Episodes
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Metalli-chat...well this deteriorated
Hey guys! Welcome to Metalli-cast part 2. J & I are still all aboard the Metalli-train express! So hop on board and join the madness. 'Fuel' (ed) by alcohol(ica), we take a trip back into our own Metallica origin stories, the masculine sphere of Metal and how perhaps Metallica have always...
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Metallica-st Part 1: An interview with John Aldred
Hey friends, this week join us for part 1/2 of our Metallica podcast! In part 1 we are joined by a very special guest, J's other half, John Aldred, a photographer and creative extraordinaire who got the opportunity to shoot a time-lapse of Metallica's M72 tour at Hampden. He recounts his…
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Kylie (Netflix, 2026)
Welcome back friends. Sorry we've been away so long. This week 'especially for you' we have an episode dedicated to the woman who still has us all 'spinning around'; Kylie. We present to you an episode based around the brand new Kylie documentary on Netflix. We analyse the main loves/losses in...
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Steps: On The Road Again (2012)/Here and Now musical (2025)
**Moderate spoiler alert from 1:08:00 onwards for the new Steps Musical - Here and Now** This week we revisit Steps: On The Road Again (2012) and discover what we always knew to be true...they're in fact NOT Better Best Forgotten. We take an (unclean) tour bus back on the road where diversions…
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Blink-182 (2007-2015)
The moment you've all (probably not) been waiting for blink fans. T Julie has fixed her mic and the 'blinkisode' is back! In this instalment we cover the years 2007-2015 when Tom, Mark and Travis reunited after their break up...the first time. Join us as we stay 'Up All Night' to discuss: Travis...
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Oasis - Right Here, Right Now
Turns out we're all still 'mad fer it'. With their Oasis Live '25 tour, well under way , Oasis fever is currently sweeping the nation once more. What better way to celebrate their return than by revising their '97 documentary: Right Here, Right Now. Well...if you can call it a documentary…
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No Matter What: The Boyzone Documentary (Now TV)
Didn't they say that we would make a mistake?" Well, 'No Matter What' we tried, this episode was extremely difficult to put out. This was our 2nd attempt at recording and there are still some audio issues. All we can ask is that "words don't come easily, but forgive us." If you haven't guessed…
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Dirty Pop (Netflix)
Here's the second episode centred around Lou Pearlman that probably no one asked for. This time we cover Netflix's: Dirty Pop: The Boyband Scam. Prepare for an extremely (possibly unintentionally hilarious) episode. Special guest feature from Julie's other half: John Aldred who also contributed…
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We are the World (Netflix Documentary)
Merry Christmas, you lovely lot. It's been a long time coming, and what better way for MSBWT to return than by celebrating 'The greatest night in pop' together. This season, J and I are going to be discussing (barely) some Netflix documentaries based around (you guessed it) music. Which, by the...
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blink-182 - part 4
Hey guys! Well here we are with the 4th instalment of the blink story. The first of 2 instalments on life post blink. We're taking you back to 2006 where a freshly divorced blink-182 both find themselves in new relationships, +44 and Angels and Airwaves respectively. We dive into the debut, and…
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Music Reality TV - The Aftermath with Cristina D'Annunzio
Hey guys! We've got some X-tra Factor for you. We're back with Cristina for some extra content. Our reality pop music chat got so deep and off piste that we created an X-Factor chaser. In this episode we voice our opinions freely on how these music shows affected all of our lives and changed the...
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Music Reality TV with Cristina D'Annunzio Part 1
Hey guys! We're back for Season 4 and this week we are The Cheeky Girls (cheeky cheeky). We're here with a wonderful guest and friend of the pod, Cristina D'Annunzio, our own personal Honey-G, to discuss our wealth of fond memories and knowledge surrounding music reality TV shows. She can also…
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Midlake: On the Road with J & N
Hey friends! We've finally crawled to the end of season 3 and we are beyond grateful to anyone still journeying with us. This week we travel to Edinburgh to watch Midlake perform at the Liquid Rooms. Join us as we navigate the hustle and bustle of our nation's capital complete with automatic...
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Take That: For the Record
This week Take That relight our fires (and possibly scar us for life) as we watch their 2006 documentary For The Record. This one is a special request for long time supporter, friend and fan Sareem Griage. We hope we did it justice. Join us and the mad bunch of young Manc lads as they travel the...
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Britpop Part 2 - Mojo dramatic reading and offensive accents
Hey guys! This week we bring you a vintage magazine reading a.k.a our new obsession. This season we're bringing you #133 of MOJO from April 2003. In the edition we read a full britpop reflection article. There are soundbites from britpop legends looking back on the heady heyday of britpop. Along...
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Scotland the Rave
Hey guys! Hope you're taking it easy in the New Year. Since we can't rave at the minute we're bringing the rave to you! This week we're taking a deeper dive into rave culture in the west coast of Scotland and how it is intrinsically tied up with working class, "ned" youth culture and the futile...
