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The greatest singer of all time? (we know the answer)
Episode 493
… in which we amble fearlessly into the New Year in tireless pursuit of amusement, stopping off at various stations along the way, among them …
… ca…
3 years ago
The transformational role of the bus in ‘60s pop: discuss!
Episode 492
Things explored this week in pursuit of entertainment and diversion …
… Neil Tennant interviews Malcolm McLaren and other delights in Smash Hits, Jan…
3 years ago
The deliciously eccentric life and art of Ivor Cutler by his biographer Bruce Lindsay
Episode 491
The full and extraordinary story of “the Zelig-like” Cutler – poet, performer, broadcaster, playwright, surrealist, humorist – is mapped out in Bruce…
3 years ago
The things rock made us wear
Episode 490
Army greatcoats, plastic trousers, cowboy boots, scoop-neck t-shirts with bell sleeves … the list of laughable clobber and accessories we briefly tho…
3 years, 1 month ago
Strokes producer Gordon Raphael on the serendipitous creation of 'Is This It'
Episode 489
Gordon Raphael was the sonic architect of arguably the two most important and influential albums of the noughties - The Strokes' 'Is This It' and its…
3 years, 1 month ago
Jet Black, exotic Americans and Oscar Hammerstein’s joke
Episode 488
In which we boldly tackle the burning issues des nos jours in our restless forage for entertainment. Nutritious items on the tasting menu this week i…
3 years, 1 month ago
Word Down Your Way: Danny Baker with a taste of his thunderous one-man stand-up circus, back on the road in 2023
Episode 487
Danny’s done two hysterically funny, cartwheeling canters round the UK in the last few years and sets out again in February for 49 nights with ‘At La…
3 years, 1 month ago
Stories Christine McVie told us - including “Freddie King fixed my puncture”
Episode 486
In which the piercing searchlight of conversational scrutiny points in the direction of …
… Christine McVie’s early adventures, our burning love for …
3 years, 1 month ago
Phil Jump tells the story of the legendary Badlands - and the day he took Steve Van Zandt to Brian Jones’s grave
Episode 485
Phil and his brother Steven started a market stall in Cheltenham in the mid-‘80s and made enough money selling rare records to open the world-famous …
3 years, 1 month ago
A farewell to Wilko – “Dr Feelgood didn’t play the music, the music played them.”
Episode 484
… in which we remember watching and talking to the magnificent Wilko Johnson and look back at extraordinary moments in his life – the hippie trail to…
3 years, 1 month ago