Episode 1 - The Original Origin Story of Origination - From Hoods To Backwoods Podcast

The VERY FIRST episode. D Vaz and Tex LaFon introduce themselves and discuss their hobbies, how they met, Las Vegas, and there will be a few more surprises. This is just the beginning and future episodes will take a deeper dive into the topics mentioned here. 

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When Tex Lafon and D Vaz first met at a busy Arizona retail store, little did we know that our unique blend of cultural backgrounds and love of basketball would lead us here—to our very own podcast! In our inaugural episode, we peel back the curtain on who we are: D Vaz, a Mexican-American maven of melody from Arizona, and Tex, the basketball-loving Texan who's planted roots in the Grand Canyon State. We share anecdotes from our history, illustrating how two seemingly different paths converged into a friendship that's as rich and layered as a good salsa.

Now, imagine the roar of an Arizona crowd and the shared groan of defeat we know all too well, and you'll be right in the middle of our riotous sports discussions. Our banter packs a punch as strong as a linebacker's tackle, but it's all in brotherly love. You'll be in stitches as we recount how I once moonlighted as Tex's wife's date to keep their budding romance under wraps—a tale that's equal parts bold and belly-laugh inducing. From the court to the culinary arts, our lively exchange serves up a dish of humor, affection, and a deep appreciation for each other's quirks.

Are you ready for a Vegas escapade that's as colorful as the city itself? Join us as we reminisce on a trip that had us duping our pals with a "tattoo" and sipping heading down the Strip. Yet, it's not all glitz and neon; we also explore the sobering shifts that fatherhood brings to such outings. Whether it's our uproarious adventures or the tender, sometimes bewildering, moments of raising children, this podcast promises stories and insights that will resonate with anyone who's navigated the unpredictable waters of friendship and family.

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Transcript

D Vaz: 0:00

Hello everybody and welcome to our very first podcast of we Don't Podcast. Welcome to the show. Anyway. So I have Tex Lafon here with me. I am your co-host, DeVos, and since it's our first episode, we're going to kind of just go through and let you know who we are and that's pretty much it.

Tex LaFon: 0:46

Anything you'd like to add to that, tex? Yes, devos, I would like to add a lot to that. We're going to be taking you on a nice journey to where we are from, which is going to be amazing.

D Vaz: 0:57

Let's see where we are from. I'm from my mom.

Tex LaFon: 1:01

That's good.

D Vaz: 1:02

Anyway, yeah, basically I'm just a mexican. American dude grew up in arizona um, my high school and neighborhood I I grew up in was basically the, the hood, and it was diverse in the sense that it was a 40 percent hispanic, 40 percent black and 10 percent other. So we had a few other people in there. So I kind of grew up in, you know, just that kind of area you may have seen on some movies unless you've lived it yourself like I have. Growing up I was in a pretty large Mexican family. What's?

Tex LaFon: 1:37

that I was just saying. We're glad that you made it out okay.

D Vaz: 1:41

I made it out of the hood alive. Actually I'm still in the hood kind of hood alive, actually, I'm still in the hood kind of, but anyway, I'm still alive at least. But yeah, typical Big Mexican family in that sense Close to my Nana or grandmother People who might not understand that term we don't say Nana, we say Nana, right, other than that, just Doing music In terms of writing, recording, cooking, you know, making my own recipes into sports, video games. And if I watch things, I'll watch the movies occasionally and and and some some funny shows, but usually documentaries. Actually, I'd like to learn a little something while I'm while I'm watching.

Tex LaFon: 2:27

That's kind of the general thing about me. So you're trying to say your history buff.

D Vaz: 2:34

History, but also just other weird documentaries they have about, you know, food science, or they have some of those those crime, crime ones to watch a little bit of that. Sometimes they can get a little a little too real, a little too creepy, which is uh interesting but at the same time disturbing, because you're like man, somebody actually did that well, I'm, uh, tell you a little something about me.

Tex LaFon: 3:01

My name is tex laawn. I'm from the great state of Texas. You know everything's bigger down there. No hate, that's all I got to say on that part, and I have a shirt too that says it. So you know it's legit. Also born and raised there most of my life. I was also close to the hood. I lived there until I was probably about 14, 15. Then I moved to another part in Texas and then after that moved to Ohio and then eventually ended up in the great state of Arizona. So been living here for about 20 years now. Like Arizona, I do have a lot of special interests. Main hobby is basketball. I like to ball. Lot of special interests. My main hobby is basketball. I like to ball people up, break their ankles. You know, wish they could guard me. They try, but they can't.

