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?)

Bird Box podcast movie review. The Mule movie review. Happy New Year 2019

Bird Box on Netflix ends 2018 in the meme hall of fame 

Did we watch this movie because you the fact that it dominated the “meme” scene on instagram between Christmas and New Year’s

Did we like a Sandra Bullock’s performance? What’d we like about it. 

What happened to the Police academy recruit and her Tall blond junkie paramour? Where’d they go? why? did they make it? why no closure? And here’s why I ask, “The OB/Gyn lady from the beginning of the movie came back at the end, so if we’re randomly closing that loop, i feel like we should’ve closed the one of the police girl and her junkie BF.”

Why were certain people “immune to the mass suicides”? The only quasi-explanation we got was “people who aren’t right mentally” are totally fine. But they also think that 1) whatever they’re seeing is beautiful, and they're compelled to show everybody "the beauty”. But, they are somehow cunning enough to fein victimhood even though they know they are making people kill themselves, and seem lustfully determined to let them kill themselves. 

They never really explained “what the evil spirits were”. They essentially used “sound, wind effects, and creepy music” in place of a true villain or monster (which is creative). 

The spirits not being able to “come inside the houses” also seemed a little flimsy… but I get it. 

John Malkovich was being John Malkovich 

using the car to go to the grocery store — the most far fetched thing — that “GPS NAVIGATION” works well enough to drive you to your destination while you’re blinded. 

The Birds “knowing people were good ad bad” i guess we needed that part. Since it’s the name of the movie 

Was this movie short on explanations because it was haphazardly created, or were they “crazy like a fox” in knowing that they’ll likely make a sequel? 

The Mule review: Had an interesting premise, had a strong cast, and somehow it never quite became the movie we hoped.

Seemed heavy handed in the plot twist movements. Clint missed his daughters wedding for a flower convention. wouldn’t you choose a wedding day that is mutually agreeable for the parents of the bride? Wouldn’t you do so out of “season” especially since they lived in Peoria, Illinois and therefore have a winter/ no growing season. 

The relationship between Clint and Bradley Cooper was really “Chummy” and his relationship with the Cartel prior to Andy Garcia’s character getting murdered was really chummy. 

The grand daughter’s relationship with Clint’s character was way too manufactured and the way in which she called him to say that his ex-wfie was sick and her acting in that scene, not strong. Felt like a Lifetime TV movie in terms of quality. But, somehow Clint and Bradley Cooper and Lawrence Fishburn and Andy Garcia are in the cast. 

I’m not sure I buy the whole “started muling” in 2017 after he lost his business… would have been more interesting if he’d been  mule the whole time and that’s why his family life was garbage. The fact that he put family over business and somehow was still Broke at between 2005 and 2017 because the “Internet” killed the mom and pop flower business… that took my interest level down a few pegs for sure 

Clint confessing to everything at the end - seems like the right move to save his family. If he gets off on probation that Cartel definitely comes after him.

The overly stereotyped messaging in this film was basically, if old white men wanted to be mules and the Cartel would just let them meander around at their own pace, then they’d be #1, also seems like wild hyperbole. 

Rank the places listening in terms of where you’d like to visit next: Ashburn, VA / Atlanta/ Toronto / London / Angeles City Philippines/ Willemstad Curacao / Athens / Cape Town / Christchurch NZ / Orebro Sweden / Schwabisch Hall Germany / Sao Paulo  

George HW Bush, Christmas Music hot takes and Portugal

The Azores are like the Revis island of Europe. All alone but more than enough to win the day. 

Swimming in the ocean downtown, driving into two different volcanic craters, black sand beaches, hydrangeas everywhere, New England like weather unpredictability, I also drove for the first time outside of America. Interesting. 

Ponta Delgada is like if Ireland, Puerto Rico, has a baby with Portugal- the geography and weather are like a weird combo of Ireland and Puerto Rico. 

