Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe welcomes listeners into the warm and comforting world of the Vinyl Cafe. Each episode features stories about Canada’s favourite fictional family: Dave, Morley and the kids, narrated by the late Stuart McLean and recorded live in concert. For the first time ever, long-time producer Jess Milton shares rare, behind-the-scenes stories from her 15 years touring, travelling, laughing, and recording with her close friend Stuart.This is a world that is rooted in kindness, connection, and the laughter of recognition. A world that brings people together to rejoice in our ridiculousness. A world where we celebrate the small triumphs over the adversities of the everyday: like trying to find the perfect gift for someone you love, or the first Christmas without your sister; like trying to stage manage the school Christmas pageant, or trying to defrost a turkey with a hairdryer (we’ve all done that, right?).Join us. New episodes every Friday.www.vinylcafe.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
85 episodes transcribed“It was the greatest skate of her life.” Love is in the air today on the pod, with a Dave and Morley origin story—the one about how they first me...
“The secret to planting more trees, is to plant more trees.”We have two hilarious Vinyl Cafe stories for you on today’s pod. Stories of things that ha...
"Galway began flushing the toilet again in the autumn…"This week, two Dave and Morley stories that, in hindsight, seem strangely prescient. In the fir...
"It began simply enough. It began with a phone call." On today’s episode, two stories about technical difficulties. In our first story,...
I resolve to organize upstairs. Welcome back for Season 3 of Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe! We’re embracing the spirit of the New Year with a...
“Family and friends, they sure mess up our lives…”For our final episode of this season, two classic Vinyl Cafe Christmas stories by Stuart McLean. Dav...
“Come and get me, copper!” We’ve got to know Dave and Morley’s neighbours well over the years. This week, two stories about the neighbourhood at...
“I was thinking it would be fun if we made presents for each other this year” What’s the best gift you have ever received? On today’s p...
“Did you take the turkey out of the freezer?” Today is the day Dave Cooks the Turkey! Jess tells us why it gives her such pleasure to say those w...
“Jim never had any intention of having any pets at all” To be fair to the other household critters (and no, we’re not talking about headlice agai...
“You know how loud he snores? Ninety decibels. That’s the equivalent of sleeping beside a pneumatic drill.” This week, two stories about dogs. Oh...
“There’s something about the ghosts who live in the house where you live. Some kind of an inexpressible pull between the people who have lived and lov...
“Our daughter is living with a man who takes pictures of roadkill!” We’re dealing with difficult and weighty matters on this week’s episode. Yes,...
“Let me state the case for Hallowe’en” The nights are getting longer, the air is getting colder, so this week on the pod, two stories about the s...
“He was eye level with the falls…” This week on the show, something different. We’re playing one of Stuart McLean’s most requested stories and yo...
“That afternoon, in his first true act of citizenship, Dave wore five lacy bras across the border.” On today’s episode, Stuart tells two hi...
“When Stuart stepped off his bus and waved goodbye, he thought to himself: 'This guy deserves an award.'”Back by popular demand: it’s the Arthur...
“Dave thought, 'It will never get any better than this. Some people have God, and some people have money, and some people don’t have anything at all.&...
“He had, intentionally, set his bar low. Really low. And now someone was telling him he wasn’t even big enough to be small.” Today’s ep...
“Just one day, she wanted one of them to come home and say ‘Gee, lunch was good.’” On today’s episode, two stories about back to school: first a...
