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In this episode of Danny Hurst´s Unusual Histories Podcast, he is joined by musician, singer, comedian and podcaster Earl Okin, who has lived in Portobello Road since 1952. He has worked with musicians as diverse as Paul McCartney, Fairport Convention and Van Morrison, regularly headlined on the comedy circuit and celebrates 60 years in showbiz. From Earl´s first-hand account you will gain a great insight into how the area around Portobello Road has evolved. He speaks about the Jewish, West Indian and Muslim communities as well as the Fascists, the slum landlord Rachman and a local serial killer. He also shares his memories of the 1st TV´s, trams, early cinema and dozens of stories about some of the world´s biggest music and comedy stars including Billy Connolly and Rik Mayall. If you can´t get enough of these podcasts, head to https://www.patreon.com/DannyHurst to access my exclusive, member-only, fun-filled and fact-packed history-related videos. KEY TAKEAWAYS Portobello Road used to be a very poor area. When Trinidadians moved in, the British fascists targeted the area to try to drive them out. In such a racially and culturally mixed area you soon learn that people rarely fit the stereotypes and labels assigned to them. Originally a full orchestra accompanied silent film showings. An audience of 12- to 92-year-olds all laugh at Earl´s shows. His comedy crosses the generation gap. Alternative comedy has its roots in folk clubs. BEST MOMENTS “I discovered from his behaviour that his surname is actually Cockney rhyming slang.” “By the time I was 8 I was an atheist.” “The funny thing is that there were less channels, but somehow more choice.” “He then changed his name to Elton John, so he's sort of got my career.” “Mine have got English words, so I call it Bossa Britannica.” “I certainly never do drugs, apart from just standing in Portobello Road and breathing in occasionally.” “I quit my job, and on Friday, I was on the tour (Wings).” EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.earlokin.net Yellow Petals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aDJug04Cd0 https://folklondon.co.uk Driving out the Fascists from Portobello Road - https://libcom.org/article/beating-back-mosley-notting-hill-1958-baker-baron Rillington Place Murders - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer) Café Continental - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Continental HOST BIO Historian, performer, and mentor Danny Hurst has been engaging audiences for many years, whether as a lecturer, stand-up comic or intervention teacher with young offenders and excluded secondary students. Having worked with some of the most difficult people in the UK, he is a natural storyteller and entertainer, whilst purveying the most fascinating information that you didn't know you didn't know. A writer and host of pub quizzes across London, he has travelled extensively and speaks several languages. He has been a consultant for exhibitions at the Imperial War Museum and Natural History Museum in London as well as presenting accelerated learning seminars across the UK. With a wide range of knowledge ranging from motor mechanics to opera to breeding carnivorous plants, he believes learning is the most effective when it's fun. Uniquely delivered, this is history without the boring bits, told the way only Danny Hurst can. CONTACT AND SOCIALS https://instagram.com/dannyjhurstfacebook.com/danny.hurst.9638 https://twitter.com/dannyhurst https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-hurst-19574720

Hello & a summery welcome to Episode 68! My new album Roadtrip III is out on June 28th! Pre-Order on Bandcamp: https://steve-mahoney.bandcamp.com/album/roadtrip-iii Pre-Order on iTunes: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/roadtrip-iii/1690202514 Today's guest is legendary American musician, songwriter, playwright, author, comedian & entertainer Jason Trachtenburg! A showbiz veteran, Jason and Is the dad in 'The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players' who were the first unsigned music act to perform on American Late Night Television, watch here: https://youtu.be/X-BSydlnExY Check out Jason's latest album: https://jasontrachtenburg.bandcamp.com/album/i-really-love-you-tonight Today we are mostly discussing 'Who Killed JFK'.. Jason provides a well-researched answer. Jason wrote, produced and performed in the musical 'Me & Lee' - This factually verified love story involving Lee Harvey Oswald, that resulted in the assassination of J.F.K, which is adapted from the novel "Me & Lee: How I Came To Know, Love, And Lose Lee Harvey Oswald" by Judyth Vary Baker. Watch here: https://youtu.be/Iu3NGGqmrKc Here we also discuss who would be present at a 'Jason Convention', where to look when performing, anti-folk, the best Milkshake, Jason's best life advice, his secret to eternal youth & much much more! Jason's most cherished unknown artists he's encountered: Gavin Gus: http://www.gavinguss.com/ Robb Benson https://robbbenson.com/ Earl Okin https://www.earlokin.net/ Baby Gramps: http://www.babygramps.com/ Much love x

