Talking Is Dead

Download CCC36_-_PCTO23.mp3 Posted for CNDOP 2023. Apologies to Candice for so long a wait for posting. I have no excuse. Trust me. It's not a long con.

Download Canned_Con_Cast_35.mp3 We're back for CNDOP22 with a recording from this past summer's MMPR!

Download TiD51_-_Shit_Became_Real_for_Me_When_Santa_Died.mp3 A conversation about music, artistic process, and punching directions with Sean McGaughey!

Download CCC34_-_Northern_AM_Gold.mp3 On this infrequent episode...Candice goes all 70s with Barbra Amesbury's pop-laced Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do).Anthony decides to follow suit from the same era with the Canadian west-coast soul-tinged Wildflower by Skylark.

Download Gollamalloo.mp3 I've used the word "gollamalloo" as a user name for emails and online handles for years now. This song is where that word comes from.The song is basically an amalgam of weird and wacky events that occurred during parties I'd been to when I was younger. There are many nonsense words in here denoting the incomprehensible rambling of many of my fellows who were under the influence, or, in some cases, me being under the influence and perhaps ascribing such meaninglessness to what may have been cogent utterances.Gollamalloo!the intoxicant was passed effervescent to the lastdropped a notch or two along the evolutionary scalewormwood stole my cerebellum hid it in a shelland stopped the outbound Reason setting sailheart palpitating 13/8 as broadloom undertook a stateof liquefied marshmallow soup a hearty shade of pinkI quickly cried “Gollamalloo!” and paddled in vain with my shoebut directionless I tired an

Download 51_Pick_Up.mp3 A song about aliens and secret military bases... yep, that's about it for this one. Oh... includes a Quincy reference!51 Pick UpAcres upon acres of the arid desert land.The dryer of the driest may tag Ken more than the sand.The buzzard’s barbs so overhead it cawed its mortal caw.The rattlesnake crept from the rock to see what he had saw.That ball of fire burning unheeded by the clouds.The wind whipped up the silence and banged the drums aloud.My trail of disappearing steps approached me ever nearerAnd through a sheet of burning grains the painted sign was clearer.Come on in, roll on up to Area 51.A place of wonder. Full of sci-fi fun.The chariots of the gods on funky helicopter pads.A subsidized Shambala in the sun.Checked my bandana at the gate and took a sticky name tag.“Hello, my name is Alejandro du Magee",And my magic carpet gave it all searching for Brigadoon.I should’ve made that left at Albuq

Download Journey_to_the_Bottom_of_the_Dresser.mp3 When stuck one night for a song topic, I reached out onto the early interwebs (this was the 90s after all) and asked a friend for an idea. Their response was "fashion". The following was written from that spark.Journey to the Bottom of the DresserA jury of my peers strung a wire through my neckand hung me from the gallow’s pole behind the death camp’s folding door.The musty smell pervaded through my skin and overwhelmedall senses left remaining, slowly fading, slipped down to the floor.Ostensibly motionless dust gathers high on my remainsenshrined beneath the refuse.  I must wait an endless dayDenied the rite and ritual prescribed to those that left me here.I hearken to nostalgic times in purple haze - the glory years.I am a cotton blend, ¾ sleeved, technicolour concert shirt.My arms are white, my torso black, with tour dates on the back.I’ve smelled like weed for fifteen ye

Download 60_Seconds_on_59th.mp3 This song was a bit strange from the moment the music and lyrics came together. I normally write lyrics before music and the lyrics for this one are really depressing. The music, however, is rather upbeat. Don't remember if there was motivation for this intentionally or not. The song starts with a brief notice of a man committing suicide by hanging off the 59th Street Bridge (not feeling groovy). The remainder of the song talks about the minute which follows from the people who witness the event and how they deal with what they have witnessed.60 seconds on 59thHector tests his slip knot on crossbeam 17on the darker side of the 59th Street BridgeEsmerelda Jones heads home in her ’83 CorrollaOblivious to the crosshairs on her hoodFunky Phil assumed a groovy staggered lamppost slalomand spied a shadow perched akimbo on the iron tightropeSlipping on the cobblestones a headlight bore down on himBa

Download Tangerine_Frankenstein.mp3 Sitting around during the COVID-19 pandemic, I decided now would be a (good?) time to share old recordings of songs I've written and recorded. Many of these were written as long as 25 years ago and recorded almost as long ago. They are (at best) demo quality, but for a 4 to 5 minute share, I thought I'd help to fill people's podcast feeds on a more regular basis.There is no introduction or closing to each of these songs, just the song itself. I'll include the lyrics below if you can't quite believe what you might have heard me sing.Many of them are quirky, narrative, and quite frankly from a bizarre place. I share simply because, at a quarter century old, I'm really past what people might think of these. Consider this a pandemic online archiving process. I'll try to put out one a day.The first track is entitled Tangerine Frankenstein which, if I remember correctly, was inspired by reading

Download 08_-_How_Do_I_Survive.mp3 On this episode The MMD brings us his MM session, Amy Holland's How Do I Survive?Listen to the end of the episode to find out who's been tagged for the next episode!

Download CCC33_-_The_CanCon_Jobs.mp3 Can Candice and Anthony convince you of the CanCon nature of these songs?Procol Harum - Conquistador.Alice Cooper - The Ballad of Dwight Fry.

Download WAHC_-_Archiving_Unrest.mp3 A conversation with artist Michael Dirisio and Workers' Arts and Heritage Centre Program Director, Hitoko Okada about the Archiving Unrest exhibition surrounding worker uprisings across Canada in 1919.Royalty free music courtesy of of Hooksounds.

Download 07_-_Morning_Show_Theme.mp3 This week Jason @upinthisbrain Reese breaks the rules and digs deep into a Michael McDonald morning show theme! And Jason tags...

Download 06_-_21st_Century_Blues.mp3 On this episode Shane Birley brings us his MM session, Toto's 21st Century Blues from the album Toto XIV.Listen to the end of the episode to find out who's been tagged for the next episode!

Download CCC32_-_Canadian_Music_Fairy_Tales.mp3 On this episode...Candice is (Alannah) Myles ahead with Love Is... what you want it to be.Anth dons the CCC toque of obscurity with the Mynah Birds' It's My Time.

Download 05_-_Young_Blood.mp3 On this episode Candice Lepage brings us another MM session classic, Rickie Lee Jones' Young Blood from her eponymous debut LP.Listen to the end of the episode to find out who's been tagged for the next episode!

Download 04_-_One_Love_Stand.mp3 This week Heavy D of Grown Ass Book Reports brings us another MM session classic, Carly Simon's One Love Stand from her Another Passenger LP.Listen to the end of the episode to find out who's been tagged for the next episode!

Download 03_-_I_ll_Be_Over_You.mp3 This week Erinn White brings us another MM session classic, Toto's I'll Be Over You.Listen to the end of the episode to find out who's been tagged for the next episode!

Download 02_-_Good_Friends.mp3 Episode Two of the "Yah Mo Been There" podcast concerning the vast session work of Michael McDonald. This episode brought to you by Oliver Rockside. This is a tagcast project where the current episode's host tags the next host at the end of each episode. Stay tuned to who Oliver tags at the end of this one!Joni Mitchell's Good Friends from the Dog Eat Dog album.

Download 01_-_Yah_Mo_Be_There.mp3 Episode One of the "Yah Mo Been There" podcast concerning the vast session work of Michael McDonald. This episode brought to you by Anthony Marco. This is a tagcast project where the host tags the next host at the end of each episode. Stay tuned to who Anthony tags at the end of this one!James Ingram's Yah Mo B There from the It's Your Night album.