The Viktor Wilt Show

Why do I always miss out on the northern lights? You know, I... as far as I can recall over the years, we didn't have 'em happen around here very often. You know, every once in a while, very rarely, but you had to like go way up in the hills to see it. Seemed like everybody was just seeing them last night just right out in their yards. [instrumental music plays] I'm inside folding clothes, have no idea.

So annoying. Well, I'm seeing conflicting information online, but it looks like

we could see some more tonight. So,

if this one image I saw on Facebook was true, it would be, you know, just as easy to see 'em last night as... or tonight as it was last night, but

who knows? I haven't been able to find that information anywhere else. So, throughout the morning today if I can find any other information

as far as what time you wanna be outside,

what direction to be looking, blah, blah, blah, then I'll- I'll let you know, 'cause I wanna go check 'em out.

You know, and hopefully could see them from the house. I'm probably gonna have to go drive down the road 'cause they have that annoying streetlight right in the middle of the cul-de-sac that's just bright as all crap. I would imagine that's gonna have a little bit of impact on northern lights viewing, but

hopefully, hopefully we can go check these out 'cause, uh, yeah, if you can see 'em with the- the naked eye, that is pretty sweet. Seems like some of the past storms we had to, you know, bust out your cellphone to be able to see. But, yeah, anyway, finding... I- I don't know. Conflicting information, and maybe it's just too early. The news is not up and at 'em yet, but just makes me so mad. I always miss it. I've never seen 'em. Never. So, I'll keep you posted. Think we got all the, uh, issues fixed around here. I am gonna put... uh, pound some caffeine. I need it badly. But I hope you're having a good morning. I hope the day goes by at just rocket speed. Looking forward to, as always, making it to the weekend, and, uh, maybe even some nap time today. I'll start a load of laundry and then pass out [laughs]. Or I'll drink too much caffeine and won't be able to and, uh, I'll be crawling out of my skin and won't be able to get any kind of, uh, sleep in. You never know what kinda day I've got coming, but so far it's starting off better than yesterday. So, we shall see how it goes. I'm gonna dig into the news, find some crap to talk about. Technical difficulties have been resolved. [instrumental music plays] Can't believe it's already 7:00. Oh. Ugh. How it goes, I guess, when things are broken when you get to work. Anyway, hopefully you're not dealing with any broken crap this morning. Hopefully you're just doing good and having a good time.

All right. What do we got here? Experiences everyone should go through at least once before they die. That's pleasant, right? And right out of the gate, jeez,

being loved.

I mean, are there people... That- that's horrible, that there are people who would go through life

never having been loved at all. That's awful.

There you go. You got somebody in your life who loves you, uh, be- be happy this morning, I suppose. That was a darker response than I expected. I- I thought it was gonna be like, uh, I don't know,

visit a national park. B- b-... I don't know [laughs]. What else do we got here? Feeling completely content in your own company and not desiring or needing anyone's attention or affection. Ah, the opposite of being loved

[laughs]. I'm, for the most part, content in my own company. It depends on the day. Depends on how, uh, how thick the black cloud of darkness is that sometimes floats over the top of my head. Thankfully it's pretty good today. Uh, let's see. Traveling alone somewhere new and figuring out how to navigate it by yourself. Just don't make that place burly, you know? Yeah. I- I'd never been there before, and then I got a job there. It was like, "All right, here we go." Wasn't very hard to figure out how to navigate it. It's not very big. I did go to Vegas by myself, uh, one... many times actually, but I'd been there before that. It wasn't somewhere new. And honestly, unless you're in a car, what are you gonna do to navigate? Walk down the strip? Walk down Fremont? It's not that difficult. Follow the bright lights.

All right. Experiences every human should experience at least once. Living alone. Yeah, living alone ain't too bad. I did it, uh, a couple years. I started getting kinda crazy though. I'm, I'm liking not living alone.

Sorry that, uh, I can get, uh, a little bit, uh, needy about that, Becca [laughs]. I'm such a pain. I don't know why, you know, people put up with me sometimes. I'm a mess. I'm a mess.[rock music] All right, someone here says, "Camp in the middle of nowhere and wake up with the sunrise." All right, that can be good. I, I don't think I'd recommend, uh, doing it by yourself. Scary out there in the woods. Yeah. You ever been out in the woods in the middle of the night by yourself? It's kinda wild, kinda wild.

"Walking out of a job with no notice, even when you're not entirely sure if it will work out." "Truly liberating feeling. Highly recommend just once." Uh, I think I've only done that one time.

