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The Lunchbox Interview: Marie Maltais (World Water Day 2023)

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Water, water everywhere, and every drop to think!

My guest today is Marie Maltais (Director, UNB Art Centre) about this year’s art response to the annual World Water Day observation: Reflections, a collection of art inspired by, responding to and capturing elements of water. We chat about how the exhibit came to be and some of the art to be displayed.

Reflections opens in both the East and West Galleries at the UNB Art Centre in Memorial Hall at UNB on March 24 and runs through to April 28.

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The Lunchbox Interview: Theatre UNB presents “Marriage: A Demolition in Two Acts”

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My guests today are Jane Isrealson (director) and David Blanchfield (actor: Wayne) from Theatre UNB’s presentation of Marriage: A Demolition in Two Acts, the latest student production. We chat about generational divides, divisions in marriage, and the divide between an actor and a character which might be nothing like them.

Marriage: A Demolition in Two Acts opens on Thursday, March 16 at 7:30pm, and runs nightly until March 18 at Memorial Hall on UNB Campus.

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Gloom and Doom 07 – 2023-03-09

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Gloom and Doom 07 continues our 30th anniversary commemoration of Nirvana’s In Utero with a cover of track 4 by Ostrich Tuning. This week’s episode includes new music from BIG|BRAVE alongside classic tracks by My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, and more.

Gloom and Doom 07 Tracklist:

Ostrich Tuning – R*pe Me (Nirvana cover)

Ostrich Tuning – oakville to the end of the line
BIG|BRAVE – carvers, farriers and knaves
Emma Ruth Rundle – Citadel

The Wake – Shallow End
The Stone Roses – Standing Here
My Blood Valentine – Sometimes

Cocteau Twins – Fifty-Fifty Clown
Nightblossom – Bad Dream
Praises – Shadow of a Doubt

Nirvana – R*pe Me (Band Demo)

Gloom and Doom 07 Show Notes:

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RFYL Episode – ShamblesEP249

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
Losing track of time makes these weeks melt by, but I still remember to throw something awesome together for you to cling to. Whether or not you’ve managed to find this place just by happenstance, a band retweeting it or some other means of someone actually telling you to check out this place, I encourage you to grab a podcast and blast it out loud.

There’s several hosted up in previous episodes, and don’t worry, I barely say anything at all these days.

Playlist:
Hot Minute – Ian Blurton’s Future Now (Single)
Dig A Hole – Blood Red Shoes (Ghosts On Tape)
Tempest – Kilmore (Single)
Never Say Goodbye – Nightingale (Single)
Facade – Shades of Sorrow (Paradox)
They Live – Aittala (False Pretenses)
Control – Verse The Sun (Single)
Voyager – Half Gramme of Soma (Slip Through The Cracks)
Legacy – Unleash the Archers (Abyss)
Dominion Day – Osyron (Momentous)
Thruster – Ruby The Hatchet (Fear is a Cruel Master)
3 Days & 1000 Nights – Tsunami Bomb (Trust No One)

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The Finnish Line – Episode 02

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Time for the second episode of the Finnish Line! Join Hanna as they take a deep dive into Finnish heavy metal and talk about how the stereotypical Finnish person expresses their emotions.
Track list:
To/Die/For – Hollow Heart
Hell Hounds – Far Away
Sonata Arctica – Wolf & Raven
The Weakerthans – Left and Leaving
Lordi – Would You Love a Monsterman
Third Chamber – Terror Formed
Nightwish – Over the Hills and Far Away
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The Lunchbox Interview: Colin Fowlie

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There are people who do music. And there are people who live it — and share.

My guest today is Colin Fowlie, someone who is involved in just about every aspect of music making, and is looking to help others grow. We chat about where his music comes from and where it’s going, as well as a new venture called East & Nowhere, where he plans to help artists grow and improve at whatever stage they need, from songwriting and music to production and promotion.

As a first release, Colin was involved in the recent single release from Krista Shannon, Last Girl On Earth.

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The Lunchbox Interview: OVATION

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Music is food for the soul, and local music is a great harvest.

My guests today are Jim Tranquilla (Executive Director, Tutta Musica Orchestra) and Blair Lawrence (Project Manager). They are both involved in a project called OVATION, a province-wide series of performances aimed at “Celebrating Everyday Heroes”, especially those who stood out in the wake of the pandemic. In addition to 5 main concerts combining original, specially-commission music and video, there are 48 outreach musical performances across the province.

