00:00Not sitting right there, John Paul Flame.
00:02He's on vacation.
00:03We will see him next week.
00:05I think he's in Puerto Rico.
00:07Pretty sure he's in Puerto Rico.
00:09I believe that is correct.
00:10I always do a December vacation with the fam.
00:16I have friends in Florida.
00:18Instead of maybe going to Florida, I'm thinking maybe we'll just go to Puerto Rico.
00:22I haven't been there in a few years.
00:24It's like a low-key spot.
00:26You're not going to go broke going to Puerto Rico.
00:29It's beautiful weather.
00:30It's very nice.
00:31Under consideration, Kate.
00:33All right.
00:33It's in the mix.
00:34It's in my brain.
00:35It's a possibility.
00:36Do it, bro.
00:36My brain.
00:38Possibly.
00:38Schedule it.
00:39Schedule it up.
00:40Get it on the books.
00:41We'll see.
00:42We'll see.
00:43Get that Airbnb booked.
00:44Well, one thing I am trying to schedule, Drabby, I texted him.
00:48First of all, I have to thank Drabby.
00:49He helped set me up and get OAR tickets from Live Nation.
00:52Very good.
00:53Went and saw them.
00:53That was Friday night.
00:54Friday night.
00:55Kind of a last-second thing.
00:56Kind of the middle of the week.
00:59The guys are in town.
01:00I'm usually not in town when they play Merriweather.
01:02It's been a few years.
01:04They're great, as always.
01:05Of course.
01:06They always deliver.
01:07Gavin DeGraw was actually awesome as one of their openers.
01:10Lisa Loeb and Gavin DeGraw opened.
01:11Lisa Loeb.
01:13Yeah.
01:14He has so many hits, Gavin DeGraw.
01:16You don't realize.
01:16He just keeps cranking out hits.
01:18Sure.
01:19I don't know that I could name one off the top of my head, but you can play them.
01:22I'd be like, oh, okay.
01:23That's a smash.
01:23They just kept playing hits.
01:24Right.
01:25And I was like, oh, my God.
01:27And the OER guys are always awesome.
01:29They always put on a great show.
01:30And the place was absolutely jam-packed.
01:32I could not believe.
01:34Had to be.
01:35How many people were there.
01:37Long, completely packed.
01:38I didn't know Lisa Loeb was born in Bethesda.
01:41No.
01:42I didn't know she's local.
01:43I didn't know she had.
01:43I've never looked.
01:44I didn't know she had local ties.
01:46She's got local ties.
01:47Too easy.
01:48Local ties.
01:49Local ties.
01:50Basically coming back home.
01:51Such an easy layup.
01:52Yeah, no, I didn't get there in time for her.
01:54But I got to see about half of Gavin DeGraw's set.
01:57And Live Nation always hooks it.
01:59They put you right in the middle, about 20 rows from the stage.
02:03It's just always perfect.
02:05It's good to know people.
02:06It's good.
02:06It's good to have connections.
02:07So that was awesome.
02:08And the guys are great.
02:10They sound amazing.
02:11I always say it, and it's so true.
02:14That's a band that we've been seeing and supporting for over 20-some years.
02:19Their musicianship and Mark's voice is just getting better and better and better and better.
02:23They're literally at the top of their game.
02:26They're killing it.
02:27They can tour as long as they want to.
02:29Like musically.
02:30You know what I mean?
02:31They're just getting better and better and better as musicians.
02:35It's just so good.
02:36They're amazing.
02:38They're amazing.
02:39So I'm sure it was packed.
02:40I mean, it was so packed, Jason.
02:42It had to have been packed.
02:43I remember Mark said, like, about 10 years ago, he said, you know, every time you get
02:47a radio hit, it kind of, like, buys you, like, five years.
02:50Well, they've been doing it 30 years now, and they're way beyond that.
02:55They're just going to be able to do this for the rest of their lives, and it's an incredible,
02:58incredible.
02:58I don't know how they do it, actually, because it was like, you know, they poured so much
03:03into it.
03:04The night before they were in Pittsburgh, the night after they were in Philly, then they
03:08take a couple days off, and they'll be back.
