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Low Culture Podcast: Sprigs Of Time (78s From The EMI Archive)

This week we celebrate the new Quietus with a compilation released right back when we started, and that inspired a lot of what the site became.

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Low Culture Podcast: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

This month we tuck in our napkins for an encounter with Peter Greenaway's captivating yet grim 1988 film starring Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren.

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Low Culture Podcast: Fairport Convention’s Liege & Lief

In this month’s subscriber podcast John Doran and Luke Turner discuss a record that caused a seismic shift in British music and, despite mining an ancient tradition, remains entirely relevant today

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Low Culture Podcast: Octavia E Butler’s Parable Of The Sower

In February's edition of our subscriber podcast John Doran and Luke Turner investigate Octavia E Butler's prescient 1993 novel Parable Of The Sower (and have a chat about Depeche Mode and the new Fargo)

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The Low Culture Podcast: Nico’s The Marble Index

In the first subscriber-only Low Culture podcast of 2023, John and Luke go deep into the bleak midwinter of Nico’s masterpiece, The Marble Index.

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Low Culture Podcast: Acid Horsing & Reflections On 2023

In this month's subscriber podcast, John and Luke look back on highlights of 2023, including a weekend with a Wiltshire Acid Horse

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Low Culture Podcast: Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom

In this month's Low Culture podcast John and Luke discuss 1960 film Peeping Tom which, while controversial in its day, has an entirely moral contemporary resonance

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Low Culture Podcast: Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds

On this month's podcast tQ editors John and Luke discuss Jeff Wayne's 1978 rock opera adaptation of H.G. Wells' War Of The Worlds

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Low Culture Podcast: An Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Special!

In this month's subscriber podcast, Luke Turner and John Doran go deep on two albums from the magnificent OMD

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Low Culture Podcast: The Decline Of Western Civilisation Part II The Metal years

In this month's Low Culture podcast, we head back to the 1980s and filmmaker Penelope Spheeris' take on the LA hair metal scene

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Low Culture Podcast: The Stone Tape

In this month's subscriber podcast, Luke and John go back to 1972 and Nigel Kneale's cult BBC horror play, The Stone Tape

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The Low Culture Podcast: John & Luke On Heart Of The Congos

This month the Quietus Editors talk about the 1977 vocal reggae album by The Congos, widely held to be one of the greatest Jamaican LPs and an example of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s Black Ark Studio at the height of its power

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The Low Culture Podcast: John & Luke On Prick Up Your Ears

This month Luke and John discuss 1987 film Prick Up Your Ears, Stephen Frears' account of the lives and tragic deaths of Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell.

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A Goth-Off For Goth Week! The Cure’s Pornography Vs Disintegration

John and Luke debate the relative merits of two landmark records from the goth titans

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Low Culture Podcast: What The Chuff? With John & Luke

The Low Culture Podcast has been given a steam clean for ‘23, and the Quietus Editors have first class tickets about El Tren Fantasma

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Low Culture Podcast: Enys Men-ergy With John & Luke

The Low Culture podcast is back for 2023 as John and Luke get stuck in to the best new culture, from Enys Men to a cosmic tome about psychedelic light shows

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Low Culture Podcasts: Looking Back On 2022

In the latest subscriber-only Low Culture podcast, John Doran and Luke Turner give up some of the secrets of how our annual chart is compiled

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Low Culture Podcast: An Eerie November Edition

John Doran and Luke Turner explore two fantastic new exhibitions in the new edition of the Low Culture podcast

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Low Culture Podcast: A Balearic Guernsey & The Best Of October

The Low Culture podcast is back with your tips for the month ahead, from Andor to a new Peter Strickland film and banging noise from Persher.

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Low Culture Podcast: Happy Birthday To Us!

John and Luke celebrate tQ's fourteenth birthday with a selection of their cultural highlights this month

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Low Culture Podcast: Diamanda’s In The Mine

In this month's subscriber-only podcast John and Luke discuss solo sojourn regression, an amazing new album from Diamanda Galás, and an important new book about society's attitude to death

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Low Culture Podcast: A Rocket To High John

John and Luke take the helm of the July Low Culture subscriber podcast to discuss some of their cultural pics for the month

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Low Culture Podcast: From Time Team To Colditz

On this month's Low Culture subscriber podcast, John Doran and Luke Turner discuss 1970s board game Escape From Colditz and Channel 4's archaeology programme, Time Team

