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Ep176 - "Art School Envy" with Brian Borcherdt

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Show Notes

Brian Borcherdt is a Toronto based musician and founding member of the band Holy Fuck. Brian also releases solo music under the name Dusted. Holy Fuck's upcoming album "Event Beat" drops March 27th. Brian sat down with us to discuss moving to the Catskills, NYC drinking water, growing up in Nova Scotia, grumpy small town folk, how Toronto has changed over the years, the club district, joining his older brothers band as a teen, sharing a phone line with his neighbours, taping music videos, Burnt Black, Bloor and Landsdowne in the early 2000's, Outside Music, replacing Feist in By Devine Right, his many aliases, the origins of Holy Fuck, sync licensing, The Beaver, Dusted, not knowing he had a song in "The Substance", using Holy Fuck as a scapegoat to cut arts funding, the coffin factory, cheap keyboards, revisiting old songs, noise complaints, Holy Fuck's upcoming album and much more! Brian Borcherdt Holy Fuck Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD Join us on Patreon to unlock all episodes and one on one pods.

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