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Christmas with J & N
Ho Ho Ho guys! The festive season is upon us and whether you celebrate or not, whether you love it or hate it, whether it's a rough time for you or if it brings you joy, come have a babycham with us and be merry as we discuss Christmas music! J regales us with anecdotes and Christmas songs from…
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Birthday-cast
Hey friends, we are celebrating J's birthday this week and we've chosen to share it with you - a relaxed episode where we look at weird lyrics in songs pt 2 and strange vocal inflections that probably only we notice. Shout out to our content creator of the week, Finn McKenty for inspiring our...
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Britpop
Hey arrr kids! This week we're taking you back to the mid 90's when the UK was hooked on a little thing called britpop. So grab your bucket hats (they're back in fashion you know) and come journey with us as we comment on various incoherent britpop documentaries. We have conversations surrounding...
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blink-182 - untitled
Hello there, the angels from our nightmares. This week we are continuing the blink journey into their most creative and swoopy haired era, the Untitled album (2003). We watch the MTV Launch documentary following the creative process of the album and do some deep dives on the artistic nuances on...
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A Night at the Opera - Handel’s Amadigi
Hey friends! This week we took a Podcast trip to York and experienced opera for the first time. J got emotional. I remained emotionless. Standard. So pop on your opera glasses (are they still a thing? We never had any. That's sad) and join us for an evening of classical music and operatic vocals...
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Local band culture feat. Ross Duffy, bass/vocals for The Haze and Holy Pistol Club
Hey friends! We're back for season 3. This week we interview someone from inside the local band scene in Glasgow (and Dumbarton) for the past 20 years, a real 'Rock 'n' Roll Star', who also happens to be my brother. He shares stories about the music that inspired him to pick up a guitar (now…
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Best of Series 2 Part 2
Hey friends! Join us as we wave goodbye to season 2 and prepare to find all new nostalgia madness to torture you with next season. Let's rewind back to nonsense lyrics, double dose of Hamilfanning, getting raging at Britney's conservatorship x2 and our loveletter from the great outdoors and at...
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Best of Series 2 Part 1
Hey friends welcome to our narcissistic collection of best bits from season 2. We take you right back to conspiracies: is Paul dead? Is Tom DeLonge IN the stars? Unsolved. Then we're bringing you good critesen bois, the blinkisode continues and we're bringing you into an 80's/90's nostalgia aural...
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Storytime in the Great Outdoors with J & N
Hey friends! Welcome to the free flowing (literally) impromptu finale of season 2 from the great outdoors. Listen to the calming ebb and flow of scummy polluted water alongside the erratic flow of our conversation as we regale you with some life updates and plans for the future. Listen out for…
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Unexpected Gig Experiences feat. Owen Pallett and Bruce Springsteen
Hey friends! This week we discuss artists/gig experiences that touched our souls in ways no one else could. Julie discusses her deep, biased unapologetic love of the super talented Owen Pallett. Why play a violin with a bow when you can blow through it? And I talk about a beautiful spiritual...
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Free Britney and respect Mark.
Hey friends! We're back refreshed after a lil' break and while we were gone some things happened in the world. Things that we felt we'd like to and should talk about. Firstly, we discuss the latest developments in the Britney Spears conservatorship honestly and openly and sensitively as always....
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Hamilton: Part 2
Hi guys! Welcome back to part 2 and it's time skip time! J and I are joined by J's good friend Sarah Templeton, a hard-core Hamilfan and defender of the second act being supreme. J sheds tears over the emotional second act while Sarah and I remain dry eyed. Sarah starts a defend 'Dear Theodosia'...
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Hamilton: Part 1
Al-ex-an-d-er we are meant to be....Welcome Hamilfans and those who have watched it once (me) or never! We're all big musical fans here and there's no better way to start than by discussing the cultural phenomenon of Hamilton. We are joined by a beautiful Hamilfan, my gorgeous friend, Courtney as...
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Nonsense Song Lyrics
Hey friends! This week we discuss those song lyrics that make you pause for a second and go "...wait...what?" Welcome to nonsense lyrics. We take a deep dive into: Carly Simon singing about broken kitchen appliances. Bruno Mars winching folk with their eyes open WHY are they open? J getting...
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Underappreciated albums feat. Good Charlotte and Midlake
Hey friends! This week we take you on a little trip to underappreciated album city. We are going to give some love to albums that got did dirty at the time of release by fans and critics alike but now, with the passage of time, are viewed in a more positive light. First stop I take you on a…
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TV Theme Tune Nostalgia
All aboard the nostalgia train friends! Next stop is iconic TV theme tunes from J and I's (and probably most of yours too) pasts. We kick things off with a little TV show quiz (play along if you dare). then J steers us into the often unsuccessful territory of long-running tv show theme tune...
