Best Martin Austwick Podcasts (2024)

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The Podgoblin's Hat Bonus Episode 4: Martin Zaltz Austwick 1:07:21

1M ago1:07:21

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This is the 4th bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.This week we've got a special guest in to talk all about the music of Tove Jansson, and the game we talked about last week (Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley) AND the short story that kicked off this miniseason (th…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Bonus Episode 5: Matt Miller 40:53

1M ago40:53

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This is the 5th bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.To round off our spring miniseason we've got a final (for now) look at The Spring Tune, with special guest Matt Miller, a poet and theatre maker. Matt's take on this story is fairly different from all the other t…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Bonus Episode 3: Melody of Moominvalley 58:02

1M ago58:02

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This is the 3rd bonus episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're popping in with something a little different for you this week, it's a video game review! That's right, we're almost topical!Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is a beautiful, relaxing, not quite open world ex…

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The Podgoblins Hat Episode 16: The Spring Tune 1:06:39

1M ago1:06:39

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This is the sixteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.The crocuses are up, the cherry trees are in bloom, and Snufkin is tramping back to Moomin Valley - it must be time for our spring miniseries!We're kicking off with this beautiful, perfectly formed gem of a short…

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Bonus #5 Matt Miller 40:53

1M ago40:53

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To round off our spring miniseason we've got a final (for now) look at The Spring Tune, with special guest Matt Miller, a poet and theatre maker. Matt's take on this story is fairly different from all the other takes we've heard so far! It's about smoking, doing the washing up, procrastination. We play a round of our unofficial but recurring game: …

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Bonus #4 Martin Zaltz Austwick 1:07:21

1M ago1:07:21

1:07:21

This week we've got a special guest in to talk all about the music of Tove Jansson, and the game we talked about last week (Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley) AND the short story that kicked off this miniseason (the Spring Tune). Martin is a musician, a podcaster, a player of games, so he is ideal for all this! If you would like to listen along to th…

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Going Round in Circles [Waves] 4:54

1M ago4:54

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Around the planet People go round in circles Around the planet Due to the unique way Neutrinowatch is created, you may need to consult the transcript to see who appears today. --- Created by Martin Austwick, with help from Jeff Emtman. Written and performed by: Jenny Adamthwaite | Martin Austwick | Vera Chok | Fil Corbett | Jeff Emtman | Camilla Ha…

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Bonus #3 Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley 58:02

2M ago58:02

58:02

We're popping in with something a little different for you this week, it's a video game review! That's right, we're almost topical! Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is a beautiful, relaxing, not quite open world exploration of Moomin Valley through the eyes and musical instruments of Snufkin. We discuss the way it feels, the way it looks, the way it…

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The Spring Tune 1:06:39

2M ago1:06:39

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The crocuses are up, the cherry trees are in bloom, and Snufkin is tramping back to Moomin Valley - it must be time for our spring miniseries! We're kicking off with this beautiful, perfectly formed gem of a short story from the collection Tales from Moomin Valley. It's a story about creativity, inspiration, song writing, and how big you need to be…

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"... we've been Song by Song" - Final Season Specials 1:49:39

4M ago1:49:39

1:49:39

Aaaaaaand finally... we're delighted to welcome Sam Clements to the show for an extended farewell to the podcast, discussing the process involved in producing a weekly music show for 8+ years. Martin and Sam fess up to a few things, talk about the work involved behind the scenes, and consider what a project like this affects the people involved. It…

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The Old Favourites pt 2 - Where did we end up? - Final Season Specials 49:07

4M ago49:07

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Having gone through all of Waits's music Song by Song, we're obviously well-placed to say which ones are best... or maybe least-worst... perhaps just from our perspective... subjectively good in these two people's opinions... but then who are we to say? Anyway, in this penultimate episode, Sam and Martin have a little chat about The Old Favourites …

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The Old Favourites pt 1 - Where do you begin? - Final Season Specials 38:05

4M ago38:05

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Having done the work, put in the hours and carefully considered all the options, Martin and Sam discuss exactly where they think a new listener to Waits's music might want to start, considering the various angles and perspectives one might have, as well as a little discussion of Tom's compilation albums. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @son…

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Music Videos pt 2 (1999-2012) - Final Season Specials 1:00:02

