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Who should follow John Lydon with a Spoken Word spectacular?
Episode 669
We applied dynamic pricing to this week’s news and various stories trebled in value, among them …
… further adventures in the Oasis ticket fiasco.
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1 year, 7 months ago
David Hepworth on the glory, comedy and tragedy of rock stars who can't retire
Episode 668
David’s seventh book in his ‘orange series’ is just out and you’re guaranteed to love it. He and Mark discussed ‘Hope I Get Old Before I Die’ at a so…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Oasis reunion – feuds, cash, symbolism and the desire to repair our imperfect lives
Episode 667
David, Mark and our token bucket-hatted parka monkey Alex tackle the return of Oasis, its grip on the public imagination and why they’re the biggest …
1 year, 7 months ago
Are comedians more competitive than rock stars?
Episode 666
In a concerted effort to put the world to rights, David and Mark ruminate upon the following …
… Kylie and the Wiggles? Canned Heat and the Chipmunks?…
1 year, 7 months ago
Johnny Beatle’, early Blondie, Led Zeppelin’s plane and seven fabulous years at the Melody Maker.
Episode 665
Rock journalism as an occupation is rapidly heading in the direction of the watch-mender or lamplighter so Chris Charlesworth’s account of life at th…
1 year, 7 months ago
One-word rock star mimicry, bands who shouldn’t reform & the best thing about Taylor Swift
Episode 664
With David asleep on a French sun-lounger beneath a copy of Summer Lightning, Alex and Mark pour themselves a cold drink and consider …
… the great s…
1 year, 7 months ago
The extraordinary story of Arthur Lee, Love and the 1966 flop which became a hit for the ages
Episode 663
Love’s official biographer John Einarson tells David Hepworth the star-crossed tale of the band who made the least psychedelic album of the psychedel…
1 year, 8 months ago
Buddy Holly airlines and the inimitable Bob Dylan
Episode 662
As Mark Ellen goes shrimping at Frinton David Hepworth and Alex Gold links hands across the Atlantic to discuss:
….why a quick turn around Mount Hood …
1 year, 8 months ago
“Pop music is 80 per cent about hair”, remaking classic albums and why CDs are so hard to love
Episode 661
A small Pastis, a game of boules and a conversation putting the rock and roll world to rights, which this week includes …
… why Debbie Harry and Mick…
1 year, 8 months ago
Queen, Bowie and other residents of Rockfield Studios remembered by the cook’s daughter
Episode 660
Rockfield is a converted farmhouse in the Welsh countryside where, for over 50 years, bands have lived while recording. In the ‘70s Tiffany Murray’s …
1 year, 8 months ago