Oh! Brother

Still not your granny's Fall podcast

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This week on Oh! Brother, we're delighted to welcome comedian and podcaster Adam Buxton. Adam discusses discovering The Fall as a student in the early 1990s, his memorable encounter with Mark E. Smith for television, and his reflections on that experience years later. (+)

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We also get onto The Fall, Jon supporting them on the 1993 US tour, infamous gigs in Philadelphia, Reading and Connecticut, Brix, Mark E. Smith, Elena, bass amps, rockabilly, the Brix-era records, and imitating Steve’s bass sound. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/yBhysf7yQW

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Joining us this week on Oh! Brother, the inimitable Jon Spencer. Jon talks us through Pussy Galore, Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, working with Steve Albini, US punk networks, record shops, and his current band. (1/2)

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Joining us this week on Oh! Brother, the inimitable Jon Spencer. Jon talks us through Pussy Galore, Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, working with Steve Albini, US punk networks, record shops, and his current band. (1/2)

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There’s Fall chat too: Live at the Witch Trials, meeting Mark E. Smith and Kay Carroll, Martin Bramah’s guitar, and Marc Riley’s long-standing support for Scars. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/yBhysf7yQW

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This week on Oh! Brother, we’re joined by Paul Research of Scars. Paul talks Edinburgh punk, Fast Product, Horrorshow, touring with The Human League, and the making of Author! Author! (1/2)

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This week on Oh! Brother, we’re joined by Paul Research of Scars. Paul talks Edinburgh punk, Fast Product, Horrorshow, touring with The Human League, and the making of Author! Author! (1/2)

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There’s also chat about WFMU, East Village Radio, Yoko Ono, Eleni Poulou, Marc Riley, and the strange world of Fall live recordings and reissues. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/yBhysf7yQW

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This week on Oh! Brother, we’re joined by Brian Turner (https://t.co/faQffOzpSL). Brian talks about discovering The Fall in small-town Pennsylvania, catching the band live in the US, and how that fascination grew into radio specials, archive digging and sleeve-note work. (+)

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This week on Oh! Brother, we’re joined by Brian Turner (https://t.co/faQffOzpSL). Brian talks about discovering The Fall in small-town Pennsylvania, catching the band live in the US, and how that fascination grew into radio specials, archive digging and sleeve-note work. (+)

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Also: touring NY with New Order, plus writing books on Frank Sidebottom and Les Dawson, as well as writing with Mark, of course. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/yBhysf7yQW

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Joining us this week on Oh! Brother, Manc music scribe Mick Middles. We dig into the DIY fanzine boom - spilling ink on buses, dodging bricks from Teds at the Electric Circus and writing for Sounds. (+)

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Joining us this week on Oh! Brother, Manc music scribe Mick Middles. We dig into the DIY fanzine boom - spilling ink on buses, dodging bricks from Teds at the Electric Circus and writing for Sounds. (+)

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Later, Craig Scanlon joins the conversation for audience questions, memories, credits, grievances, and a few welcome detours along the way. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/yBhysf7yQW

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This week on Oh! Brother, we’re delighted to present a live episode with @simonWolstencr1, for a spirited look back at The Fall in 1994. We revisit Middle Class Revolt, Peel sessions, a US tour, shifting line-ups, Brix’s return, Julia Nagle’s arrival, and all the usual chaos. (+)

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This week on Oh! Brother, we’re delighted to present a live episode with @simonWolstencr1, for a spirited look back at The Fall in 1994. We revisit Middle Class Revolt, Peel sessions, a US tour, shifting line-ups, Brix’s return, Julia Nagle’s arrival, and all the usual chaos. (+)

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There’s plenty of Fall chat too, including first hearing Live at the Witch Trials, seeing the band in 1979, meeting Mark E. Smith, and why Hex Enduction Hour is forever linked in his mind with orange slices. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/kQzkpFcfrY

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This week, we’re joined by David Gedge (@weddingpresent) David talks about growing up in Manchester, forming The Wedding Present, John Peel’s early support, the band’s rise through the indie scene, the famous run of monthly singles, and working with Steve Albini. (+)

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This week, we’re joined by David Gedge (@weddingpresent) David talks about growing up in Manchester, forming The Wedding Present, John Peel’s early support, the band’s rise through the indie scene, the famous run of monthly singles, and working with Steve Albini. (+)

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and his first proper brush with The Fall via Peel and Industrial Estate. Plus: Ronnie Drew and the Dubliners, the Jack’s Heroes chaos, and what it’s been like keeping the songs alive with the post‑Shane live shows. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/yBhysf7yQW

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This week on Oh! Brother, we were chuffed to have the one and only Spider Stacy (@spiderstacy) on the pod. Spider takes us right back to the pre‑Pogues days (the New Bastards, Millwall Chainsaws, Burton Street squats), the Ramones at the Roundhouse encounter with Shane, (+}

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and how those first “Irish rebel songs” gigs snowballed from Cabaret Futura to suddenly packed rooms. We also get into The Nips, Elvis Costello taking them out on the road, studio realities on Rum Sodomy & the Lash (whistle overdubs and all), (+)

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We also chat about his career in radio, his long-running podcast, and his recent conversation with David Byrne. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/yBhysf7yQW

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This week on Oh! Brother, we're delighted to welcome comedian and podcaster Adam Buxton. Adam discusses discovering The Fall as a student in the early 1990s, his memorable encounter with Mark E. Smith for television, and his reflections on that experience years later. (+)

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and his new book Oliver Twist and Me — which uncovers his family's surprising connection to Dickens. Hope you enjoy! https://t.co/yBhysf7yQW

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This week on Oh! Brother, we were delighted to welcome author, screenwriter and critic @NicholasBlincoe to the show. Nicholas talks us through discovering The Fall via Dragnet as a teenager in Rochdale, his early days in post-punk bands, (+)

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and how a Factory Records project with Greg Keeffe briefly put him on the other side of the microphone. We also chat about his novels shaped by Manchester's music and queer scenes, his years living between London and Palestine, co-founding the New Puritans literary movement, (+)