Episode 17 is a real thinker. This week we wrestle with the concept of content you are no longer content with. In the age of cancel culture can we really consign all that art into the dustbin just because the people who made it simply weren't the people we thought they were? And what about when we, the listeners change? If something once rocked your world but now seems hideously out of step with your moral code, should it be discarded or does it hold an important reminder of who you once were and actually signpost how you became who you are? Certainly our guest, award winning songwriter, activist and writer Labi Siffre has a few choice things to say on the subject. Labi shares his Phonographic Memories with us and speaks with true passion and wisdom about art, depression and the human condition. With over 50 years in show business Labi is better placed than most to know what makes a song timeless. He has written worldwide smash hits like 'It must be love' and 'Something inside so strong' and his music has been sampled by Wu Tang Clan, Eminem, Jay Z, Mark Ronson and countless others.

This weeks special feature is Make Me Believe, Dr Lauren Redhead tempts us into the rarefied world of modern classical composition. A genre known for its cerebral, challenging and uncompromising sound. But what exactly is modern classical music? And is it even a genre at all? 

One thing is for sure - you will come out of this episode with plenty of food for thought. Please Like, share and show you care as we take you off to podland.  

As mentioned in our discussion on music that makes you feel uncomfortable, here is a clip of Glen Danzig inexplicably going through his occult library in the dead of night and talking about all the scary books he pretends to read. There are many questions to be asked about this clip but the chief one must surely be 'Why is there a library of the occult next to a swimming pool?'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RERGlWWoIvA&t=64s

As far as the music goes this weeks playlist is truly out there! We veer wildly from Madness to the Misfits, from Shoenburg to Siffre. There are several challenging slabs of modern classical composition and a few tracks of questionable taste and decency. We certainly do not condone a lot of this stuff but given the course our conversations took it would be amiss of us to censor any of it. You have been warned.

Spotify version (missing 'Cop Killer' and a couple tunes deemed to rad for the service):

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2euFCoui6j6rg5AAoCSIeV

YouTube version (with all the gory details and a scant regard for copyright infringement):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPPl5xM2fbUoi2CQdrFx1kGoDhSNNOSEH

Only the most serious musical adventurers are going to clamber through every track but as always there is gold in them there hills.

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