Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip

Three welcomes upon you and good on you for returning for MORE - here is your second and final part of episode 79 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast! Picture Pip pacing back and forth in his deluxe cottage out there in Stanford Le Hope, little bobble hat balanced immaculately upon his domepiece with some deluxe beard adornments jingling with every footstep (more on those later...), asking himself q...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to 2016! BUT - more urgently - episode 79 of the Distraction Pieces podcast! With all this fallout from the festive period and the traditional winding down and winding up of the big machine, Pip has made it clear that rest is not an option within the DPP dojo. As such, you are now treated to a big old fashioned two parter jam with the man himself - a thorough Q&A dispatch...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 78 of the battered, bruised and all disheveled Distraction Pieces podcast! Welcome aboard to 2016!Same crew (Chris of Redshift Rebels, Stu of Pink Toothbrush/We. Are. Lizards and the Pip the boss), different year - this is the final instalment of the roundup of 2015, and since the booze intake has been steady throughout all five episodes, you can expect some go...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 77 of the rough and rugged Distraction Pieces podcast! Not done yet - not even close (well, a little closer)...Same crew (Chris of Redshift Rebels, Stu of Pink Toothbrush/We. Are. Lizards and the Pip the governor), same location, only this time with even more booze inside em and additional pizza too, you know the getdown - banter, riffing and friendly savagery,...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 76 of this ever so festive Distraction Pieces podcast! It seems we're through the looking glass here, people...With the same crew consisting of Chris (Redshift Rebels), Stu (Pink Toothbrush/We. Are. Lizards) and the overlord Pip, this is the perfect time in this run-up to new year to join in on more furious banter, ruthless bickering and heavyweight back and fo...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 75 of the mad Christmassy Distraction Pieces podcast! We're getting in deeper now... And we're not even halfway through the year...More tangents, more booze, and more of the year's goodness/badness to delve into from Pip and his pals Stu (Pink Toothbrush/We. Are. Lizards) and Chris (Reshift Rebels), and a lot of entertaining banter and the standard bickering as...

Welcome, welcome and thrice welcome to episode 74 of the hella festive Distraction Pieces podcast! The whole show has been sufficiently draped in tinsel and adorned with all manner of decorations befitting the season and you're in a for nothing but treats from here on, as we ride out 2015 in pure elegance and style...Here is the first of the YEAR REVIEW roundups, where Pip is joined by close pals...

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to episode 73 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast, featuring Itch from The King Blues! A deep back and forth with Pip and Itch as we begin with a slight change to the regular format, and then get straight into a heavy hitting but ultimately uplifting and positive chat which covers all bases from politics home and abroad (triggered by recent events at the time of the podcast),...

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to episode 72 of the clean and green Distraction Pieces Podcast, featuring Ecotricity founder Dale Vince! An environmentally enlightening discussion bringing you fully up to speed on how Ecotricity got started and the mentality propelling it forward, with a healthy background on Dale himself and what inspired him to go forward with such a bold and forward thinking energy co...

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to episode 71 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast, featuring Norwich's own poet and writer supreme John Osborne! A thoroughly enjoyable back and forth as Pip uncovers much about John's past, present and future which involves his spoken word career and development, script writing process (right on down to what software he uses), performances and so much more, all wrapped snugl...

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to episode 70 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast, featuring UK comedy heavyweight Richard Herring! Enjoy this thoroughly engaging chat as Pip gets deep into Herring's comic past, his podcast (on which you will soon hear Pip guest on), his relentless work ethic which involves a good 12 or so shows in 12 years, standup versus writing for television, his working and personal re...

Welcome welcome welcome to episode 69 (part 2 of 2) of this full-on double episode motorcade with the powerful Kurt Sutter! Picking up seamlessly where they left off in part 1, Kurt gets all the way deep into his insane body of work, which includes 'The Shield', 'Sons Of Anarchy', 'The Bastard Executioner' and 'Southpaw', to cite a few... The genesis, the process (writing, casting, storyboarding)...

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to episode 69 (part 1 of 2) of the un-mess-withable Distraction Pieces Podcast, an impossibly rough and rugged two parter with the mastermind that is Kurt Sutter! Join Kurt (writer, actor, producer and more, responsible for 'Sons Of Anarchy' and 'The Bastard Executioner' to name but two series) and Pip in covering so much terrain in their sprawling discussion that they had...

