Okay, first of all, let's just get out of the way. How much did you love the story yesterday about that meeting with the 60 Minutes people and the new executive producer, Scott — or Scott, Nick Bilton — with our beloved Scott Pelley? Now, I have said before that I, you know, I kind of forgot that 60 Minutes was still on the air, and that's kind of true. Not just kind of true, it is true. But Scott Pelley is Mr. 60 Minutes. Like, Scott Pelley is like the marquee talent on that show, right? Oh, I mean, has been for 30 years? 25? It's been a minute.
Anyway, Scott Pelley is renowned, revered, respected, beloved. And do you know what he said to Nick Bilton to his face at a meeting at CBS down on 57th Street about what he thinks Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are trying to do to CBS News and 60 Minutes in particular? I mean, just delicious. Is Scott Pelley going to get fired? No, I don't know. You don't know. Nobody knows except the people making the decision. I doubt it, but honestly, we don't know. But I heard someone on — what's his name — on the Powers That Be podcast call it a murder-suicide.
>> [laughter] >> Scott Pelley. Okay, I've always thought Scott Pelley was really kind of a silver fox of a DILF, and now he's just like really — rippled or maybe quadrupled or quintupled his stock value. Like, wow. That is so hot what he did. That is so hot. Now he is the hottest DILF in media right now.
>> Don't tell Brian Williams. >> No, that's so good. I love that story so much. When I saw the news alert, because the New York Times broke the story first. And when I saw it, when I saw it and then read it, I just was like, yes, yes, yes. I was slapping my thighs. I was reading it, cheering Scott Pelley on. So good. So good.
Basically reading Nick Bilton to filth and calling Bari Weiss out for what's really going on. It's fabulous. Anyway, if you haven't read it, go to the New York Times and read it. I'll put the link in the show notes for this live, for this little installment of Han Solo, part of the George Hahn Experience.
>> [laughter] >> It's really fantastic. Anyway, coming to you live here in Central Park with helicopters above. What would be a day in Central Park without some [__] doing a tour over Central Park in a helicopter?
>> But it's a tourism business and it employs lots of people. >> Yeah, so that four [__] can overpay for a ride? No, I don't really think so. And I don't really care. I hope they all — I hope the businesses die. Although there was a really sexy test ride of an airport commute from one of the heliports over to, I think, JFK in a new electric helicopter that is silent. Which is fine with me. All right, no air pollution, no noise pollution. Fine. That's great.
It's the noise, it's the air and noise pollution of the existing helicopters and the [__] that want a tourism ride above New York City. That all needs to go [__] itself hard. Anyway, live in Central Park and with this [__], and it is a stunning day in New York City, my favorite city in the world. It's beautiful.
I got some clouds there, but it's kind of nice. Look at that. It's really, you know, blue skies, mid-70s. We got it going on here. I'm on a park bench. Look at this. I got the whole thing to myself. Only because I'm trying to stay in the shade. My skin, I'm slathered in 30 SPF broad spectrum. I'm slathered in sunscreen.
Because I had my Fraxel laser and my skin is looking real good. And then last night I did for the first time a retinol. It's been over a week, been a week and a half since I had the Fraxel. And I tried — I got a 1.0 retinol. I tried like a serum thing that you put on underneath your moisturizer. And so far, so good, right?
Anyway, there was this girl. She can't be any more than like a sophomore in high school and she's running back and forth training for something. I really love watching the kids get a discipline. I had a discipline like that with golf. Like you could, I could lose myself for hours on a driving range hitting golf balls. I was never one for running. I like cycling. I like bicycling. I did not like running. Still don't.
But I could lose myself on a driving range hitting golf balls. Even doing some short game with the putts and the chips and the pitches and the sand wedge in the trap, the bunker, excuse me. Sand trap. But watching kids with their discipline, with the running, with their — yeah, I love that.
And this girl running back and forth, the one that looks like a sophomore. It looks really trim and fit and healthy and happy and yeah. It's the way to do it. Anyway, my hat is off to the youngs. And speaking of the youngs, I am watching out here on the Great Lawn. I will show you the sort of visual of what I'm getting. It is all these, you know, young people. You can't really — well, there was a game going on over here. They're done. They just wrapped and they went off to somewhere else. And then over here there's a little like a league of some kind, a league of — this used to be my playground.
My point is young people off their phones. It's a light crowd today. Come here on a weekend and it's just young people playing baseball, throwing a ball, someone over here throwing a football, off their phones. I love it. Is there a vibe among the youngs where they're kind of bored with the digital and they're kind of going out and doing real life stuff? I feel like, because we know they hate the AI. I love the boos that mentions of AI are getting at commencements, college commencements around the country. That's hilarious.
