963. - Chris & Jason

28:00This isn't I wore a shock collar on my dick. You know what I mean? This is like actual bad stuff is happening.

28:07Jason Stewart:Okay. We're dog-brained. Okay, so now we're going to go to concerts. We're going to go to... Concerts, I got that. Okay, go off, bro. We're going to go to the cajon-certs. And then there's going to be... You walk in. Here's the porta-potties over there. Here's the little mobile hand-washing stations over here. And then right by the front, by the gate, as they say, we're going to lay out a bunch of piss pads on the ground. And then, you know, clean up as a snap. You piss on the pad instead of just like on your neighbor or just on the floor in front of you. And you wipe up the pad, fold it up, and then put it into your little...

28:45But the question, Jason, is which brand is going to... Is it going to be Lunen? Is it going to be Olipop? Which hydration forward brand is going to co-brand the piss pad? Because it has to be a collaboration with the classic dog piss pad. But who can bring something new to the table? You know what I mean?

29:05Jason Stewart:I've only been drinking alkaline water. Can I use this piss pad or is there a different one that I should use? Okay, so what's the brand that we're going to align with the pad? I mean, I'm liking Chewy.com for this. Oh, I'm like, no, I'm like, I think, but I'm saying, I think Chewy, I'm saying it needs to be something from the hydration space to, to make it more appealing to the Gen Z audience that's doing it. You know what I mean? Like I think Chewy.com, they've already got their cart full. They have that shit set, set it and forget it. So I'm saying which Erwan level sort of DTC beverage will take some of that dirty VC cash and pump it into the piss pad collab.

29:41That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Because they're part of the problem. They're creating the piss.

29:46Jason Stewart:A sentence and a question that was so good. An answer and a reply not needed. Anything else I say will only take away from it. But you're right. the water water sellers are contributing to the diaper filling epidemic like at the jay-z you know show it would be poland springs right because obviously that's the new york water that's like real shit that's new york shit that's what fat joe would use so that's what we got to do you know what i mean joe were to drink water it would be poland yeah yeah he drinks water but it's got crystal light in it so it's a little easier to choke down well he drinks he drinks water but only to he puts the hot dog bun in there so it's so when you eat it you can do it all in one hit he's going joey mode yeah he's going joey mode um and also speaking of hydration i feel like a lot of these concert go like olivia and noah they wouldn't be complaining about the the smell of piss-filled diapers if people were hydrating enough you know what i mean yeah clear pee, we know water in, water out, if you're hydrated enough, your diaper shouldn't smell.

30:55I bet. No, no. I bet. See, that is true, and that's crazy. I think Olivia's audience is so young that they're kind of on the pink drink wave. I would say that a Noah Cahan show, 42 ,000 people in Philadelphia, the amount of reusable water bottles of that show, it's bigger than the REI warehouse. They got more reusable. If you want to see the biggest like representation of dented and stickered reusable water bottles noah cahan philadelphia

31:26Jason Stewart:world record breaking you could you could take all the stickers off of all the water bottles and it would stretch around the world 7.3 times absolutely it would get it would get you from here to fucking australia no problem it would all be moab related they'd all be about yeah this gravel bike yeah i summited this mountain this car has climbed this mountain no no i mean to Speaking of DTC, we got to invent. I mean, I'm sure it already exists, but we have to perfect it and market it. We don't need to be first to market just best. Some type of catheter system or something to where we can have, I don't know, maybe Yonder gets involved.

32:07Okay. Like, oh, I see what you're saying. Okay. Yeah, I see what you're saying.

32:11Jason Stewart:If they're already handing out the bags, like what if there's a little bladder attached to it? Not a bad idea. You have your bladder, you fill it up, you know, scent-free. You know, they have a system to where it's pretty clean. Yeah, yeah. And then, you know, maybe there's like holes in the ground that you can dump them into or there's a bladder empty station. There's a bladder empty station. I think this feels like something that we - Or we use drones. You pee, you have your little yonder case, you pee inside of it or shit, vomit, whatever comes out of your body. And then you hit a button and then a drone comes and picks it up.

