IN FIVE

STEVE REICH

They said it was only a phase… Ed & Jacques’s opinions sometimes sync up and sometimes don’t on the unique output of influential minimalist composer Steve Reich. Oh, and it’s pronounced ‘Reich’, not ‘Reich’. Just to clear that up. … like Sean Connery saying “rice”. Except he wouldn’t say “rice” like that.   Will Jacques finally ‘crush the Different Trains hegemony’ [citation needed]? Will Ed just fucking GET OVER HAND CLAPPING MUSIC FOR GOD’S SAKE? So… is this the last episode of IN FIVE then?   ONE OF THESE AND SOME will be addressed in this… [looks at calendar] tax year’s edition of In Five!   Check out Jacques & Gender is the Bastard’s Gay Rights/Gay Wrongs [https://stemmstapes.bandcamp.com/album/gay-rights-gay-wrongs] on Bandcamp.

21 - ABBA (Round Table)

Do we have it in us? How dumb would it be if we ended up picking 2 songs from Voyage? Portishead? Really?! At least 2 of these will be addressed on tonight's sweded simulcast... I'm privileged to be joined, once more, by Rob & Andy (from the estimable Hits 21 Podcast) and effrontery artiste Josh ('Jacques n' Their Box'), as we split the ABBA Gold from the abbatoir in a Voyage to find the middle ground on Sweden's perpetual palindromic pop p...henomenon. The Hits 21 Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7mcG2eHx146WWVzAZBHAqF [https://open.spotify.com/show/7mcG2eHx146WWVzAZBHAqF] Jacques (aka Josh aka Jacques) on Bandcamp: https://jesuiselation.bandcamp.com/ [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebel-chums/episodes/Rebel-Chums-2-18--Cars-3-e4i75n] My "Favourite Albums" challenge list on RYM: ⁠https://rateyourmusic.com/list/RhymeDragWithDrag/shall-i-compare-thee-approaching-my-favourite-albums/ [https://rateyourmusic.com/list/RhymeDragWithDrag/shall-i-compare-thee-approaching-my-favourite-albums/]

20 - Radiohead (w/ Jake)

What the hell are we doing here? Do you understand THEIR ripcord, Thom? Did you ever consider that? What Radiohead song sounds like it was written by a schoolboy? A full third of these will be addressed here, tonight, as “myself” is joined by Politico, Podcaster & Pal Jake to talk about Muse, U2, Dolly Parton and that band that did the sad track from the Romeo & Juliet soundtrack. Did I mention that we talk about Muse?   Here us waffle about relegation tier Pixar movies here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebel-chums/episodes/Rebel-Chums-2-18--Cars-3-e4i75n/a-aiemob [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebel-chums/episodes/Rebel-Chums-2-18--Cars-3-e4i75n] And check out my favourite albums “challenge” list here: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/RhymeDragWithDrag/shall-i-compare-thee-approaching-my-favourite-albums/ [https://rateyourmusic.com/list/RhymeDragWithDrag/shall-i-compare-thee-approaching-my-favourite-albums/]

19 - Blur (w/ Lizzy from Hits 21)

APPLES AND PEARS AND VARIOUS OTHER FRUIT. Podcast veteran and Hits 21 co-host Lizzy & I celebrate the turn of a new year (and the release of a new album) by recounting the ballad of "Seymour" from Barrett-echoing bargain bin baggy, through “Middle Class” Britpop and eclectic proto-Hail to the Thief noise pop to a broken speaker on Mars. What album proved so controversial it made one of the hosts watch a racist episode of Star Trek? And that one with the horny virus (only if you’re a woman – the men just sweat a bit). How many new ways can be found to say The Great Escape is underwhelming? How would Lizzy deal with the possibility of alien contact? Did that pigtail woman from Moonraker have braces or not? At least 75% of these inquiries will be answered with approx. 60% certainty in this Westwastic edition of In Five.   LINKSES: The Hits21 Podcast ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7mcG2eHx146WWVzAZBHAqF⁠ [https://open.spotify.com/show/7mcG2eHx146WWVzAZBHAqF] My RYM Fave Album Challenge Thingum https://rateyourmusic.com/list/RhymeDragWithDrag/shall-i-compare-thee-approaching-my-favourite-albums/ [https://rateyourmusic.com/list/RhymeDragWithDrag/shall-i-compare-thee-approaching-my-favourite-albums/]

18 - Stevie Wonder (w/ Andy from Hits21)

‘Why can’t Stevie Wonder tie his own shoelaces?’ ‘Because of a clause in a crippling Motown recording contract signed when he was a child’ Andy from Hits21 joins me to cherish the prestige popcraft of Stevie Wonder … and, of course, to flog one of music criticism’s oldest, deadest horses by noticing how comparatively crap his 80s stuff is (Hotter than July is smashin’, though). What is the opening chord to ‘As’? How do you pronounce moog? Why does no one pick Superstition? Has mint ever been sexy in any context? A good… half to a third of these will ALL be answered! CHECK THESE OUT: Take an entertaining, insightful trawl through the 21st century public’s conception of pop greatness with the Hits21 Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7mcG2eHx146WWVzAZBHAqF [https://open.spotify.com/show/7mcG2eHx146WWVzAZBHAqF] And, as this episode took me so goddamn long to edit – he’s only got another podcast now about… well… NOW (‘that’s what I call music!’) https://t.co/HE37dQnkVB [https://t.co/HE37dQnkVB]