SOOK-YIN LEE

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Travis interviews Sook-Yin Lee about loss, the pandemic, and surviving the four walls of your own home for a year. Plus we discuss great films with a single location, Herman Hesse, cooking face masks in Instant Pots, and bad karaoke memories.

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Recent Works

Death and Sickness (film) 2020. Written, directed, acted, produced, shot, recorded, edited and scored by Sook-Yin Lee and Dylan Gamble

Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz - “jooj two” (album) 2021

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References in this episode

My Dinner With Andre (film) 1981. Directed by Louis Malle

Cube (film) 1997. Directed by Vincenzo Natali

Eyeball Theatre (television) early 2000s Shot, directed, edited, etc. by Sook-Yin Lee

Mary Timony (Musician)

Chantal Ackerman (Filmmaker)

I You He She (The Chantal Ackerman movie Travis couldn’t remember)

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Movie)

My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Novel) 2018. Written by Ottessa Moshfegh

Herman Hesse (Author)

Food

Marmite

Instant Pot

Dumplings & More (Restaurant)

Francesco’s Sandwich (Restaurant)

Pan Pan Noodle (Restaurant)

PHIL ELVERUM (of THE MICROPHONES and MOUNT EERIE)

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Travis and Emmanuel talk to the charming PHIL ELVERUM of THE MICROPHONES and MOUNT EERIE! We cover precisely why The Grateful Dead sucks, scoring free things at the dump, and nerding out over Eric's Trip.

Plus we get deep on Phil's highschool road trip across Canada, performing Smashing Pumpkins covers at open mics, and taking baby passport photos. An instant CITY SLANG classic.

MINI SLANG 8: CINDY LEE

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Travis talks to Patrick Flegel of CINDY LEE and WOMEN about obscure Japanese movies, which Cormac Mccarthy novels suck, and why pop music is boundless.



MOTORISTS

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We've got Toronto's MOTORISTS on the show! We get sidetracked with an extensive discussion about Jim Carrey, and which cartoons were adapted from rated R movies... but then get into the meat of the episode: Motorists handpick a car-themed set list and give us the lowdown on each song. Come for the Ace Ventura talk, stay for the deep cuts!

We play these tunes:

Big Star - Black of the Car
The Nasty Facts - Drive My Car
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah

Tyvek - Wayne County Road
Cybotron - Cosmic Cars
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On a Gravel Road
The Bats - Daddy’s Highway
Built to Spill - Car

DEADBEAT BEAT

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We interview Detroit's DEADBEAT BEAT outside of Cinqhole in Ottawa!

We get deep into record nerd talk about King Crimson, Sparks, and 7" records with a single song on both sides. Plus we discuss shooting videos outside of nuclear power plants, and the time Deadbeat Beat got the best compliment possible from Robert Pollard!

WOOLWORM vs NECKING

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Absolutely wild episode. After a surprise family reunion at a WOOLWORM/NECKING show in Ottawa, we put both bands through the CITY SLANG questionnaire! We learn some wild first shows from Russia, a hilarious heckle from the Richmond Night Market, and a harrowing tale of stolen handsome sheet ghost at a Halloween party!

CITY SLANG SELECTIONS: Sloan

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Chris Murphy of SLOAN picks a set of three tunes, including Guided By Voices, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, and Thrush Hermit!

Plus a story about the time Sloan played a Guided By Voices cover at a Guided By Voices show, and a bonus tune from Chris' band Tuns!

Chris selects:

Guided By Voices Smothered in Hugs
The Kinks - Strangers
The Velvet Underground - She's My Best Friend
Thrush Hermit - All Dressed Up
Tuns - Look Whose Back In Town Again

Chris Murphy of SLOAN

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Chris Murphy of SLOAN joins us out of nowhere, invoked like a Canadian demon after we spoke about them during our 90s episode!

Emmanuel has a wide-ranging conversation with Chris about how his hardcore and punk past informed his career, Sloan’s Nirvana crossover, the time Chris' baby was a fashion critic on Canadian Entertainment Tonight, and we find out who the line "it's not the band I hate/it's their fans" is about!

PLUS, Chris absolves Emmanuel of abandoning Sloan in his youth for not being punk enough!

An absolutely essential interview, and one of the more revealing interviews you'll hear with Chris Murphy. That's a City Slang promise™

MINI SLANG 7: Director, photographer, video artist HEATHER RAPPARD

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A Mini Slang episode that got lost in the archive is resurrected!

You might remember the amazing video for Tough Age's "Me in Glue" from a few months ago.

Well, we loved it and got in touch with director HEATHER RAPPARD to discuss the video, her video for Old and Weird (a City Slang fave), and the time when the only way out of making a bad video was to make an even shittier music video! An age old tale. The time a home brew Grimace costume inspired her to make a video: less universal. Listen in!

