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CBC video producer Mark Cumby spent years picking through footage, photos and, yes, many posters as he built a documentary about a music scene that was inspired by the grunge of Nirvana, and yet was very much its own.

Coming at you from the Home Office because winter…or rather pre-winter. Here’s what you would have heard on this edition: 1) The Both “Milwaukee” (from The Both) 2) The Beatles “Two Of Us” (from Let It Be) 3) Paul McCartney/Phoebe Bridgers “Seize The Day” (from McCartney III Imagined) 4) Frank Turner ‘Miranda” (from the forthcoming record FTHC)Read More...

Coming at you from the Home Office because winter…or rather pre-winter. Here’s what you would have heard on this edition: 1) The Both “Milwaukee” (from The Both) 2) The Beatles “Two Of Us” (from Let It Be) 3) Paul McCartney/Phoebe Bridgers “Seize The Day” (from McCartney III Imagined) 4) Frank Turner ‘Miranda” (from the forthcoming record FTHC)Read More...

Announce these investigations, we need the money, its life and death. and i think whats interesting too, today in ambassador yovanovitch we will see another career diplomat, somebody who was first put in by george w. bush and they she was appointed to her post in ukraine by president obama, worked under democrats and republicans, somebody whos just there doing a job, somebody whos not the member of the deep state, somebody whos not a never trumper as shes been accused of, who was completely smea...

Was having a brorth wther who s as an ambassador, a father who worked in foreign policy, this is chilling. these people put their lives out there, upend their lives to represent the united states of america. to say that shes going to go through some things, i dont know how to read that any other way than hes going to shake her down as well, share her, threaten her, do something to make her life miserable. >> you have the president of the united states literally bullying an american diplomat post...

Tricks of this town. you decided who was in and -- >> was? >> okay. her new book, "finding magic," its about spirituality of a kind -- i felt in the peace corps, it wasnt going to church spiritualism, it was a feeling of really happy connection to your world youre living in. i know what you mean by this spiritual thing. its lower case christian. >> its christianity with with a c. >> its just really good. and i think shes a great person with a hell of a story here, and a great read. shes a great ...

Negative about his presidency, everything that cant get done. everything that he doesnt participate in in the way a president ought to participate in like a health care legislation. its victimization. its whoa is me. why did they do this to sne. >> can i flip the conversation a second? would we be responding differently if u.s. soldiers had been expelled from a country? i dont think were giving the diplomats that trump is disregarding their security, their families, what they go through to serve...

>> greg: you want thailand. >> bob: that would be excellent. >> eric: california. [ laughter ] >> andrea: hawaii. >> bob: seriously, this is nothing new. they give it to big contributors, every administration does it. >> dana: or give it to someone accomplished. george h.w. bush was offered that position in the 70s. he went to china instead. that was not a hardship post but it wasnt the grand lovely post that you get as the u.k. that residence there is beautiful. >> andrea: switch gears. talk ab...

>> greg: you want thailand. >> bob: that would be excellent. >> eric: california. [ laughter ] >> andrea: hawaii. >> bob: seriously, this is nothing new. they give it to big contributors, every administration does it. >> dana: or give it to someone accomplished. george h.w. bush was offered that position in the 70s. he went to china instead. that was not a hardship post but it wasnt the grand lovely post that you get as the u.k. that residence there is beautiful. >> andrea: switch gears. talk ab...