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to episode 68 of the almighty Distraction Pieces Podcast, featuring the supremely multi-talented wrestler and so much more - it's Chris Jericho! Enjoy this very uplifting and positive conversation between Pip and Jericho as they grapple with topics such as the wrestling world, social media, the limelight in general, holding down several career paths and all manner of podcas...

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to PART 2 of episode 67 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast - the interval is DONE and now is the time to return to yer seats...We are now in the Q&A section of this live episode, where we hear from the incredibly well behaved and stunningly attractive audience, asking all manner of Pip and non-Pip related questions and making for a very entertaining roundup to this episode....

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to PART 1 of episode 67 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast, which happens to be the debut LIVE episode recorded in the West End's finest, the Leicester Square Theatre! We join our host Scroobius Pip and a huge roomful of Distraction Pieces heads in the lush confines of the glorious LST, and catch up with Pip as he brings us up to speed on current goings on and related affair...

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to the great and grand episode 66 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with the all round multi-threat comic king Adam Buxton. A fascinating and sprawling chat (or "genuine chat-ramble" as Adam so perfectly puts it) covering many bases of Adam's illustrious and varied career so far, from back in the day and his work with Joe Cornish as 'Adam and Joe' to his solo endeavours, in...

Welcome welcome welcome to episode 65 of The Distraction Pieces Podcast with our guest, Poet, Rapper and Journalist Akala. Pip and Akala cover lots in this in depth and honest chat, including the history of racism throughout Shakespearean text, the development of UK Hip Hop and how artists are able to see the world through music and so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Welcome welcome welcome to Episode 64 of The Distractions Pieces Podcast. Pip's guest this week is Songwriter and one of the most influential radio presenters today, Mr Tom Robinson. In this massively insightful two-parter, Pip and Tom talk sexuality and the oppression of being gay in the 60s, how creating music weaved it's way back into Tom's life via the radio and his amazing, life changing expe...

Welcome welcome welcome to Episode 64 of The Distractions Pieces Podcast. Pip's guest this week is Songwriter and one of the most influential radio presenters today, Mr Tom Robinson. In this massively insightful two-parter, Pip and Tom talk sexuality and the oppression of being gay in the 60s, how creating music weaved it's way back into Tom's life via the radio and his amazing, life changing expe...

Welcome welcome welcome to the 63rd Distraction Pieces Podcast with this week's guest, UK Hip Hop LEGEND, Mr Roots Manuva. Rodney and Pip discuss the legacy of Roots Manuva, starting with his South London upbringing around local studios to his signing to Ninja tune imprint; Big Dada which then lead to the infamous release of "The Greatest UK Hip Hop song ever", WITNESS THE FITNESS, to his journey...

Welcome welcome welcome to the 62nd episode of The Distraction Pieces Podcast. This week we have Actor/Comedian Brett Goldstein (Derek, Undercover, Corner Boys) and Actor/Director Jon Drever (Virunga/We Ride).A special episode to coincide with the release of critically acclaimed UK Superhero movie SUPERBOB, Brett and Jon give Pip their amazing stories to date in one of the funniest episodes thus f...

Thrice welcome to episode 61 of The Distraction Pieces Podcast with this week's guest, legendary Comic Book writer, Mr Garth Ennis. In this rare interview, Pip and Garth discuss the wonderful world of the graphic novel and the history of comic books that eventually led to Garth's amazing titles including Preacher, Hitman and Hellblazer. Don't sleep on this one kids!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Welcome welcome welcome to episode 60 of The Distraction Pieces Podcast. This week’s guest is singer/songwriter Sam Preston. Preston and Pip go deep into Preston’s past including being the Frontman of The Ordinary Boys, his time as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother and how his career has grown into a chart-topping, number one song writer for artists around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Welcome welcome welcome to episode 59 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast. This special extra episode is to celebrate the return of This is England to the UK's screens with This Is England 90, the final instalment in the series. This week Pip's guest is the star of one of Pip's favourite movies; Shane Meadows' Room for Romeo Brass and a crucial character in the This Is England Saga. It's the almight...