The Soundtrack to a Life

The Soundtrack to a Life is an autobiographical music interview podcast hosted by Christopher Munroe, in which he and a guest review and discuss at length the albums that have had an emotional impact on us.

New episodes the first and fifteenth of the month...

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Episode 059: is

March 03, 2020 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Hey Ocean.jpg

Episode Notes:

Hey Ocean - is

Hey Ocean on Wikipedia

Hey Ocean on their own website

MLP:FIM on TVTropes

I do miss Good Place

My Name is Earl was also a good, kind show

Donate to the Drop-in!

March 03, 2020 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Interview, Podcast, Hey Ocean, Chelsea, 2010s, Pacific Northwest
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 054: Jade Bird

December 16, 2019 by Christopher Munroe in Music, Podcast, Interview
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Episode Notes:

Jade Bird - Jade Bird

Jade Bird on Wikipedia

Jade Bird flipping a car over and over again, which brings her no joy

Epic Rap Battles, featuring Poe and King, which Dan gets stuck in his head when he hears I get No Joy

Happy Endings, a funny but deeply cynical show

Liz Lemon and Wesley Snipes

Dan on Twitter

Tales From Parts Unknown

Dan’s Youtube Show

December 16, 2019 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Interview, Podcast, Dan, Jade Bird
Music, Podcast, Interview
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Episode 052: Bloodletting

November 15, 2019 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Concrete Blonde.jpg

Episode Notes:

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

Concrete Blonde on Wikipedia

The hot minute Concrete Blonde were on the radio

4 Non Blondes, who are not Concrete Blonde

Siouxsie & the Banshees, who cut a similar dramatic figure

Everybody needs to watch Pump Up the Volume

Everybody probably doesn’t need to watch Trainspotting

NaNoWriMo, which is fun every year

Invasion of the Remake

Invasion of the remake on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

November 15, 2019 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Podcast, Interview, 80s, Concrete Blonde, Goth
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 051: Oh Perilous World

October 27, 2019 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode Notes:

Rasputina - Oh Perilous World

Rasputina on Wikipedia

Rasputina’s Web Page

The Auteurs, tearing it up with a cello

The Difference Engine, which is good!

Wild Wild West, which is… not…

Follow Amanda Palmer on Twitter, you’ll be glad you did

Invasion of the remake on Twitter

Invasion of the Remake on Facebook

Invasion of the Remake on Instagram

October 27, 2019 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Steampunk, Podcast, AllTheHorror, Goth, Rasputina
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 050: Beachboy

October 15, 2019 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
McCafferty.jpg

Episode Notes

McCafferty - Beachboy

McCafferty on Wikipedia

Go listen to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, you deserve it

Treat yourself, watch Maximum Overdrive!

The Andy Band on Instagram

The Andy Band on Bandcamp

GRCC, go if that’s your bag!

October 15, 2019 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Podcast, Indie, Punk Rock, Tik Tok
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 047: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

September 01, 2019 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Modest Mouse Cover.jpeg

Episode Notes:

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

Modest Mouse on Wikipedia

Johnny Marr, on Wikipedia

Modest Mouse kill it live!

It’s messed up that Sled Island, Folk Fest, and Terminus are so close together!

See Electric 6 live, you owe it to yourself

Aeon Flux, the Modest Mouse Boat Crew of cartoons

King Princess, whose audience makes me feel very old…

The Mess Hall Podcast on Twitter

The Mess Hall Podcast on Facebook

The Mess Hall Podcast itself

September 01, 2019 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Podcast, Interview, Indie, Hipster, Portland
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 046: Soul Messin

August 15, 2019 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode Notes:

Cookin on 3 Burners - Soul Messin

Cookin on 3 Burners on Wikipedia

Contact TLC and cyberbully them into giving Mike and I a travel show!

Kylie is so effing good

Nick Cave: Is it Goth?

The Bamboos, if you want more by members of this band

Cars, a song that is cold and austere

Go visit New Zealand

Huey Lewis & the News, the cute local bar band TO THE WORLD!

Danny Boyle: Is he good?

