Highlights
The Andy Milonakis cold open.
CEELOS kicked the show off by performing "It's My Show" verbatim — peas on his head, Bruce Leeves on his head, beef stew from lemons — before dryly announcing, "there's your way back Wednesday for you."
Slick calls in from the road.
SLICK RIC (@richj530) joined mid-drive — "just getting on the freaking road," four and a half hours ahead of him with snacks, protein bars, beef jerky, and water loaded up — and slotted right into the reminiscing.
MTV, TRL and early-internet nostalgia.
Val (@valeriekates_)* noted she caught the early, pre-boy-band TRL and remembered seeing Marilyn Manson before he broke big, which spun into a bittersweet riff from CEELOS about the shift from magazine paparazzi to everyday folks trying to trigger celebrities for a clip.
"Game over" at 28.
CEELOS laid out his theory that 27 is the last year you're a "young man" — hit 28 and "you're pushing 30... you might as well be the new singer of Aerosmith." Val's rebuttal: "You're not 30 till you're 30."
Blind Fury and Freestyle Fridays.
Slick lit up recalling everyone dragging chairs into the TV room for BET's 106 & Park freestyle battles, where Blind Fury "used to shred people." CEELOS gently explained the reference to Baked, who claimed he still listens to Blind Fury freestyles to this day.
"I just thought that was Miley Cyrus' dad."
After CEELOS teased Baked's presumed Kid Rock/Billy Ray Cyrus tastes, Baked delivered the line of the hour: "I didn't even know Billy Ray Cyrus made music. I just thought that was Miley Cyrus' dad."
The generational-music thought.
CEELOS landed a genuinely reflective point: his 13-year-old listening to late-90s Blink-182 and Green Day is the same time gap as him listening to 60s bands like The Doors in the 90s — "really weird, think about it like that."
Two years of Regens.
Heading toward the Sept 28 anniversary, CEELOS reflected that a two-year-old project has barely "got out of diapers," and he and Baked are digging through old contracts and tokens to catalog every collab, giveaway, and activation.
Val discovers the font settings.
CEELOS ran a running bit about Val needing bigger text, after she'd apparently posted about cranking up her phone's font size — "Val can only see two posts at a time on her screen." Her verdict on being teased again: "I'm not gonna be vulnerable on the timeline no more."
Embrace your people.
CEELOS turned quiet, recalling a Facebook memory of mourning his father and the days he'd spot his dad around the city and pull over for a hug. It became the emotional center of the hour.
Baked's move.
CEELOS clocked that Baked had gone quiet packing boxes; Baked confirmed he's moving in nine days into a brand-new never-lived-in four-bed, two-and-a-half-bath — the timing landing right on his 28th birthday, "nice little birthday present to me."
Topic timeline
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2:43–3:52 | Andy Milonakis song cold open |
| 3:56–7:05 | Nickelodeon memories, the Drooby/Bad Bad repost |
| 7:07–12:00 | MTV / TRL / VJs / music videos & YouTube |
| 12:00–17:30 | Real World, 106 & Park, Billy Ray Cyrus bit, generational music |
| 18:00–24:00 | Regens two-year anniversary, Base, "we don't know" |
| 24:00–31:00 | Heat wave, Cybercabs, memorizing phone numbers |
| 31:00–37:00 | Font sizes, pool-hopping stories |
| 37:00–44:00 | Baked's birthday, CEELOS on his dad, kid mishaps (pink eye, "bed bugs") |
| 44:00–53:00 | Baked's move, back injuries, his game-building project |
| 53:00–57:00 | Mobile games, Spaces on iPad, wishlist for a better Spaces app |
| 57:00–59:01 | Closing remarks |
Notable quotes
When life hands me lemons, I make beef stew.
I didn't even know Billy Ray Cyrus made music. I just thought that was Miley Cyrus' dad.
You're not 30 till you're 30.
I'm just a lame from Maine trying to maintain, you know what I'm saying?
Embrace your folks if you got them, if you don't, embrace those memories because that's all we got left.
I'm not gonna be vulnerable on the timeline no more.
Who said what
- CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) — host; drove the nostalgia, opened with the Milonakis song, delivered the aging-out-of-your-20s bits, and anchored the show's warmer moments about his dad and about the Regens two-year mark.
- ValerieKates (@valeriekates_) — cohost; the room's music-video romantic (Marilyn Manson, VJ competitions, "I miss music videos"), good-natured target of the font-size running joke.
- Baked (@Bakedmetax) — cohost; the birthday-approaching mover, back-injury sufferer, and game builder waiting on his project's approval to launch on its own domain.
- SLICK RIC (@richj530) — speaker calling in from a four-hour drive; brought the BET freestyle memories, West Coast oldies, and the recurring "the one thing I know is I don't know" bit, plus a Cybercab side quest.
Worth a full listen
- 13:42–15:31 The Blind Fury / 106 & Park stretch into the Billy Ray Cyrus punchline and CEELOS's generational-music reflection; the room's chemistry and timing carry it better than any summary.
- 39:32–40:59 CEELOS's unhurried "embrace your people" reflection on his father is the hour's most heartfelt turn and doesn't paraphrase well.
- 44:29–49:06 Baked's move reveal spun into a very relatable riff on why nobody with a truck answers the phone on moving day, plus trades-life logistics.
* some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.
