How A Streamer Becomes A Music Ambassador

Welcome And Life Updates

SPEAKER_00 0:24

An indie label brings a streamer on board. Let's meet Manicat's new ambassador and dive into the love of music and gaming. I fucking love Manicat. I'm the worst person to have a podcast.

SPEAKER_06 0:49

I can fairly what is up, everybody.

SPEAKER_00 1:03

Welcome back to the show. I am your host, Harley, joined by a whole crew of people today. As always, my little sister Taylor. We've got Chris in the house, uh, and two very special guests. We have Peter James back on the show for a second uh go-around, and for the first time ever, their new ambassador, Miss Pistachio, the legendary streamer. Um, so we've got a whole docket of things we're gonna go over today. We're gonna interview Miss Pistachio um as well as talk about the AMAs announcing their new performers for the American Music Awards show. Uh, and then we also have our song of the week presented by Chris, and we have a fun game planned. This is gonna be our mini-game called uh video game quests or song title, and we'll dive into that later. But first, life updates. We'll start with Peter. What's going on in your world, man? What's new?

unknown 1:58

Wow.

SPEAKER_05 1:59

Um, well, since last we spoke, um, we I think we had just announced our UK office, right? I think we just talked about that. Um, we have over half a dozen bands signed already. Um, we haven't announced, which is kind of crazy. Um, I kind of gave uh the guys uh in BSB keys to the kingdom, and I'm kind of regretting it, I'm not gonna lie to you. Because unbeknownst to me, they had like a hit list of like a dozen bands that they wanted to present uh and have conversations with. So I feel kind of hosed, I'm not gonna lie. So, but we we have uh already, like I said, over half a dozen bands signed. So now we're gonna start um announcing them slowly but surely. So it's gonna be it's gonna be crazy hectic. And then as of today, we just dropped Ryan's new single. Yes, love just dropped today. So I don't know if you guys checked that out yet. Um, it is very 50s throwback kind of vibe.

SPEAKER_00 2:57

So I I saw the announcement. I haven't listened to the song yet. I saw the announcement while I was at work. That is something that I plan on doing this evening, and I will be writing a full review of that song over on our website.

SPEAKER_05 3:08

Awesome. We appreciate it. Thank you. Um very different, very, very different vibe than like anything, to be honest with you. So yeah, it's cool.

SPEAKER_00 3:18

Um, Miss Pistachio, what's going on in your world?

SPEAKER_02 3:22

Not much. I have just been really busy with work, and I've got a 10-year-old and playing video games in the evening, so it's a busy, busy life.

SPEAKER_00 3:34

Absolutely. Chris understands that entirely. Uh, Chris, you have five children ranging from what two to 17.

SPEAKER_02 3:44

You have five?

SPEAKER_00 3:46

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_02 3:47

Wow, good for you. I thought I I thought I wanted three, but I'm all I'm all right.

SPEAKER_00 3:56

And then I have a toddler in the other room. He is almost two, and Taylor has a boyfriend, which is basically like having a 12-year-old.

SPEAKER_05 4:05

I think I got you all beat, honestly. Like I deal with like over a hundred adult grown man children. So all of them.

SPEAKER_02 4:15

I thought you were I thought you were gonna talk about your dogs.

SPEAKER_05 4:17

Well, that too. They're amazing, but they're more tolerable than half the bands sometimes. No, I'm kidding. I love all the bands, I truly do, but wow. Sometimes, sometimes.

SPEAKER_00 4:33

Um, Taylor, what's going on in your world?

SPEAKER_04 4:36

Oh, I had something fun and exciting happen to me today.

SPEAKER_00 4:40

Okay.

SPEAKER_04 4:41

I got I got needles put in the back of my head.

SPEAKER_00 4:44

In the back of your head. Yeah, acupuncture.

SPEAKER_04 4:48

Yeah, so I work at a physical therapy office and we do what they call dry noodling. So it's pretty much acupuncture, but they um hook up like little electrodes, and then they have a small amount of electricity that goes through to kind of help like the muscles and everything. Um, but I came down with a migraine and I was down bad at work, and they said, let's just put some needles in there, just let us do it. It's gonna feel better.

SPEAKER_00 5:14

This sounds a lot like a lobotomy.

SPEAKER_04 5:17

And that's what it felt like. So I don't know if it worked or if my excedrine just kicked in like at the same time, but I was feeling good for a couple hours, so I'll I'll give it to them. But the needles itself was kind of uncomfortable, not gonna lie. I don't know if you guys are planning on getting needles in the back of your head, but I wasn't planning on it, it's not on my list to do now.

SPEAKER_00 5:39

Yeah, you know, it's always been on my calendar, but I think I'm gonna push it back now.

SPEAKER_04 5:43

Yeah, you should probably push it back.

SPEAKER_00 5:45

Uh are you guys Family Guy fans? Everybody family guy fans?

SPEAKER_04 5:48

Yes, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:49

So you do you guys remember that episode where they're making fun of like the the rain dances, and there's the doctor, and he's like, I tried this one and this one and this one, and then the the uh wife of the husband who's in the uh hospital, like goes like, Well, did you do this one? And and he goes, ma'am, this is a doctor off, or this is a hospital. Uh, it's so funny, it's so funny. I'm not allowed to play it here, but it's hilarious. Uh Chris, what's going on in your world? Nothing new. Nothing new. All right, so we're gonna move on then. No, there is something new. Something very funny happened today, Chris. I was on the phone with you, and something hilarious happened.

SPEAKER_01 6:32

Oh my god. So I am at the bank making my house payment. I'm on the phone with Harley, I've got the AirPod in my ear, and uh I was listening to uh to Bo Burnham, one of his songs. And uh if you guys don't know who Bo Burnham is, it's not for everybody. It's it's a he's a he's a comedian, does stand up, but it's a good idea. Hilarious. And uh yeah, yeah, and then Harley hangs up. Well, instead of the the music going back to my AirPod, it starts playing on my speaker when I'm at the teller. And and I would like to I would like to say the lyrics.

SPEAKER_02 7:15

Oh please do.

SPEAKER_01 7:17

It's uh oh my god, it's uh uh like Doug's friend Skeeter when I meet her. Oh my god, now I'm gonna butcher it, man. Oh oh um I I Skeeter so hard that they call her Patty Manays, which is a Doug reference. Uh what was that, like early 2000s? Yeah, I get it. I absolutely get that reference. Yeah, well, the teller, thank god he was cool because he's dying, and all the elderly people around us have no idea what's in.

SPEAKER_06 7:51

I'm like, no, no, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_00 7:55

Harley, thank you. No problem, no problem. Glad I could help. Oh funny.

SPEAKER_04 8:03

It's that's so funny, dude.

SPEAKER_02 8:05

I would be red in the face.

SPEAKER_01 8:06

Oh, I was. I was.

SPEAKER_05 8:08

I'm gonna chucking his phone. He's like, damn it. Come on.

