The Afterword Podcast

Twang, Dog Faced Boy, Ruby Blue and visitor Pip discuss the “Amy” movie, her albums and legacy.  The team vary in their affection for the records, but agree that the film perfectly captures her tragic decline and the almost universal lack of care which was on offer when she really needed it.  They explore the best (and worst) of the extensive live footage which is there for all the world to see an...

The Huggy Bear Hair Bunch - DFB, station announcer Jo, Musician, DJ and radio presenter Juliet Harris* and music scribbler, Joe Ripcord try and bring some balance to the BBC's recent Indie Season on BBC4. - It's all about context and telling a story properly - Men are influenced, women are plagiarists: Oasis v Elastica - The airbrushing of women from musical history - The music biz glass ceiling J...

Twang discusses the imminent re-release of the "Too old to rock 'n' roll: too young to die!" album with Jethro Tull supremo Ian Anderson. Ian is as complete of answer as ever and at one point your correspondent actually gets a word in edgewise, daring to disagree with the great man about something. In part 2, deadbeats and old greasers Twang, Rec Room, Steerpike and Beany convene to share their vi...

Well if we can make a start, I'd like DogFacedBoy, Ruby Blue & Jack The Biscuit to express themselves however they feel in an atmosphere of non judgemental support and understanding. - Why don't they "just pull themselves together"? - Why is it all so exhausting? - Why is it treated unlike any other illness? - Aren't we all just a little bit fucked up? The opinions in this podcast are expressions...

Your hairy host, DogFacedBoy, chats with the good Doctor J and the equally blessed Steven C about their summer of seeing heritage acts and whether we should just stop going and let them retire before it gets embarrassing. Yet is that patronising guff? The Decade Of Mass Extinction Art, For Arts Sake Jerry Lee, Mike Read & a birthday cake Chuck It In! It's Show business Having the great Randy Newma...

  Jethro Tull and now solo artist Martin Barre pops into the pod to talk about his new album “Back to Steel” and both new and old bands, plus a few trips down memory lane including the lost Paul McCartney sessions.  Expect no ritual critical shoeing - life long fan Twang gets all unreasonable at the end and gushes admiration in a completely non-Afterword splurge of appreciation for one of our best...

  The ladies of the Afterword - or the Afterbirds, if you will - ponder the world of women and music. Today Out of 10, Drakeygirl, RubyBlue and (cunning pseudonym ahoy) Hannah celebrate their favourite musical madams, figure out whether music lovers should only be allowed to marry other music lovers, and share tales of getting groped at gigs. Plus, we answer the burning question for once and for a...

The ghost Of Janice Nicholls (not actually dead at time of going to press) hangs heavy over the latest 'I Love This Record, You Should Love It Too' selection of songs from your host DFB with guests Leedsboy, DrJ and (not a real) Dr Volume. Your playlist for this week feaures songs about prison murder scandals, spacecraft explosions, bitter taxi drivers and weird space oddness. - did Fat Boy Slim g...

Lifelong fan Twang interviews Jethro Tull front man Ian Anderson about the impending Steven Wilson remix reissue of "Minstrel In The Gallery". Notoriously prickly interviewee Ian, who has little patience with another dim question about why he plays the flute standing on one leg, gives the AW more time than allocated a genuine scoop about Jeffrey Hammond Hammond. No! Come back! He's a great talker...

Well, well, well - your host Dogfacedboy and guests StevenC, DrJ and Ola* take a look at the Lennon's in the 1970's. - Were they a  bad influence on each other? - Did Yoko really break up the Beatles after all? - Is the Lennon legend built ky foundations? - Imagine there's no Mark Chapman Links to Yoko audio and visual aids to follow. Get on the mind train. * not properly introduced so try and gue...

So The Unthanks, a Northumberland folk group have just released a new album and the Afterword team of DFB, Steve T, Pencilsqueezer and Rigid Digit sit down and give their views Is it folking folk enough? Is it prog, triphop, jazz or grime? What are these bloody labels for anyway? Will people allergic to cable knit sweaters and beards be safe? Is it just a fabbo piece if music for all? Including a...

It's Burns Night and four wee beasties in the shape of Colin, Twang, Ganglesprocket and host DogFacedBoy hide in a cave to discuss their particular earworms du jour. Phrases featured in this episode: - I liked the flute solo - The most un-rock n roll artwork ever - This one as such a great surprise - Are they real horns? - You might want to close your ears but it sounds like U2 - I thought "This i...

  A stellar cast of Afterword regulars meet over two sessions to discuss their picks of 2014, their hopes, plans and fears for 2015, and a bit of a grumble.   In podcast tradition, Fairport are mentioned.   Twang is in the chair trying to control Ger the Boptist, DogFacedBoy, Pencilsqueezer, Beany, The Cheshire Cat, Retropath 2, Hannah, Drakeygirl, Phil Pelling and Steerpike.   In a podcast scoop...