What a week! David & Phil talk Chaucer, Shakespeare, Ancient Greeks & much more - there's a competition entry from Masters Of The Scene, there's something brewing in the latest part of Phil & David's improvised musical, and we talk to one of the greatest elder statesmen of musical comedy - the musical genius and sex symbol that is the incomparable, EARL OKIN who joins us down the phone to talk about his remarkable career. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Earl Okin (@https://twitter.com/earlokin (EarlOkin)) is a London singer-songwriter, musician and comedian. He's been performing music and musical comedy for over 40 years and knows the entire scene inside out. He also knows why things on the circuit and in Edinburgh have evolved the way they have. We talked about that and his biggest regrets along along with the biggest lessons he's learned.I got him on the pod to talk about -  Where Alternative comedy comes from and individuality His favourite acts His experience with famous comedians How the Edinburgh fringe has changed How Live at the Apollo has developed over the years His Experience of performing globally across the world His near death experience in New York If you would like to know more about Earl, you can find out about him on his website at https://www.earlokin.net/. To be informed more on Marvin McCarthy and what he is doing,you can reach him on all the main social media platforms at theflopmaster2, or drop a message on info@instant-laughs.com or you can donate to the patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thecomediansparadise.

Ending season 1, here's episode 21 to tie up some loose ends, correct some clarifications and clarify some corrections from our previous 20 episodes on the prehistory of the BBC, radio and life as we know it. There's also an exclusive wide-ranging interview with TV presenter (Get Fresh, How 2), podcaster (Gareth Jones on Speed) and science enthusiast Gareth Jones, known for a brief spell on children's TV as Gaz Top. Find more on his podcast via his website, or his clips 'n' films on Youtube.  Next episode we'll begin a run of 'specials' before we embark on season 2. But first on this episode: Back on episode 1, we covered the first radio entertainment programme... but we DIDN'T cover the first radio entertainment in Britain. So we'll meet Lieutenant Crauford on the good shop Andromeda, in 1907. Then in 1917, there's Captain and Mrs Donisthorpe cycling to and fro in a field in Worcester, to check if each other heard them transmit. On episode 16, we talked about the first broadcast comedian Helena Millais... but we DIDN'T cover some of the other turns vying for the crown: Will Hay, M'Lita Dolores, Wilfrid Liddiatt, Peggy Rae (mother of Peter Sellers), Charles Cory, William Parkyn, Herbert Dickeson, Ernie Mayne... We delve into Will Hay's 1922 stage revue Listening In - you can see a silent clip of it here. Ernie Mayne's Wireless on the Brain can be heard on Youtube, and you can hear more of Ernie and other music hall performers on Earl Okin's podcast, ep138 or older episodes here. We also zoom in on who the BBC's first four employees actually were - and how it depends how you define 'employees'. (We reckon the first 9ish were Burrows, Lewis, Jefferies, Anderson, Reith, Edgar, Palmer, Shields, Eckersley...)   Your thoughts are welcome on this and everything broadcasting-history-based - email me with anything, including your AMs (recorded Airwave Memories - a minute or so of you speaking into a Voice Memo with your earliest memories of radio/TV) or FMs (written memories of when you saw broadcasting in action).     We also recommend Mark Heywood's Behind the Spine podcast, especially their recent episode with archivists from Paramount and Zoetrope.   And we mention Cecil A Lewis' 1924 book Broadcasting From Within. It's the earliest book on broadcasting - I'm reading it at the moment... and you can too! Thanks to the fab BBCEng website, it's here for all to read.   We're unaffiliated with the BBC - in fact we're just one person - it's me, Paul, hello.   So to help us spread word of this small project, please do rate/review/rant about it on social media - it's always hugely appreciated and really helps us reach more ears.   If you LOVE the podcast and find some £ in your pocket, paypal.me/paulkerensa helps keep us in books and web-hosting (and the more books we get, the more accurate we'll be!) or patreon.com/paulkerensa also adds extra writing extracts, articles and advance videos from me (not just broadcasting-based, across my other writings too...). I thank you!   Find us on Twitter - and especially our new Facebook group, which is a nice community of sharings and findings, as well as our Facebook page, which is more me telling you when the next episode is here. Subscribe of course, and you'll get the next episode automatically. My mailing list has more on my upcomings, books, TV shows etc. Our clips are either public domain or the BBC's, to whom we doff our caps, and thank them... or we've been unable to track down the rights-holders, but the clips are OOOOOLD, so we believe them to be a-ok. If you disagree and own a clip we've got, we'll gladly remove anything. We're just here to tell a good (hi)story: to inform, educate and entertain.

