Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Lewandowski as we discuss our status as outsider sports fans in the Boston area. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Fidlar, Eddie Spaghetti, TV on the Radio and Archers of Loaf.
Show notes:
Recorded on a sweaty night in Beverly, Mass.
Brian changed his standup name to Brian Gerard
Experimented with different names
We both grew up elsewhere and moved to New England
Rooting for non-Boston teams
Brian grew up in Buffalo, is a big Sabres and Bills fan
We're used to our teams losing
Buffalo also had an NBA team in the '70s
Brian moved to Kentucky as a kid
Jay moved to southeastern Washington state
Nobody there knew what hockey was at the time
Jay: Right after we moved away, a junior hockey team moved to the area
Jay: Never a fan of the Montreal Canadiens
The magic of Don Cherry
Cherry was played by Jared Keeso in a couple of Canadian miniseries
Brian roots for the Atlanta Braves because he lived there for a while
Jay: Rooted for Red Sox to win World Series in '04
Brian's not a fan of the Blue Jays' stadium
Jay: Grew up going to Blue Jays games when they were a new expansion team
Jays' farm team is now in Buffalo
Remembering the Hartford Whalers
Sabres lost in Stanley Cup finals to Philadelphia in 1975
Jay: One of my favorite players was Buffalo star Gilbert Perreault
Big heartbreak for Sabres fans was in '99
Brett Hull scored Cup-winning goal for Dallas with his skate in the goal crease
Against the rules but officials didn't overturn it
Atlanta's attendance problem
The Bills had four straight Super Bowl losses
Lamenting lost Super Bowl bets
Jay: Still stinging from Leafs' game 7 loss to Bruins last month
Leafs' loss to LA in 1993 also a painful memory
Blue Jays had some horrible chokes in '85 and '87
Jay: Joe Carter's World Series-winning homer in '93 was probably my last great sports moment
To be continued
Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Fidlar - Cheap Beer
Eddie Spaghetti - The Value of Nothing
TV on the Radio - Will Do
Archers of Loaf - What Did You Expect?
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The Fidlar song is on the band's self-titled album on Mom & Pop Music. Download the song from Chromewaves.
The Eddie Spaghetti song is the track track of his new album The Value of Nothing on Bloodshot Records. Download the song for free at Soundcloud.
The TV on the Radio song is on the album Nine Types of Light on Interscope. Download the song for free at Epitonic.
The Archers of Loaf song is a bonus track on the reissue of Icky Mettle on Merge Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic.
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 blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.