Track samples: Chantal Glo-Live from Gordon Best(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fzp75ycc3Q&t=588s), Miss Moss-Summer Solstice from 2016(https://soundcloud.com/teganmoss/miss-moss-does-house-music-summer-solstice-2016), Ecuchapin aka Sudaka Collective-Techno mix(https://soundcloud.com/ecuchapin/techno_mix), Envsionary aka Victor Espinoza-Return from teh Shadows(https://www.mixcloud.com/envisionary/return-from-the-shadows-envisi0nary-dj-mix/), Aw Yeah!-My DJ gig got cancelled and all I got was this Stupid Mix(https://soundcloud.com/awyeahsucks/cherrybomb), Recos-Mirage(https://soundcloud.com/r-ecos1/mirage-prod-recos), J$-90s mix(https://www.mixcloud.com/happinessisawarmjet/90s-mix/) and Johnny B. Good-The Alphabet Song(Zionne Remix)(https://soundcloud.com/johnny-b-good-1/the-alphabet-song-zionne-remix)
Ptbo/Nogo Electronic Music Scene with Ryan and Em
I desperately needed and wanted a 101 course on the currents of our electronic music scene. I was incredibly fortunate to meet both Ryan Mclean Purdon(aka RMP-https://soundcloud.com/rmpurdon)and Em Minthorn(aka m0lly milli0ns: https://www.mixcloud.com/desertkitton/). Apologies for the rough and tumbly sound at the beloved The Only. We discuss their program on Trent Radio, their own music, upcoming shows […]
Tapes in Motion
One of Peterborough’s newest musical acts are Tapes In Motion, consisting of songwriter Tristan Konkle and Colby McAllister on drums. They are “best described as an ever-changing musical style overtop of abstract thought and emotional uncertainty”(bandcamp). Topics we disccus but not limited to are: whats behind the title of the album, a self-description of their […]
Peter Harris(CARN)
Citizens Against Radioactive Neighbourhoods(CARN) is a determined group of citizens who see an injustice and governmental contempt in letting BWXT process uranium pellets using beryllium “25 meters” away from a public school. I am discussing this multi-layered issue Peter Harris. If nothing else, it is important to know what is happened at the GE-owned land […]
Kait Dueck(Reframe Film Festival)
One of my favourite events of the year is Peterborough’s Reframe Film Festival. The 2023 version is occurring between January 26-February 3. I preview this in my discussion with Festival Director, Kait Dueck. Virtual passes are available now on reframefilmfestival.ca Stand alone tickets will be available soon. Reframe is a celebration of documentary film and […]
Satah Cameron(People You Meet Outside of Bars/Piloting The Animal)
Satah Cameron is the ultimate bedroom pop artist of Peterborough/Nogojiwanong. Satah also has an experimental and darker side as well. Performing under the pseudonyms People You Meet Outside of Bars and Piloting The Animal, Satah is one of the most creative musicians to listen to in our city. Like most of us in this dark […]
Mary-Ellen Abberger(Bill 23)
Music-“Open The Floodgates”-The Smile, “Drowning Simulator”-Effigy Girl The Ontario Government’s recent passing of Bill 23, in a supposed attempt to end our housing crisis, has in effect ended the 17 year moratorium Ontario had on our Greenbelt. This Bill will, among many other things, override municipal powers on the (false?)premise that More Housing=Affordable Housing under […]
Drug Toxicity in Peterborough: An Understanding Pt.2 Kerri Kightley
Music: badmayor Kerri is the Proram Manager at the Consumption and Trreatement Services at 220 Simcoe St. in Peterborough. In the episode we discuss matters such as: the stigma behind users, how drug addiction can happen to all of us, Three services are provided at CTS: PARN provides safe equipment for drug use and food […]
Evan Robins(Trent Arthur)
Music: knotthatgood-“Extreme Devotion” We both love Mark Fisher( https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3051-they-can-be-different-in-the-future-too-mark-fisher-interviewed). On a personal level, we discuss Evan’s Cultural Studies program, how The Arthur works and what role a journalist should play(put narration in an “accessible form”). The issues we discuss are: the student housing crisis, food insecurtiy, the situation with Trent’s Durham campus, the university’s revenue […]
Ryan Kerr
Music; Bennett Bedoukian, Craig Pederson and Karen Ng-“audiopollination.” Multi-dimensional Ryan Kerr, who has been at the forefront of the Peterborough art scene for thirty years, has an upcoming show at TTOK called “Unexploded Ordnance”(https://ttok.ca/unexploded-ordnance/)November 9-12. This interview was done in person and I apologize beforehand for the sound issues. Among other things we discuss is […]
Will Pearson
Music selection: “Drowning Simulator”-Effigy Girl This is a very Peterborough-centric focused podcast but I will try and explain a few things to any possible outsiders. Will Pearson(@quillpearson) is a co-founder of an excellent local newspaper called “Peterborough Currernts”(https://peterboroughcurrents.ca). We discuss our recent municipal election from October 24, 2022. Jeff Leal is our new mayor but […]
Kate Story
The Governor-General nominated author, multi-faceted and talented artist Kate Story joined me for a chat. She discusses her G-G nomiated book “Urchin”, the fascination she has with radio, the Southside Road, her connection with the main character, a young adolescent named Dorthea, Signal Hill and a reading for our audience! Woo-hoo! There is also her […]