03:09Like, I just, I don't know how you put your heart and soul into all that for two and a
03:14half hours every single night.
03:15I just don't know how you do it.
03:17It's incredible.
03:18It is so much fun.
03:20It's their jobs.
03:20It is their job, but it's so, like, emotional and draining, and the guy, like Jerry on the
03:26sax, and the guy on the trumpet, I mean, they're just, John Lampley on the trumpet.
03:32They're just leaving it all out there, soaking wet.
03:36You got to decompress, get on the bus, head to the next city, just another two and a half
03:41hours.
03:42Yeah.
03:43It's amazing.
03:44They got stamina.
03:45They do.
03:46The next night.
03:47They went to Philly the next night, you said.
03:48They did, yeah.
03:49I think they have a couple days off, and it looks like they have two, three days off every
03:52week, but...
03:53You got to schedule those days off, and they're just...
03:56Rest the pipes, at the mark, especially.
03:59Starting this tour.
04:00So that was awesome.
04:01But I told Drab, I texted him, you know, the, whatever you call the tennis thing that
04:06Mark Aynes is running this year, it starts this week.
04:09It's already started.
04:10The Mubadala City Open.
04:11Yeah, I'll never, I'll never get that.
04:12Mubadala City Open.
04:13I believe that's the official title.
04:15It's amazing, but I just, it's too hard of a name for me.
04:17I'm sorry, I'm not disrespecting it.
04:18I guess I'm not sending him this air check.
04:20No, well, you can, I just don't know how to say...
04:22You can send my portion of it.
04:22I don't know how to say Mubadala.
04:25Mubadala.
04:25You just said it.
04:26But I'm very excited I want to go.
04:28I like to go on Wednesday, and I would like Mark Aynes to know, because he will give
04:32you the silly hookup.
04:34He could roll out the red carpet.
04:35Yeah.
04:35Make you feel super welcome.
04:37The Wednesday evening session, I'm eyeing.
04:39Now, it's probably rain, probably storm, but that's the day that I'm free.
04:43Got it.
04:44And that's what I'm eyeing this week.
04:46Yeah.
04:47You're eyeing it?
04:47I'm eyeing it.
04:48There are a lot of puns in this first segment.
04:50I'm Mark Aynes-ing it.
04:51I like it.
04:52There was a bunch of matches yesterday.
04:54Yeah.
04:55I think there was about, I don't know, 10 or 12.
04:57Yeah.
04:57I mean, I just, I love that event.
04:59I've been going to that event since I was a ball boy as a kid.
05:02A long time ago.
05:04And there's been so many different iterations.
05:05Starts today at 11.
05:07It's better than ever now, since Mark and his group has taken it over.
05:10So, that's what I'm eyeing for this week.
05:13Francis plays Terrence Atmane.
05:17I'm not sure how you pronounce French dude.
05:20So, yeah, there's some bigger names getting on the court today.
05:24Hopefully, Francis gives them the business.
05:26They always have big names.
05:28Oh, he will, I'm sure.
05:28Let's hope.
05:29Madison Keys plays tonight.
05:33Let's see.
05:34Who else?
05:35But to me, it's like, when you go see an event there.
05:37Oh, Emma Navarro plays today?
05:39It almost does.
05:40I mean, obviously, you like to see the bigger names.
05:42But just watching professionals hit the ball, it's just wild.
05:47I mean, they're just so good.
05:48They're so consistent.
05:49Probably makes you feel just terrible about your own tennis game.
05:52Well, I mean, you watch them and you're just like, I'm not playing the same sport that these people are
05:57playing.
05:57Yeah, I mean, it's just so.
05:58You realize that when you see a pro.
06:00Yeah.
06:00Even a pro that you've never heard of.
06:02Yeah.
06:03I mean, I like going to the practice courts and watching them just hit and just wandering around.
06:08Yeah, it's awesome.
06:09So, you should go right after work on Wednesday.
06:12No, I've got to go because I want to bring fam.
06:14I want to bring my wife, bring Kate, maybe bring a buddy or something.
06:18So, yeah.
06:19Go to the late afternoon matches.
06:20I go to the evening session.
