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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2024

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  • @bighaasfly
    @bighaasfly 4 роки тому +13

    I was crawling down a lonesome goat trail in my truck with my bike in the back one day. Somewhere deep in the woods of Northern California, on my way to my favorite riding spot, I noticed two Suzuki box vans making their way out of the bottom of the canyon. To my great surprise Steve Hatch, Rodney Smith and Mike were in the two box fans. I rolled down the window and exchanged an enthusiastic hello. All great guys, very cordial and fun to chat with for a moment. I rode a little more proudly knowing that they were training on the same trails I enjoyed. Good times!

  • @robertrishel3685
    @robertrishel3685 4 роки тому +18

    Another classic interview! Another tremendous athlete from our sport we should be proud of👍. The “Kid” was a great professional and what a terrific career. Thanks for sharing it with us.

  • @64maxpower
    @64maxpower Рік тому +1

    you two do the best interviews

  • @ronaldtravis970
    @ronaldtravis970 4 роки тому +5

    How could anyone give a thumbs down 👎 to this ? This show is awesome as always! He’ll yeah ! Mxkeid ! And yes the 90s were Boss , you had to be there to get it !

    • @HuffmanBros
      @HuffmanBros 4 роки тому +2

      Those 👎 must be from JMB and Larocco 😂

  • @dnmccall
    @dnmccall 4 роки тому +10

    My favorite racer late 80 early 90. One of the most underrated racers ever

  • @socaljimmyd
    @socaljimmyd 4 роки тому +7

    Shout out to Canyon High! Nice. Grew up with Mike and we graduated in 87. I remember the cops always coming out the where we were always riding. I had a clapped out XR so the cops never messed with me cause I had a spark arrestor. But I remember being out there with Mike, Mercedes Gonzalez, EK, Larry Brooks, Mouse McCoy, Willie Surratt and a few others. It was like Mike said just out in the hills where they made their own tracks. It was so cool to just be out there watching factory guys riding and doing motos. Was able to talk to Mike a lot at our 20 year high school reunion. I still talk to him every year at A-1. I moved out of Canyon Country after high school so I don’t get to see my old friend as much.

  • @firehawk8566
    @firehawk8566 4 роки тому +5

    Why would anyone thumbs down Mike Kiedrowski???

  • @bradw.491
    @bradw.491 4 роки тому +3

    Always really liked Mike. He was always a class act, and a great motocross role model for the kids. Doesn't look as though he has changed much. I still remember the interview with his badly swollen finger after taking a roost rock at Unadilla.

  • @scottmorgan6099
    @scottmorgan6099 4 роки тому +2

    Great interview, with the MX Kied!...Thanks, Ping, GL & Donnie!...🇺🇸👍

  • @todddooley793
    @todddooley793 4 роки тому +25

    The MX Kied was a beast, stopped racing way to early.

    • @jameszbierski391
      @jameszbierski391 4 роки тому +1

      Why did he retire so early. I was young when he did so my memory is foggy about it

    • @dr00andrew
      @dr00andrew 2 роки тому

      @@jameszbierski391 cause brian lunnis told him he should after the 95 season

  • @seanlewis575
    @seanlewis575 3 роки тому +1

    This guy is so underrated...great motocross rider.

  • @MTBExtraordinaire
    @MTBExtraordinaire 4 роки тому +2

    Probably THEE most underrated racer of all time. Kiedrowski was soooooo damn consistent and so fast.

  • @goldsbym
    @goldsbym 4 роки тому +1

    Great example of how being a motocross racer builds a foundation for life and business. Mike uses what he learned in MX and applies it to his life today.

  • @michaelbrown5495
    @michaelbrown5495 Рік тому

    There was Muntz Cycle park in Simi valley and there was also Bay Mare in Moorpark

  • @ebikemotorworks20
    @ebikemotorworks20 4 роки тому +4

    The MX Kied! Glad you got him on the show.

  • @143Chippy143
    @143Chippy143 4 роки тому +2

    Great interview !! Always liked Mike !!

