A Nostalgic Night with Mascot Theory (Hour 2)

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A Nostalgic Night with Mascot Theory (Hour 2)

Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba and Greg Bach · Fri Aug 29, 2025

Kathryn Lake

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And now a guy who doesn't believe in sex after marriage, Pete Schwabba.

Pete Schwaba

Welcome back to Nightlight, folks.

Everybody was out smoking them if they got them.

Well, welcome back.

We are kicking off Act 2 here at Nightlight on this Friday pre-long holiday weekend show.

Hope everybody's in a great mood.

It is great to have you here being part of the show.

We got a lot of text we'll get to.

We'll do that soon.

If you're just joining us, our question of the night is, name a store.

Or what is a store to make it an actual question that you miss browsing in stores that are no longer around due to mall closings or whatever I say music land Conrad said black blackbuster blockbuster

bust a bust

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blocker That sounds bad too and our guest here who in the studio is is Eric Westphal who is the afternoon host here at WGBW you said Pringie way great choice

Yeah, Prangie Wayne and Chess King.

I thought of another good one that was a fun one at the mall.

You know, if you didn't really, if you had to be there, because you know, mom was doing some shopping, but you wanted to kill some time.

Spencer's GIFs was awesome.

Oh, yes.

That's a great one.

Yeah.

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They're still online, aren't they?

I think so.

It's like right up there with Brookstone.

But let us know.

That's our question of the night.

Be part of the show.

855-752-4842-8557-5CIVIC.

Also, if you have not gotten your text word in tonight, folks, there is still time.

This is the Nightlight Last Chance summer getaway.

As you know, we have just a little bit of summer left here, and we are doing this really cool concert.

All right, concept.

What is it?

Conrad, it's a contest.

Yes.

I can't make mistakes like that with an actual pro radio person sitting next to me.

It's

very, it's very

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emasculating.

You're the pro.

I don't have somebody else like doing all the... You don't have a Conrad?

No.

Oh, come on.

I got to do all the heavy lifting myself.

You know, we came in here and I don't know, people can't see it because it's out of camera range.

I mean, there's like a whole food spread that eat.

No, I'm just kidding.

Conrad whipped up a

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quiche.

Conrad's like, please hire me away from this monster.

But we do have the nightlight last chance, summer getaway.

And our keyword is, for tonight, is dine.

D as in David, I-N-E, dine as in diner.

What other examples can I give?

I gotta make sure people understand that.

Dine.

Like...

like fine, but with a D. So text that in on the app folks and you're eligible to win an overnight stay at Chula Vista and we're even throwing in some free grub.

It's worth 175 bucks and it is all yours if you are the winner.

So good luck everybody.

You still have time.

And all you have to do is send a text.

What else do we say, Conrad?

What else do we miss?

What do I need to recap?

Conrad's bummed

about the bangers.

If you haven't tried it yet, go out, if you're in Wisconsin, go out and grab a cow pie.

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The candy.

The candy, yeah, you gotta clarify that.

Go out and eat cow dung, folks.

My name is Conrad Greger.

Yeah, we covered that too.

We got some texts, we'll get to those.

Let's do steady eddy.

Steady eddy texted in early tonight, and we usually, I'm under the gun on Fridays to get through a steady eddy text.

But we'll do Steady Eddie right now.

He says, Pete, I miss Kmart.

I would go with my dad on a Saturday.

Oh, that's great.

It's not steadfast Edward tonight.

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No, it's not.

Kmart is not highbrow like that.

But Kmart, are there any Kmart's left?

I haven't seen one in super, super long time.

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Yeah, if there is, I couldn't tell you where.

Because the one of Menominee just closed like two years ago.

So that made me think maybe there are still some out there, but.

Anyway, either way, Everett from Sun Prairie, some clarification on a previous text.

He says the exclusive company was a small record store chain rumored to be a Chicago mafia front.

How do you like that?