So, I'm wondering if the kids are kind of coming back into the analog. Wouldn't it be fun if they started getting into print magazines? I mean, I don't see that coming back full circle, but sure. Why not? Anyway, before I let you kids go, I am fall — I don't know what precipitated this, but I'm on my second Massive Attack album. I've listened to all the podcasts I want to listen to today, and I am now, for some reason, in a real Massive Attack kind of mood. They don't have a new record out.
I have always loved Massive Attack ever since their first EP came out >> [sighs] >> in '94, was it? So, gosh, yeah, going on 32 years. And "Mezzanine" was the big one that just really kind of blew them up into another stratosphere back in '98. I [__] love Massive Attack. So, yeah. I'm right now listening to "Protection", that album, which was '95.
Anyway, yeah. So good. So good. If you are among the youngs, do yourselves a favor. Although, I don't think my audience is young. But if you are among the youngs, and if you are musically curious, and some really brilliant, groundbreaking, trendsetting, mold-forming, trip-hop, soulful, sexy, well-crafted, complex, do yourselves a favor, go to Apple Music, go to Spotify, look up Massive Attack, and dive in. Start anywhere. Doesn't really matter. It's all good.
Anyway, that's it. Any comments about that? I'm so young. They're touring in Oz August. Maybe that's why they came onto my brain. Maybe that's why Massive Attack is so on my mind as of this morning and why I started listening to them. You know?
But I do think the kids — the one thing I worry about with kids is they're like, their references are very sort of shallow. I hope you guys, I hope the young ones can have an appreciation and a curiosity when it comes to things that came before them. I know that when I was a younger person, I loved — I grew up in the — I was born in 1970, so I became sort of more musically aware when I was around eight. I got the Saturday Night Fever album. And it was a two-record set on RSO Records. I still see it.
But I was also very curious about what my older siblings — I'm the youngest of five and the oldest in our family was 10 years older than me. So, Tracy was listening to [__] that was like — that's a nice thing about having older siblings. They can listen to things and give you a sense of music that you would otherwise maybe not get exposed to. And then of course there's going to college and hearing what the kids down the hall are listening to. Or what your new roommate brings to the table. College was a great time for music, experimentation, and awareness.
Anyway, I loved older stuff. I was very music curious. With movies, too. Still am. I love hearing stuff that came way before my time. You know, and I hope younger kids can develop that as well. Because there's such a — and also young kids coming up now, they have such a trove, an even bigger trove that we didn't have. You know, every day the trove of music to dip into gets deeper, and it's fabulous. There's a lot of [__], but a lot of gold, too. So, get into it.
And on that tip today, Massive Attack. As I said, dive in wherever you land, you're going to love it. Let's go. Puppy. So, have a great Tuesday, guys. I'm going to head home. I'm going to listen to some more Massive Attack. Protection with what's-her-name from Everything but the Girl doing the lead vocal. Why am I forgetting her name? She's fabulous.
Rory says, "My husband and I got our kids Gen Z ears into Better Than Ezra." Oh my god, it's a Radiohead. Yeah, Beatles was way before my time. Well, not way. I mean, they disbanded the year I was born. Tracey Thorn, thank you, Chris Kirsten. Tracey Thorn from Everything but the Girl. She does the lead vocal on the title track of the Protection album from Massive Attack.
Anyway, yeah, the Beatles, perfect example. All of that [__] — Rolling Stones are still doing it, but like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin. Well, Led Zeppelin was still making records when I was born. In fact, their debut album was '69. But yeah, like your real music of — you start really developing your taste in music in your teen years. And, you know, a lot of that stuff was old to me, but I loved it and still do. So, yeah.
Anyway, go listen to some great music today. I've heard so much gab and news and stuff. I'm going to be very musical today and work and listen to music. All right. And if you guys are paid subscribers, I love you so much. Thanks for your support of the George Hahn Experience.
I think that's what I want to call this endeavor. My fear is that Sandra Bernhard in the '90s had a VH1 show called the Sandra Bernhard Experience, which I thought was such a great title. I don't think she'd mind. We're friends. I don't think she'd mind. And there is a group of people who will definitely remember that title, the Sandra Bernhard Experience, but I feel like the product I'm delivering is the George Hahn Experience. It tracks. It fits.
Anyway, I'll give it some thought. Thank you for your patronage. More to come. It's the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Yeah, [gasps] Bernhard didn't — yeah. It was the Jimi Hendrix Experience. I can take it back. You're right. Sandy took it from Jimi. Oh, thank you. You're right. All right. Love you kids. Thanks.
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