Portia has eyes connect to Portia, hairs eyes connect to Portia, tells us connectivity.
[00:08:01] Speaker A: All right, that was Scheherazade of Schenectady from buggy Jive here on unsigned 518 weekend spotlight.
All right, so next we have on Saturday, McKenna will be having an album release party at Weathered Wood in Troy with a isla Shiar, Lil Keo, XR and speed. Show starts at 08:00 with a $5 suggested donation. And again it is at Weathered Wood, 13 2nd street in Troy McKenna album release party hosted by Milkshake Godfather. And right now, let's hear a song from McKenna. This is Bullitt featuring Ram Bagatti, produced by Milkshake Godfather. And it's here on unsigned 500 and eighteen's weekend spotlight.
[00:09:06] Speaker E: You rock me good, you rock me sweet, you rock the boat you know I love you but you do the fucking most?
Raise a glass, let's make a fucking toast to the man I love enough to take a bullet for. It's his day off so he stays on many lives.
Muscle tone awesome Willy wonka shift, love that chocolate fountain, come and take a swim, dive deep, you might end up with some kids? You rock me girl, you rock me sweet, you rock the boat you know I love you but you do the fucking most?
Raise the glass, let's make a fucking.
[00:09:46] Speaker C: Toast, make a toast.
[00:09:47] Speaker E: Show the man I love enough to take a boy for oh, I know you want some more at every flavor you wanted at the candy taste and taste as sweet as before cause you know I do the fucking most for you, you rock me good, you rock me sweet, you rock the boat you know I love you but you do the fucking moving for you rock me girl, you rock me sweet, you rock the ball, that's right, you know I love you but you do the fucking most.
Where's the glass? Let's make a fucking toast to the mandev.
[00:10:49] Speaker F: Let me talk slick to you let me get it wet for you? Her luxe of them delights my pressure busting pipes I'm hype, they're you tight, you sweet and not bite, that's right, no play bad cop beat you down with this nice stick? Won't you do that ice trick? Let it melt and don't spit, don't spice your lip when you feel the tip cause you squeeze like vice grips dirty like a Bronx bitch we in the kitchen or the office doodle tricks with the chocolate toes curled I'm off it, hit a move with some motion that's right. Hit a move with some motion. That's right. I see you got tension. Rub you down with lotions on the gram show mo skin, put it yours in caption. I'm ready for action. Get busting like a Mac ten reactive.
[00:11:34] Speaker E: You rock me good, you rock me sweet, you rock the boat? You know I love you, but you do the fucking mo.
[00:11:41] Speaker A: I do.
[00:11:44] Speaker E: Fucking hope to the man I love enough to take a bullet for? To take a. To take a bullet for? A bullet for? A bullet for.
You rock me good, you rock me sweet, you rock the ball? You know I love you, but you do the fucking most.
Raise a glass. Let's make a fucking toast. Make a toast to the man I love enough to take a bullet for. Take a, take a bullet for a bullet for.
[00:12:27] Speaker A: All right, that was Bullitt from McKenna, featuring Ron Bugatti. Produced by Milkshake, Godfather. And don't forget to go to the album release party at Weathered Wood on Saturday. Also on Saturday is the Blue Rose Underground folk and country festival from two to 10:00 p.m. at Oakwood Community center in Troye, featuring the ams, Brule County Bad boys, Billy and the Great Western Postal Service. Hold on, honeys, barn, ruster and tumblin gap. Again, that is two to ten. This Saturday, October 5, at Oakwood Community center in Troy. And right now we're going to hear a song from Billy in the Great Western Postal Service. This is old tree, and it's here on unsigned 500 eighteen's weekend spotlight.
[00:13:31] Speaker G: It comes like a warning and everything told I'd still miss the meeting even covered in gold. You love your neighbor, you love your pal, you love your enemy yes, you love yourself. There's no point teaching the old tree to bend no tolerance with the back of your hand.
[00:14:00] Speaker C: There's no one teaching the old training.
There's no one teaching your.
[00:14:30] Speaker G: Learn quick, it's good for the soul to grow fast and out of control bend in with the winds, that'll change best bets never stay the same?
[00:14:50] Speaker C: There's no point asking me all training bed.
There's no one asking me.
[00:15:37] Speaker G: I love my neighbors, I love my past.
I love the coins in a wishing way each one hoping that something will change or that things will just stay the same.
