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Episode Fifty Two – Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Horror Films

Why weren’t they called The Water Beatles? Was ‘Let It Be’ written for a slasher flick? And plans for the greatest horror film ever made starring Paul McCartney, MC Hammer, Christopher Lee, Steve Vai, Bugs Bunny, Patrick McGoohan, and Iron Maiden.

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Episode Forty Eight – Just So Aquariums

Was the Warrant song ‘Cherry Pie’ about Rudyard Kipling? Did Anthony Burgess write a Mowgli & Gizmo buddy movie? Shouldn’t Van Halen’s ‘Unchained’ be in every film ever made? And what does the backyard aquarium business have to do with all this?

Taking in George Orwell, Albert Camus, Kingsley Amis, Van Halen of course, Cast Away, INXS, and much more

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Episode Forty Seven – A Russian, A Pushkin

Would Morrissey and Marr have liked nothing more than for Canadian power rock trio Rush to cover ‘Push’ by The Cure? What Rush covers do The Cure do live in their 3+ hour sets? And finally ‘Geddy Lee Roth’

Taking in Mary Poppins, Dollywood, Strangeways, Here We Come, and more

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Episode Forty Five – Why Wasn’t Spuds Mackenzie In Wilson Phillips?

Well, why wasn’t he? Or in Bowie’s band? And why wasn’t Jon Pertwee? Young Southpaw explores these and other questions as well as contemplating the idea of perhaps the ultimate supergroup of Van Halen, George Clinton, Wilson Phillips, and everybody’s favourite 80’s beer-toting canine, Spuds Mackenzie.

Taking in One Day At A Time, David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, Pin Ups, Iggy Pop, Beach Boys, Doctor Who, The Replacements, and much more

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