Reeperbahn - Alice [296]

Waits leaves the theatre and heads out to the streets, with Sean, Sam and Martin (as well as Udo Lindenberg) in tow. Discussion ranges from the image of Hamburg’s red-light district across the last 50 years, German re-purposing of US rock (and vice versa), and locational nostalgia from around the world.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Reeperbahn, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Reeperbahn (Penny Lane), Lindenbergs Rock-Revue, Udo Lindenberg (1974)

Reeperbahn, Bunte Republik Deutschland, Udo Lindenberg (1989)

Reeperbahn, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)

Reeperbahn, recorded live at the Thalia Theatre Alice premiere, December 19, via YouTube (1992)

Alice Documentary, unknown origin (cued to 7m18s - tour of the Reeperbahn) - via YouTube (1992)

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Watch Her Disappear - Alice [295]

Sean Real returns for a second week with Martin and Sam, to discuss a song that faces the complex and perhaps uncomfortable relationship between Dodgeson and Alice head-on. We talk about the intensity and intimacy of the recording sound, as well as the intensity and intimacy of naked women running through the streets of Coventry.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Watch Her Disappear, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Peeping Tom, Monkey Man, The Metals (1969)

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We're All Mad Here - Alice [294]

Multi-instrumentalist and 99pi music producer Sean Real joins Sam & Martin to discuss coherent and incoherent images of madness. Our discussion revolves around the song's gothic viscerality, the texture of both album and demo versions, and head back to a late 60s' image of the madness in Wonderland.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
We're All Mad Here, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

White Rabbit, Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane (1967)

Hang Me In The Bottle, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)

White Rabbit, Conspicuous Only in Its Absence, The Great Society (1966/1968)

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