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Podcast Description
David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and chums cast an occasionally jaundiced eye over the goings on in the world of music and entertainment
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ExplicitWord Podcast 214 - with Graham Gouldman | Graham Gouldman wrote For Your Love for The Yardbirds, Bus Stop for The Hollies, Tallyman for Jeff Beck, No Milk Today for Herman's Hermits and I"m Not In Love and lots of others for 10cc. He has worked with Kirsty MacColl, Kasenetz-Katz, Andrew Gold, Gary Barlow, The Ramones, Mickie Most, John Paul Jones, Neil Sedaka and the Manchester City FA Cup squad of 1972. He's got a new record coming out called Love & Work. You think we ran out of things to talk about? | 19 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Shortcast - The Blockheads | Chaz Jankel - co-author of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Sweet Gene Vincent and Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - looks back at the rollicking rise of the Blockheads, and Derek "The Draw" Hussey contemplates Ian Dury, the man whose shoes he fills in the current Blockheads line-up. Contains their charming performance of A Little Knowledge, the greatest piece of music recording in Word podcast history, we're saying. | 11 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 213 | Kate Mossman, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry go through John Peel's Record Collection and ponder what you can tell about personality type from flicking through anyone's accumulated spines. We also wonder whether Alabama Shakes anxiety indicates the impossibility of trying to like things just because other people do, discuss rock's vanishing instruments, and attempt to come up with preferable alternatives to the big Duran Duran/Stereophonics/Paolo Nutini/Snow Patrol Olympic showdown. | 4 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 212 | Over the last week we've welcomed three authors into the pod: Stanley Booth went on the road and down to Muscle Shoals with the Rolling Stones in 1969 and eventually wrote all about it in the ultimate access all areas on tour book, The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones; Paul Charles is one of the UK's leading live music agents and he's also the author of The Last Dance, a new novel set against the background of the Irish showband scene of the 60s; Andrew Martin is a journalist and author who's taken his fascination with railways of all kinds into fiction as well as fact. His new book is Underground Overground, a passenger's history of the tube. | 27 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 211 - with Andrew Collins | This bumper edition covers: the only other person called Levon, why celebrities always feel the need to put one over on interviewers in public forums, who Record Store Day is supposed to be benefiting, the upsides and downsides of travelling in south-east Asia and podcasts about farming and Shakespeare. | 20 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 210 | Things we've been talking about this week include the great NME mis-selling scandal of the 90s, the grisly details of MC Hammer's 1998 bankruptcy, and the days when you could see Neil Young and have enough change to buy a bag of chips on the way home. Also: Pugwash drop in to talk about getting fan mail from Jeff Lynne and play a song from their new album, and we discuss an amazing documentary called Dreams Of A Life. | 31 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 209 - with Melvin Benn | Latitude and Reading/Leeds promoter Melvin Benn remembers his first event - an anti-Thatcher gig in ’79 - while elsewhere there’s the unadulterated chaos of Axl Rose and girlfriend at Reading (the festival he helped save from bankruptcy), memories of Nirvana, the time he and Michael Eavis defended Worthy Farm against anarchists with petrol bombs, and the revelation that promoters can “play God” with the weather conditions. | 22 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 208 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry debate whether there really is such a thing as a ropey Beatles record, the best food they've ever had at a gig, and the ethics of flying in samples during live performances. Plus Mike Doughty, talking about his career and his extraordinary memoir The Book Of Drugs. | 17 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 207 - with Mark Billingham | The UK’s premier crime-thriller writer Mark Billingham enters the pod and subjects his obsessions to forensic enquiry - among them The Smiths, Genesis, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. There’s some sound advice – "if you get caught shoplifting, at least nick something fashionable". There’s his four minutes dancing onstage with Elvis Costello and the time Morrissey let him to use some Smiths lyrics in one of his novels. And the fatwa from furious Phil Collins supporters. | 9 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 206 - with Scritti Politti | We talk about great unexpected shows. David Hepworth goes to see Randy Newman and finds himself sitting behind some people who are clinically incapable of resisting the temptation to talk. Plus Green Gartside and Rhodri Marsden of Scritti Politti drop in to sing a couple of songs and talk about buying old Little Feat albums in the 70s. | 2 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 205 - with Robin Hitchcock | The wildly prolific songwriter – and leader of The Soft Boys, Egyptians, Venus 3 and, currently, The Floating Palace collective – tackles life’s big issues. Such as why The Beatles were doomed as solo projects, the magic twin poles of the Syd Barrett lyric method, and the rigours of playing an entire set of David Bowie classics. Plus some riveting stuff on the ‘78 gig circuit and the Battle Of The Somme. | 25 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 204 | Nige Tassell comes up from Somerset and (fatally) brings us something to drink. Before it takes effect we cover the following stuff: David Hepworth wonders why the best venues for rock and roll are always the ones built long before rock and roll was ever thought of. We ask when did school choirs start singing Adele songs and is this entirely a good idea? We have a quick chat and a song from Band Of Skulls, and Nige shares some of his most treasured old cassettes with us. | 19 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Shortcast - Eliza Carthy | On February 27th Eliza Carthy plays the pub across the road in one of our Word In Your Ear series of live shows. In this special shortcast she tells David Hepworth what kind of music was playing in the house when she was growing up, how she had a thing for Rick Astley and how her boyfriend made her give her Barbies away to the charity shop. Bastard. A few tickets for the show, which features Eliza plus full five piece band, supported by Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo plus Left With Pictures, are still available. | 15 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 203 | This podcast has lots in it: Mark Ellen taking a blunt instrument to his phone, the debt Madonna’s half-time Superbowl show owed to Elizabeth Taylor’s quiet entrance into Rome in the movie Cleopatra, the feminizing of pop, the people who’ve made more than one great album, how we know Lady Gaga isn’t a real blonde and the likelihood of a movement like punk getting swallowed up by Facebook. Plus a visit from Dodgy to talk up their new record Stand Upright In A Cool Place, Fraser’s recipe for a warming soup and the cat on the pitch at Anfield. Should be enough to get you home through the snow. | 11 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 202 - with Nick Coleman and Phantom Limb | This podcast features interviews with two fascinating guests: Nick Coleman talks to David Hepworth about his excellent new book The Train in The Night, which touches on all kinds of things: why boys feel the need to define themselves by their tastes, what it’s like listening to a Nazareth album with your dad, how the brain eventually rewires itself to make up for the information it’s missing and the fact that people like us actually have far more records in our heads than even the biggest jukeboxes. We’ve also been visited by Yolanda Quartey, the sensational singer with Bristol’s Phantom Limb, whose new album The Pines is out now and who will be featured in the CD with the next issue. She brought with her a couple of live recordings made especially for the Word podcast. | 29 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 201: The Basscast | In celebration of James Medd’s stupendous piece in Word 108 on the secret world of the bass guitarist, Medd and Mark Ellen present a podcast with session wizard and bon viveur Guy Pratt – who tells tales of working with Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Jimmy Page, the dictatorial Madonna and David Coverdale (who he impersonates immaculately). And explains the correct pronunciation of “Whitesnake” and how he did a Sophie Ellis-Bextor hit in 17 minutes. He also peels off the world’s greatest bottom lines on the office bass guitar. Our story starts on an aeroplane piloted by Floyd drummer Nick Mason experiencing strange and artificial turbulence... | 18 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Shortcast: Neil Cowley | Neil Cowley dropped by the office the other day to talk about the Neil Cowley Trio, their new album The Face Of Mount Molehill, his time as a sideman with everyone