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Ep. #1051: Friendly Rich

Friendly Rich returns to discuss his latest album, The Birds of Marsville, his Brampton, Ontario pride, completing his PhD in music education and becoming a doctor, what having a giant beard might mean, playing the artistic and comedic long game, learning more about Marsville, the eighteenth-century researcher C. Smalloochi, and the orchestrion’s capabilities as a musical instrument, getting into birds, birders, and birding, Canadian arts grants, challenging the players on this album, Gordon Heavyfoot, future plans, and much more.

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Nomeansno (2011)

Post author By vish
Post date December 13, 2025

On a recent Kreative Kontrol episode, Mark Molnar mentioned his fondness for a radio interview I once conducted with Tom Holliston, John Wright, and Rob Wright from Canada’s greatest band, Nomeansno. And so, here’s that interview, which occurred over breakfast at the By the Way Café in Toronto, Ontario on April 5, 2011. It’s one of my most cherished work life experiences, so thank you again to Nomeansno, whose entire catalogue is now available on streaming services, and Alternative Tentacles is reissuing their catalogue in physical forms too.

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Nomeansno’s Rob Wright (2009)
Ep. #1048: Mark Molnar
Ep. #854: METZ
Ep. #782: Dead Bob
Ep. #707: Ian Blurton’s Future Now
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Ep. #1039: Austra

Post author By vish
Post date November 13, 2025

Katie Stelmanis from Austra is here to discuss her new album, Chin Up Buttercup, food-related music interviews and relatable human beings, settling back in Toronto after living elsewhere, delving into heartbreak and the stages of grief to compose songs, diaristic writing about personal cataclysms and not being a words person, pandemic isolation, bubble babes, and living for Eurodance music, having to create internet content to let people know about your new album, touring, other future plans, and much more.

Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters Charity. Follow vish online.

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Ep. #1028: Jane Inc.
Ep. #1023: Cate Le Bon
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