Recorded on Saturday, September 12, 2020.
In a manner of speaking, this episode has been twenty years in the making.
Today’s episode takes me back to the time when I was a rock drummer in Winnipeg, Canada. I have with me today two friends and bandmates from that time, Steve Baria and Stephen F, who were the guys I first played with in a band that actually played somewhere other than the house. Today, after a bit of catching up between me and Stephen F, who left Winnipeg about a month before I did, and a bit of a talk about what it’s like to raise a child, we then get into the very big heart of what today’s episode is all about: listening to our old recordings and commenting on how they came together, were put together, and ultimately, what they meant then and now.
This episode is probably the longest to date but I don’t think it’s a problem given the ability to easily skip ahead. It can, however, be separated into a few parts:
–Part 1: Introductions and Hellos and… how to raise a child
–Part 2: Jellybean Single
–Part 3: Life After… EP
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Introductions and Hello’s – It’s been a while and joking around!
5.30 – Current work outs
Mr. B’s Mom passed away recently (RIP)
10.25 – Catching up
-How Stephen F ended up in Toronto
-A child’s joke
-Raising a kid
-What is an ESL teacher, really?
-Books on parenting
-As a parent, you have to stay sane
What are we drinking today?
-Mr. F – Dominion City 1971 Pale Ale
-Steve B – Jameson triple distilled (in honour of his Mom who recently passed away)
***Pay for quality alcohol!
The beer scene in Winnipeg and Beijing
Winnipeg is known!
Departing Winnipeg – and the reason
Zoom and the accessibility of the arts, can theatre be streamed online?
-Making a theatre production as a movie (the book was Elliot Grove’s Raindance’s Lo-to-No Budget Filmmaking)
Getting to be 40!
Ciaira’s tears shirts
When Steve B and F first met and the big decision that Steve B had to make and Mr F argued with him about it
Metallica’s Black Album and how influential it was
Same with Guns N’ Roses (Steve has seen them in several different cities)
Winnipeg’s Trousermouth is the only other band Steve S has seen in multiple cities
The Winnipeg bar scene (The Royal Albert, Wellington’s, The ZOo and the new venues)
1.34.00 – Just publish the damn thing!
-Steve B’s current track:
https://fuzzysteve.bandcamp.com/album/podcastshame
1.40.30 – Steve B wants your tweets! (@fuzzzysteve)
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1.41.30 – Jellybean Single (on cassette)
Available for download here: https://ciairastears.bandcamp.com/album/jellybean-single-2
Happiness eats… (short)
Alconol (demo)
Changing String Jam Pt. 1
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2.01.30 – Life After…
Available for download here: https://ciairastears.bandcamp.com/album/life-after
Discussion about the cover art
Jellybean
Stuckpig
Aconite
2.58.45 – BREAK – Steve B & F
-Missing Mum
3.02.50 – Steve B’s secret word (which he won’t honour if it’s in the show notes so you have to listen to the show)
“and jam”
Pink Napkins
Alconol
-4.15 – Steve S’ double kick work
Mrs. Alexander
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Getting late! And getting long! Let’s wrap it up there.