Is This Thing On Podcast
By Nick Tann
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Podcast Description
Nick Tann, an independent songwriter/performer in his own right, chats about independent music and musicians. Plays examples of their works. Interviews and band reviews. Often provocative, always funny, informative and entertaining. A must for all music fans.
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 132 | Atari Pilot ~ Stay Yourself, Churn Milk Joan ~ Until Djuna Barnes, Latent Anxiety ~ Liberation, Skelectory ~ Whitedrift, Get The Tape ~ Too Good For Words, Zilla McGuire ft. J.I.G. ~ Window Down, Tom Bishel ~ The Feeling of Home, | 5/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 131 | In a packed episode this week I play some of the best tracks on the planet from soem amazing independent artists. In no particular order Crash and The Coots ~ Don't Have Any Legs, Indigo Earth ~ Wise Man, Sam Page ~ Lottery, Meniscus ~ Fight Club, | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 130 | Paloma Faith Under extremely tired conditions I just about managed to put out this weeks podcast. In no particular order I played Jonathan Whiskerd ~I Could Be You, SophieClare~ Beady Eye, Nickdot and Frankey ~ Watching time, | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 129 | or to subscribe to the podcast by email...... - Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner In the best 60 minutes of you lives this week I played some great old favourites Los Bridge ~ Delegates, Jim From The Moon ~ 25, | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 128 | A packed podcast full of indie goodness! - In no particular order I played The Wilton Project ~ All in a Dream, Jess Vincent ~ Sweet William, The One and Only ~ Come Around, The Sons of Dark Horses ~ Wondering Why, | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 127 | Well boys and girls a cracker of a podcast this week. I played Phillo Sinnet ~ Can't Mend a Broken Heart When Mine Is Broken Too, Gary Granger ~ Dark Walk, Covergeist ~ the Loneliest Boy In the Whole Wide World, Leibowitz ~ Chasing the Pompano, | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 126 | Some cracking tunes as usual. Artists from the south-coast, London, America and up north. In no particular order I played David Hagan ~ I am King, David Simnel ~ the Troubles I've Seen, Ruth Savill ~ One Step, The Fierce and the Dead ~ On VHS, | 4/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 125 | Another buffet from which you, dear listener, can pick and fill your plate from. - In no specific order I play Oresteia ~ Helen, The Robbie Boyd Band ~ I Won't Let You Go, Caroline's Capuchin ~ Robot Song AND Precipice, | 4/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 124 | A heady mixture of music and chat this week. - The music supplie by King Never ~ Sorrow, The Plimptons ~ Pride comes Before a Storm, 1930 ~ Sisters and Brothers, White Bone Rattle ~ The Ferryman, Postcode ~ His Place or Mine. - | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 123 | It's an acoustic guitar special so there! - Great tracks from Jay Groovara ~ Cuckoo, Fran Classic ~ Close Your Eyes, Martha's Man ~ Already Hurting, Matt Stevens ~ Bunt Out Car, Joe Wellfair ~ Useless Kind, James Corachea ~ To Feel Your Embrace, | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 122 | Any guesses as to what I'm doing in this picture? - Anyhoo some forgotten, some new and some favourite tunes in this weeks episode including Raw Peaches ~ Convince Yourself You're Happy, The Tandem ~ Why Do We Fight, Stuart McNair ~ Out of your Mind, | 3/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 121 | A lovely mixture of music and interviews this week. I interviewed Cut Corners as well as Sean McGowan at their "Sound of the C" gig at The Brook in Southampton this week and played tracks from both of them. | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 120 | A fantastic mix of marvelous music this week interspersed with clips of my adventures in Bath. Music includes Heathward ft Louisa Osbourne ~ My Lost World, The Lewis Creaven Band ~ Around Your Neck, Tom Fuller ~ Doing Nothing, Marc Philippe ~ Red Tears | 3/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing on Podcast 119 | - What a great week for new music! - In this episode I play Wise Children ~ Inters Wall, Stone Pony ~ Across Town, Bob Dean ~ Forest of Fear, the Rhys Anslow Project ~ Acid Dance, Paul Liddell ~ Monsoon Rain, Marvin