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Welcome to the 25th Four Idle Hands podcast and this week we celebrate our Silver Jubilee with a return of Guitar Tech Bob Munro who chats about his return to gigging at the Blossoms recent gig at Sefton Park in Liverpool. Also on the menu is Scottish Elections, David Cameron, The Middle East, Man City and reviews of both Van Weezer and Paul Weller's new records. And finally we weed out the bent coppers on the Line of Duty finale and a review of Nomadland, enjoy.
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The center piece of this weeks episode is a lovely conversation with Aberdeen singer/songwriter Katie Mackie. Katie has just released her new single Terricot Town which is available to stream in all the usual places. Also in this episode we have a smidgeon of chat about the Scottish election, 3 point turns in big boats, Uri Geller, Tea consumption, Vaccines (not the band). There is also a wee bit of footie talk, mainly about how the mighty Luxemburg overcame ROI. We have reviews of new albums from Arab Strap, Neil Young, Jane Weaver and The New Pagans. Line of Duty also gets a mention. Hope you enjoy it.
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A celebration of St Patrick's day in music, food, bit of Sport. Best listened to with a Guinness (others beers are available). Slainte
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This week we have an interview with Xbox Social Marketing Manager Graeme Boyd about everything from Xbox to Aberdeen FC. Also on the Agenda is the Mars landing, lockdown update, The Tetris movie and review of new albums from The Hold Steady and Mogwai and the new BBC drama Bloodlands. We have an additional host with Marcus MacBeath joining to chat about gaming consoles and the possibility of not seeing The Who ever again.
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This is the Christmas 2020 Four IIdle hands special. On this episode we take a look at the Tiers of joy provided by the new COVID rules around the UK, Brexit, Footie and Rugby chat and we review the best albums/gigs/films and TV of the year. We also reveal our Hero and Dick of 2020. Happy Christmas Podcast listeners.
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The centerpiece of this episode is a chat with Colin Farquhar who is Head of Cinema Operations at Aberdeen's Belmont cinema. We talk about getting the Belmont back open and the challenge of running a cinema in these difficult times.
Other stuff on this episode includes Lockdown Tiers/Marcus Rashford, The Six Nations, US Election, Eddie Van Halen and Water on the Moon. We also have reviews of Bruce Springsteen's new album Letter to You and the new Gorillaz record Song Machine : Season One. Enjoy.
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Gig reviews including a chat with Echo Machine, what coming up in Aberdeen and the North East and in depth feature on Kraftwerk. Also a shout out from Twin Atlantic
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In this episodes news we cover whats fair to say is a wide range of topics from the end of the Aberdeen lockdown, Jim Corr versus Jedward, Trump, Goth Bats, and Van Morrisons pseudo science.
Record Store Day 2020 is this week and we discuss some of the key releases.
Biff Clyros streaming gig at Barrowlands gets a review as does their new album.
Other album reviews include Fontaines DC, James Dean Bradfield and Rival Consoles.
Hope you enjoy it and see you next time.
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This week we discuss the closing of Q magazine, Kanyes bid for President, Ennio Morricone, UAE in Space, Review of Jarvis Cocker and the (Dixie) Chicks along with a live review of Fontaines DC.
Our main feature this week is an interview with Aberdeen based guitar technician Bob Munro. Bob has worked extensively with the likes of Miles Kane, Frank Carter and most recently Blossoms. We talk about how he got into the business, what life on the road is like, his favourite guitarists and what gear to look for if you are starting out on guitar. Bob like most crew is currently waiting for gigs to restart but in the meantime is working doing guitar tune ups/setups for anyone who cares to get in contact.
Enjoy.
