Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Becky Yan: Toronto Mike'd #1017
Episode Date: March 18, 2022In this 1017th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike is joined by Becky Yan, Director of Marketing at Ryobi Canada, as they kick out the power tool jams. Mike's wife Monica makes a rare appearance at the mi...dway point. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and RYOBI Tools.
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Joining me this week to kick out the power tool jams is Director of Marketing at Tektronic Industries, Becky Yan.
Welcome, Becky.
Hi, Mike. How's it going?
Good. I need to, right off the top, understand Tektronic Industries.
Firstly, nothing to do with Technotronic.
No, not at all.
You're not a former member of Technotronic.
I do like the band, though.
Yeah, because your name is Yan, and her name was Ya Kid K.
That could be related, but no.
That's true.
Okay. And now tell me, because I need to know from my LinkedIn profile here, how is Tektronik Industries related to RYOBI? Tektronik is the parent company of several
different consumer brands. So RYOBI falls under it. It's similar to, if you think of Procter & Gamble
as the parent company of Tide and all the fabulous cleaning products. I got to give them for you. Alphabet. Yes. To Google. Exactly.
Or Meta. Exactly.
To Instagram. I'm on board
now. Okay, good. So I got the intro
right. Now, did you do anything
interesting last night for St. Patrick's Day?
Not
really. It's okay if you didn't. Not related
to St. Patrick's Day. I took my
four-year-old daughter to sign up for dance class.
Okay, you know what? Just say that.
Was it Irish jig dancing?
Actually, yes.
They were doing a little bit of that in the studio.
Okay, so therefore it is related
in some regard. Okay, it's exciting, but
careful because my oldest daughter
did the same thing at four years old and then
she got told she was
good and they said, okay, you need to
be in competitive dance.
And for the next several years, I was cutting big fat checks to the machine that is Big Dance Canada.
Oh, yeah.
So they were already trying to upsell me to summer camp and, you know, the fall session.
Just be careful, Becky.
I know.
It's a slippery slope because everybody, and it turns out, I don't know, some people I trust who weren't going to blow smoke up my butt told me my daughter actually was very good.
But I kept thinking some of these dancers that are told they're competitive dancers, I don't know if they're that good.
Like, how bad do you have to be where they don't tap you on the shoulder and say it's time to pay up for competitive dance?
They need to make money, right?
So they got to pick somebody.
Maybe we should start a dance
studio. Have you considered that?
I'll need a couple of glasses
of wine for that. I'll tell you what.
You will leave here. It's very
early, so you don't have to drink it now.
You will leave here with some fresh craft beer
from Great Lakes Brewery. That's no joke.
Actually, my husband would love that.
Okay. Is that Mr. Yan? It is, yes. Mr. That's no joke. Actually, my husband would love that. Okay. Okay. Okay.
So, is that Mr. Yan?
It is, yes. Okay, Mr. Yan, if you're listening,
and I hope you are,
because if my wife was on a popular podcast,
I would be listening.
I just want everybody to know that.
And she might be on this one.
So that's a little teaser.
She might join us later in this episode.
My wife, not Mr. Yan.
But Mr. Yan, you are getting some delicious,
fresh craft beer from
Great Lakes Brewery. And while I'm doing this
off the top, and then I've got to tell you
a fun story about the pronunciation
of the word Ryobi. I
want to give you a large
lasagna. It's frozen in my freezer right now
but this is courtesy of Palma Pasta.
You're going home with dinner and
drinks for hubby. Woohoo!
Becky, it was worth the drive.
Yes, it definitely was.
Worth the drive.
Okay, what's my story?
So, my wife, firstly, who's going to come down later in swears by the Ryobi tools.
We'll get real story straight up from her later this episode.
But she always called it Ryobi.
I have a brother named Ryanyan i know i know so i learned early on in our relationship that it's actually ryobi and i explained my wife
who then starts going to youtube and looking at the ads and then she found one from a guy with
a strange australian accent where the ryobi sounds a bit like ryobi because he's got this aussie
accent and i'm like that's not like you can't cherry pick that's just not how this works but then i'm on humble and fred show because i mentioned uh i
think i mentioned before the recording i produce humble and fred so i jump on there every thursday
and i have a like a ryobi uh drill on my table so dan duran and listeners will know dan duran's name
from tv and movies and radio and dan duran sees the box and he's he's a
handy guy he's always building something uh he's building like he's retrofitting trailers up his
trailer park he's doing this all the time he's a handy guy and he swears by the ryobi product line
as well and then he sees it and he goes oh is ryobi a sponsor and then i explain yeah uh and
then i explain but except they they call it it's actually ryobi and dan and then i explained yeah uh and then i explained but except they call it
it's actually ryobi and dan duran looks at me and he says no it's not like he's definitively
certain it's not ryobi can you in your let me repeat that title director of marketing at
tektronic industries becky yan for the record definitively explain to us all how you pronounce this word. R-Y-O-B-I.
It is R-E-O-B.
R-E-E is the phonetic spelling.
And can you just give us a little, source this out.
Like this is not, like you didn't just, like tell us how we know that's definitively true.
So it is a brand that's originally from Japan.
And apparently that's the way they pronounce it.
Okay.
Then that's all, that's enough for me pronunciate it okay then that's all
that's enough for me I'm so RYOBI
everybody and Dan Duran I'm gonna cut
out this clip and email this mp3 to you
so you can hear it is actually from it
is actually RYOBI okay a couple more
questions for you before we kick out the
power tool jams in the song Lemonade do
you know Beyonce I do love her do you
know her personally I i know sasha fierce
okay well that's that's good enough for me okay so in lemonade beyonce references and i think you
might know where i'm going but she references becky with the good hair i'm looking at you and
i think it okay so for and again for the record we've cleared up the pronunciation of Ryobi are you Becky with the good hair I try I try okay so that's you okay I always wondered
like is it what's going on there is Becky with the good hair uh is there something going on with
Jay-Z what's going on you you're you're not the Becky with the good hair but you are a Becky with
the good hair no because there's a backstory to Becky with the good hair. No, because there's a backstory to Becky with the good hair. If you know the song. Tell me.
Well, isn't that she's accusing Jay-Z of some bad things?
Right.
So I just wanted to clear things up.
I don't know Jay-Z.
Do we know who the real,
so we don't know who the real Becky with the good hair is.
You'll have to ask TMZ, unfortunately.
That's right.
This is TMDS.
I'm in the wrong place.
Okay.
So another question for you,
because I don't get visited often by Beckys,
but this is one I've always wondered.
I watched the show Roseanne.
