The Perlich Post

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Happy 80th Birthday Cher!

Celebrating Cher's 80th birthday today with an early Sonny & Cher performance of their 1964 ska gem "Baby Don't Go."

Don Pyle takes his book Rough Desciption on the road for a reading tour

Don Pyle will be telling tales from his Rough Description memoir and Yo La Tengo's Georgia & Ira will spin records in Toronto!

Writes Don...

My book, Rough Description, is released on Tuesday, May 26th (you can pre-order from ECW Press here here), although I see that some stores already have it. Here are the current reading/slideshow tour dates. More to come. Could it be where you live?
Joining me at the Toronto launch at Standard Time (165 Geary Ave, 2nd Floor, Unit A) on Thursday, May 28 are writers Jason McBride, Kirby, Tabatha Southey and Chris Colohan, reading their writing. Damian Rogers leads the interrogation after my reading. Extraterrestrial DJs Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo spin records all night. (Get tickets here: https://ra.co/events/2368611).
Jenny Mitchell conducts the line of questioning at La Poche (40 Quebec St) in Guelph on Saturday, May 30.
Liz Worth will ask probing questions following my reading in the Bright Room at The Staircase (27 Dundurn St. North) in Hamilton on Sunday, May 31.
Pete Crighton will read from his 33 1/3 book Cosmic Thing, along with my presentation at Books & Company (289 Main St) on Thursday, June 4 in Picton.
I will be in conversation with Kirby, about Rough Description, on June 11 at Kitchener Public Library (85 Queen St. North).
And in London, Ontario on June 19, I will be joining (Faith No More co-founder) Roddy Bottum at Midnight Mass Books (1034 Dundas St) who will read from his new memoir The Royal We. I'll read from my own book and show some pictures.
Come to all of them! Links: https://linktr.ee/donpyle.

Here's Don chatting about Rough Description on the Booked On Rock podcast, Toronto Mike'd podcast and more...

Midweek Mixdown: Call Me Cannibal with J.R. Williams

Blast off with J.R. Williams for another expedition into uncharted sounds where few podcasters dare to venture for entertainment.

J.R. Williams presents a selection of futuristic sounds from outer space along with some entertaining film, T.V. and radio ads. Listen to the May 2026 edition of Call Me Cannibal via Boss Radio 66 right here. Tracklisting below.

Call Me Cannibal with JRW, May 2026

00:00 - Ennio Morricone/Audrey Nohra Stainton - CANNIBAL (Chitarra E Voce) (excerpt)

00:54 - Movie trailer audio - THE GREEN SLIME

01:48 - The Green Slime - THE GREEN SLIME (movie theme)

04:08 - John Keating - THE UNKNOWN PLANET

08:07 - Barry Gray - UFO MAIN THEME (from the TV series “UFO”)

09:15 - William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy - STAR TREK ANTI-DRUG PSA

10:16 - Phase Five - STAR TREK (Theme from the T.V. Series)

12:32 - Leonard Nimoy - HIGHLY ILLOGICAL

15:20 - “Mr. Spock’s Music from Outer Space” LP - WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE

17:43 - The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra/The Glitterhouse - BARBARELLA (movie theme)

20:22 - Marty Gold - DAY TRIPPER

23:19 - Criswell - Excerpt from “THE LEGENDARY CRISWELL PREDICTS!”

23:33 - Hugo Montenegro - MOOG POWER

26:33 - Hot Butter - POPCORN

29:00 - Don Knotts - THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT (movie radio spot ad)

29:54 - Don Spencer - FIREBALL (I WISH I WAS A SPACEMAN) (from the TV series “FIREBALL XL5”)

31:58 - Barry Gray - JOE 90 (TV theme)

34:18 - Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra - SUPERCAR

36:22 - Rhet Stoller - THE DR. WHO TV THEME

38:52 - Movie radio spot ad - A BOY AND HIS DOG

39:20 - Ginette Reno - IN THE YEAR 2525 (“En L’année 2525”)

42:21 - The Marketts - OUT OF LIMITS

44:29 - The Ventures - PENETRATION

46:33 - Gene & the Esquires - SPACE RACE

48:52 - The Bonzo Dog Band - BEAUTIFUL ZELDA

51:11 - Luis Enriquez & his Electronic Men - RIGEL 1

53:35 - The Centuries - THE OUTER LIMITS

55:45 - Bob & Jerry - GHOST SATELLITE

57:40 - The Rolling Stones - 2,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME

1:01:50 - Movie radio spot ad - ZARDOZ

1:02:52 - Zzebra - ZARDOZ (Beethoven Opus 92)

1:05:37 - The Jeff Wayne Space Shuttle - APES’ SHUFFLE

1:08:54 - Meco - STAR WARS THEME/CANTINA BAND

1:12:38 - Ennio Morricone - DOVE SEI, DOVE SIETE VOI (Organo) (from the film “I CANNIBALI”)

1:14:52 - Wendy Carlos - TITLE MUSIC FROM A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Dallas Good's final recorded project due from Yep Roc on June 26th

Dallas Good's Were The Watchtowers, features Kurt Vile, John Doe, Yo La Tengo, Jon Spencer, Scott McCaughey, Gary Louris, Neko Case and others.

From Yep Roc HQ...

Yep Roc is honoured to announce the June 26th wide-release of Were The Watchtowers, the final recorded work of Dallas Good, completed before his unexpected passing in February 2022. Written and recorded slowly over more than a decade with Richard Reed Parry, the project captures a deeply collaborative, cosmic strain of psychedelic Americana. Guest appearances include Neko Case, Kurt Vile, Yo La Tengo, Jim Jarmusch, John Doe, Jon Spencer, Scott McCaughey, Gary Louris and Margaret Atwood.

Listen to the single "Echo the Part" (below) and order a physical copy on White vinyl or CD at https://goodparry.lnk.to/echothepart.

ES:MO launch Sunshine In My Bones @ Hugh's Room, Saturday

Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti will be playing songs from their latest ES:MO recording at Hugh's Room on Saturday.

ES:MO (Elizabeth Shepherd & Michael Occhipinti)

at Hugh's Room (296 Broadview Avenue)

Saturday, May 23

Show at 8pm, Doors at 7pm

$30+ in advance, $37+at the door

Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti (ES:MO) have been featured in each other's projects for almost a decade, with Elizabeth being the vocalist and pianist for Michael Occhipinti's The Universe of John Lennon, and Michael touring as the guitarist in Elizabeth's group promoting her albums Montreal and The Signal. Their duo album, The Weight of Hope, was nominated for a 2022 JUNO award and we can’t wait to hear their new album to be released at Hugh’s Room on Saturday May 23. Get tickets right here.

Check out the new video for the ES:MO version of Jason Isbell's "If We Were Vampires" along with a few tracks from the Sunshine In My Bones album out now. Get the album right here.