D Vaz: 3:53

And then, like I said, you like to say you're the white Larry Bird.

Tex LaFon: 3:57

Yeah, yeah, you know, sometimes. And then after that, you know, I do like listening to music too. Music too, you know one of my hobbies and uh, also I like to watch movies, documentary and uh, you know, I said we've known each other for about, you know, 20 years now. You know pretty close to that so, and I said, um, we're excited for y'all to join us and, you know, get to know more about us, about this journey and how we know each other and you know, um, and why we, uh are just such great friends. You know what I'm saying.

D Vaz: 4:33

Yeah, yeah, we some people are probably surprised that we are friends and we've been friends for so long too, cause, you know, we believe in a lot of the same things. We we, you know have a lot of the same things. We we, you know have a lot of things in common but at the same time we're definitely different people, so a little different approach to things in life. But uh, I guess we'll take a step towards that direction now and kind of give a people an idea of how we met and became friends.

D Vaz: 5:00

So, um, back in the day I was working for uh, an audio company, and uh had to go make the rounds and check on different retail locations and fix things and all that type of stuff. And uh, the gentleman here texts, he actually happened to be working at the store and I happened to also formerly work at that store. Uh, so I knew of him in general because, you know, talking to friends, they're like oh, we have a new manager there that you know you haven't met yet, and blah, blah, blah. So it's like okay, so I went to the store and uh had to fix something and I met him, but he was definitely busy and uh, he didn't care who I was or what I was doing. So I just like, all right, I'm just wanted to introduce myself because I heard about you and I'm going to go fix this thing over here.

D Vaz: 5:53

So that was kind of the first time we met. But I get it Working. At a store, you have a lot of things to do, so we didn't really get to talk or anything at that time. So we definitely didn't become friends at that point. True, get to talk or anything at that time.

Tex LaFon: 6:05

So we, we definitely didn't become friends at that point, true, true, like you said, when you know, uh, you're managing, you got everything going on at one time, and so you know, when you meet someone and they're like they're here to fix something, okay, let me show you where he's at so you can take care of it, or you go take care of it at the time, you know you're just trying to get things done. That's just what it is when you're managing. So, yeah, but after that, you know, we did, you know, talk more, and then we finally got to meet and stuff like that, and you know, hit it off and you know ball you up like I always do, son.

D Vaz: 6:43

I'll fill in the blanks a little bit on it. Um, so what happened was I, uh was at that job and then, um, I left that job. I actually went back to work at that store that he was working at, because, like, I worked there previously. So uh ended up back there, and when I did, uh, he was still a manager. So you know, we just started working, uh, with each other. We're basically the same age, so we had that in common too. So we started talking a little bit.

D Vaz: 7:15

I'll remember one time. I remember one time we're in the break room that's the first kind of real conversation we had and we just started talking a little bit about I think it was basketball or something, and we're like, oh, you're kind of like one of those things where you're like, oh, you're into that too, and uh, you're like yeah. And then we decided, you know, we probably maybe hang out and play basketball or something like that sometime, and you know that it kind of went from there. So basketball is something we've had in common since the beginning in terms of friendship and something we still discuss today. Getting on the court is something we haven't done in a little while. Might have to do that, though.

Tex LaFon: 7:54

Yeah, true to that. We have not been on the court in a while.

Tex LaFon: 7:59

You know, as you get older. You worry about you know you've got responsibilities now, so you get on the court and you hurt yourself. You worry about you know you got responsibilities now, so you get on the court and you hurt yourself. You're like, oh so, but yeah, I mean, we definitely like to touch on his story, you know, and then we started hanging out playing basketball and then you know, just you know, talking the game and trying to live the game, and it was just good times. You know what I'm saying.

D Vaz: 8:25

Yeah, when we first started hanging out, we were, we were in our 20s and then, uh, had to also mention, since we're talking about basketball, we did win a championship for our store basketball league that's right.

Tex LaFon: 8:34

It was a three-on-three uh tournament and we uh, when we were on the same team, we dominated, and it was a good times. Like I said, it was nice to be able to, you know, tease everybody at the store that we worked at saying we champs. That's right.

D Vaz: 8:50

Yeah, I remember we was it you that printed it out. Somebody printed out the picture of when we won. Yeah, and we all signed it. Yeah, we all signed it. We stuck it up on the wall in the store.

Tex LaFon: 9:02

In the break room.

D Vaz: 9:03

So everybody could see our glory.

