Flying By The Seats Of Our Pants

By Martin Johnston

In 2011 Martin Johnston and Huw Williams began doing a radio show called Take Off Your Sunglasses. It quickly became the most popular alternative music show on a Tuesday night, at 9pm, in Stockport, i... more

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The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.

Flying By The Seats Of Our Pants episodes:

December 30, 2017 Episode 10 - Geordie Medieval Electro Nu Folk
Flaming toasters, Stan Boardman's love of Rhyl, Will Ferrell, President Kevin and pictures in awful sports biographies (all of them). Narcos improves your Spanish, hovercrafts aren't a thing any more, get your feet over the bolts.
Plus Calexico and Destroyer chat.
Warning: includes live Quality Street identication.
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43min
November 20, 2017 Episode 9 - Karate Swan 2 & 3
Welcome to episode number 9 in which Huw confesses to being a cheese dictator, we rue the demise of small record labels, talk about where bands haven't played in Manchester, admit to lying to tradesmen and appeal for some minimal lottery wins. Just half a million would do.
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50min
November 08, 2017 Episode 8 - Milk Roll and a pint of Hofmeister
We go for another 5-a-side edition on FBTSOOP this week - i.e. we each discuss one thing we've enjoyed, one we've not enjoyed, one disappointment, one thing we've learnt and one thing we are looking forward to.
The rambling includes Rich Tea sandwiches, Milk Roll, the paucity of decent beer adverts, the stars of Fist of Fun, Pot Noodle merchandise, the Vietnam War, The Room, The Deuce and fake plastic Halloween weapons.
Fun for all the faaaaaamily.
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47min
October 30, 2017 Episode 7 - Muesli Styles
Songs referred to in this episode:
Joan Osborne "What if God was one of us?",
Canned Heat "On the road again",
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet home Alabama",
House of Pain "Jump around",
New Order "Ruined in a day",
Kriss Kross "Jump",
Harry Styles "Sign of the times",
Nanci Griffith "From a distance",
Calexico "End of the world with you",
Tom Jones "The green green grass of home".
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43min
September 17, 2017 Episode 6 - El Chapo's visit to Clarks
Chilean crab pie, Lord Reith, unruly children, Mark E Smith, the Mercury Muisc Prize and The Godfather 3 all come under the microscope in this episode.
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47min
September 10, 2017 Episode 5 - The Magical World of Red Lemonade
Note: this episdode contains real, actual, harmful spoilers for the Netflix series Stranger Things. We also discuss cheating at walking football, terrible drinks and toasted sandwiches.
Huw's Travels is a new feature, we have the return of 80s footballers recast in movies and meet Huw Williams entrepreneur.
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45min
August 22, 2017 Episode 4 - Putting Wales on the map
From lots of Ocelots to Eric Young's brown headband. And from Max Boyce to Bargain Booze and back. Plus the debut of Jim Disaster's uncle, General Disasters. The working class, northern army general.
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46min
July 30, 2017 Episode 3 - The glory days of the Fish Finger
Episode 3
Every day is like Christmas without the joy, Scummy Mummies v Giovanni from Strictly, cod goujons and lively batter, BBC wages scandal, we are raging feminists, shut up crisp boy, the TV of a busy man, rednecks getting angry with other rednecks, frightening bus experiences, JIM DISASTERS, punishing Andy Powell properly, MALAPROPISM OF THE WEEK.
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44min
July 20, 2017 Episode 2 - The tender touch of a lady doctor
Get ready for: chicken scratchings, Thom Yorke's monocle, Wes Anderson films, prostate fun, Tesco hacks, Elliot Titensor, Ezra Furman and Chuck D on Twitter, Farrelly Brothers films plus:
Nigel Winterburn can't be in The Shawshank Redemption.
Jim Disasters.
What we found down the back of the internet.
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50min
July 14, 2017 Episode 1 - Here we go
**SHOW NOTES
In this inaugural episode we fly by the seats of our pants by talking about ballpark hedges, skateboarding Nazis, Rob Lally Cycles of Brecon, invisible Chinchillas, Twin Peaks and meet JIM DISASTERS for the first time.
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44min

FAQs about Flying By The Seats Of Our Pants:

How many episodes does Flying By The Seats Of Our Pants have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.