Best GG Network Podcasts (2025)

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Spiritual Journey 24:28

19d ago24:28

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This is a little more serious of an episode, but as you will hear all the fun that is to be had on your way. Really, the only advice for your spiritual journey is buckle the hell up and hang on. It's a tough ride, but at the end it is amazing. Always keep going, but be sure to rest in the middle. Be sure to email us your stories or questions on thi…

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See Hear Episode 126 - The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry 1:10:45

21d ago1:10:45

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It's not too often that a story will make a connection between LindaMcCartney, The Beastie Boys and The Clash, but this month's film does just that. Welcome to episode 126 of See Hear Podcast. When the average person is asked to name a single important figure inreggae music, they'll most likely say Bob Marley. Without taking away from his importanc…

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Sex 21:25

26d ago21:25

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Your hosts assure you that there will be more episodes on this topic. So many directions to take with this one. In this episode of G.G. and 40D get into how the older you get the less positions seem manageable, or how the recovery period after a " rough" night of it lasts so much longer than when we were in our 20s. Now we know you all have some go…

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TV Shows 15:09

1M ago15:09

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G.G. and 40D get into what shows they watch to detach from reality. Sometimes, it is for the actual plot and storyline. Other times, it is for the "Plot." With the plot actually meaning the thirst trap they put in the show for us feral individuals. They also discuss some of the shows they would watch in their teen years thinking that is how life wa…

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Thrift Therapy 15:28

1M ago15:28

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G.G. & 40D get into how thrift stores are a legit therapy alternative. After this episode all the garage sales and thrift stores you would visit with your Memaw and Mom when you were little will make sense. Have some thrift therapy stories of your own? We want to hear them. [email protected] [email protected]…

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Never too Late 16:55

2M ago16:55

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G.G. & 40D give you a pep talk. It's never too late to start over, go to college, start a new hobby, start living your best life!!!! You totally got this, remember you are amazing! Let us know your Never too Late story by emailing the show [email protected] [email protected] The XL Network

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Introductions 20:03

2M ago20:03

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In the first episode of 40, Feral. & Fun the gals introduce themselves. G.G. & 40D talk about their journeys and struggles that brought them to this fun podcast. Entertaining and insightful life experiences. This mini-cast will be released once a week for your entertainment. The ladies want to hear all of your stories, so please send them in. 40ff@…

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See Hear 125 - Interview with Kenny Vance about Heart And Soul: A Love Story 1:30:46

2M ago1:30:46

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The use of non-diagetic songs in cinema is often designed to provoke a type of nostalgia, or at least an understanding of the era the film is set in. Apocalypse Now opens very effectively to the sounds of The End by The Doors. Goodfellas keeps updating the jukebox as the story travels over the years (Scorsese is a master of that). So, if you watch …

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See Hear Episode 124 - Inside Llewyn Davis 1:16:15

3M ago1:16:15

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We've recently lost one of the great directors over the last few decades in David Lynch who was known for showing the dreamy and nightmarish side of America (and we need you now, David). The other great tellers of American stories over the same period have been Joel and Ethan Coen. They have protagonists who start out in precarious positions in lif…

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See Hear Episode 123 - Heavy Metal 1:05:20

4M ago1:05:20

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1981.....music and film fans could only guess as to what the coming decade held – both in art and in the real world. If art reflects the real world, then a portmanteau film centred around a force that contains the sum of all evils seemed like a reflection of the environment the film was born into. Welcome to episode 123 of See Hear. In 1981, follow…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 122 - Swing Girls 1:01:09

6M ago1:01:09

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When you attended high school, did you have a music program? If so, were you enthusiastic about playing what was selected for you? In the early days of music tuition, chances are you had to play dull tunes that were in line with your limited abilities....on a recorder!!!!! Within 3 or so months of picking up an instrument, could you play tunes made…

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See Hear Episode 121 - Interview with Neil Fox about his book "Music Films" 1:41:24

7M ago1:41:24

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Do you like music films? Dumb question, I guess, because if you've deliberately downloaded an episode of See Hear, you know that music films are our niche in the podcast world. For us to discover that there was a new book about the subject that drives this very podcast....well, there was much cheering and jumping for joy. Welcome to episode 121 of …

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See Hear Podcast Episode 120 - Great Soundtracks Part 2 1:43:32

8M ago1:43:32

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Movie music – any movie fan will acknowledge that a film score or a soundtrack can make or break how well a film works. The acting and cinematography and production values all count obviously, but imagine putting the 3 Stooges theme in place as “Mother” goes to see how Marion Crane is faring in the shower scene of Psycho. Welcome to episode 120 of …

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See Hear Podcast Episode 119 - Great Soundtracks Part 1 1:46:06

