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The Friends of the Stars Podcasts have been lovingly created in our Glasgow and Birmingham offices. You can listen from here, or the files are available to download.
Alternatively use the PODCAST feed icon to your left to subscribe (for free) and receive new podcasts direct to iTunes and other doohickeys as and when they are released. To place the Podcasts in the context of their orginal release, click on the title of each one to read what was on our mind that day.
Enjoy..
LATEST EPISODE
FOTS-POD#18 - “The No-Robson Club: Part 1″ (20th July 2009)
Episode 18 of the Friends of the Stars Podcast is a PART ONE of TWO PART affair. Recorded just last week in the fine city of Glasgow, these episodes DO NOT feature Executive Producer Robson.
Listen:
TRACKLISTING:
Modern Love - David Bowie
Big Bird - Eddie Floyd
Cold Shoulder - Kevin Ayers
Joe Pye and The Weeds - Joe Pye and The Weeds
Veronica - Elvis Costello
Chicken - Geoff Mauldur
Our Love is Heavenly - Heavenly
Jamaica Say You Will - Jackson Browne
(Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy - Magnetic Fields
PREVIOUS EPISODES
FOTS-POD17 - “Things To Do In Denver When You’re Robson” (5th June 2009)
Episode 17 of the ever-popular Friends of the Stars Podcasts. This one is called “Things To Do In Denver When You’re Robson” and continues in the fine tradition of it’s predecessors containing as it does lots of great tunes and two blokes swearing at each other. If it ain’t fucking broke, and all that…
This Episode finds Executive Producer Robson and Craig discussing the process of Podcasting, Submarines and submariners
during World War 2, before demonstrating, live on air, the effects of caffiene and sugar on Robson’s brain. Later, they
engage in the dumbest audio-based broadcast game of skill since Dave Lee Travis introduced darts to the radio.
Listen:
Dexys Midnight Runners - Show Me
The Bee Gees - Marley Purt Drive
The Beastie Boys - Jimmy James
Dennis Wilson - Cocktails
The Jackson 5 - Sugar Daddy
World of Fox - Rules of Engagement
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Drop It Like It’s Hot
Friends of the Stars - Wagons (Rough Mix, Instrumental)
FOTS-POD16 - “N-N-N-New Jack Robson” (13th May 2009)
It’s a continues Executive Producer Robson’s rigorous interview with Craig regarding, amongst other things, New Zealand. We’re hoping for fewer compaints this time…
Listen:
“Jody Come Back and Get Your Shoes” - Bobby Newsome
“More Pretty Girls Than One” - Woody Guthrie (with Cisco Houston)
“Fisherman’s Blues” - The Waterboys
“Clang of the Yankee Reaper” - Van Dyke Parks
“Black Sheep Boy” - Tim Hardin
“Candyman” - Steve Earle (playing a Mississippi John Hurt tune)
“Cruel to be Kind” - Nick Lowe
“O Baby” - Siouxsie and The Banshees
“Johnny Magic” - Neil Young and his Electric Band
FOTS-POD15 - “Das Robson” (28th April 2009)
According to Campbell, the man who made it, Episode 15 of the Friends of the Stars Podcasts is, “like listening to Radio fucking 4?. Let’s see about that, shall we.
Executive Producer Robson turns the tables on this one and becomes the man with the questions, grilling a clearly excited Craig about his recent trip to New Zealand. Expect the usual great tunes, swearing and that peculiar kind of back-handed ignorance you only get from British people when they are forced to leave this rainy island.
(Sorry to all Kiwis)
Listen
“The Trains” - The Nashville Ramblers
“Home Cookin’” - The Band
“Lorelei” - The Cocteau Twins
“New Kind of Kick” - The Cramps
“Caney Creek” - The Dillards
“Like Toy Soldiers” - Eminem
“Cunts Are Still Running the World” - Jarvis
“I’ve Changed My Plea To Guilty” - Morrissey
FOTS-POD14 - “Robson The Headless Thompson Gunner” (10th March 2009)
FOTS-POD#14 “Robson The Headless Thompson Gunner” follows the tried and tested Music + Swearing formula that has proven so successful in previous broadcasts. So successful has this been in fact that interweb subscribers to this rubbish now number more than 20..Who are you people? Seriously. Maybe you’d like to get in touch and ask Executive Producer Robson a question? Email info@friendsofthestars.co.uk with what’s on your mind.
