Episode 100. After nearly four years, it is NICHE 100. Thank you all for listening, I appreciate all of you!

Playlist:

• Mladen Franko & His Orchestra - Jamboree
• Paul Mauriat - Sara
• Manfred Minnich - Playa Romantica
• Moonlight Orchestra - Heaven Knows
• Caravelli - Woman in Love
• Nick Ingram - Sunday Morning
• Caravelli - One Of Us
• Franck Pourcel - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
• Zamfir - Run To Me
• Sounds Orchestral - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
• Billy Andrusco - Take My Breath Away
• Billy Andrusco - Nobody Does It Better
• Francis Moore Orchestra - If You Could Read My Mind
• Mudcrutch - Scare Easy
• Bob Dylan - Return To Me
• John Cale - Dead or Alive
• Lou Reed - Hang On To Your Emotions
• Donald Fagen - H Gang
• Walter Becker - Downtown Canon
• Warren Zevon, Dwight Yoakam - Heartache Spoken Here
• Dwight Yoakam - Wichita Lineman
• The Intelligence - The Universe
• Thee Oh Sees - Spider Cider
• Ty Segall, White Fence - Scissor People
• Juliana Hatfield - Xanadu
• Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band - Late Night
• Ben Goodman - HELEN from THE FUTURE LANGUAGE (Fridays 2-4pm on CJSW 90.9fm) interviewing ME for NICHE 100!
• Rollins Band - Do It
• Puppet Wipes - Puppet Jamboree

Episode 99.5. On this special bonus episode of 'WYN?' I pay tribute to one of my favourite artists of all-time, Bobby Weir. In this three-hour show-length tribute, I play my favourite Bobby songs from the entirety of his career, while also sharing what made him so special to me. FARE THEE WELL BOBBY

Playlist:

• Grateful Dead - Playing In The Band (live at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 5/21/74)
• Grateful Dead - Mama Tried
• Grateful Dead - When I Paint My Masterpiece
• Grateful Dead - Estimated Prophet (Live at Oakland Auditorium Arena, December 26, 1979)
• Phish, Bob Weir - Miss You
• Bob Weir - Gonesville
• Dead & Company - Standing On The Moon
• Grateful Dead - Jack Straw (Live at Nassau Coliseum, May 15-16, 1980)
• Bob Weir - Only a River
• Grateful Dead - My Brother Esau (Single B-Side)
• Grateful Dead - Hell in a Bucket (March 26, 1990)
• Grateful Dead - Looks Like Rain (10-10-1982 at Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, CA)
• Grateful Dead - Promised Land
• Grateful Dead - One More Saturday Night
• Puppet Wipes - Spelunker's Sonata

Episode 99. A no guest show that features a wide variety of music, including some of my 2025 favs (most of whom were guests on the show in the past year!), plus other fun stuff. ONE MORE EP UNTIL NICHE 100

Playlist:

• Stevie Wonder - Joy Inside My Tears
• The Mavericks - Blue Moon
• Jerry Butler - Only The Strong Survive
• Brock Geiger, Sam Gendel - Lemonade
• Howard Shore - Wrapped In A Shroud
• Jonny Greenwood - Perfidia Beverly Hills
• Brad Mehldau - Sweet Adeline
• Brad Mehldau - Sweet Adeline Fantasy
• Pino Palladino, Blake Mills - I Laugh In The Mouth of the Lion
• Marlaena Moore - Safe and Sound
• Ribbon Skirt - Look What You Did
• No Joy - Bugland
• Apollo 440 - Stop The Rock
• Tim Heidecker - Cold Medicine
• Kyle M - Blue Car
• David Ivan Neil - K-Hole
• Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Graham Nash - Dare To Dream
• Kurt Vile - Tom Petty's Gone (but tell him I asked for him)
• Cory Hanson - Joker
• Cory Hanson - Lou Reed
• Oog Bogo - Cowgirls
• SANAM - HARIK
• Tito Puente - Manteca
• Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band - 1999
• Crowded House - Locked Out
• Frank Sinatra - L.A. Is My Lady
• Hermitess - Lines In Our Hands
• Hermitess, David Lavoie - A Harp & A Horn
• Eye of Newt - Origin Two-Story
• Lorrie Matheson - For Kim
• Puppet Wipes - Do You Wanna Touch My Safety Pin?

