“Goose is a jam band. Geese is indie rock. They both have new albums. They’re also both on tour. Confused? We can help.”
— New York Times
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FREDDIE: Hey, Eddie.
EDDIE: Hey, Freddie.
FREDDIE: So Eddie, I’m putting together a playlist for the Audubon event.
EDDIE: Who’s on it?
FREDDIE: I got Geese.
EDDIE: Goose?
FREDDIE: No, Geese.
EDDIE: More than one?
FREDDIE: It’s just the one. Geese.
EDDIE: I’m saying. Geese is more than Goose.
FREDDIE: I’m glad you think so. I tried for Goose, too, but no luck.
EDDIE: What went wrong?
FREDDIE: They led me around and around and around for nothing.
EDDIE: You went on a chase?
FREDDIE: Well, yeah. I did.
EDDIE: A wild chase?
FREDDIE: Exactly.
EDDIE: A wild goose chase?
FREDDIE: No. Geese was who I got.
EDDIE: Birdbrain! I feel like I’m talking to a Stresemann’s bristlefront.
FREDDIE: I heard that, but I ain’t heard of dat bird!
EDDIE: Who else?
FREDDIE: I got the Fabulous Thunderbirds. I got the Partridge Family. I got Owl City.
EDDIE: Are all the bands named after birds?
FREDDIE: Well, that was 1964.
EDDIE: What was?
FREDDIE: The Byrds were named then.
EDDIE: So?
FREDDIE: So all of these came after.
EDDIE: Birdbrain! I feel like I’m talking to a rufous-headed hornbill.
FREDDIE: I heard that, but I ain’t heard of dat bird!
EDDIE: Let’s keep going.
FREDDIE: I got the Eagles.
EDDIE: Peaceful, easy feeling.
FREDDIE: Not really. These ones are loud.
EDDIE: Eagles of Death Metal?
FREDDIE: It’s more like garage rock with a little bit of glam.
EDDIE: Birdbrain! I feel like I’m talking to a New Caledonian owlet-nightjar!
FREDDIE: I heard that, but I ain’t heard of dat bird!
EDDIE: I have a different question for you. You got any live acts?
FREDDIE: Some of them are alive.
EDDIE: No. I mean, are they playing live?
FREDDIE: How could they play if they’re dead?
EDDIE: I mean, will they be onstage at the event?
FREDDIE: Oh, yeah. I got some playing at the bandshell.
EDDIE: Which ones?
FREDDIE: All the ones about crows are there. I got Sheryl Crow. I got the Black Crowes.
EDDIE: Counting Crows.
FREDDIE: Okay.
EDDIE: Okay what?
FREDDIE: You done?
EDDIE: Done with what?
FREDDIE: Counting crows. I count two.
EDDIE: No. That’s another band.
FREDDIE: What is?
EDDIE: Counting Crows.
FREDDIE: So… three?
EDDIE: Birdbrain! I feel like I’m talking to a Christmas Island frigatebird!
FREDDIE: I heard that, but I ain’t heard of dat bird!
