SO AS AN OUTSIDER, HE WAS ABLE TO DESCRIBE IT SO ELOQUENTLY. AND THEN LIVED IN MONTREAL BEFORE MOVING TO TORONTO. YOU KNOW, HE WAS A GUY WHO GREW UP IN THE U.K. I CALLED HIM UP AND INTERVIEWED HIM IN LONDON AND HE SORT OF. Then, it changes again to "Hometown in the '80s." DANIEL RICHLER, WHO I DO KNOW AND USED TO WORK AT THIS STATION, ONCE DESCRIBED TORONTO 1980 ONCE TO YOU NOW. SO THIS IS A GOOD LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US WHO MISSED THIS WHOLE THING. Steve says ANYWAY, YOU'RE GOING TO EDUCATE ME, I KNOW, ON A SCENE THAT FRANKLY I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF WHATSOEVER. Steve says I DIDN'T SEE SINATRA IN THIS BOOK. Steve continues GOOD TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE FOR A DISCUSSION WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN MY WHEELHOUSE, I HAVE TO TELL YOU.
Simon is in his forties, with short, receding gray hair and a stubble. Steve continues AND SIMON HARVEY, A CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR WHO IS NOW OWNER OF UGLY POP RECORDS. The cover features a black and white superimposed picture of two male singers performing. A picture of the book appears briefly on screen.
He's wearing glasses, a gray suit and a dark blue shirt. Shawn is in his fifties, clean-shaven, with mid-parted gray hair. THAT SCENE IS PORTRAYED IN ALL ITS GLORY IN THE BOOK, "TOMORROW IS TOO LATE - TORONTO HARDCORE PUNK IN THE 1980s." IT WON THE 2019 HERITAGE TORONTO BOOK AWARD, AND IT BRINGS TO OUR STUDIO: SHAWN CHIRREY, THAT'S HIM ON THE LEFT, HE IS CO-AUTHOR OF "TOMORROW IS TOO LATE." says WHILE ONTARIO'S CAPITAL CITY IN THE 1980s LOOKED TO MANY PEOPLE LIKE "TORONTO THE GOOD" AS IT ALWAYS HAD, A SEETHING SUBCULTURE OF LOUD, ANGRY MUSICIANS AND FANS BEGGED TO DIFFER. He's wearing a gray suit, white shirt, and striped lilac tie.Ī caption on screen reads "Toronto's hardcore punk rock past. He's slim, clean-shaven, in his fifties, with short curly brown hair. Transcript: Toronto's Hardcore Punk-Rock Past | Feb 10, 2020Steve sits in the studio.