Racy pulp paperbacks, teenage Joni and the BRIT School versus the age of the amateurs
· 47 min · Episode 871
Episode Racy pulp paperbacks, teenage Joni and the BRIT School versus the age of the amateurs
Unredacted exchanges about the rock and roll underworld this week highlight the following …
… real or made-up stars’ kids’ names: Speck Wildhorse? Blue Ivy? Everly Bear? Motorhead Michelob?
… man plays drum solo with his head!
… Olivia Dean, Lola Young, FKA Twigs: what do today’s ‘professionals’ learn at the BRIT School and what happened to the age of the amateurs?
… why Joni Mitchell’s life was even more extraordinary before she was famous
… Three Dog Night, Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad, Linda Ronstadt: American acts that never broke Britain
… rude, racy, naughty, delightful: our love of old pulp paperbacks
… “Go to your room, young lady, and play a Nick Drake album in its entirety!”
… and when Dandelion became Angela.
Plus birthday guest Paul Higham and why most stars’ stories need a lively biographer.
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