OVATION comes to Fredericton on Friday, March 10 at 8:00 pm at the Playhouse.

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STU Lunchbox: The Shape of the Student Body

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Hosts Koan Walker-Titus and Calum MacDonald explore the fitness of a generation that spends its time in front of screens and its money on Skip the Dishes.

Music:

  • “The Shape I’m In” by The Band (opening theme)
  • “Remember” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience (background)
  • “Going Down” by the Jeff Beck Group (background)
  • “Pump it Up” by Elvis Costello
  • “Morning Blues” by Parker Millsap
  • “Carrot Juice is Murder” by the Arrogant Worms (Canadian)
  • “Day by Day” by Doug and the Slugs (Canadian)
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Testing For Echo – Episode 19 – Another Home Run – Orig. Air Date March 4, 2023

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Hello everyone.

Welcome to Episode 19 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell.

It’s my feeling that the best episodes are the ones that go all over the place and keep listeners guessing.

Sure, I’m talking about the heavy/light mix but also the mix of eras.

In this episode I have everything from the 1970’s right up to the present.

I understand that this is impossible, but if you could get all of these bands together to play a festival it would be a home run.

Just press that little arrow down the left of the page to listen/download the podcast. 

Take good care and enjoy!

Tim

“The World of Music, One Song at a Time”

 

Episode Song List

  1. The Jelly Jam – Allison
  2. Gary Numan – Saints and Liars
  3. SAGA – Solsbury Hill
  4. Animals As Leaders – Micro Aggressions
  5. Robert Plant – Angel Dance
  6. Not Now – Out of Control
  7. Bryan Ferry – All Along the Watchtower
  8. RUSH – Countdown
  9. Frank Zappa – Camarillo Brillo
  10. King Crimson – Matte Kudasai
  11. Triumph – Allied Forces
  12. Camel – Air Born

 

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We’ve made it through another work week and what better way to celebrate than by having a ton of music randomly thrown in your face! Do be warned, however, as we start out pretty heavy this week and it only stays that way!

Go check out Aittala’s new album! Just launched on the 28th!

Playlist:
Frontal Lobe – Kitchen Witch (Earth & Aether)
We’re All Wolves – Highkicks (Highkicks 2)
Bored of the Lie – The Black Frame Spectacle
Awake – Osyron (Momentous)
Magnetar – Half Gramme of Soma (Slip Through the Cracks)
Maze – Black Fate (Ithaca)
Nemesis / Afterthought – Aittala (False Pretenses)
Falsewave – Unleash the Archers (Apex (Deluxe Version))
Purge – Claemus (Single)
Age of Deception – Tymo (The Art of a Maniac)
Not Forever – Tsunami Bomb (Trust No One)

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Gloom and Doom 06 – 2023-03-02

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Gloom and Doom 06 continues our 30th anniversary celebration of Nirvana’s In Utero with a cover by Beliefs. This week’s episode features music from Grimes, Radiohead, Mad Season, and more.

Gloom and Doom 06 Tracklist:

Beliefs – Heart-Shaped Box

Beliefs – Catch My Breath
Palm Haze – Walk Away
TRAITRS – Ghost and the Storm
Ringfinger – Vibrance

Disintegration – time moves for me
Disintegration – carry with you
Grimes – Urban Twilight

Blackpaw Society – Strange Fictionkicks
Radiohead – Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes and Ladders.)
Mad Season – Long Gone Day

Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box (Band Demo)

Gloom and Doom 06 Show Notes:

  • We heard the B-Side to “Catch My Breath” on Gloom and Doom 04.
  • “Catch My Breath” is also found on Hand Drawn Dracula’s XIV compilation.
  • Other Voices Records issued Ringfinger’s Echoes Fade on cassette.
  • Darkbloom by Grimes is a split EP with Canadian musician d’Eon.
  • Ride the Tempo is a now-defunct Canadian music blog.
  • Baffled Octopi Records issued the Weirdest Tuesday compilation.
  • Mad Season is the grunge super group featuring members of Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, and others.
  • Watch the music video for “Long Gone Day” on YouTube.
  • Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees and Mad Season passed away February 22, 2022.
  • Nirvana recorded the “Heart-Shaped Box” demo in Rio de Janeiro in January, 1993.
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Mornings Are Hard || 2023-03-03

