Ty Segall & Mikey Heppner meet Psi Factor & the Cougar

POP Symposium and SOCAN present: Psi Factor & The Cougar with Ty Segall, Mikey Heppner, and Songs

Psi Factor & The Cougar is a ridiculous and highly-entertaining weekly podcast hosted by Simon "Psi Factor" Nixon and Jonathan "The Cougar" Cummins (USA Out of Vietnam, Cult MTL), wherein the duo tells tall tales about sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and growing up punk here in Montreal. For their most-recent episode, Simon and Jonathan were joined by none other than Ty Segall and Mikey Heppner (Beat Cops, UBT, Priestess) to discuss anything and everything related to "songs" in front of a live studio audience as part of the POP Symposium.

The topic of "songs" seemed to be a running joke with Jonathan, as he and Simon (who remained quite reserved through most of the chaos) did all they could to steer the conversation away from the creative process of composing music. Instead, they continued to ask Ty about the drugs he takes, what time of day he likes to take them, and what bands he listens to while high (answers: shrooms, during the day, The Grateful Dead).

The recently-married Mikey Heppner was subject to questions about relationships, marriage, and adulthood; but he couldn't get a word in edge-wise as "the Coug" interjected multiple times to talk about his being single and still dating in his 40s. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Ty Segall is in a committed relationship and Mikey likes to drink beer. We also heard silly anecdotes about local musicians and a vapid Hollywood actress getting high on MDMA out on the terrace at a Plateau-Montreal venue. How scandalous!

During the question and answer period, an audience member who goes by the name "Commander Andy Clark" asked Ty Segall a couple of questions completely unrelated to Ty and his music, then proceeded to relay some personal information about his divorce, why he moved to Montreal, and his undying love for local artist and musician Ohara Hale (OHARA, Nancy Pants)—run Ohara, run! 

Psi Factor and the Coug were so amused by Commander Andy Clark, that they asked him to join them on the couch. The Commander was having a really good time up there as Jonathan listened mouth-agape while Andy talked about "songs", his crazy life, and how his ex-wife's girlfriend won't let him talk with her anymore. 

Indeed, this particular POP Symposium was chock-full of silly, TMI moments, and rumour has it a representative from SOCAN was not amused by the idle chit-chat and allegedly chewed out the Coug after the symposium saying the discussion was "tedious" and "completely off topic" since they didn't discuss "songs". My guess is SOCAN didn't do any research before agreeing to get involved with the duo by actually, you know, listening to an archive episode of Psi Factor & The Cougar. This 40-something, however, had a really good time, and Jonathan and Simon now have a brand-new fan.

Catch the Psi Factor & The Cougar podcast every Friday at 11:00 pm, and keep a look-out for video of the discussion on their website.

--Stephanie Dee hosts Yeti Dreams every Friday at 8 PM on CJLO. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @tweegirl.