Matt’s going to Deseronto to see Emily Burgess, so he and special co-host Jeffy run down the good and bad of small towns on WAFFLES! From “must get out” songs like Smalltown Boy and Stupid Village to “small towns rule” tracks by Cold Creek Country and Northcote, we run the gamut; including tracks named for Ontario towns like Odessa, Wawa, and more!

Tracks:

WAFFLES! :: Teen Titans

Quiet Village :: Martin Denny

Return to Sandford :: David Arnold

Fargo, North Dakota :: Carter Burwell

Small Town :: Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan

Small Town :: Yuka Honda

Odessa :: Caribou

Smalltown Boy :: The Nylons

Smalltown Boy :: Dido (Live on BBC 2)

Sovereign Light Cafe :: Keane

Small Country Airport :: John Southworth :: -57

Blue Sleeves :: John Southworth

Last Passenger Pigeon in Ohio :: John Southworth

Battersea :: Hooverphonic

Small Town Dracula :: Hawksley Workman

Bobcaygeon (live) :: Tragically Hip

Our Town :: Cold Creek County

Hope is Made of Steel :: Northcote

In This Town :: Rheostatics

WAWA :: Party Favor

Stupid Village :: Ivy Green

Canadian Bush Party :: Kinnie Starr

Village Dance :: Matt Berry

Funky Kingston :: Toots and the Maytalls

In Dreams :: Roy Orbison

Marisa’s back! And on a biweekly basis going forward, as we plunge into earth! Air! Fire! And water! for WAFFLES! this week, with some astonishing digressions into the science-fiction dystopic world of a Pepperidge Farm that remembers… everything.

WAFFLES theme :: Teen Titans

Devotion :: Cory Weeds

Down the Dirt Road Blues :: Charley Patton

Four Strong Winds :: Neil Young

I’m On Fire :: Whitehorse

River :: Terry Reid

End of Earth :: The Comet is Coming

bird (bird) :: Air & Alessandro Baricco

Fire in the Water :: Feist

Earth Song :: The Shuffle Demons

The Air That I Breathe :: kd lang

Fire with Fire :: The Gossip

Rain in the Summertime :: The Alarm

Escarpment Blues :: Sarah Harmer

Floating Above the Earth :: The Grassy Knoll

Fire! :: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Water :: PJ Harvey

Earth Intruders :: Bjork

Nature Boy :: The Spirit of Jazz

Fire with Fire :: Scissor Sisters

My House by the Water :: Mac DeMarco

Tubthumping :: Chumbawumba (weird version)

Fire and Bones :: Alanna Gurr & the Greatest State

Dig For Fire :: Pixies

Vegans! Who are they? What mysteries do they hold? Christina Avery of Knifey Spooney co-hosts a cruelty-free edition of WAFFLES!, talking about the upcoming Night Market, veganism, and lots more. Pigs are discussed! Plus some amazing new music from Steve Benjamins, Hillsburn, and more!

Carnaval des Animaux :: Camille Saint-Saens

A Fish on Land :: Lhasa

Namaste :: Beastie Boys

Lost Birds :: Rose Cousins

Challenges :: State Cows

Animal :: Miike Snow

Animal :: Against Me!

Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens :: Louis Jordan

Like Irregular Chickens :: Kid Koala

Sea Mammal :: Mr. Scruff

Lioness :: Ace of Wands

With The Larks :: Hillsburn

How The World Was Born :: Steve Benjamins

March of the Pigs (Clean) :: Nine Inch Nails

March of the Pigs (Clean) :: Superhumanoids

Sweet Relief :: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Motherless Child :: Moby

Eat It :: Weird Al Yankovic

Television :: Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

When Vegans Attack :: Clutch