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Ep. #1118: Don Pyle

Don Pyle returns to discuss his lovely new memoir, Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music, summers in Toronto, why he wrote this deeply personal book of reflections, recollections, and remembrances, what we learn about departed friends like Reid Diamond, Dallas Good, and Steve Albini, thriving in spite of a difficult childhood and a mother in emotional duress, kinship with Kids in the Hall and the Good Family, discussing dreams about and visitations from Dallas Good, the time that Steve Albini came to Toronto to record Phono-Comb and King Cobb Steelie, a gift from Rik Emmett from Triumph, upcoming book events, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1058: Paul Myers on ‘John Candy: A Life in Comedy’

Post author By vish
Post date January 17, 2026

Paul Myers is here to discuss his new book, John Candy: A Life in Comedy, how the actor and producer Ryan Reynolds helped him get from a Boston event about the documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, to an Edmonton book event within 24 hours and in style, the fortuitous connection between the documentary and the book, which were made independent of one another but released around the same time, a Myers family member’s pivotal interaction with John Candy and why Paul decided to write this book, the remarkable array of people he interviewed, including Catherine O’Hara, Joe Flaherty, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, and Martin Short, what he learned about Candy’s sensitivity to body shaming and other emotional hardships, the Record Store Day Podcast, future plans, and much more.

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Related episodes/links:

Ep. #1037: Sloan
Ep. #937: Mouth Congress
Ep. #744: Don Pyle
Ep. #691: Kids in the Hall
Ep. #512: Kevin McDonald
Ep. #439: Bruce McCulloch and Paul Myers
Ep. #333: Kevin McDonald
Ep. #158: Bruce McCulloch
Steve Martin and Martin Short (March 2019)
Patti Smith (2007) – Teaser

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Father John Misty (2012) – Teaser

Post author By vish
Post date April 6, 2025

On Tuesday August 21, 2012, at 3:30 pm ET, I spoke with Josh Tillman, who’d left a popular band called Fleet Foxes to venture out on his own. He called himself Father John Misty and earlier that spring, Sub Pop had released his acclaimed debut album, Fear Fun. Josh and I had a talk about its meta- and philosophical themes, why he name dropped people like Neil Young and Jean-Paul Sartre, the novel he’d written, why he left Fleet Foxes, his interest in comedy, what his favourite Bob Dylan song was and under appreciated and over discussed aspects of Dylan’s work, future plans, and more.

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Related episodes/links:

Ep. #937: Mouth Congress
Ep. #898: Jon Benjamin – Jazz Daredevil
Ep. #828: ‘Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine’ with Mark Davidson & Parker Fishel
Ep. #744: Don Pyle
Ep. #691: The Kids in the Hall
Ep. #512: Kevin McDonald
Ep. #439: Bruce McCulloch and Paul Myers
Patti Smith (2007) – Teaser