This month Wes joins Thom to discuss The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall by Steve Hanley and Hazel’s been checking out Spiders: Tales From Behind The Web by Andy Roe, the story of Hull’s legendary alternative nightclub.

NYC rock'n'roll and whispering Bob Harris

Oct 1st, 2017 57m 2s

Matthew joins Hazel and Thom to chat about Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman, the new oral history of NYC music in the early 2000s. We also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Radio 1 a

Pulp special

Sep 5th, 2017 56m 46s

Mark Sturdy joins Hazel and Thom this month for a Pulp special. Up for discussion are Mark’s 2003 Pulp biography Truth and Beauty: the Story of Pulp and Freak Out the Squares: Life in a band called Pulp by Russell Senior.

Parenting a rock star and Brian Eno's diary

Aug 1st, 2017 34m 1s

Being the mother of a musician is one of this month’s topics, as Hazel and Thom discuss the recently published book From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars by Virginia Hanlon Grohl (that’s Dave Grohl’s mu

Musicians as novelists

Jul 3rd, 2017 54m 50s

Novels by musicians is the theme of this month’s Yammer of the Gods. Thom and Hazel discuss The Big Wheel by Bruce Thomas (former bass player of Elvis Costello & the Attractions), Steve Earle’s I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, Mountain

50 years of music festivals: from free love to glamping

Jun 1st, 2017 49m 34s

This month it's a Yammer of the Gods festival special. Hazel and Thom discuss Tomorrow's People by Jeremy Sandford and Ron Reid, which looks at music festivals in the Age of Aquarius, and Festivals: A Survival Guide by Jo Hoare, a more millenn

Epic albums of the 1990s: Celine Dion and Guns N' Roses

May 2nd, 2017 45m 59s

This month Thom and Hazel are joined by Matthew Evans to discuss two books from the 33 1/3 series, both on epic '90s albums; Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson and Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion

Status Quo, Moog synthesizers and gangsters of the swinging sixties

Apr 2nd, 2017 45m 28s

This month Wes joins Thom for a close reading of XS All Areas: The Status Quo Autobiography, and Hazel and Thom discuss Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer by Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco, and Jumpin' Jack Flash: Davi

Ghosts of country music, vinyl appreciation & Nick Cave

Mar 7th, 2017 38m 3s

This month Hazel and Thom chat about Ghosts of Country Music: Tales of Haunted Honky Tonks & Legendary Spectres by Matthew L. Swayne, The Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave, and Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium by John Corbett.

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