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Go Plug Yourself Rewind: Amy Blackmore 2021

by on June 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Posted In: Fringe, Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

So normally this time of year Sarah and I would be interviewing a bunch of artists performing at the Montreal Fringe Festival and up until last Wednesday I promise you: that was the plan.

Then, unfortunately, Sarah took a bad fall on a bike path while heroically saving a child and broke her leg pretty badly. 10 days in the hospital later she’s finally home and the Montreal Fringe Festival is in full swing but we’re not doing much of anything except for rehabilitating Sarah’s leg.

So that means for the first time in a long time, we won’t be Fringing this year.

It got me thinking: When was the last time we didn’t Fringe?

Oh right, that pesky pandemic.

Lawrence Corber and I sat down remotely in April 2021 with Amy Blackmore pretty much a full year into the pandemic.  So let’s take a trip down memory lane and enjoy that chat from 2021, shall we?

The Montreal Fringe Festival is in full swing and runs until June 21st, head to montrealfringe.ca for tickets and showtimes.

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Lawrence Corber also produces some shows you may have heard of (you should probably check out the next Healthy Living show when you get a chance) and if you’re close with him you can call him Lully. The other way to call him “Lully” is to follow him on his socials. @Lully514 on Instagram.

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FAR Festival – (Léa Philippe & Émilie Allard) – GPYS 237

by on August 5, 2021 at 6:09 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks Léa Philippe and Émilie Allard of the FAR Festival: “Have you ever destroyed someone?” (as asked by John Hatz from I Love Neon in episode 236).

So, I thought it was 2019, but apparently it must have been 2020 when I happened to stumble upon a pop-up circus performance in one of Montreal’s alleyways. It turns out that it was a part of a festival that I had never heard of before. Namely: The FAR Festival: Le Festival des arts de ruelle de Montréal. In a city that is defined by its festivals I don’t think there is quite anything like the FAR. A combination of fixed stages, pop shows, parades and mobile stages that brings art to the streets (or more accurately alleys).  Musicians, circus performers, acrobats and more make up the over 200 artists that will be performing at the festival between August 12 and September 12.

Lawrence and I were lucky enough to host two of the wonderful people behind this festival: Léa Phillipe and Émilie Allard. Léa and Émilie discuss the charm of the festival, how it came to be and the importance of bringing the arts to everyone.

Listen now and enjoy the show and be sure to keep tabs on the FAR Festival to find out when a show might be popping up near you:

 

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Léa Photo Credit: Jasmine Allan-Côté 
Emilie Photo Credit : Éva-Maude tc. Photographe 

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Lawrence Corber also produces some shows you may have heard of (you should probably check out the next Healthy Living show when you get a chance) and if you’re close with him you can call him Lully. The other way to call him “Lully” is to follow him on his socials. @Lully514 on Instagram.

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Alexis Diamond – 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award Finalist (GPYS 233)

by on May 26, 2021 at 3:18 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks Alexis Diamond: “Where can you find the best ice cream in Montreal?” (asked by Montreal guitarist Pierre-Luc Rioux in episode 232).

Alexis Diamond is bringing a definite air of class to Go Plug Yourself this week. After all, it’s not every day you speak to someone nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award. I suppose it’s not every day that you speak to someone who can honestly refer to themselves as an opera librettist either. Nominated in the category of translation for her work translating Pascal Brullemans’ Amaryllis & Little Witch, a set of two dark fairy tales celebrating strong young female characters.

I’ve always been fascinated by the art of translation. If you want to give yourself just a taste how much translations can vary from one to another, check out the variations of the “proemic verse” column of the translations of Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey to see how different the same original text can be interpreted.

Yeah, it’s that kind of podcast this week.

Inés joins me on this one as we sit down with Alexis Diamond to talk about her work, her nomination for the GGBooks award, xxxx

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Inés Anaya never stops finding ways to be funny: writing for Hindwing Press and The Beaverton, running shows like Stand Up Story Slam and getting on the mic at comedy shows all over the city when it is legally possible to do so. The best way to keep track of what she’s up to next is on Instagram @clout__atlas

Photo of Alexis Diamond: (Playwrights Canada Press/Ron Diamond)

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Pierre-Luc Rioux (Chiiild) – GPYS 232

by on May 13, 2021 at 7:11 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks guitarist Pierre-Luc Rioux: What would you wish for? (asked by Kayla de Leon and Tyler Lemco in GPYS 231).

Pierre-Luc Rioux is Montreal guitarist who you have almost certainly heard at one point or another. Whether it was featuring on tracks from the likes of David Guetta, Justin Bieber and Katie Perry (just to name drop a few of the artists he’s worked with) or his band Chiiild, who recently had a song featured on Grey’s Anatomy.

Pierre-Luc Rioux’s band Chiiild will also be hitting the stage at the upcoming Governor’s Ball in New York this September.

