July 28, 2026

Jeffrey Nothing Performs at Inkcarceration 2026 at Shawshank Prison - PipemanRadio Interview

Show Notes
Transcript

The conversation focused on the return of Jeffrey Nothing to the music festival scene, specifically at Inkcarceration, set against the dramatic backdrop of a historic prison. The discussion explored Jeffrey Nothing's musical journey, insights into performing with masks, the realities of life backstage, and a candid exchange about natural health, overcoming illness, and the importance of self-advocacy. Several points were raised, including stories about haunted venues, the festival experience, and alternative healthcare approaches.Main Topics Covered

Jeffrey Nothing’s history with Mushroomhead and performing at Inkcarceration
The unique atmosphere of playing in a prison setting
Experiences with haunted venues and paranormal activities
The truth about backstage life and misconceptions of the musician lifestyle
Challenges and therapeutic aspects of performing while masked
Stories of health struggles, natural healing, and skepticism toward conventional medicine
The role of music and mosh pits as therapy and cardio
The importance of self-advocacy in health matters

Key Discussions & StoriesPerforming at Incarceration

Recollection of previous performances at the festival, originally named Ink in the Clink, on much smaller stages 00:42
Reflections on returning to a large and enthusiastic crowd after an 8-year hiatus and the surprise at the positive reception 03:23

Haunted Venue Experiences

Stories about the “Blood Prison” haunted tour and wondering if the real ghosts outnumber the actors 01:57
Specific personal paranormal encounters, including seeing ghostly figures chasing a dog 02:15

The Realities of Backstage and Performance

One concept discussed was the misconception that backstage is always a party, clarifying it’s usually quite relaxed 04:40
The difference between being on stage and behind the scenes, highlighting how most excitement is in front of the stage 05:01
The mask as a performance tool, lowering inhibitions but also bringing challenges, particularly in hot and humid conditions 04:29, 05:25

Natural Health, Illness, and Advocacy

A key theme that emerged was overcoming a cancer scare through natural means and a commitment to sweating and detoxification 05:37
Reversal of diabetes through diet, rejecting pharmaceutical medicine, and the importance of patience and persistence 06:13
Critique of pharmaceutical approaches and pressure to accept treatments like chemo and radiation, with personal stories of loss and defiance 08:26
International medical care comparison, including being treated in Costa Rica for free versus a costly and damaging experience in Hawaii 07:29

Music and Mosh Pits as Therapy

Music and mosh pits were celebrated as powerful forms of therapy and exercise 09:20
Reference to France prescribing surfing as therapy after heart attacks, emphasizing lifestyle medicine 09:00

Notable Quotes

“It’s fun to finally be here playing Incarceration, and I hope I get to do a lot more.” 00:51
“It was amazing. I was really happy with the circle pits and just the depth of the crowd.” 03:23
“The whole mask thing definitely brings a different element because your inhibitions go away.” 04:29
“It's really important to trust what you believe in and not follow somebody trying to sell treatment to you.” 08:14
“Sweating is key, man. People sitting on their couch are like, in a way, waiting to die.” 09:33

Resources & Links Mentioned

Jeffrey Nothing Official Website:jeffreynothing.com
Facebook Artist Page: Search “Jeffrey Nothing” on Facebook
Contact/Collaboration: jeffreynothingproductions@gmail.com

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Hi, you have done to the censure? Wow for you young.

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This is the Pipe Man here on the Adventures of

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the Pipe Man W four c Y Radio. And I'm

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here with Jeffrey Nothing from the band of the same name.

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I hope. So because you're the man, uh and you're

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here at incarceration. What got you locked up in prison? Anyway?

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I'm sorry? What was that? Lesson?

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What what got you locked up in prison? Anyway? Here

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at the Incarceration.

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I my band, former band, Mushmow, we played uh this

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festival and it's called Ink and the Clink on much

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smaller stage and way less laid out. And it's fun

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to finally be here playing Incarceration. And I hope, I

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hope I got to do a lot more.

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Yeah, totally. Yeah, I've been doing Ink for a while,

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Like I remember when I was Inking the Klan. Yeah,

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it's the coolest freaking festival. I'm a big Shaw Shank fan.

