Episodes
It's one of the pleasures of our life to be joined by Canadian Sports Anchor, Television Personality and all around Icon, Jay Onrait. He called Impossible Way Of Life on his drive-time commute to TSN HQ, to discuss his love for Real Estate, Pavement, his halcyon days as a member of the Hair Metal community of Alberta, and simply chat about his deep love, passion, and knowledge of all things music.
Published 05/22/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODEhttps://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflifeHappy Sunday folks! We react to Apple Music's Top 100 Albums and find out which Classical Musician has the biggest Spotify Account.
Published 05/19/24
Published 05/19/24
Real special episode today. We are joined by musician Benny Trokan. We chat about playing with Spoon, Lee Fields, and the late Charles Bradley. With a new record in the pipeline, we chat about his solo music. We also make an abridged version of The White Album and get Joan Baez confused for Bon Jovi.
Published 05/15/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODEhttps://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflifeJames is on the road, so "Stranglehold" Mike Komaszczuk joins Johnny to reminisce about The Shilohs' IWOL tour history and The Band documentary "Once Were Brothers."
Published 05/12/24
We listen to the new Ringo / The Strokes E.P and Johnny devises a new party game way to rank music.SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODEhttps://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife
Published 05/05/24
Ever wondered how to get that dead 70s snare sound? Turns out it's all about what kinda breakfast you eat day of. We are joined by producer to the big indie stars, Trevor Spencer, for a lil shop talk.
Published 05/01/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODEhttps://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflifeWe discuss rating albums based on our ranking categories and figure a good place to start is the album that contains the song that changed the direction of John Stamos' life "Forever."
Published 04/28/24
We catch up with new age for the everyman songsmith Jeffrey Silverstein, to discuss his wonderfully titled new single, "Gassed Up." We swap tour survival techniques, van playlists, and have a real good time.
Published 04/24/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODEhttps://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflifeJohnny is back from Kansas and we listen to the very latest Lennon-McCartney song "Primrose Hill."
Published 04/21/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Johnny is heading down to Kansas City for a week, so he stopped at my place on his way to the airport to pick up his Marvin Gaye Toque. A Classic Sunday Slice of Life.
Published 04/14/24
We deep dive the new "We Are The World" Documentary - perhaps the original example of major player artists feeling themselves. We also consider the line up to the inevitable reboot. Happy Listening.
Published 04/11/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We test out Johnny's claim that Beatles for Sale is a better record than Sgt Peppers. We also dive back into the Lord Of The Rings / Beatles Universe.
Published 04/07/24
Max Frost is a singer songwriter based in Nashville, Texas, who has found a second career as a internet music content creator. Most notably, he creates mash-ups of different bands - our personal favourite being The Beatles doing a Korn Song and vice-versa.  Today, he comes on the podcast and we have a bit of a philosophical discussion about the role of the musician in the year 2024.
Published 04/03/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We're Starting A Blues Band
Published 03/31/24
Very lucky to be joined by Will and Nick from the band Flyte. Among other things, they have some interesting insight into our Lord of the Rings / The Beatles mash up. Really lovely to speak to them both, and look forward to the coming back to react to the Rolling Stone "Top 100 Solo Beatles Songs." Don't worry, we will get there eventually.
Published 03/27/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Happy Sunday Folks. We recap Vancouver music from 2000-2015 which leads us to an interesting deep questions about the state of indie rock. A great episode.
Published 03/24/24
We planned to listen and react to the new A.I recorded blues song "Soul of the Machine," and instead did an entire episode on how bad the Counting Crows cover of "Big Yellow Taxi" is.
Published 03/20/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We break down the back half of The new article in The Rolling Stone, "100 Best Beatles Solo Songs." Also Johnny develops a new one second music challenge - it's quite impressive.
Published 03/17/24
Spirits are high, the air is once again clear.  We reflect on the key "take aways" from The World Guitar Championships - particularly the "technical vs natural" debate; and talk a whole lot of Beatles.
Published 03/13/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Here it is folks.  After this episode, i'm hoping we can all return to sanity.
Published 03/10/24
It's the moment we've all been waiting for - The Final. We bring "Stranglehold" in the fold, the arena of tension.   Let's settle this once and for all.
Published 03/06/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We're going to the Real Estate gig in Vancouver, so we met up prior to discuss ranking the final four guitarists, and all time top song to DJ at a wedding
Published 03/03/24
Nice episode today.  Sat down with some tea and discussed Paul McCartney's shock and disgust that Foreigner aren't in the Rock n' Roll hall of fame, Don Henley's current Hotel California court case, Clapton's love letters to Pattie Boyd - and of course ranked Jimmy and Jerry.
Published 02/28/24
SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife The battle of Hail! Hail! Rock n' Roll is here, but we spend most of the episode talking about who is going to play The Beatles in the new Sam Mendes movies.
Published 02/25/24