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Join Rod and Joe for the final 3 tracks from the new album, and 3 more tracks from the catalog. Joe breaks down his writing process, his battle with addiction, and what else he is working on in the future, and bigmcenroe reveals what is coming next from P&C!

Join Rod and Joe for 3 more tracks from the new album, and 3 more tracks from the catalog. There is a heavy emphasis on poverty and the down and out in the songs featured in this episode. Hear new tracks from the record dropping on October 15 - and if you are in Winnipeg, catch Bazooka Joe 204 live this Friday for his album release!

The Peanuts & Corn podcast returns is back with another new series - bigmcenroe (formerly known as mcenroe) and Bazooka Joe 204 (formerly John Smith) host the "Prairie Nilsson" series, highlighting their work on the "Prairie Nilsson" album, and its parallels with their past work in the Peanuts & Corn catalog.

For episode 7, bigmcenroe is joined by Sean Carruthers, who was in the retail record business in Brandon and got a lot of music into young people's hands, as well as hooking up Farm Fresh with the Rheostatics... and finally Tyler aka DJ Hunnicutt joins Rod to wrap up the series.

For episode 6, bigmcenroe is joined by Ken Jaworski, who was a mainstay in the punk rock and metal scenes in Brandon starting in the late 80's. They talk about their common love of skateboarding, getting into playing in bands, and Ken's organizing to keep the live scene going, including bringing in some legendary acts.

For ep. 5, bigmcenroe is joined by his old pal Patrick Skene aka Pip Skid. They talk about Pip's early days of isolation as possibly Brandon's first hardcore rap fan, becoming friends, switching from Hockey to Skateboarding, collecting and finally making music, doing grafitti in a small town, and finally moving on from Brandon. Lots of laughs on this one!

bigmcenroe is joined by Alison Walden, a classmate and friend at New Era and Neelin Schools from grade 8 until grade 12. They chat music, high school dances, mixtapes, avoiding fights, and how they went to the school with the worst sporting record in Brandon's history...

bigmcenroe is joined by Stefan Goulet, an organizer of skateboard culture in the late 80's in Brandon. They talk about sharing music, how Stefan brought pro skateboarders to Brandon, and "Spine and Grind" - the legendary skatepark that lasted a short time in the small city.

bigmcenroe is joined by Farm Fresh bandmate and long time BFF Tyler Sneesby aka DJ Hunnicutt. as they reminisce and share three more songs from the upcoming 'Brandon' LP.

Our new podcast series hosted by bigmcenroe (fka mcenroe). Over 7 episodes, bigmcenroe will be sharing his new album, which is all about growing up in Brandon, Manitoba in the late 80's and early 90's, and discovering music, friends, skateboarding and dating.

Special edition of the UGSMAG podcast featuring soso and Maybe Smith reminiscing about their classic album Tinfoil on the Windows (2007), which is now available on vinyl for the first time ever!

In this final episode, mcenroe is joined once again by DJ Hunnicutt to go over the series and cover a grab bag of topics - a few Farm Fresh rarities, their encounters with Narduar, The Hummers, Hunnicutt’s loss of sight, P&C Cribs, other Winnipeg artists, and what is next for the label.

mcenroe concludes his conversation with Odario of Mood Ruff and Grand Analog. In part two, they talk about Peg City Holla, the end of Mood Ruff and the formation of Grand Analog. They talk about working with Shad and with Posdnuos of De La Soul, and play a track from Odario’s latest solo EP.

mcenroe catches up with Josh Martinez, who he crossed paths with in Vancouver between Josh’s time in Halifax and Portland. Josh breaks down highlights of his career as Maxwell, his time with Low Pressure and DJ Moves, and his work with Sleep and the Chicharones, Camobear Records, and the Pissed Off Wild.

mcenroe checks in with Odario of Mood Ruff and Grand Analog. In part one, they go over the early days in Winnipeg, their first releases together on Peanuts & Corn, and then the birth of Slo Coach Records and Mood Ruff’s first video, "No Hooks".

mcenroe catches up with Sheldon aka Shazzam of Winnipeg’s legendary Frek Sho crew to get into his early hip-hop history, and the long careers of the group and his solo work.