  • @terryrasor5495
    @terryrasor5495 4 роки тому +3

    This is my favorite Whiskey Throttle so far! Been a Mx Keid fan for 30+ years

  • @siyz250
    @siyz250 11 місяців тому

    Love Mike Keid. In my top 5 of all time. Great learning some insights. I have just finished watching the full 1995 MX series. Would loved to have known from Mike K's point of view how he thought the 95 mx season went. At the time, I honestly thought he would smoke everyone outdoors that year coming out of 94. But man he fell off lots and as usual for factory KX guys (till Fro) of that era, bad starts. Wish he didn't have Lunnis as mechanic. He might have been a good mechanic,but l think the mental side has proven to be repeatedly not great for his riders.
    Si, Christchurch, New Zealand.

  • @drmania6589
    @drmania6589 4 роки тому +1

    What a great racer...was always a question mark regarding his retirement, I remember suddenly he was just gone. Got to ride one of his practice Yoshi DRZ...it was a monster!!! Still have a '91 KX125 to restored as "MX KIED" replica...he really was one of the best out there.

  • @theshootindutchman
    @theshootindutchman 4 роки тому +1

    What a stud! Never knew many of these things! He raced the same span of years my buddies and I did and it's so fun to hear all of this😄! Great job guys!!

  • @donmeca69
    @donmeca69 11 місяців тому

    Awesome!!!!

  • @rickb7516
    @rickb7516 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome Show! Met Mike at KROC in 91 class act!

  • @remotecontrol9874
    @remotecontrol9874 4 роки тому +6

    Glen Helen was called Arroyo Cycle Park in the '80s. The helicopter would chase us all the time in Riverside when we were on our yz80s.

  • @scottmorgan6099
    @scottmorgan6099 4 роки тому +1

    Love, the "MX Kied "..!!..🇺🇸👍

  • @anthonymitchell466
    @anthonymitchell466 4 роки тому +1

    What a super guy, polite,engaging and very modest. I wish you were deeper in the sport still.

  • @Erik-rp1hi
    @Erik-rp1hi 4 роки тому +2

    Mike, I don't know if you remember but we did a fun ribbon ride event at Mammoth Mountain. You were with two of your teammates riding Suzuki's for the Off road series. I had a CR500 and got to dice with you guys on the trail. It was a blast.

  • @jbeaver1776
    @jbeaver1776 4 роки тому +2

    This one made my day! Thanks guys!

  • @teamflanneloutdoors5631
    @teamflanneloutdoors5631 4 роки тому +1

    That was a good one! Huge respect for MX racers that branch off into other disciplines, reminds me of old school hard core racers who live to ride👍👍Before the Soccer Mom's ruined it all.

  • @andrewmarshall360
    @andrewmarshall360 4 роки тому +2

    Mad respect for anyone that can man handle a kx 500 !

  • @goldsbym
    @goldsbym 4 роки тому +1

    Great Interview. The Kied is a Legend. Impressive to go from finishing 20nd in his first national to winning the championship the very next year. Who else has accomplished that?

  • @astreet339
    @astreet339 4 роки тому +10

    He made the “MX KIED” on the butt patch trendy before “trendy “ was a thing! Cheers 🍻 guys

  • @davewise29
    @davewise29 4 роки тому +1

    You guys top the previous show every time . I sure hope you can get a show with the Bomber sometime soon!

  • @mikeskidmore6754
    @mikeskidmore6754 4 роки тому +4

    Great Stories being 59 years old I can relate to Mike and a a decade and two decades older riders.. I live in Michigan .. I plead the 5th with all my stories of out running Cops on dirt bikes .. as a Trail Rider.. I have raced at Red Bed before the Doubles and Triples were built.. My Grandmother Graduated from the same High School Class at Jeff Stantons Grand Father John Stanton but my Grandmother skipped two grades and graduated 1st in her class at age 16.. My Grandfather was never overly impressed with Motorcorss.. but at my Grandmothers 50 year Class Reunion John Stanton told my Grandfather all about Jeff's Motocross racing..
    So I took my Grandfather to Red Bud Pro Races 4th of July weekend one year. at Red Bud . and My Grandfather was very impressed.. By then I was out of Motocross and into my own business spreading Agricutlure Lime for Farmers.. I have spread lime for Jeff Stantons Father Erwin before.. I heard he was in a bad accident a few years ago however. I think he was driving a tractor and got rear ended by a car on the highway they live near M-60. . Now Jeff;s younger Brother runs the Farm ..

