#2139 - Akaash Singh

Joe Rogan (0:12)

So Jamie, I'm sending you these things right now. You want to feel like a lazy piece of shit?

Akaash Singh (0:17)

Uh, yep.

Joe Rogan (0:19)

This is what me and Ari were sending to each other last night. This is all the Phish concert at the Sphere.

Akaash Singh (0:26)

Oh, Phish is a fascinating thing.

Joe Rogan (0:30)

Dude, you know the Sphere in Vegas? That giant globe. The whole ceiling is all LCD or LED. What kind of screen is it?

Whatever the best shit is.

It's like a billion dollar building.

But the screens on the ceiling, so Phish utilizes these for all these like crazy trippy psychedelic images. And so while the show was going on, people were just like, waaaaaah! It's like the greatest fucking thing I've ever seen in my life. Look at this.

Akaash Singh (1:01)

That's the ceiling.

Joe Rogan (1:03)

That's the ceiling.

Akaash Singh (1:05)

Oh, that's great. And then going to that show? What a party.

Joe Rogan (1:09)

I mean, they're doing a residency, so I guess they're doing six Sphere shows. Check out some of the other ones I sent you, Jamie, because I sent you quite a few. They're all different. One of them is a dog. A dog's like licking.

Like licking the screen.

Akaash Singh (1:26)

I need to see this.

I did not know how big Fish was. I didn't know it was big at all, but they have such a massive cult following.

Joe Rogan (1:33)

They do.

Akaash Singh (1:33)

They sell out everywhere.

Joe Rogan (1:34)

Yeah, it's like The Dead. It's basically the same, it's like a new generation of The Grateful Dead.

Akaash Singh (1:40)

And growing up, I was aware of The Grateful Dead. Fish, I was doing a show in Atlantic City, and then the guy that was booking was like, I don't know, man, it's tough. Fish is here this weekend. The whole city's, and I was like, what? Fish, P, the one with the fish, PH, fish?

And he was like, yeah, they're huge. And then people follow them.

Joe Rogan (1:56)

I had a buddy of mine, his girlfriend was really into fish, and I just didn't get it.

Akaash Singh (2:01)

Yeah, I've never heard of a single song.

Joe Rogan (2:02)

I was like, what are you talking about? Like, what's the big deal? Like, look at this one.

Akaash Singh (2:05)

Holy shit.

Joe Rogan (2:06)

Isn't this insane?

Akaash Singh (2:07)

That's awesome.

Joe Rogan (2:08)

It's insane.

Akaash Singh (2:14)

Now, even hearing this in the headphones, that feels awesome. Looking on this screen.

Joe Rogan (2:18)

Yeah, and apparently, there's not a bad seat in the house. One of the guys from Phish was doing an interview about it, and he was saying, essentially, like, every seat is incredible, because every seat, you see the sky, and you see this, you see fireworks, and it's just fucking amazing.

Akaash Singh (2:37)

This is awesome.

Joe Rogan (2:38)

So they're doing a UFC there in September, and I have no... Look at the dog.

Akaash Singh (2:45)

Oh, that's so sick, dude. That's so sick.

Joe Rogan (2:47)

Isn't that amazing?

Akaash Singh (2:50)

What's gonna be on the screen of UFC 300 is Max Holloway knocking you out with three seconds left in the fight.

Joe Rogan (2:55)

One second.

Akaash Singh (2:55)

Yeah, one second.

Joe Rogan (2:56)

Yeah, it's gonna be all kinds of shit. I mean, they're essentially planning for that different than they've ever planned for any other event.

Dana told me they've already spent $9 million preparing for September's event.

Akaash Singh (3:08)

That's so sick. So tickets are gonna be nuts for that, I assume.

Joe Rogan (3:11)

It's gonna be nuts, yeah. It's gonna be a nutty event. I don't think they're gonna do more than one of them. I think they're only gonna do one.

Because the idea is like it's so expensive to do and there's so much involved in preparing for it.

Akaash Singh (3:22)

But it's an investment, so you're gonna get it back.

Has anybody written a book on Dana building the UFC? You would know, I would not. I'm very much casual. But just, I remember being like 13 seeing the UFC commercials. And it didn't, it seemed like this fringe thing. And now it's this massive mainstream thing. I don't want to give all the credit to one person, but it seems like he's the one.

Joe Rogan (3:41)

It's a lot of it, a lot of it goes to him. If it wasn't for him, it just wouldn't be the same thing. You have to have a maniac right in that organization. He's a maniac.