Lollards Podcast – FreakyTrigger

This week the Lollards reflect on Fame, and if they too want to live forever. Brushes with celebrity, real or fictional, the correct way to get an autograph of of a celebrity and the Panto – the SI unit of notoriety. And yes, wherever there is fame, there is infamy (and indeed they have all […]

Another week, another conversation. This time I welcome a terrifyingly well-informed team of Magnus Anderson, Al Ewing and Martin Skidmore to talk about something I (demonstrably, audibly) know very little about – the history, present and practice of comics criticism. Links and other clarifications to follow in the comments.

DJ Steve Braiden joins Alex Macpherson and host Elisha Sessions on Resonance FM 104.4 to talk about the furrow of club music being busily excavated by Night Slugs and associated factions. We hear an interview with Girl Unit (aka Phil Gamble), we talk a surprising amount about Red Bull Music Academy, and we hear an […]

Guests were Cecily Nowell-Smith, Marna Gilligan and Alasdair MacLean; Hazel Robinson on kn0bs; Mark Sinker was presenter. Topic = how much does it matter to do stuff right, and what’s going on when doing stuff wrong stops being wrong?

This week the Lollards get Popular! No really! Tom Ewing makes his way to the sprawling Resonance FM studios to preview the next entry in his mammoth project. Mark Sinker, Kat Stevens, and host Elisha Sessions join him for a wide-ranging discussion that takes in Terre Thaemlitz, childhood, pop stars’ relationships with their audiences, a […]

There was a slight problem with last week’s show, but it will hopefully turn up at some point. In the meantime, here is this weeks Freaky Trigger and The Lollards Of Pop which for once is serious about the serious and silly about the silly. Pete Baran is joined by Anna Fielding, Katie Grocott and […]

Hazel Robinson hosts a discussion of children’s literature and morality tales from Struwwelpeter to Lemony Snicket. Mark Sinker lifts the lid on Victorian nonsense, Julia Heller suggests suitable reading for the “very advanced”, and Tom Ewing goes on a Beast Quest. Will our presenters make it through with thumbs intact? Tune in and find out.

Random start point, random guests, random topics. This weeks Lollards is all LOL no LARD, with Kat Stevens, Alix Campbell and Magnus Anderson being herded into opinions about topics they no nothing of by the medium of a fortune telling device and a pound should electronic roulette wheel. So expect discussions of Milford Haven, the […]

A special episode of Lollards this week, as Tom Ewing and Mark Sinker each talk about a pop song of their choice, with Tim Hopkins asking them the difficult questions. How is putting Lakshminarayanan Shankar on your record a crass commercial move? Are Marina’s diamonds her best friends? Why is Lily Allen hopping from one […]

ART! This week we talk of art (visual) with Tim, Kat and Rob, including Tony Hart, GCSE coursework, Candice Breitz and Pop about Art. Featuring music from Art Brut, Solange Knowles, Marilyn Manson and Sportique! Here’s the Tony Hart clip we mention, it’s about three minutes in: Sorry Tony…

Is it safe? Is it safe? Tim Hopkins, Steve Hewitt and Clare Spencer join me – Pete Baran – flying by the seat of our pants and talking about safety, danger, the extended mix of the Safety Dance, “if I scream if I wanna go faster what do I do if I wanna slow down”, […]

The Lollards return to Resonance FM 104.4‘s London studio with host Elisha Sessions. He’s joined by Alix Campbell, Magnus Anderson and Alex Macpherson for a discussion of KID POP – kids who sing pop and what pop kids like – not really the same category, as we discover (bling-eyed svengalis take note). We hear singles […]

Pete Baran is joined by Nick Dastoor, Magnus Anderson, Cecily Nowell-Smith and Mark Sinker to talk festivals and the end of the world

After last weeks skip week, Freaky Trigger finishes its epic run with a special double length episode coming LIVE from Glastonbury (sort of). Pete Baran is joined by Nick Dastoor, Magnus Anderson, Cecily Nowell-Smith and Mark Sinker to talk festivals and the end of the world. Which to some is the same thing. Music from […]

All four sports-bloods: Steve H, Tim E, Tim H and Pete B.

Steve H, Magnus A, Hazel R and Julio D give a surprise test.

Pete, Rob, William and Bec – licensed to ill.