Episode 98. THE LIVE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING extravaganza! Three hours of my favourite Christmas + holiday music!

Playlist:

• Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
• Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa
• Los Straitjackets - Here Comes Santa Claus
• The Mavericks - Hey! Merry Christmas
• Nick Lowe - Christmas at the Airport
• Roger Miller - Old Toy Trains
• Marty Robbins - One of You In Every Size
• Willie Nelson - If We Make It Through December
• Dwight Yoakam - I'll Be Home For Christmas
• Death Valley Girls - Season of Dreaming
• Eric Slick - The First Noel (Slow)
• Kyle M - That Was Christmas
• Holly Golightly, The Greenhornes - Little Stars
• Holly Golightly - Christmas Tree on Fire
• Cuckooland - Silver Bells
• Spinal Tap - Christmas with the Devil
• The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
• The Qualities, Sun Ra - It's Christmas Time
• Aimee Mann - Whatever Happened To Christmas
• Aimee Mann - Christmastime
• Aimee Mann - Calling On Mary
• The Both - Nothing Left To Do (Let's Make This Christmas Blue)
• Van Morrison - Glad Tidings
• Big Star - Jesus Christ
• The Beach Boys - The Man With All Of The Toys
• The Lemon Twigs, Tchotchke - Tchotchkes
• Nick Lowe - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
• The Monkees - Christmas Party
• Huey - Rock 'n' Roll Santa Claus
• Donny Hathaway - This Christmas
• The Staple Singers - Who Took The Merry Out of Christmas
• Cix Bits - Season's Greetings
• The Emotions - What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas
• Rufus & Carla Thomas - That Makes Christmas Day
• Booker T & The MG's - Winter Wonderland (Take 2)
• Patti Labelle - Christmas Jam
• The Isley Brothers - What Can I Buy You
• Jim Jones - Dipset X-Mas Time
• Lou Reed - New Sensations
• John Cale - Child's Christmas in Wales
• Tim Heidecker - Hey, Tiny Tim!
• Counting Crows - A Long December

Episode 97. Featuring special guest ARIELLE from PUPPET WIPES! We talk about the Puppet Wipes' latest triumph 'Live Inside' (out now via Silt Breeze records!) and hype up the release show happening December 13th (THIS SATURDAY) at the Palomino!! Me and Arielle also get into our LOU REED FAVS! A PUPPET WIPES + LOU REED SPECTACULAR, OH MY! Remember: life is like a mayonnaise soda.

Playlist:

• Steve Winwood - The Finer Things
• The Beatles - Something (Take 39 - Strings Only Instrumental)
• Adam Sandler - Real Love
• Paul Anka - Eyes Without A Face
• Jimmy Cliff - Ruby Soho
• Jimmy Cliff - Children's Bread
• Steve Cropper - Crop Dustin'
• Dusty Springfield - Every Ounce of Strength
• Neil Young - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
• Big Star - Femme Fatale
• Lab Coast - Bored Again
• Puppet Wipes - Puppet Jamboree
• Luciano Pavarotti, Lou Reed - Perfect Day (Live in Modena, 2002)
• Ben Goodman - ARIELLE from PUPPET WIPES interview PART ONE! Listen to LIVE INSIDE (at SiltBreeze Dot Bandcamp Dot Com) and go to album release show at PALOMINO on DECEMBER 13TH!
• Lou Reed - New Sensations
• Puppet Wipes - Fire Pit
• Lou Reed - Egg Cream
• Lou Reed - Doin' The Things We Want To
• Lou Reed, David Bowie - Hop Frog
• Puppet Wipes - Holding Ceremony Over His Wife's Corpse
• Ben Goodman - ARIELLE from PUPPET WIPES interview PART TWO! Listen to LIVE INSIDE (at SiltBreeze Dot Bandcamp Dot Com) and go to album release show at PALOMINO on DECEMBER 13TH!
• Puppet Wipes - Spelunker's Sonata
• Lou Reed - Don't Talk To Me About Work
• Puppet Wipes - Rounds and Rounds
• Lou Reed - City Lights
• HOME FRONT - New Madness

