Adrian Teacher plays in the band Apollo Ghosts. He has also been in the projects Cool TV, Adrian Teacher and the Subs and the solo venture, Arbutus. This conversation was recorded on August 26th, 2024.

Venues visited:

The Toast Collective was a "grassroots nerve centre for new bands, art movements, community projects, and activism," which started around 2010. It was located at 648 Kingsway and when it closed its doors in 2021 the space for run for a few years by a new veture, called 648 Kingsway, which has now closed down.

Lucky’s Comics was a comic and bookstore at 3972 Main Street which has now relocated eight blocks north. After a hiatus of many years at the original location, the new location is now hosting some shows.

Little Mountain Gallery was at 195 E 26th Ave built in 1930. It became an art space known as the Butchershop Collective in 2001 and Little Mountain Gallery was established in 2006. After music shows ended, it became an underground comedy club. It was demolished in 2023 despite the attempts of arts groups to preserve it.

Other venues mentioned: Hoko’s, Princeton Pub, Red Gate, Red Cat Records

Bands discussed: Bad Fate,  Chris-a-Riffic, Twin Crystals, the Winks, Smithy Ramone, Shawn Mrazek, Dirty Beaches, the Doers

Music clips used with artist permission.

Apollo Ghosts: Land of the Morning Calm from Hastings Sunrise (2008)

Smithy Ramone: Magic Leather Jacket from Cursed (2018)

Chris-a-riffic: I Can't Carry That from Bible Beats (2012)