Sean | Drowned in Sound
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Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000). Manager of musicians including Charlotte Church and The Anchoress.
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Would also be massively damaging for subscription services who don’t train the next generation and rely on BBC series to bulk out their services
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Would also be massively damaging for subscription services who don’t train the next generation and rely on BBC series to bulk out their services
It feels more like Bring Back Ceefax than Project 2025, but seeing those Liz Truss tweets really crystallised what they want
Assuming there's no kind of White House code that prevented the press sec from recommending GB News?!
Assuming there's no kind of White House code that prevented the press sec from recommending GB News?!
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It feels more like Bring Back Ceefax than Project 2025, but seeing those Liz Truss tweets really crystallised what they want
Assuming there's no kind of White House code that prevented the press sec from recommending GB News?!
Assuming there's no kind of White House code that prevented the press sec from recommending GB News?!
Straight after it was announced BBC News had Kelvin McKenzie lined up to comment
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Straight after it was announced BBC News had Kelvin McKenzie lined up to comment
Wow! That could just happen!
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Wow! That could just happen!
Thanks Simon, glad you enjoyed it. We nerded out even more than I planned.
We’ve started uploading all the pods on YouTube now too, in case anyone prefers video versions of folks nattering youtu.be/TFIZfO9Ckp8?...
We’ve started uploading all the pods on YouTube now too, in case anyone prefers video versions of folks nattering youtu.be/TFIZfO9Ckp8?...
Was Indie Sleaze Even Real? Maxïmo Park’s ‘A Certain Trigger’ at 20
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November 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Thanks Simon, glad you enjoyed it. We nerded out even more than I planned.
We’ve started uploading all the pods on YouTube now too, in case anyone prefers video versions of folks nattering youtu.be/TFIZfO9Ckp8?...
We’ve started uploading all the pods on YouTube now too, in case anyone prefers video versions of folks nattering youtu.be/TFIZfO9Ckp8?...
The irony being this was one of the few pieces I’ve been paid to write for years 🤦
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The irony being this was one of the few pieces I’ve been paid to write for years 🤦
He was also the first BBC broadcaster that I noticed repeatedly using the term “the boats” - inhaling and exhaling the dehumanising language of the govt
Seems disgusting that our public broadcaster can be part of what is essentially propaganda and it go without much/any comment
Seems disgusting that our public broadcaster can be part of what is essentially propaganda and it go without much/any comment
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
He was also the first BBC broadcaster that I noticed repeatedly using the term “the boats” - inhaling and exhaling the dehumanising language of the govt
Seems disgusting that our public broadcaster can be part of what is essentially propaganda and it go without much/any comment
Seems disgusting that our public broadcaster can be part of what is essentially propaganda and it go without much/any comment
Having read the piece, the headline is far more opinionated than the article
Almost as if people will only read the headline isn’t it?
Almost as if people will only read the headline isn’t it?
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Having read the piece, the headline is far more opinionated than the article
Almost as if people will only read the headline isn’t it?
Almost as if people will only read the headline isn’t it?
When did the BBC start allowing their political editor to be an opinion columnist? I don’t remember them doing this around Johnson’s partying with “former” KGB spies or Liz Truss hiring one of the 1% if economists who thought Brexit was brilliant etc
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
When did the BBC start allowing their political editor to be an opinion columnist? I don’t remember them doing this around Johnson’s partying with “former” KGB spies or Liz Truss hiring one of the 1% if economists who thought Brexit was brilliant etc
It really is amazing how often Hood come up. I need to revisit their catalogue
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It really is amazing how often Hood come up. I need to revisit their catalogue