from The Pasadenas to the Brand New Heavies, his part in the musical career of Sue Perkins and how the best place to learn to play jazz is in your local garden centre. We liked him so much we’ve put it out as a short podcast on its own. | 13 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 200 | We celebrate 200 editions of the Word Podcast in the room upstairs in The King and Queen in Foley Street, W1, scene of Bob Dylan's first ever appearance in the UK. Subjects covered included: the on and off wedding arrangements of Sinead O'Connor; Kate Mossman being pursued the house Benny Hill-style by Kevin Ayers and Fraser's legendary misdirection of the Princess Of Wales. The audience lines up to compete in our legendary Rock and Roll Spelling test and plays thirty seconds of a rock classic on an unusual instrument. | 7 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 199 | The Word helicopter takes off from just the battlements of Graeme Thomson’s castle in Edinburgh, hugs the coastline on its way south, dropping off at the massive Victorian folly occupied by Mark Hodkinson on the borders or Yorkshire and Lancashire and then makes a detour into Berkshire where it lands on the vast rolling lawns of John Naughton’s massive country seat. Finally it hovers over Cast Iron Studios in Caledonian Road to record two tunes and some chat with The Miserable Rich. | 21 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 198 | In a seasonal departure from our usual routine we bring you at this special time the voices of some of our valued contributors from all over the country, picking the books, DVDs and records that they have found most interesting this year. In this first instalment David Hepworth talks to Jim Irvin, Andrew Collins and Jude Rogers. In addition we've got The Rifles in the pod, performing songs from and talking about their new album Long Walk Home. | 14 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 197 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry range across: a star-studded carol service, what Verdi could do that Dylan couldn't, and story of "Wally!" In addition Kate Mossman joins us to talk to folkie Jackie Oates who also plays a couple of songs from her new record "Saturnine". | 2 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 196 - with Richard Strange | This week we welcome to the pod Renaissance Man, art rock avatar, club pioneer, movie actor and very tall man Richard Strange. As Kid Strange he fronted the 70s rock band the Doctors of Madness, who were supported by everyone from the Sex Pistols to Joy Division. | 26 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 195 | In this podcast: the legit release of the Rolling Stones’ “Brussels Affair”, the things that Jimmy Savile did and did not do, Paul Du Noyer remembering Jackie Leven, your misinterpreted songs thread, Fraser explaining why he features on a Guns N’Roses b-side, the Black Sabbath reunion(s) and a couple of songs from Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo. | 18 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 194 - with Nile Rodgers | Nile Rodgers enters the pod to talk us through his story: the man who created the only triple platinum single in the history of Atlantic Records, led Chic through the ups and downs of disco and went on to produce Diana Ross, David Bowie, Duran Duran and Madonna. | 12 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 193 - the Smilecast | Andy Gill joins us to recount the full story of The Beach Boys' Smile, recounting Brian Wilson's odd partnership with the ever-voluble Van Dyke Parks, the stubbornness and luxuriant chest hair of Mike Love, the underwater misadventures of Dennis Wilson, the often misrepresented Dr Eugene Landy and the trans-Atlantic battle for supremacy between the former Pendletons and the Beatles. | 31 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 192 - with Steve Lillywhite | Sitting in the home studio where he recorded the vocals for Fairy Tale Of New York, Steve Lillywhite talks about working with Eddie & The Hot Rods, the Pretenders, U2, Simple Minds, Brian Eno and Jared Leto and almost everybody else. He also advances his case as the judge that American Idol really needs. | 25 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 191 | David Hepworth and Mark Ellen remember the Tom Hibbert cookery course, talk about what was in the George Harrison film and what should have been in it, what Tony Bennett does that rock bands don't and the correct way to pronounce Yngwie Malmsteen. Plus we're announcing how you'll be able to get the full podcast in future only if you're a subscriber to the magazine. | 8 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 190 - the Gastropodcast | Our own Andrew Harrison and celebrated food photographer Patrice de Villiers join us to talk about Love Music Love Food: The Rock Star Cookbook, a mammoth undertaking published in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. It features the likes of Brett Anderson, Noel Gallagher, Mick Hucknall, Cliff Richard, Tinie Tempah, Paul Weller and many others talking about and being photographed with their favourite food. | 5 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 189 - with Jonathan Coe | We're joined in the pod by author Jonathan Coe, he of The Rotter's Club. We talk prog in riveting detail, look back at his days as a rock hack at The Wire, explain the use of music in Billy Wilder movies, and hear a a newly recorded track from his reformed college loungecore act The Peer Group. | 27 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 188 - the Bowiecast | We're joined in the pod by two card-carrying Bowie experts – Peter Doggett - author of the superb new book "The Man Who Sold The World: David Bowie And The ‘70" and Word’s long-serving associate editor Paul Du Noyer. On the way we learn Bowie’s tortuously complicated childhood, his unproduced rock opera, the lost recordings and the four times Paul got to interview him. | 22 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 187 - The 40 Noises That Built Pop | Rhodri Marsden visits us in the cupboard to talk about his "40 Noises That Built Pop" feature, to reveal how some of the sounds in the list were arrived at and the instruments that gave birth to them. Also up for discussion: Rhodri's first date hell Twitter sensation. | 15 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 186 - The Queencast | Kate Mossman joins us in the pod to talk about being obsessed with Queen when her classmates were into Nirvana, and how you can never assume that young people go along with what their generation appears to be going along with. Plus: is picking the music for your own funeral the poor man's Desert Island Discs? | 10 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 185 - with Thomas Dolby | Thomas Dolby joins us to talk about working with Trevor Horn, David Bowie, Prefab Sprout and Joni Mitchell; operating as musical director of TED, spending an evening at Michael Jackson's, making money through polyphonic ringtones and just generally trying to do things in a different way. | 3 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 184 - with David Ford | David Ford joins us in the podcast to talk about his terrific new book, I Choose This, which proves there's no success like failure, and to reveal how Jeff Buckley's influence on an entire generation of musicians wasn't entirely benign. Also: Kate Mossman introduces Amy LaVere. | 17 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 183 - Amy Winehouse, and our boat trip | Jude Rogers and Kate Mossman join us in the podcast to talk about the short life and sad death of Amy Winehouse. Also in this edition: our Sunday afternoon cruise down the Thames with Neil Finn & C.W. Stoneking. | 26 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 182 - The Britpopcast | Our final Latitude recording: Andrew Harrison is joined by Stuart Maconie and Louise Wener to look back at Britpop: why it happened, what is was like, and where it all went wrong. | 19 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 180 - Latitude Day Two, with Robin Ince & TMBG | Robin Ince joins us in the Word lounge to talk about Mills & Boon and why Robert Smith should never be a crowd marshall, and the chaps from They Might Be Giants talk to David Hepworth and answer audience questions about set lists. | 19 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 181 - Latitude Day Three | In the third of this year's Latitude podcasts, Absolute Radio's Geoff Lloyd talks David Hepworth and Mark Ellen through the pain of losing his record collection and reveals a genuine piece of backsgage gossip, and we hear from I Am Kloot and C.W. Stoneking. | 18 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 179 - Latitude Day One, with Simon Armitage | In the first of a few podcasts recorded in the Word "Lounge" at Latitude, Britain's premier poet Simon Armitage talks to Mark Ellen and David Hepworth about why Bob Dylan is not actually a poet, and K.T. Tunstall talks about the challenges of playing festivals and her time as Anne Frank. | 16 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 178 - with John Hiatt | The 40 Noises That Made Pop, our upcoming riverboat cruise featuring C.W. Stoneking and his Primitive Horn Orchestra, what's going on in The Word Lounge at this weekend's Latitude Festival, and the great John Hiatt joins David Hepworth to talk and sing songs from his new album. | 13 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 177 - The Beatlecast | We're joined by Peter Doggett, author of "You Never Give Me Your Money" to discuss discuss what the Beatles wanted after the Beatles, why they could never get it, and how the four young men who shook the world turned into four middle-aged men who had to deal with the aftermath. | 5 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 176 - with Tony Wadsworth | In this podcast Tony Wadsworth reviews his career at EMI, from the days when older employees still recalled visits from "Mr Lennon" through the reformation of the Parlophone label and the high noon of Britpop to 360-degree deals with Robbie Williams up to the uncertain future faced by traditional record labels today. | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 175 - with Brett Anderson | Suede's Brett Anderson clambers into the pod with Andrew Harrison and Eamonn Forde to discuss the band's successful return, how rehearsals can be difficult when your drummer lives in Thailand, why locking your 17-year-old guitarist in a room until he comes up with a song is a good idea, and the truth about the small role played by Ricky Gervais. | 18 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 174 - with Danny Baker | Danny Baker returns to the pod – with David Hepworth and Mark Ellen – having just got “the green light” after months of particularly unsavoury hospitalisation. Discover how he celebrated this news, marvel at his rant against the "pinheads, nitwits and souless creeps" at the BBC, and remembers John Mayall’s tight-fitting loin-cloth and his almost-encounter with Bob Dylan. | 15 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 173 | Adrift in the pod this week are Mark Ellen, Kate Mossman and Fraser Lewry, who discuss a night out at Desert Island Discs, interviews that went wrong, and take Qs from The Massive about 100 issues of Word. | 4 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 172 - The Bobcast | Now Bob Dylan's seventy so it seems only decent to dedicate a podcast to him, his enduring fascination and his work. In this we're joined by Andy Gill, our resident Dylan scholar, author of Bob Dylan: Stories Behind The Songs. | 23 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 171 - with Van Dyke Parks | The magnificent Van Dyke Parks enters the pod to deliver wry and extremely fond and funny memories of working with Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Randy Newman, Brian Wilson, Joanna Newsom and his brief membership of Frank Zappa’s Mothers Of Invention. | 11 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 170 - with Neil Tennant | Neil Tennant joins the Word podcast where he reminisces about the days when he was "Doctor Bitz", talks about the most ridiculous things the Pet Shop Boys have been asked to do, discloses why they're going on tour with Take That, reveals the name of the best song ever written and answers some of your questions. | 5 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 169 - with Delta Maid and Daniel Tashian | This week's 'cast features guest appearance from Delta Maid, who talks to Mark Ellen and Kate Mossman about how you can get the blues in Liverpool, and Daniel Tashian, the leader of The Silver Seas from Nashville, Tennessee, described by Danny Baker this week as "the best band in the world." | 21 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 168 - with Nick Lowe | Nick Lowe on meeting Keith Moon, Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson and recalling – in agonising detail – the moment the fresh-out-of-jail Keith Richards joined Rockpile at New York’s Bottom Line. Includes “World Premiere” performance of a new Nick Lowe tune! | 15 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 167: Top Of The Pops Special | Janice Long, Jude Rogers and Andrew Harrison convene in the pod to discuss Top Of The Pops, that Michael Jackson statue, and the t-shirts of rock. | 8 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 166 - with Christian Ward | Christian Ward joins us this week to discuss what happened to singers who can enunciate, work out what the deuce Elton John is singing about in "Sacrifice", talk about the links between British pop and comedy, remember Pinetop Perkins and Elizabeth Taylor and answer your questions. | 25 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 165 - with Ian McMillan | Ian McMillan joins us in the pod to talk about: playing John Cage’s silence on Desert Island Discs, the only way to be a football supporter and stay sane, the lyrics of Pete Sinfield and the usefulness of being able to make that whistling sound between your teeth. | 17 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 164: Precious Memories and Inky Fingers | Pete Paphides joins David Hepworth and Mark Ellen in the pod with a load of old music papers. It's all here: bad puns, mistaken critical judgements, and momentous news announcements tucked away at the bottom of the page. | 11 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 163: cough buttons in Japanese toilets | Andrew Collins drops in to help kick around a few thoughts about comedians doing karaoke, the new Radiohead album, whether Krautrock would be more popular if it had happened 40 years later, and tips for the Oscars. | 25 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 162: From the Brits to Beechams | Mark Ellen, Fraser Lewry and David Hepworth on the effective apartheid between the r&b and folkie factions currently making up British pop, why British acts can't make speeches, and why people hate Mumford & Sons. | 17 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 161: Gary Moore remembered | Rob Fitzpatrick talks about meeting Elton John in the flesh, Roy Wilkinson describes his father's role in the family business, which is British Sea Power, and we talk to people who worked with Gary Moore, who died last weekend. | 10 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 160: what does a Wichita Lineman actually do? | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry wonder whether anybody is really heartbroken when bands break up, wonder what a Wichita Lineman does and why bands pick such uncommercial names, and answer your questions. | 4 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 159: Keith Moon & good spelling | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on Iron Maiden: Flight 666, your questions, class and pop, "Seventies" Mike Johnson's fiendishly difficult rock and roll spelling test and the drumming genius of Keith Moon. | 28 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 158: Is rock dead? | In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry chew on the big topics de jour: is rock dead? And did the 80s kill proper music? Plus, David Hepworth comes up with a list of great records made in that unjustly maligned decade. Warning: contains an unexpected intrusion and a controversial opinion about Morrissey. | 14 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 157: Elton's sunglasses & Richard Thompson's beret | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Fraser Lewry feature in the first podcast of 2011 which includes: Captain Beefheart remembered and mis-remembered, the likelihood of anyone with four drawers devoted to sunglasses finding room in their lives for a child, the terrible choice between Spandau Ballet versus Duran Duran and why Richard Thompson really should be cast in any remake of "It Ain"t Half Hot Mum". | 7 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 156 | This week's guest was snowed in and so David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Fraser Lewry sort out previously unfinished business. | 3 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 155 - with Will MacDonald | This week we're joined by Will "Wiiill" Macdonald, who talksl about his time as the producer of TFI Friday at the height of Britpop. | 16 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 154 | In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry review last week's brilliant "Word In Your Ear" gig, report back from viewings of Bruce Springsteen's "The Promise" and Rush's "Beyond The Lighted Stage". Plus Matt Priest talks to the Charlatans' Jon Brookes. | 9 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 153 - with Darrell Scott | Joining Kate Mossman and Mark Ellen in the pod is songwriter and session guitarist Darrell Scott, currently touring as a member of Robert Plant's band. | 29 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podscast 152 - with Jac Holzman | David Hepworth talks to Jac Holzman, who signed Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, Love, The Doors, the Incredible String Band, Carly Simon and The Stooges, on the occasion of Elektra's 60th anniversary. | 21 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 151 - with Dougie Anderson | Dougie Anderson joins Mark Ellen and David Hepworth in the pod to mount a stout defence of Belle and Sebastian, Alex Harvey, John Gordon Sinclair and more. | 12 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 150 - with Devon Sproule & Paul Curreri | Devon Sproule and Paul Curreri join Mark Ellen and David Hepworth in the pod, while David talks to the men at De Wolde music about the joys of production music. | 5 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 149 - with Sean Wilentz | David Hepworth speaks to Sean Wilentz on the phone from Los Angeles. Wilentz is professor of history at Princeton University, resident historian on Bob Dylan's website, and the author of 'Bob Dylan in America'. | 23 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 148 - with Dom Joly | Dom Joly joins us in the pod to talk