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Mike Scott of the Waterboys remembers the shows that inspired him
Episode 739
The Waterboys’ new album comes with the magnificent title ‘Life, Death & Dennis Hopper’ and the band start touring in May. Mike Scott looks back here…
1 year ago
The lost world of teenage love songs – and the best pop song ever written!
Episode 738
In eager pursuit of dance and merriment, we dust down the current events. Which this week involves ….
… are teenagers no longer in love? And what doe…
1 year, 1 month ago
Nik Kershaw remembers Live Aid, snoods, fingerless gloves & a sudden male-female audience shift
Episode 737
Someone else we put on the cover of Smash Hits 40 years ago who’s touring in 2025! He’s playing European festivals, ‘80s packages, dates with his ban…
1 year, 1 month ago
Gang Of Four’s Jon King now sees the comedy in their endless self-sabotage
Episode 736
Gang Of Four’s moment was dramatic but brief. It was littered with times when the future seemed impossibly bright before disaster crept up with a cos…
1 year, 1 month ago
Has politics eaten entertainment? What’s ‘perfect sound’? Plus Brian James & how to make a speech
Episode 735
Tyres pumped, engine cranked, chromework winking in the Springtime sun, the two-man conversational jalopy sets off on its weekly spin and visits …
… …
1 year, 1 month ago
Film-maker Denny Tedesco on dad’s old band The Wrecking Crew and new doc “Immediate Family”
Episode 734
We’re long-time admirers of Denny Tedesco’s “Wrecking Crew” doc which celebrated the studio musicians of 60s Hollywood, the unseen hands who can be h…
1 year, 1 month ago
Lennon & McCartney seen in a fresh, stirring and original new light by Ian Leslie
Episode 733
Ian Leslie posted his ‘64 Reasons To Celebrate Paul McCartney’ in 2020 and the viral reaction to its piercing and original points encouraged him to w…
1 year, 1 month ago
The threat of AI, the appeal of Gene Hackman & the filthy glamour of Exile On Main St
Episode 732
In which we pedal the conversational tandem uphill and down dale, like a rabbit through the pea-vine or a turkey through the corn, stopping for momen…
1 year, 1 month ago
Graham Fellows, “the comedy of the underdog” and inventing John Shuttleworth and Jilted John
Episode 731
We first saw Graham Fellows as Jilted John on Top of the Pops in 1978 and we’ve followed his characters ever since, especially drawn to the keyboard-…
1 year, 1 month ago
Eternally cool rock stars, the Bond takeover and remembering Rick Buckler
Episode 730
As sinister autocrats stroke Persian cats in shark-pooled underground bunkers, their bony fingers reaching for the nuclear button, we shake another V…
1 year, 1 month ago