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11:25Do you have them? I do. I have them on my feet.

11:27Jase:Right, okay, here we go. Just imagine I'm just swanning along the street, and you sort of spy me out of the corner of your eye, and then you're like, what? Do a double take. Yeah, yeah. Here we go. He sashays past you. I'll walk past you, okay? Okay, all right. So here comes Moggy. He's going for a walk across the side of the street. I'm like, what? Mmm. Mmm. Look, I don't hate them. I'll take that. I don't love them. It's the first time I've seen sandals like that. Yes. But they're brown leather on the bottom. They're black on the top. They're pretty innocuous. You know, they're not in your face.

12:04Jase:They're not keys there. Look, I just need something to be able to wear around the joint that I could wear. Let's say, for example, I take my lovely wife out for a lunch somewhere on a sunny day. I need to have some footwear for that. I can't wear... Flip-flops. I can't wear jandals. And they are my favourite footwear. But I'm not allowed to. My wife has ruled that out. I also can't wear high-top ponies that I've had for three years.

12:26Keyzie:Can I just qualify to what I said about, you know, I'm not a fan, okay, and I'll hold you that, but they ain't Keezy floaters. No, no. You know, we're not talking that sort of thing. Do you like that? Because for a split second there, the attention was on Mogi's bad fashion, and Jase freaked out. It was, oh, we can't do that. We better put it back on Keezy's shoes, which are actually really cool shoes. Thank you very much. Just looking up famous people from history, though, that have worn sandals, Mogi. So you're in good company here. King Tutankhamun. Oh, yeah, Tutankhamun. He was a mad dog. Big toots.

13:01Big toots, they used to call him. He actually had a club foot. Oh, did he? Because he was inbred, yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got plenty of Greek philosophers like Socrates and Plato.

13:12Jase:Yeah. Epictetus. Epictetus. Julius Caesar. Yeah, Caesar loved it. Alexander the Great. Yeah. Who conquered the world before he was, what, was it 27 or something? Oh, he caned it, man. He did all of that in singles. Yeah, and this is the thing. You're going to say they're uncool. Steve Jobs wore Birkenstocks every day of his life. You're telling me he's uncool? He's actually massively uncool, Steve Jobs. The Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama. Oh, no, he's a pretty chill dude. Yeah, he's pretty cool. Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi. Oh, yes. Nelson Mandela. Check this out.

13:44Keyzie:Okay. What have you got against Nelson Mandela? No, nothing, man. I was trying to picture Nelson in sandals. You hate Nelson Mandela. The Hauraki Big Show with Jase, Mike and Kesey. Tune in weekdays at four on Radio Hauraki. Faith No More there on the Radio Hauraki Big Show this Wednesday afternoon. The time is 4.41 and if I'm not mistaken, the old re-beer gear sting played in that song, Kesey. Certainly did, Jase. Who wants re-beer gear? Let's go to the phone lines. G'day, Tom, you mad bastard. How's life? Yeah, pretty good, boys. How are you doing? Yeah, good thanks, man. Beautiful day in Christchurch, is it?

14:27Keyzie:It is. It's fucking traffic at the moment. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't get me started.

14:31Jase:Whereabouts? Whereabouts, Tom? Christchurch. No, no, no. Are you listening, Keezy, man? Which road, man? Where are you? Oh, I just come off Fitzgerald. Oh, yeah. Bloody Fitzy. Not Fitzgerald, mate. God, I hate that bloody road. I never go that way, man. I always avoid Fitzy, to be honest. Yeah, you've got him, man. Yeah, yeah. Hey, Tom, what do you do for a crust, man?

14:52Keyzie:I work in a workshop playing around with metal and stuff. Oh, yeah? Yeah, that sounds pretty backbone to me, fellas. Well, it sounds like you're either fabricating something or blacksmithing or something. Which is it, Tom? Fabricating. Fabricating. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you do any welding, Tom? A little bit every now and then. Yeah, good. Yeah, good, good. Yeah, good question, Jase. Thanks, man. Next question here, Tom. What's for dinner tonight, man?

15:18Jase:I think it's Tom Yum, to be honest. Oh, yeah. Yeah, like a bit of Tom Yum. Yeah. Because his name's Tom. Yeah, how good. Yeah, Tom's having Tom Yum. Another question here, Tom. How often do you floss? Oh, jeez, I have to think about that. I'm going to put never. Never. Yeah, every time the dentist tells you to. Yes. And then you say, yes, sure will, and then you don't. Next question. What colour are your undies, Tom? Today, black. Yeah.

15:45Keyzie:Black's very popular, isn't it? I love it. I don't like a white undie, fellas. I do, but it's only when you're going out for dinner and that. White undies? Yeah. I love that. Fancy. Final question, Tom, from Christchurch. What is your deepest fear? It's got to be heights. Heights. Heights.

16:03Jase:Another one for the heights. Interesting. Yeah. Far out. We haven't had sharks yet. I thought we would have had a lot of sharks. Yeah, true. It's pretty crazy. What's that, mate? When you're up high and you look down, it's pretty crazy. Oh, I hate it. Now imagine there's sharks down there. Now imagine there's a shark up there with you. Up there with you. Yeah, that'd be pretty scary, Mo. You're flopping around. And the shark's looking over the top of the balcony as well. And it's freaking out. That's terrifying. And the shark's going, you're dead.

16:25Keyzie:Hey, great news for you, Tom. You've just won yourself a$50 re-burger voucher, mate. Stay on the line and Pugsham will take care of you, all right? Cheers, guys. Good on you, mate.

16:33Jase:Good on you, man. God. Oh, Tom seems like a good bastard. I'm a bit worried that he was driving his car on his phone. Is that what was happening there? Yeah, possibly. Yeah. He might have been a passenger. We don't know. No, no, he had hands free. Oh, did he? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

16:49Jase:No, it's true, man. We're not just going to start singing along to the stinger, are we? Yum.

17:01Jase:Oh, is it? The Killers? Is it? I think so. Yeah. Have some chips, Joe. The Hauraki Big Show. Weekdays from four on Radio Hauraki.