I went to the Blue Mountain Road and Brown Deer Road locations in Milwaukee.

The question is Everett, did you ever whack anybody?

That's what I want to know.

I'll sneak one more in here before we get back to Eric Tyler from Wisconsin Rapids.

Also, Drucker's general store in Hooterville.

See, Tyler likes to get these cheeky things and I think he always has some kind of innuendo.

Pickles in the barrel, another one, or the best.

I've never heard of that.

Have you heard of Drucker's, Eric?

Well, Sam, you know, I believe Sam was running it up until his death a few years back.

Sam Drucker?

Yes.

Are you playing

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a joke?

Who

is that?

That's from

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the, that's from the

TV show.

Petticoat Junction or whatever, yeah.

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Well, actually... Is that what his

text is referring to?

I'm pretty sure.

Tyler, how old do you think I am?

So it would be, and there's a couple shows that use that.

They use Druckers.

Well, Sam Drucker's, Drucker's general store in Wooderville.

All right.

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I love it.

Hooderville sounds like a nice little Berg.

Dave says, I don't want to get censored.

He was the one that typed in porn, but he spelled it all kinds of different ways earlier.

And then he also said tempo, which was a store in Menominee, Michigan that was like, I always confused it, like when targets came out, I thought, oh, they're bringing back, oh no, that was tempo.

Kind of the same department store, but have you guys ever heard of the tempo?

No.

All right.

It's a Marinette Menominee original.

All right, my guest in studio folks is Eric Westfall.

You can hear his work here on WGBW afternoons from two to six, spin in the oldies, break into the news, do in time and temp.

Yeah.

Right?

That's a radio thing.

Well, yeah, but there's other people that do that.

So I don't have to.

But you have to go to it.

Yes.

Yeah.

Nobody can blame me, though, you know, if it's the weather's bad.

I didn't give the forecast.

Conrad gives a mean five day

forecast.

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I do.

I look out the window and.

Just say how it is.

It's

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more like a

five-second

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forecast.

He can't predict the future.

All right, so you're also an actor, Eric.

We covered your radio career more or less.

People can hear you on WGBW every day.

I was saying this to Dan Marcus last night.

Like, oldies, like, I would imagine the ratings are gonna go through the roof because who doesn't love oldies?

You're playing nothing but

hits.

Yeah, and nobody, there's not another place.

You can get that unless you go online or get Spotify or something like that and pay money for it.

Right,

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exactly.

All right, so tell us about, you're also an actor here in Northeast Wisconsin.

How did you get into that?

And tell us about some of the play, we'll get to the one you just talked about in Abrams.

I think

that sounds

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really cool,

but you've

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done Shakespeare and everything, so tell us about

that.

I have, you know, and I think this goes, I probably, this started when I was a little kid, like I would wear like,

Different clothes and that I would keep costumes and then create characters like my mom would come home from work And suddenly I'd be some little man or say you know so I think that's where it first started But you know that I was very excited once getting to high school and actually being able to do plays in that So I've been doing it all my life.

Sometimes the job is you know doing nights obviously

rehearsals and shows are at night,

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so when I

was doing nights in wasa, I couldn't act.

But when I moved to Green Bay, I was very excited because I would have the nights free again.

And the first show I did was within months of here with Evergreen Theater called Inherit the Wind.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, it's about the Scopes Monkey Trials.

It's based on real life.

And I was the defense attorney.

Dude, I could totally see that.

Yeah, it was so cool.

And at that point, Evergreen performed at St.

Norbert at the Webb Theater, which is a thrust stage.

So, you know, we put the courtroom scene like right down in the people's face and, you know, we're going at

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each

other.

It was pretty cool.

And at this point, I don't really think there's a theater group that I haven't worked with in an area in some capacity.

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Are there a lot of theater groups in this area??

Like?

is

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theater thriving?

here?

It actually is.

It actually is doing pretty well.