06:21Yeah.
06:22That would work best for me and my family.
06:25Jason and I will be rubbing elbows with Commander's Brass later tonight.
06:29Oh, yeah.
06:30That's right.
06:30At the hangout.
06:31Yeah, I'll let you guys handle that.
06:32You guys are good at that.
06:34I don't know how much rubbing elbows I'll do with the real heavyweights, like Dan and Adam Peters.
06:41Those are the only two heavyweights that will show up.
06:43Yeah, pretty much.
06:44Dan will talk to you, right?
06:45Adam's a little more quiet.
06:47He's a little standoffish.
06:48Yeah.
06:49Yeah.
06:49DQ's great.
06:51Yeah.
06:51I saw Peters from a distance last year at this event, and I talked to Quinn for two minutes along
06:56with Jason.
06:57Yeah.
06:57You can thank DQ for calling in on the anniversary show.
07:00That was very nice of him.
07:01And then I'll go over and get medium rare steak and just feed my face.
07:06Right.
07:07But if Jason tries an off-the-record Brennan IE question, it's not going to fly.
07:11That's probably not going to go over very well.
07:12They're not going to care.
07:13They're not going to answer it.
07:13I'm probably not going to talk to them today.
07:15Yeah.
07:16So it's over.
07:17I mean, I might say hi, but I'm not going to get into a conversation.
07:19They're not going to...
07:20I'm just going to talk to the PR guys.
07:21They're not going to give you anything.
07:23No, correct.
07:23I'll just talk to the PR guys.
07:24PR guys might...
07:26Might give me a little bit.
07:28If you've developed a relationship...
07:29Maybe talk to some of the local media guys.
07:32Talk to JK.
07:33He'll be there.
07:35Scott Abraham.
07:36Scottie A.
07:36He'll be there.
07:37Is JP...
07:38Will JP be there?
07:39Finley.
07:40He was there last year.
07:41Yeah.
07:41I would assume.
07:43I think he was away.
07:44Did he go on a golf trip or something in the last couple days?
07:46Like, sneak in one last something before it all starts?
07:50I mean, I would try to do that.
07:51Yeah.
07:52If I'm JP Finley, I'm running around like a chick with my head cut off during commander season.
07:56I think so.
07:56I mean, the season started basically...
07:58I mean, rookies showed up Saturday, right?
08:02I think they were Friday.
08:03Oh, they were Friday?
08:04Rookies Friday.
08:05Vets today.
08:06Vets today.
08:06So, basically, the season's already started.
08:08And I would assume your first training camp practice tomorrow, if the vets report today.
08:13Fans are out there on Saturday.
08:14Okay.
08:15I think August 1st is the first day that the fans go out.
08:18Very nice.
08:18Yeah, we're going to hit the skins today at 7, so we're getting back into that routine.
08:22Very good.
08:23Yep.
08:23Got a lot going on, dude.
08:25Certainly.
08:25Get through this week, and then you get full-on training camp.
08:30I mean, some teams have already been practicing for two or three days, if not longer.
08:37But I know we had LeBron traded, or not traded, but announced that he's going to sign with
08:43the Sixers.
08:44We've got a trade with the Nats.
08:46We've got the Nats winning the series against the D-backs.
08:4922-3 at home.
08:50CJ and Wood go yard twice each.
08:53Yeah.
08:54You know, the Yankees are talking to Boney about CJ.
08:57It's getting dicey over there.
09:00It's getting real dicey.
09:01There's a new golf superstar.
09:03That's a great story.
09:04Who got his first win in his 13th career start.
09:07That's a great story.
09:08And he is going to be a monster.
09:11Yep.
09:11So he's not a one-off kind of guy.
09:14I know JP likes to mock these guys when he doesn't know them.
09:16This guy's very well-known.
09:17Jackson Coiven?
09:18Is that his name?
09:19He's very well-known from Auburn.
09:21He was the best amateur, basically, for the last two years.
09:23Yeah.
09:24Yeah.
09:24So he's going to be a superstar.
09:26So there's a lot actually going on.
09:28A lot of those stories to get to here on The Junks on a Monday.
09:30We will be right back.
