Hosts Lol Tolhurst (The Cure) and Budgie (Siouxsie and the Banshees) explore post punk's enduring legacy and contemporary relevance. Lol and Budgie welcome luminaries from all walks of life for revealing, yet relaxed conversation. Audience questions are answered at the end of each episode.
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Peter Ulrich Pt. 2: But - We are Not The Kitchen Fairies! (00:37:23)
Intense but Brief!
Lisa Gerrard followed by Liz Fraser
Peter in Heaven with the Cocteau Twins
Artwork for Goth and 4AD - Football is The Key
Surely not - Australian rules football of course!
Wh...
Peter Ulrich Pt. 1: Three Unexpected Drummers! (00:36:01)
Carpets and Bass Drums!
Strokes of Luck that Changed our Lives
The Cure became Judges with a bunch of Fives
We all took numbers, and we all took a Name
They were all unreadable when the next day C...
Nabil Ayers Pt. 2: How Could We Not? – This Is the Time! (00:39:55)
Affairs of The Heart - an American Thing!
Shifting perspectives, but Who Are We?
When Confronted with the Evidence, What Is Reality?
Everyone was there Except, the one Telling the Story!
Every Pict...
Nabil Ayers Pt. 1: Sheet – We Need To Get Back In (00:38:34)
Los Angeles Goes Out - Not Up!
Reinvigoration and we’re running up that hill,
But are we in the wrong sort of bungalow – Bill?
It was pots and pans and party time when Nabil was only two!
Happy Hou...
Reggie Watts Pt. 2: Out Of The Melting Pot Into The Fire (00:31:39)
Love it to Death!
Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, and Led Zeppelin too
Adam Ant, B.A.D., Def Leppard and Yazoo?
All vying for airtime in Great Falls Montana
Would Lol’s Studded catsuit have raised a Hos...
Reggie Watts Pt. 1: Kick Out The Jams Thumbsuckers (00:38:12)
Springtime for Ex-Pats and Germany!
It’s a Top Techno scene, with a strict Social Etiquette
The clubs are all clean, since they outlawed the cigarette
You can do what you want, but you can’t do it ...
Curious Creatures Curious Quotations: Our Life in the Gush of Boasts! (00:32:30)
1st Gush. It’s all Greek in Brackets. Tokyo in stereo to the spirit of Ghosts. The sample debate and the bones of contention continue. No loops or samples except of ourselves. We get going as human be...
Butch Vig Pt. 2: Fastest Blade in the West! ‘King of Tape Editing’ (00:39:13)
‘Butch - He got the Hooks!’
Topper Headon – He got the Grooves
Inspiration and Collaboration Clash!
Butch got that magic Snare Fill!
But our Hats go Off to Topper Headon!
'Butch as President of The ...
Butch Vig Pt 1: The Changing of The Guard From The Beatles, thru’ Teen Spirit, into Garbage (00:40:52)
Bill or George, Anything but Sue!
Clyde Stubblefield always arrived early
Clyde made a so-so kit sound Great!
How do the Greats sound the Way they Do?
It’s all about Recognising the Good Mistakes!
3a...
Curious Questions: We are the Goon Squad and we're Coming to Town Beep-Beep!!! (00:51:24)
Phase 1. In which The Cramps’ Brian Gregory, gets on the Banshees’ tour bus outside the I-Beam in San Francisco and asks, “Was anyone in Liverpool not cool?”
A Dark devilish spirit with feet like Mer...
Travel Channel: Pan Amsterdam: A Trumpet and a Laptop – That’s my Life! (00:47:48)
‘Fanfares and Tears’
Pan as Magician of Inspiration
Brings Joy and Melancholy by Transmogrification
Pan gets Deeper then Deeper than Deep!
‘Digging in the Dirt - to find the Places we got Hurt’
‘Pre...
Noche Oscura/Train with No Station: A Song from ‘The Edge’ of The World ‘It All Sounds Great – Like a Good Donut!’ (00:30:29)
Brutality!
