Tim Worthington

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Tag: Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86

October 3, 2019August 13, 2021 Tim Worthington

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Looks Unfamiliar with Joanne Sheppard Looks Unfamiliar: Joanne Sheppard – Not Really The Modus Operandi Of Your Average Ghoul
Joanne Sheppard joins Tim for a chat about The Bump by MC Mallett, The Strange Affair Of Adelaide Harris, Matchbox Fighting Furies, All Aboard!, The Guinness Book Of Pet Records and more.

Looks Unfamiliar with Deborah Tracey Looks Unfamiliar: Deborah Tracey – Relax Now, Dammit
Deborah Tracey joins Tim for a chat about Hardwicke House, Five To Eleven, Kwik Snax, Bring Me The Head Of Mavis Davis and more.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher (1989) with Miriam Kent It's Good, Except It Sucks: The Punisher (1989)
Miriam Kent joins Tim for a chat about Frank Castle temporarily sharing a flat with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in The Punisher.

It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 2 with Sophie Davies It's Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man 2
Sophie Davies joins Tim for a chat about Doctor Octopus getting some free garlic bread when his pizza turns up late in Spider-Man 2.


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Emergency Questions Emergency Questions
Richard Herring asked some Emergency Questions - and I answered...

Brothers In Erm Brothers In Erm
'Classic' albums and good albums are not necessarily always the same thing...

The Ten Most Non-Canonical Non-Canonical Cartoon Characters The Ten Most Non-Canonical Non-Canonical Cartoon Characters
From 7-Zark-7 and Firestar to Mr. Cool and Bat-Mite, a look at the hastily added new characters that not EVERYBODY loved...


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Well At Least It's Free by Tim Worthington

You can currently get Well At Least It's Free with 10% off in paperback (Code CALENDARS10) from here.


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The Singing Ringing Tree

The Singing Ringing Tree

The legendary eerie psychedelic dubbed imported children's serial is now out on Blu-ray - and I've written a book to go with it. Find out more here.


Vintage Rock Presents The Rock'n'Roll Years

Vintage Rock Presents The Rock'n'Roll Years

I've written a feature on legendary Marlon Brando movie The Wild One for this bookazine looking at the earliest days of rock'n'roll. Find out more here.


Goon Pod - Peter And Sophia

Peter And Sophia by Peter Sellers And Sophia Loren (Parlophone, 1960)

I have a chat with Tyler Adams about Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren's comedy album, which tends to get overlooked because of one particular song. You can listen to it here.


Go Down Record Huntin’ (In Charity Shops)

Go Down Record Huntin' In Charity Shops

A deep dive into that mouldy box of records in your local charity shop with some of my best, worst and just plain weirdest finds - and stories to match... hear it here.


From The Archive

It's Good, Except it Sucks: Helstrom It's Good, Except it Sucks: Helstrom
Vikki Gregorich joins Tim for a chat about Daimon and Ana having to literally decide whether it’s better the devil you know.
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