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Tracklist:
1.) Trashed Ambulance – Cyntax Error (single)
2.) PUP – Robot Writes A Love Song (The Unraveling Of PUPTHEBAND)
3.) Never Stay Down – Make Me Feel Alive (single)
4.) Kristi Lane Sinclair – Break (single)
5.) Daveband – Sweet Little Place On Agricola (single)
6.) Chris Landry – Marylou (Marylou)
7.) Softlung – Don’t Say No (single)
8.) Ins Kino – Box Kite (Ins Kino 2)
9.) Izzy Heltai – Running Out (single)
10.) Sunnsetter – Surely Everything’s Alright (single)
11.) Theo Tams – Cowboy Take Me Away (Uncovered [Volume 1])
12.) Ivytide – flood lines (single)
13.) Jeremy Voltz – Miracles (single)
14.) Abigail Lapell – Blinding Lights (single)
15.) Jenny Mallard – The Anchor (Into The Deep)
16.) Softee – Come Home (single)

Mornings Are Hard || 2023-03-02

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Tracklist:
1.) Begonia – Butterfly (Powder Blue)
2.) The Franklin Electric – Call Me (single)
3.) Patrick Krief – Let It Go (single)
4.) Hayden ft. Feist – On A Beach (single)
5.) Andy Shauf – Wasted On You (Norm)
6.) Hally Greg – No Room For Me (Straitjacket)
7.) No Doubt – Artificial Sweetener (Return Of Saturn)
8.) The Rural Alberta Advantage – Terrified (Mended With Gold)
9.) Phantom Elite – Black Sunrise (single)
10.) Julia Sound – I Don’t Wanna Change (single)
11.) BLACK FORCES – BACK 2 BLACK (single)
12.) Negativland – There Is No Planet (Speech Free)
13.) Cinephonic – Le Combat (Visions)
14.) Cinephonic – Pyramides (Visions)

Mornings Are Hard || 2023-03-01

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Tracklist:
1.) Lido Pimienta – Te Queria (Miss Columbia)
2.) Kingo Halla – Vertigo (Empty Hands)
3.) KAYTRANADA ft. Charlotte Day Wilson – What You Need (BUBBA)
4.) Imanos ft. Malcom Zeller – Shiver & Gold (single)
5.) Jim Alxndr – Live In Pretend (Feelings Worth Living For)
6.) Sophia Bel – I Won’t Bite (Anxious Avoidant Deluxe)
7.) Sam Casey – Good Fight (More Songs About Weed And Toxic Relationships)
8.) Margo Price ft. Sharon Van Etten – Radio (Strays)
9.) Shame – Burning By Design (Food For Worms)
10.) Mariel Buckley – Neon Blue (Everywhere I Used To Be)
11.) Colin Fowlie – Someone’s Favourite Song (East Of Nowhere)
12.) Whitehorse – If The Loneliness Don’t Kill Me (I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying)
13.) Tami Neilson – Baby, You’re A Gun (Kingmaker)
14.) The Hypochondriacs – Highway #2 (Waitin’)
15.) Megan Brickwood – Trinity River Blues (Fifth Mile)

Homemade Jams || 2023-02-28

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Tracklist:
1.) COMPANDER – the Bramble (Diverdant)
2.) COMPANDER – Noises (Diverdant)
3.) Tortue – Overburdening (single)
4.) Constant Greetings – Field Trips (Field Trips)
5.) She Roars – Petty Thieves (Companion)
6.) Oh No, Theodore! – You COuld Do Better Than Me (We’re All Underachieving)
7.) LOVEOVER – Go Away // Stay Away (Worse Than Before)
8.) Doctor Mother Father – Wish You Didn’t KNow (Feelin’ Fine)
9.) Villages – Love Will Live On (Dark Island)
10.) Run The River – The Game (The Shiftwork EP)
11.) Mike Bern – Grateful Sun (single)
12.) Jessica Rhaye and The Ramshackle Parade – I Won’t Break (single)
13.) Blue Lobelia – Holding – First Quarter Moon (Resilient Moon)
14.) Pallmer – Bricks (single)
15.) TYNES – Makar (single)

STU Lunchbox: Voices of Experience

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Hosts Miles Bergquist and Corey Kelly explore what advice seniors – the boomers and the Silent Generation – would give to Generation Z as they take baby steps into adulthood.

