Best Blake and Dylan Podcasts (2024)

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #141: Holly Aitchison 1:34:23

12m ago1:34:23

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This week I am joined by HOLLY AITCHISON: THE Comics Professional! Listen in as we chat about her experience and drive to translate the amazing Graphic Novel HANAMI: You, Me, & 200 Sq Ft in Japan by Julia Cejas, KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD, coffee origins, making comics, and MORE COMICS! Find HANAMI Here: https://www.humanoids.com/book/1449 …

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Are comedians more competitive than rock stars? 44:15

34m ago44:15

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In a concerted effort to put the world to rights, David and Mark ruminate upon the following … … Kylie and the Wiggles? Canned Heat and the Chipmunks? Real or invented pop star/childrens’ entertainer collaborations. .. the charmed life of Greg Kihn. … will the BBC have any archive left if it keeps cancelling presenters? … why Inside Llewyn Davis wo…

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The Mote: A 19th Century SF Prose Poem 3:31

13h ago3:31

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Pioneering Canadian poet Bliss Carman included this fantastic prose poem in his breakthrough 1894 collection "Songs from Vagabondia." Is it the slightly intoxicated wonder-talk of two tipsy young men, or the account of two angels playing with the universe? That Carman seems to have designed that blurring makes for an interesting 19th century SciFi …

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The Two Bobbies 2:07

8h ago2:07

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Pioneering Canadian poet Bliss Carman's break-through collection was called Songs of Vagabondia, a popular 1894 book which extoled the adventurous and sensuous life. In this selection he jauntingly compares Robert Burns and Robert Browning. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in different styles…

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Johnny Beatle’, early Blondie, Led Zeppelin’s plane and seven fabulous years at the Melody Maker. 45:55

1h ago45:55

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Rock journalism as an occupation is rapidly heading in the direction of the watch-mender or lamplighter so Chris Charlesworth’s account of life at the Melody Maker in the ‘70s is already starting to feel like an historic document. ‘Just Backdated’ covers a time when the rock press set the agenda, sold over half a million copies a week and was court…

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One-word rock star mimicry, bands who shouldn’t reform & the best thing about Taylor Swift 42:01

4d ago42:01

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With David asleep on a French sun-lounger beneath a copy of Summer Lightning, Alex and Mark pour themselves a cold drink and consider … … the great ska floor-fillers. … taking kids to rock concerts. … the fate of all bands: “as musicianship improves, vocals decline”. … left-field Beatles songs reworked as nursery rhymes. … why 2-Tone had pop’s “tri…

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O But My Delicate Lover 2:27

3h ago2:27

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Ancient Greek poet Sappho's poetry survives in fragments and spaces, but in 1904 a Canadian poet imagined Sappho's poems as if they were complete. The audacity of that project undertaken by Bliss Carman must be conceded, but the results can be judged on their own merits. The Greeks said that Sappho's poems were sung with lyre music, and the Parland…

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #140: Kody Okamoto 1:24:20

13d ago1:24:20

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This week I am joined by KODY OKAMOTO, the creator of the great webcomic KEEPING TIME! Listen in as we chat about the band MOON TOOTH, Kody's approach to depicting the early 2000's, the origins of KEEPING TIME, and ALL the social media questions! Check out KEEPING TIME here: https://www.keepingtimecomic.com/ Kody's Socials Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/k…

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The extraordinary story of Arthur Lee, Love and the 1966 flop which became a hit for the ages 34:04

11d ago34:04

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Love’s official biographer John Einarson tells David Hepworth the star-crossed tale of the band who made the least psychedelic album of the psychedelic era. Their conversation takes in: ….Lee’s growing up between Memphis and L.A., dealing with the problems of looking more like Johnny Mathis than Otis Redding. ….how being indulged as a youngster by …

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Buddy Holly airlines and the inimitable Bob Dylan 38:59