17:11Keyzie:Oasis there on the radio. Hodaki Big Show this Wednesday afternoon. The time being 4.52, let's talk TV. Yes. What's on the telly? Yes. With Mike Minogue. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

17:35Yes.

17:41Keyzie:Jase. I've played my part, Casey. No, but you did it too early. And now he won't stop. Oh, well, we'll just have to... I can wait all day if that's what it takes. No, this is very annoying to listen to. Yes. Just say yes one more time.

17:59Jase:Do you remember when teachers... It was just as well as last night I watched Task on Neon there. It's got Mark Ruffalo in it. I messaged Jase especially, and I said, Mate, sorry, I've got a chip stuck in my throat. I didn't text him that. It's just something that's happened now. Have you tried saying yeah for like a minute straight? Maybe I could. But I asked Jase if it was any good. He said, You can't go wrong with Mark Ruffalo. Worst to that effect. And generally I'd agree with you, but with this it was really boring. So we didn't even get through the first episode. Got about 45 minutes in, but it was just like, what's going on?

18:36Jase:Then we moved on to something else. But I'll ask you, Jase, does it get better?

18:39Keyzie:It does. Okay, good. And his character is your classic brilliant sort of investigator-type character, but with a lot of issues.

18:50Jase:Yeah.

18:51Keyzie:He's got a bit of a gut on him. Yeah, he has. I'm a big fan of Mark Ruffalo. I think he's a really good actor. and my wife, he's one of my wife's, what do you call them? Hall passes. Hall passes. How many has she got again? She's got two. And Mark is one of them.

19:06Jase:Isn't the other one Ashton Kutcher? Oh, back in the day. He's too old now, though, eh?

19:12Keyzie:Yeah, we're talking like 20 years ago, she was like, Ashton Kutcher. I said, who do you find hot? And she said, oh, Ashton Kutcher's pretty hot. He's about 6 '3", 6 '4". Modelled for a Tom Ford, for Sarchi.

19:24Jase:Catwalk model, yeah. He's a good-looking fella. It's always a bit worrying, though, when your hall pass looks nothing like you. Yeah. You know, like if her hall pass was, you know, like, I don't know. Parker off. Parker off. In that regard, I do look a bit like Mark Ruffalo

19:42Keyzie:in his current character that you're talking about. Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, the pot belly, the grey hairs and all that sort of stuff. You do not look like Mark Ruffalo. No way. But, yeah. No, I enjoyed it. But then after you texted me that, I was like, Did we finish that? Yeah, right. I'm not sure.

19:59Jase:What's it on? It's on neon. Oh, okay. Yeah, we don't have neon anymore. It just sort of bounces all over the show. And look, I probably, possibly would have kept on watching it except everyone else in the room was completely over it. Fair enough. Yeah. So anyway, I don't want to give it a rating yet because I haven't finished an episode. I don't think that's fair. Fair enough, man. Yeah, good. And it's called Task. Yes, Task. Right.

20:21Keyzie:I, to be honest with you fellas, just had a pretty quiet night and watched tennis. Who do you watch? I can't even remember who it was. Just, oh, who was it? It was, I can't even remember, some foreign dude. Oh, you're onto the men's now. Yeah, yeah. And then I watched a replay of the women's doubles. How's it looking over there for playing? Because it's in mid-40s conditions. 45 degrees. It is outrageous. Yeah, so they've got this new thing at the Australian Open. I think it's a relatively new thing called the sort of heat gauge. Yeah, they put the roof up. But once it gets to a certain heat, then the all play stops.

20:58Yeah, right.

20:59Jase:Yeah, but this is the thing. It still gets to 45 degrees. It's hotter on centre court. And then they just keep on playing. It's absolutely ridiculous.

21:05Keyzie:Yeah, and they're also doing the thing with the roof now and putting the roof over. They're all air conditioned, the stadiums. They are. And the top seed singer was actually getting his ass handed to him and was cramping up and looking like he was going to lose his match. Right. And then they said, oh, we've reached the heat pinnacle. We have to stop play. Then they put the roof over, clicked on the air conditioning, and he clicked back into gear after that and won the match. Just play with the air conditioning and the roof closed. Yeah, well, you should just from the get-go. That's so stupid.

21:37It's like, oh, I've looked at the forecast. Today's meant to be 46 degrees. Maybe we'll put the air con on. That's so stupid.

21:43Jase:Absolutely crazy, isn't it? It is.

21:45Keyzie:But I enjoy the Australian Open. It's great to watch. Nice. I watched a video about Japan. Oh, did you? What was the video about? Was it about Osaka? It was about Osaka. It was about Hiroshima, where I'm thinking of going on holiday later in the year. So just doing some research, watching little Japan travel videos. Nice, man. It's getting exciting, Kesey. It's not long to go now, man. No, it's the end of the year. It's ages to go. Oh, my God. It's so soon. Yeah. Hey, what's coming up after five, guys? Well, I'll tell you what. You've got an interesting thing happening in your house tonight, haven't you, Kesey?

22:15Keyzie:And over the next five days. Certainly do, Jase. What is it? Plus, I believe, I'll tell you after five. Plus Liz from the Beths is coming in for a yarn too And they are massive at the moment They were on Jimmy Kimmel Live recently Wow It's huge Pretty big The Hauraki Big Show With Jase, Mike and Keezy Tune in weekdays at 4 on Radio Hauraki Welcome back you massive backbones Hope you're surviving your Wednesday afternoon On this glorious summer's day in Auckland City You're listening to The Big Show Brought to you by Rebeogure Crave with your street food, freshly made with Reburger. Scrumdiddly-umptious.

22:53Why do we keep saying just Auckland City? Because we're going to the whole country.

22:57Jase:Oh, he's saying that it's a beautiful day in Auckland City. In Auckland City. But then how do people in Invercargill feel hearing that? Oh, not good. But Jase doesn't care about that. Oh, okay.