    • @mikeskidmore6754
      @mikeskidmore6754 4 роки тому

      @@EarthSurferUSA Try to pass the High School exam from like 1902 It's hard it takes thinking and common sense.. Rockerfeller got the idea to take over Public Education in about 1911 to dumb down Americans so they will be non thinking factory workers.. Also take control of Public Univercities..
      My Uncle had a Cabin near the Little Manistee River.. next to the RR bed that goes past Wolf Creek through Irons and Doublin ect.. Used to use that RR bed to get to all of the Trails .
      I bought a new YZ-400-F in 1998 .. put a larger gas tank on it .. I thought holly crap why on eart do you need that much power but I got used to it.. Put in softer springs for Trail riding.. Now it bottomw off from Motocross Jumps .. Oh well I am too old for those huge Jumps anyway .
      I might get a Yamaha T-700 load up all my camping gear and head north for th eweekend .. don't even need a truck and trailer for that..

    • @justinfee819
      @justinfee819 4 роки тому

      @@EarthSurferUSA congrats on the new purchase 👍😁 I just turned 42 and it makes me want to keep riding when someone older is still doing it have fun be safe.

  • @lmtada
    @lmtada 4 роки тому +1

    Liked him on Cr125 National Champ. He was right there for Supercross championship, one of the best. Team Mike...

  • @jamespatterson2002
    @jamespatterson2002 4 роки тому +2

    I remember him catching and passing(which was unheard of then) Mcgrath at the 94 dallas supercross.

  • @wayneboyd2682
    @wayneboyd2682 4 роки тому +1

    Glad to see a new WTS video. Ping, you and GL are killing it.

  • @athomerecordschannel
    @athomerecordschannel 4 роки тому +5

    Mike Keidrowski was a beast. It is so great to hear him say that his 1992 Kawasaki KX500 was his favorite race bike. I believe that Mike LaRocco has said the same thing about his 1993 Kawasaki KX500...Just some notes: Steve Lamson was the 4th racer on that 1991 Pro Circuit/Peak Honda Team. He gets overlooked a lot during his time there and he was 3rd in the 125 West Supercross and 6th in the 125 AMA Nationals. Team Peak Honda started in 1991 so it wasn't a Team Peak Motor that he obtained and was running from Mitch Payton in 1990. The other man on the 1989 Honda "B" Team was Fred Andrews (I was big fan of Fred Andrews). It was 1986 that he lost that final 250 A Moto at Loretta Lynn's and not 1988. Also it is super funny that Mx-Keid doesn't remember finishing 2nd in the 1988 125 West Supercross to Jeff "Chicken" Matiasevich (which he did). I used to love watching Mike Keidrowski on his Team Geen Kawasaki KX's during the CMC races. I was a fan of his from way back because of his CMC Gold State Series races.

  • @christianturner8106
    @christianturner8106 4 роки тому +8

    I still have a glove he won with a high point. He won the moto looked over a me as a kid and tossed it over the fence. Nice guy!

  • @kennyrichard2971
    @kennyrichard2971 3 роки тому +1

    the 90s motocross was awesome For Kawasaki races Mike Karnowski was so cool I think mikes attitude style was a lot like Jeff Stanton as far as Bale to care about his interview speeches but he had talent and of course he Race Honda CR’s I Miss how Mike uses his hands of motion sounds scribing stories Racing crashing back in the day of two-strokes yes yes well put about the tracks today groomed all look like video game

  • @cheeseinahamburger4729
    @cheeseinahamburger4729 2 роки тому +2

    3.5 hours. Mike won 4 national championships and lost a fifth by a couple points. None of the championship battles get talked about and the year they give the most attention to is 1988....

  • @ronaldtravis970
    @ronaldtravis970 4 роки тому +13

    Wish list ... Stanton, Bradshaw, JMB, Ward, Hanna, Chicken, Brooks , Glover, O,Show, ....?

    • @fmradio42
      @fmradio42 4 роки тому +3

      and Bivo Forte, Malcolm Smith, Damon Bradshaw.

    • @ronaldtravis970
      @ronaldtravis970 4 роки тому +1

      @@fmradio42 How could I forget Bivo?! Lechiene also ! We’ll keep Ping and GL busy in 2021 with the list LoL ! Can’t wait to see what’s up their sleeve?

