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Be afraid, be very afraid. Scare Quotes is back with tales of terror, debauch and woe. We were wooed by worsmith by Simon Schlesinger, lambasted by ghost hunter lucky Luce, sparred with Square Quotes alum Sebastian Speier and jostled with Jay Burrell of Le Social.
Indeed. If Square Quotes were a political party that would be our slogan.
Although we’re suffering the annual Pop Montreal hangover that somehow exceeds the length of the festival itself, we remain undaunted, committed to pull ourselves from the brink for you, dear listener. Lazerus!
First up, pundit-turned politico Anne Lagacé Dowson. In addition to being the New Democratic Party candidate for the Westmount / Ville-Marie riding in the upcoming federal election (October 14th), she’s a 20-year radio veteran, which caused producer Ali Rahman to be more than a little anxious about interviewing someone so obviously out of his league.
Ben Addelman, half the brains behind AM Pictures, the grass roots documentary film production company that brought you Discordia and Bombay Calling sat down with us to talk about his latest picture, Nollywood Babylon, an NFB co-production. He and filmmaking partner Samir Mallal set out to explore the burgeoning Nigerian film industry.
Square Quotes Episode 11 (Feat. Anne Lagacé Dowson & Ben Addleman): The only party that knows how to party. [53:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSomething strange happens, as our producer briefly takes on the position of host, his voice acquiring a more nasal sound than usual in the process. After five days taking in the sights and sounds of the Pop Montreal festival, we’re slightly hungover, a little worse for wear, but mostly pleased. We completed this episode on some downtime, check it out.
On this episode of Square Quotes, conversations with Jamaica-to-New-Jersey transplant and legendary dancehall MC Sister Nancy, Chad Reimer of Calgarian neu-wavers Women, filmmaker Matt Wolf on his documentary debut Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell,” and some fond recollections from former Telefauna members Tyler Rauman and Katherine Peacock about Pop Montreal.
As well, we have a live recording of acapella legends the Persuasions, recorded during their appearance at the Pop Montreal Symposium.
Track listing: Sister Nancy’s One Two, Women’s January 8th, and Arthur Russell’s That’s Us/Wild Combination.
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