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You're not gonna need that. Just get in. Let me tuck you in. You're gonna be nice and warm. Can I put my bag inside? We don't got time for that. Just get in here. You're gonna need this helmet. I'll put mine on too. Robin, how are we even gonna do this? Here, I got it for you. It's got a built in headset. We can hear each other just through the headphones and the built in mics in these. I guess, I mean, at least we'll be able to keep each other awake. But you know, and we'll talk. It'll be nice. It'll be a chance for us to catch up a little bit. Listen, I've wanted to do this for a long time. This is gonna be awesome. Go back, see your hometown. See where you grew up. Find the true spirit of the season. Wisconsin, here we come. Hark, the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn king Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled Joyful all ye nations rise Join the triumph of the skies with the angel cards proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem Hark, the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn king Christ the highest Amnon dark Christ the everlasting Lord Late in time behold him come Offspring of a virgin's womb Veiled in flesh the godhead see Hail the incarnate deity Please present with man to dwell Jesus our Emmanuel Hark, the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn king Hail the her beast our feast Hail the son of righteousness Bright and light to all he brings Risen with it in his wings Mighty lays his glory by born that man no more may die Born and raise the sons of earth Born to give the second birth Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn king Glory to the newborn king. How you holding up, Stephen? Gotta say, it's a little brisk, Robin. Brisk? It'll keep you awake. It's a long drive. It's just. You feel alive, don't you? I mean, honestly, if I found myself falling asleep right now, I would assume it was hypothermia. Yeah. Yeah. Can we. Speaking of staying awake, can we listen to some music on these things? Yeah. And actually here, just click that little button on the right. Okay. It's noise canceling. Oh, nice. Okay. Yeah. Is there something you want to hear? Yeah. You know, going back to Wisconsin, I think about the last few years I spent in my hometown. You know, I worked at the. At the grocery store. And so often when I think about the holiday season, you know, I'm just kind of thinking about working on Christmas, kind of working in the run up to Christmas. And one of my favorite holiday songs is by Harvey Danger. They have a song called Sometimes yous have to Work on Christmas. A studio apartment in a dull part of Seattle. A strand of light suspended by a thumbtack in the drywall. The restaurants are closed, so are the record shops, the band banks and bars and Bartel trucks and so's the half price bookstore. But the movies are always open. And I always have to open. A repertory movie house where life is not so wonderful for 15 songs patrons who have no better place to be. Not to mention me. I'm working for a holiday wage. My family is two ton zones away. I'm supposed to call them my vodka and snow is melting. The alcohol isn't helping. Sometimes you have to work on Christmas Sometimes you have to work on Christmas Sometimes you gotta work on Christmas I doubt I miss this. There's an artificial tree blinking in the lobby Sitting on the coffee table, yeah. Strangers and spare changers Stand in line like poor relations at some kind of sad reunion and I'm selling the tickets they coming out of the weather For Christmas Alone together. Sometimes you have to work on Christmas Sometimes you have to work on Christmas Sometimes you have to work on Christmas I doubt I miss this next year. Sometimes you have to work on Christmas Sometimes you gotta work on Christmas Sometimes you have to work on Christmas I doubt I'll miss this, Sam. It's. You know, I worked in a. In a grocery store too, for five years. What was your. What was your chain? It was an iga. I was an iga. Independent Grocer's Association. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I went back to my hometown recently. It's a Century Farm Foods now. And I just spit. Just spit on the ground. Century Foods. What are they thinking? You know what? You're gonna kill me, but I need to pull over for gas. I should have. I know I should have done this. Dude, we left like 20 minutes ago. I know I should have filled up before I came to your house to get you, but let's just pull over. This will only take a minute. I'll just fill it up. I'll go inside, you know, stretch my legs. You know, it's been a long time since I've stood up. It's been at least. At least 15 minutes. Okay. Ty Seagull, as I live and breeze. Hey, man. Oh, Robin. Hey. Hey. How are you? What are you. What are you doing here? This is crazy. Steven and I are just road tripping back to Wisconsin for the holidays. Oh, nice. That's cool. How's the tour going? Oh, it's good. You know, we're winding down. We got a couple more shows. You know, just cruising in the van. You're gonna be able to make it home for Christmas? For the holidays? Yes. Yes, I'll make it home in time for, you know, nice warm cup of eggnog. I'll put on my sweater and hang out. So you just normally spend the holidays at home? That's what you usually do? Yeah. I'm getting more and more into the holidays as I get older and I'm less of a, you know, a harsh human. But no, they're great. Great to hang with family and. Well, and you're a dad now. I mean, you gotta. You gotta try to recreate that childhood magic from, you know, like when you were growing up. But my family woke up really early. It was like five in the morning. My mom would wake us up and listen to Christmas music and the whole thing. So I'm a little scarred with Christmas music. But now I. You know, I'm working on a Christmas album right now. Oh, wow. Do you have a favorite Christmas song? Like your Go to Christmas song? One of my favorites is Wizard Roy Woods Band after the Move and Eloquent. I wish it could be Christmas every day. That's a good one. Well, safe travels, Ty. Thanks. I'm thinking about getting a hog when I get back too. Maybe that's my Christmas present for myself, you know? Well, now that you're a dad, I can't think of any smarter move than to get a motorcycle. Totally. All right. Happy holidays, ma'. Am. Happy holidays. Enjoy the road. We will be. Well, are you ready to. 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What do you got planned? Yeah, it's all about the kids, I think. And also the key to making memories is always, like, events and, and things to do rather than actual objects and gifts. Like, I remember all of the Christmases that I had. Like, my grandmother and grandfather lived in Ireland and we spent Christmas there once when I was like 6. And I remember it so clearly. And it's because where we were, how we were with my cousins and blah, blah, blah. I don't remember what I got as a gift that Christmas. So really, gifts are secondary to memories. We tend to do family stuff. I built a chapel in my garden. We do, you know, Christmas carols there and mince pies and mulled wine and all of that. You mentioned you sing carols when your family gets together. Do you have a, do you have a favorite? Silent Night? I love really gentle. I like oh, Come O Come Emmanuel. You know that one? Oh, for sure. That's a good one. And then Muppets Christmas carol. That must have been big here, right? Yeah, the Muppets. Perfect. Perfect pick. Are You a Muppet fan? I grew up on the Muppets. Yeah. Yeah. I got to meet the Muppets with Ricky Gervais. Weirdly, he was film. He was filming a movie movie with them. I've never seen a man happier in my life than Ricky Gervais with the Muppets. I. I don't blame him one bit. Hey, I'll let you go, but safe travels. Happy holidays. Happy holidays. It's in the singing of a street corner choir it's going home and getting warm by the fire it's true wherever you find love it feels like Christmas A cup of kindness that we share with another A sweet reunion with a friend or a brother in all the places you find love it feels like Christmas it is the season of the heart A special time of caring the ways of love make clear it is the season of the spirit the message, if we hear it Is make it last all year. It's in the giving of a gift to another A pair of mittens that were made by your mother it's all the ways that we show love that feel like Christmas Upon a childhood will always remember it is the summer of the soul in December yes, when you do your best for love it feels like Christmas it is the season of the heart A special time of caring the ways of love made clear it is the season of the spirit the message, if we hear it Is make it last all year. It's in the singing of a street corner choir it's going home and getting warm by the fire it's true wherever you find love it feels like Christmas it's true wherever you find love it feels like Christmas it feels like Christmas Christmas it feels like Christmas it feels like. So, Stephen, what are we going to do the in we get to Wisconsin? Tell me all about it. What. What is. Are you asking me? What is. What there is to do in Wisconsin? Yeah. I'm so. Robin, there is so much. I feel like I've talked to you about this a million times or you do not listen to me when I talk. Um, maybe I just need reminding, I mean, where to begin. I mean, I. Friday