AMAs Lineup And Taylor Swift Debate

SPEAKER_00 8:17

Um, so we have a fun-filled show today, guys. Uh, we're gonna start with some music news. I would love to get your takes on this. Uh, the American Music Awards performers were announced as of, I believe, yesterday. Um, the 2026 AMA's lineup was revealed this week with performances scheduled from Keith Urban, 21 Pilots, Teddy Swims, and Maluma. Um, meanwhile, Taylor Swift leads the nominations with eight nominations for life of a showgirl. Eight nominations.

unknown 8:50

That's what I'm saying.

SPEAKER_00 8:53

How do we feel about are you guys a fan of the album?

SPEAKER_02 8:58

There there's yes, I am a fan of the album. Am I a Swifty by any means? No, I'm not, but I do think she has really great music. And hey, okay, you know what?

SPEAKER_05 9:10

I just saw that.

SPEAKER_02 9:13

I like earlier Taylor. I think sometimes the songs are just coming out so quickly, and I'm just like, I don't even know. It's and it's so different, but the same at the same time. I don't know. My all my friends are major, major Swifties, and I'm just I'm not. Fair enough. But it's it's great music. It doesn't surprise me that she has eight nominations, though. She does a really good job at what she does.

SPEAKER_00 9:37

Uh Taylor, I know you had you had a comment there. I saw I saw your hand raise.

SPEAKER_04 9:42

So the album's great. I think Taylor Swift's great. Do I think the album was eight nominations worthy? No.

SPEAKER_00 9:56

I I think that's I think it was fun.

SPEAKER_04 9:58

I think it's a fun album. I think it's there, like it's a good time.

SPEAKER_02 10:01

I enjoy the album, but I think it could be, don't quote me on this. Um, it could be that with her tour that she did, it brought every place she went to so much money. Not just like, like, I know here in Vancouver when she came, it was like all the businesses within a 10-block radius, all of the Etsy businesses that was the making fun jewelry and stuff, like they just it was so profitable for our city. And I know for every other city that she went to. So I feel like maybe there was a little bit like a nudge in her direction for sure.

SPEAKER_00 10:43

Absolutely, Pete Peter, as uh a business professional in this industry, what is your take on this?

SPEAKER_05 10:50

I mean, uh she's a phenomenal businesswoman, like phenomenal from that aspect. Like, am I a Swifty? By no means. Like anybody knows my musical taste, it is far from Taylor Swift, but I can respect her as far as an artist and as far as a businesswoman. She's absolutely brilliant. The fact that she bought back her masters and like did it the way she did. I give her so much credit, you know. But in terms of does she deserve eight moms? I don't know. I kind of agree with Taylor on that. You know what I mean? I think it's one of those things where she just she's got such a hardcore loyal fan base that she could literally put anything out and it's just gonna blow the hell up. Yeah, right. That's what I feel is happening right now. So it doesn't even like is she talented? Yes, by no means. So please don't start firebombing me hate mail. Um, but you know, I feel like in the same token, it she just has that loyal following where it just almost doesn't matter what she does.

SPEAKER_00 11:54

Right, right.

SPEAKER_05 11:55

She's just almost untouchable.

SPEAKER_02 11:56

I kind of feel like if she even did make an extreme flop, it would still be a hit because then all of the comedians and uh the like they would be making fun of it, which would make it so much bigger. Like, look at um Afro Man with his uh court case and all the music that he came out with that, just like boom, right? Yep. No, even if she made a complete flop, I think it would still be a banger.

SPEAKER_00 12:22

Well, I would say that this album is the closest thing that she's had to a flop in her career. This was the the most unwell-received album of her career. Uh, that being said, though, the individual tracks, Ophelia, Life of a Showgirl, and Whatever One Talks about Travis Kelsey's penis, those three songs are huge. Pun intended.

SPEAKER_04 12:46

Yes. Yeah, I no, I think a lot of her songs, like the album itself is good. Like, there's a handful of them. Like, um, father figure, that song's fantastic.

SPEAKER_00 12:58

Yeah, that was the the um opus on that one, right? That was like the the slow, like uh what's the word? Um ballad. Yes, thank you.

SPEAKER_04 13:07

Yes, yeah, no, for yeah, that one, that one's a 10 out of 10, and like it has such a deep meaning. Like they all are good, but it's just like I mean, even the Swifties I know, they're like, Yeah, it's it's good, but it's not great. Like, it's fun, it's a it's a fun little thing. Um, so yeah, no, I I agree. I do think this is probably the closest one to a flop that she's at.

SPEAKER_00 13:31

That being said, what do we think of these performers? I think it's a solid mix. Uh, Keith Urban for like nostalgia and country, uh 21 Pilots for kind of the alternative slash uh modern. Yeah, and then Teddy Swims for the kind of rap mixed with kind of pop. Um and Maluma, I am not familiar with that, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 13:56

So one thing I will add though, if that's okay, Harley, is like I've noticed this and the Grammys too and all that stuff. How come rock and alternative is not 100%? You know what I mean? That irritates the hell out of me, you know, as as like a professional in that space and in those genres. How come we're so um like underrepresented?

SPEAKER_00 14:18

Absolutely, I blame pop punk. I and and I know that uh genres matter, words matter, but when you use the phrase pop punk, I don't think of that as the same as punk or like pop rock or um emo, you know, but pop punk itself, I feel is such a blend now of more pop than anything that it's kind of blurred those lines. So we just kind of get thrown into that pop area, and like you'll get these really cool acts, you'll get like like a 21 Pilots or like a simple plan or a yellow card or uh Metallica, like you'll get really cool artists every once in a while, but severely underappreciated in the industry. There are so many incredible rock bands right now, yeah. And they just keep hammering us with the same five or ten, right?

SPEAKER_05 15:10

Right. I mean, even just like even the pop punk, like you said, it's more on the pop side. Yes, you know, you're not getting like a true pop punk band, other than like simple plan, you know what I mean? But like, yeah, simple plan is a you know nostalgia at this point, they've been around for so long. How about somebody else that's breaking through?

SPEAKER_00 15:30

Yeah, I think um what was his name that did the the Ozzie Osborne tribute? Um Taylor You know him, no, not Post Malone.

SPEAKER_04 15:40

Um Jelly Roll.

SPEAKER_00 15:43

Nope, nope, not Jelly Roll. No, kind of like an emo looking kid.

SPEAKER_04 15:48

Oh, oh, oh my gosh. Yeah, he um oh my gosh, what is Youngblood?

SPEAKER_00 15:55

Youngblood. Oh, right, yes. I think that is what the industry looks at as rock. And I like Youngblood, I think that he's a phenomenal artist, he is, but that's not rock, it's not pop or uh uh punk, it's not metal.

SPEAKER_05 16:13

I blame MGK for totally ruining the popastic, you know what I mean. Like when I hear you know people saying, like, oh, MGK is pop punk, I my my head wants to explode. Like, get the actual F out of here. Yeah, I keep cursing.

SPEAKER_02 16:30

They keep switching him genres over the year. Like he has nobody wants to keep him, and so they're like, No, you're more like this. Yeah, it's just been just everybody off.

SPEAKER_05 16:40

That's the problem. He couldn't hang with Eminem, so they booted his ass. And then, you know, he goes and pop punk. He's like, Oh, I'm gonna be in let me do a video with me in an empty pool with a freaking pink guitar, and I'm pop punk all of a sudden.

