It'll Be Alright In The Nineties

After wrapping up our 90s cult elevens last week, we only felt it right and proper to tie up our other loose end from last year - it's the second half of our look back at the best video games from the decade!

Join us as we talk through our favourite video games from 1995 to 1999, and find out which game's merchandise form still sits waiting to be sent off nearly quarter of a century after it was filled in, which game had such an emotional impact on Alex that he can never it play again, and which jaunty theme tune caused upset at 1.30am in the Joslin household.

Also: Fast Fords! Demo One apologies! Which classic game has Alex never played! And lashings of red hot correspondence!

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Next time: it's time to dust off your combat trousers and platform boots as we're joined by professional make-up artist Kate Pro for a fashion special!

Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

It's a new year and we're returning to finish what we started - it's the second part of Stu and Alex's cult 90s football squads and we've moved into the attacking positions. Which players made the cut purely on the strength of their goal celebrations? Who was the most hirsute player of his day? Which player is that parading around the pitch with a placard? Answer all these questions by giving the episode a listen.

If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on Twitter @alrightnineties and on our Facebook page (just search for It'll Be Alright In The Nineties). We also have a BRAND NEW Instagram profile, so come and get visual in the square format with us at alright.90s.podcast

All we want for Christmas is a special festive edition of IBAITN! Friend / brother / legend of the pod Adam Greenwood joins the boys in this bumper episode to discuss the movies, songs and presents that made our respective 90s Christmases. Did you ever buy a lollipop that could play music directly into your head? What were the Greenwood versions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles named? Is Stu better value on the pod when he's had too much supermarket own brand cough mixture? And a new 90s inspired Christmas drink is invented, plus all your correspondence and much more.

If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and  share your thoughts with us on Twitter @alrightnineties and on our Facebook page (just search for It'll Be Alright In The Nineties). Thank you all for your support this year - please keep listening, spreading the word and sending in your correspondence, we appreciate it very much indeed! See you in the new year for more 90s minutiae.

This time on IBAITN we're casting our minds back to the glory days of 90s football and thinking up our own starting elevens of cult 90s  footballers. As this was clearly going to be a mammoth task, we've split our elevens in half and will be revealing our goalies and defenders in  this episode. Have a listen and discover which forgotten giants of the English leagues Stu thinks deserve more credit, and which uber-cool hardmen from the continent Alex has recalled. Who won the World Cup with Brazil at USA 1994 before a career swansong in the San Marino league? Who led their club's sole, and often forgotten, season in the Premier League? Which player could all 90s football video game players recognise from only a single green pixel? Tune in to find out! Keep an eye open for our midfielders and strikers at some point in the new year. 

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This time on IBAITN we're ringing up the radio station for our tickets and getting on a coach to the old Wembley Stadium with a bunch of strangers as Stu's dad Glyn Joslin joins us to reminisce about the gigs he went to in the 90s. Come with us as the lads read out some correspondence which is of a very high standard, before setting the record straight on some of the spurious claims that have been made about Glyn on the pod thus far. Then it's onto the live music, and amongst other things we find out what happened when KISS set their outdoor pyros off at an indoor gig, what you probably shouldn't do at a stadium show when you find yourself needing to change from jeans to shorts, and how, at the age of eleven, Stu's prized possession became a size XL Toploader t-shirt.

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Next time: if you prefer Raimond van der Gouw and Sasa Curcic to Alisson and Kevin de Bruyne, you're in luck as it's part one of our cult 90s football XI oddysey!

Rolling Stones at Wembley Stadium - 7th July 1990 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnsvoU3Eg3o

Nirvana at Bristol Bierkeller - 4th November 1991 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFiGsb3K9lU

KISS at Cardiff Ice Rink - 20th May 1992 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfrZpPx_CGg

Bon Jovi at Cardiff Arms Park - 21st June 1995 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFDKnvUFMQY

Iron Maiden at Newport Centre - 9th November 1995 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4YP4Ac7_40

Bon Jovi at Milton Keynes Bowl - 7th July 1996 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGcMLagY5f0

Limp Bizkit in Chicago - 16th June 1999 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lumvm447H3c

Stereophonics at Morfa Stadium - 31st July 1999 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qGxXT9Jm60

Bon Jovi at Wembley Stadium - 19th August 2000 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB0Ju40e5_0

Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com

This time on IBAITN we've wandering into a proverbial disused quarry without telling any adults to discuss the 90s premier accident reconstruction TV programme, 999! Stu and Alex will be watching 3 classic clips from the programme's heyday and we urge you to watch-along with us using the links below. We also introduce a brand new feature which you'll surely want to get involved with.

