TWI #26 My Dad’s A Cockroach And I’m A Solar Panel

We hit reset on consistency, life admin, and the weird little stories that pile up when you haven’t recorded for a while. We talk rent stress, hobbies that don’t fit the calendar, family health scares, and why a Faith No More tour feels like the final box to tick. 
• getting back to regular podcasting and why consistency matters 
• rent increases in Victoria and weighing up a move 
• wanting to join an axe throwing league but struggling with timing 
• a parent’s hospital stay and coping with dark humour 
• being a full-on morning person and how it clashes with others 
• Faith No More touring again and the hope it doesn’t fall through 
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Transcript

Viking Chant And A Reset

SPEAKER_00 0:09

We raised our axes to the sky. We feel like fight. We live or die. No maps we read, no course we start, just fury from a Viking heart. Go for Team Wing It! Hail to Team Wing It!

SPEAKER_05 0:31

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave Morgan, the host of What You Are Listening To, which is the Team Wing It podcast. And considering, before the trilogy shit show thing that I did the last three, it'd been March that I'd done the last podcast. And now, including this one, I will have done four in the month of June. So you know what? It's about fucking time I got off my ass and started putting some shit out there. Cause I've been really psyched with videos, and podcasting is easier than videos, because I just sit here and talk to myself like a goddamn crazy person. I don't know why the hell I think that's normal. Some people listen. I've been averaging about 15 to 20 listens per podcast for the last couple. But I guess my inconsistency does not help me. Like earlier podcasts, we're getting good numbers because I was more consistent. So what I need to do is be more consistent. But I never learned. But I will. Hopefully. Anyway, let's get on with this. Because I'm just rattling at this point. So by the time you listen to this, hopefully it is before the end of July. Sorry, before the end

Rent Jumps And Moving Thoughts

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of June. And then the second of July, I celebrate. I'm going to start the fourth year, I believe, in this little unit. Little two-bedroom place in Kills Heart, Victoria. And um they have jacked up the rent again. When I first got here it was like $3.90 a a week. And now it's $500 a week. And um yeah, that's getting a bit ulky. A little bit too expensive for somewhere that I couldn't even grab a cat by the tail and swing it around. So I figure it may be time to get the fuck out. Fuck out of here. Um yes, depending on how things go. This may be coming up to my last year here, which is sort of a shame because I like the neighbours. They're kind of cool. But who knows where the next step of the adventure goes. I like kills, though. I like being able to walk up to the shops. But yes, it could be time for an adventure. Let's see what the future holds, shall we? I'm sure we'll talk about this more in the future too, as the time comes up and whether they want to jack up the price to an astronomical amount. So yes. Stay tuned!

Axe Throwing League Reality Check

SPEAKER_05 3:05

So something else I don't remember talking about. I might have. I don't remember. So I'll talk about it again. A while back, close to two years ago, I did axe throwing for the very first time. And I really enjoyed that. And um I recently found out, well, maybe a couple of months ago. Yeah, about a couple of months ago. And I investigated a little bit. There is an axe throwing league at Knocker City. Now I'm sure wherever they have axe throwing, but there are leagues. But there is one. And I think that would be really, really, really cool. But the problem is it's on a fr on a Wednesday night. Now I have one Wednesday free one week. And then the following one, I have Josh. And this guy's from seven till nine thirty, so it's a little bit late to be dragging him out on a school night. So it's like, God damn it. I can't really do a league just every second week. It's very hard to be good when you're playing uh competing, I guess, against people who are doing this every week and probably more. And I'm doing this every second weekend just to fuck around and pretend I'm a Viking. So it's a nice idea. And maybe down the track I could do something like that. But yeah. It is very cool. It is a ma I remember years ago when I was working at Coles, I found out there was actually a local dodgeball team, but I could not get my friends to form a team with me. Nobody wanted to be a part of that. And yes, so I hope this opportunity doesn't pass me by, and I hope I actually can still do this eventually one day. I do need to go act wrong again. That I will do.

When Choices Get Made For You

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Sometimes in life we make our own choices. Sometimes a choice is made for us. And sometimes there is no choice at all.

SPEAKER_05 5:03

So I'm sure if you listen to the previous three podcasts that I went and put out, and I put up at a reminder again today. Um, go back and listen to them. Um three things were happening at the around the same time around the last three months. Two, three months, two I don't know. And um yes, I left one out because I wasn't sure if I was gonna talk about or not, but my old man was in hospital too. He had drainage tubes in, fluid in the lung, there was talk of surgery. Oh, he had a great time in hospital for like two and a half weeks. He enjoyed the peace and quiet, apparently. You know, you're just a pain in the arse normally, so well, the nurses thought he was lovely. They thought he was hilarious. Try living with him. He's an old grumpy curm. So, you know what? He survived. He's like a cockroach. He's like the Keith Richards of our family, just without the enormous drug a drug habit. Yes. Nothing's gonna kill him. He's a cockroach. He will survive long past all this because that's just what he does. He's gonna annoy the l all of us until our last breath and just laugh at us and go toughen up. Because that's the sort of prick he can be. But you know, I love him. But yes. Didn't want to harp on that too much, but yeah, the old boy was in hospital, and now he's out. So, mum, I'm sorry, you don't get the piece in quiet you want it anymore. You're stuck with him too.

