In this Episode Lol and Budgie talk to Mac McCaughan from Superchunk and Merge Records
The A to Z of NYC / Armour wearing on Avenue C
Punk Rock style and Attitude / 70’s Commercial Radio v College Radio
When REM were Cool / when the NME reached N. Carolina
1991 Anarchy from the USA - The Yanks invade the UK
Superchunk played The Old Trout or was it, Windsor soup?
Post Punk-All bets are off / The Slits disregard all regardless
Our Emotional Reaction to Synthesizers / Peter Zinovieff’s ‘A Lollipop for Papa’ is Budgie’s first synth experiment / Love & Hate, The Osmond's‘Crazy Horses’ was well, crazy!
Curious Questions in which we discuss:
The Ups & Downs of collaborating with colourful and talented people.
Lol shares fond memories of Billy McKenzie / Budgie recalls being conducted by Thomas Dolby impersonating Magnus Pyke / Hey, hey, what’s that sound? / Is it Siouxsie’s knee, the rattling of skeletons, Caterpillar’s, butterfly wings or more leather pants?
Find out if it’s all a load of old Dickens, or just more Bollocks and Farts!
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Mac McCaughan
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Dedicated to: Peter Zinovieff (26 Jan 1933 - 23 June 2021) Founder of EMS, maker of the VCS3 Synthesiser.
Wild Loneliness
Superchunk's new album was released Feb 22nd, on the band’s own Merge Records label
Lead track: Endless Summer - “I’ll still make the coffee, and we still make the beds, and the kids are scarred but smarter
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Wild Loneliness
Superchunk's new album was released Feb 22nd, on the band’s own Merge Records label
Lead track: Endless Summer - “I’ll still make the coffee, and we still make the beds, and the kids are scarred but smarter