Episode 91. My CIFF 2025 special, featuring filmmaker interviews with Akash Sherman of Singhs In The Ring and Amalie Atkins of Agatha's Almanac! Stay tuned for the first hour as I interview Rob Bowman to discuss Echoes Across The Border: Laurel Canyon and the Northern Connection happening at the NMC (more info at Studio Bell dot ca!)

Playlist:

• Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
• David Crosby, Graham Nash - Whole Cloth
• Jackson Browne - The Late Show
• Joni Mitchell - Down To You
• Neil Young - Don't Let It Bring You Down
• The Byrds - Bad Night at the Whiskey
• Linda Ronstadt - Carmelita
• Neil Young - Journey Through The Past
• Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
• Ben Goodman - AKASH SHERMAN interview! Check out his film SINGHS IN THE RING screening as part of CIFF 2025 on September 24th or September 27th!
• Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme
• Jon Brion - Little Person
• Ben Folds Five - Army
• Cory Hanson - Texas Weather
• Yo La Tengo - Leaving Home
• Ben Goodman - AMALIE ATKINS interview! Check out AGATHA'S ALMANAC as part of CIFF on September 20th at 7:30pm or September 23rd at 5:15pm
• William Tyler - An Opening
• William Tyler - The Separation
• No Joy - My Crud Princess

Episode 90. Featuring a wide assortment of stuff, including a tribute to Walter Becker, a set of George Benson music, plus talk of Prince's 'Sign o' the Times' concert film after seeing its limited IMAX engagement last week.

Playlist:

• Liza Minnelli - New York Medley
• George Benson - Off Broadway
• George Benson, Joe Farrell - Flute Song
• George Benson - The World is a Ghetto
• Heatwave - Gangsters of the Groove (UK 12' Remix)
• Brad Mehldau - The White Lady Loves You More
• Walter Becker - Down in the Bottom
• Walter Becker - Upside Looking Down
• Walter Becker - Junkie Girl
• Steely Dan - Slang of Ages
• Steely Dan - Book of Liars (Live)
• Cory Hanson - Joker
• Joan Armatrading - Help Yourself
• Rosie Vela - Interlude
• Diana Ross - Behind Closed Doors
• Ron Wood - I Can Feel The Fire
• Prince - Take The 'A' Train/Pacemaker/I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Live in Utrecht - June 20, 1987)
• Prince - Play in the Sunshine (Live in Utrecht - June 20, 1987)
• Pino Palladino, Blake Mills - Heat Sink
• Ev. G - Way We Remember
• Ev. G - Belladonna
• No Joy - Jelly Meadow Bright

Episode 89. The SUMMER SPECTACULAR, featuring covers by the Isley Brothers in hour 1, tributes to Billy Joel and Adam Sandler in hour 2, and my review of Akiva Schaffer's THE NAKED GUN + some of my fav new music in hour 3!

Playlist:

• The Isley Brothers - Lay Lady Lay
• The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze (Live)
• The Isley Brothers - Sunshine (Go Away Today)
• The Isley Brothers - Listen to the Music
• The Isley Brothers - It's Too Late (Live at the Bitter End, New York City, NY - 1972)
• Stephen Stills - Change Partners
• Billy Joel - I Go To Extremes (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx NY - June 1990)
• Billy Joel - Everybody Loves You Now (Live at the Great American Music Hall)
• Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls (Live at the Bayou, Washington, D.C. - July 1980)
• Billy Joel - Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) - Live on Saturday Night Live, February 18, 1978
• Adam Sandler - Stan the Man
• Adam Sandler - Like a Hurricane
• Adam Sandler - Here Comes The Comedy
• Flaco Jimenez, Dwight Yoakam - Carmelita
• Lorne Balfe - The Naked Gun theme
• Oog Bogo - Cowgirls
• Oog Bogo - Giddy Up
• Cory Hanson - Final Frontier
• Cory Hanson - On the Rocks
• No Joy - Bugland
• No Joy - Bits
• No Joy - My Crud Princess
• Pino Palladino, Blake Mills - Contour
• Pino Palladino, Blake Mills - Ekute
• Brad Mehldau, Daniel Rossen - Southern Belle
• Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavender Moon