1d ago38:59

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As Mark Ellen goes shrimping at Frinton David Hepworth and Alex Gold links hands across the Atlantic to discuss: ….why a quick turn around Mount Hood in a Cessna should never be confused with pleasure ….why all the highly-rated albums are actually over-rated. ….why Timothee Chalamet has no hope of being able to capture more than one facet of Bob Dy…

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I Dream I Am Falling 2:53

8d ago2:53

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August 6th is the 8th anniversary of the launch of the Parlando Project — but it is also the 23rd anniversary of my late wife's death and Hiroshima Day. The Parlando Project is largely about performing other people's words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in various styles, but for this August observance I used a poem I myself wrote abo…

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“Pop music is 80 per cent about hair”, remaking classic albums and why CDs are so hard to love 50:25

9d ago50:25

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A small Pastis, a game of boules and a conversation putting the rock and roll world to rights, which this week includes … … why Debbie Harry and Mick Jagger worked so well on the small screen. … Elvin Pelvin on the Bilko Show and how Elvis was modelled on Tony Curtis. … An American Werewolf In London, The Birds, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, Don’t…

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Queen, Bowie and other residents of Rockfield Studios remembered by the cook’s daughter 31:59

11d ago31:59

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Rockfield is a converted farmhouse in the Welsh countryside where, for over 50 years, bands have lived while recording. In the ‘70s Tiffany Murray’s mum was the in-house cook, filling Motorhead to the brim with boeuf bourguignon and Black Sabbath with salmon en croute. Her touching memoir My Family And Other Rock Stars – hailed as “a rock and roll …

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Sara Teasdale again: Advice to a Girl 1:48

29d ago1:48

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Not sure it's advice only useful for young women, but a savvy poem of love's boundaries none the less. The Parlando Project takes various words (usually literary poetry) and combines them with original music. We've done over 750 such combinations and you can find more at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org…

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57 years of Fleetwood Mac: author Mark Blake's fond encounters and fresh revelations 45:56

13d ago45:56

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Mark Blake calls Dreams: the Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac a “mosaic biography”, their almost six-decade saga presented as a series of enthralling short stories with titles like ‘Mick Fleetwood’s Great Epiphany’ and ‘Rumours: A Doomed Romance in Six Acts’. It opens in fact with a “cast of characters”, the 18 one-time members, as if dramatis personae …

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Ron Sexsmith doesn’t need a teleprompter. He can do 40 Dylan songs at the drop of a hat 35:14

14d ago35:14

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Beloved Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, old pal of the pod, is touring the UK in November, two of the nights at the Palladium, and looks back here at the first shows he saw and played himself. Which delights include … … what you learn playing Canadian bars aged 16. … seeing Elton John in a 75,000-seater stadium when he was 12. … early memo…

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Without John Mayall … no Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo or Led Zeppelin? 52:36

15d ago52:36

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Passing the baton of discourse on the rock and roll racetrack, our Olympian hosts sprint in the following direction … … watching Toumani Diabaté play in the pitch-black Malian night. … Laurel Canyon, the Brain Damage Club and the great fire of ‘79. … the Kinks in Fortis Green Road, the Beatles in Chiswick House and other alternative London rock lan…

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Dooryard Roses 2:11

17d ago2:11

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Sara Teasdale with a short heartbreak poem I've set to music and sung. That's what the Parlando Project does: we take various words (usually literary poetry) and combine them with original music in differing styles. We've done over 750 of these combinations, and they're available at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org…

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #139: Tom Fowler 2:25:06

18d ago2:25:06

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This week I'm joined Artist TOM FOWLER (Gamemasters, Quantum and Woody, Dungeon and Dragons and Doodles), we have a big ol' chat about prog rock, fancy paper, the origins of his new book with Fred Van Lente GAMEMASTERS: The Comic Book History of Role Playing Games, and a very...unique find in his old art cabinet! Check out GAMEMASTERS: https://www.…

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Best album sleeves, what’s ruined singing and pop as ‘empowerment porn’ 42:19