SPEAKER_00 16:56

That being said, though, Fred Durst, what a genius! He did that loser's tour a couple years ago. Um, and now he did this song with MGK, Fred Durst. I know what you're doing, I find it hilarious. Keep doing it. These people are so in their heads, they don't understand that they're being made fun of. And I think Fred Durst is a genius for it.

SPEAKER_05 17:18

I just think he's at that point where he literally does not give a damn. No, not at all.

SPEAKER_00 17:24

As soon as he gave Corey Feldman the platform that he did, I knew I was like, this is this is it. He gets the joke, he knows what he's doing, and it worked, and that tour did fantastic.

SPEAKER_06 17:37

Yeah, yeah.

Song Of The Week Picks

SPEAKER_00 17:39

Um, that being said, that is kind of the music news this week. Chris, tell us about the song of the week, man.

SPEAKER_01 17:47

So the song of the week, Harley and I were talking about this earlier. And uh, you know, we're talking about Mambo number five. And uh, but instead, my song of the week is Cascada. Every time we touch.

SPEAKER_05 18:09

Come on, come on, it's a good one, but Mambo number five was way better.

SPEAKER_02 18:16

Yeah, so in with the Mambo, right? I only say that because my name is actually in it, and so whenever it comes on, I get really excited.

SPEAKER_00 18:26

That's the whitest white girl thing I've ever heard.

SPEAKER_02 18:33

Yang Dash Yang, joking.

SPEAKER_00 18:37

Um, no, I love as soon as I read it, I immediately started doing the beat. It's such a good beat, man. You can't, you can't, yeah, it's it's such a club hit.

SPEAKER_01 18:49

So I I only listen to that when the family's in the car. Generally, I'm driving, and of course, I have to do the ridiculous, you know, yeah. So and they're like, Dad, it's doing my knees on it. I've got a CDL, we're good. I got this. I'm a professional.

SPEAKER_05 19:05

I really hope there's a video going along with this because everybody just needed to see that.

SPEAKER_00 19:10

My wife has several. See, I was picturing in my head, it was like a stepbrothers moment. You're like yelling at the family in the back, like, this is what I get, voice lessons. Does that say uh uh here to fuck shit up?

SPEAKER_02 19:26

Yes, it does.

SPEAKER_00 19:27

I love that. Um, so no, fantastic pick for song of the week this week. Uh, just to recap the last three episodes, because we are alternating it. Taylor's was a song by Khaled or Khalid, we're not sure.

SPEAKER_04 19:41

Um I think it's Khalid. I think this is where I've decided. I mean DJ Khaled.

Mother’s Day Shout Outs

SPEAKER_00 19:46

Not that one, okay. Um, and then mine was Sponge's 16 candles. Um, and then uh Chris's today is Cascade. I love I love what we're doing here with these. There's three fantastic that's fun, yeah. Um, this is the Mother's Day episode, guys. This comes out Monday, right after Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all of our wonderful mothers out there. Uh, shout out to uh Taylor and I's mother Vicky. I know that she listens, so hello mom. Um, Chris, do you want to give your mom a shout out?

SPEAKER_01 20:24

She doesn't listen, she's mean.

SPEAKER_04 20:25

That's okay.

SPEAKER_01 20:26

Shout out to me as much as she claims. Oh, I love you though.

SPEAKER_00 20:33

Um, Miss Pistachio, do you want to shout out your mother?

SPEAKER_02 20:36

Yeah, shout out Kelly. There you go. Shout out Miss Pistachio. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 20:41

Amen. Yeah, that's right. Um that'd be a downer, but my mother passed, so I'm gonna give her a shout-out too, though. But yeah, absolutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 20:52

Um happy Mother's Day to everybody. Uh, let's dive into oh, sorry, yes, Taylor.

SPEAKER_04 20:58

You're forgetting a very important person in your life who is a mother.

SPEAKER_00 21:04

Oh, shout out to my lovely wife Lindsay, who is in the other room taking care of our lovely son Adam, who is a mother, and I love you very much. Happy Mother's Day.

SPEAKER_05 21:16

Thanks, Taylor, because uh he almost died for that. No, you know that right. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 21:23

It's still new, guys. It's still new.

SPEAKER_06 21:25

He's two years old. What do you mean?

SPEAKER_00 21:30

Wow, not not yet. I think we got like another what, like four months or so. When September, what month is this?

SPEAKER_04 21:36

18 months old. May so July, August, September. Yeah, yeah. So he's 20 months old.

SPEAKER_00 21:44

Time flies when you're having fun. Uh, shout out Adam. Go grab your DJ ABC shirt on our website.

SPEAKER_03 21:50

ABC.

Video Game Quest Or Song Title

SPEAKER_00 21:52

World Tour 2024. Um, so I've been excited about this game all day. Uh, this is specifically for Miss Pistachio. And before we dive into it, uh, this is video game quest or song title. However, based off of what I know about you, you love RuneScape.

SPEAKER_02 22:14

I do.

SPEAKER_00 22:15

You do know that other video games exist, right? I don't know. There is Halo and Skyrim and Minecraft.

SPEAKER_02 22:24

I have Dibbled and dabbled. So I grew up like the youngest of three. And so I had to wait my turn to be able to play. Okay. So I had to wait for my dad to get through Zelda, then my brother, then my sister. I had to wait until everybody moved out before I had access to the gaming systems. And it was only Nintendo. So I grew up playing Nintendo. And then I played Diablo for a little bit. I dipped my toes in Skyrim and Elder Scrolls. But during COVID, RuneScape was just like, I only started playing it in 2020 and I played it for three months. And my friends were like, You are so horrible at this game. You should stream it because people would think it was really funny and help you out. And I did, and it's been six years. And so that's just kind of my go-to. It's a great community of people. And even if you hate the game so much, like it's not a good game, it's a horrible game. But I'm extremely addicted and I cannot do anything else.

SPEAKER_00 23:24

So speaking of Nintendo, I do see the Gengar plushie back there. Um, along with looks like some avocados and possibly a Charmander.

SPEAKER_02 23:33

No, it's just a monster.

SPEAKER_00 23:35

Oh, okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 23:36

Oh, I was gonna guess dragon. I mean, it could be. It's got a unibrow, so I like it. Oh, nice.

SPEAKER_00 23:42

So you grew up playing Nintendo. Um obviously you've played Pokemon, right?

SPEAKER_02 23:48

Yes, my whole bathroom is like Pokemon art, my whole hallway is Star Wars. Um, my son is like obsessed with all of the Mario games, Kirby, all of that. So yeah, we're we're two big nerds.

SPEAKER_00 24:04

Are you a Switch owner?

SPEAKER_02 24:06

I do own a Switch, the first one.

SPEAKER_00 24:08

And okay, okay. So I'm waiting for not played Pokopia.

SPEAKER_02 24:12

No, not yet. You need to not yet. Well, so here's my problem. I feel like there isn't enough for me. Like, I'm not gonna buy it for one game.

SPEAKER_00 24:25

That's understandable.

SPEAKER_02 24:26

That is completely I know they're remastering all the Nintendo games, but like I already have all the Nintendo games. I have a C Support, I have a GameCube, I have a Switch, I have a Game Boy, I have got it all. So come up with something new. Granted, Pokemon, great, but come up with like a bunch of things. There should be a lot more releases. Makes me worth my money.

