Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, you are.

I got your favorite writer blocked of music news and criticism I am your host, John

Caramonica.

All right, we're going to talk about scissor today, but give me a moment because it is some housekeeping

that I want to do before we get to Sisa. First of all, a couple of quick shout outs. First,

I believe your name was Grace. I was out a couple of weeks ago. I was at corner bistro if you know,

you know, and Grace came over and said she really loved popcast and then did a very classy thing,

which is had the waiter bring over a coke with no ice, which is what I drink. And I thought that

that was a very cool and classy thing. Thank you for that. Nice to meet you. Also, shout out to

Simone. And that's Simone at the Dare Party last week. Simone works for Shopify. And Simone told me

that my salesmanship for the popcast t-shirts was trash, but Simone listens to popcasts I think.

And she said it was trash and I'm not doing a good enough job of creating an emotional connection

to the product. So briefly, popcast shirts are available. It's the popcast.myshopify.com. I'm

keeping them at Grammy prices, knocked a few dollars off. I buy a lot of merch as listeners of

popcasts definitely know. I buy things for artists that I support and for TV shows. Maybe podcasts

that could happen. Sure, podcasts. But to me wearing a shirt or owning a shirt ties me directly

to the art that I am so passionate about. And one thing I know about y'all, whether you are

loving what we're doing or asking a hard question as I know that y'all are crashing it. So I say

that only to say there are maybe a little less than 50 shirts left. We've already sold out a couple

sizes in black. It's not loads left. Don't know if I'm going to do 2.0. Might do some stickers,

mugs, who knows. But for now, this is what we've got. So if you're interested, it's the popcast.myshopify.com.

Go get them. I'll pack it out. I'll write you a note. And that's the speech. Simone, I hope that

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