We Know A Song About That, Don't We?
A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened... To support Mitch Benn for as little as $1 a month, and get access to exclusive content, go to www.patreon.com/mitchbenn
Episodes
The return of you-know-who, Elvis the newsreader, Facebook blackouts and many, many more...
Ill-advised self-pleasuring techniques, the search for a new kind of maleness, lingering austerity, the peace gravy train and UP THE IRONS...
Self driving cars, possibly fictitious missiles, the pay gap is still a thing and Brexit is still a stupid idea...
Farewell to a true pop genius, protesting priorities, legalised lawbreaking and blood transfusion confusion. It's all going on (and it's all gone on before)...
Trump ruining Elon's buzz (and everyone else's), dead cat, stolen phones, and the return of my arch-nemesis turned collaborator...Trump ruining Elon's buzz (and everyone else's), dead cat, stolen phones, and the return of my arch-nemesis turned collaborator...
Heroic Hamsters, undead rock stars, Australian "sports" and yet more Boris babies.
Grenades in school, Eurovision controversy, ostentatious proposals... just another week on Planet Stupid
There's a new Pope in town, the "Special Relationship" is alive and well and England has a New Rose (bollocks, should have done a The Damned parody...)
Farage is unflushable a turd as ever, it's been surprisingly warm and people are paying rather too much attention to University Challenge...
So Liverpool are winning again, Trump is being unspeakable again and the very people who might save the world are being hounded out of existence. Ah well, we know songs about all of this...
This episode: It's Easter (again), the Pope is gone, local elections are back and heavy metal bands are exploring interesting promotional avenues...
Check it out! Three weeks for three! How long can we keep this up? No idea. This week: the return of ECONOMIC CRISES (did they ever go away?), memories of the last days of Thatcher's Britain, and general frustration with Labour timidity... Interesting times, folks, interesting times...
NB - Just noticed I gave the wrong dates for my shows at the Rik Mayall FestivaI... my solo show and all my guest appearances will be on SATURDAY MAY 31st, and the full band show with Ronnie Golden and the Alpha Mayalls will be on SUNDAY JUNE 1st. Sorry.
Well, I said I was hoping to put two episodes out every month; well here I am back with Ep 2 after just one week, digging up songs about demented demagogues, poorly p...
A new podcast in which I look at current news stories and then play the song that I wrote the LAST time something like this happened...
This episode: over-zealous language policing by the US government recalling a similar gaffe made by right-wing Christians back in 2008; alliterative maritime mishaps, Nazis and why it's maybe a bad sign if they're supporting you...
Mitch is joined by his longtime friend Marcus Brigstocke to discuss good things to do, including disease reviews, vinyl immersion and finishing all of Netflix...
Mitch is joined by his old pal Emma Kennedy to discuss things to do in confinement, including crazy royals, cat murderers and thinking impure thoughts about a certain late Prime Minister...
Mitch returns to his virtual bunker to discuss good things to do indoors with award winning children's author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, including discussions on gardening, detective movies and impenetrable regional accents...
Mitch is joined from Australia by comedian, writer, and podcaster Alice Fraser for a discussion on good things to do under lockdown, including boning up on educational theory, jumping into cold swimming pools (if only) and reading two or three books a day...
Mitch is joined by former spin-surgeon supreme turned political commentator, mental health campaigner and football pundit Alastair Campbell, to discuss good things to do while locked down, including Albanian novels, self-inflicted haircuts, prize-winning trees and bagpipes...
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