Episode 96. Featuring the return of the great pro-wrestling writer/host Warren Hayes, host of the Mr. Warren Hayes Show on YouTube/podcasts! Me and Warren discuss the fallout from AEW Full Gear, preview the top three matches on New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom show happening on January 4th (with a specific emphasis on Tanahashi vs Okada and discussion of Tanahashi's retirement), as well as some of our favourite matches of 2025. Always a genuine pleasure to have Warren on for some of the best pro-wrestling discussion and analysis you will hear!

Playlist:

• Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
• Isley Brothers - Brown Eyed Girl
• Isley Brothers - Let Me Down Easy
• Isley Brothers - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
• Isley Brothers - For The Love Of You, Pts 1 & 2
• Isley Brothers - The Highways of My Life
• Isley Brothers - Spend The Night (Ce Soir)
• Isley Brothers - (At Your Best) You Are Love
• Janet Jackson - Black Cat (Video Mix/Long Solo)
• Todd Snider - Alright Guy
• Todd Snider - Can't Complain
• Todd Snider - Long Year
• Todd Snider - Just Like Old Times
• Todd Snider - Working On A Song
• Cher - Skin Deep
• Cher - Never Been To Spain
• Jerry Garcia Band - Rain
• Kyle M - Joy
• Lucinda Williams - Runnin' Down A Dream
• Ben Goodman - WARREN HAYES from the MR. WARREN HAYES SHOW talking about NJPW Wrestle Kingdom + AEW Full Gear! Check out his show at YOUTUBE.COM/MRWARRENHAYES
• Dinosaur Jr - And Me
• Lorrie Matheson - Mission to Inglewood

Episode 95. A TWO INTERVIEW show! First hour features the great filmmaker Steven Feinartz, who discusses his new documentary on Marc Maron titled 'Are We Good?' which is available on-demand starting tomorrow, November 14th! Second hour features my interview with director Max Hey, discussing his wonderful film 'Now! More! Yes!' which is having its Canadian premiere as part of CUFF.Docs on Saturday November 22nd, which Max will be in attendance for!

Playlist:

• AC/DC - Down Payment Blues
• The Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler (Live at Forest National Arena, Brussels, 10/17/73)
• The Blasters - So Long Baby Goodbye
• Ben Goodman - STEVEN FEINARTZ interview! Check out his documentary on Marc Maron 'ARE WE GOOD?' available on-demand on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH!
• Randy Newman - Guilty
• Iggy Pop - Success
• Johnny Thunders - Born to Lose
• Aimee Mann - Rainy Days and Mondays
• AC/DC - Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
• Ben Goodman - MAX HEY interview! Check out the CANADIAN PREMIERE of his great documentary 'NOW! MORE! YES!' on Saturday, November 22nd as part of CUFF.Docs!
• Spacemen 3 - Sound of Confusion
• ZZ Top - Heard It On The X
• Fleetwood Mac - Rattlesnake Shake
• Townes Van Zandt - Snake Song
• Charley Pride - The Snakes Crawl at Night
• Tom T. Hall - Sneaky Snake
• Grateful Dead - Sunrise
• Donna Jean Godchaux - Crazy Fingers
• Jerry Garcia Band - Down Home
• Jerry Garcia Band - Palm Sunday
• Grateful Dead - Looks Like Rain (Live, February 1978)
• Willie Nelson - If We Make It Through December
• Emmylou Harris - The Maker
• Mavis Staples - Godspeed
• Husker Du - Books About UFOs
• Lorrie Matheson - As Wicked As It's Cold

Episode 94. THE DANIEL LANOIS SPECIAL! Each hour covers a different aspect of Lanois' career: hour 1 is his ambient/experimental instrumental work, hour 2 is the work he has produced/written for others, hour 3 is the singer/songwriter work he has sung himself. LANOIS AHOY ALL MORNING!!

