Cingulomania is a strong desire to hold someone in your arms… 10CC’s Graham Gouldman in his first band… multiple Darwin Awards in the one moment of idiocy… Leo Sayer’s show must go on… Where Do You Go to My Lovely is the one-hit-wonder… plus wh...

Do you know anyone who is addicted to bed? Do you know which female artist was responsible for giving Mick Jagger his ‘moves’?  Do you know how ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman became his own son's ex-son-in-law, the father-in-law of his ex-mot...

Penultimate means second to last and a penultimatum is almost the final offer. It is like a bluff. Donald (TACO) Trump is good at it… “Your 10% tariff is now 67%. And that’s final! Um… what about 20%? That’s final. No??? Would you like...

Can you guess why the penknife was invented? We have Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett before Pink Floyd… Another worthy idiot wins a Darwin Award…Another Number One hit that took 300 years to chart… and another one-hit-wonder from Roger Voudourus. More...

Lollapalooza… an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event…. Another idiot gets a Darwin Award for removing himself from the gene pool… More whack facts and life hacks along with a dud invention – the wine dispensing bra… There’s Graham ...

Hiraeth is a curious Welsh word to kick-start this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast… there is a song called My Jellybean… another deserving winner of a Darwin Award… a cover of a 300-year-old song… Lucky Starr with his biggest hit… Starbuck d...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by a fear of happiness – yes, there is such a phobia… There’s Annie Lennox in a band before the Eurhythmics… Another winner of the coveted Darwin Award who improved our gene pool by remo...

In Yiddish, would you rather be a mensch or a schmuck? Also in this Almost a Radio Show podcast, Roy Orbison in his first band, The Wink Westerners… Luke Combs covering Tracy Chapman… Electric Avenue is the one-hit-wonder… we dig up the terrifi...

Clever but unscrupulous – that’s a ‘snollygoster’… Also in this Almost a Radio Show podcast, Mama Cass in a band before she became famous… Eva Cassidy covering a Fleetwood Mac song… Nicolette Larson with a Lotta Love for the one-hit-wonder… Leo...

Almost a Radio Show is brought to you by deipnosophists. Where would we be without them?! There is Olivia Newton John in a band before she became famous… but, if you are in Sweden you can’t dance to it in public without a permit… Soft Cell does...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by dunderheads and other old-time fools. Eric Carmen started out in a band called The Raspberries. How many paper straws can you stick and hold in a beard? (Hint: More than 100, less tha...

In this Almost a Radio Show, the recent Russian fad of defenestration... Carole King is in a band before becoming a solo sensation... Sting covers Elton John... Jonathan Edwards has his one-hit-wonder... We remember the late George Michael... T...

In this Almost a Radio Show we discover that Dave is a pluviophile... Debbie Harry is in a band before Blondie... George Michael performs a sensational cover... The Lemon Pipers have a one-hit-wonder from 1968... We remember Ace Frehley from KI...

A look back at some 40 musicians who died in 2025 but who will live on through their music... including Peter, Paul & Mary, Roberta Flack, Marianne Faithful, Col Joye, Tom Lehrer, Ted Egan, The Beach Boys, Mungo Jerry, The Youngbloods, Badf...

This Almost a Radio Show one-hour special is really Dave and Ian finding their Christmas musical playlist. Some songs are traditional, some are contemporary, some might surprise. There's John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, M...

In this episode of Almost a Radio Show... Leon Russell in his first band... Whitney Houston covers Dolly Parton... Carl Douglas performs his one-hit-wonder... Jethro Tull has a stunning instrumental composition... Esther Phillips covers a Beatl...

This Almost a Radio Show is brought to you by finely developed buttocks... there's Kenny Rogers in his first band... a cover by Janis Joplin... a one-hit-wonder by Frente... Procol Harem with a great song that ISN'T Whiter Shade of Pale... and ...

Almost a Radio Show is feelin’ groovy… there’s Suzi Quatro’s first band… Jose Feliciano has a great cover, Edie Brickell has the one-hit-wonder, Roberta Flack sings Leonard Cohen and Johnny Young has the Beatle’s song he sang more than 800 time...

Nock is Almost a Radio Show’s word of the week… The Flying Machine is James Taylor’s first band… Tina Turner covers Proud Mary… She Didn’t Remember My Name is the one-hit wonder… and can you remember the song featured in Groundhog Day, at six o...

Almost a Radio Show is brought to you by an oxymoron… there’s Johnny O’Keefe in his first band… Harry Nilsson writes a song for the Monkees, buys a London Flat that sees off Mama Cass and Keith Moon and performs a song from the only R-Certifica...

This week’s word on Almost a Radio Show is cockwomble… there’s Minnie Ripperton’s first band when she was 15… LSD is the accidental invention, there’s kangaroo trivia and fun factoids… Bob Dylan is Knocking on Heaven’s Door while the boy from N...

This week on Almost a Radio Show – Shulve is the word… The Roosters is Eric Clapton’s first band… Melanie has a Rolling Stones cover… Dave Loggins has the one-hit-wonder… there’s a tragic back story to There Ain’t No Mountain High Enough… Bill ...

Pandiculate is the word of the week. All humans and most animals do it daily! We’ve goy Tom Petty’s first band, Mudcrutch… a great cover by Natalie Imbruglia… a one-hit-wonder from Chip Taylor and Merilee Rush… Bryan Adams covers a Beatles song...

Drum roll! Bring on the noctambulist! What about J.J. Cale’s first band, Leather Coated Minds? Who could forget the classic, Cows with Guns or the one-hit-wonder by Men Without Hats? What is the accidental invention and what Beach Boys song did...

An Illeist refers to himself or herself in third person. Donald Trump is good at it… Have a listen to Ozzie Osbourne before Black Sabbath… AI is no longer about Artificial Insemination… who wins the best version of the 1966 song Bang Bang (My B...