CITY SLANG SELECTIONS: BIG EYES

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In this bonus episode, Kait of BIG EYES picks a set of 3 tunes, including The Nice, and fellow Long-Islanders Blue Oyster Cult and The Lemon Twigs! Plus we put together a set inspired by our interview with Kait, including the Cheap Trick song that named her band, Hawkwind, Utopia, and a King Crimson song Travis thinks can make anyone like King Crimson!

We play these tunes:

The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
Blue Oyster Cult - Career of Evil
The Lemon Twigs - Why Didn’t You Say That

Hawkwind - Kings of Speed
Utopia - Silly Boy
King Crimson - Red

BIG EYES

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Kait Eldridge of BIG EYES joins us after her show at BLACK SQUIRREL BOOKS to discuss the obscure sci-fi she found, the historic event that nearly killed Cheap Trick in Ottawa, her unlikely gateway band, and we somehow discuss Magic: The Gathering on the show for the second time this year! An all-around nerdy episode with one of our fave guests!

We play these tunes:

Big Eyes - Streets of the Lost - Hourglass
Big Eyes - Streets of the Lost - You, Dumb and Bored
Big Eyes - Almost Famous - Nothing You Could Say
Big Eyes - Stake My Claim - Stake My Claim
Big Eyes - Streets of the Lost - Lucky You
Big Eyes - Back From The Moon - 7" Back From The Moon
Big Eyes - Hard Life - Pretend to Care
Big Eyes - Streets of the Lost - Streets of the Lost
Big Eyes - Stake My Claim - When You Were 25
Big Eyes - Almost Famous - Wanted Sometimes

And discuss these books:

Michael Moorcock - Gloriana (1978)
Roger Selazny - Changeling (1980)
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Two Towers (1954)
Mary Ellen Mark - Streetwise (1988)

Originally aired August 7, 2019

CITY SLANG SELECTIONS: Deliluh

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In this CITY SLANG SELECTIONS bonus episode, our previous guests Deliluh pick three tracks to play on the show! It's a wild set spanning the three genres of music: Country, Italian electronic, and Members of The Fall. And if you’re in Ottawa, don’t forget to check out Deliluh at Pressed this week!

We play:

Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It

Catarina Barbieri - Fantas

Marc Riley & The Creepers - Favourite Sister

All 90s, all hour!

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It's our 90s episode! A full hour of the most 90s indie/college/underground rock, including a big set of cancon classics, lesser known gems, and a monumental Australian alt-rock hit that you probably haven't heard, but it's about to blow your mind! The whole episode is just an elaborate excuse to play it!

Plus lots of reminiscing about taped over VHSs and long-defunct MuchMusic programming.

We play these tunes:

Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle - Web In Front
Eric's Trip - Peter EP - Happens All The Time
Sloan - Peppermint EP - Sugartune
Thrush Hermit - Smart Bomb EP - You Got An Answer
Thrush Hermit - Smart Bomb EP - Hated It
The Killjoys - Starry Today - I Hate Everyone
Mystery Machine - 10 Speed - Brand New Song
hHead - Jerk - Answers
Doughboys - Crush - Fix Me

You Am I - Sound As Ever - Berlin Chair
Sebadoh - Bakesale - Careful
Sebadoh - Bakesale - Rebound
Superchunk - Here's Where The Strings Come In - Animated Airplanes Over Germany
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Mayonnaise

Originally aired July 24, 2019

DELILUH

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DELILUH joins us to discuss ghosts, screwdriver toilets, playing in an abandoned subway station, what bands they'd boot off a cliff, and Michael Caine's coked out birthday!

PLUS, it's the episode where we win an award! The NCRA awarded us with the Best Syndicated Radio Show at this year's NCRA awards for our tribute episode to Peter Eichhorn! Thanks to all the stations that syndicate us, all our listeners, and the NCRA!

Originally aired July 10, 2019

MICHAEL DEFORGE

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Comic book artist MICHAEL DEFORGE joins us to talk about sneaking Montreal bagel icons into Adventure Time, Magic: The Gathering, karaoke strategies, and a hilarious story about meeting underground comic legends when he was 12!

Plus we play tunes from his punk band Moul D., and a set of Michael’s recent faves:

Moul D. - Demo 2 - Anti Trust
Moul D. - Demo 2 - Timing Problems
Moul D. - Demo 2 - Body In Pain
Moul D. - Demo 2 - Time Was
Moul D. - Demo 2 - Must Be Nice
Moul D. - Demo 1 - Problems at Work
Moul D. - Demo 1 - Lovely Pup
Moul D. - Demo 1 - Voicemail
Moul D. - Demo 1 - Financial Advice
Moul D. - Demo 1 - Locked Out

Runt - Positions of Power - Positions of Power
Bernadette Cooper - 12" - The Underground
Sylvester - 12" - I (Who Have Nothing)

Originally aired May 29, 2019

ALEXANDRA STRELISKI

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Less rock more Bach!

