Episode 3325: The Past Is Always, The Future Is Never
There’s a big weekend ahead in Croker as Oasis lead the biggest middle aged sing-along in our nation’s history. To make sense of why the 90’s Britpop stars are the biggest music act of 2025 we chat to music journalist Éamon Sweeney, Faye Curran of The New Statesman and Gurriers’ drummer Pierce Callaghan.
Expect to hear quotes from Mark Fisher, Brecht, Branno and of course Early… but is anything Early says actually a true Early-ism or just another rip-off?
And Faye fills us in on what’s happening in the smoking areas of London clubs as young men offer Irish women the six counties back.
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