Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Cover Jams: Toronto Mike'd #342

Episode Date: June 1, 2018

Mike catches up with Elvis before they kick out their favourite cover jams.

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I'm Mike from torontomike.com, and joining me is Tupelo, Mississippi's very own Elvis. East Tupelo. What did I... Just for the record. Is that a different city? I think it might have been back then.

I don't think it is now. South Detroit. What does it say on your birth certificate. I don't think it is now. South Detroit. What does it say on your birth certificate in terms of place of birth? Toronto. It says Toronto. Well, I was born in Parkdale, which was old Toronto too. Like I was born in Toronto. But what is it?

Does it say Toronto? I think so. Because mine says York. Yeah, but York was different than Toronto. Correct. But I was born in Toronto, Toronto. Gotcha. I was just asking.

Oh, I'm defensive. Parkdale was always Toronto before. Yes. So what hospital is that? Humber River? Yes. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah. Because I grew up in York. So I remember when they were all voting for Art Eggleton. We were voting for Alan Tonks. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Those are two big names in the city of Toronto. Tonks was like a long time.

That guy was a mayor of York. Two big names in the city of Toronto. Tonks was like a long time, that guy was mayor of yours. Two big names in the city of Toronto. And Art Eggleton was like always, yeah, in my formative years, Eggleton was the mayor. Yeah, and then he went into provincial politics, yes? Maybe, probably. I think he did. Yeah, I think you're right. I think he was an MPP. And he's still alive, right?

He must be. I don't know if he must be. I mean, if he's dead, then we're really old. We're old, but not that old, I don't think. If he's dead, then we're really old. We're old, but not that old. Well, okay, he's probably alive, but 30 years ago, if you're like in your 50s, there's no slam dunk you're alive, brother.

Do the math. I hope he's alive. I'm feisty today. You are shot out of a cannon. Usually I'm the one who's an asshole. Holy moly. No, please don't mistake this passion for assholeism. He's a senator now. That's where they all asshole-ism. He's a senator now.

That's where they all go to die. He is a Canadian senator. How old is that man? Holy moly. Art Eggleton, please tell me. He's the longest serving mayor of the city of Toronto from 1980 to 1991. So you're right, absolutely our formative years. By the way, when you're done this, tell me if Alan Tonks is still alive.

I need him to be alive too. And he was not in provincial politics. He was in federal politics. He was an MP. He was an MP for 11 years. 11 years! Because Kretchen had a good run, and this city loved to go in red. And Ken Dryden was the MP in his writing after he was done.

He's still making his speech, I think. That's a good one, Mike. Dude, that guy could go on. Oh, my goodness. When Ken Dryden is on primetime sports, he just wanted to jerk the wheel and go into the car. I'll say this now. If Ken could speak with some kind of a passion, if he was half the speaker, even forget Obama

who's a great orator, but even a Trudeau, he would have been prime minister. I'm just saying that's the reason. Long story short, let's bring it back. Art Eggleton is 74 years old. That's it? Was he a kid when he was born in 1943? Do Alan

Tonks now, who is a long- longtime mayor of York before amalgamation. I'm excited because this was the guy. So my first time I voted for mayor, I voted, he was the guy who won. I don't remember who I voted. I probably voted for the guy. What did it matter? Alan Tonks, he also was a liberal MP for 11 years, also in the Crutch End Cabinet, I guess, or thing, office. You like that? I'm bringing that to the show.

Alvin Tonks is 75. They're kids, these guys. Honestly, I had him at so much older. He was the mayor of York from 82 to 87. Okay. And then he was the chairman of Metro Toronto, the last one, for 10 years, 87 to 97. Okay. And then he was the chairman of Metro Toronto, the last one, for 10 years. 87 to 97. Okay. So what is that?

That's kind of like the mayor of mayors, I guess, basically. Right. Yeah. I remember they had... Speaking of this, by the way... Metropolitan Toronto. Just last week, I was at old Etobicoke City Hall, because that's where they had this blood clinic.

And I was there, and that's where, I guess, it was Holiday, right? Holiday, I believe, was the guy I was there, and that's where, I guess, it was Holiday, right? Holiday, I believe, was the guy who was mayor forever. It's funny. Somebody, okay, where do I start with this? I was looking at the Edge website, the Edge, the radio station, the website from 1996. I was there yesterday, and I took a bunch of screen caps, and I was tweeting these things because I was like, oh, my God, this is how the site looked in 1996. And they had phone numbers on there, but they were seven digit phone numbers.

And this is 96. Didn't you think we went to 10 digits before 96? Mr. Google, when did we go to 10 digits? I guess not. 10 digits. So I grew up with seven, of course. So did you. We're similar ages, although I'm older.

But at some point, I remember as a young man, it switched to 10. And then now it's almost hard to remember we were ever seven digits. But yeah, in 1996, they put seven digits on the website. It looks like March 5th, 2001, because there's a Globe and Mail article that comes up. That recently? Starting March 5th, all Toronto residents will have to dial 10 digits.

See, my brain thought it was way earlier, just like I thought Art Eggleton was 95 years old. It's funny, the 416 code and the seven-digit phone number. So when we went to 10 digits, there was still only just 416, not 289 and 647. Because we were anticipating the future. Correct, the future. That really screwed up Pizza Pizza, right? Because they had that whole jingle.

Yeah, that's right. Like, you can't stick a 416 in there. That's right. Really messed them up. I saw you can't stick a 416 in there. That's right. Really messed them up. The, I saw, like, you tweeted, I think it was a tweet,

maybe it was an Instagram. I can't keep track of your social media happening. It's not like, I'm not prolific. You're pretty, well, you know,

you, I don't know, soon we'll discuss that your secret identity slipped out in a previous episode. But, you were at

my Cape Breton. I was in Cape Breton. In Ganesh, where I saw the final hip concert. Oh, really? You were? That's where I watched it, yeah. I had no idea that it was big enough to host the hip. Where would they have actually played?

It was a television, and I was streaming the final show from Kingston on CBC. Oh, I see. So, yes. You're right. Wherever they play. Someone's backyard or whatever. Right, okay. So, what is this?

A race? A big... Tell me what this was. I'm interested because I like Cape Breton and I like you and I like racing. This is the second year I've done this. It's the Cabot Trail Relay. So, do you know what the Cabot Trail is, Mike? I drove it. So, it's an infamous road, of course.

Infamous means it's got like a negativeness to it. Well, when you're fucking running on it, it's fucking infamous. So I can't remember how long the actual race is, like 300 and some odd kilometers. What did you run? So it's broken up into 17 different legs over the course of, I don't know, a day and a half. Start at 7 a.m. on Saturday. Over the course of, I don't know, a day and a half. Start at 7 a.m. on Saturday. And so I have 16 teammates.

And it's a logistical sort of nightmare slash beautiful thing. And I ran leg number five, which is a 17 and a half rolling hill leg, which, as you know, rolling hills at the Cabot Trail is pretty intense. As a team, you race up, you know, like three of the legs are really going up mountains. It's pretty crazy. So, yeah, I love it. It's just a great race because you're spending, you know, a lot of time in minivans supporting your teammates. There's not a lot of sleep. But how many kilometers of hills?

I know hills makes it much, much more difficult. But how many kilometers did you run? I had 17 and a, much more difficult, but how many kilometers did you run? I had 17 and a half kilometers. Oh, sorry. It was my leg. Okay, I got you. My leg was the longest leg is 20. The shortest leg, I think, is 14. Very good. That's exciting. I know you might have told me this last year, but I forgot you told me, so it's new to me again.

That's all good. Sort of like a day. I love the race. It's 70 teams. This is a fun fact. Okay. 70 teams, right? So some teams will get some runners to double up on legs, but let's just imagine it's 70 teams of 17 people each team. At the end of the race, we all go into the local hockey arena and the local Lions and Lionesses clubs serve us lunch and you have a choice of veggie steak or lobster i thought it'd be like egg salad and there's like 1400 people i think that are in the hockey arena eating the entire town of bedeck where it where this actually is only has 700 residents wow that is a fun fact so there's like double the amount of people in this hockey arena getting fed by the Lions

Club. And you're all really hungry because you're racing. And you're tired too because some of us pull all-nighters. Yeah, it's pretty gross because they bring in literally coolers and the steaks are just piled inside the coolers. You're in the hockey arena. They're not cooking

in the arena. Also, you're a vegetarian. I had a wrap and a couple of different salads. I once wrote a rap when I was a kid. My son knows it off my heart. Excellent. Good for you. That's really cool. Cape Breton, gorgeous.

I did drive that cab. That was a while ago now. All the kids were alive, so it was in the last two years. That's how cool. Cape Red and gorgeous. I did drive that cab. That was a while ago now. Well, all the kids were alive, so it was in the last two years. That's how I measure time. Born, you mean. Also alive. Yes. Don't be so pedantic. Please. I'm so glad you're here.

I don't mean to be feisty with you, but life comes at you fast. I'm just dealing with everything. That's exciting. I have another thing in my notes I'm going to save because Brian's going to ask you about it. But I'm going to share some good news with you and with the audience.

So this is a good excuse to play some Nanima Scurry. I have interesting good news, I'd say. So I've been telling everybody that Camp Turnasol signed up for three months because people sign their kids up for camp in March, April, and May. This is the core. Ah, yeah, okay.

Right? So from the get-go, we're doing three months because this is the three months. I was happy to have three months of sponsorship from Camp Ternasol, but then I got great word from the Camp Ternasol people that they are very happy

with the results. Wow. This is good news, right? That's great. Because I had no idea because I always say, please use the promo code Mike because that's how

they're tracking everything. Of course, right. But I always worry someone might sign up and forget to use Mike. And, oh, no. But people are signing up using Mike. And Camp Ternus was happy. And now they're thinking there might be some stragglers. Like, yes, you sign up for your kid March, April, May.

But there's always those parents, like, you know, who don't get to it until June. Sure. So they wanted to do another month. Oh, look at you. So we get to it till june sure so they wanted to do another month oh look at you we get to hear more nanomascari in june are they are you sure they're not just tracking everyone who registered whose name is mike that's a lot it's not just the promo code mike well the parents would parents and grandparents would be named mike but i noticed a decline in the youngsters today there's less mics mics now. Well, maybe if it's a French camp,

they're also including Michelle. Right. That's what I think. Possibly true. I don't care. I'm happy to have them on board regardless. Well, that's lovely. Yes, it is. Lovely was the exact word I was searching for. You know, they're the reason I stopped the... Because we're going to

kick out the jams. We're going to kick out the covers today. But I stopped the... Because we're going to kick out the jams. We're going to kick out the covers today. But I stopped the mofo drop at the beginning out of respect for Camp Ternasol. And nobody called me out on it. Nobody wrote me and said, I missed the mofo that used to drop

at the beginning of Kick Out the Jam episodes. Nobody said, hey, where is it? I need it back. So it's out while Camp Ternasol is a sponsor. Oh dear. Should we be upset? Well clearly no one cares. No one cared enough to tell me to put it back.

No one's upset about it. No one even noticed. But Camp Tournesol, so here's what I ask people to do. If you haven't yet registered your child between the ages of 4 and 14 for Camp Tournesol, do it now. Now's the time. You're running out of time.

School's over at the end of this month. You've got to book them in their French camp this summer. But use the promo code Mike. That's everything for these sponsors. So if you don't want to become a patron of Toronto Mike at patreon.com slash torontomike, do this because this is, it tells sponsors that they're sponsoring

this independent passion project works for them. So, go to campt.ca and put your child in French camp. Promo code Mike. You save some money too by using the promo code Mike. It doesn't just help me, it helps you as well. Is Patreon still taking that 80%

tax? No, they cancel that. They don't do that. Speaking of Patreon, I know I have to protect the patrons. I don't have enough of them. I need to have Jesse Brown numbers and I don't. Let's put it that way. But I did host,

this is kind of interesting for those who are patrons. I sent a special link via email and via patreon.com and this link allowed you to join a an exclusive call that took place on wednesday night at 8 p.m so now we're recording on friday so two days ago and we had some technical beta testing this app to do it and there were some so you were recording it and the idea was that this was going to go to a podcast no No. Oh, okay. It was recorded through the app.