[00:16:08] Speaker C: So creepy.
I hope it's so dream.
[00:16:43] Speaker A: That was old tree Billy and the great western postal Service. Right now we're going to check in with my friends up north with the bad music club and see what they have for their recommendation on our ongoing international band.
[00:16:56] Speaker H: Swap handsome sandwich has 170 monthly listeners, and they're a really cool group.
[00:17:01] Speaker A: Out of the soup, good looking and edible, neither of which I am. But I would love to be.
[00:17:07] Speaker H: I don't know about you, Mike, but I love me a handsome sandwich.
[00:17:11] Speaker A: You know, these sounds just keep coming at you and keep you wanting to hear what happens next.
[00:17:16] Speaker H: The afflictions in some of these vocals is just so original and it sounds so good.
[00:17:20] Speaker B: Yeah, it's just so cool, buddy.
[00:17:22] Speaker H: Their latest release is their album deconstructed Genius, which came out May 3, 2023.
[00:17:38] Speaker D: Shut your mouth, I've got it covered. There's a better story here. One where the victim is a hero and the enemy's a bitch. In your words before you go I hope you choke on your own tongue I'll tell you now I'm better off without you listening to my songs cause I'm a slave to your tradition there's no need to explain I'm enslaved in my own prison this is how I should behave about my head to all the bullshit talk about a broken man cause I am stupid and I'm worthless don't forget just what you said I'm better off I'm better off paying tribute to the fallen by leaving you behind I take a thousand broken promises and turn them into lines I really mean it when I say I hope you choke on your own tongue I hope you fall down in the shower and take a bottle in your bum I hope you're outside in the rain and lightning strikes your fucking head cause I am stupid and I'm worthless don't forget just what you say I found my head to all the bullshit talk about a broken man I am stupid and I'm worthless don't forget just what you said I'm better off I'm better off I am better off I am better off I am better off better off better off, better off my head do all the bullshit talk about a broken man cause I am stupid and unworthy everywhere you say it I'm better off I'm better off I am better off I am better off I am better off better off better off better off.
[00:20:31] Speaker A: All right, so that was better off. Handsome sandwich. And make sure you go follow handsome sandwich and check out my friends in the bad music club at bad club media. You can find them on Spotify and everywhere you find podcasts. They're doing a great thing. They're basically doing the same thing that I'm doing. They're helping local bands and I'm helping them and they're helping me and we're band swapping and getting the community to grow. So go check out bad music club, wherever you listen to podcasts. All right. Right now we're going to check in with Scott Womer of Song City. They are starting up season three. I believe episode two is coming up this coming Tuesday, but don't let me tell you about it. We're going to check in with Scott Wilmer. What's up, Scott?
[00:21:13] Speaker I: Hey, how are you?
[00:21:14] Speaker A: I'm fantastic. How are you? And just a little behind the scenes mayhem. When you called for the listeners, when you called or were ready to call, I didn't even have a fucking microphone in front of me. And I'm like, ready. Ready to do the call, and I'm like, wait, you got to hold on. I didn't have anything ready.
If I sound flustered, that's why, hey, we're professionals. Well, yeah, one of us are, or, you know, or both of us are 50% of the time. How's that?
I'll give it that. So we want to talk about, you know, song city. We're now in season three, and episode two is coming up this coming Tuesday. Right.
And who do we. Who do we have on the bill?
[00:22:03] Speaker I: It's a great, great lineup. I had been excited about this one for a while.
This particular setup is the kind of variety and quality that I'm always really looking for, and I'm so happy to find. So we have local, kind, avant garde, alt bluegrass singer songwriter named Emily Pinkerton.
We have a hip hop artist in town called Shiloh the Messenger, who is so great. We have a pop singer songwriter out of saratoga, Cassandra Kabinsky. And last but not least, we have Sawyer Fredericks. So it's a loaded lineup.
[00:22:52] Speaker A: That is a loaded lineup.
It's going. That's running the gamma. And so Sawyer was on. He was on one of. What was it like? Was it the voice?
[00:23:02] Speaker I: He was.
[00:23:03] Speaker A: Yeah, I got it right.
[00:23:06] Speaker I: That is right.
[00:23:07] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, and hell of a. I mean, obviously a hell of a talent, but that's a. That's a. That's a great lineup, and I love that. The. The multi genre. You know, we've talked about this, you know, on air and off airtain. Like, that's such a. I don't know. It must. Must be a great feeling when you have a lineup like that. That's gonna be such a cool flow to the night.
