Episodes
Intense but Brief!
Lisa Gerrard followed by Liz Fraser
Peter in Heaven with the Cocteau Twins
Artwork for Goth and 4AD - Football is The Key
Surely not - Australian rules football of course!
Wheeltappers and Shunters Clubs!
3 gigs a night and it all paid off
Budgie’s clubland experience leads the way
The Essence of Punk was to throw away the rule book
It was Rough Down Under & Lisa played Solo!
Championing The Underdog!
From Street fights to The Stage – Loyalty was demanded
Peter...
Published 04/18/24
Carpets and Bass Drums!
Strokes of Luck that Changed our Lives
The Cure became Judges with a bunch of Fives
We all took numbers, and we all took a Name
They were all unreadable when the next day Came
The Journey is The Thing!
Does anyone know the Way? There’s got to be a way
Fake it to Make it, then Lock it away
The Highs and Lows that made it Work
Difficult relationships created the Quirk!
The Bells are Ringing for me and My Pal!
A Constant Support from the Chaos Outside
The Rarity...
Published 04/11/24
Affairs of The Heart - an American Thing!
Shifting perspectives, but Who Are We?
When Confronted with the Evidence, What Is Reality?
Everyone was there Except, the one Telling the Story!
Every Picture tells a Story – but is it TRUE?
How Do We keep Sane?
Uphill both ways and lots of Old Man Sheet!
We’re Still on the Road – Who’s making The Coffee?
Grumpy Old Men? – No, we’re Coming Home!
Disinfectant in the Morning – Not for the Faint Hearted!
How Do We keep Healthy?
The things you Find...
Published 04/04/24
Los Angeles Goes Out - Not Up!
Reinvigoration and we’re running up that hill,
But are we in the wrong sort of bungalow – Bill?
It was pots and pans and party time when Nabil was only two!
Happy House on Top of the Pops showed Budgie’s Ratamacue!
Drum lessons on the roof – of the National Geographic!
Inside the Hallowed world of the drummer’s secret handshake
All the drummers in Pasadena put together make an earthquake
A Night in the Museum with an Egyptian sort of sound
Genesis and Focus...
Published 03/31/24
Love it to Death!
Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, and Led Zeppelin too
Adam Ant, B.A.D., Def Leppard and Yazoo?
All vying for airtime in Great Falls Montana
Would Lol’s Studded catsuit have raised a Hosanna?
Hey, What do You Do?
What is it that makes Reggie choose to risk all?
When counting a song in, could make a heart stall
It’s not a choice, it’s to brandish, the spiritual sword
It’s the old familiar wave, ‘neath an old surfer’s board.
How do You Stay Optimistic?
Get yourself some Private...
Published 03/21/24
Springtime for Ex-Pats and Germany!
It’s a Top Techno scene, with a strict Social Etiquette
The clubs are all clean, since they outlawed the cigarette
You can do what you want, but you can’t do it here
The clubs are all great, but it helps if they’re Queer!
Make way for the Dancing Disco Queens!
Gay clubs for young punks, were the only safe places
Watch out for the Queens with that look on their faces
Rubber and Fetish was the dress code for sure
The Batcave was entered through a coffin...
Published 03/14/24
1st Gush. It’s all Greek in Brackets. Tokyo in stereo to the spirit of Ghosts. The sample debate and the bones of contention continue. No loops or samples except of ourselves. We get going as human beatboxes.
2nd Gosh. Are drums electric? Are drummers eclectic? Voices on the Air? We got Wooden Teeth! Ladies and Gentlemen, we give you The Sonic Poem. We were Born to Funk!
3rd Push. Cold Sweat Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag and its only Rock & Roll but we like it.
Head on The Door’s...
Published 03/07/24
‘Butch - He got the Hooks!’
Topper Headon – He got the Grooves
Inspiration and Collaboration Clash!
Butch got that magic Snare Fill!
But our Hats go Off to Topper Headon!
'Butch as President of The Roxy Music fan club!’
King of the Fills? – Roxy’s Paul Thompson
Caution the New drummer - Don’t Forget Those Hooks!!
Phil Manzanera - a Guitarist on Fire
But Bryan Ferry - the King of Cool.
