Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - TMLX3: Toronto Mike'd #482

Episode Date: June 28, 2019

The sounds from TMLX3, recorded the evening of June 27, 2019 on the Great Lakes Brewery patio.

Welcome to episode 482 of Toronto Mic'd, a weekly podcast about anything and everything. Proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Propertyinthe6.com, Palma Pasta, Fast Time Watch and Jewelry Repair, StickerU.com, and Capadia LLP CPAs. I'm Mike from Toronto, Mike.com. And this episode is a recap for those unable to attend TMLX3 at Great Lakes Brewery on June 27th, 2019.

Or maybe you were there but had to leave early to, you know, let the babysitter go home or to put the kids to bed. Or maybe you were there for the entire event but you want to relive the evening so you could enjoy the memories flooding back. So this is a little bit of the Royal Pains, who played from 6.30 to 7.30. It's my entire 30-minute speech, and it's the entire set by Lowest of the Low. Enjoy. Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, Sweet child, sweet child of mine. Thanks guys, we got one more song to do, but before we do, I'd like to just introduce the band real quick. On bass, he sang for you today, his name is Christopher Dias. Make some noise for Christopher!

Thank you, everybody. On the drums, his name is Al Forte. Make some noise for Al Forte. On the guitar and harmonica, his name is Stuart Narduzzo. Make some noise for Stuart. Thanks, you guys are so nice. Let's now get the guy in the center position. He's like the podcast guy now. He's got the big head. Did you know? Bit on Toronto Mike and all that stuff. He also sings and plays guitar. Okay. It's Mr. Alan Grego.

Thank you. We are the Royal Pains. If you guys enjoyed what you heard tonight, follow us. We're online. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, all those places. See where we play next. We're in Newmarket in a couple of weeks. So if you're up that way, yes, I expect to see Rush Mike up in Newmarket on July 6th, I believe. Rush Mike. So one of Mike's favorite bands is The Hip. We played a lot of that tonight. And his other favorite band is Pearl Jam, so this one's for Mike. guitar solo So She said If I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy

Was nothing but a Why You were sleeping all alone At age 13 Your real daddy was dying So I didn't see him But I'm back to talk Oh, I'm still alive

Oh, I'm still alive, yeah Oh, I'm still alive, yeah Oh, I'm still alive, yeah Oh, she walked slowly Across the old man's room She said, I'm ready for you Oh, I can't remember anything to this very day Except your love My love goes nowhere

Now I can see it I just stare I'm still in love Boy, I'm still in love Oh, I'm still in love Oh, I'm still the laughing Oh, I'm still the laughing Oh! There's something wrong, she said World course, there is You're still alive, she said

Oh, do I deserve to be Is that the question? And if so, if so Thank you. Oh, I'm still in love with you. Until I... Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you. We have one last song to play Where's Mike? Where's Mike? Mike, this one's for you, buddy Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you Happy birthday Toronto White Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday Toronto Mike Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday Mike!

What it do, baby! My wife has brought a birthday cake, and she's here by the Great Lakes tent, and she's cutting it right now into remarkably small slices, so everybody can have a slice. remarkably small slices so everybody can have a slice. So feel free to wander over there and get a slice of birthday cake. Babe, make sure you save me a slice. I want a corner slice. So she couldn't decide if she should get a vanilla cake with chocolate icing or a chocolate cake with vanilla icing. And she picked the wrong one but I like it all. It's all good. It's all good. Okay quick security check just before I get into this speech. I have to compete with all

these great conversations happening. I need to know if any of the following people are here. If you see one of these people here, notify me immediately. This is very serious. Is Dean Blundell here? Is Dean here? No. Mike Stafford, I need to know if Mike Stafford is here. No. know if Mike Stafford is here. Is Molly Johnson here? I actually wish Molly was here. She's coming back. I can't confirm, so it's not an official announcement, but it's looking good for Molly to come back in August. I really hope she comes back, so she shouldn't be on this security list. But one more name here. This is very, my lawyer needs to know if Ross Porter is here. Is Ross here?

No, okay. We're okay. I can proceed. Firstly, I want to thank Great Lakes Brewery for hosting. And for buying the first pour. They bought, I hope all you TMLX3 attendees got your first beer for free. Great Lakes was the first sponsor of Toronto Mic'd

many years ago. And I'm very pleased to announce that they just renewed for another six months, which is amazing. Troy, if you're out there, these guys are fiercely independent. Troy's in there pouring beers. He's working, but they're fiercely independent. I mean, owned by the Bullet family. You've heard Peter Bullet kick out the jams. He kicked out some pitbull. So you should drop by here. What I'm saying is now that you've been here and you see how awesome it is, come by for lunch or come by on the weekend, have a pint on the patio. And if you're ever at a bar and they don't have GLB on tap, tell

them they should because Great Lakes is fantastic. So thank you, Great Lakes Beer. Okay, this is a loaded question. Are there any Toronto Mike patrons here? Anyone who's a patron? Good. Okay, you guys, you guys are the real MVPs. Seriously. Toronto Mike patrons, you're the best. Thanks so much for helping to keep it going.

Are there any TMDS clients out there? I saw Ariel42. Where are you? Yes. Okay. There's a few. Manny's out there somewhere. Where's Manny? He's inside. Oh yeah. Right here. Okay. TMDS clients. You guys are awesome. Is there anyone here who contributes to the torontomic.com open mics? Any open micers out there? Okay, good. I need to find out your name after this speech. Okay. I know I saw Beats. Beats came all the way from Coburg. He's here. JJ, has anybody seen JJ's comments? She came all the way from Scarborough. That's far away. Somebody, I don't remember the name, it might be Jill.