5M ago1:00:02

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Our second set of music videos brings Philippa back to Martin and Sam for the last decade-and-change of Waits music videos. Sampling the work of Jesse Dylan, Matt Mahurin and various others, we consider what these videos mean in a post-YouTube world, as well as Waits's filmed promos in the 21st century. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @song…

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Music Videos pt 1 (1979-1992) - Final Season Specials 1:03:21

5M ago1:03:21

1:03:21

Continuing our season of specials on material outside the show’s main remit, Philippa Spanos returns to help Martin and Sam consider the creative and commercial aspects of Waits’s music videos. Starting with a long-overlooked animation experiment from the 70s, we chart how these films function in relation to the music, the commercial purpose of a v…

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Mailbag Episode #7 1:12:53

5M ago1:12:53

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Our final season wouldn't be complete without a look at the emails sent in by you, dear listeners, covering some errors and omissions, new theories, questions about remasters and several lovely well-wishes as we head towards the end of the show. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music extract…

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"He's a real Mensch" - Barney Hoskyns on the music of Tom Waits - Final Season Specials 1:33:23

5M ago1:33:23

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We're delighted to bring you an extended interview with the man who literally wrote the book on Tom Waits, Barney Hoskyns. Bouncing through a selection of Waits's material from the 70s to the present day, we discuss what it's like to interview and write about artists, what changed (and stayed the same) in Waits's music, and how you should always ta…

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True Orphans pt 7 (2010-2023) - Final Season Specials 40:11

5M ago40:11

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Just imagine... at one point we thought this surprisingly epic True Orphans series might fit in two episodes, HA! Anyway, for this final episode Martin and Sam consider the Waits material from 2010 to the present day, including several contributions to tribute albums, a few live recordings, and his beautiful-yet-flawed farewell to David Letterman. …

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True Orphans pt 6 (2000-2009) - Final Season Specials 45:38

6M ago45:38

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As we enter the new millennium, Waits pushes into new sonic territory with various collaborations, covers and spoken word pieces, including nostalgic re-inventions and some more full-blooded engagement with hip hop music. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music extracts used for illustrative/…

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Christmas Break 2023 0:47

6M ago0:47

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Just a brief FYI that Song by Song is taking a (previously unannounced) seasonal break for two weeks. We'll be back on January 10th 2024 with the penultimate episode of our True Orphans series. Have a lovely Winterval everyone!By Song by Song podcast

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 15: The Fir Tree 1:15:19

6M ago1:15:19

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This is the fifteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're wrapping up this year on the Podgoblin's Hat with Tove's Christmas offering: The Fir Tree.It's got everything you want from a Christmas story: the light and the dark, the fear and the wonder. There's even a…

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The Fir Tree 1:15:19

6M ago1:15:19

1:15:19

We're wrapping up this year on the Podgoblin's Hat with Tove's Christmas offering: The Fir Tree. It's got everything you want from a Christmas story: the light and the dark, the fear and the wonder. There's even a little cameo from the Moomin family gun. We chat about different translations of this story, we exchange presents and talk at length abo…

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True Orphans pt 5 (1992-1999) - Final Season Specials 34:16

6M ago34:16

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Rounding out the second half(?) of the 1990s, Waits explores collaborations with old friends and some unusual covers, as well as the building of experimental musical instruments, including his own mouth. It's a weird one, no doubt about it! website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music extracts use…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 14: Moominland Midwinter (part 2) 1:37:32

6M ago1:37:32

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This is the fourteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're wrapping up Moominland Midwinter this week, and despite being only three chapters, it's 70% of the words in this book, so do strap in for a mammoth episode.There's a whole raft of new characters: the lonel…

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Moominland Midwinter (part 2) 1:37:32

6M ago1:37:32

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We're wrapping up Moominland Midwinter this week, and despite being only three chapters, it's 70% of the words in this book, so do strap in for a mammoth episode. There's a whole raft of new characters: the lonely and the rum, a flock of small creep, a very melancholy dog and a jock Hemulen. Misunderstandings and unrequited longings abound. Moomint…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 13: Moominland Midwinter (part 1) 1:25:13

7M ago1:25:13

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This is the thirteenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.Welcome to series 3! We're back with a banger: Moominland Midwinter. Nina has had this book hyped up by everyone who knows she's doing this podcast, and despite all the hype it doesn't disappoint.In this first h…