    • @fmradio42
      @fmradio42 4 роки тому +3

      Oh yeah, I forgot Ron lechien too.1984 Unadilla 250 U.S. Grand Prix: Still just 17 years old, Lechien rides into the FIM record books as the youngest winner ever in the 250cc FIM World Motocross Championships, winning the U.S. Grand Prix at Unadilla. It was Lechien's first visit ever to Unadilla in Upstate New York, as well as his first Grand Prix.

    • @scottmorgan6099
      @scottmorgan6099 4 роки тому +1

      ....Darryl Shultz & Donnie Cantaloupi!....🇺🇸👍

    • @WOOKEEE
      @WOOKEEE 4 роки тому +2

      @@fmradio42 I vote for Lechien as well as he had an incredible story from minicycles to showing up at the SX in Japan I think in 1991 or 1992 or later when he retired in 1989. He won and beat all the next generation of elite like Bradshaw, Swink, Lamson, and more. Showed up on a TUF racing KX250 that was not even close to the equipment the others were on since they had factory Japan works bikes yet he beat them all. That was Lechien....he could beat anyone at anytime yet never trained or took racing serious. He had probably the most natural talent until James Stewart showed up.
      Dogger should be on the show.

  • @chasec9197
    @chasec9197 3 роки тому +1

    They need to get the "Chicken" on this show...

  • @zacharyradford5552
    @zacharyradford5552 3 роки тому +1

    Everts won 500cc in 01 and 02 also the first to win titles with all 4 Japanese makers.

  • @PittsBird
    @PittsBird 4 роки тому +2

    I like finding historical location stuff like tracks and airports on google earth, so as I was listening I started searching around for the house with the track out front they were talking about.....sure enough found it at 6938 Escondido Canyon Rd, Acton, CA 93510. Still remnants of a track there. :)

  • @muzzmatrix
    @muzzmatrix 4 роки тому +1

    Remember when he won the 125 championship in 1989? #762? Who's that? One of the greatest riders in AMA history.

  • @lucascomeaux
    @lucascomeaux 4 роки тому +1

    Class act

  • @kentallison9234
    @kentallison9234 4 роки тому +1

    That opening music - sounds just like an MRI machine!

  • @chrislubas7445
    @chrislubas7445 4 роки тому +5

    It's Kiedrowski (not Keidrowski)

  • @goldsbym
    @goldsbym 4 роки тому +1

    I was always suspicious or Roger D showing favorites among his riders. I was at the Gainesville outdoor nationals when Jean Michele Bayle showed up and smoked Stanton and Johnson on a Cr250 that pulled everyone's bike down straights. Roger was behind that deal also.

    • @goldsbym
      @goldsbym 4 роки тому

      @@EarthSurferUSA I agree Bayle was a much better and skilled rider. I'm not sure if he was in as good of physical condition as Stanton and i believe that was the day Johnson got hurt. Don't quote me on that.... i went to Gainesville every year they raced there from 85 through the early 90s. Anyway Bayle was such a great rider it didn't matter how long and hot the motos were he was so smooth and rode with little effort he could ride all day. I stood in between the start line and the finish line jump and remember his bike sounded different than anything out there. He rode a gear higher than everyone else. It looked to me his bike pulled everyone down the straights... maybe he just had better flow, but the sound of his bike was much deeper and looked much faster. I rode the local pro races and have a few decent finishes in the 125 A and 250 A class at Loretta Lynn's in 1988 and 1989. I say that as an example of credibility not to brag. I know the difference between engine sounds and engine power. My opinion is Bayles bike that day was faster than anyone else's bike. I can't say for a fact because I have zero proof. But I know what I heard and I know what I saw. Ad that to the rumors other guys say about Roger, just as Mike Kiedrowski stated in this interview. It's not always just talent that is fast especially today the bikes have a lot to do with speed especially in the 250 class. Look at the Yamaha 250f, clearly the fastest bike by far in the 250 class.

  • @houstonscott191
    @houstonscott191 4 роки тому +1

    At the end of moto xxx 1 the helicopter lands in canyon country and he says “keidrowsky used to ride out here till he got arrested a few times “

  • @Erik-rp1hi
    @Erik-rp1hi 4 роки тому +1

    Yeah, my closest area to ride was Texas Canyon and I live in the beach cities. Gorman next. Since the 70's.