B Naylor ~ "Track no 6", | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 118 | In this weeks exciting show I played Mak Woven ~ Shadow on the Wall, Le Peculiar ~ Enjoy The Show, Mailman ~ Sun Never Sets, Salwa Azar ~ White Horse, Mummy Short Arms ~ Change, Black Mamba ~ This Side of the Pen, GroundFloor ~ Bound to your Head, | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 117 | After last weeks lady special a nice mix of brand new mans stuff! - Decode ~ Days After You, States of Matter ~ Only Lovers Left Alive, The Fierce and the Dead ~ on VHS, Casino Trap ~ Let you Go, The Dots ~ Love Divine, Andrew Foster ~ Memory Maze, | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 116 | A female special this week, featuring some of the best independent women artists on the planet. - This week I played April Maybe May ~ Lost, Jayme Kelly Curtis ~ Sugar and Sand, Liz Longley ~ Rush, Sweet Tooth ~ Everybody Wants to Fall in Love, | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 115 | A little bit sweary this week as I get a bit passionate about independent music. Amazing tracks form Alma ~ Scraps, Pineross ~ Ruins, Safari ~ Quicksand, Shoulders of Giants ~ Code of a Madman, Wax Ersatz ~ Make a Man out of Me, | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 114 | Bang Bangs - In Arms, Vendor Defender - Golden Shivers, Tom Slatter - Without Your Hand, an interview with local man Grant Sharkey from Toupe, The Cherry Bluestorms - A Kiss Away, Duffy's Gypsy Band - Budapest, The Mafia Kings - Two Years Gone, | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 113 | Kid Russell ~ Broke DJ, Bobby Good ~ Just Words, Thom Cross ~ Standing on the Edge, The Penny Red ~ Thelma, Son of Eagle ~ Bones, Jon Gomm ~ Love Proof, TWO tunes from No Snow NO Alps ~ Elixzabeth I and Cherry Tree and a demo from me. - | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 112 | That's me in that picture, back when Izzy was just a few hours old....ANYWAY the podcast this week played music from Streaming Lights ~ Wait a Minute, What is Life for ~ The Rush, SandRiver ~ Goodnight Goodnight, Rieg ~ The Histrionic, | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing on Podcast 111 | In an influenza fueled podcast I played great tracks from Michael Sharpe ~ Breakout, King Never ~ Sorrow, Salme Dalhistrom ~ Popwreck, Martha's Man ~ Already Hurting, Gideon's Demise ~ Everything Must End, Groundfloor ~ Counting the Days, | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On? Podcast Matt Stevens Xmas Special | Merry Xmas one and all and welcome to an Is This Thing On Podcast, Matt Stevens Xmas special. An interview interspersed with some of Matt's music. - We cover topics such as babies, how Matt writes songs, the loneliness of a solo artist, | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On? Podcast 109 | The last podcast before my Xmas special featuring the talents of 'Til Dusk ~ Honey Just Walk It, Mike Gatto ~ Silent Outrage, By the Rivers ~ Take Control, Gray Smith ~ Peach, Jesta ~ Back Chat, Flearoy, Holding up the World, | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 108 | In a better late than never episode I play Bad Bad Meow ~ Wheel, Covergeist ~ the Loneliest Boy in the World, Jebo ~ Diamonds, Kick to Kill ~ Black Kisses, Mahoney and the Moment ~ The Next Love, American Hollow ~ Operator, Liz Longley ~ Unraveling, | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 107 | - Did you miss me? Well I'm back with a bucketfull of the best independent music you have ever heard. In no particular order I played The Cherry Bluestones - By Your Leave, Catfish & The Bottlemen - Sidewinder, Vivid Nation - We're Not The Same, | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On? Podcast 106 | A bumper crop of fine music this week featuring in no particular order Clara Barker ~ With You, Owen Hackett ~ Come Back To me, Son of Eagle ~ Another Song, White Bone Rattle ~ The Feryman, The Scene Continental ~ Stranger, Black Mamba ~ To Be Honest, | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 105 | A faintly folkie ripple to this weeks ice cream sundae of music...please yourselves - . Great music from Last Child Dancing ~ The End Of Summer, Matt Stevens ~ Scapegoat, Terry Etherington ~ A Time to Go, No Snow No Alps Far In To The Night, | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 104 | A lovely band episode this week featuring in no particular order Burning Shapes ~ Silence Amplifies, The Carousel ~ Thelma, Jamie & The Portraits ~ What a Croc, Haunted Stereo ~ Can You See My Side?, Indigo Earth ~ Cold Light of Day, | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On? Podcast 103 | Nice and early this week and some amazing tunes. In no particular order Salwa Azar ~ White Horse, Bus Stop Dreams ~ The Big One, By The River _ One Word, Marvin B Naylor - Carousel, Lite ~ Image Game(UK TOUR DATES!!), | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 102 | Yes this is how I want you to listen to Burn ~ Happy, The Wilton Project ~ Diana, Matt Stevens ~ Relic, Marc Philippe ~ Red Tears, Kidd Russell ~ Backyard Heroes, Captain Backfire ~ the Dice, Andrew Foster ~ Panic Moon, | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 101 | Now the dust has settled on episode 100, 101 is biting at its heels with some of the best music on the planet! - in no particular order I played Mummy Short Arms ~ Change, No Snow No Alps ~ Lumerino, Catscans ~ Killing Fields, For Abel ~ Yorkshire, | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 100! | So here we are, episode 100! Recorded live at The Cellar Southampton and what an afternoon Paul (Unplug the Juke Box) and I had! - Sadly no live video stream ( I broke the internet!) but some great live performances from Anja McCloskey, Marvin B Naylor, | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 99 | In this weeks episode I played Rebecca Mcintee ~ Goodbye, Transmission Party ~ You're My Lighthouse, Y(G) Lyamking ~ Ancient Spy, Black Mamba ~ Head Space, Woven Bird ~ Saw You In Two, Paul Liddell ~ Boots, Steve Swindell ~ Spinning Around, | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On 98 | Back from my hols all tanned (yes...I know) and beardy!! This week I played Hi Sonorous ~ Break the Cycle, The Dots ~ Honey, Atari Pilot ~ Game Change, Coloured Lines - Feed Me To The Vultures, Thinking For Tuesday ~ Unsung Hero, | 9/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing on Podcast 97 | Indeed I can... - Still away on holiday I carry on in a similar vein from last weeks episode. - I play a new tune from Coloured Lines ~ Love Lost Light pt2, then some older tracks from Haunted Stereo ~ Cant You See My Side, Late Riser ~ Dick Logic, | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 96 | I am away on holiday so this podcast is appearing through the magic that is time travel. As I haven't had many new tracks sent, I have taken the opportunity to go back and play some of the tracks that I played at the very start of the podcasts history. | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 95 | In no particular order I played Isaw ~ Massimo, Last Child Dancing ~ Balcony, Big Block 454 ~ Pyjamgeddon, Matt Erion ~ In From The Cold, Indigo Earth ~ Cold Light of Day, Matt Stevens ~Burned Out Car, Pierre Masse' ~ Give The Word, | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 94 | A positive cornucopia of musical and comedic delights await you this week with Hot Vamp Club ~ Always Always, The Modests ~ Don't Hold Back, Marc Philippe ~ Red Tears, Liebowitz ~ Chasing Pompano, Titty Bingo ~ To Forget You, | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 93 | The Rising ~ Thinktank, Isla ~ Love Like That, Jonathan Whiskerd ~ Life Line, KTS ~ Inside Out, Wax Ersatz ~ Out In The Cold, Juana Ghani ~ Breathing, Macdaddy ~ Hurry Hurry and a summer instrumental track from me Dream... - | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 92 | Schnauser ~ Everything is Nice, Scott Turchin ~ Jah Creation, Lost Souls Club ~ Leave a Light On, Vendor Defender ~ Justin, Will & The People ~ The Game, Anja McCloskey ~ And Her Head, Eggshell Egoz ~Funky Poets, Rob Warren ~ Good For You, | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 91 | http://www.passengerofficial.com, www.paulliddell.com, http://www.tombishel.com, | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 90 | A kind of Eastleigh Festival of Music Special..... - Paul Lane and myself discuss the event and play music form some of the people who played including Andrew Foster, Anja McCloskey, The Real Raj, The Last Child Dancing, Toupe, Steve Lowis, | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 89 | Yes, that's what it looks like! - A slightly drunk podcast this week, well it is summer and all! - Played some great tunes including The Travis Waltons ~ Millionaire, Good King Friday ~ A Simple Choice, Jason Parker Quartet ~Mance’s Dance, | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 88 | Two fat