“Cash in Hand” (Hour 2)

Good morning, Wisconsin. Morning, world. It's a new day.

Sometimes I'm right, and I can be wrong. My own beliefs are in my song.

The truth, the figure, the drama, and then makes no difference what you brought in.

Oh, let's get it going time for our two of the morning show here at 97.5 FM 13.20 AM WF HR.

Got your host James. Join by Laura. Yeah, that's me. And the best listeners and radio.

They're being here. Everybody. We appreciate your company.

Laura and I got to get in some entertainment news in a little bit.

It's sure we've got your fall playlist. We're going to get into as well.

We got cozy songs for you to enjoy. We're kicking off the 10 o'clock hour with some fun.

We've got our good friend, Art Stevenson joining us right now. He is representing the Pittsville area foundation for the arts.

We're going to talk about cash in Hannah, Johnny Cash, tribute band coming to town. Art, good to have you with us.

Howdy, how you been? I've been good. Awesome. Art, Laura and I were joking earlier.

But we joke up with about 50% serious that you're welcome to come in here any time.

You don't have to have a reason, sir. Oh, you really took that out.

You've got an open door. Come on in with a cup of coffee around 10. We'll be here for you.

You're bored. You're in the area. You want to kill some time. It doesn't matter.

Big fans. We love talking to you. Can I bring a harmonica sometime?

Any time. We've been wanting to husband for a long time.

Wow. Be careful. We might get you under control. Holy moly.

Art, I wanted to get into the band and talk about that a little bit.

But before we do, can we get into what the Pittsville area foundation for the arts is?

Well, that was started by Robert Wolf, who he's not passed away.

But in the early 2000s, he conceived a concert series, a spring and fall concert series for the Pittsville community.

And based it at the school auditorium, which is now just pretty much called the Pittsville school auditorium.

And it's a great room. It seats 490 people.

So, you know, it has the potential to really, I mean, if we had a big act in there, fill up with almost 500 people,

that would just be a wonderful thing.

Fantastic.

In the early 2000s, Bob worked very, very hard to get the PAFA concert series going.

And I got involved around 2003 as an artist. And Bob started booking my band back then.

And we ended up coming in on the Mother's Day weekend, playing Saturday, usually, and Mother's Day is the next day.

And we're still there. We've been playing for over 20 years, almost every year.

That's great.

On Mother's Day, and we usually draw pretty well, and so they keep asking us back.

But, you keep taking them up on it.

Yeah. I love playing there. It's a great room, especially for acoustic music,

although I've heard some good rock shows in there.

And, you know, rock shows do fine in there too.

Yeah.

I've heard the acoustics in there are great.

Beautiful.

And we had a jazz band done in September, and they just loved it.

They didn't want to stop.

Oh, that's always good.

We love, we are artists supporting artists.

That's a big part of what we do around here.

And supporting the arts, promoting them, certainly in this state in particular, and in this area in particular.

But one of the things that I think is really cool, and I'm sure you guys have noticed this too,

areas like Pitsville and rural areas like that, really not just kind of sitting on their hands.

And like, well, what can we do?

How can we get people to come here or any of these things?

Or, oh, we've lost some of our favorites like theater or some of our favorite acts, music acts,

and oh, what do we, no, they just keep moving.

They keep figuring out ways to, how do we bring people to town?

How do we figure this out?

Every unique area around us, and all up and down to state you're seeing this.

And I think it's really cool in a big credit to all of these areas, these towns doing stuff like this.

That's right. Pitsville Community Theater uses the auditorium too to put it in shows in the summer,

and sometimes at other times of the year around the holidays and things like that.

And so there's always these little things going on in the community there, even though it's a small town.

And it keeps people involved and it keeps people entertained.

We've got a lot of good theaters in the area.

We really do.

And not only keeping people entertained art, but also adding to the economy of those areas,

absolutely, drastically, like a very much helping that out, which is.

And world towns need it, man.

Yeah, sure.

And how do you bring people to town nowadays, music, theater, these things, or how you do that?

And then you bring in a good act and a great act.

Yeah.

I want to talk about that with you a little bit.

I will admit, journalistically, I am a big, big, big Johnny Cash fan.

Most people are.

Yeah, not alone on that one.

Really taking a chance, putting that out there.

Right?

The Johnny Cash tribute band coming to town cash in hand.

What can you tell us about the band?

Well, Andy Hughes is the front man in the group.

And I was glad to get him.

I've met him a couple of times at other musical functions.

And became aware of his Johnny Cash tribute concept.

And rather than just bringing in canned music, which is sometimes just wonderful, he has a full band.

That's awesome.

You know, it's kind of like the Tennessee two.

That is so cool.

But it's a four piece band with a drummer and guitar and bass and so forth.

And Andy out front.

And from everything I've seen, I've not actually seen them in person.

