Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Toronto Mike'd #2

Episode Date: September 5, 2012

Toronto Mike and Rosie chat about early feedback and awesome concerts

What up, Mike? Toronto! VK on the beat, uh-huh, check, uh-huh I'm in Toronto where you wanna get the city love I'm from Toronto where you wanna get the city love I'm in Toronto, Mike, we wanna get the city love My city love me back for my city love I'm in Toronto where you wanna get the city love

I'm from Toronto where you wanna get the city love I'm in Toronto, Mike, we get the city love Great news, Rosie. We were renewed for a second episode. Phew! Although, you might have to think about changing up the song. Blind Dave doesn't like hip-hop. Blind Dave, he gets a rash when he hears rap or hip-hop. It's pretty bad. Must be tough when he goes to malls and shopping centers.

I like it, though. It's a good vibe. A real vibe. So we got some early feedback. Not to confuse people, but this is Tuesday. The Tuesday after Labor Day, and we recorded episode one last week, but today is the day it sort of hit the public. So we have some early feedback. It's great to hear from everyone. Lots of good stuff.

So in addition to Blind... I was going to call him Blind Melon. Blind Dave lusting over Rosie. He had lots of great feedback. I got a few comments. I just want to start with this. I got a few people telling me they read the blog every day and they read the comments every day. And when I repeat things I wrote, it's repetitious and they want to skip on by because they've

heard this opinion before. Makes sense. Okay, here's the problem. Okay. The problem is when I write and I've been writing every day on torontomic.com, I've been writing every day for a decade. The source for this content is my head. I write off the top of my head.

And when I'm on the microphone here for a half an hour a week, I have the exact same source. I'm talking off the top of my head. So I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to separate the two. I only have the one brain and it's the source for both channels. But luckily your brain is full of lots of interesting stuff, so that'll be our challenge here. Every podcast is to take all that interesting stuff you write about and keep it just as interesting on the air. Well, speaking of interesting stuff,

Mike Wixon, to my left, is the producer once again. Good segue! Thank you. Mike Wixon from Redfish Studios. How you doing, Mike? Good Redfish Studios. How are you doing, Mike? Good, thank you. How are you doing? Good. I liked your first episode.

That was really good. Thank you. Do you mind if I call you Wix? There's too many Mikes around. I can call you Wix. Absolutely fine. Wix. Can I call you Wix, too?

Yeah, sure. I was just saying there's way too many Mikes in my life. Every other man I meet is named Mike. Every other man born in the 70s is named Mike. Did you have good feedback? Yeah. On the show? Yeah, my kids loved it.

Oh, right. Honestly, they just said that. I know. They're very nice kids. Yeah, what I did is I emailed it to my brothers, and I emailed it to my girlfriend and my mom, and I had my kids hear it because I wanted to hear it. And then, of course, to Rosie, and Rosie shared it, right? Did you get some feedback, Rosie?

I got tons of feedback. Everyone in my house that I played it for loved it. And you're married to the producer of CTV, is that correct? Yes, I am. My husband writes and produces for CTV National News, and he's made lots and lots of TV and lots of radio, and he thought it was very listenable. Holy smokes.

Yeah. He doesn't, you know, if he, he doesn't just say that just because he's married to me. He would tell me if he thought it sucked. First of all, that's not true. Not a chance. Yeah. It could be the worst thing he's ever heard.

He's going to tell you it was great. Yeah. He would say, you're great. That guy you're with, I'm not sure about him. He liked your voice a lot. Oh, this voice. That's one thing I keep hearing. I thought you would sound different.

They think I'm going to sound like Tom Rivers. And when they hear... Wix, by the way, worked with Tom Rivers. Yeah, I did. I want to talk about that at some point. I know. That was a good story you told us last week. He was cool. I grew up listening to Tom Rivers on about that at some point. I know. That was a good story you told us last week. He was cool.

I grew up listening to Tom Rivers on CFTR. Of course. CFTR. Even just hearing CFTR brings back such nostalgia. Yeah, it was a good time. He was an icon, that guy. Yeah, he died too young. He died too young.

Why does Ward look like Max Hedrum so much? Oh, my God. I thought that was a fish So that's Ward Al's a girl? I swear, I thought I don't know, I thought Al was a guy Al is a girl with a boy's name Some fun antics going on here

Do not be distracted by what's in the fish tank I took some fun pictures before we started the podcast That I'm going to put on my website antics going on here. Do not be distracted by what's in the fish tank. I took some fun pictures before we started the podcast that I'm going to put on my website. Everyone can see behind the scenes of Toronto Mic'd. You guys are new and noteworthy, by the way, on iTunes. Yeah, that's cool.

