Channel F Podcast Interview, Part II: My life in music & bands (1998-2008)

Thanks to Faizal Sheriff for interviewing me for Channel F Podcast and indulging me in telling my life story in music! Part 2 of this epic retrospective covers the end days of DIY noise-rock with Secret Agent, the halcyon days of Eye Weekly and starting up the Wavelength Music Series... as well as venturing into 2003, Torontopia and the importance of the Hidden Cameras.

The ep also includes long-lost tracks by The Magnetars - my instrumental "space country" band with Sally and Sara from Venus Cures All and Dave from The Two Koreas (who more recently designed the cover artwork for Any Night of the Week!) - and Republic of Safety, the social-democratic dance-punk band I co-founded with Maggie MacDonald and some other fine folks.

[ Warning: it sounds like I drank a triple espresso before taping this. I did not. ]

Photo: On tour somewhere in the northeastern U.S. with Christiana a.k.a. Neck, c. 2001/02. That's Andrew McAllister on the left, yrs truly on the right. Snapped by Paul Boddum or Dave Rodgers? “May we all be soaked in beef and ale.”

Songs in order of play:

[Intro] The Magnetars - "Soft Gamma Repeater" (2002)

[4:55] Secret Agent - "Everyone Here is a Paid Extra" (1997)

[21:22] Christiana a.k.a. Neck - "League of Nations" (2002)

[29:21] The Magnetars - "Soft Gamma Repeater" (2002)

[50:41] Republic of Safety - "The Moon" (2005)