Tex LaFon: 9:05

That's right, we didn't want no one to forget who the champs were. Okay, you know it's only a three-on-three tournament. It still meant a lot to us all, right represent yeah, so I I still have the picture somewhere.

D Vaz: 9:17

Uh, let's see if I can find a way to maybe me share that.

Tex LaFon: 9:22

Uh, along with the podcast, some history there yeah, that'd be funny, because I think, uh, yeah, we had one other person on our team.

D Vaz: 9:31

He signed it too, so it's cool yeah, yeah, no, it's definitely had a good team. Uh, back in those days we can, we can get out there and play for a long time and you know, like, like he was saying, uh back then you could twist your ankle and kind of walk it off and keep going.

Tex LaFon: 9:46

Now it's like I'll be out for a few days or a week, or I hope I didn't break something right or give me an ice pack right but yeah, I mean definitely good times, like I said, uh, divas, he also likes to, you know, perform and play musical instruments and stuff like that. If you don't know much about him on that, and so we would go to some of his concerts that he would have and we'd hang out there. And you know, like I said, he's really good, really talented, and, like I said, it was fun there, because then you know, we were like trying to have girls. We're like what's up? We know the band, we know the singer be like what's up?

D Vaz: 10:28

we know the band, we know the singer, what's up. So it definitely was dope. Yeah, it was um, because I again, like I said, I left that audio company and there was a little gap there where I wasn't um working a full-time job. What I was doing I was doing event promoting and I was trying to give it one more good shot, trying to do music and audio full time. So, yeah, I was definitely doing a lot more performing live and recording and things like that at that time. So it was fun. Whenever I did have gigs, he would appreciate it. You know he would come out and support the shows and all that type of stuff. So it was fun. Of course, I would give him my drink tickets if I ever had that too.

D Vaz: 11:04

Oh for sure, that's what I'm talking about and just kind of backtrack to that's audio will probably be coming up a lot or music, musical instruments. It's just been a huge part of my career so it'll probably be popping up every now and again here on the show and maybe we'll sometime in the future dive a little bit further into it. And you know, as far as uh talking about music or whatever things like that, no, I agree.

Tex LaFon: 11:29

I mean, like I said, definitely good at um all the instruments that you're playing and stuff, so I definitely understand that.

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Tex LaFon: 13:06

Like I said, we have a lot of hobbies together. We like to watch sports, and I said he's a Suns fan and the Suns are going down.

D Vaz: 13:43

Yeah, like most Arizona sports fans, supporting Arizona Arizona teams it's, it's pretty tough. Uh, we, as far as amongst the the major sports, we have one one title over all these decades with the Diamondbacks. So, uh, that's about the only thing I have going in terms of Arizona sports. But uh, being as old as I am too, I also grew up before uh, we had certain teams here like uh, the Cardinals and Diamondbacks. So I also, generally speaking, follow uh Bay Area teams and I always have so uh, 49ers, um also the Giants, uh the A's too, way back in the day when they had a Jose Canseco and all that. So that's another thing we can definitely talk about in the future and uh don't want to get any hate for the teams that I. I like I'm not uh here to hate on anybody else, even though.

Tex LaFon: 14:41

Uh, somebody decided to wear a cowboy's hat.

D Vaz: 14:42

You know america's team so so for those of you that are listening or watching, uh, at least you have somebody who does like the cowboys and somebody who would rather they fall off a cliff, but anyway, that and I understand.

Tex LaFon: 15:00

You know there's a lot of cowboy haters out there, which is okay, you know. I mean when you've been great, for only in the 90s since we've been great. But you know, maybe one day we'll get good again. But right now I had to agree that we're not that good anymore. At least we have it recorded now yeah, some quarterback it's on record. When we get a different quarterback then we'll talk, but until then we at least have one more year of the same quarterback. So yeah.

D Vaz: 15:31

So that that's kind of what this is going to be about in general. I mean, of course, we can always shift depending on what you all want to hear us talk about, but just kind of, um, our, our interests, our lives and, uh, you know, the things we we do have in common we don't have in common, um. So, yeah, I think it'll be a lot of fun. We we definitely like to, in a friendly way, talk, smack. I know people sometimes who have heard us think we hate each other or get the wrong idea, but it's, it's definitely in fun and we know, uh, where the lines are drawn.

