Episode 23 of the Friends of the Stars podcasts breaks new technological ground, being the first recorded entirely over Skype.
Campbell, Craig & Executive Producer Robson discuss a variety of topics, including Campbell’s brief stint as the Milk Tray Man and his dalliance with a make-up artist called Kindly. The boys then push the boundaries of Voice Over IP technology by trying (and failing) to make beer appear over the internet. There is also a lot of bickering and swearing.
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Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Music,podcast
Tagged: AC/DC, Alex Chilton, Ann Peebles, Beers Of Europe, Bobby Charles, Buddy Holly, Milk Tray, Randy Newman, She & Him, Skype, the fall
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- April 5, 2010 – 6:27 pm
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Here’s a fun video we came across. French band Hold Your Horses have borrowed heavily from several classic works of art for their “70 Million” video.
(and here’s the link for those reading the feed)
Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Music
Tagged: Hold Your Horses
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- March 27, 2010 – 1:06 pm
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From the marvellous ‘Intercourse With Biscuits’ blog. They say “Absolutely loving this Botswanan guitarist. The technique is really intriguing. Apparently, it’s common there to deliberately ditch two strings.”
Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Music
Tagged: Botswana, Guitar, Intercourse With Biscuits, Music
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- March 21, 2010 – 6:03 pm
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As tastemakers have now conclusively identified, getting all mawkish and puffy and snivelsome online over the death of a celebrity is no longer okay, OK?
I myself have long railed (at whom is another question) against the vapid pointlessness of Tweeting my big sad face or “Liking” that one of your school colleagues that you no longer speak to wrote “RIP Lenny Bennett, I remember your name from on the telly from when I was young” (I’ll check whether Lenny Bennett has actually died in a minute and consider deleting this or leaving it in for some ineffable comic… Read the rest
Categories: Music
Tagged: Alex Chilton, Big Star, Memphis, Palace Brothers, The Box Tops, The Raspberries
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- March 19, 2010 – 8:27 am
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- By Campbell
Episode 22 of the Friends of the Stars Podcast is now up on the internet. …Don’t all rush at once.
This hour-long episode, entitled “Robson Man 2″, finds Cam and Craig in blistering form as they discuss the various merits of iPhones, Spotify and SKY Sports before moving on to give an insight into the working processes of a band lumbering towards the completion of it’s 2nd LP. It’s nowhere near as dull as it sounds, honest.
FOTS-POD#22 – “Robson Man 2″ – DOWNLOAD MP3
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Categories: Collaboration,Music,podcast,Promotion
Tagged: Ian Brown, iPhone, LL Cool J, Mavis Staples, Mott The Hoople, Simon Wolstencroft, Sky Sports, spotify, Stately Homes of England, the fall, The Walker Brothers, Thin White Rope, Tom Petty, Trashcan Sinatras
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- January 20, 2010 – 7:40 am
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Friends of the Stars are late additions to the bill at the 2010 Meadowlands Festival in Lewes (which we believe is in Sussex), and takes place over the May Bank Holiday weekend of 29th and 30th. We’re not sure at the moment whether we will play on Saturday or Sunday, or indeed where on the bill, but we’ll post more details as and when we have them. In the meantime, here’s the festival poster.
Categories: Live,Music
Tagged: Meadowlands Festival
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- January 9, 2010 – 1:29 pm
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Happy New Year from Friends of the Stars. Here’s wishing you a safe, happy and prosperous 2010.
As for us, we hope to have a new record to tell you about shortly..watch this space. In the meantime, it’s time for another installment of our ever-popular Podcast. Somewhat amazingly, we’re now clocking in with Episode 21.
FOTS-POD#21 – “A Robson in Winter” – DOWNLOAD MP3
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Episode 21 finds Campbell and Craig tucking into a couple of afternoon beers during the recent… Read the rest
Categories: Music,podcast,Promotion
Tagged: Bobbie Gentry, David Coverdale, Genesis, George Harrison, Hindu Love Gods, IKEA, Kris Kristofferson, Noddy Holder, Oasis, Peter Gabriel, Prince Far I, Randy Newman, Slade, spotify, The Guillemots, The La's, Whitesnake
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- January 6, 2010 – 12:11 pm
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Here’s a Christmas treat for you from Friends of the Stars….
“Christmas Inside” by Barry Linnie & Friends of the Stars
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If Friends of the Stars were going to do a Christmas song, it just had to be about Yuletide in prison, right? The whole story of how “Christmas Inside” came about can be found on the Sunday Herald website but the potted version is as follows:
Writer, broadcaster and pal of FOTS, Graeme Virtue, asked the band to help him with a very scientific project… Read the rest
Categories: Collaboration,Music,Promotion
Tagged: BBC Radio Scotland, Christmas, Coldplay, Free, Graeme Virtue, iPod, Janice Forsyth, mp3, Music, Snow Patrol, The Sunday Herald
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- December 21, 2009 – 7:00 pm
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FOTS-POD Episode 20 is a bumper 1-hour special in which Executive Producer Robson and Craig embark on what sounds suspiciously like an ill-informed meander through local history. So, if you’ve ever found yourself wondering about the architecture and cultural history of certain areas of south Birmingham, and you also happen to like swearing, then this is the podcast you’ve been looking for.
As the name suggests, this is also the 20th podcast we’ve made and released out onto the internet. Thanks to everyone who has listened, subscribed and generally helped spread the word about these things. We hope you
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Categories: Birmingham,Music,podcast,Promotion
Tagged: Alicia Keys, Barry Goldberg, Birmingham, Birmingham Marathon, Bobby Newsome, Hush Arbors, Jack Morgan, Jay-Z, John Leyton, Levon Helm, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Noah and the Whale, Soul Children, Strichley, The Crawdaddys, The Triffids
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- November 15, 2009 – 11:53 am
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