Aug 18, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min · 13 segments
In the late 70s, Carole Pope and Rough Trade's campy, sexy and provocative live show made them a Toronto staple. But when "High School Confidential" took over the airwaves with its at-the-time…
These things I do I do for nobody else but me.
Ooh ooh, I gotta warn ya.
Here comes Canada.
Canada
In 1971, the Canadian government introduced rules that require radio and music television stations to play a minimum amount of Canadian content, often referred to simply as CanCon.
Those rules created an alternate musical universe of songs that were only big in Canada.
And my name is Laura Stanley, and on this episode of Big in Canada, we're talking about Rough Trade.
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