Birthday boy Chris Venditto is our co-host on this one as we sit down and have a chat with Pierre-Luc Rioux about video game streaming, ice cream, not being able to grab a bite to eat with Ariana Grande and the differences between L.A. and Montreal.

Oh, and there’s still a few more days to vote for Go Plug Yourself as The Best Podcast in Montreal (voting ends May 16) so if you haven’t already head on over at vote vote vote. You need to vote in 25 categories and if you don’t have 25 things to vote for feel free to copy off my cheat sheet.

Enjoy the show!

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Credit Where Credit is Due:

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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Amy Blackmore and the Return of Live Theater (Hopefully) – GPYS 229

by on April 1, 2021 at 7:31 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

Amy Blackmore joins the Montreal podcast that asks the question: “Who have you thought about recently from your past that you realized you had forgotten about?” (asked by Tim Riel back in episode 227).

Amy Blackmore has had a hell of year.

We’ve all had a hell of year but Amy’s might have taken the cake.

From having Mainline Theater shut down due to the pandemic (followed rapidly by the cancellation of any live and in person Fringe shows) to overcoming a string of personal issues let me just say that the fact the she is going full steam ahead right now is absolute craziness.

But, dwelling on the negative is for suckers and Amy Blackmore is no sucker. Amy also comes up with probably the most succinct answers ever to Question 3.

So it is that we welcome Amy back to the show to talk about the very imminent (hopefully) return of live theater, staying positive as we approach the finish line to all this shit and more. Things are finally getting close to being back to normal, let’s stay safe, do the thing and hopefully in 6 months this will all start fading into a distant memory. Let’s go.

Enjoy the show!

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Lawrence Corber also produces some shows you may have heard of (you should probably check out the next Healthy Living show when you get a chance) and if you’re close with him you can call him Lully. The other way to call him “Lully” is to follow him on his socials. @Lully514 on Instagram.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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Lawrence, Chris and Keith Talk About Sports, Cartoons and Cell Phones – GQYS 5/GPYS 208

by on May 14, 2020 at 4:52 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal comedy podcast that used to do interviews but is now just me and some comedians talking about whatever we feel like it.

In this edition of “Go Quarantine Yourself” I’m joined by Lawrence and Chris to talk about childhood. We also talk a bit about sports and the current state of comedy but there is a surprising amount of content about cell phones in here too. I think this is the first episode where we were not plagued by any amount of technical woes so that’s nice.

Thanks for sticking around with us you lovely beautiful people,

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Lawrence Corber also produces some shows you may have heard of (you should probably check out the next Healthy Living show when you get a chance) and if you’re close with him you can call him Lully. The other way to call him “Lully” is to follow him on his socials. @Lully514 on Instagram.

 Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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Gern f. Vlchek – Go Plug Yourself 182

by on May 16, 2019 at 6:39 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks Gern f. Vlchek: Who is your favorite doctor?

At one point in this episode, Walter alludes to the idea that Gern might be kind of a modern day Bukowski and it’s not that crazy. Gern’s socialist beliefs seep into so many of his endeavours and he is a modern renaissance man of artistic output. Storyteller, musician, novelist, bartender (there’s an art in bartending, say otherwise and I will fight you), Gern is an iconic fixture of the Montreal arts scene. He’ll be performing with his latest band “The Vlcheks” this Saturday at 5:00 pm as part of this year’s edition of “Porchfest” on the porch in front of 2309 Oxford in NDG.

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He’s got one book out that you could buy right now on Amazon “Turn Right, Turn Left, Repeat” and he has two more books in the pipeline for you toy enjoy.

Honestly, this podcast could have easily been a six parter this guy is basically a collector’s edition box set of amazing stories. Do yourself a favor and check out some of his writing.

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

 

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Go Plug Yourself 102: Stéphanie Morin-Robert

by on March 10, 2016 at 12:16 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

You may not know this, but 9to5 (dot cc) has a bit of a history with Stéphanie, as we briefly talk about in the podcast, Steph helped out a lot with helping smaller, independent members of the media (that’s us!) get hooked up at the Just For Laughs festival during her time there. Well, she’s also an actor and a dancer and a storyteller. She’s bringing a revised version of her one woman show “Blindside” to Montreal next week. March 17-19 at Theatre Sainte Catherine (more info and tickets here).

Oh, we are also joined by our longtime friend and secret third host Stephen Trepanier!

Also, this is a phone in interview so you can marvel along with Walter for the first few minutes with how it in no way sounds different from a regular episode (except that Stéphanie sounds like she’s on the phone). Enjoy the show!

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Check out the Promo Video for “Blindside”
Follow Steph on Twitter @stephanielefty and join the Facebook event for Blindside
Check out her Official Page as well

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Credit to Thaddeus Hink www.thinkstudios.net for the photo of Steph.

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