Somebody came from Cambridge. Who came from Cambridge today? Okay, over here, I gotta look to my left sometimes. Thank you. Is it Jill? Close to Joe? Cheryl. Wait, how many fingers am I holding up? Okay, wrong Cheryl. Wait, how many fingers am I holding up? Okay, wrong Cheryl. I want to say something to all the guests. So we've had 481 episodes. There's been episodes of Joel Goldberg.

I saw him here. Mark Weisblot's over there. He comes on once a month. I see Mark Hemsher is signing books. Cam Gordon is over there. Anybody who's ever taken the time out of their busy lives to visit my basement, I really appreciate it. I think that's awesome. And without a good subject, there's not much of a podcast.

So thank you to all the guests who have come by. Joe. Okay, Joe is my best friend in junior kindergarten. Joe, let the people know who you are. He's a good guy. But here's what he's doing. Okay, he's got three kids, like, backpacking for a year. Like, for 12 months, they're going to, like, South America and Australia. I don't even know if this is legal, right? I don't even know if you can do that. But he's doing it, leaving next week, Tuesday.

So, Joe, I won't see him for a year. When we see him in a couple of years or whatever, he'll have a very long beard. So, Joe, you're a good guy. Illvibe is not here. He had to perform somewhere else. But I want to thank Illvibe because several years ago when I had the idea to start a podcast with this terrible voice, I talked to Illvibe and I said, this is what it's going to be. I'm going to talk about this with Toronto Centric.

And he wrote a theme song. He put together a theme song. Before I did episode one, I had a theme song. I also had a closing song. We'll talk about that in a minute. But I had a Toronto Mike theme song. And I want to thank Ill Vibe for that. He also put together the Property in the Six jingle.

So Ill Vibe is prolific sticker you.com have you have you guys looked inside your loop bags there should be like lowest of the low agit pop stickers and temporary tattoos and Toronto Mike stickers and temporary tattoos oh there I now see her on the lawns. Laura, just wave to everybody from stickeru.com. I think Brian's going to give him some business and get a decal for my wall now that Periscope has taken off. That's Leo's fault. Right.

So thank you very much. The good news is that, I'm glad Laura's here, Stick, you just renewed for three months. So that's amazing, too. Thank you so much. Is Rosie here? Rosie lives like maybe 30 meters away and she never makes it out to this event. OK, she's not here. to this event. Okay, she's not here. Back in the day when I needed a co-host, Rosie stepped up and she was amazing. So thank you, Rosie. Andrew Stokely's not here, even though he's like the biggest, lowest of the low fan on the planet. And he loves the new Agitpop album, but Stokely couldn't make it. So Andrew, thank you for the help you gave me when I was learning about audio hardware and microphones. So thanks so much. You were there.

And I think I came a long way. I hope you're proud. Okay, I want to thank Blue Sky Agency because they actually bought the fourth mic when I was going to have a roundtable. And they bought the chairs. So whenever a guest, I see Lawrence here from Lowest to the Low and Ron Hawkins. Anytime you guys sit in one of those seats, thank you, Blue Sky, for providing the chairs. So whenever a guest, I see Lawrence here from lowest to the low and Ron Hawkins, anytime you guys sit in one of those seats, thank you, blue sky for providing the chairs in the Toronto Mike studios is Chris Brown here. Like not the guy, not the bad Chris Brown, but okay. Chris Brown was a big fan of the podcast and he said, can I paint your

studio? And he did. And he hung around for a week and Moe Bird of the podcast and he said can I paint your studio and he did and he hung around for a week and Mo Berg would drop by and he'd be like whoa Mo Berg is here and then Mike Zeisberger and I think Hepsi and him took a carpool for a while so I was hoping Chris would be here but thanks Chris for doing that

that's amazing chrisbrownpainting.com tell him Mike sent you. Thank you to Brian Gerstein from PropertyInTheSix.com. He's a big Expos fan. And a Tampa Bay Ray fan apparently as well now. He's been a wonderful partner for the show. I'm just like happy.

You seem to have room to move your arms like I Think you could even go to the washroom and not lose your spot So that's something new here tell me Brian for the record is tmlx3 better than the Raptors championship parade Hey, come over here. You got some giveaways right? Okay. Come on up here Hey, come over here. You got some giveaways, right? Okay, come on up here. Let the man out there. Yes, whenever I make those collages of guests, you know, those little pictures I put together.

By the way, if people are wondering what we're talking about, a recent episode is right after that Raptors parade where I saw it and had a great time with Hebsey. Brian, I took a phone call from Brian, and he told us why it was the worst day of your life. So let me pass the mic, as the Beastie Boys said, and do your giveaway. I have two questions here. If you're loyal and terronomic listeners, you will know immediately. If not, then you shouldn't be here. Okay, first question will be, I have one guest who I always appreciate for his honesty and he just totally leaves it on the line. My favorite guest of Toronto Mic is, first person to call it out will win a $25 gift certificate.

To Timmy's. Okay, so any guesses out there for who my favourite Toronto Mike guest is? At least his sports personality makes it worse. So yell out the name if you know Brian's favorite Toronto My Guest ever. Mark Hepshire. Mark Hepshire. He doesn't even have that in his top 100. Damien Cox.

Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox.

Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Damien Cox. Wilner? Where is Wilner? Is he here? He's at a golf tournament. You know I made this on a Blue Day off day just so Wilner can be here. Alright so what do we do? Do you have a backup question? This was a morning show host who came from Calgary. I'm TSM. I'm Fran'm not fat if I don't. You got it! Yay!

