Graventown

From the approved desk files of Lorne Honickman and from the top shelf blue plate specials at Palma Pasta, I was very happy to welcome Toronto Mike to the Graventown. I'm happy to be in the FOTM (Friends Of Toronto Mike'd) Universe. He's actually an incredibly and prolifically busy human being with very little windows outside of his own work, as he not only runs and produces his own...

Friends. Howdy. I sure haven't been around these parts but I've appreciated the clicks and upticks. Thank you! I'm entering hibernation station for this part of the season so please excuse my slow podcast delivery system, but I wanted to fire one off into the universe, regardless. I used to have a supervisor who would say "irregardless of that" all the time to try and soun...

Friends with no love ends; it's been a few seconds. I hope you're all well and raising some kindness and love-based hell. Thank you as always for being along on my podcastical odyssey. Here are some thick thoughts post Canadian east-coast traveling and unraveling after spending a week recording a new album. I talk about my last podcast with Strombo (George Stroumboulopoulos) and hitting...

G-towners and nonfrowners; hello. Well I did tell you that I did indeed have something epic planned for the century mark episode - and I feel pretty confident to say that I delivered on that promise of Epic-iosity. My guest for episode 100 is none other Canadian and American media personality, ex CBC and Muchmusic television host, podcaster, Apple Music showrunner and all around renaissance man Ge...

Friends. I'm incredibly close to episode 100 and I do have something special planned, and as a lead up event - I was lucky enough to pin down the unpinnable Stephen Stanley for a great return to G-town conversation about all things music, our upcoming tour, making albums in the current age, our upcoming tour, living room shows and so much more. Oh - and did I mention that we have an upcoming...

Hello friends. I admittedly don't even remember what this episode was about as I was between Guelph and Uxbridge - and post gig criscrossing and careening through Central Ontarian byways at the time. But I hope you enjoy the vernacular of my cerebral inhaling and exhaling and I appreciate you listening more than you'll ever know. My new album "Geographics" is out now on all pla...

Friends, Countryfolk and city dwellers; lend me your digital devices. Welcome back to another regularly scheduled closed circuit television program called Graventown. I was lucky enough to get a few minutes with an insanely busy Ottawa celebrity, radio and tv broadcaster, comedy advocate, philanthropic community connector and all around lovely dude and dad - Dylan Black. Dylan is someone whose int...

Friends. Howdy. Back in the Ontario saddle and riding roughshod back into normalcy after basking in the British Columbian glow. How are you all? I hope this pod finds you well in your midsummer splendour. Just wanted to reflect on my glorious trip and to think about some great and glorious things upcoming.  That's all for now. See ya real soon. My new album "Geographics" is out now...

Friendoes. I'm on the coast and I don't have my good keyboard so this will be a quick descriptor; I had a beautiful walk home from the pub I ate at last night to my tiny room in the mountains and wanted to share my thoughts and my walk-view with all of you lovelies. More to come. Thanks for sharing in this sometimes breath-catching moment (as it was almost fully uphill). My new album &qu...

Well hello, friendoes. I hope your summers are sizzling and your drinks are fizzling. Nothing like dropping an ice cube into anything carbonated. I wanted to get a few quick thoughts out into the multiverse about death. I know it's not always an easy subject to bridge, but I hope these words are timely for y'all. May death give you richness in life - that's the way the cookie crumbl...

Howdy Graventowners - I hope you're drinking up the summer months with a thirsty fury and an existential slurp. This weather is golden and we get so little of it - so may you take the time to get off the screens and just drool on your porch or lie on a park bench. Today, I was lucky to have a very cool Canadian and specifcially Ontarian-famous guest; Gisele Corinthios. Gisele is a creator, wr...

Hello friends. I'm sending this out to you through channels of pure love and understanding - in these wild times of hate and hurt - and I hope that you're as well as you can be. I've got some summer shows coming but I've been feeling the need to just slow everything down and so I intend to do as such. I'll still be here - and hey - I'm almost at a hundred eppies (what...

Friends, Countryfolk and Citykids; lend me your ears. As we rapidly approach the century mark episode of Graventown, I was mega triple pineapple lucky to sit down with one of the most renowned, busiest, hilarious and well known music makers in all Canada direct from the wanderlusty Winnipeg, Manitoba; Romi Mayes. When she's not winning awards for her heart-stinger songs, Romi is a trailblazin...