Gotcha. If you have the special link, you can go there and hear the hour, actually. You can hear it all, which is kind of neat. So even if you're a Patreon who couldn't make the call, click that link now. This is for you, Rick C. in Oakville, and you will hear that call. At the beginning, it's kind of interesting because I listen back, and it's like you can hear the play-by-play of my technical issues. But then we got it going, and people joined the call,

people who I've never heard their voices before, people like this gentleman, Jason Beattie, who likes to post as Beats, and he likes to bust my chops like he's a longtime buddy. I heard his voice for the first time Wednesday, and people joined this call. Your name came up. Somebody wanted to hear you on the call.

I can't wait to hear how you on the call. So did you? Okay. I can't wait to hear how you handled this one. Well, first of all, you're not a patron. Right. Did you throw me under the bus? You're not a patron. So you didn't get the link.

But here's what I was thinking. Right now, I already. What did they? Can you tell me what they wanted to know specifically? Or did they just say, how come Elvis is not here? They wanted to hear you. Somebody wanted to hear Brian from propertyinthesix.com. But he had a softball game that night, so he couldn't be on the call. Gotcha.

They like to hear the regulars. These are not the 30 million regular listeners. These are the patrons. These are the people who've invested. Right. Can we not use that word? It's such a horrible word. What word?

Patron. But they're called Can we not use that word? It's such a horrible word. What word? Patreon. But that's what... But they're called patrons with a capital P. It's so... Like... Anyway. Listen, I didn't invent that name.

Yeah. But okay. In fact, some are not using Patreon like Miriam, who is a listener. And Miriam still got the link. She just EMTs you the money? Right.

Right. So if you bring unmarked bills in a paper bag, or if you email me money, or if you send a check, I'll still send you the link. And if Dale is listening, you're going to be on the next one, buddy.

I screwed up because I put out a call. Like, if you didn't get the link, but you have given me any money towards this project, let me know and I'll send you the link. He didn't do that. And I didn't have him on my list because I exported my list from Patreon and then I added some people I knew emailed me the money.

But I missed some people who sent me a check because there was no digital trail of this in my record keeping. So Dale's going to get a link to the next one. Dale, I want to hear your voice in the next one. So there will be another one. The developers are fixing the bugs. I had a full Slack. I had a Slack chat that night where I was explaining all my bugs and they're fixing

them now because we're beta testing the thing. So we're going to do it again. Would you join the next call from your North Oshawa estate? Well, I can't guarantee you that it would be from there, but I'm happy to join. I want it to be from there. I don't care where you are. Right. Well, you specifically mentioned North Oshawa. I mean, yeah, I'll join. I'd love to. I enjoy talking with people.

I find it curious that my name would come up, but hey. I think the people who invest in that level actually do listen to the Elvis episodes. That is the Elvis crowd but hey, I appreciate it. I think the people who invest in that level actually do listen to the Elvis episodes. That is the Elvis crowd. Listen, I appreciate it. Now, I'm going to run through some episodes you missed.

All right. And then we'll catch up on some other stuff. Yeah, I feel, also you've set me up here to fail miserably because you tweeted a huge list. Right. And some bozo decided to remind everyone that I don't listen to these things. Well, that's right. Sorry, this came up on the Patreon call, too. I think Miriam asked it.

Like why I don't listen? Yeah, like why doesn't Elvis listen to the podcast when he... Yeah, exactly. So tell the people now they're listening. So I don't listen to podcasts, period, for the most part. There are some that I will occasionally listen to. Like if Joe Rogan has someone I want are some that i will occasionally listen to like if joe rogan has someone i want to listen to i'll listen to that i i did try and listen to

a bunch of true crime ones and i got through some of those but um i'm not a i i i consume howard stern on my phone um and so i listen to those shows. That's about, what is that? 15 hours a week. And then the rest of it is music. So I'm not a big podcast guy for one. And then two, as much as I love the idea of your podcast, Mike, I really do think that I talk about your podcast all the time. I'm not super jazzed about some of the people that you talk to. Well, here, let's run through the list of people who have been on the show since your last episode. So, similar to Joe Rogan, when there is someone I want

to listen to, I do invest the time and I listen to it. Because even if you're not super jazzed about the guest, I'm also on the podcast. You're friends. I know. I listen. I tell people about it. I support you. So, here, this is since Elvis' last appearance. Correct.

Here we go. Gord Depp from Spoons. No. Oh, you're missing out, buddy. This is deja vu all over again. Oh, my God. Then there was a quarterly visit from Mark Weisblatt from 1236. Nope, but I say every time.

I subscribe to his newsletter. Love the newsletter. This is not good. I want people to think this is a podcast worth listening to. It absolutely is. Okay, here's one. I'm going to get you. Yeah.

What a great episode. Ken Daniels. Nope. Oh, my God. He opened up about the death of his young son. It was very emotional. Very interesting trip down memory lane. He worked at 1430, 590. He was on CBC Sports.

You still didn't listen to Ken Daniels. What an episode. I did not. I heard it was good. Ryan Doyle and Mad Dog together, the drive home people from 1010. So that's when I did download because Mad Dog is a great fucking interview.

He's been in here before. And remember, we had this whole conversation about Mad Dog. I didn't really enjoy him. And this is his third visit. I didn't enjoy him as a human being. No, no, no, no. Jesus didn't really enjoy him. This is his third visit. I didn't enjoy him as a human being. No, no, no, no. Jesus. It's a broadcaster.

As a broadcaster, but after listening to him, I had new respect for him. And it's not that I don't think he's a great broadcaster, but he's not the kind of broadcaster that I'm into. But you did not listen yet to Ryan. I have not. No, but it's on my phone. Al Joins from Q107.

On my phone. I'm a big Al Joins fan. All three of these guys are you going to mention here. Well, Andy's was way back in November. Right. Yeah. He won't be on this list.

But yeah. So no, I haven't, but I will. Absolutely. Tara Sloan speaking. Oh, that was before we started recording. We were talking about hometown hockey, but that wasn't on the recording. Oh, that's right. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah. Speaking of hometown hockey, they're like, when did we talk

about that? Tara Sloan, also from Joy Drop. Yeah. Nope. Didn't listen. That's a good one, too. Because you get the sports media thing, you get the rock and roll thing. Right, right, right. You're missing out. Richard Krause. What an interview. You know what I do is I do consume the photos. I do enjoy

watching or looking at your photos. Because you're the one who, historically, you told me I take a terrible photo. You know what i do is i do consume the photos i do enjoy watching or looking at your photos because you're the one who historically you told me i take a terrible photo you know what i don't know what happened but you're taking i learned where to look you're taking better photos the bottom left corner is where you usually it's not it's not even that you usually look like you're fucking mars or something in your photos but now you're much better i don't really know how to smile it looks like it looks like you had a butt plug in for a lot of those photos. But it's getting better, right?

Yeah. Good, because I'm next to Kim Kardashian. I'm the most selfie guy in the world. Yeah, clearly. Okay, so. No. By the way, he's a Maritimer. You were just there.

Yeah, I was just saying, might as well listen to the podcast. You might as well listen. He's from Nova Scotia or something. Wow, you're missing out on Richard Krauss. What an episode. I'm sure it was great. Gord fucking Stelic.

Loved it. So you listened? In fact, that... Do I have a sound effect? Go ahead. Do-do-do-do! The Tim and Sid one. Breaking news.

Toronto mic'd. Elvis has listened to the Gord. That was two and a half hours, right? Yeah, that was intense. Breaking news at this hour. Elvis reveals he listened to Gord Stelic. Great fucking job, man. Great job.

But you see, when you do listen, you hear yourself know. When you listen, you say, great fucking job. Awesome episode. I know, but I. You might say that to others. I know, but I... You might say that to others. I know, but Mike, I'm genuinely interested in Gord Stelic and what he has to say. All right. I grew up with Gord Stelic listening to him on the fan.

So did I. Lunchbag letdown. Lunchbag letdown. Fucking great. Oh, my God. I'm doing my Jerry Seinfeld. He's so great. All right.

Now, I predicted... So I got that question on the Patreon call. Which episodes did Elvis listen to? And I said, I haven't talked to him yet, but my guess is Stelic. And I said, and I also think he listened to Dan Shulman. Cue the music, because that was a fucking great episode as well. Breaking news at this hour. Elvis also listened to Dan Shulman.

And I was right. And no spoiler alert, but I predicted those were the only two you listened to. Don't tell me. I'm not going to give it away. And they were back to back, which is kind of interesting. Because I think you told me off mic

that you thought maybe Gordon Stelic was the biggest name I'd ever had on the program. Yes. Yep. And then I told you on Google Hangouts, I said, I don't think it's the biggest name I have on this week. Yes, that's right. That's right. You had a big week, but here's why I would think. So I think it's a legitimate debate to suggest Gord Stelic versus Dan Schulman in terms of, um, name, you know, the, the, the size of that guest. Um, I still would put even though dan shulman trumps gourd in terms of broadcasting because he was sunday night baseball on espn that's a pretty huge

fucking platform gourd stelic still was a general manager of a national hockey league team and i think that's a big win dude that's a big win it's an interesting debate to have. He was a professional sports executive. Yep. You're right. I would argue Shulman is the bigger, more famous North American person on that list. I think if you're going to go that way then, though, I would say your top three, you add in Ron McLean there. Ron McLean is Canada famous. Yes. But Dan Shulman is North American famous.

All right. Good debate to have, though. You'd also have to put for older folks. You'd have to put what's his name? No offense to him, but Pen Flip guy. Oh, Dave Hodge. Dave Hodge. Yeah.

Right. Of course. You're right for older folks. He'd be in the... What's that fucking... What about Brian Williams? Mr. Olympics. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's a big Canada famous guy. That's probably your five Maybe I'm gonna Look at the whole list That's a good fun game I still think that the one That you're missing Is Don Cherry

But he's old Don Cherry I don't know if I can get That guy in my basement Don Cherry Without a risk of injury Or something He could hit his head

Here and die Don Cherry and Bob McCowan Well Bob I've tried I know I've never ever Asked Don actually You've never asked Don? Never.

I don't know how to get to the guy. I don't think he's very tapped in. You have to go through his son, right? I don't know. Somebody does the tweets for him. I believe his son is the one that runs his... I'm not sure if his son runs Twitter, but his son runs his empire, doesn't he?

Probably. Tim, right? Yeah, Tim. But there's a woman who tweets, so he sends his tweet to a woman who does it. And I think she's a producer at CBC or something like that. Could be. Okay, let me reach out and see what I can do.

Maybe I'll get Don Cherry in my basement. That'd be amazing, dude. I want Hazel McCallion, too. I met Don Cherry. I went to a Rock'em Sock'em video signing at Canadian Tire. And he signed my VHS copy of Rock'em Sock'em. That was an annual gift. That was a Christmas gift every year.

I love Rock'em Sock'em. Yeah, it came up in a recent episode. I think they still do them too, which is crazy to think because it's... It's a stream now. You can't imagine that it sells, but it does. I mean, they wouldn't still keep going if it didn't sell. The great, I think it was Stephen Brunt,

told me, and this must relate to videos as well, but he said the only books that sell in this country beyond the 1%, Margaret Atwood people or whatever, the only books that sell in this country are hockey books that are out in time for Christmas gifts. That is it. Everything else you don't make money on. So it's probably the same for videos. Okay. So thank you.

That's two in a row you listen to gordon dan and i thought the dan one it includes that uh revelation about how he got the gig at espn radio which uh i put into the youtube the toronto mic youtube account because uh it's mind-blowingly amazing that story of how he got called by accident and ended up with the espn radio gig you heard that story on the Dan Schulman episode. Yes, yes, yes. Which is amazing, right? It's crazy.

The whole thing, I mean, he's just... Someone's tuning in Albany from Connecticut in 580 in Albany and ends up accidentally tuning in this 590 in Toronto, and then here's Dan Schulman. Dude, Rock'em Sock'em is up to number 29. Can't wait. Maybe I'll get him in to promote episode number 30, to promote his 30th installment.

So crazy. Crazy. Michael Hainsworth came on to talk about why he was leaving BNN after so many years. But I know you didn't listen. I did not listen to that. No, you didn't. Okay. I met him.