This episode features music from Percy Sledge, The Beach Boys and Frank Sinatra whilst the boys disucss The Movies Of Stephen Seagal, Front Row on BBC Radio 4, Podcasting in the Nude and Whether of not the CIA listen to FOTS-POD.
Listen
“Drifting Texas Sand” - Webb Pierce
“Keep and Open Mind” - Captain
“Back in Black” - EC/PC
“It Tears Me Up” - Percy Sledge
“Good Timin’” - The Beach Boys
“I Would Be In Love (Anyway)” - Frank Sinatra
“Step into Christmas” - Elton John
FOTS-POD13 - “Robson Galore!” (23rd Febuary 2009)
Episode 13 of the Friends of the Stars Podcast is an accidental Burns Night Special. As well as laying down the plans for 2009 at the allotment, Executive Producer Robson and Craig discuss The Myth of The Deep-Fried Mars Bar, How Hard It Is To Dig A Grave and Whether Or Not You Can Eat Heroin. As usual the idle talk features an occasional outburst of very choice language and comes packaged with a selection of fine tunes, new and old, including a fantastic New Order cover by Laura Cantrell.
Listen:
She & Him - “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here”
Starland Vocal Band - “Afternoon Delight”
Laura Cantrell - “Love Vigilantes”
Merle Travis - “Fat Gal”
Jorge Ben- “Ponta De Lança Africana (Umbabaraumba)”
PJ Harvey - “When Under Ether”
Bruce Springsteen - “The Wrestler”
FOTS-POD12 - “The Robson of the Sierra Madre” (12th Febuary 2009)
“The Robson of the Sierra Madre” finds Executive Producer Robson and Craig hitting their stride early doors and already 2 beers down. Punctuating a selection of fine tunes from the likes of AC/DC, Dolly Parton and Glen Campbell the conversation veers violently between subjects including The Crisis in English Cricket, The Futility of Novelty Socks as a Personality Statement and, controversially, What To Have For Pudding.
Listen
“Here You Come Again” - Dolly Parton
“Rock n Roll Train” - AC/DC
“Cover Me” - Eddie Hinton
“Sweet Jesus” - James Yorkston and The Athletes
“Shores of White Sand” - Emmylou Harris
“Cry Baby” - Garnett Mimms
“Sing” - Glen Campbell
“I’m Walkin’” Fats Domino
FOTS-POD11 - “The Parallax Robson” (5th Febuary 2009)
Clocking in at 35 minutes and 12 seconds, Episode 11 finds a reasonably lubricated Executive Producer Robson and Craig discussing Wax Cylinder Recording Devices, The Nocturnal Habits Of Chris Martin and, without any apparent irony, The Meaning and Consequences of Libel. As usual, the podcast contains a smattering of industrial language and a selection of fine tunes, including a hat tip to the recently late Ron Asheton.
Listen
“Carry Bag Man” - The Fall
“No Fun” - The Stooges
“Summer Side of Life” - Gordon Lightfoot
“Desperados Under The Eaves” - Warren Zevon
“You’ll See Glimpses” - Ian Dury and The Blockheads
FOTS-POD10 - “The Green, Green Grass of Robson” (January 21st 2009)
Episode 10 is a more sedate affair than previous releases. Executive Producer Robson and Craig are found here in a pensive, post-New Year mood and engage in discussions on subjects including Rock Climbing in Cornwall, How The Gulf Stream Keeps Britain Warm and Why The Beatles Aren’t in iTunes. Indeed, it’s not until the alcohol kicks in at around the 20 minute mark that the language and conversation hit their customary low point. As usual, then, mind the ears of sensitive young folk when playing this recording.
Listen
The Phantom Band - Throwing Bones
Ween - Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain
Mudcrutch - Scare Easy
Bruce Springsteen - Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bob Dylan - If Not For You
Bobby Darin - Not For Me
Richard Thompson- Nobody’s Wedding
The Toques - Blessed By The Stars
Robert Wyatt - Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road (Excerpt)
FOTS-POD9 - Episode 9 - “It’s a Ronderful Wobson” (27th December 2008)
Episode 9 of our Podcast sees Executive Producer Robson and Campbell reunited for the first time in a long time. Tune in and listen as they fondly reminisce times good and bad, and then cover the ears of nearby children as they bicker like schoolgirls who have drunk too much lager. Occasionally they can be heard to discuss actual subjects such as The Economy, Dog Allergies and The Official Secrets Act.