Episode 88. Featuring my interview with the great CORY HANSON of Wand, on the day before the release of his new solo album "I Love People" released by the great Drag City Records. Me and Cory discuss his amazing new album, how I Love People is a lot like his Full Moon Fever or Wildflowers, plus there's A LOT of Lou Reed talk, tied to the brilliant song named after him from the album. Me and Cory discuss LULU and much more deep Lou cuts! This is one of my favourite interviews in the history of What's Your Niche so LISTEN (and also catch Cory and Wand performing in Calgary at the Palomino on Monday, September 8th, with the great Window Lamp Corp and Ryan Bourne & Plant City Band supporting!)

Playlist:

• Brad Mehldau - Interstate Love Song
• Bob James - Hypnotique
• Quincy Jones - Body Heat
• George Benson - Cast Your Fate To The Wind
• Herbie Hancock - Death Wish (Main Title)
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Honey Bee (live on Saturday Night Live, November 17, 1994)
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Swingin'
• Tom Petty - Big Weekend
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Best of Everything
• Steve Earle - Yer So Bad
• Los Lobos - Will The Wolf Survive?
• Los Lobos - Reva's House
• Los Lobos - Is This All There Is?
• Los Lobos - The Neighborhood
• Los Lobos - Sail On, Sailor
• Pino Palladino, Blake Mills - Taka
• Cory Hanson - Bird on a Swing
• Ben Goodman - CORY HANSON interview! Listen to I LOVE PEOPLE out TOMORROW (July 25th) via Drag City Records and see WAND perform in Calgary at the Palomino on September 8th!
• Lou Reed - Edgar Allan
• Cory Hanson - Lou Reed
• Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer
• Eye of Newt - Dateline Plum Wine

Episode 87. Featuring my interview with the great KEVIN BOOG from the band Oog Bogo, who are set to release their great new album Cowgirls on July 25th! The first hour consists entirely of Howard Shore compositions from David Cronenberg films, in honour of their latest triumph THE SHROUDS (the best film of 2025, at this mid-year point), which is streaming now on Criterion Channel. Fourteen cues from ten different Cronenberg films are played.

Playlist:

• Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman - Naked Lunch
• Howard Shore - The Shrouds
• Howard Shore - Becca
• Howard Shore - Wrapped In A Shroud
• Howard Shore - For All Eternity
• Howard Shore - M. Butterfly
• Howard Shore - Crash
• Howard Shore - The Return
• Howard Shore - Eastern Promises
• Howard Shore - The New Flesh
• Howard Shore - Finale
• Howard Shore - Liberty
• Howard Shore - Blanket of Stars
• Howard Shore - Crimes of the Future
• Rebekah Del Rio - No Stars
• Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan - The Very Thought Of You
• Harold Arlen, Barbra Streisand - House of Flowers
• Bob Dylan - That Old Black Magic
• Mark Lanegan - Man in the Long Black Coat
• Tom Verlaine - Cold Irons Bound
• Los Lobos - Billy 1
• John Doe - Pressing On
• Brad Mehldau - Between the Bars
• Oog Bogo - Is This Love
• Ben Goodman - KEVIN BOOG from OOG BOGO interview! Check out Oog Bogo's new album Cowgirls, due out June 26th via In The Red Records!
• Oog Bogo - Goon
• Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley (Live from the Blizzard of Ozz tour)
• Grave Flowers Bongo Band - Lazy River
• Color Green - Four Leaf Clover
• Meatbodies - They Came Down
• Eye of Newt - Bannerman

Episode 86. Featuring my interview with the great wrestling writer, Warren Hayes, host of the Mr. Warren Hayes Show on YouTube/your fav podcast provider, discussing AEW, CMLL, the Voices of Wrestling 30 Under 30 poll, plus mid-year favourite match of 2025. It's long been a dream to have a pro-wrestling current events segment on the show, and Warren couldn't have been a better and more knowledgeable person to have on!

