{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ad0cd9a90bf5417321a0a1c/66294474178a94001294c3b1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"GPYS - It's a Cowboy Summer","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ad0cd9a90bf5417321a0a1c/1713980497227-c5df6e9690900e5fa655519e0de895c0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Every now and then Chris Venditto and I like to take an episode to catch up and talk mostly about the Montreal Canadiens and wrestling.</p><p><br></p><p>Well this episode is that but also includes us branching out into talking about the Montreal PWHL team and Chris shares his thoughts on the absence of the Just for Laughs festival this summer in Montreal now that we’re nearly two months removed from the news and he has had a little more time to ruminate.</p><p><br></p><p>Chris has declared the summer of 2024 to be “Cowboy Summer” (I may be paraphrasing) but when Beyoncé has released a country album and apparently everyone is listening to <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7bQwwqW-Hc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">“A Bar Song” by Shaboozey</a> it’s hard to deny that he might be on to something.</p><p><br></p><p>I actually wonder if country music festivals will do better this year than the “normal” music festivals.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>I guess we’ll have to wait and see.</p><p><br></p><p>So if you haven’t seen Chris lately, this is your perfect chance to catch up with Venditto while listening to a conversation where you’re not allowed to say anything- aka a podcast!</p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p><br></p><h1>Credit Where Credit is Due</h1><p><br></p><p>As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: <a href=\"http://leighlandbeckman.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude</a>!</p><p><em>Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on </em><a href=\"https://twitter.com/chrisvenditto?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Twitter</em></a><em> and </em><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chrisvenditto/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Instagram</em></a><em> so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on </em><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/perfectbiteproductions/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Instagram</em></a><em> and on </em><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/PerfectBite/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Facebook</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on </em><a href=\"http://9to5.cc/?latestblogpost\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>9to5 (illustrated)</em></a><em>, co-hosts our two podcasts: The </em><a href=\"http://9to5.cc/9es\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>9to5 Entertainment System</em></a><em> and </em><a href=\"http://9to5.cc/gpys\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Go Plug Yourself</em></a><em> and sometimes blogs here as </em><a href=\"http://9to5.cc/category/perspicacious-geek/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Perspicacious Geek</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"9to5 (dot cc)"}