[00:23:29] Speaker I: Yeah, it really is. I mean, I think it's great for a lot of these artists that probably aren't usually seen as songwriters, especially more alt and hip hop artists. People like that that are just not seen as songwriters, even though. Though, obviously, they're incredible songwriters. And I think it's a really great opportunity for the crowd that comes out that night to really get kind of an inside look on how some of these people write and what goes into their songs. So, yeah, it's a great setup.
[00:24:06] Speaker A: And for those that don't know, how does the song city, how does it work as far as what the artists.
[00:24:16] Speaker I: Yeah, so we are set up in the round. So all four songwriters are in the center of the room facing each other, and the audience is also in the round surrounding them. And we do three rotations. So each artist, ultimately, is going to play three songs, but they will go in order. So they'll each go around the circle once and then. And then continue on a couple more times, get a chance to talk about their songwriting, get a chance to talk about the specific song they're getting ready to play, and also kind of have some inner dialogue amongst the songwriters about songwriting. So you get a real inside view on songwriting and these particular songs.
[00:25:04] Speaker A: And so, like, the talking about the song, and the artists will have their chance to kind of have the floor, so to speak, and talk about their song. And is there, like, a Q and a component?
[00:25:16] Speaker F: It.
[00:25:18] Speaker I: There's not. There's not. It's really just an opportunity for each songwriter during that rotation for them to talk about their songs. But it just so happens that a lot of times, those songwriters up front will get into their own discussion, songwriting. So that's. That is not planned, but almost always happens.
[00:25:39] Speaker A: And, you know, the. The idea of the song circle and, like, it's more, you know, like, you think of going to shows, and then there's, like, a listening room, and, like, this is, like, closer to, like, a listening room experience where you're a cat. You know, it's a captive audience. It's not the place where people are on their phone or talking or, like, you know, coming in and out, like, everybody's paying attention, and I guess I had never thought about it that the artists are really paying attention to each other and how much, you know, they'll learn and absorb.
[00:26:12] Speaker I: Yeah, absolutely. And sometimes they're. They're close friends that are up there playing together, and sometimes they're people that haven't even met, although they've heard of each other through the local scene. So it kind of creates some community in that aspect, also.
[00:26:26] Speaker A: Yeah. Which, I mean, again, we've talked off air. I mean, that's the love of. This is the community is growing the community and strengthening the community and realizing that we're all doing this and like, we all need to huddle up and be in this together. And so I, again, absolutely, I commend you on the multi genre lineup. It's just going to be. That's such a cool. It's such a cool setup. The way that works with everybody right in the center of the room.
[00:26:53] Speaker I: It is so fun. Another great thing about this particular one going forward now is that rare forum Brewery is now coming on board and will be at each song city starting this Tuesday. So we can, we can pull in some local, local breweries too. So I think that's awesome. So, so happy that rare forum is doing that.
[00:27:16] Speaker A: Yeah, that's great. And you know, I've talked about that with, with other people is that there's so much more to a scene than just musicians. You know, there's, you know, venues and promoters and, you know, breweries are a huge part. Especially like, you know, I remember like coming out of like the pandemic, like breweries. Like, I feel like really not saved music, but like, really were of the, you know, one of the biggest supporters of live music and a lot of places that didn't normally have music switched to music and.
[00:27:47] Speaker I: Yes, right, right.
[00:27:49] Speaker A: So, you know, love, love the breweries.
[00:27:52] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:27:53] Speaker A: Even though I don't drink beer anymore, but, you know.
So season three, episode two and then that is this coming Tuesday. And what time does it start?
[00:28:08] Speaker I: Starts at 730. Doors open at seven. It'll go about an hour and a half. So 730 to nine or so. If you're looking for tickets, there's a few ways you can do that. Preferably get them ahead of time. They're $15 in advance, either found at our website, which is songcitytroy.com, or you can venmo us also at Song Citytroy.
Or you can wait and take a chance and come last minute. Buy at the door. It is $20 at the door.
Cash and Venmo. But I wouldn't take chances, especially on a lineup like this.
[00:28:50] Speaker A: Yeah. And I'll put a. I'll put a link to your website on the, the show notes to this so that people can just, uh, scroll down wherever they're listening and click on that and get to you.
[00:29:02] Speaker I: That would be great.
