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It’s been a busy few weeks. Between Just For Laughs, Osheaga, a wedding and a 2000 mile road trip we kinda, sorta, maybe didn’t get around to booking anything for this week’s Go Plug Yourself. We had hoped to hook something up with an Osheaga band but it just wasn’t in the cards this year. So instead we take a trip down memory lane to Osheaga 2017 when Scott and I sat down...

Wait… Osheaga is over already? After months of getting hype it’s hard to accept that this Osheaga weekend is already in the past. Honestly I think Sarah and I may have set a personal best this year having checked out all or some of at least 29 different acts. We’ve spent the last 2 days trying to let our bodies and brains recover and now we’re ready to break down our though...

Why hello there, you’ve caught us in a bit of a predicament. Between the Just for Laughs specials, the Osheaga specials and my planned trip to Winnipeg it seems like we’ve simply run out of time to record a brand new episode of the 9to5 Entertainment System! However, we don’t want to let you down. We know that some of you might still be sitting on the fence about subscribing to t...

Is Lawrence Corber a host or a guest on this episode? It’s not clear. Does it matter? It’s Just for Laughs baby! If you’ve been following the podcast in the last week or so you know we’ve had a few interviews with a couple of great out of town guests. However, at its heart, Go Plug Yourself is a show about  Montrealers so it was only right that we brought in the Grand Daddy...

Our Osheaga Podcast series is almost over, which means it’s almost time for Osheaga! For our 7th episode we picked five artists that should energize and get you dancing after a full weekend of Osheaga: Royal Blood, Wet Leg, The Halluci Nation, La Doña and Apashe. Osheaga is coming back in full force from July 29th the 31st at Parc Jean Drapeau and that means our Osheaga podcast series is bac...

Rosebud Baker closes off this year’s JFL miniseries of Go Plug Yourself podcasts! On this JFL minisode I talk to Rosebud Baker about her shows at Café Cleopatra where she will performing all new material for the Montreal Just for Laughs crowd. Rosebud has always thought of herself as a pessimist but after the last few years of the pandemic, maybe she’s a realist? Maybe all of our therapists...

Our next guest is the extremely funny and awesome Atsuko Okatsuka! Montreal’s fan favorite arts and entertainment podcast is bringing you our annual series of mini episodes celebrating many of the talented performers at this year’s Just for Laughs festival in Montreal! I got a chance to talk to Atsuko Okatsuka about how she manages to thrive in chaos and dire circumstances (she once pe...

We’re talking to Katherine Ryan! Montreal’s favorite comedy podcast is back covering this year’s Just for Laughs festival in Montreal! I got the chance to talk to the amazing Katherine Ryan about her Amazon Prime show “Backstage with Katherine Ryan”, finding love in the fairytale land of Toronto, picking names for people in jokes, cottages and more. Award-winning comedian, writer...

The Montreal podcast that is sitting around wondering whether the number of positive Covid-19 cases will spike following the Montreal Jazz Fest continues to record remotely. Are we scared of the virus or are we just really into doing this podcast from the comfort of our own homes? We’ll never tell. The Jazz Fest, despite probably being a super-spreading event, was amazing and Keith went to it a bu...

DeAnne Smith returns to Montreal! The Montreal arts & entertainment system that loves Just for Laughs is back! Talking to amazing performers from this year’s edition of the Just for Laughs festival right here in Montreal. I had the chance to sit down with the always wonderful DeAnne Smith to talk about their show way,  way back with our friend Leighland Beckman called “Horrible Thi...

23 Days Until Osheaga 2022! For our 6th episode we picked five artists that will be the perfect laid back Sunday vibe for day 3 of this year’s Osheaga: Saint Jhn, Genesis Owusu, girl in red, Sad Night Dynamite and Safia Nolin. Osheaga is coming back in full force from July 29th the 31st at Parc Jean Drapeau and that means our Osheaga podcast series is back too! All summer long Sarah and I will be...

The Montreal podcast that can look at the downfall of civilization and say: “Yes, but what about Clown Core?” Look, we’re not going to sit here and pretend that there isn’t a grievous step backwards in human rights going on with our neighbours to the South. We know it’s happening. You know it’s happening. It’s gross and frankly despicable on every possible...