  • @remotecontrol9874
    @remotecontrol9874 4 роки тому +1

    I remember one day when Keith McCarthy was experimenting with building supercross tracks and built a section of doubles at Corona Raceway and called Warren Reid, Kurt Hendrickson and Vince McManon to test a new format. Hendrickson cased a double on his first run on a 125 and racked his nuts.

    • @remotecontrol9874
      @remotecontrol9874 4 роки тому

      @@EarthSurferUSA McCarthy had the sections setup side-by-side to see if it could be safe. Vince mostly was doubling everything and battling w/Reid. Reid was relaxed and matching Vince in the air side-by-side. This was back in the beginning of Supercross when the jumps were getting huge.

  • @jmkenny
    @jmkenny 4 роки тому +1

    I remember that crazy Atlanta race being in 91' must be the Mandela effect... hahah

  • @kylehoward8778
    @kylehoward8778 4 роки тому +1

    Dude I had a kiedrowski toy. How do you find these legends!? Hahah

  • @scottaustin1213
    @scottaustin1213 4 роки тому +2

    Every time Mike says yea take A drink!

    • @TheLoopy989
      @TheLoopy989 4 роки тому

      So your drunk like a welshman

  • @patrikkagstrom2393
    @patrikkagstrom2393 4 роки тому +1

    Mxdn did not go to Lommel until 2012 .
    1989 Gaildorf, Germany. 1990 Vimmerby ,Sweden.
    1991 Valkenswaard, Netherlands.
    1992 Manjimup, Australia.
    1993 Schwanenstadt, Austria.
    1994 Roggenburg ,Switzerland

    • @jamespatterson2002
      @jamespatterson2002 4 роки тому +1

      valkenswaard….lommel...whats the difference?..deep sand and bad food

    • @patrikkagstrom2393
      @patrikkagstrom2393 4 роки тому +1

      @@jamespatterson2002 Lommel sand is alot deeper.

  • @jerryanker2289
    @jerryanker2289 4 роки тому +1

    Glen Helen was originally Arroyo Cycle Park.

  • @onlygazza
    @onlygazza 4 роки тому +1

    Brill rider 👏

  • @fmradio42
    @fmradio42 4 роки тому

    Where's the whiskey throttle website with Motocross des Nations footpegs photo?

    • @davidpingree9254
      @davidpingree9254 4 роки тому

      It’s on Pings IG page

    • @fmradio42
      @fmradio42 4 роки тому

      @@davidpingree9254 Not on WT page, Ping IG page. is that a joke?

    • @davidpingree9254
      @davidpingree9254 4 роки тому +1

      @@fmradio42 No, it's not, Marty. If you want to see the pegs you'll have to go to my IG page. @davidpingree

    • @fmradio42
      @fmradio42 4 роки тому

      @@davidpingree9254 Thanks, I should of known.

  • @andrewmarshall360
    @andrewmarshall360 4 роки тому +1

    70s wasn’t bad with h.s. Moto btw dont the police get you .
    In my neck of the woods they tried to accomplish that with Honda scramblers.

  • @JacksonD489
    @JacksonD489 4 роки тому +2

    @The Whiskey Throttle Show.... It's "Kied"rowski! C'mon, man.... Lol

  • @scottaustin1213
    @scottaustin1213 4 роки тому

    Mike should have been in the movie Fargo, YEA YEA YEA............

  • @bbuckl3869
    @bbuckl3869 4 роки тому

    Great show guys! Too much talking from the guy off camera... Doesn't work when your watching...

  • @frontlinemedia4270
    @frontlinemedia4270 4 роки тому +1

    I have a signed pair of Garnae from him

  • @mtnbikerva1
    @mtnbikerva1 4 роки тому

    Is it possible to get a Specialized bike discount through the Whiskey Throttle Show? Thank you.Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

  • @MRBUN75
    @MRBUN75 4 роки тому +1

    Special mention , to John Short , Dylan Schwartz and Brock Tickle this year ..... Congratulations on your "half the field" championships.....
    Where are the trophies???

