Our Liner Notes

This week we welcome Hinton McLeod of the newly formed Ouroboros podcast and his theme "Album People Haven't Heard Of". While Hinton gives us songs from a quirky 90's Swedish pop band (12:12), Chris plays cuts from a British hard rock band that's difficult to explain (20:47), and Paul spins tunes from a manufactured 70's album produced by a German mastermind (31:31). All this plus hating on the Sm...

This week we welcome back the incomparable Diamond Davie Maier of the Diamond Dave Show, Chronicles Unwritten and Diamond Minds and his theme "Country" - selected as a form of vengeance on Chris for ruining Matthew Good on his previous appearance! Dave kicks things off with selections from a country duo he heard while his ex-girlfriend was being swept away by his best friend (16:08), Paul plays tr...

This week we welcome Althea, producer for Podcasting 101, and her theme "3 Times a Charm - music you have purchased at least three times on various formats". While Althea selects cuts from a quirky 90's band that hit it big with songs about fruits and cats (12:26), Chris plays tracks from another 90's album made be geeks and nerds just like him (21:10), and Paul gives us songs off an album that ha...

This week we welcome everybody's favourite podcast fan, Jenn A and her theme "solo Artist". Getting right to it, we start off with Jenn's artist who left his band to pursue his own path (8:36), while Paul plays cuts off of a 4 song solo effort from a singer who was part of one of the biggest bands of the 80's (18:04) and Chris selects tracks from an artist that made an album while he was waiting f...

This weeks theme is "Band/Artist from the Maritimes". Chris features a greatest hits album from one of Canada's biggest East Coast bands of all time (19:10) while Paul selects tracks from a long serving solo artist from Nova Scotia (27:25). Also on this episode, where has the time gone? (2:11), definition of the Maritimes (5:46), 4/20 (11:51), Rita McNeil (34:24), what's Chris' album (38:00), Paul...

This week we are joined by Norm Mathers and his theme of "Guilty Pleasures" and later on are joined by David Maier of Diamond Minds, The Diamond Dave Show and Chronicles Unwritten. Norm brings an album from the 2000's brought to him by his girlfriend with questionable subtext (12:15), Paul tortures us with cuts from a pop/country album (24:48) and Chris selects songs from a whiny turn of the centu...

Thyis week, Chris and Paul switch eras and play albums from each others favourite decade. Chris plays cuts from a 70's album that was a cornerstone of the post-punk genre of music (16:30) while Paul plays tracks from one of the most quintessentially Canadian albums of the 90's if not ever(23:30). All this plus, stadium talk (4:17), future intro songs (8:50), Gym mishaps (12:25), warm up songs (38:...

This week on OLN, we welcome Chris' brother in-law Seb Hachey and his theme "Band You Didn't Like Until You Saw Them Live" and his album of symphonic metal that he didn't feel was metal enough (12:28). Paul selects tracks from a British band that influenced many popular artists that came afterwards (19:35) and Chris plays cuts from one of his all-time favourite guitar albums (31:18). All this plus...

This week we welcome Carl Landra of the 4th Line Podcast and his theme "Favourite Driving Albums". While Carl plays us a pop-country album he loves to sing along to in the car (8:09), Chris selects tracks from his favourite road trip Lp (23:46) and Paul plays cuts from a 90's album his son loves as much as he does (32:26). All this plus, truck-liner notes (3:23), North Carolina (6:21), why Chris d...

Under this week's theme of "Albums You Can't Find On Youtube or Spotify", Paul selects tracks from an LP who's members are from his home town (12:36) while Chris plays cuts from a British group that were part of initial discovery of UK music (23:12). All this plus Austin festivals (02:30), Cindy's birthday (06:30), impending scotch shortage (09:18), the Beatles (36:13), Chris's poor tech knowledge...

This week we are joined by the second half of the Hot Butter Podcast - Adam Postal and his theme of "Album that Changed the Way You Hear Music". Adam brings an album from his school days that takes him away from his Rap roots coupled with some more old-man bitching about the state of music (13:32) while Paul selects tracks from a 70's band that influenced the major players of the 90's (31:12) and...

This week we welcome Jen Milroy from the Full of Fibre Podcast and this week's theme of "Movie Soundtracks". She brings us orchestrated music from one of her favourite whimsical films, while Chris plays cuts from an album that was instrumental in sending him down his musical path. A lover of action and spy movies, Paul selects some blood pumping music from one of his favourites of the genre. All t...

