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We're now publishing directly onto our Podbean page, where the actual audio files have been stored for more than a year. This should speed up production and lead to fewer technical clitches.

This website will remain as an archive of the last four and a half years. Cheers!

S05 E02: Dancing in the Dark

Strange though it is, our most recent offering has nothing to do with Valentine's Day. And while we try to liven things up with a dance-themed musical bouquet, most of the tracks aren't really for bogeying down. Add to that talk of mental health awareness and you have an unlikely blend of moods this episode. Fitting, as it turns out, for a holiday that affects people in a variety of ways. Enjoy!

If you pledge at the $500 level, Alissa and Tyler will recreate this photo.

PLAYLIST

Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You

The Contours - Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

Steve Miller Band - Dance, Dance, Dance
Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight
Van Morrison - Moondance

Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance
Nouvelle Vague - Dancing With Myself
Little Joy - Don't Watch Me Dancing

The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me

Blossom Dearie - I Won't Dance

Elton John - Tiny Dancer

LINKS

Who’s Got Two Thumbs and is a Humourless Feminist?

Bell Let's Talk About Mental Health

S05 E01: Navel Gazing

ASR has also been shown to cure scurvy.

Have you been suffering from ASR withdrawal? Well, prepare to overdose on what I'm sure most podcast experts would call a unhealthy dose of our show. Season Five begins with a marathon reflection session as we both enter our thirties. Somehow we manage to weave in winter, Ottawa, birthdays, Chicago, reënacting (that's how The New Yorker would spell it; sue me), travelling, meeting new people, online dating, the Golden Globes, Girls, high school reunions, SNL, The Office and probably more. Enjoy!


PLAYLIST

Awkward Silences Theme - Michael Szilagyi
Paul Simon - Have a Good Time
Coldplay - We Never Change
The Beatles - In My Life
David Bowie - Changes
Radiohead - Fitter Happier
Rilo Kiley - A Better Son/Daughter
Fleet Foxes - Montezuma
The Strokes - Is This It?
Eight and a Half - When I Was 29
Dandy Warhols - Big Indian
Fleet Foxes - Blue Spotted Tail
4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
Britt Daniel/Brian Reitzell - Flours
Carole King - Beautiful

LINKS
The End of Courtship?
Perhaps not... 

We're still alive

Howdy folks.

Happy New Year.

Have you been occasionally visiting this site only to be slightly flustered by the complete lack of updates since November?

We feel your pain.

Alissa and Tyler have tried, on more than one occasion (= 2), to get together and record. First the Holidays episode and then, as delays did their delaying, a nifty season opener. Wouldn't you know that circumstances have conspired against us and we haven't been able to put anything together we feel reaches the level you guys deserve.

But it is coming. Soon. So hold fast.

Cheers,

ASR

S04 E19: Backup

This episode's title in no way reflects our view on the recent American election, or about the stepping down of Montreal's mayor last week. It's actually not related to any hot-button topic we'd normally discuss. Nope, it's simply our backup episode, because technical difficulties prevented up from recording a regular show. Enjoy!

Music-themed backup episodes are cooler than they appear

PLAYLIST

The Diamonds - Little Darlin'

Anthony Rooley & The Consort Of Musicke - As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending
Délibes - Viens, Mallika (The Flower Duet)

Les Charbonniers de l'enfer - Petite galiote
The Rankin Family - I'll Tell My Ma
Chor Leoni - Loch Lomond
The King's Singers - Greensleves

Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir - Over My Head I Hear Music in the Air
The cast of Sister Act - Oh Maria

Bluegrass Student Union - Mills Brothers Medley
Allison Krauss & Gillian Welch - I'll Fly Away
The Kossoy Sisters - Poor Ellen Smith

The Boswell Sisters - St. Louis Blues
The Andrews Sisters - The Jumpin' Jive

The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Earls - Remember Then

The Kingston Trio - Across the Wide Missouri
Peter, Paul & Mary - Early in the Morning

The Beach Boys - In My Room
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson

America - Horse with No Name
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

The King's Singers - Lullaby (Goodnight my Angel)

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
Erato - Call Your Girlfriend
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter

The Wailin' Jennys - The Parting Glass

S04 E18: Going Long

Well, it's becoming commonplace for us to "go long" when we record our episodes. This is probably good news for you, as you get more talk and more music for the same low, low price of free. But it's hard on the person who's trying to write a wry little paragraph summing it all up under one theme. So instead, here's the list of labels (tags) that we've made for this episode: Hurricane Sandy, Bounty, Corruption, Montreal, Burlington, Streetcars, Cultural Property Act, Census, Language, Halloween costumes. If you can find a common thread in there, let us know. Enjoy!

Reasons for using this picture: 1) Subtle pun, and 2) After all these years, this still freaks us out.

PLAYLIST

Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line

Feist - Graveyard

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You

The Ventures - Love Potion No. 9

The Misfits - Monster Mash

The Ramones - Pet Semetary

RJD2 - The Horror

Death In Vegas - Aisha

Justice - Stress
 

Warren Zevon - Werewolves In London

S04 E17: Rise and Shine

 It's early, so I'll be brief: hope you enjoy this new episode. (Warning: may contain pretzels.)

...and, presumably, kick some ass.

 

PLAYLIST

Feist - When I Was a Young Girl

Incubus - 11am

 

Babyshambles - Carry Up on the Morning

Arctic Monkeys - Scummy

Red Hot Chilli Pepers - My Friends

Weezer - Velouria

 

Nouvelle Vague - Friday Night, Saturday Morning

 

DJ's Choice - Chicken Dance

LINKS

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