1997 and the end of the Sofa story.  At least, as told by one member.  I don’t even trust him to get it right. https://ia801507.us.archive.org/12/items/PM069IfItsGoingToRainThenLetItRainForDays/PM%20069%20If%20It&#039;s%20Going%20To%20Rain%20Then%20Let%20It%20Rain%20For%20Days.m4a       Advertisements

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Pretty Much 069: If It’s Going to Rain Then Let It Rain For Days

1996 was Sofa’s year in the wilderness: getting the bigger shows, gearing up to record another album, and trying to find some kind of balance… https://ia601508.us.archive.org/25/items/PM068SourceCrossfire/PM%20068%20Source%20Crossfire.m4a          

Pretty Much 068: Source Crossfire

1995 was pivotal for Sofa: two albums recorded and released, a host of shows played in the hometown, and the introduction to a new friend. (No. 3 in a series!) https://ia601505.us.archive.org/34/items/PM067SoAround/PM%20067%20So%20Around.m4a

Pretty Much 067: So Around

  (No. 2 in a Series! Collect ’em All!)  In 1994 Sofa released their first album, suffered burglary, media indifference, and generally got darker and weirder. https://ia801507.us.archive.org/35/items/PrettyMuch066SomethingsOnYourSide/Pretty%20Much%20066%20Something&#039;s%20On%20Your%20Side.m4a

Pretty Much 066: Something’s On Your Side

AT LAST IT CAN BE TOLD!  The story NO ONE wanted (you) to hear! This is the chilling tale of four young men in a depressed and wild city, churning out the soundtrack to a thousand lonely nights.  This is an epic calculated to drive you mad with missed opportunity and self-deprecation.  This is Sofa. … Continue reading Pretty Much 065: No Wonder

Pretty Much 065: No Wonder

1978.  At some point one must question the viability of what keeps one alive. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/8/items/PrettyMuch064SkylabIsFalling/Pretty%20Much%20064%20Skylab%20is%20Falling.m4a

Pretty Much 064: Skylab is Falling

Coming to the halfway point of the 80s it was starting to look like the decade might have to be a write off for the kid looking for band to champion.  Until he happened on a video that one day… https://ia801507.us.archive.org/2/items/PrettyMuch063NovemberGurls/PM%20063%20November%20Gurls.m4a  

Pretty Much 063: November Gurls

Hmm. Time to settle in and watch this Stranger Things show I’ve been hearing so much about. Dum de dum…so far so good – wait. No. They did WHAT? Prepare, I suppose, to be significantly less outraged than I was. https://ia801507.us.archive.org/33/items/PrettyMuch062PrettierThings/Pretty%20Much%20062%20Prettier%20Things.m4a

Pretty Much 062: Prettier Things

A late night bike ride through a small Ontario town calls to mind the moment long ago when the Boss really earned his title. https://ia801505.us.archive.org/26/items/PrettyMuch061AScaredAndLonelyRider/Pretty%20Much%20061%20A%20Scared%20and%20Lonely%20Rider.m4a  

Pretty Much 061: A Scared and Lonely Rider

A watched pot never boils. And the person you expect to see around every corner never appears.  Until you quit looking for them, of course. https://ia801508.us.archive.org/28/items/PM060...AfterAllTheseYears/PM%20060%20...After%20All%20These%20Years.mp3  

Pretty Much 060: …After All These Years

The self-medicating Silver Fox of CTOX is back and musing on great men, past loves, and defunct basement bands. https://ia601504.us.archive.org/21/items/PM059TheUncalledForReturnOfChetManogian/PM%20059%20The%20Uncalled-for%20Return%20of%20Chet%20Manogian.m4a

Pretty Much 059: The Uncalled-for Return of Chet Manogian

In the deep shadow of years of heartbreak and abuse, we find proof of a man who cared and tried and failed. He wasn’t even the only one. But this time we tip our hat to Peter Henderson Bryce. https://ia601505.us.archive.org/32/items/PM058TheStoryOfANationalCrime/PM%20058%20The%20Story%20of%20a%20National%20Crime.m4v  

Pretty Much 058: The Story of a National Crime

From just the other side of history’s latest dividing line, a message. https://ia601501.us.archive.org/30/items/PM057ThePostcard/PM%20057%20The%20Postcard.m4a

Pretty Much 057: The Postcard

Let the pigeons loose! Clark & Huey return with a Turning Tables episode devoted to the songwriting of Mr. Phil Collins! https://ia601504.us.archive.org/35/items/PM056PhilCollinsAndAll/PM%20056%20Phil%20Collins%20and%20All.m4a

Pretty Much 056: Phil Collins & All

Sometimes “getting the band back together” means exactly that. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/25/items/PM055HardTimesAndHardRocks/PM%20055%20Hard%20Times%20and%20Hard%20Rocks.m4a

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