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  • 109 A Renaissance Of Robyn: Hitchcock Pt 1

    Robyn Hitchcock. The man who never left the Summer of Love, a 14-year-old spirit trapped in a six-decade odyssey of sound. While others, high priests of the sonic psychedelic prose revolution, Lennon, Dylan, Barrett, eventually moved on to other pastures, Robyn Hitchcock stayed to cultivate the gardens they'd abandoned.


    In this premiere episode of our latest series, A Renaissance of Robyn: Hitchcock Pt 1, we pull back the shades and let the sun shine in on the man who became the physical manifestation of 1967 itself. From the fruits of whimsy to the deep, tangled roots of genius, we explore how Hitchcock remains to this day the last true sonic horticulturalist of any generation.

    While some artists change with the tides; Robyn Hitchcock stands firm in the soil, cultivating his own garden of earthly delights and he's invited you in. Are you ready to step inside?

    Join us for the latest episode of the GXO podcast as we decode an enigma. You won't want to miss where this journey leads.

     

    *THE SONGS
     

    Devil's Radio

    I Often Dream Of Trains

    1974

    Executioner
     
    Somewhere Apart
     
    Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom
     
    Time Coast
     
    All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock
     
    Additional audio from American film Director Jonathan Demme's Storefront Hitchcock
     
    Consult the Oracle yourself at robynhitchcock.com 
     

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    1 hr 6 min
  • 108 Gen X: It's All Our Fault pt. 2

    Welcome to Part Two! The Conclusion of our most controversial series yet

    GEN X: IT'S ALL OUR FAULT 

    and the stakes have never been higher.


    In this final installment, your Host, the Generation X Offender, delivers an impassioned, no-holds-barred plea to the youth of today. We’ve spent decades shaping a world that is broken, polarized, and deeply complex and now, we’re handing the keys to the generation that has to live in it. We're sorry.

    This isn't a mere critique; this is a wake-up call. We’re holding up a mirror to our generation and the problematic legacy we've left, confronting the uncomfortable reality that our well-meaning but often misguided choices have left today's youth with a world in disarray. Who's ready to pick up the pieces?

    Join us as we bridge the gap between the systemic failures we’ve inherited and the urgent, necessary work required to fix them. From the shadows of our past to the Age of Optics And Divisiveness we’ve helped construct, we’re dissecting the illusion of control and asking the question that every Gen Xer needs to answer: What have we done? What have we left behind?

    This timely, must-listen conclusion carries profound ramifications for everyone, regardless of your generation. If you’ve ever felt like the world has gone mad, tune in to the finale of this series. It’s time to confront the legacy, face the fallout, and decide for yourself, is it really our fault?

    This show is dedicated to the families of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer, we remember them and honor their sacrifice, always.

    To the family of Sandra Scheuer, we sincerely apologize for the host's mispronunciation of Sandra's surname. The error was not caught until post production, at which time we were unable to correct the error. 

     

    *THE MUSIC

    Famine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/famine/1629177387?i=1629177610 by the late great Sinead O'Connor, Gen X Priestess, protestor and keeper of the faith. Bless her soul "Ar dheis De go raibh a hanam" From her album Universal Mother

    Same Love https://music.apple.com/ca/album/same-love-feat-mary-lambert/560097651?i=560097759 by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert on vocals from their album The Heist

     

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    1 hr 31 min
  • 107 Gen X: It's All Our Fault pt.1

    Is the current state of our hyper-politically correct world actually our inheritance? This week on The GXO, we’re holding a mirror up to Generation X and asking the uncomfortable question: Did we build this?


    Join the Generation X Offender as we embark on a provocative multi part series dissecting the legacy we’ve inadvertently shaped. We’re tracing the threads of history, from 2,000 years of antisemitism and the 500 year shadow of the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the hard-won milestones of the Labour Movement and the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage.

    In this week's episode, we explore the "Age of Optics" and pull back the curtain on the GXO’s deeply suspicious take on who is actually pulling the strings in the vacuum left by beheaded kings and impotent governments. We’re talking about record breaking corporate profits, the illusion of control, and why the concept of "race" is not only a social construct but, at its core, is inherently racist.

    It’s a deep dive into the systemic, the cynical, and the strange, all tied together by the music and the icons who soundtracked and propelled these movements forward.