We have a winner. It's Mimico Joe. I know this guy. Also known as Brony if you're an open mic-er. Brony gets a $25 Tim Hortons gift card. Okay, he's got another one. By the way, Brian had to spend $25 to get that gift card. So you have to buy a condo. Gallery of Mall? Is that a possibility? It's September, yes. Okay, next question. I have been identified as a lookalike for

various personalities by Twinkie Nice Dicks. Who is the number one person who I have been identified with and I agree with? This is a... You got it! Hold it! Langer got that! Michael Langer! Congratulations! Thank you! Okay, Brian's here if you want to know more details about the Galleria Mall condo development.

I worked at the Food City there, so I feel I deserve one. Alright, thank you. I got a few more thank yous. Thank you to the Toronto Raptors. What it do, baby! Is anyone here from the Raptors? Thank you to Fast Time Watch and Jewelry Repair. They've been doing quality watch and jewelry repairs for almost 40 years. Milan has a very, not to blow you away here, Brian, in your $25 gift card. I was told this watch is worth $300, is that correct? Okay, get over here. This is big time, okay? This is the big leagues now.

And mom, I'm gonna whisper the answer in your ear. I think you deserve it. Okay, Milan. All right, thank you very much. Good evening, everyone. And a very happy birthday to all of you. And a very happy birthday to all of you. Most polarizing co-host ever?

So he recently co-hosted when I had the two excellent wrestling people, John Pollock and Wei Ting. I have to pretend I know about them. I got more negative feedback about bringing a sponsor into that episode. Meanwhile, it's not like he talked about watch repair. He's an expert on the subject. I don't know why I got such flack. I thought you were great.

What wonderful pipes. All right, so trivia again. Mike, you're going to be the judge today. All right, I take you back to episode 348. Mike's, one of Mike's favorite guests, Ann Romer. Okay, okay. Yeah, so Ann promised to take Mike out to lunch. Wow, okay, okay. And glasses? Does he have a name? What's your name? Peter. I should know that. I should know all my listeners' names. Peter, do you want a men's watch or a woman's watch?

Because you could give it to a girl, a gal, a female person. I don't know anymore. Did he want the ladies' watch? There's no shame in that, sir. That's because he's got a watch. If it needs a watch battery, you get 15% off if you say you heard about him on Toronto Map. And fasttimewatchripAir.com. Thank you, Milan.

Amazing. This is happening. Is there a photo? Woo! You're stepping on the cord, Milan. Come on. Amazing. Thanks so much. Tyler Campbell's not here because he had to go to New York on work,

and he was very upset and depressed about it. And he has a serious case of FOMO, but he's the guy who maintains the Kick Out the Jam spreadsheet. So thank you, Tyler, for the effort required to do that, because that's amazing. All right, does anyone still have some beer? Did I mention you can get more beer? But if you have a beer, a quick toast to Gear Joyce. Gear Joyce wanted to be here more than anything.

I think at the last TMLX he did stand-up, and he made that Wilner joke, which is why he's not here today, I think. But Gear Joyce, he got, don't joke around about pneumonia. Like, I can't spell pneumonia, but this guy's been in the hospital a long time. Like, he can't get out of there. So, Gare, if you're listening or watching, this is a toast to Gare Joyce. The man gives good podcasts. All right. Now, Anthony's a bit, like like Mike shy here, but Anthony from

Palma Pasta, I'll talk to my peas. Is Anthony here? Okay, so Anthony's here. That handsome gentleman with the glasses under the tent. Everybody look. Are you sure you don't want to do this? Okay, so I have in my hand right now a gift card for Palma Pasta. Anthony wants me to pick a question. So, who in the history of Toronto Mike's 481 episodes, who has kicked out the oldest jam? No, good guess. Not Dave Hutt. Not Mike Stafford.

Mike Wilder! This guy's got it. Mike Wilder's correct. Come on up here. It's like some 30s. Is it Louis Armstrong? I can't remember now. Somebody Google it.

Okay, that's for you. Do we get a photo of this? Thank you, Palma Pasta. Yeah, I guess so. Are we done? Hi. Okay. Somebody, and I can't remember who, somebody said, oh, Mike, all your listeners are guys.

I don't know why they thought that. I see so many women out there. Women? Woman? I don't know. Is Elvis here? Of course not. Okay.

Palma, by the way, just renewed for three months. That's amazing. Thank you, Anthony. You catered our wedding. Monica, you're here, right? Serving cake. So before he was a sponsor when we had to pay money for this. You should get that money back I think now. But it was amazing.

So get your events catered by Palma Pasta. Hebsey's here. And he's still signing one of his, he can sign his George Ordon book. The best athlete you've never heard of. The greatest athlete you've never heard of. So he's there. Go to him. 25 bucks. You get athlete you've never heard of. So he's there, go to him, 25 bucks, you get the book, which is amazing. And he did a great job telling that story.

And he'll sign it, and he'll take a selfie with you, and then you can tweet that at Jim Taddy, just to troll him a little bit. Cam Gordon from Twitter Canada. Cam Gordon from Twitter Canada. Come over here, son. This tall drink of water has been on Toronto Mike a couple of times, is that right? Sandy Cohen's not here, right? Because the low guys are here, they want to talk to you. Oh yeah, I see. You're trying to ignite the plurality system. Do you want to hold this? I actually

told Mike I'd bring some door prizes here, and he said, how about some Twitter trivia questions? Yeah, okay, thank you. Who's on Twitter here? Oh yeah, hashtag TMLX3, so yeah. So you're going to see in the next few days, we always put out when Canada Day rolls around, who are some of the biggest Canadian personalities on Twitter. We do this at the half year mark, we do this at the end of the year.

