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Glen Matlock and the ‘Sliding Doors moment’ that sparked the punk rock fuse
Episode 583
Glen Matlock came to our live podcast recording at London’s 21Soho at the end of November and lit up the audience with tales from his new memoir ‘Tri…
2 years, 1 month ago
Does anyone know more about rock stars than Jenny Boyd?
Episode 582
You wonder why her life hasn’t been made into a movie. Jenny Boyd’s mother had so many children she didn’t realise her daughter had quit school and b…
2 years, 1 month ago
Who’s next for an AI movie, first use of sampling & rock stars in unsuitable clothes
Episode 581
We ran our metal detector over this week’s rugged rock and roll terrain and dug deep when it beeped. Among those prime locations …
… the secret of To…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kanye West & the billion dollar gym pumps plus the album sleeve that changed the game
Episode 580
The week’s rock and roll luggage was put through the scanner by our sharp-eyed security chiefs and the following items kept back for scrutiny …
… 82 y…
2 years, 2 months ago
The 2-Tone story - Daniel Rachel remembers the school playground “turning black and white”
Episode 579
As if by some magical alignment of the planets, the Specials, Madness and the Beat were all listening to the same music and developing the same look…
2 years, 2 months ago
Why Kirsty MacColl was so funny, honest, original and impossible to sell – by Jude Rogers
Episode 578
Jude Rogers – writer, broadcaster, old pal of the pod - first heard Kirsty MacColl when she was nine and felt a connection ever since. She’s just wri…
2 years, 2 months ago
Mystery people on album sleeves, Elton dressed as a hornet and Leonard Cohen’s favourite song and why
Episode 577
This week’s winning hand from the rock and roll card deck includes …
… a silver salute to musicians who don’t dye their hair.
… did Al Pacino play Ph…
2 years, 2 months ago
Slade, a rambunctious reminder of a vanished world by Daryl Easlea
Episode 576
Slade were as revolutionary as T. Rex or Roxy Music, Daryl Easlea points out. At one stage they were outselling Bowie and Bolan. They were the band t…
2 years, 2 months ago
The KLF torched £1m "and are haunted by it daily". John Higgs knows why
Episode 575
John Higgs' brilliant and wide-ranging book 'The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned A Million Pounds' came out ten years ago and just keeps on…
2 years, 2 months ago
What did we think of the Beatles' last hurrah?
Episode 574
"The Beatles gave us a continuing soundtrack of unparalleled charm and reassurance", Derek Taylor said. "As long as they kept on delivering fresh son…
2 years, 2 months ago