Music:

  • “Keep it Between the Lines” by Sturgill Simpson (theme)
  • “You Got to Move” Rolling Stones (background)
  • “The Winner Is” by DeVotchKa (background)
  • “Do You Realize” by The Flaming Lips
  • “When My Time Comes” by Dawes
  • “Yellowstone Theme” (Bluegrass version) Andrew Crawford (background)
  • “Sweet Dreams” by Roy Buchanan (background)
  • “Ooh La La” by The Faces
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Mornings Are Hard || 2023-02-28

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Tracklist:
1.) Motherhood – Crawly I (Winded)
2.) dEUS – Must Have Been New (How To Replace It)
3.) Taleen Kali – Crusher (single)
4.) Blessed – Redefine (Circuitous)
5.) Only A Visitor – All You’ve Held Since (Decay)
6.) Kerala Dust – Violet Drive (Violet Drive)
7.) Kate Fagan – Come Over (I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool [Expanded Edition])
8.) Geoffroy – When Everything Is Gone (1952)
9.) MorMor – Far Apart (Semblance)
10.) Aquakultre – Don’t Trip (Don’t Trip)
11.) Surma – Islet (alla)
12.) Shy Kids – fresh off a feeling (single)
13.) Milk & Bone – Daydream (Deception Bay)
14.) Mayfly – Passenger Seat (HIDEAWAY, Vol. 1)

Homemade Jams || 2023-02-27

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Tracklist:
1.) Dave Gunning – The Same Storm (The Same Storm)
2.) Keegan & The Vandalorians – Staring Into The Sun (The Middle Of The Day)
3.) Honey Hut – Something’s Gotta Give (Hunter-Gatherer)
4.) Marian – Makahia (Hit Record)
5.) The Tortoise The Hare & The Millionaire – Black Coffy (Yard Sale)
6.) Mike Trask – Back Tooth (single)
7.) After The Wreck – East Coast State Of Mind (Through The Darkness)
8.) Poor Man’s Habit – Broken (single)
9.) miss emvy – Fiends On Parade (Invisible Fiends)
10.) Jane Blanchard – Still, Again (Still, Again)
11.) Les Hay Babies – Jacqueline (Boîtes aux lettres)
12.) Force Fields – Zero, Zero, Zero (Whatever Pie)

Mornings Are Hard || 2023-02-27

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Tracklist:
1.) Jason Collett – Everyday Sunflower (Head Full Of Wonder)
2.) Desiree Dorion – Your Last Name (That’s How I Know)
3.) Ally Venable – Real Gone (single)
4.) Certain Animals – Miracles (single)
5.) Dougie Poole – High School Gym (The Rainbow Wheel of Death)
6.) Brother Octopus – Dead End (Sea Of Champions)
7.) Model/Actriz – Crossing Guard (Dogsbody)
8.) Runnner – bike again (like dying stars, we’re reaching out)
9.) Mirror Mirror – Pierce the Tear (single)
10.) Begonia – Cold Night (Powder Blue)
11.) Hannah Georgas – Don’t Go (For Evelyn)
12.) Whose Rules – Slow Down (Hasler)
13.) Atsuko Chiba – Sunbath (Water, It Feels Like It’s Growing)
14.) July Talk – After This (Remember Never Before)

STU Lunchbox: Peru Perspectives

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Hosts Giuliana Grillo de Lambarri and Camila Gomez explore the social, political and economic issues that have pushed democracy in their native land to the brink.

Music:

  • “El Baile de Los Que Sobran” by Los Prisioneros (theme)
  • “Morena Borracho” by Nayjama
  • “Chola Soy” by Ruby Palomino
  • “El Condor Pasa” by Inti Illimani (under student streeter)
  • “Contigo Peru” by Arturo Cavero.
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RFYL Episode – RipplesEP247

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
I’ve reconnected with a few people recently and I had to wonder what changed – and honestly, I think the thing that hasn’t changed at all is me. I am a fixed point in time, and it’s weird to say it, but I think I’m content with the direction of the show and the content I provide.