Playlist:

• Van Morrison - Ancient Highway
• Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Chris Stapleton, Benmont Tench - Don't Wait Up
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Fooled Around (I Don't Like It)
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Can't Stop The Sun
• The Beach Boys - Lonely Sea
• Sloan - Live Forever
• Sloan - Sensory Deprivation
• John C. Reilly - Black Sheep
• Brian Wilson - It's Not Easy Being Me
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (New York Mix)
• Mekons - Millionaire
• Mekons - Neglect
• Blancmange - Waves
• Bucks Fizz - The Land of Make Believe
• One Dove - Breakdown
• Sugababes - Push The Button
• The Hamiltons - Don't Mess Up
• The Hamiltons - You've Got A Personality (Like A Dead Moth)
• The Hamiltons - Dirty Work
• The June Brides - Every Conversation
• La Quinta Estacion - Me Muero
• Ben Goodman - Discussing wrestling with WARREN HAYES! Check out Warren's show 'The Mr. Warren Hayes Show' on YouTube and on podcasts!
• Neil Young - Pocahontas
• Mint Juleps - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
• Eye of Newt - Yoga Girls Get Off My Waterfall

Episode 85. featuring the first-ever LIVE SESSION in What's Your Niche history with the amazing SANAM!! You don't want to miss this!

Playlist:

• Beach Boys - Let Us Go On This Way
• Beach Boys - Roller Skating Child
• Beach Boys - Mona
• Beach Boys - Johnny Carson
• Beach Boys - Good Time
• Beach Boys - Honkin' Down The Highway
• Beach Boys - Ding Dang
• Beach Boys - Solar System
• Beach Boys - The Night Was So Young
• Beach Boys - I'll Bet He's Nice
• Beach Boys - Let's Put Our Hearts Together
• Beach Boys - I Wanna Pick You Up
• Beach Boys - Airplane
• Beach Boys - Love is a Woman
• Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio
• Sly & The Family Stone - Dance to the Medley
• Sly & The Family Stone - (You Caught Me) Smilin'
• Sly & The Family Stone - Advice
• Sly Stone - I Get High On You
• The Beau Brummels - Just A Little
• Sly & The Family Stone - Color Me True
• Sly & The Family Stone - Plastic Jim
• Sly & The Family Stone - Frisky
• Sly & The Family Stone - Let Me Have It All
• Sly & The Family Stone - Shine It On
• Sly & The Family Stone - Que, Sera Sera
• Ribbon Skirt - Deadhorse
• Mary Lattimore - Love is the Tune
• Hermitess - Three Bells
• Eye of Newt - Outside Job, Inside Joke
• Victrix - Zombie
• Ryan Bourne - 100 Years
• Xiu Xiu - Blue Frank/Pink Room
• Thayna Iyer - Wash It All Away
• SANAM - Aykatham Malakan
• SANAM - Bell
• SANAM - Yanass
• SANAM - Harite

Episode 84. Featuring three-time guest, CHRIS DADGE, in his annual pre-Sled Island guest spot, where we go over his entire Sled line-up and discuss a mututal favourite of ours. This time: It's GUIDED BY VOICES and Robert Pollard!

Playlist:

• Edgar Winter - Good Morning Music
• Edgar Winter - Hangin' Around
• Edgar Winter - River's Risin'
• Rick Derringer - Joy Ride
• Rick Derringer - Teenage Queen
• The McCoys - Sorrow
• The McCoys - Come On, Let's Go
• Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids
• Steely Dan - Chain Lightning
• Steely Dan - My Rival
• Bette Midler - Let Me Just Follow Behind
• Weird Al Yankovic - Living with a Hernia
• Weird Al Yankovic - Dog Eat Dog
• Cyndi Lauper - Calm Inside The Storm
• Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Night
• Barbra Streisand - Left in the Dark
• Rosie Vela - Tonto
• Derringer - Demolition
• Mean Gene Okerlund, Rick Derringer - Rock n Roll Hoochie Coo
• Brad Mehldau - Better Be Quiet Now
• John Cale - Mr. Wilson
• Hermitess - Band of Fools
• Guided By Voices - 14 Cheerleader Coldfront
• Guided By Voices - Your Name Is Wild
• Guided By Voices - Man Called Aerodynamics
• Boston Spaceships - How Wrong You Are
• Guided By Voices - The Hard Way
• Guided By Voices - Doughnut for a Snowman
• Guided By Voices - Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox
• Eye of Newt - Wolf 539

