donovanesque

a strange april for me. only one episode this month due to very very busy.thank you to featured voices: neighbourhood crowd, the only cafe crowd, co-worker, lapdance, eliza niemi, lucia, nat, demetri, air canada voicethank you to lapdance & eliza niemi for permission to share their performances <3welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

in a wide ranging discussion on a rainy day, graham shares with us sounds from 'the wind,' an unfinished short film.graham foy is a canadian filmmaker - writer/director - based in Toronto. his 2022 debut feature film 'The Maiden' is now on blu-ray and streaming.thank you graham for sharing your thoughts, along with your sounds for this episode. thank you to lucia for production help.thank you to my brother liam for his piano intro and closer. and to lucia for playing guitar at the end.welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

world is waking up! getting bike out of the shed, first dip of the year. window open piano playing (and window closed piano playing...)thank you to featured voices: youth outside varsity stadium, ingrid, nat, doc, jodie / audience, daniel, young grace-sayers, franthank you to unknown guitar player for your recordingwelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

first rain of the year, different puzzles, the anatomy of a street block and its sound markings.I have been quiet lately, so fewer sounds, and another shorter episode.thank you to featured voices: beth, grace, neighbours, aiden, jarret, brakhage audience at still light screeningwelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

five of cupsdrone, heavy, excavator. bleak week. free write. karmic joke. big snow, and then big cold. is this in our control???little bit of a shorter one.thank you to featured voices: crossing guard, liam, jeremy, lucia, beth, joy, matthias, calebwelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

we hit the road to spend some time with em zevEm Zev is a musician: a violinist, and folk/ambient singer-songwriter based in Montreal. Their debut LP, 'Time Anymore' released in November. We discuss their creative process alongside their sounds of life and musicem's bandcamp - emzev.bandcamp.comem's instagram - @em.zevthank you em for sharing your thoughts, along with your sounds & music to this episodewelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

new year's special 2026year of the whorse?this is a bit of a talky ensemble one :)thank you to featured voices: daniel, liz, liam, sabrina, debbie, subway youth, katie, christian, xavier, nala, kaiya, tom, caleb, kate, hopp driver, yonge-dundas believer, gabi, poppi, kate (different one), neem, scrim, em, lucia - and various crowdswelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

fran and I at a winter farm, taking care of some animalsthe final episode of the year :)our third guest episode: francesca bertoglio is an artist and filmmaker from argentina living in torontofran's instagram - @franpadbthank you for listeningthank you to featured voices: fran, nanuk, willie, luna, fran’s familywelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

winter is our time to get weirder, more specific.thank you to featured voices: lucia, mike, nat, hassan, lizzie, calebthank you to Mike Hoolboom for permission to share a piece of his 'panic bodies' q&a (nov. 30th/2025 - tiff lightbox)welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

you gotta practice if you're gonna get any good at it (don't kill it).thank you to featured voices: em, ted, grace, beth, hassan, phil, gabi, lucia, crowds at imperial pub, liam, liz, danwelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

switching frequencies: coffee, fights, Irish noise, baseball, early morning letters, train rides, communal sorrowthank you to featured voices: lucia, two different ians, jack, francesca, different strangers and crowdsthank you to One Leg, One Eye for permission to share a clip from their toronto performancewelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

planting trees with caleb rogers - our second guest episodehe is a filmmaker, writer, musician, tree planter from the toronto area. a "whimiscal stoic," he shares with us some of the sounds and stories of planting trees for half the year in british columbia. thank you for coming on the show!you can email caleb at [email protected] you to additional featured voices: nat, demetri, em, dylan, quinnwelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

how do recordings, time capsules, change our lives? are they messages to our future self? how do we love our past selves when confronted with them so vividly?thank you to featured voices: lucia, gabriela, evee, beth, lizzie, jess, eric, younger lukes, will - and various crowdsthank you to will oldham for granting permission to feature his performance of 'new partner' at the concert hall from september 5thwelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

encountering art at toronto international film festival 2025 in an uncertain time. embracing what we don't know.thank you to featured voices: soren, mark, pratheesh, francesca, jack, dylan, lucia, em, kaiya, and a few others i don't have the names of.thank you to the filmmakers whose q&a words i have sampled in short to illustrate ideascredit to Radheyan Simonpillai for capturing the audio from The Road Between Us q&acredit to LiveATC.net for the sampled cockpit recordingwelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected] letterboxd handle is MahoganyDoors if you want to see thoughts on every film I saw.

summer is over. wandering streets in cat mode. squirrel eating nuts. sinkhole opens. swimming pool closes. students pontificate.thank you to featured voices: tess, jennifer, ian, jack, steve, hayeon, édouard. and a voice i was told the name of and cannot remember right now... i apologizewelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

being together. with strangers in a park, with family in the darkness, with a sweater on your back.thank you to featured voices: daniel, rohid, miriam, tram anh, lucia, the double daters, hylton, and hunterfeaturing lucia on vocals/guitar for '500 miles' at the endwelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

join me on a trip into algonquin park - the sound of paddling, wind, hammocks, bullfrogs, fires, storms, and swimming deep in a murky lake.afterward, we find ourselves back in the city for a special performance at the scarborough bluffs.thank you to Sylus Farkas Martins for giving me permission to share my recording of him performing 'Skins' by the waves.special thanks to daniel donovan, my camping buddywelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

we have encounters with cicadas, bikes, machinery of all kinds, the mind, insecurity and ambition, pianos, and thunderstormsspecial thanks to Xavier, Francesca, Lucia, and Rhody for their appearancesthank you to Aidan Rhody for some extra recording angleswelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

today we have our first guest episode. lucia fella pellegrino is a filmmaker and waiter from toronto - who has a collection of sounds from her life to share with us. thank you for coming on the show!special thanks to Benson for your toy keyboard performancewelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

today we find ourselves down to earth, hearing the people of this city: at a rave, on the streetcar, locker rooms, at parks, schools, film sets, and a graduation ceremony.thank you to all the voices of our show today: Josh, Demetri, Grace, Lucia, Niko, Brianna, Trâm Anh, Joy, Moosa, Bryan, Zoe, George, Mona - and some more I do not know the name of <3welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

today we discuss a smog-ridden toronto, cardinals, children coughing, windsocks, peeing in the woods, ba ba black sheep, and brutal city feelings.thank you to featured guests Lucia Fella Pellegrino and Hassan Mzeewelcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.write to the show: [email protected]

welcome to the beginning of 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary. let's see where this goes together :)today we discuss cats purring, birds, rain, folk music, loud subway cars, and humming by a river at night.special thanks to Penknife for letting me feature their cover of 'I'll Be Here in the Morning'write to the show: [email protected]