There was a request that we have a WORD magazine podcast type that is 'subjectless'. Well be careful what you wish for as they made this look easy DFB, Springer Ball, Ganglesprocket, Leedsboy & Dr Volume taped on the the night that they drove old Afterword Blog down. The Bingo Little Wall Of Death gives us Tales of Disc Spinning Terror That best Single of 1987 NICE pop stars? The worst song in the...

APOLOGIES UP FRONT FOR THE VARIABLE SOUND QUALITY - IT IS WHAT IT IS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED SO NO PICKING OVER THE CARCAST So after a hearty breakfast in Belfast and bidding a sad farewell to Casa Steven C, the fab foursome of Dr J , Springer Bell, John Connolly & Dog Faced Boy are in conversation en route to Dublin airport at the end of their Elvis Costello Irish Show 2014 adventure. - Sketch revi...

Realising that not enough had been said about country, country rock and Americana in the Country Rock Podcast, the quartet of Pencilsqueezer, Retropath2, SteveT with Carl Parker in the facilitator’s chair (with Twang toiling in the basement, turning a dynamo to keep the electricity flowing) reconvened to enlighten you, the Afterword blogger, about what’s hot and what’s not from Music Row in Nashvi...

Welcome to Zoo Station Let the Bono bitching commence! Representatives of the 7 families in Ireland - Pat Carty, Springer Bell & the mighty Vorgongod plus (trying to get a word in edgeways) Leedsboy and your moderator \ referee DFB who attempts to take a contrary stance due to the last minute exit of the anti-Bono, Ganglesprocket. This includes throwing in a few opinions that are meant to rile so...

Twang, rec-room, Beany and Steerpike get back to the family and discuss the mighty Jethro Tull. From their origins to the extraordinary "Homo Erraticus" from main man Ian Anderson released earlier this year, the team marvel at the band's evolution, their ever changing line up and ability to pick up influences from the mainstream whilst remaining resolutely apart from it. From 60s blues act to 70s...

The Afterword Podcast returns after a much needed post summer break to entertain you through the cold, dark evenings to come... Twang, JohnA, Asquith and Raymond discuss the art and craft of songwriting, both from the perspective of their favourite artists and also from their own experiences struggling with the muse (and the frequent indifference of the rest of the world). Where do songs come from...

Dogfacedboy sits down with film and TV director / producer Rachel Talalay about working with John Waters, Vic & Bob, Tom Baker, Freddy Krueger, Bob Hoskins, Courtney Love, the actor who cannot be named AKA Mr Bleep and Peter Capaldi. - how she got her break in film by having a car & coffee making abilities - How Tank Girl was twerking the world while Miley Cyrus was still in Pampers - Her latest a...

A truly continent spanning 'cast this time, with Twang (Herts), Nick Duvet (Hong Kong, Junior Wells (Australia) and Asquith (Hampshire) looking at cult 70s band Little Feat. Pondering the magic of the early albums, they dig into the frustrating loss of momentum when main man Lowell George rendered himself increasingly (and terminally) unfit for duty and the remaining Feats scattered, only to regro...

Spoken, mumbled and conceived by DrJ, Steven C, Ganglesprocket , DogFacedBoy and Ola from Norway Sweden. Loathe em or love em, the team took their final bow on stage in London last month and so we gather together to salute them in our own irreverent way. We review the O2 shows, exaamine why and where and who plus descend inevitably into blokes sitting around quoting bits for their own amusement. -...

Twang, SteveT, Pencilsqueezer and Carl Parker explore the dusty back trails of country rock. Rapidly realising that their destination is but a dream and that the path is too long with too many byways, the pardners eventually accept that they explore in vain.   From the mid 60s to the present day, more and more acts pile into the discussion whilst Gram Parsons gazes down upon their efforts to find...

Your host DogfacedBoy with Uncle Wheaty, Rigid Digit and Mr James Blast swim in the pool of retarded sexuality that is the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (or Fred). - Just how do you say "NWOBHM"? - Is Large Oilrig responsible for its importance? - Whose tour did two of the participants attend? - Just what is Welsh for Bread Van? These and other questions may remain unanswered - if you're looking...

Major Dudes Twang, Attackdog, Tiggerlion and JohnA explore the seedy world of Steely Dan and have great fun with mondegrines, cover versions and torture by recording studio. From the comfort of their technicolor motor homes the third world men ponder the Dan's lasting impression on the world of rock 'n' pop and identify their spiritual successors (or lack of them), though a certain debonair Englis...