Week 42 - Tigermilk by Belle and Sebastian
Guest –Sarah SumerayWho’s Sarah Sumeray when she’s at home?I should probably put my profession here which is comedy writer and VoiceOver but the truth is, when I’m at home I’m pretty much just an avid...
View ArticleWeek 43 - Electric Warrior by T-Rex
Guest Listener –Moose AllainWho’s Moose Allain when he’s at home?Moose is an artist, writer, cartoonist and prolific tweeter. He lives and works in Devon, England. Moose has an architectural...
View ArticleWeek 44 - The Velvet Underground and Nico by The Velvet Undergound
Guest Listener - Danny FinkelsteinWho’s Danny Finkelstein when he’s at home?I am an overweight Jew from Pinner. I write columns for the Times.Danny’s Top 3 albums ever?Revolver by The BeatlesStill...
View ArticleWeek 45 - Sign of the Times by Prince
Guest Listener - Stephanie BolandWho’s Stephanie Boland when she’s at home?A writer on twentieth century literature and various other things, as well as the woman who makes the iPad version of the New...
View ArticleWeek 46 - Madonna by Madonna
Guest Listener - Ian RankinWho’s Ian Rankin when he’s at home?Ian Rankin writes the Inspector Rebus novels. He says they are international bestsellers, which may explain how he manages to spend so...
View ArticleWeek 47 - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Guest Listener - HrtbpsWho’s Hrtbps when he’s at home?Internet nobody.Hrtbps’ Top 3 albums ever?Not necessarily my favourite albums, but these are three albums which (a) in some way shaped subsequent...
View ArticleWeek 48 - Almost Killed Me by The Hold Steady
Guest Listener - Jim WatersonWho’s Jim when he’s at home?I cover politics for BuzzFeed, which is probably the best job in the world for someone who likes the internet and politics.Jim’s Top 3 albums...
View ArticleWeek 49 - Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ by Bruce Springsteen
Guest Listener - Tracey ThornWho’s Tracey Thorn when she’s at home?Singer, songwriter. Have also written two books, Bedsit Disco Queen and Naked at the Albert Hall. Write a column in the New...
View ArticleWeek 50 - Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
Guest Listener - Samuel WestWho’s Samuel West when he’s at home?He’s an actor and sometimes a director. He’s played Hamlet and Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jeffrey Skilling in Enron in...
View ArticleWeek 51 - Ram by Paul McCartney
Guest listener - Martin CarrWho’s Martin Carr when he’s at home?Daydreamer. Writes songs but has still to write a really good one, tick tock tick tock. Martin’s Top 3 albums ever?Gza - Liquid SwordsThe...
View ArticleWhat David Bowie meant to me
1947 - 2016Some stories are best kept personal.When I was 10 my mum moved The Fitzgerald Family from the adventurous and lively Catford to the quaint and conservative Beckenham. The contrast couldn’t...
View ArticleWeek 52 - Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
Guest listener - Daniel MaierWho’s Daniel when he’s at home?I’m a comedy writer who spent ten years watching the telly for Harry Hill’s TV Burp. More recently I’ve written things with Charlie Brooker,...
View ArticleWeek 53 - Forever Changes by Love
Guest Listener - Desi Jedeikin Who’s Desi when she’s at home?I’m a writer, living in L.A. and working on several projects that’ll probably never be made. I have lots more ideas for things that’ll...
View ArticleWeek 54 - Rum, Sodomy and The Lash by The Pogues
Guest Listener – Linda GrantWho’s Linda when she’s at home?I’m a novelist and sometimes journalist. I won the Orange Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker. I also wrote this and if you disagree with...
View ArticleWeek 55 - Parallel Lines by Blondie
Guest listener - Josie RourkeWho’s Josie when she’s at home?I’m the Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden. My production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” is just getting to the end of...
View ArticleWeek 56 - Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
Guest listener - Robin InceWho’s Robin Ince when he’s at home?I present a Radio 4 science show w/ Brian Cox (“sexy face of particle physics” tm) called the Infinite Monkey Cage, write and present...
View ArticleWeek 57 - Harvest by Neil Young
Guest Listener - Brian Bilston Who’s Brian Bilston when he’s at home?I write poetry but I (and others) would hesitate to call myself a poet. I have been sharing my verse on Twitter and Facebook for the...
View ArticleWeek 58 - Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Guest listener - Bonnie GreerWho’s Bonnie Greer when she’s at home?Bonnie Greer was born on the South Side of Chicago, the eldest of seven children .My late dad was a young GI here in Britain for the D...
View ArticleWeek 59 - Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) by The Wu Tang Clan
Guest listener - David AaronovitchWho’s David Aaronovitch when he’s at home?David is a columnist at The Times newspaper, a broadcaster and the author of three books, the most recent of which – Party...
View ArticleWeek 60 - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
Guest Listener - Stewart LeeWho’s Stewart Lee when he’s at home?I am 48 in April. I was adopted into a nice family as a small child, and benefitted from a charity bung and part scholarship to a...
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