Did you ever watch Roseanne?
I did.
Okay, so we all know, famously, if you will,
there was a Becky played by Lacey Gerenson,
I think her name is, Lacey Gerenson,
and Lacey was Becky.
And then one season we tune in
and it's not lacey
garrison it's sarah chalk who's a canadian actress you might know from scrubs blah blah
she's very good okay then i guess i don't know what happens at some point they go back to lacey
garrison like they go back they switch up the beckys uh do you becky and do you have a favorite Becky Lacey or Sarah um I would say the original
yeah yeah Lacey classic saying I like classic coke yeah well there must be a reason why they
went back to her right so okay right I don't even know why they left her to be honest I need to do a
little dig in maybe hit up the wikipedia page but okay so you're in the uh the og becky camp
uh sorry fellow canuck uh sarah chalk okay so i mentioned i'm gonna play a song this is not one
of the 10 power tool jams but let me oh it's a potato quality uh audio but we're gonna hear it
anyway here in a second here here I'm out. Here it comes, here it comes.
Sing along if you like.
So this is the Doughboys.
Let me bring that down.
This is the Doughboys, okay, Montreal band.
And it's interesting.
So this song and why it's appropriate for this episode where we're kicking out the power tool jams,
is that this song is called Fix Me.
And I think it's cool.
Fix me.
So many things to fix around the house.
We OB tools can help, and we'll talk about that.
But I wanted to kick out some Doughboys just to set us up before we get into it.
Because last night was toast.
Were you watching live at live.torontomike.com?
Unfortunately, I wasn't.
Oh, okay.
You're live, by the way, right now.
I just checked in.
Hello to the people on live.torontomike.com right now.
You're actually live on the Pirate Stream right now.
Oh, boy.
Yeah, don't worry.
It's not even being recorded.
You miss it, you miss it.
But the audio will be following you for all eternity.
FYI.
No pressure.
But okay.
So last night we kicked out three songs we love with the same title.
So you just have to pick three songs you love and they have to share the same name.
And there's a lot of good examples when you think on it.
We heard, I don't want to spoil it, but I went with the songs named Shine.
There's three songs I love called Shine.
And one of them is Doughboy's Shine.
So Fix Me and Shine might be the two biggest hits Doughboy's ever had.
So I just thought I'd tie these episodes together and let people know.
There's a fun episode of Toast in the feed at 10, what is it, 1016.
This here is 1017.
1016. This here is 1017.
And the tie-in to
the FOTM universe is that
from Doughboys comes
Rusty. I don't think
that's your sweet spot, 90s
Canadian alt-rock, right Becky? Not really.
That's okay.
We should shout out somebody who does love
90s Canadian alt-rock,
Michael Lang, because this is his
sweet spot. If you ever go to a concert in the city and it's a 90s canadian alt rock uh michael lang because this is his sweet spot if you ever
go to a concert in the city and it's a 90s canadian alt rock band or artist uh langer's
gonna be there just just so you know next time you go to a rusty show or something or the watchman
or whatever so rusty comes out of doughboys because scott mccullough the guitarist for
doughboys goes off and starts his own band which which is Rusty. So without Doughboys, we don't have Rusty.
And then, you know, what's the point of life
if we don't have Rusty?
Okay, so now we're ready to kick out the jams.
Should we disclose a fact that...
So I chose these jams.
Can we disclose that?
Of course.
Okay, so you're not going to take credit
for these wonderful jams.
No, you take all the credit.
And I have fun facts about them. And
then they'll create nice segues to talk about Ryo-B. So are you ready for the first jam? Of
course. All right, let's kick it. I'm so happy Cause today
Found my friends
And in my head
I'm so happy
That's okay
Cause so are you
Book of years
Sunday morning
Is every day
For all I care
And I'm not scared
To light my candles
In our days
Cause I found God
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Becky, I still love it.
Clearly, I picked these jams.
Are you kidding me?
I still love this song here.
So let's hear from you,
and then I will come in with some fun facts.
Most people will know these fun facts.
But some facts about the jam.
This is Nirvana's Lithium.
And I think that's a nice segue because lithium ion batteries.
Talk to me.
So it's the power that's within our batteries.
And it's come a long way, our batteries.
When I first started at Ryobi, we were on NICAD technology,
and, you know, things have improved since then, over 14 years ago.
And now we're on lithium technology.
It allows the tools to run longer, give you that longer run time,
which everybody's looking for when they're in the middle of projects.
Okay, so I've been talking about Ryobi for all month.
Okay, so what are we now, March 18th here.
So yeah, and that's a lot of episodes.
It's been a heavy schedule.
And I've been talking about how the lithium, is it lithium plus battery?
Yes.
Okay, so lithium plus battery, four times more runtime, four times longer lasting charge and 20 percent lighter than the
aforementioned nicad batteries that's right so nicad goodbye get out of here get get the heck
out of here lithium plus is way better and we're going that route that's right we want more power
for our projects so lithium is where it's at.
And, you know, gives you the longer run time, like I mentioned.
Why would you choose any other power tool?
Like, come on, give me a break here.
FOTMs know this, right?
So, okay.
Now, you know, lithium plus battery better.
Lithium by Nirvana.
Like one of my favorite Nirvana songs to this day.
I'm a big Nirvana guy and
this is of course for those who need a little
education. This is from the second
Nirvana album. It's called Nevermind.
You might have heard of it. It had a song
on it called Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Did you ever have a moment, Becky,
where you're like, I'm digging this Smells Like Teen Spirit?
I do like the song.
Okay, good. This is the third
single. If I remember correctly, this is off the top of my head,
but I think Come As You Are is the
first single. And then, because I think they
think that's the hit. Like the, whatever,
the record company. They're like, okay, Come As You Are is the
hit. No, they're wrong.
The second single is Smells Like
Teen Spirit. That's the big hit.
That's what breaks Nirvana.
Too bad we can't ask Kurt.
Shout out to
Ridley Funeral Home.
Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home.
I was doing notes for this episode
of The Jam and I realized, oh, a lot of these
singers and artists are actually gone.
So it's going to be a
bittersweet episode here.
But this is the third single from
Nevermind. And as you listen it's
got that perfect i think this song perfects that formula although smells like teen spirit has it
too and rate me in a bunch of other nomada songs but quiet loud quiet loud okay it's easy to parody
but i i my ears love it like i don't know if i was just groomed to love it in the because in the
early 90s i'm a teenager or whatever but like that whole like I'm a sucker
and shout out to the Pixies
but I'm a complete sucker
for songs that
do the tempo change.
