Ep. 10— Simone Schmidt(part 2): Of Course None Of Us Are Free

This is part 2 of Ken's interview with Simone Schmidt aka Fiver. Next week Ken sit's down with photographer Samantha Wehbi. Simone Schmidt is a musician and multidisciplinary artist who recently moved to so-called Sackville, New Brunswick for work. Schmidt grew up as a settler in Toronto during Mike Harris' Common Sense Revolution and has been involved in resisting austerity since grade school. Schmidt's musical practice involves research-based songwriting, improvisation, analog recording, and a deep fascination with form. They have performed with units like The Highest Order, One Hundred Dollars, and their solo project, Fiver. Their chapter in Displacement City (U of T Press, 2022) describes the City of Toronto's organized abandonment of housing-deprived people during the early pandemic, from their perspective as a community organizer. Photo credit : Alexandra Stairs This episode also includes original tracks from Simone's back catalogue including: 'Rosemary and Rue' and 'Cargo of Hollywood Stars' from Soundtrack to A More Radiant Sphere : The Joe Wallace Mixtape available here: https://fiverforreal.bandcamp.com/album/soundtrack-to-a-more-radiant-sphere-the-joe-wallace-mixtape 'Death is Only a Dream' from Fiver with the Atlantic School Of Spontaneous Composition, which you can but here: https://fiverforreal.bandcamp.com/album/fiver-with-the-atlantic-school-of-spontaneous-composition To find out more about and to follow Simone's work, please check out the following links: Website: https://www.fiverfiverfiver.com/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/fiverfines/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fiverfiverfiver Twitter: https://twitter.com/UhhFiver For updates on the pod and more, follow Ken here: https://www.instagram.com/ken._moffatt_/