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Dave Grohl reaches ‘Meldrew age’, Be Here Now’s 25th birthday and the sex life of Dave Davies
Episode 463
In which we paddle our conversational canoe through the rock and roll backwaters, stopping off this week at …
… the closure of Word magazine ten year…
3 years, 6 months ago
How much of ‘Indie’ is just shoes and hair?
Episode 462
High in the conversational mix this week …
… the return the Stackwaddy game! - do Ben & Jerry’s do a Bohemian Raspberry? Are there really Apple Musi…
3 years, 6 months ago
Chris Blackwell remembers the “underdogs, rejects and misfits” he signed to Island Records
Episode 461
Nearly every Island act seemed impossibly hip, characterful and charismatic and much of that was down to the vision and long-term belief of the man w…
3 years, 6 months ago
Danny Baker and Graham Gouldman at our live McCartney 80th birthday special!
Episode 460
On June 18, along with four guests, we held a party for Paul McCartney on his 80th in front of a big crowd in the magical tented arena at Opera Holla…
3 years, 6 months ago
Paul McCartney in the Park: our 80th birthday special (Part One!)
Episode 459
On June 18 we laid on a celebration of all things McCartney on his 80th in the magical tented arena at Opera Holland Park in West London. People came…
3 years, 6 months ago
What links The Day Of The Jackal, Supertramp, the Sun and James Callaghan?
Episode 458
Appetising items on our lavish tray of conversational hors d'oeuvres this week include:-
Billie Eilish, 20, (“the youngest at headliner at Glastonbur…
3 years, 6 months ago
The new Elvis movie and why we loved it
Episode 457
Among the things of great import we ran up the flagpole this week:-
Why Baz Lurhmann’s new movie will do for Elvis what Get Back’s done for the Beatl…
3 years, 7 months ago
Why music is largely about everything but music
Episode 456
Topics off the leash this week include …
The Talent v Charisma pie chart you can apply to any act.
“Double-concentrated Liam” versus “diluted Noel”, …
3 years, 7 months ago
Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp and how to ‘rockwash’ your tarnished reputation
Episode 455
We give the week a spirited shakedown to see what falls out of its pockets. And this includes …
The late Ronnie Hawkins – road hog, stunt diver, boot…
3 years, 7 months ago
Has any actor played a rock star convincingly?
Episode 454
Framed in the piercing super-trouper of perusal this week …
The highs and lows of Danny Boyle’s new Sex Pistols biopic.
The best in-car music for roa…
3 years, 7 months ago