Detritus

John Loveless & Jack Savidge

John Loveless and Jack Savidge revisit, dissect and occasionally suffer through the more inexplicable ephemera in pop culture history.

Episodes

  1. Sep 28

    I Don't Get No Respect! - The Sopranos Video Game, Whatever Happened There...

    Widely regarded as the greatest television show of all time, The Sopranos premiered in 1999, changing the landscape of popular culture with its ambitious, uncompromising portrayal of modern American life in a state of malaise. The Sopranos: Road To Respect was released in 2006 and changed the ambitions of spin-off video games with its similarly uncompromising portrayal of punching people in the head, aimlessly walking around an empty strip club and occasionally being visited by the ghost of a wiseguy. Sopranos devotee John and Sopranos casual Jack wake up this morning to visit recreations of iconic Sopranos spots like the Bing, Satriale's, and of course, Deano Buscetta's porn studio, testing that sweet, psychologically complex mob life for themselves, desperately attempting to spot any trace of approval on Tony Soprano's flat, depressed and pixelated face. It's going to be tough to win over this crew, all voiced by the original cast! Here, Christopher Moltisantia is a made man, and now you must make him a sandwich. Or at least fetch one to his liking. For reference, this game sells for around 70 euros on Ebay, and there's still a few months until GTA VI.... How did a spin-off of this drabness slip through creator David Chase's notoriously firm grip of quality control? Is it actually cool to just fast-forward through all of the scenes of Tony sitting in therapy with Dr. Melfi, when you could just be making your own fun by bashing someone's head against a sink? Could Quasimodo have predicted this? Detritus finally gets to grips with a weird juncture in the legacy of this familiar pop cultural juggernaut, settling things with a sit-down to quote bits from the show, as well as The Simpsons and The Office. Truly, this one's for the fellas... Stupid-a f*****g game! Plus, scene reports from Ed Sheeran's US tour, and the cold, hard concrete of Berlin's cycle lanes.

    I Don't Get No Respect! - The Sopranos Video Game, Whatever Happened There...

  2. Sep 15

    Wittgenstein Does Facebook: Revisiting ‘The Dress’, 2015’s Perception Sensation

    Calling all fashionistas, gussy yourselves up for possibly the most fabulous episode of Detritus yet! John and Jack transport back to 2015 to revisit the impact of…. The Dress. Discovered on the racks of an outlet mall in the North West of England, then finding global infamy via Tumblr, Facebook and Buzzfeed, no evening wear has made such an impact on the culture since Marge’s candy-pink Chanel suit hit the Springfield Country Club. But is it blue and black, or white and gold? Or some other variant that certain people (Lady Gaga) claim to see, presumably for attention? A relic from back when divisions on the internet didn’t lead to the undoing of democracy, the Detritus lads test their very own eyes on this nostalgic item, as well as their ears, discovering more about themselves, and the world, through viral sonic illusions. You’ll laugh, you’ll sigh with nostalgia, you’ll want to hit up your family Whatsapp group to see if anyone’s opinion on this has changed. It’s fun, it’s breezy, it’s Detritus! Plus, scene reports and analysis from the rise of the far-right in Germany.

    Wittgenstein Does Facebook: Revisiting ‘The Dress’, 2015’s Perception Sensation

  3. Sep 7

    Pod’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) - Oasis’s ‘Be Here Now’ 29th Anniversary Spectacular

