Things kick up a gear as Martin and Sam discuss the energetic outlier of Closing Time’s second half. Discussion includes explicit lyrics, comic-book ice-cream sellers and the swing era of the Big Band.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Ice Cream Man, Closing Time, Tom Waits (1973)

Is You Is Or Is You Aint (My Baby), Let the Good Times Roll, BB King, (1999)

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