Nice. Yeah, I'm just very proud of you. That's awesome. Well, we're new and I guess because we're new, we're noteworthy, so that's cool. That's good. Now, back to the feedback, I want to point out, I got a comment on the blog from Il Duce. I don't know if now's the time, but there's a story about Il Duce, which I quite like to tell, but I should point out, Il Duce, he writes a comment, sort of a critical comment, being kind of his typical, you know, asshole self. And then he writes me an email in his other persona, his alter ego, Anthony, the loveliest guy telling me how much he loved the podcast. So I just want everyone to know Il Duce can write what he wants, but the guy loved it. Il Duce sounds like a big softie. He's something, all right. He's a big something. He's a good guy

He's a guy His family owns Palma Pasta In Mississauga And Oakville I just saw A Palma Pasta Van

In front of Second Cup At Humbertown That's how they Dispose of the bodies And I was wondering What was up with that I'm like

Who are they Delivering pasta to Palma Pasta I've had their pasta a lot. That's one of the guys writing in? That guy's probably a future sponsor.

This is going to be Palma Pasta Presents Toronto Mic'd. Have you ever had their food? I haven't. It's amazing. I don't know. I'm picky.

I'm Italian. Oh, managgia la miseria. It's so good. It's good. All right, I'll give it a try. His comments suck.

His food is awesome. He said we were dry, so I thought we better spice it up. Yeah, it's so good. It's good. All right, I'll give it a try. His comments suck. His food is awesome. He said we were dry, so I thought we better spice it up. Yeah, well, hey, he knows his pasta. He doesn't know his podcast, so I think that's safe to say. I wonder if his sauce is spicy enough. No comment. Okay, moving on. So, yeah, that's some early feedback.

And if anyone else has feedback, please write me at Mike at TorontoMike.com or leave a comment on the blog or Twitter me. No, tweet me. Tweet me at Toronto Mike. And Rosie, when people want to tweet at you, where should they tweet? Rosie in Toronto. And we didn't bring this up in episode one. I wanted to bring it up now. You have a very cool website that you run a local and i want you to tell us a little bit about my toronto scoop

my website my toronto scoop um the i got the idea for it um actually when i was pregnant because I got really, really huge and tired and I sort of stopped leaving the house. And I discovered online shopping because it was just really, really easy. So the more I started shopping online, the more I realized there's lots of good deals. And I discovered the whole Groupon thing and the WagJag thing. And I liked it. And I realized as well that there were lots and lots of these sites. And while there are, you know, aggregate sites you can go to that put them all together, that list all the deals, there's just so many. And I thought, you know, it would be really neat if I had a website where I just picked a few that I really, really liked and I put them on the site. And then I found that people were really liking it,

and they were emailing me saying, oh, it's so great, you picked just the really good ones. And what I like about, I have to admit, what I like about Groupons and things is that it helps you find some new sort of areas of the city that you might not have gone to. For example, just nearby here, there's this great butcher, village butcher. I've lived near village butcher for years,

never knew about it until there was a wag jag, and then I checked it out, and I found it. So that's how I got my motto, explore the city and save. This is a cool site, man. Thank you. So it's MyTorontoScoop. MyTorontoScoop.com. And the other thing I do, that's one part of it.

And the other part of it is I just write about all the neat things that, because I love Toronto, obviously. And so I do lots of stuff and I write about it every time I do it. You stole that idea from me. I so didn't. Can I contribute to this? Because I love doing this. Oh my gosh. I would love if you did.

Oh, this is so fun. The one story in here, right at the top, Toronto Sculpture Garden, gold, silver, and lead. Oh, my God, oh, my God. The Toronto Sculpture Garden is amazing, and it's free, and I feel like nobody talks about it. And it's just this little gem in the middle of the city. It's completely free. I love public art. I love contemporary art.

And here's this really cool sculpture. It's a whole bunch of old Honda Civics. It's neat, totally free. It's a whole bunch of old Honda Civics. It's neat. Totally framed. It is so cool. Really cool. You've got to go to MyTorontoScoop.com because the photos that she has of this garden. Rosie, this is a cool site. Thank you.

And then there's a deal on. I can't. Sorry. There's a deal on here for Riot Fest. Yes. I know. This is what I mean. Everyone thinks Groupon yoga classes.

But honestly, there are some amazing deals for concerts. Like the public enemy concert you just went to. Hold that thought. But wrap up yours and then I'll segue over. Yeah. So this is what I mean. I cherry pick the very, very best ones. You can explore the city and save.