He does a podcast of Alan Cross, and I was with Alan Cross yesterday at a Twitter Canada event. Oh, nice. Very good. I looked Alan Cross and I was with Alan Cross yesterday at a Twitter Canada event. Oh, nice. Very good. We both, I looked at him and I said, I don't belong here because everybody was like cool looking.

Like they rolled kind of dressed up and cool and young. And, and I was there and my, I biked over in my shorts and t-shirt and I really felt out of place to be honest. But he, he came in and I was happy to see him because, Hey,

there's like a friend. And I went up to him. We had a good chat. We talked about his dog in 1996. That was on that old edge website. And he said to me i feel the exact same way like we just felt like ducks out of water there but you know quack quack anyway we uh we were hanging out yesterday bill brio who covers television great good episode too the band acid test i saw the pictures but no the pictures you see all the pictures i did do. I do enjoy looking at the pictures.

Matt Elliott, who covers city politics. He's a great writer about Toronto city politics. Did you know? Ralph Ben-Murgy. I'm not interested in... Ralph Ben-Murgy or Toronto city? I really

enjoyed the picture. We're not reviewing pictures here. I was not. What show? What do I know him from? What's his show? Friday Night with Ralph Ben-Murgy. Yeah, so it was kind of...

In the early 90s. It was like the precursor to the Mike Bullard show, right? It was, yeah. It was the CBC's attempt, yes. It was CBC's attempt to have a Canadian late night talk show. Right. Can we talk about Mike Bullard? Holy moly. Yeah, yeah. You want the CBC's attempt, yes. Right, right, right. It was the CBC's attempt to have a Canadian talk, late night talk show. Right. Can we talk about Mike Bullard? Holy moly.

Yeah, yeah. You want to talk about Bullard? Yeah. Wow. So he got some more charges. I guess he didn't obey his rules or whatever. Yeah, but the, it's so, it's fascinating because his, I don't know what you call it, surrogate or whatever, the person that he was-

Whoever has to look out for him. Yeah, was his- Brantford. Ex-wife or girlfriend or whatever. But then the charges are related to this particular woman and now he can't go near her and now he has four of them. Right. That woman, we can say, I mean, this

is public record now. I've seen it in a lot of articles. Cynthia Mulligan. Okay. Right. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. She's on City TV or something like that. I was reaching out to have her on. I think this messed up. She was going to come on and then this came out of the thing and then she kind of retreated back and said, not now, which I kind of understand. Yeah, no kidding. So what is it?

Like his brother, sister-in-law, his friend who's a doctor, and someone else. Yeah, the brother-in-law's famous. Well, who is it? Somebody whose name I knew. But he's in the middle of nowhere right now, isn't he? He can't do anything. He's got to hang out in Brantford. Brantford or Bradford? No, it's Brantford. No, Bradford. Bradford? No, the one where Gretzky's

from. Brantford. Not Bradford. Bradford's No, it's Bradford. No, Bradford. Bradford. No, the one where Gretzky's from. Bradford. Bradford. Bradford. Where Gretzky's from. Not Bradford. Bradford's different. I know Bradford. Right.

My grandmother used to do her grocery shopping in Bradford. Oh, good. She lived in Guilford. From Toronto? No, from Guilford, which was 89, the Cookston-Alliston Mall. And then 88 is the Bradford exit. So you kind of had to drop south and do the grocery shopping. All right.

But Bradford, the home of Wayne Gretz drop south and do the grocery shopping. All right. But Brantford, the home of Wayne Gretzky, and somebody who's on the show recently who came from Brantford, and I can't, oh, maybe I'll get to this name later and I'll remember. But John Scholes,

I don't know, it doesn't matter. It'd be amazing if he got Bullard in here. Well, he wants to come on, but I guess he's got to wait until this gets all resolved. But I'll get him on

if he wants to come on. It'd be great. But I will not. I remember watching his show. I used to watch his show. Open mic. Yeah. Which I'll get him on if he wants to come on. It'd be great. But I will not. I remember watching his show. I used to watch his show. Open Mic. Yeah. Which I call my Friday blog entry. And it was at the Masonic Temple. Right. The little concert hall at

888 Young, I think that is. Yeah. A lot of... I'm looking at Maestro's picture now. I gaze into his dreamy eyes sometimes for inspiration. But there were a lot of early hip-hop shows at the concert hall. Yeah, there was. DJ Ron Nelson used to bring those. All right. So you did not listen to Ralph Ben-Murray. That's a good one, too.

He's very spiritual. All right. Great. Come on. I'm sure it's great. Here's what you've got to listen to. My new BFF, My Neighbor. Oh, this is on my phone. Biff Naked. Oh, I love Biff Naked. She's in the know-go. I love Biff Naked so much. This is one she's in Namco I love Biff Naked so much

this is one that's on my list for sure Mike so I haven't listened and it was good I think and she's going to come back and we hit it off I love her so much Spaceman oh my goodness

and there's a dance remix right yeah the dance remix oh my goodness anyway Jay Onright I did not listen do you ever watch Jay and Dan i know you don't have a cable i don't have cable uh did you ever watch jay and dan back not really you know we have a tv on

in the lunchroom uh lunchroom that sounds so like 90s uh high school yeah uh we have a way so tsn is generally the it guy puts tsn on usually so i i see them from a distance, but I don't listen to them. They're fine and clearly successful. You miss Hebsey and Taddy on Sportsline. I'm not the kind of guy who likes my anchors to be jokey.

To be funny? Yeah. It's not my thing. It's fine. It's great. You take sports very seriously. You don't want the shtick there. If my sportscaster was to be a M don't want the shtick there. You just give me the plays. You know, if my sportscaster was to be a Muppet, it would be the Eagle who delivered the news in the Muppets. Very good.

Mine would be, I want those two old guys in the Muppets. Right. Right. Exactly. Wallingford and whatever. So, I'd love to hear the, I mean, maybe we do this off the air, but I'd love to, like, did they, because I know you had, what's his name on too? Oh, yeah.

It's coming. Don't spoil it. Oh, sorry. So, Jay Onright came on to kick out the jams it was his second visit oh okay good again chemistry off the hook good

yeah I heard I heard and wasn't it your longest episode or something no that's that's the other one oh the other guy

so Jay was great second time honestly great but at the same time so I'm like I was talking to Jay Jay's on and I'm like you know Dan

I thought Dan was coming on he never responded I never hear from Dan. Dan's in like near Peterborough in a place called Orono. Oh, yeah, Orono. That's where he lives. My barber's from there. That's where Brian Bickle's from.

He's called the Orono barber. And Dan O'Toole is the mayor of Orono. I don't think he's really there, but that's what we call him. It's on his Wikipedia page. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. Nice. So anyway, I'm like, I didn't know.

I was like really like clicking with Jay. And I'm like, I'm not, how could I ever like, and like clicking with jay and i'm like i'm not how could i ever like oh i and then jay talked to dan and said go do this guy's show this is the best show in the world better than ours go do it do it and then dan like did it we'll get to that in a minute so sean fitzgerald came on to kick out the jams he writes for the athletic yes no so yes he was on but no he did not listen i did watch the. You did see the picture. Yes, I did. I did see the picture. Here's a throwback for you.

Wacko Macko, Evelyn Macko was on. Yeah, no. This really is good for my ego. It keeps me in check. I don't understand why you do that. No, it's good. It lets people listening know the episodes. People like to know if Elvis listened.

People cherry pick these episodes. So the guys who are looking for the showman and the stelic are not listening anyway. So this is for people who know what they're getting. So it's not like they're going to be surprised. Okay. Amazing. Splashin' Boots came over for a second time. Super exciting.

Super exciting. What is with Boots and the photos? She's a free spirit. And she gives the best hugs. I've had a lot of, sometimes I never, I never, if I don't know you,

like as a friend or whatever, I never instigate the hug when the woman comes into my basement. Was it Nipplegate the first time? What was it again? Yeah, it was Nipplegate. Did you talk to her about this? Does she know about this raging debate online?

No, I didn't mention it because I didn't want to be a creepy guy. Yeah, not true. And I never, it's true. So if a woman comes over, and I've had lots of beautiful women on this podcast, I never instigate the hug. Right, that's probably a good move.

I'll do a handshake. But sometimes the woman, they instigate the hug, which I go in for. I like hugs. Boots is a big time hugger. And she's a free, I'm going to say this, she's a i'm gonna say this she's a free spirit sure certain parts certain things she won't wear when she's out of her uniform okay that's all i'm gonna say never wears sure i saw a lot sure not a creep is like completely i'm not come on that's

not a creep sure uh so yeah splash of boots was great. I forgot. Was Splash even there? I don't remember. Yeah. Don't remember. Don't remember. He's a good guy, too. Terry Hart. I know. She's a beautiful woman. You're all beautiful.

All right. Terry Hart is not Corey Hart. You got excited for a moment, but then you remember. Or Brett the Hitman Hart. Yes. Or we can keep doing this. Do you know Brett the Hitman Hart just got an honorary degree? I think from SMU. It means nothing if it's honorary. Throw it in the garbage. I remember Hitman Hart just got an honorary degree? I think from SMU.

Means nothing if it's honorary. Throw it in the garbage. I remember Cito Gaston got an honorary degree from U of T. That doesn't count. You have to earn your degrees. Whatever. Jason Agnew came back. Good.

Angrier than ever. Was he really? Well, that's his nickname on his wrestling podcast. He called himself Angry Agnew. You said there was some sort of thing about law controversy? Yeah. Law got cancelled. They cancelled the live audio wrestling that Jeff Merrick started. And then when Jeff Merrick moved on to be Hockeyman, Agnew took over. And was it on the TV or radio or podcast? No, it was definitely not TV, but it was radio. And this company that bought something or other

and took over law canceled it. So there is no more live audio wrestling. So Agnew basically was without a home and he started his own wrestling venture, which airs on the Hamilton TSN. Oh, wow. Which is 1150, I think. And it's on, I don't know, Sunday nights, I want to say. Yeah, that's usually when it was, wasn't it?

Sunday nights? Yeah, I think he calls it Sunday main event or something. But Agnew came on and he's also in that Tim... Well, you don't have cable, but you watch any NHL playoffs? Yeah, yeah, when it's on CBC. Do you see... Oh, yeah, that's right. Of course, it's on CBC.

Yeah. Do you see the commercial where... The Tim Hortons commercial where he's like, how is this coffee made? And then they go to Columbia, and then the guy at the end goes, hmm, how do you make the donuts? You ever see that commercial? No.

Okay, it's on 20 times a hockey game. That is him. Columbia and then the guy at the end goes, how do you make the donuts? You ever see that commercial? No. Okay. It's on 20 times a hockey game. That is him. He's the guy. How do you make it? Wow. Look at you. Thank you.

Look at him. Look at him. Everyone look at Agnew. Sure. There's a lot of episodes that you were last here. Steven LeDrew is here. Yeah. That's a big name, right?

That's a big name. That's a big name. And a controversial name. Yeah. Was he controversial? Does he understand why he's controversial? He basically said this woman, whose name I can't remember, who was in charge at CP24, never liked him and was looking for a reason to get rid of him.

And then he gave her a reason. That's what he says. And he says if he didn't give her that reason, she would have found a different reason. This is what Stephen LeJoux says. All right. It was interesting. He got on the show because, and I'll tell you about this in a minute,

Ann Romer said to me, you should have my friend Stephen on. And she gave me his email and then I wrote him and said, Ann says you should come on and do Toronto Mike. And he said, like, I'll be there in an hour

or whatever. Wow. So Stephen LeGru. Wow. Cool. That's a big name. Lots of glasses. And he dressed in his costume.

Well, he didn't wear a bow tie. He wore the glasses. He had glasses, didn't he, in the picture. Well, he didn't wear a bow tie. He wore glasses. He had glasses, didn't he, in the picture? Yes, but his costume needs a bow tie. Sure, that's fair. He didn't wear that. Okay, fair. I can't remember the photo exactly. I thought you were the photo. But he's clearly, I mean, to me,

he was dressed in a costume in the sense that he looked recognizable to me. Now, talk to me about... Because that is interesting. These photos are interesting because you see these guys and gals dressed up on air, right? And it can be like, hey, wow, this is what they look like in sort of their real life, like with a t-shirt or, you know, like sunglasses or super casual outside on your lawn. And then you also have another group of people that you never see because they're behind

the scenes or whatever the case may be. And it's like, oh, wow, cool. This is interesting to see what they look like. See, I wish I could go back. I really do like the photos. Do it from the get-go. Because in the first, I don't know, first 150 episodes, I took some photos. No pictures.

