Oh Canadiana! This episode we are talking the Canadian Monolith, Big Shiny Tunes 1, put out by Muchmusic and Musique Plus in 1996, working with labels like Warner, Universal and EMI. We focus a lot on what makes this just so damn Canadian, including CRTC CanCon requirements, Edwin's babelicious reveal in "One More Astronaut", and how no one wants to say the word "Moist" but we do talk about the band.

In this episode we wondered who were the screaming fans in the beginning of "The Good in Everyone" by Sloan- it is in fact Sloan fans at what was then thought to be one of their last concerts in 1995 at Molson Amphitheatre- thank goodness they kept it going.

Abbie also talks about the Molson Polar Ice Beach Party in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Terrorities, which she quite honestly thought could have been a wild fever dream until finding this segment from CBC's The National all about the concert with Metallica, Hole, Veruca Salt, and Moist. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr-CCgABQI4

Abbie also constantly references the amazing book by author Mark Teo, "Shine: How a Muchmusic Compilation Came to Define Canadian Alternative Music and Sell a Zillion Copies"; you can check it out: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40132081-shine

We also mention and refer to the podcast "Rave and Drool: A Chronicle of 90's Canrock" that you can catch on Apple podcasts here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40132081 ; Along with "The Big Shiny Podcast" which you can find here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-big-shiny-podcast/id1551665314

Track Listing: 1. "One More Astronaut", I Mother Earth" 2. "Machinehead" BushX  3. "Tahitian Moon" Porno for Pyros  4. "Queer", Garbage 5. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Marilyn Manson  6."Scooby Snacks" Fun Lovin' Criminals  7. "Just a Girl" No Doubt  8. "Aeroplane" Red Hot Chili Peppers 9. "The Good in Everyone" Sloan 10. "King of New Orleans" Better Than Ezra 11. "Tinfoil" Limblifter  12. "Alone + Easy Target" Foo Fighters 13. "Ophelia" Moist 14. "Just" Radiohead  15. "Angry Johnny" Poe  16. "Rave + Drool" The Killjoys 17. "Paste" Pluto 18. "Novacane" Beck

As always, you can catch us on Instagram @sidetrackedwithabbieandjonpod and please feel free to email anytime at sidetrackedwithabbieandjon@gmail.com

Intro music by Artie Wosko

Sound Editing by Jon

Writing by Abbie