The Curse Of Morning Energy

SPEAKER_05 6:36

Okay, another thing I would like to talk about. Now, over the years I've been told I have an annoying habit. Now I'm sure a lot of you are saying, just one? Really? Just the one? Um, to that I say, fuck off. Apparently, one thing I have been told numerous times over the years is I'm quite annoying in the morning. Because as soon as my feet touch the floor, it's zero to a hundred. And it's just right, let's go. Let's do this and that and this, and I talk too much and I get way too energetic, way too early. And I survive on one cup of coffee in the morning. Whereas I know people who can take anywhere up to three before they start making coherent sandwich uh sandwiches. Coherent coherent sentences is what I mean. My god. It's only what? 720 at night, and I'm not making sense. No wonder I wore out all my energy in the morning. It's been one of those days. It's been a good day. But anyway, yes, apparently I'm annoying in the morning because I just get up and, as I said, zero to a hundred, and it's like ba-bah ba. And for some reason I hang around people who are not morning people. So, you know what? It's just not one of us has to adjust. And there are days where I do try to behave in the mornings and do try to settle down. And then there are days uh like during winter, for some reason the cold weather just sort of kills my energy. I'm still energetic, it's just I'm just not as obnoxious about it. During summer, oh my god, I'm a pain in the ass. I'm sure of it. Get the get me out in the solar sun, like solar energy, and for some reason, I don't know if the bold patch on the back of my head is like a solar panel for this shit. Yeah, apparently I can be annoying early. Now, what do you do?

SPEAKER_04 8:35

The only announcement is that there is no announcement.

SPEAKER_05 8:40

Alright, the last thing I want to talk about today, and the thing that I'm excited about, and it will lead to the song at the end.

Faith No More Tour Hype

SPEAKER_05 8:48

So everything wraps up in a nice neat little bow. Faith No More have announced they are going to be terror next year. And I'm excited because they did break up for a while, and there was rumors of infighting and Mike Patton being a dick. Which bell looked they're all fucking superstars. I mean, Jesus Christ, they're all gonna have egos, they're all gonna be dicks. But I was meant to see them in 2020, and then COVID hit, and while people like Iron Maiden rescheduled, Faith No More did reschedule, and then Mike Patton said, Mental health, I'm not doing this. I'm I don't want to tour anymore. I'm I can't do this. And then went and toured with his other side projects, Tomahawk and Mr. Bungle. So you know what, though there's maybe some reason for the other band members to not like him. But anywho, seemingly they are all back on the same page. I am excited because Faith No More is the last of the bands that I really, really wanted to see that I haven't gotten to see. So I am very excited about this one. So I hope they stick with the normal lineup. I hope it's not like they're just gonna get someone else besides my pattern to sing for them. I just want to see the Faith No More that I know and love and have since goddammit. I think it was 87 I first found it with the Was it I can't remember. Was it We Care a Lot or Introduce Yourselves? I think it was Ah, one of 'em. The album from 85 had Chuck Mosley and the one from 87 was when Mike Patton started. I can't remember which one was which, but anyway, I know Mike Patton was on the 87 album, so I am very excited to see them. I hope this doesn't fall through like the last one, Doug. Did oh my god, just please let me see Faith No More before I die. Or before they die, because they're older than me. So please, and please let it be a reasonable price. I mean, considering I'm seeing Iron Maiden and Megadeth this later this year for like 180 bucks. That's not bad. Please let Frade No More be reasonably priced, and I'll be excited. Alright, so anyway, I am going to put the song Superhero from the Sol Invictus album, which was the last studio album they put out. And I thought it was a fantastic return to form. I thought it was great.

The Generational Music Gut Punch

SPEAKER_05 11:27

Oh, another thing that pissed me off today. Oh one of the only things that pissed me off today said it was a good day. I was talking to one of the nurses at work and I keep forgetting she's 33 years old, and I told her oh I said, 'Cause she went to the Green Day concert. She loves Green Day and all sorts of music. I said, Are you thinking of gonna face no more next year? She goes, Who are they? I was very ups upset. I was not happy in the slightest. But that's right. I got past that. I didn't defriend her, didn't block her, didn't delete her, didn't pretend she didn't exist, even though I was recommended.

Superhero Plays And Sign Off

SPEAKER_05 12:09

Okay, let's just get on with the song and let's get the fuck out of here so I can go to bed. All right, superhero from the Soul Invictus album. Enjoy.

SPEAKER_00 17:44

Let your own great voyage now begin.