Listen
“Hot Stuff” - The Rolling Stones
“Trudi’s Song” - Mott The Hoople
“Public Execution” - Mouse & The Traps
“Run of the Mill” - George Harrison
“Billy Budd” - Morrissey
“I’m The Slime” - Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
“You Got It” - Roy Orbison
“Short Stopping” - Veda Brown
“You Make Me Feel Like Someone” - PJ Proby
FOTS-POD8 - Episode 8 - “The Robson Who Wasn’t There” (12th December 2008)
This hour-long mix contains only music and the choice of sounds was inspired by the winter months (and the bleeding interminable Christmas period). As such our listeners will notice there is no audio footage of Executive Producer Robson and members of the band swearing and bickering in this cast. Fear not, for normal service will be resumed in FOTS-POD#9.
Listen
1: I Could Be So Good To You - Don & The Goodtimes
2: High On A Mountain Top - Loretta Lynn
3: Lo, How A Rose Ere Blooming - Fiest
4: Alberta, No 1 - Bob Dylan
5: Devil Was In My Yard - The Sleepy Jackson
6: The Poacher - Ronnie Lane
7: Hilli (At The Top Of The World) - Amiina featuring Lee Hazlewood
8: Show Me - Dexys Midnight Runners
9: Christmas Eve - Teenage Fanclub
10: To Whom It May Concern - Rodriguez
11: I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind - Bobby Womack
12: Withered & Died - Richard & Linda Thompson
13: Backstreet Girl - Lampchop
14: No-one Knows My Name - Gillian Welch
15: Christmas In Jail - The Youngsters
16: Moon Song - Emmylou Harris
17: Please, Daddy, Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas - John Denver
18: Holiday For Strings - The Voices of Walter Schumann
19: The End Of The Line - Travelling Wilburys
FOTS-POD7 - Episode 7 - “The Cook, The Dude, The Robson and his Dinner”
Peppering a selection of fantastic tunes, FOTS-POD#7 sees Executive Producer Robson and Craig discuss the relative merits of Golf versus Running, what constitutes a good Toad in the Hole and whether or not Dogs really can say “Sausages”. The podcast also sees the first airing of a new FOTS-POD feature called “Ask Robson”…….
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FOTS-POD6- Episode 6 - “Let Them Eat Robson”
Recorded on a weird and almost tragic day for the boys and girls of Friends of the Stars, herein Executive Producer Robson and Campbell discuss The Thomas Crown Affair and Closing The Door When You Pee. Later on in the evening when this podcast was recorded, Campbell was stabbed by vicious street hoodies. Eeek!
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FOTS-POD5 - Episode 5 - “Run, Robson, Run”
To be honest this one is a bit rubbish. Executive Producer Robson and Craig spent their valuable recording time embroiled in a ‘discussion’ that proved to be as useless and boring as it was circular. We cobbled together what we could from the scraps.
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FOTS-POD4 - Episode 4 - “From Robson To Eternity”
Does excess drinking lead to reasoned opinions on anything, anything at all? Find out as the question is posed in the direction of The Merits of Public Art. There are also visits to Liverpool and the beach.
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FOTS-POD - Episode 3 - “Brain Pop Robson”
Imagine if the United Nations was a two-man operation fuelled by historical ignorance and a really, really good jukebox. Then imagine that it set about charting the high-watermark achievements of mankind using only a microphone, bickering and cans of lager…
Welcome, then, to Episode 3 of the FOTS-POD…featuring music from Willy Mason, Bob Dylan and many more (and the theme tune from Supergran).
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FOTS-POD - Episode 2 - “Robson, West Virginia”
Robson and Campbell take time off from preparations for the Friends of the Stars album launch party to consider America, the Timeline of World History and, somewhat eerily, the rise of yob culture. Featuring music from Paul Simon, Johnny Cash and many more…
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FOTS-POD - Episode 1 - “Robson & St Jerome”
Robson takes a break from Executive Producing to engage in some night-time drunken fisticuffs and verbal sparring with Youths. Featuring music from Tom Petty and Neil Young
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