But everything I've seen online, they're very exciting.

Awesome.

And they've been playing some big shows around Wisconsin throughout 2025.

So it's basically a rock show.

Yeah, yeah.

You know, Johnny Cash was root rock.

It's basically a rock show, yeah.

That's awesome.

Such a universal artist too.

You know, not only pretty much loved around the whole state, around the whole world, really.

But his music is so well known too.

Oh, that's right.

I mean, I think Willie Nelson has kind of taken his place now that Johnny's been gone for a while.

But Johnny's is an icon like Elvis, like Willie Nelson.

Just like Elvis and Willie Nelson.

You know, he attracts everybody's attention worldwide.

No matter what kind of music you like, you're going to like Johnny Cash.

Yeah.

When it comes to the show, not only can you expect all of that, but certainly I'm sure some great banter in between and everything.

The little bit I've seen, these guys are really good with the working with the audience.

Yeah, I understand there's some comedy involved.

And so Johnny Cash stories and things like that.

So I'm looking forward to all of that.

Yeah, that sounds awesome.

You know, and you would know this better than I would serve.

But when it comes to being in a like doing a show like this or doing a tribute band or any of these kind of things,

the music is great.

But it is so much of that interacting with the audience.

The work that the band is able to do and really making it feel like such a special personal show.

Yeah, it pulls the audience in.

You know, if the leader of the band is charismatic, he's going to reach everybody.

And he's going to make them feel like they are a part of the show, which of course they are.

Right.

And get them to join in with the joy and the tears and whatever whatever is going on in stage at that moment.

You don't want the show to feel like you just pressed play on your stereo.

You want it to feel like an experience.

Right.

And, you know, even with flaws and tears, you know, nothing's perfect, right?

No.

And so that is just totally natural to having the music.

Absolutely.

The exchange of energy, right?

That's what the crowd is about.

Yeah.

You know, it's one of the things that performing live that I've learned.

I had to learn the hard way.

But audiences, they may think they want perfection.

They don't.

No.

They want a real experience.

They want a unique experience.

And those, you know, corner quote mistakes or flaws or whatever are part of what we like about live music.

It's such a great point.

Oh, sure.

As soon as you said that, I thought about like four or five different shows I've been to over the years.

And something that went wrong.

But I'm kind of glad I got to see it.

I kind of, you know, other people got to see this song this way.

I got to see it that way.

Right.

That's something beautiful about live music.

Sure.

It's improv, isn't it?

It is.

You know, and it's all about what you do next.

If you do something unexpected that maybe you didn't want to do.

Well, the next thing that you do is going to be very important, isn't it?

Right.

You're going to make up for that, aren't you?

Yeah.

Great stuff.

Well, and, you know, art is an expression of humanity, right?

It is.

And live music is just another expression of art.

Humanity is not perfect.

Neither is art.

And Johnny Cash's songs look at the human condition.

I really think they're just folk music dressed up in country and rockabilly.

And so it's wonderful.

He's talking to you.

He's talking about your experiences.

I've listened to that man literally my whole life.

I've never heard anybody describe his music better.

That was perfect.

Yeah.

Oh, thank you.

Exactly the way that I think of.

Now, that's the only way I'll think of him from now on.

Yeah.

One of the things that I've always loved about Johnny Cash is that you couldn't really label him.

That's the best I've ever heard of anybody really kind of like putting his music into genres.

It covers so much.

That is what an artist does when he takes or she takes their music up above the genre that they're playing in.

Above rock and roll, above the blues.

Yeah.

They're just doing something different.

They're going to, they're transcending.

Once you're transcending.

Exactly.

That's the word.

When it comes to seeing this show taking it in art, what are the details of it?

When is the show taking place and how people can get tickets?

Well, Sunday, October 19th at 7 p.m., $20 tickets online at Eventbrite or at the door.

And I doubt we're going to fill up.

We've had some big shows in there, but I've never seen that auditorium with its 490 seats completely full.

So I would say, come on, come on.

Don't worry about an advanced ticket unless you want to get that out of the way.

Without you, it's just another rehearsal.

Yeah.

It's going to be a really fun one.

And not only are you going to take in a great band, enjoy the great music of Johnny Cash,

but know the whole time that you're doing that, that you are adding to the area,

you're adding to the arts, you're helping out the Pitzville area,

you are just so many great things.

It's such a win-win kind of situation.

And you're getting to listen to Johnny Cash music live.

That's right.

And it's worth the drive.

It's going to be a beautiful day.

Come out early, see the colors in the countryside around Pitzville.

Awesome.

They're peaking right now.

Yeah, there.

You know, and the birches.

Absolutely.

It's a good reason to get out and take in a great band for a great cause.

Again, Johnny Cash tribute band, Cash In Hand coming Sunday, October 19th,

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— Before that, he had Brown Sugar.

