Fifty Years of Fun Fifty Years of Fun

Yes, it's been a long while! Remember when fanzines would come out a year late? Well here we are.

If you've been wondering what happened, we have NOT retired. We just got held up on a few episodes and then took a break! While we get back on track, we're posting a Patreon-only episode, from a release on Joe Foster's Creation-adjacent Kaleidoscope Sound label.

In the future we plan on doing more non-Creation releases here and we're going to test out doing our regular releases out of order to keep things going smoothly.

As always, special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music.

It’s been a VERYYYYYYY long wait, but we swear this one is worth it. Your humbled hosts are back from the dead with our first repeat guest, with an incredibly fun interview, in what we believe to be our most entertaining episode! 



Links:

Destroys the Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhsnRWQqzY8

Toy Dolls video” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7tPikH0UA



Stuff we talk about:

A Witness

John Robb

Membranes

The Legend!

Jesus & Mary Chain

NME

Alan McGee

My Bloody Valentine

Byron Coley

Gerard Cosloy

Conflict Fanzine

Forced Exposure

Birthday Party

Ramones

Patrik Fitzgerald

X-Men

Maximum Rock n Roll

Red Guitars

Marimba Jive

Depeche Mode

New Model Army

Black Lace

Chameleons

The Dickies

Agadoo

Toy Dolls

B-52s

Cramps

Alive in the Living Room

Joe Foster

Three Johns

Mekons

The Smiths

Morrissey

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Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music.

** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **

It’s a huge one!! Maybe the first CLASSIC single on Creation, and boy are we excited about it. It’s worth the wait! Did you doubt us? I bet you did! Moves, technical problems, floods! Shit happens, as one says. At the end of the episode, you’ll hear how Pete Astor’s flat flooded and we had to put off the interview (but it’s mainly our fault!) And, we apologize but Matt’s mic is fucked up in the first segment. But we did it! 80s glam metal tragedies get coverage!

Links:

The Loft: All songs available on the recent Ghost Trains & Country Lanes compilation: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-loft-ghost-trains-country-lanes-studio-stage-and-sessions-1984-2015-2cd/

Richard Hell “Time”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toNDJOItyqg

Push with Seal and Oisin from The Weather Prophets “Traffic”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSN0TTvZSTE

Damp Jungle “Picture of a Girl”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_sehoQZots

Devon Irons & Doctor Alimantado “Vampire”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7gtK3LyLUE

Heidi Berry “Firefly”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-g1gwo_4OI

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Stuff that comes up:

Creation Records

Roky Erikson

Farmer’s Boys

Andrew Weatherall

The Jam

Eric Clapton

Biff Bang Pow!

Pacific

Heidi Berry

Oasis

Dave Morgan

Funkapolitan

The Canaries

DC Gore

The Attendant

Lou Reed

4AD

The Out Club

John F.C. Turner

Vivian Kubrick

Tom Verlaine

The Fuck Pigs

Alan Lomax

The Stooges

The Damned

Fleetwood Mac

Stevie Nicks

Hanoi Rocks

Lee Perry

Devon Irons

Doctor Alimantado

The Subterraneans

Nick Kent

Razzle

The Sex Pistols

The Clash

David Westlake

The Servants

Wild Summer, Wow!

The Living Room

The Beatles

Pop Group

Otis Redding

Curtis Mayfield

Scritti Politti

The Loft

Weather Prophets

Leonard Cohen

Go-Betweens

The Anal Dwarves

Push Featuring Seal

Orange Juice

Danny Kelly

Seal

Primal Scream

Bobby Gillespie

Alan McGee

Richard Hell

Television Personalities

Peter Astor

A-Ha

Joe Foster

Neo Boys

23 Skidoo

Rolling Stones “Aftermath”

Bob Dylan “Love and Theft”]

Stimulin

Galliano

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** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **

Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music.

** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **

Holy shit we are back once again. We have careers, ok?? It's our double issue! This ep we are trying MULTIPLE new things. We have someone chatting with us in the first half (Simon Down’s number is on the back of this single so we had to talk to him!), and THEN we have TWO band members at the same time which is a new one for us. This really got our podcast editing knuckles a-crackin’! This really is the ultimate ep for any Minks fans out there—we get DEEP and DIRTY into some seriously nerdy shit. You will love it. We are proud of this one and it’s seriously fun if you like the deep details.