    If you’ve ever felt like the world has gone off the rails, you won’t want to miss this. Tune in to Episode 107 and decide for yourself if it’s really all our fault.

    *THE MUSIC

    Too Real https://music.apple.com/ca/album/too-real/1495916007?i=1495916324 from West Coast surfer punks FIDLAR and their 2019 album Almost Free

    Hoist The Guillotine https://music.apple.com/ca/album/hoist-the-guillotine/1877954113?i=1877954128 by American satirist protest singer Carsie Blanton and The Burning Hell from their 2026 collaboration, the "Everything Is Great" album

    Price Of Eggs https://music.apple.com/ca/album/price-of-eggs/1877954113?i=1877954121  by American satirist protest singer Carsie Blanton and The Burning Hell from their 2026 collaboration, the "Everything Is Great" album

    Down In Mississippi https://music.apple.com/ca/album/down-in-mississippi/1485055724?i=1485055726 from Gospel R&B Soul Diva and tireless civil rights crusader Mavis Staples of the legendary Staples Singers and her 2007 album We'll Never Turn Back

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    1 hr 13 min
  • 106 The Pink Floyd Trifecta

    The Three Lives of Pink Floyd


    Step into the sonic laboratory of one of rock’s most enigmatic legends. In this episode of The GXO Podcast, your host, The Generation X Offender, peels back the layers of Pink Floyd’s monumental recording history, dissecting the band’s evolution through three distinct, transformative eras.

    From the psychedelic whimsy of the swinging sixties to the stadium-filling anthems that defined a generation, we explore the creative tensions, the tragic departures, and the relentless innovation that has kept this band at the pinnacle of art rock for over half a century now.

    In this episode, we uncover:

    *   The Barrett Blueprint (1965–1968): Journey back to the band’s origins, where architecture students Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright fell under the spell of the brilliant, mercurial Syd Barrett. Discover how his creative genius and tragic descent into debilitating mental illness forged the band’s identity before tearing it apart.


    *   The Waters Reign (1968–1979): Witness the seismic shift as David Gilmour steps into the fold to complete A Saucerful of Secrets. We chart the rise of the Roger Waters era, a decade of unparalleled ambition that culminated in the conceptual masterpiece and global phenomenon, The Wall.


    *   The Final Frontier (1983–2014): Explore the band’s most resilient chapter. Following the departure of Waters after The Final Cut, discover how Pink Floyd defied the odds and their critics to embark on a triumphant 31-year run, cementing their legacy with iconic studio albums and legendary live performances.

    Whether you’re a die-hard fan or a curious newcomer, this deep dive into the architecture of Pink Floyd is an essential listen. Tune in to The GXO Podcast, Episode 106, and experience the story of the band that changed music forever.

    Listen now and get lost in the sound.

    *THE MUSIC

    Bike  https://music.apple.com/ca/album/bike/1065975041?i=1065975057from their 1967 debut album Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

    Please Don't Go https://music.apple.com/ca/album/please-dont-go/1848069441?i=1848069445 Pink Anderson's cover off his 1961 vinyl album of Big Joe Williams 1935 song of the same name

    Baby Please Don't Go https://music.apple.com/ca/album/baby-please-dont-go/1828796572?i=1828796581 swinging 60s cover of the aforementioned Big Joe Williams song, this time covered by the Van Morrison led Belfast, Nortern Ireland group Them

    Runaway Man Blues  https://music.apple.com/ca/album/runaway-man-blues/648767543?i=648767691from the 1937 78 RPM record by 1930's American bluesman Floyd Council

    Candy And A Currant Bun https://music.apple.com/ca/album/candy-and-a-currant-bun/1209668243?i=1209668368 the B-side from Pink Floyd's first ever single 45 Arnold Layne

    Vegetable Man https://music.apple.com/ca/album/vegetable-man-2010-mix/1209668243?i=1209668379 the Syd Barrett penned track intended for inclusion on Pink Floyd's sophomore album A Saucerful Of Secrets, which remained unreleased for 42 years until its eventual appearance in 2010 as part of the early Pink Floyd retrospective

    The Great Gig In The Sky https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-great-gig-in-the-sky/1665303755?i=1665303763 featuring the historic, once in a lifetime, wordless, improvised vocal performance by Clare Torry from the Dark Side Of The Moon album from 1973

    The Trial  https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-trial/1065975633?i=1065976176from Pink Floyd's magnum opus, their 1979 double studio album The Wall