23d ago42:19

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Once again the ping-pong ball of conversation is batted across the rock and roll net and these are the scores on the doors … … how to wreck the national anthem. … cover versions that are better than the original. … the genius of Bob Newhart - "nutty Walt", Abraham Lincoln and that gag about country music. … virtue signalling in rock magazines. … wh…

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Rejoicing Veins 4:15

24d ago4:15

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An Edna St. Vincent Millay sonnet of youth and aging is turned into a song, which is the thing the Parlando Project does. We take various words (usually literary poetry) and combine them with original music. We've done over 750 of these combinations, and you can find them at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org…

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #138: Fell Hound 1:23:08

25d ago1:23:08

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This week I'm joined Artist/Writer FELL HOUND (S.I.R., Commander Rao, And We Love You), We chat about the origins of her new romance/drama/motorcycle jousting book S.I.R. from BOOM STUDIOS, her developing art style , a ton of q's from social media, and a bunch more! Check out Fell Hound: https://www.fellhoundart.com/ Fell Hound's Socials Twitter: ⁠…

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Who is Lawrence and why did Will Hodgkinson write a whole book about him? 38:42

26d ago38:42

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There’s something romantic about glorious failure and Will nails it perfectly in ‘Street Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence’. Over 40 years plagued by bad luck and self-sabotage with Felt, Denim and Mozart Estate, Lawrence has pursued fame and success while refusing to do what’s required to achieve them. Will spent 12 months wandering the street…

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Be Angry at the Sun 2:36

27d ago2:36

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It's a poem, but in it Robison Jeffers wants to deliver a speech about political speech. I may not agree with Jeffers aims at the moment he wrote his poem, but I can feel the frustration he speaks of. You might too. The Parlando Project combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music in various styles. We've done over 750 of th…

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Backstage at Live Aid, the first Knebworth and bands that don’t get on 52:54

1M ago52:54

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Employing controversial VAR technology, we re-examine various events on the rock and roll pitch and suggest a new perspective. Those key moments include … … the “bucolic frolic” at Knebworth 50 years ago as seen from 100 yards away just past the burger van and featuring Tim Buckley, Alex Harvey, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Van Morrison, the Doobie Br…

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As far from pity, as complaint 2:41

30d ago2:41

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Emily Dickinson's in a goth mood again, but she makes such things sound lovely, so we sing her poem of everlasting nature and non-everlasting life today. Not just Dickinson, but that's what the Parlando Project does: takes various words (usually literary poetry) and combines them with original music. We've got over 750 such combinations in our arch…

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How Joni Mitchell joined the boys’ club and why we don’t need a comeback – by Ann Powers 46:21

1M ago46:21

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Broadcaster and music writer Ann Powers lives in Nashville and grew up listening to Kate Bush and Blondie. The siren call of Blue sparked a life-long and deep-rooted devotion and her new book Travelling: On The Path Of Joni Mitchell takes a different tack from the standard biographies, mapping the context of the songs, the forces that drove her, th…

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The Guitar after a poem by Federico García Lorca 3:20

1M ago3:20

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I made my own English translation of from Lorca's Spanish poem "La Guitarra" and performed this with my own simple guitar accompaniment. That's what the Parlando Project does: combines various words (usually literary poetry) with original music. We've done over 750 of these combinations over the past 8 years. You can find more at our blog and archi…

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Twist And Shout? Spiral Scratch? Corey duBrowa celebrates the best and rarest EPs ever made 38:51

2M ago38:51

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The first EPs appeared in the late ‘40s and ‘50s (Frank Sinatra, Elvis) hitting a magical sweet spot between the album and the single and they’ve cast a spell ever since, an exotic reminder that record labels are part of the packaged goods business. Music writer Corey duBrowa stumbled across one by Oingo Boingo in the original Licorice Pizza store …

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What songs should be longer or shorter? 45:26

1M ago45:26

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The rock and roll ballot-box is stuffed with votes and the exit polls suggest how this week’s debate might play out. Along these lines … … is there still such a thing as British music? … John Lennon as a lavatory attendant. … Pink Floyd’s miming lessons. .. how Neil Finn cheered up the All Blacks. … the staggering difference in the UK album charts …

