Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture

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 cov

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 Jere

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 S

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 t

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

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

The Mudd Club, An Intense Laboratory: Post Punk pt.5

In this episode we return to the Mudd Club, NYC’s ‘intense laboratory’ of cinema, performance, dance and music. We hear about how this new kind of club fused these variou

LITM Extra - Instrumentals: Arthur Russell pt.4 [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’re back on the tail of Arthur Russ

The Mudd Club Opens: Post Punk pt.4

Continuing our mini-series on post-punk, Jeremy and Tim turn their attention to the pre-history of a crucial NYC venue: The Mudd Club. Given Tim literally wrote the book

[UNLOCKED] LITM Extra - Rebel Sounds with Joe Mulhall

We've dug into our vault of past episodes and unlocked this previously patrons-only interview from last year. To hear dozens more episodes like this from just £3 a month,

LITM Extra - Rock the Kitchen: Arthur Russell pt.3 [excerpt]

This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, plus dozens more, become a patron from £3 a month at Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. In this patrons

Do It Yourself! Post Punk pt.3

Grab your zines, dust off your stencils and customise your jackets because Jeremy and Tim are continuing our mini-series on post-punk with a healthy dollop of DIY culture

LITM Extra - Beginner's Mind: Arthur Russell pt.2 [excerpt]

This is an excerpt of a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to sign up from just £3 a month. In this

The Winter of Discontent: Post Punk pt.2

Jeremy and Tim continue our mini-series on post-punk with a bit of 1978 scene-setting. Describing the inflationary crises, militant shop stewards and series of strikes in

[UNLOCKED] LITM Extra - Toby Manning on Mixing Pop and Politics

UNLOCKED: we've decided to share this interview with writer Toby Manning that we originally distributed to patrons in May 2025. To hear dozen more bonus episodes on a vas

LITM Extra - First Thought, Best Thought: Arthur Russell pt.1 [excerpt]

This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to sign up. In this episode we begin a p

‘The New Musick’: Post Punk pt.1

On this week’s episode we return to 70s for the first of a mini-series on post-punk. A historical period, an unhelpful genre descriptor, a structure of feeling? Whatever

The Music of North East England with Alex Niven [7" Edition]

To hear the extended, 12", almost-2-hour version of this conversation, including discussion on Maximo Park, Kenickie and Bob Davenport, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod a

LITM Extra - Bruce Springsteen [excerpt]

This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to sign up. In our final episode of 20

Zohran Mamdani

It’s Mamdani time! On this episode of the show we’re bringing things right up to the here and now to celebrate New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. Tim and Jeremy re