Smoking Popes

And I think what you're talking about is kind of the validation that I've probably in therapy speak been been searching for for most of my life is like, that's what you want, right? You want to be cool with these people.

You know, you want to like I got to do I got to do merch two years ago for the Smoking Popes on the West Coast.

Oh, man.

I mean, that's a band I've loved forever.

And it's the, the fellas, Brian and Jeff from dumb records kind of help run that, manage that.

place dumb records now has some smoking popes vinyl

yep

i gave some to brian yesterday they've got the new album uh lovely stuff they've got the seven inch allegiance and they've got um Into the Agony.

Well, I was gonna get...

Maybe, but I'm gonna take a Smoking Popes Lovely Stuff album.

Oh, yeah.

We're doing a Popes pack.

So of course, like, there's a Green Day song on there.

Um, bands like The Smoking Popes, who I was obsessed with back then.

Um, the Dance Hall Crashers, if anybody remembers Dance Hall Crashers.

There was, like, a ska, they were a ska band that I used to like.

It was an interesting mix.

Smoking Popes? It was weird.

I didn't really watch Smoking Popes, but I did watch Korn, and I remember being particularly impressed that he broke out the bagpipes to play Chutes and Ladders.

I was pretty amazed by that.

That was pretty cool.

Too, uh-

... uh, 'cause I know Jeff's also has another connection with another artist you've worked with, The Smoking Popes.

Popes, yeah.

Oh, nice.

... uh, uh, Matt and, uh, and Josh when they were in The Sl- when they were in, uh, uh, Speedstick first.

Cool.

And then Smoking Popes when they brought Mike on.

So I've, I drew-