This week, friend of the show and entrepreneurial juggernaut Terry Moshenberg drops by the studio for his second kick at the NSTS can with an all-new batch of great tunes.

Over the course of our chat, Mosh and I talk about his latest capers, cannabis and ‘little people’ wrestling, Pink Floyd’s crazy Billboard run, the power of nostalgia, Bob Dylan’s electric period, the beauty of mistakes, and the mighty League of Rock.

Moshenberg’s playlist:

Pink Floyd – Money

Bob Dylan – Sweetheart Like You

Bruce Springsteen – Wild Billy’s Circus Story

Bruce Springsteen – Incident on 57th Street

Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey

Van Morrison – Coney Island

Mark Knopfler – Sailing to Philadelphia

Bruce Springsteen – Lost in the Flood

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This week on No Sleep ’til Sudbury we did things a little differently – we taped the episode live from former Triumph frontman Rik Emmett’s home. Yep – Rik was gracious enough to welcome me in with open arms and cold beer, and he even sang and played some guitar during our chat.

Through 70 episodes of doing this show, I’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy some pretty incredible experiences. Doing Rik’s episode was up there with the very best of those. He was a perfect guest – open, funny, engaging, musically savvy, and humble. His song choices were excellent, and his genuine sentimentality warmed my heart. You do NOT want to miss this episode.

Emmett’s playlist: 

Molly – Biff Rose

Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel) – Billy Joel

A four-way guitar instrumentals tie from Pat Metheny

Scarlet Ribbons – as performed by Harry Belafonte

Shadow of Your Smile – as performed by Tony Bennett

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Back by popular demand, singer Suzi Kory returns to the studio for Episode 069 of the No Sleep ’til Sudbury podcast with a new batch of songs that make her skin vibrate.

It’s always great to have Suzi on the show. This time around, she talks about sharing the mic with Steven Tyler, what her hidden agenda is in bringing in French songs, her plans to convert me into a hippie, Lana Del Rey’s connection to Axl Rose, and why she’s the Forrest Gump of rock and roll.

Kory’s playlist:

Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

Aerosmith – Dream On

Celine Dion – Le Blues de Businessman

Lana Del Rey – Ride

Sarah McLaughlin – The Path of Thorns

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Talking with this week’s NSTS guest Bob Mayo was a genuine pleasure. In this episode, Bob speaks honestly and courageously about his upbringing, and I commend him for that. He brings in the songs that helped him get through the difficulties he faced during his high school days, and speaks very frankly about how they provided a sense of security to him as a kid.

A lot of my personal favourites get talked about, including Van Halen, Sabbath, Priest, and a heartbreaking story about Bob making a friend through KISS, and I’m reminded of the similarities between us as we chat about these bands and what they can mean to people who truly needed them. Bravo, Bob.

Mayo’s playlist:

Cheap Trick – The House Is Rocking

Van Halen – I’m The One

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

Gillan – Mister Universe

Judas Priest – Steeler

KISS – I Want You / Take Me

Motorhead – Too Late Too Late

BONUS: Fleetwood Mac – Albatross

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This week I’m joined by Dr. Malcolm Galloway, a neuropathologist, musician, and actor from London, England.

I invited Malcolm on the show to expand the breadth of our consideration of music beyond the typical, in the interests of how we interpret it. In our discussion about the songs that make his skin vibrate, Malcolm intertwines the emotionality of music with the technical aspects that contribute to that emotionality, making for a very interesting conversation spanning Prog, David Gilmour’s kidney disease, the criticality of musical timing, the Minimalists’ impact on classical music, and ABBA.

Galloway’s playlist:

Warm Wet Circles – Marillion

Eight Lines – Steve Reich

Drowning – All About Eve

The Rite Of Spring – Igor Stravinsky

Quartet from the musical Chess

Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

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