Bedste Neil Sinclair-podcasts (2024)

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E179: Luke Turner & John Doran on The Quietus + Yoko Ono + James Chance 1:16:43

2d ago1:16:43

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In this episode we welcome John Doran and Luke Turner to downtown Hammersmith and invite them to talk about their much-loved and newly-revamped Quietus "webzine". (That's Noughties-speak, for all you kids out there.) The intrepid duo look back on the 2008 birth of their baby and reflect on its survival and evolution over the subsequent 16 years. Qu…

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E178: Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell + Tori Amos + Women in Pop 1:16:15

14d ago1:16:15

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In this episode we're joined from Nashville by acclaimed critic, author and broadcaster Ann Powers for a discussion of her new Joni Mitchell book. Starting in Ann's native Seattle, we hear about her early '80s pieces for The Rocket before moving on to her stints at the San Francisco Weekly and the New York Times. Mention of Piece by Piece, the 2005…

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E177: Val Wilmer on free jazz + photography + Lesley Gore audio 1:27:29

29d ago1:27:29

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In this episode — our first-ever "field recording" — we travel up to North London to interview the legendary writer-photographer Val Wilmer. Val takes us back to her earliest musical memories in Streatham, South London, and her immersion in the capital's '60s jazz and blues scenes. We hear about her first pieces for Jazz Journal and her experiences…

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E176: Simon Day on the Fast Show + Brian Pern + Steely Dan audio 1:08:25

1M ago1:08:25

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In this episode we welcome Fast Show legend Simon Day to downtown Hammersmith and ask him about his musical passions and the immortal Life Of Rock With Brian Pern. We start with our guest's misspent youth in south-east London, where he frequently saw bands such as Dr. Feelgood and local lads Squeeze and even fronted his own punk combo Simon & the V…

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E175: Steffan Chirazi on Metallica + Jack Casady audio + John Sinclair 1:21:59

2M ago1:21:59

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In this episode we welcome the splendid Steffan Chirazi to RBP Towers and ask him about his career as a metal/hard rock specialist and his long association with the mighty Metallica. We hear about our guest's lucky break as a 15-year-old Motörhead maniac when the band's frontman Lemmy gave up three hours to Steffan during the sessions for 1983's An…

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E174: Sean O'Hagan on Microdisney + The High Llamas + The Beach Boys 1:33:49

3M ago1:33:49

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In this episode we welcome revered High Llamas leader (and arranger to the hip and the mighty) Sean O'Hagan to Hammersmith and ask him about his life and times from Microdisney to new album Hey Panda. We hear about Sean's Luton childhood, his family's move back to Ireland, and his 1980 encounter with the late Cathal Coughlan — the Corkonian with wh…

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E173: Ira Robbins on Trouser Press + Anglophilia + Nick Lowe audio 57:28

3M ago57:28

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In this episode we welcome long-time RBP contributor Ira Robbins as he celebrates the 50th anniversary of the launch of his beloved Trouser Press. Ira tells us about the musical Anglophilia that began for him with the Beatles but surged with the 1968 release of The Who Sell Out. He then recounts the beginning of his friendship with schoolmate Dave …

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E172: Alan Light on Vibe + Prince + Taylor Swift + Townes Van Zandt 1:31:07

4M ago1:31:07

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In this episode we welcome esteemed writer and editor Alan Light and ask him about the years he spent at Rolling Stone, Vibe and Spin — plus his close encounters with Prince, Taylor Swift and Townes Van Zandt. Vibe is the particular focus of interest for Alan's hosts, hence we hear about the magazine's inception, its co-founder Quincy Jones, our gu…

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E171: Kimberly Mack on Living Colour + Greg Tate + The Black Rock Coalition 1:08:09

4M ago1:08:09

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In this episode the writer and academic Kimberly Mack joins us from Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to discuss the subject of "Black rock" in the context of her 33 1/3 study of Living Colour's Time's Up. We start by asking our guest about her childhood as the daughter of a rock-obsessed Black mother – and her experience of seeing Cheap Trick…

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E170: A Tom Hibbert special!! with Mark Ellen and Sylvia Patterson 1:18:59

5M ago1:18:59

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In this extra-special episode we welcome into the RBP lair not one but two legends of music journalism. Former Smash Hits/Q/MOJO supremo Mark Ellen and Sylvia (I'm Not With The Band) Patterson join us to pay tribute to their late friend and colleague upon the publication of our book Phew, Eh Readers? The Life and Writing of Tom Hibbert – the single…