Oh, some. I have Strombo. I have some. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your boyfriend. But for example, I couldn't say no to that. Aaron Davis, for example, comes over. You have no picture.

No picture of Aaron Davis oh no I know there's a few like that can you get her back well she's in Victoria now oh yeah right so I have to

get on a plane yeah get that photo well I can go take it for you if you want would you mind photoshop me I'll do that

yeah sure I'll do that we can do that one more here three more John Scholes from Q107 came over again

like Al joins on my list. It's on my phone. I will listen. Elvis, do you remember the 1990s alternative rock band, Rusty? Yes, I do. I really liked Rusty. We probably talked about this before, but you know how like, you know how Rusty was just another one of these CanCon bands?

To me, I had them on a different level where this album, Fluke, which we're listening to Wake Me From, every cut I loved and was like, like,

still love. I really, really like Rusty. So you feel like this is a band that you would like even if you weren't Canadian? Because there's some of those bands, Yeah,

I don't even know why they weren't big in the States because I don't know what's Canadian about this sound right here. This is my, we're similar ages, but this style of music appeals to me.

There's a couple of bands that sort of like, and I listen, I don't want to hate mail or anything, but there's a couple of bands that, you know, are Canadian that I feel like are popular because they're Canadian, right? Like,

uh, cowboy junkies and blue rodeo and, you know, great Canadian that I feel like are popular because they're Canadian, right? Like Cowboy Junkies and Blue Rodeo and, you know, Great Big Sea. I mean, they're fine. They're fine. I have no problem with them. But if I was in the U.S., I wouldn't, like, know who they are. No, those are good examples. I mean, you're right. The Blue Rodeo is kind of a country rock thing, so.

Right. But people love them. Yeah, because they're good. Like, what's his name? Jim Cuddy still goes around the country and sells out, you know, theaters and stuff. But the knock against the hip was that they sounded too Canadian. Right. They were singing about Canadian stuff.

Yeah, they didn't fucking care. But Rusty, this song is called Wake Me. Yeah, this sounds like a 90s. Anyway, they didn't have a lot of success in the States. 90 cents anyway they didn't have a lot of success in the States

but they all all three of them came over including the lead singer and the two two of the founding members Scott and Ken came over on Saturday

last Saturday they came over here how was that? it was a fantastic did you listen to the rest of the episode? I did not oh man

shit Ken is fascinating because Ken is like a big rock star. He fronts this band. And then they break up in like, I don't know, 2000 or something. And then he takes his next job. He takes it as a short order cook for a restaurant in Blue West Village.

And today he is a bricklayer in Sudbury. Awesome. Isn't that cool? Do they not play anymore? They do. They played. In fact, they played the Horseshoe Tavern Saturday night after they visited my home. Oh, that's convenient that they were here.

You sound underwhelmed by the Rusty, but you're not going to listen. Yeah, I mean, it's great. You know what? I'm excited for you. They got to meet the people you really like. One more episode that happened since Jesus Christ, I don't know why you made me do this. Since Rusty, one more. Dan O'Toole. Two and a half hours. Everyone who's invested the two and a half hours, as

everyone who's written me anyways, was raving about that two and a half hours. Fucking download that invested the two and a half hours, as everyone who's written me anyways, was raving about that two and a half hours. Fucking download that. Do the Dan O'Toole episode. All right, fuck you. Fuck you and Dan O'Toole. But here's the thing. I'm like, okay, Jay and I have this chemistry.

We're like brothers or whatever. Who's this Dan guy? I'll do the episode, of course, but I don't expect to have rapport with Dan. It's equal. I can't download it without Wi-Fi, so I have to do it at home. I could give you the login.

I'll do it at home. Fine, I'll listen to fucking Dan O'Toole. Fucking listen to Dan O'Toole. Okay, so that's the end. That's it. Can we talk... Is this a good time to bring it up? Maybe should we talk about

episode 320? Are you we talk about episode 320? Like, are you okay talking about episode 320? I don't know what episode. Episode 320 was, I had a gentleman from LinkedIn on named Perry Monaco. Oh, right. Did you listen to that one? I heard about this. There was some buzz about this.

This was the Job Seeker podcast. Right, the Lemonade, we called it, I think. Correct, yes, yes. It's unreal. You've got to listen to episode 320. The guy, this Perry guy from LinkedIn

sounds so much like you, it's crazy. Like, I just wanted to make him laugh to hear if he had a similar laugh to you. But the pitch of his voice, the tone of his voice,

it's eerily like yours. Like, I was freaking out during this episode. So you've got to listen. So, hey, doppelganger. I'm always up for doppelgangers. I love them. Well, I didn't say you look like you. Oh was freaking out during this episode. So you gotta listen. Hey, doppelganger. I'm always up for doppelgangers. I love them. I didn't say you look like you. Oh, by the way, are you going your beard back? I am, but this time

I'm not going homeless. I'm balming and pardon the pun. B-A-L-M-I-N-G I'm balming and oiling and trimming.

You're the unibalmer. I am the unibalmer, yes. Yeah, I have the honest Amish balm in my beard right now. Good for you. It looks like I touch it later. Can we take a picture of me stroking your beard? Sure, yeah.

So when Dan O'Toole and I were talking about 90s rock and stuff, and he talked about Len, Steal My Sunshine. Yes, and you remember my story about that. Remind me. I was the first, myself and my co-host, were the first DJs to ever play that song in the city of London. Small world, man. That's fantastic.

The Montreal equivalent to len was a brand van 3000 oh yeah and they had a big hit called the drinking in la that's right which i like and we're gonna kick out the covers after the break here but uh i discovered this cover another indie band out of montreal i'll bring it up a bit this is a cover of drinking in la that could have made my list. I really, really didn't make my list. We're going to each kick out five covers. Go ahead.

I was going to say, I kind of feel bad about my list because my list is just all popular covers. I don't have any ones like this. Maybe minus one. The fifth one that you had never heard is pretty popular right now. But there's not...

There's a lot of these kind of covers that are really good, but they don't get a lot of radio play, right? Right. Four of your five jams I had in my collection and are very well-known. But yeah, there was a jam of yours I had to seek out because I did not even know it existed. And, well, we can save it, but did you like it? We're saving it.

Did you like it? Yeah, I did like it. Recently, Sean Fitzgerald kicked out the jams, and he kicked out this cover of Toto's Africa. Great song. Yeah, this heavy rock version. I love Toto. And there's a woman voice in it, and it was really good.

Did you pick the Sounds of Silence one? No, but... That's a good one, too. Disturbed, right? Yes, Disturbed. Great fucking song. Yeah, they covered something else well, besides Sound of Silence. That's a good one, Sound of Silence. But there's another one they covered that I thought they did a good job on. Super heavy. Yeah, they covered something else. Well, besides Sound of Silence, that's a good one, Sound of Silence.

But there's another one they covered that I thought they did a good job on. Super heavy. Yeah. So anyway, this is Adam and the, I can't even say this word, Adam and the Amethysts. That's a terrible name for a band.

Is that like an amethyst stone? I don't know. Is that something? Isn't that a stone? I don't know. I think it's a stone, like a ruby or a... Like a gem. Yeah, a gem.

Gem in the hologram. Yeah, a gem in the hologram. Do you remember that? Truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous. We are the misfits. Our songs are better. We are the misfits.

And we're going to get her. Yeah, yeah. They should cover that. That's a great jam, too. All right, so that's a little teaser here. So, yeah, episode 320. I'm glad we did episode 320, and I had a lot of good feedback from 320.

And soon, maybe your next visit, I will update the listening audience on the next chapter of my professional life because I've been spending the last six weeks or so putting, like, lining up ducks. I get ducks, and they're in order. There were ducks, and they had to be put in order, and I'm winding things down with the full-time gig I had for seven years and I have a lot of exciting things that are going to happen.

I want to share it with everybody so your next visit, that's what I'm going to do. My seven-year anniversary is coming up too for work. Crazy.

So we must have started our jobs around the same time. Maybe. My first day was Halloween 2011. Mine was July 4th, 2011. Both significant holidays. Yes, yes.

Exactly. Speaking of anniversaries, do you know we're almost at the five-year anniversary of the Great Distillery District wedding between myself and Monica? Yeah, I remember that. Five years ago this June. I was there. You were there. You were at the Humble and Fred table.

I sat with Humble and Fred, El Duce. Yeah, ago this June. I was there. You were at the Humble and Fred table. I sat with Humble and Fred, El Duce. Yeah, Rosie. Rosie, and I don't know who the other one was, but that would have been 10. That's a good table. You got the best table, I think. Humble, Fred. That's a good table. El Duce, Rosie. I think it was five couples. That would have been it. That would have been five couples.

I talked to El Duce yesterday because they're going to open a new place. I guess they have the hot table at Palma Pasta, but they're going to open this thing called Palma's Kitchen, which is like a restaurant. It's a big deal. Oh, wow. That's a big play. I'm asking if he might take me on as a dishwasher, maybe.

But that reminds me of something else I have to tell you. We should do lunch there or something one day. When they open Palma's Kitchen, I'm going to make sure that we can talk about it and review it for the Palma. For sure, for sure. We should go there. We should do it like we should go have lunch there and then come and record. Yeah, no, done. He was telling me yesterday, he reminded me yesterday, I mentioned the anniversary,

and he reminded me that he went because he catered that event. That's right. And he was in the kitchen. He was working hard. Because somebody had a broken arm and somebody didn't show up. He told me they were short staffed or something. So he was helping out. And he said, he told me how drunkenly Humble Howard drunkenly wandered into the kitchen and started grabbing food for himself. That's right. And the whole staff

was like staring at him like he was an alien or whatever. And apparently he was. And then that was before he made the speech that upset the Filipinos in the crowd. That's right. Do you remember that? I do remember that.

No one recorded that speech. I do remember that. Because I wanted to like put it out there, but I don't have a recording of that speech. Just the wonderful memories. Memory.

Guess what I'm going to get in the next week? I'm going to get my SmartServe certification. Oh, I have that. Do you? I do. I am SmartServe certified. Do you know that online course I'm doing? They say you need four hours to do it. No, you don't. That's what it says because you can't fast forward the video. I know. It's not four hours. Was it hard? No. I don't want to fail. Don't give booze to someone who's drunk already. Is that it?

Pretty much. I mean, that's the whole purpose of SmartServe. I know. And of course, as a server of alcohol, a certified server, you are responsible for somebody who's inebriated until they sober up. Why are you getting a SmartServe certification? Thank you for asking. Softball question. Two Saturdays from now. Yes. Which will be June 7th.

Yeah. This neighborhood is hosting something called the Grilled Cheese Challenge. All right. So from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Isn't that election day? No. Did I say 7th? Okay, whatever the Saturday is

because the election is on Saturday. The election is a Tuesday usually, right? So 6th, 5th, 4th, June 4th. If only we had a calendar. If only we had one. But the Saturday. So two Saturdays from now. So tomorrow's a Saturday.

A week tomorrow. What's this thing called? Grilled from now. Tomorrow's a Saturday. A week tomorrow. Grilled cheese challenge. And at the corn, like at where 7th Street hits Lakeshore. There's going to be a Great Lakes beer tent. Look at you. Right. It's Saturday, June 9th.

No, I don't care. You vote on the 7th and then that's like a, that'll be a Thursday. And then when is election day? Cause it can't be the 7th then. I feel don't care. You vote on the 7th, and then that'll be a Thursday. When is Election Day? Because it can't be the 7th then. I feel like it is. It could be a Thursday. Yeah. It could be a Thursday.

All right. I'm looking it up. I'm sure it is. Go on. I'm sure it's the 7th. It's right. So you're going to be serving beer right by the locksmith? I'm going to be... No.

