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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A Russian spokesman said trying to replace them would cost an arm and a leg.

Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have to say, the best one you ever did was "Freak Football". I can still quote lines from it over 25 years later. One of my favourites was the but where one of the crowd can be heard shouting "Get on with it you tossers" to which you voice over "And with that, the tossers did" as a goal is scored.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon. A horror novel where a bloke goes out for a walk over several different nights in October. That's it.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's a great album. Bizarrely, it was the first full Dexys album I heard, having only listened to the singles before that so had a very different introduction to it.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I can't say loudly enough what an absolute joy this series has been. Anchored in Beatleyness but throwing so much light on other areas of Sixties culture. Andy Miller's two parts focusing on The Kinks was my absolute favourite but they were all so good. Thank you Chris and everyone involved.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Please tell me this is "End of Series 1" and not "End of Series". It's been magical with every single interview bringing something different and unique.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fascinating EPE episode. Very much like listening to an audiobook of Maureen's biography. I'd be interested to know how new to peoples ear's are these stories? Does she give many interviews or was it a rare opportunity. Can't wait for part two.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Another cracking episode. I've loved all the brilliant little stories over the last few that make you rethink what you know about classic albums and moments in time. Which I suppose is the whole point of EPExp when you think about. But just to say, it's working really well Chris. Love it.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Another fantastic trip on the railway. Not only have services been reduced on the line between Milton Keynes and the Midlands, they've reduced the train from 10 coaches to 5. My luxury two square foot of carpet is wonderfully comfortable. #londonnorthwestern #LNW

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I love The Unlimited Dream Company, Running Wild, High Rise and Memories of the Space Age. So many great works and a fantastic author.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Astonishing isn't it. There were 2380 days between the release of Please Please Me and Abbey Road. No other band in history has gone on a musical journey like that and I don't think anyone ever will. Compare I Saw Her Standing There with Come Together. It is, but it isn't the same band.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A lovely interview. It always gets me is how fast it all happens. April 1965 they were working on Help. 4 years later they were about to start work on Abbey Road and the fun and games of 65 had given way to the verge of breaking up. Incredible. Some bands take 4 years to record an LP these days.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Easily my favorite Billy Bragg Album. So many beautiful songs. Virtue never tested is no virtue at all.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Finally completed part 2 (it made it into a third dog walk this morning). No exaggeration, this 2 hours has to be one of the finest, most joyous pieces of podcasting ever. What a fantastic celebration of music. Listened to Village Green last night just because. God save the village green.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Listened to the first half of Pt 2 on this morning's dog walk and will finish it on this afternoon's. I walked through the field with a broad grin on my face. Love the way it turned into a deep dove of TVGPS. I love the Kinks so much.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Absolutely loving the Kinks love. I discovered them exactly as discussed. Except mine was a Woolworths double cassette bought in the late 80's. I don't think Pye were too bothered what albums they released given their final Kinks LP was a film soundtrack about a man who'd had a penis transplant.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Only thing I could tell Vivian is that I heard he was in Pompeii in 1972 and Gdansk in 2008. Can't help other than that.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I believe the Macca poll result was genuine. 13 year old girls in 1962 are 18 by 67. The Beatles had stopped touring and took six months to follow up on their last single. That double A failed to top the charts for the first time since 63. In the context of the time, they had a changing fanbase.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Wow, I never knew what that was until now. I would drive past that at least twice a week, every week, for years when I attended the Sea Cadet Unit in the Old Dock Cottages.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Took advice from the famous economist Milton Keynes didn't he?

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Sits right alongside Strawberry Fields / Penny Lane and Vienna as one of the greatest Number 2 hit singles of all time. Beautiful backing vocals from Ray's then wife Rasa.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Not only is it astonishing that this work of genius did not chart on release but it's also astonishing that from this point until 1993 The Kinks released a further 18 albums of original material and not a single one charted in the UK.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Yeah but Jenny Agutter ❤️❤️❤️

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Idea for a new podcast from the EggPod family. @chrisshaweditor.bsky.social and @quantick.bsky.social present "I am the DeadPod" in which they discuss reasons why deceased 60's popstars are no longer releasing records"

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

For me, it's Candy Says, which is such a great track but What goes on is right up there.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

On the subject of The Velvet Underground, I think I'm very, very much in the minority but their self titled 1969 album, The Velvet Underground is a beautiful piece of work and my favourite by them.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

So would I be right in saying, when I was a kid and my sister and I would ask for different things for tea, and my Dad would sarcastically say "What do you think this is, Joe's Cafe?" Would that be where Joe's Cafe came from? Was it that well known outside of Liverpool?

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Is that because you were at the back of the Q?

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Thoroughly enjoyed part 1. This is going to be so fascinating with the deeper dive into the less well known areas of 60's music. Welcome back Chris and the EggPod.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My earliest recollection of that area was it being used for parking in the 80's.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Drank in there a few times when I was in the Navy. Before the change to opening hours it was the only pub on the strip that stayed open until the early hours.

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Weird Bristol @weirdbristol.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Running for two series from 1982-1984 “The Young Ones” was an anarchic BBC sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson along with a host of stars from the British alternative comedy scene. Despite being set in North London almost all of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Bristol. 1/2

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Didn't the police have a boat shed with their own boat over by the Thekla in the end? I think that's gone as well now but I certainly remember it in the 80's.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Windswept Sewage Treatment Plant

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Wow, it ended in 1983. I remember it so well as a kid.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Well you know what they say, "you have to take the rough with the smooth".

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Glad it was saved from demolition in the 90's. Definitely a landmark.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Fairground Attraction Killers

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Chris, you could read the TV guide and I'd listen 😁.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Not sure where you stand on Sci-Fi and Star Wars in particular but if you do like it then Andor is absolutely superb.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I think that legend came about after a particularly good night on the farmhouse rough scrumpy

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Slightly confused. Where does Coronation Chicken sit on the patriotic food scale?

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I know a chapel give you the answer.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

The bulk of the system was destroyed during blitz on Bristol in 1941 and never reconstructed following the end of the war.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I know a lot of people have been complaining that the writing on Doctor Who has gone down hill but I think I'd prefer a script containing the Daleks.

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

My Gran's maiden name was Ruddle and she was from Wiltshire.... I wonder?

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Rob Lawes. @rob-lawes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I can't wait until we get Anthology 12 where we finally get to hear that chair squeak at the end of A Day in the Life isolated and in Dolby Atmos plus, as a bonus, they'll include a remixed version of Ringo's fart from the Saville Row Get Back Sessions.

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