— Sure.

— It was pretty big hip, but not as big as probably how did you feel.

— How does it make sense?

— Which of course, maybe was even more popular because of the video.

— One of the videos.

— Video, okay, Bob's stuff.

— I will never forget that.

Thank you, Danjalo.

— He won...

He won...

He won Grammys for Voodoo with that...

...with that how does it feel on it.

He only released three albums in his career.

But one of the things that is...

So did Hendrix.

— Sure.

— You know, there are certain artists...

I think it's kind of cool that we do this with music.

We don't really do this with a lot of arts and a lot of mediums.

Or even in sports, especially in sports.

— Sure.

— In sports, it's so much what have you done for me lately.

What is your...

You have to have amounts of stuff.

It's not just one championship, tons of championships, these things.

In music, you know, we talk about it with an artist.

You know, we mentioned George Strait and we mentioned all the hits.

We mentioned, you know, Madonna and all the hits or something like that.

But in music, it's so much more about the artist and the impact they had when they were around.

And one thing that stood out about D'Angelo from the very first note you heard from him...

...you're going to feel his music.

— Yeah, you're just an incredible vocalist.

— You can't listen to a song.

I was talking to my dad about him because he doesn't know D'Angelo was.

But I was trying to give him references.

And I think Curtis Mayfield is a very good reference for him.

I think he's a good one.

I think Marvin Gaye is another one.

Stevie Wonder is another great example.

When you listen to Stevie Wonder, you feel Stevie's music.

— You can hear it.

There's a reason he was spearheading a neo-soul movement because he was singing in such a way that you heard his soul.

— He was different.

He wrote his own songs and I think that stood out a lot too.

— He was a poet, he was a vocalist.

— He was a poet, he was a vocalist.

— When we get by is one of my all-time creditable songs.

— And it's a song that helped me get by, like in high school and stuff.

— He will be missed, but at the same time we'll always have those three albums.

— Yeah, and just I think a legend.

— Yeah, absolutely.

— He was just three albums.

— Yeah, it's unfortunate that he's probably only going to really get the recognition he deserved now.

But that happens.

— And I would be remiss if I did not mention, especially, like many of you out there have lost.

Quite a few people, the pancreatic cancer, get checked, get checked, get on it.

As soon as you can, everybody, there is no reason not to.

— No.

— I got this one from CNN.com that I wanted to get into here and I know this is one of our guys.

I know you're a big fan of his too.

It's not easy giving yourself over to absolute pleasure unless Tim Curry is in front of you.

— Tim Curry made a surprise appearance at a 50th anniversary screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

He did this at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles where they had this.

— Yes, he did.

— Yeah, Barry Bostwick was there with him, right?

— Yeah, yeah.

— Curry's co-star Barry Bostwick was also there to help out with some of the MC work because Tim Curry is currently in a wheelchair.

He has been for many years.

— He has since a stroke in what, 2015, 2018, something like that?

— Yeah, 2012, 2012.

— So Curry's co-star Barry Bostwick was introducing him and saying he wouldn't be here tonight if it wasn't for a young actor named Tim Curry who took a chance at him one time and helped his career blossom by putting him in six-inch-high heels.

— Sometimes that's what you got to do.

— The 79-year-old actor also famous for his role in the great clue.

— Yes.

— Address the audience from his wheelchair, which he has been in since his stroke in 2012.

— Yep, there it is.

— Curry, quote, to the audience, I'd like to tell you that I haven't been legless before tonight, but it wouldn't be true.

I've been, unfortunately, currently in this chair since 2012.

— Mm-hmm.

— He joked to them about Bostwick.

When Barry was being introduced, he was introduced as OG, I'm assuming that means Old Geezer.

— So Bostwick is yelling at him from the back when he says this.

Like, hey, it's you two, Matt, it's you two.

And Curry goes, yes, true.

But I've got dark hair, you've had that lovely white hair forever.

— Oh, just, I love Tim Curry.

I love him so much.

— He also joked to Bostwick that about...

— What a treasure.

— He looked better in the heels than Bostwick.

— That's true.

— Bostwick.

— No, that's 100% true.

No one can, nope.

— Bostwick also had some kind words for Curry recall, or Curry, recalling how they made the film together in a shoestring budget

over duration of five weeks.

The conditions were horrible.

It was raining all the time.

But Tim Curry was with his humor, made things very...

— You've never heard a bad word said about that man on set.

— Quote from...

— Also his, I'm sorry, but Tim Curry's romantic liaison with Miss Piggy after he did Muppet Treasure Island

was one of my favorite things that has ever been done in media as part of a media tour.

— The way he is, he's always handled himself in a public eye.

I would love to...

Like if I had that...

That's what I would love to hang my hat on, I think.

— I'm a huge fan.

— Quote.

— Great fella.

