Podcasts about Half Man Half Biscuit

Inspired by Adam's recent adventures in Santiago de Comepstela, Spain, where he talked about satire at the second Conference on Feminisms and Humour: Humour-Sofías, and a new BBC Report which determined that comedy is a premium British export, Jo and Adam investigate the reception of British comedy abroad. They take a look at an enormous project undertaken by King's College London to survey screen encounters with Britain abroad, before considering the tricky question of whether comedy can be successfully adapted across international borders (with specific reference to The Inbetweeners and The American Office). In the second half, Jo and Adam respond to a listener question about comic songs and satire in music, which takes them on a wide ranging musical journey that touches on Half Man Half Biscuit, The Beautiful South, Eminem, The Lancashire Hotpots and much more else besides.

Were Dukla Prague (1960–67) one of football's forgotten greats?From military-backed dominance to European adventures, Dukla Prague were once the pride of Czechoslovak football. In this episode, Graham and Jamie examine the club's golden era, their domestic and continental success, and the iconic figures who defined their legacy—including Ballon d'Or winner Josef Masopust. How does Dukla Prague's story measure up in the grand history of the game?In this episode:⚽ Dukla Prague's dominance in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s 

Maintaining narratives, pretend dark horses, Half Man Half Biscuit, Look Around You and a conspiracy theory as we deep dive the next tranche of matches at Euro 2024. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

Will and Craig discuss the latest releases by Ducks Ltd., Pylon Reenactment Society, and Stuart Pearce, plus live reports and bonus songs.

DJ St. Paul neemt de muzikale week door met liedjes van o.a. MGMT, Half Man Half Biscuit & Froukje. Deze keer in de albumrubriek een uitgebreid gesprek met eindredacteur van 3voor12 Niels Aalberts over Dusty In Memphis van Dusty Springfield.  Benieuwd naar de tracklist en shownotes? Check ze via: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tivolivredenburg.nl/studio/podcast/st-pauls-boutique/

DJ St. Paul neemt de muzikale week door met liedjes van o.a. MGMT, Half Man Half Biscuit & Froukje. Deze keer in de albumrubriek een uitgebreid gesprek met eindredacteur van 3voor12 Niels Aalberts over Dusty In Memphis van Dusty Springfield.  Benieuwd naar de tracklist en shownotes? Check ze via: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tivolivredenburg.nl/studio/podcast/st-pauls-boutique/

Brought to you by the Spirit of Christmas past, this installment of the seasonal "Songs in the Key of...Christmas" series was recorded last year - but too late for Christmas. Artists featured for this episode of festive music include Simon and Garfunkel, Saint Etienne, Hannah Peel and, of course - and at last - the mighty Half Man Half Biscuit.Don't forget, once you've listened to the podcast, head over to Spotify to hear the songs in full.

This week's pod was recorded just after we saw ‘Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm' at London's National Portrait Gallery, a warm and winning show that starts with him as a wide-eyed fan trying to take pictures of his heroes and soon switches to his shots of the whole world trying to photograph him. We talk about his pictures of French jazzers, Paris boulevards, backstage rooms at TV shows, models, paparazzi, light entertainment stars, screaming fans, American police guns, Miami beaches, billboards, views from plane windows, hotel rooms, cocktails and a New York theatre showing “Christine Keeler Goes Nudist plus Playgirls”. And wonder how it feels to discover 60 years later you had your photo taken by a Beatle. PLUS … … the top-flight rock and roll star we passed in Soho. … the record David tries every year to force himself to like. … the wonderful Geoff Davies of Probe Records, the much-loved Liverpool figurehead who signed the Farm and Half Man Half Biscuit.   … bands who've had the most members. … ‘Norman Wisdom, Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, good times”. What's not to love about the Human League's Dare? … the new U2 parlour game. … why CDs sales are on the up. … and what the police would know about you if they found your phone.Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on September 25th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/1SwIYJWoHKGet your exclusive NordVPN deal here - it's risk-free with Nord's 30-day-money-back guarantee!: https://nordvpn.com/yourearSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's pod was recorded just after we saw ‘Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm' at London's National Portrait Gallery, a warm and winning show that starts with him as a wide-eyed fan trying to take pictures of his heroes and soon switches to his shots of the whole world trying to photograph him. We talk about his pictures of French jazzers, Paris boulevards, backstage rooms at TV shows, models, paparazzi, light entertainment stars, screaming fans, American police guns, Miami beaches, billboards, views from plane windows, hotel rooms, cocktails and a New York theatre showing “Christine Keeler Goes Nudist plus Playgirls”. And wonder how it feels to discover 60 years later you had your photo taken by a Beatle. PLUS … … the top-flight rock and roll star we passed in Soho. … the record David tries every year to force himself to like. … the wonderful Geoff Davies of Probe Records, the much-loved Liverpool figurehead who signed the Farm and Half Man Half Biscuit.   … bands who've had the most members. … ‘Norman Wisdom, Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, good times”. What's not to love about the Human League's Dare? … the new U2 parlour game. … why CDs sales are on the up. … and what the police would know about you if they found your phone.Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on September 25th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/1SwIYJWoHKGet your exclusive NordVPN deal here - it's risk-free with Nord's 30-day-money-back guarantee!: https://nordvpn.com/yourearSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's pod was recorded just after we saw ‘Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm' at London's National Portrait Gallery, a warm and winning show that starts with him as a wide-eyed fan trying to take pictures of his heroes and soon switches to his shots of the whole world trying to photograph him. We talk about his pictures of French jazzers, Paris boulevards, backstage rooms at TV shows, models, paparazzi, light entertainment stars, screaming fans, American police guns, Miami beaches, billboards, views from plane windows, hotel rooms, cocktails and a New York theatre showing “Christine Keeler Goes Nudist plus Playgirls”. And wonder how it feels to discover 60 years later you had your photo taken by a Beatle. PLUS … … the top-flight rock and roll star we passed in Soho. … the record David tries every year to force himself to like. … the wonderful Geoff Davies of Probe Records, the much-loved Liverpool figurehead who signed the Farm and Half Man Half Biscuit.   … bands who've had the most members. … ‘Norman Wisdom, Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, good times”. What's not to love about the Human League's Dare? … the new U2 parlour game. … why CDs sales are on the up. … and what the police would know about you if they found your phone.Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on September 25th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/1SwIYJWoHKGet your exclusive NordVPN deal here - it's risk-free with Nord's 30-day-money-back guarantee!: https://nordvpn.com/yourearSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These are the old XFM episodes of the Ricky Gervais show, co hosted by Stephen Merchant and introducing Karl Pilkington. With such segments as White Van Karl, Ricky's Film Review, That Film Sounds Good, Educating Ricky and of course Rock Busters, songs of phrase and many many more. if you're a comic fan then check the NERD HERD COMIC BOOK CLUB on YouTube https://youtube.com/@TheNerdHerd?feature=shared

What is in a name? It's a great question that we're exploring through music with tracks from Half Man: Half Biscuit, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Chocolate Watch Band, Electric Prunes, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, and more!

In the mid-1980s, before she became known for fronting the band Lush, Miki Berenyi put out five issues of Alphabet Soup fanzine (“It may be crap but it's only 5p”) alongside her then-bestie and future band-mate, Emma Anderson. Meantime, before she started Sarah Records, Clare Wadd put out multiple issues of Kvatch fanzine. This podcast, hosted by former Jamming! editor Tony Fletcher, marks the first time ANY of the three have ever had a conversation with each other. Over the course of an hour-plus chat the three of them discuss:Why Miki had a photo of Tony on hand should he randomly e-mail her introducing himself.Clare's upbringing in Harrogate, Yorkshire, and starting a fanzine as a way in to the “independent” music world.Miki's school years in Central London, following Culture Club and Haircut 100, and starting a fanzine as a way to combat shyness.The lack of girls producing fanzines in the early-mid-1980s.Miki's “nuts” upbringing, how it created a “seize the day” element in her, and how that resulted in her and Emma doing Alphabet Soup.Being sexually harassed as a teenage girl selling fanzines.Alphabet Soup being “silly & smutty” vs Kvatch being “worthy.”The lack of competitiveness among fanzines. The network the editors created instead.Interviewing 1980s indie icons like Half Man Half Biscuit, The Housemartins, Xmal Deutschland, and asking The Wedding Present about apartheid because it feels like the right thing to do.Neglecting to press record on an interview and making it up instead.Sarah Records' dedicated fanzine “releases” and how Clare's contributions were more like the modern “perzine.”The sexism Clare encountered running SarahThe gender expectations/tokenism/sexism Miki encountered in a band and that Clare encountered running Sarah… and whether that has changed.Defending The Alarm.Other important ‘zines of the era: Attack On Bzag, Moving, Rouska, Jamming!, Viz Comics, Vague, Scared To Get Happy, Alphabet Soup's fake Diary of a Fanzine Writer (the Bride Assistants). Miki Berenyi is @berenyi_miki on Twitter and IG, and is also at https://linktr.ee/mikiberenyi Her memoir is Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success.Various Alphabet Soup bits are at https://standupandspit.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/alphabet-soup/Clare Wadd is @Sarah_Records on Twitter and sarahrecords.org.uk. The Sarah Records special zine releases are at http://sarahrecords.org.uk/texts/fanzines/Kvatch 5 is at https://stillunusual.tumblr.com/post/43093052386/kvatch-fanzineSupport this show via the One Step Beyond supporter page:https://supporter.acast.com/onestepbeyondTony Fletcher is https://tonyfletcher.net/and https://linktr.ee/TonyFletcher Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will and Craig discuss new releases by Floodlights, the National, and Public Interest, plus Gordon Lightfoot, a live report, and bonus songs.

