Pretty Much: the Podcast

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Pretty Much usually begins with a remembered moment in the dark as sleep fails to make its appointed time. The tone may vary, the focus may shift, and the point of view may jump as with the turn of an old radio dial. But is what you’re hearing representative of the inner workings of the voice in y…

Scott Clarkson


    • Dec 22, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 68 EPISODES


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    Pretty Much 069: If It’s Going to Rain Then Let It Rain For Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2016


    1997 and the end of the Sofa story.  At least, as told by one member.  I don’t even trust him to get it right. https://ia801507.us.archive.org/12/items/PM069IfItsGoingToRainThenLetItRainForDays/PM%20069%20If%20It's%20Going%20To%20Rain%20Then%20Let%20It%20Rain%20For%20Days.m4a      

    Pretty Much 068: Source Crossfire

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2016


    1996 was Sofa’s year in the wilderness: getting the bigger shows, gearing up to record another album, and trying to find some kind of balance… https://ia601508.us.archive.org/25/items/PM068SourceCrossfire/PM%20068%20Source%20Crossfire.m4a          

    Pretty Much 067: So Around

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2016


    1995 was pivotal for Sofa: two albums recorded and released, a host of shows played in the hometown, and the introduction to a new friend. (No. 3 in a series!) https://ia601505.us.archive.org/34/items/PM067SoAround/PM%20067%20So%20Around.m4a

    Pretty Much 066: Something’s On Your Side

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2016


      (No. 2 in a Series! Collect ’em All!)  In 1994 Sofa released their first album, suffered burglary, media indifference, and generally got darker and weirder. https://ia801507.us.archive.org/35/items/PrettyMuch066SomethingsOnYourSide/Pretty%20Much%20066%20Something's%20On%20Your%20Side.m4a

    Pretty Much 065: No Wonder

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2016


    AT LAST IT CAN BE TOLD!  The story NO ONE wanted (you) to hear! This is the chilling tale of four young men in a depressed and wild city, churning out the soundtrack to a thousand lonely nights.  This is an epic calculated to drive you mad with missed opportunity and self-deprecation.  This is Sofa. … Continue reading Pretty Much 065: No Wonder

    Pretty Much 064: Skylab is Falling

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2016


    1978.  At some point one must question the viability of what keeps one alive. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/8/items/PrettyMuch064SkylabIsFalling/Pretty%20Much%20064%20Skylab%20is%20Falling.m4a

    Pretty Much 063: November Gurls

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2016


    Coming to the halfway point of the 80s it was starting to look like the decade might have to be a write off for the kid looking for band to champion.  Until he happened on a video that one day… https://ia801507.us.archive.org/2/items/PrettyMuch063NovemberGurls/PM%20063%20November%20Gurls.m4a  

    Pretty Much 062: Prettier Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2016


    Hmm. Time to settle in and watch this Stranger Things show I’ve been hearing so much about. Dum de dum…so far so good – wait. No. They did WHAT? Prepare, I suppose, to be significantly less outraged than I was. https://ia801507.us.archive.org/33/items/PrettyMuch062PrettierThings/Pretty%20Much%20062%20Prettier%20Things.m4a

    Pretty Much 061: A Scared and Lonely Rider

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2016


    A late night bike ride through a small Ontario town calls to mind the moment long ago when the Boss really earned his title. https://ia801505.us.archive.org/26/items/PrettyMuch061AScaredAndLonelyRider/Pretty%20Much%20061%20A%20Scared%20and%20Lonely%20Rider.m4a  

    Pretty Much 060: …After All These Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2016


    A watched pot never boils. And the person you expect to see around every corner never appears.  Until you quit looking for them, of course. https://ia801508.us.archive.org/28/items/PM060...AfterAllTheseYears/PM%20060%20...After%20All%20These%20Years.mp3  

    Pretty Much 059: The Uncalled-for Return of Chet Manogian

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2015


    The self-medicating Silver Fox of CTOX is back and musing on great men, past loves, and defunct basement bands. https://ia601504.us.archive.org/21/items/PM059TheUncalledForReturnOfChetManogian/PM%20059%20The%20Uncalled-for%20Return%20of%20Chet%20Manogian.m4a

    Pretty Much 058: The Story of a National Crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2015