I just was like, "You know what? I've had it with your crap, boss. I'm out!" "That's a young person's game." Yeah. I don't think I could pull that one off. I'd have to be prepared. All right, a solo trip. Yeah, those ain't bad. Sincere joy. Oh, making a movie. Okay, yeah, everybody's got time for that. Okay. Th- This post sucks. I'm gonna find something else, all right? The morning being all thrown off and broken stuff kind of threw me off kilter, but I'm chugging caffeine. I'm figuring it out. I'll be back. [rock music] All right. Hopefully, the caffeine's starting to kick in. I need it. Let's take a looks- uh, take a look-see at luxuries that are only impressive to people who don't have them. Okay. I don't got a lot of luxuries. At least I don't think so. So, we'll see if this, uh, this stuff seems luxurious to me, or impressive since I don't have these things likely. Otherwise, I'm gonna have 'em and be like, "Oh, come on. Well, look at me." [laughs] Okay.

Flying weekly for your job. That does not sound luxurious to me. Is there anybody who thinks that would be great, flying every week for your job? Sounds terrible. I mean, I like flying to

a vacation destination, and, and it's not the flying part that I like.

Dealing with the airport sucks. It's so annoying. I hear you don't have to take your shoes off anymore, though. Is that true? Yeah, unless you're me probably. They sure like put me through the ringer for whatever reason. Uh, "Let's rip your bag apart. Why don't you go through the full body scanner a few more times? Take off your shoes. Take off your pants." Um,

yeah, flying weekly for your job would be terrible. And I don't know, I, I don't think I'd wanna be, uh, just gone weekly. I get lonely, oh. Okay. Let's, let's move along here. That is definitely not a luxury, unless you had like a private jet and you didn't have to

deal with the airport end of things. Do you have to like deal with the TSA and crap if you have a private jet? I don't know, 'cause that might be a luxury. If you have a jet that has like... You know, if you had a couch in it

or like a bed. You know, you just go like lay down and go to sleep in an actual bed, not those crappy seats that lean back like an inch and a half, and the people behind you get all mad. "Your seats lean too far back. It's like it barely moves." Okay, sorry. Owning a boat. All right, I have heard that, uh,

the maintenance and all that involved in owning a boat is, uh, a bit of a pain. Um, I don't own a boat, so I can't judge. I'll have to ask Lieutenant Crane about it when he comes in on Friday for traffic school, powered by the advocates. Like, "Does it really suck to own a boat, bro?" He seems to have a lot of fun with it. He always invites me out on it, and, uh, have I yet to, uh, go out on it? No, I suck. Owning a horse or horses. All right, well, I- I got cats.

Imagine a gigantic cat that requires way more maintenance and space. Now, I like horses. You know, it's fun to go ride a horse every once in a while. I think they're pretty cool, majestic, but I bet owning 'em is a total pain, especially during those winter months. Ah. All right. That, that makes, makes sense. I don't... I guess to me, owning a horse isn't a luxury

just 'cause I, I grew up around so many people that have horses. Maybe, maybe to people who live in big cities and stuff. I mean, there's horses all over the place around here. I don't consider that a luxury, even though... I mean, very expensive and, again, a lot of work.

Oh, this one. Being in good health. That's only impressive to people who don't have it? What are you talking about? I think everybody would enjoy being in good health.

"Good health is a crown that only the sick can see." Get, get outta here. Get outta here with that.

I mean, if you're in good health, I think you're, you're, you're pretty grateful, right?

I'm afraid I'm gonna die every day [laughs]. Not 'cause any specific issues or anything, just paranoia. The ability to fall asleep in seconds. Um, that just depends on the da- What you gotta do is, uh, you know, just sleep deprive yourself. You'll pass right out. Be hanging out on the living room couch, next thing you know, you just wake up [laughs]. Just don't get enough sleep. You'll have no problem getting to sleep easy. Take it from me. Look at the hours I wake up. Last night, you know, once it got to be late enough, I just passed out. All right, let's see here. Going to a grocery store and buying what you feel like eating, without pre-calculated budgets. Yep, um, I would say that's a, a luxury.

[rock music] And, I don't know, only impressive to people who don't have it? Not in this day and age. I think everybody looks at the price of groceries, and if you're able to buy what you want, you're grateful for it. If not, you got too much money and you suck. All right. Now, here we go. Hot and cold water from a tap and electricity on demand, now that's a luxury that's only impressive

to people who don't have it. Uh, I think a lot of people are ungrateful for having hot and cold water and electricity. A lot of people don't have running water. Do you realize that?

Be grateful! All right. I'm gonna drink even more caffeine. I just don't give a crap today. Give-a-crap meter, all-time low [rock music], failing to dig up content, talking with callers, wasting time.

Hey, it's part of radio, right? Part o' radio. I mean, I could always wing it. I could always, like, pull up eastidahonews.com, remind you, "Hey, do you know someone in need? You could submit a name to Secret Santa." Secret Santa giving away a million bucks this season, in increments.

Yeah, if you know somebody who's going through a rough time or something like that, uh, Secret Santa giving away a million bucks in cash, cards, gift cards, surprises to people that need it most. So you go over to eastidahonews.com, right up at the top they've got the bar there, Submit a Name to Secret Santa. Can't nominate yourself. Recipients gotta live in Eastern Idaho. You gotta fill out the form there, get the nominations in by December 17th. And, um, hey, maybe you can help some people out who are really in need. Do something good for people this holiday season, all right?