It's the block east of there. All right. Okay. 7th. Which, Islington becomes 7th at Lakeshore. So if you took Islington South, it's turning 7th. Right, right, right, right, right, right. Where the bus All right. Okay. Seventh, which Islington becomes seventh at Lakeshore. So if you took Islington south, it's turn this way. Right, right, right, right, right, right, right. Where the bus stop is.

Right. Across from the TNT. TNT. Dynamite. It is June 7th, so it's a Thursday. Weird. Yeah. All right.

The Germans do it on a weekend, you know? See, lots of European countries do it. I know. They're like, oh, we're voting on Saturday, Sunday. I'm like, oh, we should do that. Like, no one's got to work. Well, some people work, but most people don't work. The Irish had their referendum during the week, though.

Okay. And they had a good result. They did. They are pro-woman again. The Catholics are losing their power. They're holding their power. I'm not entirely sure they ever were. Okay.

So if anybody comes to the Grilled Cheese Challenge, you should come just to get a pint from the beer tent at 7th and Lakeshore. I'm going to work the whole event and hopefully if people come and heavily tip me because I need tips. Oh, you're working for tips. I'm working for tips.

Look at you. And I can only work, of course, if I get my smart serve because of course. Right, of course, yes. So June 7th, or June 9th. 9th, yep.

June 9th. At 7th and Lakeshore. Yep, between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Now, my daughter has a dance recital that night, so I asked my boss. I said, I might have to leave early. He's like, well, of course. I mean, I realize it's not really my job.

You're volunteering. Well, I'm not volunteering because I'm working for some money. Are they paying for your SmartServe certification? No. They said they would give me some Great Lakes swag. Right. Okay. Well, I mean, it's not very expensive. It's $35.

Yeah, yeah. I was going to say $50. This event might cost me money. It's costing me my Saturday, but I want to do it. I think it'd be fun to do it. I'm going to a dance recital on this Saturday. Okay, for your daughter. Daughters.

Because they're both in it. They're both in it, yes. Does Charlie dance, or is he too young? He dances, but not in... Not professionally. Not in school yet. Is there anything else you want to cover before... Actually, you know what?

Hold on to what you want to cover here. Let me... Pardon the pun. Cover. Cover, right? Oh, my God. I did it by accident. Elvis, I'm so good.

I did it by accident. I have a hard stop in 65 minutes. Well, when were you going to tell me that? Why didn't you tell me that before? Just now. 65 minutes? We're going to... These jams are long.

You like long jams. I do. Remember? You're kicking out the jams. I do. Alright, my friends. PayTM Canada. The only app that gives you rewards for bill payments. Elvis, have you actually done it yet? Use my promo code TorontoMike. You get $10. I know. I have a question about it. Go ahead.

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So there's three ways to pay with your bank account. No, but the reason why I would want to use it is to get my points. I've got to find out. I have a... Can we ask the Hive mind? Well, I'm pretty sure that it was all credit cards and then now it's only MasterCard and it I did barely notice because I have a MasterCard but I have to talk to pay TM about why you can't use your is it a visa you want to use visa or American Express oh anything fine I okay that okay well okay the

three ways to pay with pay TM our bank account right that won't get you the check no pay bank account no no as in a check mark okay i thought you said you could pay by check i'm like no this is an app okay master card which is what i use because i get my points for uh president's choice point okay so bank account mastercard check check uh and then there's a thing called paytm cash we can actually somehow you can build for example you get ten dollars in paytm cash by using the promo code toronto mike when you make your first bill payment so uh go to paytm.ca download this app for your iphone or android and use that promo code to pay a bill just to get the free money to use it towards your

next bill no brainer in my humble opinion i'll find out about the visa for you uh but anyone uh i will find out i think I have a lovely lady called Nakia who works at Paytm who wants to come kick out the jams in July. Oh, nice. So I will get

all this lowdown. But they also give you these points and you get these rewards for paying bills. And remember, you don't actually pay to use the app

and you don't pay any surcharge or anything. So you got to pay these bills anyways. Right, of course. So you get these rewards that you can redeem for the things.

They have like stuff you can buy with the point so it's like there's a whole bunch of reasons to use paytm but the biggest reason of course is to use the promo code toronto mike so they learn as well like camp turn us all they'll learn that uh sponsoring toronto miked is a worthwhile endeavor i actually went to the website mike thank you thank you thank you for doing that i didn't do anything beyond that but because i i anyway elvis even though you're a vegetarian you're not a vegan right no i'm a vegan so try to be are you can you drink uh is there anything in a great lakes beer that vegans can't drink there's sometimes there are um yeah i i i typically don't uh go that crazy with it

do you want to know what kind of beer I have? Well, first of all, you just said that sentence. I was with you last year when you ordered some pork. Where was that? Oh, at the game, yeah. What the fuck am I going to do? Not eat? Well, that's my point.

The point is you don't go that far with it or you wouldn't have ordered the pork. Yeah, and then I would have spent the entire... You would have found some french fries or something. That's disgusting. I don't know. I love this Great Lakes Brewery stuff. It's really good. I've got Sunnyside Session IPA. That's disgusting. I don't know. I love this Great Lakes Brewery stuff. It's really good.

I've got Sunnyside Session IPA. That's good. Trusty Monkey Wrench, which I've never had before. That's a new one. So I'm excited about that. Trusty Monkey Wrench? What else do I have? That's a Foo Fighters song.

Pompous Ass. Don't want to be a monkey wrench. Octopus Wants to Fight IPA. Which is also good. Nice hoppy beer. What else you got? Blonde Lager. Blonde Lager.

Monica likes the Blonde Lager. I have lager. Monica likes a blonde lager. And I have an Over My Dad Body Pilsner. I've never had this before. That is actually, that inspired some mug that they're selling for Father's Day.

I like this. You can get an Over My Dad's Body mug. I like this. The guys, and they're starting to like my shit on Instagram and stuff.

Good. Or Twitter maybe. It's about time. They have good taste over there. Thanks a lot, guys. I can't wait to work their beer tent on the 9th. I look forward to hearing about it. Yeah, that's part of the reason I'm doing it

is because it's going to be a hell of a story to tell. But also, I need the tips, okay? Things are rough over here. By the way, things are rough. If you don't mind, Elvis, become a patron so I can get you that. Sure. Now here, this is what I wanted to ask you about,

but Brian's going to do it. But I kind of like this clip from Brian because it's not your typical one. He's got a famous, I want to say a famous endorsement on this clip. So let's listen to this. Propertyinthe6.com Hey, Toronto Mic listeners.

Steve Fall here, guitarist with Acid Test. Just want to put in a good word for my buddy, Brian Gerstein, who is totally helping me out with my own real estate needs. And he is really taking good care of me. You should give Brian a call for Toronto Real Estate done right. Thanks, Steve. The number to call or text me is 416-873-0292. Elvis, 877-873-0292. Elvis, being a huge Toronto FC supporter, what do the Reds have to do the last two-thirds of the season to make the playoffs? And have you allowed panic to set in, or are you chill?

I love Brian. Are you ever chill? He's so great. Okay. Am I concerned? Yes. Am I panicked? Absolutely not. We've got a really good we, of course. Toronto FC has a really good team. I do the we thing too. Toronto FC has a really good team. They're just destroyed by injury at the moment. And clearly the CONCACAF Champions League took its toll.

Champions League took its toll. But MLS is set up in a way where there's a ton of parity and they can easily still make the playoffs. I mean, with a lot of hard work, of course, they've got to win some games. They're not doing very well in that regard,

but they're not out of it by any stretch. They're not going to repeat as Supporter Shield champions, but they'll make the playoffs and then, you know, who knows what happens from there. I think the term you were looking for is

decimated. They are decimated by injuries. They absolutely are. Decimated. But I mean, they have too many quality players on the squad to not put together something over the course of the next month or so. Let's hope they

put it together and make the playoffs. We can only hope at this point. I will pray. I will pray for them. We've got all of June, July, August, September, and October. So there's lots of games left to be played. And I did follow closely this CONCACAF champions thingamabob. I like the idea of playing a team from Mexico,

and it was amazing how close we came to winning that thing. It was just pretty close. It was sad. So close. And that really does, what I find interesting about soccer is that this thing goes on in the side and it really kind of hurts you in your MLS play. Yeah, it's like no other

sport that we have. Yeah, it's like, and I could see that we almost were underwhelmed by the regular season MLS game that would follow a big thing like that and it's like no other sport that we have. And I could see that we almost were underwhelmed by the regular season MLS game that would follow a big thing like that. And it's like, is that going to hurt you in the MLS? It's like a cannibalized. And they would play like their B team, essentially. And that just doesn't happen in any other leagues

that we're used to. And conversely, when they do it in Europe, they have bigger rosters and better quality players where even if they were to play some of their people from the bench, they're still really good players, right? Whereas bench players in the MLS are not at the same caliber by any stretch.

Okay, Elvis, now that enough is enough. Let's talk more rock. We need to kick out the covers here. So each F5, we're going to go you, me, you, me, you, me, you, me, whatever. So we're going to kick out your first cover jam. Can we say I don't remember any of them that I picked? Even better.

You will be surprised with the rest of the listening. Exactly. Oh, and Tyler, this is not canon. He needs to know not to add this to the kick out the jam spreadsheets. This is not canon. Oh, okay. Because you already have your jams on the spreadsheet. All right.

Your first cover jam, Elvis. I just broke down one of the walls. Oh, the Tyler wall you already have your jams on the spreadsheet. All right. Your first cover jam, Elvis. I just broke down one of the walls. Oh, the Tyler wall? The fifth wall. I love that. That spreadsheet's amazing, and it's completely fan-driven. Tyler does that. He's not an employee.

Beautiful. Love Tyler. I don't pay Tyler. I can't afford him. I can't afford his good work. Okay, here we go. Oh, I don't remember this. It's been seven hours and 15 days Since you took your love away

I go out every night and sleep all day Since you took your love away Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want I can see whomever I choose I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant But nothing I said nothing can take away this blues Cause nothing compares

Nothing compares to you Excellent selection, Elvis. Does anyone, people know that this is a Prince song, right? I think you make it a Prince song by making 2U, like the number 2 and the letter U. That's how you make it a Prince song. That's right.

This was iconic in the 90s, right? Remember this video was just... Like maybe 1990. Yeah, yeah. It was like her with her shaved head. She's wearing a black turtleneck, I think. And then she has the one tear stream down her face.

Fantastic video and a fantastic song and you're right, a mega hit that you could not avoid but you wouldn't want to avoid it. It's great.

It's a great song and Prince does a great job himself as well. So, okay, let's just though, okay, so Prince writes this song but did Prince record this

for an album before Sinead O'Connor recorded it? I don't think so. I don't think so. I'll confirm that, but I think you're right. So it is a cover, kind of. But is it a cover if the person wrote it but didn't record it for an album?

It's an interesting debate. Okay, okay, okay. Maybe it's just a song she's singing written by Prince. And maybe Prince covered her. What a debate we're having on this. No, it came out in 1985. Okay, then it's a cover. On the Family album.

There you go. The Family was like a band that Prince was producing or something like that. He's not in the family, as I recall. He has a lot of things going on. He was a musical genius, Elvis. You cried when he passed, remember?

I did, like a fucking baby. Have there been any recent deaths? Prince recorded Nothing Compares to You in the studio in 1984, but it wasn't officially released until 2018. Fascinating. Wow. I did not know that.

But this is definitely, because it was recorded for an album in 1985 by the family, this is a cover. I'm going to allow it. This is 100% a cover. That's a good point, though, Mike. You almost had me there. Almost. I forgot about the family.

I would have been disqualified from this. Since your last visit, have there been any celebrity deaths that have brought a tear to your eye? No. Have there been any big ones lately? Yeah, there has been a few big ones. Remind me. Let's get out the Google machine here. It feels like we're in a lengthy period right now of no big deaths.

Like an unprecedented streak of celebrity survival. I am moving away from the mic to do that so it doesn't bother people too much. So this song, by the way, is part of a mashup by Girls Talk that I really love. So every time I hear this, I hear the other rap song that's mashed up together in my head. I hear it. Just an FYI. Please tell me what you learned. If you go on Wikipedia and type in

celebrity deaths, dude, it's an amazing number of people. It goes by day. Look at all the people who've died. Any big names recently? These are all quote-unquote famous people, but not necessarily worldwide famous people. Because I write about when people are significant and they die, I do write a blog entry.