You've got...

just across the River Green Bay Community Theater, who has their own space on Walnut Street there, the Librault Playhouse.

Evergreen Theater in Dupere, they've had to move around a little bit lately, but they've been in the area for a long time.

Play by Play Theater is a little bit newer, but they're more of a semi-professional group.

They're the ones who have brought the the Shakespeare summer Shakespeare 2019 was the first year that they brought it in Whitney Park Just down the street a little bit and then within the past couple of years we brought it to some other locations including the tidal town area over by Lambo and at Heritage Hill and It's been pretty it's been a lot of

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fantastic.

What like when it comes to Shakespeare

What kind of crowds do you get?

Do you get people that actually understand Shakespeare or are fans?

Or is it more like, what's going on here?

You get a little bit of everything.

You know, it's free.

So people are like, hey, what's going on?

You know, food trucks and stuff.

But the first year that they did it, it was just one show.

And they had no idea what was going to happen.

The weather ended up being very nice because obviously your weather dependent was doing it outdoors.

And they don't have a full count, but there had to be at least 1,100 people or more.

There was definitely

over 1,000 people.

Some people were saying 1,500.

I don't know, but Whitney Park was packed.

And in subsequent ones, it's been less because we've had more.

shows, but we still bring in several hundred people if you don't have an issue with the weather.

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That's outstanding.

I know you're also friends with Frank Hermans.

Do you care to elaborate on that?

Yeah, Frank's a great guy.

He's a great guy.

Yes, I've never had the opportunity to actually...

haven't worked with every theater, right?

You haven't had a chance to work with them yet because they do a lot of performances.

They're busy.

And you know, when you're doing radio and things like that, we have events that come up in that.

And it's awfully tough for it to say, you know, to your boss, hey, can I have, you know, these next 20 nights?

It's a lot easier to say, can I have six, you know, available days or seven or whatever.

So, but Frank does so much for Green Bay.

He really does.

He is the Green Bay cheerleader.

And I love it.

And the fact that, you know, he's got all the things.

going on, you know, he's really created something awesome here.

Busy guy, prolific too, I mean.

And he's happy to promote the arts and stuff.

He's had me as a guest a couple of times, you know, what he does is the feature interviews guests on local.

Oh, he's WFRV.

On local five live, yeah.

I

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did that too, that was so much fun.

Yeah.

And you're right, he's such a unique guy, like, I don't know many towns the size of Green Bay that have a Frank Hermans, one guy that puts on that many shows, or a Meyer Theater.

Like,

just kind of two treasures in this area.

And I know you're friends with Frank because you were on TV recently and I watched an interview you did.

You did some cool stuff during the draft.

Can you

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talk about that?

That sounded really fun.

Yeah, so of course, everybody knows that there was stuff happening down at Lambeau during the draft, but...

downtown Green Bay didn't want to get left out.

And the history that Title Town has, so there's the Packers Heritage Trail, different spots around downtown Green Bay that'll

that I have a certain connection with the history of the Packers franchise.

Well, during the draft, they wanted to do a living Packers heritage trail.

So they had about 10 of us who were portraying different characters.

So I was a Brian Mulligan's Siruji.

I chose him because he was a telegraph operator, kind of a song and dance man.

And before the radio broadcast, when they would gather together in the Eagles Club, he would relay the message off of the...

off of the teletype.

What's the Morse code?

No, before radio, they...

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Oh man,

they used

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one in the movie, The

Stay.

All of a sudden, I can't think of what it's called.

But anyway, when that would come in, he would let everybody know and it started from there.

Nice.

So I got to portray that during the draft.

It was really cool.

Pete Schwaba

We've got about a minute left.

Do you have anything coming up?

People can see you in?

Yes,

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the Abrams

Theatre, Abrams Spotlight Productions, which is just 20 minutes north of Green Bay.

The play that goes wrong.

We did this back in May.

