Apologue Podcast

Richard Baxter has tasked himself with the duty of resurrecting one of Canada's most famous recording studios, Le Studio in Morin Heights Quebec. Le Studio was a recording studio about 100kms north of Montreal that has been abandoned for almost 15 years. When completed, the old studio will be a museum and a functioning recording studio. Le Studio was almost destroyed in a fire that took most of the studio in 2017. Luckily the important part of the studio was spared and that's what Richard is rebuilding shovel by shovel and brick by brick. Truly inspirational!

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Returning once again to the show is Dr Oren Amitay. Oren is a registered psychologist and a parenting expert. Another great episode filled with facts based on science and studies made by doctors and not social justice warriors. Dr Amity is presently working on his new book yet to be named.

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200 episodes ago! Enjoy

This episode was recorded in June of 2015.  As I mention in the episode, Al Nolan is a very important character in my life.  I joined his band in the spring of 1990 with misaligned intentions and was forever changed from then on.  We experienced our first real tour together, nearly died in a van crash and had some laughs along the way.  We also had a different point of view regarding band dynamics, but we soldiered on!

In this episode, we talked about how Al started as a drama kid in high school, to one of the most revered vocalist in Canadian punk rock.  Great catch up with an old dear friend.

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Bracket formed in the early 1990's and have been putting records out faithfully for over 25 years. With the occasional break here and there, they always put out great material that borders punk and pop. Originally from the bay area of San Fransisco now in the the 'c' States (California and Colorado). They don't tour like they used to because of life and priority changes. Their new album 'Too old to Die Young" is available on all streaming services.

BandCamp Page: https://bracket.bandcamp.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BracketBand/

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Will Mcguirk has always been a strong supporter of independent music from Oshawa. And now he sells records to them! Will explains how his life has come full circle in the best of ways. While wondering through Oshawa as a teenager, Will stumbled onto Star Records and met Mike Star . Eventually Mike Hired Will to work in the record store. cut to over 30 years later, Will is working at Kops records three doors down from where Star records was. Will is also a journalist and worked for the Toronto Star. eventually we all come home, and Will has truly found his roots in a City that's a little bit fucked up, a little bit dangerous, but home.

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Nick Woods is the lead singer and member of Direct Hit and is based out of Milwaukee WI. Direct Hit have been a band since 2007 and have released albums on Fat Wreck Chords as well as Red Scare Industries. Nick and Direct hit will be headlining Blackout Fest on October 18/19 in Brantford Ontario. They are also on Tour and will be in Toronto on September 16 at the Hardluck Bar. Balancing punk rock, a job, a house and a kid is the topic of today. Great to have Nick on the show! Enjoy

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Tino Valpa is the owner of Pine Hill Records and he is based in New Hampshire. As the owner of a punk label, there's a line drawn on what you want to release and what you need to release. Tino has gone out of his comfort zone by putting a record together with the legendary Sol Yaged. Sol Yaged has played jazz clarinet with the greats since 1935. Regrettably, Sol passed away the day the records were delivered from the pressing plant May 16 2019. He was 96 years old. Tino is releasing the album with a memorial show on September 7th.

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Jamie Mittendorf is the founder of Ontario's longest running and largest punk rock festival Blackout Fest. Blackout Fest was started 13 years ago and it started small in the town of Brantford Ontario. the festival is now running over two days on October 18 & 19. Jamie, like allot of DIY promotors started booking bands in his town at a very young age of 14. He has booked hundreds of shows his whole life and Blackout was a natural progression. The festival started out as being mostly metal. It's new focus lately is on power pop and punk rock. A great guest with a a great festival

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Ron Hawkins is a singer/song writer, the lead singer of Lowest of the Low and Do Good Assassins, producer and general all round mensch. Lowest of the Low had their beginnings in the early 90's with the iconic release "Shakespeare my Butt". The album has since achieved certified Gold status in Canada and is one of the most influential Canadian Albums/Band to date. Their newest Album "Agitpop" was produced by David Bottrill who has worked with some amazing artists like Peter Gabriel, Tool and more. Agitpop was released on Warner Brothers records in 2019 and can be purchased where good music lives. We got down to the nitty gritty with little to no old-guy-get-off-my-lawn talk. always a great hang and conversation!

Agitpop: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4uAxsaUY36qU8AqQmO0LgKiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lowest-of-the-low/30898761Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowestofthelowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LowestOfTheLow/

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David Bottrill is a three time Grammy winning producer who has worked with countless artists like Peter Gabriel, Tool, Moneen, King Crimson and tons more. His 30 year career spans all musical tastes and sounds. In the podcast David and I connected on a few important points on being Canadian and music producer and what that means to him. Thanks Ron Hawkins for hooking this podcast up.

David also is part of a charity "Make Music Matter" which uses the creative process as a therapeutic tool to help empower marginalized individuals and communities. Look out for a special single that's being released in the next few weeks to aid the current crisis in Sudan. This single will have members of Sum 41, Billy Talent and more.

David Info: Website: https://www.davidbottrill.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebottrillMake Music Matter Info:Twitter: https://twitter.com/mmm_orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakeMusicMatter.org/Website: https://makemusicmatter.org/

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