Wicked, Good

One thing is clear: Youre not going to find a better headphone/earbud/speaker combo for $9. In fact you probably wont find another such set at that price. We’ve cornered the market on sub-$10 3-piece audio sets today. Whats less clear, however, why this company is called Wicked Audio. Assuming its being used like wicked good rather than the hit Broadway show, youd think its creators might be based in Boston. But no, it was founded in decidedly un-wicked Provo, Utah. Wicked, it seems, has grown beyond its New England confines and permeated the greater culture. Which leads us to wonder: Why does Boston maintain such cultural clout? The city itself lands 23rd on the list of most populous U.S. cities, behind El Paso, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, and many other ignored metropolises. Yet Boston occupies a strange, outsized share of our collective consciousness. We know they say wicked in Boston, but what do they say in Philadelphia?Remember that movie last year about Boston? No, not that one, the other one. The one about the Irish guys. Yeah, and the dad is an alcoholic. Oh wait, thats right, were describing a dozen different movies in the last decade. There are even sub-genres of Boston movies, like the ones with the brooding, emotionally stunted male lead. Or the ones about Whitey Bulger (there could have been even more).Or the stupid ones.Where are San Antonios Affleck and Damon? Who is Phoenixs Wahlberg? Why is todays deal wicked and not whatever it is they say in Philadelphia?