‘Meanwhile… Up in The Canyon’
Our Evening Star, became Another Green World
We talked about Food and our...
Published 02/29/24
Bill or George, Anything but Sue!
Clyde Stubblefield always arrived early
Clyde made a so-so kit sound Great!
How do the Greats sound the Way they Do?
It’s all about Recognising the Good Mistakes!
3am Insomnia and the IQ Tour drop!
Hey Butch, what’s on the Weather Channel tonight?
How’s Your Bed of Nails this Evening?
Shirley is a Natural Born Road Dog,
OMG, when the Catering is terrible - Luxury!
Whilst Shirley was Doing the Dishes!
Butch arranged Tea at the London Ritz
They talked about...
Published 02/22/24
Phase 1. In which The Cramps’ Brian Gregory, gets on the Banshees’ tour bus outside the I-Beam in San Francisco and asks, “Was anyone in Liverpool not cool?”
A Dark devilish spirit with feet like Merce Cunningham.
Phase 2. In which Billy McKensie spares Lol from Death in Venice. Billy in The Cure’s penthouse for Faith singing songlines from another time, another place.
Phase 3. In which Ms Morrissey is Queen of backstage and you’ll just have to wait.
Well excuse us for Breathing, say us...
Published 02/15/24
‘Fanfares and Tears’
Pan as Magician of Inspiration
Brings Joy and Melancholy by Transmogrification
Pan gets Deeper then Deeper than Deep!
‘Digging in the Dirt - to find the Places we got Hurt’
‘Prepare for the Big Reveal’
In front of the TV Going through Puberty
Fluorescent Erotica as Manhood dawns
Between the Adult and the Child
Lies the Hissing of Summer Lawns
‘Sanctuary of the WC?’
Up the Ladder to the Roof
Where Pan can hear Heaven much better
Spontaneous Social Interactions
The...
Published 02/08/24
Brutality!
Everything fitting as we’re thrashing about
Looking for Clues as we Twist and Shout
California dreaming no Communication Breakdown
Lol knocks a beat out and we go Downtown!
Religion!
20 seconds Over Babaluma
It’s Metal Machine Madness
Who’s in the Big box?
Drums and Love are All around
And a Dancebeat!
Is Bigger better or is Better Bigger?
Jack the Knife is the One and Only
Clean or Dry we venture into Geeksville
Thought train set in Motion - Don’t miss the Ferry!
A...
Published 02/01/24
Dream (a Little Dream of Tea!)
Shopping Mall testimonials, but..
Lol just wants to buy a shirt!
Recognition comes when you least expect it
Budgie’ll name that song in Three!!!
Fame (What you Need You Have to Borrow!)
On the Way Up or On the Way Down?
How is that Old Band of Yours?
My Grandad Loves you guys
Fred Incognito in Las Vegas
Liverpool (She's so Swishy in her Satin and Tat!)
Fred hears the Gossip direct from the Birdie’s beak
The Bird had heard Not much had Changed
Form a Band...
Published 01/25/24
The Boys to Entertain You!
TV Pirates at Midnight!
Fred was Envious of High-Class English chocolate
Time for the Test card and a little light Music
Rattle Your Jewellery at The London Palladium
The Only house on the block with Colour TV
First Drum Kits!
Where did we hide them?
Budgie’s patent Caterpillar dampening system
Lol’s kit Hidden in Robert’s house
Made with Rubber? from Lol’s Lab job.
First Influences!
Fred hears the Magical Mystery Tour in Rio!
Budgie hears the Magical Mystery...
Published 01/18/24
Bands, commitments, and brilliant haircuts
Thurston Moore and Romantic Fantasy
Driving and dreaming of being a band
Or a solo career on the Canyon Grand
The Cure climbed out over Niagara Falls.
The Banshees below in yellow Sou’westers
Happy memories for the Xmas cards
Covered in spray when both stopped to Play
‘One could have it all!’ says Budgie, solo in San Tropez
Alone but not lonely, beneath a Mediterranean moon
Reaching out for a connection and kindred spirits
With an ET stare...
Published 12/21/23
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Published 12/03/23
Brutalism!
Expression, impressions and Thrashing About
Body and Rhythms - finding the Space
Favourite guitarists are all really Bad
Everything sounding off-kilter and never in Place
Joy as an Act of Resistance!