Emmanuel talks to neoclassical Pianist ALEXANDRA STRELISKI about making classical music accessible, how DIY communities influenced her, and not wanting to work in the classical industry! Plus she picks a set of her influences, including Phillip Glass.

We play these tunes:

Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Plus tôt
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - The Quiet Voice
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Par la fenêtre de Théo
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Ellipse
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Changing Winds
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Interlude
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Blind Vision
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Burnout Fugue
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Overturn
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Revient le jour
Alexandra Stréliski - Inscape - Le Nouveau Départ

Gonzales - Solo Piano - Armellodie
Gonzales - Solo Piano - Gentle Threat
Gonzales - Solo Piano - C.M. Blues

Yann Tiersen - Amélie Soundtrack - J'y suis jamais allé
Yann Tiersen - Amélie Soundtrack - Pas si simple
Yann Tiersen - Amélie Soundtrack - Soir de Fête

Philip Glass - Hung Up / Strung Out - Strung Out (Excerpt)

Originally aired May 8, 2019

BLEU NUIT

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Bleu Nuit join us to discuss their new album and formative late night Québécois TV! We talk French Simpsons, Bleu Nuit (the erotic TV series), and something NAMED "Call TV" that absolutely blows our minds! 

PLUS we call a special guest from the band VICTIME to fact-check the episode, including a disparaging claim about butt chugging!

It's some of the biggest laffs we've had recording an episode, and it's NOT TO BE MISSED!

We play these tunes:

Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - Le même discours
Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - Trou noir
Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - Le ruban magnétique
Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - Confusion
Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - Féminin Masculin
Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - Concentration
Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - La sauvagerie
Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - Boule de cristal
Bleu Nuit - Le jardin des mémoires - Le dernier mouvement
Françcois de Roubaix - Courts Métrages - Opération FR1
Ben Shémie - A Skeleton - A Skeleton

Originally aired April 17, 2019

N0V3L

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NOVEL join us from a ferry to Victoria! We untangle the Crack Cloud collective, talk about signature pies, and official band dogs! Travis wonders if the band likes Tetsou The Iron Man, and their thoughts on the Maxell cassette logo, and we get some VERY INTERESTING RESPONSES!

We play these tunes:

N0v3L - Novel -To Whom It May Concern
Crack Cloud - Crack Cloud - Drab Measure
N0v3L - Novel - Natural
N0v3L - Novel - Sign On The Line
N0v3L - Novel - Take For You
N0v3L - Novel - Will To Power
N0v3L - Novel - Suspicion
N0v3L - Novel - Are They
Cleaners From Venus - On Any Given Sunday
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Originally aired March 27, 2019

VICTIME

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VICTIME joins us live from a bathroom in Québec! 

We discuss their recent tour, NOT taking acid in the catacombs, how to get European punks to stop smoking indoors, and teach us how to successfully call out a festival for gender disparity!

Victime have a new album out the day we publish this, so go to bandcamp, give it a listen, and buy it ASAP!

We play these tunes:

Victime - Mi-tronc, mi-jambe - Dénégation
Victime - Mi-tronc, mi-jambe - Diego
Victime - Mi-tronc, mi-jambe - Miséricorde
Victime - Mi-tronc, mi-jambe - Dodo-prémonition
Victime - Mi-tronc, mi-jambe - Interlude
Victime - Mi-tronc, mi-jambe - Conférence de presse
Victime - La femme taupe - Virus super danger
Victime - La femme taupe - Herbes et curiosités
Mono - No Aware - Mono No Aware - Shift
Crack Cloud - Crack Cloud - Philosopher's Calling
Fet.Nat - Le Mal - Patio Tuesday

Originally aired March 6, 2019

MIKE KROL returns!

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The great MIKE KROL returns! One of our favourite guests joins us to discuss the burden of jean fits, what to do with a mannequin head of yourself, visiting Jack Black's house, and how to find the perfect explosion sound.

PLUS a comprehensive career update when our hard-hitting news segment "The Krol Report" returns!

Mike Krol Power Chords Power Chords
Mike Krol I Hate Jazz Fifteen Minutes
Mike Krol Power Chords What's The Rhythm
Mike Krol Power Chords Left For Dead
Mike Krol Power Chords Blue And Pink
Mike Krol Trust Fund Plague
Mike Krol Power Chords Little Drama

Mike Krol Power Chords I Wonder
Mike Krol Power Chords Nothing To Yell About
Mike Krol Power Chords An Ambulance
Mike Krol Power Chords Wasted Memory
Mike Krol Power Chords The End