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Oh yeah, So I go on tour and I do

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music festivals all over the US, UK and Europe. And

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my daughter Alds, she'll call me up, she's like, so

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you excited for this festival. I'm like, I love it.

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I have a lot of fun, but that you know,

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if you're doing it every weekend, are you really excited?

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First time I did this, I was out there in

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the in the prison yard and I called her up

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and I'm like, I'm calling you from the prison yard,

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a shaw shank, And now I'm excited.

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Oh yeah.

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How wild is it to have the prison as your backdrop?

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It's pretty crazy. And the craziest part about this place

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for me is the prisoner who's actually built it. So

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your your building. We're gonna basically ride away somewhat unless

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you're proven innocent. Then you never know.

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Wow, I didn't even know that tippy right there. That's cool.

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You know, it's funny because the blood prison that they

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have here. I keep telling people, like, when you go

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on that haunted tour, you're not really sure if the

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characters are the ones haunting you or the real ghosts

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are haunting. Yeah.

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I would love to just stay overnight here without a guide.

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I feel like I I hear and see more stuff

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when there's no skeptics around, and I'm I was in

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my jammer once and I heard my buddy's dog barkain

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I looked down the hall and saw a full figure

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chasing it, and then he was just gone, wow, yeah,

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it was all great, but I can tell you longer

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here and was maybe wearing a flannel.

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That's pretty cool.

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And then on top of it, you got the prison

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next door, so you're kind of like Johnny Cash playing

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to the inmates. They're out in the yard while you're

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playing at the festival. I think that's pretty cool. If

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I were in the hardest, I'd be like, that's an

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honor to be able to play for the inmates.

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Yeah, yeah, I mean, I just love the whole thing.

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I'm so happy to finally be back here, like eight

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year hiatus, my band's been I just got a new

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like we jammed the first time last night with the

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guys I have right now.

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Wow. Yeah that's impressive to me. Yeah, you know, And

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so what's it like being here after all these years

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and returning to the scene in a crime and seeing

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how many people out there still want to see you.

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the circle pits and just the depth of the crowd,

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and they seem really acceptant to our first song, which

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are is our first single dropping in seven days, and

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it was really good. I didn't know what to expect,

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and when we walked out there was like, holy, you

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know what? And yeah it was really good. I enjoyed it.

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Right because after you're on how I haate us that long,

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you're probably thinking everybody's forgot about you and nobody's gonna care,

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and then you do this and it just confirms you

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did the right thing.

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leading up to him not sleeping so good, but uh,

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yeah it was better than I could have hoped. And

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I'm really happy.

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I like that you said that because I don't think

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people really realize what it takes to be an artist.

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All they look at is the good stuff. They're like, oh,

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you're living the dream, like okay, and they think you're

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like these extroverted people. Listen, most arts, I know, they're

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really nervous before they get on stage, but then once

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you get on stage and you get the mic, then

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you're in like a different zone, like an out of

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body experience. Right.

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Yeah, the whole mask thing definitely brings a different element

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because your inhibitions go away. But when I was just

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wearing makeup, I didn't see the edge of the mask anymore.

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So I felt a little more naked, but uh yeah,

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it's a lot. And I mean people have like misconceptions

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of what backstage is about. Is mostly guys is chilling

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and reading the book, doing whatever and getting ready for

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the show. It's perceived as big party.

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I'm from the eighties sunset strip scene when it is

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what people think it is. And so my friends now

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and I'm like, hey, can you get me backstage? I'm like,

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nothing really going on?

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Yeah, yeah, be way more excited out from where you.

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Are exactly like, and they're like they're like, oh, you know,

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can you get me up on side stage? Like it's

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not as cool as you think, Like it sounds like shit.

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You want to be in the best place, be in

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front of the house.

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Yeah, you know, definitely a place to be. You get,

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you get like a little bit of a mixed from

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the sides, just not the same now.

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The other thing I always wonder about is people that

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wear masks in this heat and perform. Are you like

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dying out there having the mask on with this hot

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and human I mean.

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I uh, I had a cancer scare like two years ago.

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Your no, and I cured myself naturally, and a big

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part is feeling better just sweating as much as I

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can and the tops and it's really important. Like people

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sitting on the couch or you're gonna get sick, you

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need to sweat. It's like other than using the bathroom.