    E10 - Pod’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) - Oasis, Be Here Now & Magical Pies All around the world, you gotta spread the word… Because Detritus has reached a monumental TEN transmissions. If this podcast were a vintage prestige HBO television show, that landmark would usually signal a season finale. However, we all know podcasts have to LIVE FOREVER, so instead we’re treating ourselves to a lengthy dissection of Oasis’s legendarily indulgent 1997 folly, ‘Be Here Now’; albeit still coming up shorter than the album itself, assuming you discount all the complete bollocks talked for the first twenty minutes or so. But boy, when those thirty-two layers of guitar overdubs kick in, do we have some, er, different bollocks to chat. How did a group of men so consistently opposed to experimentation write and record something this gruelling at the very peak of their powers? Why did Noel think it was a good idea to follow up the likes of ‘Cast No Shadow’ and ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ by singing riddles about shoes and gnomically quoting Tony Blair? Why is Johnny Depp playing slide guitar on this thing? The answer to all of these questions is cocaine, obviously. But on the twenty-ninth anniversary of this singular release, John and Jack turn up a year early, or perhaps four late, to ask; Does ‘Be Here Now’ communicate more than initially meets the eye…? Or, as Freud might have concluded, is a bunch of crazy crap in a swimming pool sometimes just a bunch of crazy crap in a swimming pool? As you were, JL/JS x. Plus, scene reports from humanity’s cruel disrespect for the beauty and culture that surrounds us.

    Pod’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) - Oasis’s ‘Be Here Now’ 29th Anniversary Spectacular

  4. Aug 26

    Cinematic Jive Turkeys - Royalty-Free Adventures In The Extended Oziverse

    There's no pod like home, there's no pod like home... John and Jack tap their heels together to explore the century-long fallout from one of the world's most recognizable pop-culture artifacts, The Wizard of Oz; a film so significant that one of your hosts can apparently recount the entire plot without having ever seen it. But don't worry, that's not the whole episode! Finding extensively studied yet genuine horror in 1985's unremittingly bleak Disney spin-off 'Return To Oz', and at least slightly more fun in 1978's NYfuckinC African-American reimagining 'The Wiz', the margins of the Oziverse provide greater pleasure. For example, just what can we learn about the modern corporate nineties workplace from Dorothy's adventures over the rainbow? Can rumours of a Munchkin suicide cover-up be substantiated with the latest technology, or has the post-truth era reignited them? What do VeggieTales, Tom & Jerry, and The Muppets all have in common? Aside from being for children and adults who need a better excuse. That's right, they're all chewing a strip from this public domain IP, and now we're getting our own taste. Finally, a podcast with brains, heart and courage!

    Cinematic Jive Turkeys - Royalty-Free Adventures In The Extended Oziverse

  5. Aug 18

    Demand Accountability For Party Rocking - We Are Your Friends, Avicii & The EDM 2010s

    Detritus reaches the inglorious finale of what some (us) are calling The Summer of Love trilogy. After the deeply British, hazy rave memories of Fatboy on the beach and a wide-eyed Keith Allen emerging from an MRI tube, we're turning back the party clock a decade, sailing across the Atlantic to sniff the already past-it chemtrails of ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC. Or EDM, as they call it. Was this really the most significant countercultural youth movement in America since Grunge? Or was it really a load of old shit? John and Jack spend time with two films: 2015's 'We Are Your Friends', starring former High School Musical favourite Zac Efron as a chronically depressed mashup of AJ Soprano and Fred Again, then the altogether more sobering 'I Am Tim', celebrating the life of genre-pioneer, Avicii. Can the pod handle the level of emotional dissonance between drops this massive and events this tragic? Can you? Can us? There's only 'One' by Swedish House Mafia way to find out. Plus, scene reports from Friendly Fires Fanbase, William Orbit and Ricky Gervais's collapse into a big tray of catshit.

    Demand Accountability For Party Rocking - We Are Your Friends, Avicii & The EDM 2010s

  6. Jul 31

    Gary Economics - Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial

    Detritus’ inadvertent Summer of Love continues to unfold with a revisit of Drugs Live - The Ecstasy Trials, Channel 4’s CONTROVERSIAL 2012 study of the effects of MDMA on the human body and mind... With the legal support of the British government and top scienticians, witness a lovely lady priest, an SAS soldier, a Lib Dem secularist, Lionel Schriver, and Jack’s arch-nemesis, Keith Allen, each willingly lying down in an MRI tube, draining their brains of serotonin for science and your personal entertainment. With slightly less medical rigour, the Detritus Madheads get to grips with ecstasy nation, then and now, as well as revisiting some of their own formative trips, blissin’ out and simply monologuing to household appliances, rather than on a weekly podcast. Will never forget those nites… Wherever you are now, luv u m8!! x Plus, scene reports from Mark Twain and Toy Story 5.

