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Brierly Hill 90210
by Podcast hosted by Jon Miller
Previously an occasional podcast of new, good and/or interesting music. But, starting in 2020, a change of format and frequency. Weekly (mostly) new episodes telling the story of a different year through music and "found sounds".
Episodes
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2025
Time continues to pass in the Miller household. It doesn't seem very long ago I was introducing episodes about impending parenthood, kids being born, sleeping habits of babies and interactions with other parents. But here we are with one son studying engineering in his second year of college and...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2024 v2
There's not much to laugh at in 2024. It was a year dominated by an escalating conflict in the Middle East, the continuing war in Ukraine and extreme weather events across the globe. Probably as an escape from reality, 2024 features some quite upbeat songs. There are some contrasting emotions in...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2008 v2
As a youngster, on the way to my grandparents, there was a hill completely covered with trees except a small clearing in the middle and down one side. I remember thinking that it would be an ideal place to build a perfect house, white and overlooking the valley below. I only realized relatively...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2007 v2
The iPhone debuts, Doctor Who blinks & a financial crisis is afoot. The Wombats dance to Joy Division & Tall Pony are your boyfriend now.
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2006 v2
Becoming a first time dad at 40 was exhausting. I felt too old, yet knew I had been too immature to have done it earlier. Our son was NOT a good sleeper. People often asked how I had the time to record a weekly online radio show. But it was the perfect thing to do during those sleepless nights. I...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2005 v2
The year begins with George W Bush celebrating a second term as US president while the world mourns and prays for those effected by the massive Indian Ocean tsunami at the end of 2004. On the personal front, by February, we were pregnant again and, after many nervous months, this time it stuck....
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2003 v2
It's hard to imagine now but in the late 90s, Apple were on the verge of going out of business. Things changed with the return of Steve Jobs and the introduction of new software and services such as iTunes and new hardware such as the iPod. The iPhone was not even a twinkle in anyone's eye yet.…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2000 v2
BillBoard magazine describes 2000 as a “year that would bring a totally different sound befitting the turn of a new millennium” and John Peel described it as “a great year for music”. But I was too wrapped up in seismic personal changes to notice. We had been married 6 months and I broke out on…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2023 v2
Personal events will forever shape my memories of 2023. My father passed away in September, just shy of his 84th birthday. While I was pleased I got over to the UK the previous year to see him, I will always regret not going back again while he was ill. I did rush over to help out with funeral...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1975 v2
Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1975 I was 8-years old as the year began so was mostly interested in riding my bike, climbing on the backs of tractors as the summer harvest was brought in, waiting until prompted to yell “Crackerjack” at the TV and thinking how much fun it would be to hang out with...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1973
1973 is another of those years that feels like one chapter is ending as another begins. That may have something to do with personal memories. I turned 7 and, while I certainly have earlier memories, they're just glimpses and fragments. There are stories in this 1973 episode that have a concrete...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1972
My name is Jon Miller. I was born in 1966 in the idyllic countryside of the Cotswold Hills in the south west of England. I have a brother who is two years younger than me and soon after he was born, my parents moved from the tiny village of Salperton, to the slightly less tiny village of Hazelton...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1971
In this episode you going to hear from artists that are the epitome of 1970s music; T Rex, Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, what have you. But there's a new sound creeping in that doesn't even have a name yet! Discotheques had been popping up in Europe as early as the second World War. The...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1970
The music of the early 70s does not have the greatest of reputations. You can judge for yourself if that is well-founded or not. But there certainly seemed to be less good songs to draw from as I put this episode together. But, if you're of a similar age to me, a child born of the 60s, there's...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1969
One of the reasons for looking back to pre-rock'n'roll in this series was to learn more about the styles, trends and back-stories that shaped the music of the punk rock movement and beyond. I've mentioned before that there's clearly never an alignment to musical styles starting or ending with how...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1968