SPEAKER_04 24:48

I will say, Taylor, I have only sorry, I'm very passionate about this game because I don't play games. I this is important. Like, I don't, I, I dabble, you know what I mean? I'll pick up Animal Crossing for a little bit. Um, there's only two games, one game that I've ever fully beat on my own, and that was Pokemon Scarlet. Scarlet, fully on my own. Pocopia is now the second closest. The only reason that I haven't gotten farther is because I don't want it to be over. I mean, it was so bad. I got it and then thought I should just call out of work tomorrow, so I can just play Pokopia.

SPEAKER_02 25:27

Well, see, the best thing about completing a game, a quest game, is that you can redo it and you can redo it faster. Oh, see, I love that. I'm not gonna read that though. When my son was, how old was he? He was in kindergarten, so he was five, and we it took us 27 hours just playing on Sundays to do Luigi's Mansion 2. And or no, Luigi's Mansion 3. We did Luigi's Mansion 3. No, I don't know. I can't even remember now. But, anyways, um Luigi was there, that's all the mansions. Yes, and there was a mansion. So he we played Luigi's Mansion, and it took us 27 hours just playing on on Sundays, and then he said, Mom, I want to play the game by myself. And I said, Okay. And so he started playing on Sundays, and he got it down to 16 hours. He got it down, he started speed running Luigi's Mansion at five years old and got it down to six hours and like 55 minutes or something like that. And I was like, dude, crazy. Yeah, and that was just like all he wanted to do. He wanted to do it quicker, he knew how many golden bones he needed, he knew where all the gems were, and he just like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, done. So I remember sitting there on that Sunday because I let him start that game and we paused it to order food, and then he I watched him finish it, and that was seven hours of our day, and it was the best.

SPEAKER_00 26:53

Um, so as far as Pokemon goes, though, are you a Gen 1er or are you a fan of the entire franchise? And who is your favorite Pokemon? And this question's going to you as well, Peter, if you have any experience.

SPEAKER_02 27:07

Gengar is for sure my favorite Pokemon. Um, if I were starting my lineup pick, I would choose Charmander though. Though Balbasaur would be a close second. Um, and I'm I'm an OG girl. I was born in '92. A lot of this new gen stuff for me is like, okay, I'm still gonna collect them all, but I do play Pokemon Pocket.

SPEAKER_00 27:34

Oh, the the card game?

SPEAKER_02 27:35

Yeah, on the on the on the yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 27:38

Do you do you do the battles? No, just collect the cards.

SPEAKER_02 27:43

I just log in every day and I collect the cards and I trade the cards with my friends, but uh, it's just too much work for my brain to like pick out my pack and organize it specifically. I just wanna yeah, I just want to collect them all now.

SPEAKER_00 27:57

So, Peter, are you familiar with the Pokemon franchise?

SPEAKER_05 28:01

I am, I am. I think it was just a little too uh after you know my whole thing. So, like, because I did like the whole Hoji Nintendo and all that sort of stuff. So, like, I don't know. Um, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:13

Here's the bigger question can the Hook and Bridge podcast pick the Manic Cat Pokemon, like your Pokemon mascot. Okay, all right, sure. We're gonna get to work on that. Okay, I'm good with that. This is getting fantastic.

SPEAKER_03 28:29

Oh no, I'm just excited about that.

SPEAKER_00 28:33

So uh this is the game. We are gonna jump into it real quick. The video game quest or song title. Um, I will have each of us answer this. Your answer will be either video game or song title. You do not have to specify which song or artist or which video game. Just is it a video game or a song title?

SPEAKER_02 28:54

Thank goodness. I honestly thought you were gonna make me pick out which song from which video game.

SPEAKER_00 29:00

That was Chris's recommendation today. He said you can't make them choose the exact, it needs to be a little more vague. So um, I will tell you which one it is. Uh, but what we're going to do is everyone's going to answer each question, right? So we're going to do it as a group. I'm going to go through the group. Um bear with me a moment while I get it pulled up here. Here we go. All right. So the first one, run to the hills, Chris.

SPEAKER_01 29:36

I'm going to have to say song title. Song title, Miss Pistachio.

SPEAKER_02 29:41

I'm going to say song title as well.

SPEAKER_00 29:43

Peter.

SPEAKER_05 29:44

Song title.

SPEAKER_00 29:45

And Taylor.

SPEAKER_04 29:48

Um, okay, I'm gonna 444. Song title for 100, Alex.

SPEAKER_00 29:53

Okay, that is a song title. That was a pretty easy one. That is by Iron Maiden. Uh, the next one, Dragon Rising, Chris.

SPEAKER_01 30:04

Oh man, that could both probably be. I'm gonna say song title.

SPEAKER_00 30:10

Miss Pistachio.

SPEAKER_02 30:12

I'm gonna shoot my shot for a video game.

SPEAKER_00 30:14

Video game? Okay, Peter.

SPEAKER_05 30:16

I'd have to agree with her. Uh video game.

SPEAKER_00 30:18

All right, and Taylor.

SPEAKER_04 30:20

I'm in solidarity with Chris.

SPEAKER_00 30:23

You think it's both?

SPEAKER_04 30:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 30:27

Wait, that was an option? Yeah, that's not an option.

SPEAKER_00 30:31

Well, the answer is video game. It is from Skyrim.

SPEAKER_04 30:35

Nice.

SPEAKER_00 30:36

Alright. The next one, The Trooper. So far, we're real easy. I'm taking it real slow. Chris? Song title. Okay. Miss Pistachio.

SPEAKER_02 30:50

I'm gonna say song title.

SPEAKER_00 30:51

All right. Peter. Song title. And Taylor.

SPEAKER_04 30:56

I'm gonna say video game. I want to be different.

SPEAKER_00 30:59

Alright, you're wrong. It is a song title. It is again Iron Maiden.

SPEAKER_04 31:05

Not kids is why you go with the peer pressure.

SPEAKER_00 31:10

Alright. Holy diver.

SPEAKER_01 31:15

Oh. It's uh video game.

SPEAKER_00 31:21

Video game, okay, Miss Pistachio.

SPEAKER_02 31:23

Yeah, I'm gonna say video game.

SPEAKER_00 31:25

All right, Peter. I know you know the answer. Song title.

SPEAKER_04 31:29

Oh song title, Peter. I'm with you.

SPEAKER_00 31:33

It is a song title that is Holy Diver by Dio. The one and only the legendary, the great.

SPEAKER_01 31:42

Next one, hallowed be thy name, Chris. Song title. And if you say Iron Maiden, I'm going to you never know, man.

SPEAKER_00 31:54

It's threatening you with violence. Mystery. It's a mystery. Miss Pistachio.

SPEAKER_02 31:59

I feel like you haven't had a video game in a minute, but I'm still gonna say song title.

SPEAKER_00 32:03

All right, Peter. Song title. All right, Taylor.

SPEAKER_05 32:07

Song title.

SPEAKER_00 32:08

Peter, do you know who this song is by?

SPEAKER_05 32:11

I don't actually.

