Is This Shirt Slimming?

Daring to go where other music podcasts fear to tread we explore the controversies that surround Barry Manilow and those who adore him. Are you a fanilow?

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We are pleased to welcome our first guest, drummist, dj, trivia host and tribute band legend - Neil Rankin. He's drummed in tribute bands The Australian Doors Show (as immortalised by Dave Graney), The Beatels and paid tribute to Bob Dylan, XTC and ABBA. You can click here for the Spotify playlist for almost all the music that we talk about. This episode features a special bonus double ending with Suspicious Minds-style fade out and fade back in. Is This Shirt Slimming - we gladly feast on the future to nourish the past.

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While the 60s exploded through the mass media seeking out stoned naked hippies in Haight Ashbury, it was a little more subdued and awkward in Australia. Roselands hosted a glittering cavalcade of stars from The Master's Apprentices to Little Stevie Wonder. It was always 70 degrees by the Raindrop Fountain and the entertainment was always family friendly, except when Graham Kennedy dropped his duds.

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Robbie Barnhill spent many years as the front-person of the Fun In Acapulco Musical Experience. We discuss the art of playing covers, what are the best songs and how every Yoko Ono fan in the world formed a band and became the B-52s.

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Chris, Rob & Phil are brimful with love for music from the British Isles. Chris talks about barrelhouse piano with Rick Wakeman in Sydney, Rob on the time that his covers band Fun In Acapulco was supported by Tin Machine featuring David Bowie and Phil on the dire financial state of Sydney mastering facilities.

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Our newest member of the slimming team is introduced. Rob Barnhill. We're talking about all the great English music that became know as Britpop while liberally expanding the terms of reference. Even Slade and the beer can throwing sharpies in seventies Sydney.

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This episode is an exploration of a tiny corner of the Beatles nerdosphere - Ringo's latin drum parts. Chris, a self-confessed Beatles nerd, explores Latin rhythms in the music, skiffle music and shares his dislike of Bob Dylan, something I don't quite understand but am willing to accept in the interests of long term friendly relations.

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How Phil got over his Fear of Disco and how Chris stopped learning whole sides of prog rock albums. James Brown, Average White Band, Thorpie at Sunbury, Jeff Beck and much much more.

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How The Monkees led to Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and Tim Buckley. Pleasant Valley Sunday described the perfect world of suburban normality, behind which lay the conga-line of crazies that were making music in Los Angeles at the time. The Monkees were One Direction on acid. They were deeply embedded in the craziness of the LA music scene. 

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How The Monkees led to Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and Tim Buckley. Pleasant Valley Sunday described the  perfect world of suburban normality, behind which lay  the conga-line of crazies that were making music in Los Angeles at the time. The Monkees were One Direction on acid. They were deeply embedded in the craziness of the LA music scene.