— Quote, when I first met everybody on the set, or in rehearsals for the rock you are a picture show,

you were the one who came...

He's...

— Just Bostwick saying to Tim Curry.

— You were the one who came up and gave me the biggest hug and gave us the warmest welcome.

He said, and I'll never forget that.

Bostwick also remembered arriving on set with co-star Susan's Randon and late Meatloaf.

They talked about Meatloaf a little bit, how great he was to work with and everything.

— Sure.

— And just that they...

Like Tim Curry was not just the lead actor in this movie.

He was the lead behind the scenes of really just keeping everybody good and going.

And also, not just during the filming, but once the movie is released and a lot of people might forget,

it bombed.

— Oh yeah.

— It did not do well in the year.

— It is called a cult classic for a reason.

— Susan's Randon, Barry Bostwick.

These are actors that would go on to do great work and will continue.

— Yeah.

— But at the time, they thought their careers might die there.

Tim Curry was very encouraging about, no, no, honey.

— Just give it time.

It'll be fine.

— This is a bump in the road.

I don't think any of them could have seen it turning into what they did.

— No, no.

— In fact, they've said as much that nobody saw that coming.

— No.

— But Tim Curry was very adamant about, hey, this is a bump in the road.

Just because we had one fault doesn't mean that we won't have hits coming up or being good movies going forward.

— Yeah.

— Clue has mentioned, but I think it really needs to be mentioned more often when we're talking about Tim Curry,

some of the roles that he did that you didn't know was Tim Curry.

There's a movie called Legend that would Tom Cruise.

— Yep.

— Tim Curry plays one of the most disturbing evil characters of all time.

— Yeah.

— And to do this, he plays this like devil-like character with these gigantic horns.

— He hurt his body playing this character.

— He hurt him to this day.

He's still in pain because of that, but he did it.

— And you wouldn't know watching him?

— They told him that he didn't have to do it, but he did it because it was more believable with him doing it.

— Just love him.

— As much as he's well known, a household name, all these things,

I don't know that we've ever given Tim Curry enough credit.

— It's impossible.

— It's kind of hard to think of that way.

— He's incredible.

— Yeah.

— And we go from Tim Curry to K-Pop Demon Hunters.

— Naturally.

— And I feel like that is a natural transition.

— Honestly, yeah, sure.

— So the K-Pop Demon Hunters biggest thing around over the last couple of months.

— It sure is.

— It is certainly the number one thing in Netflix and still is.

— It's certainly the thing here I hear the most.

— I'm sure with four kids at house, yeah.

— And they all love it.

— So it has become a cultural phenomenon that no one could have predicted.

— It's currently the most watched movie of all time on Netflix

with more than 325 million views.

— That sounds right.

— The number one movie on Netflix.

— My kid has a third of those under her balls.

I'm sure of it.

— But it's only made the more impressive when the movie's only been on Netflix

for a handful of months.

— Yeah, sure.

— There are things on Netflix that have been on there since Netflix got built.

— That haven't been viewed that many times.

— That's crazy to think about.

— There's talk of a sequel, but don't expect to see your favorite characters in live action.

— No.

— The creator Maggie Kang shot down the idea right away.

There's so many elements of the tone and the comedy that are so suited for animation.

It's really hard to imagine those characters in live action world.

It would feel too grounded, so it wouldn't work.

— It wouldn't work.

You wouldn't be able to really lose yourself in it the way that you do when it's animation.

It's so cool.

— I understand because we've seen success and failures with Disney and Pixar's live animation.

Some have worked some haven.

So I don't blame Netflix for being like, well, we got the rights and we got this pipeline to anime.

Why don't we try to do that with anime?

So cowboy, bebop or one piece or whatever?

— Yeah, the one piece.

— I understand them wanting to do it and seeing on paper how that could work.

But I also tell me you've never watched anime without telling me about it.

— Exactly.

— There is so, so, so much about anime that only works in animation.

— It's true.

Well, no.

What was the one that they recently tried to do with the notebook?

— Oh, yeah, yeah.

Death Note.

— That live action movie did not pan out, even with Willem Dafoe.

— And it's a concept that you could see.

Oh, I could see this work even.

— I've read all of those mongas and I loved the cartoons that I saw of it.

But I did not like the live action.

I'm the target audience.

— So much of the cultural stuff with Japanese culture and so much of those things that are,

that work in anime, that just don't work in live action.

— No, no.

— And while NK-pop demon hunter is Korean, but yeah, the argument still stands.

— Yeah, and I'm thinking of certain like Japanese manga.

— Sure.

— So it was making me think of certain Japanese art, but yeah, Korean art.

Oh, really, any of these kind of art forms that we're talking about from that area

is really going to be difficult with the,

you know, some of the —

— All right, it gets lost in translation perhaps.

— Way lost, way lost.

