We Know A Song About That, Don't We?
A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened...
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Episodes
37 episodes
Episode 23 3.9.25
Familiar store names, misbehaving in middle age, hiding in your phone and those charming flag painting scamps...
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23:33
Episode 22 28.8.25
Locals vs Tourists, England vs Scotland, the CIA vs harmless old folkies and The Thin White Duke vs. The End Of The Universe...How's YOUR week been?
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Episode 22
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30:50
Episode 21 19.8.25
Not mentioning the war(s), good and evil little Toms, and where are the guys with the guns?
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Episode 21
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21:49
Episode 20 12.8.25
Still north of the border, tourism woes, SCOTUS fears and one War of the Worlds remake too many...
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26:00
Episode 19 4.8.25
Stormy weather, dehumanisation and AI ladies for sale... just one more week on Planet Normal...
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23:42
Episode 18 29.7.25
Saluting fallen heroes, the perils of cheapo airlines and it's Fringe time again...
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Episode 18
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36:32
Episode 17 22.7.25
Releasing the files, enfranchising the kids, rendering maleness obsolete and watching out for the Adulterytron 9000 - with hilarious consequences...
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Episode 17
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24:06
Episode 16 15.7.25
Tennis, reality TV, non-tragic deaths and relentless bleakness. Yay! Comedy!
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27:17
Episode 15 7.7.25
The return of you-know-who, Elvis the newsreader, Facebook blackouts and many, many more...
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30:08
Episode 14 1.7.25
Ill-advised self-pleasuring techniques, the search for a new kind of maleness, lingering austerity, the peace gravy train and UP THE IRONS...
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30:38
Episode 13 23.6.25
Self driving cars, possibly fictitious missiles, the pay gap is still a thing and Brexit is still a stupid idea...
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26:42
Episode 12 16.6.25
Farewell to a true pop genius, protesting priorities, legalised lawbreaking and blood transfusion confusion. It's all going on (and it's all gone on before)...
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23:55
Episode 11 9.6.25
Trump ruining Elon's buzz (and everyone else's), dead cat, stolen phones, and the return of my arch-nemesis turned collaborator...Trump ruining Elon's buzz (and everyone else's), dead cat, stolen phones, and the return of my arch-nemesis turned...
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31:38
Episode 9 - 27.5.25
Heroic Hamsters, undead rock stars, Australian "sports" and yet more Boris babies.
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26:51
Episode 8 19.5.25
Grenades in school, Eurovision controversy, ostentatious proposals... just another week on Planet Stupid
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33:25
Episode 7 12.5.25
There's a new Pope in town, the "Special Relationship" is alive and well and England has a New Rose (bollocks, should have done a The Damned parody...)
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23:46
Episode 6 5.5.25
Farage is unflushable a turd as ever, it's been surprisingly warm and people are paying rather too much attention to University Challenge...
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Episode 6
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28:35
Episode 5 28.4.25
So Liverpool are winning again, Trump is being unspeakable again and the very people who might save the world are being hounded out of existence. Ah well, we know songs about all of this...
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Episode 5
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30:39
Episode 4 21.4.25
This episode: It's Easter (again), the Pope is gone, local elections are back and heavy metal bands are exploring interesting promotional avenues...
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Episode 4
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29:21
Episode 3 14.4.25
Check it out! Three weeks for three! How long can we keep this up? No idea. This week: the return of ECONOMIC CRISES (did they ever go away?), memories of the last days of Thatcher's Britain, and general frustration with Labou...
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Episode 3
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30:21
Episode 2 7.4.25
NB - Just noticed I gave the wrong dates for my shows at the Rik Mayall FestivaI... my solo show and all my guest appearances will be on SATURDAY MAY 31st, and the full band show with Ronnie Golden and the Alpha Mayalls will be on SUNDAY JUNE 1...
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Episode 2
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31:09
Episode 1 1.4.25
A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened...This episode: over-zealous language policing by the US government recalling a similar gaffe made b...
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Episode 1
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