Why George Michael’s life is a movie plus Syd, Kirsty, Gorillaz & the worst album title ever

6/22/202658 min

Digging deep in the icebox of news to choose the following lightly chilled refreshments …

… 500 Miles, Wonderwall, Yes Sir I Can Boogie(?): what does it take to be a football anthem?

… Gorillaz brilliant reinvention of the “guest appearance”

… Jerry Dammers' father was the Dean of Bristol Cathedral? Siouxsie’s dad milked venom from snakes?

… Rod Stewart’s “laryngitis”- aka being on a private jet to watch Scotland play in Boston!

… how they’re celebrating Syd Barrett’s 80th

… the godawfullest album title in the entire history of popular music

… England 2 Colombia 0: Kirsty MacColl’s immaculate sense of melancholy

… Faux Fighters, Proxy Music, By Jovi: tribute bands aren’t lesser versions of the band you like but great versions of the songs you like

… the worst Boz Scaggs gig followed by the best

… teen fizz to chin-stroking introspection: the link between George Michael and the Beach Boys

… “Londoners like to feel they’re impossible to impress”

… plus 500 Hartlepool fans dressed as Smurfs and birthday guest Blaine Allan.

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David Hepworth· Host0:01
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Mark Ellen· Host1:00
David, we had a Father's Day Stackwaddy the other week, uh, because it's Father's Day coming up, and, um, in fact, it may already have been by the time you're listening to this, but, uh, I've devised another one actually. So Father's Day Special Part 2 Quiz.
David Hepworth· Host1:13
Good. Here we go.
Mark Ellen· Host1:14
And it's about interesting or unexpected dad's professions.
David Hepworth· Host1:19
Okay.
Mark Ellen· Host1:21
Okay? Seven fathers. This is what they did for a living. Six of these are true. One is a product of my fertile and possibly twisted imagination. Okay? Seven of them.
David Hepworth· Host1:29
All right.
Mark Ellen· Host1:29
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