Earl Okin has done an extensive amount of traveling during his career as a working and touring musician. He is still best known as the only person to have toured with as opening act for Paul McCartney and Wings. It all started when Earl wrote an open letter to the SongTalk mailing list. It was titled, “Tribute to Linda McCartney”.  It was a heartfelt tribute  to Linda, who had recently died of cancer. Later, when I put out a request for essay's for my new website,  Earl must have seen it, because he submitted the letter to and gave me permission to reprint it in the Tales of the Road Warriors section of my fledgling website, Lil Hank’s Guide for Songwriters, which was one of a handful of early online resources for songwriters and musicians in the mid 1990’s. So, in January of 2019, when I first started creating the Tales of the Road Warriors podcast, which gets its name from that section of Li’l Hank’s Guide, I went in the WABAC machine to reread some of the essays - and came across Earl’s Tribute to Linda. This got me to thinking… hmmm, why don’t see if he’s still around and invite him to be a guest on my podcast. So, I searched Google and Facebook for Earl Okin and found out that not only is he still around, he’s just turned 72, fit as a fiddle, still doing concerts AND, he even has his own podcast More Show Notes...

Britain's SG Lewis is a producer, songwriter and DJ with an emotive, atmospheric approach to dance-oriented, electronic-based music, typical of his output is the track "Warm". "Teenage Kicks" was the debut single for Northern Irish punk rock/new wave band The Undertones. in 1978. Singer songwriter Wande Coal spans the genres of Genres AfroPop, Afrobeat and R&B the track "Iskaba" features Dj Tunez. Edward Lee "Eddie" Floyd is an American soul-R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s, this is the soaring "Big Bird". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ce mois, Claire se réjouit du retour des Jurassic Five, elle fête 20 ans du groupe français Air et elle découvre des nouveautés de Cat’s Eyes et l’étrange collaboration entre Sean Lennon et Les Claypool. Customer Service - Jurassic Five / Flipsville - Stormy Gayle / Jukebox Babe - Alan Vega / Be Careful Where You Park Your Car - Cat’s Eyes / Peach Tree Street - Whyte Horses / Hussy - Crystal Skulls / Theme From Likely Stories - Jarvis Cocker / Choose Your Own Adventure - Richard Lomax / Three Packs a Day - Courtney Barnett / Close the Dam - Shaun Ryder / Cricket and the Genie Movement I - The Claypool Lennon Delirium / Next of Kin - Alvvays / Playground Love - Air / Roger Song - Air / Aruanda - Astrud Gilberto / Song 2 - Earl Okin

