Er, beyond being an Italo-Disco fanatic, I spend my 'day life' as an activist, predominantly around issues of housing and homelessness. Sometimes I end up as a guest on political podcasts and in the Canadian media.

Podcasts and Politics

In this episode, we speak to Diana Chan McNally, community worker with the Toronto Drop-In Network, about A Path Forward. It's a document signed by 206 organizations, artists, and politicians calling for a safer, more humanitarian approach to housing encampment residents, where the residents themselves are heard.

And we speak to Kensington Market Community Land Trust Co-Chair Dominique Russell about a $3-million grant from the City of Toronto to secure affordable housing in the famous neighbourhood. You can also find the conversation in the next Spacing print issue.

And, to celebrate our "birthday," we found a great piece from the original, 2009 Spacing Radio with host David Michael Lamb. It's a beautiful soundscape featuring a flautist in an abandoned building and a great de-stressor.

Episode 058: 5th Anniversary

As aired on AM640 Radio in Toronto, Canada, on May 13 2022. I discuss the recent decision by the City of Toronto to hire private security to surveil unhoused people in Toronto's downtown parks.

Toronto Today with Greg Brady

Toronto Today with Greg Brady ft. Diana Chan McNally

As aired on CBC Metro Morning in Toronto, Canada, on May 13 2022. I discuss the recent decision by the City of Toronto to hire private security to surveil unhoused people in Toronto's downtown parks.

CBC Radio Metro Morning ft. Diana Chan McNally

As aired on AM640 Radio in Toronto, Canada, on August 31 2022. Alongside journalist Matt Carty, I discuss a reissued request for proposals from the City of Toronto for private security to surveil unhoused people in public parks. The RFP now explicitly states that the power of these security guards includes the power to physically remove people from parks and arrest them.

The John Oakley Show ft. Diana Chan McNally

♪ Italo Queen. 

★ UPCOMING DATES 2024★

31.03 | Standard Time with Interstellar Funk (Toronto, CA)
16.04 | Images Festival Closing Party (Toronto, CA)

★ SELECT PAST DATES ★

//2023

09.09 | Standard Time w/ Pender Street Steppers (Toronto, CA)
09.16 | Cozmique presents: Automaticamore (Montreal, CA)
09.23 | Untitled presents: Daniel Bell & Automaticamore (Toronto, CA)

//2022

07.01 | Electric Island Festival (Toronto, CA)
07.24 | Promise Cherry Beach Festival w/ DJ Minx (Toronto, CA)
09.09 | Subdivision w/ Regularfantasy (Toronto, CA)
11.20 | Tanner (Helsinki, FL)

//2019

02.11 | 12 HOUR PARTY, Marble Bar (Detroit, US)
14.09 | Disco Troopers (Montreal, CA)
09.08 | Lague Moin Presents Automaticamore, Goldener Reiter (Munich, DE)
08.08 | Public Possession In-Store (Munich, DE)
27.07 | Automaticamore, Beate Uwe (Berlin, DE)
26.07 | Forth presents Moxie (Toronto, CA)
22.06 | Electric Island Festival w/ DJ Harvey, Woodbine Park (Toronto, CA)
26.05 | OK Cool w/ Derrick Carter, TV Lounge (Detroit, USA)
17.04 | Vans presents Wax Trax! w/ Ministry + Cold Cave, Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, CA)
12.04 | Real Love w/ Automaticamore, The Underground Niteclub (Buffalo, USA)
01.02 | Night Moves w/ JAZ, Whiskey Disco (Detroit, US)
12.01 | Beam Me Up w/ Automaticamore, Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, CA)
05.01 | Kiosk Radio (Brussels, BE)

//2018

31.12 | Drift Om Te Dansen, Concertgebouw de Vereeniging (Nijmegen, NL)
26.12 | Body Heat w/ Automaticamore, t'Keldertje (Maastricht, NL)
22.12 | Bordello a Parigi: Italo Disco Circus, Noorderlicht Café (Amsterdam, NL)
21.12 | Red Light Radio (Amsterdam, NL)
25.08 | Full Moon Party, Lincoln Street Art Park (Detroit, USA)
16.06 | A Prater Affair w/ Automaticamore, Sound-Bahnhof (Vienna, AT)
14.06 | Red Light Radio (Amsterdam, NL)
09.06 | Other Thumpers w/ Automaticamore, Paradise Palms (Edinburgh, UK)
04.06 | Tanki Tanki w/ Automaticamore, Disco Dolly (Amsterdam, NL)
20.05 | Sunnyside vol. 20 w/ Move D, Sunnyside Pavillion (Toronto, CA)
14.04 | Computer Magic + Le Matos, Velvet Underground (Toronto, CA)
07.04 | Freakish Pleasures presents Juju’s Italo Fantasy, Le Salon (Detroit, USA)
25.03 | Daydreams w/ Lauren Hansom + Automaticamore, The Gasometer Hotel (Melbourne, AUS)
16.03 | In Motion w/ Adi Toohey, Lounge (Melbourne, AUS)
20.01 | The Return of Sadar Bahar (Toronto, CA)

//2017

05.10 | Italo Dreams w/ Hysteric + Automaticamore, Bambi’s (Toronto, CA)
23.09 | Body Meta w/ Automaticamore, Casa de Popolo (Montreal, CA)