ladies? - Yes podcast 88 where me, good old Nick Tann ably assisted by Izzy bring you some of the best music you have never heard! - In no particular order Fit & The Conniptions ~ Wood for the Trees, Gray Smith ~ Peach, Meniscus ~ Fight Club, | 6/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This thing On Podcast 87 | And what a podcast it is. - I play a great track from Flearoy ~ Tiger Lilly, A track from the new album by Georgian megastars Belizer ~ Autumn and a great new track from Wax Ersatz ~ Out In The Cold. - There then follows a great interview with the ta... | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 86 | A tired and slightly hungover podcast this week. The first three tracks were Mailman ~ The Ones That Got Away, Nen.TE. Psudo ~ Doucement, The Cherry Bluestorms ~ Her Mirror Cracked. - There then followed an interview with the fantastic Anja McClosky, | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing Podcast 85 Unplug The Jukebox Special | This week it's an Unplug the Jukebox Special with Paul having full rein on who gets played and he's chosen some corkers in All The Shapes, Broken Links, Woven Bird, Arp Attack, David Simnell, What Is Life For?, Shannon Chilvers, | 6/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 84 | On time this week and Izzy kept me company. - I played Vega ~ Taiga, Fez ~ Lowlight, Cantaloop ~ Chocolate, Lucas Raye ( it was Lucas, I checked) ~ Fire, Marvin B Naylor ~ Boy Became a Man (click here to read Marvin's Dairy of a Busker) Broken Links ~... | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 83 | Yes a little late this week as life got in the way. - I played some beautiful tunes people! - In no particular order ( I haven't got the time!) Clara Barker ~ Care of Princess, Broken Valves ~ What is Right?, Anja McCloskey ~ Stephanie, | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 82 | This weeks podcast included a track from the new Planes over Paris album ~ Distant Earth, 'Til Dusk ~ Honey Just Walk It, The Robbie Boyd Band ~ Orion's Belt, The Lost Souls Club ~ Your Children Are Safe With Us, Kid Russell ~ Paradise, | 5/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 81 | Yes , YOU! - Top music as ever this week from Jesta~Scully Says, Belizer~How many times?, Carvalho~ Sin & Shame, Caroline's Capuchin~Prepare to Fall, By The River~Take Control, Sonny~Fighting Fair and Sigurdór Guðmundsson ~Gengið á Gufunum" (Running | 5/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 80 | A straight music only podcast this week with very little chat by me. SHAME! - Some old, some new tunes thins week Marc Philipe ~ Red Tears, I am in Love ~ I Want you, The Tony Cannam Set ~ Suzie on a Summers Day, Bernadette Sebastiani ~ Easy to Forget, | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This Thing On Podcast 79 | I'm flying solo this week but managed to get through the hour! - Great tracks from Hot Vamp Club, Gideon's Demise, Eastern Conference Champions, Frankey, Postcode, The Glass Child, Sophie Peacock and good old me! - | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe REAL Is This Thing On Podcast 78 | Thanks to the mighty podcasting guru Pete Cogle , I can now bring you Is This Thing on Podcast 78. - This week I am joined by my mate Drew Harris as we trawl, yes TRAWL, through the music. In no particular order we Listen to The One and the Many ~ Com... | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitA Change To Our Usual Program… | For some reason I can't get the podcast that I recorded with my mate Drew Harris to work. I've tried everything , pretty much so not wanting to leave you with nothing to listen to I have uploaded an old podcast. Is This Thing On 27 from 12th April 2011. | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This This On Podcast 77 UTJ Special part 2 | In part 2, a little more "refreshed" we carry on our journey of showcasing some of the acts that Paul from Unplug the Jukebox has featured in previous episodes. - In this part we play The Rusty Blues, Dead Wax, | 4/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIs This This On Podcast 77 UTJ Special part 1 | Yes it's another Unplug the Jukebox Special! This week Paul Lane joins me from Unplug the Jukebox for a podcast so packed we had to make it in two parts! - Helped largely by cans of wonderful Polish Tyskie beer we waxed lyrical, ranted, | 4/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 58 Episodes |
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