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A monthly podcast in which Robin Allender talks to writers, musicians and performers about their work and inspirations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 25: Anwen Crawford (opens the original)
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This month on The Allender Calendar I'm talking to the writer and visual artist Anwen Crawford. I met Anwen when she guested on The Clientele Podcast a few years ago and we stayed in touch. Anwen has such a precise and vivid way of writing, mixing personal biography with critical analysis. Her latest book, Morvern Callar, published by Fireflies Press, is about the 2002 film Morvern Callar, Lynne Ramsay's second feature film, which stars Samantha Morton. The film is based on the 1995 novel Morver
Episode 24: Simon Reynolds (opens the original)
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This month on The Allender Calendar I'm delighted to be joined by the music journalist Simon Reynolds to discuss his new book Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994. Simon has previously written about music's obsession with the past (Retromania) and the future (Futuromania), as well as publishing acclaimed volumes on post-punk (the essential Rip it Up), glam rock and rave. Still in a Dream is different from Simon's other books in some ways because it's less a
Episode 23 (Part 2): Cass McCombs's Wit's End with William Doyle (opens the original)
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In part two of my interview with William Doyle about Cass McCombs's Wit's End, we go through the album song-by-song. We even get the guitars out to play along. If you want to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/robinallender Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 23 (Part 1): Cass McCombs's Wit's End with William Doyle (opens the original)
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This month on The Allender Calendar, it's a two-part special as I (Robin Allender) talk to the musician William Doyle about Cass McCombs's beautifully morbid 2011 album, Wit's End. In the first part, we discuss Cass's extraordinary lyrics, what makes him such a unique (and underrated) songwrite, and where we were when we first heard the album. Interview with Cass McCombs from around the time of Wit's End: https://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/cass-mccombs-scorpio-rising Also in The Fader, this is
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