23:07Keyzie:Yeah, my thinking stops on the fringes of Auckland. Pocono. Yeah, right, okay. Razorback Road. Razorback Road, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, so you don't give a crap about South Island and... Fellas, I was merely letting the rest of the country know that in Auckland City today, it's a beautiful day. But if we're going to do that, I think we then have to say, and in Hamilton, it's a nice day, and in Wellington, it's an okay day.

23:31Jase:3483, do you like the fact that Jase tells you what the weather is like in Auckland on the hour every hour? Yes or no? That's a good question.

23:40Keyzie:That's not quite accurate.

23:41Jase:Because we can share it around a bit. For example, we could say on this beautiful day in, shall we go with, Dope Boar. And it is 24 degrees today, a little bit of cloud.

23:54Keyzie:I'm merely offering an observation of how the day is in Auckland City today and saying, hey, it's a beautiful day here. No, no, totally. I get it. And to be honest, personally, I love it. He loves it. I love it. And let's be honest, fellas, we haven't had much good weather to be banging on about, have we? But why can't we say on this beautiful day in New Zealand? We don't know that it's beautiful everywhere. It's beautiful. I don't want to assume that it's beautiful everywhere.

24:16Jase:Yeah, what if it's shocking? Because it has been shocking in some places, and then it seems like you're kicking people in their down case. Thank you. Right. Why don't we say the big show brought to you by Reburger. Hello. Hello. Craveworthy Street. You know, maybe that. I don't know. Yum. Okay, we can do that too. Nah, look, I don't know, Jase. It's just, I don't know. We'll let the people decide.

24:38Keyzie:3483. In the meantime, there's a bit of Linkin Park. Hell yes. Turn it up. The Hauraki Big Show. Weekdays from four on Radio Hauraki. Frames Ferdinand there on the Radio Hauraki Big Show this Wednesday afternoon. The time, 13 minutes past five o 'clock. Fellas, pretty exciting times for me. Later on tonight, they land, I think, close to 10 p.m. or something. Got to go pick them up. But some friends of ours are staying at our place for five nights. Lovely couple. Yeah, a long shift. Yeah, it is a long shift. Yeah. But they're bringing a six-month-old human child. Mate of theirs. No, not a mate of theirs.

25:17I think it's theirs. I think they had the child. Oh, that makes sense. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's the first time I've ever had a baby sleep over at old Keezy's house. Right. Yeah. And I'm not, you know, like, obviously I'm in my mid-30s and you guys are banging on about how you want a grandkid and blah, blah, blah.

25:31Jase:I don't want a grandkid. Or Jason. Oh, Jason.

25:34Keyzie:Well, it's not so much me. It's my partner. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jason's wife really wants a grandkid. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

25:39Jase:No, not his wife. His partner. Oh, your partner? Yeah, yeah. You're having an affair. Anyway, so I've got a six-month-old staying and I literally have no idea how to prepare for this stuff. Like my wife and I were talking, we've never had a baby stay before. Yes. And we talked to the parents. I'll just put down something on the floor in our room and she can just sleep there. It's a newspaper. In your room? In your room? No, in their room. Oh, in their room. That makes more sense. So, yeah, in the corner we put down some newspaper.

26:08Keyzie:Yeah, you could just take out a drawer if you've got a set of drawers that you're not using and just stuff that with newspaper maybe. Oh, like out of the Duchess. Out of the Duchess, yeah. Take that out, put it on the ground, stuff it with newspaper. Yes. Okay, I put like a bowl out with some lollies in it. Yeah, that's good. Okay. Yep.

26:26Jase:Is there anything else I need to add? They like sweets. Just give them a screen. Yeah, okay. You know, an iPad or a phone or a TV. They trip out, man. because the thing about babies is everything's amazing to them. Yeah, you're right. So now imagine they're watching the Lego movie. Yeah, yeah. Which is like bright colours. Bright colours, really fast. What if I put the PlayStation in their room? I mean, it's kind of wasted on them really because they don't have the motor skills. Oh, right. You just need, yeah.

26:53Keyzie:You could just play one of your games on it, you know, have it playing in the background. As long as there's some kind of movie, that's all right. They don't understand what violence is. They don't know what blood and guts is. and maybe not the buzzy ones, obviously, that you do, but other ones. I'll just have to go buy a new game then. Right, okay. And then in terms of sleeping through the night, that should be fine, right?

27:14Jase:It varies from child to child, but no.

27:17Keyzie:No, you won't be sleeping through the night. How separated are you from this couple that are going to be staying with you in terms of where are they sleeping? Are you in the same house? We're in the same house. Yeah, no, you're not. Hang on. Can I ask, Kezia, if this is not too personal, I'm going to go ahead and say it probably is, but yes. You know, are you and your wife... Yes, you cannot ask that question. ...looking at this as a situation that... What? Oh, we could see what it would be like having a little bubber in the house. Bubber in the house. A little keasy. Nah, we're not. You're not looking at it like that.

27:51You should be. You're not looking at it like...

27:53Jase:Because I tell you what, there would be very, very few people on the face of the earth that have ever actually gone through the exercise of saying, you know what, I'm going to get a mate to come over with their baby and live with me for a week, and then I'm going to see if I'm actually interested in having a child. Well, just on that. You just think you should, and then you do. Yeah. Madness.

28:11Keyzie:It is madness. Back in the day when my wife and I, we had hundreds of kids, and we ran a little business called Borrow My Baby. Yes. And it was for people that were thinking about possibly having a kid, and they weren't sort of sure how they were going to cope with it. So we'd give them our baby, and then they'd look after it for a given whatever time that they were paying for, a month, two months, three months, six months. Six months. And then at the end of it, they're like, oh, no. Yeah. Oh, yeah, that was, let's go to the, you know, let's go to bed and make a baby. Well, wouldn't they, if they had your baby for six months, wouldn't they get quite attached to your baby?