We're bringing it back.

one of the funniest shows ever, and not next week, but the week after.

I'm gonna have tickets to give away.

Dude, Khan,

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should we get in on

that?

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And we were talking about other gigs too.

I would say I could run a theater.

That would be fun.

I love theaters when there's nobody in them and they're just quiet.

And I love that moment where it's packed and there's the murmuring right before the curtain.

It's just magical.

It's a cool energy.

Very cool stuff.

Thank you for coming in tonight.

Hey, thanks for having me.

Great to get to know you

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and hope you have a great run here at WGBW.

Love your work.

Me too,

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thanks.

All right, Eric Westfall.

We will be giving away Eric Westfall tickets.

We'll just put your name on the

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show for

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Eric Westphal.

Here, I keep putting this gum down too.

I

swear to God, I'm not trying to drop in.

I'm the one with the bad breath.

I brushed

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my teeth

before I came here, actually.

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I'm honored to do that.

That is something I ask of all the guests that committed to the studio.

But it's great meeting you, Eric Westphal, folks.

Check out his work here at WGBW every day.

I'm having trouble talking.

I'm going to have some water, and we're going to come back and read your text.

It's Peach Wabba and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio Network.

Kathryn Lake

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Hey, this is Lance Barber, and you're listening to Nightlight with Pete Schwabals.

Pete Schwaba

Oh, I'm a child that makes me laugh.

Welcome back, folks.

I am Pete Schwabals.

And it's great to have you with me on this Friday as we barrel into a holiday weekend.

What are your plans?

Well, tomorrow

I'm going to go

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golfing,

of course.

OK.

And then after that, going out to you with one of my friends and maybe go out to a couple of bars.

And then Sunday, just lounge around in Monday, lounge around again.

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All right.

Do you call them bars or taverns?

I guess if it's called it's if they have tavern in the name I'll say tavern

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tavern,

but if they don't it's just gonna be a bar.

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You're not a rule breaker.

I like it Yeah, I love it.

It says tavern you have to say I get it totally man.

I'm with it Are we are we good on text?

Am I keeping up with text for once in my life?

I I think so.

I think we are ever from Sun Prairie Told us what exclusive company.

Yeah, all right.

Oh, here we go Brett from brown deer.

I did almost miss this one

He lives in Brownshire, Conrad, but he's got a 920 area code.

He's just like your parents.

You don't have to deliver your area code anymore.

No, you

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don't.

Brett says, I miss the old record store slash head shop.

I remember slash.

I don't remember the head.

Oh, Jim from Appleton says, Shopco.

Boy, that just, that just discontinued those recently.

I have seen so many Shopcos, just empty.

And there's nothing that has taken over, you know.

Pete Schwaba

We have one in Marinette.

It's a storage facility now.

It's kind of sad.

It was like just I don't know

There's one, you know in West Bend where I grew up by that I don't I still think it's empty and it's been empty for like four years or something like that

Pete Schwaba

Well, I mean honestly like I think Marinette lucked out.

It's a storage facility But what else do you use a huge space like that for when there are no more huge department store?

You know, we should do we should buy that

one in West Bend, right?

It's a huge store, right?

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I'm with you.

We have the studio just in the middle and everything around is just empty.

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I've given it some thought.

I'm in.

Let's do it.

Sage, if you're listening, write us a check, buddy.

John Murray in Madison, the 608 just sends a text.

He says, so hungry.

John thinks we're like a delivery service now.

What can we get you, John?

Honestly,

I'm hungry,

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too.

What are we eating?

Here let's go to our social media texts from earlier Daniel Wheeler Danny wheels says I enjoyed locally owned video rental stores as a kid It's very specific.

I love that Daniel.

He says they smelled weird but getting to browse all the box art Lining the wall was always cool, especially the horror section.

Yeah, there was something video stores definitely had especially the homegrown ones Definitely had a charm,

you know there I feel like there's that one store in your childhood where it had that smell that you just

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yeah

I totally get it.

