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  • Testing For Echo – Episode 87 – Just a Little Nostalgia In Here. Heatwave! – Orig. Air Date Oct. 11, 2025

    On the day of recording this episode it’s the 45th anniversary of Heatwave Festival in Bowmanville Ontario.

    There will be more on that later. There’s a few Heatwave references. I was there. I can speak to it. 🙂

    And great music! Check these out!

    Episode Song List

    1. Talking Heads – I Zimbra
    2. Miss Krystal – Say To Me
    3. YES – Long Distance Runaround
    4. Tyler Ellis – Down By The Don
    5. Envy of None – Never Said I Love You
    6. Gentle Hen – Sit on Roofs
    7. SAGA – Scratching the Surface
    8. Avralize – Close to You
    9. King Crimson – Lament
    10. RUSH – Subdivisions
    11. Polyphia – Ego Death
    12. Teenage Head – Picture My Face

      13. .Tim

      “The World of Music, One Song at a Time”

      56 min
    13. The Fox Den Episode 2 (October 6th 2025)

      welcome to the second episode of the fox den – where i bring you tonal inconsistency, consistently!

      in this episode you’ll hear …

      1. panic! at the disco – do you know what i’m seeing? (alternate version) (live in chicago; 2008)
      2. arcade fire – old flame (arcade fire ep; 2003)
      3. nirvana – territorial pissings (nevermind; 1991)
      4. single mothers – feel shame (negative qualities; 2014)
      5. art brut – formed a band (bang bang rock & roll; 2005)
      6. broken social scene – windsurfing nation (broken social scene; 2005)
      7. talking heads – cities (live) (stop making sense; 1984)
      8. broken social scene – pitter patter goes my heart (you forgot it in people; 2002)
      9. lana del rey – the next best american record (norman fucking rockwell!; 2019)
      10. arcade fire – reflektor (reflektor; 2013)
      11. duster – sleepyhead (together; 2022)
      12. amy millan – low sail (masters of the burial; 2009)
      13. the mountain goats – hast thou considered the tetrapod (jordan lake sessions) (the jordan lake sessions volumes 3 and 4; 2021)
      14. grimes – oblivion (visions; 2012)
      15. even as we speak – this is my dream (goodier session) (yellow food: the peel sessions; 2014)
      16. k.c. accidental – silverfish eyelashes (anthems for the could’ve bin pills; 2000)
      17. blur – coffee & tv (13; 1998)
      18. gaze – noticed me (shake the pounce; 1999)
      19. the smashing pumpkins – obscured (pisces iscariot; 1994)
      20. barenaked ladies – shoe box (born on a pirate ship; 1996)
      21. pulp – disco 2000 (different class; 1995)
      22. capricorn – i need love (i need love single; 1982)
      23. thievery corporation – claridad (saudade; 2014)
      24. at the drive-in – pattern against user (relationship of command; 2000)
      25. they might be giants – space suit (apollo 18; 1992)
      26. radiohead – like spinning plates (amnesiac; 2001)
      27. tv girl – she smokes in bed (lonely women; 2013)
      28. mitski – love me more (laurel hell; 2022)
        29. 1 hr 59 min
      29. Indie Whimsy Episode 51 (October 7th 2025)

        hiya! on this episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear …

        1. the mountain goats – pure heat (protein source of the future … now!; 1998)
        2. arcade fire – sprawl ii (mountains beyond mountains) (the suburbs; 2010)
        3. gumption – stop not red (ultramaroon; 2000)
        4. amy millan – day to day (masters of the burial; 2009)
        5. my bloody valentine – you made me realise (you made me realise; 1988)
        6. broken social scene – romance to the grave (forgiveness rock record; 2010)
        7. the rondelles – drag strip race (fiction romance fast machines; 1998)
        8. arcade fire – here comes the night time (reflektor; 2013)
        9. belle and sebastian – act of the apostle ii (the life pursuit; 2006)
        10. amy millan – come home loaded roadie (honey from the tombs; 2006)
        11. mage tears – fairy seeds (cats in the cold; 2022)
        12. belle and sebastian – a space boy dream (the boy with the arab strap; 1998)
        13. language of flowers – you’re the one (the kids at the club: an indiepop compilation; 2006)
        14. the laughing chimes – country eidolism (whispers in the speech machine; 2025)
          15. 59 min
        15. The Lunchbox Interview: Peter Hicks [Sleepy Driver]

          My guest today was Peter Hicks, well-known front-man for Fredericton bands Sleepy Driver and My Black Ram. He joined me live in studio to talk about the changes in Sleepy Driver over the years, and the next steps he’s looking forward to, including changing perspective from studio to live performance-oriented music. Peter also shared one of the new songs he’s working on, called Gasoline.