    In the deep shadow of years of heartbreak and abuse, we find proof of a man who cared and tried and failed. He wasn’t even the only one. But this time we tip our hat to Peter Henderson Bryce. https://ia601505.us.archive.org/32/items/PM058TheStoryOfANationalCrime/PM%20058%20The%20Story%20of%20a%20National%20Crime.m4v  

    Pretty Much 057: The Postcard

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2015


    From just the other side of history’s latest dividing line, a message. https://ia601501.us.archive.org/30/items/PM057ThePostcard/PM%20057%20The%20Postcard.m4a

    Pretty Much 056: Phil Collins & All

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2015


    Let the pigeons loose! Clark & Huey return with a Turning Tables episode devoted to the songwriting of Mr. Phil Collins! https://ia601504.us.archive.org/35/items/PM056PhilCollinsAndAll/PM%20056%20Phil%20Collins%20and%20All.m4a

    Pretty Much 055: Hard Times and Hard Rocks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015


    Sometimes “getting the band back together” means exactly that. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/25/items/PM055HardTimesAndHardRocks/PM%20055%20Hard%20Times%20and%20Hard%20Rocks.m4a

    Pretty Much 054: The Listener

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2015


    Oh, like you’ve never listened in on the conversations of others. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/19/items/PM054TheListener_201508/PM%20054%20The%20Listener.m4a

    Pretty Much 053: That Were the Good Ol’ Times (As You Could Say) Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2015


    Quickly now: Saga or Loverboy? Blondes or brunettes? Bugs Bunny or Charlie Brown? It’s 1984 and the stakes HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER. https://ia601503.us.archive.org/23/items/PM053ThatWereTheGoodOlTimesAsYouCouldSayPart2/PM%20053%20That%20Were%20the%20Good%20Ol%27%20Times%20%28As%20You%20Could%20Say%29%20Part%202.m4a

    Pretty Much 052: That Were the Good Ol’ Times (As You Could Say) Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2015


    In 1980 two 13-year olds half a world apart settle on some basic technology to keep in touch. https://ia601501.us.archive.org/3/items/PM052ThatWereTheGoodOlTimesAsYouCouldSayPart1/PM%20052%20That%20Were%20the%20Good%20Ol%27%20Times%20%28As%20You%20Could%20Say%29%20Part%201.m4a

    Pretty Much 051: John Locke, Private Eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2014


    Just what did a pulp detective send-up on the AM radio waves in the early ’80’s mean to one goofy kid? https://ia801500.us.archive.org/4/items/PM051JohnLockePrivateEye/PM%20051%20John%20Locke,%20Private%20Eye.m4a

    Pretty Much 050: Fifty Names I Call My Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2014


    A missing pooch becomes a big deal as we commemorate fifty episodes of Pretty Much: the Podcast! https://ia601500.us.archive.org/1/items/PM050FiftyNamesICallMyDog/PM%20050%20Fifty%20Names%20I%20Call%20My%20Dog.m4a

    Pretty Much 049: The Roth Oversensitivity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2014


    19 years ago, there were spookier things to worry about than ghosts and vampires and witches. https://ia601502.us.archive.org/21/items/PM049TheRothOversensitivity/PM%20049%20The%20Roth%20Oversensitivity.m4a

    Pretty Much 048: Some Kinda Jerk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2014


    I hear my “insolent streak has its limits when up against global social culture.” The proof came in this week when I was nominated for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Also: where are the songs for Lou Gehrig? https://ia601505.us.archive.org/3/items/PM048SomeKindaJerk/PM%20048%20Some%20Kinda%20Jerk.m4a

    Pretty Much 048: Some Kinda Jerk

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2014


    I hear my “insolent streak has its limits when up against global social culture.” The proof came in this week when I was nominated for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Also: where are the songs for Lou Gehrig? https://ia601503.us.archive.org/28/items/PM048SomeKindaJerkMobile/PM%20048%20Some%20Kinda%20Jerk%20mobile.m4v

    Pretty Much 047: The Bronze Buckaroo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2014


    Before Will Smith in The Wild Wild West, before Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles, there was Herb Jeffries (aka Herb Jeffrey, aka Umberto Valentino) in Harlem Rides the Range, Harlem on the Prairie, and The Bronze Buckaroo: America’s first black singing cowboy! …PS: Maybe he wasn’t black. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/35/items/PM047TheBronzeBuckaroo/PM%20047%20The%20Bronze%20Buckaroo.m4a