Ce mois, Claire se réjouit du retour des Jurassic Five, elle fête 20 ans du groupe français Air et elle découvre des nouveautés de Cat's Eyes et l'étrange collaboration entre Sean Lennon et Les Claypool.Customer Service - Jurassic Five / Flipsville - Stormy Gayle / Jukebox Babe - Alan Vega / Be Careful Where You Park Your Car - Cat's Eyes / Peach Tree Street - Whyte Horses / Hussy - Crystal Skulls / Theme From Likely Stories - Jarvis Cocker / Choose Your Own Adventure - Richard Lomax / Three Packs a Day - Courtney Barnett / Close the Dam - Shaun Ryder / Cricket and the Genie Movement I - The Claypool Lennon Delirium / Next of Kin - Alvvays / Playground Love - Air / Roger Song - Air / Aruanda - Astrud Gilberto / Song 2 - Earl Okin

Earl Okin (@EarlOkin) is a London singer-songwriter, musician and comedian. He's been performing music and musical comedy for over 40 years and knows the entire scene inside out. He also knows why things on the circuit and in Edinburgh have evolved the way they have. We talked about that and his biggest regrets along along with the biggest lessons he's learned. You can find Earl on his website or listen to him on his podcast.I got him on the pod to talk about - Starting on the folk circuit and what it was like when it folded.The history of the comedy circuit and how it has developed the way it has.How he makes a living as an alternative performer.The “old Edinburgh Fringe” and how and why it changed.How he went from being the “blue eyed boy” of Jongleurs to never wanting to set foot in the clubHow the Edinburgh Fringe died as a Fringe FestivalWhy what’s happening in pop music is happening in comedy and why he thinks it’s damaging.How musical comedians are treated behind the scenes. AND MORE!This podcast would be useful to anyone interested in musical comedy, the history of the live circuit and the Edinburgh Fringe.You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/EarlOkinOr get it on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937If you enjoyed it please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a Patron for only $1 (80p) per episode! https://www.patreon.com/AskTheIndustryPodcast Please buy a ticket or three to my Edinburgh Fringe 2019 show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-caine-every-room-becomes-a-panic-room-when-you-overthink-enoughOr come see me on tour - http://simoncaine.co.uk/PanicRoomEvery little bit helps! Alternatively you can support the show by giving it a review in iTunes or just by sharing the episode with a friend or two!Thanks,SixWant more content from me? Why wouldn't you!Please check out my other podcast - The Audio Time Capsule. In each episode a guest comes on, leaves 20 questions, then a year later comes back on and answers them. I then edit it so they're talking to their past self.Here are the links -iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-audio-time-capsule-podcast/id1303205943Webstream - http://simoncaine.co.uk/AudioTimeCapsulePodcastYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFZ_FLH1XqrCZysA1nFISwFacebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1008996252556647/?ref=br_rsTwitter - https://twitter.com/audiotimetravel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Love Your Creativity is all about keeping myself and you focused on creativity whether you are an artist, actor, musician, playwright or film director. This is Part Two of a Two Part interview with Earl Okin, and some brief highlights of the podcast are noted below. I have posted this in two parts: he has […]

Love Your Creativity is all about keeping myself and you focused on creativity whether you are an artist, actor, musician, playwright or film director This is Part One of a Two Part interview with Earl Okin, and some brief highlights of the podcast are noted below. To listen to the podcast just press the arrow […]

We find ourselves in His Room once more and this time Earl tells us about his recent tour of Belgium. He also manages to drop a few names when telling us about his performance at Rory Bremner's Celebrity-filled Shindig and tells us about how his newly acquired web publishing skills are going to be put to good use for your pleasure? Why not click and listen to see what will be in store for you with the forthcoming Earl Okin Shows. Presented by Adam Larking of LittleSmasher.com Featured Music Love Me Or Leave Me, sung by Earl Okin Featured Links earlokin.blogspot.com earlokin.com/schedule.html (c)2008 Earl Okin & LittleSmasher.com

How is Earl? What's he going to be doing for Christmas this year? Is our Man With The Sex Factor going to audition for the X Factor? And what's Brian Johnson got to do with anything anyway? Find the answer to these important questions and more by listening to this, the first, Earl Okin Show. Presented by Adam Larking of LittleSmasher.com Songs and Music by Earl Okin 'London Now' and 'Christmases When We Were Young' are available from Earl's website at earlokin.com or myspace.com/earlokin (c)2008 Earl Okin & LittleSmasher.com