Tex LaFon: 16:07

Exactly. I said we definitely know where the lines are drawn. I said, um, that's what makes it this. One of the great friendships is, uh, we know how to joke around with each other and uh, no one's feelings get hurt. We all, we always know it's just jokes and uh, that's what it's about. You know, a lot of days now, a lot of people can't handle jokes, but that's when you find the one person that you know can handle jokes and it's it makes a great friendship. It's a good thing to have.

D Vaz: 16:39

Yeah, we definitely say some things to each other we wouldn't be able to say to others, you know. But again, we know that we're just joking, we know that we're not trying to mess each other up emotionally, do some damage.

Tex LaFon: 16:54

Exactly.

D Vaz: 16:55

It's just for fun. It's kind of a funny, interesting fact. I actually dated Tex Lafon's wife at one point.

Tex LaFon: 17:04

Yes.

D Vaz: 17:05

You care to explain that a little bit more?

Tex LaFon: 17:07

So when we were both working at the retail store together, uh, it was funny um, I met a, a co-worker there that was working there and, uh, you know, she and I started dating.

D Vaz: 17:26

But since I was in a position where you're not allowed to date other people that you work with, so we would just sit there and say, uh, d-vest was dating my future wife, which was funny because everybody believed it yeah so it was funny yeah, I mean, we even took it to the point where her and I would take a picture standing next to each other, different things and stuff like that, and, uh, you know, texted other people to make it legit it seemed like oh, you know, we're hanging out or we're over here exactly.

Tex LaFon: 18:05

It was just funny because everybody bought it and believed it, and it was good times because no one at the store knew what was going on and they just thought that them two were together, when really it was us together.

D Vaz: 18:23

Yeah, and of course you know how it is when you work somewhere, all the all the rumors start flying oh, did you hear they're dating? So yeah, everybody, just kind of once they thought we were dating, they kind of just let it go and went along with it.

Tex LaFon: 18:36

Yep, so it was funny, it was a good stuff.

D Vaz: 18:41

I think, uh, um, another thing in terms of kind of the history of our friendship, the vegas trip. And you know, like, like they always say, what happens in vegas stays in vegas, but I'm sure there's some things we could probably share, share with people about the the vegas trip. I I, as far as what I remember, um, that was, was that your first trip to Vegas?

Tex LaFon: 19:05

No, it was my second trip, yep. Okay, because I went with a buddy of mine from Texas when I was like 21. I just turned 21.

D Vaz: 19:15

Okay.

Tex LaFon: 19:15

Yeah.

D Vaz: 19:16

I guess I'll backtrack one second. I actually lived in Vegas for a little bit, part-time. I would go back and forth between Arizona and Vegas because of the job I had. So I had a territory I had to cover and so I was very familiar with Vegas, you know, driving around and knowing where all the places to go. So we all decided, hey, we're going to take a trip. There were four of us, four guys. It was a guy's trip for sure.

Tex LaFon: 19:45

It was the.

D Vaz: 19:46

Wolfpack, what's that?

Tex LaFon: 19:48

No, you know, like they say in the Hangover Wolfpack.

D Vaz: 19:53

Right, yes, it was a Wolfpack trip. Fortunately nobody got in real trouble and we didn't get to meet Mike Tyson or see any tigers or anything like that up close, but uh, no, it was fun, though. Just you know, four guys in their 20s actually I think yeah, we were still in our 20s or maybe just turning 30 somewhere around there and uh, yeah, heading up to vegas and and hanging out, getting to experience all the stuff, especially one. One of our friends took advantage of the free drinks at the time that they had Because, yeah, you could definitely go and get just about whatever you wanted. Then they would just bring it to you as long as you're sitting down and using your money there and their their machines. That's all they cared about.

Tex LaFon: 20:42

And using your money there and their machines, that's all they cared about.

D Vaz: 20:45

Yeah, so yeah, and I think there was some video footage from that trip too, right?

Tex LaFon: 20:53

Yeah, there was. Then remember when we were in the car and going down, what street was that?

D Vaz: 21:03

We were on the strip. We were on the main Las Vegas strip doing that Go ahead.

D Vaz: 21:11

Oh, I was going to say for people that aren't too familiar with Las Vegas and kind of how it is there, if you've never been there, there's a main street that all the major hotels and casinos are along. It's called the Strip and it's huge. There's always tons of people in there pretty much just about any time, except for maybe in the summer when it's 100-something degrees out. We were there at a time where it was okay and we happened to be in a car that had a sunroof. I decided to stick myself out the top half of my body outside the sunroof and kind of just yell at people as they were going by us, as they were driving down the strip, just because I could, and I happened to have a camcorder with me too, so I was filming their reactions.