SPEAKER_00 32:12

Oh, okay. Well, it is my Iron Maiden. It is my name, my Iron Maiden.

SPEAKER_05 32:18

I had a feeling, but I wasn't sure.

SPEAKER_00 32:22

All right. Next one. Missing in action. Chris. Song title. Song title. Miss Pistachio.

SPEAKER_02 32:30

Video game.

SPEAKER_00 32:31

Video game, Peter. I was gonna say video game. Video game? Taylor.

SPEAKER_02 32:36

We're gonna go video game.

SPEAKER_00 32:37

Video game. Chris, unfortunately, you are wrong and you're gonna be mad. This is a video game from the one and only Fallout 4. Next one. The Fallen Chris.

SPEAKER_01 32:56

Starting to hate you. Song title. Miss Pistachio.

SPEAKER_02 33:00

Song title.

SPEAKER_00 33:02

Peter.

SPEAKER_05 33:03

Song title.

SPEAKER_00 33:04

Taylor.

SPEAKER_02 33:05

Song title.

SPEAKER_00 33:06

Okay. This one is technically a video game. However, I know there are songs called The Fallen, but this one was a video game. It is Diablo 4.

SPEAKER_02 33:19

Yeah. Nobody played Diablo 4.

SPEAKER_00 33:21

Yeah, I agree. I played green. Loved it.

SPEAKER_02 33:24

Here's my Diablo.

SPEAKER_00 33:26

Yeah. So Diablo back in the day on Xbox 360, you just put the game in and you got to play. Now with Diablo 4, you have to sign up for like the Diablo account and create a whole thing.

SPEAKER_02 33:39

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did you just say back in the day you could put it on your Xbox and just play? Because that didn't happen until like six years ago. You had to be online only for one, two, and the beginning of three. And when they took away the auction house, that's when it went over to Xbox. You could do cross-platform. So not back in the day, sir.

SPEAKER_00 33:59

Well, so I only had the Xbox 360. So I had Diablo 3 on the disc. And I could just pop that in and have a great time. But then I got Diablo 4 on my Xbox One or the Xbox X, I don't know, whatever we're up to now. And it literally prompts you, you're like, you have to create an account. You can't play the games without creating an account. And I'm tired of having to create accounts for stuff. I have to have one to play Call of Duty. I've got to have one to play uh uh fucking Assassin's Creed, I gotta have one to play Minecraft. It's ridiculous. Just let me play the game.

SPEAKER_02 34:35

Play less games. See, back in the day when I would play Diablo, we would there'd be like five of us with our towers landing in a room, just smoking cigarettes, smoking weed and playing Diablo all day long for days. But yeah, you had to have an account because I mean at the time too with the auction house, like I dated a guy and that's where he made his money. He didn't work, he just traded on the auction house, and that's why they shut it down. So yeah, you needed to have you needed to have an account because if your account got hacked, you're losing literal money.

SPEAKER_00 35:09

That's wild.

SPEAKER_02 35:10

Yeah, I did not know that.

SPEAKER_00 35:13

So it was kind of like World of Warcraft.

SPEAKER_02 35:15

Yes, really, same sort of atmosphere, yeah. Completely different dungeon crawling, but yeah, right, right.

SPEAKER_00 35:22

But yeah, that's interesting because I know a lot of people that have made a lot of money on World of Warcraft as well. Um, actually, uh, somebody that Chris and I both know made some money off of uh Fortnite recently, so yeah. Video game industry is weird.

SPEAKER_02 35:37

Um, it's it's a whole other thing.

SPEAKER_00 35:41

I still stand by. Just give me one account. Just I should be able to make an Xbox account, and then you just copy and paste, just copy and paste all of my stuff. Why do I have to have different things, different accounts, and sign into 50 different things just to play a video game? And also, while we're on a video game, Tyrant, um Call of Duty, get your shit together. Why why do I have to download 700 gigabytes worth of stuff to play a game? This is crazy. Figure it out, anyway. Um next one.

SPEAKER_01 36:11

Welcome home, Chris. Oh, come on, man. Dude, that's a song title.

SPEAKER_00 36:17

Yeah, it is a song title, Miss Pistachio. Song title, everybody, Peter, song title. It is a song title, Taylor.

SPEAKER_04 36:28

I'm gonna be different. Song title.

SPEAKER_00 36:32

Okay, Chris. This is just for you. Who's it by Metallica?

SPEAKER_01 36:40

Oh, so close. So Welcome Home? Isn't that sanitarium? Well, people consider sanitarium, it's actually welcome home.

SPEAKER_00 36:50

Okay, all right. So sanitarium is what I would have considered it. However, this is a Cohen Cambria song.

unknown 36:58

Right.

SPEAKER_00 37:00

Oh, I think the official song is Welcome Home. And it might be. I think also doesn't um doesn't Guns N' Roses also have a song called Welcome Home?

SPEAKER_04 37:09

Oh, I think that's Welcome to the Jungle.

SPEAKER_02 37:11

I think um I I'm coming home.

SPEAKER_00 37:14

Oh, yeah, I'm thinking of Molly Crew. That's Molly Crewe. Never mind. Um next one. Is it called Welcome Home? Yeah, Sanitarium, huh? I've always called that song Sanitarium. That's crazy.

SPEAKER_01 37:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 37:29

Uh The Way of the Voice.

SPEAKER_01 37:35

Oh man, that's that's I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go video game quest. Oh, alright, alright. Miss Pistachio.

SPEAKER_02 37:42

Yeah, I'm also gonna choose a quest.

SPEAKER_00 37:44

Peter. Yeah, video game. Taylor.

SPEAKER_02 37:47

A quest.

SPEAKER_00 37:49

That is a quest. It is from Skyrim. Now we're gonna dive into some of the harder ones. We got two left. Well, I deemed them hard, but now that I know Chris's love for uh Metallica, and I know Peter, you love Metallica, so this is gonna be pretty easy. Uh Seek and Destroy. Song title. Song title.

SPEAKER_06 38:16

Song title.

SPEAKER_00 38:17

See, I I thought that I would get most of the group and that it would just be Peter that kind of knew what it was.

SPEAKER_02 38:23

Um I mean, if you didn't say anything, it probably would have been fine, but there's only two, so I got a 50-50 chance.

unknown 38:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 38:32

Um, the not this is the last one, blood on the ice.

SPEAKER_01 38:39

Oh, I'm gonna go video games.

SPEAKER_02 38:40

Yeah, I'm also gonna go with a video game quest.

SPEAKER_00 38:44

All right, all right. Video game, Taylor.

SPEAKER_04 38:47

What Peter say video game? Yeah, Taylor just whatever Peter says is what it is.

SPEAKER_05 38:57

You do realize I guessed on that one.

SPEAKER_04 38:59

So but you know music, so if you know it's not music, the only other option is video game. I know neither.

Meeting Manicat’s New Ambassador

SPEAKER_00 39:10

This one, gang, was a video game. It is again one of my favorite games, Skyrim. Um, let's dive into this interview. So, Miss Pistachio, we've already interviewed Peter, but we want to get to know you better. So, how did you and Peter connect?