28:47Jase:Oh, sometimes they did. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you have to make sure that that's in the contract, that it doesn't matter if you do get attached, you still have to give a better return to the baby. Or you have to pay for more months. Yes. Yeah, so like a subscription service sort of thing. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I never thought about it like that. I guess this is good practice. You should be thinking about it like that because I know that you're in the planning stages at the moment. Mogi, I'm not in the planning stages. Are you not? You've announced that I'm becoming a father I think about four times on this show.

29:18Yeah, sorry. No, I'm not in the planning stages. I'm not becoming a father.

29:24Jase:Mum's the word. Oh, God.

29:30I'm going to get a vasectomy. Just to spite Mogi. No need, man.

29:35Keyzie:No need. Here's the darkness. The Hauraki Big Show. Weekdays from four on Radio Hauraki. The Pixies here on the Radio Hauraki Big Show this Wednesday afternoon. The time is exactly 25 minutes past five o 'clock, which means it's time for...

30:09Jase:Oscar chat with old Mogey there. Yeah, how good. By the way, Pugsun's here as well. And Pugsun as well, yeah. Pugsun. G'day fellas. So good that one, so good. We're talking about the Academy Awards that are happening next, oh actually March the 15th, they're happening over in Los Angeles. Yes. And specifically, we're talking about the Best Film nominations, which all the nominees came out last week or something like that. The top, they now do 10 nominees for Best Film, which is a lot. And they do that in the hope that more people actually care about the Academy Awards, which most people nowadays don't care about at all.

30:48Jase:Is that where you fall, Kesey? How do you feel about the Academy Awards? My thought towards the Academy Awards is it's cool if a New Zealander gets something or gets even nominated, and whatever wins Best Picture, I think, oh, I must watch that at some stage. That's it. I simply must. I don't care unless Will Smith slaps someone. I don't really care. Yeah, that was a good one. What about you, Hoodie Jane?

31:05Keyzie:I can give or take. Yes, right. Really, to be honest. I mean, if it happens to come up on the television, I might watch a bit of it, but I don't get overly enthused by, you know, people congratulating themselves.

31:18Jase:I certainly don't sit down and watch it. Yeah. Yes, but anyway, the nominees are out for Best Picture. They are The Secret Agent. Never heard of it. Never heard of it. Begonia. Begonia? Begonia. Hamnet. Hamnet. Oh, yes. You like that one? I feel like you're just making, putting words together. Sentimental Value. No. Frankenstein. Ah, yes, the Del Toro Netflix. That's right. Which I've not seen. You guys have seen that, haven't you? I haven't. No, it's sitting on Netflix. One Battle After Another. It's on Netflix, mate. It is. and someone I work with quite a lot, Kate Hawley has been nominated for Best Costume for that.

31:56Jase:So I'm very excited for her to potentially win. She's an absolute legend. So One Battle After Another, We Have Seen That Pugs. That was the best thing I watched last year. Wow. Yeah, yeah. It really is a great one. In terms of the cinemas, yeah, yeah. What about this one, Jase? Train Dreams.

32:10Keyzie:Oh, great. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, yeah. It's been nominated.

32:12Jase:Joel Edgerton, although he didn't get nominated for Best Actor. What's Train Dreams about? Is that about a guy who dreams about trains all the time, like Moggy?

32:18Keyzie:No, it's about a guy that loses so many loves very dearly and never quite pulls it back together. It's not a very good title then, is it?

32:26Jase:It's nothing to do with trains. Marty Supreme. Ah. Yes. Timothy Shyamalama Ding Dong. Aye. Very popular. And then the final two are Sinners and the reason why you're here, Pokeson, F1 starring Brad Pitt. Formula One, the movie. Yeah. Has been nominated. F1 has been nominated for Best Picture, one of the top 10 pictures of the year. Wow. So your reaction kind of says everything, Keezy, the fact that you were questioning even then. Because I know that Formula One, the movie, having not seen it, they've got Brad Pitt in it, which is cool. It'll just be like a kind of two-hour long sort of action-y, bit of light-hearted, but not really that high-quality thing.

33:05Keyzie:With Brad Pitt looking really hot. With him looking hot and racing cars and stuff. I never thought it would be best picture quality.

33:11Jase:And it's not. You're right. I 100 % agree. That movie enraged me when I watch it, and I thought there's no possible way that it's going to be best picture. It's not even that you thought there was no possible way. The thought never even occurred to you because of course it won't be.

33:26Keyzie:And yet somehow it was. Now Begonia, is it? Yeah, the Emma Stone one. What's his name? Yorgos.

33:32Jase:Oh, is there another one of his? Yeah. Jesse Plemons.

33:36Keyzie:Jesse Plemons in it as well. I was going to watch that the other night on Apple or Prime. Something, yeah. $14. So we bugger off. What, to watch frigging Juicy Lemons? What is it? Pagonia? Begonias. What's that like, Park Son? A good film? Listen, I haven't seen Begonia. There's only a few on that list that I've seen. Has anyone seen Hamnet? You haven't seen Hamnet. That's Paul Mescal, though. I think it's supposed to be like a gut-wrenching one. We're going to get to those ones, Jase, I think.

34:03Jase:But the main thing here was to moan about Brad Pitt. Oh, Brad Pitt, he was there for a check. The whole thing was just one big fat check. It was. That entire movie. It was. technically they say it's amazing because of the cameras that they use, Jason the filming, the speeds that they got up to, the way they filmed the action as the cars went round the track I didn't really care but I also don't care about cars I think the technology was clever and the way that they were able to incorporate real Formula 1 events into the movie in order to make it as accurate as possible was great, but the thing that pissed me off about it was everything interesting that could happen in Formula 1 happened in that movie, so now I don't need to ever watch F1 ever again.

34:45Because it was everything in that movie.

34:48Jase:Yeah, it was all of the dramas, but without you caring at all. Thank you, that's exactly right. It is a blockbuster, but it's not, and you were saying the action keys, it's an action movie, yes, but it's not a good action movie. Yeah, right. If this is going to be nominated, then The Last Boy Scout should have been nominated. Die Hard should have been nominated. Well, Die Hard should have been nominated. You see what I'm saying? Yes.