And I also write, you know, fun stuff. I have to admit, I sneak my little man in there quite a bit. Is that your little man in the picture? Yes. He is adorable. He is definitely a child we're stealing. This is the little man that came out of your womb, not the husband. No, no.

He slips in there too. I do sometimes a little bit of a where's Waldo. He's pushing the stroller. He's the big man. Yeah, but it's mostly I sneak him in there. And the family, of course, loves that. So, yeah. And I have mostly I sneak him in there. And the family, of course, loves that. So yeah. And I have to say, I love my site.

And part of why I love my site is about six months ago, Toronto Mike rebuilt it for me. And he's a good guy. Yeah. He made it look really, really good because it didn't look so good before. So yeah. So do check it out and tell me what you think. Okay. Now, I hate shopping online or offline.

I hate it like everything. I can barely get myself to no frills to buy some milk and eggs or whatever. But I did see on Groupon that they had tickets to see Public Enemy for $15. That's crazy. To me, it's insane. A little background is I've loved Public Enemy since I was in high school at Michael Power there. I knew every lyric to It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet. I still, when I bike, I listen to Public Enemy.

I know you wouldn't know it, right? You look at this guy. Yeah. No. Big time. They're 19 bucks because they're 70 years old. I listened to them when you were a kid. Hold on.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, on that, so I had never seen. Rickson's mouth fell open there a little bit. I had never seen Public Enemy live. live like i always go to rock shows i've never been to a rap show i saw eminem but they were open i don't even want to tell you guys i saw limp biscuit it was a long time ago but eminem opened but that's a long time ago but you saw eminem i mean that's i saw eminem that's right but uh i saw i'm going like i'm going to public

enemy it was it was uh sund Sunday night at the Sound Academy. It was the best time. I've discovered a time machine. Like, this is a time machine. I can't tell you how good that show was. Over two hours. I know they're in their 50s, Chuck D and Flavor Flav, but they were amazing. So full of energy.

I've been to a lot of shows. I still think I'm on this public enemy high. Like, I haven't come down yet. That's the best thing, too. When you go to a concert and you still, you know it's a good concert when afterwards you still feel that energy. And it lasts until the next day. And you just want to talk to people about it, even if they don't, you know, like the band. But that's a good concert. And Maestro Fresh Wes.

That's how I used to feel after every Depeche Mode concert. Maestro, Fresh West, and Mishy Mee were there. And then Chuck D made them come on stage. And they had to bless the stage. Maestro did some freestyle, which I posted a link on my blog to the YouTube. Mishy Mee was there. I'm telling you. Are you kidding me?

Maestro? Everyone was going crazy. Are you kidding me? Areestro? Are you kidding me? Are you going to go to Riot Fest? There's 30 bucks. Who's at Riot Fest? Who the hell is there? No Effects, which Scott just not okay when he saw that.

He was quite a big fan. I don't know how much you like to book punk bands. No, I don't think I'd need to see them. But Publica, I've never saw Publica. Descendants. NMV. No Effects. Andrew WK.

Ten bands. Punk, metal, rock. That's what that show, right? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And they're in Chicago. And I don't know how many times they've done it in Toronto.

Is my friend from Ubiquitous? Punk? It's blowing their minds, yeah. Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker? Are they there? They're my favorite band. I know. I seeker. Are they there? They're my favorite. I know. I love them.

I love them. They're amazing. I, the webmaster and I are kind of buddies and he puts me on guest lists, uh, periodically when they come to town and stuff. And I, I can't get enough of those guys.

It's easily the most played shit on my iPod is. Yeah. I'm a big fan. No, seriously. That's good stuff. So how public enemy was it? Would you say the age group was, they're They're all like, I don't know, like at the risk of being controversial, I'll say we're

like 80% were 30-something-year-old white guys who know every friggin' word to It Takes a Nation and Millions to Hold Its Whole. I felt pretty, you know, amongst my people. But my voice was gone at the end of that concert. I was rapping with Chuck D. It was amazing. Anyways, it's amazing. But that got me thinking.

And I know the one guy who doesn't want me, you know, talking too much about what I wrote, but I can't separate the two. He won't like this too much. But I was thinking about, okay, Public Enemy was on my list of bands I've loved but never saw live. I better see them before Chuck D's gone or Flav's gone or I'm gone. Like, we better see them now. And I saw them.

