MICHELLE McADOREY
WAVELENGTH #16
SUNDAY MAY 28
11 P.M.
Folk, noise, pop and free improv collide on former Crash Vegas singer
Michelle McAdorey's Whirl, recorded with guitar genius Eric Chenaux and
Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor and Glenn Milchem. The result is transportative.
What follows is a discussion between Michelle and Wavelength's Jonny
Dovercourt, on the topic of transportation.
We hear you're an expert at hopping freight trains. Can you give our readers any tips?
I still haven't graduated to the expert status you refer to, but here are some of my observations: Kneepads - I never remember to buy these, maybe I think I would look too much like a roller-blader, but it sure would save the knees -- takes a while to manage a graceful and surefooted landing off of a moving train. Strong coffee and portable espresso maker with an extra cup or two for sharing -- when you happen upon a train engineer, nothing like the offer of a good cup of coffee establishes that you are riding as a friend and not a wanted fugitive and of course if you can sing a song or two - well you'll be given the secret handshake and keys to the private clubhouse, so if ever you're in the North stuck waiting in a blizzard or such.... you'll be fed homemade maple tarts and given a bed with a feather pillow.
Bike ride vs. road trip. Discuss.
I find night to be the best time to ride my bike in the city and I think a prerequisite to a successful road trip is firstly a tape deck(CD player) and a choice selection of recorded material and secondly, but harder to find, is securing a vehicle that has an amazing interior, with a well designed dashboard that has crazy lights and ledges for setting shit on -- in short, a vibe, and don't take a watch.
What was your worst experience on an airplane?
A man started to jerk off beside me( across the aisle) and I had laryngitis with a temperature of 104.
Whirl, your new solo album, was recorded at a farm. Can you tell us a funny story involving the trip there and back?
I can't remember at the moment, but if you listen close enough to "Morocco" you'll hear Greg Keelor pounding on some nuts, he was preparing his famous oatmeal almond raisin cookies for us.
Whirl's song titles are either names or places. List three places you've never been but would like to write a song about and why.
I don't think I'll know until it hits me, but I do want to take a Great Lake freighter up the St. Lawrence to Newfoundland and I wouldn't mind rafting down the Yukon River in Alaska -- check this out....