35:08Keyzie:Just on the technical side of things, what was that One War, what's it called? One battle after another. They did some pretty cool stuff with the cameras on that, I recall. Yes, but it was also a great, great movie. It was a first film. Yeah. And your performance in that, Jase, was magnificent. Thank you. Yeah, I was happy with it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You mean? Sean Penn? Yeah, yeah. By the way, coming up next, Liz from the Beths is coming in. Oh, how good. The Hauraki Big Show. Weekdays from four on Radio Hauraki. Yes, indeed. Soundgarden there on the Radio Hauraki. big show this glorious, beautiful Wednesday afternoon.

35:47Keyzie:A very special treat. We've got Liz from the Beths in the studio with us. G'day, Liz. How's life? Kia ora. It's me. I'm Liz. Nice to be here. That was really good and natural. Yeah. I'm a professional and I'm glad you've noticed. Have you been enjoying this glorious day, Liz? Let's start off there. Got a little bit of weather chat.

36:07Jase:Have you been doing some weather chat lately? I love weather chat. Well, you've come to the right place. Who doesn't? Yeah. You're crazy if you don't. It's so universal. We'll start with weather chat and then we'll ease our way into sleep chat as well. That's two specialties on the show.

36:20Keyzie:How are you sleeping at the moment, Liz? Is everything good on that front? Or are you a nervous, sort of anxious sleeper like Mogie and I? How could you sleep before such an interview as this? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now you're talking. You wouldn't be the first to be intimidated by being on the big show. That's true. G'day, Liz. Chris here, Wakisi. Great to have you in studio. Obviously, we're here to chat to you about the fact that you guys are about to go on a massive tour of Aotearoa. Back home, man. How does that feel? It feels very good. We've played a lot of shows elsewhere, and it felt kind of shameful to not have announced a New Zealand show for a lot of it.

36:55So I'm glad.

36:55Jase:Yeah, while you were gone, everyone's been talking about you behind your back. Yeah. And the fact that you haven't had a tour here now. Yeah. You know, the rumours come at me. Well, now you're back, so people will be happy about that.

37:05Keyzie:Well, people were saying to me, Mogi, this has changed, man. Yeah, exactly. Since the Beths have become massive and you guys, has your success been greater than you anticipated? Yeah. Yeah? Because, no, I'm being serious. You guys are pretty huge. We're pretty, yeah, we're extremely rich. Yes, I am. Oh, good. That's how we measure success in the arts. That's how we measure success in the arts. If you want to make money, get into indie rock. But no, you know, when we first started, we were like, we would like to play the Whammy Bar in 50 countries. And then we will have achieved the dream. And we ticked that off a little while ago.

37:45So we've had to make some new goals. Yeah. Well, what are those goals, Liz, from the Beths? What are they? We keep meeting them, which is frustrating, as you can imagine. Yeah, the big show. Tick. Yeah. I don't know. We did a late night show recently. Jimmy Kimmel. A big tick. Yeah, Jimmy Kimmel.

38:05Keyzie:Oh, how good. It was fun. See the behind the scenes of how they make a television show? Yes. Because getting on those late night shows for years has always been a big deal. Of course, Letterman was always the one. You wanted to get on Letterman back in the day. Oh, my God. I was so sad when he retired. I was like, now I'll never be on Letterman. I know. Well, Jimmy Kimmel is probably the next best thing. And so many iconic performances. Like the Foo Fighters, one of their first ever big performances, was on Letterman back in the 90s and things like that. So getting on Jimmy for the best, how was that for you guys?

38:33It was a good get, but it was crazy, though. We booked it, and then a week after we had just confirmed it, a week after that, he got taken off the air. And we were like, well, never mind. And then he got back on the air, and we rebooked it, thank God. And did they reach out to you, or are you submitting applications to get on there? I think it's both. We have a team now who's furiously emailing and getting on the phone with whoever's in charge.

39:01Keyzie:Yes. I remember in terms of Letterman, do you know the band Future Islands? Mm-hmm. Good band. Good band. They had an amazing performance. They had an extraordinary, because their lead singer, I can't remember his name, is just the ultimate front man, and they just went batshit crazy. And I remember it just erupted everywhere and probably launched them. Have you noticed a significant sort of change in people listening to you since that, the Jimmy Kimmel thing? All of these things, it's like a little bump, like everything that you do. But yeah, I remember firstly watching, I feel like Liam Finn was on back in the day and Flight of the Conchords.

39:38And I just remember being like, wow. That's right. Flight of the Conchords were on there and that blew my mind. Yeah. And oh my goodness. And you guys have ticked that off now. I mean, what is there left for you guys? Or do you just shut it down now that you're at the top? Yeah, I think we're retiring. So this is us announcing our retirement.

39:54Keyzie:You don't retire as a band. You break up as a band. so there needs to be some sort of weird tension going on or someone's hitting the booze too hard or smashing into the drugs type thing rather than just going, oh, we've achieved everything, we're just going to shut it down now.

40:14Jase:You don't want to do a she-hard and just sort of call it quits because you're over it. You need to have a horrendous argument publicly. Yeah, but if you do the she-hard, you get to have a really big last call. I went to the homebrew night that they did. Oh, my gosh. That was a great show. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or you could do what Kiss do and do their final tour ever, every sort of two or three years. Make a mint. Open the window to do another one, do another last tour ever. We've got Liz here from The Best. Bloody exciting. We're going to go to a tune of yours now, Liz. This one is Metal from The Best.

40:49What can you tell us about this tune before we do play it for the listeners out there? It's us kind of letting ourselves go full jangle, which is something we've kind of dabbled with, but it was really fun to go full jangle. Go full jangle. Turn it up. Turn it up. The Hauraki Big Show, weekdays from four on Radio Hauraki. Oh,

41:10Keyzie:tune, fellas. Chune. Hey, and coincidentally, we've got Liz from The Best with us and they're about to do a tour of New Zealand and we were talking in the break there, Liz, and you are pumped. You're fired up for it. I'm fired up to play in Aotearoa. How good. Yes, you've nailed that. There are a whole heap of shows going on. Two in Wellington. That's where it starts. 13th and 14th of March at Miao Nui. They go to Dunedin to the Glenroy Auditorium. Christchurch at James Hay on Sunday the 22nd of March. And then Nelson as well. And you're playing up in Auckland as well. Is that correct? Yeah, two shows at the Power Station.