fish fry, you know. Have you ever had Friday fish fry? I actually have. You know, I'm from rural Kansas. It's not that, you know, different, I imagine we've done. We've done that. We've done the fish fry. Yeah. It's not a Wisconsin. You can do a Wisconsin fish boil that's different from a fish fry, but basically you get, like deep fried white fish, you know, like a Cod, something like that. It's really lovely. You know, you go to really, you know, any supper club, you know, even some bars you know, will do fish fry on Fridays, but you go to a bar, honestly, you go to a bar, there are two things that you're gonna need if you're a person who drinks. You want to get a spotted cow. And you can get Spotted Cow beer. It's by the new Glarus Brewing Company. You can only get beer in the state of Wisconsin. There have actually been bars outside the state of Wisconsin that have been raided for trying to sell nuglarus beer. You know, you can't do it. It's illegal, but you can get a spotted cow just about any place. Even the diviest bar you can imagine. And the thing is, Nuglar, it's good beer. But the other thing you've got to get, and I know some people, they might be lactose intolerant, carry a little can of lactate around. I ain't talking just to tease people like you that don't grow on trees. Look at you. That's what it's gonna be. Have everything I need around my sober Christmas tree. Merry Christmas. Wisconsin's just leaning back in a big old chair watching the Green Bay packers, watching the Wisconsin Badgers, watching the Milwaukee brewers, watching the Milwaukee Bucks. Like, you know, Wisconsin sports, you know, just a great, great tradition. You know, the brewers, they were pretty good this year, right now, you know, call out the holly, put up the tree before my spirit falls again. Philip, we're stalking. We may be rushing things, but take the holes again. Now, I'm not a big hunter or fisherman, but, you know, Wisconsin's got tons and tons of wildlife. You know, I always say Wisconsin, that's like Illinois's playground. You know, anytime you see somebody driving like a maniac, you know, up one of those highways in Wisconsin 41 or whatever, and you're like, oh, yep, Illinois license plate. Don't you know. You know, it's so. You know, a lot of people kind of come to Wisconsin to participate in. In the great outdoors. But to me, honestly, Necessarily think of it right off the top of your head. But a lot of famous people are from Wisconsin. The actor Tony Shalom, he's from Wisconsin. You know, when he played the tiny desk as part of a Broadway show, he saw the packers helmet on my desk and walked over and was like, hey, man, are you from Wisconsin? And we started talking about, you know, him being from that state and me being from that state. I mean, there's bon Iver too. You know Justin Vernon. He's from Eau Claire. Steve, this is amazing. I truly cannot wait to get there. It's you greatest state in the union. I'm actually getting kind of hungry. Do you have anything? Do you have any stuff? Any snacks? Did you get anything at the store? Well, Robin, you know where I had a lot of snacks? In my suitcase. You know where my suitcase is? Yeah, it's in my yard. All right, well, we just need to pull over then. Looks like there's maybe a truck stop up here. Yeah. What's this place? The Wizard's Breath. And I don't want to spend a lot of time. I. I know we've got a long way to go. I just want to pick up a snack. Yeah, yeah, no, I get it. Wow, this place is huge. They need IDs. What kind of traffic truck stop needs IDs? That's weird. Just grab a basket here. Hey, isn't that Sarah Tudson here? Yeah, the Illuminati hotties. Yeah. No. Where is she? Hey, Sarah. Hey, guys. Hey. How you doing? I'm doing good. I feel great. Yeah? You feeling the spirit of the season here at the Wizard's Breath? The holidays are a very strange mix of beauty and wonder and also sort of like profound loneliness in a weird way, just because I feel like it is such like a time to think about your whole year and like what's led you to the holidays. But also it's great to be around family. It's great to see people that come back into town that I haven't seen. Yeah, no, but I completely hear you. I mean, I think that sense of melancholy and loneliness is a part of the swirl of emotions that goes into the holidays. And it's. Honestly, it's one reason that Robin and I are taking this trip. You know, we're going back to Wisconsin, see my mom, see some friends. What about you? Usually I spend Christmas with my partner's family. Cause my folks don't really do Christmas. But then my sister and brother in law come in for Thanksgiving and like, you know, we'll do a little New Year's thing. And it's all so beautiful