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02/03/2024

A new episode out now - Joel gets an entire CD of revenges in this Role Reversal on Demi Lovato.

It's the first of the occasional bonus series of Generation Mix: Role Reversal, where Joel gets to introduce Dad to an entire CD of one of his favourite artists. This time it's Demi Lovato. There are tracks from her entire career and, in Dad's opinion, something of a mixed bag. Dad get's his turn to...

22/12/2023

The review of the year is now up. Features Joel too...

In this, an annual tradition, I run through my top albums of 2023. I have a top 20 and Joel weighs in with his Top 15.It's a long video as there are quite a...

12/12/2023

The next episode is up and ready for your earholes. It's... Coldplay!
No, no, don't unsubscribe - we disliked them as much as you!

Season 3 continues with an episode on Coldplay. This was... tricky. Neither Neil nor Joel enjoyed the music of Coldplay, so how did the CD come about? Well, they are a hugely successful band of the last 20 years and a friend made a suggested playlist, Neil made the CD and... well this was the result...

22/10/2023

We're back baby - for the last in season 2 - Dire Straits. Download and listen wherever you get your podcasts. And here's an idea - why not share it with others?

In this much delayed episode we turn our attention to the music of Dire Straits. It's a been a loooooooooong time coming and indeed we had recorded this much earlier but the sound was rubbish. We are so committed to quality listening here on Generation Mix that we didn't want to put out something th...

11/08/2023

The next part of my Ranking McCartney series is New.

Let's be honest - Kisses On The Bottom was a turd. But just two years later Paul is back with an all self-composed album with the faintly irritating title o...

16/07/2023

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08/07/2023

Along with this week's new youtube video, Joel has been doing his work experience at The Curry Design Studio and as a result has designed new logos and a website for the podcast. Watch this space.

In 2012 Paul released his standards covers album. It consistently ranks low among McCartney afficionados as it's really not good. To reward the most faithf...

20/05/2023

RIP Andy Rourke

Yesterday the sad news broke of the death of Andy Rourke, the bassist for the Smiths.The Smiths have been on my list to cover for a while so I decided to bum...

19/05/2023

This week's episode will naturally be on the Smiths. RIP Andy Rourke.

14/05/2023

Let's get heavy. The latest episode features Iron Maiden. Up the irons!

OK - it took longer than planned and we couldn't pull off the guest but we turn our attention to the greatest Heavy Metal band in the world - Iron Maiden. They've been going over 45 years since their formation in 1975, hitting the big time in 1980 and with a hiccup or two, are still going very stron...

19/03/2023

A two week gap since the last one (give or take a day or two). We really are spoiling you.

What's this? A new Generation Mix episode just 2 weeks after the last one? We really are spoiling you. In this episode it's New York singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega under the spotlight. Tracks drawn from her entire 30+ year career from Marlene On The Wall through to Harper Lee. It's a great trawl thr...

18/03/2023

This week's video is an actual review of the new Lathums album.

Probably my most anticipated album of 2023 dropped a fortnight ago. I've listened through a few times and have done my review of the record. Do they have so...

26/02/2023

Finally edited and uploaded for your eager lugholes. George Harrison gets the Generation Mix treatment - which usually means withering comments from a 15 year old.

A new episode of our podcast with a shorter interval than of late (just 6 weeks or so) and it's a solo Beatle episode with our focus on the Quiet Beatle - George Harrison. George's solo career really kicked off with All Things Must Pass and after a few lengthy hiatuses ended with the posthumous Brai...

25/02/2023

Not been feeling great the last few days so it's a short 10 minute vid today. Could Iron Maiden's 9th record be improved by cutting a 1/4 of it. I think so!

In this episode of ReImagined, I consider how I might have cut and re-ordered the 1992 Iron Maiden album, Fear Of The Dark.This was Bruce's last record with ...

18/02/2023

This week's video is Beatles again. Top 30 mid period songs
Also, next podcast episode is recorded and just need editing...

The next video in the Tracks Of My Years series sees me ranking my top 30 Beatles songs from their "Growth Phase". This is everything from 65, 66 and the fi...