This episode carries a health warning! It's rather funny. We explore if Hywel (rhymes with towel) and his brother were the real characters in Highway Patrolman. Besides, Joe and Frankie does sound better than Hywel and Alan after all. Jeff and Hywel get together live in the E Street Cafe with one mic and a rather amorous dog. It contains multiple references to Bruce of course - but it also covers all kinds of other random stuff from growing up in the North of England, Nebraska the album, which instrument most attracts attention in the street, soundtracks, Stephen King, Half Man Half Biscuit, playing in a band for fun, Jaws, Botheredness (it's not a real word, we know), Jaws again, early memories of the cinema, how the hell do we pronounce his name and even more Jaws......... Every once in a while we like to lighten the mood and this episode will make you chuckle as Jeff and Hywel combine their northern wit to chat casually about just about anything. Listen out at the end for a twist to the E Street Shuffle. To Hywel's dismay - there's 2 quizzes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-matthews4/message

Tack vare en lyssnarfråga om Ultravox! (sic), som får oss att pröva på genren "live reaction", går detta avsnitt i sladdrighetens tecken. Vi hör också på sublim buskis med Monica Z och en spretig och abstrakt Divine Comedy/Univers Zero-knöl med Flädermoln. Därefter ett band från Norges Canterbury och lite Of Montreal. Vi får en djupdykning i Webstrarna och deras Cure/Devo-influenser, samt i Half Man Half Biscuit och deras diskbänkssurrealism och referenser till gamla snookerdomare. Love har sammanfattat en Kate Bush-skiva i en spänstig och fräsch mix. Därefter en sladdrig DJ-mix och en minst lika sladdrig mashup. Roberts topp-last.fm-låtar spänner denna gång över nästan ett helt århundrade, men det måste vara något fel på den jäkla listan. I Bisarra hörnan hör vi först en folkkär svensk artist tolkas på något som antingen är en dialekt eller ett språk, därefter två prima exempel på företagsmusik från IT-boomens glada dagar (en polerad och en gangsta). Och så har Love gjort en låt. Errata: På grund av rasism och kvinnofientlighet missade Robert att nämna att även Donna Summers "I feel love" kom 1977. Gör oss sällskap på Discord: https://discord.gg/Cywtq7vaqZ Gilla, kommentera och recensera på The Facebook: https://facebook.com/musikensmaktpodcast/ Bidra till Loves fysiska överlevnad och få lite bonusmaterial: https://www.patreon.com/musikensmakt

Tack vare en lyssnarfråga om Ultravox! (sic), som får oss att pröva på genren "live reaction", går detta avsnitt i sladdrighetens tecken. Vi hör också på sublim buskis med Monica Z och en spretig och abstrakt Divine Comedy/Univers Zero-knöl med Flädermoln. Därefter ett band från Norges Canterbury och lite Of Montreal. Vi får en djupdykning i Webstrarna och deras Cure/Devo-influenser, samt i Half Man Half Biscuit och deras diskbänkssurrealism och referenser till gamla snookerdomare. Love har sammanfattat en Kate Bush-skiva i en spänstig och fräsch mix. Därefter en sladdrig DJ-mix och en minst lika sladdrig mashup. Roberts topp-last.fm-låtar spänner denna gång över nästan ett helt århundrade, men det måste vara något fel på den jäkla listan. I Bisarra hörnan hör vi först en folkkär svensk artist tolkas på något som antingen är en dialekt eller ett språk, därefter två prima exempel på företagsmusik från IT-boomens glada dagar (en polerad och en gangsta). Och så har Love gjort en låt. Errata: På grund av rasism och kvinnofientlighet missade Robert att nämna att även Donna Summers "I feel love" kom 1977.

Welcome to the Squidge Rugby World Cup 2007 Retrospective! Robbie (@SquidgeRugby) and Will (@Will_Owen9) join forces to tackle the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup, as well as the Opening Non-Ceremony. We discuss The Super Eight, Half Man Half Biscuit, Simon Pegg and a character named Harry The Dog.Apologies, no theme tune on this episode. We'll get that sorted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Theo Delaney is joined by top football commentator Nigel Adderley whose masterful descriptions of the action have been gracing the airwaves for over twenty years. In this, part one of two, his chosen scorers include his great friend Paul Mariner and among the music picks are fellow Tranmere Rovers fans Half Man Half Biscuit.@nadderley@LifeGoalsTD @theodelaneyhttps://www.theodelaney.com/life-goalshttps://www.11-29media.com/life-goals

Continuing our American travelogue with an extended stay in New York featuring the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Lou Reed, Billy Joel and Half Man Half Biscuit...of course.

Liv....Birkenhead's Crapsons (who are good lads) have come across the Mersey to visit us this week. And who better to celebrate international workers' day with us! Their drummer is a stand up guy, the songs are about their day to day experiences AND they recently opened up for Half Man Half Biscuit.Tom and the main man Mike share a horrific karaoke injury experience, we find out what happens when you block a nun, we get nostalgic right off the bat and discuss the planning and execution of the band's very own festival, Crapfest!Tom reports back on his first Stamford/Mama Liz's/Scary Clown experience, Niall's done his homework and has some musings on Cocksparrer's hit record "shock troops" and we check out where our roving reporter Mark L Williamson has been in our final (sad face emoji) MLPP World Service.Songs to get your laughing gear around are from: Party Boss, The Fuckin' Glorious, Against Me!, The Meffs, Carburetor Dung and Dropkick Murphys. 

Will and Craig discuss new releases by Sea Power, Partner Look, and Half Man Half Biscuit, plus a live report and bonus songs of the week.

We're back with a kitchen session from Borderland Bluegrass, new songs from Half Man Half Biscuit, and a stunning gospel track we're betting you've never heard before. Visit https://andykershaw.co.uk for play-lists and to get in touch, make a donation or become a sponsor.

In episode 6 of the second series, Ann speaks to musician Niall Quinn. Niall is the drummer with iconic Limerick band, The Hitchers. The band have just released their 1997 debut album on vinyl for the first time. www.thehitchers.ie for a listen. Niall's three things bring the listener on a journey from warplanes to the symbolism of cymbals and whether the 1990 penalty shoot out against Romania counts as a win anywhere other than our hearts. Three Things That Matter is hosted by local playwright, performer and musician, Ann Blake. In each episode a different guest will be interviewed and asked to ‘bring' three things that matter to them. These may vary from books and plants to places and occasions. The three things provide a jumping off point for discussion of the extraordinary in the every day. About The Hitchers: Releasing two albums and a slew of EPs in the late 90's the Limerick band came to the attention of legendary BBC DJ John Peel who championed the bands debut UK release It's All Fun & Games Til Someone Loses An Eye and had the band record a session for his show that gets repeat broadcasts to the present day. The 'Strachan/You Can Only Love Someone' double a-side single won many more friends, plaudits and award nominations (pipped to the Best Irish Single gong by Ash' A Life Less ordinary ...no shame in that) as did the bands follow up LP 'For The Want of Some Better TV' and the band were an ever present on the gigging circuits of Ireland and Britain earning a reputation for spikey punk-pop, acerbic, witty lyricism, terrace-chant chorus' and ultimately for fiery live performances. Though The Hitchers officially de-mobbed in 2001 they have, over the years, regrouped for one-off shows and mini-tours. Media interest in the band is rekindled biennially around the time of World Cups and European Championships which led to Guardian readers voting 'Strachan' the 'greatest football song EVER'. In 2019 BBCs Steve Lamacq curated ‘Lost Alternatives' a 2x12” album of his favourite bands from his time on the wireless and marking his 25th Anniversary with the BBC. He selected The Hitchers 'Strachan' to close the album -setting them alongside, amongst others, Teenage Fanclub, Snuff, Sleeper, Travis, Compulsion, Cornershop, China Drum and Suede. Similarly Warner Bros Germany approached the band for permission to use the song on '11 Freunde -the album' where The Hitchers would find themselves in an even more rarefied air scenario -rubbing shoulders with some of their own biggest heroes including Billy Bragg, The Wedding Present, The Proclaimers, New Order and Half Man Half Biscuit. In their own words: Niall Quinn -"In the UK it's fair to say The Hitchers are mainly remembered for Strachan. That was the tune that got played most and still gets played and knocked about and that stirs up interest when the world cup or the Euros roll around. Then in Ireland, despite the fact Strachans fellow 'Fun & Games' single Killed It With My Bare Hands gave us our highest chart placing (an unassailable #58!) I sometimes think it's more the Red Mohair Jumper/She'll Be Sorry era stuff that immediately preceded Strachan and the two albums that rings bells with people. Then, more locally again, when you come home to Limerick there's this palpable thing about the 'teenage' Hitchers -the one with Eoin and Benny and Bombs in Baskets of Fruit. So I tend to think of The Hitchers less like a band and more like Dallas. There's some characters who are integral to the story who are only in it for the first couple of seasons. But still the story runs..."