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True Orphans pt 4 (1990-1992) - Final Season Specials 26:15

7M ago26:15

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Into the 1990s, Martin and Sam return for more unreleased Waits tracks, splitting the decade into two more manageable chunks. This first episode sees some repurposed music, a few live songs, as well as Waits delivering heart-felt advice alongside Thelonius Monster. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gma…

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Moominland Midwinter (part 1) 1:25:13

7M ago1:25:13

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Welcome to series 3! We're back with a banger: Moominland Midwinter. Nina has had this book hyped up by everyone who knows she's doing this podcast, and despite all the hype it doesn't disappoint. In this first half of the book, the unthinkable happens: Moomintroll awakes from his hibernation and finds himself alone in a world of winter. It is as i…

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True Orphans pt 3 (1980-1989) - Final Season Specials 52:28

7M ago52:28

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More discussions of Waits's unreleased recordings brings us to the 1980s, featuring several demos, a bunch of covers, and significant collaborations with other musicians, both big and small. Highlights this week include his contribution to a poetry documentary, a live Ewan MacColl cover, and his evening of collaborations with The Replacements. webs…

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True Orphans pt 2 (1977-1979) - Final Season Specials 42:08

7M ago42:08

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Our second episode dealing with the non-album work of Tom Waits (and our second from the 1970s) brings a variety of covers, live performances, outtakes and re-uses from studio sessions... including the Hokey Pokey. Check the show notes for versions of everything we're discussing, and hopefully you'll find some new favourites. website: songbysongpod…

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True Orphans pt 1 (1971-1977) - Final Season Specials 44:49

7M ago44:49

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Having determined not to waste everyone's time with a comprehensive coverage of ALL of Waits's recordings... Sam and Martin return to the podcast to do exactly that. Sorry? In this first of several episodes, we consider some of the most prolific years of Waits's career, covering as many recordings as we can find between 1971 and 1977. website: song…

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Dear John [Exquisite Corpus] 3:23

7M ago3:23

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Dear John [Exquisite Corpus] Wendy has something to share, if only she could find the right words. A discombobulated beat poem might convey her emotions better than a straightforward letter. [This is perhaps better enjoyed alongside its transcript, and a cooling beverage] --- Made by Martin Austwick with help from Jeff Emtman. Find us at neutrino.w…

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After You Die, Bad As Me, Tom Waits [429] 37:31

9M ago37:31

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WE DID IT! Just over 8 years and several hundred episodes since Ol’ 55, we’ve songed all the songs there are to Song by Song. Along with a little look back at Bad As Me, Kirk, Sam and Martin also give this alphabetically-first-but-chronologically-last track full consideration, and quickly check in to see how The Eagles have been doing. Plus - BONUS…

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Tell Me, Bad As Me, Tom Waits [428] 25:14

9M ago25:14

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A quintessential and sincere song of advice and experience for Kirk, Martin and Sam this week, perhaps also bordering on the sentimental? We discuss the paired imagery in the lyrics, more rhythmic shifting, and examine the questions these songs are asking (along with the answers they suggest). website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod …

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She Stole The Blush, Bad As Me, Tom Waits [427] 23:32

9M ago23:32

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Diving into the three bonus tracks from the Bad As Me Deluxe edition, Sam and Martin welcome Kirk Hamilton of the Strong Songs podcast to explore isolated sax stabs, irregular rhythmic structures and sparse arrangements. We consider Waits's continued vocal experimentation, the oblique details of his lyric writing, and the politics and history of da…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 12: The Dangerous Journey & Villain In The Moominhouse 1:06:18

9M ago1:06:18

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This is the twelth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.To wrap up season two we are bringing you the last two picture books set in the Moomin universe written by Tove Jansson.Both of these books are a bit difficult and inaccessible! They're very interesting to Moomin fa…

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The Dangerous Journey & Villain In The Moominhouse 1:06:18

9M ago1:06:18

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To wrap up season two we are bringing you the last two picture books set in the Moomin universe written by Tove Jansson. Both of these books are a bit difficult and inaccessible! They're very interesting to Moomin fans in that they show the later stages of Tove's journey with her little trolls, and how she felt about them towards the end of her lif…