Give it a go. I'm sure you've gotta know somebody

who's going through a rough time, so it's a good time of year to help people out. All right. Now I promise I will dig for content, okay? I promise. [rock music] Well, I gotta say, I'm pretty disappointed in myself with this radio program today. I don't know why some of you put up with it day to day. I'm trying here. I'm trying. It's not like I'm just sitting here farting around, you know, doing nothing. I'm looking through all kinds of different areas for something to talk about, but it's all darkness. Darkness, or just

stupid [laughs]. I mean, and not stupid in the fun way

that it would make for good content. No, it's just kinda, like, there was a- a guy who stole this skull from a cathedral, and then 60 years later he sent it back. Okay, cool.

I don't know, stealing a skull would be weird. Would you want an actual human skull

just hanging around your house? It's someone's head! Like, I think skulls are pretty sweet, but I don't know about a real one.

I guess I'd have to see it [laughs]. It'd have to have a good look to it. And I don't know if you can legally do that.

You know, I suppose I could look for weird items on Facebook Marketplace. That's sometimes fun. Every once in a while we find something good.

Like, there's a cat exercise wheel. Hey, you wanna buy an item for your cat they're not gonna use? I've never tried it. I'm just guessing, knowing my cats and how quickly they get bored with any new toy, I would be furious if I dropped a bunch of money on a cat exercise wheel. You know, it looks cool when you see 'em. You're like, "Oh, it's gonna be like a cat being a hamster. This is fun." But then they ain't gonna use it. No.

Somebody's got a picture of a cat listed, by the way, and, uh, the listing is not for the cat, it's for an abundance of cardboard boxes and bubble wrap, which can be handy. Speaking of which, is the dump opened up again yet? If anybody needs any cardboard boxes, I've got a bunch in the back of my truck. Miscellaneous shapes and sizes, too lazy to break 'em down. I've been, I've been outta whack this week. I'm not gonna get into it. Don't need to be, uh, bringing people into my realm of darkness. I told you about the weird dreams I was having. I think I just had a, uh, a half mental breakdown for the beginning of the week. Happens to the best of us. You know? Just, w- we'll move along from that, see what other... Is somebody really selling a goat for a hundred bucks on Facebook Market? And they say it's the goat.

Okay. They gotta get rid of Jamal. He's brought a bunch of happiness to their family. He's a good boy and loves to be a goat. Uh,

yeah, they're, they're just trying to get rid of, uh, little Jamal there, so if you- you need a goat... Um, I hope that goats aren't one of those animals that, uh, my girlfriend wants. Is she, she hearing this right now? We can't afford a goat, all right? The cats and the dog, they're already gonna eat us outta house and home [laughs]. We can't afford a goat [laughs]. I don't know if you're allowed to have a goat in the city limits. I know you can have chickens. Uh, we, we can't afford a chicken coop either. Just throwing it out there [laughs].

[rock music] Why would somebody want a political f- uh, flag for the last election? I mean, the, the bargain price of $2 ain't bad, but

I don't know. Like, what, what are you gonna do with it? Election's over. Just, y- you could offer it for free. Just give it away. Not a lot of weird stuff popping up. This is kinda disappointing. Where are all the strange stuff on Facebook Marketplace? This is all stuff that potentially I would want. Books, guitars. I guess I haven't been clicking on anything weird in a while. Oh, there's some Cheetos shoes, all right. These have got to be the most hideous shoes I've ever seen. 40 bucks, Adidas Scoot Cheetahs. Like, they are bright orange and red and yellow with, uh, cheetah spots. I bet Peaches would wear those shoes, but they're probably not the right size. Okay, what size are these stupid shoes? Let me take a look here. Someone had a growth spurt. I guess are they just size one? Is that why they're called a Scoot One? Oh, size eight. If you've got size eight feet and you want Cheetos shoes, there you go. Get a hooked up with the hideous shoes. [laughs] They're in great condition. They're nasty. All right. I'm gonna try to find some freak news, okay? Oh, now my girlfriend's saying she wants a duck. I'm not seeing any ducks on Facebook Marketplace. Let's take a look. I bet somebody's slinging ducks. Let's see. Those are duck decoys, fake ducks. Not seeing any, any real ducks, just, just fake ducks. I'll get you a fake duck. How about that? Is that good enough? A duck that, you know, it looks like a duck? [laughs] But the... Millie would destroy it. The dog [laughs] would think it's a duck and just w- it'd be gone in a day. [laughs]

Yeah, I don't, I, I don't think the cats or the dog are gonna go for a duck. All right, [laughs] we'll see what I can find for freak news. Be back here in, uh, you know, a few minutes and stuff. All right, bye-bye. [rock music] All right, I gotta push play and watch this video of a bridge collapsing because, why not? You know, bridges are pretty dangerous. I don't know if you're aware of this, but [laughs] i- if you ever look at studies about bridges,

especially around the US, there are a lot of bridges that are pretty much at risk of collapse at all times. There was one time I was in Minnesota. You know, I got picked from the airport, went to my grandma's house. You, you gotta go across a bridge

pretty much to get anywhere there 'cause you gotta cross the Mississippi. And, you know, it might've been an hour after we crossed this particular bridge, it just collapsed. It was like major chaos in Minneapolis. Uh, anyway, this bridge in China collapsed just months after opening. That's fantastic. I hope nobody was hurt there. Uh, what does the article say? Mm, hmm, hmm, hmm.

