Bob's Basement: A Podcast About Change

Bob shared an office with Pete Walker for nearly 4 years at Durham Radio. Pete has been the Music Director for what is essentially Canada's #1 Country Radio station for 24 years. He has seen much change in his personal life, in radio and in country music. Also - old school CFNY/Edge/Toronto Mike'd listeners should tune in because Pete has a very interesting perspective on an enigmatic personality that has been much talked about.... he went to high school with Martin Streek.

Fresh off their first performance with someone other than Gord Downie, Paul Langlois of The Tragically Hip joins Bob in the basement to take a deep dive into the concept of change. How have things changed in Paul's life since his best friend passed away? How did the writing process evolve for The Tragically Hip over 30+ years? How many attempts did it take before they had a beer that was suitable for the Tragically Hip name? Take a listen as Bob Basement welcomes another member of Canada's greatest band into discussion.

The Sheepdogs were the first unsigned band to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. So you wanna talk change huh? These guys have experienced change in many ways. They have a new album out called NO SIMPLE THING. Find out how the pandemic changed the making of the album and how they used Sidedoor access to attempt to break a world record......for shotgunning beers.

Happy PRIDE MONTH! Pearse Murray met Bob in the mid 2000s at 103.9 PROUD FM. Pearse was known at the worlds oldest intern...as he was semi-retired from Real Estate at the time Pearse volunteered his time at the world's first LGBT radio station where Bob was the Program Director. Pearse is passionate about telling the stories from the gay community around Toronto. He served on the board for nearly a decade of the Gay and Lesbian Archives. He came out in 1962 in Toronto and has been with his partner since 1977. A great story teller and a great person - take a listen to Pearse Murray.

On the heels of the release of "I Wanna Play" John Angus of the Trews joins Bob in the virtual basement on change in this episode. They talk about the evolution of writing as a band ages. They speak about John Angus' thoughts on how technology has changed the process of recording an album. And of course they talk about that latest banger "I Wanna Play" a song that directly was inspired by the frustrations of being in the middle of a Global Pandemic.

Don't fuck with the truck in the basement kids. Jon Harvey joins Bob in the Basement to talk pandemic life and what it is like to go from performing for 10s of thousands of people to taking a job at a steel factory to pay your bills. Even if you aren't a fan of his band - give Jon some time here. He is pragmatic, funny and his perspective is truly unique.

The Standstill aka Renee and Johnny are a married 2 piece rock n roll band! They've toured with Nickelback. They've won awards. They've opened for Lenny Kravitz. They've covered Alice Cooper. And now they are in the basement talking change. What is it like to write and make music with your spouse? Does that change the dynamic of your marriage? How did Johnny end up spending a weekend at Chad Kroeger's place? And most importantly: Is Bob's cat related to their cat? Ok that's not most important - when will we hear new music from The Standstills? Listen and find out.

Kevin Chapman is the strength and conditioning coach with HC Sochi in the KHL and holds the same position with the Russian National Team. How does a kid from Scarborough end up in Russia working for Vladislav Tretiak? What kind of change is that?! What about changes in how athletes train from the amatuer level to the professional level? We also delve into living in Russia during Covid and working away from one's family. This one is for the puckheads and the fitness freaks!

We continue our look back at CFNY / Edge102 this week with three veteran announcers. All of these broadcasters spanned the CFNY Era, the FM 102 Era, the 102.1 the Edge era and the Edge102 Era.

Maie Pauts can still be heard weekdays from 930am to 2pm in Toronto playing a lot of the "CFNY" era music she played back in the day on 97.3 Boom FM.

Visjna was the overnight weekend announcer who actually taught Bob how to operate the radio board. Her voice was the soundtrack to many rides home after hitting up one of the many club gigs around Toronto. She currently is a teacher and owns a restaurant with her husband in Seattle.

Neil "Brother Bill" Morrison had over 15 years at CFNY/Edge102 before heading out west to do afternoon drive at CFOX in Vancouver.

Enjoy this episode as Bob's Basement continues to discuss the changes at CFNY/Edge 102 over the years.