Totally get that.

Alan Whitebird on social media says, toys are us.

That's another one.

I can't believe it.

I think there's a couple still open.

I don't think it's fully gone.

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Okay.

Scott Lieberman from Marinette, now living in AZ says, tempo.

Another Marinette native son misses his tempo.

Okay.

Thank you, Scott.

Paulie Krieger, Conrad's mom says, Prangie Way and Sears that were at Fondlec Forest Mall.

Sears.

God, there's no more Sears either.

What was so good about Sears though?

It's just a department store.

I would say it wasn't like You

can go to other department stores to get your Sears needs.

What do you got against Sears, man?

And this is this is how I feel about shop go to it shop.

Go is basically target Who cares if shot

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and they didn't do it as well.

Yeah, exactly I mean there's a reason shop going out of business and yeah when you go there They were just kind of depressing especially towards the end One of Marinette

was you know

What oh the West Bend store I remember a closing because my friend and I we went in went ahead You know the big closeout sale.

Yeah, he found like this where they had a sign where it was like said Nikes, you know like socks or something or whatever He bought the Nike sign so I can hang it up

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They sold that to him.

Yeah, I mean you could you go in there and there you just ask him Hey, can I buy this and be like I I don't see why you couldn't

That

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had to be like under the table.

I guarantee that guy said just give me a hundred bucks.

I think

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it was

like 50 bucks He gave him and it was a huge Nike sign and I wonder if he still has it, but it was it was hilarious.

I'm like, why do you need this?

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That's hilarious.

He does it.

That's the beauty of it like just See me in Green Bay says Yonkers and shop go.

Oh Yonkers.

I love Yonkers Folks our keyword tonight one more time just because I feel bad that some people

Texted in fine is dine The nightlight last chance summer getaway Contest where you get a free night at the Chula Vista resort with a free meal a dining voucher if you will 175 dollar value That is our contest all you have to do is have the app and text in the keyword and tonight's keyword is dine Dia's and David I NE So good luck everybody.

I miss diners

Even though there's still some.

The diners that exist now are kind of like, hey, we're like a nostalgic diner.

There's just not a diner for diner's sake, it seems like.

You know, Denny's is just so good, you know?

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You think so?

No.

You could go to George Webbs, though.

They're not bad.

They're their own deal.

They're not a national team.

You're saying, now I know Rob's messing with me.

He just texted in fine.

Oh my God, that's a nightlight listener for you.

And

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now

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he just corrected himself.

Do we have time for that norm clip?

How long is that?

We don't.

Come on, Con.

I'm sorry.

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Oh God, you're late.

We're against a

hard break.

I think you should know this.

You might be the host of the show, so.

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Well, I don't pay attention to time.

I do things on Schwab at time.

Yeah, there

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you go.

So you can still text us, folks.

Terry Barr, it is a Bar Band Friday night.

Terry Barr is here.

She is bringing with her music from someone who has been on the show before.

I've had the lead singer of this band on the show who performed live when I was in Madison about a year ago, not quite a year ago.

And he is just getting over an ailment and he is back at it and we are thrilled because he's incredibly talented and his band is outstanding too.

And you're going to find out who that band is coming up next.

After the news, Terry Barr will be here.

I almost said in the flesh on the stream.

For Bar Band Friday night, one of our faves.

Coming up next, it's Pete Schwabba in Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

Time to check out original music with Bar Band Friday on Nightlight.

Now your host, Pete Chwaba and special guest, Terri Bar.

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She is a very special guest and one of our Nightlight best friends and favorite guests.

And she is here every Friday night, just about every Friday night at 7.35 for her namesake, a segment named after my next guest, Terri Bar.

Hey, how are you, Terri?

Hey, Pete and Conrad, how are you guys?

Happy Friday.

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Happy Friday.

We are outstanding.

