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Our farewell to the most famous person in the world (and the story of a brief encounter)
Episode 469
The Eiffel Tower dimmed its lights, the radio played “music for a solemn occasion” and this week’s pod is a reflection about the woman who’s been Que…
3 years, 7 months ago
You’re not going to Duran Duran’s Halloween party dressed like that!
Episode 468
Among the thoughts, theories and assorted old hokey in the firing line this week you will happily find …
… rock biopics someone ought to be making
… …
3 years, 7 months ago
Celebrity mash-ups! An afternoon with Billy Joel, Ivanka Trump, Bono, Geldof and Rupert Murdoch
Episode 467
Welcome to this week’s pod in which various white-hot topics are brought in for questioning, among them …
… Whatever happened to Dando Shaft?
… Alast…
3 years, 7 months ago
The horror, the horror! Why you MUST see the new Woodstock ’99 documentary
Episode 466
In bold and vigorous pursuit of entertainment we steer via the following topics …
… Thora Hird with a rifle.
… acts who wrote rejected songs for Bond…
3 years, 8 months ago
In praise of Bernard Cribbins, Clive James and the noble art of guitar-smashing
Episode 465
Our weekly stroll through the sunlit uplands of rock and roll visits the following topics …
… Bob Dylan’s worst lyrics
… musicians in movies, actors wh…
3 years, 8 months ago
Why half the people at a gig don't really want to be there
Episode 464
While Mark Ellen is away in his French chateau, David Hepworth goes off on one about Bruce Springsteen tours and why you can't use "dynamic pricing" …
3 years, 8 months ago
Dave Grohl reaches ‘Meldrew age’, Be Here Now’s 25th birthday and the sex life of Dave Davies
Episode 463
In which we paddle our conversational canoe through the rock and roll backwaters, stopping off this week at …
… the closure of Word magazine ten year…
3 years, 8 months ago
How much of ‘Indie’ is just shoes and hair?
Episode 462
High in the conversational mix this week …
… the return the Stackwaddy game! - do Ben & Jerry’s do a Bohemian Raspberry? Are there really Apple Musi…
3 years, 9 months ago
Chris Blackwell remembers the “underdogs, rejects and misfits” he signed to Island Records
Episode 461
Nearly every Island act seemed impossibly hip, characterful and charismatic and much of that was down to the vision and long-term belief of the man w…
3 years, 9 months ago
Danny Baker and Graham Gouldman at our live McCartney 80th birthday special!
Episode 460
On June 18, along with four guests, we held a party for Paul McCartney on his 80th in front of a big crowd in the magical tented arena at Opera Holla…
3 years, 9 months ago