For all Canadians…although I suppose Americans would be equally thankfully with a brand new mattress…
Author: Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Lyon “Catch Me If I Fall”
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Oh be still my 80s loving heart. You hear that delightful synth?! That voice radiating pop’s best hopes. What a fun upbeat tune.
Host Haiku In Session With Girth…Run
As inspired by listening to RUN’s Music
017 | Gavin Stephens (Scarborough)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to standup comic Gavin Stephens; a fellow Scarborough Son.
Hidden Gem: New Order “Restless”
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
I nearly burst into tears when I pushed play on this video…New Order are back! Oh how this band has been missed. While I enjoy Depeche Mode my 80s synth heart beats for New Order. I carved our names into a tree, giant heart…big arrow…the whole deal.
016 | Liz Knox (Katharine Mulherin Gallery)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to the artist Liz Knox.
Hidden Gem: Drake x Florence + The Machine “Back To Delilah”
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Now this is math I can get behind: Drake x Florence + The Machine = freshness! Turn this mashup up! (Points for an excellent video…all around outstanding work…)
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Trailer Alert: Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
The trailer for Under the Influence opens with remarkable self-awareness for an ancient celebrity: “I know who I am…but I realize people think Kith Richards is smoking a joint, bottle in his hand, cursing the fact that the liquor store’s closed.” That observation launches into that trademark phlegmy laugh slash cough seniors who are avid smokers possess.
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015 | Kathleen Hepburn (Never Steady Never Still)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Kathleen Hepburn director of Never Steady, Never Still playing at TIFF 2015.
Hidden Gem: Alessia Cara “Here (Live)”
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Here instantly captured my attention with the clever Portishead Glory Box sample. It took a couple of listens to actual move past the sample to “hear” what Alessia Cara was saying. She riffs like Def Poetry Jam in structure and style. I don’t understand how the machine…the system works?
How does a girl go from Brampton, Ontario to performing on BBC Radio 1?