As always, it's great to have you here.

What, do you have big plans this weekend for the holiday, Terry?

You know, not really, and that's probably okay.

We've got a ton of things.

Happening around the Madison area and I'm sure you know every city and community around the state probably does as well But sometimes it's just nice to chill

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Absolutely.

Well, if you hustled over to sock prairie you could take part in a cow cow chip throwing contest

Hi, yeah, I'm assuming this cow chip throwing

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so you've heard of it.

Oh, yes.

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Oh, okay.

Have you ever thrown a cow chip?

I have not, but I know people who have.

I think they even have the celebrity version of the cow chip toss.

Pete Schwaba

Oh, no kidding.

Yeah, we wanna get into that.

I

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wanna get into this.

I know, I haven't played sports in a while and I think cow chip would be the perfect re-entry into such endeavors.

I love it.

Terry, our question

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of the night is what store do you miss browsing in?

Do you have a store that is no longer around that you miss going into?

I said music land Conrad said blockbuster a lot of people said video stores or you know old department stores that kind of thing

Yeah,

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you can think

about it.

Um, I grew up outside of Shawnee and I would say there was both the Schultz's five and dime Right on Main Street.

Um, it probably was modeled after what was at Woolworth's.

Yeah, so five and dime

And I just remember the squeaky wood floors when you would walk around and kind of browse at everything.

And then they built a bigger, they called that one Schultz's family store.

And that was a really big one.

And they both just sort of went away.

Pete Schwaba

Oh, isn't that sad?

It

is.

I heard somebody mention to you, Kmart.

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Yeah.

Kmart was so fun.

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Yeah, all those stores were.

And I think it just reminds us of when we were younger and.

simpler times, more innocent times maybe?

I don't know.

Yes.

Hey, you've got a great band you're about to talk about.

I love this band.

I'm just gonna, we've been teasing it all night.

I have not said who the band was, but I'm gonna leave this all to you.

Who are you bringing us tonight, Terry?

I am bringing you brand new music.

In fact, they just received the albums.

We're talking about the band, the mascot theory.

And Pete, I know you are a fan.

I am a huge fan.

And I got these songs.

These haven't been heard by anyone.

I love

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this.

One was released on streaming today.

That is the Got a Grip song.

The other song no one has heard yet.

And I spent the afternoon with Eric Chelen.

Eric is the lead singer.

He's the main songwriter.

And we listened.

We track this entire album from beginning to end.

And much like the bands he enjoys, Pink Floyd and others like those, this album is written to be listened to.

beginning to end.

It tells an incredible story of loss and life and trying to hang on to the light.

And it's incredible.

I have no words to even try to describe it any better than that.

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It's great.

I listen to it on the way down to both songs.

And with some of this inspired by Eric's recent struggles with

His health, he had an episode and okay, that totally

goes

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across, I thought so.

The first, if you listen to the album and remember good old albums have the side A and the side B. We listened to it streaming so we could listen all the way through.

But side A is all about his dad passing away during COVID and how he felt he never took time to acknowledge it.

So he wrote these songs.

He does what a great songwriter does.

Yeah.

And the other side is sort of coming to terms with that and then adds in this very rare brain ailment that he just had surgery for.

So he's kind of coming off of both of those things and talking about, you know, how do you hang on to the light?

What comes after your life is done?

Just really some deep things, but

What I love about this band, they always keep it a little more on the uplifting side.

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Yeah.

So it's fun to hear the background of these songs, but then to realize, wow, that could be a really sad song, but they keep it, you know, sort of, I'm not gonna say happy, but more uplifting.

Pete Schwaba

Right.

Well, what should we start with?

Cause they're both longer song, not too long, they're perfect length.

Actually, when you hear them, but I'm saying, what do you prefer to start with, Terry?

Let's start with Gotta Grip because it is out there.

If people want to listen to it, they can go to any streaming services.

And this one's fun because they brought in a rapper.

