The Week That Was: 3-2-1 Bowie!

Our latest countdown was all Bowie, all week.

Last week featured the latest Suburbs Pod artist countdown, this time focused on our community voting for the top 15 David Bowie songs. Not only did we have a blast recording this countdown — lots of folks joined in — but set new highs for total votes and total songs that got votes.

Three songs per day, take your pick or even better, listen to them all. Every day!

Mon. Mar. 29 - 15, 14, 13 
Tues. Mar. 30 - 12, 11, 10 
Wed. Mar. 31 - 9, 8, 7
Thurs. Apr. 1 - 6, 5, 4 
Fri. Apr. 2 - 3, 2, 1

MERCH MADNESS !!

Pharoah Sanders (left) and Floating Points await March new music.  (image: Eric Welles-Nystrom)

On Deck: Fan Mail and March New Music

Townshend! Cheap Trick! Pharoah Sanders!

Mon. Apr. 5 -  The clock strikes ten and it's time for an episode featuring responses to our epic two-part interview with Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen. 

Tue. Apr. 6 - Did you listen to our episode on Pete Townshend with Mike Wagner? Some did and some had things to say. 

Wed. Apr. 7 - It's March new music time! Jim kicks us off with some tasty selections. 

Thur. Apr. 8 - Patrick is up next, with a far-out collaboration pick from March. 

Fri. Apr. 9 - Interns pick new music to wrap up the week, which means you will have some very cool new tunes to dance to in your basement over the weekend. 

Note: All topics and dates are subject to change. 

Sam & Matt & Sami & Mary!

I live in … Ottawa ON.

When not working on “Rockin’ the Suburbs” stuff … I work as a physicist, specifically photonics (specializing in optical parametric chirped pulse amplification).

My favorite episodes are … new music, album anniversaries, artist deep dives, EPJ.

My favorite artists are … Dan Mangan, R.E.M., Sam Roberts Band, Matt Mays, The Tragically Hip, Taylor Swift.

My record collection consists of … 200+ CDs, 13 records (just started collecting in the past year or so).

The most prized record in my collection is … one of five signed colour discs with a demo of Dan Mangan’s Lay Low.

The first record I ever bought was … Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on CD, More Or Less by Dan Mangan on vinyl.

The last record I bought was … Folklore by Taylor Swift.

The first concert I saw was … Moneen, Anti-Flag, Rise Against and Billy Talent at the Civic Centre in Ottawa on Feb. 3, 2007 (went because of a girlfriend at the time, although I do still enjoy Billy Talent once in a blue moon).

The best concert I saw was … Patrick Park and Dan Mangan at the Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco on Mar. 27, 2019. It was a tiny room, the roof was leaking terribly, Dan was fighting through losing his voice, but it was the first time I got to see him do an intimate show.

My favorite hockey team is … Columbus Blue Jackets.

My favorite “football” team is … Minnesota Vikings.

My philosophy of life is … If you’re not laughing, you’re crying.

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