1:16A: Back --
1:17B: I don’t know if you guys remember Run-DMC. Fat Boys, that kind of stuff. Absolutely. And that’s when I started writing music. And actually, I played in the Grand. Uh, we were called G-Force, was the name of our rap group. There was 4 of us in it, and, uh, we toured all around Maine. And I got the bug to drum from running a drum machine. I started playing a kit, and I just kept messing with it, messing with it. I played in a lot of different bands.
1:43A: I played in metal bands. How’d you guys land on the 2 names of your groups? First one, Poetic Acrimony. What is acrimony?
2:22B: Acrimonious means lashing out at somebody, you know, you’re frustrated, you’re angry. And I made the name up. I was looking for something. And poetic -- well, Poetic Acrimony, you’re lashing out in a poetic kind of way. It’s not meaning that you’re, you’re mean to somebody. It’s meaning that it’s an emotion that you’re trying to release in a poetic kind of fashion most people don’t understand. You see what I’m saying? And some people do. And that’s what that was. So the name worked for us at the time. And Open X, we didn’t know how -- what we were going to name ourselves this time. We had a lot of different names, but you Google and almost every name is taken.
3:07B: For a band, you have to be like outside the box somehow. Well, we had an open sign behind us where we used to practice. We kept looking at it, looking at it, and said, we ought to do something with that open sign. They’re like, what do you want to open next? It seems like everything is excellent. Let’s just put it up there. It means open next. The X is the unknown. Open is open to everything. You’re not closing your mind off. And there’s too many closed-minded People in this world right now, they need to open up and listen to people. We’re not all the same; we’re all different, you know.
3:44B: But we all have the same common common ideas: we want peace, we want happiness, we want a good job, we want to be able to live well, you know. The American dream, whatever you want to call it, and the music is part of that way of expressing yourself. To bring people together to have a good time and forget about all of the bad. And that’s kind of what we try to do, is, you know, have a good time.
4:14A: But, uh, you know, and I’m curious, like, how did you find out? Like, how did you meet Zaal? How do you find out about the ZAOstock?
4:20B: Oh, we’ve played here a couple times, a few times actually. Uh, last year we did a show inside, but we’re a very loud band and it was too much for that place. We usually do a lot of Big Avenue and outdoor Avenues because of our volume and our sound. But we did an outdoor show this summer here, and it was actually -- it was pretty packed. There’s a lot of people here. And, uh, yeah, we lit it up, man. Played hard. That’s all we do.
4:53A: And you guys know it all about crypto?
4:55B: What’s that?
4:56A: You guys know it all about crypto?
4:57B: I’m an XRP man.
4:59A: Okay, I got tons of it, dude.
5:01B: Okay, I’ve been buying it. I started buying that back in -- what was it, 2020? Before the bull run, before the COVID thing was really picking up. And before the game was all confusing. I think I paid 19 to 20 cents a coin for XRP, and I bought a crap ton of it. And obviously I rode the bull run, got up to $3 or something. I sold half my bag. Good man.
5:26A: Take profits.
5:27B: Take profits.
5:28A: Message to the people. Take profits. I did. I did.
5:29B: I sold half my bags. And I’m always looking up on the technology. And you know, when the government gets involved, it’s a real deal, bro.
5:37A: Amen.
5:38B: They’re doing something worldwide with this. And everything we see is a diversion to get our minds off what they’re about to do and change the whole financial system. It’s going to happen. And we can’t stop it. I invested a long time in it and I still hold on to half my bag, but I took profit. And you got a chance, man, take it. I think things are going to start happening in a big way soon. It’s coming. But I can’t afford Bitcoin. It’s too much money. And you know, you think about it, man, Bitcoin is like, it’s awesome, but it has already done its 100, 200, 300x.
6:18B: It’s at such a high price that you have to be so much capital to make it 2 or 3x right now. And you got to think about that when you get the coin. You know, if, if the supply and the market cap is really low, it’s got potential to do a 10, 20x. You’re better off to do that than invest in Bitcoin and maybe get a 2x.
6:39A: Mm-hmm.
6:40B: But, you know, people will figure that out. A lot of people are already. It has exploded, become the thing for investment for us people that are retail people that can’t -- like, we’re not accredited investors, and it is one way for people like me and everybody else can invest in our future, you know.
7:01A: Absolutely.
7:01B: And of course you’ll get more than an IRA.
7:04A: Yeah, people that don’t get it, like, what would you invite them -- where do you invite them to start learning? Like, questions to start asking? Uh, there’s so much to -- so many sides.
