EPISODE · Apr 10, 2012 · 30 MIN
Previously Unreleased: Heinz
from PZ's Podcast · host Mockingbird
Heinz Burt, known as "Heinz", the Wild Boy of Pop, was, you could say, Joe Meek's muse. Meek did everything possible to make his "Heinz" into a star. Although Meek failed to do that, he produced a large body of fabulous music around his Golden Child. This podcast, previously unreleased, deals with the alchemy of imputation; the theme of unrequited love and consequent melancholy in much of the gold that Meek created out of Heinz; and with the proximity, to almost all of us, of mental illness. There are two factual mistakes in the cast: The town of Eastleigh is in Hampshire, not "New Hampshire"; and the song connected to the movie "Circus of Horrors" was sung by Garry Mills. It is entitled "Look for a Star".
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Heinz Burt, known as "Heinz", the Wild Boy of Pop, was, you could say, Joe Meek's muse. Meek did everything possible to make his "Heinz" into a star. Although Meek failed to do that, he produced a large body of fabulous music around his Golden Child. This podcast, previously unreleased, deals with the alchemy of imputation; the theme of unrequited love and consequent melancholy in much of the gold that Meek created out of Heinz; and with the proximity, to almost all of us, of mental illness. There are two factual mistakes in the cast: The town of Eastleigh is in Hampshire, not "New Hampshire"; and the song connected to the movie "Circus of Horrors" was sung by Garry Mills. It is entitled "Look for a Star".
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