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In an opening aside, The Captain curses wireless technology. Just use wires, folks. After all these years, ElTele learns how to run.But the main theme for the end of year episode is: we list our best film, TV series, documentary, book, event, a
In our penultimate episode of 2023, we review a live concert by a legendary band, and a new album from an old stager. Spy drama Slow Horses returns. The Captain is drawn in to animated martial arts series Blue Eye Samurai, and is hanging out fo
Some people might say it's time we started making sense! We've both been to see the remastered Talking Heads concert movie - hear the verdict - and we've also been impressed by the new album from Paul Cook and the Chronicles.ElTele has complete
Is it really the end? Did we like the final Beatles product?And what's more, did we ever think Monty Python was funny? Is comedy in some cases more about a sense of unity with like-minded fans, rather than actual laughs? We try to put these tho
Lots of things beginning with B in this episode, and some not!Will the upcoming release be the last "new" Beatles tune? The Captain is deep into a time shifting whodunnit on Netflix called Bodies, whilst ElTele checks out the Beckham documentar
We talk about our couch potato go-to TV programmes. Guilty pleasures? We’re not guilty! ElTele checks out the Jay Blades documentary, and we both review an uncomfortable watch in The Reckoning, the four-part drama about Jimmy Savile, starring S
A titan of electronic music goes acoustic after 40 years? How can this be?Once again we talk about the impact of Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, and going further into the new series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, which this
What does the drummer do when one of the biggest bands ever breaks up? Find out in this episode. The Office's Rainn Wilson is looking for happiness in strange places? Does he find it? ElTele finishes The Traitors UK, and trails the new series o
We may not be the best at Māori Language Week but we are enthusiastic about it, and discuss it!We talk about the responses to last episode's question "Do musicians listen to music differently to non-musicians?" The Captain appreciates good tran
Moving swiftly on from our Mercury Prize predictions, The Captain plugs low budget comedy drama Scrapper, and Pasifika rugby documentary Family Faith Footy. He's also baffled by the stocking policy of a local record store. ElTele is impressed b
In between brief rants about dentists, deodorant and lottery tickets, we get on with it. The Captain plugs the upcoming cinema reissue of one of the greatest concert films of all time. On TV, the NZ comedy drama Far North is proving to be a win
In this episode we review the final four contenders from the Mercury Prize list: Loyle Carner, Olivia Dean, Jockstrap, and Young Fathers. Which do we think will win? The Captain plugs series two of an Alexei Sayle podcast, and listens to an inf
We put four more Mercury Prize contenders to the test: Jessie Ware, Arctic Monkeys, Shygirl, and RAYE. The Women's World Cup is a tremendous success - it must be if it can get New Zealanders to discuss "soccer". We talk about the Lionesses chan
In which we commence our review of the Mercury Music Prize contenders, with comments about four albums from that list, plus more musings on how musicians actually make money, and a review of a gig by Jen Cloher. ElTele has reckons about the new
It's Mercury Prize time again! It doesn't seem ten minutes since we talked about the last competition. We review two documentaries (on Wham, and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior) and we polish off a book each. Tune in to find out about our go
Advisory: we are here to warn you of the grave danger to health posed by crumpets! The Tour de France has begun and we are cycling converts. Buying gig tickets: why is it so difficult? In the first of our Complete Works series, we look at the l
We're covered in B's this episode, as ElTele discovers the health benefits of breathing properly, and puts a bunch of books on his reading list. We say goodbye to a TV sports show from our (relative) youth, Soccer AM. We kick off a new feature
It's an unusual week here at Podcast Towers as ALL our football teams won something. We try not to gloat for too long, and quickly move on to review the best of the past couple of weeks of culture consumption.We talk about new albums from Every
Why is it that well-off famous people want to appear normal? The Captain has had enough of it! He revisits a classic album from 2006, Howe Gelb's Sno Angel Like You. We listen to friend of the podcast Katie's new music show, and discuss how two
In a packed episode, El Tele plugs two books, and alarmingly changes the way he's breathing by taping his mouth shut! We both comment on Lana Del Rey, and trail the Kill Boksoon film and Schmigadoon series. The Captain finds all of Rich Hall's
El Tele carries on catching up with culture, and the Jazz Odyssey continues. We discuss the re-release of a classic film trilogy that isn't Star Wars, The Captain reviews three books from the New Zealand book Awards shortlist, and a couple of r
In a packed programme tonight, we explore some anniversaries - was one of them the most important day in music history? A new animated series re-imagines Elvis as a secret agent, but could it have actually happened? Some random facts popped up
Rip It Up And Start Again? No, we're Moving On Up. It's finally time to kick off 2023 here at Only a Podcast with this new-fangled thing called (checks notes) video.This one's a quick catch up on what we've done over the summer (yes, folks, it'
Once again we say goodbye to some legends of the world of music. ElTele is bored by the first Avatar film, and the Captain finds Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain in the charity shop.But the main theme for this end of year episode is: we
Sometimes when we don't plan, an episode completes with all sorts of chat. Hertz Van Rental is not a Dutch footballer! We talk about our health checks and regimes. Find out why El Tele is sentenced to read Ian MacDonald's Beatles book five time
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