Friends of the Stars Podcasts

FOTS-POD#23 – I Just Called To Say I Robson’d You

Craig Hamilton — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:34:16 +0000

Episode 23 of the Friends of the Stars podcasts breaks new technological ground, being the first recorded entirely over Skype. Campbell, Craig & Executive Producer Robson discuss a variety of topics, including Campbell’s brief stint as the Milk Tray Man and his dalliance with a make-up artist called Kindly. The boys then push the boundaries of Voice Over IP technology by trying (and failing) to make beer appear over the internet. There is also a lot of bickering and swearing.

TRACKLISTING:

Blindness – The Fall
Ridin’ In my Car – She & Him
Night of the Long Knives – AC/DC
That Makes It Tough – Buddy Holly
I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles
Every Day As We Grow Closer – Alex Chilton
Louisiana 1927 – Randy Newman
Tennessee Blues – Bobby Charles

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FOTS-POD#22 – Robson Man 2

Craig Hamilton — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:47:22 +0000

This hour-long episode, entitled “Robson Man 2″, finds Cam and Craig in blistering form as they discuss the various merits of iPhones, Spotify and SKY Sports before moving on to give an insight into the working processes of a band lumbering towards the completion of it’s 2nd LP. It’s nowhere near as dull as it sounds, honest.

TRACKLISTING:

Love Like A Fountain – Ian Brown
Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
I Have Learned To Do Without You – Mavis Staples
Beard of Bees – Stately Homes of England
It’s Time To Move On – Tom Petty
Prisons – Trashcan Sinatras
No Regrets – The Walker Brothers
On The Floe – Thin White Rope
Saturday Gigs – Mott The Hoople

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FOTS-POD#21 – A Robson In Winter

Craig Hamilton — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:04:48 +0000

Episode 21 finds Campbell and Craig tucking into a couple of afternoon beers during the recent post-Christmas lull. The boys discuss Craig’s recent fatherhood following the birth of his son, Mac Charlie, and also the joys of accompanying Executive Producer Robson on a fraught trip to IKEA. The podcast once again features swearing and also music from Kris Kristofferson, The La’s, Randy Newman, Bobbie Gentry and more.

TRACKLISTING

Feelin’ – The La’s
Closer To The Bone – Kris Kristofferson
Trains to Brazil – The Guillemots
Fancy – Bobbie Gentry
Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
Who You Gonna Call on Judgment Day – Prince Far I
Lyla – Oasis
Raspberry Beret – Hindu Love Gods
Everyday – Slade
Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
Baltimore – Randy Newman
Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) – George Harrison

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FOTS-POD#20 – The Amityville Robson

Craig Hamilton — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:12:28 +0000

FOTS-POD Episode 20 is a bumper 1-hour special in which Executive Producer Robson and Craig embark on what sounds suspiciously like an ill-informed meander through local history. So, if you’ve ever found yourself wondering about the architecture and cultural history of certain areas of south Birmingham, and you also happen to like swearing, then this is the podcast you’ve been looking for.

TRACKLISTING:

Minstrel Show – Barry Goldberg
I Can Never Tell – The Crawdaddys
Son, This Is She – John Leyton
Beautiful Waste – The Triffids
Sand – Hush Arbors
Empire (State of Mind) – Jay-Z Feat Alicia Keys
Kingfish – Levon Helm and the Dirt Band
Reggeaman – Jack Morgan
Country Pie – Bob Dylan
Bad Fog of Lonliness- Neil Young
Woman’s Prison – Loretta Lynn
I’ll Be The Other Woman – Soul Children
Blue Skies – Noah and the Whale

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FOTS-POD#19 – The No Robson Club: Part 2

Craig Hamilton — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:26:25 +0000

Apologies for the delay in posting the second part of this special two-part podcast. Things are busy at this end . You know how it is.

Always true to our word, “The No-Robson Club Part 2″ features a very special guest, so take a wild guess who that might be.

This episode features music from Ry Cooder, Teenage Fanclub, Linda Thompson and others. As usual, there is some effing and jeffing. Enjoy.

TRACKLISTING

I’ll Have to Let Him Go – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Folk Song Oblivion – The Phantom Band
Drive Like I’ve Never Been Hurt – Ry Cooder
Near You – Teenage Fanclub
Play Dead – Astrid
I Wish You’d Met Her – Trashcan Sinatras
Over It – Dinosaur Jr
Versatile Heart – Linda Thompson

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FOTS-POD#18 – The No-Robson Club: Part 1

Craig Hamilton — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:17:59 +0000

Episode 18 of the Friends of the Stars Podcast is a PART ONE of TWO PART affair. Recorded just last week in the fine city of Glasgow, these episodes DO NOT feature Executive Producer Robson.

Wait….come back.

Containing tunes by David Bowie, Magnetic Fields, Kevin Ayers and Elvis Costello, “The No-Robson Club” finds Friends of the Stars members Campbell and Craig spending the afternoon idly considering exactly how many copies of their next album the band need to sell in order for all 5 members to live high on the hog. They also discuss the difficulties of having family and friends as your only ‘demographic’ or ‘target market’. As usual, the podcast contains swearing.

TRACKLISTING

Modern Love – David Bowie
Big Bird – Eddie Floyd
Cold Shoulder – Kevin Ayers
Joe Pye and The Weeds – Joe Pye and The Weeds
Veronica – Elvis Costello
Chicken – Geoff Mauldur
Our Love is Heavenly – Heavenly
Jamaica Say You Will – Jackson Browne
(Crazy For You But) Not That Crazy – Magnetic Fields

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

Craig Hamilton — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:07:02 +0000

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)

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FOTS-POD#16 – N-N-N-New Jack Robson

Craig Hamilton — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:41:00 +0000

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

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FOTS-POD#15 – “Das Robson”

Craig Hamilton — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:08:16 +0000

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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FOTS-POD#14 – “Robson The Headless Thompson Gunner”

Craig Hamilton — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:54:11 +0000

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

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