You do write about them. And I haven't written one in a while. I can't remember anyone big lately, but there have been some. Oh, like some sitcom stars and things like that. I'm going through the list. I'm glad they're not dying anymore. They always will, though.

We know that, right? Good one. Good one. That was a good song. I'm glad. You did well, Elvis. Thank you. Are you ready?

I don't think you're going to like this, but I don't care. This is my first. If it's a fucking Rock Me Amadeus cover, I'm going to punch you in the throat. You know who kind of covered that? It was The Simpsons, remember? That's right.

We talked about that already. Dr. Zayas. Dr. Zayas. Dr. Zayas. Dr. Zayas. Oh, I have that. I should have loaded that one in. That's a good one. Dr. Zayas.

She lived on a curve in the road In an old tar paper shack On the south side of the town On the wrong side of the tracks Sometimes on the wrong side of the tracks Sometimes on the way into town we'd say Mama can we stop and give her a ride Sometimes we did

but her hands flew from her side While I had crazy Mary Not Crazy Mary. My first cover jam, Crazy Mary by Pearl Jam. A Victoria Williams song that Eddie and the gang are covering here.

For a benefit CD because Victoria got sick. And they released Sweet Relief for Victoria Williams and raised some money for her. And this song was on that album

early 90s. And it remains, and I know you don't like Pearl Jam, but this remains my favorite Pearl Jam song of all time. Which surprises everybody except one person. jam song of all time. L-O-I-T-E-R-I-N-G-A Loud.

Which surprises everybody except one person. Underneath that sign, always congregated, quite a crown. Dave Hodge. Who agrees with me. Drink a bottle, drink it down. Pass it around. Drink it down.

Drink a bottle, drink it down. Pass it around down Pass it around Take a bottle, drink it down Pass it, pass it, pass it Pass it, pass it, pass it Pass it around One night Margot Kidder

That's a big one Tom Wolfe Yep, Tom Wolfe's a big one But you didn't cry when Margot Kidder that's a big one Tom Wolfe yep Tom Wolfe's a big one but you didn't cry when Margot Kidder died no I did not she was Lois Lane you know

I know I I was a big fan that was I think for you and I that was our first superhero movie that was

absolutely first superhero movie because Batman never had a movie not till 89 yeah I mean they had the TV movie, because Batman never had a movie. Not until 89. Yeah. I mean, they had the TV show that I watched, but never a movie. Above it all.

It's always different when you take it to the big screen. The other one I watched, and I don't know, I saw it on VHS, but it was called Condor Man. Amazing. Who the fuck is Condor Man? Condor Man and I loved it when I was a kid but

yeah Superman was a big deal for us and I remember Superman 2 was the one I really liked because it had

Zod and those three people that were in the glass so I was on iTunes and it was suggesting Superman for me

I did not I'm sure I vaguely remember this now, but apparently there's some sort of director's cut for number two because the director didn't like the cut that was in the theaters. Richard Donner or something like that? Something like that, yeah. And apparently it's like a way better... There's a huge controversy about this.

Apparently they filmed one and two together. Oh, they did? Somebody came in to break it into two movies. It was a very, there was a cluster F going on there. They did a good job, I think, because the one, it's a bit long, actually, one, but two is really good on its own. Like, I don't know how they broke it up, but there was a big problem. Like, they paid big bucks for Marlon Brando.

Right, right, right. And he didn't want to come back or something. And I don't know, there was a whole thing there. And then... I'm going to watch them and I'll report back. Do it. Let me know if they hold up.

But of course, Gene Hackman is very good in those movies. Yes, yes. But those bad guys who were in The Glass. Yes. That shatter and then...

Yeah. Kneel Before Zod. That comes from Superman 2. So now you can tell us you hate Pearl Jam, right? Oh, I despise it. I love this part. Hold on, it's coming.

Hold on. What a fucking track. So you even dislike this song? Yeah. Because it doesn't sound Pearl Jam-y. I can hear

a stupid voice. Oh, you don't like Eddie's voice. I love Eddie's voice. Okay, here we go. I think this is the greatest chasm between our interests in music. Absolutely. It's your dislike for Eddie versus my love for Eddie. Nothing else, because I don't mind ACDC.

I don't mind Errol. I like Errol Smith. Radiohead. Oh, but I don't love Radiohead the way I love Pearl Jam. Right, but you do like Radiohead. Yeah, for sure. I've seen them live. Those are the two bands that I can't love Radiohead the way I love Pearl Jam. Right, but you do like Radiohead. Yeah, for sure. I've seen them live. Those are the two bands that I can't stand.

It's interesting how you seem to dislike quality. This is my observation over here. Nice. Okay. I was going to say, I've been thinking a lot about, for some reason I've been thinking about Aerosmith lately because I was listening to an Alice Cooper album I like called Trash. Yeah.

And there's a track on there, I'm talking to you, only my heart talking. And there's like a cameo by Steve Tyler at the end of that one. No, no, no, no, no, baby, I'm talking to you. And it's really good. Yeah. So then I started thinking of Steve Tyler. And then I realized how much I really loved the album Pump when it came out. Yeah.

And I loved Pump. Yeah. And it kind of slipped in just before Grunge. This is my memory. It's true. That was everything. And it kind of slipped in just before Grunge. This is my memory. It's true. That was everything. Then Grunge hit. It was kind of like, it's not glam rock, but it's kind of like the last glam rock 90s album.

Yeah, it might be the best, the last bastion of rock before Grunge changes the game or whatever. Right, yeah, yeah. Because there was a heavy pop element to the rock. Right. Right? Because Permanent Vac permanent vacation pump um and then jamie's got a gun well jamie's got a gun was on pump pump sorry what was the one because is that the one you're thinking is called uh the one with the nipple the cow nipple and that has like crazy

is that crazy yeah crazy and crying and uh living on the edge yeah living on the edge which was a good one too yeah yeah but i was kind of off the aerosmith train just before that album oh i was that was big though i was huge into that yeah if you listen to the f-i-n-e fine and uh there goes my old girlfriend it's just another diamond ring yep it's good like really nice and uh i think another album around that same time that was a big deal to me before grunge squashed everything was uh full moon fever by tom pettyty. Oh yeah. Yeah. Similar time. I think maybe 1990. Okay. And nothing compares to you is also, I think around that time,

let's kick out another Elvis cover jam. Don't the hours go shorter as the days go by? We never get to stop and open our eyes One minute you're waiting for the sky to fall And next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all Lovers in a dangerous time. Lovers in a dangerous time. Bare naked ladies. Lovers in a dangerous time.

So, is it bad of me? Like, I'm a huge B&L fan or I was. I saw them last winter. Is it bad for me to say this is my favorite B&L song? No, I just said Crazy Mary is my favorite Pearl Jam song.

This is so good. I remember when this came out too because it was a song that was on a soundtrack? No, it was a tribute to Bruce Colburn. That's what it was, yes. And... Kick at the Darkness it was called. Yes, that's right. So you had to buy that to get this song back in the day when you bought CDs.

And I'm not a big Bruce Coburn fan. And so I bought this CD literally just for this song. And I love it. And the video is great. The video is fantastic. I think it was one of their first videos, I think. I think maybe. Might be the first.

Next to, I will say that the, if you count this, the Speaker's Corner version of Yoko Ono. You're right. Was the first time we saw the Berenice Gavini. Sure, but yeah. This is early, yeah. They're back in it and they're in a pickup truck. Might also be 1990. I don't know if that's a big year.

Can I tell you that this song was going to be on my list of five covers, except I saw it on yours and of course I didn't want to double up. That's how much I like this cover. It's great. Yeah. It's great. It's great. It's great. I love it. I don't know what else to say.

It takes a song that's a good song, a great song maybe, by Bruce Colburn, Lovers in a Dangerous Time, and it makes it even better if that's possible, which is all you ask from a cover. That's why I like, and I know you hate it, but that's why I like Crazy Mary because who's this Victoria Williams? What is that? But no, they take it and they improve it. because who's this Victoria Williams?

What is that? But no, they take it and they improve it. And I like this era of Barenaked Ladies is my era of Barenaked Ladies when 102.1 was playing everything they could find, including the McDonald's girl, remember? That's right. That was the harder one to find because that wasn't even released.

Right. Whereas this was actually released. Yeah, the bootlegs of that where you had to track them down. That's right. I'm in love with McDonald's girl. There's the lyric. They've sold over 15 million albums.

Barenaked Ladies? One five. That's crazy. That must be due to One Week, which was a big US hit. They've had lots of hits. Yeah, but I remember One Week blew up. It was number one on the Billboard. Yeah, and One Week is their most successful song,

according to Wikipedia. Which I believe that is true. And they also wrote the theme song for Big Bang Theory, right? Of course. They made a lot of money on that. A ton of money on that. You know, I saw them at Massey Hall last winter. They also do their cruise,

which apparently they make a lot of money from. Jason Agnew went on it, and he told us on the Jason Agnew episode on it and he told he told us on the Jason Agnew episode his second visit he told all everything about the ships and dip or whatever they call the Barenaked Ladies cruise he was on it and did he like it

yeah he said Sloan was on it too and they were a little pissed off you know Barenaked Ladies are famous in America too right so a lot of the people on the cruise yeah a lot of the people on the cruise are American and Sloan is on this cruise and of course the Americans don't

know Sloan. Right. So it's like the Canadians on the cruise are like Sloan. I love Sloan. I love Sloan too. I love, love, love, love, love Sloan. Anyway. I love them as much as you do. Maybe more. Actually, I think I love them more than you. It's very close. Okay, let me kick out another cover. Oh, I think I love them more than you. It's very close. Okay, let me kick out another cover.

Oh, good one, Mike. Good job. I felt the same way when you picked Barenaked Ladies. Barenaked Ladies. We passed upon the stairs Spoken wasn't well Although I wasn't there He said I was his friend Which came as a surprise I spoke into his eyes

I thought you died alone A long, long time ago Oh no, not me We never lost control Face to face Of the man who sold the world So this is Nirvana, the man who sold the world

from the Unplugged album, and of course, this is a David Bowie cover, but I did not know when I bought Unplugged and loved it, I did not know this was a cover of a David Bowie song.

I learned about this David Bowie song. I learned about this David Bowie song from this cover. Can we just talk about how revolutionary this thing that we're listening to, like this whole album was? This is a band that changed

music. Changed music at the time. We just talked about Aerosmith and this pop rock sort of thing. And there was certainly bubblegum pop. There always has been, but it was, you know, really exploding, shitty dance music. And then these guys come along and they're fucking angry and they're loud. There's angst. Reverb on their guitar like we've never heard before.

But simple choruses right and they like just completely changed the music industry and then they show up on mtb with fucking acoustic guitars and they're then he's playing this shit it's all one take like anyone who was there will tell you they did it and it's perfect like and there's not a missed note like you gotta be fucking kidding me this, it blew your fucking mind because you're like, yeah, man, I'm into this hard shit. And you had like Alice in Chains and all these other bands. Yeah, I know. And then they do this. I know.

And you're like, oh my God. Let me tell you this. So in utero, there is a song you might have heard of called All Apologies. And it's a hard fucking rock kind of tune. It's heavy and it's great. All Apologies. What a great jam. And it's a hard fucking rock kind of tune. It's heavy and it's great. All Apologies. What a great jam. But it's a rock song.

And then there's the version on the Unplugged album where they do that now. Like when I go to hear it. Way bigger. It's bigger. Way bigger and way better. It's like, whoa. It's like, what a. It's insane.

Yeah. It's so crazy that. And, you know, can we get Frances Bean and her dad's guitar back or what? I don't even know that story. Oh, she got divorced from her husband, and the judge gave the guitar that he plays in the unplug to her husband. How old is Frances Bean? Well, he's been dead 24 years, right?

If my math is correct. Which means she has to be 25 or something, because she was a baby when he died. So she's probably 25. And already divorced. How sad. 25, you're right. Yeah, because she was a very little baby when Kurt

took his life. Yeah, that whole unplugged is exceptional. And even that, where do bad folks go when they die? They don't go to heaven where the angels fly. They go to a lake of fire and fry. We'll see them again on the 4th of July. So this is a nice little part here.