Nick Farkas joins Sarah and I to talk all about the 2022 edition of the Osheaga Arts & Music Festival. So, Sarah and I have been doing our Osheaga podcast series for a few years now and like to think of ourselves as “vets” of the Osheaga festival. Imagine our surprise when we found out that Nick Farkas, the founder of Osheaga, was interested in coming on the show to talk to us abou...

The Montreal comedy podcast that asks Viveth K: “Who was your childhood crush?” – asked by the cast of “The Adoption” (aka Eve Parker Finley, Nicky Fournier & Amanda McQueen) back in episode 257 . Hot off the heels of his appearance at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival (which I’m sure actually  did make his mom proud) Viveth K is ramping up for his upcoming Zoofe...

38 Days Until Osheaga 2022! For our fourth episode we picked five artists that will absolutely want to make you dance in the (hopefully) beautiful sunny summer Saturday: Tai Verdes, WizTheMc, Sébastien Léger, Monowhales and Poly & Pan. Osheaga is coming back in full force from July 29th the 31st at Parc Jean Drapeau and that means our Osheaga podcast series is back too! All summer long Sarah a...

I wonder if the real creator of Chip n’ Dale never got his due the same way that Bob Kane ripped off Bill Finger? If you go up to someone on the street and ask them who created Chip and Dale, they would answer “Disney.” I guess the implication would be that it was old man Walt himself. Holy shit. They were created by another Bill. Bill Justice (how was that a real name) created Chip and Dale in 19...

The Montreal podcast that asks the cast of “The Adoption”: What’s a story of you being romantically rejected? That question submitted by fellow Montreal Fringe performer Leighland Beckman back in episode 256 . The St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival is in full effect with A-Z programming starting TODAY! The Fringe Park is open, shows are happening live and in person and it is re...

52 Days Until Osheaga 2022! For our third episode we talk a little about some of the hip hop that will be hitting Osheaga on Saturday, along with some rock and party vibes. We take a look at slowthai, BIA, Sampa the Great, Bleachers and Caribou. Note: The track we play from Caribou is actually from Daphni. What does that mean? Well, there’s some ambiguity there. We get into it in the episode. Oshe...

You know, it’s kind of a bummer that it is here in episode 262 of our little podcast that we collectively realize that we’ve been wasting our time podcasting instead of producing slime like the people over at PeachyBbies .   Their website asks that you “Join the Movement”. I guess that could be a joke about how their slime wiggles but more likely it is an earnest call to action. Join the PeachyBbi...

The Montreal arts and entertainment that asks comedian and musician Leighland Beckman: “If a group of crows is a murder, what is a group of  you called?” Asked by Elspeth Wright back in episode 254 . Listeners of Go Plug Yourself already know who Leighland Beckman is, he has been sensually serenading you with our theme song for nearly a decade. So we’re super happy to have him on...

Our Osheaga podcast is back! For our second episode we take things down a notch to talk about some of the more soulful, emotional acts that will be gracing the stage of Osheaga: Ashe, Jacob Banks, King Hannah, Gus Dapperton and Dominic Fike.  Osheaga is coming back in full force from July 29th the 31st at Parc Jean Drapeau and that means our Osheaga podcast series is back too! All summer long Sara...

There is nowhere else you need to go to find hot takes about Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe’s dress than a podcast from Montreal featuring 3 white dudes born in the 80s.   We are literally the only people on the planet qualified to talk about this issue. It does beg the question though: Is Napoleon’s uniform more historically important than the dress worn by Marilyn Monroe while she sa...

The Montreal podcast that started it all celebrates it’s 250th episode right here in episode 255! So normally every 50 episodes we use a nice big round number as an excuse to do a live episode with some mixed degrees of success. The last time we did this it was February 2020 for episode 200 and Walter’s supposed retirement from co-hosting. Since then he’s probably co-hosted at le...

Our Osheaga podcast is back! Osheaga is coming back in full force from July 29th the 31st at Parc Jean Drapeau and that means our Osheaga podcast series is back too! All summer long Sarah and I will be listening to music from every band featured at all 3 days of Osheaga and sharing some of our favorites with you every two weeks as part of this podcast. 5 bands per episode, 2 episodes devoted to ea...

The Montreal podcast that takes a little bit longer to figure out when Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus were alive than you might expect is back. Dinosaur facts!   (More dinosaur facts: I misspelled both “Tyrannosaurus” and “Stegosaurus” while typing them! Feel free to guess how.)   At a certain point in this episode Scott posits that CM Punk is one of the most recognizable wrestlers currently ac...