  • @TheLoopy989
    @TheLoopy989 4 роки тому +1

    Lunnis kinda sucks. And I guess so does decoster. I never knew. Keid was a crazy cool interview and a nice guy... Also, GODDAMMIT DONNIE!!! Jk d man. How you doing?

  • @geejoe911
    @geejoe911 4 роки тому +1

    I know Mike and live in his hood. IT'S all true!

  • @theshootindutchman
    @theshootindutchman 4 роки тому +2

    So cool Mike sounds like a Christian too😄!

  • @dannypotts4345
    @dannypotts4345 4 роки тому

    Y’all forgot to mention Stewart on racers that didn’t have to work after racing

  • @austinrwann5509
    @austinrwann5509 4 роки тому

    Stand by, stand down 🤣

  • @paulf144
    @paulf144 3 роки тому

    When dude yelled out the list of four riders that could live the rest of their lives off what they earned from moto how could he leave out James Stewart Jr.??? That kid made so much money he gave money BACK (when he left JGR).

  • @xxTyphoid
    @xxTyphoid 4 роки тому

    2:23:50 i didn't know Brazil was in Europe lmfao

  • @mxlarge6915
    @mxlarge6915 4 роки тому

    Not sure about the Bayle parts bit in 1990. Maybe Roger called Kawasaki and said don't give Mike the best parts, because we want Bayle our Honda guy to win all three titles in 1991. Give Bayle credit for just being the best of that era. He smoked everyone, in Europe and America. Not another conspiracy theory!! hahahaha

  • @swartz104
    @swartz104 4 роки тому

    Mike Brown???

  • @adriancurley2598
    @adriancurley2598 4 роки тому

    zach osborne isde and mxd

  • @TheLoopy989
    @TheLoopy989 4 роки тому

    Donnie? After seeing ping in shorts with that dumb stash, and hat, in a Wyatt erpp goes garage sailing get up. I will now only say God damnit ping. I don't know why I think of the big lebowski going frisbee golfing when I look at him... Yikes.

  • @TheLoopy989
    @TheLoopy989 4 роки тому

    He's really cool guy, daughter works for lunnis that I crabbed at n sorry bro

  • @jhrsjhrs
    @jhrsjhrs 4 роки тому +5

    The Whiskey show would be so much better if Langston didn't talk. Watch the Roger De Coster interview... Langston constantly interrupted De Coster with pointless comments which interrupted the flow of what De Coster what trying to say. It's not about you, Grant, it's about your guest, so unless there's dead air time where no one has anything to say, be quiet and let the guest talk.

    • @jhrsjhrs
      @jhrsjhrs 4 роки тому +1

      @@EarthSurferUSA I stand by what I said.... Langston constantly interrupts and when he does, he makes it about himself (I've seen this; I've done that; that happened to me; etc.) and it interferes with the flow of the show.

    • @jhrsjhrs
      @jhrsjhrs 4 роки тому

      @@EarthSurferUSA Don't make stuff up that I never said or implied and then argue against it. I never said Langston was an idiot or questioned his credentials as a racer... I said that his interruptions in which he makes it about himself (I did this; I saw that; that happened to me; etc) interfere with the flow of the show.

    • @MrDannyboyhall
      @MrDannyboyhall 4 роки тому +3

      @@jhrsjhrs I agree with you I like Langston he is a good dude but he does hijack people’s answers to talk about something he did and it is annoying as hell

    • @jhrsjhrs
      @jhrsjhrs 4 роки тому +1

      @@MrDannyboyhall Well said.

    • @siyz250
      @siyz250 4 роки тому +2

      Couldn't agree more. If you get a super star on, the hosts (GL) has to get over how ever good they were and listen to the story from the guest. l watched one of these (think it was with Emig) and GL was embarrassing, talking over guest, all the time, no questions from him just what he thinks, crass comments. I was genuinely disappointed. This was a better effort this time but too much GL's life story on every one of Mike's questions. Sorry, but this is how it comes across. Otherwise this show is fantastic.
      Si.

  • @pedrogonzalesthespanishgyp7964
    @pedrogonzalesthespanishgyp7964 4 роки тому

    Diversity in Motocross...
    Not sure about that

  • @MX-CO
    @MX-CO 4 роки тому

    the music is awful

  • @shepherd_mx
    @shepherd_mx 4 роки тому +1

    You guys realllllyy need some better tunes..