    Gary Economics - Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial

  7. Jul 24

    A Midsummer Night’s Bants - Fatboy Slim’s Big Beach Boutique II

    John and Jack return from their summer break, tanned and thriving, only to take a trip to the beach. Which beach? Brighton Beach, for Fatboy Slim’s Big Beach Boutique II. The good news? You’re invited! The bad news? So is everybody else, and there are already 250,000 people in the mix, all of them gurning, pissing in the sea and singing along to The Sexiest Man In Jamaica. With a quarter century’s worth of distance, Detritus revisits the free party to end all free parties, as Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, aka Quentin Leo Cook, aka DJ Quentox, aka Cheeky Boy, brings chaos to his beloved Brighton seafront, utilising only the biggest of Big Beats. Closely studying the primary sources of Channel 4’s frenetically edited 2002 live footage, as well as the 2023 documentary ‘Right Here, Right Now’, alongside a backlog of misty-eyed Reddit memories, it’s clear that we’ve come a long way, baby (six episodes) Plus, vital scene reports from Hamburg’s Miniatur Wonderland and the Falklands.

    A Midsummer Night’s Bants - Fatboy Slim’s Big Beach Boutique II

  8. Jul 16

    You Did That

    The 'Detritus Boys' return from their summer break with a razzlin', dazzlin' fifth episode at Jack's insistence, leading John to the West End, Broadway, Tokyo, Hamburg, and your home VHS collection to discuss Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbusting, standard-bearing mega-musical hit, CATS. Recorded weeks before Lord Lloyd Webber raised the muthafuckin' alarm for the future of musical theatre, having witnessed his recent CATS reboot be mercilessly put down, we consider the legacy of the Rum Tum Tugger, Old Deutoronomy, Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer, Munkustrap, Grizabella, Bustopher Jones and especially, Mr. Mistoffelees. They thought he was on the roof... but he was asleep in the hall! Equally yet unevenly focused on as the disastrous 2019 cinematic adaptation (19% on Rotten Tomatoes), as well as the 1998 live recording (20% on Rotten Tomatoes) we investigate just why something this bloody successful is also well within our Detritus remit, probably. Which cat do we think should ascend to the Heavyside Layer, aside from the one who clearly will? What would T.S. Elliot have made of this? Was he fatphobic? Have you ever been to a brass rubbing workshop, as we have? Also on the agenda: What is a Backroom? Has the World Cup rendered John gay? That’s right, Detritus is back, and it’s still the podcast that’s asking ALL the right questions.

    You Did That

  9. Jun 25

    Thanks Very Much, Sepp Blatter!

    In defiance of the escalating allegations that the Detritus podcast is “too niche” or even, “too masculine” (?!!?) John and Jack succumb to World Cup fever while they still can, tackling England’s rich, often irritating history of pop singles in support of Our Brave Lions. Featuring appearances from legends adjacent to the game including Ant & Dec, Dizzee & Corden, Bell & Spurling and the Spice Girls & Echo & The Bunnymen & Ocean Colour Scene & Space & Johnny Marr, and er, Keith Allen. This is a bumper-sized summer special, clocking in at 90 minutes, plus hydration breaks! ;-) ;-) Real footeh fans will know!

    Thanks Very Much, Sepp Blatter!