    When The Tigers Broke Free https://music.apple.com/ca/album/when-the-tigers-broke-free/1065977143?i=1065977151 from the ill fated Final Cut album, the final Pink Floyd record to feature Roger Waters 

    Sorrow https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sorrow/1065974932?i=1065974945 from the first Pink Floyd album not to feature Roger Waters, 1987s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

    Comfortably Numb https://music.apple.com/ca/album/comfortably-numb-live-in-berlin-1990/1446745757?i=1446746659 performed life by The Band's Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm along with Van Morrison and Roger Waters from the landmark 1990 recording The Wall - Live In Berlin

    Louder Than Words https://music.apple.com/ca/album/side-4-pt-4-louder-than-words/919599477?i=919599495 the final song from the final Pink Floyd album, The Endless River, the 15th and final of their career

     

    This episode is dedicated to the memory of 14 year old Benji Hayward who died tragically following Pink Floyd's May 13, 1988 concert at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Benji and his family and friends who continue to mourn his passing, robbed of the opportunity to watch young Benji grow and flourish into adulthood.

     

     

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    1 hr 28 min
  • 105 Sinatra

    The Chairman of the Board’s career was a rollercoaster of meteoric highs and devastating lows. In Episode 105 of The GXO, host The Generation X Offender pulls back the curtain on the three distinct eras that defined Frank Sinatra’s unparalleled legacy.


    From his early days cutting his teeth with the Harry James Orchestra in 1939 and his pivotal, albeit volatile, shift to the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1940, we trace the foundation of a legend. But the story doesn't stop at the spotlight—we dive deep into the nearly decade-long tenure at Columbia Records that preceded a shocking, career-defining collapse.

    What brought the world’s biggest star to his knees? We examine the perfect storm of the early 1950s: shifting public tastes, a disastrous loss of radio dominance, mounting tax debt, and the explosive, reputation-shattering affair with Ava Gardner that made him a tabloid pariah. By 1952, the unthinkable happened: Columbia Records dropped him.

    But this is also a story of grit and reinvention. Tune in to hear how Sinatra engineered one of the greatest comebacks in entertainment history—starting with his Oscar-winning turn in From Here to Eternity, his legendary creative rebirth at Capitol Records, and his bold final move to establish his own empire with Reprise Records.

    Whether you’re a lifelong fan or just discovering the voice of the century, don't miss this deep dive into the man behind the myth.

    Listen to Episode 105 of The GXO now.

     

    *THE MUSIC:

    Melancholy Mood by The Harry James Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra 1939 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/melancholy-mood-feat-frank-sinatra/158597471?i=158597547

    I'll Never Smile Again by The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra 1940 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/ill-never-smile-again/296724075?i=296725067

    All Or Nothing At All by solo artist Frank Sinatra on Columbia Records reissued 1943 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/all-or-nothing-at-all-with-harry-james-and-his-orchestra/399050238?i=399050240

    After being signed by Capitol Records, Sinatra scored his first number 1 hit record for the label with Young At Heart in 1954 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/young-at-heart/1702561720?i=1702562060

    After starting his own record label in 1960, Reprise Records, Sinatra recorded fan favorite That's Life in 1966 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/thats-life/1443412906?i=1443413205 

    Sinatra's 1963 Reprise Records single Luck Be A Lady from the 1955 film he appeared in alongside American acting legend Marlon Brando https://music.apple.com/ca/album/luck-be-a-lady/1440858119?i=1440858125

    Special thanks to Francis Ford Coppola and the producers of the 1972 Hollywood blockbuster film The Godfather

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    1 hr 12 min
  • 104 What's EGOT That I Ain't Got?

    Have you ever imagined yourself winning a Grammy Award. Or an Oscar? An Emmy? Or Tony?

    IMAGINE if you'd won ALL FOUR?!?

    THEN you'd be an EGOT!!

    Gimme an

    "E" for EMMY AWARD: for television (established 1949)

    Gimme a

    "G" for GRAMMY AWARD: for music (established 1959)

    Gimme an

    "O" for OSCAR (Academy Award): for movies (established 1929)

    Gimme a

    "T" for Tony Award: for theatre (established 1947

    WHATS THAT SPELL? Egot!

    WHATS THAT SPELL? Egot!

    WHAT'S THAT SPELL? Egot!

    WHATS THAT SPELL? Egot!

