EPISODE 3 – Joan Collins, Live Music and The Decline of the Christmas Record. (with special guest Jamie Summerfield)

Hi and welcome to episode 3 of the podcast that hopes to combine coffee, conversation and comedy with interesting topics, A Couple of Drips.

Reporter, music journalist, social media guru, now turned singer-songwriter, there isn’t much that today’s guest, Jamie Summerfield, can’t turn his hand to. In this episode, we ruminate on what happened to proper Christmas songs, how Jamie wrote one of his own, how much we miss live music, and during our ‘claim to fame’ section, we find out why Joan Collins thought he was a bit shifty. Jamie has also been kind enough to give us a sneak preview of his new single, Christmas Eve, to be released on 4th December and because it’s nearly Christmas, we have a small but silly mockumentary, into the creative process of making the record.

We’d love to hear your comments about things you’d like us to discuss in future episodes, guests you’d like to see and, of course, coffees you’d like us to try.

Here are the links to most of the things we mentioned in the episode:

Darkwoods Panama (today’s coffee)

Has Bean (coffee)

Pact (coffee)

A Little Bit of Stone (Stone’s community hub)

Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas Album

Phil Spectre’s Christmas Album

Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album

The Flaming Lips’ Christmas Album + Film

Indie Midlands (Jamie's music reviews)

Bitter Sweet Symphonies (more of Jamie's reviews)

The Space Between The Notes (Jamie's music PR site)

Christmas Eve by Jamie Summerfield (Jamie’s Christmas Single)

Jamie’s Twitter

Cleanfeed (high quality web audio for broadcasting)

If you’d like to get in touch with us, our email is [email protected]

If you like what you hear, and you can afford it, why not buy us a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coupleofdrips

We hope you enjoy the show and we’ll be posting the next episode really soon. Have a great day and stay safe!

If you like what you hear it, you can make a donation via: Ko-Fi.com. You can buy us a coffee by going to Buy Me A Coffee! We like coffee (It’s a coffee-based podcast 😊). If you love what you hear, and would like to support us regularly, then please click on the “Support” button in your podcast app of choice. This allows you to listen ad-free and will shortly give you access to bonus content. We hope to have more membership tiers in the future.Want to add us to your RSS reader? No problem, here is the link

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EPISODE 2 – The US Election, Hurricane Sandy and Prince Philip’s Trousers. (with special guest Helene Sandy)

Hi and welcome to episode 2 of the podcast that hopes to combine coffee, conversation and comedy with interesting topics, A Couple of Drips.

In this episode, we talk to local stand-up comedian and soon to be podcaster Helene Sandy. Helene has been performing locally and at the Edinburgh Fringe for a number of years. We talk about lockdown, being stranded in New York, whilst enduring a storm and sharing a toilet, the American election, Prince Philip’s trousers, and what kind of people the world’s favourite airline let loose in their first class cabin.

We’d love to hear your comments about things you’d like us to discuss in future episodes, guests you’d like to see and, of course, coffees you’d like us to try.

Here are the links to most of the things we mentioned in the episode:

Helene Sandy’s Facebook

Coffee – Square Mile – “Caballeros” from Honduras (red apple, macadamia, honeysuckle) washed processed Catuai variety

James Hoffman, World Barista Champion 2007, website with links to YouTube, Twitter etc.

Trump’s Spiritual Advisor

Simon Pegg rewatches Shaun of the Dead, British GQ.

Cleanfeed (high quality web audio for broadcasting)

If you’d like to get in touch with us, our email is [email protected]

If you like what you hear, and you can afford it, why not buy us a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coupleofdrips

We hope you enjoy the show and we’ll be posting the next episode really soon. Have a great day and stay safe!

If you like what you hear it, you can make a donation via: Ko-Fi.com. You can buy us a coffee by going to Buy Me A Coffee! We like coffee (It’s a coffee-based podcast 😊). If you love what you hear, and would like to support us regularly, then please click on the “Support” button in your podcast app of choice. This allows you to listen ad-free and will shortly give you access to bonus content. We hope to have more membership tiers in the future.Want to add us to your RSS reader? No problem, here is the link

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EPISODE 1 – Brian Cox, Sara Pascoe, and the Wedding Proposal (with special guest Danny Davies)

Hi and welcome to episode 1 of a brand new podcast that hopes to combine coffee, conversation and comedy with interesting topics. We’ll be taking a totally irreverent look at the world, whilst talking about coffee, things, and to people who have some interesting stories to tell.

I’m your host, Kris Grainger, and I’m a coffee obsessive who tries to persuade funny and interesting people to join me for a chat, on the promise of some damned good coffee.

In this episode, we talk to local stand up comedian and comedy gig organiser Danny Davies. Danny  has been on the semi-pro circuit for a number of years. We talk about how Covid-19 and lockdown has affected comedy gigs and venues, we talk about Danny’s marriage proposal and how he was the only the one who didn’t know what was happening, and I tell my story of when I met Sara Pascoe, in a toilet.

We’d love to hear your comments about things you’d like us to discuss in future episodes, guests you’d like to see and, of course, coffees you’d like us to try.

Here are the links to most of the things we mentioned in the episode. The podcasts are RSS feeds, so just copy and paste these into wherever you get your podcasts, to have a listen:

Darkwoods Coffee, Common Grounds: Barrel Aged Coffee

Sara Pascoe podcast, 'Sex Power Money’ (RSS Feed)

Neil Mullarkey, comedian (and thoroughly nice chap)

Nik Kershaw, musician and songwriter

Hack Green, Secret Nuclear Bunker

Moddershall Oaks Weddings, Spa and Afternoon Teas.

James Hoffman, World Barista Champion 2007, website with links to YouTube, Twitter etc.

Danny Davies, Facebook

‘Stand Upfrom the Shed’, Scott Bennettpodcast (RSS feed)

ROFL Comedy Club

If you’d like to get in touch with us, our email is [email protected]

If you like what you hear, and you can afford it, why not buy us a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coupleofdrips

We hope you enjoy the show and we’ll be posting the next episode really soon. Have a great day and stay safe!

If you like what you hear it, you can make a donation via: Ko-Fi.com. You can buy us a coffee by going to Buy Me A Coffee! We like coffee (It’s a coffee-based podcast 😊). If you love what you hear, and would like to support us regularly, then please click on the “Support” button in your podcast app of choice. This allows you to listen ad-free and will shortly give you access to bonus content. We hope to have more membership tiers in the future.Want to add us to your RSS reader? No problem, here is the link

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