Hear all the music on our rolling playlist: https://bit.ly/CultBunk Lakeland poets of “high church rock'n'roll” Sea Power play songs from their magnificent new album Everything Was Forever and explain how it felt when they dropped the word “British” from their name, to the ire of GB News. And Mojo magazine's Ian Harrison joins us to discuss new waxings from Half Man Half Biscuit and Metronomy plus new Apple TV+ series Severance – what The Office would be like if created by Aldous Huxley.  “People are pretty sceptical of any band that puts too much thinking into their lyrics…” – Yan from Sea Power Written and presented by Siân Pattenden and Andrew Harrison. Producer Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Alex Rees. Theme music: ‘Bunker Theme (Juntos Mix)' by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. The Culture Bunker is a Podmasters production.  Our rolling playlist on Spotify: https://bit.ly/CultBunk And now Tidal too: https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/1aea7525-7891-4a88-8474-a08c45ea064b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the crosshairs this week … how Mike Campbell's masterpiece was almost eaten by machinery, who made five great albums in five years?, “a mix is never finished it's merely abandoned”, Robert Plant at Kidderminster Harriers, hand-written notes from Half Man Half Biscuit, god bless Alex Harvey, the expulsion of the vax-free Woody Woodmansey and birthday guest Keith Adsley explains the Temple of Seitan. Mike Campbell talks about the Boys Of Summer …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBYBnPJfGQSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every Word Podcast before the rest of the world - and with full visuals!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the crosshairs this week … how Mike Campbell's masterpiece was almost eaten by machinery, who made five great albums in five years?, “a mix is never finished it's merely abandoned”, Robert Plant at Kidderminster Harriers, hand-written notes from Half Man Half Biscuit, god bless Alex Harvey, the expulsion of the vax-free Woody Woodmansey and birthday guest Keith Adsley explains the Temple of Seitan. Mike Campbell talks about the Boys Of Summer …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBYBnPJfGQSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every Word Podcast before the rest of the world - and with full visuals!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the crosshairs this week … how Mike Campbell's masterpiece was almost eaten by machinery, who made five great albums in five years?, “a mix is never finished it's merely abandoned”, Robert Plant at Kidderminster Harriers, hand-written notes from Half Man Half Biscuit, god bless Alex Harvey, the expulsion of the vax-free Woody Woodmansey and birthday guest Keith Adsley explains the Temple of Seitan. Mike Campbell talks about the Boys Of Summer …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxBYBnPJfGQSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every Word Podcast before the rest of the world - and with full visuals!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we salute the comic genius of Ronnie “Fletcher” Barker and Fulton “Mackay” Mackay, fantasise about autobiographies still to come (Neil Tennant, Pet Clark, John Paul Jones, Noel Gallagher), are mildly appalled by the new My Sweet Lord video and play two bracing rounds of Spot the Genuine Christmas single (Beck's Little Drum-Machine Boy? Half Man Half Biscuit's Deck The Halls With Buddy Holly?). Gary Chrimble to all, and a gear New Year!Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world - and with full visuals!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which we salute the comic genius of Ronnie “Fletcher” Barker and Fulton “Mackay” Mackay, fantasise about autobiographies still to come (Neil Tennant, Pet Clark, John Paul Jones, Noel Gallagher), are mildly appalled by the new My Sweet Lord video and play two bracing rounds of Spot the Genuine Christmas single (Beck's Little Drum-Machine Boy? Half Man Half Biscuit's Deck The Halls With Buddy Holly?). Gary Chrimble to all, and a gear New Year!Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world - and with full visuals!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we salute the comic genius of Ronnie “Fletcher” Barker and Fulton “Mackay” Mackay, fantasise about autobiographies still to come (Neil Tennant, Pet Clark, John Paul Jones, Noel Gallagher), are mildly appalled by the new My Sweet Lord video and play two bracing rounds of Spot the Genuine Christmas single (Beck's Little Drum-Machine Boy? Half Man Half Biscuit's Deck The Halls With Buddy Holly?). Gary Chrimble to all, and a gear New Year!Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon and receive every future Word Podcast before the rest of the world - and with full visuals!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are thrilled to feature an exclusive kitchen session with satirical folk-punk band Half Man Half Biscuit, including new songs and a chat with front-man Nigel Blackwell. Visit Andy's website - https://andykershaw.co.uk - for play-lists and to contact Andy, make a donation or become a sponsor.

Episode 30 of Songs in the Key of.... And this time it's all about comedy songs.With tunes ranging from 1963 to 2009 there's plenty to get your laughing gear around: Peter Sellers, Monty Python, The Flight of the Concords and, of course, Half Man Half Biscuit.As ever, there's a Spotify playlist to accompany the episode. Find out more on reviewage.net.

In this our twelfth podcast, we were absolutely delighted to welcome Steve Crossman from Court Place Farm, Withycombe.In this fascinating podcast, Lucy and David talk the history of Steve's family, his passion for local agriculture and the tasty delights that have been grown at Court Place Farm since the 1960's.Of course, Asparagus and New Potatoes are now centre stage  at Court Place Farm, and Steve's distinctive hanging signs as seen on Withycombe Straight on the A39 (TA24 6QB) has even featured in a Half Man Half Biscuit track called Asparagus Next Left!Steve's incredibly melodic voice and delightfully interesting meander through local agriculture was incredibly interesting, and forms a perfect back story to Ben's culinary perfection in the earlier podcast. We hope Steve will be back soon to discuss 'future farming' and the challenges which we all will face as climate change alters the way we grow and consume fresh food.Take time to listen, we hope you'll be enthralled. This article from Exmoor Magazine is also fascinating and delves a little deeper into Exmoor Asparagus. 

Crossover Episode! Our old bosses MARK ELLEN and DAVID HEPWORTH of A Word In Your Ear, Smash Hits, Q and Mojo fame join Siân and Andrew to mark our quarter century. On the agenda: the glory days of the Hits and why the music biz didn’t know how much it would miss the pop mags. “PAUL WELDER”’s new album. The Incredible String Band, Half Man Half Biscuit, Girl Band, Fargo on C4 and that BBC Mitford thing. Van Morrison’s harmonica redux. And “much, much more”! Thanks to everyone who’s backed us and been on the podcast so far. It’s been a blast. Here’s to the next 250…www.patreon.com/BigmouthPodcasthttp://wordpodcast.co.ukProduced and presented by Siân Pattenden and Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Alex Rees. Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we're joined by old pal Trevor Dann who was one of the 200 people sitting on the floor of the Nottingham Boat Club 50 years ago hearing the unreleased Stairway To Heaven ("maximum volume as it was on the river and there were no houses next door"). Plus memories of Nick Drake in 1971 (Trevor wrote the memoir Darker Than The Deepest Sea) - the underwhelming live shows, the mistakes on his album sleeves, the family tensions, why his legend is still expanding and what he might be doing if he was still with us today. And ... the Stack Waddy game: real or fake Half Man Half Biscuit tracks (Eamonn Holmes Under The Hammer?) and Indie Rock Band or lower league football team?  @TrevorDannTrevor's excellent Nick Drake memoir ...https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darker-Than-Deepest-Sea-Search/dp/0749951338Want exclusive early access to every future Word Podcast - and in full audio-visual glory! - alongside a whole host of additional exciting, enlightening and entertaining content and benefits? Of course you do! Make sure you're signed up to our fabulous Patreon for all this and more: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The gang remembers the Monkseaton Shootings of 1989 – which despite being Britain's fourth worst mass shooting – no-one else seems to do. Seriously, the BBC's anniversary story was literally headlined “town struggles to remember shootings”. Britain's fourth worst mass shooting!John takes steps to avoid an accidental comeback in local radio. Claire is more interested in the fact that the lead actor in Woof! was called Edward Fidoe than Salman Rushdie's fatwa or the end of the Cold War. Another Gareth Alexander wins an award. Our Gareth Alexander wins a protractor.  A dog gets to ride in an ambulance.Digressions in this episode include: Noel Edmond's Telly Addicts, VHS cases masquerading as classic literature, Dalziel and Pascoe, whether Rolf Harris' paintings have appreciated in value lately, and of course Byker! Grove! Byker! Grove! Byker! Grove! Byker Byker Byker Byker Byker Grove yeah!Ha-ha Ha-ha Ha-ha Ha-haOur theme music is the song “Steady Away” by Pete Dilley and can be found on his album Half-truths and Hearsay which you can/should buy/stream here: https://petedilley.bandcamp.com/album/half-truths-and-hearsay  You can reach us on email everyonediesinsunderland@gmail.com, on Twitter at @everyonediespod, on Facebook and Instagram. We didn't make that headline up - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8029888.stm Want to see more of the news from May 1989? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhSdzEzOJd0 The traumatic end of Half Man Half Biscuit loving Jemma Dobson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRn00oojPNk Michael Sundin chases Elton John in a Sinclair C5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcODO8rDwIo We don't mention it, but the last episode of Byker Grove was wild - https://franticplanet.wordpress.com/2019/07/16/great-moments-in-pop-culture-byker-grove-nukes-the-fourth-wall/ Bloody hell though, Bernard's Watch was a bit much! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp0KhXhKyjk Woof! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqlUki0EOV0 