    Pretty Much 046: Theme for Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2014


    Lucky me. Young enough to enjoy the fruits of the latest and greatest Golden Age of Television, but old enough to have experienced firsthand the Golden Age of the TV Theme Song. Ah, the burnish! The melancholy! https://ia601501.us.archive.org/4/items/PM046ThemeForToday/PM%20046%20Theme%20for%20Today.m4a

    Pretty Much 045: Consequences of Sunshine Over Antarctica

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2014


    Clark and Huey are treading water in this week’s Turning Tables, and of course discussion turns to just how funny does Eric Clapton think he is? https://ia601503.us.archive.org/15/items/PM045ConsequencesOfSunshineOverAntarctica/PM%20045%20Consequences%20of%20Sunshine%20Over%20Antarctica.m4a

    Pretty Much 044: Peonies on Mackay Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2014


    (What used to be) Canada’s Finest All-Male Hotel is undone by yet another fire, and this time there is no coming back. https://ia601503.us.archive.org/12/items/PM044PeoniesOnMackayStreet/PM%20044%20Peonies%20on%20Mackay%20Street.m4a

    Pretty Much 043: The Astronaut’s Long Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2014


    Advice for all you kids obsessed with going to space: keep an eye on the protractor. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/32/items/PM043TheAstronautsLongWalk/PM%20043%20The%20Astronaut%27s%20Long%20Walk.m4a

    Pretty Much 042: A Windy Tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2014


    It may be a sign that winter is getting to you when you start talking to it. Making deals. Telling stories to hasten its departure. https://ia601501.us.archive.org/13/items/PM042AWindyTale/PM%20042%20A%20Windy%20Tale.m4a

    Pretty Much 041: The Oobie Doobie Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2014


    Absolute pros, those Ray Conniff Singers. But they would have their mettle tested one night in the White House in ’72 when they had to deal with a substitute singer. And then face off with the greatest pro of all: Richard Nixon. https://ia601503.us.archive.org/11/items/PM041TheOobieDoobieGirl/PM%20041%20The%20Oobie%20Doobie%20Girl.m4a

    Pretty Much 040: Turn Turn Turning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2014


    Clark and Huey return to Pretty Much with a trivia contest that gets personal and turns ugly. https://ia601505.us.archive.org/35/items/PM040TurnTurnTurning/PM%20040%20Turn%20Turn%20Turning.m4a

    Pretty Much 039: HMS Nabob

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2013


    Turns out the old guy with the Gene Kelly twinkle in his eye actually cut a helluva figure in a sailor suit. And may have been the only person I knew who could tell you what a tangle with a Nazi sub can cost you. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/30/items/PM039HMSNabob/PM%20039%20HMS%20Nabob.m4a

    Pretty Much 038: The Escape Artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2013


    It isn’t what you think. A wedding weekend visit to a model railroad museum initiates thoughts of flight and what it means to be small in the world. https://ia801501.us.archive.org/28/items/PM038TheEscapeArtist/PM%20038%20The%20Escape%20Artist.m4a

    Pretty Much 037: A Holler in the Quagmire

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2013


    Every good boy knows writing a letter home now and then is the key to getting good mail. https://ia601509.us.archive.org/16/items/PM037AHollerInTheQuagmire/PM%20037%20A%20Holler%20in%20the%20Quagmire.m4a

    Pretty Much 036: 36 on 36

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2013


    Your host skirts the edges of arithmomania and allows one thing to lead to…thirty-six things. And yes, apologies to Steve Nash. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/14/items/PM03636On36/PM%20036%2036%20on%2036.m4a

    Pretty Much 035: Five Senses (of 9/11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2013


    For some of us, 9/11 began with the phrase, “believe it or not…” It was a nice thought, that we ever had a choice. https://ia601504.us.archive.org/31/items/PM035FiveSensesof911/PM%20035%20Five%20Senses%20%28of%209:11%29.m4a

    Pretty Much 034: Loyalty

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2013


    Unca Walt tells you how he had to come up with a new creation, and in a hurry. But as successful as the Mouse was, Walt would have to make a decision about character… https://ia601504.us.archive.org/27/items/PM034Loyalty/PM%20034%20Loyalty.m4a