32:45Jason Stewart:because you can't leave your spot at the Cajon search. No, you can't. That's the whole point of shitting your pants is so you don't lose your front row seat. You fucking idiot. Do you think I want to shit myself? All right, so this Phoebe Bridgers tour is coming up. It's sold out. What do we think her audience, obviously they're drinking Single Origin in the morning, but what do we think, if they're drinking alcohol, is it a ranch water? What does the Phoebe Bridgers audience, what do you think they're hydrating with at the stadium in Brooklyn? What do we think? Yeah, because when I was checking this out at the wedding yesterday, all these people who are of Phoebe age, but not necessarily, you know, less so in the blue-haired barista space and more so in the do-you-know-what-my-dad-does space.

33:37Jason Stewart:Two great spaces, if I'm keeping it a buck. Two great spaces. Luckily you're fluent in both I am, I am You're fluent in the blue hair barista space You could speak that fluently And you could also speak vineyard vines, belt Bro, all day, put me in the room bro I'll ping pong All day, I'll close All day, all day But everyone is drinking June shines High noons, canned Watermelon, vodka You know, seltzer shit It seems like We've moved beyond the need for like a cocktail like putting a shot of vodka in a cup and then putting soda water and a lime into it we have sort of moved i would say we've evolved beyond it but it maybe it's more of a devolution but it's more of just like the slop tray just like we got a bucket with ice and some canned trulies and seltzers and i mean look it tastes and loppies and doppies and then you just grab it and you're like water it tastes better if you're i mean it's an easier delivery it's an easier delivery system and i think the real appeal of that is you're buying it in bulk like beer you know i mean you're grabbing a 12 pack it's not like you're grabbing a 12 throw it in the cooler put ice over it easy i don't like that tequila it's not agave forward enough for me you know it's it's it's a it's it's honestly what i do like about the popularity of those drinks is that you can instantly tell who you don't want to talk to because they're holding one but also it's taking away from the like twisty mustache cocktail culture that we our generation was plagued by and obviously it's a it's a gross overreaction but i think i would prefer it like a guy in a fucking canvas apron with like a swivel stick in his fucking mouth you know what i mean i don't i would rather have a guy fresh off 18 holes grab a couple fucking june shines from the cooler than hear that guy talk about a highball and what Suntory brand he imported.

35:35Jason Stewart:You know what I mean? Okay. Well, Sloan, don't bring a delicious Suntory highball into it. More so, you know, a guy who's like blowtorching a dried pineapple slice on top of the shit. Yeah, you know what I mean. I know what you mean. You know what I mean. He's like doing a ceremony with rosemary and like a Palo Santo stick. And I know exactly what you mean. It is a pendulum swing in the other direction that is quite far, an overcorrection. and you know hopefully one day we'll just go back to tequila in a cup with ice and a lime what's really interesting about it is that they're like i went to there's a bar here called righteous room that has arguably the best veggie best veggie burger in the world i would say okay best veggie burger so i went there to have one solo and i and i was looking at the menu and i noticed you know that I like forget because I don't really go to regular bars very often that all of these drinks are talking about are also available at the bar.

36:33Like it, you know, which is, that feels crazy. Like doing that at home or at a wedding makes sense to me. Going to a bar and ordering a, yeah, a watermelon and lime, like ranch water. It feels, that feels crazy to me.

36:47Jason Stewart:I don't, I don't want to leave my house, put on a, put on pants and, uh, and nice shoes and sit down and order something that can be faster. at the Buc-ee's or... Having a pre-made drink at a bar feels like just stay home. But I guess that's a good sign that those kind of people are not at home only conversing on their phone and they're going out in public. So I guess it's sort of... And maybe they're smoking a cigarette. So maybe it's a... Maybe they make up for it in some other way. Yeah. What was I going to say? Oh, also speaking of beverages, I feel like I went to... I got some breakfast this morning at this place called Ellie's, which is like the old people, French restaurant, cafe kind of thingy.

