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Happy accidents, whooping at gigs and why the album review star system doesn’t work anymore
Episode 649
In which we hoof a few balls round the rock and roll pitch and try to stick some in the net. Extracts from the live match commentary include ….
… “Wh…
1 year, 9 months ago
Pop football chants, Reg ‘Reg’ Snipton sings Joni Mitchell & the tale of John Lennon’s watch
Episode 648
The two-man tandem of curiosity wobbles its way down the rock and roll cyclepath pausing here to admire the view …
… “We’re captive on the carousel o…
1 year, 9 months ago
Only Clare Grogan knows how it feels to burst onstage from a giant birthday cake
Episode 647
Clare Grogan, a regular on our podcasts and rarely off the cover when we were at Smash Hits, is on tour again with Altered Images and playing festiva…
1 year, 9 months ago
The wit and charisma of Kate Bush by Graeme Thomson: going too far makes you what you are
Episode 646
Graeme is an old friend of the podcast. We’ve talked to him in the past about his books on Phil Lynott and John Martyn. ‘Under The Ivy: the Life And …
1 year, 9 months ago
For the love of Françoise Hardy, Ben Sidran and the TV comedy Twenty Twelve
Episode 645
Among the logs tossed on the conversational bonfire this week to combat mid-June’s British winter you’ll find …
… ‘I Managed Van Morrison’ and other f…
1 year, 10 months ago
Stewart Lee knows the rigours of ‘animal costume work’ and why great comedy is about shock
Episode 644
Stewart Lee – beloved writer, columnist and stand-up - was on the podcast in 2022 talking about the first records he bought, immensely funny and fasc…
1 year, 10 months ago
How Springsteen went “six deep”, fictional rock hacks and who’s more conservative than Liam Gallagher?
Episode 643
You’ll always find us in the kitchen at parties, near the hoppy summer ale and sausage rolls and, and this week discussing …
… he hasn't changed his …
1 year, 10 months ago
Jon Savage - Dusty’s wig, Bowie’s bombshell and how gay pop culture changed music
Episode 642
“I thought Dave Davies of the Kinks was a girl. When I discovered he was a boy, that’s when I got interested.” Jon’s an old friend of the podcast and…
1 year, 10 months ago
“Abba’s success is more about us than them”: Giles Smith looks back at a 50-year love affair
Episode 641
Giles was 12 when he watched Abba win Eurovision in 1974 and was instantly besotted – and thus required to spend the next 20 years wrestling with The…
1 year, 10 months ago
the Architect of Mod: how Peter Meaden restyled and launched the Who - by Steve Turner
Episode 640
Peter Meaden was a key figure in the Mod movement. He changed the world view of Andrew Loog Oldham, which shaped the early Stones, and he managed the…
1 year, 10 months ago