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Impossible Way Of Life

James Younger & Johnny Payne

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Episode 411 - An Hour with Alaina Moore (of Tennis)

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2025/03/27

We welcome back IWOL 3 timer Alaina Moore to discuss everything from the state of the music business to her love of Laura Nyro. Nobody has lived the impossible way of life more than Alaina and her episodes are always a delight.

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(TEASER) Episode 410 - The Beatles In Mono

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2025/03/23

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife' We're still on this wild goose chase. Nothing looks or sounds the same anymore. Anything pre 1970 that is in stereo is going on a huge IWOL bonfire tonight. We're becoming audiophiles and it's quite disturbing.

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Episode 409 - Lola (Feat. Billy Hamilton of Silverstein

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2025/03/19

Billy Hamilton, a man as famous for his record collection as his high kicks, joins us to discuss and rank "Lola vs Powerman and The Moneygoround", the rockin Kinks album that may have faded into obscurity had it not been saved by Wes Anderson ;)

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(TEASER) Episode 408 - What Do The Beatles Sound Like?

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2025/03/16

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife' In the age of so many Beatles pressings, re-pressings, stereo mixes, mono mixes, stereo re-mixes, remasters, box sets, anthologies, master tapes, CDs, 180 gram vinyl, flac files, wav files etc etc...we have come to the conclusion that it's possible no one we know has ever actually heard the Beatles music the way The Beatles intended it to be heard. At least not recently. So he...

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Episode 407 - In Coversation: Steven Hyden

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2025/03/12

We are joined by veteran music writer Steven Hyden for a lively chat about Rock n Roll. A lotta Kinks talk too...

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(TEASER) Episode 406 - Something Else (Feat. Will...

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2025/03/09

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife Pointing out places on a map, cycling from Hackney to Waterloo in the afternoon sun, writing a West End musical...the subject of songs by The Kinks or a day in the life of Will Taylor of Flyte? Listen to this episode and you be the judge.

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81:06

Episode 405 - Electric Bob vs Pirate Bob (Feat. Jens...

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2025/03/05

IWOL SPECIAL EDITION! In our first ever collab with another podcast, we are joined by Dylanologists and all around nice guys Jens and Adam of the Nothing Is Revealed podcast. We needed some Dylan heads of this magnitude to finally finish the Bob Dylan ranking tournament we started years ago. So, without further ado, we give you the heavily anticipated heavyweight bout that is Electric Bob vs Pirate Bob!

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(TEASER) Episode 404 - Village Green (Feat. Johanna...

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2025/03/02

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We attempt to discuss The Kinks most famous album with Johanna Samuels but we may have had a little too much fun along the way...and you know what happens when you start having too much fun. It's an impossible way of life folks, no question about it.

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Episode 403 - Arthur (Feat. Brian D'Addario of The...

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2025/02/26

In a classic IWOL Nolanesque time shift, we jump ahead to talk about The Kinks' "Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)" with esteemed guest Brian D'Addario of The Lemon Twigs.

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(TEASER) Episode 402 - The Baroque Pop Explosion of 1967

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2025/02/23

Taking a little Kinks break to discuss our new found fascination with Baroque Pop. Why did everyone have a go at it and where did they find all those harpsichords?

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66:54

Episode 401 - Face To Face

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2025/02/19

Our Kinksy February rolls on with their seminal 1966 album "Face To Face". This is where things really get going. We also ask the question that most are afraid to ask: Is Ray Davies better than Lennon and McCartney?

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9:55

(TEASER) Episode 400

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2025/02/16

It's fucking episode 400. If you've been with us this long you know what to expect. Peace and Love, Johnny and James.

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62:05

Episode 399 - The Kink Kontroversy

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2025/02/12

We're one episode away from 400 and no better way to ring the bells on 399 than with more Kinks. We love The Kinks and we're gonna keep talkin bout em and rankin em until the milk cow gets the first plane home.

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9:56

(TEASER) Episode 398 - Kinda Kinks

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2025/02/09

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife We kontinue our krusade through The Kinks katalogue with a kritique of their klassic 1965 album Kinda Kinks.

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64:40

Episode 397 - KINKS

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2025/02/05

Our Kinks month officially kicks off with a rank and review of their debut LP "KINKS".

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(TEASER) Episode 396 - The Kinks for IWOL

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2025/02/02

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODE https://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflife In attempt to avoid the trappings of "cool stories in rock" and remain a podcast that discusses music on a purely musical level, we have decided to do a month of pods on The Kinks. Why The Kinks you ask? Well, they are a band that don't actually have too many "cool stories in rock", they just make good music and that's about it.

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Episode 395 - A.I. Award Season

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2025/01/30

Ringo is #1, The Beatles are up for record of the year with an A.I Beatles song, Chalamet is desperate for an Oscar because he learned to sing like Bob Dylan (with a little help from A.I), and Adrian Brody's Hungarian accent is A.I assisted. It's award season and things are more demented than ever.

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(TEASER) Episode 394 - The Ageing Rock & Roll Cabal

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2025/01/26

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODEhttps://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflifeJames comes to us live via satellite from the UK and he's brought a hot new take along with him. We are also starting a Beatles cover band so we needed to work out the set list.

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66:46

Episode 393 - RIP Garth Hudson (Feat. Alex Bleeker...

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2025/01/22

James is on holiday in the UK so Johnny called up his old friends Alex and Martin of Real Estate to tell a few old stories and pay tribute to the great Garth Hudson.

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9:55

(TEASER) Episode 392 - IWOL Theme Song Search

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2025/01/19

SUBSCRIBE TO IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF LIFE ON PATREON TO ACCESS FULL EPISODEhttps://www.patreon.com/animpossiblewayoflifeWe go on the hunt for a new IWOL theme song using the power of artificial intelligence. This episode felt like a classic. We had a lot of fun.

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