The Afterword Podcast

We crawl out of the oxygen tent, tens of millions of peoploids trying tomake sense of the future that David Bowie was always outlining to us.DrJ, Steven C, SimonGMusic, John Connolly and DFB use this podcast as a cathartic exercise in remembering a musical hero and trying to figure out why, nearly a week on at time of recording, we still are shellshocked and scrabbling around in the dust.- the living art project 'David Bowie' by Mr David Jones from Brixton

- the ever circling 'David Bowie Is' exhibition- the 'J' word- We try and review 'Blackstar' both aurally and visually- but mostly we just try and celebrate the magnificent bastardThere is no discussion of grief police and the nonsense of social media etc as that can all just be forgotten and his music and spirit will live on. This may not really add anything to the mound of Bowie analysis over the past 2 weeks but it was good for us.

DogFaceBoy, Twang, the Cheshire Cat, Steerpike and El Hombre Malo struggle with technical gremlins and seasonal torpor to discuss the year past and the one to come. The Cat lives up to his fictional namesake by disappearing regularly and El Hombre wanders in the Skype wilderness before finding the way in. Nonetheless some highlights are identified, and in AW tradition an argument breaks out over Joanna Newsom.

DFB, through a mixture of blackmail and downright pleading, gets the director of the recent finale to Series 9 of 'Doctor Who' to sit down during her hectic schedule to answer some questions from The Massive and the Interweb.- is the instant damning or praise from social media a good\bad thing?

- what are fan conventions like and are they no longer a cliché?

- is going with the accepted or easiest solutions always good for the show and viewer?- Is it just all too complicated?If you haven't watched her two episodes 'Heaven Sent' or 'Hell bent' then it may help with listening to this podcast. And in the case of Heaven Sent it works as a standalone episode for which you need very little foreknowledge to appreciate a tour-de-force of writing, acting, design, lighting and direction.

In the GLKLondon Studios DFB and Spencer link hands with Drakeygirl and Dr Volume to discuss whether we have reached "peak vinyl" in the album boom times.

- is it just for those Hoxton hipsters?

- two men remember the lyrics to 'Brown Sauce's hit only too clearly

- are da kidz down wiv what we are jiving, daddio?- does it sound better / different / worse ?- which naughties act gave away condoms with vinyl and which 80's act was naughtier?WARNING : this podcast may contain the words "warmth" and "sound-stage"

The Huggy Bear Hair Bunch - DFB, station announcer Jo, Musician, DJ and radio presenter Juliet Harris* and music scribbler, Joe Ripcord try and bring some balance to the BBC's recent Indie Season on BBC4. - It's all about context and telling a story properly

- Men are influenced, women are plagiarists: Oasis v Elastica

- The airbrushing of women from musical history- The music biz glass ceilingJust giving 'Girls' an hour of their own a week later is no way to treat 50% of the population and their contribution to culture is all we are saying* Weds nights 8pm - 10pm www.barricaderadio.com #teamwonderland

Twang discusses the imminent re-release of the "Too old to rock 'n' roll: too young to die!" album with Jethro Tull supremo Ian Anderson. Ian is as complete of answer as ever and at one point your correspondent actually gets a word in edgewise, daring to disagree with the great man about something. In part 2, deadbeats and old greasers Twang, Rec Room, Steerpike and Beany convene to share their views on the interview and an album which many Tull fans consider to be something of a curate's egg, whilst agreeing that a 1976 concept album on the transitory and cyclical nature of fashion in a world of cynical media exploitation was uncannily prescient. While it is no Tull fan's favourite album, the panel agree there is much to enjoy and rediscover on this curio by the band who changed direction and mood with every release, always sounding like themselves and never like anyone else

Well if we can make a start, I'd like DogFacedBoy, Ruby Blue & Jack The Biscuit to express themselves however they feel in an atmosphere of non judgemental support and understanding. - Why don't they "just pull themselves together"?- Why is it all so exhausting?- Why is it treated unlike any other illness?- Aren't we all just a little bit fucked up?The opinions in this podcast are expressions of the type of mental illness experienced by the contributors, is not meant to be a wide ranging examination and any advice or help provided is purely accidental. As ever: theme music by Twang, announcements by Miss Josephine

Your hairy host, DogFacedBoy, chats with the good Doctor J and the equally blessed Steven C about their summer of seeing heritage acts and whether we should just stop going and let them retire before it gets embarrassing. Yet is that patronising guff?The Decade Of Mass ExtinctionArt, For Arts SakeJerry Lee, Mike Read & a birthday cakeChuck It In!It's Show businessHaving the great Randy Newman encapsulate our argument in several lines and one song as an introduction may be a bad idea but who is gonna tell you when you should leave the stage?