Impact and choosing the Moment
Being Quiet to being Profound
Convergence from Differing Influences
Drums are Preferred All round
Ultra Mono!
Marc can be Chaotic and Indefinite!
On Foundations of Solid Bass and Drum
But where is the ONE! When you Need it?
Turning Left when it’s...
Published 11/16/23
Uh Oh – Here We Go!
Writing a song usually takes So Long
Jacknife had a melody and the music was strong
Arrow had ideas for words on her Phone
She Dived in Fearless and Created The Zone
Ch-Ch Ch-Ch Ch-Ch Ch-Ch Cherry Bomb!
Arrow started out as A Drummer
And knew the Drummer’s Importance
Lol could have sung like Joe Strummer
But Arrow’s Passion was Performance
Arrow and The Ants!
Planning the Stage and the Things that need Care
California was lost in a Shoe-gaze Stare
Starcrawler first...
Published 11/09/23
25 years after the event he would be free.
On his porch in Portland, Oregon
Destroying the wood.
Looking legit in the jail jumpsuit
Banging cans and smashing cars up
In the rage room
Remodeled his kitchen with a bowling ball
A disaster
Issac was as excited about singing on our record as were we having him on the record
Steve Severin's dance the Mussolini house party
Syncopate stuff
Budgie born to beat box
Our fav line is "it's eleven not noon, checkout is soon"
No check in until...
Published 11/02/23
One of us changed - One stayed the same
Let’s start at the very beginning
The Spirit and Magic of it
A Simple process - A Breakdown of Sorts
Boom Boom Boom Boom
Time after time after time after time
Composite born of Scribbles and Noise
Three Ideas with Strange Titles
Begat Three lyrics and Melodies
Lol’s Impersonation of a Small dog
My nervous system collapsing like buildings
Bobby asked, ‘Have you got any Lyrics?’
We said, ‘Surprise us!’
Dipping in During Lock-Down
Using Lyrics as...
Published 10/26/23
Exploding Suburban Myths
Feminism, Formica and Friends
Watch the curtains twitch for a brand-new switch
Another music from a different day-glo kitchen
Myriad, misogynistic, moustachioed men
GermFree Adolescents!
Poly’s lyrics reach out across time
Don’t touch me please I can’t take the wants and needs!
Poly sings Love songs and laments for the voiceless ones
New Yorks a-Go-go!
A formative experience for Poly and the boys
Two gigs a night made a mind changing noise
X-Ray Spex were the...
Published 10/16/23
The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
Celeste made a Film about her Mum Poly Styrene
Six years in the Making ‘Twas A Labour of Love
Clearing Permissions like Pulling Hen’s Teeth
We Share the Frustration, the Push and the Shove
GermFree Adolescents!
Poly Adored Señor Salvador Dali
His Port Lligat studio a Pilgrimage Place
Young Lol’s French Girlfriend paraded her cat
A cat on a lead with a smile on it’s face
I Am a Cliché!
Valuable Time Made a Difference
Personal Real and True
Honest and...
Published 08/31/23
Who’s That Girl?
Concentric Circles and Avoiding Repetition
When The World Shutdown
The Questioning Began
Bethany had a Life Changing Awakening
On-Screen-Only Relationships!
Ice-Cold Bitch and Her July Jacket
Bethany has some Secret Tea to Spill!
Be Whatever You Want to Be!
What’s Through Your Keyhole?
Balancing Real Relationships!
Space, Space, Space, and More Space!
Professional Relationships – The Little Things become Mountains
How Often do You Change your Socks?
We Are Family – a...
Published 08/24/23
How Much do you Do in Your car?
Bethany lives in Her car - Bethany Loves LA!
Lol loves LA too – LA has always looked after him
Budgie thinks LA must love him too
LA Keeps Calling him Back!
Rent-A-Wreck!
Budgie rents his first car in LA!
Pick ‘n Mix of Environments
Lol wants a Bolt Hole in the Desert
Music was In the Stars for Bethany as a Young Punk!
Bob The Dude Around Town!
Catching up with The Thing!
Gathering The Best Coast Buzz
Digging Down beneath the Dark Underbelly of LA
Among...
Published 08/17/23