It’s a two-fer today as we finally get last week’s recording sorted out. This week: Fear. Pure fear. Tim Hopkins, Pete Baran, Mark Sinker, Kat Stevens and Elisha Sessions play ostensibly scary music and absolutely no Toby Keith in what must be a Lollards first. All tracks are identified on air – I can’t even […]

pop and politics host: tim hopkins guests: mark sinker, alix campbell, al ewing knobs: carsmile steve hewitt music: “soul power” by james brown, “fascist groove thang” by heaven 17, “the taliban song” by toby keith, plus politicians’ fave-song medley we discussed the relationship of soul power to black power, whether funk was fascist, if politicians […]

Toys Tori? With Pete Baran, Anna S, Kat Stevens and Pippa Ashton

Today’s episode of FreakyTrigger and the Lollards Of Pop starring Pete Baran, Anna Fielding, Magnus Anderson and Tom Ewing is on now. Or was when this was posted. The theme is Lost Property and losing it in general. And since with have such trouble referring to visual items on air, I though I would throw […]

The Trouble With Pop/

Musical Euthenasia with Kat, Pete, Sarah and Magnus.

Eli, Mark and Marianna talk false wisdom, regrets, identity and politics.

They say the proof of the pudding is in the eating, but in this case, the proof of the pudding is in the LISTENING. Because this is a show about puddings, and you have to listen to it to get any nutritional value out of it at all. Nuncle Carsmile Steve Hewitt welcomes his guests […]

Apologies for the late arrival of this podcast, technical difficulties combined with having to run it past the Lord Chamberlain delayed the posting. Tom Ewing, Anna Fielding, Mark Sinker and Pete Baran talk about eyes, lies, Google Street View, elephants in the room and the five blind boys of Alabama called Moe, was Walt Disney […]

Iceland (the country) makes an appearance in this recession special hosted by Elisha Sessions.

History is bunk. Hosted by Pete Baran with guests Tom, Alix and Magnus.

Freaky the Trigger and Her Pop Lollards round off their run with a final show whose contents will come as no surprise to those with a keen sense of the Lollardry ethos. It’s a clip show, in other words. Kind of. Tim, Meg, Steve, Tom, Elisha, Mark, Magnus and Pete test the physical limits of […]

The whys and wherefores of cheating with Eli, Tim, Mark and Katie. Stalking Girls Aloud. Medieval Courtneycourtly love. Pulling swords out of stones as basis for political legitimacy. The wrong Supermayer. Morality as coolness – a Woman’s Weekly quiz special. Tanya hates Robyn, a listener complains. How ‘Bout Us by Champagne. The role of the […]

Lost in Trance-Nation: Mark leads the way with Alix, Alan, Meg and Steve on Knobs.

This week we're privy to a 'drinking establishment focus group'. Tom leads, Tim, Pete, Sarah and Magnus follow. Drinking songs as a chaser.

Time Team: Eli, Mark, Kat and Katie. Something has happened to Tanya. Making haste to chase lollards reach... 2007. And run amok. But what of free-will, butterflies (and Ashton Kutchner)? Arthur and You's "Black Bear" retro stylings. Mark lives for the moment, and internet flash games. But what if you could go back in time and kill Hitler and CarSmile Steve? Crystal Waters "I Believe I Love Ya" and the fate of "one hun dred percent, reeeal love". Kat's memory plays tricks on her. Our midweek number 1 is Sunshine Anderson "Heard It All Before"

A song of two halves. The RAH Band's terrific 'Clouds Across The Moon'. Marvel's stock aliens. Ellen Allien's 'Wish'. Tolkien's footling theories on the essence of Fairy Story. Fleet Foxes sing. "Aslan" magazine and improv RPGs. With a twist - GASP. The midweek number 1 is Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. OR IS IT?

Moomins animation (v Roland Rat v He Man). What is the comet? Unease and a-moralising kids books. Ed Gorey. Position Normal - "Nostrils and Eyes". Tom calls "Uncle" and the "New Mother". Toy Story II and The Saddest Song in the World from. It is. Closing remarks. Midweek number 1 is Man 2 Man?

