Acoustic alternative folk rocker.

In this episode, we discuss last year’s predictions, Pecco Bagnaia’s world championship, Suzuki and Remy Gardner leaving the sport... and the space race. There’s a new sprint format, Jack Miller leaves Ducati, Eddie Lawson helps shaft the Aussies, Pol Espargaro joins the KTM not KTM Gas Gas team, the ballpark is small, Fabio gets the rig out, and we finally talk about Aprilia. We talk Marc AND Alex Marquez, and Fearless predicts a lot of long lap penalties and puts the boot into Valentino Rossi.

In another free-flowing discussion, we revisit our Kiss of Death predictions and the surprising results, Fabio Quartararo is crowned world champion then dips into the excuse suitcase, Marc Marquez is injured again, Valentino Rossi retires, another Aussie wins a world title, Jack Miller picks the wrong tyres, Frankie Morbidelli is accused of breaking his leg and Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia arrives.

In this episode, Ian ‘Fearless’ Foster shares his reflections on an almost 70 year obsession with motorcycles, and casts his predictions for the 2021 MotoGP season.

In a wide ranging discussion, an obsession starts with vinyl sound recordings, Wayne Gardner has the will to win, Mick Doohan demonstrates a firm grip, Valentino Rossi celebrates to an empty stand, Alex Marquez does alright, Fabio Quartararo gets the Collywobbles, Saverio Rocca sells one bike in 9 months, Jeremy Burgess wins more titles than Rossi, we get to the bottom of Jack Miller’s bad luck, and there’s something about Marc Marquez.

It's your job to get him to his meeting, but when it's all over, who'll be the clown in charge?

For our 2020 election special, we read a story written in January for the NYC Midnight short fiction competition. At this time, bushfires in Australia were still burning, COVID-19 had only just begun and Joe Biden was yet to win the Democrats nomination. But there were still plenty of clowns in charge. Any resemblance to actual subsequent events has been both surprising and terrifying.

So how would you trump Donny Pockets?

Multi-instrumentalist Jonno Klynsmith discusses his latest release as McQueen, a cassette tape called Night Moves.

Jonno also talks about his other projects, including No Action, Post War and Enthusiasm Police. We also discuss streaming services, recording processes and the pros and cons of being in a bunch of bands.

You can catch McQueen live on:

• Thursday 13th December at 9 pm at The Hotel Metro with PI Network Deluxe and Mystery Sea Creature, and

• Wednesday 9th January at the Crown and Anchor Hotel with Contact Love and Mount Seldom.

Also on this episode, Troy frowns like he has something to say, Jonno advocates for Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music and performs a major key, Ian Paice and Ritchie Blackmore shred, metronomes are obnoxious, Troy fails to remember the word pejorative but does remember to mention Van Halen's 5150 and gets vinyl from Mexico, and Dave Mustaine of Megadeth (allegedly) wears shorts.

We head to Tasmania to talk to Glen Lumsden about his journey through the comic book industry, detour into commercial art and recent return to drawing The Phantom. Glen provides insights into the challenges of pursuing creativity and how he’s found a way to draw on his own terms.

Also in this episode, Stan Lee gives away ‘no prize’, Paul Kelly wants a bulldozer and Todd McFarlane becomes an overnight millionaire.

Troy gets back into the New York groove and reveals the story behind the one red shoe. Hint - it has something to do with Ace Frehley and Kiss. Troy talks about the Ace Frehley VIP experience, gets a shoe signed, finds a way to mention Van Halen again and remembers that he actually likes Gene Simmons, cause he’s a War Machine. He also talks about Gene's vault...

Christopher Whitworth is a trombonist and vocalist and this year released Everything’s Alright, his impressive solo debut. Chris joins the Shoe to talk about putting the album together, performing in Silent Duck and Boneseed, and shares his views on music and creativity.

We also talk about Glen Miller, Reel Big Fish, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and more. Keith Richards snores and Autechre make music with ball bearings.

From Shake Your Money Maker to Before the Frost...Until the Freeze, through hiatuses and break-ups, VJ’s hung in there. Now he joins the Shoe to describe what it’s been like flying the freak flag as a fan of the Black Crowes. He also takes us through other Robinson brother activity, such as the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and the Magpie Salute. Then there’s the Gibson ES-335...

Our discussion includes Radiohead touring in a tent, Powderfinger abandoning a song, Van Halen responding to David Lee Roth’s choice of album title, why they change track ordering on vinyl and why Lemmy from Motorhead is remembered as a top bloke.

We also recommend checking out Adelaide band the Wanderers, Blackberry Smoke and Leon Bridges. We briefly mention the Allman Brothers Band, the Rolling Stones, Metallica and heaps more.

Other than that, it’s all about the Black Crowes...