SPEAKER_02 39:30

Um, I got a message from Peter on Instagram. I mean, not Instagram, uh TikTok. And TikTok isn't really a platform. I feel old because I don't really know how to use it. And so I was, you know, just posting some things and he just reached out and said, love your look. And I don't think I got back to him for like three months. It's about three months before I opened up my TikTok and saw it. And I was like, okay. Um, but we just kept talking and the opportunity was right to um collab with my social media um and playing the music online and repping some merch. And uh yeah, me and Peter just have become really good friends over the last two years.

SPEAKER_00 40:11

Yeah. Fantastic. Uh, Peter, how does one go about becoming an ambassador for Manicap?

SPEAKER_05 40:19

It's more attitude, really, you know. Um, we look for people that dig the vibe and are, you know, generally good people to work with, kind of like how we work with our bands. Um, and it's organic. Like, you know, you can't fake stuff like that. You know, we're not gonna like do something where it's disingenuous. Like you kind of have to be into the music, you gotta be into the vibe, you gotta be into like the bands that we represent, the the culture we represent. Um, you know, and we talk, and if it clicks, it clicks. Like, you know, her and I, we we clicked like right out the gate and it just made sense. Um, been you know, I've been on calls where it absolutely doesn't, and it just doesn't fit, and that's okay, you know, that's okay too. Right.

SPEAKER_02 41:03

So um I think I think there's a lot of people who look at getting into content creation as well with like these really high expectations, especially when you're just starting out. And like I said, I've been streaming for six years now, and you know, I only have 10,000 followers on Twitch, which to me isn't a lot in comparison to a lot of the people out there. But having an opportunity where it's even like, hey, maybe I'll send you a shirt and you post it and you tag me, like that's literally all that it was. I'm like, sure, yeah, you don't have to pay me for it. Your viewers are gonna see me, my viewers are gonna see you. Great, easy collaboration. But a lot of people look at content creation, especially starting out where it's like, I need to get paid for everything that I do right away. And if it's not gonna make me money, it's not gonna be profitable. And once you get to a stage where you can do that, then yeah, pick and choose. But I feel like there's a lot of expectations with a lot of content creators at the very beginning of trying to collab with somebody.

SPEAKER_00 41:59

No, I I totally understand. I remember my first 10,000 for sure. Yeah, um, it was it was a big day. Three years from now. So shout out to our 500 Instagram followers, guys.

SPEAKER_02 42:13

We love back in 10 years. Hey, and that's just Twitch. That's just Twitch. I'm nobody everywhere else.

SPEAKER_00 42:21

Um, no, realistically, though, there was a uh point where um where we started the show and kind of overnight, you know, saw some six success from an interview that we did with um uh TX2. Um, we were the the first podcast that he ever did. And uh when he started to blow up as a musician, we were the first thing people saw. So uh I woke up one day to just this gigantic spike, and I was like, oh, okay, well now we've made it, we've done something, right? Um so no, I I totally understand. And and it's it's very, very difficult as a content creator to kind of keep that consistency going, to keep the momentum going. And uh the biggest piece of advice that I can give to anybody in the creative space is don't look at the numbers, just don't look at them. Uh, that was the advice that was given to me early on. And as much as I don't practice what I preach, uh, it is the piece of advice that I think everyone should take. If you ignore the numbers and just put out your content that you believe in, you will find your audience, or they will find you, is a better way to put it. So 100%.

SPEAKER_02 43:30

I agree with that.

SPEAKER_00 43:31

Um, what exactly does being an ambassador for Manic Cat mean?

SPEAKER_02 43:40

To me, I mean, for me, I I feel like extremely supported. Like, even though he's in New York and I'm in Vancouver, you know, the support that I get from him on all aspects, even when it comes to like uh my merchandise is on the website too. So all of my people can go and buy my merch at the Mannecat merch shop, which is awesome. So, and I can, I don't know, I feel like because we have such a great friendship, I don't really look at it as just being like a brand ambassador. Like, I do feel like I'm part of this company and going out to do music videos or doing podcasts like this, like I think that it's it's more than just being a brand ambassador for them. I feel like I'm part of the team.

SPEAKER_05 44:25

Yeah. And I echo that, you know, she's been great and it it has become more than just, you know, a brand ambassador. Um, she is part of our team. You know, she's kind of becoming the the face of our brand too. Um, and you know, like she said, like her merch is available on our our our web store. Um, so yeah, you know, we are very much, you know, kind of combining brands and intertwining them. So yeah. Yeah.

Music Discovery Through Live Streaming

SPEAKER_00 44:48

Um, yeah, I've I've noticed that. Uh I saw your your post, Miss Miss Ashio, about uh the the t-shirts. I went onto the website side of t-shirts. Um so what does that look like moving forward for Manicat? Are you guys going to kind of get into streamers and and that market, or is this just specifically going to be Miss Pistachio? Um and Miss Pistachio, are you going to do Manicat streams? Like, are you going to do video game content in combination with music? What does that look like?

SPEAKER_02 45:26

Well, that's I mean, streaming pretty much is that in a nutshell. Like, I'm not sitting here with no music playing, and I'm gonna sit here for eight hours. That's gonna be boring as crap, right? So I play the Manicat playlist with every single one of the songs that Manic Cat has produced. And, you know, it's always a conversation. Oh, who's this band? Who is this? Like, and so that's a big reason why I feel like I fit in originally so well, is because I do play a plethora of stuff, but I am more of a rock, punk, metal, classic girl. So yeah, it very much just so aligned. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 46:08

And Peter, as far as the streaming uh question, is that something that Manicat would be uh looking into in the future?

SPEAKER_05 46:16

So that's an interesting question. Like, I haven't really thought about that to be to be fair. I mean, it just it has to make sense, you know, and it just works so well with her. Um, we just get along, so it's really I don't know, like to answer your question, like probably not, you know, but you know, you never know.

SPEAKER_02 46:35

Well, well, well, I do have some ideas.

SPEAKER_05 46:38

Well, it's an offline conversation.

SPEAKER_00 46:42

Well, it is an interesting conversation, right? Because I do feel like streamers are are a creative outlet, just like yes, musicians. Um and there is a a vast underrepresentation of streamers, like really streamers don't have managers typically, they don't have the backing of anybody uh from a label standpoint, uh, to help them grow. So it could absolutely be kind of an unlocking of not only a support base for that community, but also uh a revenue stream that I think is kind of an untapped market for uh that side of the industry.

SPEAKER_02 47:20

Mm-hmm. I mean, I the way that I look at podcasts versus streams, besides the fact that uh a stream is live and a podcast is recorded, but all of the podcasts are now being recorded just like this. And so if I do a stream, anybody can go back and re-watch it as many times as they want, right? And I feel like even if I were to sit and do interviews just like you guys, except instead of being a record or record, wow, that was the wrong emphasis on the wrong syllable. Um, but instead of you know it being a recording, like it can be live and we can do interviews just like this on stream. Streaming, at least Twitch and and a lot of other platforms, is not just video game based. There's knitting streams, there's karaoke streams. They got so much going on on there that really the will the world is your oyster.

SPEAKER_00 48:14

Right. No, I I completely understand that. I think your issue with the syllable uh was probably the Canadian part.

SPEAKER_02 48:20

Um just whoa whoa whoa, but just calm, just calm down. All right.

