by The OAPs | Sep 2, 2023 | Podcast
In between brief rants about dentists, deodorant and lottery tickets, we get on with it. The Captain plugs the upcoming cinema reissue of one of the greatest concert films of all time. On TV, the NZ comedy drama Far North is proving to be a winner. ElTele is...
by The OAPs | Aug 25, 2023 | Podcast
In this episode we review the final four contenders from the Mercury Prize list: Loyle Carner, Olivia Dean, Jockstrap, and Young Fathers. Which do we think will win? The Captain plugs series two of an Alexei Sayle podcast, and listens to an informative interview with...
by The OAPs | Aug 19, 2023 | Podcast
We put four more Mercury Prize contenders to the test: Jessie Ware, Arctic Monkeys, Shygirl, and RAYE. The Women’s World Cup is a tremendous success – it must be if it can get New Zealanders to discuss “soccer”. We talk about the Lionesses...
by The OAPs | Aug 6, 2023 | Podcast
In which we commence our review of the Mercury Music Prize contenders, with comments about four albums from that list, plus more musings on how musicians actually make money, and a review of a gig by Jen Cloher. ElTele has reckons about the new Blur album, and listens...
by The OAPs | Jul 29, 2023 | Podcast
It’s Mercury Prize time again! It doesn’t seem ten minutes since we talked about the last competition. We review two documentaries (on Wham, and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior) and we polish off a book each. Tune in to find out about our good reads. We...