August 15, 2019 /Christopher Munroe
Mike, Funk, Music, Podcast, Interview
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 045: 0+>

August 01, 2019 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Prince.jpg

Episode Notes

Prince - 0+>

Prince on Wikipedia

Prince on TVTropes

The video for My Name is Prince

Prince, covering songs he wrote but did not perform

Todd in the Shadows, who I would highly recommend

Watch Purple Rain

Maybe watch Graffiti Bridge?

Probably avoid Under the Cherry Moon

Miley Cyrus doing a NIN cover that will make you question your sanity

MC Hammer, doing the craziest video in history

Emancipation, by Prince. It’s even good!

7, a gorgeous song that’s fun to sing

August 01, 2019 /Christopher Munroe
Mike, Prince, Music, Interview, Podcast, Funk
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 037: Odelay

April 01, 2019 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Beck.jpg

Episode Notes:

Beck - Odelay

Beck on Wikipedia

Beck on TVTropes

Elvis Costello, being VERY wordy in a song

Bobby McFerren Live

That one Kesha song about being a woman

That one Post Malone song from Into the Spiderverse

Bikini Kill, because Riot Grrrl bands are dope

Iceland’s Eurovision song from this year

Rolling Stone’s greatest albums of the ‘90s

Kanye and Paul McCartney, together at last

The Andy Band on Bandcamp

April 01, 2019 /Christopher Munroe
Beck, Liv, 90s, music, Indie, Alternative, Interview, Podcast
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 030: This Album Does Not Exist

December 15, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Music, Podcast, Interview
This+Album+Does+Not+Exist.jpg

Episode Notes:

Dreamers - This Album Does Not Exist

Dreamers on Wikipedia

Dreamers on Instagram

Girls Rock Camp Calgary

The song that made Liv ask: Does Avril Lavigne suck now?

The Janelle Monae record is pretty good this year

The Chris and the Queens record is pretty good this year

Dreamers, covering Zombie

Science Cake!

The Stranger, by Camus

Afternoon Tea Party on Instagram

December 15, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
music, Interview, Podcast, indie, Dreamers
Music, Podcast, Interview
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Episode 029: Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia

December 02, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Dandy Warhols.jpg

Episode Notes:

The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia

The Dandy Warhols on Wikipedia

Terminator: Featuring a really good Linda!

A girl with brown hair and glasses, playing Wonderwall

Pink Floyd, taking themselves VERY seriously

Liv’s punk band

December 02, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Hipster, Podcast, Indie, 2000s, Inerview
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 027: Gorillaz

November 01, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Gorillaz.jpeg

Episode Notes:

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Gorillaz on Wikipedia

Gorillaz on TVtropes

Clint Eastwood, which was EVERYWHERE in 2001

Whistle, by Flo Rida, which I did not care for but listened to a lot

Del, the Funky Homosapien

Gorillaz, with Snoop Dogg

Animae Cosplay, featuring Jojo

Tank Girl, baby!!!

blur, being aggressively British

November 01, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Interview, Gorillaz, Podcast, Damon Albarn
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 025: Hounds of Love

October 01, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Kate Bush.jpg

Episode Notes:

Kate Bush: Hounds of Love

Kate Bush on Wikipedia

Tori Amos, sounding a bit like Kate Bush

Wuthering Heights, a super weird way to start a career

Kate Bush live, which is an AMAZING soundtrack

Are Tegan & Sarah the biggest band from Calgary?

Our main thing is a rodeo

The Smalls, who are punk as fuck

Corb Lund, who is punk as fuck in a different way

Futureheads, playing Hounds of Love

Placebo, playing Running Up That Hill

Hello Moth, who is local

ABC, being emotive

Meatloaf, being VERY emotive

Don't Give Up, with Peter Gabriel

The Imperial Phase theory of pop

The OTHER Elton John/Kiki Dee duet

Sarah on Twitter, if you want to hear her talk about politics

October 01, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Podcast, interview, Kate Bush, 80s
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 024: Sing the Sorrow

September 15, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview

AFI.jpg

Episode Notes:

AFI - Sing the Sorrow

AFI on Wikipedia

Straight Edge Punk, an overview

Emo, an overview

AFI - Answer That, and Stay Fashionable

ZZ Top, killing it live

David Byrne, appreciated on a purely academic level

Tony Hawk 3, featuring AFI

AFI, covering Head Like a Hole

September 15, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Podcast, Interview, AFI, Punk Rock, Emo, Music
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 022: Buzzin' About

August 15, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
The Apples.jpg

Epidode Notes:

The Apples - Buzzin' About

The Apples on Wikipedia

The Go! Team

Midnight Vultures Beck

Dick Tracy, if you watch it let me know how it holds up!

I don't even care, Pitbull is fun!

August 15, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Interview, The Apples, Podcast, Funk, Instrumental
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 020: I Think You Think too Much of Me

July 15, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Eden.jpg

Episode Notes:

Eden - I Think You Think Too Much of Me

Eden on Wikipedia

How Eden plays this live

Black Tea Anarchy - Afternoon Tea Party

The Wrecks

Bad Sons

Petra Haden - The Who Sell Out

Eden is playing Vancouver in October!

Dadeo’s, who make a very good sandwich

A girl with brown hair, playing a Lil Jon song on a Ukulele

A second girl with brown hair, playing a Lil Jon song on a Ukulele

A THIRD girl with brown hair, playing a Lil Jon song on a Ukulele

A fourth girl with brown hair and glasses, playing a Lil Jon song on a Ukulele

Afternoon Tea Party on Instagram

July 15, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Interview, Eden, Indie, Podcast
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 019: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

July 01, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
The Cure.jpg

Episode Notes:

The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

The Cure on Wikipedia

The Cure on TV Tropes

The Calgary Stampede

Terminus, at DIckens

Sled Island

The Calgary Folk Festival

Femme Wave

Afternoon Tea Party on Instagram

July 01, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Music, Interview, Podcast, The Cure, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Goth, 80s
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 18: E*Mo*Tion

June 15, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Carly Rae.jpg

Episode Notes:

Carly Rae Jepsen - E*Mo*Tion

Carly Rae Jepsen on Wikipedia

Spin Magazine

An early '00s Kylie Minogue Move

The last Madonna song I listened to

Cher on Twitter, not giving a fuck

Elderly Bob Dylan, also not giving a fuck

Contemporary Neil Young, judge for yourself

Justin Timberlake, who no longer knows what's good

Daniel on Twitter

The Calgary Roller Derby Association

June 15, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Music, interview, Podcast, Carly Rae Jepsen, Pop, Bubblegum
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 17: One Step Beyond

June 01, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
Madness.png

Episode Notes:

Madness - One Step Beyond

Madness on Wikipedia

Careless Whisper, by Wham!

George Michael, at a piano, pouring out the contents of his heart

The Sax-player from Madness flying through the air

Go listen to some Prince Buster, if you want to!

Wanna go see the Melvins?

The Calgary Roller Derby Association

June 01, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Music, interview, Podcast, Madness, Ska
Podcast, Music, Interview
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Episode 16: Chinese Fountain

May 15, 2018 by Christopher Munroe in Podcast, Music, Interview
The Growlers.jpg

Episode Notes:

The Growlers - Chinese Fountain

The Growlers on Wikipedia

Sweater Weather - A Great Song Who's Authors' Name I Can Never Recall

36?

Electric Six, who you can now see at a bar

The Clash's Debut

Joy Division's Debut

The Killers - My favourite synth band from 1984

Smashmouth, who briefly were mandatory

Buddy Holly, the original indie hipster

Portlandia, featuring Danzig

Fred Armisen's Stand-up for Drummers

Broken City, where most things can exist

Shut Up and Dance With Me, featuring just the best dancer

That sketch was Collage Humor, not Comedy or Die, and I am a monster for not remembering so

Victoria's Twitter

May 15, 2018 /Christopher Munroe
Podcast, interview, Growlers, Chinese Fountain, Music, Surf Goth
Podcast, Music, Interview
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