Everything fitting as we’re thrashing about
Looking for Clues as we Twist and Shout
California dreaming no Communication Breakdown
Lol knocks a beat out and we go Downtown!
Religion!
2...
Fred Armisen Pt. 2: Who Hugged Fred in NYC? Then whispered sweetly……‘Gotta Go Now!’ (00:47:39)
Dream (a Little Dream of Tea!)
Shopping Mall testimonials, but..
Lol just wants to buy a shirt!
Recognition comes when you least expect it
Budgie’ll name that song in Three!!!
Fame (What you Need ...
Fred Armisen Pt. 1: Meet the Gang coz’ The Boys are Here! (00:36:09)
The Boys to Entertain You!
TV Pirates at Midnight!
Fred was Envious of High-Class English chocolate
Time for the Test card and a little light Music
Rattle Your Jewellery at The London Palladium
Th...
Bodies: Mary Lattimore Pt. 2: There are no wrong notes – there are no rules! (00:39:41)
Bands, commitments, and brilliant haircuts
Thurston Moore and Romantic Fantasy
Driving and dreaming of being a band
Or a solo career on the Canyon Grand
The Cure climbed out over Niagara Falls.
T...
Bodies: Mary Lattimore Pt. 1: Mushrooms in the dark- There are no mistakes! (00:26:30)
Uh Oh: Mark Bowen (IDLES) and the Attack of the Bionic Man (00:45:45)
Brutalism!
Expression, impressions and Thrashing About
Body and Rhythms - finding the Space
Favourite guitarists are all really Bad
Everything sounding off-kilter and never in Place
Joy as an Act o...
Uh Oh: Arrow de Wilde: Starcrawler – Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee (00:48:03)
Uh Oh – Here We Go!
Writing a song usually takes So Long
Jacknife had a melody and the music was strong
Arrow had ideas for words on her Phone
She Dived in Fearless and Created The Zone
Ch-Ch Ch-Ch...
We Got To Move: Isaac Brock: Happy days in the Integratron? (00:30:37)
25 years after the event he would be free.
On his porch in Portland, Oregon
Destroying the wood.
Looking legit in the jail jumpsuit
Banging cans and smashing cars up
In the rage room
Remodeled hi...
Ghosted at Home feat. Bobby Gillespie: ‘Hoppin’ and boppin’ - Flippin and floppin’ (00:26:55)
One of us changed - One stayed the same
Let’s start at the very beginning
The Spirit and Magic of it
A Simple process - A Breakdown of Sorts
Boom Boom Boom Boom
Time after time after time after time ...
Celeste Bell Pt. 2: The Do-It-Yourself World of X-Ray Spex (00:30:19)
Exploding Suburban Myths
Feminism, Formica and Friends
Watch the curtains twitch for a brand-new switch
Another music from a different day-glo kitchen
Myriad, misogynistic, moustachioed men
GermFree...
Celeste Bell Pt. 1: The Eccentricity of Everyday People’ (00:36:10)
The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
Celeste made a Film about her Mum Poly Styrene
Six years in the Making ‘Twas A Labour of Love
Clearing Permissions like Pulling Hen’s Teeth
We Share the Frustration, ...
Pt. 2: Bethany Cosentino Just Says Fuck It (00:34:07)
Who’s That Girl?
Concentric Circles and Avoiding Repetition
When The World Shutdown
The Questioning Began
Bethany had a Life Changing Awakening
On-Screen-Only Relationships!
Ice-Cold Bitch and Her J...
Bethany Cosentino Pt. 1: There’s a Million Freaks on the Streets of Los Angeles’ (00:39:49)
How Much do you Do in Your car?
Bethany lives in Her car - Bethany Loves LA!
Lol loves LA too – LA has always looked after him
Budgie thinks LA must love him too
LA Keeps Calling him Back!
Rent-A-Wre...
Jacknife Lee Pt. 3: The Transformation of Horror to Beauty (00:25:38)
Can AI make a Hit Record?
Drummers talk about anything but Drumming
Two of the Singers on Los Angeles are Drummers
All we got to do is Act Naturally
Things the Industry didn’t Understand
Will new Tech...