Sorry excuses and polite engineering. A husband list update. Moloko ‘Sorry', eventually. Polite vampires and ghosts. Insults from Hergé and Rabelais. Politeness is bad for Magnus. Some song, possibly Abba. Shrigley ‘My Beer'. Expensive booze. Star Turn On 45 Pints ‘Pump Up The Bitter'. All consuming petty irritations make you… bitter. Another song. Recipe gripes. The midweek number 1 is Marnie Stern ‘Patterns on a Diamond Ceiling'

Scary Monsters and Super Freaks-ytriggers: Pete Baran, Alix Campbell, Ewings Tom and Al, with Steve Hewitt in the crypt. A monster Monster FITE! (Oh yes.) Some corrections. Bob McFadden and Dor “I’m A Mummy” (and “Kookie Lend Me Your Comb”). Monster comics from space and zombie superheroes. Spock sings “A Visit to a Sad Planet” […]

Nuncle Carsmile Steve presides over an hour of the finest radio lolling with his consummate guests (they were consummated in the studio) Magbot Anderson, Eli Sessions and Kat Stevens. In this episode of theme-time radio some stuff happens, I know not what yet as I haven’t heard it yet, though there is almost certainly some […]

Campaign Themes. Mark Wills "Nineteen Something". Glastonbury Twitter from the future. Fiery Furnaces "Benton Harbour Blues (reprise)". Some Pub History (much of it true). A bit of Charles Title "The Eight Seasons of Chromalox" and a splash of Charlton Lido. The midweek #1 is... Obama Girl "Got a Crush on Obama"

International Pop, with Sarah Clarke, Kat Stevens, Tom Ewing, Magnus Anderson and Elisha Sessions on knobs. "Ha Ha" (?) mucky foreign pop. The "Game of Seduction" requires you to make a seduction roll. The Spanish for 'busted'. Threads vs the cosy apocalypse Inc. Stump v Scooter. The rules of dirty chicken. Fall go "Free Range".

I haven't listened to it all yet, so I still don't know what happened in it either. Err someone put in a proper description some time, eh?

Kat's year 3000 high school paper. Why training apes is a bad idea. Extropians as cybermen. Ray Kurzweil's argument by graph. Darren Hayes hits a time lock. Tobias X Future warns of death by bacon. Nostradamus predicts Hitler, Mother Shipton predicts lady trousers. Futurists love their food. The Free Design. Rollerball makes no sense. Future sport as war. Centrifugal bumble puppy. David Bowie's drum and bass is 2005 years out of date. Utopias don't exist. Busted STILL fancy their teacher.

BOOGIE. Jimmy Blythe 'Chicago Stomp'. Taste of Honey 'Boogie Oogie Oogie'. The plight of the wedding and office party DJ. Fat Les 'Naughty Christmas (Goblin in the Office)'. Tanya's 'Scooby Doo' albums. Milo Twins 'Truck Driver's Boogie'. Sam the Sham 'Wooly Bully'. Boogie and funky, bogarts, bogling and bogies. A halloween list. Slade 'Pook Hill'. Hot Chocolate 'Mindless Boogie'. Anna Kaufen (Akufen) 'Sneak Preview'

Toby Keith is The Angry American. Arno Peters is a lyingmisleading swine (and German), the size of Brazil, the world in the shape of a heart. The sound of rattling pots and pans "Dude, this is Resonance". Tanya targets the murderer Richard Marx. Sporting National Anthems. The amazing Hey Say Jump's World Volleyball Championship Theme. The role of bumpkins, poachers and yokels.

No Music Day - listen below for a speech-filled hour of murder mysteries, secret passages, blood-thirsty bouts and a quick round of Am I CSI Or Not?

Hello everyone! Its Wednesday, its 7pm so harken up to the sweet sounds of Saltarello drifting across your Resonance airwaves. EXCEPT YOU WON’T! Because today is NO MUSIC DAY as decreed by Bulldog Drummond and his trusty service revolver, and thus we will not be playing any music AT ALL tonight. At least one of […]

HAIR, sprouting from a new location. Hosted by Mark. What has gone before? (And why?) Britney has a plan. Kat's entirely explicable Victorian hair fixation and a dubious graph. Magnus's doffable clothing. New Seeker's Pinball Wizard. The Teen Forecast. 2 Unlimited. Katie susses sunseed. And announcing the Midweek Number One...