Tex LaFon: 22:01

Yeah, it was funny the stuff you were saying out at the screen out there, and then the the reactions we were getting was just, it was priceless, it was good.

D Vaz: 22:11

Yeah, I, I, I kind of did the the fake tourist thing and then threw on some crazy accent. I have no idea what it was supposed to be, but I was just, uh, I was just, you know, yelling at people as they're walking by. Hey, how you doing, you want to get married, and you know, because of course people get married.

Tex LaFon: 22:27

By the king.

D Vaz: 22:28

That's another thing by the king. What's that?

Tex LaFon: 22:30

I said they get married by the king.

D Vaz: 22:32

By Elvis. Yes, some Elvis impersonators give people. They have chapels and things like that in Vegas too, so a lot of people go there, get married. So you'll see people walking down the strip in their whatever wedding outfits that they have. You know, and uh, yeah, it was just kind of fun. As soon as I would spot people that that were like that or had a sign or anything like that, I would just start yelling at them basically um, but beyond that, it was just fun going and just being a group of guys. You know we can go wherever we wanted, stay out late, but I won't get too much into it, but we did have one that didn't want to stay out too late. Now, do you want to elaborate on that, or do you want me to go for it?

Tex LaFon: 23:17

Like we'd be like, oh, we're going to go out, and then they'd be like, no, it's time to go home, Like it was only like midnight. You know what I'm saying. So it was just funny. It was like, I mean, all good fun they were, they were trying to just watch out for us. But I think I think that you know, when you're in Vegas, there's no rules in Vegas. You just go, do what you're going to do. You know what I'm saying.

D Vaz: 23:42

Yeah, yeah, it's definitely a whole different world. And for me, just to kind of give people a heads up, because if you don't know me and this is kind of the introduction episode I have absolutely no problem with other people drinking. They do whatever they want. I just personally don't drink, and it's not a specific reason or rooted in anything like that. It's just, uh, don't don't really feel like it. It's never really been my thing, but again, other people do it, it's completely fine. Um, so yeah, I got to see my share of that happening and it for me it was just kind of another form of my entertainment because, you know, yes, they all definitely made up for my lack of drinking yes, we did, don't worry, we had you covered.

Tex LaFon: 24:30

Okay, we drank and we were smart enough.

D Vaz: 24:35

We were smart enough to get a hotel fairly close to the strip. So I was. I was the designated walker, not the driver, because make sure everybody's walking okay back to the hotel and not stumbling into traffic or anything.

Tex LaFon: 24:47

Yeah, we didn't need to get no PIs. You know what I'm saying and if you don't know what that is, that's, I know. You know what it is, but for our audience that, if you don't know what that is, it's public intoxication and we were all pretty intoxicated that day and that night, for sure, and we were all pretty intoxicated that day and that night for sure.

D Vaz: 25:05

Yeah, that's one of the things that is a myth about Las Vegas. People think that you can walk out in public and be intoxicated. They just tolerate it pretty much on the strip because it's a tourist area.

Tex LaFon: 25:20

So they kind of let it go. Yeah, you can hold your drinks on the strip too.

D Vaz: 25:25

That's why, yeah, you can walk around with open containers and everything on the strip, which, as soon as you step off the strip, they will definitely bust you. It's uh, it's not, as you know, open uh off the strip, but yeah, if you're on the strip, they they let you get a get away with stuff that's technically not really allowed, but they'll just tolerate it, unless, of course, you do something to make them upset, like running into the street, like you said.

Tex LaFon: 25:53

Unless you're running into the street with oncoming traffic, yeah, that'll make them upset and they like to ride their horses too, in Vegas which is funny. Yeah yeah, you have to's funny if you're walking behind them yeah, I just think it's funny that you're in vegas and you know, and they try to make the wild wild west on the strip with horses.

D Vaz: 26:16

It's just funny to me anyways they do have those uh, in arizona too. In some areas you will see horses every once in a while. It's not it's not uh too common, but yeah well, it's just funny, like you, said you don't want to walk behind them. That's for sure right, yeah, if you've ever been in a parade or anything like that, or walk behind a horse they'll leave something for you and they don't care they just keep going exactly so if you can't figure that out, shoot us an email or message.

D Vaz: 26:52

But uh, I hope we don't have to elaborate on what we're talking about, um, but yeah, so that was that was kind of, uh, the whole vegas thing. You know, we we did all the the typical stuff too. As far as hitting up buffets, I'm not huge on buffets but they have some pretty good ones in Vegas.