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It's how everything leads your body. That's bad.

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I love that you brought that up because I like

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in interviews talking about things that people are passionate about,

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arts are passionate about. Outside of music. I'm totally into

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natural Health one of our stations. It's an all health

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and wellness station. I was diagnosed with diabetes reversed in

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six months with just food. I don't do big pharma. Yeah,

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I can't stand big pharma. It keeps you sick, it

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doesn't make you better. And like people want this quick fix,

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but you spent your whole life poisoning your body. It's

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not You're not going to unpoison it in one day. Yeah,

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or taking a magic pill.

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Yeah. I watched a video on YouTube like We're aw

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for thirty days something like that, and this woman just

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does plant based She went back to her doctor and

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he's like, you don't need anything, and you can stop

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insulin or whatever. They couldn't find anything, and there was

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this like Indian cheap or the son of one and

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he had lost his father and he just left after

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like five days. He couldn't do it. And who knows

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if he's alive. It's just like it's like plant based

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can really help you do things that you don't need

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the medicine. I firmly believe in it.

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Well, yeah, because all these things are natural, they are medicine,

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you know.

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And other countries they just survived deep in the age.

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Oh you want to hear something interesting speaking of other countries.

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Like so I surf, yeah, and I had two heart

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attacks surfing.

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Wow.

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The second one was because of the medical doctors in

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Hawaii fucked me up. Wow, and so like they caused

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a second heart attack. The second heart attack happened in

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Costa Rica, where their healthcare was way better than ours,

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and they treated me one hundred percent for free. But

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why he charged me four hundred thousand to kill me?

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Wow?

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You know. And the thing is is that there's these

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protocols and they just programmed people you know about you know,

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like when they were gonna take me down, I was like, no, wait,

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you're not taking me down even say anything. They're just

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like in Hawaii, I'm like, I want to speak to

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a doctor so I can get all the information. My

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son's like, just do what they say, Dad, No, I'm

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not gonna just do what they say. You have to

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be your own advocate. And then I found out something.

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Yep, Yeah, it's so important to trust what you believe in.

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And that fellow somebody trying to sell treatment to you,

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no doubt, terrible name.

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Fear, that's what it is. People do what I have fear.

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Yeah, they told me you need surgery, you need chemoiration.

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I'm like, I'm not coming.

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Oh yeah, I told I told my son that day too,

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Like I was like, if I ever get cancer, I'm

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just telling you right now, I'm not doing chemo irradiation.

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I'm just forewarning you.

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I watched it take my wife from me at a

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very young.

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Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm so

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sorry to hear that. So you'll find this interesting that

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I found you'll find this interesting. And I found out

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in France, when somebody has a heart attack, they don't

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just prescribe drugs, they prescribe ready for it, surfing.

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That's awesome.

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Yep.

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So I can see doing what you're used to doing

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and love being a big factor.

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I tell you what, dude, people think I'm nuts, but

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it makes me healthier. I still go into mashpits all

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the time. Like who you going with mushpits? You had

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a heart attack, So it's a cardio, you know, It's

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simple as that. To me, the mashpi is the best

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cardio there is, and that's the best therapy there is.

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You know, music's the best therapy there is. And I

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think that helps you too, because list.

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Letting is gey man. People sitting on their couch are like,

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in a way, waiting to die basically, I mean depending

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on age.

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Well, I'm really excited that you did that and you're

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here to perform at incarceration because you are a badass,

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and not just because of the music. Because you did

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what you did and your example to people out there everywhere,

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and I thank you for that.

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I appreciate it.

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Man. My pleasure than you tell everybody how they reach

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out to you, connect on your socials, virtual that stuff.

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I gotta Jeffrey Nothing dot com, Jeffrey Nothing artist page

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of Facebook, just Jeffrey Nothing Productions at Gmail. If anybody

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wants to work together in any way, hit me up there.

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Nice well. I hope to see a lot more of

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you and you keep rocking your badass self. Thank you man,

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thanks for being on the Adventures pipe Man.

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A welcome, have a good one. This is Jeffrey Nothing

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from the band of the same name and you're listening

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to Pipemin on W four c Y Radio.

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Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipeline.

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I'm w for CUI Radio.

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