No Stairway

No Stairway

By Bill McLocklan, Carl Messenger and Tim BulmerMusicMusic Commentary
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No Stairway episodes

  • Episode 3 - Time Travel

    The power of love is a curious thing; it makes one man weep, but makes another man sing. Of course, what Huey Lewis failed to comprehend is that the power of time travel is even more curious, and that is our subject here today. Herein we apologise for the amount of work involved in listening to the podcast, demonise Nicholas Lyndhurst’s character from “Goodnight Sweetheart” and deep dive into some of Axel Rose’s greatest ever lyrics. As usual, there is lots of crude language from the outset and, somewhat inevitably, we properly spoil the ending of Quantum Leap.

    This Week’s Playlists:

    Bill: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3XDcxPgwB7fAHDqvLzbFGh

    Carl: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/40TDBAXhGeDFDGOJLKYUlK

    Tim: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Hnx24DdNiXCcVrcLe118c

    The Golden Shuffle: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41uQWC10T9PaKi7YPjMlVB

    So, load up on Libyan plutonium, turn on your time circuits, and accelerate to 88 miles per hour because where we’re going, we don’t need roads.

    55 min
  • Episode 2 - Great tracks by terrible artists
    This week your hosts discuss how to reconcile your loathing of an artist with your love of the great tracks of which even the most egregious creators are sometimes capable. Along the way the boys discuss the horrors of the first Steps album, the complexities involved when trying to enjoy the music of Eminem and marvel (from a sensible distance) at the depth of Tim’s Eurovision Knowledge. If you’re not a Eurovision Song Contest fan, please be aware that Tim’s enthusiasm for that particular enterprise is infectious. Suffice to say, if you walk away from this experience without doing a chicken impression then you may be without a soul. All of this was achieved whilst Tim’s microphone was being rather rebellious resulting in him sounding like he was talking on a telephone from the 1970s. Be warned that there is quite a bit of swearing in this episode, and some undue love for the early solo albums of Rod Stewart. This week’s playlists can be found here:
    Bill: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5XGqS5t0yGpUv8Ts7jzPex
    Carl: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2uJURFHm9mxjWwQBA6NMYo
    Tim: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JTSd1BpmbrfybQdb84Pn6
    The Golden Shuffle: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41uQWC10T9PaKi7YPjMlVB
    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 1 - The Party Playlists

    In this inaugural episode of No Stairway, your hosts discuss what makes the perfect party playlist. What is a party like around their houses? Well, it transpires that Bill is down with the kids, Tim is actively trying to alienate the kids and Carl just wants to sit the kids down in the corner and lecture them on the failures of capitalism. If they don’t sound like three absolutely riveting evenings, then I don’t know what does. Along the way the boys discuss the enduring charm of Andrew WK, whether Tim’s inescapable narcism is actually that much of a problem and make the very first additions to the Golden Shuffle - the ever-growing greatest non-sequenced selection of music ever made. Be warned that there is some swearing here, and some spoilers for the final episode of the Sopranos. 

    This Week’s Playlists: 

    Bill: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3e9toUgDBAqqT6xFp2QqPh 

    Carl: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0lAByuYH6zmXNYZihjoo2B 

    Tim: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T2WpGkXM5Art84S14uEEQ 

    The Golden Shuffle: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41uQWC10T9PaKi7YPjMlVB 

    So, put on your red shoes and get ready to dance the blues, the trip-hops, the electro-pops, and the Australian glam rocks. It sounds weird but trust me, in context it’s really quite entertaining.

    1 hr 16 min

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Bill, Carl and Tim are three middle-aged men brought together amidst a chaotic and uncaring universe by the shared desire to make, distribute and discuss mixtapes.