Two seasons of great musical commentary

A recap of the highlights of 2 years & 45 episodes of this podcast!  Talked about more than 300 artists, shows, and albums - who could ask for more?  They’ve recorded in some of Australia's most remote parts of Australia, regularly bad-mouthed Jeff Buckley, and decided that Alice Cooper was a pretty good guy despite his music after “Welcome to my Nightmare” being pretty terrible! 

The Rolling Stone 500 Best Songs of all Time got Jeff all hot under the collar: “How does Kelly ****ing Clarkson get into any list of the Top 500 songs?!”

Peter from Mackay tried to tell US about Globite School Bags; Gabbie from LA hates Coldplay as much as Mick does; and Ian from Sydney wants more random "I think they're doing the drugs again" spin outs like the idea that a giant Elon Musk battery would revolutionise the Outback.  Ian also started the scandal about Honey and Mead industry payola. (Thank you, Justine!) 

A big thank you to the fans, to the magazines who wrote some very complimentary articles, and of course, to Roy and HG, whose radio program, “This Sporting Life” was a staple during our youth and our inspiration to start up. 

2023 is going to be a great year - more stories of your favourite musicians and a look at some musicians you might not be too familiar with. 

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Here’s a list of the best books and magazines Mick has referenced over the last 2 seasons:  

• What’s Welsh for Zen? (John Cale) – Victor Bockris 
• Up-Tight, The Velvet Underground Story – Victor Bockris/Gerard Malanga 
• You are beautiful and you are alone (Nico) - Jennifer Otter Bickerdike 
• The Severed Alliance (The Smiths) – Johnny Rogan 
• Transformer (Lou Reed) – Bockris 
• I’ll sleep when I’m dead (Warren Zevon) – Crystal Zevon 
• On some faraway beach (Eno) - David Sheppard 
• Tony Visconti, The Autobiography – Tony Visconti 
• The History of Rock in the 70’s - Uncut Magazine (from Melody Maker & NME archives) 
• Anger is an energy – John Lydon 
• I’m your Man, The life of Leonard Cohen – Sylvie Simmons 
• Peter Gabriel, An Authorized Biography – Spencer Bright 
• The Birthday Party, and other epic adventures – Robert Brokenmouth  
• David Hepworth: 
  • Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There 
  • Nothing is Real 
  • Uncommon People 

And of course...... 

• Mr Robert Dimery's “1001 Albums You Must Hear before You Die” (2021) 

 Magazines 

• Mojo - print and on-line 
• Classic Rock - on line 
• Far Out - on line

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