I think they knew it was gonna happen, 'cause there was a landslide. It wasn't like the bridge was just a piece of crap. Uh, there was a landslide and that's what caused it to happen. But, uh, the article doesn't seem to emphasize anything about, uh, people being killed, so must not have been too bad. Just a bridge collapse. All right.

If you're planning on visiting Florida anytime soon, it's getting colder. You know, wintertime is here. And when it gets cold in Florida, iguanas fall out of trees and they appear to be dead, but they're not. They're just cold. Uh, they could also fall on you. And iguanas are pretty big. I bet it sucks when an iguana cracks you in the head. So, they've got a falling iguana watch going on right now in Florida. Just, you know, keep your eyes to the skies or w- wear a helmet, 'cause

yeah, I would imagine it doesn't feel very good. And, uh, they'll be okay. All right? It's some kind of a defense mechanism. They're just stunned. They'll wake up eventually when it warms up, all right? Just be aware. Also, be aware, if you see a nine-year-old child loading people onto the Zipper ride at the fair,

just go ahead and pass. Um,

I don't think nine-year-olds should be operating this type of m- uh, machinery.

Up in, uh, British Columbia, nine-year-old was working the Zipper and a drunk patron fell out, busting a, a bunch of bones 'cause, well, yeah, the kid didn't shut the door right. Have you ever been on the Zipper? You gotta slam that thing shut hard! All right? Zipper's an old-school style ride. Ugh. Fall out of the Zipper, bust a bunch of bones. Ow. [laughs] The regulator has noted, "The Zipper is considered a more advanced ride to operate and is normally run by more experienced employees." Then, yeah, a nine-year-old. No kidding.

All right, we got somebody calling. We'll put 'em on air. Might as well. [phone beeps] Oh, they hung up. Okay, well nevermind. All right, what else do we have here? Multiple articles about the flo- falling iguanas. They really wanna get the word out that iguanas are gonna fall on your head if you're in Florida. So... Uh, let's see. The most expensive liquid in the world and those who farm it. All right, we got a picture of a guy standing in a really fancy looking place, drinking a cup of coffee.All right, the article says, "My spouse and I recently visited a friend in Florida." It must've been this guy. When they saw a dead scorpion on the ground... Okay, it's- it's Arizona. Oh, it wasn't alone. Ah. You know, thankfully I've never, in all my times gone- going to, uh, Arizona had to deal with any scorpions. Oh, this guy's a scorpion milker. Yeah, "Scorpion venom the most expensive liquid in the world. 1 liter can be sold for around $10 million." Ugh.

I mean, I need money but

what do you gotta do to-

to milk a scorpion?

Ugh. Okay, that person's calling back. Let's see what they want. K-Bear... Oh, again? Again? You gotta have some patience! Not picking up the next time. I hope you encounter a bunch of scorpions! All right. Oh, finally, if you have any fat relatives that are, uh, trying to visit the US, [laughs] apparently... Now, is this just for, uh, immigrants or people who are just coming to visit? Well, they want, uh,

they want certain medical conditions not to be allowed into the country, including obesity. So, I guess, um... Yeah, the, uh, presidential administration ordering visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese into the country. Th- they don't want fat people coming in. Did this... Okay, it says it's from the State Department.

You never know with these articles. You know, they throw around that, uh, this was a Trump directive. But Trump, okay, you know, a- as a fat guy myself, I think I can say, you know, the- the president's not

n- not fit. All right? [laughs] Come on, just look at him. Just look at him. That'd be like me, like, "No fat people in the studio! Not allowed!" [laughs] Okay. We'll give this caller one more chance.

K-Bear, you're live on the show. Keep that in mind.

Hey, there

Who's this?

[laughs]. Hey, that wasn't me the first two times, so this is Joe.

Oh, what's up, Joe?

Uh, I've been trying to wake up on my way to work and I was gonna see if OMG by Strapping Young Lad could work its way into this morning's playlist.

Hm, I might be able to that, we'll see.

All right.

All right, man. Cool.

All right. Have a good one, thank you.

You too, man. Peace.

All right.

All right, it was off-topic but I like Strapping Young Lad, so

I think we have an edit of that in the system. Um, yeah, yeah. We'll do it. Wish me luck. I'm finding content [groans] today. [instrumental music plays] You know, every once in a while I will throw in a song that I wanna hear and without question, every time either one of you listeners will call or someone will come in here and just start babbling at me like Jade, and then I don't get to listen to the song that I wanted to listen to.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Yeah, welcome Peaches. Hey, you wa- you waited 'til the song was done.

