In Episode 029 of No Sleep Til Sudbury, my pal and massive punk rock fan Colin Lumsden returns to the studio to further discuss the songs that stir him emotionally, all the while continuing to impress me with incredible degrees of knowledge.

During our discussion we consider the contradictions of punk as a mainstream concept, that the lack of musicality in punk is in fact the entire point, and the fact that I may or may not have a soul.

Not many people I know get more out of music than Lumsden does. Towards the end of the interview he shares some very powerful realizations with brutal honesty, in turn capturing the very essence of everything I’ve tried to do with this show.
 

Lumsden’s playlist:

Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger

Rancid – Honor Is All We Know

Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK

Social Distortion – I Was Wrong

John Lennon – Imagine

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It’s my distinct pleasure to host one of the nicest guys in rock and roll in Episode 28 of NSTS, Def Leppard guitarist extraordinaire Phil Collen.

Phil and I cover a lot of ground in our chat – Hysteria’s 30th anniversary, Sting’s sublime bass lines, that he was asked to join Iron Maiden in 1981, his blues band Delta Deep, what he learned about being a guitar player from Mutt Lange, and the fact that my high school art class pencil sketch of he and Steve Clark was given an A+. Really wish I had saved that thing.
 

Collen’s playlist:

David Bowie – Moonage Daydream

Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen

Al Green – Tired of Being Alone

The Police – Walking on the Moon

Sly and the Family Stone – If You Want Me To Stay

Jimi Hendrix – Fire

Led Zeppelin – When The Levee Breaks

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In Episode 27 of NSTS, Brad Jemmett and Kent Bailey both return to the studio for the fourth and final installment of their Golden Age of Hip Hop segment, and it’s Bailey’s turn to trash talk Jemmett’s playlist. And he doesn’t pull punches.

House of Pain, 2 Live Crew, and Jeru the Damaja all get talked about, but Bailey saves the best for last when he critiques Jemmett’s last pick. Check it out!

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My jackass friends Brad ‘Jammer’ Jemmett and Kent ‘Blaze’ Bailey are back for the third installment of their little hip hop exercise, and after we finish winding Blaze up for playing the French horn in high school band, Jammer goes through Blaze’s playlist from Episode 10. Quite critically. Lots of trash talk.

Listen along as we talk Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Wu Tang Clan, and how Blaze’s high school girlfriend looked like MC Lyte.

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