D Vaz: 27:12

I'll admit Some unique stuff over there Again, since I live there, I like to get off the strip, so I did drive us around and take us like to get off the strip, so I did, uh, drive us around and take us this is before, so it's a little bit before like uber and that type of stuff too that we took this trip so, oh true, yeah, we were still had to drive around yeah, you couldn't just uber and you didn't want to pay for a taxi because there's arm and a leg they did have free shuttles back then, but the shuttles were basically from one casino location that they owned to another one, so you can kind of get around that way, but yeah, it definitely wasn't like it is now. If you do end up going to Las Vegas, it's a lot easier to get around, but you have to pay more.

Tex LaFon: 27:58

Generally speaking, Well, and then we went on another trip to Vegas too. Remember the second trip. Yeah, we went on another trip to Vegas too. Remember the second trip.

D Vaz: 28:07

Yeah, we took a second trip. That was definitely a different type of trip, not like the first one. You want to get that one started.

Tex LaFon: 28:15

Yeah. So we went on a second trip and it was with me, devez, and his fake girlfriend, which was my wife, but not at the time, we were just dating. And so we go to Vegas and we actually were staying at a timeshare that I had rented and it was actually really nice, and so we would take the shuttle from there to the Strip and D-Vaz has no tattoos at all. So we go to the strip and we go and we find a place that does like fake tattoos and they give him the Playboy bunny on his arm, which was funny, so, but it looked real. So we took pictures and everything and trying to make everybody believe it.

Tex LaFon: 29:04

And they some people did believe, which was the greatest thing ever because, like I said, he would never get a tattoo as long as I known and he would never get a tattoo, but that we had everybody convinced that that day he got playboy bunny on his arm and it was pretty funny. It was, it was. It was worth what 25 bucks we paid for that. I can't remember what it was, but it was, it wasn't, yeah yeah, it was something like that.

D Vaz: 29:24

then the the funny part was it was actually like a partially nude woman, so it was it was and I had, I got it up on my arm, I I had a picture of I don't think I still have a picture of it, but yeah, I, even as a joke, I sent it, uh, family members and stuff like that Exactly. So, uh, my parents were convinced, or at least, uh, one of them was convinced that it was real. So I had to finally tell I. Of course I didn't tell him at first. I let them believe it was real for as long as I could, just to have a little fun with them. But uh, yeah, it was funny Just getting different people's reactions, people that actually did believe it and people were like, nah, nah, you wouldn't do that but they did yeah, some people definitely fell for it.

D Vaz: 30:12

Yeah, because it, like you said, it looked real. And yeah, I just sent picture. I was like here, I decided to get this tattoo all right, it was good.

Tex LaFon: 30:20

It definitely looked real. Like you said that the person that did it, uh, they did a good job because, like it, you know, as long as you didn't touch nothing, it looked real until you touched something, then it. Then it went bye-bye. But yeah, it was definitely legit. It was cool, I think I think.

D Vaz: 30:37

I think it lasted like two or three days in total as far as it finally completely come. Yeah, that's why I had to hurry up and take a picture as soon as I had it done, because I wasn't sure how long it would last.

Tex LaFon: 30:48

But yeah, it was definitely fun seeing people's reactions that that know me or thought that they knew me yeah, and then, uh, that that was another fun trip, because then also we went and saw some shows in Vegas. On that trip, um, uh, there's a person there that would uh play, uh, as Prince, and um, they had a real good show and we listened to that and, like I said, that's one of our favorite performers of all time is Prince. So you know it was a good show and, like I said, if you ever get a chance to in your Vegas, I would recommend seeing that show.

D Vaz: 31:26

Yeah, just uh. So people, I've I've seen that show multiple times over the years and it's it is still going on currently as of the recording of this. It's a tribute show for Prince, but yeah, it's Purple Rain, so R-E-I-G-N is how they spell rain for the show. But yeah, it's it's a tribute show, but it's it's been around for a long time. They do a great job. They're actually playing and singing live, so they're they're really out there performing. So, yeah, definitely shout out to them out there in Vegas doing it still.

Tex LaFon: 31:58

Oh yeah, like I said for the and this is probably you know 13 years ago when we went and saw them and for them to still be doing the show, and if they're still doing the splits and everything else like they were doing back, then bravo, bravo, because that looks like it would hurt.

D Vaz: 32:16

Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, that's something I used to do way back in the day when I performed, and, yeah, it's probably been about 10 years before since I've even dreamed about doing something like that.

