Apologue Podcast

Rob and I first met in 1995 when I started doing live sound for the seminal punk band SNFU. See episode 40 for more info on SNFU. Rob was one of the many bass players to be in the band. He also played in Marc and Brent Belke's band Wheat Chiefs. Apart from being the Hip Hop artist "Fresh Bread," Rob was involved in the Vancouver film industry for many years, working behind the scenes as a crew member on many shoots. Vancouver has been the landing spot for many American production companies because of Canada's weaker dollar and great tax breaks.

15 years and a few personal tragedies later, Rob has turned his life around. He's dropped punk rock for a taste of the normal life. In this podcast we talk about his journey towards adulthood, fatherhood and spirituality.

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Mark Baker is the epitome of the word persistent. As a teenager, he was introduced to the band U2, and it was a moment that would forever change him. 20 odd years later, Mark would be considered one of U2's many super fans, appearing on stage with them several times. He is best known for getting up on stage with the band Montreal dressed as a human mirror ball. He has danced with Bono and even held him like a baby in front of 20,000 spectators; even appearing with his U2 tribute band "Acrobat" in Toronto.

In the podcast, we talk about Mark's love for U2 and what they mean to him. We also talk a bit about his less interesting but probably far more important other life as an elementary school teacher. It must be pretty cool to know that your teacher is THE U2 BROTHR!! (sic)

Find out more about Mark in the documentary "U2 BROTHR" on YouTube.

Great talk with a great dude!!

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Welcome to Episode #40!! Thanks for all your support!!

In this episode, we have the band SNFU.  SNFU has been a band  for over 30 years and are the grandfathers of skate punk.  Bands like Metallica and Green Day named SNFU as major influences in their musical upbringing.  There's been a few different incarnations of the band and now this version has a very strong grouping and are presently on tour supporting the 30 year anniversary of their first release "And No One Else Wanted to Play"

Chi Pig, the lead singer has had many bumps down the road and is featured in a documentary "Open Your Mouth and say Mr Chi Pig".  It's a story of how a prominent figure in Canadian Punk History fell to the bottom, living life as a homeless person.  He's been drug free for years now but has slipped from time to time. Chi says life is better now that he has a place to live and some counselling.

I also speak to Dave Bacon, Dirty Kurt, Randy Steffes and Jamie Oliver.  All of the awesome to talk to!!

I'm very proud to say that SNFU taught me how to tour and for that, I'm forever in their debt. Thanks guy for the talk

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Erin and (Fat) Mike Burkett started a label and named it Fat Wreck Chords with blind ambition and a DIY ethic. They managed to make it a 25 year long career out of it. Fat Wreck Chords has managed to find and sign some very important 90's punk rock bands, including Good Riddance, Strung Out, No Use for a Name and Propagandhi. The list does actually go on and on. In this episode, we talk a bit about how Erin and Mike met, and chat about running a label, music, Yo Gabba Gabba and how she keeps her child on a healthy diet of punk rock in the car and in the house.

A great conversation, thanks Erin!!!

If you're new to the podcast and you're into Fat Wreck Chords,  than be sure to check out

Episode 2- Chuck Platt of Good Riddance

Episode 19- Real McKenzies

Episode 30 and 32 - Spike Slawson of Uke-Hunt/Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Episode 31- Chris Hannah of Propagandhi

Go to http://www.fatwreck.com/ for all your Punk rock needs

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Rob Moir is a singer-songwriter that I've had the privilege of watching grow from a teenage guitar player into an international touring artist. Rob has toured extensively throughout Europe and the United States armed with only a guitar and CD's. He's even toured Europe on a bicycle travelling from town to town playing anywhere that would have him. I'm proud to call him my friend!! Rob Moir, everyone!!

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I hung out with Justin on his deck in the High Park area. We talked about his new site and solo project, which releases one song per week on a subscription basis, complete with artwork. You can sign up at www.justinsmallmusic.com and tap in to a really great idea! You might know Justin from his band "Do Make Say Think," an experimental instrumental group who have toured and released albums for over 20 years. Justin and I go back almost 25 years and we had an amazing talk that involved tons of laughs and a general good time! Thanks for the talk Justin!

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Our almost monthly live episode.  Kyle and I do a monthly show that streams live around the last week of every month.  You can catch every live show we do by adding me (Simon) on Twitter @simonhead666.  You will be updated to the location of the live stream around the time of the show going live.  I will try to update everyone as soon as I can.

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Ian Blurton is a song writer and producer based in Toronto. He was in the band "Change of Heart". Ian has recorded and produced hundreds of bands over the past 30 years. One of them was my band Four Square's first album "When Weeks were Weekends". In this episode of the podcast, we met at Ian's Toronto recording studio and talk about his new band "Public Animal". We talk about the old days of DIY (Do it Yourself).

Thanks for the talk Ian!!

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I first saw Kevin's YouTube channel when I started inquiring into the status of one of my favourite recording studios, LeStudio. LeStudio was a state of the art recording studio that opened in the early 70's and remained open until about 2004. The studio was founded by Andre Perry, the man who recorded John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance." It was a location based recording facility where musicians would move into the studio so they could live and create in a peaceful setting with no distractions. In the late 90's, the industry changed and the need for this environment was replaced with home recording systems. Because the price of recording equipment was dropping daily, LeStudio was unfortunately forgotten about.

Enter Kevin. He started a YouTube channel dedicated to the fallen studio, a documentary that talks about the status of the LeStudio and it's where like minded folks go to be updated on what's considered Canada's "Abbey Road."

In this podcast we talk at length about the studio and Kevin's findings and observations regarding what path the studio might be taking.

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Hey Folks..

A short update covering the changes to the podcast website address.  A new Patreon campaign.  An explanation for the shaky service the past week.

Thanks and Happy Canada Day

Love Simon xxoo