Playlist:

• Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
• Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois - Silver Morning
• Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois - Weightless
• Daniel Lanois - White Mustang II
• Daniel Lanois - Two Worlds
• Daniel Lanois - Frozen
• Daniel Lanois - Opera
• Daniel Lanois - Forest City
• Brian Blade - Red River Revel
• Venetian Snares, Daniel Lanois - Mothors Pressroll P131
• Willie Nelson - The Maker
• Emmylou Harris - Where Will I Be
• Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris - Shenandoah
• Daniel Lanois - Amazing Grace
• Bob Dylan - Ring Them Bells
• Bob Dylan - Tryin' To Get To Heaven
• Robbie Robertson - Broken Arrow
• Luscious Jackson - Water Your Garden
• Luscious Jackson - Why Do I Lie?
• Neil Young - Hitchhiker
• Common, Omar, Cee-Lo Green, Bilal, Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, Lonnie - Heaven Somewhere
• Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris - I Love You
• Daniel Lanois - Shine
• Daniel Lanois - Moondog
• Black Dub - Ring The Alarm
• Daniel Lanois - Still Water
• Daniel Lanois - Under the Stormy Sky
• Daniel Lanois - JJ Leaves LA
• Samantha Savage Smith - My Friends
• Brock Geiger - Some Nights

Episode 93. Featuring my show-length interview with the great LORRIE MATHESON, who discusses his new album Mission to Inglewood (due out November 7th and you can pre-order right now on lorrie matheson dot bandcamp dot com!). Lorrie shares his inspirartions on the album, plus we go track-by-track on every song on Lorrie's album, serving as the world's best directors commentary track and also serving as the best incentive for you to pre-order the album today!

Playlist:

• Paul McCartney and Wings - Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
• Ben Goodman - LORRIE MATHESON interview PART ONE!
• Spoon - The Way We Get By
• Joe Jackson - Throw It Away
• Genesis - Abacab
• Genesis - Keep It Dark
• Prince - The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
• Ben Goodman - LORRIE MATHESON interview PART TWO!
• Lorrie Matheson - Head To Shins Brass
• The Replacements - I Don't Know
• Jonathan Richman - But We May Try Weird Stuff
• Bill Conti - Opening/Introduction
• Ben Goodman - LORRIE MATHESON interview PART THREE!
• Daniel Lanois - Still Water
• D'Angelo - She's Always In My Hair
• Cruise Ship - Fuzz

Episode 92. ONE NICHE AFTER ANOTHER: a Paul Thomas Anderson special, where for the full three hours I play music from the films of PTA, wrapping on discussion of his latest landmark, One Battle After Another.

Playlist:

• The Emotions - Best of My Love
• Boney M - Sunny
• Apollo 100 - Joy
• The Chakachas - Jungle Fever
• Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
• Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy
• Sniff 'n' the Tears - Driver's Seat
• The Move - Feel Too Good
• The Ohio Players - I Want To Be Free
• Aimee Mann - One
• Aimee Mann - Momentum
• Aimee Mann - Deathly
• Jon Brion - Magnolia
• Aimee Mann - Save Me
• Jon Brion - Punch-Drunk Melody
• Jon Brion - He Needs Me
• Jon Brion - Here We Go
• Jonny Greenwood - Future Markets
• Jonny Greenwood - Able-Bodied Seaman
• Minnie Riperton - Les Fleur
• Chuck Jackson - Any Day Now
• Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another
• Nina Simone - July Tree
• Sonny & Cher - But You're Mine
• Donovan - Barbajagal
• Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You
• Blood, Sweat & Tears - Lisa, Listen To Me
• Taj Mahal - Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day
• Jonny Greenwood - House of Woodcock
• Jonny Greenwood - Baby Charlene
• Jonny Greenwood - Ocean Waves
• Jonny Greenwood - River of Hills
• Jonny Greenwood - Guitar for Willa
• No Joy - I Hate That I Forget What You Look Like