41:45Boom.

41:46Keyzie:But I believe, is it sold out? I've heard one of them is sold out. So you've got to get in there quick, smart, actually.

41:52Jase:Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just on that with the touring around there, now that you're huge rock and roll stars, what are you travelling around in? Have you got a sick van or you're in a sick bus or do you take a plane? In New Zealand, where I think we'll be taking a sick plane, unfortunately, I wish we had a cool van. But it's just quite a long way. Yeah, it is. I can picture a band like the Beths driving around in sort of like the Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo. I'd like that. But like a retro van, it's kitted out, it's got your writing on the side and it's got like a couch is in the back and stuff.

42:22Yeah. I'm thinking more,

42:24Keyzie:I've got more of a picture of like a massive bus, you know, you know, that's got all sorts of plants and stuff in it and bongs and all that sort of stuff. Yeah. Bongs. Yeah. We travel in a bus in the States because there you do just drive everywhere. Are they good buses? They are. We usually only break down once a time.

42:45Jase:Yeah. Right. And is the driver also a mechanic? They have to maintain the bus. And it's strange. It's a strange career to have is like driving the bus. So you drive through the night and the band and all the crew on the bus sleeps through the night. And it's a strange lifestyle. So it means strange people. In the States too. It's so far between every destination, right? New Zealand, it's a few hours to get from Auckland down to like Tauranga or Wellington or wherever you're going. I see here as well that you're about to head over to Japan and play. Yeah. So you're playing in Tokyo. Then you're going to Osaka as well, which is very exciting.

43:20What's it like playing to an audience, and have you experienced it with maybe English as their second language? Well, I mean, you say that, but we've played a lot of places. We've played in Europe and Hong Kong stuff. I guess a lot of people speak English, and particularly if they're listening to our music, they probably have at least a passing understanding, which is very nice. A lot of people are bilingual, trilingual. Yeah, and also I suppose it's more about the music, right? So if it sounds good, then that's what matters. But also you must get very surprised. It's universal keys here. It's a universal language music, man.

43:51Did you invent that? No, it's true. That's beautiful. Thank you. Thank you, Liz. I'm going to get that tattooed. Just quickly, sorry, Jase, just before you jumped in there. Do you ever get surprised when you do go to a country, like, for example, Japan, you've not played there yet, but especially if English isn't the first language, and then you find all these people around the world listening in places that you're just like, what the heck? How have we got fans here? Yeah, it's pretty great. It's beautiful. It does make me regret choosing the Beths as a name. It's maybe the hardest couple of words to pronounce in almost every other language than English.

44:25It's like you go to France and they're like, the Beths. You go to Germany and they're like, ah, the Beths. It's not, I apologise to the world.

44:35Keyzie:Well, in relation to Kesey's question, which I was going to ask, presumably, though, when you're touring around the world and stuff, you look at places and go, hey, have we got a following there? is it worth us actually going? You must crunch the numbers, as they say. Yeah, it's just data-driven. That's what we're all about as a band, is data. But yeah, you want to go where people want you to go. Where we sell out. But we haven't gone to Brazil yet, which is what everybody's always saying is come to Brazil. But I'd love to go there. We'll see. Bloody exciting stuff. Never say never, Liz. Yeah, Liz.

45:09I would say, I'm trying to say I would never say that without saying never, but I can't. Yeah, yeah, true. If you are interested in heading along to see any of those shows, once again, the Bess are performing in Dunedin Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, and Auckland as well, which is bloody exciting. Where's the best place to go? Because thebess.com forward slash tour has literally everything you guys are doing. Is that probably the best place to go? Yeah, we do have an official website. That's a brag. Yeah, that's pretty cool.

45:35Jase:Is that a.com or a.co.nz? Yeah, it's a.com. Ah, pretty flash then. Yeah, not bad.

45:41Keyzie:I'm going to go to the Auckland show. I'm going to go to the Auckland show. Are you actually? Yeah, totally, man. Because you say you're going to do stuff and you never do it. Oh, Liz, I will be there. I will be there. But Liz, he's also angling for a free ticket, so don't give him one, all right?

45:55Jase:Yeah, make him pay. All right, all right. He's got that Dog Squad money. You know the show Dog Squad? No, what's the show Dog Squad? We'll send you a few seasons through. It's very good. It's on TV and Zeddy's The Voice. It's like police dogs. Oh, okay. And he'll be like, oh, then drama. A gang of you. Thanks. This is on your IMDB page then, is it?

46:11Keyzie:Yes, absolutely. What's that? Liz, what an absolute pleasure. All the best for your tour. I hope you have a great time. Thanks so much for having me. Pleasure. Ready, ready. The Hauraki Big Show. Weekdays from four on Radio Hauraki. Pluto there on the Radio Hauraki Big Show this Wednesday afternoon. You know, the one thing that strikes me about Liz from the Beths, and I think a part of their success is they come across Ross is very humble, down-to-earth kind of people. Super chill. Super chill, and I think people really relate to that. I was watching her throughout that interview, and she reminded me of my daughters.

46:49Yeah, right.

46:50Keyzie:You know, that whole generation, and they're all pretty chill and cool and laid back. I think that's a part of their success, fellas. Sure. And they make great music. Oh, there's that. There's that, yeah. Yes. A lot of people in their 20s, because I'm in my 30s now, so I know a few songs from the Beths, but the people in their 20s freak out when they hear that we're interviewing someone from the Beths. Yes, my daughters were like, are you serious? Are you kidding me, guys? Yeah, totally. Hey, now listen, coming up after 6 o 'clock, a bit of stoic philosophy for all those people struggling out in the world.