I have tickets for Neil Young in November for the exact same reasons. That will be amazing. That will be... Yeah, but now they've got to follow Public Enemy. But my question for you... I think Neil Young will be fine. I hope so.

My question's for you and Wixen. What bands are out there that you have to see and still have a chance to see? Like, I'm not talking about the Beatles. I'm talking about bands you can actually, or Nirvana, the band I want to see. What bands do you want to see, Rose? Oh, my God. So my heart is still broken from something that happened years ago. U2.

Love U2 so much. Amazing, amazing, amazing. You too. Love you too so much. Amazing, amazing, amazing. And I can't remember what year it was, but it was a while ago. I think it was like the early 2000s. And I had tickets.

My girlfriend and I did the whole. Yes. Yeah. Oh, my God. Because that was the. But we were in grade school. Exhibition Stadium. No.

We would have been in like high school. But aren't you like 20 years older than us yeah how old a man are you 38 how old are you same yeah i'm 40 uh 42 i'm gonna be 43 i'm 42 and a half oh so you're practically our age yeah that's close yeah okay all right continue sorry so that's okay It's okay I need moments it's a deeply disturbing story Sorry Did you think he was younger or older? What's that? Did you think he was younger or older? Nah it doesn't matter

I'm ageless He really does defy age being that he's elf like On Sunday night I was 16 years old That's all you need to know Music makes you younger That's for you need to know. I was 16 years old. Aw. Thank you. Music makes you younger. Oh, it's crazy. Okay, so. You too.

Joshua Tree. We had the, you know, the wristband. We did all the business. So excited. Yeah. And then we go. This is my girlfriend, Steph, who you remember. I know Steph.

From high school. You do. And we go. And she was dating a guy at the time. He was an asshole. You know what? Thanks for saying it. Because, you know guy at the time. He was an asshole. You know what? Thanks for saying it. Because you know what?

He was. He was. He was one of these. It was one of those relationships where it just went on for way too long. And you're watching it happen. You're like, no, just stop it. You can. You can. Everybody's got to just come to it on their own.

And eventually it, you know, it ended. But in the meantime, he ruined my U2 experience because we go to the concert. We're there. We're outside. And we were a little bit late. And he thinks, he goes, you know, we should scalp the tickets. He scalped your U2 tickets. You had no backbone to say, no, I'll take my ticket and go into the show.

I don't know. I know. Oh, my God. What's wrong with you? They look horrified. Did he have a gun to your head? Do you know what happened after that concert, Rosie? look horrified. Did he have a gun to your head?

Do you know what happened after that concert, Rosie? The whole audience marched through the streets of Toronto singing in unison for like two hours. Pride in the name of love. We were singing Pride. Was it Pride? I thought it was Pride in the name of love. No, I'm being dead serious. I remember it clearly

in my head. One of my wedding songs was U2. I just love them. No, that's Bon Jovi. If we have time to talk about going to see Bon Jovi and Bon Jovi and Madonna, no matter what your

ethnic background, if you have a little bit of, if you're a girl with a little bit of Italian you have to see Madonna and you have to see Bon Jovi. Anyways, I let him sculpt the tickets and it was one of those you know everyone you know i hate this story not because you scalp the tickets but because what it says about you i know i could tell you're my co-host we all have moments of weakness somebody get alan here so that is my that is my band that i really need to see to make up for that horrible horrible horrible deeply

disturbing but what about Wixson? That's awesome. I love that story. But does Wixson have a band he's got to see? Yeah, you know what? You know, Bob Marley is dead, just so you know. He is? I heard that he had a sore toe.

Breaking news. The one band that I haven't seen that I really want to see is Tool. Oh! band that I haven't seen that I really want to see is Tool. Oh! I have been, I've missed them by like five minutes in three or four different countries and I would just love to see them. That's heavy. That's good.

Yeah. I even saw Perfect Circle once. Wow. I did a whole collection. Is Maynard going to do anything else with Perfect Circle? I don't know. I honestly don't know. I'm not even that big a fan.

He just shows up at like Edge Fest and various gigs I'm at for other bands. Oh, is that right? Yeah. But yeah, good stuff. He's a character for sure. And what about quickly, real quickly, what band do you want to see the most that you cannot see anymore because they're not together or somebody has passed away? Because I'm just going to say I really want to see Nirvana.

You have no idea how badly I want to see Nirvana in concert. Thank you. That's a really, really, really good one. I would like to see Nirvana. You have no idea how badly I want to see Nirvana in concert. Thank you. That's a good one. That's a really, really, really good one. I would like to have seen Queen. Oh, yeah. That's a good one, too. Maybe you want to see a Queen-Nirvana mashup, because I bet you that would sound pretty cool.

