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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.