Like they're hard
it's time to be in the mosh pit
then it slows down
slow way down
way down
let's go hard again
get that mosh pit going
like I like that tempo.
Well you can't be in the mosh pit
the whole entire time.
Yeah you need to
that's what punkers got wrong.
But that's why punk songs are two minutes long.
Because they realized, okay, we can't
do this for five, six minutes. But okay.
We're off to a roaring start here.
Nirvana Lithium. We learned
all about that lithium plus battery.
Ryobi's okay. And I'm going to say it
the way I've been saying it. And you tell me if I've nailed this, okay?
Okay. The Ryobi
18-volt, one-plus one plus high capacity lithium plus battery.
Yep.
That's right.
Okay.
You know what?
I'm like,
I'm sweating over here.
Partly I'm sweating because I actually said,
okay,
Becky's coming over.
I got to wear my Ryobi hoodie,
but it's hot today.
Like I'm actually hot over here.
Like I realized the hoodie is not like,
this is a winter wear and it's,
I think we're transitioning out of winter
well i can hook you up with a t-shirt okay can you honestly i'm a t-shirt guy that would be i
would appreciate that okay okay i'm excited to kick out this next jam because i have i understand
from my crack research that becky here uh becky you actually know this song so let's kick out
jam number two. Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
Too many runaways, eating up the night
Mark Cody plays the bumper, listen to the radio All right, I'm going first this time, okay, Becky?
All right.
All right.
All right, I'm going first this time, okay, Becky?
All right.
All right.
We recently had on the program,
we had on the program director of CFTR when it flipped.
Do you ever listen to 680 News?
I do.
On your commutes, okay.
I do.
Do you remember when CFTR was top 40 music?
Actually, you know what?
I'm just realizing you might be a lot younger than I am,
but do you remember at all any memories of CFTR as a top 40 station? No, I've only known it as a news station.
Okay.
We've just dated Becky here.
Sorry, Miss Deanna.
I just dated your wife here.
Okay.
So this is famously in Toronto radio circles.
Rob Freena, by the way, was the name of the guy we had on who was at CFDR when it flipped in 1993, by the way. But this was the final song they played on CFDR, 680 CFDR,
when it was all hits before it flipped to all news.
So it's a part of like Toronto radio history.
Gotcha.
I'll give you some history of why I like this song.
Yes, please.
So I remember this song being played at the CNE,
an iconic site in Toronto.
I remember seeing some type of show there with my family when I was young.
So that's why I picked this song because it brought back the good memories.
Oh, I love it.
I worked at the CNE for three years.
Oh, amazing.
But again, when you heard about me in diapers when I was there.
Okay, so do you remember what kind of show you saw?
Any memory of what kind of show you saw?
I don't remember.
I just remember hearing this song.
Okay.
Yeah.
All right.
Excellent.
Okay, so one more fun fact.
I want to bury everybody in here.
I love the fun facts and the mind blows.
So this song is from the album.
This is by, oh, by the way, I should point out, this is Starship.
Now, there's a long history of, like, you had the Jefferson Airplane.
This is an important history because it was Jefferson airplane,
big 60.
You know,
whenever you watch a Vietnam movie,
you're going to hear some like volunteers.
You're going to hear some Jefferson airplane in it.
Okay.
Then you got Jefferson starship and then you got starship.
This song is by starship in 1985.
And the song is from the album knee deep in the hoopla,
which I wish I could spot it and turn it up
but that's actually a lyric
in this song.
Knee Deep in the Hoopla.
So that's where the title
of the album comes from.
And here's a fun fact for you, Becky,
which I hope it doesn't tarnish
your wonderful memories
of this song.
Uh-oh.
Rolling Stone
once named this jam
as the very worst song
of the 1980s.
What?
The worst song of the 80s.
Do you agree with that?
I don't.
I know what they're getting at.
It's a super cheesy,
corny song,
but it's too fun.
And when I hear it,
I don't cringe.
I actually sing along.
Exactly.
So how can it be
the worst song in history?
Becky, you've turned me. I know.
I actually agree with you in that this is
but this was, maybe it's to sell
magazines or whatever, but this was
named worst song. I think maybe they're comparing
this to what
Jefferson's airplane once
was in the 60s, right? Maybe.
Maybe that's the deal. But
yeah, it's not Becky's worst
song of the 80s, that's for sure.
Okay, let's talk about why we're kicking it out.
So I think it's pretty intuitive, but you never know.
We built this city.
People, like, I mean, if you've heard any Toronto Mic'd episodes in March,
you'll hear, like, even Rob Farina, who I just mentioned,
who's rebuilding his house in California.
He bought a house in California, and they're fixing it up.
And the Ryobi is a big part of that project.
Like people are building in this city,
in every city,
every day of the year,
powered by Ryobi products.
If the last two years hasn't taught us anything,
it's given us the opportunity to take on new hobbies.
And luckily for Ryobi,
renovation was one of those hobbies that people picked up.
Right.
So, you know,
the song gives us the motivation to really build that house.
Right.
And I would say you had many people who had disposable income and said,
okay, I'm going to earmark.
I'll make up these numbers.
I never have these numbers for my disposable income.
We have $15,000 parked here for our trip to Paris.
There's a global pandemic going on.
Let's spend that $15,000 on fixing up the basement or the kitchen or whatever
and in steps the Ryobi 18. And, and then in steps,
the Ryobi 18 volt one plus high capacity lithium plus battery system.
Exactly.
I was one of those people.
I had a trip planned to Mexico and unfortunately was put on hold and I
invested in my basement instead.
Would you invest in my basement?
What do you think?
I think actually this is where Monica is going to come in and I,
she will join us shortly.
So we'll just keep cruising.
I've seen worse.
Let's just say that.
Shout out to Chris Brown, who did paint this at some point recently.
But I want to, it's funny, Chris Brown is my painter.
He's like a great FOTM.
He's listening now. But Chris Brown is also, and forget the whole Rihanna Chris Brown.
Let's put that one aside.
I was going to say, is it that Chris Brown? No, it's not that Chris Brown is also, and forget the whole Rihanna Chris Brown. Let's put that one aside. I was going to say, is it that Chris Brown?
No, it's not that Chris Brown.
But there's another Chris Brown who's my guest on Monday from the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir.
Chris Brown and Kate Fenner, people who know local music know those names.
But Chris Brown, he's done stuff with Tragically Hip.
He's been amazing forever.