I- I know when you turn on a 13-minute Opeth song, that's for you and you only.

I know.

Forget the listeners.

Exactly. And then Jade comes in and yap, yap, yap away. You know, "What was broken this morning? How did this happen? Let's take a look at it."

I- I was so mad when a listener called in during my pick of the day and was just trashing on it. I'm like, "Dude, why would you bother me?"

[laughs]

So now I- I take zero calls during my pick of the day.

[laughs] I'm gonna remember that.

It was the, uh, Vayanova song, um, Marimba or m- I forget which, whatever-

Ah

... that one it was.

Vayanova's great. Vayanova's great.

One of- one of our listeners called in, "What's with the autotune?"

[laughs] What? Do you know how many bands use autotune? Tons of bands use autotune. And some of the, like, really popular ones. Like-

I don't know

... Sleep Token, Bad Omens. There's a lot of autotune going on.

Sleep Token won the voting poll, by the way. It was like 67 votes yes, 30 no for-

Well, duh

... Do you like Sleep Token?

No kidding. [laughs]

Uh, yeah, right? And that was just interviewing s- uh, that- that was just vote, like, voting by some of the people.

Yeah, I mean that's a- a small sample online. G- kinda like when I did the poll on, is Linus and Lucy a Christmas song? And most people said no, and I was pointing that out in that argument in the Radio Peeps group and they're like, "Facebook poll, bruh bruh bruh." I'm like, guys, it's a stupid, silly exercise. 'Kay? But it does go to show, even in a stupid poll online most people said it's not a Christmas song.

I did ask Autumn Kings, is Linus and Lucy a Christmas song? 'Cause we were on the subject of Snoopy.

Okay.

And their l- their lead singer Joe is a big fan. He said, "Yes, it is indeed a Christmas song."

Get out of here, Joe! You git!

So, ta- take Autumn Kings outta the playlist.

All right, Autumn Kings no longer getting airplay. If you disagree with me, you get no airplay.

[laughs]

[laughs] Uh, okay, so Peaches, what was it last week that we predicted within six months there would be a big hit AI song on the radio?

That was the reason why I came in here. [clears throat]

Yeah, I saw-

Did you see it from The Needle Drop?

Uh, I don't remember where I saw it but I saw it yesterday, about a country song that... Now, the articles floating around are like, "It's number one on Billboard."

That's exactly what I just saw. It was number one on radio charts.

N- 's not true. It's number one on the Billboard Digital Country Songs chart, which is just one of many, many charts. So, it- it's not like it's that big of a deal, but a country song... I'm gonna see if I can pull it up here, 'cause I don't remember what the name of the artist was but I saw... I think it was Whiskey Riff was talking about it online.

I might have to leave the studio early because we're about to do a funny video with the guys, for the fr- with the, uh, Morning Show of Class of '97.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I remember you mentioned yesterday your idea, uh, for a video to make with those guys. But yes, this AI song has hit number one on the Billboard Digital Country Songs charts.Where the heck is it? These guys post way too much news. Ah, do you remember the name of the stupid artist?

I don't know.

All right, let's just try "AI country song Google News." There we go. Breaking Rust! And again, they say it tops Billboard, but that's, um, not accurate.

I was hoping it would be The Ballad of Jade Davis.

The ballad of- [laughs] Yeah, you-

<< The fire took my beard >>

Th- that's a better song than this one, 'cause I did check this one out. And let, let's go ahead and get them another spin here, if we could find it on YouTube. Of course, none of these news sites seem to be, uh, linking it. But the artist, Breaking Rust, has more than two million monthly listeners on Spotify. And again, they're calling it the number one country song in the US right now, which is not accurate. But let's listen to it here.

[singing]

It's one of these boot stomping [claps hands], you know, like Mumford & Sons almost sounding things.

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[laughs].

<< Got mud on my jeans, still ready to go. Every scar's a story that I survived. >>

That sounds so AI generated.

<< I've been through hell, but I'm still alive. They say, "Slow down, boy. Don't go too fast," but I ain't never been one to live in the past. I keep moving forward, never looking back, with a worn-out hat and a six-string strap.

You can kick rocks if you don't like how I talk. I'm gon' keep on talking and walk my walk. Ain't changing my tone, ain't changing my song. I was born this way, been loud too long. You can hate my style, I don't care what you think-

Now, I, I don't- I, I-

105' Outlaw.

[laughs].

Caffeine and prayers.

[laughs] I should put it on there. I, I think it sounds good enough that the average person wouldn't know it's AI.

You should tell Justin to try to get an inter- interview with this guy.

[laughs]

Watch them scramble to try to find this person, as l- they're not real.

Well, and I saw tons of people just losing their mind about this online. You know, "How dare they? Blah, blah, blah." We, I, we said that within six months, there'd be a number one song ... Or not even a number one, but a hit song, that was AI generated, and that was last week that we said that. It already happened. The average listener does not care.

