New “Hip Check” outtakes couresty of Main Street Backerei
Yesterday, Mark came back to the office pretty buzzed from a rare caffeinated coffee at the Main Street Backerei. By the time he emerged from the stacks of the Smells Like Yukon audio library, he’d found five new outtakes / deleted sounds from the “Hip Check” segment. In case your memory needs refreshing, that was the segment where Mark and Jesse enlisted Brent Bambury and the staff of Go! to help evaluate the alleged hipness of the Yukon’s capital.
When Jesse and Mark were interviewing Brent Bambury et al last June, they had an opportunity to ask a question that CBC listeners across the country have been dying to have answered: What would happen if Go! was merged with a certain other CBC program? But that’s not all. They also got some choice commentary on a number of other pressing issues of the day, including the hipness (or lack thereof) of the following: the White Stripes, the City of Toronto, and those two dudes who flog weenies in front of the Shoppers Drug Mart on Whitehorse’s Main Street during the summer. You might be surprised by what you hear.
As an nod to Bakerei co-owner and Whitehorse architect Tony Zedda, who was taken out of context in the “Hip Check” segment, we’ve also included his entire interview among the new clips posted to the site.
If you missed this segment, and would like to hear it before delving into the outtakes, all you have to do is send an e-mail to the Smells Like Yukon Members Club. Before you’ve even had a chance to exchange your crappy Christmas presents at Wal-Mart, we’ll set you up with access not just to “Hip Check,” but to another dozen or so Smells Like Yukon segments.