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E169: Penelope Spheeris on filming punk and heavy metal + Wayne's World 1:15:06

5M ago1:15:06

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In this episode we welcome the legendary Penelope Spheeris and invite her to talk us through her extraordinary life and brilliant career. Barney wastes little time in asking the Louisiana-born filmmaker about the shocking traumas of her childhood and teenage years. We hear about her alcoholic mother's multiple marriages and the family's move to Sou…

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E168: Andy Schwartz on CBGB + New York Rocker + Mink DeVille 1:04:34

6M ago1:04:34

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In the new episode of the Rock's Backpages podcast we welcome the admirable Andy Schwartz, who Zooms in from upstate New York to reminisce about New York Rocker, the much-missed monthly magazine he edited from 1977 to 1982. We hear about Andy's early years in suburban Westchester County and his first experiences of live music in Manhattan, which in…

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E167: Barbara Ellen on the NME + Madonna + Spinal Tap 1:11:32

6M ago1:11:32

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Content warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual violence (22:45–24:55). In this episode we welcome the excellent Barbara Ellen, who joins us on Zoom all the way from... well, the other side of London, actually. (It's a long story.) Barbara talks us through her illustrious writing career from zines such as her own Wax Lyrical and Ooh Gar…

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E166: Daryl Easlea on Slade + Peter Gabriel + Shane MacGowan R.I.P. 1:19:26

7M ago1:19:26

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In this episode we welcome the delightful Daryl Easlea to Hammersmith for a pre-Xmas special on Slade and the sadly-departed Shane MacGowan. Daryl talks about his Essex childhood: the psychogeography of Canvey Island; his memories of seeing Dr. Feelgood at Southend's legendary Kursaal Ballroom; and how working at Our Price Records led to an eclecti…

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E165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave + Captain Beefheart 1:15:02

7M ago1:15:02

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In this episode we welcome acclaimed novelist Michel Faber to RBP's Hammersmith HQ and ask him about his new book ... as well as about a 1979 interview he did with the young Nick Cave. Barney gets the ball rolling by asking the author of Under the Skin and The Crimson Petal and the White what he set out to do with Listen: On Music, Sound and Us. Vi…

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E164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni Mitchell 1:12:28

8M ago1:12:28

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In this episode we welcome the great Kate Simon, who Zooms in from New York City to answer our questions about her stellar career and the new edition of Rebel Music, her book of classic reggae portraits. Kate talks about the formative moments that made her a music photographer, plus the 1972 move to London that brought her into the pages of Disc & …

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E163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Motels + Carla Bley R.I.P. 1:02:02

8M ago1:02:02

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In this episode we welcome acclaimed critic, author and professor Evelyn McDonnell and invite her to discuss her new Joan Didion book, along with the Motels, Britney Spears and California's pop history in general. Evelyn talks about her early L.A. memories and childhood move to Wisconsin before we hear how she progressed from her college paper in P…

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E162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skiffle + Woody Guthrie 1:18:35

9M ago1:18:35

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In this episode we welcome the left's very own "national treasure" Billy Bragg – beamed in from his adopted Dorset – and ask him about the long and remarkable career that's enshrined in forthcoming box set The Roaring Forty. Billy revisits his Barking boyhood and early pop and folk influences, culminating in the 1977 formation of Clash-inspired pun…

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E161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bruce Springsteen + Jann Wenner 1:11:58

9M ago1:11:58

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In this episode we welcome music writer/photographer turned award-winning TV director Mick Gold and ask him to return to the mid-'70s to discuss pub rock, Bruce Springsteen and the wonderful Let It Rock magazine. Mick explains how he fell in with Let It Rock's "hard-up left-wing intellectuals" after penning a 5,000-word Beatles thesis at Sussex Uni…

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E160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blue + Beastie Boys 1:06:03

10M ago1:06:03

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In this episode we invite Richard Grabel to reminisce about his long career as a journalist and music-biz lawyer. We hear how Richard had his mind blown by an early CBGB double-bill of Television and the three-piece Talking Heads — and about his first reviewing efforts as a student at the University of Pennsylvania. He describes how he got his foot…

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E159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Heads + A&R at Arista 1:15:42