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #137: Marie Enger 1:29:15

1M ago1:29:15

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This week I'm joined Artist MARIE ENGER (Upcoming: DEATH TO THE WIZARD KINGS, FEN, FHTAGN AND LOATHING, THE BONES OF THIS PLACE), We chat about Nightwish, Fancy coffee makers, art style evolutions, b-stock books and a whole bunch more! Check out Marie's Website Here: https://www.so-engery.com/ Marie's Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/so_engery …

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Dylan Jones – Clegg’s women, Hague’s pints and “the wiring behind celebrity culture” 37:34

1M ago37:34

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We’ve known Dylan since the days he was editing i-D, Arena and GQ and he’s been a regular on our podcasts talking about his books on Live Aid, the ‘80s, David Bowie and Wichita Lineman. And he’s finally written his memoir, These Foolish Things, full of insights and stories about glam rock, punk, the Blitz, four decades of the magazine world and the…

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Wolverine vs Predator, 90s Toys and GET TO THE CHOPPA! 1:19:50

2M ago1:19:50

1:19:50

This week on Optic Blast Broadcast we jump into the comic book battle we didn't know we needed, Wolverine vs Predator! Find out who wins this epic battle, check out the Kenner 90s action figures of Alien Vs Predator and a short fan made battle between Logan and Predator made with surprising high quality! Lace up your adamantium skeleton, set your t…

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Happy accidents, whooping at gigs and why the album review star system doesn’t work anymore 49:32

2M ago49:32

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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 …. … “Whipping Post!” “Paint it black, you devil!”: when did the audience become part of the show? … the special, unrepeatable thing about Bill Evans At The Village Vanguard. … GambleGate and the most we’ve ev…

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #136: Xander Arnot and Andrew Leamon 1:34:56

2M ago1:34:56

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This week I'm joined XANDER ARNOT and ANDREW LEAMON, the creative team behind the stellar comics CAMERAMAN! we chat the creation of the book, how their collaboration works, their individual work processes, and a bunch more! Link to the CAMERAMAN Campaign⁠: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xanderflicks/camera-man-1 Xanders YouTube Channel: https…

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Gone 2:41

2M ago2:41

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Today's musical setting is Carl Sandburg's short ambiguous poem about a strong-dreaming woman. The reader is left to decide, why the poem's Chick Lorimer is gone. Has she left with her flags flying high? Or is the poem's seeming praise of many lovers and her uninhibited nature hiding a more complex relationship with the town? As a singing performer…

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Pop football chants, Reg ‘Reg’ Snipton sings Joni Mitchell & the tale of John Lennon’s watch 51:39

2M ago51:39

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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 of TIME-AH!!”: tuneless Northern club singer Reg “Reg” Snipton performs Ver Greats. … is going to gigs alone becoming a thing? ... why Phil Oakey was a better musician than any of ELP. … Seven Nation Ar…

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Only Clare Grogan knows how it feels to burst onstage from a giant birthday cake 38:36

2M ago38:36

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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 festivals in the summer – indeed her fabulous description of the bus ferrying her, Midge Ure, Nik Kershaw, Kim Wilde and Living in A Box to the stage at Rewind sounds like an old Smash Hits cartoon come to li…

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #135: JP Ahonen 1:27:30

2M ago1:27:30

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This week I'm joined by JP AHONEN, the writer/artist behind the hilariovs comic, Belzebubs! We talk the newly release 2nd Volume, NO REST FOR THE WICKED, EVERGREY, some chat about the upcoming BELZEBUBS animated series, and a bunch more! Check out ⁠⁠BELZBUBS VOL. 2 HERE⁠: https://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/belzebubs-vol-2-no-rest-for-the-wicked/…

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TMNT, The Last Ronin and who's your favorite turtle? 1:01:33

