Only A Podcast

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 for the gripping final episode of NZ drama After the Party.

ElTele discusses the loss of Shane MacGowan of the Pogues, and the large number of celebrities that have left us this year, and trails the brand new Kirsty MacColl box set. Have I Got News For You endures, there's a new T Shirt of the Week, and we're not at all sure what to think about Spotify Wrapped, or the price of Coldplay tickets.

Show notes and links at https://www.onlyapodcast.com/krafty-work/

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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 completed an untypical rock biography and we talk about the life of the musician who wrote it.
We wrestle with the Morrissey conundrum once again, and wonder if University Challenge is getting easier.

T Shirt of the Week begins (should we be even wearing T shirts at our age?), The Captain has opinions on Squid Game The Challenge, and we are staggered by the price of tickets to see an American comedy legend. How much?!

Show notes and links at https://www.onlyapodcast.com/episode-51-stop-making-sense/

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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 thorny issues to bed.

In other news, we trail All The Light We Cannot See, the dramatisation of Anthony Doerr's acclaimed novel, and the police procedural Shetland, now up to season 8.
Tommy Emmanuel will tour NZ and ElTele will be there.
We're both slightly baffled by TikTok train spotter Francis Bourgeois.

And will New Zealanders appreciate Mortimer and Whitehouse going fishing on primetime TV?

Show notes and links at https://www.onlyapodcast.com/episode-50-the-beatles-the-end/

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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 documentary.

The Captain reviews English costume drama Wicked Little Letters well in advance of next year's release, and welcomes the return of the cinema interval.
Johnny Marr has a new book out, and talks about his pedals for the guitar nerds among us.
Footballing legend Eric Cantona has released some new music (bien sûr!) and we rate the Soccer Sensation that is Jude Bellingham.

And by the way, we don't believe in ghosts. Or do we?

Show notes and links at https://www.onlyapodcast.com/episode-49-covered-in-bs/

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Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse.. all superstars, all members of the 27 Club. Are talented musicians really more likely to die aged 27? We examine this thorny subject, and put forward some more names for consideration.
What were we like at that age? What were YOU like? What was topping the charts when we were 27?

Also in the show, our recent Culture Catch-Up of things that caught our eye and ears since Episode 2. A new blog on the songs of The Teardrop Explodes. Pete Doherty, Chris Eubank, and is Ironic really ironic? And more!
Full show notes and links at https://www.onlyapodcast.com/episode-3-the-27-club-and-beyond/

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