RC 403: An Early Bath

“Cos my sorrows did not drown my friend, they always learned to swim…” I’ve been taking a lot of early baths – in the middle of the night when the electricity is cheaper, and I created a playlist for that – over 300 tracks. As I was lying there I thought ‘this would make a good podcast’ and here we are – recorded in my bathroom! Paradoxically that’s where I used to record my podcasts not to disturb John, annoyed by the ever-present echo – now it’s a stylistic choice. Talking of John – he’s famous! He’s featured in a book about Switchboard (formerly Lesbian and Gay Switchboard) as he was one of the co-founders. One of the many things he did…and I am so proud. Halfway through reading it, and the book is great – but also you can also hear his voice on famous The Log Books podcast – Series 4, episode 1. Hearing his voice again was wonderful but also bittersweet. Ugly-cried when it came on. So I’ve done readings across the podcast from a few bits of the book around him. It has nothing to do with baths, but given it’s his bath in a weird olive/grey shade (which made recently fixing a hole in it with Milliput easy actually, it’s that sort of weird grey/green!) and we used to have baths together when I was lot thinner. I talk about that, the music, the state of the world (Iran So Far Away) and how I am glad that John doesn’t get to see the rise of the Fourth Reich, Icy Dumb and Dumber edition. My bathroom…And cream..and CREAM…. (167 Mb, 2:07) Readings from ‘The Log Books’ by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith Patt Stanton Gjonola – My Bathroom (American-Standard, 1969) Hannah Williams & The Affirmations – The Only Way out Is Through ††† – Goodbye Horses Röyksopp – I Had This Thing (featuring Jamie Irrepressible) Pet Shop Boys – I Want To Wake Up (Breakdown Mix) Easy Star All-Stars – Five Years Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Durocher Instamatic – How To Lose Control Completely (Ane Brun vs Teddy Swims) Nils Frahm – Kaleidoscope Jon Hopkins – Recovery Christopher O’Riley – Not Half Right Fleetwood Mac – Never Make Me Cry Lotte Kestner – Somebody Lone – Stands Tidal Waves Nils Frahm – Röyksopp – You Know I Have to Go (feat. Jamie Irrepressible) The Unthanks – Bird in the Blue Low – Just Make It Stop ANOHNI – Landslide Daniel Avery – First Light The Unthanks – Night Is My Friend Psyche – Goodbye Horses (Immortality Mix) Hannah Peel – Palace Beverly Glenn‐Copeland – Ever New (At Hotel2Tango) Beck – Lost Cause (Union Chapel BBC 4 Session) Ane Brun – Stay Jon Hopkins & Hayden Thorpe – Goodbye Horses

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RC 403: An Early Bath is an episode from Radio Clash Music Podcast by Tim from Radio Clash.

This episode is 2:07:27 long.

This episode was published on Mar 9, 2026.

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