In the first of a three-part Honeymoon Suite series, HMS singer Johnnie Dee joins me this week on No Sleep ’til Sudbury to talk about the band’s new single, “Find What You’re Looking For”, and also of course, the songs that make his skin vibrate. 

For Johnnie, it’s all about lyrics and melody in music. The songs he brings to the show reflect his love for sentimentality and purity in music, and in our discussion, I was reminded of how important it is for him to convey a genuine purity of his own through Honeymoon Suite’s songs. Really enjoyable chat. 

Dee’s playlist:

Chris Cornell – The Promise

Bruce Springsteen – Stones

Coldplay – The Scientist

Sting – Fragile

Ian Hunter – Standing in my Light  

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CHUM-FM Morning Show producer and Famous Lost Words cohost Tom Jokic is my guest this week on NSTS. Tom’s been in the music industry for decades, and has some great stories from his time spent interviewing some of the biggest names in the business. His Famous Lost Words podcast, which he hosts alongside MuchMusic alumni Christopher Ward, unearths those archived interviews for our listening pleasure.  

During our chat Tom shares some tales from his past, along with the songs that make his skin vibrate – not to mention the one that makes his skin crawl.          

Jokic’s playlist: 

Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone

Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah

Bruce Springsteen – My City of Ruins

Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime

KISS – Detroit Rock City

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Following our examination of the conspiracy theory surrounding Kurt Cobain’s death, this week on NSTS we look at other music-related conspiracy theories – ranging from the ridiculously far-fetched, through to the maybe kinda believable. 

Did Supertramp and the Freemasons try to warn us about the September 11 attacks with clues hidden in their Breakfast in America album cover, 22 years earlier? Did David Bowie reference Kanye West’s rise to fame with Ziggy Stardust and Blackstar? Did Elvis fake his own death in order to hide from the mob? All of these theories and more are addressed in detail this week on the No Sleep ’til Sudbury podcast. 

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It’s here! The second half of my chat with the lovely Erica Ehm is now live, complete with the songs that make her skin vibrate (and that John ‘JD’ Roberts cliffhanger conclusion).

Erica’s playlist was compiled as a retrospective of her life thus far, documenting childhood memories, her time at MuchMusic and the artists she befriended, motherhood and her connection to her mother, and driving Bono and the rest of U2 around Toronto in her mom’s car. Erica also shares the silly reason why she was never permitted to interview U2 as a MuchMusic VJ. Enjoy!        

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It’s a wonderful thing when you find out someone you’ve admired as a younger person is actually worthy of that admiration. And Erica Ehm certainly is. 

Following her stint as an original MuchMusic VJ, Erica went on to write and produce Juno-winning songs, publish books, establish two successful companies, launch a speaking career, and more. In part one of our chat this week, Erica takes me through the journey that led to her MuchMusic career and beyond, with a sharp focus on the details of her 1994 Seattle interview with Kurt Cobain, one of the last he would ever give. Our discussion was so fluid that I didn’t even get to the songs that make Erica’s skin vibrate! But worry not – that’s part two, next week’s episode.         

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