    Pretty Much 033: The Annotated Graveyard

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2013


    It isn’t grave robbing if you say “yoink.” https://ia601500.us.archive.org/25/items/PM033TheAnnotatedGraveyard/PM%20033%20The%20Annotated%20Graveyard.m4a

    Pretty Much 032: Gonzo for Bonzo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2013


    Clark and Huey take us to the School of Rock once again. But are puny mortals qualified to lecture on the majesty of John Bonham? https://ia601503.us.archive.org/4/items/PM032GonzoForBonzo/PM%20032%20Gonzo%20for%20Bonzo.m4a

    Pretty Much 031: Lights Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2013


    On the downside: 55 million people had no power. On the upside: 3 men had some dynamite vodka & tonics as they sat on a stoop in the Village and laughed their asses off. https://ia601507.us.archive.org/21/items/PM031LightsOut/PM%20031%20Lights%20Out.m4a

    Pretty Much 030: In Common

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2013


    Drowning, it seems, doesn’t look like drowning. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/32/items/PM030InCommon/PM%20030%20In%20Common.m4a

    Pretty Much 029: Providence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2013


    Rain in eastern Ontario. On what else falls from the sky. And who notices. https://ia601509.us.archive.org/2/items/PM029Providence/PM%20029%20Providence.m4a

    Pretty Much 028: Sympathy for the Doobie Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2013


    Clark tries to salvage the latest Turning Tables podcast. Huey has a beef with a certain blue-eyed soul master. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/6/items/PM028SympathyForTheDoobieBrothers/PM%20028%20Sympathy%20for%20the%20Doobie%20Brothers.m4a

    Pretty Much 027: Too Stupid (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2013


    Wrapping up the story of my night on the streets of Montreal in December ’86, you may well be looking forward to a moment of enlightenment and redemption, at last. What are you, kidding me? https://ia601504.us.archive.org/8/items/PM027TooStupidPart2/PM%20027%20Too%20Stupid%20Part%202.m4a

    Pretty Much 026: Too Stupid (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2013


    One worries about having the content to fill one’s weekly podcast, you know. Turns out we are not even close to running out of stories that display one’s own idiocy. By a long shot. https://ia601509.us.archive.org/35/items/PM026TooStupidPart1/PM%20026%20Too%20Stupid%20Part%201.m4a

    Pretty Much 025: Summer Birthdays

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2013


    That’s right. Birds are chirping. Bands are playing in the park. It’s summer in Canada, and that means two birthday parties in one week for us and our pals down south. (Plus, thoughts of mortality, separation anxiety, and historical impotence. It IS still Pretty Much.) https://ia601504.us.archive.org/34/items/PM025SummerBirthdays/PM%20025%20Summer%20Birthdays.m4a

    Pretty Much 024: Speedo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2013


    Ah, the boys of summer. The floorboy steps in it once more. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/4/items/PM024Speedo/PM%20024%20Speedo.m4a

    Pretty Much 023: Turning Tables

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2013


    Clark and Huey have been pals since they started riding the school bus together in 1983. One thing leads to another, and that leads to their own podcast, Turning Tables. Turns out metal-loving Huey is an Ink Spots aficionado. Who knew? https://ia601502.us.archive.org/24/items/PM023TurningTables_201507/PM%20023%20Turning%20Tables.m4a

    Pretty Much 022: The Tardy Manifesto of Chet Manogian

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2013


    Drinks poured. Questions answered. Traps sprung. If it’s 1988 it must be time for the late night fox of CTOX: Chet Manogian. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/13/items/PM022TheTardyManifestoOfChetManogian_201507/PM%20022%20The%20Tardy%20Manifesto%20of%20Chet%20Manogian.m4a

    Pretty Much 021: Nine Messages

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2013


    Oh, the things we hang on to. Like voice messages. Not recordings – hand-written transcriptions. 1995 wasn’t that long ago. Was it? https://ia601504.us.archive.org/9/items/PM021NineMessages_201507/PM%20021%20Nine%20Messages.m4a

    Pretty Much 020: The Bitter Pill of Chet Manogian

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2013


    Down on his luck but always looking for the bigger stick, DJ Chet Manogian clues the populace in on the smoke and mirrors of his craft. (And offers a clue as to why he will never listen to Ozzy again.) https://ia601501.us.archive.org/13/items/PM020TheBitterPillOfChetManogian_201507/PM%20020%20The%20Bitter%20Pill%20of%20Chet%20Manogian.m4a

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