So these are going to be the questions. Who are the biggest Canadians on Twitter in terms of mentions? I know there's a lot of sports fans here, so these are going to be very sports-oriented. So you can just shout it out. Who do you think is the most mentioned Canadian hockey player, their count on Twitter so far this year? Mitch Warner is number three. That's a good guess. Sidney Crosby, not on Twitter, sadly. PK was number two. Who'd be number

one? He was like number four. Here's a clue. He's a troll on Twitter, a troll on the ice, too. Yes, Brian Marchand. Very good. Here's a second sports tribute question. Who is the most mentioned Canadian athlete account on Twitter in the first half of the year? It's not Brian Marchand is number two. I'll just say it's a different sport. A Canadian athlete account on Twitter. Not the tennis guy. No, that's a very, very good guess. Let me see. This guy's very, very young. No, that's a very good guess. He was like 10th, which is very surprising.

Yes, R.J. Barrett. Very good. Number three pick in the NBA draft. So I've got two more questions for you. This one we're going to go to the world of music. Who is the most mentioned Canadian musician on Twitter? It's not Drake, it's not Bieber. Who's that Mendez?

I think it was this guy over here. Totally looks like a Shawn Mendes fan, I'm not surprised. And then this question is going to be the final question for the Toronto Mike diehards. So you can get out your phones, you might be able to look this up. What is Toronto Mike's most liked tweet of all time? Yes. It took like half a second. I thought that was going to stun people. Yeah. And like what were the words like on that tweet? It was that it was the giant rubber duck in the Toronto

Harbour. Did we learn nothing from the Trojan War? It still gets retweeted now in this. Thank you, Cam Gordon from Twitter Canada. Twitter's not a sponsor, by the way. That's not cool, man. Kapadia, LLP CPAs. Rupesh Kapadia, not your father's accountant. He sees beyond the numbers. The true rock star accountant. Do you want to come up and say hi? Can we get you on the mic for a second? Rupesh Kapadia.

He runs marathons now. Hello, hello, hello. So I was inspired by Mike and we were going to do some Beyond Numbers. And I'm so happy that he did inspire me and I have done some of it. I'm still not a pro so I'll pass it on again back to Mike and hopefully he can take it over from me. Thank you Mike for giving the opportunity. Thank you Rupesh Kapadia. Even though Milan called me up one day, I'm going to share a quick story, calls me up one day and he goes, Mike, you're saying his name wrong. And I said, what do you mean? I met him and he, I took a mental note. It's like cappuccino, cappadilla. Like that was my mental note. And I still like, how can

I screw that up? And he's like, no, it's cappadilla, cappadilla. And I'm like, no. And he goes, yeah, phone the, uh, phone the number and listen to the voicemail. The voicemail says cappadilla. And I'm like, I got a little, like, I'm like, oh, I knew sponsor and I got the butcher the name. It turns out the voicemail is wrong. It is Kapadia, right? So it's only you and I who know that though. And now everybody else. Thank you so much, buddy. Heart of the Mystique. He's an enigma wrapped in a riddle, but when you need a rock star, yeah, he's the Kawhi Leonard of accountancy. I was thinking the same thing.

Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce. Okay, it's 8 o'clock, so I'm going to wrap up. Thank you to the Royal Pains. They've played all three Toronto Mike's listener experiences, all three. They're so good. I'm not just saying that because he's right there. And he's got a menacing looking beard. Hey Stu, I want to say special shout out to Stu in the band.

Where's Stu? Because Stu designed the poster. The posters I've been sharing ridiculous frequency the last few months. Thank you, Stu, for that. Al Grego, though, the lead singer, I want to thank him personally for that awesome effort, not for the singing, that's all right too, but for putting together that Best of Toronto Mic Volume 1. Like, that's some serious time right you went through 250 episodes you pulled 16 clips I didn't have any influence I found out what was gonna make it when I heard it there so amazing Al Grego and this young man had a heart attack I had nothing to do with it. It happened before I showed up in his life.

Thank you to the lowest of the low. I don't know what more to say here except that the new album, Agitpop. Is it album or album? Anybody know? The new album, Agitpop, which you heard on the most recent episode. I think it was 479 or something. Straight up, sounds amazing. Amazing. By the way, my wife made this shirt today.

Like today, I woke up, this did not exist. It was like fabric from fabric land in a bag or something. And now it exists and I'm wearing it. And it's got TMLX3 on it, so I can only wear it today. I love it. Thank you so much. But that's not part of the speech. That was not part of the speech. Cheekspear My Butt is great today, like if I listen to it.

But more on the low later. But thanks so much, guys, for being here. Yeah. Is this Brian? Is that your father? Separated at birth. Handsome people everywhere. Okay. All right.

I want to thank all my everybody. Thank you, everyone. But thank you to my family and my friends and those who knew me before I was a solid C-list Internet celebrity. Nicole's back there somewhere. I know her as Nicole LaPlante, but she's Nicole. Stu Stone, did you get your loot bag? This guy directed a movie that's going to be on Netflix soon, right? Honestly, and Wilder's in that new movie, right?

It's fantastic. You've heard Stu Stone. Stu Stone is fantastic. So thank you for being here, Anyways, it's fantastic. You've heard Stew Stone. What a fan. Stew Stone is fantastic. So, thank you for being here, Nicole, by the way. Yeah, so, anyone who knew me back when or whatever, you know, before I became such a big, big fucking deal.

Okay. Alright, I see my mom's here. Toronto mom. You gonna wave to everybody? No? That's my mom. Thanks you going to wave to everybody? No? That's my mom. Thanks for being here. And thanks to my brothers.

Are they still here? Steve's right there. Did Ryan leave? Aw. That's not cool. Thank you. I know I alluded earlier, but Monica, thanks so much, babe. This is, you know, Elvis is not here.

And Elvis was like, I want to see the Wolfpack match. He loved the Wolfpack. I took him to a Wolfpack match. He had a great time. Hebsey had a great time, too. And then Elvis was all over me to get him more tickets, because I got these VIP tickets and he wanted to take advantage. And I said, oh, what date do you want to go? And he goes, June 27th.

