Mick and the PhatMan Talking Music

A Tale of Two Seasons

December 16, 2022 Mick and the Phatman Season 2 Episode 21
Mick and the PhatMan Talking Music
A Tale of Two Seasons
Show Notes

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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