47:23Keyzie:Just a bit of imparting a bit of wisdom, hopefully, to some people. I'm looking forward to this. Also, the result of the big poll. Yeah, and meet PaddyNip69, giving out some other advice, helping everyone.

47:37The Hauraki Big Show with Jase, Mike and Keezy. Tune in weekdays at four on Radio Hauraki.

47:43Keyzie:It sure is the Big Show and it's brought to you by Reburg Gear. Sure is, Jase. Serving good times and good food. Dine in or take away Reburger today.

47:51Jase:Yum. Yum. Yum. Yeah, today is my wedding anniversary there, fellas. So going out for a lovely. Congratulations, Keezy. Wow, Keezy, that's the one, brother. So going out for a meal tonight. Yeah, good stuff. What present? Sorry? What present did you get your missus there? Did you get her a present? It's your anniversary today, I heard. People are talking out in the office, and I heard it was your wedding anniversary. I just told you. No, we don't do anniversary gifts. Oh, interesting. Is that a thing?

48:24Keyzie:Oh, yeah. Well, certainly from my wife's perspective, it is definitely a thing.

48:29Jase:Yeah. Not only is it a thing, but they're themed for every year. Right. So I think the first year is paper. Paper, yes. I'm pretty sure of that. Right, so I write like a poem on some paper for the first year. That would be one way of doing it. Actually, I'm just having a look at it now here, Kesey. Traditionally, your third wedding anniversary gift is leather. Leather? Oh, perfect, Mogi. Mogi's new leather sandals. What do you want me to do with those? Give those to my wife. Give those to your wife. Or some sort of leather gift. You've probably got something lighter out of the house. What about like a leather...

49:08Cat and nine tails. Cat and nine tails. Oh, yeah. I was going to say like a leather outfit. Yes, a leather outfit. Oh, yeah.

49:15Keyzie:Like Cena, warrior, princess type thing. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I get that for her.

49:21Jase:The leather symbolises, I should say, durability, strength, and flexibility. Eh? After three years, you get her a saddle. A saddle. Hey, babe. Happy anniversary. I got you a saddle. Giddy up. Giddy up. Yeah, I might flag the gift, eh? Now, imagine the look on your face if she unwrapped it. And you put her a saddle. Also, do you know how much saddles are? They're really expensive. You'll be able to pick one up, man. Yeah. Second half.

49:52Keyzie:Trade me something like that. A half price one. Hey, do you like the Smashing Pumpkins? Oh! The Hauraki Big Show. Weekdays from four on Radio Hauraki. News there on the Radio Hauraki Big Show this beautiful Wednesday evening. Hey, fellas. This Friday, 7.30pm, the Breakers are taking on Melbourne United. It is a home game, so it's going to be at Spark Arena. It's also Tom Abercrombie's Jersey retirement game. Yes. If you'd like to win a spot for you and three mates courtside for that on the backbone bench, text the word bench to 3483 and you get free food and beverages and the best seats in the house.

50:27How good? Pretty damn good.

50:28Keyzie:Now, fellas, I've got a little deck out the front of my house. A what? A little deck. Oh, a deck, yeah. And I sit up there and I look at the vegetation and stuff, and on one of the side tables that's been sitting there for about, without a joke, three years is a Stoic philosophy book. Right. And I read it about three years ago. I started reading it about three years ago, and then I stopped reading it. And I don't know why. I don't know because I was actually enjoying it. And there's sayings, you know, for each and every day. Is there 365? There's 365 of them, yes. I love that. And a Stoic, who are the Stoics?

51:07Keyzie:Epictetus, Aurelius. Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger. No, hang on. Bruce Willis. Now we're just listening. Sort of Roman times. Right, okay, so they're famous people from Roman times. Yes. Well, okay. Philosophers. Philosophers, yeah. Well, not always philosophers. They were, you know, rulers, a lot of them. Yeah, right. Well, Arnold Schwarzenegger's an actor. And I thought it might be a good thing, actually, to bring onto the show every now and then a bit of sort of... Stoicism. Stoicism, philosophy that might help some people. The one I've got today is this. The Stoic Reading of the Day. With Hoity J.

51:48And it's from Epictetus. Oh, epic. Wait, sorry. Epictetus. because Mogi drives a Tita. Epic Titas. Oh, Titas, right, okay.

52:00Keyzie:All right? Yeah. I mean, if we're going to do this, can we grow up a bit? Well, it's just that you said Epic Titas and Mogi has an Epic Tita. This is a serious business, Kesey. Is it? Yes. Okay. And his saying was, it's not things that disturb us, it's our interpretation of them. Case in point, for example, Mogi's new leather sandals. Right, because they're disturbing. The leather sandals in and of themselves are neither good nor bad. They are neither terrible nor fantastic. I mean. But what makes them those things is what I perceive them to be or how I interpret them. That's right. Like, for example, the sandals by themselves are nothing.

52:47Keyzie:They're unobjectionable. but because I put my own interpretation of they are a horror show, that's how I then feel about something that doesn't have any of those qualities. It's what I'm putting on his new leather sandals. It's what you were bringing to the relationship.

53:07Jase:The sandals bring nothing to the relationship. They only exist. Exactly. Right. So what about, for example, can you zoom out and say something that's definitely bad, Like, a car crash is neither good nor bad. It's about how I perceive it. It's like, no, it's pretty bad. Well, yes, it's bad, but... Especially if it's an epic teeter that's involved.

53:34But your shirt, Keezy. Okay, here we go, yeah.

53:38Keyzie:Again, it's neither good nor bad. Give me the saying again. It's not things that disturb us. It's our interpretation of them.

53:48Jase:That's right. So Keezy's example of a car crash, that is not a thing or an item. That is an event. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

53:55Keyzie:And your shirt is a thing, for example, and it's neither good nor bad. But for me, I look at it and I go, Keezy's off to church. And that's not either a good or bad thing.

54:06Jase:Yeah, yeah.

54:07Keyzie:But it's my perception of it. But in and of itself, your shirt is just a shirt. It's neither good nor bad. All right. So basically the lesson is it's our own thoughts and what we bring to things that actually disturb us. It's not the thing itself.