Or Nirvanine. Nirqueenie. Yeah. I've seen all my major faves, though. The Cure, Depeche Mode Madonna Rolling Stones Bob Dylan Bob was like one of the most amazing Concerts ever

And for Springsteen So I'm good Bob Dylan was way better Than I thought he was going to be Oh my god I know It was I had no expectations

Because everyone had told me In concert He was terrible And he mumbles And blah blah blah He The guitar All I have to say

Is he picks up the guitar And you're trans. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. Where did you see that show? Was it at the old O'Keeffe Center or whatever it was? It was actually at the Molson Amphitheater and Ani DiFranco opened for him and it was just, it was amazing. It was one of the most incredible concerts I've ever seen.

I felt the same way because I had heard that it was sort of, it can be disappointing. Some people don't like them. Yeah, but it was great. So that was a good one. Now, what about concerts that everybody wants to go to that you're just like, fuck no. Oh, you mean I would put U2. I'd put U2 on that one.

Really? I like U2 a lot. I have no interest in paying more than 15 bucks on Groupon to see U2. You know what, I'm happy. I was at Pearl Jam when Bono came on stage to sing with Ed and that's fine. I feel like I got my U2 feel right there.

That would be pretty cool but you don't get the guitar. No, I mean, if someone gave me a ticket, I'd love it. I just don't want to go pay to see them. So you're saying you've never seen U2? No, I've never seen U2. But I have seen the Tragically Hip.

I've seen the Tragically Hip 12 times. Does that qualify? Mike and I saw the Tragically Hip together. Oh, in 99. That was the last concert of the 90s. Yeah, just before. Millennium. It was actually really fun. And they played Ahead by a Century. It was amazing. Amazing concert. And it was a really fun thing to do because

it was such pressure on what to do New Year's Eve of 1999. It's like what party are you going to go to? Where are you going to be? And it was a really fun thing to do because it was such pressure on what to do New Year's Eve of 1999. It's like, what party are you going to go to? Where are you going to be? And we made it really easy on ourselves. We're like, we're just going to go to a Tragically Hip concert. That's a great way to do it. Good comedian.

Yeah, it was fun. We had a good time. By the way, I have a great story I cannot tell on the podcast about that day that Bono came on stage. Why can't you tell it? It's the best story ever. No one would believe this story. That's how good it is. And can't you tell it? The best story, it's the best story ever. Like the best, no one would believe this story, that's how good it is and I can't tell it

and I was there to meet Eddie after the concert because of this great story I can't tell and Eddie blew me off for Bono because him and Bono

got a thing of whiskey and took off or something and I got stood up by Ed Vedder but I can't tell the rest of this story so maybe we should move on because...

Did he pee his pants? That's insane. I would never tell that. of this story, so maybe we should move on. Did he pee his pants? That's insane. I would never tell that. And the only other bigger Pearl Jam fan that I know other than Toronto Mike is my brother. So you're going to have to tell me that story later because he's the only... I'll tell you later. No, I'll tell you later. As long as you don't write about it on my Toronto scoop.

I never want to see this guy ever. Bruce. I've never seen him. People love him, though. It was a really... It was a funny time He's the Chuck D of rock But it's kind of It's very G

It's very G-rate Like it's actually family Like I actually went with my dad I can see that And when he sings the Santa Like the Santa Claus song It's sweet Especially in July

When he does that It's weird I just got that You know what Yeah It was a lot of energy He might be overrated But I think we'd love the show

You know what I thought was overrated Go ahead Rolling Stones You know what it was I was was a lot of energy. He might be overrated, but I think we'd love the show. You know what I thought was overrated? Go ahead. Rolling Stones. You know what it was? Because you're seeing a legend and iconic and blah, blah, blah. But there was actually something really, it was almost overproduced. It was too slick. Do you know what I mean?