[00:29:03] Speaker A: All right, cool. Well, I won't keep you any longer. And uh, is there anything else that you want to throw in there before I let you go?
[00:29:10] Speaker I: No, not at all. Thank you so much for all you were doing over there. And, uh, that seems to be growing day by day for you. So, uh.
[00:29:17] Speaker A: I'm trying. I'm doing. I'm trying.
[00:29:21] Speaker I: Yeah.
[00:29:22] Speaker A: I still have a lot of energy for an old dude.
[00:29:27] Speaker I: Yeah, well, your wife is probably never seeing you now, so.
[00:29:30] Speaker A: No, I mean, you know, she she saw me, like, five minutes ago, man. I'll let you go. That was good to talk to you.
[00:29:40] Speaker I: You too. I'll see you soon.
[00:29:41] Speaker A: So, let's hear a song from an artist that will be at Song City this coming Tuesday. This is Shiloh the Messenger. The name of the song is inside, and it's here on unsigned 500 and eighteen's weekend spotlight.
[00:29:57] Speaker J: Yeah.
[00:30:02] Speaker A: Just add three more drops of.
[00:30:07] Speaker J: One time for the one time. One time for your mind, two times.
[00:30:09] Speaker C: For your people who's equal.
[00:30:13] Speaker J: All right.
You can either fight or suffer lifters and lovers, sisters and brothers under the boys walking with drifters grifters and grubbers can't stand to sit with each other insistent distance is covered the missions missing the rudder recipe for disaster deficient kitchen and cupboards attractive crumbs recall after cause crippling is the hunger no wonder the mice they blind as they hide behind every shudder and stutter f f feed me I see more than the others from gutters we came then switch lanes abusing bumpers play pin to tail when the story don't match then the donkey's tongue hurts King's reign and none comes thunder the sound is comfort for those hunkered in bunkers. Bungalows are the slumbers with sponges slumber with scummer where dumbers lump dirt with blunders and plungers take plunge and plunder. Knock on woodward, thumper raising big bucks from bambis as babies. Raising babies without a plan b, your planet of apes without the space for chimpanzees, it's warfare, guerrilla warfare. They kill the forebears. Morter, Attila. The hunt is the sport here the Lord's theorists in God's eyes we hide the tort there the hordes wear haloed horns flare find his horse hair, use Morse code to show more care blacks are more rare if it's sleepless through more nights, I woke up on the shoulder of a giant with a chip on that shoulder, size of a continent I hide, brushed it off and scoffed at the wind that carried every airborne spore which molded the consequence. As the smoke rises, stoked geysers provoked violence ghost riders bespoke silence smoldered my confidence. When stars collide like particles far and wide bipartisan part and pride, I'm part of the problem blind to pity parties surprised by pretty barbies and brides and men are hardly the wise to any army of spies disarming armory which arm is the heart of mind in harmony harm arrives to the arteries, arms and eyes body part.
[00:32:15] Speaker A: All right, that was Shiloh, the messenger with inside here on time 518 weekend spotlight. And that is it for this week. Please go to themetroland.com and check out the concert calendar to figure out what's going on for the weekend. And you can go to the reviews and see the reviews and previews and interviews and we've got a slow build and we're building it up and it's just going to get better and especially with your input. So I appreciate that. Everybody appreciates that. And as we go, I guess it's the song that, that plays us out, so to speak. I'm gonna play the new song from the snorts. This one's called pocket Cowboys. And if you want, you can actually go to themetroland.com and you can read my review of their ep, which comes out October 10. So it comes out next week. Week. And right now. The first single, pocket Cowboys, came out on Monday, and you can check it out right here. So it's pocket cowboys, the snorts, and I'll catch you all next week. Bye.
[00:33:36] Speaker C: Not long ago I missed you and you didn't know.
Blah, blah, blah, blah blah. You know how this story goes.
All I can throw out to the relator all this time one of us should have known our life has to run out sooner or later no one knows just how long it's gonna go away I'm so obsessed with looking for fame a blame game validation from nine nine to nine maybe it'll all just fade away I love this I wanna be soon alone I look at no one knows just how long it's gonna go.
[00:36:02] Speaker A: Unsigned 518 is produced and hosted by me, Andy Scullen. New episodes are available every week wherever you stream. If you would like to help support the show, please like and subscribe wherever you are listening. Or you could buy me a
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