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47: Top Vocal Act from the East
Ep. 49
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Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero performed their first ever Live Stream and you can still stream it until 8pm on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Tickets cost £8 (£1 of that goes to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation).
You can buy tickets here https://link.dice.fm/NLDdhgrKfdb - it’s the only place you’ll ever hear the content, we’ll never use it as an episode.
This week’s show
Mike’s Documentary choice: The Dawn Wall on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81004270
Steff’s Book Choice: Chasing Dean: Surfing America’s Hurricane States by Tom Anderson https://amzn.to/3qNZvKR
Mike: Sky Sports analysis, 1970s style.
https://twitter.com/MundialMag/status/1360861324780187652?s=09
Mike: Aerobics. So pointless.
https://twitter.com/MundialMag/status/1361967072780165120?s=03
Steff: Train track inside the ground https://twitter.com/blzzrd/status/1361302239286018048?s=21
Steff: Willis Halaholo highlights https://twitter.com/cardiff_blues/status/1361745392614932486?s=21
https://youtu.be/S1nrCE-5ifU
https://youtu.be/m2FO49my1Vg
Elis: Tom Dumoulin, when you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gr970HUV74&feature=youtu.be
Here’s the post race interview he gave about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8yHu7T3PVU
Elis: Roger Milla at the 1990 World Cup, at the age of 38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8tWaniVFA
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