So I wouldn't be rushing back to see the Rolling Stones. No, and the worst band ever, sorry Elvis, but Kiss, right? Who the hell goes and pays and sees Kiss in concert? That's a horrible band band Are you talking about Elvis From your Yeah He likes Kiss Elvis is a friend

That's awesome He's got another name I won't reveal Okay Kiss 3 And Stoned on Mushrooms I can understand But other than that

No It just seems like Why would you do that It seems like it's a cartoon Like I don't want to see a cartoon Yeah I'll see the gorillas Let's go see the monkeys

Yeah Right Right right right look who's on the microphone this is ward from ward and al hi guys orden orden well i just had to interject two things and i'm sorry i know it's not my show it's your show and i'm an awful person but i gotta say this i gotta say it i've seen them in concert three different times the monkeys incredible live incredible live show a lot of fun oh here's the deal I shouldn't have made that You can never see them

I wasn't trying to be Down on the Monkees Not a fan of their music Not the Monkees But I'm about to say this man Not a fan of the music But one of the most Amazing live shows

You'll ever see Is Kiss Yeah And I don't even I don't own a single Kiss album And can't And wouldn't tell you

I mean I only know the songs That probably you would know Rock and roll all night Or Beth Or whatever But I will tell you their songs. I mean, I only know the songs that probably you would know. Rock and roll all night. Rock and roll all night or Beth or whatever. But I will tell you, amazing live performers. Amazing live performers. This is how I felt about Bon Jovi. One of the best concerts I've ever seen.

Oh my goodness. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. Even though everyone expects that I'm supposed to love Bon Jovi because I'm an Italian girl, I actually had no real desire, as much as you may think, to go see him in concert until a friend of mine, who's massive, like, her head's going to explode

Bon Jovi fan, invited me to go with her. It was a birthday present. And then that inner, that inner each and every one of you loves Bon Jovi. You just don't know it. And you know all the songs. And you just don't know it. One of the best concerts I've ever seen.

A girlfriend of mine years ago. An ex-girlfriend of mine. God, it was so much fun. Amazing show. Amazing. The whole band, not just him, the entire band

are amazing showmen. I found myself doing things I never thought I would do. Like I was like standing on the chair screaming, I love you. Did you take off your top? No, I didn't.

But you know what? Because that's just, I wouldn't do that. But if I were to do that, it would have been Bon Jovi. And can I just say, there were people. Like, things were flying. Oh, yeah.

You know, pieces of article clothing. They love that guy. The love for him. It was an amazing concert. I took off my pants and waggled myself at him. I took off my top. I took off my pants and I waggled my jewels. Don't wag a word, please.

He couldn't see me, but I did it. I did it. You waggled your whistle, did you? Yeah, there was this Italian Canadian in front of me, though, taking off her top, so they couldn't see me. She was all like, look at these. I got these at Woodbridge. Whatever. Yeah, my first girlfriend was Italian, and I remember it was all Bon Jovi and Madonna.

That was the two artists. Madonna in concert was fun. That was a fun concert. Bon Jovi helped my buddy Matt propose to his wife. Live in concert. Get out of here. He held up a sheet that says, Bon Jovi helped my buddy Matt propose to his wife. Live in concert. Get out of here. He held up a sheet that says, Bon Jovi, tell her I want to marry her. No, I mean, you have a buddy?

Wait a second. Bon Jovi helped... The real like, when did you start with buddy stuff? Ward slipped me a note. That is so romantic. Yeah, it was very romantic. And she's a huge Bon Jovi fan. And Bon Jovi got right into it and then sang a song to them and then performed

the wedding right on stage and then I asked him to consummate it. And then yeah, Bon Jovi consummated it. Tommy and Gina, that's what they called themselves. Just Bon Jovi just makes you smile. You just smile. You're just smiling and smiling and smiling and like you're screaming. No, porno makes you smile. Bon Jovi just

entertains you between bouts of watching porn. It was a fabulous concert it was a good concert let's move on look at the show runner we are at 26 minutes into the show and let me tell you thanks for having me

thank you Ward Ward is just desperate to get the studio back not true I heard the monkeys and I went. I had to come to the aid of people saying go see Kiss. Kiss is horrible. It's a great live show.

And Ward's thinking, I love kissing monkeys. I'm going in there. Heck with this. I went to see Ringo Starr and his all-star band a couple of months ago. I got some tickets and went down there. Also a great show. And saw people sing that I never would see. Because his band is a bunch of other people that you haven't seen in a long time.

Todd Rundgren was great. Oh, yeah. There you go. The dude from Mr. Mister sang Broken Wings. Something that I probably wouldn't have been into. But when they did it live, it was amazing. And everyone got into it. It was a wonderful show.

But they were free tickets, right? Oh, yeah. All concerts are good when it's free. Well, you kind of have a point. Because the Bon Jovi, it was $5. I'm telling you. It's a different sensation. It was, yeah. that helped a little bit.

It's still fun, though. I saw a lot of free shows over the years, man. Oh, yeah, because your mobile mic. Yeah, that was my job was to go to shows. Oh, that's right. We did an estimate one time, my wife and I, because she was dating at the time, and I dragged her to all of these shows. And, you know, a lot of weird stuff happens backstage.