In which we're joined by old pal Trevor Dann who was one of the 200 people sitting on the floor of the Nottingham Boat Club 50 years ago hearing the unreleased Stairway To Heaven ("maximum volume as it was on the river and there were no houses next door"). Plus memories of Nick Drake in 1971 (Trevor wrote the memoir Darker Than The Deepest Sea) - the underwhelming live shows, the mistakes on his album sleeves, the family tensions, why his legend is still expanding and what he might be doing if he was still with us today. And ... the Stack Waddy game: real or fake Half Man Half Biscuit tracks (Eamonn Holmes Under The Hammer?) and Indie Rock Band or lower league football team?  @TrevorDannTrevor's excellent Nick Drake memoir ...https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darker-Than-Deepest-Sea-Search/dp/0749951338Want exclusive early access to every future Word Podcast - and in full audio-visual glory! - alongside a whole host of additional exciting, enlightening and entertaining content and benefits? Of course you do! Make sure you're signed up to our fabulous Patreon for all this and more: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we're joined by old pal Trevor Dann who was one of the 200 people sitting on the floor of the Nottingham Boat Club 50 years ago hearing the unreleased Stairway To Heaven ("maximum volume as it was on the river and there were no houses next door"). Plus memories of Nick Drake in 1971 (Trevor wrote the memoir Darker Than The Deepest Sea) - the underwhelming live shows, the mistakes on his album sleeves, the family tensions, why his legend is still expanding and what he might be doing if he was still with us today. And ... the Stack Waddy game: real or fake Half Man Half Biscuit tracks (Eamonn Holmes Under The Hammer?) and Indie Rock Band or lower league football team?  @TrevorDannTrevor's excellent Nick Drake memoir ...https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darker-Than-Deepest-Sea-Search/dp/0749951338Want exclusive early access to every future Word Podcast - and in full audio-visual glory! - alongside a whole host of additional exciting, enlightening and entertaining content and benefits? Of course you do! Make sure you're signed up to our fabulous Patreon for all this and more: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let the venom spill forth as Ron & Clive attempt to usurp the other in a vicious battle of wits...... or just another fucking film podcast. MMW theme by Mike Powell Musical break: The Illinois Enema Bandit (extract) by Frank Zappa Musical outro: Every Time A Bell Rings by Half Man Half Biscuit

Welcome to the third instalment in this winter wander around Christmas's roads less travelled.In this episode, we explore a diverse array of genres: punk, jazz, folk, calypso, mambo, Britpop, bizarre electronica, surf rock, beatnik madness and, of course, the obligatory tune from the banks of the River Medway.So pour yourself a Christmas sherry, wolf down a couple of Brussels sprouts and relax to those opening bars of a Half Man Half Biscuit tune...

Sports writer, columnist and broadcaster Jim White rummages through his loft and reflects on the "magnificently idiosyncratic" Jonathan Richman, the drinks options on the Happy Mondays' tour bus, being on a 10 metre diving board with Tom Daley, what you can hear during crowdless football, Nobby Stiles' pants-free coaching method, getting Bryan Ferry's autograph (aged 14), Half Man Half Biscuit, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Subbuteo, covering Olympic sports you know nothing about and the Greatest Record Ever Made.  @jimw1 Jim's columns at the Telegraph ...https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/jim-white/ Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Episode 8 of Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you by sponsors Lauren Higgins and Anthony Gillies.Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews and fun segments and music thrown in along the way.Our feature interview this week is with a man who is an East Fife legend. He spent six seasons at Bayview and was part of both championship and promotion winning teams, going on to make 159 appearances and captain the club. It's Toro himself, Greig McDonald.We take a journey through Greig's career, from becoming disillusioned with the game after being released by Dunfermline to becoming an East Fife hero to going on to become a manager aged just 29 at Stirling, relegating us in the process. Yes, we don't let him forget that, nor the time he missed his team beating Rangers at Ibrox to get married!There's lots of great chat and fun stories as we take a wonderful trip down memory lane with Greig.We also bring you a second interview this week, as we bid farewell to striker Anton Dowds who departs East Fife for full time football at Falkirk. Anton joins us to talk about his move, his time at Bayview, his football journey so far, and bid farewell to the East Fife faithful.Plus we find out if the now former Fifer Anton Dowds fancies a chocolate digestive, indie legends Half Man Half Biscuit feature again in this week's football music section Wavelength, we spotlight local singer-songwriter Joshua Grant in the latest Have You Heard?, there's another Who Are you? and more.Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:06.46: Anton Dowds farewell interview and discussion28.28: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Anton Dowds29.47: Have You Heard? - Joshua Grant - Edinburgh36.12: Greig McDonald interview153.17: Who Are You?157.47: Wavelength - Half Man Half Biscuit - Dead Men Don't Need Season Tickets162.25: Mailbag - club's engagement with season ticket holders and another all-time East Fife XI

Welcome to the seventh episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you by sponsors Scott Young and John Scott Neill. Give them a follow on Twitter. Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews and fun segments thrown in along the way. Our guest this week is a man who is a Scottish football lower league legend, who has won four league championships with three different clubs, one of them being East Fife, Bobby Linn. We take a journey through Bobby's career in a refreshingly frank and funny interview as we look back at his time at Bayview, hear the stories he has to tell, look at all the highs and lows, and the relationship he has with East Fife fans today. We talk ferries, taxis, what makes him tick, and a lot, lot more. Lee and Michael also look at all the main East Fife and Scottish football news from the past week, plus we chat with current gaffer Darren Young about the club's recent signings from the U20 squad and the future of the much heralded Anton Dowds. Plus we look at the 2022 World Cup kick off times that have been announced, find out if former Fifer Div Muir fancies a chocolate digestive, and indie legends Half Man Half Biscuit feature in this week's football music section Wavelength. We also add in a couple of new features this week, but we won't spoil the surprises here. Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:03.49: East Fife News of the Week - season tickets out, Covid testing concerns, Darren Young talks youth signings, and Pat Quinn passes away30.06: Have You Heard? - Sunshimmer38.36: Bobby Linn interview140.49: Who Are You?146.35: Scottish football chat - do Hearts and Partick face expulsion?, more big names head to non league teams156.25: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Div Muir159.35: World football chat - Five subs rule extended and 2022 World Cup kick off times announced169.33: Wavelength - Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit175.02: Mailbag - favourite fan memorabilia, teams you love to hate, and another all-time East Fife XI You can download and/or listen to this, and all previous, episodes of the podcast here or on the following services:Apple Podcasts.Spotify

In Episode 50 the lads are sans guest again and talking all kinds of nonsense. We talk Fathers Day, Riot Fest, Dave Grohl and… suicide? With music by The Bollweevils, Spitfire Boys, Dead Kennedys, Instant Agony, The Fix and Half Man Half Biscuit.