     

    Currently, in the world today, there are LESS THAN two dozen people who can lay claim to winning all four of these competitive awards 

    A mere six, all of whom won three of the Awards competitively, are the recipients of the Non-Competitive EGOT:

    1. Barbra Streisand (never won a competitive Tony but was awarded one in 1970 for being "Artist Of The Decade")

    2. Liza Minnelli (never won a competitive Grammy but was awarded a Grammy Legend Award for her body of work)

    3. James Earl Jones (aka DARTH VADER!!) never won a competitive Oscar but was awarded an honorary Academy Award for his body of work)

    4. Harry Belafonte (never won a competitive Oscar but was awarded an honorary Academy Award for a lifetime of Humanitarian service)

    5. Quincy Jones (never won a competitive Oscar but was awarded an honorary Academy Award for a lifetime of Humanitarian service)

    6. Frank Marshall (never won a competitive Oscar but was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Oscar Award for his enduring career as an outstanding Producer in the field of motion pictures)

    Wanna know who's the BEST OF THE BEST as voted by their peers in the competitive EGOT Awards?

    Listen and find out!

    ALL THIS...and More!

    In the latest episode of The GXO music podcast, your trusted, insider source for everything music, pop culture and current affairs. Offending the masses since 1966!

     

    *THE MUSIC 
    The show begins and ends with the one, the only (the world could not handle TWO of her): Dame Ethel Merman. Known for her distinctive, powerful voice as well as numerous leading roles in Musical Theatre, she is often simply called "the undisputed FIRST LADY of the musical comedy stage in America". 
     
    Today's show features not one but TWO versions of the unofficial theme song to the entertainment industry itself:
     
    "There's No Business Like Show Business" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/theres-no-business-like-show/1290856946?i=1290857361
     
    And, in closing, the same song, performed in a contemporary setting, from her wildly outrageous The Ethel Merman Disco Album from 1979 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/theres-no-business-like-show-business/1443567805?i=1443567809

     

    Also featured during the show is Academy Award winning Actor Marlon Brando and his performance from the 1955 musical film Guys and Dolls https://music.apple.com/ca/album/luck-be-a-lady/547115517?i=547115708 

     

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    54 min
  • 103 Leonard Cohen: A Letter To The Son

    WARNING!: Mature Subject Matter - Due to certain references to sexual activity in this podcast, Listener Discretion Is Strongly Advised

    In this episode we take you on an unexpected journey through the life and legacy of iconic poet turned singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.

    Growing up in a household that dismissed Cohen's music as taboo, we reflect on the surprising allure Cohen held for women, particularly our friend's free-spirited Moms in the '70s.


    Discovering a battered vinyl copy of Cohen's greatest hits sparked a fascination with songs like "Chelsea Hotel," along with intertwining tales of love, loss, and the gritty underbelly of fame.

    Experience firsthand the profound impact of Cohen's lyrics, exploring themes of desire, regret, and the complexities of modern relationships through the usual mix of personal anecdotes and cultural references you've come to expect from an episode of The GXO.


    Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream through poignant moments including Cohen's heartfelt deathbed farewell to the beloved Marianne along with the bittersweet reality of his later years, marked by both triumph and adversity.

    Blending nostalgia and reverence, this episode promises to resonate with both long-time fans and newcomers alike, inviting all to rediscover the haunting beauty of Leonard Cohen's music. Tune in for an engaging exploration of artistry, memory, and the enduring power of love!

    *THE MUSIC (all songs written by Leonard Cohen)
     
    Dance Me To The End Of Love by American chanteuse jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux from her album Careless Love 
     
    Chelsea Hotel No. 2 by Leonard Cohen from his album New Skin For An Old Ceremony
     
    Everybody Knows performed by fellow Montrealer Rufus Wainwright (father to Cohen's granddaughter Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen) from the motion picture soundtrack to the performance film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
     
    The Future from Leonard Cohen's album of the same name
     
    I’m Your Man performed by amateur theologian and former lead singer from Australia's The Birthday Party; Nick Cave from the motion picture soundtrack to the performance film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
     
    Tower Of Song performed by Leonard Cohen and Ireland's U2 from the motion picture soundtrack to the performance film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
     
    So Long, Marianne by Leonard Cohen from his album Live In Dublin
     
    You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen from his 14th and final studio album of the same name, released 17 days before Cohen's death in 2026. The lyrics to the song were later recited during Cohen's interment ceremony at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery on the northern slope of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

     

    This episode is dedicated to my son Dylan who is the inspiration for its creation. Thanks kid.