With this week's theme of "album your wife got you into" we start off by discussing the importance of musical compatibility with your significant other. Then, Paul discovers an album on Cindy's iPod while doing some home painting and Chris is introduced to a band influenced by some of his favourite artists on a burnt disc Kristin encouraged him to listen to. All this plus road trips, last name sha...

This week the fellas host Bret Postal from Hot Butter Podcast and his theme of Rebellion! After unveiling the origin story of Paul's love of parody song making, Bret introduces us to an album he discovered at the tender age of 11 that kept him and the boys company through out their hockey playing careers. Meanwhile, Paul steps into the 90's with an album his son brought to him for his work-outs an...

This week we have on Matt McDonough from Passer's By Podcast with his chosen theme of "Album You Love on Vinyl". After blowing us away with his story of home engineering, Matt plays selections from an album that technology couldn't hold him back from - Chris brings cuts from a best of album for an artist that can't get airplay until 20 years after he releases his material and Paul plays songs from...

This week our theme is "Album You Bought On A Whim". We start off by discussing Chris' appearance last week on the Listening Party Podcast and all of the fun that was had there followed up with our tales of how we each found ourselves taking a chance on an unknown band. Paul returns to the 70's with an album featuring intense album art while Chris puts forth an album inspired by the 60's and India...

This week we have musician and podcaster Jason Ferguson from A Basement in Tulsa. Fresh off his appearance on the Listening Party Podcast, Jason elaborates further on his American Idol tryouts and explains how he quit music to concentrate on podcasting. Under the theme of "Live Album", Jason presents a band he saw early on in their career and wishes he had paid attention to when he had the chance...

This week we pay tribute to the life and music of David Bowie. We start by discussing how we were introduced to this amazing artist and then dive into some of his greatest tracks of the 70's and 80's. With a career as vast and diverse as Mr. Bowie's, this is an info heavy episode but we hope you find it as interesting to listen to as it was to research. That being said, we only really scratch the...

This week we are joined by none other than the legendary "Diamond" Dave Maier of Podcast W/O Borders, Diamond Minds, Inglorious Gentlemen's Club and Chronicles Unwritten. This week we begin with a discussion on the virtues of using Spotify free music service before diving into our theme of "Album You Didn't Like At First But Grew To Appreciate". David brings us one of his all-time favourite Canadi...

Paul returns from his Jamaican vacation and brings with him this weeks theme of "Acoustic Album". Happy and relaxed, though tired, Paul shares an LP that he discovered through a business acquaintance' phone in China while Chris plays tracks from one of the original Unplugged albums of the 90's. Oddly enough, the guys discover their two artists share a common love of the Delta Blues and none other...

While Paul is away on vacation (sorry folks, no funny intro this week) Mr. and Mrs. Maier take over hosting duties and take a (musical) trip of their own down to Southern California. After telling how their wedding day was almost ruined by a freak Washington rainstorm in Canadas' only desert, Kristin presents an album that laid the foundation for the "stand up to injustice" spirit she carries with...

Happy New Year! This week we pay tribute to the famous annual ball drop in Times Square with the theme "Bands of New York". Our guest, blogger and professional pod-guest, Agent (Jason) Palmer brings a quirky and cerebral album from a long standing NY duo and tells us of his personal visits to the great American city. Paul selects tracks from a classic rock staple that practically invented theatric...

This week we bring in none other than Mrs. Chris Maier, Kristin Mae, to help us celebrate our 1st Christmas extravaganza with some of our favourite Christmas albums! After discussing how we use Christmas tunes to get us in the festive mood in the absence of snow, Chris plays a few tracks from an album with a more modern spin on the classics, Paul gets his jazz groove on during his "alone" time and...

Ever heard a song that stopped you in your tracks and made you say, "I need to get this!!"? Our guest this week, the incomparable Henno Heitur of Angela's Awesome Podcast, Moving the Needle Podcast, Inglorious Gentelmen and probably a dozen more brings us the theme of "Fried Your Tree LP". After taking our hosts to school on studio recording and mastering, Henno talks about how a song on a juke bo...

This week has Paul and Chris push themselves out of their comfort zone by choosing albums under the theme "Post 2005". After discussing how they attempt to stay in the loop when it comes to modern music, Paul spins some tracks from an album he bought to accompany him on a family trip to Galveston TX and Chris plays his selections of an album passed to him by a music loving employee. Albums this we...