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's%20Going%20To%20Rain%20Then%20Let%20It%20Rain%20For%20Days.m4a      

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          

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

  (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's%20On%20Your%20Side.m4a

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

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

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  

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

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  

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  

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

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  

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

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

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

Oh, like you’ve never listened in on the conversations of others. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/19/items/PM054TheListener_201508/PM%20054%20The%20Listener.m4a

Quickly now: Saga or Loverboy? Blondes or brunettes? Bugs Bunny or Charlie Brown? It’s 1984 and the stakes HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER. https://ia601503.us.archive.org/23/items/PM053ThatWereTheGoodOlTimesAsYouCouldSayPart2/PM%20053%20That%20Were%20the%20Good%20Ol%27%20Times%20%28As%20You%20Could%20Say%29%20Part%202.m4a

In 1980 two 13-year olds half a world apart settle on some basic technology to keep in touch. https://ia601501.us.archive.org/3/items/PM052ThatWereTheGoodOlTimesAsYouCouldSayPart1/PM%20052%20That%20Were%20the%20Good%20Ol%27%20Times%20%28As%20You%20Could%20Say%29%20Part%201.m4a

Just what did a pulp detective send-up on the AM radio waves in the early ’80’s mean to one goofy kid? https://ia801500.us.archive.org/4/items/PM051JohnLockePrivateEye/PM%20051%20John%20Locke,%20Private%20Eye.m4a

A missing pooch becomes a big deal as we commemorate fifty episodes of Pretty Much: the Podcast! https://ia601500.us.archive.org/1/items/PM050FiftyNamesICallMyDog/PM%20050%20Fifty%20Names%20I%20Call%20My%20Dog.m4a