37:31Jason Stewart:Oui, oui. And I was thinking about how, like, I'm always tickled when you go to the kind of tertiary cities and you see how far, I guess behind is not the right word exactly, because I don't want it to sound too mean, but I guess technically behind, just like the trends of food and culture of just like, oh, you know, you guys just got avocado toast just landed in Tulsa or whatever. I'm exaggerating, but these are just examples. And I was thinking when the watermelon radish, at some point 15 years ago, we discovered the watermelon radish. I don't think I've discovered it yet, but go ahead. But people still order avocado toast and it's still a thing.

38:12Jason Stewart:Avocado toast rocks, bro. I'm not going to let you malign its good name. I think it's good. I mean, I'm not saying that it's not. I'm just saying it tastes good. That's two different things. I'm not ordering it, but I'm just saying that, like, it tastes good and and like to me it's like um it's pretty cool that you're the guy saying this after you brought you brought up watermelon radishes but yeah you go ahead you go ahead with that but i'm but i'm saying because avocado toast is so often paired with watermelon radishes for some reason yeah that's true that's true and it's it's i mean obviously just because it it's a it's it looks crunch interesting and different but like i don't i don't know anyone who's ever like eating breakfast and saying like god i wish i had radishes right now and you know it's it's a real kind of all show no go i think the problem with food right now we need more watermelons and less watermelon radishes i mean i don't know where i would encounter a watermelon radish at all like i can't think of i mean i would say at least 75 of avocado toasts being sold in any given city in America has...

39:19Anything besides that? Can you think of anything?

39:21Jason Stewart:Well, I mean, there used to be a really popular plating garnish item. Nasturtium leaves were hot and all these little herbs and garnishes people will discover. Oh, if you take this watermelon radish and you slice it thin, it's really pretty and it looks good. But it doesn't really taste... It kind of tastes like water, right? It just tastes like a radish, which is fine. I love eating radishes if I'm at the taco truck and it helps cool your mouth down after some spicy habanero, but... Okay. Okay. I mean, or the classic kind of French radish with butter. Yeah, I was thinking of... That's the only time I've had it.

39:54And I do like it in that instance, but that's more of a delivery vehicle for butter than anything else.

39:59Jason Stewart:It is. It is. But I don't know. But watermelons themselves, delicious. I love watermelon so much. I don't think... I think watermelon in the summer is pretty well represented. I don't think that's... I don't think we're lacking... I mean, you're not going to order it at a restaurant, obviously, but I think... I want to see more watermelon at the restaurant. Well, the problem is somebody will put it in a salad with cheese, and that's ruining... The idea of being able to order half a watermelon at a restaurant and it comes perfectly cubed to the table, great idea. I'm with you. You know I hate fruit as dessert.

40:33In this case, it could work.

40:34Jason Stewart:Yeah. I mean, fruit for dessert, it works at a Chez Panisse type scenario, and it works at a high-level Japanese restaurant. What could you... Let me ask you a question. Yeah, I've had an expensive melon after some sushi and it did hit right. What is the – if we were at the How Long Gone Cafe, if we offered a bowl of watermelon, and I don't want to overdo it. Like I wouldn't want to sort of disrespect the classic nature of this. But what would you – is there a topping for watermelon? Is there something besides a lime squeeze that would do something for – like visually, I guess. So it's not a pile of red melon.

41:15Jason Stewart:Yeah, that's a great question. And you're on the right track with lime. I think, you know, I would do something in the space of Chez Panisse where, you know, you get the little, it's a metal goblet type of pedestal bowl. Yeah, yeah. Ice cold out of the freezer. It's sweating. It's perspiring. And you've got like seven of the best strawberries you can ever eat on planet Earth in there. Don't do anything else to it. It's perfect for a watermelon. you're going to have to cut it and cube it I don't know if you go all uniform same exact size or if you kind of do these shapes I don't want to bring up an Illuminati conversation pyramid the watermelon pyramid that's very nice and then around it Jason it's surrounded by lime moat bro they should have never let you go to culinary school with this imagination you're going to turn the food world on its head it sounds like what you're doing it has a little kind of like korean shaved ice like um with okay like red bean drizzle of condensed milk and the fruit kind of thing yeah i like pyramid it's really smart i think the lime moat is good a series of maybe some like stainless steel toothpicks or like mini forks that you would use for okay oyster fork that's how i serve it at home i'm more of a do yeah that's a good idea when you do our fruit dessert yeah i'll get a i'll get a couple little dishes with that and then some kind of little cocktail for yeah that's a really that's a nice because i i do feel like you know summertime running through the grass shoes off you want to do it you know barehanded but in a sophisticated setting you needed a delivery system of some sort of fork a mini a mini fork obviously can hold a mini for the constitution of a metal mini fork can can hold up a nice piece of a sizable piece of melon And then the little lime moat, you know, run it through the garden.