By the way, nothing happens backstage. No. That is even remotely entertaining or cool or anything. It's always bullshit. It's actually a lot of sitting around talking about nonsense. Yeah. And what's funny is it's not the 70s anymore or even the early 80s. Nowadays, you go backstage and the bands are eating lettuce wraps and drinking green tea.

Oh, yeah. Beansprouts. You know what I mean? They're working out and they're talking about organic food. You're like, where's the blow in the hookers, guys? Are you out of your mind? We've got a long tour ahead of us. Maybe at the Christmas party, but no, buddy.

Can we get some sushi? No. You go backstage at Maroon 5 and they're doing yoga. We estimated over five years probably 410 shows. Holy shnikes. And there's still bands that I would love to see today. And the other thing is when you're working for a station, you stand there with everybody from the record business.

You don't really enjoy it because you're too cool for the room. Everybody in the business, and you know what I'm talking about, just stands there. Nobody is rocking. So I think that I really didn't get the potential out of those. I was a singer for a popular rock band briefly. Which one?

I was a fill-in. I was a fill-in for NXS. I thought it was Styx. No, it was NXS. I used to sing for NXS. Are you doing a bit? This is real? No, this is real.

Wait a second. Hold on. Slow down. Slow down. I used to love NXS. No, no, no. You loved Michael Hutchence. Yeah. I used to love Michael Hutchence. This is, no, no, you loved Michael Hutchins. Yeah.

I used to love Michael Hutchins. This is amazing. How long did he... That guy was a hell of a partier. He could hang. But J.D. Fortune, who is a... What? It's not too soon.

What? At least it's not too soon. Good point. It's not too soon. Yeah, J.D. Fortune, who is the current singer from Canada, from here in Toronto. Yeah, he's Canadian. So whenever he can't make a show, I often am the singer. That's unbelievable.

Yeah, that's not true. It's not at all true. Does that ever get you laid ever? None of that is true. My wife loves it when I tell her that story. Did you tell the guys at Glass Tiger that? Hey, I don't know if you guys know this, but... No, no, no.

He looks like... If he looks like Michael Hutchence, that would help. Does he? Take a look into his eyes. Well, she thought you were cute last week, if I remember correctly. I'm no Michael Hutchence. Wixen, Wixen. I'm no Michael Hutchence, that would help. Does he? Take a look into his eyes. Well, she thought you were cute last week, if I remember correctly. I'm no Michael Hutchence. Wixson.

Wixson. I'm no Michael Hutchence, though. You thought Wixson was cute last week? You don't think I'm cute this week? What the hell? I'll think about it. All right. It's more like it.

Let me have another look at you. He's got a dimple. He's got the dimple thing. He had that installed. Often, fellas I think are cute. It doesn't happen right away. It takes time. Oh, see?

Stand by. Don't beat that anymore today. There was an online rumor years ago that I was going to be the new singer for NXS and it actually spread around and it became a big thing. So every once in a while I throw an act out there as a joke and it wasn't true.

So is this part real? The rumor part was true. The rumor did circulate but it was not true. I'm not a circulate. The rumor's true? Okay. The rumor did circulate, but it was not true. Of course, I'm not a rock singer. Come on. I'm disappointed. I'm doing a podcast on HumbleAndFredRadio.com.

Do they pay you? What do you get? Because I'll tell you what I make. I get in excess records. Whoa. Hey, you know, it's so funny. You guys do your show so professionally, both of you, and I just came from another show. I'm sorry to digress.

But we just did Turd Pants, where my co-host, but we just did Turd Pants where my co-host Fluffy on Turd Pants is going on about a five-hour energy drink, and I'm like, yeah, here we go. This is going to be great. He goes, mind you, they probably find out that it causes brain tumor. I'm like, Fluffy, this is why we don't have sponsors,

dude. What the hell? Al and I. He seems so sweet. He's innocent. Oh, he's a sweet guy. He's innocent. Allison and I did, that's the Al of Word and Al. We did a show recently where she started making fun of one of the sponsors. And I'm glaring across the desk.

Panicking. And I'm trying to make a joke out of it. And she's like, no, it's a stupid ad and it's kind of bullshit. And she's going on about it. And I'm looking at her like, and then sure enough, like a week later, I come to her. I'm like, yeah, so the sponsors heard the show and they said you're not allowed to talk anymore. You just come back from the ad. And they want me to slap you live on the air.