A musician in this city is going to be in the studio sitting in the becky chair on monday
amazing so that's the next episode so lots of chris browns and i didn't even realize when i
said the name of the painter that that's a lot of people have that name okay there's even a cbc
reporter i always hear from chris brown reporting from you know ukraine or whatever so monica will
tell you about the fuel gauge okay so there's, this Ryobi system has this fuel gauge and it tells you the battery status
before the work begins.
And the pro tip, by the way, is to have two batteries because you got one.
So when one needs to be charged, it goes, gets charged, but you have one fully charged.
Exactly.
That's the, that's the pro tip.
Okay.
So lots more jams to kick out.
Lots more fun facts to drop.
Let's kick out the third jam. Brown necktie and a matching vest And both his wingtip shoes He built the closet on our back porch
And put a penny in a burned-out fuse
Grandpa was a carpenter
Built houses, stores, and banks
Chained smoke, chemicals, cigarettes
And hammered nails and planks
He would level on the level
He shaved even every door
And voted for Eisenhower.
Called Lincoln one war.
Becky, do you know the name John Prine?
I don't, but I'll tell you why I picked the song.
Yes, please.
So, I don't know about you, but I've become a little bit handy since working for RYOBI.
And I've learned a lot of skills from my dad, who is super handy.
So this song, you know, talks about, you know, how your family kind of gives you that, the learnings and the education to pick up the tools.
Absolutely.
And this is, in this song, John Prine's actually This is a true story
If you will
Where he wrote this
In 1973
Or it was released in 73
But he wrote it
About his grandpa
So his grandfather's name
And I love the name
So I'm going to say it here
Emson
Scobie
Prine
So
Epsom
Emsom
Sorry
Emsom
Scobie
Prine
That's a
You know what That's a tongue twister I'm going to try it one more time E Empson Scobie Prime. You know what?
That's a tongue twister.
I'm going to try it one more time.
Empson Scobie Prime, grandfather to John Prine, was a carpenter.
And yeah, John would watch him work.
And you can hear in the song, John's singing about, like most John Prine songs, it's autobiographical.
Now, John.
Okay, so 1973, this song comes out. It's on his album, Sweet Revenge, if you're looking for it. It's autobiographical. Now, John... Okay, so 1973, this song comes out.
It's on his album, Sweet Revenge, if you're looking for it.
It's charming.
John Prine's an artist that I knew of.
Anyway, people would tell me about John Prine.
But he doesn't have any hits, really.
Like, there's Angel of Montgomery and some big songs you know.
But he's not a hit guy.
And you kind of don't really take the time to go dive in.
But then he died of COVID in 2020.
Oh, no.
He was sickly anyway.
I almost want to say he died with COVID,
but he died of COVID in 2020.
And then you start to hear people talk about,
he's one of the most influential songwriters of his generation.
You're like, I got to dive in.
So then I did that.
This is back in whenever it was in 2020 when he passed away.
I started going into the John Prine catalog.
Mind-blowingly brilliant,
wonderful stuff.
And it's all this stuff.
I feel like we've been ruined.
Maybe it's CFDR's fault.
Like, why do things have to be a hit
before we take notice?
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, I totally agree.
Come on.
John Prine was there all that time
and I didn't appreciate him
until he was gone.
And that's the other thing.
How many artists out there
do you only start to appreciate when they die?
That is true.
Right.
Look at all the ones who have passed away over COVID.
Right.
Right.
And then it's almost like,
Oh,
they're no longer around to create art.
That's like your trigger almost,
almost to go in and like,
okay,
what art did they create when they were alive?
And you're like,
why didn't I appreciate this when they were here? Well lot of spotify um albums spike after the artist dies right so
and we're gonna hear this is terrible but not intentionally but a lot more artists coming up
who have passed away shout out to ridley oh before i forget lots more to come i want to give you a
toque oh now i know it's warming up but but we're going to have some cold nights ahead.
But this is courtesy of Canna Cabana.
Love it.
That's for you, Becky.
That's a toque.
CannaCabana.com.
They won't be beat on the price of cannabis
or cannabis accessories.
And there's a lot of locations.
There's probably one near you,
but there's 100 plus locations across this country.
Again, go to CannaCabana.com.
Join the Canna Cabana Club
because you'll be first in the know when they have a sale going on. But again, those to canacabana.com. Join the Canacabana Club because you'll be first in
the know when they have a sale going on. But again, those prices are unbeatable. Becky's going
to be rocking the Canacabana toque. Awesome. Oh man. Okay. This band actually has a fallen member
as well here, but let's just kick it out because I love it. Here we go. I got no time I got no time for living Yes, I'm working all the time
It seems to me I could live my life
Not better than I think I am
I guess that's why they call me
They call me the working man
They call me the
working man
I guess that's what I am
we should probably clarify so I kind of
created a pool of potential jams
and then you did pick the top ten from that pool,
because I know we talked about why you chose that jam,
but then at the beginning we said I chose the jams,
and it's like, who the heck chose these jams?
So you had definite input.
So do you want to share with me why you chose Working Man by Rush,
and then I can bury you in some fun facts.
Well, I think it's interesting that it's a female singing,
and it's saying, or she's saying, working man.
Well, I'm about to blow your mind
right now. Are you sitting down? I am.
What if I told you that wasn't a female singing?
Oh boy. That's okay.
Look, no shame in this game. Are you kidding me?
No shame in this game. I've been fooled before as well.
And I will say
this band, I think, is an acquired
taste, but those who have the taste
like worship this band.
This is a Toronto band.
Yes,
that I know.
Okay.
So that's why we root for these guys.
One of these,
I want to just right now do the Ridley funeral home mentioned that,
uh,
Neil Peart's no longer with us.
He died of cancer a couple of years back.
So we lost the drummer,
but the singer,
his name is Geddy Lee.
He's a dude.
And Geddy is the way his mom would pronounce his real first name,
which is Gary.
So she had an accent and she would say,
Geddy, Geddy, Geddy, come here, Geddy.
And that's where Geddy's nickname comes from.
But absolutely a dude.
But now that I listen through your ears,
I totally understand why you'd think this was a woman's name.
I apologize to the Rush fans out there.
You know what?
You've angered James Edgar and Rush Mike,
and these are a couple of chaps that will join Michael Lang
and Moose Grumpy and others at TMLX 9,
which is actually going to happen in Marie Curtis Park,
which is in the southwest corner of Toronto.
Like, almost the exact southwest corner, actually.
And it's going to happen on Friday the 13th of May at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
So, Becky, if you're not doing anything on May 13th, you could drop by TMLX9.
Well, because it's Friday the 13th, do you have something special planned?
Yes, there's going to be a terrible mystery that's going to unfold.
No, what I have special is I'm going to bring cold Great Lakes beer for anyone who shows up.
