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Noel Coward, Gallagher & Squire’s superpower summit & the art of the Bob Dylan backbeat
Episode 589
Amid the detritus of tangerine peel, half-eaten chocolates, broken toys and jars of home-brewed chutney beneath the rock and roll Christmas tree we f…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hipgnosis album art, the hardest working man in showbiz & the moment the world went mad
Episode 588
We check this week’s luggage on the rock and roll baggage carousel and remove the following items for inspection …
… The People v OJ Simpson and why…
2 years, 3 months ago
Denny Laine, the Move’s catastrophic court case & the man who's made 700 albums in 2 years
Episode 587
This week’s wheat/chaff separation process sifts the following from the rock and roll cornfield …
… Tony Secunda, his gangsterish suits and the publi…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Beatles as seen by their roadie, co-conspirator & friend Mal Evans – and Kenneth Womack
Episode 586
Mal Evans was the Beatles’ right-hand man, their bouncer, bodyguard, gofer, chauffeur, drug-runner, roadie, fellow party animal, confidante and frien…
2 years, 4 months ago
A drink to Shane MacGowan, Spinal Tap rebooted and lunch with Randy Newman
Episode 585
Belfast author and old pal of the pod Stuart Bailie joins us to remember the lost captain of the good ship Pogues and we touch on Shane’s “feral” ear…
2 years, 4 months ago
Pauline Murray’s kids have finally found out what Mum did in the Punk Wars
Episode 584
Pauline Murray kept a diary when she and Penetration were on the punk rock frontline and her vivid and emotional memories appear in a new memoir, Lif…
2 years, 4 months ago
Glen Matlock and the ‘Sliding Doors moment’ that sparked the punk rock fuse
Episode 583
Glen Matlock came to our live podcast recording at London’s 21Soho at the end of November and lit up the audience with tales from his new memoir ‘Tri…
2 years, 4 months ago
Does anyone know more about rock stars than Jenny Boyd?
Episode 582
You wonder why her life hasn’t been made into a movie. Jenny Boyd’s mother had so many children she didn’t realise her daughter had quit school and b…
2 years, 4 months ago
Who’s next for an AI movie, first use of sampling & rock stars in unsuitable clothes
Episode 581
We ran our metal detector over this week’s rugged rock and roll terrain and dug deep when it beeped. Among those prime locations …
… the secret of To…
2 years, 4 months ago
Kanye West & the billion dollar gym pumps plus the album sleeve that changed the game
Episode 580
The week’s rock and roll luggage was put through the scanner by our sharp-eyed security chiefs and the following items kept back for scrutiny …
… 82 y…
2 years, 4 months ago