Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture3 Heinä 2025

No Future in England's Dreaming: 1977 Wrap-Up pt.1

We’re almost at the end of our 1977 series, but in true LITM fashion why have just one show on a topic when you could have two? Across this and the next episode we’ll be filling in a few gaps we haven’t touched on so far, and providing some broad economic and political scene-setting for this seminal year in both Britain and the States.
In this episode we hear about the emergent neoliberal order, the oil crisis, austerity then and now, and OPEC. Jeremy and Tim consider escapism in music and film, Punk, Mods, the Silver Jubilee and the decline of the British Empire. They discuss the mighty Paul Weller, the Sex Pistols, Alice in Wonderland, and dig deep into the crates for the James Bond theme as you’ve never heard it before...

Next time we’ll be looking to America for our final show of this run.
Do check out the podcasts Jem shouts out in end notes of this show. We're listing them here, you can find them wherever you find this:
Pro Revolution Soccer
Red Medicine
Politics Theory Other
Produced by Matt Huxley.

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Remember, we have a rolling playlist of all the tracks discussed over on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZpKyqhvhOXfTuPMHCBkFs

Tracklist:
Biddu Orchestra - James Bond Disco Theme (Journey into Fantasy)
The Jam - In The City
The Jam - Eton Rifles
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
Talking Heads - Don’t Worry About the Government

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Astral Traveling: Spiritual Jazz pt.1

Today we’re taking it back to the early 70s as we begin a mini-series on spiritual jazz. Psychedelic, cosmic, astral: all words associated with a set of releases somewhat maligned at the time but now ...

24 Syys 1h 3min

LITM Extra - Boy George, Gaza, and 'We Will Dance Again' [excerpt]

This is an excerpt from a patrons-only show. To hear the full thing, plus dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to sign up.In this episode Tim responds to Boy George’s recent musical o...

10 Syys 3min

Notting Hill Carnival

Love is the Message returns from our summer break just in time for the Bank Holiday Weekend, which in London means one thing: Carnival. In this episode Jeremy and Tim cover the history of Notting Hill...

27 Elo 1h 42min

Corrie on Acid: The Fall with David Wilkinson

We at LITM are still on our summer break, but while we’re away we wanted to share this interview on that most Northern of subjects, Mark E Smith of The Fall. Joining Jeremy for this discussion is Dr D...

6 Elo 1h 31min

Adventures Close to Home: Post Punk 1979 pt.2

It's just Jem this week, mopping up the last suds of our post punk mini-series with a series of British bands who ripped it up and started again. We spend time with The Slits fantastic dub punk debut ...

16 Heinä 56min

LITM Extra - Kiss Me Again: Arthur Russell pt.6 [excerpt]

This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full show, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to join.We made it: what started as a ten-minute conversation and becam...

2 Heinä 16min

Disorder? Post Punk 1979 pt.1

We’ve finally made it - the pivotal Post Punk year of 1979. Well, sort of. It wouldn’t be LITM without a little extra detail, so Jeremy and Tim cue up our arrival with a couple of tracks from ’78 for ...

18 Kesä 1h 31min

LITM Extra - The Flying Hearts: Arthur Russell pt.5 [excerpt]

This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, plus dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod.We continue our mini-series on Arthur Russell by turning to his mid-7...

4 Kesä 12min