From the start of this series, I've included clips from television shows, mostly from when they first broadcast. Even though I was born in 1966, I have memories of shows that debuted as early as the mid-50s; The Woodentops, Andy Pandy, The Flowerpot Men. But as we get to the TV of 1968, I'm...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1967
As a child, I had a fascination with the year 1967. Why would that be do you think? Having plunged into the music and sounds of the year to bring you this episode, I'm still not sure I know the answer. It is undoubtedly a year of dramatic change. Musically, the best that the 60s had to offer...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1966
Back in 1953, many British homes bought TVs for the first time so that they could watch the coronation of their new Queen. But there are also TV-related changes afoot in these episodes from the mid 1960s. Filmed news reels are increasingly being replaced by TV news coverage. Maybe this happened...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1965
As another year gets underway, there's a striking change in tone for stories that have been running for a while. There's a difference in the action taking place in Vietnam but also in the way it is being reported. Similarly, race relations are being addressed more directly as steps are taken…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1964
1964 is a year without the single, big-impact story of other years. The assassination of President Kennedy is still a fresh, raw memory as Americans go to the polls later in the year. Political change is coming to the UK also with a general election on the horizon. Children are going missing in…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2022 v3
The year started with something I'd avoided to this point; I came down with COVID the first week of the year. I was very poorly for 24-hours but quickly recovered after that. Others have not been so fortunate. As is always the case as the calendar turns a page to January, one's never sure what…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1963
It's hard writing the introduction for an episode when you know a major news story will dominate it. While the focus will inevitably be on events in Dallas in November, there are other things happening in 1963, some significant, some less so. While the US has had a presence in Vietnam for the…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1962
As a new year begins, the US continues to ramp up it's presence in Vietnam. But Americans are looking closer to home. The previous year had seen the failed invasion of Cuba by former exiles of that country. The invasion, though it wasn't known at the time, has been funded by the US government....
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1961
As a new year begins, tensions are rising between the US, led by newly elected President John F Kennedy, and Cuba, two years after the revolution that installed Fidel Castro as it's leader. On the other side of the world, pressure is also building as communism spreads in south-east Asia. The…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1960
Something that's struck me throughout this series is the evolving use of language through the decades. It's a fascinating insight into trends and attitudes present in general society of the time. There's a real contrast from the language used in 1960 news reels and even in the TV news of race…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1959
I noticed a musical trend starting in the previous episode. The earnest beginnings of rock n' roll were joined by novelty songs in 1958. You may recall songs about lollipops, splish-splashing and yakety-yakking. Do you see parallels to later musical movements; earnest angst to begin, novelties…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1958
I was born in 1966, 3 years before man first walked on the moon. I have a vague recollection of my dad getting me out of bed to watch some of those Apollo missions. So it's interesting to hear the prelude to those memories, forged 11 years earlier from America's fear of the Soviet Union. Also...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1957
As I work on this series, I'm still fascinated by the highs, lows and lulls that are outside of my control. The working title of the series was “chronology” and, as much as possible, I let that tell it's own story. The music, news and entertainment timelines drive the narrative. While there is...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1956
Historical! Montgomery, Suez, Hungary, Eurovision and Bert Trautmann. Musical! Little Richard, James Brown, Johnny Cash and Gene Vincent.
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1955
There wasn't a specific date when rock 'n' roll started. As mentioned in earlier episodes, it had been a term used since the 1940s. DJ Alan Freed had used it as early as 1951 and rock 'n' roll recordings had occasionally charted since 1953. But there was an event that happened in 1955 that put…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1954
Alan Freed used the term “rock and roll” as early as 1951. It was a euphemism for sex but Freed used it to describe rhythm and blues, or “race music”, in a way that was more acceptable to white audiences. Freed was keen to promote white cover versions of songs originally recorded by black…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1953
If you've followed this series from the beginning, it started with 1977, the year I began high school and a year when music changed with the arrival of punk rock. So why jump back to 1953? As I recorded the earlier chronological episodes, I found myself thinking, both for the music and the major...