So I do all my phone calls, you know. Hey, man, can I get four tickets for June 22? And, like, he never, he bailed. Like, he bailed on the event he made me pick the date for. I don't even know why I'm telling this story, but I'm still mad about it. I'm glad Elvis is not here. But, babe, thanks so much. Wonderful wife, wonderful mother.

Can't believe you brought a cake. I didn't know that was happening. You made a shirt. Like, seriously, too good to be true. Amazing. Monica, you were on an episode, right? Back in the day? All right, and finally, almost finally,

two of my favorite people in the universe are here today. This is very exciting to me because they did not come to the first two events. And then because today happens to be my birthday, I think they felt a little guilty, so they thought they should show up to see dad on his birthday. And I can see James is so shy right now. He's my very shy child. So James and Michelle are here. Wave hi to everybody. No, no hi. James, that's handsome young man. Almost 18 years old. I can't believe it. So proud of that guy. And Michelle, she's amazing. Honestly, best things I ever did. And I have two other best things there, but they're at home. The babysitters putting them to bed. So thank you guys, James and Michelle. Thank you for being here. Thank you guys, James and Michelle, thank you for being here.

And finally, because I want to pass this mic to the lowest of the low, Lawrence and Ron from lowest to the lower here. A giant thank you to everyone who ever chose to give Toronto Mike your most valuable and scarce resource, time. Thank you for listening. Thank you for supporting the sponsors. Thank you for making noise about all of the above on social media. Thank you for telling your friends and family members about the real talk. And most of all, thank you for

being here and making this the best TMLX ever. Thank you guys so much. And without further ado, Bob McCowan, are you here? No. Lawrence Nichols and Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low. Hey everybody, how's it going? We're very excited to be here to support Mike, to play down here by the highway. We're both living in a van. More importantly, out of Mike's basement. Get to see him in the outdoors. As Mike said, we are two members of a band called Lost of the Low. We've been on the show quite a few times.

I thought maybe we were up there with the most attended people on Toronto Mike, but I don't think we even come close. I don't think, no. He likes us, but he doesn't like us that much. So we're going to play some old songs. We're going to play some new ones. This is one off our new record, which is called Agitpop. Oh, I don't have a keyboard on that.

We're very professional, ladies and gentlemen. I'm going to screw up a lot. Okay, get used to that. Usually it's not the first song, but anyway. Here we go. One, two, yes! Yes! In the battle of the bar I was the drunken people's commissar The best laid plans

The only rubber bands Sacrificial barricade We were battered every single day

We were kept in the house To fight the saints and lies But it was easy to be bold

To be brave enough to be bold I want to bleed a white, to bleed a white Cause my journey only bleeds The years turn the souls out of our shoes ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ Who's gonna dare you sacrifice to have a dream? Oh, Neil, our sweetest dreams were not for sale. She turned last, a couple of cobras and a crocodile.

Yeah, well, let's give it up. Yeah, let's give it up. Let's give it up. You think it's all in your head, but it's all in your soul. When our sack is built by the Rockets, oh, like a meteor. They compare it to death, there's no time for remorse. It can't stop us, built by the Rockets, oh, it ain't easy To be bold

To be brave enough To be bold I wanna skim it out And cover the breeze To be bold To be stable And to be strong I wanna feel alive

Take a chance to live Think it's all in your head But it's all in your soul Life's like it's built by the rocket So Like a medium You think it's out of your head But it's out in the show

Live sockets Built by the Rockets So Ready to explode Just like a medium By the Rockets So Ready to explode Just like a meteor A bottle I could show Thank you! That is a song most of you don't know.

So thanks for that. This one is a song that some of you might know. This is a song off a record called Shakespeare in My Butt, which was released in 1891 by what was then called Terrestrial Radio, which doesn't exist anymore. But thankfully, Mike shouts out at the top of his lungs and at the top of the mountain for the band. This is a song called For the Head of Magdalena.

It goes like this here. You couldn't believe when they told you that you'd never been around here before She hung out in the Kelowna Hotel with the Cubans in the Puerto Del Sol Thank you. Later, your boots planted in the southern Spain Like a sea is in the Spanish rain I pulled her hand up and later I gave her a fan and you never thought anyone could look so cool She could handle that Soviet pistol like she learned to do it in school

You fell in love in an area, bombshell section, detraction You went with fear, she was wet with fashion And I'll hold her hand of Magdalena For your boots planted in the sword of Spain Like a cheese in the Spanish rain I'll hold the hand of Magdalena Your blood's red like the sword of Spain Like a cheese in the Spanish rain

I'll hold theie, Magdalena Her mother couldn't ever understand Why her son took the car to ours And her father could never understand That she could fall for your Republican charms Magdalena, Magdalena, Magdalena The choice was never lost In a week and a half You'll be walking down 42nd Street again

You can read it in the New York Times The plates are rising in this tampering way You can touch that spot where a fascist Built it nearly seven years That's nothing like the way that you're so stuck Thank you. Your blood's red like the soil of Spain Like the tears of a Spanish rain All for a hand of Magdalena Hand of Magdalena Hand of Magdalena La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la This one's a little slower, a little less loud. Here's the pursuit. I used to have a friend

Who skipped a maximum security prison But he used the car that Jasmine got the car on and he moved He spent six out of

seven days drunk and passed out on the floor Jasmine got burned by her friends She said

that she should go running after him But she'll never make that mistake again She said that she should go running after him But she'll never make that mistake again So she says goodbye But she kisses his picture and turns out to lie Yes, she does In the city full of cowards as this