to me. Like I. I think there's just like lights and like you know, telling each other we love each other is like a beautiful celebration. And that's just in our culture, you know. You actually did a Christmas song with the Illuminati hotties, right? Christmas wish list. What we all asked for. To me it just feels like, like a time for reconnecting and A time for eating good food and like being cozy and also. Yeah, just like thinking about everything that sort of is a pause on the year, I guess, in a way that we don't usually get. So I made a Christmas song just because it feels like a universal truth, I think. Do you have a favorite Christmas song? I do. I think that. I think this is tough, actually. There's a lot of great ones. I'm gonna say White Christmas to me. What's special about, like White Christmas or I'll Be Home for Christmas songs in that sort of can. And they do this like amazing thing of speaking about a holiday and joyousness, but with this sort of like nostalgic, dark emotional tilt. And it's just sort of like the classic chords that are being used and the melodies that are being used in the content of sneaking in deep sadness with sort of wonder at the holiday season has always been so deeply sort of deep sadness disguised by the beauty and the comfort of what's going on in the music. I couldn't agree more. Happy holidays. Yes, sir. We got to hit the road. Happy holidays. Happy holidays. Have a great one. You too. Dreaming of a wife Christmas Just like the ones I used to know where those trees up listen and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow the snow Dreaming of a white Christmas with every Christmas card I ride May your days, May your days May your days be merry and bright. No Christmas has been wide. I'm dreaming a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know where the treetops listen and to hear. May those days May your days May your days be merry Merrit brow. And may all. Your Christmases. Be wise. What did you get from the store? They had some. You know, it was weird. I expected kind of more like your usual Slim Jims and sunflower seeds and stuff, but it was mostly a bunch of pre wrapped kind of organic health snacks. Let's see, I got something called Gelato 41. That could be good. White choco. Oh, something called Northern Lights. That could be nice. We're heading north. Yeah. You know what? Let's try the Northern Lights. Let's see what that tastes like. Okay. It's kind of earthy. It's true dry. Yeah, it's very crunchy. I don't know, I mean, I guess, you know, it's healthy. You're not going to get the kind of preservatives and got a weird kind of aftertaste. Well, look, the snow's really coming down right now. We got a long way to go. 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Steven, are you okay? I. I think so. Where are we? Must be Wisconsin. I think we still had 13 hours. No, I don't think so. Do you see the lights? Yeah. The swirls of green, but even like little notes of purple. It's just beautiful. What is that? Is that. Is that Sarah McLachlan? Yeah, it's the timeless classic angel from her Juno and Grammy Award winning 1997 album Surfacing no, not the song. Sarah. There in the clouds. Hi, Robin. How are you? Are we. Is this heaven? Um, the world is very cyclical, and things come and things go, and that's not terribly reassuring. Sarah, have you ever really looked at your hands? Sorry, that's Stephen. We're just trying to get to Wisconsin. Is there a way out of here? Like, what should we do? We have to pick ourselves back. Back up and dust ourselves off and keep moving forward and keep trying to stay open and, you know, keep our hearts open and not shut down. It's wild. I've got two hands, but then each one has five little hands. Okay, well, I'm so sorry, Sarah. Steven's just. I think he's just really feeling the wonder and awe of the season, you could say. I know you love this time, time of year, too. I love it. I love that everybody gets together. I mean, when you think about the Christmas songs, for me, singing. I love singing. I love singing with other people. And caroling is a super fun thing to do. We have this thing in Vancouver called the Christmas Train. And we all go every year when we had kids, and now we just all go as adults. And you wait in this ridiculously long line. They put you in these pins, and. And I'm just like, okay, we're all going to sing. And we all just start singing at the top of our lungs, and I kind of get everybody going to sing, and they're like, who is this weirdo in the Santa hat? Do you ever, like, find yourself kind of going through the day and thinking, like, what would Santa think of how I'm making my way through this day? Am I. Am I being nice? Am I