With distinctive lyrics and a punk rock sound, Art Brut became cult heroes during the 2000s indie scene. Their songs about former girlfriends, little brothers and modern art made Bang Bang Rock & Roll one of the standout albums from the era. Here, lead singer Eddie Argos tells The Boys in the Band Podcast  about the band's journey - but also how he impressed the Gallagher brothers with his Half Man Half Biscuit knowledge and why he became the focus of a Berlin University lecture! Plus, Eddie chats comic books, painting - and plans for a new album... Art Brut fan? Share your memories of the band with us:  Twitter: @TheBITBpod Instagram: @boysinthebandpod Facebook: The Boys In The Band Podcast Or drop us an Email - boysinthebandpod@gmail.com Written, presented and produced by Peter Smith and Richard Gallagher Pod thumbnail design by Daniel Curtin. Photo: Rhi Lee Design

John talks us through his new musical discovery, we discover a new way to spice up our daily walks and a listener provides us with a conundrum which left us scratching our heads.

Valentines special with music and plenty of chat and memories of Neil Innes and Andy Gill. Music from The Wedding Present, Brazil, Ethiopia, chat about opera, Half Man Half Biscuit and swimming x --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/46-30/support

This was a routine game a the start of snooker's most gruelling tournament. Ronnie O'Sullivan had made a maximum break when a junior and an amateur but this was in the cauldron of The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Playing the seasoned pro Mick Price, 'The Rocket' complained to his opponent that he was feeling tired. Then taking to the table, he made the most remarkable break in snooker's history. This is the extraordinary story of the fastest maximum break in snooker. And the small matter of the distinctive stance of Match Referee Len Ganley.Here is the Half Man Half Biscuit masterpiece The Len Ganley StanceLen Ganley's Carling Black Label AdvertThe Fastest 147 Break in Snooker History Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the worst ideas we ever had, a Steven Seagal triple-bill! Lord save us now. With Clive and Ron. MMW theme by Mike Powell Outro music: Paradise Lost (You're The Reason That) by Half Man Half Biscuit

Clive & Ron talk shamisens and twats, in the wood. MMW theme by Mike Powell Musical Beak: Tsugaru Shamisen Suits by Takahashi Chikuzan Outro music: Upon Westminster Bridge by Half Man Half Biscuit

Well a Ho Ho Ho and welcome to the 2018 Christmas special of the AFTN Soccer Show! And this show was so long that we've had to split the podcast into two parts. This is part one and we'll have part two for your aural pleasure on Christmas Day itself. What could be better than opening your presents and listening to the AFTN crew, as we bring you some football and Christmas chat, play some excellent Christmas tunes, and play some fun games?! In this first part we'll find out what Christmas is like in the Marc Dos Santos household, plus Canadian men's national team head coach John Herdman tells us all about his plans for his usual "Geordie Christmas". Was Christmas better years ago? Was football? We debate all that, and former Whitecap, and current Canadian national team defender, David Edgar picks his favourite Christmas song and explains why that's the case. Plus we'll being you Christmas tune from AFTN favourites Half Man Half Biscuit, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Madhat McGore, Slaves and more. Have a listen! Here's some of the main segments from the episode:12.10: Christmas with the Herdmans22.21: Was Christmas better in the past? Was football?40.18: David Edgar picks his Christmas favourite57.45: A Dos Santos Christmas

It's Christmas! so, this time, we're irking the Daily Mail readers by actually not doing much to do with Christmas at all (Let's call it a Winterval special just to annoy them even more!). It's our end of the year best of 2018 spectacular! We'll be counting down our favourite 30 songs of the year, plus discussing our favourite gigs of the year and also music we've discovered this year which didn't come out in 2018. To explain how the voting works, we each picked our 10 favourite songs of the year, then for each list we each ranked them 1-10 giving 10 points to our favourite and 1 to the one we liked least on each list. we also had a bonus point we could assign to one song on either of the other people's lists (So Colin could only assign the bonus point to a song on either Tracey or Ian's list). Colin's wife then added all the points up and we didn't find out the order until we were recording, so all the reactions you'll hear are genuine. Now admittedly, we are a little bit brutal to some of the songs on the list, but please remember that to be in the episode they have to have been in one of our top tens of the year! Bands featured in this episode include Anaal Nathrakh, АИГЕЛ, The Atlas Moth, Author & Punisher, Big Russian Boss, Brooke Bentham, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Clever Girl, The Common Cold, Corrosion Of Conformity, Dresden Dolls, Eels, Brian Eno/Kevin Shields, Epic45, Failure, Forest Swords, Four Stroke Baron, Gene, Ghost, Grouper, Half Man Half Biscuit, Ho99o9, Khruangbin, Laibach, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Metric, Malcolm Middleton, Mogwai, Neurosis, Pale Waves, Peaness, Josh T. Pearson, The Prodigy, Nathan Salsburg, Soccer Mommy, Stars Of The Lid, Superorganism, These Are End Times, Tropical Fuck Storm, Ulrika Spacek, Young Scum, and Kamasi Washington. Our best of the 2018 playlist is in alphabetical order here - https://open.spotify.com/user/newpathstohelicon/playlist/4lViEhQts56qhKxRsCIyxt?si=0GSt2FKfRdSxqE-8NQc99Q and our songs we discovered in 2018 playlist is here - https://open.spotify.com/user/newpathstohelicon/playlist/4DCW3ivdah5zAkolCHkfXB?si=rtpmEoabRh6vrFS7EAcKpw As always we'd love to hear what you think, you can talk to us at http://www.facebook.com/wedigmusicpcast or on twitter @wedigmusicpcast Find our other episodes, writings and soon other podcasts at www.wedigpodcasts.com Oh and there's a fairly important announcement at the end of the episode so make sure you listen all the way through. Merry Christmas, and thanks so much to everyone who's listened and argued or agreed with us in 2018, see you next year!

It's Christmas! so, this time, we're irking the Daily Mail readers by actually not doing much to do with Christmas at all (Let's call it a Winterval special just to annoy them even more!). It's our end of the year best of 2018 spectacular!We'll be counting down our favourite 30 songs of the year, plus discussing our favourite gigs of the year and also music we've discovered this year which didn't come out in 2018.To explain how the voting works, we each picked our 10 favourite songs of the year, then for each list we each ranked them 1-10 giving 10 points to our favourite and 1 to the one we liked least on each list. we also had a bonus point we could assign to one song on either of the other people's lists (So Colin could only assign the bonus point to a song on either Tracey or Ian's list). Colin's wife then added all the points up and we didn't find out the order until we were recording, so all the reactions you'll hear are genuine.Now admittedly, we are a little bit brutal to some of the songs on the list, but please remember that to be in the episode they have to have been in one of our top tens of the year!Bands featured in this episode include Anaal Nathrakh, АИГЕЛ, The Atlas Moth, Author & Punisher, Big Russian Boss, Brooke Bentham, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Clever Girl, The Common Cold, Corrosion Of Conformity, Dresden Dolls, Eels, Brian Eno/Kevin Shields, Epic45, Failure, Forest Swords, Four Stroke Baron, Gene, Ghost, Grouper, Half Man Half Biscuit, Ho99o9, Khruangbin, Laibach, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Metric, Malcolm Middleton, Mogwai, Neurosis, Pale Waves, Peaness, Josh T. Pearson, The Prodigy, Nathan Salsburg, Soccer Mommy, Stars Of The Lid, Superorganism, These Are End Times, Tropical Fuck Storm, Ulrika Spacek, Young Scum, and Kamasi Washington.Our best of the 2018 playlist is in alphabetical order here - https://open.spotify.com/user/newpathstohelicon/playlist/4lViEhQts56qhKxRsCIyxt?si=0GSt2FKfRdSxqE-8NQc99Qand our songs we discovered in 2018 playlist is here - https://open.spotify.com/user/newpathstohelicon/playlist/4DCW3ivdah5zAkolCHkfXB?si=rtpmEoabRh6vrFS7EAcKpwAs always we'd love to hear what you think, you can talk to us at http://www.facebook.com/wedigmusicpcast or on twitter @wedigmusicpcastFind our other episodes, writings and soon other podcasts at www.wedigpodcasts.comOh and there's a fairly important announcement at the end of the episode so make sure you listen all the way through.Merry Christmas, and thanks so much to everyone who's listened and argued or agreed with us in 2018, see you next year!