43:11Jason Stewart:That's nice. The only other thing. So you can dip it. Yeah, you dip that watermelon. I would like maybe a little. Like a frying ketchup. Maybe a little mint on top as a garnish is the only thing I can really think of. Yeah, there we go. We need some color on the plate. We need some color on the plate. And speaking of ketchup, another beef I have, when the restaurant has the food item, let's call it a breakfast sandwich or the burger and instead of it coming with ketchup it comes with you know house made tomato jam no no one wants that bro all right this episode of how long gone is brought to you by revolve i don't know if you've been paying attention jason but guys really be caring about how they dress and how they look luckily revolve man is on the internet super easy and it's stocked with some of our favorite brands like like ralph lauren and something maybe you like fear of god essentials as well as our friends palms of course and it's not fast fashion it's not stuffy it's a sweet spot between looking intentional and not looking like you tried too hard good luck uh new arrivals drop twice a week with free two-day shipping and next day options plus returns are actually easy yeah it's true and that two-day shipping really is nice.

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47:52Jason Stewart:That's betterhelp.com slash howlong. Yeah, and any restaurant can offer that. You can offer the special chipotle ketchup, the curry ketchup with Indian spices, the Mexican jalapeno ketchup, the sriracha ketchup. You can offer all that stuff, but you can't have it be the only thing because everyone likes ketchup and only 30 % of people want ketchup with curry in it. 30 % is generous. And I'm being Jen. If they're serving fries at the Indian restaurant, maybe people want curry. I don't know curry, curry ketchup. But I agree with you. I mean, I think that is a space that has been unfortunately disrupted over the years.

48:38And I feel like we're coming back to God's light. That feels very like 2010 to me.

48:44Jason Stewart:It does. I mean, just imagining somebody coming, they're hungover, they went out last night, you got the big breakfast shift. and it's your job to take all the bottles of Heinz 57 and then add fucking some bullshit to it instead of just serving, instead of just putting the glass bottle of Heinz 57 on the table and saying, here's your ketchup for your fries. You're the one who's got to wake up and make the Chipotle ketchup. I just, I feel like that is a, I have seen that less and less, but that is something you would see in Providence, Rhode Island, if that makes sense. You'd see that here too.

49:20It's true. because i i saw in chinatown a couple weeks ago i saw people walking around with big ass nice quarters of watermelon and i walked by and like a chinese lady selling quarters one dollar one dollar and i i was in route somewhere so i couldn't kind of get the mess all over my hands you know but i was i was like that is a delit that is a real the way you could pull over in la and get fruit anytime you want new york doesn't really have that you know it doesn't it doesn't You can get nuts and they're delicious, but it's not the same.

49:51Jason Stewart:Hot nuts? They're delicious. They really are a treat. I do like a hot nut on a cold day. I agree with that. You can't be grabbing those July 5th. You know what I mean? It's not going to land right. Speaking of spicy sriracha mayo and ketchups, Katsuya Chef and Sushi Master has passed away. And he's the guy who created spicy tuna. I heard about this and let me tell you something. Pour one out for him. He turned... Pour the sake out. He made white people like sushi. That is spicy tuna is what I think is what turned white people into sushi. And if he... Did he die rich? I think he probably did well.