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    47 min
  • 102 Bob Ironside Pt. 2

    The latest installment of the continuing story of master carver, writer, scholar, humorist, lyricist, composer, multi instrumentalist, recording artist, record producer, recording engineer, singer, songwriter, guitarist extraordinaire, son, brother, cousin, husband, soul mate, father, grandfather, bandmate...

    Robert Bruce James Ironside (1961-2024) 

    THE Bob Ironside, the guy who played live onstage at the legendary Grossman's Tavern on Spadina Avenue, Toronto, just down from the neon palms of Mick n Keith and the El Mocambo of back in the day...

    THE Bob Ironside, possibly one of the only other lead guitarists in history to share a stage with guitar legend David Wilcox who, at the time, had Bob vow to never tell anyone he had, or ELSE! (he would blow up his car!) to which Bob replied, "I don't have a car"

    "You will" said Wilcox. "You will".

    THE Bob Ironside, jamming with and friend to the late, great Texan, the One, the Only, Mickey Jones, perfecter of The Texas Shuffle ("If you can't get Mickey Jones, get Jim Keltner. And if you can't get Keltner, call Ringo") DRUMMER Extraordinaire, Dylan's choice of rhythm section for the infamous "ELECTRIC JUDAS" tour of the UK and 1966 masterstroke Blonde On Blonde, BEFORE the motorcycle accident...

    Bob wrote the honky tonk country jag "Preplanned Obsolescence" specifically for Mickey Jones which has to be heard to be believed...

    THE Bob Ironside, lead sideman and songwriter to The Kar Tunes, The Voyer Brothers, soul sistah Windy Ironside, Poultry Season, The Funbags Charlie Manson Band Tribute Band Extravaganza Band!, Dada Puba, and most recently Slippery Trip Hazard

    ...as heard on both self titled debut albums by The Voyer Brothers and Slippery Trip Hazard as well as his own exceptionally rare and highly sought after self titled solo album and the long rumored unreleased sophomore album "Flip Gets Glasses" by Slippery Trip Hazard.

    *THE MUSIC

    The two recordings heard in this podcast, "Garbage Day" and "The Cockroach Song" were both composed by Robert Ironside and are the sole property of The Estate of Robert Ironside.

    It should also be noted that every instrument heard on both of these recordings was played by Robert Ironside himself, written, recorded, engineered, produced and performed by the one man band himself known as Robert Ironside.

    A special thank you for this episode goes out to the great Grand Matriarch of our family, the perpetually stunning, perpetually beautiful, moral center and guiding light, the one, the only Kathy Aitkens, the other half of sky. Bob's girl.

    This episode is dedicated to Bob's children David, Katy, Liz, Bronwin and granddaughter Cordelia.

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    1 hr 9 min
  • 101 Robert Ironside: The Big Reveal

    In the grand tradition of a proper Bob & Kathy visit, it is obligatory to proceed at once to the stove and put the kettle on to boil. Brew the tea properly careful not to bruise it and ease yourself in to this week's episode of The GXO Podcast focusing on everything Robert Ironside & Family...

    Robert Ironside: The Big Reveal

    Now this story may have begun in 1983, when, on one fateful Halloween, two star crossed lovers first met...

    Or it may have begun August 16, 1983 when a 119 pound Toronto bound Blitz Kid stepped off a train at Union Station and into the skin of a 17 year bleach blonde alternative school educated punk calling himself Damien Emez...

    Or it may have started years earlier in the 1930s on the unforgiving streets of Depression era Toronto where a sullied homeless boy with holes in his pants never combed his hair...

    Or it may have started before World War 1 on Thorah Island with Bessie Big Canoe Emes, her husband William (referred to from here on is as Old Man Passmore) and their golden boy Joseph William Preston Passmore, who came into the world with so much promise in 1911, only to perish at the tender age of 7 in 1918 while his father William was fighting overseas in the muddied bombed out trenches of Europe...

    Thorah island, 60 miles northeast of Toronto, was under strict quarantine at the time due to the global Spanish flu epidemic. Alone with no one to help her, Bessie, our grandmother, was tasked with preparing her son's final resting place and committing his remains to the earth...