In our second End of Year special, guests MIRANDA SAWYER and EAMONN FORDE tell us their favourite records, telly, films and other stuff of 2018 – and Andrew gets to make his choices too. Who liked lesbionic romantic disaster SALLY4EVER? What did the panel make of the new DOCTOR WHO? And who was the most appalling monster on TV? Plus music from Christine & The Queens, Shame, Suede, Half Man Half Biscuit and Dave – just Dave. It’s all you need for the long dark winter evenings.  Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Sophie Black. Bigmouth is a Podmasters production.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the latest Anfield Index Podcast, Trev Downey shares the literary crimes of Stephen Patrick Morrissey, Karl Coppack shares the lyrical wonder of Half-Man Half-Biscuit and Kam Branch shares his distress at being left with a Dr Pepper-free fridge. The lads tackle the thorny topics of Fabinho, Kevin Friend, the sub-par nature of our shadow XI, Jordan Henderson, Kloppo v Shaq and the VARce of the Chelsea victory, as well as having their usual meanders around the wide world of LFC topics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What a weekend this could have been. Once again Vancouver Whitecaps had other results go in their favour and once again they failed to get the job done themselves. "Same again" said Carl Robinson, "not again" said the supporters. So our 300th episode isn't quite the celebratory start we'd hoped for as we pick over the bones of the 'Caps defeat to FC Dallas, but the fun soon starts to pick up after that! We have two interviews to bring you this week. First off all it's a blast from the past as we chat with Whitecaps legend Jay Nolly about his time with the 'Caps and his new career as a commentator for RSL. Next up is Rahul Kohli from iZombie to talk football, the last season of one of our favourite shows on TV right now, Funhaus, and racial stereotypes in the acting world. It's a great chat and we only wish we had double the time with him to get all our zombie questions out there! All this, plus we look at the weekend's action the MLS West, find out if Scott Arfield fancies a chocolate digestive, talk take out food with Jake Nerwinski and fish and chips with Kei Kamara, and there's a double dose of Wavelength to celebrate our milestone show featuring our favourites Half Man Half Biscuit and Frank Sidebottom. Here's the full episode rundown of the main segments from the show:04.05: Vancouver Whitecaps v FC Dallas match analysis28.15: Coaches audio - Carl Robinson and Oscar Pareja40.50: MLS West Week In Review52.44: Frankenstein's Monster - let's build the perfect Whitecap59.55: Fish and Chips with Kei Kamara62.25: Jay Nolly interview and discussion72.43: Wavelength - Half Man Half Biscuit - 1966 And All That80.29: Rahul Kohli interview93.32: Jake Nerwinski Take Me Out96.01: Wavelength - Frank Sidebottom - Three Shirts On A Line101.02: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive? - Scott Arfield107.40: BC Soccerweb headlines - a look at some stories from around the football world123.15: Southsiders GA discussion - not fun with flags

Vancouver Whitecaps' playoff dreams are still alive. Likely looking in better shape than many people's underwear in the closing moments of their match with San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, but only just. Joe Deasy joins us in the studio this week to look over the Quakes match and what it might mean for the rest of the season as we break down every MLS Western team's run-in. Plus all the talking points to come from the game, we hear from both head coaches, and look at the week's other big stories in Whitecapsland. We've got a slew of interviews for you this week, kicking things off as we chat with San Jose's Chris Wondolowski as he approaches MLS' all time scoring record. Will he do it and will he be back for another season? We also sit down with the Whitecaps' Felipe to chat about his season, how he's settled in Vancouver, and the more defensive role he's being asked to play, and we talk the Canadian national team with Marcel de Jong. All this, plus we catch up with former Whitecaps MLS striker Caleb Clarke as he begins life at UBC with a bang, and after a four month absence, Half Man Half Biscuit are back for this week's Wavelength. Here's the full episode rundown of the main segments from the show:06.54: Vancouver Whitecaps v San Jose Earthquakes analysis23.26: Coaches audio - Carl Robinson and Mikael Stahre28.58: More Quakes v 'Caps chat38.05: Chris Wondolowski interview and chat45.06: The MLS West run-in to the playoffs66.00: David Norman Jr heads to Scotland69.27: Felipe interview and chat77.00: Canada v US Virgin Islands look ahead80.25: Marcel de Jong interview and chat87.46: Wavelength - Half Man Half Biscuit - Swerving The Checkatrade93.20: Caleb Clarke interview and chat101.48: BC Soccerweb headlines - a look at some stories from around the football world

The Big, If True Podcast continues its Summer of Truth series as your hosts take on the true story of Britain's Jimmy Savile - a superstar DJ, television host, and philanthropist turned serial sexual predator. We discuss Savile's level of fame in the UK, his connections to the Royal Family and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as well as the major scandal that broke soon after his death involving the BBC and Savile's many sex crimes. Support Big, If True on Patreon at www.patreon.com/bigiftrue Subscribe to Big, If True on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts - while you're at it, leave us a rating or review telling us what you love about the show! Email us at: bigiftruepodcast@gmail.com Follow us on:Twitter: bigiftruecastInstagram: bigiftruecastFacebook: bigiftruecastTumblr: bigiftruecast.tumblr.comMinds: bigiftrueGab: bigiftrue Intro/Disclaimer: Josh McLellan (http://www.fiverr.com/joshmclellan) Music: I Left My Heart In Papworth General by Half Man Half Biscuit

Will and Craig discuss new music by Snail Mail, Half Man Half Biscuit, and Wussy, plus live reports and the World Cup.

Guests this week on the pop culture podcast for perspicacious popinjays are film writer LINDA MARRIC and Telegraph/Mojo rock’n’roll journo ANDREW PERRY. On the agenda: a highly idiosyncratic biopic of Lee ‘Kix’ Thompson of MADNESS, Martin Freeman flees Aussie zombies in CARGO on Netflix, and the glorious return of the only band which describes modern life as it truly is: HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT. Plus – added football content! How did Robert Plant react when he spotted Mr Perry’s Torquay United scarf? The joys of swerving the Checkatrade Trophy. Which US indie band thinks Johann Cruyff is the model for making America truly great again? And in non-football related matters, the return of Jim Lee from Slade. Support BIGMOUTH – buy us a birthday pint via the crowdfunding platform Patreon. Produced and presented by Andrew Harrison and Siân Pattenden. Studio production by Sophie Black. *Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. * See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Remember when Vancouver Whitecaps were being lauded for their excellent road record? That seems so long ago now. Saturday's 1-0 loss in Minnesota was the third straight away defeat for the 'Caps. This one against an already undermanned team that played 40 minutes of the second half with ten men. Definitely a Cinco de Mayo to forget. We look back at the high and lows from the match, talk line-ups and formations, bring you our latest player rankings, and hear from both head coaches, Minnesota's Adrian Heath and Vancouver's Carl Robinson. Where now for the Whitecaps? Did the RSL win last week just paper over the cracks or should we just be content that the team is currently sitting in third spot? We also see how the weekend played out for the MLS western teams, discuss the latest big Canadian Premier League news and other headlines, play another round of Do You Know Who I Am? and Half Man Half Biscuit return for our Wavelength section. Here's the full episode rundown of the main segments from the show:02.14: Minnesota v Vancouver match analysis23.47: Adrian Heath and Carl Robinson audio33.28: Was the RSL win last week just papering over cracks?38.45: Whitecaps player analysis49.01: Do You Know Who I Am?53.07: MLS West Week in Review67.12: Wavelength - Half Man Half Biscuit - Mathematically Safe72.44: BC Soccerweb headlines - featuring Can PL, World Cup, PDL, and other news

If last week was a bad weekend for Vancouver Whitecaps, this one was far worse. Not only did they lose 6-0 in Kansas City, seven of their Western rivals picked up three points and they fell out of the promotion places when you look at points per game. Clearly not the response sought or expected after the failings in the last two matches. We pick over carcass of that loss in KC and there's a lot to ponder. Where did it all go wrong and where does the team go from here? Team selection, tactics, poor discipline, horrible defending, and Robbo's postgame comments. We talk about all those things and a lot more. Plus we have a chat with LAFC assistant coach Marc Dos Santos, see how the weekend played out for the MLS western teams, find out if the Cap killer Johnny Russell fancies a chocolate digestive, play Do You Know Who I Am? and Half Man Half Biscuit are back in our Wavelength section.