— Yeah.

— In other demon hunter news, EG-A-E, who provides the singing voice for Rumi,

says she wrote the song Golden with notes that were too high pitch to sing live.

— That's true.

— So that's another reason why they wouldn't necessarily work.

— Right, you can't get a live action singer to be able to perform that song.

It's just not possible.

— She wanted to show Rumi's intense emotions, quote,

it needed that desperate climb in tone to express her feelings.

I didn't expect I'd end up performing it live myself, though.

— Right.

— So that made it a little difficult.

They did show up on the season premiere of SNL.

— Oh, cool.

— The actors that did the voices and everything.

And I thought that was kind of cool.

— That is really cool.

— It also shows how.

— Well, and it shows that Lauren is in touch.

She's got to just finger on modern day still.

— That man, I have no doubt in my mind that Lauren Michaels knows

whatever the most popular, like whatever the word for cool is right now

with like high schoolers, he knows it.

— He knows it.

— Yeah.

— That guy is so in touch.

— He's so in touch.

— He's so in touch.

— He's so in touch.

It has been so good at it for so long.

It also shows how big the K-pop thing is gotten that it's on SNL.

It's one of the signs in pop culture of how big you've gotten.

— The next step is late night TV.

— So do you think that if they, like first off,

just kids in general probably going to be interested in the sequel?

— Absolutely.

They're already interested in the sequel.

— And that's in the works right now and everything.

— Absolutely.

— A surprise to no one.

— They've been excited since the word broke that they were working on a sequel.

— If they're not going to, but if they did do a live action one,

do you think they'd be interested in that?

Have your kids been interested in the live action stuff at all?

— The only live action stuff my kids have actually been interested in

is the Five Nights at Freddy's stuff.

But that's because those are not movies.

They're video games, so it's like a movie based on a video game.

And so they did live action for those.

But those are not necessarily critically acclaimed,

so I would, you know, reserve judgment there.

But also, I feel like my kids would watch it.

But I also feel like they wouldn't love it the way that they do animation

because my kids love art for art's sake.

And animation just is going to have more art in it.

— Yeah.

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That was just...

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that was safe to play around Laura.

— You didn't want to play it.

How does it feel around me?

Listen, it would have gotten weird.

— I need you for another half an hour.

I can't.

— I'll be rolling on the mic.

It could be ridiculous.

— Be lost to me, yeah.

— It's worthless.

— Speaking of...

— And we've got a cozy playlist to get to.

— Right.

And speaking of good music to listen to and to vibe out to,

and this time of year is the perfect time to be able to do that.

— Sure.

— Autumn fall cozy.

That's what you want.

And I don't think of the word cozy with music very often.

— Oh, I do.

— But I should.

— I should, because I did not pre-read this.

I wanted to look at it as a fresh eyes like you are.

And I'm looking at it just off the top.

And I'm like, yeah, this fits.

— This feels cozy.

— If you ask me what is a cozy song,

I'd say that some of these fit.

But this wouldn't be the same without you guys.

We want your cozy songs.

What are your perfect fall songs?

What are perfect songs for autumn?

Let us know.

You can call us up at 715-424-2600.

— Yeah.

— Or use the Civic Media app.

— Mm-hmm.

— Call or text us through that.

We want to hear from you.

What is your perfect fall songs?

— Sure.

— This playlist that they got here,

I believe that this comes to it.

You have Spotify.

I'll put this together.

— Okay.

— So, you know, take it with a grain of salt.

— Right.

Well, and I'm also checking my playlist

so I can add it if I've got some.

— I don't know.

— So I'll go through some of these.

Like, don't know why from Nora Jones.

— That was one I was just looking at, actually.

— Yeah.

— That's cozy as heck.

— Any Nora Jones is perfect for autumn.

— So cozy.

— She's got one of those voices.

— She really does.

— Like a scarf.

— Different direction here with high and dry from radio head.

— Sure.

— I kind of could see that a little bit.

— Sure.

— I mean, by tempo, I suppose.

— I am a gigantic radio head fan.

— Sure.

— Not that.

— I just don't necessarily think of that.

— They've got cozy songs in high and dry, if you ask me.

— Yeah.

— Yeah.

— That one feels like hot cocoa.

— I wouldn't have thought of it, but yes.

Now, I will say with that one for people like my ilk,

I don't know how much it's cozy and how much it's cozy nostalgia.

A little bit of both.

— And nostalgia is cozy.

— A little column A, little column B.

— Absolutely.

— Then this one might be the one that throws me off the most on this list.

— Oh, okay.

— And I...

Eyes without a face from Billy Idol.

— No, absolutely.

— Yeah.

— I wouldn't have thought of that.

— Sure.

That one's cozy.

— Now, that one, it's more like...

It's a wool blanket, right?

It's warm.

It's cozy.

