Bob's Basement: A Podcast About Change

Steven Page formerly of Barenaked Ladies is Bob's guest this week. Bob and Steven discuss being a Canadian Rock Star living in Canada during the Trump administration. They talk about the changes from living in an old house on the Danforth to rural New York State. And much much more.

As the 2020-2021 NHL season kicks off Bob welcomes former NHLer Cory Cross into the basement this week. Cory shares his experiences as a professional athlete and how he dealt with change throughout his playing years. With over 650 NHL games, two World Championship Gold Medals and a very memorable playoff goal with the glory starved Toronto Maple Leafs in the early 2000s Cory has a lot of insight into how he personally adapted and evolved throughout his career on and off the ice. Bob and Cory also talk in depth about the the changes we see in the game today.

To kick off 2021 Bob's Basement goes big. The one and only Toronto Mike talks all things change. Mike Boon is an entrepreneur who has embraced change throughout his life. Bob and Mike talk career changes, family changes and Bob gets Mike's perspective about the changes to on of their shared loves: the fine city of Toronto.

The final episode of Bob's Basement for 2020 features Eric Alper. If you don't follow ThatEricApler you should. A former record industry rep Eric is now one of Canada's most well known pop culture experts. Bob and Eric talk about the myriad of changes in the recording industry from it's inception. Listen if you want to hear an informed opinion on the state of the music industry in Canada and abroad.

Remember Econoline Crush? They had a string of Canadian Radio hits in the late 90s into the 2000s, were featured on MuchMusic and Big Shiny Tunes. Well, Econoline Crush is basically one guy: Trevor Hurst. Trevor joins Bob in the basement this week and he tells his story of change and his adaptive nature. Trevor is a Psychiatric Nurse now. He just wrapped up three years of work with the Dakotas of Manitoba as the Public Health Nurse to a community of 300. His story of being a rock star on weekends and a full time nurse is the subject of a documentary to be released in 2021 called "Flatlander".

Steve Anthony is nothing short of an icon in Canadian Broadcast history. A first generation Much Music VJ, a major market morning show host on television and radio and a voice actor. Steve joins Bob in the basement to explain how he feels that virtually all the changes in his life (both professionally and personally) have all led to a better place. He speaks candidly about his sobriety and about his current role as owner of Anthony's Escape.

Julian Taylor is a Toronto based singer songwriter. You may remember him from the band Staggered Crossing and their early 2000's Canadain radio hit "Further Again". Well, a lot has changed since then for Julian. For one he is a solo act now - his latest release "The Ridge" was just named a top 10 Folk Album for 2020 by Pop Matters, he now hosts a daily radio show on 106.5 Elmnt Radio and oh yeah - he's a dad. We get real deep in this episode. Join us in Bob's Basement.

My guest this week is no stranger to change. Jake Gold managed the biggest band in Canada, The Tragically Hip for 17 years. Then he didn’t manage them. Now he does again. He was also a judge on Canadian Idol for 6 seasons. He also manages The Pursuit of Happiness and other great Canadain artists. Listen in to see how Covid 19 has affected the music management business among other stories of change.

Wanna talk change? How about the modelling word? How about since the 1980s? In this episode we welcome Canada’s supermodel Monica Schnaare to the basement to explain how she dealt with being on the cover of Vogue magazine at the age of 14 and what she is doing these days.

Today Bob is joined by Leon Harrison. Leon is the lead singer of Australian band THE LAZYS - who have strong ties to Canada and specifically Toronto. Early in the bands career they relocated from Australia to Canada. This changed everything. Now Leon has created a musical mentorship program called Bandwagon. Listen in to find out how Leon deals with and reacts to change.