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Black Box Theme, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [208]
More mental gymnastics from David, Simon, Sam & Martin, as Song by Song grapples with not only defining the Black Box as a song, as well as a theatrical conceit. There's some in-depth discussion of un...
4 Sep 201921min
Just the Right Bullets, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [207]
Playwright Simon Stephens and Composer David Shrubsole join Martin and Sam to talk about the influence of Kurt Weill, the nature of musical theatre and the origins of the story at the heart of The Bla...
28 Aug 201923min
November, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [206]
As we try to unpick some of the interplay between the album The Black Rider and the play of the same name, Jeu Jeu la Foille, Martin & Sam reflect (pun intended) on the fatalistic imagery in the song,...
21 Aug 201924min
The Black Rider, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [205]
Guest host Jeu Jeu La Foille returns for a second week looking at the opening tracks from The Black Rider, discussing with Martin and Sam the presence and absence of Wilhelm and Käthchen in the play a...
14 Aug 201923min
Lucky Day (Overture), The Black Rider, Tom Waits [204]
Song by Song returns for its 15th season, digging into one of the densest and most involved albums in the whole project, The Black Rider. Guest host Jeu Jeu La Foille joins Sam and Martin to add her e...
7 Aug 201925min
The Black Rider (Introduction), Tom Waits [203a]
We're just a week away from season 15, but The Black Rider needs a little contextual work from both us the podcast and you the listeners. Check the website for links to some of the material we'll be u...
31 Jul 20193min
That Feel, Bone Machine, Tom Waits [203]
Sam and Martin get together (on the same continent no less!) to talk through both this track specifically as well as the album Bone Machine in general. Discussing what That Feel might be - in terms of...
17 Jul 201929min
Let Me Get Up On It, Bone Machine, Tom Waits [202]
Ooh it's another little sound fragment track from Waits this week, as Scary, Martin and Sam explore the possibilities of a James Brown pun in this penultimate track from Bone Machine. With debate over...
10 Jul 201917min