50:33Jason Stewart:I mean, he had his original Katsuya restaurant in LA, which I have been to many times. It was my first introduction into some baller sushi. We would go with Andre. whenever Andre's mom was in town we would get her to go and she would be nice enough to float the cost of all those black cod miso I didn't really have the budget for it at the time so I really got to eat good but after they were franchised out by SBE I'm sure he got a tidy little check good for him man I used to hit Katsuyall that's a classic LA sort of H. Wood era the hills you know i mean that's a that's a hall of fame restaurant i i did not i saw that he died i did not realize he was the gentleman that brought that birth that child and i i mean yeah hold on moment of silence actually and he he invented other other sushi items as well and he was sort have known is it was because there's other places where it's like they'll have the sign up that says like no spicy tuna yeah yeah get out of here if you think you're gonna have a freaking california roll you know at like ironically at places like sushi park you know one of the worst sushi restaurants in la you've never been there don't say that don't say that i've been there i don't i've eaten at that fucking dump i don't think it's i think first of all it's crazy because you are the type of person who would like a place that said no california roll so yes you are I like California rolls.

52:15I'm not saying you don't like the way they taste. I'm saying spiritually that's how you come off.

52:18Jason Stewart:Yeah, fair enough. Well, I guess what I was saying is even though Katsuya invented spicy tuna rolls, he was also the kind of guy who would kick you out if you were on some bullshit. He had a zero tolerance. I mean, at his original restaurant, if you go in there and you're like, oh, we're trying to put three people onto a two-top or like, oh can we do the you know ask for some extra shit it was it wasn't like soup nazi level but it was just like all right you're out it's that's cool to be like i'm the guy who invented the like thing that crossed this over but also if you look at me the wrong way you're fucking out of here if i don't like your vibe peace i mean i have so many amazing stories of going to that original katsuya like you go in there's no reservations you write your name down on a list and you sit on the fucking floor or go in the parking lot and smoke cigarettes for an hour and a half sometimes.

53:13Jason Stewart:It's you and fucking Justin Timberlake and Charlize Theron. Do you remember Katana? Have we talked about Katana before? I don't know. I mean, I'm familiar with it and I don't know if I've been there. It seems like a restaurant that David Spade goes to. I think they go to Koi. Yeah, definitely. O 'Brien and all those guys, they go to Koi which I still kind of want to go to. We could go to Koi anytime I've been. It's good. It seems like the kind of place where you get, you know, the spicy tuna hand roll and it has like purple flowers on top and shit. I haven't been there in so long, but all those places really, that was like those restaurants.

53:50I feel like really glamorized like sushi to regular people. Like I really feel like that was the era that made it, made it work. It is. Damn, RIP to the goat. Pour one out. I'll pour out my, my non-alcoholic sake.

54:05Jason Stewart:My NA sock. a friend of the show Ben Dietz he sent me a message this morning he said thought you'd appreciate I was introduced to Rachel Zoe on Friday and I told her I enjoyed her episode of Helen Gone she said she's gotten more compliments during Can Lion about that show appearance than anything else I was hoping she would say what are you talking about but that's a good that's a good runner up that's a good run well thank you look hey I'll talk to Rachel Zoe anytime I mean I'll talk to rachel's at a time you know what we'll get zo back on the pod we need to go to coy with zo actually that's the real that's the every coy with zo i need one more three-letter word to knock it all in uh i guess the answer is yes and another three-letter word usb uh you know once things got drunk last night and messy there was uh somebody came up to the dj booth and they had the little the usb cable that was plugged into the mixer and she she grabbed the usb cable and picked it up and and started trying to sing into it like it was a microphone and i was like okay this is that's a level of drunk yeah that's wow at that point you could play anything that's that's beautiful for you to see that really opens the door wide open wide open damn bro you had a blast all right so you're leaving tomorrow i'm leaving tomorrow yesterday i discovered this gym here called v vp gym or something like that you know classic chris black small town gym it's got all the shit it's kind of a dump um there was i took a picture of the sign in the in the locker you know where there'll be like hand what's the hand painted locker room art what's the day pass hitting for day pass is 20 perfect perfect the check-in process was was more work yeah for the gym than the hotel yeah it was really like when i showed up to the hotel um at the neptune hotel places a dump but i walked in they're like what's your name and i said jason stewart and he looked on his computer and took a key card and handed it to me damn that's awesome that was it that's awesome which was awesome i was like so no i've never checked into a hotel in my entire life where they did not require id or a credit card for incidentals it was so weird but then you know But then I'm going to the day pass.

