Ian is an award-winning comedy writer with MS and in the current series, Almost a Radio Show, he teams up with his singer/comedian mate, Dave Prior, for a weekly half-hour of great music, trivia, fun factoids and spontaneous silliness.
Brouhaha brings you Episode 20 of Almost a Radio Show… Who is that famous muso in a band called The Pink Finks? Who is that singer who loves rock and roll? Who fooled around and fell in love? Who was just a red brassiere to all the boys in town? And how did the humble teabag get invented by accident? Maybe Judy Collins has the answer… plus trivia and more fun factoids.
This Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by the word ‘bumfuzzled’. It’s an old word meaning confused, baffled or puzzled. As in “I am bumfuzzled as to why Donald Trump was voted in as President again. Was it because Joe Biden spent three years looking totally bumfuzzled?” Freddie Mercury is in a band before Queen, The Ferrets perform their one-hit-wonder, Tommy Emmanuel does a great cover, Harry Chapin is the muso who died too soon, brandy is the accidental invention, and Barrington Sp...
Almost a Radio Show, podast number 18… Where would you find your acnestis? Who was in Rick and the Ravens before finding fame? What do you know about asparagus? What would be the Richie Valens cover? What was Barry McGuire’s one-hit-wonder? Who doesn’t like Israel Kamakawiwo’ole? What wonderful thing did Dom Pierre Perignon invent by accident? What did Roupa Nova and Cathy Berberien do with Yesterday?
This week's Almost a Radio podcast is brought to you by discombobulate... There’s Madonna's first band before found fame as Madonna... Blind Faith with a Buddy Holly cover... Remember Abigail's sexy one-hit-wonder?... Warren Zevon makes an appearance... There's an accidental invention that some people can't live without... plus trivia, fun factoids and the outlook for Yesterday is Wet, Wet, Wet.
PeterFrampton in a band before he became famous...a cover of a Jimmy Webb classic by Donna Summer... The Buggles with their One-Hit-Wonder... Glam-rocker Marc Bolan... a fabulous accidental invention, trivia, fun factoids and a surprise cover of Yesterday.
This week's podcast is brought to you by the lovely smell of rain on dust, petrichor. There’s a stack of goodies including a cryptic pregnancy, jobs celebrities had before they became celebrities, a famous muso with a song before he found fame, a one-hit-wonder, drummer extraordinaire John Bonham, an accidental invention, fun factoids and a bossa nova cover of Yesterday.
Quafftide – it is a time of day, week, month or year that drinkers enjoy… there’s an Australian inland city that has a beach, that saw the first ever Chiko Roll and gave birth to The Eurythmics… John Farnham belts out a cover… there’s some funky music for the benefit of Mr. Kite, an accidental invention, fun factoids and more!
Just what can jentacular tittynopes be? There’s another accidental invention, fun factoids and a pot pourri of performers in Ray Charles, Herman’s Hermits, Gary Shearston, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boys II Men and the Starland Vocal Band with a delightful one-hit-wonder…
Pot-Valiant is a quaint term for alcohol inspired bravado or stupidity… David Bowie sings when he was still known as Davy Jones… Zager & Evans sing the only song they are known for as Zager & Evans… It’s a mad world for Gary Jules and an even madder one for Who drummer, Keith Moon plus an accidental invention, fun factoids and a surprising cover of Yesterday.
This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by Winklepickers! We’ve got Brian May and Roger Taylor in a band before they became part of Queen… an Aussie band covering Eleanor Rigby… a one-hit-wonder from John Fred and his Playboy Band… plus an accidental invention, fun factoids and phobias.
Serendipity is the word in this week’s podcast… those wonderful parts of life that are totally unplanned but make for unforgettable memories. There’s music from 16yo Billy Field in a band called King Fox, Johnny Cash with a terrific cover, a one-hit wonder from The Vapours, Leonard Cohen remembering The Chelsea Hotel and Placido Domingo performs Yesterday. There are fun factoids, another accidental invention and a bunch of clever sporting nicknames. Take a bow Aussie golfer, Aaron ‘Dresses’ Badd...
This week’s podcast is called Euphoric Phlegm because we reveal a survey’s finding of the five worst and best sounding words in the English language. There’s Neil Young in a band before he became famous, movie trivia, a great cover from Urge Overkill, Bobby McFerrin is the one-hit-wonder and you mightn’t know the singer Noel Harrison but you’ll know the song that won an Oscar. And, as usual, there is a new cover of Yesterday, fun factoids, an invention that happened by accident and random though...
