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Fond memories of lost ‘80s London, Morrissey v Marr and the film they should make about Toyah

Ep. 676

A free-form spontaneous jam this week - the Dark Star of podcasts – which navigates the outer reaches of the rock and roll stratosphere by way of the following …

 

… was Michael Stipe’s father a military helicopter pilot in Korea?

 

… our fantasy Odd Couple tragi-comedy: Morrissey and Marr in a thin-skinned middle-aged flat share.  

 

… how the Golden Egg launched Roxy Music.

 

… can anyone name more than one member of Coldplay?

 

… did Paddy McAloon’s mum make the sets for the Clangers?

 

… the ’80s version of the Internet.

 

 … memories of lost London: international magazine shops, drinking in offices, Protein Man, roaming Hare Krishnas, “floating a curry”, wasp-covered sarnies in café windows, band flyers on derelict buildings, the romance of old Fleet Street.

 

… the tangled saga of Bonfire Of The Teenagers.

 

… “Oasis is the last of the household-name bands”.

 

… why Toyah is a movie waiting to happen.

 

… and birthday guest Jelltex on bands he thought had given up now filling stadiums.


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