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Brierly Hill 90210 Presents... 1974 v2
I was 7 as 1974 began and, while my musical memories are becoming more well formed, they are still a little fuzzy. Most of them from this episode seem to be around October and I suspect this is from a Sunday night chart rundown that my dad taped for me off Radio 1 and that was played over and…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2021 v3
As the year begins, stories from 2020 are coming to a head. COVID vaccines are being rolled out, cases attempting to show that black lives do matter will get their day in court, and Donald Trump continues to not accept the result of the election. On the home-front, continuing the saga from the…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 1976 v2
1976 is a defining year in British music. The glam rock of the early 70's is making way for disco as it gains mainstream success. There is also a disturbing trend in sickly pop ballads. But young people are becoming increasingly frustrated at the lack of opportunities and the general staleness of...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2020 v3
We'd been living in our “dream house” for 12 years but, it having been built in the 19th century, there was always something failing, breaking or otherwise needing repair. It was beginning to take it's toll, both financially and mentally. So we decided it was time to move on. With the impeccable...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2019 v2
It's interesting how many major news stories are going on that will be forgotten with what's to come the following year. There's a lot to cram in here. The year begins with the US Government shut down over a refusal to fund Trumps wall on the Mexico border. In the UK, the bickering over Brexit is...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2018 v2
It was 2016 when the UK voted to leave the European Union. But as 2018 begins, the government has still not worked out how they're going to do it. There is equal chaos on the other side of the Atlantic as somebody clearly ill-equipped to be president jumps from one fiasco to another. If aliens...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2017 v2
Although I didn't know it, the curtain came down on my podcast in 2017, in it's original format at least. After 12 years of reinvigorating my love of discovering new music and sharing it with a small but loyal following, the broadcasts that had become more and more sporadic, finally petered out....
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2016 v2
They say age is just a number but it felt more than that to me as I turned 50. From 1966 with the crowd on the pitch thinking it's all over, an 11-year old attending Westwood's Grammar School in the Gloucestershire countryside, a move to America, Barack Obama in The White House and David Cameron…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2015 v2
There's a lot to unpack in this episode. Along with several long-running stories coming to a close, there are many story lines that, although unknown at the time, were the start of bigger things to come; stories that would define the next 4 or 5 years. Battle lines are drawn between adversaries...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2014 v2
I mentioned last time that I wasn't really enjoying my job. I felt too old to mix it up with the youngsters at a New York technology start-up. But after a few years of job hunting, I finally landed a “proper job” with a manufacturing company in Pennsylvania. It was a 1-hour drive each way, but…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2013 v2
This is a period when I was lost in the music I was listening to. I couldn't really complain about my job but I wasn't enjoying it and was spending time searching for a new one. That likely sucked the life out of me and the joy of discovering new music. As a result, I was only recording 1 or 2...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2012 v2
In America, the economy continues its slow recovery; too slow for several big name brands and retailers that didn't sufficiently prepare for a digital economy. Will economic recovery be fast enough to secure Barack Obama a second term as president? Meanwhile, across the pond, the UK prepares to...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2011 v2
I started a new job in 2010 after spending the best part of a year out of work. I was working for a start-up company in New York and 2011 saw me working on an assignment on Wall Street in the city. That meant 4 hours on Amtrak and 2 hours on the New York subway each day. On the world stage, a...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2010 v2
The year started with me doing contract work for corporate America. That's not the same as regular employment so when one of my clients offered me a full-time position, I took it. I was earning half of what I was before the financial crash but it put us in a better place than many others. My…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2009 v2
After living in our new house in Pennsylvania for a year, we corrected our mistake of not selling our old house first, by finally off-loading it for far less than we'd planned. That was obviously not great but things got worse in March when, with a wife and two very young children to support, I…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2004 v2
Does any day, week, month or year feel like the end of something as it's happening? It's only in hindsight that, usually as the result of a new beginning, you see the previous end for what it was. Even then, it's most likely a gradual evolution, not a sudden end. But in looking back, 2004 is an...
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2002 v2
The year started with America still coming to terms with a new world after September 11th the year before. Everybody was getting used to new security restrictions, myself included, as I continued to work in California, traveling from New Jersey once a month. If I was lucky enough to get an…
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Brierly Hill 90210 presents... 2001 v2
I started my new job in January and began a new routine; 1 week in the office in California and the rest of each month working from home in New Jersey. That suited me, greatly reducing the amount of time spent in airports and on airplanes. There was still a 12-hour round-trip once a month and…
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Previously an occasional podcast of new, good and/or interesting music. But, starting in 2020, a change of format and frequency. Weekly (mostly) new episodes telling the story of a different year through music and "found sounds".
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