The Langdon Auger Show
January 8th 2026
Featured Artists: 54-40, The Rolling Stones,
Double Down Thursday
Started todays show with 54-40 Crossing A Canyon. Frontman Neil Osborne wrote the track while grappling with his father’s terminal cancer. Urged by his family to have a heartfelt conversation with his father, Osborne tried to broach the subject while driving him to the hospital. His father, a World War II veteran, was a man of a generation that often avoided heavy emotional discussions. When Osborne tried to open up, his father essentially told him that words weren’t necessary because he already understood. The “canyon” metaphorically represents this uncrossable expanse of communication and emotion between the two men. Today was Double Down Thursday where we play 2 songs from each artist, Rolling Stones had some amazing songs in their many years of recording and are considered one of the all time great artists. I played my favorite Stones tune Sympathy For The Devil and followed it up with Paint It Black. Pink Floyd is up next with the live version of Keep Talking then Time a classic Floyd song. That’s what todays show is all about Double Down Thursday, hope you enjoy it, I know i did.
On Double Down Thursday, Ward pairs two songs from favorite artists and invites listeners to request a double shot in the chat. Between the music, he shares memories of seeing Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd, talks about mental health, and works around a playback glitch before signing off with a greeting for listeners.
About this episode
Ward explains the Double Down Thursday format: two songs from favorite artists, with listener requests welcome in the chat. He shares stories about seeing Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd, names tracks from several bands, and shares his views on the place of music and the importance of talking about mental health.
Later, Ward discusses artists associated with the so-called 27 Club and shares his views about fame, addiction and mental health challenges. A playback glitch interrupts the back-to-back format near the end. He thanks listeners and wishes them happy mental health.
Full spoken transcript
Transcribed from the recording and lightly edited for readability. Song lyrics and recorded interludes are omitted. Some audio could not be transcribed; those gaps and unclear words are marked in brackets. Timestamps are approximate. The comments reflect the speakers’ own experiences and views.
Full spoken transcript (click to collapse or expand)
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Langdon Auger Show. Thanks for tuning in.
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We’re going to do something a little bit different tonight. We’re going to play back-to-back songs from some of our favorite artists. You know, like we’ve got the Rolling Stones coming up. We’ve got some Pink Floyd, stuff like that. We’re just going to play back-to-back songs of theirs. I hope you enjoy it.
Let me know what you think in the old chat. Just go on there and put your username, and let me know what you think. Maybe we can find two songs by the artists that you want to hear. We’re going to start off with my favorite Rolling Stones tune, right here, right now.
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Peter Gabriel songs after the Genesis era. I mean, Genesis was amazing, don’t get me wrong. But some of his solo career, like that one, “Solsbury Hill,” and, of course, “Shock the Monkey” in before that. Loved him in Genesis. Phil Collins’ Genesis was just as good. However, “Biko” was also a very good Peter Gabriel song. I did get to see him live, so it was kind of cool. He puts on a really good fireworks display while he’s in concert. I saw him in Toronto, and during “Red Rain” there was a fireworks display going on at the time, so it was perfectly timed. And, obviously, he’s quite a showman. Never did get to see Kate Bush with Peter Gabriel, but that’s another story altogether.
The Stones in before that, with my two favorite Stone tunes, “Paint It Black” and “Sympathy for the Devil.” That is what we’re doing today. We’re just playing double songs from some of my favorite bands and some of my favorite songs. Hope you enjoy them so far. But don’t forget, you can come down there in the chat and say, “Hey, I’d like to hear some of this,” and we’ll play a double shot of it if we’ve got any. How’s that sound?
Once again, one of my all-time favorite bands, Pink Floyd. One of the reasons why I started doing this Mental Health Radio is because music is the ultimate cure. Also, talking about mental health is very necessary, and that’s what we like to do here at Mental Health Radio. So let’s keep talking by Pink Floyd. It is worth it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Double Down Thursday, right here on mentalhealthradio.ca, where we’re playing two songs from some of our favorite bands. We just heard “Sultans of Swing” from that amazing first album from Dire Straits. So many great hits on that one, and so many hits altogether in their repertoire. “Industrial Disease” was off the next album. And then the “Love Over Gold” album, which was, oh my goodness, such a great album. “Telegraph Road,” “Love Over Gold” and “Brothers in Arms.” So many great tunes. In before that, of course, “Walk of Life.”
