by The OAPs | Nov 26, 2021 | Podcast
In Culture Catch Up this episode: the songs of Scottish singer/songwriter Jackie Leven, a tip for the Christmas number one (it’s not Adele), recommendations for The Dig, and TV series Ted Lasso and Criminal: UK, plus a brief review of American Dirt, by Janine...
by The OAPs | Nov 10, 2021 | Podcast
We review rock climbing documentaries The Dawn Wall and Free Solo, Icelandic noir series Trapped, books on the Beatles, a Paul McCartney podcast, the Last Night in Soho film, and trail a book and a film about Pogues singer Shane MacGowan. We talk about our favourite...
by The OAPs | Oct 29, 2021 | Podcast
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse.. all superstars, all members of the “27 Club”. Are talented musicians really more likely to die aged 27? We examine this thorny subject, and put forward some more names for...
by The OAPs | Oct 15, 2021 | Podcast
The difficult second episode! In this Television Special, we introduce ourselves properly, and we are “whelmed” by an encouraging response to our trailer. We comment on things that caught our eye since Episode 1 of the podcast and talk at length about the...
by The OAPs | Oct 3, 2021 | Podcast
In which we introduce ourselves and the podcast. It gets better after this, we promise!
