{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3854f6b7-dd07-5986-9cab-9e69ded2bcbd/6a5bcf0ba87bf583f44df676?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. #1115: Dinner is Ruined","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/620127d84925ed4ea3ec08aa/1784399429446-257d04ab-1980-4e96-9ffe-1dda47f74451.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thedinnerisruinedband/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dale Morningstar</a> from the <a href=\"https://dinnerisruined.bandcamp.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dinner is Ruined</a> is here to discuss the band’s first new album in 21 years, <a href=\"https://dinnerisruined.bandcamp.com/album/like-a-tree-heroic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Like A Tree,Heroic</em></a>, the first time I saw Dinner is Ruined in 1996 opening an intimate Toronto show for Beck, leaving Toronto for Hamilton, encountering inspiring trees and people, the story behind the making of Gord Downie’s <em>Coke Machine Glow</em>, startling Dave Clark/Don Kerr connections, writing songs about Downie and Dale’s Bobby Orr interactions, recording Downie’s son Lou’s band, the story of the final, yet-to-be-released but fully completely finished album by Gord Downie and the Dinner is Ruined, why exactly it hasn’t been released yet, horse words and Jim Morrison and the Doors, trying to reach and work with Neil Young, a Dinner is Ruined archival project, upcoming shows, other future plans, and much more.</p><p><br></p><p>EVERY OTHER COMPLETE <em>KREATIVE KONTROL</em> EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. Enjoy this excerpt and <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/kreativekontrol/posts/ep-1115-dinner-164196126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>please subscribe now via this link</strong></a> to hear this full episode. Thanks!</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to <a href=\"http://www.bookshelf.ca/home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Bookshelf</a>, <a href=\"http://www.planetbeancoffee.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Planet Bean Coffee</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.grandads.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grandad’s Donuts.</a></p><p>Support <a href=\"https://yess.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Y.E.S.S.</a>, <a href=\"https://pridecentreofedmonton.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pride Centre of Edmonton</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.letterscharity.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Letters Charity</a>. Follow <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/vishkhanna\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">vish online</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Related episodes/links:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/kreativekontrol/posts/win-youve-by-and-162678416?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Win You’ve Changed Records by Fiver and G̱amksimoon in July 2026!</a></p><p><a href=\"http://vishkhanna.com/2026/04/16/ep-1086-the-sadies-billy-ray/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ep. #1086: The Sadies &amp; Billy Ray</a></p><p><a href=\"http://vishkhanna.com/2026/04/07/ep-1083-rheostatics/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ep. #1083: Rheostatics</a></p><p><a href=\"http://vishkhanna.com/2025/03/25/ep-962-tom-beaujour-richard-bienstock-on-lollapalooza/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ep. #962: Tom Beaujour &amp; Richard Bienstock on ‘Lollapalooza’</a></p><p><a href=\"http://vishkhanna.com/2021/11/23/ep-651-julie-doiron/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ep. #651: Julie Doiron</a></p><p><a href=\"http://vishkhanna.com/2018/11/15/ep-443-great-lake-swimmers/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ep. #443: Great Lake Swimmers</a></p><p><a href=\"http://vishkhanna.com/2016/12/13/ep-294-don-kerr-of-communism/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ep. #294: Don Kerr of Communism</a></p><p><a href=\"http://vishkhanna.com/2022/08/19/still-processing-the-2016-man-machine-poem-tour/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Still Processing: The 2016 ‘Man Machine Poem’ Tour</a></p><p><a href=\"http://vishkhanna.com/2016/07/22/ep-272-gord-downie-archival-may-2010/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ep. #272: Gord Downie [Archival; May 2010]</a></p>","author_name":"Vish Khanna / Entertainment One (eOne)"}