Sneaky Dragon Listening Party

Hello, partygoers! Well, this is it. The sad moment we knew would come eventually – the final episode of the Listening Party. But now ain’t the time for your tears – to paraphrase Bob Dylan – we’ve got a show to do! This bi-week, Mary and David read your celebratory – we hope – comments […]

Hello, partygoers! This week Mary and David are still in beautiful Brazil as David goes coconuts for Tropicália! Yes, it’s the end of our mixtapes portion of the Listening Party as David and Mary continue to celebrate the wild and provocative music of Brazilian political protest music of the late Sixties/early Seventies. So pull up […]

Hello, partygoers! We received a really nice gift here in the old Listening Party rumpus room this week. Partygoer Chris Roberts wrote a wonderful song celebrating this very podcast. Mary and David couldn’t have been more pleased (and there may have been some tears, but that’s all were going to say about it). Chris also […]

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 496 of the podcast that just won’t eat Quix! This week: a sleep paralysis sitcom; really get to know Dave; more boobs; heroic haircut; Y: The Last Emperor; original Late Night; let’s repeat that failure; surrogate Letterman; Leno’s giant mistake; Fallon down; brief aside: Giuliani sucks; textbook bullshit; familial meritocracy; […]

Hello, partygoers! This week Mary and David do the impossible and cover a complete mixtape in one (yes, admittedly long) episode. Dave was lazy compiling this mixtape and chose all really long songs so we get eight great songs about metronomes, the importance of money for fun, Old English minimalism, pastoral prog, punk prog, fiddlin’ […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome to the 66th episode of your favourite “they play music and then talk about it” podcast! This bi-week we tackle side two of listener Trevor Lynn’s mixtape. We hear some sunshine pop, sweet demos, religious metaphors, psych lite, a woulda, coulda, shoulda band, down under post punk, and folk weirdos. So join […]

Hello, partygoers! Our apologies for a late show this week – a packed weekend and an under-the-weather daughter pushed our recording day forward and cut back on our editing time and the result…was lateness. But we return with another mixtape – this one made for listener Trevor Lynn. So let’s vie for the overstuffed armchair, […]

Hello, partygoers! As we head into the final stretch of the Listening Party, we thought we’d take some time to read and comment on your own comments that have been sent into the show over the last few months. It goes without saying – but we’re going to say it anyway – that the party […]

Hello, partygoers! It was a lovely, sunny Easter Sunday, but David and Mary couldn’t resist popping into the Listening Party rumpus room for some delightful music and the usual tomfoolery. And what a lot of music we have this week. You’ll hear girl rock, country psych, pocket prog, commercial pop, and faux feudalism, plus a […]

Hello, Party-goers! Welcome back to the Listening Party rumpus room where the beanbag chairs are always waiting! This week – having finished off our final novelty mix – Mary and David return to the mixtapes of listener Nick Owen for a mix of 80’s indie, psychedelia, alt-rock, art rock, and squelching noises. Join us in […]

Hello, partygoers, and welcome back to party headquarters. As always, we appreciate visitors to the Listening Party rumpus room! This week, Mary and her dad tackle side two of our final novelty song mix tape, and Mary questions her dad’s rather broad definition of a novelty song. Despite some complaints at the beginning of this […]

Hello, party-goers, and welcome back to the Listening Party rumpus room where the door is always open and the music is always playing. This week Dave and Mary took a turn down the path marked “Novelty Songs” so we can listen to some songs that Dave has deemed novelty songs. He attempts to explain his […]

Hello, partygoers, and welcome back to the Listening Party rumpus room where the door is always open and the music is always playing. Dave re-e-e-e-ally enjoyed putting together the music for this bi-week’s show. It was lots of fun making a brand new mixtape, and it was lots of fun choosing twenty of his favourite […]

Hello, partygoers! Mo’ music, less problems! That’s right! Lots of songs this week as we tackle “Side 2” of Nick Owen’s first mixtape: big beat, breakbeats, lo-fi indie psych pop, Cancon, sad voices, the legacy of Abbey Road, foundational power pop, kooky art rock, drum machines, and grunge-funded orch pop! This episode we are spinning: […]

Hello, partygoers! Bah, humbug! Let’s throw the garland and tinsel into a box where the fragile ornaments are rolling around in the bottom, and chuck it back up into the attic for another year. This week, David and Mary get back to work with Nick Owen’s first mixtape to bring you fear of aging set […]

A Merry Christmas and best of the season to you, dear partygoers! Last year, friend of the show (and occasional unwitting musical contributor), David M. dropped by the rumpus room to play a selection of his favourite Christmas songs. Well, Covid put paid to any ideas in that direction so it fell to David, our […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome to another episode of Dave bugging his daughter Mary. Oh, and music! This week we hear new psych and classic psych, manliness, country rock, musical dumptrucks, journal entries, demonic rock, and statements of intent! This episode we are spinning: The Ruby Suns – “Kenya Dig It?” – Sea Lion, 2008 – 21:50 […]