This is on the unplugged album. Let's listen in here. Hold on. Okay. But here's another one I could screw up. What is it? Am I going to do this by myself? Do it by yourself.

Okay, well, I think I'll try it in a different key. I'll try it in the normal key. If it sounds bad, these people are just going to have to wait. Oh, I wish I was there, man. I don't even remember where this went. This was in, you know, when they recorded the thing. It was, I don't know, in New York, of course, because it was called Unplugged in New York, as I remember.

And this spawned a whole, like, unplugged series. Yeah, and... Bryan Adams was a big, big unplugged one. I had the Neil Young one. Yeah. And, yeah, Bryan Adams was a big one. You know, the guy who got a big hit off, it was Eric Clapton's Unplugged, right?

Yeah, that's right. Well, he did Layla. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And now a lot of times when you hear on your, one. You know, the guy who got a big hit off, it was Eric Clapton's unplugged, right? Yeah, that's right. Well, he did Layla. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And now a lot of times when you hear on your, I don't know, CHFI, I don't know who plays it now,

but they don't play the heavy one. Right, yeah, they play. And now that Psychedelic Sunday is gone, who the hell is playing the old Cream stuff? No more deep cuts.

No, Derek and the Dominoes is who that's credited. Oh, is it? Okay. He was in Derek and the Dominoes. Yep, yeah. Is it Clapton in the

Hall of Fame three times or something? Maybe for Cream himself and then for derrick no i can't who else is he in for i don't know there's some yard birds yard birds let's see because a lot of great artists came out of the yard birds i just like saying yard birds okay i'll pause before i kick out my next jam uh let's find out but yeah i would guess before guess, before you do, I would guess he's in as a solo. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a solo artist and separately as a member of Cream and the Yardbirds.

Tell us the members of the Yardbirds because it's mind-blowing when you see who was in the Yardbirds. Sure, good thing I have a great memory. Jim McCarty, Kenny Aronson, John Iden, Johnny A, I probably said that wrong. And then, oh, that's current members.

Holy shit, there's a lot of former members. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page. Stop right there. Those three names you just named are Mount Rushmore names.

It's crazy, right? If you could have more than four people on Mount Rushmore. Oh, yeah, that's a crazy big time. Yeah. Okay. That's why they're in the Hall of fame all right brother you ready for my third no is it my turn your turn your third jam you ready that's right i'm in vietnam brother

run forest run Run, Forrest, run. Too much confusion. I can't get no relief. Businessman there, drink my wine. Plowman, dig my earth. None will level on the mine. Nobody up in this world. Nobody out there is worse It's not really fair that this is a cover because not a lot of people know it is, for one. And two, it's so different.

Who are these people who don't know it's a cover? I don't know. I don't know. The same people who know this song exists, I'd say the majority know it's a cover. I could be wrong on that. Now, can I just say, I love this song exists i'd say the majority know it's a cover i would argue i could be wrong don't even know the song now can i just say i love this i love this uh song very much and i love jimmy hendrix like i went to a phase in high school where i just listened to jimmy hendrix for like six months yeah um nobody you're right this song is this version is way better than

dylan because dylan is the artist who spawned the most great covers correct yeah yes i wonder if wikipedia would agree or if there's a website but yeah i would say that you know dylan is uh he's a he's a great songwriter and not always a great uh singer so if you cover his stuff you can usually improve his songs in my humble opinion but yes excellent choice i always think of vietnam movies because uh most movies taking place like during Vietnam have this song in the sound. Yeah, it's good. This is Fortunate Son.

It ain't me. I ain't no senator's son. No, no. But yeah, great jam. I love this song. Okay, you want to hear the, this is interesting, the top 10

most covered artists. Of course I want to hear. Can I guess though? Sure. The Beatles. Well, I'm, I'm sure they're on the Of course I want to hear. Can I guess, though? Sure. The Beatles. Well, I'm sure they're on the list. They have to be. They're number one.

Even I recorded a version of Yesterday. 2,710 covers. Oh, fuck that. All right. Who got it? Okay, so Bob Dylan's got to be on that list. Bob Dylan is number three with 608. All right. Who got it? Okay, so Bob Dylan's got to be on that list. Bob Dylan is number three with 608. All right.

Hold on here. Now, this is a fun game, buddy. Love this game. Covers who's doing iconic songs that need to be covered. How about the Rolling Stones? They have a large catalog. Number six. Number six.

438. Are people bothering to cover the wonderful Beach Boys? No. Well, yes, but they're not on the list. All right, hold on. Let me get this. How about Creedence Clearwater Revival? No.

No. I was thinking of that Proud Mary. You were on the right track with thinking about the catalog of songs. Okay. Good. Elvis. No, surprisingly. Not in the top ten.

How about... This is actually a tougher game than you think. Led Zeppelin. Anyone covering Led Zeppelin? No. You want to hear

something interesting? Number two isn't an artist, but it's, quote, traditional folk. Oh. but it's quote traditional folk. Oh. So it's the only item on the list that's not an artist, but it's a catch-all

for all of the folk songs that turned into rockers. Arlo Guthrie. No. Number four is Stevie Wonder. Okay. Red Hot Chili Peppers do a good job on Higher higher ground then frank sinatra

okay then the stones then marvin gay then michael jackson okay then queen interesting and then ireland's own youtube who would bother to cover queen like you could never uh top freddy's vocals we will rock you has been covered by nickelback, Melt Banana, and Snoop Dogg. And of course, another one, Bites the Dust, has been covered by Weird Al Yankovic, as another one rides the bus. Right. Oh, man. That's a fun game, Elvis.

You brought the goods today. Thank goodness for the Google machine. That's fantastic. Okay. That was your jam, wonderful, Jimi Hendrix, who, by the way, that's two artists in a row we've played that died at the age of 27.

Yeah. Will there be more? Stay tuned. Yeah. Okay. That was a weird period in, I think, 1969, 70 there

when the three great musicians died back to back to back all at the age of 27. Can you name them? Of course. I'm trying to think of the order. Of course. I've been to his grave in Paris. Jim Morrison from The Doors.

I have not been to his, but I went to Jimi Hendrix's grave. In Seattle? Yes. He was the original grunge artist. Yes. Jimi Hendrix and, of course, Janis Joplin. That's right.

Good for you. Three for three. Check, check, check. And they're fantastic, all of them. But yeah, Doug Young. Okay, let's kick out my third cover jam good one i thought of this good one mike this is a really good one I hurt myself today to see if I still feel. I focus on the pain, the only thing that's read. The needle tears a hole.

The old familiar sting. Try to kill it all away. But I remember everything. What have I become My sweetest friend Everyone

I know Goes away In the end And you could have it all away in the air. And you could have it all. My empire of dirt. I will let you down.

I will make you hurt Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nails, Hurt. This song gets me every time, Mike. Because at that point in his life, he's at the end of his life, if you will, and I think it was Trent Reznor who said he wrote these lyrics

and he hears the version by Johnny Cash and he says something to the effect of like he, these lyrics were supposed to be sang by that man at that point in his life. This is why I love music because I don't know if it's the lyrics or what but just listen to his voice like you

that's what life sounds like. The voice is just I mean it brings tears to my eyes. It's so powerful. It is so powerful, this song. You can just listen to even just the little

breaths and the little cracks in his voice. Obviously, he's an old man and it's just so powerful. The video is incredible too because and June's in the video, June Carter Cash, and she passed away shortly after Johnny.

Yeah. Everyone I know goes away in the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt. I will let you down, I will make you hurt. If I could start again A million miles away

I would keep myself I would find a way Chills. So great. I'm Johnny Cash. Good job, Mike. Thanks. It's all downhill from here.

I thought it was getting too predictable. You'll be like fucking Spice Girls after this? I did. So my first three jams were kind of like my core three,

Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Johnny Cash. Love those three covers. But then my next two, I went off the map a bit just to mix things up. But in fact, your first three jams

are also kind of predictable in that you had your Sinead O'Connor, Barenaked Ladies, and Jimi Hendrix. But this next jam from you, I had never heard before and I had to seek it out.

So let's listen to your fourth jam. And I apologize if the recording quality is not... It was hard to kind of source this one out, but I found a version and I hope it's recording quality is not, it was hard to kind of source this one out, but I found a version that I hope it's good enough for us. Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken

And the violence causes silence Who are we mistaken? But you see, it's not me It's not my family In your head, in your head They are fighting With their tanks and their bombs And their bombs and their drones

In your head, in your head They are crying What's in your head? In your head Stop it, stop it, stop it What's in your head? In your head Stop it, stop it, stop it This is Bad Wolves.

Zombie. Apparently they had just, like they were obviously in touch with Dolores quite a bit just before she passed away. And I think the proceeds from the song went to her children or something as a result of her death. Correct me if I'm wrong, but her children are Canadian. Correct, yeah.

Her ex-husband is Canadian from the Peterborough area, I believe. She used to live there. But not from Orono. I don't know if he's from Orono. Great. Yeah, I heard it for the first time when you sent me your list. And it's cool. I like this song. I like it. It's on the first time when you sent me your list and it's yeah it's cool I like this song

I like it it's on the radio see I didn't know that yeah it's a little but what station plays this kind of music anymore is this like I would imagine it's like

Ed? Chum? Chum? seems a little heavy Chum not yeah but it's Zombie right it's Zombie but

have you heard what's on Chum these days it's uh I'm just thinking about it's Selena Gomez. Does she have anything out right now? Yeah, well, she has that Wolves. I don't know if it's new anymore, but she had a few big hits lately. This Wolves song.

Yeah, I know she's had hits. I don't know if she's popular now. I know she had to get a new kidney. Is it a kidney she had to get? Did she really? Oh, that's shitty. I hope she's going to be all right. I hope so, too too because it's the first

concert I took my daughter to, so forever I'm a fan. A fan. I like this. Inspired Choice. I didn't know this song. Yeah.

And maybe my next jam will be one you don't know, but that's coming soon. I didn't know the Pearl Jam one. Liar. You're lying. Crazy Mary was played

ad nausea. Is that a Crazy Mary was played ad nausea. It was played constantly on 102.1, like all the time. I block it out. And you still play it all the time. Oh, good. Great. Block it out. It's also why I don't listen at the station.

So did Eddie hurt you or something? This is a passionate dislike. Yeah, I don't like him. I don't understand. But he's such a good guy. I don't get it. That's great. Good for him. Are you upset he survived? He's such a good guy. I don't get it. That's great. Good for him.

I'm glad he's a good guy. Are you upset he survived? He's the only grunge artist who's still alive? No. My upset. Is that true? Is there another grunge artist who's still alive? Oh, who was the lead?

Oh, no. No, I was going to say Mudhoney. But there's no big grunge artist lead singer left, I would argue, unless you decide to tell me that Smashing Pumpkins is grunge. Which I don't know if they are. They were. Okay, well then that's your other one. They were. Billy Corgan. Corgan's still alive. William Michael, I think

he goes by name. Is that right? Yeah, he goes by... I didn't like... I was at his farewell tour and that was his original farewell tour of the original band and I was... They're back together. Yeah, well, I don't think James Iha is in that band, and I know What's-Her-Name is not in it. Retsky, which rhymes with Retsky. I think everyone except for

the Jimmy Chamberlain is in it. Well, for sure. He's not going to be there. Can you imagine? That's a concert I want to go to. That would be amazing. I don't believe you're right, but I would like to think you're right. I feel like, I know Retsky had some hard times. I don't think Iha's in that. That's the version of Smashing Pump right. I feel like, I know Retsky had some hard times.

I don't think I has in that. That's the version of Smashing Pumpkins. I like the Siamese Dream Smashing Pumpkins. That's an album, by the way. Pumpkins are great. I love the Pumpkins. And that double album was good too. Remind me, Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness is what that was called.

So current members are Billy Corgan. Of course. James Ehok. Oh, he's back. Jimmy Chamberlain. Jeff Schroeder. So Chamberlain... Wait, okay. So Retsky's not. Because Retsky had some hard times. I just like saying Retsky

because it rhymes with Retsky. Retsky left in 1999. She's 50 years old now. Holy moly. That's the tour I saw, the 1999 tour. That's so crazy. Wow. What is she doing now?