DMCA Rules And Creator Rights

SPEAKER_00 48:28

Okay, um, so no, I I 100% agree with you though. I think that streaming based off of uh we recently started a Twitch because Danny uh actually shout out Danny and just happy to be here, love you guys. Um, but mentioned that we should do you know some Twitch stuff. And uh I had never done Twitch before, and jumping on there and seeing like what Twitch is, it is a whole world, everybody's doing everything over there. Um my question for you though is as far as playing music, how how does that work from a legal standpoint?

SPEAKER_02 49:05

So um when my streams are recorded, all of my desktop audio is removed, and so it's only my microphone. So anything live is allowed, anything recorded is really yep.

SPEAKER_00 49:21

Interesting, or people don't save the videos, but uh Peter, from a from a industry standpoint, how do you feel about copyright law in terms of podcasters, streamers, and and usage in that manner? Like, how do you feel?

SPEAKER_05 49:43

So I go between the two, you know what I mean? As long as it's consented, you know, I I'm okay with it, you know, as long as it's not being exploited, you know, I I I think it's for what we do, and I can only speak for myself, I think it makes a lot of sense, you know. Um you start going down the major label route, you know, it's a different story, but they have issues with everything.

SPEAKER_00 50:08

Right.

SPEAKER_02 50:09

I feel like I just like being in my friends' streams alone and listening to everybody's different musical choices. Like, I have picked up so many different artists that I would have never known about if I wasn't watching their stream. And you can exclamation point song title, and I'll send it to you or send you the link, and then you can download it and you can put it on your own playlists. And you know, I think that it is a great way to be sharing like my personality with you, and you get to pick and choose what you like from it, and a big portion of that is music.

SPEAKER_00 50:41

But aren't you worried, Peter? From for example, and nothing against what you're doing at all. Um, but playing the music live in a stream, aren't you worried at all about the quality? Because the listener is picking it up through your microphone. Let's say that you're on stream or oh, they're picking it up from my desktop.

SPEAKER_02 51:04

So that's why when my my when it's recorded, you're only hearing it live and you're hearing it that one time. Even if you take a clip, there's no desktop audio, it's only my microphone, and I'm listening through my headphones.

SPEAKER_00 51:15

That's crazy.

SPEAKER_02 51:17

So my game noises aren't on there, anything, it's just my microphone. So you're listening to it live and you get to hear it that one time, and then that's it. Unless I'm singing along, then you can good luck with that.

SPEAKER_00 51:31

I in my head, I was thinking you were in my head, I was thinking you were sitting there with like a boom box in the background.

SPEAKER_02 51:38

No, I I did, I did get a 24-hour ban one time because I was doing a cooking stream. I was like, Um, I'm gonna make some potato salad, and I put music on very quietly on my TV, and that was picked up. And my stream, I was I got a 24 hour.

SPEAKER_00 51:56

Yeah, so it is a no-no. Yeah, twitch Twitch is very, very strict with the music, far more strict than YouTube.

SPEAKER_06 52:03

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 52:04

Um, so that's why I'm very hesitant doing anything over there, especially even talking about music, because like we couldn't play crappy okay over there, there's no way. So um, yeah, it's it's it's an interesting situation with specifically Twitch. But then you have like Peter, how do you feel about like TikTok though? Because like TikTok is a great way for people to TikTok, any short form content, um, is a great way for people to learn new music and people use those sounds all the time. How is that really any different than like let's say uh our show picks uh a band that you have on your label and we're like we like this song, we're gonna use it as the intro for our show.

SPEAKER_05 52:44

Like I mean, again, for me it's pr promotion. I look at it as strictly promotion and to help these artists out and help them grow, and you know, helps us out too. So I I'm never gonna be against something like that.

SPEAKER_00 52:57

Right. But at the same time, I do feel that like everyone involved should be financially compensated, you know what I mean? Like at this at the same time, it is this kind of like double-edged sword where like I don't want to utilize music without paying the artist.

SPEAKER_05 53:14

So the way I kind of justify that, like, let's be fair. I mean, Spotify, which is a huge global entity, they're not even paying us and the artists fairly at all. Like when you're thinking about three hundredths of a penny of a stream, and when I say that to most people that are not in the business, they're like, Are you kidding me right now? You're you're exaggerating. I'm like, no, no, it's I'm not, it's three hundredths of a penny. Three hundred times to get to one penny for a stream that you're now splitting with the artist. Let that make that make sense to anybody.

SPEAKER_01 53:48

No, see, that's why I just buy the music.

SPEAKER_05 53:51

Great. That's that's respectable. I appreciate that, Chris.

SPEAKER_01 53:55

I I I learn about new songs. Um, so I don't get on TikTok, but I do get on iFunny and they post TikTok videos. And uh, you know, I'll hear part of a song and go, Oh, that's a banger, uh, or at least that part is. Yeah, and I search it up and I go, Oh, yeah, this is a good song. Bye. Um, I do have Pandora, but every time I discover a new song that I love, oh, it's straight to iTunes. Boop, boop, boop, boop. Like that's great.

SPEAKER_02 54:21

I feel like there is a difference too, though, when it comes to the shorts and reels on TikTok and Instagram, because even when talking to Peter, I'm like, hey, that song's not on Instagram, he's like, Oh, it should be. So I think that's different. But if I'm starting a podcast and I'm using part of that music, now people are gonna think that that's my music. That's where that kind of comes in, unless you copyright it properly, right? Or but still, I think I think there's a bit of a difference when it comes to with TikTok and face and uh Instagram. Sorry, I just had a small seizure.

SPEAKER_00 54:57

Um, yes, Taylor.

SPEAKER_04 54:59

Um piggybacking off of that. Is your seizure okay?

SPEAKER_02 55:03

Yes, yeah, I'm just perfect.

SPEAKER_04 55:05

Okay, um, piggybacking off of that, you can also see like um like on TikTok, it'll have the sound bite at the bottom and it gives credit like of what song it is and who it's by, and you can click that sound and you can see everything that the artist has done, and then like you can see videos that people have used with that sound. And so, like, if we were to use a song in the intro, we unless we put it like in a corner somewhere, which obviously like we would and we can, um, but I think that's a huge difference with it, is just giving that credit.

SPEAKER_00 55:43

Yeah, I think it's a a bigger conversation amongst like um like the platforms themselves, because like you can you can pick a sound on a TikTok or uh Instagram reel or any of those, but when it comes to creating like a podcast or or any sort of intro video to anything on YouTube, um, realistically, there is no legal way to go about that without purchasing music. And then even then, you have to present that to YouTube, like copyright strike, you have to present them your paperwork and say, No, I I purchased the rights to this. Here's the proof.

SPEAKER_05 56:19

Like, yeah, what I will say, Harley, though, too, and this comes from our distributor and not us, so we do get compensated, our artists get compensated because you know, through Meta and through TikTok, and oh really, yeah, so they are monetized, you know, everything is monetized. Um, but it's all that's cool, yeah. Yeah, I didn't know that is fractions, it's not like sure, sure. Well, yeah, yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 56:43

But it is there, yeah. That's huge.

