Vocal Chord surgery - podcast aftermath

Gavin is on Vocal Rest Podcast

Places listening - after the US, Canada, UK, Kenya, France, Romania, Bermuda, Sweden, Colombia, Indonesia, Angola, South Korea, Greece, Austria, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Vietnam and Barbados

the top city listening Paris, Montreal, Nairobi Kenya, and Ploiesti Romania

unofficial sponsor of the week: "Text to Speech" App from apple store (more on that later)

Also shoutout to Two Scoops Creamery in Charlotte for featuring Gavin in their “it’s friday, this guy knows how to party” IG Post.

Freestyle is now on Spotify so follow it and for those of you using the french service Deezer - you can subscribe to the Freestyle there, too.

Why Gavin is on vocal rest - and how hard it is to communicate

biggest development of the week - becoming a Damien Woody fan - First Take

Gavin selected a British Accent version named “Daniel"

Fake Band Name Speed Round

Questions I can answer ‘yes” or “no” with a Ding.

Do you miss drinking a pot of coffee a day?

Do you find it difficult to not talk out loud to yourself?

Do you wish you’d paid more attention to American Sign Language in the 6th grade at Johnson Middle School?

Is it true that your cousin is Bob Piano of Axis Mundi Records?

Should people go download his music on Spotify ASAP?

Were you shocked to find out that the thing that Bob Piano and Cindy Harrington have most in common is an incredibly passionate interest in 90 Day Fiancee?

Can we do a deep dive podcast on that show co-hosted by Cindy Harrington and Bob Piano?

Cards against humanity style answers to questions - Gavin can only use phrases he’s already used to answer the following questions:

What is the recurring joke in Mike Birbiglia’s Netflix special the new one? (I saved your best friend’s life)

What’s the first thing you thought of the day after surgery? (Am I allowed to Drive today?)

What’s the second thing you thought of? (Want me to go to Trader Joe’s?)

Christmas comes to Baltimore Ravens early

Christmas comes to Baltimore early - The Ravens could be a juggernaut

Places listening

Australia, Philippines, UK, Angola, Germany, Spain, Tunisia and Fiji

Walpole, MA. Chicago, Waxhaw, NC Philly, NYC, Irving, TX, Rockaway Park, Miami, Zulpich Germany / Luanda Angola, Heatley Australia

How Badly have the Patriots WR corps fallen since the Antonio Brown experiment ended?

How much did the loss to the Ravens matter (relative to the rest of the season)?

Are the Baltimore Ravens peaking too early or are they simply a juggernaut?

How much do the Pats need the win against the Eagles?



Picking the Final Four based on Food

Drone shut down Milan airport - wow. Eff drones - they announced in English. Then again in Italian like 3 mins later. Older woman in front of me was kinda hilarious in her response.

Santa Claus sun tanning in a garden in Florence. 

Also I’ve been mispronunciations Florence’s real name for past 17 years 

Rank order of media consumed on two trans-Atlantic flights:

Vice

Blackkklansman 

Spider-Man in the Spiderverse 

White Boy Rick

1/2 of Ralph breaks the internet 

2 eps of always sunny 13 

1 ep of AP BIO 

Rate airline terminals for food & drink options, etc 

Maybe the very dangerous airport sushi rating?

Maybe the bud light draft rating or the Bloody Mary mix rating at airport bars 

2019 March Madness - Final Four - Virginia vs Auburn and Michigan State vs Texas Tech  

Fajita theory redux for JJ  

30,000 downloads - thank you 

United Kingdom 2nd place, Angola #3, Taiwan, Egypt, Zambia, Australia, Canada and Philippines  

Lukewarm NIT Takes 

It’s kind of like a nice “going away party” or like the brunch the day after a wedding. You weren’t sure if you we even going to go, but you did and had a fun time seeing everybody one more time before finally having things end. 

Great vibe, an appreciative vibe during pregame, etc

Negative - you can’t do any “canned music” or sponsor promos that get the fans excited. 

I get not allowing the home team intro, I get letting both teams Spirit teams perform, etc. - but in this day & age of dwindling attendance and tepid interest in the NIT at best… wouldn’t a dance cam, or a bevy for free t-shirts being tossed into the crowd, or a free pizza delivery help spice stuff up. 

More importantly, they only allow pep band music. Can’t mix it up with any recorded tracks over the PA. Which takes away 1) the entire Jock Jams catalog. 2) Sandstorm and Zombie Nation techno-fests 3) And pretty much any hit song from the past 5 years. 

March Madness Picks based on where we should've gone to college

2019 March Madness 

Sampling Bud light Drafts at various bars - for best tasting ? Could that be a thing? Maybe with Natty Light? Maybe best “dollar draft/ door brew/ brick light” type beers

What to you make of Bud Light having a marketing campaign based on having ingredients on the label and not having corn syrup? Is it genius or desperate? 


Fake band name of the week: Fajita Theory 

30,000 downloads - thank you - Ashburn VA, Felixstone, UK and Weston, MA (Booger Brown)?

United Kingdom 2nd place, Angola #3, Australia, Canada and Philippines  

Lukewarm NIT Takes 

It’s kind of like a nice “going away party” or like the brunch the day after a wedding. You weren’t sure if you we even going to go, but you did and had a fun time seeing everybody one more time before finally having things end. 

Great vibe, an appreciative vibe during pregame, etc

Negative - you can’t do any “canned music” or sponsor promos that get the fans excited. 

I get not allowing the home team intro, I get letting both teams Spirit teams perform, etc. - but in this day & age of dwindling attendance and tepid interest in the NIT at best… wouldn’t a dance cam, or a bevy for free t-shirts being tossed into the crowd, or a free pizza delivery help spice stuff up. 

More importantly, they only allow pep band music. Can’t mix it up with any recorded tracks over the PA. Which takes away 1) the entire Jock Jams catalog. 2) Sandstorm and Zombie Nation techno-fests 3) And pretty much any hit song from the past 5 years. 

Picking a national title based on where I should have actually gone to college.