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See Hear Podcast episode 138 - Interview with Skizz Cyzyk about "Freaks In Love"

The exciting thing about doing See Hear podcast is that the three of us never know what the others are going to pick for discussion. This is not just relevant for film pu

See Hear Podcast 137 - The Commitments

In the early 90s, things were radically changing for music. After a decade where music in the mainstream was often beholden to production excess, gated drums, and where t

See Hear Podcast Episode 136 - The Music Never Stopped

It is often said that music is the great uniter....people are connected by a common love of music. Whoever said that hasn't spent any time in an online music discussion f

See Hear Podcast 135 - Interview with Mary Zournazi, director of "My Rembetika Blues"

The origins of popular American and English music forms like blues, jazz, rock and folk are well documented in the English-speaking world (and possibly the non-English sp

See Hear Podcast Episode 134 - Interview with producer Christine La Monte about her film Viva Verdi

Those of us fortunate enough to have employment in our chosen field should have (in theory) a pension / superannuation plan to take care of us in our autumn years. Sadly,

See Hear Podcast - Current State of Play

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See Hear Episode 133 - Get Crazy

Aaaaah, 80s cinema. When asked to think about films from the 80s, chances are you recall blockbuster adventures featuring an archaeologist carrying a whip or dancing as a

See Hear Podcast Episode 132 - Nashville

Backstabbing, faux-sincerity, clawing one's way to the top, class division, those at the top thumbing their noses at those further down the ladder....all political concep

See Hear Episode 131 - Deliver Me From Nowhere (first reaction)

So many biopics feature the story of an artist from cradle to grave....all in 2 hours. Those of you who know me or have listened to the show before know I'm....uh....not

See Hear Episode 130 - Interview with Ido Fluk, director of Koln 75

History is full of famous tales that are told from one perspective. As we all know, everyone has their own version of how something went down....even if it doesn't contra

See Hear Podcast episode 129 - Bad Brains: A Band In DC

Punk music branched out in the late 70s / early 80s into a harder, faster, thrashier style than its earlier predecessor. If (as is often claimed) the original wave of pun

See Hear Podcast Episode 128 - Interview with Francois Girard about "Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould"

There’s a moment in Mel Brooks’ “History of the World Part 1” where we’re told that shortly after the first artists came the first art critics…..I’ll leave you to determi

See Hear Podcast Episode 127 - 200 Motels

Frank Zappa is an odd duck. His massive back catalogue of albums attracts both reverence and ambivalence from music fans. Stylistically, he covered so much ground coverin

See Hear Episode 126 - The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

It's not too often that a story will make a connection between Linda McCartney, The Beastie Boys and The Clash, but this month's film does just that. Welcome to episode

See Hear 125 - Interview with Kenny Vance about Heart And Soul: A Love Story

The use of non-diagetic songs in cinema is often designed to provoke a type of nostalgia, or at least an understanding of the era the film is set in. Apocalypse Now opens

See Hear Episode 124 - Inside Llewyn Davis

We've recently lost one of the great directors over the last few decades in David Lynch who was known for showing the dreamy and nightmarish side of America (and we need

See Hear Episode 123 - Heavy Metal

1981.....music and film fans could only guess as to what the coming decade held – both in art and in the real world. If art reflects the real world, then a portmanteau fi

See Hear Podcast Episode 122 - Swing Girls

When you attended high school, did you have a music program? If so, were you enthusiastic about playing what was selected for you? In the early days of music tuition, cha

See Hear Episode 121 - Interview with Neil Fox about his book "Music Films"

Do you like music films? Dumb question, I guess, because if you've deliberately downloaded an episode of See Hear, you know that music films are our niche in the podcast

See Hear Podcast Episode 120 - Great Soundtracks Part 2

Movie music – any movie fan will acknowledge that a film score or a soundtrack can make or break how well a film works. The acting and cinematography and production value