Videos for watch-along:

Wiltshire farmer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxKbrtRxpTs

Posh chap impaled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQiofINnOoY

Girl trapped between 2 walls in Swindon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-hmpQxAzB0 

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Next time: we'll be pogoing and moshing along to the live gigs of the 90s! And there may even be a special appearance from a dad of the pod!

Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com

This time on IBAITN we're sending 90s shivers down your spine with a Halloween special about the 90s TV spectacle Ghostwatch! We're joined by Ghostwatch expert and creator of the Behind the Curtains documentary Rich Lawden for a fascinating chat about the ins and outs of this infamous and much talked about TV moment from 1992. What led to such a groundbreaking and controversial TV programme appearing on primetime terrestrial TV, what has its legacy been, and what has Stu uncovered from the DVLA about that BBC lorry? 

Follow Rich Lawden on Twitter @Ghostwatch and find out more about his Behind the Curtain doc and National Séance project here: http://www.ghostwatchbtc.com/

Our episode sponsor is The Chub Rub Club Skalloween Spooktacular, as created by Wil Hodgson and the BawdyComixGroup : https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1104353553/the-chub-rub-club-skalloween?ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1&crt=1

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Next time: we'll be getting the javelin out of the PE shed and starting up the threshing machine with a 999 watch-along!

Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com

This time on IBAITN we're putting our live vocals to a recorded backing track as our friend Joe Barter joins us to take a look at some of the most memorable Top of the Pops performances of the decades. Come with us as the lads use their regular apology section (now complete with its own jingle) to clear up some mistakes from the last episode, before Stu goes on to make an even bigger one which almost gets him fired and replaced with Joe on the spot. Also up for discussion is David Hasselhoff's collaboration with New Order, Manic Street Preachers' trip to an army surplus store which ensured the record number of complaints for a TOTP performance, and how Alex and his brother almost single-handedly kept Bryan Adams at the top of the charts for four months, among many other gems!

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Next time: we'll be getting spooky with a Halloween Special! 

Joe's TOTP Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPVxz_-nYPpiOSmh2zGODi2Bt0TUPK9sJ

Wet Wet Wet / Goodnight Girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouxQfb2LZZk

Bryan Adams / Everything I Do - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpeEWfonhKA

Spice Girls / Wannabe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkmxCl1dsDw

Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com

It's GO! GO! GO! on episode 10 of IBAITN and we're talking about Formula 1 in the 90s, specifically the odder moments of the decade. Do you remember the back of the grid minnows with drivers paying for their seat? Have you ever wondered why there seemed to be more collisions back in the day? Does the name Luca Badoer send your heart all aflutter? Well then tune in to hear Stu and Alex discuss their chosen moments of high-octane eccentricity which they think sum up the greatest decade in the sport's history. 

Videos of our choices are here:

Taki Inoue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCXEhf1pYtw

1996 Monaco GP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEs7jS5bsAc

Josh Revell's video on Andrea Moda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOdy5JO2ifI

Schumacher vs Coulthard in 1998: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUkTSzPkiq8

Mansell at Canada in 1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YtLDeEdbAU

Badoer at Europe 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GJkdJQ4ygo

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Next time: if everything goes to plan we'll be miming whilst awkwardly swaying from side to side as we enjoy the best Top of the Pops performances of the 90s, with a very special guest.

Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com

This time on IBAITN, it's time to re-tune your Matsui portable and check the Videoplus numbers in the TV Times, as we explore some forgotten TV gems of the 1990s. After apologising for a litany of errors in the previous episode, the boys explore the shows that made Alex hide behind the sofa, the comedy programme 10 year old Stu loved that seemingly nobody else even watched, and the worst game show of the decade, possibly of all time. Also, Geoff, the show's lawyer, is forced to step in on several occasions, which might give you an idea of the standard of this week's chat...

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Next time: it's GO GO GO as we take a look at some of the more memorable aspects of Formula One in the 90s!

Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com