17. Euchre for the Leathery Crowd. [David Demchuk.]
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English - August 01, 2018 22:30 - 1 hour - 47.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMusic Interviews Music Music Commentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Writer David Demchuk on The Carpenters, Thelma Houston, This Mortal Coil, Nina Simone, and Florence and the Machine.
David Demchuk has been writing for
performance, print and digital media for nearly 40 years. He’s got a special
interest in queerness and monstrosity. His debut novel, The Bone
Mother, was shortlisted and nominated for a number
of awards, and was the first horror novel to ever be nominated for the
prestigious Giller Prize, in 2017. David grew up in Winnipeg, where he first
came out, and moved to Toronto in his early 20s.
David and Michael talk about monsters, gay Winnipeg in the 70s, AIDS, the
relentless task of mourning, and playing euchre with leather daddies while the
Hells Angels keep you safe.
David’s Five Songs
Superstar by The
Carpenters.
Don't Leave Me This Way by
Thelma Houston.
Song to the Siren by This
Mortal Coil.
Everything Must Change by
Nina Simone.
Howl by Florence and the
Machine.
Show Notes.
David’s personal website. His book’s
site, and its
publisher’s.
David’s professional and
personal Twitter accounts.
Tim Buckley’s version of Song to the
Siren.
A piece about Toronto’s steps.
Friend of the show Anthony Oliveira writes about the Bruce McArthur
case.
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