the Wikkid podcast

the Wikkid podcast

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the Wikkid podcast episodes

  • Episode 5: Woman (As Concept)

    Trying to start something with a woman seemed on a level with attempting a trip to the moon.

    John Brereton holds forth on the evils of teaching contraception in sex ed class at school, all without uttering the words “sex” or “contraception.” Paul Washer insists that it’s definitely not poetry. Kris Priestap sings in 1989.
    I discover that theremins are the most fretless instruments I have attempted (besides drums, of course). Can you tell whether my sister is singing backward or forward? Will all the spacey, beepy, funky stuff blend? Can I Barry White?

    Personnel

    Bass: Adam Fogo
    Keyboard: Mike Dubue
    Backing Vocals: Debbie Moore-Michelin
    Electric Guitar Beeps: Troy Tuttle

    26 min
  • Episode 4: Bitterness

    Bitterness: like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die? A serious look at suicidal ideation, youthful resentment and a mania for bladed weapons. A church culture in which there were few worse sins than being resentful if they mistreated you, and "forgiveness" was your job, not theirs.

    I was delighted to score a session player who could do Spanish guitar. Had to play conga drums myself. Had a teacher colleague add some chimey electric and soloing to my mudslide/ocean surf rhythm guitar sound. Tinkered with recordings of my sister doing horror movie style screams to make them sound more disturbing. Stuff like that.

    Personnel

    Drums: Gloria Haslan-Garbuio
    Bass: Andy Graham
    Fancy Acoustic: Chris Lochner
    Additional Chimey and Solo Electric Guitars: Jason King
    Additional Chorus Vocals: Jason King and Bill Ranger
    Screams/Wolves: Debbie Moore-Michelin
    Alexander Scourby stand-in: Dave Whelen

    20 min
  • Episode 3: Digging For Pride

    A bit of an irate response to cheery folks who don't want the rest of us to bring them down. "Don't Worry Be Happy" was not my favourite song in the 80s.

    Personnel:

    Replacement Drums: Chris Metcalfe

    Bass: Adam Fogo
    Slide Guitar: Trevor Finlay
    Johnny Rotten stand-in: Bill Ranger
    Sean Connery stand-in: Dave Whelen

    ...with Mike Dubue and Suki Akemi Wellman playing the parts of "Ken" and "Jen."

    40 min
  • Episode 2: Turning Black

    What was adolescent depression like? How did school and youth group make it much worse? How to turn abject misery into something rhythmic and melodic. Learning about vintage tube amps, doubled tracks and odd percussion choices.

    (Note, although seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is certainly a huge problem at Christmas time because it's December, many mental health professionals do not believe that suicide is actually any more likely during that month than any other. I can simply stand behind the idea that I associate Christmas with loneliness, darkness, cold and socially complicated and upsetting mandatory extroversion work and family situations, and that little else depresses me as profoundly as people pressuring me to be merry and festive and into the music and sweaters if I can't muster that up. Also, the fact that this "Suicide in December" idea is so prevalent makes the Christmas season seem dangerous and fraught.)

    36 min
  • Episode 1: Daddy's Crying

    This episode is the "church background" one, making it the longest of this whole podcast series. I'm trying out the "chapters" function so people can skip bits if they like.

    This one has to go into it all: Church intrigue. Weaponized bible. Personal and family sacrifice. Tradition vs. change. Competitive piety pageants. Does God really hate fun as much as we were led to believe?

    Additional musicians: Debbie Moore-Michelin (backing vocals), Chris Metcalfe (drums and jaw harp), Andy Graham (bass guitar), Chris Carriere (electric rhythm guitar and initial recording engineering), Trevor Finlay (solo slide guitar), Chuck Hendricks (sermon about breaking sheep's legs to stop them from straying from the flock).

    Please let me know what you thought at [email protected]

    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 0: Preamble

    Each episode of The Wikkid Podcast is me explaining what was going on in my adolescent life that occasioned the writing of a song from my unreleased concept album The Story of Peter Grey. I never released it as an album, but I wrote it as a book, and I guess, now it’s kind of a podcast. So, this is about church upbringing gone wrong, adolescent depression, and writing and recording music about it to try to make some sense of it all.

    8 min

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