So you all know this interview is a joke... I'm pretty sure the voices in the background are a joke too.
Here's what I got out of the voices in the back: it's basically Conor Oberst ranting about how he created the Saddle Creek record, and do you want to hear a story about it? (He actually asks, have I told you about Saddle fucking Creek records, to which his friend says I don't think you have.) So Conor says he put out all this avant sad-sad folk shit, and new wave bands, and it's all fucking load of bullshit and he's fucking fed up. And then his friend says "haha, you might wanna think about what you're doing in there... who you're fucking with." More laughing, and then his friend says in a completely serious, "oh shit" tone "Check your FUCKING mic." implying that we weren't supposed to hear this background conversation. I'm pretty sure it's just a secondary joke though.
So you all know this interview is a joke... I'm pretty sure the voices in the background are a joke too.
Here's what I got out of the voices in the back: it's basically Conor Oberst ranting about how he created the Saddle Creek record, and do you want to hear a story about it? (He actually asks, have I told you about Saddle fucking Creek records, to which his friend says I don't think you have.) So Conor says he put out all this avant sad-sad folk shit, and new wave bands, and it's all fucking load of bullshit and he's fucking fed up. And then his friend says "haha, you might wanna think about what you're doing in there... who you're fucking with." More laughing, and then his friend says in a completely serious, "oh shit" tone "Check your FUCKING mic." implying that we weren't supposed to hear this background conversation. I'm pretty sure it's just a secondary joke though.