about his new book The Dark Tourist, Kate Mossman describes what it's like to share an ocean liner with a load of people who just want to boogie, and we talk to Andrew Losowsky about "Stranded", the magazine he put together when he was stuck in Ireland because of the Icelandic ash cloud. | 16 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 147 - with Phill Jupitus and Trevor Dann | Two old radio hands join us in the pod this week to talk about what’s been did and what’s been hid in the world of radio. | 9 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 146 - a quick chat with Andrew Harrison re: iTunes | Andrew Harrison reports back from last night's Apple unveiling. What does it all mean? | 2 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 145 - with CW Stoneking | This week's podcast features CW Stoneking, who arrived straight from the airport to play and talk to Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry, plus concert industry watcher James Drury about the likelihood of the UK live business experiencing a meltdown such as has apparently occurred in America this summer. | 27 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 144 - with Wilko Johnson | Wilko Johnson joins Mark Ellen, "Seventies" Mike Johnson and Fraser Lewry in the pod, with tales of the false economy of cheap suits, speed versus alcohol, going round to Strummer's house, seeing The MC5's Wayne Kramer sprayed gold, being left-handed before Hendrix, and the still painful story of his ejection from Dr Feelgood. | 11 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 143 - with Robin Ince | Robin Ince joins Kate Mossman and Mark Ellen to impersonate John Peel, discuss Mills & Boon, crab opera, 1970s stag films, Darwin's Origin Of Species and the Edinburgh Fringe, and eat Victoria sponge cake live. | 4 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLatitude Podcast II | In the second podcast direct from the Latitude site Kate Mossman talks to John Grant and Mark Ellen talks to promoter Melvin Benn. Subjects covered include: the importance of putting your poetry tent in the right place, translating in a New York hospital, Christmas discos in August, presenting a birthday cake on stage and why you can take Tom Jones out of showbiz but you can never take showbiz out of Tom Jones. | 18 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Latitude Podcast | Our first podcast from the site at Latitude features Rob Young writer of Electric Eden, and Geoff Lloyd, who's here broadcasting from the site for Absolute Radio. Recorded in the luxurious surroundings of our Portkabin audio suite, it covers Vaughan Williams, Mark's posh digs in Worbleswick, the correct response to a fellow camper who sings the blues in the middle of the night, The National, how to distinguish between a real beard and a fashion beard, how Tom Jones lets himself go at Christmas and the dark pact forged between Florence + The Machine and Claire's Accessories. | 17 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 140 with Robert Forster | Former Go-Between Robert Forster joins us in the Word podcast to play a couple of songs and talk about hair care, bridge-opening, the likelihood of Mick Taylor rejoining the Rolling Stones, the statistical jiggery-pokery that meant Spain pinched what should by rights be New Zealand's World Cup and the 48th anniversary of the Rollin' Stones first ever gig. | 12 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 139 with Jim White and Mat Priest | In which we welcome our man Jim White back from the World Cup to deliver a first person account of the cack-handedness of FIFA, the inability of England players to hold instructions in their head for more than two minutes, and the irresistible attraction of 40 blondes in orange mini skirts. We also mark Ringo Starr's 70th birthday today with Mat Priest of Dodgy, a drummer who knows what's involved in being Ringo in a Beatles tribute band. Happy Birthday, Ringo, from all of us. | 7 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord podcast 138 with Laura Barton | Author and journalist Laura Barton joins us to talk about her novel "Twenty-one Locks" and the huge subject of music at weddings. Plus: Glastonbury, Engerland and London sight-seeing tips. | 30 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 137 with Mary Gauthier | David Hepworth talks to Mary Gauthier about her search for her birth mother and how it led to her new album "The Foundling". | 25 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 136 | We're joined by Ian McMillan and James Medd. Features: live vuvuzela performances, actual impressions of Keats, the ethics of Kindie rock, how many free tickets is too many tickets and why we all miss Hovis Presley. | 16 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPodcast 135 | The singer and songwriter brings his guitar and uke to talk about writing, co-writing, winning prizes and not winning prizes, getting caught short at a Bob Dylan concert and glancing encounters with superstars. | 10 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 134 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Fraser Lewry marvel at the myth of Exile On Main Street, and are joined by Kate Mossman for an impromptu review of the new Sex and the City movie. | 28 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 133: with Neil Hannon | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry are joined in the pod this week by a be-suited Neil Hannon, who popped into Word Towers on his way to the Ivor Novello awards and played us a few songs. | 20 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 132 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry are joined in the pod by returning guest Andy Murray, where we talk about Andy's time at Stiff Records and look back at the election, while Mark receives some genuine David Gilmour guitar strings and joins Fraser singing a short song about horses. | 13 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 131 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry play Rock Trumps™ and reveal which music festival does a roaring trade in meat cleavers, discuss what Billy Preston was up to as an 11-year-old, marvel at a bunch of session men playing The Beatles with mind-boggling precision, and recall Louise Wener's days as a singing waitress aboard a floating restaurant in Boston. | 5 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 130 - with Eamonn Forde | Eamonn Forde joins us in the pod to talk about: a childhood without music in the wilds of Norn Iron, the worst jobs we've ever had, how to stop a circus mule, the legacy of Malcolm Maclaren, Lyndon Johnson ringing up to order some trousers, legendary p***ses in rock and who, if anyone, really killed rock journalism. | 9 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 129 - with Andrew Collins | Andrew Collins joins us in the pod to mark Rolf Harris Day and take part in talks about: Erykah Badu's bottom, International Record Store Day, and the likelihood of the cassette making a return. | 30 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 128 - with Jude Rogers | The do's and don'ts of wedding dances, how to crowd surf and things we don't do anymore. | 24 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 126 with Philip Ball | Philip Ball, author of "The Music Instinct: how music works and why we can't do without it", entertains and instructs Kate Mossman and David Hepworth (with examples at the pianoforte). | 17 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 127 | Includes: Mike "Seventies" Johnson's rock spelling test, Rob Fitzpatrick on promo copies, Mark Ellen on medieval pop groups and "Magic" Alex Gold with details of our upcoming A Word In Your Ear gig. | 5 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 125 | Mark Hodkinson from Pamona Publishing joins David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry to talk about how bands were formed in the years after punk, the inevitable power struggles that take place within the ranks of those bands, the effect that fame has on personality, what it takes to succeed, and the economics and practicalities of running a small independent publishing house in the era of Amazon. | 24 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 124 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry head to Gold Top studios in north London to talk to Neil Brockbank, producer of Nick Lowe. A believer in recording live with the musicians, he describes the changes that have taken place in the way music is recorded from the Beatles through Frank Sinatra to Ricky Martin and beyond and looks at the implications that has for what we listen to. | 12 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 123 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry enter the pod to examine the new, more-words-than-ever edition of The Word as it arrives - minty fresh - from the presses. They also do their best to answer your questions. | 5 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 122 - with Idris Elba | Fraser Lewry, Andrew Harrison and David Hepworth take the pod to meet the man you know as "The Wire"'s Stringer Bell and may soon know as Driis. Plus a report from last Friday's social, some reflections on the Word's One Hit Wonders Playlist and a discussion of what it's like to be with really, really good-looking people. | 25 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 121 - Phil Smee, reissue man | Reissues consultant and designer Phil Smee joins us to talk about what records are *really* rare. | 21 