Transfiguration: Spiritual Jazz pt.2
In this episode we conclude our survey of 1970s spiritual jazz with some lesser known cuts from the canon. Several of the tunes here were on...
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Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture
Love is the Message: Music, Dance & Counterculture is a new show from Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert, both of them authors, academics, DJs and dance party organisers. Tune in, Turn on and G...
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20 of 186 episodesLITM Extra - 'We Will Dance Again' pt.2
This is an excerpt of a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. In this patrons episode Tim conclude...
Astral Traveling: Spiritual Jazz pt.1
Today we’re taking it back to the early 70s as we begin a mini-series on spiritual jazz. Psychedelic, cosmic, astral: all words associated w...
LITM Extra - Boy George, Gaza, and 'We Will Dance Again' [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only show. To hear the full thing, plus dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to sign up....
Notting Hill Carnival
Love is the Message returns from our summer break just in time for the Bank Holiday Weekend, which in London means one thing: Carnival. In t...
Corrie on Acid: The Fall with David Wilkinson
We at LITM are still on our summer break, but while we’re away we wanted to share this interview on that most Northern of subjects, Mark E S...
Adventures Close to Home: Post Punk 1979 pt.2
It's just Jem this week, mopping up the last suds of our post punk mini-series with a series of British bands who ripped it up and started a...
LITM Extra - Kiss Me Again: Arthur Russell pt.6 [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full show, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to join. We...
Disorder? Post Punk 1979 pt.1
We’ve finally made it - the pivotal Post Punk year of 1979. Well, sort of. It wouldn’t be LITM without a little extra detail, so Jeremy and...
LITM Extra - The Flying Hearts: Arthur Russell pt.5 [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, plus dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. We conti...
The Mudd Club, An Intense Laboratory: Post Punk pt.5
In this episode we return to the Mudd Club, NYC’s ‘intense laboratory’ of cinema, performance, dance and music. We hear about how this new k...
LITM Extra - Instrumentals: Arthur Russell pt.4 [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, plus dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. We’re ba...
The Mudd Club Opens: Post Punk pt.4
Continuing our mini-series on post-punk, Jeremy and Tim turn their attention to the pre-history of a crucial NYC venue: The Mudd Club. Given...
[UNLOCKED] LITM Extra - Rebel Sounds with Joe Mulhall
We've dug into our vault of past episodes and unlocked this previously patrons-only interview from last year. To hear dozens more episodes l...
LITM Extra - Rock the Kitchen: Arthur Russell pt.3 [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, plus dozens more, become a patron from £3 a month at Patreon.com/Lov...
Do It Yourself! Post Punk pt.3
Grab your zines, dust off your stencils and customise your jackets because Jeremy and Tim are continuing our mini-series on post-punk with a...
LITM Extra - Beginner's Mind: Arthur Russell pt.2 [excerpt]
This is an excerpt of a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing, and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to sign up f...
The Winter of Discontent: Post Punk pt.2
Jeremy and Tim continue our mini-series on post-punk with a bit of 1978 scene-setting. Describing the inflationary crises, militant shop ste...
[UNLOCKED] LITM Extra - Toby Manning on Mixing Pop and Politics
UNLOCKED: we've decided to share this interview with writer Toby Manning that we originally distributed to patrons in May 2025. To hear doze...
LITM Extra - First Thought, Best Thought: Arthur Russell pt.1 [excerpt]
This is an excerpt from a patrons-only episode. To hear the full thing and dozens more like it, visit Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod to sign up....