It's good to have constants in your life, right? When a weakened team comes to B.C. Place, Vancouver Whitecaps fail to rise to the occasion seems to be one of those, and it was the same again on Saturday night when a highly depleted LA Galaxy side came and left with a point in a 0-0 draw. We pick over the bones of that game and individual performances, and hear from Galaxy head coach Sigi Schmid and 'Caps coach Carl Robinson. Plus we look back at the Whitecaps report card on the squad four games in. Turning our attention to the 'Caps defence, we discuss the overturning of Kendall Waston's red card, sit down for a chat with Uruguayan centre back Jose Aja about his move to Vancouver and how he's settling in, and we find out if Aaron Maund fancies a chocolate digestive. All this plus we chat with Canada national team and LAFC midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye, look at the week's action in MLS West, discuss MLS derbies, look at some of the stories making the news around the world, and Half Man Half Biscuit are back in this week's Wavelength section. Here's the full episode rundown of the main segments from the show:02.25: Whitecaps v Galaxy Match In Review17.51: Sigi Schmid and Carl Robinson audio24.10: Whitecaps v Galaxy chat on players42.07: Whitecaps Report Card so far54.10: Kendall Waston red card rescinded56.05: Jose Aja interview and discussion66.51: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive? - Aaron Maund69.02: MLS West Week In Review74.24: MLS derbies chat featuring Sigi Schmid82.36: Mark-Anthony Kaye interview and discussion92.14: Canada v New Zealand chat95.31: BC Soccerweb headlines110.35: Wavelength - Half Man Half Biscuit - Bob Wilson, Anchorman

Songs by The Leaves, Love, Gloria Jones, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Clique and Johnny Pineapple are played and discussed, as the theme is original versions of songs you probably didn't know were covered.

‘If you've ever wondered how you get triangles from a cow,’ sang British music legends Half Man Half Biscuit, ‘you need butter milk and cheese and an equilateral chain saw. ‘ It’s obvious when you know the answer! But what about the stuff you think you know the answers to… but do you? Really? The Big Money Questions. That’s the name of our fortnightly video presentation with Rachel Rickard Straus and a host of exceptional guests from the worlds of economics, business, the City and the bookshelves. In a departure from our usual round-up of the week’s money events, this week we introduce you to an audio version of the show. The question: What are stocks and shares? And related… What’s the difference between a stock and a share? Is that different from a bond? Why do they exist? Why are they different prices? What makes the prices move? How do you know if it’s worth buying them? Dividends? Huh? Forget the cheese - this stuff is whey too important to ignore. Listen, learn, enjoy.

Well that's been a week we're glad is over. A difficult one for Vancouver Whitecaps off the pitch, and a mixed one on it. We're focussing on the footballing aspects of it all in the latest AFTN Soccer Show, as we look back at the match that was the 1-1 draw between the 'Caps and FC Dallas on Saturday. A good result considering all the line-up issues and uncertainty? We discuss that, who stood out, who didn't, the goals, the talking points, and more, plus we hear from Brek Shea [at 31:11] about the whirlwind Saturday he had. We also hear from the Dallas side from defenders Matt Hedges and Atiba Harris [40:40] who talk about the match, and former Whitecap Harris chats a little bit about the new football club he's setting up in his native St Kitts and Nevis. It's going to be a busy week for the 'Caps at all levels. Minnesota is next up for the MLS team, and we preview what that might look like [49:00], before turning our attention the Residency teams who head to the USSDA playoffs this week. We chat with experienced defender Pa Modou Kah [60:13], who's in charge of the U18 team this week, about his transition to coaching and the playoffs ahead, plus we hear from WFC2 head coach Rich Fagan [67:46], about what help his squad may provide for the team. Turning our attentions down south, it was quite the week for former WFC2 and SFU Clan head coach Alan Koch, whose FC Cincinnati side beat MLS opposition in the US Open Cup and revealed their new stadium proposals, with an eye firmly on making the jump to Major League Soccer. We chat with Alan [73:49] about all that, his time with the 'Caps and SFU, and lots more. And there's still time to chat about IFAB's new proposed rule changes to the game [92:46] and Half Man Half Biscuit feature again in this week's Wavelength section. [109:01] The AFTN Soccer Show is brought to you in partnership with BCsoccerweb.com, your one stop site for all your BC, Canadian, and North American soccer news and links. Have a listen!

The derby games have been coming thick and fast for Vancouver Whitecaps this month. On the back of two Cascadia Cup clashes, the 'Caps headed east to take on Montreal in an all-Canadian clash, grabbing their first away win of the season in the process. We look back at all the talking points from the game - the goals, the performance, the tactics, and all the highs and lows. Plus a look at the 'Caps ever-increasing injury woes and the latest salary news that came out this week. And there's still time to have a look ahead to Friday night's game in Colorado, some WFC2 talk, and Half Man Half Biscuit feature again in this week's Wavelength section. Have a listen!

Vancouver Whitecaps are now on a two week break. I'm sure I speak for the vast majority of 'Caps fans when I say it couldn't come soon enough. I think we all need a break from this team right now, which is very worrying considering the season has just started. With no spark, no goals, little midfield creativity, and very little discipline, it's been a tough opening month that's seen the team clock up more red cards than league points. With pressure mounting, we look back at the last loss, a 2-0 home defeat to Toronto FC, and the main talking points from it. We hear from 'Caps coach Carl Robinson and discuss some listeners tweets as the discontent in the fanbase grows. We're also going to hear some postgame thoughts from TFC head coach Greg Vanney and captain Michael Bradley about the match, Shea's sending off, the niggly ending, and more. Plus Steve catches up with former Whitecap Steven Beitashour for an exclusive chat about life in Toronto. And it's a welcome return to Half Man Half Biscuit in the 'Wavelength' section of the show, with a song and lyrics about modern football and how it feels to be watching the Whitecaps from the stands right now. Have a listen.

Rerun of #866, from December 2002. Arteests include John Lennon, a lotta Lemur, Bro. Cleve Dunkan doing The SubGenius Alphabet, ESO Radio with Chaz Smith, Lonesome Cowboy Dave and Stang, Zoogz Rift, Drexel, DK Jones, Half Man Half Biscuit, Puzzling Evidence, The Black Lodge Singers, Dr. Philo Drummond, Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, Dr. Howll, Byron Werner collage x 10, Israel Regardie and Christopher Hyatt. We couldn't assemble a new SubGenius show this week because we only have one week in which to cast four fossil dinosaur tracks on Stang Ranch and scientifically map them out on a big grid before rains come and put them under water again for the next seven months. It's a long story. We're documenting the process. But this is a really good rerun and it's a better copy than could ever be downloaded before. 

Guests Andrew Male and Johnny Davis join us to discuss the new album from Leonard Cohen and Half Man Half Biscuit’s rarities compilation. And we enter the 36th (debating) Chamber to figure out which MPs sound like they should be in the Wu-Tang Clan. Click to listen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a week in the wilderness, we're back with great unknown artists, cult legends and some incredible collaborations. We kick off with a demo from jazz rockists Blegology and soon mix things up with dystopian electro, flute folk, Brazilian funk, and heavy hitting Soweto. We have collaborations between techno legend Surgeon and Manchester psych rockers Gnod, as well as Portugeses psych band Black Bombain and saxophonist Peter Brötzmann. Throw in some Half Man Half Biscuit and you've got yourself an immens

It’s the 90 Minute Cynic Podcast (@90minutecynic) with host Chris Gallagher (@thegallatron) joined by regular cynics Chris Boud (@TheChrisBoud) Ciaran Harran (@Ciaranharran), Chris Sermanni (@iaminagreement) and Louis McCaffrey (@LJFMc). We discuss the weekend victory over Dundee as well as what lies ahead in a packed fixture list for Celtic. We talk about the upcoming Inter Milan game and the importance of squad rotation. We look at the weekend results in the EPL and laugh at Harry Redknapp. Music from Half Man Half Biscuit. Theme tune (V I C E) for the show from Alex DeLarge (https://soundcloud.com/lexeange). If you want to contact us, you can email: editor@90minutecynic.com or tweet: @90minutecynic with comments and questions.

