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Beastie Boys, Frankie, teds, punks, raves - ‘moral panics’ remembered!
Episode 852
Shock, horror, public outcry and moments of moral turpitude plus with the usual news, rants and old hokum, which this week alights upon …
… why Gene …
1 month ago
Punk Rock recalled by Chris Sullivan - can music STILL be outrageous?
Episode 851
What’s the word ‘punk’ come to mean 50 years later? It’s been adopted by the very people it sought to unsettle. Chris Sullivan – DJ, club runner, lec…
1 month, 1 week ago
UK Subs’ Charlie Harper (81) has served 50 years in the punk wars. Give this man a medal!
Episode 850
UK Subs formed in 1976 when Charlie Harper was 32. They’ve had over 80 members, some of whom he can’t remember. They never split up and are touring i…
1 month, 1 week ago
Fairytale of New York's full story & the imperishable genius of Steve Cropper
Episode 849
The boys of the NYPD choir are still singing Galway Bay, so pour yourself a measure of the Rare Old Mountain Dew and warm your toes on the following …
1 month, 1 week ago
The Beatles versus Capitol Records and ‘the greatest marketing hype in history’
Episode 848
In 1963, Capitol Records considered the Beatles “a band who looked and sounded weird with an odd name and no leader” and refused to release their rec…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Undertones are 50! And no-one’s more amazed than Damian O’Neill
Episode 847
Glorious news! The Undertones, dependable symbols of eternal youth, are setting out on a 50th anniversary tour in 2026, still playing Teenage Kicks a…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Jimmy Cliff, unseen Beatles and the greatest bassline on record!
Episode 846
Twenty pounds of headlines plus rants, theories and the odd slice of old hokum: served hot. Which this week involves …
… Jimmy Cliff and how his vers…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Boo Hewerdine’s funny and alarming account of real life on the road
Episode 845
Boo Hewerdine, beloved singer-songwriter, has been onstage for 40 years in venues of every type, shape and size. He thinks of himself as a “tradesman…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Legendary duos who met by chance, RIP Mani & ironing to gangsta rap
Episode 844
News, rants, theories and curios which this week includes ….
… how Mani made the Stone Roses swing
… Mick & Keith, Meg & Jack, Hall & Oates, Neil & C…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Kula Shaker’s Crispian Mills had a colourful childhood
Episode 843
Crispian Mills knew he’d be onstage as he’s from a “family of professional show-offs” but they begged him not to be an actor. He talks here about his…
2 months ago