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FOTS-POD#22 – “Robson Man 2″ 0

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

Listen:

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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

Published:: January 20, 2010 – 7:40 am
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FOTS-POD#21 – “A Robson In Winter” 0

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

Published:: January 6, 2010 – 12:11 pm
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Hark! The Herald…A Jailbird Sings 2

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

Published:: December 21, 2009 – 7:00 pm
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FOTS-POD#20 – “The Amityville Robson” 0

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

Published:: November 15, 2009 – 11:53 am
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A Full Squad Treading The Boards 0

Just a gentle reminder that tomorrow, 6th November, Friends of the Stars will be treading the boards once again, playing as a full band for the first time in a wee while in support of rising folk star Beth Jeans Houghton.

Details…

Beth Jeans Houghton with support from Friends of the Stars and Banksa

Friday 6th November
The Hare And Hounds
106 High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7JZ
Doors Open 8pm
Admission £5.00

Here’s… Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Live,Promotion

Tagged: Banksa, Beth Jeans Houghton, Birmingham, Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath, Live, Moseley Folk Festival, Music, The Lunar Society

Published:: November 5, 2009 – 7:48 am
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FOTS: Now available in Cartoon-Flavour 1

After recently discovering the joys of Xtranormal, Friends of the Stars will now occasionally be communicating via the medium of cartoon. Here is Episode 1, which finds Craig housesitting for Elton John when he gets an unexpected visit from Executive Producer Robson, with hilarious conseq…..well, he gets a visit.

Warning: Contains swearing.

Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Promotion

Tagged: Elton John, The Feeling, The Gossip, The Klaxons, xtranormal

Published:: October 16, 2009 – 3:25 pm
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A Date With Beth Jeans Houghton 1

Friends of the Stars will be supporting rising folk star Beth Jeans Houghton at the Hare & Hounds, Birmingham on Friday November 6th. The line-up is completed by Banksa, and doors open at 8pm.

See you there.

From the Lunar Society site….

Come November we’re back once again at The Hare And Hounds after our brief diversion in October.

This month once again we bring you 3 fine acts. Beth Jeans Haughton, Friends of The Stars and Banksa.

Beth Jeans Houghton was born in Transylvania to a pack of albino wolves who raised her on chewing tobacco… Read the rest

Categories: Birmingham,Live,Music,Promotion

Tagged: Beth Jeans Houghton, Birmingham, Hare & Hounds, Live, Lunar Society

Published:: September 17, 2009 – 2:13 pm
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FOTS-POD#19 – “The No-Robson Club: Part 2″ 0

Apologies for the delay in posting the second part of this special two-part podcast. Things are busy at this end . You know how it is.

Always true to our word, “The No-Robson Club Part 2″ features a very special guest, so take a wild guess who that might be.

This episode features music from Ry Cooder, Teenage Fanclub, Linda Thompson and others. As usual, there is some effing and jeffing. Enjoy.

Listen:

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TRACKLISTING

I’ll Have to Let Him Go – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Folk Song Oblivion – The Phantom Band
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Categories: Collaboration,Music,podcast,Promotion

Tagged: Astrid, Dinosaur Jnr, Free music, Linda Thompson, Martha Reeves, mp3, podcast, Ry Cooder, Teenage Fanclub, The Phantom Band, Trashcan Sinatras

Published:: August 18, 2009 – 1:21 pm
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FOTS-POD#18 – “The No-Robson Club: Part 1″ 0

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.

Wait….come back.

Containing tunes by David Bowie, Magnetic Fields, Kevin Ayers and Elvis Costello, “The No-Robson Club” finds Friends of the Stars members Campbell and Craig spending the afternoon idly considering exactly how many copies of their next album the band need to sell in order for all 5 members to live high on the hog. They also discuss the difficulties of having family and… Read the rest

Categories: Apropos of Nowt,Music,podcast,Promotion,The 2nd Album

Tagged: Brad Pitt, Commercially Inviable Records, David Bowie, Eddie Floyd, Edward Norton, Elvis Costello, Fight Club, Free music, Friends of the Stars, Geoff Mauldur, Glasgow, Heavenly, Jackson Browne, Joe Pye and The Weeds, Kevin Ayers, Magnetic Fields, mp3, podcast

Published:: July 20, 2009 – 6:03 pm
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FOTS-POD#17 – “Things To Do In Denver When You’re Robson” 0

Apologies for the posting haitus these last few weeks, Friends of the Stars have been in the studio recording their 2nd LP, “Faiths Meat Kiosk”, and there will be more on that soon…

Here is 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… Read the rest

Categories: Collaboration,Internet Doohickeys,Music,podcast,Promotion

Tagged: Andy Garcia, Dave Lee Travis, Dennis Wilson, Denver, Dexy Midnight Runners, Snoop, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Submarines, The Beastie Boys, The Bee Gees, The Jackson 5, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead

Published:: June 5, 2009 – 9:39 pm
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