Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Mike Heyliger as we discuss the transition of moving to the Boston area. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Check out Mike's blog Popblerd
- Mike grew up in New York, moved to Boston in 2008
- Slow adjustment
- Mike: Every time I go back, I like NY less
- Slower pace in Boston, except for the drivers
- Jay: Even slower pace in NH
- Mike: Occasionally gets crap for wearing Yankees gear
- Not a ton of diversity in Boston
- Jay: Toronto is extremely diverse
- Still plenty of racism to go around
- The world's a lot different than it was 30 years ago
- Mike: Boston music scene is better than NYC's
- Good selection of clubs
- Mike's broken $100 ticket barrier to see Prince, Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z/Kanye
- To be continued
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Gorillaz (feat. Andre 3000 and James Murphy) - DoYaThing
Boots Electric - I Love You All the Thyme
Andrew Bird - EyeonEye
Mike Doughty - Na Na Nothing
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The Gorillaz song is courtesy of Converse. Download the song for free from Converse.
The Boots Electric song is on the album Honkey Kong on Dangerbird Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic.
The Andrew Bird song is on the album Break It Yourself on Mom and Pop Records. Download the song for free at NoiseTrade.
The Mike Doughty song is on the album Yes and Also Yes on Snack Bar Records. Download the song for free at Insound.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
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