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blink-182 - the story continues
Hey friends! That's right people I'm dragging you into blink hell again for 2 hours. This time we cover the Take Off Your Pants and Jacket era (2000-2002). Things descend into drunken chaos (blink would be proud) as J and I raise our gins (audible ice clinking) to the blink boys once again. Join…
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Keith Green's Legacy: Spiritual seekers and Christian Punks
Hey friends, (Christians and non-christians alike) welcome to this week's service where J and I discuss our experiences with Christian (crietsen) music. J shares the beautiful story of Keith And Melody Green. Two wonderful people who opened their hearts and homes to those in need and Jesus…
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Conspiracy Theories
We're back! (Even though we barely left) Did you miss us? We don't care because we missed you and each other so we're back to infect the airwaves again. This week, The truth is out there and J and I make a (failed) attempt to find it. From the macabre to the ridiculous we discuss music…
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The Kerrang Sessions - The Final Part
It's the end of the K! Sessions. You may all heave a collective sigh of relief but we're sad to say goodbye. An absolute plethora of tech issues (on my part) plague this cursed episode and I can only apologise for the audio quality but I don't want to cause I like to sound like a D.I.Y punk band...
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The Kerrang Sessions - Part 4
Back again for more torture I see? Welcome to the K! Sessions part 4 in this episode I hop onto Kerrang's radio site and read an article about metal covers of ABBA songs. J and I both love a bit of ABBA and are luke warm at best with regards to metal in general (sorry not sorry). Will this…
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The Kerrang Sessions - Part 3
Here we go again...Kerrang! Files part 3. This episode we explore facts about Dave Grohl...some of which cause me to have a minor existential crisis. Then I discuss the 'war on emo',an insane moment in time where The Daily Mail basically told the parents of any kids that listened to MCR that they...
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The Kerrang Sessions - Part 2
Back again for the chaotic and largely plotless Kerrang! Session sequel. As most sequels go (bar a few shining examples) this one falls into the abyss rather quickly and we wouldn't have it any other way. We start by addressing the strange music choices on Clyde 1 for the passing of Prince…
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The Kerrang Sessions Part 1
Do you have the time? To listen to us whine? No? Good. Anyway here's a mini-series no one probably wanted: the K-Files 8f you will. Join us in the insanity as I read out Kerrang! articles for J while she paints her bedroom and reacts to said article from up a 7ft ladder. In part 1 we discuss the...
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Best of Series 1 - Part 2
Sequels are usually weaker? Not the case here! Welcome to the best of season 1 part deux. We relive the best bits of episodes 8-10 and give you brand new content too! Come peek behind the curtain into our bigger, longer and uncut lives. Prepare the romantic scented candles and holy water as we…
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Best of Series 1 - Part 1
Finally, we hit on the perfect episode for everyone (it only took us 11 weeks...) if you are a newcomer to our pod (may God have mercy on your soul, first and foremost) this is a good taster to the topics we cover and our shared stupid sense of humour. And if you’re a loyal listener (please reach...
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Series Finale - Queer Culture: A Conversation Between Friends
Hey friends! This week we are honoured to be joined by our friend Lewis Creechan as we celebrate queer culture and the end of season 1. Lewis talks so openly and beautifully about the amazing strong female artists that defined his own queer experiences. His journey includes: an adorable awakening...
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Episode 8 - Coy and Duffy Unplanned - with special guest Valerie (Willow) Nelson
Hey friends! This week 2 become 3 (sorry Spice girls). This one time at summer camp... I fell in love with the most wonderful Idahoan and now you guys get to fall in love with her too. Introducing Miss Valerie (Willow) Nelson everybody! Get lost in her epic stories including: bald eagles being...
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Episode 7 - Riot grrrls! Legacy
Hey friends! This week (despite technology trying to halt us at every turn) we go deeper into strong women that inspired us through music. Julie goes a deep dive into Natalie Imbruglia (Umbruglia? Umbrella?) Tori Amos and Alisha's Attic (the band not the club in Coatbridge). And I go a deep dive...
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Episode 6 - Girl Power
Join us for a harrowing voyage into the inner machinations of Julie’s brain via all things female pop. Spice Girls are in there, sure but does the band ‘Girls@Play’ mean anything to anyone...? The 90s/early 00’s are alive and well. Take us back! J & N xoxo Intro music c/o WHAT pictures No Fact...
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Episode 5 - Framing Britney Spears (2021)
Hey Friends! This week we're looking at the very recently released (is this the first time we've been vaguely relevant?) Framing Britney Spears Documentary (2021). Our hope is that our approach to the issues surrounding her conservatorship and her difficult relationship with the media is…
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Episode 4 - The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story (2019)
Hey friends! This week we dive into the 'Duuuuurrrrty pop' world through The Boy Band Con Youtube Original documentary (2019). We discuss our love of produced pop boybands N*Sync (The boys next door) and The Backstreet Boys (The darker clothed more serious band apparently). Join us on this...
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Episode 3 - blink-182 - All The Small Things- Part 2
'And that's about the time she walked away from me.' Please stay with us as we continue down the blink 'rant' hole. Here we delve into Enema Of The State via Lil' Wayne. We cancel genre elitists. We look at a hot gold carpet look of Mr Hoppus'. Geri Halliwell bags some things up. And we finally...
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Episode 3 - blink-182 - All The Small Things - Part 1
The one with blink-182 that is 3 hours long so is now in two parts. Enjoy some chat about our relationship status with the band, Tom and Mark's relationship status with each other. Travis is in there somewhere as well. A thruple if you will. In all seriousness this episode was 3 hours long for a...
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Music and pop culture discussion with a (un)healthy dose of nostalgia.
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Natalie Duffy and Julie Coy
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