  10. Jun 19

    Love Them Hoe's

    EPISODE 3 - LOVE THEM HOE’S The course of young love never did run smooth. In 2003, the burgeoning romantic relationship between Eamon Doyle and Nicole Francine Aiello came to a sudden end, leaving the streets of Staten Island agog with grief and gossip for at least an hour. Less than a year later, whispers of this tragedy had found momentum back in Europe, stubbornly occupying the Top Of The Pop charts for weeks and weeks on end… Following their initial, unmistakeably British transmissions, John and Jack wade across the pond to investigate the 2004 call-and-response scandal of Eamon’s ‘F—k It (I Don’t Want You Back)’, as well as Frankie’s ‘F.U.R.B. (F—k U Right Back)’. An international phenomenon, collectively selling around 750,000 singles in the UK alone, yet never heard of again, this warring pair represent some true Detritus, sifted through on your behalf. What shocking conditions of cultural deprivation lead to this dark spell on pop music? Did Eamon shoot his musical load too soon and spoil the launch of his own ‘ho-wop’ concept? Did Frankee even know Eamon? Is there any conceivable way that one can transcend the label of hoe? Should farmers’ fields be renationalised and donated to sex workers? These are just some of the questions thrown up by this week’s subjects, and their double-barrelled blast of nihilism for eight-year-olds. Can we shock you? This episode contains some strong language! Detritus is available to stream, download, like and subscribe now, wherever you listen to podcasts. Additional editing and production support by Gramrcy.

    Love Them Hoe's

  11. Jun 11

    Nothing On The TV, Nothing On The Radio

    John and Jack mark a significant milestone for the Detritus podcast - a second episode - by traveling back to an early peak of their individual and collective powers, the year 2007. At the advent of the smartphone, in the hinterland between the old and new internet, Detritus dives into what’s left archived from BBC Switch - the public broadcaster’s well-meaning, ham-fisted attempt to reach out to the yoof of the day. Here, they’re reintroduced to the archetypes of the era - Hoodie! Plastic! Nu Raver! Drama Teen(?!) - concluding with a deeper dive into the philosophy of ‘Indeh Amy’, as well as the early viral outrage generated by her brogues, Victoriana hairstyle, and penchant for a 12-pound pizza. Inevitably, this simply serves as a portal back to one of the era’s true dreamers, Razorlight heartthrob Jonny Borrell, as well as a list of bands who may or may not be Landfill Indeh… As collated by the former drummer of Friendly Fires. Got a problem with that? Then send a letter in a stamped envelope to PO Box REALMUSIC.

    Nothing On The TV, Nothing On The Radio

  12. Jun 3

    Mr. Brown's Jersey Boys

    For the debut episode of Detritus, John and Jack lock and load their podcast pistols and take aim for Autumn 2003, in order to witness the country’s leading stoic showman and positive mentalist, Derren Brown, leave a bullet hole in television history with his craziest stunt yet! It’s ‘Derren Brown: Russian Roulette’. Forget the sinister fake fan networks, bot accounts and ‘visibility’ of today’s rising stars. Brown was determined to win over his public the old-fashioned way - by threatening to shoot himself in the f*****g head on television. It’s the highest of stakes, and only a quietly baffled, professional graphic designer and spaniel enthusiast can save him… Did he survive? Did we? Will you? Let us razzle and dazzle your ears with a self-supervised dive into stitched Union Jack shirts, live tiger maulings and Channel Island gun laws. John recounts his own, chronically hungover encounter with Derren, ahead of one of his arguably less successful psychic experiments. Meanwhile, Jack delivers some earth-shaking, heartbreaking personal news to the international Friendly Fires fanbase. Detritus is available now via Apple, Spotify, Youtube, Patreon and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Additional editing and graphics from Gramrcy.

    Mr. Brown's Jersey Boys
  • 12 Episodes

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About

John Loveless and Jack Savidge revisit, dissect and occasionally suffer through the more inexplicable ephemera in pop culture history.

Information

  • Creator
    John Loveless & Jack Savidge
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Detritus, 2026.
  • Show Website
    Detritus

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