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Call in the Night Boys
A podcast about things known and unknown, and everything in between
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16. Spit your venom down the Téléphone
46:28||Ep. 16Hello listeners!This episode Gavin introduces Nick to the French rock band Téléphone.The band were massive in France and in much of continental Europe during the 70s and 80s, but did not bother the pop charts in the UK or US.Why's that, you ask? Because they had the temerity to sing in French. Oh, l'humanité!Gavin provides a history of the band, and we focus on their second LP, "Crache Ton Venin", or "Spit Your Venom" for all you anglophone monoglots out there.We're also joined by a very special new co-host, Maisie, who has joined us to fill in more details about the band because Nick is lazy.So, sit back and enjoy listening to (the) Téléphone.
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15. Agnés Varda
47:20||Ep. 15Welcome to another episode of Call in the Night Boys.Today we look at the work of celebrated filmmaker Agnés Varda, godmother Grandmother of the French New Wave, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 91.We discuss three of her films in detail: Cléo from 5 to 7; One sings, the Other Doesn't; and Faces Places.We hope you enjoy listening - and we hope you seek out Varda's amazing films.They're on the BFI Player via your telly, if you can't get to your local repertory cinema.
14. The Butthole Surfers, Locust Abortion Technician, and AI nonsense
48:46||Season 0, Ep. 14Hello listeners (if you're still there!)After a year's break, we return with an episode on The Butthole Surfers, focusing on their 1987 album, Locust Abortion Technician.In this episode:Bad language!Trauma!Naked dancing!PCP!LSD!Public information films!Underground legends!Mainstream success!Children's TV!Puppets!JFK!Wild concerts!Playing with fire!Dark humour!And...Will ChatGPT replace us, and all podcasters?Find out in our new episode!
13. Episode 13: Charlie Watts and Some Girls - the ASMR experience
48:49||Season 1, Ep. 13Hello listenersAfter another long break - life gets in the way, you know - Gav and Nick return with an episode dedicated to the late Charlie Watts, focusing on the Stones' classic 1978 LP Some Girls.This episode also features a fair amount of ASMR, courtesy of our lovely mouths.
3. Episode 3: Episode 3 - Life in the Middle Lane
01:01:14||Ep. 3This episode we discuss car culture, the appeal of sports cars, road movies, books and songs about the open road, and Elon Musk (I wish we didn't have to talk about him, but it seemed necessary at the time).**This episode has been reuploaded after being deleted from the podcast hosting platform a few months ago. Why not listen again? ... Or, er, even for the first time?**
2. Episode 2: Episode 2 - God Told Me to Talk About Larry Cohen
43:08||Ep. 2Nick introduces Gav to the films of B-movie maestro Larry Cohen, RIP, who wrote and directed such classics as It's Alive, Black Caesar and Q: The Winged Serpent. We also look in depth at his masterpiece, God Told Me To, a sci-fi-horror-Catholic-screw-up-detective classic.**This episode has been reuploaded after being deleted from the podcast hosting platform a few months ago. Why not listen again? ... Or, er, even for the first time?**
12. Episode 12: Episode 12 -Spice Movies
53:31||Ep. 12Hello friends! Here's another much-delayed episode of Call in the Night Boys. This time we discuss movies that are really just vehicles for pop stars, such as A Hard Day's Night and ... Spice World. Actually, we just talk about Spice World. And Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. And the Pet Shop Boys' It Couldn't Happen Here. And Prince's Purple Rain. And Elvis a bit. And the Beatles, a bit.. And the Ramones. And Sun Ra. And his Arkestra.