56:22Jason Stewart:I'm signing forms, sending my life away, address, phone number, email, the whole thing. But it was dope. And they had Asana. So I'm going to go back in there today. I would like to challenge the gym community to make this. Because this is something I've literally done all over the world. And it's never great. And it's like, all I should have to do is sign a waiver and give you the money. That's all that should happen. Anything else. You don't need my address. You don't need my email. You don't need my phone number. You need me to sign away my life that if I drop a fucking Smith machine bar on my head and die, it's not your problem.

56:56And you need to take my money, whether it's credit card or cash. The process is fucking crazy. It's so dumb. It's so dumb. They want to get you in the system so they could market to you, of course. Of course. But if I'm visiting for a day and I tell you I'm from out of town, you know that I'm going to turn off the emails that you send me and I'll never see you again.

57:15Jason Stewart:Ever. I agree. and hopefully all of our gym owners across the country across the world are listening and learning but I don't know if it's going to happen because I love to support nothing brings me more joy than showing up in a place using Google to find an independent gym and going to give them money for a workout it's very very complicated almost always and the hometown independent gym it gives you a glimpse not into like society or people but the mind of one person the mind of one freak who was like i'm like this gym the guy had like uh his his motif was like white leather couches are gonna like elevate the the process speaking of koi so you you walk in there's white leather couches ever white leather couches that were you know built in 2004 so we're there there's some miles on them It's not necessarily optic white still, but, you know, spent the money to get some custom pillows.

58:18Not you using fucking Chuck Taylor colors.

58:23Jason Stewart:Yeah, I know about optic, all right? But, you know, spent the money to get custom-made pillows with his gym's logo on it or hers. You know, who knows? Like the build-outs, the customization, the artwork, the message that they're trying to convey. Like it really is a glimpse into someone's mind. and quite often a money pit for the rest of their life. But you walk into the locker room. There's a painting on the wall. The background image is of somebody wearing a suit. It's just like a suit of the tie and a shirt. And it says, work while they sleep, learn while they party, save while they spend, then live like they dream.

59:06Jason Stewart:Fire. Damn, that got me pumped up. I was reading that. I was in just an empty fucking gym. Don't even have to put a lock on the locker because no one's going to steal it. No one's there to steal your stuff. It was a great vibe. That is a really good vibe. And I'll be back there today. I forgot to mention this during the food segment, but I went to a place here called Big Softy, which is a great name for a very popular soft serve emporium. And I was looking at the toppings, and there was something I had never seen before. and I didn't see this until after I'd already ordered my swirl with peanut.

59:42It had something called cheese it. Swirl with peanut. Cheese it brittle. And I can't. How do you know you're in Atlanta? The dead ass. This is some cardiac arrest shit. But what do you think? What does that mean? Is it a mix of savory and sweet? What are they pairing with the cheese it at Big Soft Eat? What are they doing? Like what would that take? I don't even understand really.

1:00:05Jason Stewart:Well, I guess typically a brittle is like a toffee caramel kind of thing. So just like they would make an almond brittle, but instead of almonds. Cheez-Its. Fucking Cheez-Its in there. And it looks like, you know, they got brownie bites, Cheez-It brittle, cookie crumble. They have a rosemary caramel. That's a nice little vibe right there. Okay. Toasted coconut. Delicious. No, it was very good. And I will be back. And I will try. I have to try the Cheez-It brittle for science. I mean, that would be crazy for me. I don't know what you pair with that. Well, as a person who doesn't get samples because it's for losers, I'm willing to take the risk on a full cone.

1:00:41You know what I mean? Getting samples at an ice cream place shows that you're low IQ.