We're back this week to tackle the second half of a great year of pop culture and rock and roll. Tons of news stories including Madonna's controversial MTV awards appearance, Ted Turner's ill-fated Cable Music Channel and the horrible death of Hanoi Rocks member Razzle. All that, and more, underscored with music from Icon, Dio, Grim Reaper, Y&T, Helix, WASP, Metallica and many, many more!     July:   July 1 - The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA   A: DIO - Mystery - The Last in Line (7/2)   C: Icon - On Your Feet - Icon (7/7)   A: Grim Reaper - See You in Hell - See You in Hell (7/13) July 14 - Eddie Van Halen makes a special guest appearance at a concert by The Jacksons in Dallas, Texas, playing the guitar solo for "Beat It" live.   July 20 - Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America   C: Quiet Riot - Condition Critical - Condition Critical  (7/27)   A: Metallica - Creeping Death - Ride the Lightning (7/27)   BREAK 1   Break Return Song: Queensryche - Warning - The Warning   Groups Formed: Dinosaur Jr., Frehley’s Comet, GWAR, Half Man Half Biscuit, Helloween, Living Colour, Nuclear Assault, The Offspring, Primus, Sepultura, Soundgarden, Warrant   Bands Disbanded:   Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve (HSAS), Hollywood Rose, Kansas, Missouri, Vanilla Fudge   C: Y&T - Rock & Roll’s Gonna Save the World - In Rock We Trust(7/84)   C: Helix - When the Hammer Falls - Walkin’ the Razor’s Edge (7/7)   August:   A: Fastway - Station - All Fired Up (8/1)   August 9 – Iron Maiden kicks off the World Slavery Tour in Warsaw, Poland, with shows in Hungary and Yugoslavia soon to follow. This marks the first time a Western band has ever brought a full concert production behind the Iron Curtain.   August 10 - Red Hot Chili Peppers release their debut album The Red Hot Chili Peppers.   August 11 - During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"   C: Krokus - Midnight Maniac - The Blitz (8/22)   A: W.A.S.P. - Animal (Fuck Like a Best) - W.A.S.P. (8/17)   August 31 – Canadian music video channel MuchMusic begins broadcasting. The first video played is Rush's "The Enemy Within". Break 2   Break Return Song: Stryper - From Wrong to Right - The Yellow & Black Attack   Movies Released: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Gremlins Karate Kid Footloose Ghostbusters Red Dawn Terminator (“I’ll be back.”) Nightmare on Elm Street Beverly Hills Cop Police Academy The NeverEnding Story Sixteen Candles Romancing the Stone September:   September 2 – Van Halen concludes its 1984 world tour with a show in Nuremberg, Germany as part of the Monsters of Rock festival tour. This would be the band's last concert with David Lee Roth as lead singer until 2007.   A: Iron Maiden - Back in the Village - Powerslave (9/3)   A: The Cult - Spiritwalker - Dreamtime (9/10)   September 12 - Cyndi Lauper sings "She-Bop" on Tonight Show   C: KISS - I’ve Had Enough (Into the Fire) - Animalize (9/13)   C: Dokken - Just Got Lucky - Tooth & Nail (9/13)   BREAK 3   Break Return Song: Armored Saint - Can U Deliver - March of the Saint   Born: Mark Zuckerberg, Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, Kelly Osbourne, Ashlee Simpson   Died: Andy Kaufman, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Count Basie, Ernest Tubb, Razzle   September 14 – The first annual MTV Video Music Awards are held in New York City. Herbie Hancock wins the most awards with five, andThe Cars take the highest prize of Video Of The Year for "You Might Think". Much attention is garnered by Madonna's controversial performance of her hit single "Like a Virgin" in which she rolls around on the stage, revealing lacy stockings and garters, and grinds her crotch against her veil.   A:  Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers - Perfect Strangers (9/16)   September 21 – The first compact disc manufacturing plant in North America opens in Terre Haute, Indiana. CDs have previously had to be expensively imported from Japan or West Germany. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. is designated as the first CD ever made in the United States.   October:   C: Ramones - I’m Not Afraid of Life - Too Tough to Die (10/1)   October 26 – Turner Broadcasting System launches Cable Music Channel, a music video channel intended to compete directly with MTV. The first video played is "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman. The channel would only last 34 days.   November 6 - Reagan beats Mondale; winning 49 states.   November 20 – Michael Jackson receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame directly in front of Mann's Chinese Theater. Jackson leaves after only three minutes at the request of security, as the crush of 5,000 onlookers becomes a safety concern.   December   December – Tipper Gore forms the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) in response to the "filth" she hears on her daughter's Prince album Purple Rain.   December 8 – Mötley Crüe member Vince Neil is involved in a serious car accident. He is drunk at the time, and Razzle (Nicholas Dingley) of Hanoi Rocks is killed in the accident.   December 31 - Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car wreck.   Playout: C: Hanoi Rocks - Underwater World - Two Steps from the Move (8/84)     Geeks of the Week:   Facebook:   Joseph Ciambelli, Todd Cunningham, Shane Hebert, Chris Karam, Joel Hebensperger, Devin Fox, Joe Lascon, Wayne Cross, Wally Norton, Derik Novak, I-am Hoops, Holland Exciter, Lee Maslin (Audio Junkies Podcast), Matt Syverson (Paperback Rocker Podcast), Jason Thomas Broadrick, JTB’s Groovy Record Room, James Brendon Dunn, Brent Walter, Billy Hardaway, Mike Stewart, Darren Parkin, Scot Yeager, Sit and Spin with Joe, Rodney Dickson, Andrew Jacobs   Twitter:   Van Halen Rising, Derik Novak, Hard Rock Dad, Alisa W, Darryl Alber, Jack Russell, Nonsensicast Radio, MusicMagsAndWax, Don Nitschke, BillyHaleHardaway, Matt Syverson   ***ITUNES REVIEW****   Super Show! ***** By Joel Hebensperger These guys rock! If you love hard rock and/or heavy metal these are the guys to listen to. They have a heavy KISS slant but it’s not all about KISS. They cover rock and metal from all kinds of angles and it’s really interesting. Both have all kinds of odd knowledge about the music and artists they love. I especially love the KISSMAS in July episodes and can’t wait for the 2014 version. You like Vinnie Vincent? They’ve done FIVE episodes dedicated to the man. Subscribe and ENJOY!!!     Contact Us!   Rate, Review, and Subscribe in iTunes Join the Facebook Fan Page Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram E-mail Us Call us on the Hotline! (540) DBGeek - 1 or (540) 324-3351 Support Us! Shop on Amazon!---------->>>>>>>>> (a percentage of sales from that link to the right goes back to supporting Decibel Geek!)   Stream Us!   Stitcher Radio Spreaker TuneIn     Comment Below

Welcome to Live From Progzilla Towers Edition 21. In this edition we feature music by Enchant, Peter Gabriel, Schicke Führs Fröhling, High Wheel, Steve Hackett, Violent Silence, Baliset, Half Man Half Biscuit, Mystery, Jon & Vangelis, Chris, Sky Architect, Nemo & Camelias Garden.

Host Chris Gallagher is joined by regular Cynics Kevin Gillespie, Chris Boud, Louis McCaffrey and manning the Ps and Qs is Bryan McManus. The Cynics discuss the current transfer rumours regarding Celtic, the English Premier League and we look at the the manager movement around Europe. We touch on the recent internationals and break down our Champions League team of the season. Music from Half Man Half Biscuit amongst others.

Second hour of a lively Puzzling Evidence show with host Puzzling Evidence, Dr. Philo Drummond, Dr. Hal, Rev. Ivan Stang and Popess Lilith in the KPFA studios, plus esteemed callers Dr. Gary G'broagfran, Rev. Baby Bear, Michael Peppe and others. Music at the open and close is by The Psycho Skeletons and Half Man Half Biscuit; collages by LeMur.

It’s Australia Day! Featuring Chicken McNuggets, fingerprints, decoy sausages and DNA. Plus, sniffer babies, Jamie Oliver and Half Man Half Biscuit. With dreadful Aussie accents – it’s Skeptics with a bloody K.

This extremely lively episode from 2002 features many great men expounding on various weighty subjects, wielding absurdly deep thoughts. The very rift of the chasm between science and faith is rent asunder -- by the great Zoogz Rift himself! That sentence, and this show, might not make sense . . . to PINKS! But it's a classic for SubGeniuses. Then-new songs (Zoogz, Drexel, Half Man Half Biscuit) comingle with choice LeMur cut-ups and the old BAD DOKTORS album -- betwixt bouts of excellent Puzzling Evidence Show (Puzzling Evidence, Dr. Hal, Philo Drummond) and ESO Swamp Radio (Chas Smith, Rev. Ivan Stang, Lonesome Cowboy Dave). Even Christopher Hyatt and Israel Regardie contributed a song to this one.

After a week spent debating it, how about a podcast embodying the discussions we've been having about production values I thought a podcast which sort of pulls all the disagreements and moans and whingeing and so on into one big mp3 of joy would be a good idea. So we've got some Big Production, some demo scratchy stuff and a few bands who have dabbled with both.  I fart on about production values as if I have the faintest idea what I'm talking about, which of course I don't. I'm not sure how well it works as a playlist - it might be a bit disjointed - but in general I like it.  I like the debate in general, I like the thought process we've all gone through together this week, and in general, by association, I like this podcast. Toadcast #57 - Production Values 01. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (Original Nebraska Sessions Demo Version) (04.31) 02. Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place (11.13) 03. Enfant Bastard - Vessel (20.19) 04. Half Man Half Biscuit - 1966 and All That (22.37) 05. U2 - Red Hill Mining Town (29.56) 06. Snow Patrol - Last Ever Lone Gunman (37.40) 07. The Divine Comedy - Life on Earth (42.10) 08. Yann Tiersen - Geronimo (Black Session w. Neil Hannon) (46.07 ) 09. The Wave Pictures - A Long Way Away From Me (53.34) 10. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1975) (57.35)