I stopped doing this in ways I didn’t enjoy a long time ago, and occasionally it can be a struggle to set up a playlist. That being said, there’s not much of a better feeling than turning my headset up loud and blasting some tunes. So, without further ado, here’s what I was listening to this week:

Playlist:
Starting Again – The JB Conspiracy (Beginnings)
Only Once – The Joy Formidable (Into The Blue)
I Lose Whatever I Own – Blood Red Shoes (Ghosts on Tape)
Dark Matter – Kilmore (Call of the Void)
Violent Nature – Woodhawk (Violent Nature)
Hold On – We Hunt Buffalo (Living Ghosts)
Momentuous (ft Percival) – Osyron (Momentuous)
Dead Skies – A Primitive Evolution (Becoming)
Faster Than Light – Unleash the Archers (Abyss)
You’ve Stolen The Words – Sergeant Thunderhoof (This Sceptred Veil)

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The Lunchbox Interview: Jennifer Dow

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My guest today is Jennifer Dow, local historian and curator of the exhibition We Were Here: A Portrait of Daily Life in New Brunswick’s Black Community (1850-1960). This exhibit tells the story of the everyday lives of Black New Brunswickers and features photographs and documents from the Provincial Archives as well as from the private collection of Jennifer Dow, a Black historian, genealogist, and a founding member of REACH in New Brunswick (Remembering Each African Cemetery’s History in New Brunswick).

Jennifer is a sixth generation descendant of early Black settlers in New Brunswick and is deeply committed to tracing the history and lineage of these settlers and ensuring that their existence in New Brunswick is not forgotten.

We Were Here: A Portrait of Daily Life in New Brunswick’s Black Community (1850-1960) will be on view in the West Gallery and opens on Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. This exhibit can also be viewed online.

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The Finnish Line – Episode 01

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The first episode of The Finnish Line! This is a show all about Finnish music with Hanna, a Finnish exchange student. In this episode, we hear some Finnish punk and heavy metal, with similar songs from Canadian artists, while discussing culture shocks.
Track list:
lié – Good Boy
Bitch Alert – Loveson
PUP – The Coast
Amorphis – Alone
Quo Vadis – Let it Burn
Nightwish – Dark Chest of Wonders
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UNB Student Union 2023 Election Debate

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The UNB Student Union 2023 debate took place in the Atrium of the Student Union Building at UNB on February 22. Not all candidates chose to participate. We heard from candidates for President, VP Events and Services and VP Student Wellness.

The MC for the event was the current UNB Chief Returning Office Drashtant Varma. The moderators were Joshua Lohnes (UNB SU Chair) and Mark Kilfoil (Station Manager, CHSR-FM 97.9).

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Gloom and Doom 05 – 2023-02-23

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Gloom and Doom 05 continues to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Nirvana’s In Utero, this time featuring performances of “Scentless Apprentice.”

Gloom and Doom 05 Tracklist:

Greys – Scentless Apprentice (Nirvana cover)

Greys – Dodgson
Beliefs – Long Wings
Ghost Vines – Fall
Frigs – Chest

Scattered Clouds – Don’t Question Me
Mrs. Piss – You Took Everything
Shamewave – Ballerina
Colleen Coco Collins – Physical Vibrations

Have a Nice Life – The Big Gloom
You’ll Never Get to Heaven – By This River
Men I Trust – Show Me How

Nirvana – Scentless Apprentice (Live)

Gloom and Doom 05 Show Notes:

  • Hand Drawn Dracula released the Milkin’ It compilation in 2013 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Nirvana’s In Utero LP.
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Süskind inspired Kurt Cobain to write “Scentless Apprentice.”
  • “Dodgson” also appears on Hand Drawn Dracula’s XIV compilation.
  • Beliefs and Nirvana can also be heard on Gloom and Doom 04.
  • “Fall” by Ghost Vines also appears on the Talking Skull Compilation 2015.
  • Another version of “Don’t Question Me” appears on Scattered Cloud’s 2019 LP called Take Away Your Summer.
  • Watch Mrs. Piss perform the entire Self-Surgery album on YouTube.
  • “Scentless Apprentice” first appeared on In Utero in 1993.
  • “Scentless Apprentice” was performed live on December 13, 1993.
  • The live audio for “Scentless Apprentice” also appears on Live and Loud.
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