Yeah. Yeah. There you go. Common sense. You got yourself a nice show going here. You mind if I just bring up one last point? I'm sorry I hijacked it. That's all right. You're a funny guy. You didn go. Common sense. You got yourself a nice show going here. You mind if I just bring up one last point? Sorry I hijacked it. That's all right.

You didn't hijack it. Funny guys are allowed. But the sensation, I want to speak. I mentioned it's the day after Labor Day. So this is Tuesday. Kids are back in school. Yesterday, the entire day, and I've been out of school for like 14 years. But the entire day I had this like feeling, this creepy feeling through my body

that like summer was ending and I was back at school the next day. Everybody feels that. Is that like something we're programmed that you, I mean, the day, my Monday, my Tuesday was the same as every other Tuesday in the summer. It's also because it's your formative years when you have that feeling.

So the stuff that happens to you when you're young stays with you forever. You're not born with fear. Fear's implanted in you. Oh, like religion. The same thing. I gotcha. It doesn't work that way

with me as much because I'm American and we go back to school long before Labor Day. Oh, see. So you don't have it. We would go back the second or third week

in August. Oh, okay. Literally third week in August, like around August 25th or something. So we'd already be back. No, you wouldn't have it.

But you would get a week off for Thanksgiving, right? Pretty much almost a whole week in November. And now the schools are doing that here. My daughter just left the private school system today to join the public school system tomorrow. That's where podcasting will get you, people. And she's got to catch up because they're already a weekend.

But it is a public school system, so they have done all in the last week. So for the Canadians in the room, I'm not alone. You guys had the same sensation all day yesterday. Absolutely. I woke up feeling that awful feeling. I'm back. It's been 14 years since I've been at school.

I felt like I was back. Mike, I was devastated. I took my son to university this weekend. You did? Yeah. Your grandson, you mean? You know what? Here's the deal. He only took his son there to university this weekend. You did? Your grandson, you mean. You know what? Here's the deal. He only took his son there to pick up chicks.

His son's 14. That's not what you think it is. And I'm not allowed to hang around the public schools anymore. I don't believe that. He shows up on college campuses with a camcorder and beads. I just told my daughter, look, you gotta go to public school because they're way too good with the security at this private school.

So anyway. Come on, I got beads. I dropped him off. That was devastating. Yeah, especially because he dropped him off at a school he's not enrolled in. He just left him there and was like, fuck it, find your way, Brad. Okay, stop, stop. Just a second, okay.

You were devastated, but he's probably, see you later, Dad. Couldn't give a shit yeah that's what I thought you were going to say guaranteed before we left that campus he was high

something I know he was anxious to get rid of us when we went but it was devastating on the way home I had a little

panic attack in the car I was like oh and so yesterday yeah it really hit me that school's back hard like when I was even when I was coming to work today I was like oh and so yesterday yeah it really hit me that school's back hard like when i was and even even when i was coming to work today i was like oh man first day of school feeling yeah

yeah it's like well i think that's that's why you see it in movies and stuff it's a very symbolic moment child going off to university you see that commercials it's it's it's because it's it's real how old's your little one he's two so he hasn't been he hasn't gone to school yet oh he's slow? he's slow oh no he's smarter than me

he's smarter than both of us he's running the house I'm falling apart I was like at grade nine I had to tap out with my son I was like look you know more than I do now

but I'll try and guide you in any way I can meanwhile maybe you shouldn't have maybe you shouldn't have had a kid while you were in grade 9. God bless you, man. That's really nice of you to say.

It is fascinating. The kids today, he's 2, and the iPad, he's scrolling. I'm like, how? How can you do this? He's 2. It's insane. How is that possible? They're so natural with technology.

My niece is like that too. She has an iPad of her own at three and knows how to swipe angry birds. Guys, this topic is on the next podcast. Be careful. Don't blow the load. Mike reveals the topics slowly. Listen, hold on to that. This was fantastic.

I feel good. I feel good about this one. We'll edit out that Ward part, right? Just before I upload it. You know what? It's uneditable. He makes it indelible. It feel good about this one. We'll edit out that Ward part, right, just before I upload it. You know what? It's uneditable. He makes it indelible. It's how he does it.

He works like a pro, this guy. Producer Wicks. Yes. Normally we end our podcasts with the great theme song, Toronto Mic'd by Ill Vibe. But today I'd like to end with something more appropriate for Rosie and Mike's podcast here. This is Lowest of the Low, one of my favorite Toronto bands with Rosie and Gray.

Love this song. I think she's crying, everybody. It's when I cry. Thank you.