4. Throughout its time, the Alternative Bedtime Hour invited guests in to share in the creative building of this one hour late nite adventure. These guests could bring stories and/or books to read, music from their personal collection or just ravage thru my own or the stations vast array of tunes. In retrospect, the top five that come to mind were all vastly different from one another, which demonstrates to me, how truly wonderful this nightly 60 minutes of air time was. In no particular order, these five shall serve as one memorable moment.

Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance, oddly made the trek all the way from downtown Toronto to Brampton carrying his own personal collection of hotel tunes in the rain. Beautiful pieces of music that still escape me, unreleased moments, and his kind and quite willing to participate spirit. Aion, which was released in 1990, played quite a prominent role that evening as well.

Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies. Wonderful. So introspective and so willing to talk about the song writing process and his fondness for Stephen Duffy. Unexpected. Warm.

Order of Canada recipient, Juno award winning, quiet, solemn soul, Dan Gibson. Dan loved nature. Everything about it. Could do a hell of a bird call. He was a photographer, cinematographer and loved to sit out on his boat with his crazy special microphones listening for that illusive loon call. I've never met anyone like him. So willing to be involved in the evening and just a joy to be around. His Solitudes series was often the backdrop to my show. I will never forget him.

Author, TV hero, major music fan, Daniel Richler. At the time, Daniel had just released his novel "Kicking Tomorrow". Richler should have created the Bedtime Hour on his own. His knowledge of what falls ever so beautifully into the nite musically, was mind melting. His was hilarious and brought a stellar collection of his own tunes to play. We talked about our very first memories as a child and all of the folks we loved to blast in our earphones.

and finally, Ian McCulloch. Some of Echoe and the Bunnymens' legendary songs will forever hide in a special part of my brain. I enjoyed him solo as well. I have to admit tho, the one thing that completely endeared me to him was his relationship with his father. His dad made the trek all the way to Brampton for the show and you could tell that they had a bond that was undeniably strong.

Odd the things you remember.