8M ago1:46:06

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As you know, our mission at See Hear HQ is to discuss, chew on, and pontificate (in that order) about music films. But.....what if we DIDN'T do that for a couple of episodes????? Shock horror!!! Welcome to episode 119 of See Hear Podcast. Don't panic....we're not straddling too far from our mission. This time around, instead of talking about films …

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See Hear 118 - Interview with Simon Head, director of "Subversives: The History of Lowest Of The Low" 1:27:15

9M ago1:27:15

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Every major city with a healthy music scene will have hometown heroes….that band or artist that the locals love and wish the whole world knew about. One of those bands is Toronto’s “The Lowest Of The Low”. Welcome to episode 118 of See Hear. The Lowest of the Low started in the early 90s as a follow up to the band punk band, Popular Front. Ron Hawk…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 117 - True Stories 1:14:00

10M ago1:14:00

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Did you ever read rags with headlines like “I had an alien love child” or “Psycho seagull stole dog from my garden” or “Monster rats the size of cows”? No? You're missing out on a Wild...Wild....Life. Welcome to episode 117 of See Hear Podcast. Writers Stephen Toblowsky and Beth Henley met Talking Head, David Byrne, and had a conversation about new…

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See Hear Episode 116 - Lost Angel: The Genius Of Judee Sill 1:48:27

1y ago1:48:27

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We all have musicians that we wish everyone else knew about. THAT person who deserves a wider audience, but life circumstances didn't allow for it. Knowledge of that musician seems to be like the secret handshake into a special club. Nick Drake was one of those people until a TV car advertisement that used his music got more people curious....thank…

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See HearPodcast 115 - Conversation with Daniel De Vise' about The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic 1:39:02

1y ago1:39:02

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Back in 1980, I recall going to the cinema to see a new film, The Blues Brothers. Music and car chases…..what wasn’t there to love? The critics hated it because….ya know….that’s what they’re paid to do. A few years after initial release, it became THAT cult film that everyone watched – on TV, on video or at late night cinema screenings (in Melbourn…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 114 - Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape 1:23:47

1y ago1:23:47

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There's a song performed by Peter Allen that seems to be more relevant than ever: Everything Old Is New Again. Film plots are recycled, songs are recycled (through covers or the same chord structures).....and the media we use to play those films and songs are back in fashion. Records have been popular again for a while, some people are rediscoverin…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 113 - Interview with Denny Tedesco, director of Immediate Family and The Wrecking Crew 1:31:15

1+ y ago1:31:15

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Back at episode 110 of See Hear, Tim, Kerry and I had a round table discussion (Broadway Danny Rose style) about Denny Tedesco's 2015 documentary, The Wrecking Crew. That film was about the session musicians of the 1960s LA scene that made the “name” performers sound great. These session musicians were not known by name outside of that community un…

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See Hear Podcast episode 112 - A Mighty Wind 1:08:13

1+ y ago1:08:13

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When you think of American folk songs of the 60s, you'd think of political injustice, civil rights, hardships due to economic burdens, and war, right? Or do you think about the comforts of food always being laid out on the table, boundless optimism 'cos “its THAT kind of day” or kissing at the end of an optical illusion caused by the dispersion of …

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See Hear 111 - Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents 1:08:15

1+ y ago1:08:15

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Musicians, artists, actors and authors (and any other creatives I haven’t nominated) have long taken pseudonyms. Maybe a more exciting name will sell an image, maybe it’s to have some semblance of privacy, maybe it’s to separate themselves from their past, …any number of reasons. Avant garde art collective The Residents took things beyond name chan…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 110 - The Wrecking Crew 1:24:06

1+ y ago1:24:06

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Most working people have that day gig – accountant, engineer, admin, hospitality. The job pays the bills and puts food on the table. We don’t tend to think of being a musician as a day job category. Welcome to episode 110 of See Hear Podcast. Through the 20th century, there was always some group of musicians who had that “day job” status – playing …

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See Hear Episode 109 - Interview with Steve Matteo about Act Naturally: The Beatles On Film 1:41:21

1+ y ago1:41:21

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There was a time when the rock and roll star appearance in a film ostensibly as themselves (or a variant) was a given. Think of the films of Elvis Presley or Cliff Richard. Before the Warholian expression of 15 minutes of fame became a thing, the pop music film was a way to make the most of the latest populist puppet’s time in the sun – script be d…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 108 - Saturday Night Fever 1:41:13

1+ y ago1:41:13

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Disco music had been a thing from the early 70s on, but not so much in the mainstream. Parts of the African-American, Latino and gay communities had been cherishing the music as an event - going out to dance in discotheques was the thing. There's are books that go through the history of disco music and what put that music underground. Some of the m…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 107 - Free The Jazz 1:04:46

