This week’s NSTS guest has played drums with The Mods, punk legends Stiv Bators and the Dead Boys, and then Strange Advance and The Jitters. Now, he’s Rush’s lawyer. His name is David Quinton Steinberg, and he obviously has a lot to talk about. 

Which is why this is only part one of our chat. We don’t even get to David’s songs until part two for all of the amazing stories and insights he shares about hanging out with Dee Dee Ramone, getting spit on during shows, playing The Horseshoe during The Garys era, and what it was really like to be at the forefront of the punk and new wave movement as it was unfolding. Don’t miss this.  

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Bermudian songstress Heather Nova is my guest this week on NSTS. She grew up on a sailboat in the Caribbean, and her songs appear on the soundtracks of The Crow and I Am Sam, and on shows like Dawson’s Creek. Her new record, called Pearl, drops on June 28.

Heather’s list is full of skin-vibrating tunes, and we chat about Kris Kristofferson’s advice to Joni Mitchell, Heather’s reggae musician brother Mishka, seeing Patti Smith live, Neil Young’s guitar solos, and our introductions to Kate Bush. Next time she’s bringing her guitar.  

Nova’s playlist:

Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should Come Over

Neil Young – Like A Hurricane

Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot

Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill

Joni Mitchell – All I Want

Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees

Mishka – Above The Bones

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This week on NSTS, the great Blair Packham returns to the show for his third time, and he brings his guitar with him. We have a lengthy chat about all sorts of things, including No Sleep ’til Sudbury’s upcoming first-ever live audience recording at Hugh’s Room in Toronto on Thursday, June 27 featuring Carole Pope and Rob Preuss (get yer tickets at hughsroomlive.com!)

In addition to the great chat about The Boss, sticking it to The Man, how Tom Petty came up with “Swingin'” on the spot, heroin, and John Prine, he also noodles a Springsteen classic, some of his own tunes, and a Dylan song to close out the show that chokes me up.  

Packham’s playlist:

Bruce Springsteen – The River

Tom Petty – Swingin’

The Isley Brothers – Fight The Power

Public Enemy – Fight The Power

John Hiatt – Learning How To Love You

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Singer songwriter Lily Frost is one in a million. She’s funny, super talented, insightful, and an absolute blast to have on the show. 

Lily’s new record Retro Moderne drops June 7, and we chat about it before getting into the songs that make her skin vibrate, along with all the topics that arise from them – Joni Mitchell’s grumpiness, The Dirts, Pinochet, guys who sing in falsetto, the Seattle Freeze, The Jerky Boys, and the criticality of ‘the swell’. Then we talk about random unrelated stuff for the last portion of the show.  

Frost’s playlist:

Jeff Buckley – Lilac Wine

Jennifer Castle – Sailing Away

Patrick Watson – Lighthouse

Ray Lamontagne – My Own Way

Lhasa de Sela – El Desierto

Chopin – Nocturne #1 in B Flat Minor

Frazey Ford – I’m Done

Staples Singers – Will The Circle be Unbroken 

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