Places listening: Canada, Philippines, France, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia , Jamaica, Mozambique, Gabon (1st time), Tanzania, New Zealand and more

Top Cities listening: Ashburn VA, Ugong Philippines, New Liskeard Canada, Athens Greece, Kuala Lumpur, Maputo Mozambique 

Is Christmas music the original Christian Rock - I mean not quite / cuz one is about Santa (mainly) and one is about Jesus... but there are a ton of Christmas classics that do have religious lyrics “oh come all ye faithful”, “silent night”, “little drummer boy”, “joy to the world.” - so I’m going with kinda 

If Steve perry said. I’ll play faithfully for your wedding ceremony and oh Sheri to kickoff your ceremony... but in the middle we need to play my whole newest album... are you in?

Feel in love w the Fast & the furious: Tokyo Drift In Ponta Delgada. Tokyo drift = fake band name of the week 

The actor who played Han, Sung Kang, is so beloved to me after fast & furious 4, fast 5, fast & furious 6 - that watching him in Tokyo drift was enough to get me excited. 

George HW Bush passes away. 94 years old. Rest In Peace. “Read his letter to Bill Clinton from Twitter”

NFL playoff teams as Game of Thrones characters

 2018 NFL Playoff teams as GOT characters 

Which fan base Eagles fans hate (of the playoff teams)

Also - playoff teams as game of thrones characters = DOPE idea

Congrats to Dan O’Brien of “Paul is Dead” on winning the Filibuster Freestyle Fantasy Football Championship

Places listening Des Moines, Iowa 

Ashburn VA , Athens Greece #3 

Mountain View, CA new comer in Middletown RI

A Coruna Spain - beautiful Costal / port city in northwestern Spain. 

And Anchorage Alaska - we’re on the crab

Greece, Uk, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland

Ukraine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka Saudi Arabia and Philippines

New England Patriots - Tyrion Lannister - they know everything, equally hateable and admirable - -but sometimes get too cute for their own good and/ or get beaten in obvious ways

Pittsburgh Steelers - Oberyn Martell - flashy offense could defeat anybody - but ultimately a little too predictable to exploit their faults

Jacksonville Jaguars - Bronn - finding a way to get it done via one or two skills and nothing else. Won’t be surprised if he dies at anytime - but also not surprised that he keeps living

Kansas City Chiefs - Cersei Lannister - one day they seem like geniuses, the next week they seem doomed - can’t figure out the role that they will play at the end of the narrative, but getting the feeling they’ll be central to the story

Tennessee Titans - the Sand Snakes of Dorne  - want to be interested in them, want to see their story become interesting - but in the end, they appear to be fodder for mainstream characters

Buffalo Bills - Theon Greyjoy - they’ve had an un-redeemingly bad run. They sold out their own family (playing games in Toronto), and jumping overboard on Yara aka Tyron Taylor. 

nobody thinks they still belong alive - but they are and they recently came through in their darkest hour. 

Philadelphia Eagles - Daenerys Targaryen- with Carson Wentz - they were seemingly unstoppable- but losing him was like losing Viscerion - only difference is he isn’t now playing for the night’s king (ahem Jimmy G is)

Minnesota Vikings - Jon Snow - seemed like they were left for dead - killed by getting QB’s hurt in practice or during games, only to find out that the answer was within them the whole time - Case Keenum is the unlikely leader of a fierce army in the north

New Orleans Saints - Jamie Lannister - all the skills but one major hindering factor - for Jamie it was losing his hand (or and terrible choice in ladies), for the saints its leaving the dome in cold weather

LA Rams - Arya Stark - have all the tools to be deadly assasins - but very young and maybe not yet ready to defeat everybody

Carolina Panthers - Sam and Gilly ? Boring but potentially important?? Hodor ? One dimensional but effective??? Gendry? Forgotten but possibly a baller ?? Daario Naharis? Flashy yes?! Important two years ago, definitely ? Important now? That remains to be seen

Atlanta Falcons - Brann Stark - all the tools to absolutely destroy everyone in their path - but seem to be missing the ability to harness their powers consistently

Most fan bases hate eagles fans, who in the playoffs do eagles fans hate the most ??

Where was the confidence level before Wentz got injured? Has it ever been higher ?