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Low Culture Podcast 21: Edward George On Whitney Houston

This month for Low Culture subscribers John Doran speaks to Edward George about the tyranny of Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You'

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Low Culture Podcast 20: Gazelle Twin On The Enfield Poltergeist

This month for Low Culture subscribers, John Doran speaks to Elizabeth Bernholz, aka Gazelle Twin, about how a 90s TV show about the Enfield Poltergeist has informed her work as a musician

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Low Culture Podcast 19: Lias Saoudi On Legends Of The Fall

"I was looking for answers and there it was" Lias Saoudi on finding his truth in Brad Pitt's sweaty schooner

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Low Culture Podcast 18: Jane Weaver On Gerry Rafferty

This month for Low Culture subscribers, John Doran talks to Jane Weaver about her abiding love for Gerry Rafferty's Can I Have My Money Back?

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Low Culture Podcast 17: Natalie Sharp On Fun House

This month for Low Culture and Sound & Vision subscribers, John Doran and Richard Foster talk to Natalie Sharp about her obsession with Pat Sharp and his Fun House

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Low Culture Podcast 16: AGF On East German Rock Group Silly

This month for Low Culture and Sound & Vision subscribers, John Doran and Richard Foster talk to Antye Greie, aka AGF, about her teenage love for Eastbloc 90s rockers Silly

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Low Culture Podcast 15: Mark Fell On Walkabout

This month for Low Culture and Sound + Vision subscribers, electronic music producer and artist Mark Fell talks to Jennifer Lucy Allan and John Doran about the impact he felt on watching Nic Roeg's debut film as a kid

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Low Culture Podcast 14: Alli Logout On Velvet Goldmine

How cinema will change your life and queer lives on film are the subjects discussed on this month's Low Culture podcast, in which Alli Logout from Special Interest joins Luke Turner and Jennifer Lucy Allan to discuss Todd Haynes 1998 film, Velvet Goldmine

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Low Culture Podcast 13: A tQ Birthday Special!

It's a tQ birthday podcast special covering Live Aid and Guns n'Roses in which John Doran reveals a hitherto unknown love of... Bono!

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Low Culture Podcast 12: Nicky Wire On Echo & The Bunnymen

To celebrate the end of the first year of our subs system and the Low Culture podcast we invited Manic Street Preacher Nicky Wire to share his musings on Echo And The Bunnymen

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Low Culture Podcast: Sprigs Of Time (78s From The EMI Archive)

Low Culture Podcast: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Low Culture Podcast: Fairport Convention’s Liege & Lief

Low Culture Podcast: Octavia E Butler’s Parable Of The Sower

The Low Culture Podcast: Nico’s The Marble Index

Low Culture Podcast: Acid Horsing & Reflections On 2023

Low Culture Podcast: Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom

Low Culture Podcast: Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds

Low Culture Podcast: An Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Special!

Low Culture Podcast: The Decline Of Western Civilisation Part II The Metal years

Low Culture Podcast: The Stone Tape

The Low Culture Podcast: John & Luke On Heart Of The Congos

The Low Culture Podcast: John & Luke On Prick Up Your Ears

A Goth-Off For Goth Week! The Cure’s Pornography Vs Disintegration

Low Culture Podcast: What The Chuff? With John & Luke

Low Culture Podcast: Enys Men-ergy With John & Luke

Low Culture Podcasts: Looking Back On 2022

Low Culture Podcast: An Eerie November Edition

Low Culture Podcast: A Balearic Guernsey & The Best Of October

Low Culture Podcast: Happy Birthday To Us!

Low Culture Podcast: Diamanda’s In The Mine

Low Culture Podcast: A Rocket To High John

Low Culture Podcast: From Time Team To Colditz

Low Culture Podcast 21: Edward George On Whitney Houston

Low Culture Podcast 20: Gazelle Twin On The Enfield Poltergeist

Low Culture Podcast 19: Lias Saoudi On Legends Of The Fall

Low Culture Podcast 18: Jane Weaver On Gerry Rafferty

Low Culture Podcast 17: Natalie Sharp On Fun House

Low Culture Podcast 16: AGF On East German Rock Group Silly

Low Culture Podcast 15: Mark Fell On Walkabout

Low Culture Podcast 14: Alli Logout On Velvet Goldmine

Low Culture Podcast 13: A tQ Birthday Special!

Low Culture Podcast 12: Nicky Wire On Echo & The Bunnymen

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