mcenroe brings his old pal Steve St. Louis back on to talk about the mcenroe solo records. They talk about mcenroe’s start on the mic, his first solo EP, and then his various projects over the years. Finally they preview another new track from the 2021 release 'Brandon'.

mcenroe finally hangs out with Gruf - the final Break Bread member to do the podcast. They take it all the way back to the Bootknock Rascals, Twisted Spirits, and Frek Sho, and then the formation of fermented reptile and the Break Bread crew.

mcenroe catches up with soso aka Troy Gronsdahl. They trace the timeline of the Clothes Horse family in Saskatoon and their kinship with the P&C crew over the years.

mcenroe catches up with Jason Lapeyre, who directed many of the Peanuts & Corn videos over the years, as they each talk about the videos they have directed by Pip Skid, John Smith, Gruf, mcenroe, and others.

mcenroe completes his talk with his good buddy Pip Skid, and they cover their last few records together and Pip’s work post-P&C with Marathon of Dope and Foultone Records.

mcenroe catches up with The Gumshoe Strut to break down his career, Your Brother In My Backpack, Turn The Gun, and his latest release.

mcenroe digs deep in the digital vaults for some rare and unreleased tracks from the whole P&C crew.

mcenroe is joined by Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon to break down Rollie’s career as a rapper, writer and poet, and highlight the Cadence Weapon catalog and some of their unreleased work together.

mcenroe catches up with DJ Dow Jones aka Spitz from legendary Winnipeg group Mood Ruff to run through the group’s history and what he has been up to lately.

mcenroe runs through his progression as a hip-hop producer, sharing lots of his beat making techniques and playing lots of old unused beats!

Nestor Wynrush joins mcenroe to talk about their first meeting in a rap battle, Ness' various releases and the 20 year buildup to finally making a record together.

In this episode, mcenroe is joined by The Gallivanting Spoof, a member of the legendary Frek Sho crew. Spoof and mcenroe talk about the history of Frek Sho, Winnipeg hip-hop, working together and trying to get to the the next level in the Canadian hip-hop scene.

In this episode, mcenroe digs through his vaults and plays you remixes from the late 90s to the early 2000s, many of them unreleased!

In this episode mcenroe is joined by Steve St. Louis, who has been down with the label since “Day 21” - Taking photos, selling merch, booking shows in Japan and hanging out with the crew.

In this episode, mcenroe is joined by Yy to go through their catalog, with rare early tracks, Yy’s recording process, and his new project with Gruf.

In this episode, mcenroe runs down a beat tape (CD) that he made for his rapper friends in September, 2000, and all the classic P&C songs that they turned into.

mcenroe is joined by Pip Skid, and they talk about writing together for Farm Fresh, the Wicked Nut solo album that never was, fermented reptile and Pip’s adventures in BC and Halifax.

mcenroe catches up with Len Bowen from Shadez (aka Different Shades of Black) about getting started, working together, and evolving.

In this episode, mcenroe takes you through the latest releases from Peanuts & Corn that took forever to come out and that practically no one heard! And he previews what is coming soon from the label later in 2020.

In this episode, mcenroe and DJ Hunnicutt talk about getting started with Farm Fresh, recording in Toronto with Rheostatics, and playing highlights from Hunnicutt’s beat making and scratch chorus work for the label. Plus watch a bonus live video of "Betamax".

In this episode, mcenroe and Birdapres talk about Bird's origins, working together on Peanuts & Corn, horrible sushi, and Bird's self produced releases.

In this episode, mcenroe dives into the his memories from the Tape Hiss era of the catalog and shares his favourite songs from Farm Fresh, Mood Ruff, Different Shades of Black and his solo jazz experiment.

Bazooka Joe joins mcenroe to talk about their 20 plus years of making music together.

In the second episode, Farm Fresh play demos, live performances and practice tapes from 1992 to 1993. After opening for punk bands and playing to empty rooms, they began to find a following in Manitoba playing with a live band.

In the first episode, DJ Hunnicutt (Tyler Sneesby), Pip Skid (Patrick Skene) and mcenroe (Rod Bailey) go through their first demo recordings from 1990-1992 and talk about the origins of Farm Fresh and how they managed to produce hip hop in Brandon, Manitoba.