Modern Media Review | Patrolling the mediocracy

MMR #31: Nostalgia 2: Specials syndrome

Podcast: They’re all on tour, forever – and if they’re not, their tribute acts are. The Specials! The Sweet! Deep Purple! Midge fucking Ure, Cast, the Doors and the Dead! But why? And who are they? Who goes to see them, and do they have anal leakage? Robin and Sean revisit the era of the sticky floor. Contains bum notes.

MMR #30: Nostalgia 1: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Podcast: Why is Quentin Tarantino mooching around with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, recasting the dying days of the golden age of Hollywood? Was it so golden? Did it really last this long? Sean and Robin clench the fist of nostalgia. Contains shoes.

MMR #29: Dominic Cummings? WTF?

Podcast: Who is Dominic Cummings, t-shirted nerdboy swinging through Westminster on a lanyard, talking bollocks and getting everyone to go full Brexit and vote for Boris Johnson by any means necessary? Political heavyweights Sean and Robin wade through his emissions. Contains destruction in the pursuit of salvation.

Letter from America, part eleven: I went to camp with Jeffrey Epstein

15 Aug 2019 Ben Diamond

As a young boy, I went to camp with Jeffrey Epstein. I want to disclose that the Jeffrey Epstein I went to camp with, befriended, and shared a bunk bed with was not the same Jeffrey Epstein who committed suicide over this past weekend.

Lloyd Griffith and Joe from Can You Beat The Bookies? by Rowan Tallant

MMR #28: Can You Beat The Bookies?

11 Aug 2019 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: Is there a golden path to gambling glory? Well, maybe if you put in some hard work – or test the limits of the rules a bit. But you’re never that far from serious damage. Betting veterans Sean and Robin take a punt on the BBC documentary by Lloyd Griffith. Contains questionable advice.

Richard Littlejohn on Radio 2 on 1972: a gay old time

7 Aug 2019 Robin Gibson

You’d have to say it’s surprising Radio 2 has given Richard Littlejohn a show. It’s not the station for shock jocks, unless the shock is jocks boring their listeners to death or, worse, expiring on air themselves from boredom.

PUNK: John Lydon and Iggy Pop by Rowan Tallant

MMR #27: Has PUNK got middle-aged cred?

4 Aug 2019 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Punkcast. Yes! Now on Sky Arts you can see the reinflated Iggy Pop, John Lydon and all (some) of Britain’s Favourite Punk Stars wallow in a four-part seminar on PUNK in capital letters. What the hell was it all about? Revolution, evolution, or just swearing? Sean and Robin get ripped. Contains posh sofas.

MMR #26: Interview with Alexa, your household spy

20 Jul 2019 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: This is your world, I’m just living in it. It’s a song by Sam & Dave. But Alexa is living in your world! Do you like it? Does she love you? Can she tell you something good? Robin and Sean ask the questions. Contains butchery.

Nick Ferrari on LBC: The dinosaurs were great, but it all went wrong

18 Jul 2019 Misty Whyte

Nick’s outdoor habitat is a petrol-fuelled motor. And the brakes fail on his normally balanced arguments when his inalienable, fundamental, cosmic right to drive to the corner shop for a pint of milk in the pursuit of happiness is threatened with dilution in any way.

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