As one the three majestic sparkplugs that fire up the magnificent machine of the indie folk-rock/alt-country award winning band Elliott Brood, Mark Sasso had a lot to say and we had a lovely flowing chat about musicality, all things music, songwriting habits, the fashion of music and the power of songs. I really enjoyed this convo and I was thankful that Mark some time out of his busy schedule to...

Heyo friendoes. Here's one from the road in this insanely magically muddy mentally marooning month of May. I'm typing this from the teleport of the toucan. Getting ready for a fun festival atmosphere. There shall be drunken throngs kanoodling and pawing  each other on Princess  Street tonight, dearies. Make no mistake. Slow it down! My new album "Geographics" is out now on all...

Hello friendoes: I hope you enjoy my return to the homestead - far from the carcast realm - and into the white hospital desk microphone majorca of the mind. In this hive-zone of busy buzzworld that we reside within, sometimes it's important to remember that a basic day with no plans or no insane tasks can be a major metaphysical gift. Had a few other mental lightning bolts that I wanted to sh...

Friends; this was a gushy one from the weatherbeaten civic on a post-Owen Sound/Uxbridge rip. Lots about my pal Krista and the Thornbury crew and lots about my pals in the Uxbridge region (Sandford specifically). If you're not up for some feels, maybe redirect your ear vehicles to an alternate sideroad because this sucker puts the pedal down on the love expressway. Have the best day and thank...

Oh friends - these days, the good feels seem to have no ends. This was a humdinger straight from the heart of the road-weary but eye-teary Gravenator while being Peterborough bound and recapping a Toronto Tragically Hip-based Dave Bookman benefit that was a night of nights for the soul and mind for oh many reasons. I hope you are ready to cry - because I sure was when I recorded this. I love y&apo...

Friends; I appreciate the clicks and the likes and the lingers on this little podcast o'mine - because I'm gonna let it shine. This was a fun one to shoot into the ethersphere and you might even catch a nugget of a new song in the middle somewhere. As we wade through the murky waters of these times, I hope you can find hope - however that looks or manifests itself for you. Hope can be tr...

Hello friends - I hope the depth of this world isn't giving you the bends, these days. Hard to escape that out of sorts wonky bonkers vibe - but we are pushing through the weeds, regardless. (Weeds? Deep sea diving? Mixed metaphor Matty?) Here's my latest in a new series called Offroad Recalibrations. I hope you enjoy the viewfinder wayback feels. I appreciate you. More guests coming! St...

Friends without ends. Lorders without borders. How y'all doin' out there in radioland? Is it just me, or this spring seeming to be a bit bleak? Feels like there's way more room for the rich and less room for the meek. But I digress (with little success). Just wanted to fire one off to the universe and yawp one out into the void. Wanted to talk a bit about my Always Everything vinyl...

Back on the airwaves, my dudes. It's been a minute between roughshod roadway rides through the highways and biways of middle ontario, but I'm back for a heavy hot minute. Really hope to see you at an upcoming April show - but I wanted to take a minute and indulge my mind in the topic of rest. That's right.  For some of us, it can feel like laziness, but it sure ain't that. It&a...

81 episodes!?! Someone call the PRESSES!! Oh wait - they're busy dealing with all that nationalism bordering on fascism stuff. Right. Well hey - at any rate - welcome back to Graventown for a super special one off about finding the proper accoutrements to season and spice your mental wellbeing. These are some things that have worked for me. I hope you're alright out there, friends. Much...

Pals from all canals; what's the hibbidy? Are you singing dippity doo dah or skippity toilet? I hope in all of the chaotic streams of info that you can settle your senses and rest your rendering system for a few moments and find your why. Dig deep into the soil and raw earth of you - you might be surprised what you find. This is the conclusion of a little series I rambled called Finding The W...

Hello friends. It's been a few weeks since I've a couple stones to throw into ye olde pod pond, but I'm back in the saddle. I thought I'd rap a bit about Finding The Why - which is a concept that is going to be important as we all make our way through the shifting sands of our current timeline. It's a two parter - so hang in there and grab some popcorn. I love you and appr...