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You’re either a t-shirt act or a non t-shirt act: discuss
Episode 448
White-hot topics examined this week include:-
The sweeping return of Britpop (Shed Seven, Reverend and the Makers, how did they get so huge?)
Has Nic…
4 years, 1 month ago
Which band played the Old Grey Whistle Test and was then completely forgotten?
Episode 447
Among the key questions being booted round the block this week in hot pursuit of entertainment:-
Why is the billing of the Rolling Stones as just “St…
4 years, 2 months ago
‘Streaming Killed the Skit Track’ plus Toastface Grillah and the Sgt Peppermill
Episode 446
Among the delights this week:-
Pink Floyd’s single for Ukraine (the best peace anthem ever?) and the song Bruce Springsteen played the night Saddam H…
4 years, 2 months ago
We spot Will “Slapper” Smith’s biggest mistake at the Oscars and salute Ben Sidran’s foot
Episode 445
Will Smith did something at the Academy Awards which showed what he cared about most - did you notice it too? Our blow-by-blow account of the moment …
4 years, 2 months ago
No Top Of The Pops. No NME or Smash Hits covers. What do bands dream of now?
Episode 444
In which we salute the charismatic Taylor Hawkins – and the magnetic appeal of brothers in arms (Taylor & Dave, Pete and Carl, Bruce and Clarence, Jo…
4 years, 2 months ago
How did ‘New Boots And Panties!!’ get released without a parental advisory sticker?
Episode 443
Entertaining things subjected to wry and rigorous scrutiny this week include:-
* The most bizarre and tenuous rock autobiographies – eg the tell-all …
4 years, 2 months ago
There’s only been one truly original group and we know who they are
Episode 442
Have you ever heard a band but couldn’t work out where their sound came from? We’re saying: only once. What connects the Sweet’s Blockbuster! to Will…
4 years, 3 months ago
There’s only been one truly original group and we know who they are
Episode 442
Have you ever heard a band but couldn’t work out where their sound came from? We’re saying: only once. What connects the Sweet’s Blockbuster! to Will…
4 years, 3 months ago
Which bands were ALL good–looking? 15 contenders considered...
Episode 441
There’s “pop star good looks” - as opposed to “film star good looks” - and there’s “indie good looks” ... but which acts were a hundred per cent hot?…
4 years, 3 months ago
Why $15m for Britney Spears’ memoir is “a bargain” and the curious tale of A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Episode 440
In which we skip the light fandango through live recordings full of extraneous noise – hecklers on a Lou Reed track, barking dogs on a Joe Henry albu…
4 years, 3 months ago