The Creative Imbalance

Today's episode features Mark Marczyk of Toronto's guerilla party punk band the Lemon Bucket Orkestra. We hear how all that came to be, along with a compelling tale of the bands Ukrainian folk influences and how he met his wife (who is also in the band) on the front lines of the Ukraine-Russian war while protesting to overthrow a corrupt leader. We also hear about how the band went viral and been was on Jimmy Kimmel, in publications like the New York Times, and much more.

Today we are joined with standup comic Rebecca Reeds. She's got a brand new album coming out titled "Buddy" and has been featured all over the place from the CBC to the Just For Laughs Festival. Around hearing the story of her comedy journey we extensively break down the craft itself, from writing, to performing, to little nuances, while basking in the feeling of bombing and the unexplainable highs you get after a great set. This is definitely one of the most insightful looks we ever had into standup on this podcast.

Today on the show we have writer/director Richard Bell who currently released his latest film "Brotherhood" that is a survival drama based on the true story of The Brotherhood of St.Andrew leadership group in 1926. We dive into Richards story of an actor who shifted into the directing profession, and how all of this lead to his work manifesting on to the big screen. Richard's drive is infectious and this is a great episode for anyone who is trying to bring some big ideas to life.

Today we have musician, video director, good pal, and now Scarborough legend Joe Cash returning to the show. He's got a brand new song/video out titled "Soda Pop" this week and also released another recent track titled "Scarborough Girl" that has had some viral success and got him on the Dean Blundell Show. He breaks down that experience and how being on that show was a dream of his from growing up listening to Dean's original show every day. We also chat about the power of being authentically true to yourself, how his punk rock roots are imbedded in his journey as an artist even though he makes his own spin on classic pop tunes, and just the life and grind of being an independent artist.

Today on the show we sit down to have a few pints and an amazing conversation with Seattles ever so dark and unique folk musician King Dude. His ever evolving style is hard to compare to anything and we tap into his humble beginnings as an artist. From quitting hockey at an young age, to discovering the Nine Inch Nails "The Downward Spiral" album, to becoming a self taught musician, and putting his spin on the early roots of folk music that illuminates darkness, sex, death, love, insanity, and Lucifer. This is such a great talk and around his story there is a consistent message of the power of being authentic and embracing who you are.

Today we are joined with Amillion The Poet who is a Hip-Hop artist, best selling author, award winning poet, and the key holder to the city of Delaware. This man goes above and beyond being an artist from countless things he does for his community, performing shows in schools, prisons, shelters, to even conducting workshops for youth and adults to exercise mental health. Around learning about his journey we just have a really candid quality conversation about passions and life. He is truly one in a million and believes you are too.

Today we are joined with Josh Ligaya and Aaron Hallman of the crushingly heavy/atmospheric/progressive/groove metal band AURAS, and as you can see from the amount of adjectives I used AURAS is something that is hard to describe. We talk about what makes them so unique, writing music, their latest album Binary Garden, the awesome experience of filming their latest music video in an actual space station, and much more.

Today we are joined with Denmark's psychedelic-indy-rock band Turquoise Sun as they stopped in the Talkshoe studio during their very first Canadian tour. We go around the circle, introduce you to the whole gang and segue into topics such as, guilty pleasure music, the significance of physical copies of albums, seeing colours within certain sounds, and their latest album Sunesthesia.

Today we are joined with pro wrestler, actor, comedian RJ City and a special guest co-host Pat Maloney (Vice, Funny Or Die, Random At Best) for both a hilarious talk and an in depth look into the art of Pro Wrestling. We hear all about RJ's beginnings in the wrestling ring to the interesting path this has taken him down on, from becoming peers with many people he grew up watching, to even his love/hate relationship with his new pal David Arquette and how that lead into him being all over TMZ for slapping him right on the Hollywood red carpet.

Today on the show we are joined with the founder of KOTD battle rap league Organik. Around hearing it's evolution of starting in a park and turning to into a worldwide phenomenon, we dive deep into his story and drive to take his passions to highest places imaginable. This one is inspiring to anyone who is thinking about bringing an idea to life, or is just in the midst of trying to make a dream a reality.