We started that set off with some Pink Floyd. We had “Time” in there from “Pulse,” and “Keep Talking” as well from “Pulse,” our disc number one. I did manage to catch Pink Floyd, and what a great show. “Pulse” was a great live album. It was just absolutely a spectacular album. And, of course, Pink Floyd. What can you say about them?
But, like I was saying, welcome to Double Down Thursday. It’s January 8th, 2026. I hope your year is going good. We’re going to get back to the music right now with some Genesis. This is… This is… This is…
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Talking about three-piece bands, you know, Triumph, Rush, et cetera, et cetera. Not too often do people really contemplate how great the Police are. They are absolutely spectacular. They have so many great songs from their albums, “Outlandos d’Amour,” “Reggatta de Blanc,” “Synchronicity,” obviously. What a great album. “King of Pain” and those two songs, “Synchronicity I” and “Synchronicity II,” just an amazing three-piece band. But they’re not very often mentioned in that all-time great three-piece band group, like Motörhead and others. But in before that, Genesis, of course, with “Home by the Sea” and “Second Home by the Sea,” which might maybe be on the next Prog Rock Part 2, because that is over 10 minutes long when you put them both together. Just saying, might be.
So what we’re doing here is Double Down Thursday. I want to welcome you to it. Hopefully you’ve been here for most of it, and hopefully you enjoy the music I’ve picked out for you tonight. If not, come on to the chat, put down your name, make sure you save it. Throw a song on there or throw a name on there. See if we can play your double down this Thursday. In the meantime, we’re going to get back to some Tom Petty, “A Mind with a…”
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A couple of what they call bonus tracks from the “A Night at the Opera” album. Two of the best ones on the album as well, I would say. “I’m in Love with My Car,” of course, and “Good Company” by Queen. Thanks for tuning in, and thanks to User283, who found us and liked what he heard so far. So thanks for tuning in.
In before that, we, of course, had Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from “Live at the Plantation.” “Refugee” was that version, and Tom Petty with “A Mind with a Heart of His Own” started off that set. Thanks for tuning in to Double Down Thursday, where we play two songs by artists that we like. Unless we get requests, then we’ll play the artists you might like to hear. So let’s continue on with the music. How about some Moody Blues right now?
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Winehouse from the BBC collections there. That is “Lullaby of Birdland,” and before that, back to 2007, we’ve got “Back to Black.” Amy Winehouse is one of the infamous groups, the 27 Club, as they’re called. Robert Johnson was also part of it, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, of course, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan of the Grateful Dead, Kurt Cobain, and, of course, Miss Amy Winehouse. And just barely missing that club was Heath Ledger. He was just over the age of 27 when he took his life.
Of course, the 27 Club has no scientific explanation. It’s just one of those things. Intense pressure of fame, addiction and mental health challenges were common in all of these artists’ lives and in the lives of people in the 27 Club. Before that, the Moody Blues with “The Voice” and “Gemini Dream.” Great tunes there as well. We’re going to continue Double Down Thursday with some Live.
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Of course, that’s the Chameleon, David Bowie, and one of his personas. That’s Tin Machine and “Under the Gods.” Live in before that with “Damn at Otter Creek,” and that’s from the “Throwing Copper” album of 1994. What an amazing album that is. David Bowie by himself with “Ashes to Ashes” in before that, and, of course, another song from Live, “I Alone.”
Now, we had a little bit of a glitch there because, of course, we’re supposed to be doing Double Down and back-to-back. But I went to play “Selling the Drama” as the second song, and my system said, “I don’t want to play that one.” So we’ll just go to David Bowie and boot that song out of here. But, okay. And nonetheless, a glitch. Maybe it was operator error. We’re never going to admit that. But thank you all for tuning in. It’s time for me to go.
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We’re going to end this Double Down Thursday with a couple of songs from a Canadian band called [unclear band name].
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Thanks for tuning in, and happy mental health to you.
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