Hello, partygoers! Things get back to normal in the old rumpus room as we put away the jack o’lanterns and witches hats, and return to our regular routine of perusing listener’s mixtapes. This week we examine side one of listener Nathan Evan’s mixtape. We’ve got flowery forts, Syracusian power pop, Cancon, Vancon, trippy psych, soulful […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome to Part 2 of the Listening Party’s Halloween Spooooooktacular!!!! We know it’s more in line with American Thanksgiving, but due to some bad planning – like when a character returns to the haunted house at night instead of in broad daylight – we ended up with a show that outstayed its welcome […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome to Part 1 of the Listening Party’s Halloween Spooooooktacular!!!! Full of bone-chilling Halloween songs!!! And face-meltingly terrifying listener’s letters!!! Scary!!!! To counter Sneaky Dragon co-host Ian Boothby’s claim that there is only one Halloween song and that song is Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash” we decided to put together a selection of […]

Hello, partygoers! We hope you like music as much as we do. Because why else are you here??? This week we have a lot of music with our regular mix tape songs plus seven bonus tracks! So, grab a spot on the old divan that I got out of my grandma’s basement and let’s listen […]

Hello, partygoers! “Procrastinist”? Yes, not only is David playing you some fabulous songs this week, he’s also making up words. What a renaissance man! Speaking og music, this week we listen to Side One of Jamie Fong’s mixtape featuring a band of drummers, rockin’ acoustics, Australian snark, shimmering power pop, a generational weirdo, mannered vocals, […]

Ciao, party-goers! This week the Listening Party turns 50 and Mary and David celebrate by doing…the exact same thing as always! That’s right – they play a bunch of songs and yak up a storm! Come on into the old Rumpus Room and take a seat near the old Victrola while we listen to the […]

Hello, partygoers! This week it’s déjà vu all over again as a “glitch in the Dedricks” resulted in us losing the original Episode 49! Yikes! So marvel at a sulky young lady and her maybe too eager dad hanging around the LP Rumpus Room and playing another set of cool tunes! This episode we are […]

Hello, partygoers! Come on into the Listening party rumpus room for another fun trawl through some mixtapes. This week, we tackle side two of Bob Evans’ mix and hear some familiar Cancon, some angular rock, protest punk, emotionless new wave, dramatic power pop, and a couple of perfect little jewels of a song. Come on […]

Hello, party-goers! Welcome to another fabulous episode of the Sneaky Dragon Listening Party On this episode, we get back on track after our popular Top 5 intermission episodes and listen to Side 1 of a mixtape made for Bob Evans. However, there’s always time for a Top 5 list and Dave gives us his Top […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! Around here we like to say, “Go long or go…short.[?]” and this week we went really, really long. We decided to do one more “taking a break” episode of the Listening Party for this bi-week as we take some time to respond to listener mail as well […]

Hello, partygoers! Come ride out the side effects of quarantine-itis in our ever-welcoming rumpus room. We’ve got the old Victrola spinning some discs and there is always a comfy seat for you. This week we continue with Dave’s favourite kusical game: “Top 5 Songs” lists for one more week before we put our noses back […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome to another fabulous episode of Sneaky Dragon Listening Party This week we present a collection of Dave’s famous “Top 5 Songs” lists as we emulate in podcast time the four month break Dave took as a breather before tackling the next set of mix tapes and just have some good, dumb fun. […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome to another fabulous episode of Sneaky Dragon Listening Party You know, the Listening Party is a special place for us. Mary and her dad don’t get to see each other as much as they used to, so every episode is a special joy, and we hope you enjoy it as much as […]

Hello, partygoers! Things get exciting this week and also very, very wrong. On this episode, Mary and Dave record the Listening Party in the dark as a windstorm causes a power outage in good old rural Aldergrove. So, bring a flashlight and a blanket, and join the pair in the crepuscular rumpus room for some […]

Hello, partygoers! We hope you like music and we hope you like Disney movies because those are the two things you’re getting this week! Also, the Vatican’s list of banned books. Three things! What we’re saying is: it’s the usual Listening Party – a bunch of music and a bunch of yakking between Mary and […]