SPEAKER_05 56:46

There is some monetization on it, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 56:48

Yeah, we just got monetized for the first time in four years, and and we're trying to figure out how we're gonna split the 88 cents.

SPEAKER_04 56:53

So we're working on it.

SPEAKER_00 56:56

Yeah, um, so Miss Pistachio, what can we expect moving forward? Um, Manicat, obviously super happy to have you on board. We're happy to see you on board. Uh, but what can we expect moving forward from you being a part of the Manicat family?

SPEAKER_02 57:13

Uh, you're just gonna expect to see my face and and hear my voice a lot more, whether it's on socials or on podcasts or in videos and hanging out with Pete in the band, doing releases. I'm gonna be there. I'll be selling the merch at the concerts, I'll be bringing everybody by. I'm I'm just gonna be around a lot more in most aspects of the company, I think.

SPEAKER_00 57:40

Nice, yeah. Um, Peter, if I have her teach me how to do my makeup, can I also be an ambassador for Mana Cat? Wait a second. I was gonna ask that. Uh yes, Taylor.

SPEAKER_04 57:56

This is for Peter. Yes, Peter, can I please call you PJ? Are you against that altogether? If you are, fine.

SPEAKER_05 58:04

So quick story. Um Okay, yeah. Uh I grew up being called that when I was young. And you know, it it is definitely a sore spot. Uh so short answer, absolutely not. Um okay, okay. Um, but uh yeah, it's funny that you picked up on that. But yes, I yeah.

SPEAKER_04 58:28

I I was thinking about it the other day. I forget. Harley said that we were doing an interview, and he goes, Yeah, Peter with Peter James. And I said, Oh, my guy PJ. And I got really hyped, and I was like, I don't know if he would like that.

SPEAKER_05 58:40

It definitely would be so respectfully. I appreciate you asking because that has a little bit of PTSD. Thanks, Taylor. Way to go, Taylor.

SPEAKER_00 58:49

I'm over here trying to become an ambaster, and you just shut the whole thing down with the T.

SPEAKER_05 58:57

He's a little more expensive than that.

SPEAKER_00 58:59

Um my apologies. I'm firing her right after this, I promise.

SPEAKER_05 59:08

So sorry, guys. Uh, this is why our nepotism does not work out.

SPEAKER_04 59:15

Gosh, I wish I had nepodimitism. I'm scary, I wish I did.

SPEAKER_00 59:22

But hey, you know what? I can name all 1025. I'm just gonna say I can name all the Pokemon in the song.

SPEAKER_02 59:29

Oh can you do it like song version though?

SPEAKER_00 59:32

I can do it by song version, the Poke Rap.

SPEAKER_02 59:35

Yes, I usually do it in Pokedex order, pokey rap.

SPEAKER_04 59:40

Your pokey, your Pokex order is impressive.

SPEAKER_02 59:44

I do sometimes I do go to karaoke on yeah, occasionally a weekly basis. Um, and the Pokemon theme song is one of the songs I throw out there.

SPEAKER_05 59:54

Yeah, she's a great singer, by the way. She's a phenomenal singer, just an FYI.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:02

Miss Pistachio World Tour. Well, maybe.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:07

Uh, guys, I really appreciate you coming onto the show. Miss Pistachio, we're so excited for your career. We're so excited to see it. Uh, Peter, again, it's always a pleasure to talk to you, man. I can talk to you for hours. Yeah, dude. Thank you guys so much for coming on. Really appreciate it. Uh, is there anything you want to promote before we hop off?

SPEAKER_05 1:00:29

Go ahead, Jess.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:30

You no, you go first.

unknown 1:00:32

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:32

So, yeah, I mean, as of this recording, obviously we were pushing Ryan hard and out, just fell in love. Um, yeah, and just go over to our merch. We have a brand new merch coming out. Jess has got her merch out, Miss Pistachio. Um, yeah, so head over to our website.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:51

Yeah, and if if you're interested in checking out one of my RuneScape streams or seeing what else I'm up to, I am Miss Pistachio on Twitch, I am Miss Pistachio on Instagram, and I'm I think I'm pistachio miss on what used to be Twitter. X?

SPEAKER_00 1:01:10

I get confused all the time.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:12

I don't know. What's it now?

SPEAKER_00 1:01:14

And the streams are very funny. I I I admit they are very funny.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:19

Oh no, you watched them.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:21

Oh, yeah, of course. I have to do the research. Yeah, I've I watched all of your old videos, I've seen you and that other girl and all of your talks about penises. I've seen it all.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:31

Yes, yes. Oh, my best friend Bastie. Yeah, she actually she's I she I met her and back when I first started streaming, we've been online best friends. And before we'd even met, I was the maid of honor at her wedding. So that the first time I met her was at our wedding. So yeah, super.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:49

Incredible.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:50

Yeah, but yeah, if you want to come check me out and all our shenanigans, then yeah, I miss pistachio on Twitch and I'm PST, so I'm a little bit behind everybody else, but come check me out.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:03

And hey, maybe down the road when I'm on Twitch and Danny's on Twitch and we're playing Phasmophobia, we'll shoot you over an invite. You can join us.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:11

Oh, if yeah, I I'm really good at that game.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:15

Are you?

SPEAKER_02 1:02:17

I'm super good. Oh, I'm I'm a screamer, I'm a I'm a hesitant, hide in the closet at all times. Jumpy jumpy girl, which makes it a lot of fun, but it does, it does.

SPEAKER_01 1:02:32

I'm just I'm still getting over that. Like when I started my phasmophobia career, I stayed in the truck. I was watching the cameras. I'm like, okay, guys, boom, okay, no, no, good look. Okay, we got some evidence.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:43

It's making me anxious just thinking about it. Like remembering the first time I didn't even play it, but I watched my friends play it on Twitch, and I I even that gave me anxiety, but yeah, I'll do it for you guys for sure.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:55

I think that's so funny because Harley's son will go, Ghosties!

SPEAKER_00 1:03:01

Yeah, he loves watching my my wife play player ghosties, man.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:06

That'd be dope. That's amazing about this game.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:10

Um, Peter, real quick. I I just bought the song. I've loved everything Ryan's put out so far. So I was like, I don't I'm I know I'm gonna. I love the artwork, I love that.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:23

So that's one of our designers, Summer. Uh, she did a fantastic job on it. Um, you know, and that was just her vibe, just listening to the song over and over again, you know, that 50s kind of you know, sock hop, ice cream shop parlor kind of vibe. And you know, that was his concept. He's like, That's what that's what I want. Okay, cool. You know, 50s drive-in kind of kind of vibe.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:49

Like that would make a sick poster. I would hang that.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:52

Yeah, got a couple of ideas coming. So, Chris, yeah, don't be uh blowing up our spot over here, but yeah, we got some gotcha, gotcha.

SPEAKER_03 1:04:00

Yeah, um, well, buddy, you're really not gonna be an ambassador. We think here trauma, Chris is stealing ideas.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:07

I'm just gonna end I'm just gonna be an ambassador, like an unofficial one. I'm just gonna do it and just be like, I just I just love we'd love to have you guys, trust me. Um, Peter, if you don't mind hanging on after the show for just a moment, but everybody, thank you so much for listening. It has been absolutely incredible and peace.