TbP 14: Canadia (f/ Phil B & Michael Dwilow)

download on iTunes There were times  in this podcast when th dead air stretched out before us like a highway cutting through th Canadian wilderness. Billy Ray Stupendous and I were cool w/ it as we emulated th chillness of our esteemed Canadian guests, Toronto's Phil B and Winnipeg's Michael Dwilow, who hold court on th greatness, th bashfulness, th emotional weirdness, and th relative invisibility of th land known to people in my neighbourhood as "Canadia". Listen as Billy and I indulge in a nostalgic callback to our shared coming-of-age to Allan Moyle's Pump Up th Volume (1990). (Yes, Moyle is Canadian.) Learn th fate of th Loyalists from th American Revolution. Slap yr own head in astonishment as one of th world's most beloved superheroes is outed. Picture Chester Brown's m-bation technique. Surrender to th feeling that something's off about a famous person you admire -- that's right, it's because they're from Canadia Table of contents: 00:00  "Everybody Knows" performed by Leonard Cohen 05:29  A pair of killer Canadians | What the fuck is going on in Ottawa!? | serious Canadian terrorism 09:24  Upsetting our thesis | size comparison: Toronto vs NOLA | surfing/Slurpee capital of th world 13:06  The feet in Vancouver | Twin Peaks/Canada crossover 16:16  What are the signifiers of Canadian culture? | long stretches of non-civilization | default: hockey 20:58  Michael gets frozen in time | burger culture 24:08  Canadian Thanksgiving vs Canadian Halloween | Canada's Mexico | northern superiority | Canadian jail 29:33  MZA's Canadian gaydar | gun control & diversity | the Memphis of Canada 35:19  Canada's treatment of its aborigines 36:55  How do you feel bout Québécois separatism? | How do you feel bout the Queen of England? 39:55  Th Canadian/American crossover | dual credibility | unassumingness/bashfulness/humility | wet split beaver 43:11  Th Canadian reputation for comedy | shoutout to Crime Wave (John Paizs 1985) | speculations on killer Canadians 46:27  Th Lowest of th Low | Barenaked Ladies 49:01  calibrating yr Canadian gaydar: Jim Jarmusch | Twin Peaks | Canadian selfhood eludes me | Jodie Foster 54:33  Famous Canadian authors 56:19  Rob Ford 57:42  MZA, what is it that you find weird bout Canada? | Coen Bros & Minnesota | th cinematic Canadian spectrum | Guy Maddin 1:04:07  Michael Dwilow's historical theory re Loyalists from th American Revolution migrating to Canada | Phil's Canadian body language | th 'Nuck/flippy crossover 1:06:55  What to do for fun in Winnipeg | invitations to our respective cities 1:08:49  America: guns & diabetes | Phil visits America | Torontonians vs Winnipeggers 1:12:11  Who is yr favourite Canadian ? | David Cronenberg | little Canadian in-jokes | Chester Brown | Cronenberg again 1:21:49  Canadian rebels who have gotten adopted/co-opted by official culture: Leonard Cohen & Louis Riel | how Chester Brown m-bates 1:27:00  List of famous Canadians: hot or not | Superman is half-Canadian (!?) | Clifford Olson | James Randi | Pierre Trudeau | Big Bear | Michael's dad was a fish pathologist 1:38:58  Billy issues an apology 1:39:16  Famous Canadian actors | th shape of Pamela Anderson's pussy 1:41:55  Good-bye to our Canadians | Roger Ebert | Canadian selfhood still eludes me | Rough Trade's "High School Confidential" etc 1:46:39  Bonus Track: male feminist Canadian anthem