But we'll discreetly,
us responsible adults
will discreetly drink
park beers on Friday
the 13th.
How does that sound?
That sounds amazing.
It's amazing.
Geddy Lee's amazing.
Now, this is the
self-titled debut album
for Rush in 1973.
And The Working Man,
so a fun fact about
this, this is their
first single. And rush became a global
phenomenon like this band is enormous and uh there's a disc jockey in cleveland okay her name
was so this is a woman a working woman if you will donna helper donna helper gets huge credit
for getting rush noticed in the states which kind of helped them take off, because Donna would play this song,
Working Man, on the air.
And the reason Working Man resonated
with her Cleveland, Ohio listeners
was because it was a working class city.
Sure.
And they like, you know, blue collar,
working class city.
And that song really struck a chord,
if you will, no pun intended,
with the audience.
And because Cleveland was playing the mess
out of working man
the next thing you know it it became a hit in the states and then rush became rush and the rest is
history amazing amazing and it's a cool i mean i'm listening now this is like a fun fact is that uh
i'm actually so alex lifeson is the other member of rush and alex lifeson has a new project and
i'm gonna get it wrong. Envy of None?
I'm going to say his new band.
Because Rush is no more.
Because when Neil Peart passed away, that was it for Rush.
And then, although they actually retired before that.
But anyway, now there's a new band that Alex Lifeson is in called Envy of None.
And he's got a new single, Western Sunset, I'm going to say it's called.
And it's a tribute to Neil Peart.
So people can go to YouTube and find Western Sunset by Envy of Nine.
Do you like it?
Yeah, I do like it.
And Alex Lifeson's a guy.
I know he plays golf with Humble Howard Glassman.
It's here and there.
And I think I might be able to get him on Toronto Mike.
So I'm working on getting Alex.
And I would love Geddy.
Geddy's a huge Blue Jay fan, by the way.
And if Geddy Lee is listening, we would love to get you on Toronto Mic'd as well.
So Rush, and again,
by any chance did Mr. Yan see your list of jams?
He did.
Did he have any comments?
I know that you had great memories of the Starship jam,
but did he say, did any of these...
He just started singing all of them to me.
And he's like, you know this.
Does he have a good voice?
Depends on the day, I guess.
How many beers he's had.
Well, he's going to have a great voice tonight when you come home with the GLB.
Okay.
So, back to RYOBI, because Monica should be joining us shortly.
She's on a call, but she said at 8.40 she'll stroll down here if she can.
And I hope she does.
But it's now a good time.
I need to know about, like I always talk in the extra, for example,
or maybe I do it in the intro now that I hear myself talk about it,
that there's 260 tools.
Yes, there's 260 tools that work off the same battery.
So you can do projects inside your house,
so if you're renovating your basement, let's say, or you can do projects inside your house. So if you're renovating your basement,
let's say, or you can do gardening. So we have the battery that operates our lawnmower as well,
and any trimmers and all the different garden tools. So you really can do every single project
around your house with one battery. FOTM Tyler Campbell was showing me a picture of his new Ryobi lawnmower that he's very
proud of and to support the show.
And yeah, so the deal is you've got the one, and again, the pro tip is to make sure you
have two of these, but you got your, you got your, this cordless revolution, you got your
battery and your charger, and then you can have, now, since we have a few minutes left in the song,
can you name all 260 tools in the system?
No, I can't, unfortunately.
The good thing about Ryobi is we are a really innovative company.
So there are an onslaught of new tools coming out all the time.
And my memory doesn't serve me well these days.
Do you have a favorite tool?
I do.
Our Airstrike Brad Nailer.
So if you're familiar with Brad Nailers,
they're great for, you know, crown molding and trim work around your house
or even picture frames.
So, you know, when it was first introduced to the market,
I used to go around the house trying to find things to nail.
That's funny.
That's funny.
All right.
And I'm sure you were having to do some chopping of wood,
which leads us to this next jam.
You wired the trains and went back home to St. Clair's Shores Before you became a spark down at the yard
You were passing through those hungry years alone
You were just trying to make a living out in Detroit
When you came back off the boat you didn't want to go anywhere You were just trying to make a living out in Detroit.
When you came back off the boat, you didn't want to go anywhere.
You sit down at TV in your favorite chair.
You watch the big picture fade away down at Harland and Wolf. But you still kept on chopping wood.
Then you came back home to Belfast. So this is another autobiographical song.
This is Van Morrison, and he's talking about his dad.
It's a tribute to his dad, who returned to Belfast and was chopping wood, as the title suggests.
And his dad's name was George Morrison, and he passed away in 1988 from a sudden heart failure.
And this was the tribute that Van Morrison wrote and recorded for his album Down the Road in 2002.
They really don't make music today like they did back then.
Like, listen to all those different instruments.
You know what?
I just don't think they play it on the radio.
Like, I think it's being made.
And then if you only listen to, I don't know, Virgin or Chum or what are the big stations?
I should know.
It's Kiss 92.5.
You just don't hear these you don't hear songs
like this
like I feel like
now is the time
of like
top 40
hip hop
R&B infused
cookie cutter
jams
that is true
but Van Morrison
I have a question
for you Becky
do you watch
I know you have
a young child
so maybe you don't
get out to the
well the pandemic
had none of us
getting out to the theater
but do you watch are you a movie lover um yes i haven't been to the movies in a long time
and even if i have recently it's all been to kid movies right okay did you see uh turning red i did
i watched it last weekend it was fantastic we saw it too uh last weekend uh and it's kind of neat
you know that took funny thing is that,
that movie takes place in 2002,
the year this song was released.
So that's like, you can see Sky Dome,
not Rogers Center.
Yeah.
I still call it Sky Dome.
Yeah, so do I.
I think we built it.
So I feel like we built this dome.
We built this dome.
Okay.
So why am I asking about movies?
Have you seen the movie Belfast?
I have not.
Okay, that's a great, I mean, it's a great movie.
I recently saw it.
It's nominated for Best Picture at like this coming week.
What is it, next weekend is the Oscars?
But Belfast has a whack of Van Morrison songs throughout,
and it really adds to it because Van Morrison's a Belfast artist,
and it's got some great songs, and you can hear them in Belfast all right I'll check it out
that's a pro tip hey look at that we timed it perfectly we're gonna roll right into the next jam We'll be right back. guitar solo Well, you're dirty and sweet
Cat in black, don't look back
And I love him
You're dirty and sweet, don't you?