Tex LaFon: 32:33

And another good thing about Vegas is just like it's just there's a lot of freedom down there, like whenever you get to go, like I said, a lot of places you can't walk around with beverages, you can't like do anything out on the sidewalks like you can in vegas.

D Vaz: 32:49

It's it's like I wouldn't recommend doing anything.

Tex LaFon: 32:52

I'm just saying it's a whole different world down there compared to like anywhere else you live.

D Vaz: 32:56

You know yeah, yeah, just uh, keep, as long as you keep it legal Whatever you do. Do anything legal in Vegas.

Tex LaFon: 33:07

Exactly have a good time, I think.

D Vaz: 33:10

Vegas should be paying for this podcast now. They have enough money, they can throw some our way.

Tex LaFon: 33:19

Yeah, that was a bone, that was a bone.

D Vaz: 33:24

But yeah, maybe we'll do a an actual full episode about vegas sometime in the future. But I mean, we I think we covered a good amount of it. Um, right off the bat here, it's a nice place to visit. It's one of those places you go there for a few days and you're done. You're kind of like all right, I want to go back home and like like it's different for me, having lived there. I usually get off the strip. There are a few things I'll see on the strip that are okay, but certain restaurants and certain other places I just really enjoy. They have a really great theater that has a full THX sound off of the strip. That that is the best sounding theater I've ever been in. So things like that there. There are other things definitely worth checking. I know when my parents have gone down there, they went to like the Shelby museum that they have, as in the Shelby cars.

Tex LaFon: 34:23

So who makes Shelby?

D Vaz: 34:26

Well, shelby, I guess technically make make shelby, but they have a partnership with ford. So, um, yeah, but my parents have gone there, so there are other things to do if you don't want to just gamble. Like Tex mentioned, there's shows and stuff like that, and that was the other big thing for me. I used to like going to see shows, especially when I lived there. The one regret I had.

D Vaz: 34:53

One of my well, probably actually my favorite comedian of all time is George Carlin. Yeah, I was going to see him the last weekend that he performed in Vegas before he passed and I was like I'll probably see him next time I'm in town, or something like that. So I missed that opportunity to see him and it's like it was one of the times that reminded me OK, if you get a chance to see somebody perform, go see them perform, you know. So that was kind of a missed opportunity, but that was. That was one of those vegas things too.

D Vaz: 35:29

If you're in vegas, especially on a regular basis, there's always something in shows going on. So it's like sometimes you have to pick. You know what you want to see, um, but yeah, yeah, if you do go there, plan ahead if you can, and figure out what show you really want to see. There's so much to check out and some of the shows are ongoing. They have a residency where they're going to be performing every week, but other ones are just limited engagements and if that ever pops up and you're there, definitely check that out.

D Vaz: 36:06

But yeah, vegas has changed a lot, though it's been a few years since I've been there, but last time I did go. One of the big changes I noticed from when I lived there things actually closed. Now, which is weird, especially for vegas it used to be. You can get whatever you want at pretty much any time. So I there was a starbucks by where, where I used to stay, and I used to go there. You know, if I wanted a Starbucks at two o'clock in the morning or something like that, I can go do that. But yeah, it's really weird going by restaurants in Vegas and seeing them closed at, you know, at 10, 30 or midnight or something like that.

Tex LaFon: 36:41

That's true Because, like you said, when we, when we went, nothing it was open 24 7. So yeah, but I think ever since the covid thing. That's why I think they started shutting stuff down well that I don't know this trip.

D Vaz: 36:54

This trip was before that.

Tex LaFon: 36:56

This was um 2018 oh, the last time, the last time I really went there, okay.

D Vaz: 37:02

Yeah, so I guess I'll take a step back too, since this is the first one and we're kind of doing an introduction. Yeah, we have kids. So this is 2018 is the last time I went to Vegas before I had my oldest was born, so got to do it up a little bit there and have some fun before all that, because, you know, having kids kind of changes things and changes your Vegas trips.

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D Vaz: 37:35

But yeah, that's when I noticed the thing started closing earlier and closing in general too, which is really weird.

Tex LaFon: 37:42

Yeah, we do have kids closing in general too, which is really weird.

D Vaz: 37:46

yeah, we do have kids and um I said because introduction video, uh, I have one son, three girls and um, I said they are a handful, I just put it at that I yeah, I have two sons rough and tumble and beating each other up, but I have to make sure that they don't do that too much, and yeah, so it's always interesting, though there's always something they're going to say or do that you're like where did that come from? Why did you do that?

