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The Afterword Podcast


This is GLK London calling the world...an audio companion to theafterword.co.uk

The sound of the waifs and strays of the Word magazine blog (RIP), musing along the byways of popular culture. We blather, you listen — that’s the deal.

Apr 5, 2016

Long threatened but now complete, the Afterword returns from its self enforced spring break with a podcast dedicated to The Fall. Your host DFB chats with Gavin "Whole" Hogg and Dr "Tim" Volume comparing the length of their Fall collections and many other matters
 
- The Russian roulette of The Fall in concert but isn't that better than the dull alternative?
- What were Mark E Smith's observations of the Scottish Hotel & Gretchen Franklin?
- The offshoot industry of the Fallen
- Would you pick up Mark if you saw him at a bus-stop?
- Where to start if you should ever want to enter the weird and frightening world.
 
Obviously contains imitations of Mark E Smith  impressions (Dr Volume - excellent and uncanny / DFB- a combination of Patrick Marber's northern drug dealer & Frank Sidebottom / Gavin - wisely opts out)
 
And remember, wherever two or three people gather to discuss M.E.S and The Fall there are thousands saying "Flipping muppets haven't got a clue" - we salute you all - uh.