Radio : EXD 1255 - Sunday June 11, 2023

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On tonight’s show We started out with Unsanitary Napkin and the song TERF war. We played that in honour of Pride month and Chris will be starting of with a set of pride related material. Chris has some new releases. I speak with John and Harri from Johnny and the G-Rays. And Andre interviews Christina Wong and Daniel Innes about Denison Avenue which is a book about Chinatown. 

UNSANITARY NAPKIN - TERF War (Slimebag / Always Never Fun / Limbless)  

Punk and Proud 

CRISIS PARTY - Exist (Dirt Cult)  

STRONG BOYS - Pink Death (Static Shock) 

COCKRING - Airtight (No Time / Thrashtapes)  

Interview with J.T. from High Anxiety 

HIGH ANXIETY - Trans Rights Now! (Unreleased)   

GRUDGEPACKER - Fast ‘n’ Loud (Self-released)   

CLUTTERED - Napathy and Exhaustion (Self-released)  

CANAL IRREAL - Emergencia (Beach Impediment)  

Johnny and the G-Rays 

Last summer we spoke with John MacLeod about Johnny and the G-Rays around the launch of a film which captured a performance at the Palais Royale. The film is screening again next week on Thursday in Hamilton and Saturday at the Paradise in Toronto. We got to speak with John and Harri from the band just a couple of weeks ago and this is part of that conversation. 

JOHNNY AND THE G-RAYS - Who Scared John (Basement)

JOHNNY AND THE G-RAYS - Interview (CIUT)

JOHNNY AND THE G-RAYS - It Can’t Be Right (Basement)

We will be putting up a more in depth interview on the blog that has stories about Talking Heads and a show that ended up in a fight at U of T, and in depth talks about the album. But more importantly coming up this Thursday (June 15th) at Westdale the band will perform and the film will screen and then the same thing will happen on Saturday June 17th at the Paradise Cinema starting at 6:00pm. 

New Releases (Chris) 

THATCHER’S SNATCH - No Disco (Hardcore Victim)  

CONSEC - Feeble (Not For The Weak)   

C.I.D.B. - Duality (PILS)  

SPIRITO DI LUPO - Spirito Selvaggio (LVEUM / Iron Lung) 

PUFFER - Hard Way to Go (Roachleg) 

Denison Avenue - André 

Interview with Christina Wong and Daniel Innes, author and illustrator of the new book about Chinatown and Kensington Market in Toronto called Denison Avenue and published by ECW Press. 

RUINATION - Note To Self (Dead Alive/Politically Corrupt) 

MARILYN’S VITAMINS - It’s Good To Be Here (Ugly Pop) 

André’s reminiscences of Chinatown and Kensington CATHARSIS - Bow Down (CrimethInc) 

STIGMATA - Nothing But Enemies (Trainwreck) 

TEN YARD FIGHT - Hardcore Pride (Big Wheel Recreation) 

IRE - Evil Eyes (CrimethInc) 

LOS CRUDOS - Sin Cara/¿Porque? (Beat Generation)

MINOR THREAT - 12XU (Dischord) 

MINOR THREAT - Stand Up (Dischord)