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Travis interviews Sook-Yin Lee about loss, the pandemic, and surviving the four walls of your own home for a year. Plus we discuss great films with a single location, Herman Hesse, cooking face masks in Instant Pots, and bad karaoke memories.
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Recent Works
Death and Sickness (film) 2020. Written, directed, acted, produced, shot, recorded, edited and scored by Sook-Yin Lee and Dylan Gamble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8zpOJ-iIVQ
Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz - “jooj two” (album) 2021
https://sook-yinlee.bandcamp.com/album/jooj-two
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References
My Dinner With Andre (film) 1981. Directed by Louis Malle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dinner_with_Andre
Cube (film) 1997. Directed by Vincenzo Natali
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_(1997_film)
Eyeball Theatre (television) early 2000s Shot, directed, edited, etc. by Sook-Yin Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q15FwLhZxyk
Mary Timony (Musician)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/218270-Mary-Timony
Chantal Ackerman (Filmmaker)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal_Akerman
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Novel) 2018. Written by Ottessa Moshfegh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Year_of_Rest_and_Relaxation
Herman Hesse (Author)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse
Food
Marmite
Instant Pot
Dumplings & More (Restaurant)
Francesco’s Sandwich (Restaurant)
Pan Pan Noodle (Restaurant)

Travis and Emmanuel talk to the charming PHIL ELVERUM of THE MICROPHONES and MOUNT EERIE! We cover precisely why The Grateful Dead sucks, scoring free things at the dump, and nerding out over Eric's Trip.
Plus we get deep on Phil's highschool road trip across Canada, performing Smashing Pumpkins covers at open mics, and taking baby passport photos. An instant CITY SLANG classic.

Travis talks to Patrick Flegel of CINDY LEE and WOMEN about obscure Japanese movies, which Cormac Mccarthy novels suck, and why pop music is boundless.

We've got Toronto's MOTORISTS on the show! We get sidetracked with an extensive discussion about Jim Carrey, and which cartoons were adapted from rated R movies... but then get into the meat of the episode: Motorists handpick a car-themed set list and give us the lowdown on each song.

Come for the Ace Ventura talk, stay for the deep cuts!

We interview Detroit's Deadbeat Beat outside of Cinqhole in Ottawa!

We get deep into record nerd talk about King Crimson, Sparks, and 7" records with a single song on both sides. Plus we discuss shooting videos outside of nuclear power plants, and the time Deadbeat Beat got the best compliment possible from Robert Pollard!

Absolutely wild episode. After a surprise family reunion at a Woolworm/Necking show in Ottawa, we put both bands through the CITY SLANG questionnaire! We learn some wild first shows from Russia, a hilarious heckle from the Richmond Night Market, and a harrowing tale of stolen handsome sheet ghost at a Halloween party!