2y ago1:04:46

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To some people, Ornette Coleman represents the adventurous spirit of jazz. To others, Kenny G is as exciting as it gets. This episode is more dedicated to the former..... Welcome to episode 107 of See Hear Podcast. This month, Tim has selected the film under discussion. It's a documentary filmed in a jazz club in Budapest called “Free The Jazz”. Re…

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See Hear Podcast episode 106 - Hilary and Jackie 50:42

2y ago50:42

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The history of cinema is loaded with films about siblings and the problems that go with loving and competing with your flesh and blood: The Godfather, A Simple Plan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Eat Drink Man Woman.....and Hilary & Jackie. Welcome to episode 106 of See Hear Podcast. Classical music history records that among the greatest of cellists was…

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See Hear Episode 105 - Sound of Noise 50:45

2y ago50:45

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Do you remember when you were a kid and you liked to make percussive sounds on biscuit tins, cushions, the neighbour's fence, or your own stomach? Of course you do!!!! No matter whether you took up an instrument or not, percussion is always fun......until nasty neighbours tell you to shut up because you're making noise and disturbing their peaceful…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 104 – Tapeheads 1:08:15

2y ago1:08:15

1:08:15

We've all seen 'em....films about people with a “dream”. They start out poorly, but triumph by the third act. Usually, they're comedic with a serious lesson to be learned. Then there's Tapeheads. Welcome to episode 104 of See Hear Podcast. John Cusack and Tim Robbins star as a pair of underqualified entrepeneurs (especially Cusack) in the music vid…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 103 - Coal Miner's Daughter 1:06:25

2y ago1:06:25

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Biopics about contemporary musicians have been a very common thing in cinema, particularly over the last 40 to 50 years. As we've often discussed on the show, they often follow a familiar pattern – a grocery list, if you will, with all the known high and low points of the subject's life story the audience expects. However, before there was a glutto…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 102 - Tender Mercies 1:10:15

2y ago1:10:15

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After a hiatus of several months, See Hear podcast is back to fill your earholes with discussion of music-centric films and interviews with directors of such films. For episode 102, the focus is on Tender Mercies, the 1983 film starring Robert Duvall about an ex country singer who's trying to find some semblance of normality after an existence of a…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 101 - Interview with Amit Itzcar, director of "Furious And Fast: The Story of Fast Music And The Patiphone" 58:15

2+ y ago58:15

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I'm lucky to live in a town with a great music scene. Notwithstanding the tough times that both bands and venue operators are facing in the wake of the pandemic (and the rip-off merchants who believe that their bottom line is more important than paying musicians a living wage), Melbourne has always had a healthy music culture as do many cities arou…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 100 - Amadeus 1:35:15

2+ y ago1:35:15

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Back in January 2014, Wendi Freeman, Tim Merrill and myself started a monthly podcast to look at the world of films about music and musicians (or any tenuous link to that world). Occasionally, we would talk about musicals that weren't actually about music, cos rules were meant to be broken. From episode 2, fellow music and film fan, Bernard Stickwe…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 99 - Interview with Kevin Hosmann, director of "The Album" 1:19:45

3y ago1:19:45

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We're so used to the idea of art being hung in museums or on our walls, that we forget that we have may have hundreds or thousands of pieces of art hiding in plain sight – on shelves in our record or CD collections. Welcome to episode 99 of See Hear Podcast. Anytime you go exploring through your local record or CD store, before you even hear the mu…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 98 - Interview with Skizz Cyzyk about "Sound Mechanic" 1:06:15

3y ago1:06:15

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When you were a kid, did your parents ever ask you to do your Wiggler practice? How about getting to your room and playing your Vibrowheels? Surely there were repercussions if you didn't practice your Melocipede???? Welcome to episode 98 of See Hear Podcast. Neil Feather is a creator of musical instruments (such as the ones listed above), and a fir…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 97 - Interview with Brent Wilson, director of Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road 1:21:15

3y ago1:21:15

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The story of Brian Wilson has been heavily documented through literature and film. There are a couple of perspectives that continuously get focus: Brian's brilliance as songwriter and harmony arranger. His troubled life and mental breakdown through the abuse of his jealous father Murry Wilson, the smothering treatment of status seeking psychiatrist…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 96 - Urgh! A Music War and Dance Craze 1:26:14

3y ago1:26:14

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The 1980s were headed into frightening times politically. The threat of war and potential nuclear conflict was pervasive. So naturally music would reflect the times, right? Sure thing....Bette Davis Eyes, Nine To Five (Morning Train), This Ole' House, You Weren't In Love With Me, and Just The Two Of Us were what people were buying – they reflect th…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 95 - Summer of Soul (Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 1:25:15

3y ago1:25:15

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In the year 1969, Richard Nixon became president of the United States, James Earl Ray plead guilty to the murder of Dr Martin Luther King, multiple planes are hijacked to Cuba, the Stonewall Rebellion took place, and the war in Vietnam raged on. ….but there was an incredible music festival that took place for the third time in Mt Morris Park in Har…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 94 - Interview with Tamara Saviano, director of "Without Getting Killed or Caught" 1:09:50

