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Ed Tudor Pole – singer, actor, serial showman – saw the pop and punk wars as ‘pure theatre’.
Episode 745
Ed Tudor Pole entered punk rock from stage school and always felt he was playing a part. After being hired to act in the Great Rock’N’Roll Swindle, h…
1 year, 2 months ago
AI’s Word In Your Ear theme tune (!!), the four stages of showbiz & taking kids to concerts
Episode 744
Scanning the rock and roll ether with our patent heat-seeking Ripple-Detector®️ to see what rings the bell. Which this week includes …
… how reformed…
1 year, 2 months ago
Hearing 45 year-old records you’d never played & the least likely-looking person to become a rock star
Episode 743
The super-trouper of scrutiny scans this week’s events and lands upon …
… the man who’s played on 21,000 records.
… how Joni Mitchell is still stirri…
1 year, 2 months ago
What Kate Mossman discovered about rock’s elder statesmen
Episode 742
Kate’s an old pal from our days at Word magazine. She was on the staff for six years before heading off to the New Statesman and has just put out a c…
1 year, 2 months ago
How John Harris and his son found a life-changing connection through music
Episode 741
John Harris is an old pal from our days in the music press. You might remember him from Sounds, the NME and Select (which he edited) and he’s been on…
1 year, 2 months ago
Mike Rutherford looks back at 60 years onstage and the art of cheap rock theatre
Episode 740
This one starts with memories of Genesis at Farnborough Tech in 1972 – Batwings? Fox heads? - looks back at school bands and the early ‘70s and ends …
1 year, 2 months ago
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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago