S04 E04: Winds of Change

To go along with the title to this week's episode, we're going to try something different here: We're going lean. This little introductory paragraph that has accompanied every episode since we started the show is a shadow of its former self. That's right--none of that rambling that you have become accustomed to. It's all about concision! We're going to cut to the quick. Get right down to business. Beat the bush itself, and with large bats with nails on the end. Brevity has never seen better days. How's this for restraint, eh? Can you handle it?

Hmmm... never mind. Enjoy!

Yes, thank you, Google. That's exactly what I was looking for...

PLAYLIST

Of Montreal - Requiem For O.M.M.2

Gotye, feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know

Rilo Kiley - A Man/Me/Then Jim

Tegan and Sara - Where Does The Good Go

Handsome Furs - What We Had

Kate Nash - Merry Happy

She & Him - Sweet Darlin'

LINKS

A map of the ridings from which robocall accusations have sprung.

The before mentioned image from Caldwell's presentation: The Planner, Food Systems and Food Policy: An Ontario Perspective. Dr. Wayne J. Caldwell, Unviersity of Guelph. Ontario Professional Planners Institute. October 2010. (Retrieved from: http://www.waynecaldwell.ca/publications.html)

S04 E03: Wouldstalk

This week, we wanted to create another fabulous musical theme episode. This usually means less work for us and more music for you. But you may have noticed that despite intentions we, well, like to chat. And so with all the songs about "stalking" and our conversations on the subject, the episode clocks in at nearly two hours. I guess it's enough for the dedicated fan to really get to know us with. Enjoy!

A meeting of the Awkward Silences Radio Show Fan Club

PLAYLIST

The Police - Every Breath You Take
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Lionel Ritchie - Hello

Kate Nash - We Get On
Blondie - One Way or Another
Tegan and Sara - Living Room

Sarah McLachlan - Possession
Badly Drawn Boy - Everybody's Stalking
Eminem - Stan

Radiohead - Creep
Coldplay - Shiver

Garbage - #1 Crush

LINKS

Facebook, apparently, is using you.

SNL's Digital Short, "Do the Creep"

S04 E01: What's New?

Welcome to season four! As for what's new with your hosts, you'll just have to listen to find out, won't you? Enjoy!

Since we couldn't find a relevant image for this episode,
we went with "cute".

PLAYLIST

No Doubt - Sunday Morning
Glee Cast - Rumor Has It/Someone Like You (Adele Mash-up)
Whitehorse - I'm On Fire
Feist - Caught a Long Wind
Foster the People - Houdini
Robyn - Hang With Me
Trent Reznor & Karen O. - Immigrant Song (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack)

FYI, iTunes subscribers

Howdy folks.

We'll be changing some wiring in the next few weeks, so you'll likely be unable to follow the show on iTunes for awhile. You'll still find new episodes here on the website, though.

More anon.

Cheers.

S03 E21: Three's Company

To sell you this episode, we only need two words: Tara Tran! Enjoy!

Our guest did not provide us with a picture, so the closest we have
is this image of the Tara St. Train Station in Ireland.

PLAYLIST

Death Cab for Cutie - Title and Registration

Givers - Up Up Up

Mumford and Sons - White Blank Page

Interpol - Leif Erikson

The Dears - Whites Only Party

The Supremes & The Four Tops - River Deep Mountain High

LINKS
Hamilton: The Comeback Kid of Canadian Cities from the Ontario Business Report website
The feather in our bad news cab (Op-ed piece from the Hamilton Spectator)

S03 E20: Better Late

I suppose we could try to pass it off as some meta statement, but the awkward silence you've been getting from us lately was both unexpected and unpleasant. Apologies.

But the good news is that we're back, and we've haven't learned a thing from the experience. Click here for the latest episode. Enjoy!

It was something like this, but Tara Tran was involved.

PLAYLIST

Yeasayer - Tightrope

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

Grouplove - Tongue Tied

Florence and the Machine - No Light ,No Light

The Beach Boys - I Know There's an Answer

Stuart Murdoch - Another Saturday

Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

LINKS
Louis C.K. on Conan, on Twitter

S03 E17: Rants

This week, we return to the grand tradition we've developed organically over three seasons: namely, spending an inordinate amount of time talking without any real agenda. Strangely, it always seems to work out remarkably well... enjoy!

This week's random mumbling has taken the form
of some near-Mercer-level ranting.

PLAYLIST

Handsome Furs - When I Get Back

Arcade Fire - Deep Blue
The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were the Last Junkie On Earth
Handsome Furs - Serve the People
John Hartford - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow

Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette - Hello

LINKS

StoryCorps' 9/11 section of animated interviews