When you're sweet and weak
You've got the teeth of a hydra upon you
You're dirty, sweet sweet And you were my girl
Get it on
Bang a gong
Get it on
Get it on
Bang a gong
Get it on
This song I chose Because of the band's name.
I was going to say, you have to watch your mic.
You almost started headbanging and hit it.
I could break a tooth on this thing.
Okay.
Biff Naked was down here.
Do you know Biff Naked?
I do.
Okay.
She was down here.
And I think she almost chipped her tooth in one of these mics.
The problem of being close on the mic when you're like a passionate, enthusiastic person when the jam comes on. I think she almost chipped her tooth in one of these mics. The problem of being close on the mic when you're a passionate, enthusiastic person,
when the jam comes on, I think she almost chipped it.
Okay, I think it was Pantera that was booming when she hit her tooth.
So, the Power Station, Get It On, quick fun facts,
then we're going to turn to you, Becky,
and then we have a special guest who has jumped on the third mic.
That's exciting.
Somebody very near and dear to my heart.
Okay, and I'm not just talking about Becky. Okay. So Get It On is actually originally by English glam rock band T-Rex.
This is a song that was from T-Rex in 1971.
It was on their album Electric Warrior.
It was covered by the Power Station in 1985.
They actually named their song Get It On
and then in parentheses, Bang A Gong.
So this would be a good parentheses song for Pandemic Friday.
Now, it's the second single from their debut album.
Here's the fun fact about the Power Station,
which some of you will know, some of you won't.
It was a super group.
So this is a band that consisted of singer Robert Palmer,
rest in peace, Robert Palmer,
former chic drummer Tony Thompson,
and a couple of members of my first favorite band.
Yeah, I think that's fair to say.
Duran Duran, John Taylor, and Andy Taylor on bass and guitar.
Yes, the Power Station.
And really, maybe I'll introduce you right now.
Monica.
Hello.
When was your last appearance on Toronto Mic'd?
I feel like it's been a year.
I think you were episode 666.
That was a year ago, maybe?
Long time ago.
Okay, good to have you on.
I've been telling Becky
and some people are like,
are you just BSing?
Whatever.
No, all true.
Maybe start by telling us
before we ever learned about Becky
and the good people at RYOBI,
what tools do you prefer for all that woodworking,
all your woodworking projects? So the first tool I got
was a drill. My first project was
a piano bench. I bought a digital piano and I didn't like
the stands that were out there. So I'm like, I'm just going to build one. So I got a drill
and then realized I needed a saw
and then I wanted a cordless.
And then I discovered Ryobi had these batteries
that you could interchange.
So that's how I got hooked on the Ryobi product.
So I got the saw.
I got an air compressor after that.
But yeah, that's it it do you have all 260?
I wish I wish we had the space
I would love a workshop and then just
have everything set up there
I think this is the space you need like where else
will I go I'll be in the shed soon I think
if we keep this up well the good news is
Ryobi just launched our new link
system which is a garage
organization solution
to hang all the tools.
Oh, fun.
Okay, so I just want, you know, it's funny
because we played working man
and then Becky thought it was interesting.
A woman was singing and it wasn't a woman.
It was Geddy Lee from Rush.
He was a dude.
But you, and this, I'm very upfront and proud of this,
but you are the handy one in this relationship.
Unfortunately.
That's okay. What's wrong with that? It's the same with me and handy one in this relationship. Unfortunately. That's okay.
What's wrong with that?
It's the same with me and Mr. Yan.
Is that right?
That's true.
Mr. Yan and I need to talk, okay?
But that's good to hear.
But you, and you talked about the piano bench, but, and then again, we have a few more jams,
so we're going to get some more of these stories before you have to jet again.
But the big project that I'm, I think you should be most proud of is the loft bed.
Oh, wow.
That's really good.
Yeah, that was a risky one
because I was putting my,
he was three at the time,
three or four.
I'm putting him on the top
and I don't want him to fall
or to collapse onto my two-year-old.
So yeah, that was a fun one.
I dedicated three whole days
and I booked some time off work for that and
I used the circular
saw by Ryobi.
I was too afraid to venture into
miter saws at that time so that's
what I used. Please tell me you've bought a
miter saw now. Yes, I have one.
Amazing.
Little jam and then we're going to come back
to that because I've witnessed these
amazing woodworking projects. There's something else.
Some Peter, Paul and Mary.
Are you sure, Becky, you don't know this song?
I know Peter, Paul and Mary, but I don't know this song.
Okay, this was a real quick facts on this and then we'll tie it back to 90s R&B.
We'll find a way because you guys have a connection.
That's my music.
That's what I said to Mike.
I said, where's the list of 90s R&B?
You should have came up with a list.
Why don't you two smart young women tell me an R&B 90s jam that would fit the theme?
Go ahead.
I'm listening.
I tried.
I did my best.
I'm not married to any genre.
This is folk, right?
So this is a protest song written by Pete Seeger.
First, it was written in 1949.
It was in support of the progressive movement
and then Seeger's band
at the time was the Weavers.
It was a folk music quartet.
Seeger, Hayes, Ronnie Gilbert,
Fred Hellerman.
So they recorded
If I Had a Hammer
in parentheses,
another parentheses jam,
the Hammer song.
This went to number,
I don't know, number,
I think it was a top 10 hit for Peter, Paul, and Mary in 1962.
That's the version we're listening to now.
But then Trini Lopez records this song in 1963,
and it goes to number three.
So this song had three good runs there, If I Had a Hammer.
Shout out to Peter, Paul, and Mary.
Of course, that's a New York City folk group that formed in 1961 there was a huge folk music
revival back then of course
and we've lost
who did we lose? Mary Travers? But anyway
this is Paul Stukely, Mary Travers
and Peter Yarrow
so if I had a hammer
Monica, I'm trying to think of all the
are TVs on a new stand you built?
Are we done with the loft bed?
I'm sorry, I wanted to kick out a jam real quick here.
But that loft bed, just so people know,
yeah, we have a lack of room in this
because I have four kids.
So there's, you know,
although James is in Waterloo right now,
he's here for good runs or whatever.
So, and he only recently went to university.
So there's six of us here
and James is sleeping around the corner
down here from my studio.
But upstairs, you got three bedrooms, right?
This is the typical three bedroom home.
And the teenage girl needs her own room
because she's a teenage girl.
Okay, so that was a no brainer.
Monica and I need our own room, right?
Of course.
So that's a no brainer.
But now we have these two little ones
and there's only one room left.
And you're, I mean,
until they get to a certain age,
at which point we'll have to figure something out.
Maybe, I don't know what,
but maybe somebody will move out.
Okay, we'll figure it all out.
