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Ep. #987: Tropical Fuck Storm

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Post date June 17, 2025
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Gaz Liddiard from Tropical Fuck Storm is here to discuss Fairyland Codex, running into kangaroos and routinely having one of the world’s most poisonous snakes show up in your house, the Gutenberg printing press, the internet, and extremist ideologies, Kurt Cobain and cultural conformity vs. galvanization and shared experiences, his musical trajectory from Australia to London, a long tour including a Calgary stop for Sled Island, writing new music, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #985: PUP

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Post date June 10, 2025
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Steve Sladkowski discusses PUP and Who Will Look After the Dogs?, sports and loud, boastful sportscasting’s Canadian connection, Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster, The Beatles’ Get Back, and dysfunctional band communication, working closely with producer John Congleton, Steve’s background in jazz and improvised guitar, PUP’s ambitious, sentimental six-date Mega-City Madness Tour of Toronto, conjuring Marc Ribot and Joel Plaskett for a new song, future plans, and much more.

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Tags albums, apocalypse, baseball, basketball, Beck, billcallahan, billfrisell, breakups, burnout, cadenceweapon, charlesdickens, ColinMedley, communication, concepts, danburke, davidleeroth, doncherry, edmontonoilers, electricalaudio, espn, exclaim, football, friendship, fuckedup, gestinson, getback, Guelph, guelphjazzfestival, guitar, hankwilliams, hockey, houseshows, improvisedmusic, jazz, jeffrosenstock, joelplaskett, joesobara, johncongleton, johnzorn, jordanpeterson, kenaldcroft, kendricklamar, kendrickperkins, leespalace, littledipper, lukadoncic, lyrics, marcribot, megacitymadnesstour, Metallica, mlb, NBA, neilyoung, nelscline, nestorchumak, nfl, NHL, officepolitics, patriley, paulmccartney, peterbradley, peterkatis, polarismusicprize, premierleague, PUP, realtionships, redlightfever, riserecords, Rush, sartorial, silverdollar, sneakydees, soccer, soccermommy, somekindofmonster, sports, stefanbabcock, stevealbini, stevesladkowski, stvincent, tedswreckinhyard, thebeatles, therapy, thrushhermit, Topanga, Toronto, Tranzac, travisbean, villagevanguard, whowilllookafterthedogs, zackmykula

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Ep. #966: Regulator Watts

Alex Dunham and Areif Sless-Kitain from Regulator Watts discuss The Mercury LP, Alex building a new house in Minnesota, Areif’s stint drumming in Bluetip and his love of Hoover, why Hoover broke up and how Regulator Watts began, the cinematic nature of the band’s sound, Regulator Watts reconvening recently and recording new songs at Electrical Audio, whether this means the band might play shows again, other future plans, and much more!

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