THE RIDER – SNAPPY

Neil, John, Adam and Steph talk about Steph getting out of the house, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds And Some Other Guys and Gibbo’s love of Bella Union. 10 splendid records and speedy chat in between. Some of the 10 records might be a bit long… Direct link...

CLUBS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT FANS ARE NOT THE ENEMY WITHIN

Anyone who has ever tweeted the words “socialism,” “Marxism”or “communist” will know what happens next. Within minutes your tweet is seized upon by Robot J McCarthy (@RedScareBot) who hunts down and exposes Twitter’s left wing sympathisers wherever they may be. It is...

THE ELEPHANT IN MIDFIELD

By Hal Cohen The cliches are valid: Steven Gerrard is a leader amongst men. Steven Gerrard is the greatest central midfielder of his generation. Steven Gerrard is also the elephant in the Liverpool dressing room, getting larger by the game. Brendan Rodgers game plan...

PODCAST: ARSED?

Neil was joined by Nick O’Prey, Jim Boardman and Jay McKenna to reflect on Liverpool’s 2-0 defeat to Arsenal THE FSF AWARDS ARE COMING, NOMINATE US! Direct link to PODCAST: ARSED? Podcast RSS feed iTunes

CITYTALK – THE ACID TEST?

Neil was joined by Simon Hughes, Mike Nevin, Mike Girling and Amy Lawrence in this weeks Arsenal preview Music this week from Sankofa and Aviator   DIRECT LINK TO CITYTALK: THE ACID TEST? Podcast RSS feed iTunes

HJC London Rocks

Tomorrow we hit London in conjunction with HJC London Rocks. They are bringing John Power and The Tea Street Band. We are bringing Gareth Roberts. OK. There’s an imbalance there. There is no getting away from it. Let’s be honest: Robbo’s far more attractive than all...

SOUND CITY 2014 – MUSIC, FOOTBALL, STYLE

The seventh Liverpool Sound City conference will lead on the three themes of football, music and style – cornerstones of the city’s identity. David Pichilingi, CEO of Sound City, clarifies the thought behind this strategic shift: “The British music business is as much...

OFF TO A FLYER?

THERE’S a danger in getting carried away with things. In January 2006 Everton released a DVD to commemorate their strong start. They called it ‘Off To A Flyer’. This was not to herald a decent return for the beginning of the season, mind. Oh no. This was the beginning...

THE RIDER: INTERJECTION

Neil, John, Steph and Adam play ten great songs, have a gig of the week in Luxembourg and discuss clothes or no clothes for female pop stars. It’s The Rider – getting into things. Direct link to THE RIDER: INTERJECTION Podcast RSS feed...

David Wooding, The S*n and The Liverpool Press Club

THE Sun and Liverpool. You know the story. If you don’t, you should. The Hillsborough Independent Panel’s report  13 months ago brought it all back: four days after the disaster a front-page report with the headline ‘The Truth’ relayed a series of lies about April 15,...