But for now, I mean, you said a two-year-old and a four-year-old.
That loft bed solution was amazing.
Like it was so in that design.
And then I think I was in the way more than anything.
Like I tried to help, but you really were the quarterback for that drive.
Yeah, I made a lot of mistakes. So it's not a clean project.
There's a lot of holes, unnecessary holes in there.
But yeah, that was a fun project.
It did take a while.
And I love that it's custom to the room.
It fits wall to wall exactly.
So yeah, that was a fun one.
I would think my best project is my recent one
though um the console station with the paper shredder and filing cabinet okay put a pin in
that one i want to hear a little prince and then we're gonna find out about yes i've what's the
name for that uh piece of furniture i'm not sure. But it's not a cabinet.
There's no word for that.
It's like a console table.
A console table?
Okay, we're going to have to coin a phrase for that one.
But here, a little Prince, and then we're going to come back with that story. I don't think he's talking about woodworking.
Oh my goodness.
Okay, Screwdriver from Prince.
Another artist we lost far too soon.
Brilliant artist.
I'm sure you're both, is it fair to say,
even though you're big 90s R&B fans, both of you,
Prince is A-OK in your books, right?
Who doesn't love Prince?
That's what I'm getting at,
because I'd have to kick you out of the TMDS studio.
Man, and I still think, I know that was a great,
we all enjoyed it, especially, I'm sure you two both enjoyed
the Super Bowl halftime show this year.
Yeah, 100%.
I thought so. I watched it a few times. Rightime show this year. Yeah, 100%. I thought so.
I watched it a few times.
Right in your wheelhouse.
I enjoyed it too, of course.
But I still, if I have to argue, I think the greatest Super Bowl halftime show remains Prince's.
Just my feeling on it.
Prince.
Because it was raining and he breaks into Purple Rain and he kicks ass, takes names.
It was unbelievable.
I know Prince was great, but what about Bruno Mars?
That was a pretty spectacular show for
myself, at least. Becky, did you know Bruno
Mars is part Filipino? I did
know that. You did? Okay.
I track, we track all the
Filipino superstars.
Okay, so tell me about this
piece that's in our hallway right now, right across
from the Neil Young picture.
It's, um, so we just collect, we collect a lot of papers and very disorganized. So I thought I would
build something that was a slim and like custom size to that small space in the,
on the hallway that contains a filing cabinet, a paper shredder, um, some bins for the kids stuff
and some drawers. And yeah, that was a fun one. stuff, and some drawers. Yeah, that was
a fun one.
And that's your most proud of
that piece, which is beautiful.
No one sees the loft bed, I guess.
For the pandemic, nobody even visited to see
the loft bed, but I guess Morgan
did have a birthday party last weekend, and a few
of her girlfriends saw the loft
bed. But mainly, this piece in the living room,
that's a lot of eyeballs on that, right?
Yeah.
Pre-pandemic, guests walked by it, right?
But I can't remember when you built it.
No, it was during the pandemic.
During the pandemic.
When I was just trying to find stuff to do.
Okay.
And other pieces, I mean,
we're talking about all these pieces,
but you have threatened to create
like a studio table here.
Yeah.
But you couldn't give me the specs.
I need to see your vision.
Becky, does Ryobi have anything
to help me with my vision?
We do.
We have lots of DIY projects
on our Instagram and Facebook page
and also on our website.
So lots of video tutorials
that you can go watch.
There you go.
No more excuses. No more excuses.
No more.
Honestly, no more excuses.
Amazing.
And Monica, I did tell a story off the top here because we only have two more jams to
go and I don't know when I'll lose you.
But you were adamant as well that it was Ryobi.
Yes.
Because I feel like I've seen commercials where it was Ryobi, but maybe I was wrong.
That's like when people say it was the Berenstain Bears, not the Berenstain Bears.
You know about this Mandela effect?
You read about this?
Nodding doesn't work in a podcast.
The fact is it's a real B, but we covered that earlier.
So here, let me kick out the penultimate jam
and then get more real B stories for Monica.
I love this song song by the way
i ain't from teler But I can recognize
A hand
And when the whole
Of queens are staring
Back at me guitar solo
Once I was a carpenter
And man, my hands were calloused
I could swing a metal mallet
Sure and straight
But I took to the highway I could swing a metal mileage sure and straight.
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry,
and I left the timbers rotting where they lay.
I almost don't want to fade it down, only because I really like this song.
This is the Avett Brothers, and this song is called The Once and Future Carpenter and appropriately
enough the album it's from, the 2012
release by the Avett Brothers
is called The Carpenter
and it was produced by Rick Rubin so
FOTMs know we love it when
an album's produced by Rick
Rubin and it's
funny that you talked about work. All these jams
we're hearing about Carpenters, it's about
the dad or the grandpa.
It's always about a dude, okay?
Which I find interesting because
you two young ladies are the carpenters
in your collective
couplings there. So this is a very
old view of carpentry
and woodworking, etc.
I've never heard this song, but I have to say it's really
nice. I like it. But I don't know about
you, Becky. This is not what I want to listen to
when I'm building.
100%.
What do you listen to when you're building?
This is a nice song, but not for building.
What do you listen to?
TLC? What are we listening to when we build?
That could work.
We played it last night on toast.
We played last night on Creep.
I just did a quick search
and something from a 90s R&B song
would be Hot in Here.
Oh, yeah.
Because it does get hot when you're billing.
Okay.
Where were you when I was putting this list together?
In fact, didn't I consult you at some point?
You had your list already at that time, I think.
Okay.
So, Avett Brothers, of course,
from North Carolina. They're a couple of brothers,, I think. Okay. So, Aved Brothers, of course, from North Carolina.
They're a couple of brothers,
Scott and Seth.
And I think it's really nice.
I might not do my carpentry
to this song,
but it's a tribute
to carpenters across this land
using Ryobi products
to get it done.
Get it done.
And by the way,
we were so excited
to talk about the piece
we don't have named
in the hallway
that I didn't drop
a couple of the Prince facts.
We listened to Screwdriver.
That's from Hit and Run, his 2013 release.
And that's significant because that's the final album
Prince releases in his lifetime.
So you get stuff after he passes.
But that's the last album, the last studio album
Prince releases in his lifetime.
Again, gone too soon.
It's his 39th.
Think about that.
39th full-length studio album that Prince there.
But Avett Brothers here.
What pieces are we missing, babe?
Because I remember, and help me out.
There's that piece beside the couch where the router is in that piece.
And like, you know, what's that piece?
Oh, that's the side table.