3y ago1:09:50

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Texas has given the world some great songwriters: Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, and Kinky Friedman (yes indeed!!!) among may others. When you discuss one of the most revered Texan songsmiths, (who lived much of his life in Nashville), you really have to discuss two others as well. Welcome to episode 94 of See Hear Podcast. Tim and I were rapt to welc…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 93 - Voyage of the Rock Aliens 1:05:39

3+ y ago1:05:39

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Would you be tempted to watch a film where aliens travel around in a space ship in the shape of a Flying V looking for the source of rock and roll in the universe? How about if it involved a high school romance, a battle of the bands, escaped mental patients armed to the teeth, and a polluted lake? Tim, Bernie, Maurice and friend of the show Paul R…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 92 - Interview with Tom Surgal, director of "Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz" 1:07:55

3+ y ago1:07:55

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Change is difficult. Some embrace it, some resist it. It might seem obvious, but change is inevitable. Welcome to episode 92 of See Hear Podcast. Jazz is an art form that never remained stagnant. Through creativity or financial necessity, post-war jazz moved from the big swing orchestras to smaller ensembles and bebop became the dominant form. In t…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 91 - Interview with Scott Barber, director of "This Is Gwar" 1:30:47

3+ y ago1:30:47

1:30:47

What happened to heavy metal in the eighties? It bred Dokken, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, W.A.S.P., Motley Crue and many other hair metal bands. Meanwhile in Richmond ,Virginia, an art student and punk musician connected while part of an art collective to form a metal band that combined theatre, chops, a sense of humour, and plenty of bodily fluids. Wel…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 90 - Breaking Glass 1:18:15

3+ y ago1:18:15

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Music must change. It always has and always will. The common story (probably part truth and myth) is that punk emerged in the UK as a reaction to the so-called “dinosaur” bands...the ones that had been around for a whole 10 or so years (we'd laugh at that notion now....). Bands that were bloated on their success and measured that success on excess.…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 89 - Rock & Rule 54:31

3+ y ago54:31

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Say you're in a band, and you're struggling to get your songs performed because the self-appointed leader is a narcissistic arsehole. Then along comes an aging mega rock star who offers you a gig to sing for him so he can summon a demon from another dimension... It's a common showbiz tale.... Welcome to episode 89 of See Hear. Tim, Bernie and Mauri…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 88 - Songwriter 47:15

3+ y ago47:15

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So, let's say you're a working songwriter and musician. Life is hard enough as it is (and we're talking pre-Covid) without a couple of divorces, management of a singer with an inferiority complex, keeping an agent inline who's trying to cheat you, and a publisher is HAS cheated you to worry about. Unless you're Doc Jenkins..... Welcome to episode 8…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 87 - Interview with Scott Crawford, director of "Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine" 58:15

4y ago58:15

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With the ubiquity of fanzines, blogs and podcasts in the 21st century, anyone can publish their critiques on any form of the arts (including your humble hosts of this very show). For better or worse, we don't have to limit ourselves to the opinions of those who claim to “know better”. There was a time, though, where we'd have to rely on information…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 86 - The Sparks Brothers 1:08:45

4y ago1:08:45

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I Predict that When I'm With You, there will be no Existential Threat unless we're Eaten By The Monster Of Love in this Cool World. Welcome to episode 86 of See Hear Podcast. Edgar Wright has been known to use music to great effect in his narrative films, so it's only appropriate that he makes a music-related documentary. The Sparks Brothers tells …

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See Hear Podcast Episode 85 - Hellzapoppin' 56:05

4y ago56:05

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The early history of musicals often includes romantic comedies with slight plots as an excuse for big song and dance numbers (often in the context of “let's put on a show”). The romantic sub-plot is a big criticism of the Marx Brothers films at MGM, getting in the way of the anarchy of the masters of mirth. In 1941, a musical was released by Univer…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 84 - Interview with Bill Jones and Ben Timlett, directors of "Before We Was We: Madness by Madness" 1:09:51

4y ago1:09:51

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The late 70s moving into the 80s was a time ruled by conservative government in the UK. There were clashes with government ideology and the NF was scarily making its collective voice heard. Musicians reacted in different ways. There was the Rock Against Racism march with a huge concert featuring The Clash and other great punk acts of the day. As we…

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See Hear Podcast Episode 83 - Black Snake Moan 54:15

4y ago54:15

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We're sure you've all said or heard, “Don't judge a book by it's cover”. That can logically be extended on occasion to “Don't judge a film by its poster art”. Welcome to episode 83 of See Hear Podcast. Tim is finally rejoining the show after having been absent since October 2020. We welcomed him back with his choice of a round-table film discussion…

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