It's just a little bit itchy.

— Sure.

Sure.

Sparks from Coldplay?

I don't know that one.

I don't know that one.

— No, I'm thinking of clocks.

— I could see Coldplay songs in general being cozy.

— In general.

— They're relatively cozy.

— The music that I do know about them.

— They're your basic duvet.

— They'd kind of feel like that.

— I feel like one of those few bands, too,

that have kind of been able to just hit all kinds of genres,

or all kinds of fan bases.

— Yeah.

Yeah.

They kind of dabble in everything a little bit.

— I am wondering about that face you just made.

— What song did you read?

— Faded to you from Massey Star, which is just...

Oh, I love that song so much.

— That's such a good song.

— Now, that one's your favorite hoodie.

— Ah, love it.

Yes, yes.

It's a go-to.

— That one's your favorite hoodie.

— As long as I live, I will love that song.

And Massey Star.

— Yeah.

— Just in general, that's her voice,

the way that she sings that song, too.

— Really?

— So, yes.

Six season from Noah Khan.

— Sure.

— Stick season.

I'm sorry, stick season.

I haven't heard a whole lot from Noah Khan,

but I really like what I've heard.

And I really, his SNL performance blew me away.

I thought it was a lot of fun.

I like a fun band.

— Absolutely.

— Band that can hit all those notes,

but they're also doing it while smiling and playing together

and all that and everything.

That's a fun show.

— Mm-hmm.

— Another song I don't know,

but I have no doubt has its cosiness to it.

Taylor Swift's August.

— Sure.

— A lot of her earlier music, I would think,

is probably that way.

— A lot of her music in general is probably cosy.

She strikes me as someone who strives for cosy.

— I can't help myself.

I gotta sneak this in.

A shout out to Wisconsin's own The Onion

and the incredible reporting that they do

in their most recent headline of

Travis Kelsey gets cold feet after listening

to the newest Taylor Swift album.

— Right. Right.

Well, okay.

So let's take it back to the cosiness, though.

Travis Kelsey?

He strikes me as a cosy fella.

— Oh, I bet. I bet.

— Like I said, she strikes me as someone

who is interested in cosiness.

— Could not find subjects that I have least less interest in

in that one, but I agree that, yes, he probably is.

He probably is.

Take everybody's word on it.

— Sure.

The night has opened my eyes from the smiths.

— Okay.

— Seeing some emo music in here.

Seeing some...

— A fall is emo time.

It just is...

Everything's dying, James.

— And pictures of you from the cure, of course,

possibly.

— Naturally.

— Yeah, yeah, yeah.

— Just to hit the point home.

— Yep, yep, yep.

If you guys weren't sure, this is our time.

— Landslide from Fleetwood Mac.

— Absolutely.

— Definitely.

— Definitely.

That may be the perfect autumn song that may be.

— In fact, I would say Fleetwood Mac in general,

solid for honor.

— Yeah, yeah.

And in my life from the Beatles.

— Sure.

— I don't...

A day in the life is probably my favorite Beatles song.

— Okay.

— But I think maybe they're...

The most underrated song in their category, catalog,

I think might be in my life.

I think it might be the most underrated song

they ever wrote or produced.

It is such a meaningful, beautiful song.

And it is something...

I don't know a human being that has ever been born

that could not relate to that song.

And yet, I don't know any Beatles people

that bring it up.

Like, it's...

It was one of my go-tos.

It's them.

I top five of them were bringing up songs.

— Do you have any songs that you thought of

that aren't on the list?

— All jazz.

— All jazz.

— All jazz.

— Like anything, John Coltrane,

anything Miles Davis, in particular,

anything Filonious Monk.

— Sure.

— Sweet and low, sweet and lovely.

— Sure.

— Sweet and lovely is one of the greatest songs

you will ever hear.

You can hear the Loanious Monk version.

It is autumn come to...

Autumn put into notes.

— That's a lot of jazz, though.

— That's a lot of jazz.

I'm gonna shout out Hozer for this one.

— Mm-hmm.

— Right, in general,

but also specifically the song

almost Sweet Music.

That one's cozy.

Also, stay high by Britney Howard.

— Oh, yeah.

— Yeah.

— Yeah.

Specifically the Tiny Desk concert version

if you can find it.

— I just watched that this weekend.

— It's so good.

— I hadn't seen that.

— It's so good.

— I just saw this weekend

for the first time.

It was amazing.

— What was the other artist

I was gonna shout out on this one?

I can't find it now.

— Mm-hmm.

— Oh, steam-powered giraffe.

— Oh, okay.

— Yeah.

— No, they're incredible.

They're just three really incredible vocalists.

And they have a song called Honey Bee

that is really, really cozy.

That one's like a nice jacket.

— I'm just like the band name.

— It's a great band name.

But it's like, so they're people

but they're performing as robots.