7:12B: You can look at YouTube people. I mean, a lot of them are hype, you know, it’s, it’s, it’s, uh, speculative. But I, I suggest you start with an easy platform like Coinbase because it’s cut and dry and very simple. And I have seriously -- I’ve never had a problem with Coinbase. You can cash your money out, you can buy your coins, there’s no problems at all. I’ve never had a problem with I’ve never lost coins on it, but it’s an easy platform to start with. But they have other platforms, and you just got to be careful, you know, and, and look up things before you start putting your money down, because you could lose your money if you don’t do it correctly.
7:50B: There’s a lot to it. I don’t have enough time to talk about it.
7:53A: All right, it’s okay. But you were excellent. You were pointing, you looked up, you said crypto.
7:56B: Yeah, I said, well, there’s not a lot of people around here do it. I try to explain it and they Like what do you mean? What does it do? What is this?
8:04A: Well, this is the web three community. This is all this out. That’s how I met. That’s how I met. It’s always secret. That’s how I ended up here in California.
8:10B: I was nine years.
8:11A: Everybody’s traveling out of town essentially. Yeah.
8:14B: Yeah.
8:16A: So I’ve been doing crypto journalism for like the last four or five years, traveling around the world, going to conferences, having time to do stuff like that. And now I’m out to help people understand the relationship between crypto and inflation. Help people get, you know, what it would mean to get to the dollar loss of reserve status, you know, what that even means today, the privilege and purchasing power, you know. Are we already in a casino and just don’t know it? Yeah, okay, we’re in crypto as the casino. So those kind of things I love to do. But at the same time, you know, citizen journalism, what’s meaningful, what’s art.
8:44A: Like, it’s cool to hear why you guys do what you do. It’s really interesting to hear the names of your bands and why. I’m here for all of it. Nice. So it’s super nice to meet you.
8:51B: I love that quad coin, man. See what that just did? She went from $58 to $360, I think, in one day, day and a half.
9:03A: Right.
9:04B: Uh, there’s only 12 million coins, less than Bitcoin. It is such a, such a little value, and it is an ISO 20023 coin, which is going to be in the financial system overseas. Gilbert Gertie is the head guy of the Quant company, which is a software company that holds the whole financial system together. So it’s a big deal, it really is. It’s something we can do. It’s got a lot of upside. You can talk about a lot less than Bitcoin itself. If it got to $100,000 and it’s $200 right now, that’s already --
9:43A: Yeah, yeah.
9:44B: You know what I’m saying? But yeah, through my experiences and studies, you know, I know it takes a long time to process.
9:53A: Oh, that’s okay. Yeah, that’s okay.
9:54B: But I’m here for music today, and that’s what we’re gonna do, man. We’re gonna light this place up.
10:00A: It’s gonna be fun. Can I ask you one more question, [unclear]?
10:03B: Yeah.
10:04A: So if you could ask people around the world one question, what would you ask them, and what would your answer be?
10:12B: You believe faith.
10:18A: Welcome everybody.
10:22B: What about that? Help you get through this life.
10:30A: What’s your answer?
10:31B: My answer? Choose your God, believe in him. Be proud of who you are, no matter who you are. Sorry, man, I’m getting like going a little deep here, but we’re on a roll.
11:11A: The floor is yours. Your name one more time? Gary. Gary, it’s super nice meeting you, Gary. I’m excited to see y’all perform. You’ve already said it’s like a remarkable stage, so I’m excited to see you all get up there and get lost in the sauce.
11:23B: Yeah, man, absolutely, absolutely.
11:25A: Oh yeah, any message for the people at home?
11:28B: Uh, hope you all are having a good time today. And, uh, you know, hope you all have good food to eat, a good place to stay. And, uh, don’t let things get you down, man. Uh, enjoy your life. Enjoy it. Life is short, guys. Enjoy your life. Seize the moment. That’s all I got to say.
11:57A: Seize the day. There’s like a Latin thing for that, man.
11:59B: Carpe diem.
12:00A: Carpe diem. There we go.
12:02B: I don’t speak Latin, but that’s cool.
12:04A: I just see people say shit like that. But yeah, man, it’s very nice to meet you. Yeah, you say ZAOstock? Like 3, 2, 1. ZAOstock.
12:12B: ZAOstock.
12:13A: 3, 2, 1.
12:14B: ZAOstock.
12:15A: Nice. I think you might like that.
