Here is Episode 17 of the ever-popular Friends of the Stars Podcasts. This one is called “Things To Do In Denver When You’re Robson” and continues in the fine tradition of it’s predecessors containing as it does lots of great tunes and two blokes swearing
at each other. If it ain’t fucking broke, and all that…

This Episode finds Executive Producer Robson and Craig discussing the process of Podcasting, Submarines and submariners during World War 2, before demonstrating, live on air, the effects of caffiene and sugar on Robson’s brain. Later, they engage in the dumbest audio-based broadcast game of skill since Dave Lee Travis introduced darts to the radio.

Dexys Midnight Runners – Show Me
The Bee Gees – Marley Purt Drive
The Beastie Boys – Jimmy James
Dennis Wilson – Cocktails
The Jackson 5 – Sugar Daddy
World of Fox – Rules of Engagement
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Drop It Like It’s Hot
Friends of the Stars – Wagons (Rough Mix, Instrumental)

DOWNLOAD – FOTS-POD#17 – Things To Do In Denver When You’re Robson

FOTS-POD Episode 16 is called “N-N-New Jack Robson”.

It’s a continues Executive Producer Robson’s rigorous interview with Craig regarding, amongst other things, New Zealand. We’re hoping for fewer compaints this time…

TRACKLISTING

“Jody Come Back and Get Your Shoes” – Bobby Newsome
“More Pretty Girls Than One” – Woody Guthrie (with Cisco Houston)
“Fisherman’s Blues” – The Waterboys
“Clang of the Yankee Reaper” – Van Dyke Parks
“Black Sheep Boy” – Tim Hardin
“Candyman” – Steve Earle (playing a Mississippi John Hurt tune)
“Cruel to be Kind” – Nick Lowe
“O Baby” – Siouxsie and The Banshees
“Johnny Magic” – Neil Young and his Electric Band

DOWNLOAD – FOTS-POD#16 – N-N-N-New Jack Robson

According to Campbell, the man who made it, Episode 15 of the Friends of the Stars Podcasts is, “like listening to Radio fucking 4″.

Let’s see about that, shall we.

Executive Producer Robson turns the tables on this one and becomes the man with the questions, grilling a clearly excited Craig about his recent trip to New Zealand. Expect the usual great tunes, swearing and that peculiar kind of back-handed ignorance you only get from British people when they are forced to leave this rainy island.

(Sorry to all Kiwis)

FOTS-POD#15 – “Das Robson”

Tracklisting

“The Trains” - The Nashville Ramblers
“Home Cookin’” – The Band
“Lorelei” – The Cocteau Twins
“New Kind of Kick” – The Cramps
“Caney Creek” – The Dillards
“Like Toy Soldiers” – Eminem
“Cunts Are Still Running the World” - Jarvis
“I’ve Changed My Plea To Guilty” – Morrissey

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Epsiode 14 of the Friends of the Stars Podcast is here….

FOTS-POD#14 “Robson The Headless Thompson Gunner” follows the tried and tested Music + Swearing formula that has proven so successful in previous broadcasts. So successful has this been in fact that interweb subscribers to this rubbish now number more than 20..Who are you people? Seriously. Maybe you’d like to get in touch and ask Executive Producer Robson a question? Email info@friendsofthestars.co.uk with what’s on your mind.

This episode features music from Percy Sledge, The Beach Boys and Frank Sinatra whilst the boys disucss The Movies Of Stephen Seagal, Front Row on BBC Radio 4, Podcasting in the Nude and Whether of not the CIA listen to FOTS-POD.

TRACKLISTING

“Drifting Texas Sand” -  Webb Pierce
“Keep and Open Mind” – Captain
“Back in Black” – EC/PC
“It Tears Me Up” – Percy Sledge
“Good Timin’” – The Beach Boys
“I Would Be In Love (Anyway)” – Frank Sinatra
“Step into Christmas” – Elton John

DOWNLOAD – FOTS-POD#14 – Robson The Headless Thompson Gunner

Episode 13 of the Friends of the Stars Podcast is an accidental Burns Night Special. As well as laying down the plans for 2009 at the allotment, Executive Producer Robson and Craig discuss The Myth of The Deep-Fried Mars Bar, How Hard It Is To Dig A Grave and Whether Or Not You Can Eat Heroin. As usual the idle talk features an occasional outburst of very choice language and comes packaged with a selection of fine tunes, new and old, including a fantastic New Order cover by Laura Cantrell.

TRACKLISTING:

She & Him – “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here”
Starland Vocal Band – “Afternoon Delight”
Laura Cantrell – “Love Vigilantes”
Merle Travis – “Fat Gal”
Jorge Ben- “Ponta De Lança Africana (Umbabaraumba)”
PJ Harvey – “When Under Ether”
Bruce Springsteen – “The Wrestler”

DOWNLOAD – FOTS-POD#13 – Robson Galore!