54:23Jase:It's good to know. Try not to be offended by things, you know what I mean? Yes. Yeah, okay. The Hauraki Big Show, weekdays from four on Radio Hauraki.

54:33Keyzie:Wage against the machine there on the Radio Hauraki Big Show this Wednesday evening. Hey, fellas, do you feel like going to a gig? Giggity, giggity, giggity. Yes, I do. Yeah? Yes, I do. What are you doing March 21st? I don't know. Oh, I'm busy. Oh.

54:48Jase:Yeah. I'm going to the Manuka Fuel Symphony Festival. He gets it. He gets it, man. Damn it, I'd love to, but I don't care what gig you've got on offer there, Keezy. This one's going to be the best gig on that day. Nah, well, Mogi, it's funny you say that because I was actually talking about that gig. Oh, what? Yeah, the Manuka Fuel Symphony Festival, Jase.

55:07Keyzie:Oh, that sounds right up my alley. Yeah, you'll love it. Yeah, whenever I think live giant festivals with music in a big park, I think Hoody J. I think Hoody J's alley.

55:18Jase:Yeah, it's right up to say. It's happening at the Auckland Domain, of course. Oh, is it at the Domain? Yeah, it's happening. Why? What's wrong with that? It's beautiful there.

55:25Keyzie:I mean, how big are we talking here? There's going to be heaps of people. There's going to be heaps. Well, do you think I'll be able to find a park? No, don't park. Not inside. Well, actually, I'll be in the CBD then, so I can just walk there. Oh, you can walk. Yeah. Genuinely, you could. Yes, there you go. Otherwise, I'd suggest taxiing there or catching a train or a bus or something. Like on the work account? Yeah, sure. No, no, just on your account with your money. I've only got a work one, Keezy. Oh, you've only got a work one. That's such a lie. Such a lie. It is happening March 21st at the Auckland Domain, and we want to invite you and a mate along as well as our VIB guest.

55:58Now, can you guess what the B stands for?

56:02Jase:I mean, if I had to guess, I would say. It's backbone, Mogan. Oh, you're joking. How good.

56:09Keyzie:Was this the one that you went to last year and got really steamed? I was worried that was getting underused. Sorry? Was that the one you went to with Pugs last time and you got really steamed? Yeah, yeah, I did. That's right.

56:18Jase:That was a very funny piece of content you did there. That's right. I actually had a great time at the old symphony there. That's the one where I was in VIP, drinking lots of free drinks, and then a security guard came and was like, can I see your pass? And then looked at it and was like, ah, you're not supposed to be in here. Right. And I almost got kicked out. But then it was a misunderstanding. And I was like, back in. So they don't have a VIP section then? Nah. I was in the VIP and I was supposed to be in the VIP. Yeah, that makes sense. If you are keen to win this prize, it includes flights from anywhere in New Zealand, hotel and VIP tickets for you and a mate.

56:46Just head to hodaki.co.nz and enter there. The Hodaki crew will be in there as well, having a good time. The line-up includes the Black Seeds, the Exponents, Nice and Ehrlich, Made You Look, Kaylee Bell, Hot Tub Time Machine, Shapeshifter, Peking Duck, Faithless and Symphony No. 7.

57:02Keyzie:That's a hell of a line-up, fellas. It's a hell of a line-up. It's huge. I'd go just to see you know three of those groups I'd go just to see Shapies right because they're excellent yes but the synthony performance is the one you want to wait for just as the sun goes down the full synthony orchestra it's amazing hodaki.co.nz gear south in the draw The Hodaki Big Show with Jace, Mike and Keezy tune in weekdays at 4 on Radio Hodaki

57:39Keyzie:There you go, you mad bastards. That's a big show done and dusted for your Wednesday night. What's the podcast outro clip today, Keezy? Today's outro podcast clip, Jase, which comes out at 7.30 tonight, by the way, if you want the full podcast. It's just called Summary. Summary. Here you go.

57:59Jase:Shit, is that 10 minutes? Where did that go? Flies by, man. Tell you what, four minutes on Hoardy Joe's haircut, Five minutes on Matt Heath Nazi chair.

58:11So that was an outline of the podcast outro. And there was also some other stuff in there involving who Hoody J looks like from a classic TV show. Yes, well, we're getting more into that tomorrow. Yes, sounds good.

58:21Keyzie:Hey, now listen, fellas, we had a big poll today. We did. Mogi's new leather sandals, yes or no? The voting is happening on the Instagram page. What's your guys' gut feel on this one?

58:32Jase:Look, I'm going to take a loss. So I feel like maybe the biggest thing I did is I was the art director. And I don't think that the position I took for the photo painted either myself or my sandals or Hoity J in the best light.

58:53Keyzie:Am I in it, am I? I was going to say 60-40 yes, actually, Maggie. Oh, were you? Yes. 60-40 yes. I'll go the other way.

59:01Jase:I'll go the opposite. 60-40 no. The answer is 65 % say no. Oh, okay. 35 % say yes. 35 % of people are backbones. Totally. BJ on Instagram says that you should pair it with your wife's sunnies. Yes, agreed. Agreed. And for reference, one time, Mogi wore his wife's sunnies without realising for about five hours. And they were like really pointy female glasses. Oh, they were so female. And then you took them off and was like, hang on. Hang on a minute. I was like, what?

59:31Keyzie:Classic.

59:32Jase:There you go. So there you go.

59:33Keyzie:There you go. The people have had their same. They have, mate. But you do you, man. Oh, I will be. Jase, just quickly, you've got a small piece of chip in your left eyebrow. Wow. A small piece of potato. Yeah, it's gone.

59:47Jase:Excellent. Thanks for that, Keezy. Nice. You don't want to go home and your wife knows you've been eating chips because you've got chips in your eyebrows.

59:54Keyzie:Actually, the hairdresser does the eyebrows. I like that. It's good, isn't it? Yeah, he goes, what, your eyebrows done? I was like, hell yeah.

1:00:01Jase:See you tomorrow. Bye