This week’s Almost a Radio Show is brought to you by an Ultracrepidarian. There’s Phil Collins before he joined Genesis in a band called Flaming Youth… A cover of a Prince song knocks Prince out of the park, Gallery provides the one-hit-wonder, there is an unlikely duet from Janis Joplin and Tom Jones plus unscripted silliness, trivia and fun factoids.
This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is brought to you by Bumfiddling, and that may not be what you are thinking! There’s AC/DC’s Bon Scott singing bubblegum, a fabulous cover song that had its origins a century earlier, a terrific one-hit wonder and a surprising version of Smells Like Teen Spirit plus trivia, fun factoids and some random reminiscing.
In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast we ask the question, Are You a Tidsoptimist? We have Ringo Starr drumming up a storm before he joined The Beatles in Rory Storm and The Hurricanes… There’s a fabulous cover song that most people think is the original… The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band drop in with their one-hit-wonder… There’s the first ever posthumous number one from Otis Redding plus a few unpredictable surprises, trivia and fun factoids…
This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is called Ocker Shocker because of something embarrassing that happened to Dave… There’s a song from Tom and Jerry – that was the duet’s name before Simon and Garfunkel… Jimi Hendrix provides one of the best ever covers… Minnie Ripperton’s perfect love song is the one-hit-wonder… We dig up another member of the 27 Club, Jim Morrison from The Doors, and Marvin Gaye makes an appearance.
This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast has Elton John performing as Reggie Dwight in a band he called Bluesology… Sting performing a cover of an Elton John classic… a one hit wonder from The Cascades… we dig up Brian Jones for a trip down Rolling Stones Lane and Elvis enters the building… plus regular segments of fun factoids, trivia and an invention that happened by accident.
In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast we ask the question, Are You a Scurryfunger? As well as trivia, fun factoids and random chat, there’s Billy Joel in a duet called Atilla before he became famous as The Piano Man… The best cover ever of Sound of Silence… in Stone Cold we dig up the marvelous Mama Cass and Ray Charles makes an appearance.
This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast is called Show Us Your Tittles but tittles may not be what you think! As usual, there's some great music including a song from a singer before he became famous, a cover song that may surprise, a one-hit wonder, a super-group single and a beautiful rendition of Yesterday plus fun factoids, trivia, random chat and an invention that happened by mistake.
Clatterfart is a Northern England and Scottish word that dates back to the 1500s. It means a talkative person and that describes Dave and Ian, the hosts of this new 30-minute podcast series called Almost a Radio Show. There's some great music along with trivia, fun factoids and spontaneous silliness.
Very excited about the upcoming MSing About podcast series, Almost a Radio Show. Dave Prior will be joining Ian each week for a 30-minute podcast that has great music, quirky music and one-hit wonders plus Word of the Week, trivia, obscure factoids, inventions that happened by accident and spontaneous silliness because neither Dave nor Ian will be telling each other what they will be individually bringing to the microphone!
Ernie Dingo played Uncle Tadpole in the movie Bran Nue Dae. He also taught me how to tickle trout. He is just one of several Indigenous (and non-Indigenous) Australians who helped shape my social conscious.
Still MSing About with Australian history and this week, Black Bushrangers from 1788 to 1901 – six blokes and a lady!
The Frontier Wars between British settlers and Indigenous Australians went from 1788 to 1934 and this podcast looks specifically at one horrendous massacre and two rather extraordinary Aboriginal people.
For 28 years Nosey Bob Howard was the official hangman in New South Wales. Of the 62 hangings, 19% were a bit botched leaving good marks to 81% of the executions. Somewhere between a Credit and a Distinction, I guess. But what about the poor journalists who had to witness and graphically describe the events for the newspapers? Warning. Some gruesome content.
This time of year always brings up the debate about whether January 26 is Australia Day or Invasion Day. Ian offers his thoughts and looks at some of the Indigenous people who greeted the First Fleet settlers like Bennelong, Pemulwuy, Barangaroo and Bungaree.
Two major recent discoveries... one, that there were 12 black American ex-slaves aboard the First Fleet and one of them, John Randall, sits on a distant branch of the Heydon family tree.
This week’s podcast is MSing About with writing tips and pointers on how to write sketch comedy with a few examples from my archive…
It’s 2025 and the first podcast for the year – it’s time for New Year Resolutions!
It's the final podcast for 2024. There's some general memoir tipping using a memoir I co-wrote with my mate, Dave Prior, who is a musician and comedian. You don't have to be either of those to use the tips, but getting to meet Dave should be enjoyable in itself!