Especially country. They just like the overall tone of that genre.

Yeah, yeah. And I mean, half of the modern country sounds AI generated anyway. There's so much autotune on it. And all the songs follow the same formula. We said it would be a pop or a country song that would be a big hit. And pop and country music is doomed, because the average listener, they, they don't care if the music's generated by humans. They just want something that sounds good, that they can bop their head to, that sounds good in the background. Like, I bet radio starts playing this song ... I should, I should put it on Hawk.

You really should. It, it would really annoy Justin too.

Well, and the reason I should put it on there is because regardless of what people think,

it's a hit! It's a hit!

And you just gotta be like, "Hey, the streaming numbers are there. People are listening to it." Nobody cares if it's AI generated or not.

Well, and in the worlds of, uh, the worlds of pop and country music, it's really only a handful of people who are writing almost all of the songs. Most people don't know that. But if you have these superstar songwriters who will team up with an artist, all an artist has to do is contribute, like, one lyric, and they get a writing credit. Most of these songs are being thrown together by the s- the same group of people.

Yeah.

So, who cares at this point if AI's making it, if all the music everybody's hearing is pretty much written by five people anyway? You know? Might as well be bumping-

Kick rocks!

Did he just say Kid Rock?

Kick rocks.

Oh, kick rocks [laughs]. << Kid Rock >>

[laughs]

Like, uh, I don't know, settle down.

But honestly, that would be ... I might do that with Suno. I might actually have him, uh, have Suno do some sort of country song, but it's just it naming all these different terrible country artists.

Well, I-

And those are the lyrics.

I mean, all you really have to do is throw in all those, uh, typical s- you know, country tropes, like, uh, you know, being sad.

<< Truck >>

Heartbroken. Maybe something about-

<< Truck >>

Dirt roads.

<< Truck >> [laughs]

Trucks are good.

<< Truck >> [laughs] Over and over.

Whiskey. You gotta have some whiskey in there. Uh, you know, drinking. And then either heartbroken, or, you know-

<< I can out-farm you, buddy >>

[laughs] Now, that would take it too far, Peaches. That would be real country [laughs].

<< I don't use a gun to hunt, I use a spear. >>

[laughs] What?

[laughs]

Okay, Peaches [laughs]. So anyway, you wanna check out the, uh, number one, according to the internet, even though it's not true, country song in the, in the country. There it is. Breaking Rust, Walk My Walk.

AI's taking over. I don't know, at least rock and metal will have to wait a little bit. But as we showed on the Noon Hour recently, they're getting pretty good with the AI rock and metal too, so

local bands, just give up. Just give up. So, if you listen all the time, you know I tell people to, you know, google stuff before you share it, find out if it's true. No matter how many times I say it, people still don't do it, you know? But I saw a post where somebody was talking about

President Abraham Lincoln feeding his cat at the, uh, presidential dinner table, with a golden fork. His cat named Tabby. And saying that, you know, "Hey-... if, uh, if it was good enough for so-and-so, then it's g- good enough for Tabby. And I'm like, "All right, is that true? Did Abraham Lincoln really like cats?" And apparently he did. Abraham Lincoln was a crazy cat lady, just like someone else I know. Mm-hmm. Yeah, he, uh,

was, uh... Or sorry, his wife was quoted as saying that his only hobby was cats. There are pictures of him with cats. And, uh, he even said that, uh, his cat Dixie was smarter than his whole cabinet, and furthermore, she doesn't talk back. So, yeah. [laughs] I, I can only imagine in this day and age, somebody sitting at the, um, a presidential dinner feeding their cat. Cat on the table, the gold fork. Actually, I don't know if people would care. People don't seem to care about much wackiness when it comes to politics.

I did find it funny. I saw this video pop up. I sent it to you this morning. Um, Donald Trump was all like, "No, nothing in here is from Home Depot. This is all real gold." And sure enough, everything in there was from Home Depot. Like, they circled the product and then found it on the Home Depot website.

Is it real gold, though?

They just dyed it gold, I think.

Well, okay.

You g- you gotta watch it for yourself.

I, I'm gonna have to check that out. I saw all the gold stuff. I was, you know... I mean, that's Trump saying like, "Doesn't he have an apartment that's just all gold?"

I don't know. I don't pay attention.

I don't know.

Do I care? No.

I just want it... But, you know, I, I just think, let, let them have cats run loose. That's what I want to see. [laughs]

Apparently, my girlfriend's family got into a huge heated debate about the whole ballroom thing. Like, it was like-

A heated debate?

... almost to the point where one, one person had to storm out. Another one had to go to their own room.

Yeah, I've, I've just about given up on, uh, arguing politics with people, 'cause-

But there's no point. You can't persuade them. And also, like, it just divides people. And that's why I hate talking about it.

I mean, back in the day, you could have a nice political discussion, but now people are... They're just nuts.