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 120 with Steve Lamacq | Steve Lamacq joins us in the pod to improvise on a theme of indie. In a wide-ranging conversation we cover what it's like to listen to spend your Sunday afternoon listening to demos, have Richey Manic carve his arm in front of you, "discover" Coldplay, talk to the parents of 17-year-olds with stars in their eyes, hang about backstage and live on a diet of cider and crisps. | 12 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 119 - The Christmas Special | David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison and Fraser Lewry on X Factor, The Thick of It, Porky Peckham, why vinyl should be French and the difference between real Christmas and Christmas according to pop records and TV shows. | 18 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 118 - All about swearing | WARNING! THIS PODCAST CONCERNS SWEARING AND CONTAINS LOTS OF EXAMPLES. AVOID IF LIKELY TO OFFEND. Peter Silverton talks about his book "Filthy English" with Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. | 2 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 117 with Mark Hagen | The man who puts together special music stuff for BBC radio and TV talks about how he gets what he wants and why he can't get all of it. With Mark Ellen and David Hepworth. | 24 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 116 | Special guests Thomas Walsh and the guys from Pugwash/Duckworth Lewis Method join Mark Ellen and David Hepworth to talk about: cricket, taping The Move off Whistle Test, how U2 own Dublin and how the average musician has more chance of sleeping with Five Star than travelling five star. | 12 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 115 with Danny Baker | Danny Baker talks about touring with Ian Dury, record shopping with Elton John, when Virgin used to be above a shoe shop, the trick David Bowie uses to avoid answering questions, what happened when a salesman called on Viv Stanshall, the greater glory of King Crimson and the fallacy peddled by punk. Mark Ellen and David Hepworth listen. | 20 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 114 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry discuss Amy Winehouse's bosom problems, Carly Simon's pension and Bob Dylan's winter wonderland. Plus your questions answered. | 14 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 113 | Andrew Harrison, Eamonn Forde and Fraser Lewry on Letterman, live albums, death metal, and why Lily Allen wins at the internet. | 7 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 112 - the smell of record shops | David Hepworth, Rob Fitzpatrick and Fraser Lewry on the things they'll miss about record shops and the things they won't. | 17 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord podcast 111 (The Nelson) | In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry talk about: D-Day, the Gallagher family spat and the best place to get a rotary-valve flugelhorn. | 1 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Word Podcast is back from its holidays | Mark Ellen, Barry McIlheney, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on Annie Leibowitz's mortgage difficulties, Bob Dylan's wandering around New Jersey and all sorts of other things. | 20 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 109 | Andrew Collins joins David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry to discuss our teenage TV crushes, classic cartoon images, what to do with an old VCR and what book not to take on a holiday in North Korea. | 30 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 108 | The Mercury Music Prize shortlist: an enticing menu of thrilling new listening or the musical equivalent of geography homework? Eamonn Forde, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry exchange their prejudices about the shortlist, look at the effect that Twitter has had on the opening weekends of movies and wonder how we'd feel if we were confronted by the paparazzi. | 23 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPodcast 107: College Ents Special | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and the real Andy Murray talk about the days when the big bands played colleges, why everybody's so obsessed with 1969 and the sheer strangeness of a 19 year old without a mobile. | 15 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPodcast 106: At war with the iPod generation | David Hepworth talks to Patrick Hennessey, the author of "The Junior Officers Reading Club: Killing Time And Fighting Wars". | 12 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 105 | David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on the distractions of the Great Outdoors, the strange noises made by Australians and the agony of 24/7 sports coverage. Plus Amy Pickard reports from inside Michael Jackson's memorial service. | 8 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPodcast 103: Paul Du Noyer on London's music | To mark the publication of his book "In The City: A Celebration Of London Music" Paul du Noyer talks to David Hepworth about the ties that bind Marie Lloyd and Dizzee Rascal, the blues that came up from Richmond and the line from Gilbert & Sullivan to the Sex Pistols. | 1 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Word's Legendary Glastonburycast | Mark Ellen, Kate Mossman, Caitlin Moran, Andrew Harrison and Fraser Lewry report direct from Glastonbury 2009. | 27 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 102 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Barry McIlheney and Paul Du Noyer on: Father's Day, what to do if your daughter wants to be a bloke, the disappearance of local papers and that meeting at the BBC. | 16 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 101 | David Hepworth, Fraser Lewry, Rob Fitzpatrick and Greg Milner, author of "Perfect Sound Forever", chew over: why Def Leppard records sound the way they do, how popular culture has got too popular, how to get back from Wembley on your bike during a tube strike and the trial and execution of Charles I. Recorded from Skype. | 11 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 100 | Live from Abbey Road with Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison, Kate Mossman and Fraser Lewry. | 3 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 99: it's question time | We answer your questions (when is Rod Liddle's column starting?) and you answer ours (can any fictional hero talk about a record without sounding like a knob?). | 28 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 98: talking Monkey Tennis | David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry are joined by Word's TV critic Barry McIlheney and TV producer Aris Roussinos to talk about why popular TV is the way it is. Plus: why albums are so-called, Fraser's sacred harp singing weekend and how *you* can be on our 100th podcast. | 20 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 97 | Andrew Harrison, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on: the relationship between reggae and specialty meats, the return of Danny Baker to 5Live, the 2008/9 season's best clichés and more bands who were just a laugh; plus a bonus Motown shopcast. | 12 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 96 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on: customised gigs, the last music news man and the cost of Brewers Droop in 1975. Plus special preview of the Kinks Shopcast. | 5 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 95 | David Hepworth, Jude Rogers, Eamonn Forde and Fraser Lewry take the Bob Dylan argument into extra time. | 28 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 94 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry provide a warm hand on Peter O'Toole's entrance, discuss the challenges of karaoke, the stupid things boys do and whether Morrissey should just get over it. | 21 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 93 | David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry run a skeleton service during the holiday period. Includes: your letters, Hair Metal and, girls, what men are really thinking about. | 8 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 92: happy birthday, 45 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Kate Mossman pick at random from a bag o' wax, wonder whether Sting has lost his looks and answer readers tropical fish questions. | 2 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 91 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on: forming bands in Stoke Newington, the reunion of Spandau Ballet, people who can sing and people who can't plus a plug for Luke Haines' book. | 27 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 90 - St Patrick's Day Special | Barry McIlheney joins Andrew Harrison and David Hepworth to talk about the marketing of irishness, the triumphs and embarrassments of Comic Relief, what we would do with Mick Jones's lock-up and your memorable examples of onstage bad behaviour. | 17 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 89 | Kate Mossman, Mark Ellen and David Hepworth on: reviewing albums, what we really think of the BBC, getting obsessed with Bob Dylan and Glenn Campbell, visiting the Decemberists and what not to do in a snowstorm. | 9 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 88 | Andrew Collins, Mark Ellen and David Hepworth on: Neil Young's car, U2 getting the BBC into bed, the future of the album review, the only sensible way to set the prices of concert tickets, the most uncalled-for reprises in entertainment history