          30 min
        16. Nothing in Particular: 2025-Oct-07

          Episode 13. A belated National Day for Truth and Reconciliation show, with a number of songs from on native Canadian artists.

          Artist
          Song
          Album
          Year
          Chanal & Villuis
          October (Radio edit)
          (Single)
          2007
          Shpongle
          Brain in a Fish Tank
          Museum of Consciousness
          2013
          Riit
          Kina
          Riit (EP)
          2017
          Holly McNarland
          Beautiful Blue
          Home Is Where My Feet Are
          2002
          Morgan Toney
          Ko’jua
          First Flight
          2021
          Aysanabee w/ Raye Zaragoza
          Come Out
          (Single)
          2024
          Genevieve Jaide
          Begging You
          Why Am I Like This
          2024
          Chapterhouse
          We Are The Beautiful
          Blood Music
          1993
          Ribbon Skirt
          Wrong Planet
          Bite Down
          2025
          Rubber Rodeo
          Before I Go Away
          Scenic Views
          1984
          Quantum Tangle w/ Lydia Képinski
          Signal
          (Single)
          2019
          Dave Gahan
          Kingdom
          Hourglass
          2007
          Sunnsetter
          Try Again
          Heaven Hang Over Me
          2024
          Tamikrest
          Itous
          Chatma
          2013
          59 min
        17. People Need Music: October 9, 2025

          Mike Bern has just released a new single called, Into The River, which reflecting on the dynamic and ever-flowing nature of love. Tonya chats with Mike about his new music, potential visits to Fredericton and artistic influences on Tobique First Nation.

          www.mikebern.ca

          Playlist

          Mike Bern – Reverberations ::

          Mike Bern – Into The River ::

          Mike Bern – Ancestors ::

          Mike Bern – no words for goodbye ::

          The Barr Brothers, LaForce – Naturally ::

          Qwinn – Congratulations ::

          Burry – Pillow Princess ::

          Whitehorse – Sweet Disaster ::

          William Prince – Damn ::

          The East Pointers – Landing Day ::

          Bahamas – The Bridge

          58 min
        18. Lunchbox Interview: TUNB Presents “Stag and Doe”

          My guests today are all involved in the next upcoming Theatre UNB production, Stag and Doe: Maham Raza (Director); Brianna Hawkes (Technical Director); Kabilan Shanmugaraja (Stage Manager). Since I have several behind-the-scenes people with me today, we get a chance to talk in depth about setting up the location of this play, the magic of live, fake cooking, and how each of them stepped into their roles.

          Stag and Doe opens at Memorial Hall at UNB on October 23 at 7:30pm, and runs nightly through October 25.

          23 min
        19. Away From The Mire Episode 93

          New music this week from Wednesday, Sloan and Absolute Losers and I also take a look back at a couple of albums released on Oct 6th in previous years. Check it out!

           

          Absolute Losers – Kiss Of Death

          The Luvmenauts – Brothers of Metal
          Local H – Lucky Time
          Lammping, Bloodshot Bill – Never Never
          Stephen Malkmus – Jenny and the Ess-Dog
          Soul Asylum – Black Gold
          Sloan – No Damn Fears
          Harvey Danger – Flagpole Sitta
          Cake – Sheep Go To Heaven
          Shockwire – Name Three Songs
          The Ramones – Chinese Rock
          MJ Lenderman – SUV
          Wednesday – Phish Pepsi
          Songs:Ohia – Farewell Transmission
          Neil Young – See The Sky About To Rain

          58 min
        20. The Lunchbox: DBFF 2025

          My guest today is Jared Carney, local filmmaker and organizer of the Demonic Brilliant Film Festival, the local festival of horror. We discuss some of the standout movies for each of the three theme nights.

          Demonic Brilliance Film Festival ran October 2-4 at the Open Space Theatre.

          23 min
        21. The Lunchbox: TNB’s The Greatest Play…

          My guests today are Natasha MacLellan (TNB Artistic Director) and Dean Fleming (Director) who are behind the staging of The Greatest Play in the History of the World by Ian Kershaw, a curious new production coming to the Open Space stage.

          We discuss the origins of this play, Dean’s experience staging it with his wife, and some of the unusual things to watch for in this play.

          The Greatest Play in the History of the World opens on the Open Space stage on October 16 in Fredericton, and runs nightly until October 18 at 7:30pm with a matinee at 2:00pm on October 19. It heads out on tour across the province before coming back to Fredericton on October 26.

          29 min

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