The Queen’s mounted Emerson, Lake and Palmer makes me laugh every time. Apologies. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/world-at-p-war.mp3Door native

You know fearless investigative reporter and actor Ross Kemp? On Gangs? Do you know that show? also Ross Kemp In The Bloody Warzone? And Ross Kemp Meets Raoul Moat? Him? That Ross Kemp? He featured famed Country music combo The Outlaws in one episode. He did! Listen. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/blaggers-country-2-ross-kemp-o…

We turned the brand into Jazz, Classical… and Country flavours. Here’s me making an irritating point about Frank Sinatra to Dave. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/blaggers-country-1-what-about-frank-sinatra.mp3 And here is an ‘advert’ for the Cowboy Association of America. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/blagg…

We head back to the seventies for this marvy piece of archive. The Inner Mounting Flame is certainly potent – use it wisely. From the Blagger’s Guide Series 1. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/mahavishnu-orchestra-advert-1971.mp3Door native

Part of the Blagger’s Guide to Political Pop is this gem, set on that hotbed of comedy, Robben Island. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/nelson-mandela.mp3 And from the same episode, here is our audio engineer doing a very accurate turn as Jarvis Cocker. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/jarvis-on-mastermind.mp3…

Nothing more than just David Quantick in our stairwell reading his bit of the script, then Lewis MacLeod transforming himself into Early John Lydon. With Lewis, you can tune the age of the voice up and down, like you would a radio. He’s too weird. Anyway: Here’s Johnny. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/little-johnny-rotten.mp3…

Remember when no-one really knew if Meg and Jack White from the White Stripes were really married or brother and sister or what? The mystique! https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/white-stripes-on-jerry-springer.mp3Door native

My favourite part of this is the sound design. This is from a Blagger’s about the music of Los Angeles, and specifically The Doors, of whom David Quantick is not a huge fan. Here’s Dave’s line in: DAVID [Hello, I Love You] Was essentially a flouncy remake of All Day and All of The Night sung by a merrygoround. And fame went to Jim’s head. He wrote …

Do you know the film ‘Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance’ by Godfrey Reggio with a soundtrack by Phillip Glass? I really like it. You know, Koyaanisqatsi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi I wondered what that film would be like with a soundtrack by Status Quo. This is what it would sound like. https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2…

This was part of The Blagger’s Guide to.. Rock Opera. We’re in a Who rehearsal room, and Keith is more than happy running through a riff a couple of thousand times. But Pete wants more. He’s destined for bigger things. He’s got an idea… https://simonpooleradio.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/the-blaggers-guide-series-1-ep-6-the-whos-lifehouse.mp3 Also …