10M ago1:15:42

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In this episode we're delighted to invite Vernon Gibbs to look back on his career as a pioneering soul scribe and A&R man. Vernon begins by describing his early years as a scholarship student who took the G train from Brooklyn to school on Manhattan's Upper East Side — and his formative years at NYC's Columbia University. He describes how he fell i…

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E158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Lee Hooker + Robbie Robertson 1:06:42

11M ago1:06:42

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In this episode we welcome NME legend Charles Shaar Murray, beamed in from his adopted Ipswich to reminisce about his career from Oz magazine to his John Lee Hooker biography Boogie Man. We start by discussing Charles' 1970 interview with the mighty Muddy Waters, his "favourite singer since I was 12 years old". Our guest talks about the Oz "School …

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E157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Sinéad O'Connor 1:21:52

11M ago1:21:52

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In this episode, we invite acclaimed New York writer Jim Farber to tell us about his 50-year career and his experiences of "growing up gay to a Glam Rock soundtrack", to cite the title of a superb 2016 piece he wrote for The New York Times. We start by asking the former Chief Music Critic of the New York Daily News about his Scarsdale childhood and…

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E156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + Morrissey audio 55:16

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In this episode, Richard Boon joins us to talk about his life in music, taking in the birth of Buzzcocks, the Smiths on Rough Trade and his time as "the world's coolest librarian" in Stoke Newington. The punk instigator takes us back to 1976, when he went to see the Sex Pistols live in High Wycombe together with a certain Howard Trafford and Peter …

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E155: Robyn Hitchcock on the Soft Boys + David Blue + Mick Farren 1:28:26

12M ago1:28:26

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In this episode we invite the inimitable Robyn Hitchcock to reminisce about his heroically nonconformist career from the Soft Boys to 2022's Shufflemania! After Robyn explains his recent return to London from his adopted Nashville, Barney, Mark and Martin hear about his hippiefied but not entirely psychedelic '60s youth – plus his early immersion i…

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E179: Luke Turner & John Doran on The Quietus + Yoko Ono + James Chance 1:16:43

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E178: Ann Powers on Joni Mitchell + Tori Amos + Women in Pop 1:16:15

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E177: Val Wilmer on free jazz + photography + Lesley Gore audio 1:27:29

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E176: Simon Day on the Fast Show + Brian Pern + Steely Dan audio 1:08:25

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E175: Steffan Chirazi on Metallica + Jack Casady audio + John Sinclair 1:21:59

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E174: Sean O'Hagan on Microdisney + The High Llamas + The Beach Boys 1:33:49

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E173: Ira Robbins on Trouser Press + Anglophilia + Nick Lowe audio 57:28

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E172: Alan Light on Vibe + Prince + Taylor Swift + Townes Van Zandt 1:31:07

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E171: Kimberly Mack on Living Colour + Greg Tate + The Black Rock Coalition 1:08:09

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E170: A Tom Hibbert special!! with Mark Ellen and Sylvia Patterson 1:18:59

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E169: Penelope Spheeris on filming punk and heavy metal + Wayne's World 1:15:06

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E168: Andy Schwartz on CBGB + New York Rocker + Mink DeVille 1:04:34

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E167: Barbara Ellen on the NME + Madonna + Spinal Tap 1:11:32

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E166: Daryl Easlea on Slade + Peter Gabriel + Shane MacGowan R.I.P. 1:19:26

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E165: Michel Faber on music & sound + Nick Cave + Captain Beefheart 1:15:02

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E164: Kate Simon on Bob Marley + Sounds + Joni Mitchell 1:12:28

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E163: Evelyn McDonnell on Joan Didion + The Motels + Carla Bley R.I.P. 1:02:02

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E162: Billy Bragg on forty roaring years + Skiffle + Woody Guthrie 1:18:35

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E161: Mick Gold on Let It Rock + Pub Rock + Bruce Springsteen + Jann Wenner 1:11:58

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E160: Richard Grabel on Hip Hop + Kool Lady Blue + Beastie Boys 1:06:03

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E159: Vernon Gibbs on Marvin Gaye + Talking Heads + A&R at Arista 1:15:42

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E158: Charles Shaar Murray on the NME + John Lee Hooker + Robbie Robertson 1:06:42

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E157: Jim Farber on Glam Rock + Marc Bolan + Sinéad O'Connor 1:21:52

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E156: Richard Boon on Buzzcocks + Manchester + Morrissey audio 55:16

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E155: Robyn Hitchcock on the Soft Boys + David Blue + Mick Farren 1:28:26

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