And you built that from scratch with the Ryobi tools. Yeah. Look at all the furniture
that you're building. It's fantastic. The TV stand we haven't mentioned. That's amazing.
Yes that's that's the second piece I worked on. What was your first piece? The piano bench.
Piano bench. Okay so it started the piano bench and then you did the TV stand and then the side
table and then you did that thing in the
hallway. You did the loft bed. Okay.
And what's the next project?
A buffet. I think
it is a console table. The one you put in the dining room?
Yeah, a console table,
a buffet. Yeah, that's what I want to
work on. Has the price of
wood come down? Slightly.
Yes. But yeah, I
don't trust it. I think it's going to go back up.
Well, get your wood while you can
and then get her done.
Amazing.
Okay, so this song will not be your cup of tea.
I'm already dreading the fact that...
I got to run before you start that.
Thank you so much.
It was nice meeting you.
Nice meeting you too.
Greatest advocate of Ryobi products.
Again, there's 260
and we only own a handful.
We have some work to do to catch up.
I need more batteries if I get more tools too.
You know somebody, right?
We'll get her done here.
Okay.
Here, Monica, thanks for coming to the show.
This is a Ryobi hat for you.
Awesome.
You can wear that on your next Zoom.
I'll wear it on my call.
Wear it on your call.
In one minute.
Okay, thanks.
Bye.
Love you, babe.
Bye.
Okay, thank you, Monica's special appearance.
She hasn't been here since episode 666.
So I'm going to just start the last jam here.
This will take us home.
And if you love your 90s R&B, you're going to hate this.
But hey, I'm dedicating this to Becky,
who's been a great guest here for episode 1017.
Thanks for having me.
We'll let it brew a bit.
I'll drop some fun facts
and then we'll wrap everything up here.
And then I got to get your lasagna
from the freezer before you...
We got to take a photo.
Oh, so much to do
before you drive away.
It's going to get heavy for a moment. You hate this, don't you?
Do you hate it?
It's definitely not something I listen to.
It's an acquired taste, right?
This is the big album,
well, one of the big albums,
but this is Master of Puppets by Metallica, the album,
which came out in 86.
This is definitely a Mr. Yan pick.
So Mr. Yan will appreciate what he's hearing here.
And just a couple of fun facts.
It's called Battery.
And we'll explain why we're significant the significance of that in a moment,
as if you don't know by now.
But,
this is the last album that features Cliff Burton.
So I just wanted to,
uh,
pay some respects to the great bassist,
Cliff Burton,
who tragically died in a bus accident in Sweden
during the,
uh,
promotional tour for this album.
Okay.
So Cliff has been gone since what,
mid eighties now. And he's on this album. You can hear him on this track. They recorded this album. So Cliff has been gone since mid-80s now.
He's on this album. You can hear him on this track.
They recorded this album
in Denmark.
Master of Puppets is a pretty heavy,
pretty great album if you dig
heavy metal.
This song, Battery, again, it's all about the battery.
That's what you should do. Remix.
It's all about the Benjamins, baby.
Remix that. It's all about the Benjamins, baby. Yeah, yeah. Remix that. That's right.
It's all about the battery, baby.
Get real.
Sorry, Technotronic.
No, sorry.
Tektronic.
License that song and we'll get a parody, a cover, whatever.
It's all about the battery, baby.
What do you think?
My agency keeps telling me that the jingle is where it's at.
So maybe that's what I need to do.
It's all about the battery, baby.
And then you can go
into your whole lithium thing
and it'll be amazing here.
But okay, you were amazing.
Honestly, I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Any final thoughts
before we play something
a little more palatable
from lowest to the low?
No, thank you for having me.
I think, you know,
don't be afraid.
I think Monica
kind of drove that home.
You know, don't be afraid to pick up a tool and, uh, build your own furniture or do things
around the house. Cause once you do it, you get the fever and you'll want to do more.
Get the fever for the flame. She inspires me like, cause I, uh, I don't have good confidence when it comes to all this.
And she gives me confidence because she just sort of figures it out. And it's very, very inspiring.
And again, powered by RYOBI.
And we at Toronto Mic Tier appreciate your support and love working with you guys.
So much love to RYOBI.
One final gift for you before we depart, though.
A StickerU.com sticker gift for you before we depart though. A sticker
you.com sticker. It's a Toronto
Mike sticker. It should be on the pasta box.
There it is. Love it. Becky,
we'll put that on your car before you drive away.
You'll love that.
Okay, so thank you for coming and thank you
so much for
the support and the love and
love working with RYOBI. Great
products. And 260.
Is that,
is that,
is that number?
Because it's growing all the time.
So it's probably updated.
What's the true number?
Do you know?
No,
260 is where we're at today.
When I started,
it was at 50.
So.
Oh my God,
it's all you.
No,
not at all.
But innovation is where it's at.
Amazing.
And that brings us to the end of our 1017th show.
You can follow me on Twitter.
I'm at Toronto Mike.
Now, here was a great discussion we had.
Couldn't find RYOBI Canada on Twitter,
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See you all Monday when my special guest is the aforementioned Chris Brown. The future can hold old due for me and you. But I'm a much better man for having known you.
Oh, you know that's true because everything is coming up rosy and gray.
Yeah, the wind is cold, but the smell of snow won't stay today.
And your smile is fine, And it's just like mine
And it won't go away
Cause everything is
Rosy and great
Well I've been told
That there's a sucker born
Every day
But I wonder who
Yeah I wonder who Yeah, I wonder who
Maybe the one who doesn't realize
There's a thousand shades of grey
Cause I know that's true
Yes, I do
I know it's true, yeah
I know it's true
How about you?
Are they picking up trash and then putting down rogues
And they're brokering stocks, the class struggle explodes
And I'll play this guitar just the best that I can
Maybe I'm not and maybe I am
But who gives a damn
Because everything is coming up
Rosy and gray
Yeah, the wind is cold
But the smell of snow
Warms me today
And your smile is fine
And it's just like mine
And it won't go away
Because everything is rosy and gray And your smile is fine and it's just like mine and it won't go away.
Cause everything is rosy and great.
Well, I've kissed you in France and I've kissed you in Spain.
And I've kissed you in places I better not name.
And I've seen the sun go down on Chaclacour
But I like it much better
going down on you
Yeah, you know that's true
Because everything
is coming up
rosy and green
Yeah, the wind is cold
but the smell of snow
warms us today
And your smile is fine
and it's just like mine
and it won't go away
Cause everything is
rosy now
Everything is rosy
Yeah everything is
rosy and gray
Yeah Everything is rosy and gray.