Hello, partygoers! Well, we’ve had a pretty rough time the last little while. A lot of people suffering – some in their homes, some at their jobs, some just out for a walk with their dog. That’s right. We’re talking about our most recent novelty songs mixtape! The good news is it’s all done for […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! We here at Sneaky Dragon Listening Party Incorporated know that you are probably spending a lot of time around the house these days with not much to do. Don’t worry. Your friends at Sneaky Dragon Listening Party are here to help. We’ve heard your requests and are […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! This week we are deep in self-isolation and social distancing so Mary and her dad sadly couldn’t see each other this bi-week, but spoke over goold old Skype instead. (We apologize for any resulting sound issues.) Here at the Listening Party, we know there is some anxiety […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! And remember, in these sad times when we’re encouraged to isolate ourselves, the rumpus room is open to everyone. So come on in! If you’re looking for ways to pass your self-imposed or otherwise exile, Mary and Dave have given you a bumper episode of the Listening […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! Please feel free to grab a seat in your favourite comfy chair, wrap your feet in a big ol’comforter and settle back with a cup, mug or glass of a little somethin’ somethin’ to listen to Dave and Mary guide you through this week’s mixtape. On this […]

Hello, partygoers! It’s a real party this week as we recorded the show on Dave’s birthday. So you can actually hear Dave getting a year older during the show! To celebrate, we give side two of Mike Davidson’s mixtape a listen and have a lot of fun. On the down side, there was no cake! […]

Hello, partygoers! As always, you are welcome to join David and Mary in the Listening Party rumpus room. Dave is sitting in the big armchair this week so we recommend the bean bag chair. Everything gets back to normal this week as Dave takes the controls for the first time since December! We had our […]

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the most popular music podcast hosted by a father and his daughter! Now that’s narrow-casting! This week: Mary brings side two of Laundromancer – her playlist designed to be listened to while folding clothes. However, Mary hs informed us that it can also be listened to while doing other mundane […]

Hello, partygoers! Well, as the saying goes: better late than never! We apologize for our tardiness this week. Needless to say, thisngs were really hopping in Stu-Stu-Studio this week! (Please check out Episode 424 of Sneaky Dragon for the whole, crazy, forgetting-your-left-arm story.) Thankfully, Mary stepped up to the plate and provided her own playlist […]

Hello, partygoers! Happy New Year and welcome to a special episode of the Listening Party. This week we are listening to a playlist of some of Dave’s favourite albums of 2019. He has said that he doesn’t want it to be called a “Best of 2019” – more of a “this is some of his […]

Hello, Party-goers! Time to pull out the garland, deck the halls, and put some jingle bells on your sleigh because we are going o’er some hills and laughing all the way with our guest David M. Yes, David returns with a fresh batch of Christmas tunes to help Mary and Dave find their true Christmas […]

Hello, partygoers! Ho, ho, ho! And a merry holiday season to you! For this whole month, we’ve handed over control of the old gramophone to our friend David M. – whose band No FUn has been featured a couple of times on the Listenig ng Party. David, a true-blue Christmas music maniac, has put together […]

Hello, partygoers! Well, as Dave said during this bi-week’s episode, it’s always a little sad when we reach the end of a listener’s mixtape. This week finish up Dylan O’Connell’s segment of the Sneaky Dragon Mixtape Project with the second side of his second mixtape. Hey, when you’re sending CD-Rs all the way from Australia, […]

Welcome, partygoers! We’re so glad you’ve joined Dave and Mary as they sit around the old gramophone and spin some discs. As always, there’s lots of room in the Listening Party Rumpus Room so pull up a comfy chair and settle down to hear this week’s selection of great tunes! On this episode, things get […]

Hi, Partygoers! Welcome to the second CanCon episode as we explore a favourite musical moment of Dave’s: the mid-nineties to mid-noughties Canadian indie music renaissance. A special time in Canadian music when many local scenes coalesced into a musical movement that triumphantly swept across Canada just beneath the notice of pretty much everyone. We hope […]

Hi, fellow music maniacs! Welcome to the twenty-fifth episode of Listening Party! Wow, it seems like it was only a bi-week ago that we were doing Episode 24. Thanks to everyone for your support and contributions to these shows. It’s your enthusiasm that keeps us going! This week, Dave brusquely snatches the reins back from […]

Hello, fellow music fanatics, and welcome to Episode 24 of our little podcast in which we celebrate mixtapes and all the wonderful music that has found its way onto those precious cassettes. This week Mary returns as host to bring you side two of her own mixtape project – designed to help pass the working […]

Why, hello, Party-Goers! Welcome to another great episode. We’re so happy you dropped by our glorious Stu-Stu-Studios to join us for another trawl through our music archives! We decided to give the show a little twist as Mary takes over the hosting chair to present her very own mixtape to her very pleased dad. Mary […]

Hello, hello, dear fellow music maniacs, and welcome to the second half of our exploration of the wonders and quirks of that hazy and broadly defined genre: Post-Punk. A genre that Dave has further broadly defined and made very hazy indeed. So please pogo and/or skank as necessary to the herky-jerk rhythms, deadpan vocals, amateurish […]