Sep 7, 2017
Marking the passing of Steely Dan’s Walter Becker, Twang, Tiggerlion, Nick Duvet and Feedback File convene in the pod to reflect on topics such as what did Walter bring to the Dan, was he his own man or simply one half of a greater whole, how did the boys work together and a quick skim over Walter’s many finest...
Apr 21, 2017
The lonely souls DFB and RubyBlue meet to discuss mental health
again and specifically
if - like the late great Bob Hoskins claimed - it's good to
talk
Whether it's you, your friends, loved ones etc it's hard to know
what's best to do.
We perhaps don't have any answers but perhaps our own experiences
can help...
Apr 9, 2017
Twang hands the chair over to Retropath 2 to interview Fairport Convention founder Simon Nicol. In a wide ranging interview Retro manages to avoid all the usual tiresome questions ("what was Sandy like?", 'I bet Richard is a right laugh on a pub crawl" etc) and covers Simon's 50 year career and many other bands as well...
Apr 2, 2017
Twang, Tiggerlion, Mike_H and El Hombre Malo convene in the pod to discuss the work of jazz colossus John Coltrane. From sheets of sound, Coltrane changes, spiritual dimensions to heroin and being scared to go beyond certain points in the man’s canon, much ground is covered. And Tig has to admit there is an album...
Mar 25, 2017
Where were we?
DFB, Steven C, Nigel T and the non alliterative DoctorJ continue
wih The Beatles chat - which is what they do even if the tapes
aren't running to discuss the new publishing wheeze of releasing
albums with pamphlets attached that they humorously call a
magazine.
We talk about the tacky, wacky or canny...