🎙 You Love Us – Know Your Enemy (with Darren Leach)

This week we dive headfirst into one of the most divisive, ambitious, and misunderstood albums in the Manic Street Preachers’ catalogue: Know Your Enemy (2001). Joining me is Manics super fan Darren Leach, who brings passion, humour, and encyclopaedic knowledge to the debate.

We explore how the band set out to smash their own mythology and how the record split critics, fans, and even the Manics themselves. From its jagged punk blasts to its tender ballads, we dig into every contradiction, triumph, and glorious mess that makes Know Your Enemy such a fascinating chapter in Manics history.

Expect track-by-track insights, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and plenty of fan-fuelled debate on whether the album is a forgotten masterpiece or a bold misstep.

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In this episode Phil gives an instruction and Dan feels uneasy

In this episode of You Love Us, we ride into the world of resilience, rhythm and rebellion. Our guest is Bert Sheffield  three-time Paralympian, three-time World Championships Para Equestrian, who opens up about how the Manic Street Preachers became a source of inspiration and motivation throughout her journey.

From the adrenaline of the arena to the defiance of Faster, we explore how the Manics’ music - fierce, literate, uncompromising - fuelled her competitive fire and shaped her outlook on life.

This is about more than medals. It’s about how music can be the engine that drives you forward, even when the world says you can’t.

You can find Bert at www.hearthorsedressage.com

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It's true, we're back!!

After nearly 2 years we've come back home. Older, wiser?

and still just as grumpy.

What did we miss?

Did Dan really say that?

Yep, its' the usual chaos

The Manic Street Preachers have conquered the charts with Everything Must Go, but Richey’s absence is now absolute, and Nicky Wire is holding the pen alone for the first time.

• We look at the release of This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours — a record that swapped punk grit for widescreen melancholy, topped the charts, and made the Manics stadium kings.

From Welsh volunteers in the Spanish Civil War to barefoot bass takes in a creaky French château… from political fury in S.Y.M.M. to the unexpected tenderness of Born a Girl — we explore the stories, the recording sessions, the quotes, the critical reception, and the moment this band entered their imperial phase.

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This week, we take on The Life of Chuck a surreal, emotional journey through memory, identity, and the quiet beauty of ordinary life. Is it a masterpiece in three acts or a story that stumbles under its own weight? We break down the film’s ambition, heart, and whether King fans will embrace this very different kind of tale.

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This week, we’re diving into War of the Worlds 2025. Is this reboot a bold reimagining or just another over-CGI’d alien mess? We break down the story, visuals, performances—and whether humanity deserves to survive this time.

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Welcome back to Mondo Street Cinema Club!

This week, we’re tackling two of the most anticipated reboots of the year:

🦸‍♂️ Superman a fresh take on the Man of Steel

🔥 Fantastic Four: First Steps Marvel’s first family finally gets another shot

We break down what works, what flops, and what this means for the future of superhero cinema. Reboots are risky—did these two deliver?

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When Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995, it wasn’t just a bandmate that vanished — it was the soul, the scribe, and the symbol of the Manic Street Preachers’ darkest poetry.

In this emotional episode, we delve into the aftermath: the grief, the silence, and the question that haunted them — what now?

We chart the band’s rebirth, from near-collapse to creative resurrection, through the recording of Everything Must Go. We’ll talk Nicky’s lyrics, James’ new resolve, Sean’s grounding force — and the ghost of Richey that lingers in every note.

This is the story of survival, soundtracked by strings, sorrow, and stadium-sized ambition.

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This week on Mondo Street Cinema Club, we turn our gaze to the chilling new A24 psychological horror Bring Her Back, from Danny & Michael Philippou. Featuring blistering performances—especially Sally Hawkins as a deceptively caring foster mum—and heart-wrenching tension from siblings Andy (Billy Barratt) and Piper (Sora Wong), this film blends disturbing occult ritual with gut-punch emotional horror.

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