That's what it is.

— Oh, okay.

— So it's, you know, it's super artsy.

— I can see that.

— It's really cool.

— I think a lot of Wilco.

— Sure.

— Mac DeMarco.

— Sure.

— Some of that I think is pretty good.

— Lord here on.

— No, there's my guy.

Yeah, Lord here and there.

— I knew you would say that.

That's why I was saving it

for when you were starting to share.

— Any Lord here on.

It works for me on that one.

And again, we want to know what you guys out there.

— Absolutely.

— Have somebody text in Eagles?

— The Eagles.

— Oh, that's a good answer.

Yeah, that's a good answer.

— I could see that.

That's a lot of one.

— Absolutely.

— Okay.

— How about the black crow's?

— Yeah, yeah.

There's another one too.

— Right, she talks to angels.

That's cozy.

I mean, it's dark, but it's cozy.

— I'd say the almond brothers.

— Absolutely.

— There's almost no song of the almond brothers.

It doesn't sound better in autumn.

It does sound better with the leaves changing.

— I would hear that argument.

— Those are good.

Those are all goons.

And we know there are more ones.

There are more.

— There sure are.

— Suggestions out there, everybody.

We'll keep this going all season long.

— Yeah.

— You got until the end of fall.

— You let us know what your favorite cozy song is.

— We'd love to hear it from you, everybody.

Let us know we're looking forward to hearing your answers.

For now, Lauren and I will take one more time out for the show.

We'll be back and wrap things up on mornings at WFHR.

— Welcome back, everybody.

Morning show here at 97.5 FM, 13.20 AM.

WFHR, locally grown radio.

Laura and James hanging out with you.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us.

— Yeah.

— We're going to take it right to the top of the hour.

Another big, civic media program and coming up for you throughout the day today.

Stick around for it.

Get into our schedule in a second.

But just real quick, another shout out to Art Stevenson for joining us.

— Absolutely.

— Pitsville Area Foundation for the Arts is hosting Cash in Hand,

the Johnny Cash Tribute Band.

— Yeah.

— They are coming to town on the 19th.

Make sure to make plans for that, everybody.

That's going to be a good show.

— Yeah.

Shout out to Cash in Hand, Art Stevenson and the Pitsville Area Foundation for the Arts.

— It was a lot of fun.

We're going to have a lot of fun today with our rapid support.

We've got a great one.

Laura set up some great guests for us to talk to.

— I did.

— Well, in part one, we got Wisconsin Rapids and Mayor Matt Zach are joining us.

Along with our great friends from Wisconsin Rapids Community Media.

— It's true.

— That.

And in part two, we're going to talk to Ells and Darryl and Sarah Haginow.

We're going to join us.

— It's true too.

— Got a lot of good things to talk about with Sarah looking forward to that.

— She sent us a ton of pictures.

I'm really excited about using some of those.

— Yeah.

Sarah's great.

She's been doing a great job.

— She's awesome.

— We will have playmakers for you from four to five out one oh five WIRI.

We speak sport.

— Yeah.

That's what I've heard.

— Shout out to Quality Plus Printing for sponsoring the hour,

giving us a chance for you guys to call in with your sports takes and feelings.

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And they smell bad.

They smell bad after a while.

I'm just going to say it.

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— Yeah.

We're looking forward to talking with you a little bit later.

Michael Comer will be with us.

We're talking about our River King schedule coming up.

We got those first home games this weekend and everything looking forward to it.

And Laura, it is a Wednesday.

We know what that means.

— Bingo.

— Bingo.

It's Bingo night at the Elk Slodge in Wisconsin Rapids.

You can head on over there at 430 West Jackson Street.

Tonight, it begins at 630 p.m. doors open at 5.

— Always a good time and always a good opportunity supporting our Elk Slodge.

Get on over there, everybody.

— There is also going to be Historic Point Bass's Spirit Walk on Saturday, October 18th

and Saturday, October 25th from 628 p.m.

You can head on over there.

It's going to be fun for the whole family at 364 Wakely Road, just off Highway Z in Nakuza.

— Got to be a good time over there.

Make sure to make plans for it, everybody.

And, of course, we've been talking about this.

Variety's Productions of Rumors is coming up.

That'll be Thursday, October 16th, and then at 7 o'clock.

And they'll have a matinee on the 18th at 2.

And another show on the 18th at 7.

— Yeah.

— You'll be a fun one.

Got some of our locals there.

— Yeah, at the Jensen Community Center in Amherst.

— Yeah.

— Be sure to check that out, and just like we were talking about with Art about Pitsville,

— Absolutely.

— Amherst areas like this, when they put on productions, when they bring acts to town,

get on over there, check them out by local support, local, everybody.

— That's how we keep the arts happening in the areas by going there and supporting them.

— And support the science of science?