We've given just enough rope to come in There's been too much wine under the bridge My eyes have become immune To everything that I take from you You wander around on a crutch To everything that I take from you You wander around on a crutch Why don't you just lay it down and shut up With thoughts as pure as the driven slush

And a cool insanity From everything that you take from me I get the pigs into the pen It's a padlock slamming sound A shotgun is there Hit the ground I separate the meat from bone It takes a cave

But blood is everywhere It's everywhere Take some care. What is it? I'm waiting, I'm salivating Speaking, I sink the teeth in I'm sleeping, I'm too deep in I'm digging your way out of here One more beer and I'll go home I'm over with philosophies Of every woman that I've known

Sex isn't sex and love isn't strong But I wish that I could relax But another day has fallen through the cracks How you feeling Lawrence? Good? Can you hear yourself? You're Good. You can hear yourself? I can hear myself fine. I can hear your guitar really well. That's not even a code for anything, that just means you can hear my guitar.

That's a passive-adgressive statement from another band member I've been in a relationship with for a few years. Oh no, no, no, no. That would be too professional. So this is a song from our last album and it's called The Last Song. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band.

It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band.

It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. It's a song that I wrote for the band. That would be too professional. So this is a song from our last album, and it's also about the Spanish Civil War, ladies and gentlemen. Drink up everybody! It's called Gerona Train. Thank you. I still can't remember Sweat would fall and the sun would burn So far away now it feels like December You could ease my mind Don't you cry You could break my heart Don't you try

Cause you're the only one that I can depend on You spent the day sober Sharing memories of 39 And the ways we marched our days in and out of time On the train from Toronto Hearing that could mean why I live through the London times Yeah, the buns fell into place in a crooked line You could ease my mind

I thought you'd die You could break my heart. Don't you try. Cause it feels so cold, it feels like forever. There's one more Lighting to hold you Tonight Chippie and Malro Not enough of Vila to go round

There's a groundswell coming up from the underground And that picture you sent me Haunts me more and more with each passing day And your passion touches me more than I can even say you could ease my mind why don't you cry you can break my heart Don't you try

Don't you, don't you, don't you You can ease my mind Don't you, don't you cry There's nothing to you You could break my heart Oh don't you, don't you, don't you Thank you! Am I crazy or do we sound like the freaking Everly Brothers up here?

I think the sound system improves people's performances. I mean, we're usually good together. We've been singing for 30 years together. We should be good, but... No. That's the terrifying, sad thing. We don't have any secrets. It's all out there. Mike's displayed it all out there on his mudslinging show. I got involved in a terrible 90s turf war in Mike's show the last time I was on there. turned around and they stuck a knife in my back. At least in the edited clips that Mike played.

He's now taken to taking separate words and putting them together and making people say things. They're like deepfakes, right? Deepfake Mike they call them. This is a song about people, I feel like we've come here to sort of rain on everybody's parade. This is a song about anxiety and people feeling uncomfortable in their skin. Oh, is it last call already? Anyway, this is a song called Midnight Marianne.

It's on a new record. It goes like this here. Midnight Marianne You do understand You show the phantom with an angel's face. Strike that pretty pose so no one ever knows. You're dancing deathly on the razor blade. You're the star of your own nightmare.

It's a game where the rules are there. But everyone has a cross to bear sometimes. Oh, midnight, Mary Ann. You've been burdened and beguiled by memories that stink like scotch. And the damn big guy by my side Raised that snake-like scar And one day he comes around And every wound unbound Is shining through me Like a million stars

And I can see that you can't see the end of it all You can't seem to read the writing on the wall So I'll try desperately to be there when you fall apart. And one thing, Marianne, when I hold your hand, it feels like falling in a shallow grave. In a shallow grave Despite that pretty pose Everybody knows you're dancing They ought to raise their brain

So put the pen in the hand you're making Oh, midnight Marianne All things greater than the sum of every ugly undertow You wave him from the deck Send that SOS And I'll receive it like a radio Yeah, I'll receive it like a radio

Oh, I'll receive it like a radio Cheers! Cheers! I realize I look like an asshole now. I have a special eye condition like Bono does. This is a song about overthrowing the government. I'm just gonna keep it up.

This is a song about urethra infections. No, no, no no that's the encore I got that my back pocket for the next record I'm thinking it's a working project progress is not finished yet what rhymes with urethra urethra Aretha the great soul queen well that wasn't the good rumor. I would stretch the boundaries of poetic license and rhyme Eureka with Euretha. Anyway, we're going to talk about this in the car. One of Canada's finest songwriters, ladies and gentlemen. Just giving you a glimpse behind the...

Don't look at the man behind the curtain. So this is one I finished. It doesn't have any body parts in it. I don't think. And all the roads you see from your door Lead one way and the other way And all the waves that crash on your shore Carry sailor's bones from shipwreck days

When all those vicious handcuff words Constrict, contract, constrain Well, I'll meet you on the barricade In the cool, defiant rain I'll be you and your brothers rain I will use your brothers and long to your mothers to store an unwritten page

Oh they read you the rules and they sent you to school but you paid for the bars on your page so you played a poison violin in a symphony of rage Last time you traded that fucker in for a place on the barricade Then all our struggles shone I'll shrug or shout

Seconds the jury, minutes the judge In the hour of the barricade Your green eyes and your battle cries Are the sweetest warning soon But the only ring Can dismantle this thing Is the sound of a siren heard By the children of apostasy

Who will rescue this wretched world Yeah, they'll join their hands Like a barricade Like an insolent fist full of burns. Stay or go now or no. The week is the hangman, the month is the rope, in the year of the barricade. Some vote with their heads, and some vote with their hearts, and some vote with the end of their dicks. You can vote with a ballot, you can vote with your wallet, but it's always a vote for the pricks.