and the sheer pointlessness of roof-top concerts. | 3 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 87 | Special podcast in which David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry talk to our music business specialist Eamonn Forde about how 2009's winds of change will affect you, the music fan. | 24 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 86 | Mark Ellen and David Hepworth welcome Barry Mcilheney to discuss the largest gathering of men over 35 since the AGM of Fathers For Justice, Van Morrison's spectacular new teeth and lots more. | 17 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 85 | Mark Ellen and David Hepworth listen spellbound as Andrew Harrison explains Spotify, Twitter and other contemporary marvels. Plus, instrumental filler tracks padding out albums and what we can all learn from Christian Bale and Pilot Sully. | 10 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Magazine Podcast 84 | In which Mark Ellen, Matt Hall and David Hepworth revisit the Editor's mauling at the hands of Alvin "Get Some" Stardust, pick over the Radio Two Folk Awards and predict a comeback for the package tour. | 3 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 83 - remember Diamond White? | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on: Diamond White and the other poisons we used to take; Aretha Franklin's unfortunate way of chopping words into syllables; Kenneth Williams lavatory and other important issues. | 22 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 82 - Amy loses a contact lens | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on the history of applause, the lonesome death of William Zantzinger and the remaking of Minder. | 15 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 81 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall treat an enthralled nation to the details of what they did on Christmas Day, how they wish they had a Christmas like Paul Weller's, Gwyneth Paltrow's top diet tips, a key lesson about parenthood, whether we would buy insurance from Iggy Pop and the things that the British are good at apart from soldiering, tailoring and character acting. | 7 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Word's Hidden Track | Editor Mark Ellen and his ukulele make late bid for Christmas number one. | 30 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Word Christmas Podcast 2008 | This brief 'cast was recorded live at the office Christmas Party and features members of the editorial team revealing what was in Secret Santa's sack. Merry Christmas. | 23 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe 80th Birthday of the Word Podcast | In honour of which David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Matt Hall mislay their glasses, lose their train of thought, repeat themselves and let the irascible side of their natures rip. This podcast is also known as "do you want a biscuit?" | 17 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 78 | David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall on: why Jerry Dammers is not joining the Specials reunion and what you should watch after "The Wire". Plus Arwa Haider on learning about Britain through 70s sitcoms. | 11 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 78 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on: Brian Eno's acapella evenings, the magic of song titles and a solution to the problem of chattering punters. | 3 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 77 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall welcome Jude Rogers to talk about: Michael Jackson's bank account, how monkeys talk, what Bono is buying Brian Eno for Christmas, the startling mediocrity of Simon Cowell and what it's like to share an elevator with Bubbles. This podcast features a cameo appearance from Janet with some toast. | 26 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 76 | David Hepworth, Barry Mclheney and Matt Hall on Big Bill Broonzy in Belfast, the year 1972 in gigs, Brian Eno and the Singing Postman, Kanye West versus Leonard Cohen at the O2, your thoughts on Prog, the Enid at the Marquee, Reg Varney's real claim to fame, what Martina Navratilova is doing on "I'm A Celebrity...", the dirty secret of Stephen Fry's cab and finally have a guess how much money big TV stars are getting paid. | 19 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 75 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on listening to Prog Rock in your living room, the late Mitch Mitchell, the people who have strangely not been given a Brit and boiling an egg on the San Andreas fault. | 13 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 74 | David Hepworth, Rob Fitzpatrick and Matt Hall on: what's going to happen at Obama's inauguration, what it's like to "jam" with Earl Slick and how to get from 1 to 106 in band names. | 6 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 73 | Andrew Collins, Mark Ellen and Matt Hall on Manuelgate, the search for a band whose name contains every number between 1 and 100 and more. | 29 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 72 | David Hepworth and Matt Hall with Jonathon Green, the editor of the Chambers Dictionary of Slang. If you think you might be in any way offended by the ripeness of the language used in this podcast, please don't listen. | 23 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord podcast 71 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on: why Ringo won't sign, how to pass yourself off in the Mob, premiership footballers who look like characters in "The Wire", members of bands who did nothing and Graeme Thomson's book about death in popular song. | 15 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 70 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall read your mail re: quadraphonic, eight-track, Hollywood stars using cheap hair colour and the dumbest things in entertainment. Plus: how Peter Mandelson got out of listening to one of Mark Ellen's stories. | 9 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPodcast 69 | David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall on: sons and daughters of Grantham, the madness of the eight-track tape, great local radio disasters, the joy of hearing unmixed session recordings and the morality of forcing a senior citizen to listen to Ten Years After. | 1 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 68 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on Rick Wright and other musicians who didn't get their fair share of credit, a brilliant TV film about pre-adolescent heavy metal and Mark's early adventures as a pop video extra. | 17 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 67 | David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall attempt to define music, ponder the rights and wrongs of pop music at funerals and wonder whether all fans are nutcases. | 8 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 66 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall report on their holidays, remember the Olympics and wonder about the connections between the Beatles and the Space Race. | 1 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord podcast 65 | In which the "Indie Professor", Dr Wendy Fonarow, talks to David Hepworth and Matt Hall about "audience zones", guest list checking, backstage pass-wearing and many other aspects of the highly ritualised world of indie. | 31 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 64 | Martin Fry joins Mark Ellen and David Hepworth to talk about 80s production techniques, the bitter antipathy in the "Top Of The Pops" Green Room back in the day, his new album "Traffic" and who exactly he should expect to meet when his wife takes him to the Cartier Polo this weekend. | 23 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 63 - Two Drummers Chatting | David Hepworth talks to Mathew Priest from Dodgy and Maurice Bacon from the Love Affair about their plans to right ancient wrongs on behalf of the drumming fraternity. Warning: contains paradiddles. http://www.twodrummers.com/ | 15 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 62 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on new rules for festivals, the wonders of the Album Cover Atlas, ideas for the Hard Rock Park and the slight return of the HORA | 8 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGlastonbury Podcast! with extra crackle! | Andrew Harrison, Kate Mossman, Mark Ellen and Caitlin Moran report from the site. They're having a good time so listen round the crackle. | 28 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 60 | David Hepworth, Matt Hall and Rob Fitzpatrick on what Google has done to our memories, having your picture taken with a rock star, lunchtime showcases in strip clubs, being up to here with Stuff, why we don't want the bonus track and naming streets after rock stars. | 24 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 59 | In which Mark Ellen, Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall talk about Chris Martin's interview flounce, how girls can make any instrument attractive, how you can't retire in pop, the disappearance of John Deacon and Dostoevsky in pop. | 17 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 58 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on the smallest groups in rock, musical ringtones, Bob Dylan's paintings and the nightmare of broken broadband. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 11 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 57 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on how the late, great Bo Diddley invented rock and roll, soul legends living in British provincial towns, Amy Winehouse's embarrassment in Rio and the more controversial lyrics of Rolf Harris. | 3 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 56 | David Hepworth, Paul Du Noyer, Rob Fitzpatrick and Matt Hall on the great Eurovision debate, the inventor of the mobile disco and the great days of Woolworths. Plus Ron and Russell Mael talk to Andrew Harrison about the challenges of doing "a season" of your own work. | 27 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 55 | Mark Vidler of Go Home Productions lets us in on the secrets of the mash-up; Andrew Harrison, Matt Hall and David Hepworth discuss Paul Weller and private education, the Amy Winemouse video and the bizarre things we found on YouTube. | 19 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 54 | Kate Mossman reports back from the N'awlins Jazz and Heritage Festival, Hugh Phillimore of Cornbury explains why you wouldn't want to run your own festival and Mark Ellen is left reeling after a close encounter with Jonathan Richman. | 14 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 53 | In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall discuss the impossibilty of bad behaviour in the age of the phonecam, truly a**l ways of cataloguing your records, the real reason that actors don't come out in Hollywood and Andrew's Radiohead feature. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 6 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 52 | Clare Grogan joins David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Matt Hall to talk about: what it's like to be inside a cake on stage at Wembley, the sad loss of Humphrey Lyttelton, what the stagehands thought of Tommy Steele and what to do if your daughter says "Daddy work, Mummy wine". | 29 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Word Podcast 51 | Andrew Collins, David Hepworth, Matt Hall and Fraser Lewry on being a heavy metal teenager, the magic of "Gavin and Stacey", hacking Mark Ellen's Wikipedia entry and how to see 50 species of bird in a day. | 22 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast number 50! | In which David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Matt Hall discuss Wikipedia with Steve Bowbrick. Plus rock stars who look like old lesbians, Bjork live and the Chinese representative at the World Music Awards. | 15 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 49 | The things Arthur Brown could do with the brazier on his head, the genius of "Gavin & Stacey", the prissiness of indieboys and the sexual discoveries of James Brown - all chewed over by Jude Rogers, Mark Ellen, Matt Hall and David Hepworth. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 8 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 48 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall talks about the ticketing controversy with writer James Medd and Joe Cohen of seatwave.com; the squad system of rock bands; the inaccurate chording of Keith Richards; the God-like genius of Bernard Cribbins; the correct spelling of Shakespear's Sister; and the hunting and gathering role of Digital Dad. | 1 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 47 | Danny Goffey and Gaz Coombes of Supergrass talk to Mark Ellen and David Hepworth on the eve of the release of "Diamond Hoo Ha". Includes: the difference between busking and begging, the importance of a right hand man and studios you can only get to by boat. | 25 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 46 | In which David Hepworth. Matt Hall and Mark Ellen are joined by Chris Difford to talk about DJ-ing in pubs, tunes on TV ads, songwriting summer schools, the new Word tee shirts and "The Last Temptation Of Chris". www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 18 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 45 | In which Mark Ellen and Rob Fitzpatrick talk to John Niven about the vicious, mad world of the a&r man as depicted in his new book "Kill Your Friends". | 10 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 44 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Kate Mossman and Matt Hall argue about whether you need to listen to records to review them and tell some brilliant jokes. | 3 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 43 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Matt Hall and Tom Whitwell explore the secrets of the click track, Autotune and Pro Tools to work out why records sound the way they do, talk about the groups they thought would make it but didn't and tell the one about the dead man who helped Madonna write a hit. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 26 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 42 (the Brits) | 9.30 the morning after the Brits - Mark Ellen, Andrew Harrison and Rob Fitzpatrick take apart the annual prize giving. Contains strong feelings. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 21 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord podcast 41 | In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall invite their country cousin John Naughton to speculate about why people insist on shooting pop records into space, which was the swearingest show in TV history and what it's like to take a rock star out for dinner on Valentine's Day. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 13 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord podcast 40 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Matt Hall and Rob Fitzpatrick on tidy beards in show business, the Great Steve Harley Speech incident, John Martyn's powerful thirst and Phil Collins and the interior decorator. | 6 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 39 | Andrew Harrison, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall talk about Morrissey's throat and the death of celebrity, the pioneering days of the UB40 fan club, the irritating sound of Alex James first thing in the morning and why rock stars can't make speeches. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 30 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 38 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Rob Fitzpatrick and Matt Hall discuss the record players their parents had, white men in reggae, old codgers in bands and Wreckless Eric's only item of furniture. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 23 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Word Weekly Podcast 37 | Mark Ellen, Andrew Collins, Matt Hall and David Hepworth talk about the future of EMI, the merchandising of books and disguising yourself as a member of Carter USM in order to gain sexual favours - after necking half a can of an energy drink. | 16 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly Podcast 36 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Matt Hall and Trevor Dann on Elvis's birthday, Michael Jackson at Fulham and why radio plays the music it does. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 8 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe best of the HORA | Like everybody else we fill up our New Year's schedules with repeats: here we present a handful of our favourite apocryphal rock anecdotes, featuring Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Elton and more. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 30 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLive from the Word office party! | The only media organisation to podcast on Christmas Day brings you this brief, alcohol-laced missive from the Word Christmas party. | 24 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 33 | In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Barry McIlheney and Matt Hall prepare for Christmas. What it's like to be on the front row, why short people can't win at gigs and why it's a mistake to dance to a drum solo. | 21 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitZepcast (Word Weekly Podcast #32) | It's the Zepcast! Our man Mark Ellen wetfoots it back from the O2 to deliver every last detail of what was really going on when Led Zeppelin played the most anticipated gig of the year. How they got on stage, what they were wearing, what they played, how they played it, what it all meant, what they're likely to do next and what Liam Gallagher thought of it. | 11 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 31 | Mark Ellen, Matt Hall, David Hepworth and special guest Jim White discuss what DVD's the Word reader might like for Christmas, how not to enjoy the hospitality on an Easyjet, and where to go clubbing in Mali. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 5 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 30 | From "...Englishmen giggling..." to "...he operated a crow...", encompassing Amy Winehouse, the mysterious ukulele fiends of old London town and a man who took miming to insane lengths. With David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Matt Hall. | 27 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 29 | Mark Ellen, Matt Hall, Andrew Harrison and David Hepworth 'fess up about miming to records in their bedrooms, ponder the magical ability of rock stars to regrow their hair, and wonder if gigs should have a 'clapping section'. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 19 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 28 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Matt Hall and Paul Du Noyer talk ukuleles once more, piano players who are only loved by their mothers, and why you should never roadie for Budgie. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 12 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 27 | Ukulele action from Ellen, together with loads of stuff from the boards, and memories of seedy rented accommodation in north London sometime in the early seventies. To find out more go to www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 5 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 26 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall on goats for Christmas, why the kids do need an education actually, and is TV the new rock n' roll? www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 31 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 25 | David, Mark, Rob and Matt discuss Ronnie Wood's autobiography, a rock 'What If?' and why Blind Faith wouldn't be welcome in our brave new world. www.wordmagazine.co.uk | 22 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 24 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Andrew Collins and Matt Hall discuss Kenny Rogers's effect on the English rugby team, great live introductions and the one about Primal Scream and Luton Airport. | 16 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 23 | Brought to you in association with Ikon Films release "Once". Tell us which Irish band the film's star Glen Hansard is associated with and which song you never wish to hear from a busker again and the Gibson Epiphone guitar that Mark Ellen is "playing" can be yours. Answers to - competition@wordmagazine.co.uk. Details at www.wordmagazine.co.uk/once | 9 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 22 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Andrew Harrison on how not to DJ at a party, how much to pay for a Radiohead album and the saddest life in the history of pop. | 1 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 21 | In which David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Rob Fitzpatrick talk James Brown's will, Eric Clapton's autobiography and Ozzy Osbourne's chickens. | 26 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 20 | In which Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Andrew Harrison read their fanmail and design their ideal record shop. | 20 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 19 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Jude Rogers ask 'what was Britney Spears doing?' at the VMA awards, continue collating the definitive list of records to clear a room, and hear a testimonial from a reader in Scotland explaining how the podcast banishes the worst of heebie jeebies. | 12 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 18 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Matt Hall on unlistenable records, the enduring appeal of bootlegs and why the Rolling Stones should get a MOBO | 6 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWordcast Best Of #1 | Less a repeat, more a chance to meet up with old friends, and hopefully some new ones you missed first time round. Includes evidence of a worrying obsession with Jeremy Clarkeson, instructions on what not to do when swimming with sharks, and Mark Ellen's not very successful dinner date with Chrissie Hynde. | 26 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Word Weekly 17 | In which David Hepworth, Rob Fitzpatrick and Matt Hall discuss the passing of Tony Wilson, the crap groups you like and the good ones you don't. | 22 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 16 | David Hepworth and Mark Ellen talk to Jim Irvin, who reports back from what could be the most disastrous live show in the history of pop | 6 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 15 | Brought to you in association with the Rolling Stones "Biggest Bang" DVD, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Paul Du Noyer discuss Charlie Watts's sock drawer, the least promising names for a rock star and the story of Van Morrison and the level crossing. | 1 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 14 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Barry McIlheney on double acts, rock oxymorons and the liberties that TV producers take | 16 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 13 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Rob Fitzpatrick lounge around at Cornbury and raise a cinnamon twist to the memory of George Melly. | 9 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 12 | David Hepworth and Mark Ellen are joined by Andrew Collins to talk about the Concert for Diana, Prince's plan to give away his new album and the strange thing about the Spice Girls reunion. | 4 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 11 | Glastonbury special with Mark Ellen, Andrew Harrison and Jude Rogers reporting from the site while David Hepworth stays in the dry and wonders about Big Gigs | 25 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 10 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth & Andrew Harrison contemplate George Michael's piano, famous people that we didn't recognise and the one about the rock star and the paté de foie gras. | 17 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 9 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Rob Fitzpatrick talk about the man we call Laughing Len, what makes a great rock and roll venues and one man's terrible Elvis Costello faux pas. | 12 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 8 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Andrew Harrison on Paris Hilton in chokey, DJs who pretend to play records, movie stars who can't sing and rock stars who can't act. | 5 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 7 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Jude Rogers sing the praises of vinyl, talk about failed comebacks and the etiquette of demo tapes while Nick Lowe is our first guest anecdotist. | 30 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 6 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Andrew Harrison see if they've got enough dosh to by EMI and contemplate the most expensive gig in the history of the world | 24 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 5 | Mark Ellen and David Hepworth talk to Trevor Dann about what - if anything - is the matter with music radio | 14 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 4 | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Rob Fitzpatrick and Kerry Shale on Prince's curious plans for the Millennium Dome, the indecipherable Bob Dylan and the strange things boys do to pay tribute to their favourites. | 9 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Podcast 3 | Neil Aspinall's extraordinary life with the Beatles, Rock Stars Kids and the story about Elton and the parachutists | 2 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly 2 | David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and Andrew Harrison on great rock names, the strange tale of Van Morrison's harmonica and why Live Earth will not end global warming | 24 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWord Weekly Podcast 1 | In the first weekly podcast from The Word, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Andrew Harrison discuss summer festivals, the worst rock hacks' clichés and Mark talks about what it's like to deal with Phil Spector. | 18 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitOne-two-cast | Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Rob Fitzpatrick discuss the best and worst ways to start a show | 7 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Enjoyable busrides home.
Only just caught onto The Word podcasts despite buying the magazine for many years. Basically its like listening to your elder brother's best friends (the ones you used to listen to and frantically scratch down the names of bands they mentioned that you hadn't heard of because they KNEW music ). People who have actually seen Bob Marley at the Lyceum in 1975 and Pentangle in - whenever Pentangle were at their halceon phase;). Endlessly enjoyable especially on a bus ride home from work on a Friday night. Lads if you could make it a consistent 45 mins you'd fill my whole journey home. One last thing is Dave Hepworth the best living non-comedian with his use .....of ......pauses. Well maybe not, just a thought.
Fantastic Podcast
Word magazine is the best music publication in the world & this, its accomapnying podcast, is, if anything, even more enjoyable than the magazine. Ellen and Hepworth are as funny as the two old men in The Muppets Show as they look down on the worlds of music and entertainment & bang on and on and on. They have a series of occassional sidekicks, Andrew Harrison, Jude Rogers and Rob Fitzpatrick who chip in with news from the last 20 years or so which balances Ellen's preoccupation with all things Pentangle and Chicory Tip. My only complaint is that the EQ on the podcasts sometimes varies between episodes & Rob Fitzpatrick sits too far from the mic from time to time, both of which make it difficult for the older listener to hear all of the banter. So keep it going...but please speak up a little.
Wondrous whitterings
The joy of listening to Messrs Hepworth and Ellen expound on all things entertainment from the past century (or so it seems) is a joy to hear. Yes, we've all listened to or watched a lot of these events, bands, movies, etc, but these guys are true experts, who have first-hand, relevant information and can also make it sound interesting and funny. Long may The Word and these podcasts continue - after all, from who else could you divine that Bono smells of cigars? I rest my case!