I wonder what she's doing now. Okay, I saw photos of her. She's in jail. I think she's had some rough times. She gave her first interview in February. She's highly critical of Corrigan and her past. She was given a chance to rejoin the band, but then Corrigan took it back. And then Corrigan

put out a statement denying that he ever did that. I hope she's okay. She's been repeatedly invited to join the band, but according to him. All right. Corrigan is alive, and Eddie Vedder is alive, and the rest have died.

Now, this is a case. I need to do a little intro to this. This is a cover I love. It's very personal, this process, as you know. So I'm not going to please the masses. But I adored, I still adore Public Enemy. It was a big deal, especially in high school.

I listened to lots of Public Enemy. And let's listen to my fourth cover. Let's listen to Zombie again. Okay, let me from the government. The other day opened it and read it. It said they were suckers. They wanted me for the army or whatever.

Pitch of me giving a damn. I said never. Here is a lamb that never gave a damn about a brother like myself. Cause I never did. I wasn't with her for just that very minute. It occurred to me. Thank you. So this is Tricky, and the song is called Black Steel. So this is Tricky, and the song is called Black Steel. And it's a cover of Public Enemy's Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, which is probably my favorite Public Enemy song of all time. So in that context, a cover I quite liked, and it's of its its time but i still throw this on the mix all the

time i love tricky's black steel i could have put anthrax's bring the noise they covered before they did together though that's a good one yes that's a good one did you i enjoyed that one listen to anthrax before? Yes. Okay, so did I. Do you remember Attack of the Killer Bees? Yes. Yes. I went through a phase, because they cover, without Public Enemy,

they cover Bring the Noise on that album, so I had to get that. And there was another song in which they rap called I'm the Man or something. Do you remember this? If I heard it. If I heard it, okay. If I heard it. Anthrax goes way back for me. It's not, there wasn't a big Anthrax moment for me, but I did. Are they still touring or anything?

The guy's name with the cool goatee is Scott Ian. I would bet you Anthrax is still touring. They had a great look, man. Oh yeah, that's Scott yeah. They were really cool. I agree. And when they did collaborate. Hold on here. Of its time, man.

This was a style. I don't know what you call this exactly. Trip hop or something. Maybe trip hop. Is that the good term? Yeah, that probably sounds about right. Remember Portishead? This is so funny.

The group was considered one of the leaders of the thrash metal scene in the 80s and is one of the big four thrash metal bands. Okay? You ready for this? Yeah, I'm ready. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax. It's so funny. When you hear it that way.

That's a big, big list, man. Those three are, you know, I mean, it's hard to compare Anthrax with. This week, Slayer played Toronto. They did. It's their final tour of all time. Dude, they put out an album in 2016. I wasn't waiting for justice I couldn't wait for it to meet The success of all of me I'm sweating and I'm thirsty Dude, they put out an album in 2016. I believe it.

Because the hardcore loyalists are still eating up everything Anthrax. I guess so. Just like I'm still eating up all the Maestro Fresh West stuff that drops, okay? Yeah, yeah. So Black Steel and the Hour of chaos was on um it takes a nation of millions to hold us back which i still think is the greatest hip-hop album of all time that's how much i think of that album and everything's good on that but uh man and yeah i remember i'm watching much music one day

when uh a video came on and I said it was Anthrax with Public Enemy Bring the Noise. And of course I already loved Bring the Noise from It Takes a Nation to Hold His Back. And I knew every word. And the video was in front of me and there's Public Enemy, there's Anthrax.

This sounds amazing. I was like, holy shit, music will never get better than this right here. Yeah, it's good shit. But that's not a cover because Public Enemy is in on it. I could have played the Anthrax version,

but I like the version of Public Enemy. I have to pee. Elvis, you know what? The second guest in a row that had to pee during the episode. That happened with Dan O'Toole.

But now that Elvis is not here, I can tell you, and maybe you'll see this in the photo we'll take afterwards, but Elvis is not here, I can tell you, and maybe you'll see this in the photo we'll take afterwards, but Elvis is wearing a Batman shirt. And it looks like the black Batman shirt I owned in 1989 when Tim Burton's Batman came out. And of course, that was the... Speaking of Prince, who wrote Nothing Compares to You, Prince had the soundtrack, and the bat dance was all over much music,

and I still know every word from bat dance, all the samples and that. And where, and where is your Batman? I just, here, Elvis is back. I just, here, Elvis is back. I just told the story. As a big, I heard everything.

As a big Prince fan, Batdance is one of his best songs. Bat, bat, bat, dance. That whole album is good. Vicky Vale,

I like. Underrated. Batman. Yeah. So great. I like it too, and no one talks about it, but it was true.

And I think we were the right age too, right? Yeah, yeah. Perfect. So it sort of strikes. It's like, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Your final cover jam.

You were young and your heart was an open book. You used to say live, live, live. You know you did, you know you did, you know you did. We used to say live and let live But if this ever-changing world in which we're living Makes you give in and cry Say live and let die Guns and fucking roses Live and let die Do people know this is a cover? Elvis, you think people are really stupid

Okay, fair But I mean, I don't know This is a cover? Elvis, you think people are really stupid. Okay, fair. But I mean, I don't know. And there's two types of people. The people who care to know things about the music they listen to. And then the people who just hear it in the background and don't think twice about it. So that crowd might not know. But anybody who gives a shit about music knows that this is Wings, right? Paul McCartney and Wings.

Okay, this is what I was just going to say. Okay, do they know it's a Wings cover and not a Beatles cover? Yes, I think so. And I think at least the semi-savvy would know this is from a James Bond movie. That's right, by the same title. And also, because the last time you

kicked out the jams, you kicked out November Rain, which is 26 minutes long. So this might be the shortest Guns N' Roses song ever. Oh, Guns N' Roses covered Mummikin from Aerosmith on Good Lies. Excellent cover, too. Yes, great. And I heard Guns N' Roses' Mummikin before I knew of Aerosmith's Mummikin. Yeah, that's fair.

That's fair. Mummikin isn't exactly getting a ton of radio play. It ain't easy to live like a chippy till your honey how it feels. So good. It's good. It's so good. It's excellent. It's excellent. What were the two covers on this album that were great, right? What was the other one again?

Oh, it was a Dylan cover, right? Oh, yeah. Mama, take this badge from me. Yes, that's right. I can't use it anymore. She's speaking of great Dylan covers. There's another one which they did better than Dylan.

I can't use it anymore. The last video with Izzy Stradlin in it. Fun fact. Yeah, exactly. You know, another reason why Guns N' Roses is just good for a stupid reason. Yep. Band name members. Or band name.

Yeah. Izzy Strand. Members. Yeah. Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff, Matt, and Dizzy. Matt doesn't belong there, though. That's a real name. I know, but I love it so much.

They're the best. They're the best. They were the best. Did you see they released a new video this week? No, I really did not see that. They did. They finally finished... Chinese Democracy. No, it's still a work in progress.

It's so easy. They never finished it, but it's good. Interesting. I'll check it out. It's good. It'll check it out it's good it's on the tube as you see I still got my

appetite for destruction flag flying here alright my last jam way out of left field unless you listened to the Agnew episode in which you got a sneak peek

but I used to worry about what people thought about me Now I don't care less As you plain see They said I was stupid They said I was strange But I never change The woman ain't like me But that's okay So this is Rowdy Roddy Piper's For Everybody. And actually right after this, I'm going to play the original one. Mike Angelo is his name.

It's called Fuck Everybody. Oh, really? And that's a great tune, too. Yeah. And I love this. This is from the wrestling album, Late Sneeze. Great album. Love that album.

I love that album, too, but I was a big Rowdy Roddy Piper guy. Yeah. Real American was on that album. So I run to that song. I played that song for Agnew and he told me the story of how he got blown off

by Hulk Hogan was going to come in and do something with him on Bite T, I don't know, on something. And he was all set up with all these different things

and then Hogan said he wasn't feeling well and never came in. Oh no. I'm sorry brother, I got a sore throat brother. So you run to I am a real

that's Derringer. I don't I don't run with music a lot anymore but it's a good song to run to. Which is funny because I'm not

I'm not a real American. No, that's right. But I do I mean I imagine Hulk Hogan coming down that runway. Yeah, that would pump me up.

Coming down that aisle and it's, you know, nothing better than that when you're a kid. When you listen to the Dan O'Toole episode, you'll hear I play off the top. I play the song from Karate Kid, You're the Best. A great song. By Joe Esposito. Do you know that, have you watched Cobra Kai at all?

No, I heard this though. Apparently Cobra Kai is really good. So what the blonde guy from Cobra Kai is down on his luck and opens up a karate studio

and the karate kid is like a successful car dealer or whatever and I guess he then has to open up a rival gym or something. And apparently

it's really good. I'm going to watch it. It's like 10 episodes on YouTube Red. Is that free? You can watch the first episode for free. Oh, that's how they get you.

I'll have to find a bootleg somewhere. See if anybody's selling it in an alley or something. That's right. So this is Mike Angelo. I can't remember

the name of his band, actually. The Idols. This really did go off the rails, Mike. Hold on, let's get to the chorus here. And then I know you have a hard stop, as they say in the business world. The biz. Oh, dear.

Oh, dear. I think I've heard this. I didn't even know this. I only recently discovered that For Everybody was a cover. I would have had no idea. In fact, I don't even remember For Everybody. Once you played it, I was like, okay. If you had said Roddy Piper had a song on the wrestling album, I wouldn't have remembered.

You were more of a grab-them-cakes man. Yeah, exactly. And then Coco B. Ware had one too, right? No, that was on the next one. That was on Pile Driver. That wasn't on the wrestling album. Fuck everybody. Let me get the track listing.

Fuck everybody. I remember it off by heart. I could do it for you, Jimmy Hart, Eat Your Heart Out, Rick Springfield. Land of a Thousand Dances. Grab Them Cakes. Real American. Eat Your Heart Out, Rick Springfield. Captain Lou's History of Music.

Captain Lou, Captain Lou. Hulk Hogan's Theme by the WWF All-Star. For Everybody. Tootie Fruity. By Meekie Okerlund. Don't Go Messing With a Country Boy. Hillbilly Jim. And. I mean Gene Okerlund. Don't go messing with a country boy. Hillbilly Jim and then Cara Mia. Cara Mia.

The guy was from Pennsylvania or something. No. He was from Europe. He was from the Ukraine or something. He was from somewhere in Europe. I'll tell you. He was from Europe. But he does live in Baltimore now. Nikolai Volkov. But he wasn't Russian. He's Croatian. Right. But he wasn't Russian. But he was European. Close enough he does live in Baltimore now. Nikolai Volkov, but he wasn't Russian.

He's Croatian. Right, but he wasn't Russian, but he was European. Close enough. He's 70 years old. I'm just glad he's alive. A lot of wrestlers didn't make it that far. Yeah, yeah, you're right. You're right.

Like Junkyard Dog, you got hit by a car when he was like, I don't know, 50 or something. Yeah, and then poor Macho Man Randy Savage had a heart attack in a car and ran to a tree. Oh, yeah. Remember? Yeah, Macho Man. He was in Spider-Man. Yeah, Macho Man. He was in Spider-Man. I love Macho Man. And he had himself a disc album called A Rap Album.

Which I'll play next time you're here. Great. Did you have a good time? I love this, Mike. I love coming back. Thank you for inviting me again. I might even invite you back because I'll have to announce to the world what's happening to me. My next

strategy for the next chapter will be revealed. That's the big, big teaser. And next time I have a Patreon call, you can maybe jump on it. Sounds good. Tell everybody. So you can jump on and go fuck everybody! Nice. And that brings us to the end of our

340 secondsecond show. By the way, next week, Steven Brunt comes back to kick out the jam. Fucking A. And Vic Rauter. Can we also mark down, your brother can make a notation that I cried again in this episode?

Did you? Yes, a little bit. Oh, a little bit? During the... During hurt. Let the record show Elvis did cry. Yes, because he's concerned about you. Yeah, he is.

As am I. He is, right. This is the 340-second show. You can follow he's concerned about you. Yeah, he is. As am I. He is, right. This is the 340 Second Show. You can follow me on Twitter at Toronto Mike. Elvis, which Twitter

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