“The Robson of the Sierra Madre” finds Executive Producer Robson and Craig hitting their stride early doors and already 2 beers down. Punctuating a selection of fine tunes from the likes of AC/DC, Dolly Parton and Glen Campbell the conversation veers violently between subjects including The Crisis in English Cricket, The Futility of Novelty Socks as a Personality Statement and, controversially, What To Have For Pudding.

TRACKLISTING

“Here You Come Again” – Dolly Parton
“Rock n Roll Train” – AC/DC
“Cover Me” – Eddie Hinton
“Sweet Jesus” – James Yorkston and The Athletes
“Shores of White Sand” – Emmylou Harris
“Cry Baby” – Garnett Mimms
“Sing” – Glen Campbell
“I’m Walkin’” Fats Domino

DOWNLOAD – FOTS-POD#12 – The Robson of the Sierra Madre

Clocking in at 35 minutes and 12 seconds, Episode 11 finds a reasonably lubricated Executive Producer Robson and Craig discussing Wax Cylinder Recording Devices, The Nocturnal Habits Of Chris Martin and, without any apparent irony, The Meaning and Consequences of Libel. As usual, the podcast contains a smattering of industrial language and a selection of fine tunes, including a hat tip to the recently late Ron Asheton.

TRACKLISTING

“Carry Bag Man” – The Fall
“No Fun” – The Stooges
“Summer Side of Life” – Gordon Lightfoot
“Desperados Under The Eaves” – Warren Zevon
“You’ll See Glimpses” – Ian Dury and The Blockheads

DOWNLOAD – FOTS-POD#11 – The Parallax Robson

Episode 10 is a more sedate affair than previous releases. Executive Producer Robson and Craig are found here in a pensive, post-New Year mood and engage in discussions on subjects including Rock Climbing in Cornwall, How The Gulf Stream Keeps Britain Warm and Why The Beatles Aren’t in iTunes. Indeed, it’s not until the alcohol kicks in at around the 20 minute mark that the language and conversation hit their customary low point. As usual, then, mind the ears of sensitive young folk when playing this recording. 

TRACKLISTING

The Phantom Band – Throwing Bones
Ween – Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain
Mudcrutch – Scare Easy
Bruce Springsteen – Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bob Dylan – If Not For You
Bobby Darin – Not For Me
Richard Thompson- Nobody’s Wedding
The Toques – Blessed By The Stars
Robert Wyatt – Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road (Excerpt)

DOWNLOAD – FOTS-POD#10 – The Green, Green Grass of Robson

Episode 9 of our Podcast sees Executive Producer Robson and Campbell reunited for the first time in a long time. Tune in and listen as they fondly reminisce times good and bad, and then cover the ears of nearby children as they bicker like schoolgirls who have drunk too much lager. Occasionally they can be heard to discuss actual subjects such as The Economy, Dog Allergies and The Official Secrets Act.

TRACKLISTING:

“Hot Stuff” – The Rolling Stones
“Trudi’s Song” – Mott The Hoople
“Public Execution” – Mouse & The Traps
“Run of the Mill” – George Harrison
“Billy Budd” – Morrissey
“I’m The Slime” – Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
“You Got It” – Roy Orbison
“Short Stopping” – Veda Brown
“You Make Me Feel Like Someone” – PJ Proby

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Number 8 is a special edition, possibly one-off FOTS-POD created especially for winter. This hour-long mix contains only music inspired by the winter months (and the Christmas period) and as such there is no audio footage of Executive Produer Robson and members of the band in this cast. Normal service will be resumed in FOTS-POD#9

Here is the tracklisting:

1: I Could Be So Good To You – Don & The Goodtimes
2: High On A Mountain Top – Loretta Lynn
3: Lo, How A Rose Ere Blooming – Fiest
4: Alberta, No 1 – Bob Dylan
5: Devil Was In My Yard – The Sleepy Jackson
6: The Poacher – Ronnie Lane
7: Hilli (At The Top Of The World) – Amiina featuring Lee Hazlewood
8: Show Me – Dexys Midnight Runners
9: Christmas Eve – Teenage Fanclub
10: To Whom It May Concern – Rodriguez
11: I’d Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I’m Behind – Bobby Womack
12: Withered & Died – Richard & Linda Thompson
13: Backstreet Girl – Lampchop
14: No-one Knows My Name – Gillian Welch
15: Christmas In Jail – The Youngsters
16: Moon Song – Emmylou Harris
17: Please, Daddy, Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas – John Denver
18: Holiday For Strings – The Voices of Walter Schumann
19: The End Of The Line – Travelling Wilburys

DOWNLOAD – FOTS-POD#8 – The Robson Who Wasn’t There