Apologue Podcast

Rod Slaughter is the member of Winnipeg’s Duotang. a two piece rock outfit that’s been around for several years. I am proud to say that Rod’s first solo show was in my basement when I lived in Winnipeg in the early nineties. Duotang play occasionally and tour never. They’re a great band to see live and have great sounding records! Good chat with an old buddy! FaceBook:  htt...

Andreas Tompros moved down south many years ago from Canada to LA. While he was down there, he started a company and called it “Casting Frontier”. This company was an online casting solution to solve a problem that all agencies have. How to speed up casting calls and push it into the modern era. The company he co-founded was perfect solution that was years ahead of its competitors. And...

JP Wasson is the founding member of Toronto’s own “Snowdogs” and has been playing music in Canada’s punk scene for a very long time. JP has put a band together with his two sons and has released two albums in as many years. When the band first started, Caden Jax (drums) was 13 and Jared Dean (Bass) 15. They went back into the studio with Ian Blurton to record their 2nd albu...

Tony Gonzalez is the other half of Barren Womb, a duo based out of Norway. Barren Wombs sound has a sound akin to Big Black, Shellac and other Steve Albini recordings. As a two piece, there’s lots of room for sound to find its way to the top of the mix. This album oozes room tone and I learnt later in the conversation that the studio they recorded in was actually quite small. An amazing albu...

Welcome to episode #170. Kami Van Halst is the lead singer and founding member of the band aptly named VAN HALST. The band started as a solo project with Kami exploring socially expressive lyrics packed in a metal wrapper. The first album “World of Make Believe” gained them some awards and chart spots but most importantly caught the attention of producer Arnold Lanni. They are presentl...

Chad Price is the lead singer of his new band “A Vulture Wake”. they have a new album coming out January 31 on Bird Attack Records titled “The Appropriate level of Outrage”. The band also features  Joe Raposo (RKL/Lagwagon), Sean Sellers (Good Riddance/Real McKenzies) and Brandon D. Landelius (The Mag Seven). A Punk Rawk Super Group! Chad got his start as the replaceme...

Marc Bourgon is one of two members of the band Greber. As a duo, Greber has managed to fill the void sonically where there is normally a guitar. The new album “Cemetery Preston” is being released on February 2nd and pre-orders are available now on all formats through  Ancient Temple Recordings, Pink Lemonade Recordings, Hibernation Release, No Why Records and d7i Records. This band and...

Kurtis Clifford plays bass in Montreal’s own Vantablack Warship. The band is comprised of several key players in the Montreal Metal Scene. Their new album, Abrasive Pulmoic Speak will be released on January 26th and will most likely be playing shows around and outside of Montreal. FaceBook:  https://www.facebook.com/VantablackWarship Photo credit: Wayne William Archibald Shop with  amazon.ca...

Eben Upton is the creator and founder of the Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized computer that was created for the sole purpose of bringing young people into the world of computers on a basic level. Similar to the older computers of the mid to late 1980’s the Raspberry PI allows the user to do anything they want without the computer being locked down like an Apple or Window...

Another year over, and a new one just begun! Welcome to the third annual best of episode with my guest co host Lee McCormack. Lee is the host of the Tramps Like us Podcast and a very old and dear friend of mine from another lifetime. This year we listened to a bunch of inspirational and conversational sound clips from the year. Lee was in there to chime in with his thoughts and observations. All a...

Back on the show, Dr Oren Amity, the smartest man I know! (Rhyme unintended). Oren is a psychotherapist and court appointed family expert. His knowledge of the human mind is unbelievably in tune. Unfortunately speaking professionally on trans issues in today’s society has blown up his twitter and as Oren states he’s living on twitter right now. Oren has been on the show three times now...

Dajaun Martineau is a Canadian producer/ engineer. Dajaun has worked for several bands and artists over the past 15 years. Starting off as a freelance engineer and found himself working at Phase One Studios which was a world-renowned recording studio that is responsible for countless classic albums. He has since moved on into a larger world where good results are key to the next gig.  Dajaun has m...