Yeah, so let me tell you this for free, my next vote's with a brick. I'll vote somewhere behind the barricade, beyond the lies and the rhetoric. If I see you on the barricade I'll be sure to shake your hand How would I build your barricade on the grave of this

sleepwalking land There was a body part in there. I found it. We're not sure how... Hey, Mike. How long... Are they going to call the cops? All right. Drink super fast, folks. Yeah.

They're not going to call the cops, but there won't be any beer, so you might as well go to jail. Is that you or is that me? Somebody's doing a little dance at you. Anyway. Yeah, so get your beers. This is a song off a record called Shakespeare in My Butt. And it looks surprisingly, the color scheme is surprisingly similar to our new record. Almost as if we were trying to put one over on you. I don't think we were, but maybe we were subconsciously.

A lot of things happen in the subconscious. You guys remember Burgundy and Beige, don't you? Don't you? Remember that sports team that had Burgundy and Beige? No. Anyway. This is a song about downtown Toronto. I remember the first time I went on Mike's show,

I was like, shouldn't he be called Mimico Mike? Because I'm not sure where the line is, but I like to refer to him as, oh, he's shaking. He's shaking with rage. I think, yeah. I think you stepped on a third rail here. This has a body part in it, this song. Distract, distract.

Well, I don't know where I'm going. I don't know where you are tonight. And I don't know what I'm doing. But I am feeling out to right. Well, I'm hanging around. I'm hanging around. You're hanging up the phone again, and I'm hanging up

this town. I want you in. I need you in. I'm bleeding And I'm bleeding a little wild tonight Yeah, I'm bleeding a little wild tonight Well, I don't know much about you

Not more than a smile that you can say And everything I learned about you I learned through the pit of my stomach. Anyway, and I forget about you. If I could dare, but I just want to make love to you. It's a dark, rainy stream somewhere. Cause I want you. I need you in Like you do it I'm bleeding

I'm bleeding a little wild tonight Yeah, I'm bleeding a little wild tonight Yeah, I'm bleeding wild tonight Yeah, I'm bleeding wild tonight Well, I hope it's cold and that reminds me of the time When you nearly kissed me blind on a bad-ass street And if you turn me down, well, I'll spin this cord around and give it back to you. Cause it's something, something that I can't explain.

Yeah, if it's all the same. © transcript Emily Beynon Thank you. Don't let me bleed again tonight Don't let me bleed again tonight All the sticks that taught me that Hanging around in my old homes I'm a stakes a top me hanging around I remember you telling me Alex never gets what she wants you got someone you should me I got myself again but I just can't let this be Let me speak I want you in I need you in I'm bleeding

And I'm bleeding a little wild tonight Yeah, I'm bleeding a little wild tonight Yeah, I'm bleeding a little wild tonight I bleed a little wild tonight I bleed a little wild tonight I bleed a little wild tonight I bleed a little wild tonight I bleed a little wild tonight I'll be a little wild tonight Yeah, I'll be a little wild tonight Thank you.

We're here to indoctrinate you to our new record, which is called Magic Pop. This is a song off that record. It's called Imogene. I'm not sure there are any body parts in this song. You think? This is a song off that record. It's called Imogene. Oh my god! I'm not sure there are any body parts in this song. You think? They're implied, but I don't think they're that... They're legal. Is everybody having fun? Is everybody totally in the bag or no?

No. Everybody's going for the server. It's not good to be really drunk down by the highway. We're in that hard way back in about 1993. We wound up living in a van down by the highway. I remember the days when you dropped by Looking to show the league Now you've gone away And nobody backs on the industry You were singing the tune You were going until you were gone

to the side I was stuck in the same side I don't know how I can achieve How I can achieve How I can achieve Don't make him a chief Somebody explain why somebody's Painting so hard to read

Somebody's the blade Then I guess somebody's Gonna have to bleed When your worst inclinations are clean And your restless fear was the referee Oh, come back you're the chief

Come back you're the chief Come back you're the chief Come back, never change I walk these shallow streets that we used to claim Your name from my lips falls But that heartless whisper Flips and drifts away

Was it ever here at all? Come back in a jeep Like those birthday candles we couldn't ignite And the guests to a party too sad to invite All the things that have been and the things that'll never be Oh, come back in a jeep And the things that'll never be I'll come back in a jeep Come back in a jeep

Come back in a jeep I'll come back in a chariot And I'll come back in a child of the after day Back in a child of the blood of the flame In a dream that she's in This is a song from a record of ours that we refer to as the critical and commercial flop. Which one, you say? Pretty wrong. Which one are you talking about? The proceeds of that record bought this shirt. I've been wearing it since 1992. This is a song called Black Monday, it does it this year. Like Monday

It's coming around again And it feels like a friend It just won't take a hint Cause it's hanging me up It is hanging around And I'm feeling far too lost to be the keeper of that And the tone of my voice is the loneliest sound My heroes have all become pathetic clowns

And I'm feeling far too lost to keep to the sound My old friend came He laughed like a tidal wave But Charlie don't surf On your laughter On Black Monday's end The shadows I feel But Charlie, don't surf on your laughter on Black Mondays. And the shadows I feel are the shadows in me. That night in your face and your beautiful smile.

And the curve of your brush and your laughing black eyes. Make me believe I'm a winner tonight. Monday morning is just out of sight Oh, Monday morning is just out of sight I know a story about a man Who couldn't see past his fingertips Reach out and touch it It's just too much like he needs it

And I don't know a woman Who reached out to me And I should go with my barbed wire hands And I could beat you proud But you can't defend on me When the black wonder starts coming around My friend Kate You are sad and beautiful And the way I am

Has never been too good for us Cause I'm too blind to hear And I'm too deaf to see But I still have a voice that can call out your name With a gut full of beer and a head full of pain I can lie in your arms and be lovers again And thank God Tuesday morning is just as it was Thank God Tuesday morning is just as it was

And do you know I won't let you down, let you down And rest your head When I come around, come around Do you know You can count on me, count on me, yeah Life out loud I see what you see, what you see.