Links:

Jasmine Minks “Where the Traffic Goes”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxG9I4hmrtw

Jasmine Minks “Mr. Magic”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoHv4meA0Bw

Jasmine Minks’ bandcamp: https://thejasmineminks.bandcamp.com/

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Stuff that comes up:

Alan McGee

Pink Label

Creation Records

The Jasmine Minks

Joe Foster

Television Personalities

That Petrol Emotion

June Brides

Phil Wilson

McCarthy

The Undertones

Dick Green

Patrik Fitzgerald

The Legend

Everett True

Laughing Apple

Biff! Bang! Pow!

Jesus & Mary Chain

Oasis

Primal Scream

Three Johns

The Mekons

The Nightingales

The Ramones

The Loft

Zarjaz

Tronics / Ziro Baby

Rough Trade

Link Wray

The Third Man

Orson Welles

Momus

El Records

Ed Down

Jah Wobble

Public Image Limited

The Byrds

We The People

The Buzzcocks

The Fall

The Jam

Jaco Pastorius

Japan

Beach Boys

The Doors

Felt

Bodines

House of Love

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** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **

Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music.

** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **

Back again!! We took a winter break, but we are back with a special tribute to the recently passed frontman of The Jazz Butcher. 

We start off talking about Scott’s history with the ‘Butcher, and then we chat with longtime Butcher supporter, David Barker.

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Links:

Link to Scott’s Jazz Butcher mix: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59744631Jazz Butcher website: http://jazzbutcher.com/

Jazz Butcher “Big Saturday”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVgd7oIHuEI

Jazz Butcher: “Southern Mark Smith” (single version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af3J3cBBn38

The 90s prank call every U.S. band member who toured in the 90s has heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAeqfk5m0Y8

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Stuff that comes up:

Jazz Butcher

John Cale

Elliot Sharp

Pacific

Lemon Kittens

Danielle Dax

The Tonix

Woodentops

Jacobites

NRBQ

Mekons

Rolo McGinty

John Cale

English Subtitles

Max Eider

Pat Fish

Cherry Red

Glass Records

Elliot Sharp

In Embrace

Bron Area

Rip Rig & Panic

Antena

Everything But the Girl

Bauhaus

Religious Overdose

David J

Kevin Ayers

Syd Barett

Velvet Underground

Lou Reed

John Rivers

Kevin Askins

Swell Maps

Felt

Alan McGee

Roadrunner

Jonathon Richman

Mark E. Smith

Brix Smith

The Fall

KLF

Camper Van Beethoven

Spacemen 3

Sisters of Mercy

Andrew Eldritch

Big Time Records

Go-Betweens

Alex Chilton

Redd Kross

Dream Syndicate

Love & Rockets

REM

Green On Red

Tom Waits

Paperhouse

Teenage Fanclub

The Pastels

Rain Parade

Oasis

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** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **

Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music.

** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **



We’re back with a bang! One of the absolute best early Creation singles gets a detailed excavation by your hosts. Matt goes to great lengths to not say “great.” Our guest guides us through the early Living Room days and tells us some recording tidbits. Don't slip up!

Links:

Songs:

BBP - “TMBABL”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IebtIg8UZ4

BBP - “TCEM”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFtQFv_Y8I

Rain Parade “Look Around”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMIyM6u0wA

Twelve Cubic Feet “Hello Howard”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtWih7mjLoA&t=38s

Jesse Garon “And if the Sky Should Fall”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N1jW_mqxcg

Pop Will Eat Itself “Mesmerised”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQCG8MOpO0A

Dave’s Tour Diary which links back to his Facebook page:

https://indiethroughthelookingglass.com/2020/09/26/creation-records-package-tour-europe-1984/

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Stuff that comes up:

Creation Records

Alan McGee

Jesus & Mary Chain

Joe Foster

Tony Fletcher

Jasmine Minks

Nightingales

Go-Betweens

Primal Scream

Pop Will Eat Itself

Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes

Biff Bang Pow

Twelve Cubic Feet

Pastels

My Bloody Valentine

Joe Foster

The Legend!

The Rain Parade

Paisley Underground

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** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **

Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music.