The guy's name is Tyler Durden.

Tyler used to be from Wisconsin.

He's now out on the East Coast.

And I think he just really adds a little flair to this song.

Pete Schwaba

I love it.

All right.

So this is Gotta Grip.

And

is this the one that was released today?

Yes.

This is the one that's out today.

Pete Schwaba

So very few people have heard this, folks.

Terry Barr is bringing it to us almost exclusively, almost for a sneak peek.

You're gonna love it.

It's a great song by a great band.

This is Gotta Grip by The mascot theory.

to me across the family dinner table separate the truth from fable my brain is drowning loud and free past that salty ocean to me across the family dinner table

to carry it all.

The baggage you buried, it's there when you're raring to fall.

Cause they don't care if you disparage to perish or stall.

The tank is empty, start to rush to the ambulance.

Tempting to break all the rules from Lady Justice is bending so save me from all the lies and the maybes.

Cause maybe if he told the truth then all our lies would be gravy.

I'm going crazy, but I'm saying enough to know that you made me.

The game is changing and I'm praying I'll continue to play it, but lately I'm

Embracing now get it grip and be patient don't slip when you face it take another deep breath face the heat and embrace it face the heat

to fly into a sunset painted sky passing ships and star-crossed lovers peek your eyes from under covers cross my heart and vote to fly into a sunset painted sky passing ships and star-crossed lovers peek your eyes from under

Great tune.

Boy,

Pete Schwaba

you really hear, you do hear that Pink Floyd a little bit, kind of in the composition or the background a little.

You definitely hear that influence.

Yes.

Pete Schwaba

That's

a really good song.

And when they...

do their album release shows coming up in October.

They're going to play, just as I heard today, they're going to play the album from beginning to end straight through.

It will be an amazing listening experience.

Pete Schwaba

He is such a cool guy.

He's so chill.

Eric Jelen, I'm talking about the main singer.

He's going to be on Nightlight again on September 22nd.

And it's interesting.

that when the last time he was here, Terry, we met him through you, obviously.

He brought an album, a double-sided vinyl album.

So I love that old-school element to their music and just the way they present themselves.

It's just a really, really good Wisconsin

band.

Oh, they're so good.

And, you know, you listen to them, and then when you hear other bands actually play it on the radio, as we're doing with their music tonight, you kind of wonder,

Why have these guys not broken through?

They're just so good, so professional.

And I just really want everyone to see them and hear them because I just think they're spectacular, really.

Pete Schwaba

Well, here's a great text we just got from someone in the 715 didn't leave their name said I ordered it referring to the album.

So how cool is that?

That is wonderful.

That is wonderful.

And, you know, they have these album release shows coming up around the state.

So, you know, go to the mascot theory.com, the mascot theory.com.

Pete Schwaba

Right.

They are going to have a show near you wherever you may be listening from tonight.

They are playing everywhere to promote this album.

Pete Schwaba

And we've got another song coming up.

Terry Barr is here.

It is a Barbie on Friday night.

We've got another tune called Final Hour from mascot theory off their new album.

That is coming up after a very short break.

We have a text here from Tom from New Berlin, says, Sears was the first retailer in the 80s that you could buy it right there with Sears credit.

I did not know that.

Thank you, Tom.

That's a great bit of info.

Bridget from the 818 says, Yonkers, I loved that department store.

I loved browsing and looking for big, big savings.

phrase I use here on the show a lot.

Tom also says, like it, Lincoln Park, they're influenced with the country ending.

We're coming right back on Barband Friday

Kathryn Lake

night.

Pete Schwaba

I'm Pete Schwab, and this is Night Light, a Friday night edition of Night Light, where we celebrate Wisconsin music with our pal Terry Barr on Bar Band Friday night.

She is here right now.

We are talking about the band, the mascot theory.

We will be back with Terry in just a second.

I want to finish off these final two texts.

