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The afterlife of Hallelujah and the day David sold his old singles
Episode 709
We ran our patent heat-sensing Scrutiniser®️ over the week’s news and here’s what set the bells off …
… are buskers now more expensive live entertain…
1 year, 3 months ago
The greatest sax solo, YMCA, musical one-night stands and Tom Hanks’ wise advice
Episode 708
Paddling the three-man conversational kayak across the rock and roll rapids this week involved …
… Olive Mess, Candied Yams, Gorilla Biscuits …? Chal…
1 year, 4 months ago
How ‘60s pop was sold and the first news stories launching the hits
Episode 707
Joni Mitchell called it “stoking the star-maker machinery behind the popular song”. Every record sent out for review used to come with a press releas…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Beatles ’64 movie - one of us loves it, the other doesn’t. Plus Rod’s tweets & Trump’s guitars
Episode 706
Reversing into tomorrow! This week’s news events given a vigorous once-over include …
… what will a Trump guitar be worth in 30 years’ time?
… the av…
1 year, 4 months ago
How R.E.M. changed the game and why there’ll never be another band like them
Episode 705
R.E.M. considered themselves missionaries against the prevailing pop culture – no solos, no old-school stagecraft, no printed lyrics, no lip-syncing,…
1 year, 4 months ago
Fairport, Nick Drake, Traffic and why Island Records was a sumptuous visual delight
Episode 704
Neil Storey worked in the Island press office in the ‘70s and ‘80s and has set out on mammoth undertaking, to compile a series of gorgeous, album-sle…
1 year, 4 months ago
Danny Baker - the panjandrum of unstoppable anecdote with a taste of his upcoming tour
Episode 703
Danny Baker, the act you’ve known for all these years, is kicking his legs up again in 2025 on a thundering new theatre tour, ‘Aye Aye! Ahoy Hoy!’ “D…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Band Aid recording, the birth of the tape loop and the power of the movie theme tune
Episode 702
This week’s events piled into a pipe and enthusiastically smoked include …
… our memories of being at the Band Aid recording in Sarm studios, Novem…
1 year, 4 months ago
How Toyah & Robert’s kitchen show became an Xmas rock’n’roll ding-dong
Episode 701
One of our rays of sunshine in the dark days of Lockdown was Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch, fizzing clips of the two of them in their Dorset kitche…
1 year, 4 months ago
John Lydon on the genius of Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper and the fine art of Spoken Word
Episode 700
John Lydon is among us in 2025 - with Public Image in May and on his Spoken Word tour in September. Entertainment is guaranteed, as it is in this pod…
1 year, 4 months ago