Yeah, but what is it gonna accomplish?

The only time that I'll, I'll say anything anymore is when people share stuff that's just blatantly not real. And, like, there's this quote going around from, uh, Ronald Reagan talking basically about how the left is gonna destroy the world or something. I don't remember the quote. But it w- it was just completely made up, and I, I think that people should at least try to not share completely false information, 'cause that makes things even worse.

There was that one time you and Jay Miller were having that whole argument in here, and nothing got accomplished besides, "Hey, there's a loud ruckus happening in the K-Bear studio." [laughs]

[claps]

[laughs]

The Victor Wilt Show is awesome. [claps]

Oh, I was gonna time it with you.

No, but you gotta... Hold on, let me turn the music down and we can stomp at the same time so we don't have enough claps.

So this is the Victor Wilt Show. [claps]

Perfect.

Coming at you weekday mornings, 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM. [claps] [laughs]

[laughs]

I, I need to... I... That reminds me, I was gonna make a sounder for the button bar. That's, you know, a, a whole bunch of people all clapping in unison. But I-

Just, just use the echo effect-

Yeah

... or the-

Yeah, 'ca-

... reverb?

... you want it to have that, uh, empty-sounding room effect. You know, the silence afterward, with a little bit of echo. I'll get on that right now. It's nine o'clock. I got plenty of time to throw together the clapper sounder.

[claps] Gonna take me a little bit of time-

That was a bad clap

... to get it, get it just right but [claps] it, it'll, it'll get there. It'll get there. I gotta get that loud room sound. I got, I got the big clap, but I, I need, uh, I need the big room sound.

Did you want to hear my submission for, uh, country song of the year for 2026?

Sure.

I, I, I emailed you the file.

You emailed me the file. All right, hang on. Let me get into my email here. Let's pull it up. Country song of the year. All right. Waylon Jennings?

That's what it's called.

Okay. Let's check it out.

It's really short.

Waylon Jennings. Willie Nelson. Johnny Cash.

[laughs]

Merle Haggard. Grizz Christopherson.

[laughs]

David Allen Coe.

[laughs]

That's a hit.

It just keeps going.

Billy Joe Shaver.

[laughs]

Hank Williams Jr. Jerry Jeff Walker. Townes Van Zandt. Guy Clark. Steve Earle. Ray Wally Hubbard. Cody Jinks. Whitey Morgan. Jamey Johnson. Sturgill Simpson. Tyler Childers. Colter Wall. Whiskey Myers.

[laughs]

Shooter Jennings. Brent Cobb. Kris Knight. Charlie Crockett.

[laughs] He just goes through my outlaw list.

Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh.

[laughs] [claps]

Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh. Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh. Charlie Crockett.

Sounds a lot like that other song. [laughs] This is better than that big number one Billboard hit. [laughs] We should s-

Cody Kennedey. Aaron Lewis. Ward Davis. Tanner Usry. Tanner Dale. Tanya Tucker. Jessi Colter. Miranda Lambert. Ashley McBryde. Jamie Lynn Wilson. Eli Cook. Lucinda Williams. Brandi Carlile-

[laughs]

Whoa, oh, oh, oh.

Wait.

[claps] Clapping.

Charlie Crockett! Whoa, oh, oh, oh.

That's the clap sound I need, Peaches.

Whoa, oh, oh, oh. Charlie Crockett!

[claps]

Sonny Sweeney.

[claps] Sonny Sweeney!

[laughs]

Sonny Sweeney!

He really likes Sonny Sweeney.

Whoa, oh, oh, oh.

I wonder if I can isolate the clap from that, 'cause that'd be-

[laughs]

... perfect. Why am I putting this effort into trying to make my own claps sound-

Charlie Crockett!

All right. I'm gonna dump that in and-

[laughs]

... I'm gonna see if I can get my clapper sounder going now. [instrumental music] All right. Mentioned this earlier on the show, but it looks like there's a pretty good possibility of seeing the Northern Lights again tonight. How excited does that make everybody? [claps] Yeah, pretty exciting. Pretty exciting stuff. We all love natural phenomena. [claps] Yeah. All right. Anyway, trying to dig up information on this, and it looks like sometime after dark. Be ready just as it gets dark, according to this Facebook post I'm looking at. Uh, should be visible across most of the US. Uh, visible overhead in areas like where we're at here in East Idaho and the northern parts of the US on the horizon, you know, throughout the kinda middle part of the country. And then if you're way down south, you- you're gonna have to have your camera phone out to be able to see it, but

maybe I'll remember and get out of my house today and, like, drive up to the hills. I don't know. Maybe I'd be able to spot 'em from my, my backyard where, you know, it, it can get pretty dark. I don't know. Are we supposed to be cloudy tonight? What do y'all think about clouds? [claps] Yeah! All right. Let's see here. [keyboard clacking] Um, trying to pull up the old weather forecast. I haven't even looked outside. I suppose that, that might be one way to find out what we're looking at as far as, uh, you know, at least current conditions, but- All right. I don't need to look at that city. I need to look at Idaho Falls. And we'll go for hourly. Is it really gonna rain today?

All right, and, uh ... No, that's the 10-day forecast. Why don't I know how to use the weather forecast? Uh, cloudy all day. So it's actually probably not gonna be very good, but you never know. The clouds might clear, right? [claps] Yeah! That's right. We clap for the clouds cheering. [claps] One time only. What is up, my people? [energetic music] I've never seen the Northern Lights. I always tend to be, like, in bed 'cause of my stupid work schedule. It, it sucks! And now if I wanna get the proper rest to come in here and, like, really do a show on fire, it's probably why you only hear me do, like, one good show a week, 'cause I'll get to bed at, like, a decent time maybe once a week [laughs]. Well, gotta do what you gotta do. There's only so many hours in the day. I'll sleep when I'm dead, right? Yeah! [claps] Yeah. All right. Anyway, there's my single clap. It doesn't have quite the same impact I hoped it would. [claps] Sounded better in the speakers than, than in the headphones. [claps] [instrumental music] All right. I just got a call from Crazy Jay, and Crazy Jay made me angry!

Pretty rare that Crazy Jay makes me angry,

but he was talking about the value of your vote. And he said that there are people who didn't get out and vote

in the recent local elections because they didn't feel like their vote matters. Do you know how many people voted in the local election? It was, like, 25% of registered voters. Now,

there is going to be an election runoff for i- in ... I think it's in Pocatello and in Idaho Falls for mayor, and then I know at least one city council seat in Idaho Falls. Hold on. Let me bring this up here. Idaho Falls mayoral

runoff ... [grunts] Okay. 'Cause voting was very tight. You know, didn't have a clear winner. So they're gonna have a mayoral runoff, and it's supposed to happen

... Sorry, I should've pulled this up beforehand, but this wasn't what I, um, intended to talk about. December 2nd, 'kay? Pick up your phone. Put a reminder in your phone for December 2nd. I don't know if you're gonna be able to do early voting on this or not, uh, where it's a runoff. But, uh, December 2nd, it's another Tuesday. That's when they do these votes. It is extremely important to get out and vote in these elections, 'kay? 25% of people who are eligible to vote, that's it. That's all we had. 75% of people who could get out and vote didn't. That's how, you know, we end up with just a handful of people picking who's in charge. 'Kay? I'm not gonna tell you who to vote for. I know who I'm gonna vote for. I have pretty strong feelings on this one. And one of the candidates in particular pissed me off! But, uh,

you need to get out and vote in the mayoral election.

There's a lot of information on these candidates out there. You can go to the East Idaho Elect section of East Idaho News.

[Rock music playing]

You can learn about their views. You can learn about the things they've done. You can learn about their plans. So, you need to get out and vote, December 2nd. It's very important, and your vote does matter. All right? I mean, when we talk about 25% of people voting, that all adds up to like... I don't know, I'm- I'm looking at the two leading candidates here. That was only like 11,000 votes put together, so it was probably like 12,000 people out of everyone who could vote around here voted. Your vote definitely matters in these upcoming mayoral run-off elections as well as, uh, City Council Seat 2 in Idaho Falls. Please educate yourself on the candidates. Don't just look at signs driving down the road. Don't just watch, you know, some video that somebody shares in Life in Idaho Falls or listen to somebody spouting off in Life in Idaho Falls. Get to know the candidates. Talk to people who know 'em. Learn as much as you can about them and get out and vote, and, uh... [laughs]. That's all I gotta say for now. I'm gonna buggy about this til December 2nd.

Vote people. [claps once] Vote. [claps once] Vote. [claps once] Man, that single clap is weird. Definitely strange. Get out and vote people, December 2nd. It's extremely important, 'kay? Mayors are around for like four years, so please be educated.

[Rock music playing].

I was just talking to listener, Stewart. He told me last night when he got out and saw the Northern Lights. It was at about 8:00 P.M. Seems like that was around the time I started seeing some Facebook posts about it, and at the time I- I just sucked. I didn't wanna get outta bed. [laughs] I had a rough couple days. You know? "Oh, there's an amazing, you know, natural phenomenon going outside." "No, I'll just sit in this dark room." Oh, what a loser. Anyway, after dark tonight should be some... Well, hopefully. They're saying it looking pretty good. Like the Northern Lights will be back out again, so

I- I hope I don't take too long of a nap and I'll get out and check things out. I'm very motivated to try to get things done around the house right now,

but I'm also starting to crash out 'cause it's getting closer to 10:00, and usually after the morning show my brain is just cooked. Just cooked from reading too much garbage online. There's a lot of crap floa- you know, just floating around out there. I don't know if you've been reading the news or Facebook today, but mentally exhausting. Ugh.

So anyway, just wanted to remind you on the Northern- Northern Lights yet again, 'cause, uh, should be, should be pretty cool, cool if you wanna get out and see 'em.

[Rock music playing].

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