And I want to, this, maybe Terry can speak to this.

Tom from New Berlin said,

Like it, Lincoln Park, they are influenced with a country ending.

I think I know what Tom is saying there, Terry.

Like they have that kind of, I don't know, you hear kind of a lot of different stuff in their material.

It's great.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think that's why I love their music so much.

Pete Schwaba

Yeah.

And here's Rob from Green Bay in the 920.

He says, wow, great song.

I've never heard them before, but we'll definitely check them out.

So there you go.

Yes.

Very productive Barbie and Friday night here.

Let's talk about this last song and then I think we'll just close the show and go out on the song if that's okay with you, Terry.

That is absolutely fine.

And I want to remind everybody, yes, they're going to be playing all over the state.

Coming up, they have a show in Green Bay, October 18th, Madison, October 5th.

That's one you want to hold if you want to be part of this big album release show.

And the other really big one is at Gibson Music Hall in Appleton.

That one is October 3rd.

And why I say big, Pete?

The one in Appleton and the one in Madison.

they are going to sit down to be interviewed about these songs and why they are so very personal to them.

And

Kathryn Lake

I get to

do the one in Madison,

Kathryn Lake

so I'm

really excited.

But I'm afraid I'm going to be very sad too, because I know what these songs mean to these guys.

And I really hope people will listen.

Pete Schwaba

You cannot beat access like that to the artists.

I think that that's outstanding.

So folks, take advantage of that if you're

If you're in those areas, and especially the one where Terry is there, I'm sure Terry will crush the Q&A portion, if you will.

We do have two more quick texts.

John Murray from Madison says, Peter and Conrad, fun fact, when I was seven years old, I bought my first alarm clock with my own $5.

When browsing the local Sears back in 1972, still wakes me up every day.

Wow, that's pretty good value, John.

It's incredible.

It's like a 50-year-old alarm clock.

Janet from Madison says, I miss Woolworths.

I went as a kid at the one in Madison and in Jamesville when I moved to California in 1990.

There was one in Santa Monica and I was so excited, but it soon was transformed into a bookstore.

I was sad.

Thank you, Janet.

Bookstores are okay.

Tuesday night, folks, tune in.

I'll be, I'm off Monday, but we've got a great show with Dan Schaefer and some great highlights.

So, Steve, who else kind of read Steve Cochran and...

Kaelin Cole.

Pete Schwaba

Kaelin Cole.

There you go, Terry.

Another Terry Barre referral.

So that's Monday night.

I'll be back live Tuesday with Ty Williams and Greg Vatney from the Rar West Museum in Manitowoc.

So... Excellent.

Terry, this has been so much fun.

I think we'll just, we'll go out on this great tune.

You good with that?

Thank you.

I am absolutely fine with it.

I wish everybody a great Labor Day weekend and to both of you.

Pete Schwaba

You too, my friend.

Will we see you next Friday?

Absolutely.

All

Pete Schwaba

right.

Can't get rid of me that

Pete Schwaba

easy.

Thank you so much, my friend.

Great stuff.

By way of Terry Barr, here is a mascot theory and the song Final Hour.

Check out their stuff, folks.

It's great.

On behalf of the lovable producer Conrad and Terry Barr, I'm Pete Schwabba saying good night, Wisconsin.

So you taken an unplanned midnight stroll Wanderin' blind through the unknown Searching for answers Only ghosts could ever know

You travel an unhaved gravel road What you will find there God only knows A thief in the darkness Or a light to guide you home Is this the final hour?

Is this the last goodbye?

Cannot get some sleep

Tonight, while these memories collide Is this the final hour?

Is this the last goodbye?

Can you make it back to me when shadows fill your eyes?

I didn't want to retire from the daily grind And you didn't plan to be cast aside Surrounded by strangers While the symptoms multiplied I tried to decode inconceivable plots Unwinnable games Unreachable docs

Kathryn Lake

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