All Episodes
Mick and the PhatMan Talking Music — 112 episodes
2026 Golden Jubilee - Great Albums Turning 50
Kate Bush (with a bit of The Birthday Party thrown in!)
Early hits - Anthem or albatross? Radiohead & others
What does outrageous look and sound like? The Skyhooks episode.
Split Enz – One of Australia's favourite New Zealand bands
A Galaxy of Great Guest Appearances
One Album Wonders
Linda Ronstadt - A 70s' Rock Goddess
The Changing Role of Soundtracks
Great double albums of the 80’s
Supergroups - who and what they are
Oh No! Not Christmas music again!!
We made it to 100 Episodes!!
Stop Your Sobbin’ - The Pretenders
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Rise of the Double Album!
Deep Cuts we think you'll love
The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Warren Zevon – Finally inducted into the Hall of Fame!!
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Come Up and See My early music!
How we developed our musical tastes.
Legendary Women of Rock – Patti Smith & Marianne Faithfull
More of our Rob Younger interview (with better sound) (#2)
A conversation with Radio Birdman's Rob Younger
Who's brave enough to cover Bowie's "Heroes"?
Great Debut Albums
2024 - Wrapping up another year of great stories & music!
Creedence Clearwater Revival – what really happened?
Were the 80’s really that bad? (Hint: Not all of them)
Nick Lowe - What's so funny?
"Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" - David Bowie's last great album
Albums we regret buying
Down the Rabbit Hole - Things we find on the Web
The strange ways some bands got their names
Bands who changed their sound mid-career
Nick Cave – From "Shivers" to 2024 solo piano & bass
Weird & Wonderful Collaborations
Jethro Tull - killer riffs and a flute player standing on one leg
Jarrah McCleary/Panama - how artists earn money today - live interview
Johnny Cash – A grand cornerstone of rock music
"Songs for Drella" - Lou Reed & John Cale's moving tribute to Andy Warhol
Outrageous Tour Demands – You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!
Husker Du, Sugar and Bob Mould
Brilliant albums poorly reviewed. How do critics get it so wrong?
Stars that threw it all away with dumb decisions
Rolling Stone's "250 Greatest Guitarists of all Time" (well, some of them anyway!)
2023 - A great year for great music (from other years!)
Great Protest Music of our Time
Mathew Sweet - the music behind Susanna Hoffs, Austin Powers and The Simpsons
REM - Another great band influenced by The Velvet Underground
Big hits that really weren't original!
A world without Leonard Cohen would be a much poorer place
How Michael Jackson's "Thriller" changed all the rules
Marianne Faithfull - Before and after "Broken English"
"Pampered Menial” - Pavlov’s Dog's stunning lost gem from 1975
What do Bowie, Bad Company, Rick Wakeman and BTO have in common?
Nico - An aural challenge well worth the effort
Lou Reed’s “New York” – A masterpiece in 14 tracks
The strange link between Vanilla Ice, Queen & David Bowie
Ed Kuepper - The Saints' founder, Laughing Clown, sometime Aint and Bad Seed
The best (and worst) shows we've ever seen
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – a sadly-missed phenomenon
The Police - still fresh, 40 years on
The Smiths - Manchester's finest!
What makes a band (or artist) "Over-rated"?
Ever Fallen in Love with Someone? Great love songs
Why didn't these songs get to #1?
Two seasons of great music commentary
Midnight Oil - Idealism and a red-hot live show
Joe Cocker - "I don't expect to live through this"
The Go Betweens - The importance of choosing great influences
Great music that somehow missed the charts!
Who deserves a place in our supergroup?
Genesis Redone
Peter Gabriel - No more masks
How GOOD is Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"?
Cyndi Lauper – The Girl Just Wants to Have Fun
The Things We've Lost
Alice Cooper - The Band and the Man
What Do Your Favourite Songs Really Mean?
Rock Feuds - The Stuff of Legends
Rock Music on Screen
What does a producer do, anyway?
The Greatest-Ever Australian Albums
Baby You Can Drive My Car
Songs about Australia
John Cale: I come from Wales, you can call me John
Never Mind the Originals, Here's the Covers
And so this is Christmas - Xmas Songs from your favourite artists
Mi-Sex, INXS and other stories - The Best of Aussie Pub Rock
What's YOUR favourite record cover?
The Sex Pistols: "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
Our Favourite Albums
Rock Star Deaths - plane crashes and other stories
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs of All Time - 2021
Brian Eno, Music's Renaissance Man
Songs about Heroin: The damage and the cost
And Then There Were Five: Genesis at their best
The Angels - Our favourite Aussie pub rock band
The COVID LockDown Episode
Warren Zevon - A downfall of his own making
Warren Zevon - "Please don't dance. These songs are kinda personal."
Crowded House - Do New Zealand bands like being called "Australian"?
Lou Reed: How can Jeff think “Berlin" is depressing?
Countdown: The show that shaped the 70s
The Velvet Underground and Nico
"Stranded" - The high point for Roxy Music?
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie's breakthrough album
Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps" - His best ever!
Nick Cave - his early days
Queen - Reproducing "Bohemian Rhapsody" live, before digital effects were invented
However it sounds, we lived through it!