Tex LaFon: 38:20

logic is not the same my theory is they keep you young because all they do is getting the things and, you know, getting trouble and maybe you want to pull your hair out a lot of times because they're doing stuff. You're like, why are you doing that? But overall they're. You know, kids are amazing, love kid.

D Vaz: 38:41

But yeah, right um, yeah, I mean for me, um, I had him a little bit, a little bit older on, uh, later on I was a little bit older, so gave me a chance to uh, you know, really appreciate, um, when I was able to, to have them. But, yeah, also, being older, you're like I'm going to keep up with you. So no, it's definitely a great thing. What's that?

Tex LaFon: 39:14

I'm just saying, if you want to keep up with them, drink Red Bull like me, son, that helps you stay. Keeps up with them, okay.

D Vaz: 39:25

Yeah, I just try to figure out ways to you know not have to to move as much with them, but still being involved. Like, can you go grab that for me?

Tex LaFon: 39:39

That's true.

D Vaz: 39:43

Yeah, no, it's fun getting up and you know, getting around with them and picking them up. And you're also, of course, at the age where you know for me they're still younger. So they're at the age where like, oh, I, you know I can't do this and you show them how to do it and they're like amazed. And then you are excited when you see them actually being able to do things themselves too. So that's the other fun part of it. You have a small human that is learning and evolving and you get to watch it yeah, you have a mini, me all right I mean basically it's funny because one of my sons yeah what's that?

Tex LaFon: 40:22

no, I'm saying that's basically what they are because, like you said, they learn everything that you do, so like they're always watching you, you know, until they get on up to start backtalking, and then it's a whole different bus.

D Vaz: 40:35

Actually no, I joke that my kids are already teenagers, even though they're still years off from that. Sometimes, some of the stuff they do and say it's like really did you say that to me?

Tex LaFon: 40:45

Right, right.

D Vaz: 40:47

But yeah, it's, it's, uh, it's funny, cause, again, you just never know really what they're going to do or say and, uh, they get their little phrases too. Sometimes I like quoting them, especially quoting them back to my uh, back to themselves, you know, just If they say something to me. I'll give you an example the oldest, he's at the age where he kind of thinks that if you don't know something, you probably forgot it. It's not that you didn't know. If we're watching a video, he'll ask me about what's going to happen next in the video, and it's a video I've never seen before.

D Vaz: 41:28

I'll be like I't know you know I have to watch the video and be like you forgot so, so I throw that back at him sometimes if he doesn't know something, or just to joke with him and if he doesn't know something. I'll be like you forgot exactly it has its advantages right, that's true.

Tex LaFon: 41:42

Like the same thing. You know we'll be watching a movie and they'll be like, oh, what's going to happen next? Or are they going to live? Or you know what's going to happen and I'm like I haven't seen the movie, just like you haven't seen it. So I don't know what's going to happen. Like you know, I'm like, no, I haven't. Honestly, I would tell you if I've seen it. It's just funny.

D Vaz: 42:10

Right, yeah, yeah. So it's definitely something I'm sure we're going to revisit in the future and go into, because, having them around, there are always stories and always crazy things that they do.

Tex LaFon: 42:24

Always, always.

D Vaz: 42:27

But I think this is probably about a good spot to wrap up our first episode. We've gone on about some of the basics about us and you know that's the whole point of this podcast. You'll get to know us better as we go forward and of course, we about vegas at a pretty good length exactly, and uh, yeah, I think, uh, that that's, like I said, pretty good for for first one. Anything else you'd like to add or any other thoughts on this?

Tex LaFon: 42:55

yeah, like I said, um, you know. I said it was just a little brief description about you know, so you could get to know us. Um, like I said, we continue more and more on in the show, you know. Obviously you could get to know us. Um, like I said, we continue more and more on in the show, you know. Obviously you'll get to more, know more about us.

Tex LaFon: 43:08

But, like I said, just yeah, sometimes you know but just so you know more, so you learn more exactly, but you know just more and that's all it was, you know, so you know that's gonna end, I guess, our first ever broadcast episode oh yeah that's what I'll talk about and uh, as always, go cowboys I really hope you're not gonna end every episode that way.

D Vaz: 43:38

If you are, it's gonna be funny though when they lose. So, all right, take care. All right, thank you for joining us and, uh, watch us next time or listen to us next time.

Tex LaFon: 43:50

Thank you goodbye, you want some more. You got to buy yourself a ticket from hoods to backwoods podcast. Thanks for listening.