James Murphy

After El Sandifer’s considered, brilliant review of the latest episode and before we get to hear her upcoming brilliant podcast, you can keep yourself going with this: the only episode of Pex Lives certified to murder Henry Kissenger. You’re also now able to sate your previously unquenchable hunger to learn what your old buddies Kevin ‘n’ James thought about the newest Doctor Who. Listen now. We’re back and we’re always different, always the same…

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In which James Slater-Murphy and Kit Power begin their deep dive into the studio albums of Columbia recording artist Bruce Springsteen.

With a startling lack of originality, we start at the beginning, taking in 1973s Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ. There’s a bit of initial amused bafflement that this is the origin story for one of popular music’s biggest and most reliable stadium fillers, but we also discover a lot to enjoy and ponder, especially on side 2, as well as some signposts towards future greatness. A hell of an enjoyable start to a keenly anticipated journey.

https://pexlives.libsyn.com/three-minute-record-001-greetings-from-asbury-park

Join us on this ride, where we find out: Will we pay the cost to hear the Boss? You’ll have a blast finding out.…

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Guess who’s back. It’s your favourite podcast about the UK Top 40 Charts. Pop Could Never Save Us. This week, we’re officially in the 90s; a time where both hosts were actually alive. This is such a barn-stormer of a conversation, it simply could not be limited to a single episode. Enjoy the unique auditary experience this podcast offers. Here’s part one:

https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/5HuFtPEP8tuAGvIdVC4ktw?utm_source=generator

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Available now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, and any where else you can find good podcasts. This week, we’re in the current charts and discuss Ed Sheeran and the Ed Sheeran-alike lads (Lewis Capaldi, David Kushner), Switch Disco, K-Pop’s highest girl group entry, and more. …

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I hope you’re all suitably happy with yourselves, Pop Musicians. You’re pushing one of our hosts towards a breakdown. Floating down her own Congo river of music aimed at children, Ms. Boson eventually emerges from the work of Taylor Swift, Mimi Webb, and Meghan Trainor (the horror, the horror) unexpectedly triumphant and with the sunny future of Players by Coi Leray, with her faithful friend, James, at her side and steering the boat, disagreeing that the torturous madness is all that bad.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holly-bo/episodes/04—UK-Top-40-Fortnight-10th-24th-March-2023—The-Medium-is-The-Message-e21c9q6…

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The new episode of POP COULD NEVER SAVE US is from the glittery world of 1973! Wizzard! Sweet! Suzi! Bowie! Lou Reed! Alice Cooper! Nonces! Ferdinand Marcos is deposed on live TV, and we are fascinated by a homegrown UK reggae playground shitslinger. …

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Delighted to be able to share the latest episodes of the popcast! Get yourself caught up with your ol’ mates, on the most recent songs in the UK Charts.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holly-bo/episodes/03—UK-Top-40-Weeks-3rd-March—10th-March-2023—Tik-of-the-Toks-e206m1i

And! Take a groovy trip back in the Could Never Save Us Relative In Space ship. All the way back to swinging London in the 1960s.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/02r-uk-top-40-5th-11th-may-1966-bang-bang/id1665362470?i=1000601674804

Tell all your friends! No, not that one! But the rest! …

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The popcast storms back to 2023!

Get caught up on charting pop music with your friends Holly & James. Here we talk about Flowers by Miley Cyrus (which James loved and Holly thought was kinda mid), Lewis Capaldi, Central Cee. The Weeknd, & Bugzy Malone!

You can find us on iTunes, Spotify, and anchor.fm and if you think there’s somewhere else you’d like to find us, let us know!

We are @jameslatrmurphy and @fireh9lly on twitter.…

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The popcast, which we proudly introduced you to last week in its usual modern form, returns for its first time-bending trip into the Victorian cyberpunk HG Wells time machine for a look back in the charts in 1959. Holly has done an incredible and extraordinary job putting a unique listening experience together and it’s our pleasure to invite you to come hang out and take a look back at a period which has both great music and context to add to the era we’re enduring.

You can find us on iTunes, Spotify, and anchor.fm and you can still find that first, 2023 based episode (where we analyse the modern charts) which people have been very kind about. Jump on it!

We are @jameslatrmurphy and @fireh9lly on twitter. …

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