    Years later on her deathbed, Bessie turned to her youngest surviving son, my father, Bill Passmore, and made him vow that the family land on Thorah Island, southeast on Lake Simcoe, two and a half miles west of Beaverton, Ontario, never fall out of family hands...

    As of this writing, the land on Thorah Island and Bessie's precious son, still rest easy in family hands.

    *THE MUSIC

    The Ballad Of Mad Dogs And Englishmen https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-ballad-of-mad-dogs-and-englishmen/723595944?i=723596282 by Leon Russell from his 1971 album Leon Russell & The Shelter People. Robbie Ironside was just 10 years old when this record came out

    The two other recordings heard in this podcast, "My Street" and "Vision Of Loveliness" were both composed by Robert Ironside and are the sole property of The Estate of Robert Ironside.

    It should also be noted that every instrument heard on both of these recordings was played by Robert Ironside himself, written, recorded, engineered, produced and performed by the one man band himself known as Robert Ironside.

    A special thank you for this episode goes out to the great Grand Matriarch of our family, the perpetually stunning, perpetually beautiful, moral center and guiding light, the one, the only Kathy Aitkens, the other half of sky. Bob's girl.

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  • 100 Summer Listening Guide Vol 1

    Greetings! And welcome! Your Official Summer Listening Guide to 2026 has just arrived!

    Join us as we dance you through the garden of earthly delights with music in this, our first installment:
     
    FAB FREEDOM PRIDE '26!
     
    We've scoured a globe of time, distance and destiny to bring you nothing but the finest from...
     
    Phoenix, Arizona's Scorpion vs Tarantula featuring the inexhaustible talents of their fearless leader, one L. Hotshot!
     
    Fredericton New Brunswick's Penelope Stevens, THE PENELOPE of Penny & The Pits along with a banger from their debut album
     
    Sh*T Creek Blues from nonother than Swedish garage blues sensation The Delta Shake
     
    Vintage Canuck punk circa 1978 with Vancouver's Art Bergman (recent inductee into the Order of Canada!) and his band of merry Young Canadians
     
    Legendary Jayne County, Queen of Max's Kansas City, as featured in our three part series from earlier this year, "Sex, Drugs N Rock N Roll!"
     
    Former West coast now newly minted East coast, Coast to coast transplant Bruce Wilson and his brilliant new anthemic track Carry The Sky 
     
    Prince Edward Island, Canada's own Sun Witch and their outstanding new self titled debut album
     
    First formed in 1968, legendary Sparks brothers Russell & Ron from their self titled debut album
     
    Rockpile
    Dave Edmunds
     
    Carsie Blanton with The Burning Hell and their NEW incendiary contribution to popular music: the INVENTION of an ENTIRELY NEW GENRE of music! The ADULT Children's Album! (ya heard it hear first!!)
     
    and the Woman who got this whole Rock N Roll thing started in the FIRST PLACE. The FIRST EVER recording of VOCAL BLUES...from 1920!! The One! The Only! Mamie Smith!
     
    All this AND MORE!
     
    including personal record store remembrances from people and things that went before. I know we often talk about them...
     
    Lou
    Marvin
    Kenny
    Bob
     
    In my life
    at the record store
    Yonge Street
    Sam The Record Man
    Toronto
    Canada
     
    *THE MUSIC
     
    Beautiful Freaks the latest single from UK singing sensation MEEK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beautiful-freeks/6764602393?i=6764602396
     
    Fabulous from MEEK'S EP of the same name from earlier this year: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fabulous/1862804004?i=1862804005
     
    As promised...
     
    The link to Music Guru, the competition, Mr. Louis Bova HIMSELF: https://youtube.com/@theviewfrom2a?si=FdnaEwBMpbdWs9VV
     
    Link to Your Official Summer Listening Guide Vol 1
     
    FAB FREEDOM PRIDE '26
     
    Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/fab-freedom-pride-26/pl.u-XkD0YGBtD0W72gY
     
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1w8iYjcTEYAG0PUktMvUWy?si=O_F3lz4DTlmGvG0_6Lr6fQ&pi=wMiJHjbpSY2V7&nd=1&dlsi=d18dd75e4bd44fdd
     
    YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRv1k6R5uUVtDxb9tvirVICZSELHmb8EB&si=mdIgb3ngTRwd2t9Y
     

     

    MistyK The DJ Summer Vibes '26: https://www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/summer-vibes-26/

     

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