Episode 83. Featuring a LIVE interview with the great NATE WATERS of Eye of Newt to discuss the amazing new EON release WORK PERKS (out now on Eye of Newt dot Bandcamp dot com!) and discuss the Work Perks release show happening TOMORROW (Friday May 30th) at the Palomino! A true WORK PERKS DEEP DIVE with Nate!!

Playlist:

• The O'Jays - I Love Music (A Tom Moulton Mix)
• The Band - Right as Rain
• Dennis Wilson - Constant Companion
• The Doobie Brothers - There's A Light
• Larry Norman - I've Searched All Around
• Lindsey Buckingham - Soul Drifter
• John Martyn - Couldn't Love You More
• Mel Tillis - Coca Cola Cowboy
• Brenda Lee - My Whole World Is Falling Down
• The Lemonheads - Deep End
• Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Chris Stapleton, Benmont Tench - Don't Wait Up
• Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Graham Nash - Dare To Dream
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - All Or Nothin'
• Dion - King of the New York Streets
• Dave Edmunds - Here Comes The Weekend
• Dave Edmunds - I'm Gonna Start Living Again If It Kills Me
• Johnny Cash - Five Minutes to Live
• Cory Hanson - Bird on a Swing
• Eye of Newt - Topic Sentence
• Eye of Newt - Origin Two-Story
• Eye of Newt - Dateline Plum Wine
• Eye of Newt - Tactless Violation of Trust
• Eye of Newt - Bannerman
• Eye of Newt - Yoga Girls Get Off My Waterfall
• Eye of Newt - Anonymity Committee Ditty
• Eye of Newt - Outside Job, Inside Joke
• Eye of Newt - Art Russ Trophy
• Eye of Newt - Water Buffalo Meeting
• Hermitess - The Birds Never Left

Episode 82. Featuring my interview with my favourite guitarist ever MIKE CAMPBELL, founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, who is playing Calgary on Thursday June 19th with his band Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs at the Bella Concert Hall, my favourite venue in the city!! Me and Mike prime you for the show, touch on some past history, as well as discuss Mike's great new memoir, HEARTBREAKER, which is out now. A TRUE HONOUR TO SPEAK TO MIKE CAMPBELL

Playlist:

• John Tesh - Roundball Rock (live)
• Bob James - We're All Alone
• Boz Scaggs - Middle Man
• Hall & Oates - Times Up (Alone Tonight)
• SMOOCHER - She Goes To Work
• Randy Newman - Political Science
• Randy Newman, Valerie Carter - Heaven Is My Home
• Bonnie Raitt - Feels Like Home
• Eye Of Newt - Anonymity Committee Ditty
• Warren Zevon - Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
• Warren Zevon - Searching for a Heart
• Warren Zevon - Splendid Isolation
• Warren Zevon - Reconsider Me
• Warren Zevon - The Indifference of Heaven
• Warren Zevon - Play It All Night Long
• Warren Zevon - The Hula Hula Boys
• John Cale, Tony Allen - Long Way Out Of Pain
• Hermitess - Band of Fools
• Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - Hands Are Tied
• Ben Goodman - MIKE CAMPBELL interview! Go see MIKE CAMPBELL & THE DIRTY KNOBS on June 19th at the Bella Concert Hall and read Mike's new memoir HEARTBREAKER!
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Makin' Some Noise
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down a Dream (Live at the Fillmore, 1997)
• Tom Petty - Somewhere Under Heaven
• Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs - So Alive
• Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Time Don't Wait
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - I Should Have Known It
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Fault Lines
• Destroyer - Travel Light