2M ago1:01:33

1:01:33

Cowabunga dudes! This episode of Optic Blast Broadcast is coming from deep in sewers of NYC as we discuss the multi-generational phenomenon that is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We discuss your favorite turtles, the movies, the cartoons, comic books, action figures and we review The Last Ronin! So grab some pizza, practice your nunchuck moves a…

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The Little Octoroon 3:48

2M ago3:48

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For Juneteenth, a song from the 1860s written by George F. Root, a white songwriter, depicting an enslaved mother sending her child to the Union lines alone for freedom. I revised Root's melody a bit and performed it for today's holiday. The Parlando Project takes various words (mostly literary poetry) and usually combines them with original music.…

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The wit and charisma of Kate Bush by Graeme Thomson: going too far makes you what you are 43:46

2M ago43:46

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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 Music of Kate Bush’ first appeared in 2010, and was revised in 2015 after her Before the Dawn concerts and it’s now been updated again as, despite no new music or public appearances, her worldwide repu…

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For the love of Françoise Hardy, Ben Sidran and the TV comedy Twenty Twelve 41:18

2M ago41:18

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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 films screaming to be made. … how it feels to watch someone play from the best seat in the house. … Françoise Hardy, her unsmiling photos and legions of besotted male admirers (ie us and everyone else)…

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Stewart Lee knows the rigours of ‘animal costume work’ and why great comedy is about shock 48:50

3M ago48:50

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Stewart Lee – beloved writer, columnist and stand-up - was on the podcast in 2022 talking about the first records he bought, immensely funny and fascinating, and we’ve been praying for an excuse to get him back since. And it’s here! - he’s on tour again and his ‘Basic Lee’ show is on Sky/Now TV on July 20. This covers his first memories of live ent…

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #134: Balazs Lorinczi 1:29:10

2M ago1:29:10

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This week I'm joined by BALAZS LORINCZI, the writer/artist behind the amazing new Jazz Playing Werewolf Band RomCom Graphic Novel WOLFPITCH! We chat the origins of the book, bass guitars, making color choices for the book, and a whole bunch more!Check out ⁠Wolfpitch HERELinks to Balazs Socials/Website HERECOMICS-COFFEE-METAL is hosted by DON CARDEN…

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The Hottest Waiver Wire Targets For Fantasy Baseball's Week 12 35:39

2M ago35:39

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Send us a Text Message. Week 12 is upon us and we figured why not sit down and talk some waiver wire. There are still plenty of good options out here on the waiver wire market that can help you in both the short and long term. Make sure you tune in and follow the podcast so you never miss out on the best info in fantasy baseball! Use code "Fake Bas…

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How Springsteen went “six deep”, fictional rock hacks and who’s more conservative than Liam Gallagher? 46:24

2M ago46:24

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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 look or sound for 30 years: is there a more conservative concept than Liam Gallagher? And how he became the one-man Oasis. … the eye-watering sum Kevin Hart made from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. … …

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Jon Savage - Dusty’s wig, Bowie’s bombshell and how gay pop culture changed music 34:04

3M ago34:04

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“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 the author of some highly regarded and influential books about pop and its repercussions, ‘England’s Dreaming’ and ‘1966: the Year The Decade Exploded’ among them. His latest is ‘The Secret Public: Ho…

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“Abba’s success is more about us than them”: Giles Smith looks back at a 50-year love affair 37:38

2M ago37:38

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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 Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name. His thunderingly funny, fond and illuminating book – My My!: Abba Through The Years – traces their story, looks at the snobbery and critical mauling they endured and…

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C/C/M Podcast Episode #133: Rich Douek and Gavin Smith 1:15:10

2M ago1:15:10

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This week I'm joined by the epic duo of GAVIN SMITH (Dead Legends, TMNT) and RICH DOUEK (Drive Like Hell, Wailing Blade) who chat about the debut issue of their new Dark Horse Comic HEARTPIERCER! Check out Heartpiercer! Website: Rich - https://linktr.ee/rdouekGavin - https://t.co/YZTpNmiCnLCOMICS-COFFEE-METAL is hosted by DON CARDENASTwitter: https…

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