{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/5fe229acf896715ee8319621?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Word Podcast 341 - Joe Banks","description":"Writer and counter-cultural connoisseur Joe Banks joins us to talk about Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground, his sparkling account of the rise and 51 year trajectory of the unsung revolutionary heroes. All the following are entertainingly included - their 'creation myth' in the white heat of Ladbroke Grove and days as the house band of Radical Politics, the sci-fi adventure with Michael Moorcock and Robert Calvert, the Silver Machine saga, the pioneering rock theatre of Space Ritual, their roles in punk and Krautrock and the saucer-eyed cast members who've kept them \"the alternative to the alternative\". Key fact: Joe has a Labrador puppy called Lemmy. \n\n@JoeBanksWriter\n\nhttps://www.daysoftheunderground.com/\n\nThe famous Hawkwind clip that was shown on TOTP ...\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NysxdHSIs4I","author_name":"Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold"}