Red, Hot and Blue was the first creative project of the AIDS awareness-raising and campaigning Red Hot Organisation, started in 1989 by New York lawyer John Carlin.
He managed to gather together an impressive array of musical artists and film directors to produce an album and TV special comprised entirely of contemporary versions of Cole Porter songs.
Niall first saw the TV special when it was broadcast on World AIDS Day - 1st December 1990 - on Channel 4 in the UK, and he became obsessed with it.
So when he found out that literary scholar and author, John Garrison was writing an entire book about the project for Bloombury’s 33 1/3 series, he had to get him on the podcast to talk about the album, the accompanying TV show, and his own relationship with both.
You can pre-order John's book now, and it goes onsale on 19 September 2024. Go to bit.ly/rhb33 to get your copy now.
Also, check out all his other excellent work at https://www.john-garrison.com/
Please visit the Red Hot Organisation's website to find out more about this amazing project, now well into its fourth decade.
The Zeroes recently invaded our good friends over at Pop, Collaborate and Listen podcast to discuss Nirvana Unplugged. You can listen here.
As always, a big thanks to Tony Wright for giving us our theme tune. Check out his stuff (and buy it) at https://versechorusverse.bandcamp.com/album/versechorusverse
All links (and our socials) available at https://linktr.ee/zeroespodcast
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