Brandon Kellum is the vocalist for Phoenix Arizona’s “American Standards”. The band has been around since 2011 and have released some albums through Victory Records. Their new album titled Anti-Melody is self released and available now on limited press CD and digital download through BandCamp. You can find all their music on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and anywhere music is sold...

Lisa McEwen is a Canadian singer/ songwriter that has been performing most of her life. Lisa moved to Nashville and lived her dream writing and living the songwriters life. When she moved back to Canada, she still kept on writing. After she found out she was pregnant, the industry turned their backs on her. It’s not as bad as it sounds but does prove that the entertainment industry is as fic...

Welcome to episode 160! Marc Belke is a musician, and father that lives in Victoria BC. Marc is the original member and founder of Canada’s own SNFU. Marc also fronted “the Wheat Chiefs” in the early nineties when SNFU was broken up. SNFU got back together on the steam of their reunion tour and put three albums out on Epitaph records. Marc went back to school and went into radio...

Zach Gehring is the founder of Demons, a band he started with some friends in his local area of Virginia. Zach is the guitar player in the a band called “Mae”. Demons has a sound that is completely different to the Mae’s. Zach uses Demons to express himself in a way that satisfies his musical needs and to gain perspective in his own musical journey. Demons album comes out on Dec...

Natalie Firijia is a story-teller and a professional stage manager based in the Toronto Area. Natalie has done some pretty amazing thing and lives life like it should. She rode a bicycle across Canada, she’s travelled all over the world to explore life and to gain perspective. She was a great conversation and a great guest. We also found out that we had worked together last year. It’s...

Jonathan Ronson Armstrong’s first solid touring band was Sewing With Nancy, a late nineties skate punk band. After that band broke up, “the Reason” was born. The Reason was more of an emo band in the vain of Grade, Boys Night Out and other bands from the Hamilton/Burlington region. After 10 years of recording and touring, the band is now on a permanent break and will only play wh...

Ford Pier has played in too many bands to mention. He’s a song writer, solo artist as well. Ford is from Edmonton and moved to Vancouver in the early 90’s to pursue a career in music and better weather. Ford has an amazing outlook on the art of music as well as the ethics. He’s always had a pretty good outlook on the importance of art over industry. We had a great time catching u...

Tim Whalen moved to the Toronto area in the mid-80’s when metal ruled the earth. Punk was pretty much dead and was crossing over into heavy metal. Tim was always musical and had an urge to leave his small town in New Brunswick and when the opportunity came to stay in Toronto and not go home, Tim stayed. After playing in countless bands as the lead singer and front man, Tim found a career in...

Jamie Dagg is a film director based in Toronto, Ontario. Jamie and I met in 1991 when a promoter friend of his booked a band I worked for into a hall in Timmins, Ontario. Jamie also booked my first band in on our second tour of Canada into a basement in Timmins. Jamie has always been a music guy and would take road trips to Toronto to buy music and see shows. Jamie took that commitment to everythi...

Chris Ashworth is a trained actor and a computer wizard which are two integral parts to being the creator of QLab. Chris founded Figure 53 to develop and sell his program and almost every theatre in the world has used it or come in contact with it. Qlab is a program that theatre technicians use to simplify work flow. It plays any audio or video file and even does lights. Where several different co...

Joyce Kettering is a composer based in Paris, France. Joyce hosts a YouTube channel and gave herself the challenge to compose a song a day. She’s presently on episode #135. Joyce is the type of person that goes “all in” to achieve a goal. Whether it be soccer or music, she always gives it her all! Because she’s in France and I’m in Canada, I woke up at 6:30AM to do th...

Returning to the show is Brent Belke. Apart from being the founding member of Canada’s SNFU, Brent has been a composer for film and television for almost 20 years. Originally from Edmonton, Brent and his brother Marc moved to Vancouver to reform SNFU. SNFU put out two more albums with Brent that was released on Epitaph records. Brent quit the band around 1998 to go back to school and learn m...

Steve Stumble and Eric Hunt of the Lucky Ones hail from St Catharines Ontario. They’ve been playing as musicians for their whole life but have been together as a band since 2010. Steve runs Stumble Records a label that’s put out over 50 albums to date. “Better Late than Never” was produced by Steve Rizun and took almost 5 years to complete. 14 songs designed to actually mak...