Episode 5: The Clientele Discography

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08/28/23 • 78 min

This week on The Clientele Podcast, Robin Allender talks to the band's bass player James Hornsey. James talks about the history of the band and gives a guided tour to The Clientele discography. As well as discussing the band's seven studio albums, Robin and James mention It's Art, Dad (demo recordings from the band's early years), the 2010 mini-album Minotaur, and the 2003 album Tomorrow is Again by The Relict, a beautiful collection of songs by founding member Innes Phillips. We also hear about James's alter ego Barry Lasagne and a close encounter with Dolly Parton.

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Episode 4: Alasdair's Lyrics

This week on The Clientele Podcast, Robin Allender talks to singer and guitarist Alasdair MacLean about his lyrics and literary influences. They discuss Alasdair's brilliant collection of lyrics, Exhaust Fumes, Magnolias and Light, and the spoken word Clientele songs ‘Losing Haringey’, ‘The Green Man’ and ‘The Museum of Fog’.

In the episode, Alasdair mentions The Clientele beer, which is called Conjuring Summer In and is brewed by Ocelot Brewing Company:

http://ocelotbrewing.com/

P. S. Someone on Twitter jokingly asked for a reading list for a previous episode so I thought I’d make a note of all the books mentioned in this episode!

Jealousy, Alain Robbe-Grillet

Gradiva, Wilhelm Jensen

Ulysses, James Joyce

The Waste Land, T. S. Eliot

Exhaust Fumes, Magnolias and Light, Alasdair MacLean

‘Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge’, Jorge Luis Borges

The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

The Owl Service, Alan Garner

Astercote, Penelope Lively

The Mabinogion

The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien

The Good Apprentice, Iris Murdoch

Red Shift, Alan Garner

Create Dangerously, Albert Camus

‘Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote’, Jorge Luis Borges

Scarp, Nick Papadimitrou

‘Axolotl’, Julio Cortazar

The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things

The Hand of Fatima, Georges Limbour

Nadja, André Breton

Paris Peasant, Louis Aragon

Last Nights of Paris, Philippe Soupault

‘Free Union’, André Breton

A Cornish Childhood, A. L. Rowse

The poetry of Joë Bousquet, Robert Desnos and Paul Éluard

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Episode 6: Audrey Golden

This week on The Clientele Podcast, host Robin Allender talks to the American writer Audrey Golden. Audrey is a longtime fan of The Clientele and talks about hearing Suburban Light for the first time, seeing them live in a small venue, and interviewing Alasdair recently about the new album. Audrey has recently published her first book I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records, an oral history of the legendary label.

Audrey Golden's website, from which you can order I Thought I Heard You Speak:

https://www.audreyjgolden.com/

Audrey's interview with Alasdair on Louder Than War:

https://louderthanwar.com/the-clientele-interview-with-alasdair-maclean/

This is the first of three episodes in which Robin speaks to fans of the band. Next week's episode will be a discussion with the Australian writer Anwen Crawford.

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