Do you know? I won't let you down, let you down. Raise your hand when I come around, come around. Do you know? You can count on me, count on me. I see what you see, what you see. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you. Na na, na na na na na na na Na na, na na na na na na Na na, na na na na na na Thank you. That may have been the most sensitive way we've ever ended that song. We've ended that song some sensitive ways.

I can tell. We were both looking inside ourselves at that moment and really, really wanted to bring it through. And our internal body parts. Our organs, if you will. Hey Mike, thanks for having us a lot tonight. Yeah, thanks for bringing us to the highlight part of the song. We're going to play a song that's not really part of the Lowest of the Low repertoire, but it's still a song you might know.

I think there's some sports people here as well. I know there's a big crossover between the sports world and the music world in Mike's basement where it all comes together, so. This is a Drake song. Oh, Drake? You ever been to a basketball game? Like saying you never heard now.

Be the tragic one. I saw your ghost in Kensington. The sly sentry of the alleyway. A wounded soldier from the battle days. It took me some weight. I haven't been free in years. Old appetites like souvenirs. I turned around and you disappeared. Thank you. Peace and quiet Lights never go down Bison shooting stars in Chinatown

Reflecting in your eyes electric blue The kiss lingers like a déjà vu And all the lovers crash And echo a million of the past And lie pinned beneath their memories A billion colliding destiny Stay in the street A billion colliding destiny Stare the stream With wrist of silence

By the sweet Peace and quiet Because the fish Rags tight About to change The weather You don't know Why this time I said never

Say never Believe I said never, said never Even though we lie I swore we'd stay this way forever Forever Forever Forever, forever, forever, ever, ever, ever, ever. Thank you. The friend of the fallen world Is it funny or sad? Sometimes we just walk away No bittersweet remembrance day Why do you think that we do that?

Should there be peace and quiet? How to cheat? Peace and quiet. If you don't know you're white as ice I said never, said never If you don't, you're white as ice I said never, said never Chase a river

Oh, it's time we'll get it right. Yeah, this time we'll get it right. Thanks so much, everyone. We're going to go out with one more. And it's been lovely to be here. Do you have any parting words, Lawrence? Thank you again, Toronto Mikes, for having us on your show, for bringing Toronto into your basement and then broadcasting that back out into the world. You're making a big community a little bit smaller, and I think that's a great thing.

You're a fine service you're doing there. Also, happy birthday. Yes. Thank you to the Great Lake Brewery. Thank you to the Royal Paints. And thank you for helping us set up. You guys were a Royal Paints. Because you had so much gear. That's what you do. Too much gear. So yeah, just imagine this is the end of your your favorite Toronto Mike episode and you know this

is how you know it's over. How many is it? 489? 481. Alright, sorry. Oh, that's a bummer that I said that. Anyway, I hope to be, I hope that we're on the 900 and... On the 1,008th one, right? I can't do that math right now. To the point where Ron tries to do math. All right. All right. All right.

All right. © transcript Emily Beynon I want to take a streetcar downtown Listen to Trotterback and Wonderland It would dream some girl next to her girl for the dream Thank you. Rosie Gray And when it's cold With a summer snow It warms me to bed Your smile is fine Oh it's just like mine It won't go away Cause everything is

Rosie Gray You've been under my skin For more than any It's been ages of laughing and years of tears And I don't know what the future can hold or do For me and you But I'm a much better man for having known you Oh, you know that's true

Because everything is coming up Rosy and gray Yeah, the wind is cold But the snow still holds me today And your smile is fine But it's just like mine And I won't go away Cause everything else rolls in gray

Well, I've been told that there's a sucker born every day But I wonder who Yeah, I wonder who Yeah, I wonder who Maybe the one who doesn't realize There's a thousand shades of grey Cause I know that's true Yes, I do I know it's true

Well, I know it's true I like you Picking up trash and then putting down roads If no group stops, the class struggle explodes I play this guitar just the best that I can Maybe I'm not best that I can Well maybe I'm not, maybe I am Who gives a damn because Everything's coming up

Rosy and gray Yeah the wind is cold and the snow, snow Warms me today And the smile is fine And it's just like mine Walk away Cause everything is Rose and gray I've kissed you in France And I've kissed you in Spain

I've kissed you in places I better not name I've seen the sun You're down on Sacré-Cœur I like it much better going down on the air You know that's true because Everything's coming up Rosy day

Yeah, the wind is cold And the smell of snow Walks me there And the smile is fine, it's just like mine Walk away Cause everything is rosy Everything is rosy Everything is rosy Yeah Oh, she ever feels Oh, she's ready

Oh, yeah Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Thank you very much, you guys.

Thanks very much. Thanks, Mike. Thanks, Great Lakes. Thanks, you guys. The lowest of the low, everybody. Amazing. Amazing. I'm going to pinch myself. That's unbelievable. Thanks so much, guys.

And also my sister-in-law, Vanessa, who I forgot in my speech earlier. I'm sorry. We love you, Vanessa. I'm in big trouble. Okay, thanks so much, guys, for being here. Hope you had a great time. Come back here, support the sponsors. Thank you so a great time. Come back here. Support the sponsors. Thank you so much for listening.

I'm going to help the Royal Pains clean up and get things packed up. And I'll be hanging around here if you want to say goodbye. But thanks so much for coming. Amazing night. You guys made this the best birthday ever. So thanks so much. Thank you.