1:00:45Jason Stewart:You know, I kind of agree. I've heard people sort of debate, you know, how many samples is too many. Three is the limit. Some people say two is the limit. Three is insane. It's insane. If you're a grown adult, you know, 40 and up, you should just order and take what you got and that's it. Yeah, a child, of course, but three samples as a 40-year-old is greedy and stupid. It's not how, like, oh, you don't know what chocolate tastes like, you fucking loser? Really? You've lived 40 years on this earth. You don't know what vanilla tastes like? I don't, I mean. The only time it's allowed is when there's nobody else in the line behind you, and the person who's working the counter is almost, you know, not forcing you, but they're very adamant on having you try the fucking saffron lychee or whatever it is versus you being like that's pretty good now can i try this yeah it's pretty good now can i try this and i hate to say it jason i hate to say it but you know who's who does this more than anyone alex well i was just gonna say women hose be samplin hose be samplin hose be samplin no no arab music they have they be sampling that's fucking crazy uh we we before we go we should talk there a lot of music came out this week it was a big singles week it's it's interesting because people are very there's a gracie abrams song um that uh our friend mitch made the video the video is fucking amazing i really like the video yeah shout out mitch song is fine song is fine haven't heard the song i only saw her appear on popcast and somebody said she why she dressed like uh the north korean prime minister's wife i was i commented earlier in the week that hey man if that's if that's dressed like jackie onassis hey look if that's what the north korean dictator's wife looks like then god bless north korea but the the big there's a future dud which doesn't you know that doesn't bode well but charlie future dud let's name one of my kids charlie put out a song that um actually references his friend of the show Rostom and he called her a slut, I guess.

1:02:56And then that turned her into wearing APC, which I feel like is a fun play on words. Because as many outfits as I've seen Charlie put on, APC doesn't seem to be in her stylist Chris's arsenal. But Rostom getting called out in a song for calling her a slut is pretty cool. saying you dress like a slut and being legitimized and in song is a nice way to go down in history

1:03:22Jason Stewart:I would say you don't deserve it but maybe you do deserve it he's a day one he said shit to me that I will hopefully immortalize in song one day but also everyone's a slut to Rostam that's true but the Phoebe Bridger song which I like but people are obviously debating I would say it's a 7 of 10 the video that Lance did is amazing. Really great video, even though I hate Ren Faire iconography. I did, the video is pretty unbelievable. It feels like videos are really back, man. People are really putting their whole fucking foot into these music videos, and I think it's nice. Do you think it's because we're able to create, you know, good-looking videos with technology now for an affordable amount of money, whereas, you know, you would have to spend, a few hundred thousand to get it to look like that versus now.

1:04:14Jason Stewart:You can get shit looking pretty damn good. I think the videos we're talking about, they're still costing a few hundred thousand. Yeah, true. I think that plays a way. I just think it's funny. When people are always like, I got to make a video, I'm always like, for what? I didn't think that. I just was always like, I didn't think people actually watch those. But I think these... You're like, why? Did somebody ask you? You don't have to do that. They must really work because I feel like, especially with all the girls, which Mitch is responsible for fucking half of them, I just feel like they're really trying and it's cool.

1:04:43They're actually good and it makes you maybe, you know, taking the song a different way, you know, which I guess is the whole point.

1:04:50Jason Stewart:Yeah, like the International Players anthem video being at the wedding, you know, it really changes the direction of things. But I think the ladies doing it, the Charlies, the Phoebes, you know, I feel like they're releasing a lot of videos and they're kind of doing it in that right way of just like, you know i'm assuming charlie's just thinking like we got to do this and i'm i have to do i have to go fly to japan to be in a movie tomorrow and then i got to go to an awards ceremony in poland the next day and you know whatever so like they don't have time for anything like that so they just say get two gay guys with a camera and we're just going to drive to the middle of some field and and film some shit and there's no permits there's no union there's no lighting techs there's no fucking craft no i think you're wrong on this i mean well i mean not all of it but a little more runny and gunny and a little more you know it's not like we have to it feels that way i think it's meant to feel i mean i've heard imogene tell me some stories about how they do stuff and obviously depending on where it is they'll have you know correct crews there and and it's not like yeah i know what you mean budget but it's not like we we found this location and And now we got to rent out two off-duty cops on motorcycles to secure the perimeters.

