I'm Yasei Salek and I'm the host of Bandsplane, a show where we explain cult bands and iconic artists by going deep into their histories and discographies.

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the death taxes and bananas podcast

now I know that's something that you have all been waiting to hear for a long time

it's like the sound of that coming through your

speaker right now is like velvet mixed with peanut butter because trust me

I have seen it in my DMs. I did not realize how much you all missed me while I was

out doing other things I had some extremely pressing engagements to attend to

can't tell you what that is, but I'm sure very soon you will all be made aware of what it was. Okay? But you know what?

Sometimes you got to take a break. All right? I needed a break from you. You needed a

break from me. We needed to really just like reconsider things and just make sure

that this was actually a viable relationship that we have here. All right no I did not disappear I did not die my face

did not show up on a milk carton like most of you thought but I agree that I missed you as much as you missed me.

And I think this is proof that absence does not make the mind wander.

It makes the heart grow fonder.

Write that down.

Now speaking of people I'm fond of, my next two

guests are two of my absolute favorites, all right, which you probably would be a little bit confused by considering they're the reason for my early exit from global championships

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