— Yeah.

— Line did me with science.

— Or something.

— I had to do it.

Thomas Dolby's birthday was the other day.

— Oh, of course.

— I had to, it was popping up by a piss.

— Happy winter.

— Science by the river, a celebration of science, nature, and community coming up this weekend.

Ten to one, it'll be going along the beautiful Wisconsin River.

You can check this out.

Go ahead and start with any part of the trail, but the riverfront trail,

it'll go from Line Park to Ben Hansen Park.

— Mm-hmm.

— If you'd like a map of all the great locations in the little spots,

you can go on their Facebook page and see more about it.

— It's true.

— Shout out to all of our locals that are hosting these little spots.

— Absolutely, and shout out to UW Extension for arranging the whole thing.

— Yeah, they do an amazing job with this one.

— They're going to be 15 interactive discovery stations for you too.

You can check them all out, check out one, whatever you'd like to do.

— Mm-hmm.

— Get outside and enjoy.

It looks like it should be good weather too.

— Awesome.

— Get some other stuff on the mentioned one.

— It's true.

The ODC presents Dreadmore, Key Punted House, and Dreadmore Cove

for the Kids on Friday, October 17th, and Saturday, October 18th from 6 to 9.30pm.

It is an all-inclusive wheelchair accessible community event free

and open to the public, and it will be fun for the whole family.

As I said, Dreadmore Cove is a kid-friendly experience,

and Dreadmore Keep is more of a classic horror scary experience.

So check it out at the ODC in Wisconsin Rapids at 1191,

Huntington Avenue, or on their Facebook page for more details.

— And one of them mentioned that if you are a non-profit group,

and you're hosting a Halloween activity or an event in this area,

we want to know about it, let us know.

— Yeah.

— You can email us info at waffature.com or call our front desk and talk to Pam,

715-2413-100.

Get us those events going on, so we can get them out there.

— Yeah, we want to get the word out.

— Yeah, and keep on look out.

We're going to have trick-or-treat times for you in our local area here.

— We sure will.

— We'll be getting into that very soon.

Also wanted to remind everybody that we are looking for volunteers

for the United Way's Day of Caring.

— Mm-hmm.

— All hands on deck.

The more hands we have, the more lawns we can rig.

— It's true.

— And help out our community.

The United Way event is going to be coming up real soon.

So we want you to be, Terry and I'll be talking about this tomorrow.

— That's true, yeah, she's going to be in here tomorrow.

— But for right now, you can go to uswac.org sign up.

If you're just a solo person and you want to be a part of a group,

they can find you a group.

They will fit a lawn that works for you and your shoe.

— They sure will.

— Help out our community, be a part of the community.

There's few days that I enjoy more than that Day of Caring

and seeing all the same color shirts around this year.

It's green.

— It's such a cool, again, this is a cool expression of community, right?

You're going to see the lawns of elderly and disabled folks getting raked

by armies of volunteers in green t-shirts on this day.

It's so cool.

— Wisconsin's Rapids Family Center is inviting you

to their annual domestic violence awareness vigil.

It's going to be going on October 23rd, Thursday, October 23rd,

over at McMillan Library.

This is to celebrate those that support survivors

and to work and to make a change in our community.

— Yeah.

— The theme for 2025, everyone knows someone.

Reminds us to work together, learn about the cause,

and impacts our domestic violence in our community

so that we might recognize warning signs

and empower those affected by domestic violence.

— Yep.

— You've seen the city already.

You've seen a bunch of purple around.

— Yeah, there's purple lights all on our bridges.

— And you're going to see even more as we go along here

because we are going to paint this town purple

and make sure that anybody, if you come to Rapids and you know

that, okay, this is a town that's on the right side of history.

This town that is going to be in the right on this topic.

— It's going to be a safe place.

— Yes, we encourage you to find out more.

— And not many people need a safe place

more than victims of domestic violence.

— October 23rd, Thursday, October 23rd,

McMillan Library Auditorium, 6 o'clock,

be there.

We encourage you to wear purple if you'd like

throughout the month and certainly at the event.

— Absolutely.

— And thank you to everybody out there

that is already making plans to be a part of it.

You can find out more at familyctr.org,

familyctr.org.

— Mm-hmm.

— And, yeah, a couple of, yeah, let's go ahead and mention it again.

— Sure.

— We will, once again,

mention the cash-in-hand,

Johnny Cash Tribute Band at the Pitzville School Auditorium

on Sunday, October 19th at 7 p.m.

The tickets are $20 at the door,

or you can get them ahead of time at eventbrite.com.

— Yeah.

Yeah, that's a,

get those plans, everybody.

Get it on over there.

— Yeah.

— Head some world good stories that I wanted to get to here.

A couple near Raleigh, North Carolina.

We'll finally get to take a honeymoon,

three decades after they got married.