1:06:10Jason Stewart:And we got this permit. And we got this lighting package. Yeah, for sure. And all the flatbed trucks. It takes them a day and a half to edit it because the song's two minutes. It's true. And it's done. Yeah, that's a good point. When it used to be like, yeah, when the videos had like narratives and actors in them. But also Phoebe got the guy. Phoebe got the guy. Phoebe and Lance got the guy from Righteous Gemstones. One of my favorites. Love that guy, man. I don't know his name, but everything he's in, he's good. And he has a great look, man. I agree. Looks like a guy that would have gotten bullied in middle school.

1:06:45It's the perfect. Remember, in Righteous Gemstones, I think he's shredded, though, low-key. I think he's ripped, which is a nice little rig on him, which is a little boner. He didn't go shirt off in this one, but I'm sure he's willing to go shirt off in other ones, if you ask him. pay him enough. The budget's right. The budget's right. I'll come out of this polo. Alright, How Long Gone. Thank you guys for listening. We'll be back next week with more podcasts. Wish Jason a safe trip. Back to the motherland.

1:07:14Jason Stewart:We have a whole week full of pods coming up this week. The motherland. Fourth of July weekend. What are you going to do for a fourth, Chris? Miami, baby. I'm going to celebrate with the Cubano. We're going to the all new, the redone Delano, actually, which I'm pretty excited about. Remember when you were like what do i do for the fourth and i said miami and everyone said lol but wait yeah that's literally what happened that's literally what happened and i'm i'm we're gonna go on the boat with steph we got a little plan going but i just i mean for 250 you know i feel like i should be in america's heartland but i didn't you know the flights to iowa city were a little more expensive i forgot it was 250 and yeah the the 250 fare at the white house looked psycho it was dude i I, if I, two 50 is big.

1:08:02And I think that, I think that people are, are celebrating this year. I feel like there's, I feel like we, hot dog sales are going to be up, you know, I'm going to be at

1:08:10Jason Stewart:Max's house. Oh, wow. That's got to figure out what I'm going to bring. That's un-American of you. I would say in many ways to celebrate the fourth at a gay guy's house. I agree. That's right. I feel like that's, that's un-American. Let's, let's get you, let me see if I can, we can play. It's too late. We could have planned something. I'm going to straight it up. I'm going to bring a fucking i'm gonna bring a rack of mick ultras no you're gonna show you're gonna show up i'm gonna go up to the fucking yeti cooler get all this fucking orange wine bullshit out of here and just drop in sleeve after sleeve of mitchell that would be really great honestly you and carolyn should show up wearing the matching old navy uh july 4th t-shirts this is actually a good idea i think this i think i think both of you guys could pull them off if you need help finding them i'll be able to order them for you on old navy.com so just let me know oh we can just source them old navy shirts from old navy well you never know because i mean old navy is historically the the july 4th uniform in the south like you get the whole family i did not know this i did not know no old navy famously puts out a fourth of july shirt every year and i was trying i was yeah kind i'm sure my mom has them in the i was trying to do it for hanover we didn't have time i really wanted to do one but it's just time right now but i the old navy one is the classic well don't let don't be fooled uh except no substitutions kind of similar how the how airmaz will do a different lock for the burkin every year this little fun collectible thing to get on to every every easter but i it's so funny because this feels like something that's really global i'm looking at right here did old navy oh shit reddit saying i'm reddit came up in the google search sold out see hold on no way yeah dude it's sold out and guess how much it costs three dollars two dollars $12.49.

1:09:54It was$5. It was$5. Now it's half off because there's none left. Bro, that's crazy. I was literally going to buy these. I was going to buy this for you right now. It's crazy they're sold out. Chuck Grail. Not cheap. No, it's on. We got eBay. We got eBay for$10. They're not making a good huge.

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