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New Year’s Eve, Bad As Me, Tom Waits [426] 27:55

9M ago27:55

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At the end of the album-proper, Andrea, Martin and Sam consider the festive season as well as all its associated traumas. We return to Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Rickie Lee Jones as well as 1970s Tom Waits, debating possible autobiographical elements, poverty tourism, and which lullaby is best used to ring in the new year. website: songbysongpodcast…

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The Podgoblins Hat Episode 11: The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My & Who Will Comfort Toffle 1:13:59

9M ago1:13:59

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This is the eleventh episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're breaking from our normal format for these next two episodes to bring you Tove Jansson's picture books.The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My is really ahead of its time in terms of interactivity and the…

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The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My & Who Will Comfort Toffle 1:13:59

9M ago1:13:59

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We're breaking from our normal format for these next two episodes to bring you Tove Jansson's picture books. The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My is really ahead of its time in terms of interactivity and the use of holes cut out of the pages. It's a simple enough journey story, and a vehicle for some really gorgeous art. We compare the trans…

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Hell Broke Luce, Bad As Me, Tom Waits [425] 26:38

10M ago26:38

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With serious discussion of disturbing events from the start, Andrea illuminates for Sam and Martin some of the context for this song of military trauma. We consider musical presentation of problems and solutions to injustice, sonic and lyrical density, and Waits’s political engagement more broadly website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysong…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 10: Moominsummer Madness (part 2) 1:12:41

10M ago1:12:41

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This is the tenth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.Content note: discussion of suicidal thoughts in the What Would Snufkin do part of the podcast This book splits three ways on Midsummer Eve: Snufkin is enacting revenge on a Park Keeper, Moomintroll and the Snork Mai…

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Moominsummer Madness (part 2) 1:12:41

10M ago1:12:41

1:12:41

Content note: discussion of suicidal thoughts in the What Would Snufkin do part of the podcast This book splits three ways on Midsummer Eve: Snufkin is enacting revenge on a Park Keeper, Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden are having a party with a Fillyjonk, and the rest of our crew are still aboard the floating theatre. There's so much about theatre…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 9: Moominsummer Madness (part 1) 1:04:02

10M ago1:04:02

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This is the ninth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.It's summer in Moominvalley and this book truly hits the ground running. There's a volcano casually going off in the background, and another flood, and the Moomin family has to relocate to a strange floating house. A…

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Last Leaf, Bad As Me, Tom Waits [424] 26:46

10M ago26:46

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We’re heading towards conclusions, both in albums and in life, as Andrea Warner joins with Martin and Sam to examine another Tom and Keith team up. The hubris of Waits’s sentiments, the juxtaposition of humour and pain in music, and a consideration of vestigial tails all feature in this week’s discussion. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @so…

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Moominsummer Madness (part 1) 1:04:02

10M ago1:04:02

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It's summer in Moominvalley and this book truly hits the ground running. There's a volcano casually going off in the background, and another flood, and the Moomin family has to relocate to a strange floating house. Also, Snufkin is nowhere to be found and Moomintroll is pining away. We've got a bunch of cool new characters, some magical midsummer t…

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Satisfied, Bad As Me, Tom Waits [423] 30:55

10M ago30:55

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Another Keith Richards collaboration brings Waits to a full confrontation with the Rolling Stones, as Song by Song engages with this cryptic track from the second half of Bad As Me. Determination in music and sports, the sexual or metaphorical interpretations of bullets and guns, and the lunacy of Harry Smith all feature in our third conversation w…

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The Podgoblin's Hat Episode 8: The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa (part 2) 1:13:29

10M ago1:13:29

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This is the eighth episode of The Podgoblin's Hat, with Nina and Dave. You can find it on it's own feed wherever you get your podcasts.We're back with the second half of Moominpappa's memoirs, in which our brave hero becomes the subject of a country run by an Autocrat, starts a colony and meets his wife.Moomintroll has some very sensible notes for …

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The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa, part 2 1:13:29

10M ago1:13:29

1:13:29

We're back with the second half of Moominpappa's memoirs, in which our brave hero becomes the subject of a country run by an Autocrat, starts a colony and meets his wife. Moomintroll has some very sensible notes for his Pappa in this half of the book, Sniff has some very good questions, but alas, we will never know why Moominmamma was in the sea. O…

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