being naughty? Stephen, you're not helping. Maybe, Sarah, maybe there's a song, I think, you know, maybe a song. Something to get us back down, down to earth. Do you. Do you have, like, a favorite holiday song that can help? River Joni Mitchell, the most depressing Christmas song ever. It is a modern, modern Christmas song. But, yeah, it's just, you know, it. I think a lot of people are sad at Christmas. I mean, it really conjures up a lot of big emotions about family and loss and holidays can be tough. And I, I. That song just appears, epitomizes that so perfectly, yet it's so devastatingly beautiful at the same time. Well, I don't even know if you're really here, but Happy holidays, Sarah. Happy holidays. It's coming on Christmas. They're cutting down trees, they're putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace. Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. But it don't snow here stays pretty green I'm gonna make a lot of money then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on. I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly. Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. I made my baby cry. He tried hard to help me, you know he put me at ease and he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees. Oh, I wish I had a river I could skid away on. I'm so hard to handle I'm selfish and I'm sad Now I gone and lost the best baby that I ever had Oh, I wish I had a river I could skid away on. I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly. Oh, I wish I had a river I could skid away on. I made my baby say goodbye. It's coming on Christmas. They're cutting down trees they're putting up reindeer. Singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could ski away on. I feel like I've been asleep for days. I'm cold, but my skin feels hot. But also numb. Dude, you don't even have a coat. Oh, look at. Look, you were making. You were lying in a snow angel. Steven, you've been making snow angels. Aw, I have, too. So pretty. Listen, we need some. Somebody to come and get us here. I have no idea. I don't have my phone. Do you have your phone? Yeah, it's. Oh, Robin. It's in my suitcase. All right, that one's on me, buddy. I'm sorry. Do you know how many Pokemon I could have caught by now? You and your Pokemon. That game is like 50 years old now. You're the only person who's still playing that. Oh, man. You know what? Pokemon go to the farmhouse. I see in the. Just come on. It's close. We'll get. We'll be there in a minute. You know, if we were in Wisconsin right now, you know where we'd be? We'd be in Silver Lake Lanes, Scandinavia, Wisconsin, bowling up a Storm Cheese Co. Enough with Wisconsin, all right? Look, there's a light coming from that barn up there. Let's just. We'll just walk up to it. Hey, fellas. Randy Carlisle. Is this. Can we come in? You're more than invited. It's just I've had the same. I've lived in the same log cabin since I was 21 years old and it looks like it was built for a Christmas decoration. Well, it's beautiful. I can't believe how you've got it all decorated. It's really incredible. I live for this time of year. I start putting up lights on November 1st, and then it never stops until around March when I have them taken down. I don't know, I think when I was, you know, growing up with my brother and sister and mom and dad in a single wide mobile home, there were some pretty sparse holiday seasons. And but my mom, that was like the one time of the year that my mom was just not having the poverty thing. She was, was not gonna do it and it didn't matter what we had. The over the top drama around how she would engage with us around Christmas was just like the most joyful thing. Like it didn't matter what we had or didn't have. We wake up in the morning and she would just be ridiculous yelling Santa came and making everybody get out of bed like up until we were like 17. And I don't know, I think I've just carried that sort of just toxic enthusiasm into my adult life around the holidays. Well, thanks for having us in and happy holidays, Brandy. Yeah, Happy holidays, Brandy. You know, we didn't make it to Wisconsin, but I'm glad we made it here. Happy holidays to you. Happy holidays. Christmas time is coming round again Another year is almost near the end Every kid has made his Christmas wish For every toy that's written on his it Santa Claus and all the elders are working overtime Mama, dad are helping so he doesn't fall behind Christmas time is coming round again. Sing out. Christmas time is coming round again Christmas time is coming round again if you don't believe, at least pretend but if you do pretend don't let her know. Who. 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