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The Saddest Songs of All

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Roxy Music - One of the most important bands ever!

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Misused Songs

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2026 Golden Jubilee Pt 2 - Great Albums Turning 50

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2026 Golden Jubilee - Great Albums Turning 50

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Kate Bush (with a bit of The Birthday Party thrown in!)

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Early hits - Anthem or albatross? Radiohead & others

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What does outrageous look and sound like? The Skyhooks episode.

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Split Enz – One of Australia's favourite New Zealand bands

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Great Guest Appearances - Live and recorded!

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One Album Wonders

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Linda Ronstadt - A 70s' Rock Goddess

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The Changing Role of Soundtracks

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Great double albums of the 80’s

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Supergroups - who and what they are

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Oh No! Not Christmas music again!!

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100 Episodes of facts and opinions!!

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Stop Your Sobbin’ - The Pretenders

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Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

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The Rise of the Double Album!

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Deep Cuts we think you'll love

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The Tall Poppy Syndrome

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Warren Zevon – Finally inducted into the Hall of Fame!!

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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Come Up and See My early music!

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How we developed our musical tastes.
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Legendary Women of Rock – Patti Smith & Marianne Faithfull

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More of our Rob Younger interview (with better sound) (#2)

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A conversation with Radio Birdman's Rob Younger

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Who's brave enough to cover Bowie's "Heroes"?
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Great Debut Albums
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2024 - Wrapping up another year of great stories & music!
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – what really happened?

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Were the 80’s really that bad? (Hint: Not all of them)

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Nick Lowe - What's so funny?
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"Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" - David Bowie's last great album

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Albums we regret buying

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Down the Rabbit Hole - Things we find on the Web

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The strange ways some bands got their names

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Bands who changed their sound mid-career

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Nick Cave – From "Shivers" to 2024 solo piano & bass

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Weird & Wonderful Collaborations

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Jethro Tull - killer riffs and a flute player standing on one leg

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Jarrah McCleary/Panama - how artists earn money today - live interview

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Johnny Cash – A grand cornerstone of rock music

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"Songs for Drella" - Lou Reed & John Cale's moving tribute to Andy Warhol

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Outrageous Tour Demands – You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!

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Husker Du, Sugar and Bob Mould

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Brilliant albums poorly reviewed. How do critics get it so wrong?

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Stars that threw it all away with dumb decisions

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Rolling Stone's "250 Greatest Guitarists of all Time" (well, some of them anyway!)

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2023 - A great year for great music (from other years!)

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Great Protest Music of our Time

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Mathew Sweet - the music behind Susanna Hoffs, Austin Powers and The Simpsons

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REM - Another great band influenced by The Velvet Underground

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Big hits that really weren't original!

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A world without Leonard Cohen would be a much poorer place
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How Michael Jackson's "Thriller" changed all the rules

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Marianne Faithfull - Before and after "Broken English"
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"Pampered Menial” - Pavlov’s Dog's stunning lost gem from 1975

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What do Bowie, Bad Company, Rick Wakeman and BTO have in common?

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Nico - An aural challenge well worth the effort

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Lou Reed’s “New York” – A masterpiece in 14 tracks

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The strange link between Vanilla Ice, Queen & David Bowie

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Ed Kuepper - The Saints' founder, Laughing Clown, sometime Aint and Bad Seed

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The best (and worst) shows we've ever seen

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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – a sadly-missed phenomenon

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The Police - still fresh, 40 years on

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The Smiths - Manchester's finest!

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What makes a band (or artist) "Over-rated"?
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Ever Fallen in Love with Someone? Great love songs

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Why didn't these songs get to #1?

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Two seasons of great music commentary

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Midnight Oil - Idealism and a red-hot live show

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Joe Cocker - "I don't expect to live through this"
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The Go Betweens - The importance of choosing great influences

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Great music that somehow missed the charts!

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Who deserves a place in our supergroup?

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Genesis Redone

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Peter Gabriel - No more masks

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How GOOD is Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"?

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Cyndi Lauper – The Girl Just Wants to Have Fun

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The Things We've Lost

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Alice Cooper - The Band and the Man

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What Do Your Favourite Songs Really Mean?

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Rock Feuds - The Stuff of Legends

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Rock Music on Screen

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What does a producer do, anyway?

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The Greatest-Ever Australian Albums

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Baby You Can Drive My Car

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Songs about Australia

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John Cale: I come from Wales, you can call me John

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Never Mind the Originals, Here's the Covers

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And so this is Christmas - Xmas Songs from your favourite artists

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Mi-Sex, INXS and other stories - The Best of Aussie Pub Rock

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What's YOUR favourite record cover?
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The Sex Pistols: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"

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Our Favourite Albums

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Rock Star Deaths - plane crashes and other stories

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Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs of All Time - 2021

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Brian Eno, Music's Renaissance Man

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