Leaping across puddles, walking between the raindrops, its collar turned to the cold and damp, our weekly podcast builds a defence against the rigours of the rock and roll weather and offers shelter from the storm. Remain warm and dry with the following …

… the 11 musicians who turned down a Knighthood, MBE etc.

… why Dylan & the Band’s 1974 tour set the template for all tours to follow.

… Rod Stewart minus the hair: unimaginable.

… the old duffers’ perfect New Year’s Eve.

… happy 50th to Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark, Van Morrison’s It’s Too Late To Stop Now, Steely Dan’s Pretzel Logic, Gram Parsons’ Grievous Angel, Big Star’s Radio City, Todd Rundgren’s Todd and Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe.

… Mr Bates v the Post Office and why sad films and books get harder to process as you get older.

… the wit and wisdom of our old pal Rod Sopp, the Smash Hits ad man - “a roll of cash big enough to choke a donkey”; “he’s so thin he has to run around in the shower to get wet”.

… Sting, Debbie Harry, Elvis Presley: spot the natural blond.

… how Woody Allen uses music to “make films look better”.

… the story of Everybody’s Talkin’ in Midnight Cowboy.

… why movie dance sequences are often filmed in silence.  

… and birthday guest Andrew Slattery: All Along the Watchtower in Withnail, Sanctus in If, Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby in O Brother Where Art Thou? and other great movie soundtrack moments.

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