Public Address Podcast

YOUR IDEAL AUDIO RENDEZVOUS

Public Address: YOUR IDEAL AUDIO RENDEZVOUS

"I knew I wanted to be in music, but I didn't know my role, so I did everything from interning at Rolling Stone to writing heavy metal fanzines to playing in a high-school band, and I think all those things probably helped in a way." Mark Ronson, Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

R.P.M.

Public Address: R.P.M.

“I remember being given a demo of the 'World Wide Web' at Peter Gabriel's studio in the early 90s, and I had zero comprehension that I was staring into the future. I was just happy with my pager, and teletext on the TV.” Robert Del Naja aka 3D, Musician (Massive Attack)

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

THE DIGITAL GRAMOPHONE

Public Address: THE DIGITAL GRAMOPHONE

"I think we've always been a bit delusional and at the start we really did feel we were a cool, British-style band, but it was apparently not connecting in that way, and was always seen as something more esoteric and odd. But then in failing to emulate British bands, a style emerged that became what we are". Russell Mael, Sparks

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

SIBLING RIVALRY

Public Address: SIBLING RIVALRY

Through Side 1 host Thom McKeown will be guiding you through some fine contemporary music until we reach Side 2 where his digital brother/A.I. voice creation Vox Deluxe will present Sibling Rivalry - as noted brothers and sisters in music are highlighted with some outstanding output from their respective family repertoires.

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown ©  2025

RETRO

Public Address: RETRO

Retro music highlights the timeless quality and emotional impact of older songs and emphasises the enduring nature of retro music. Music's ability to evoke feelings and connect people … "Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends", and "Music can change the world because it can change people". This special edition of Public Address offers some often forgotten retro tracks and is presented by writer/producer Thom McKeown’s digital A.I. voice creation Vox Deluxe.

Written Produced and Created by Thom McKeown © 2024

URBAN BEATS

Public Address: URBAN BEATS

"Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money." Johnny Cash, Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

FOR THE MODERN PEOPLE

Public Address: FOR THE MODERN PEOPLE

“I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil, but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.” Paul Weller Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

BE GOOD DO GOOD FEEL GOOD

Public Address: BE GOOD DO GOOD FEEL GOOD

“I don't know how much more expressive you can get than by being a rock and roll singer.” Robert Plant Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

GET IT ON

Public Address: GET IT ON

“There's a fine line between genius and madness, and I'm happily dancing on it.” Marc Bolan Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown  © 2025

MEDIOCRITY IMPOSSIBLE

Public Address: MEDIOCRITY: IMPOSSIBLE

'There's the paradox of making pop music when you're in your 50s. People weren't meant to be doing that originally and yet now they are. Mick Jagger used to say "we're not going to be doing Satisfaction when I'm in a wheelchair".' Neil Tennant Musician Pet Shop Boys

Written Produced and presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

VERSION 2

Public Address: VERSION 2

Since the 1950s, musicians have been playing what they call cover versions (the reworking, updating, or re-interpretation) of songs as a tribute to the original performer or group - or indeed a revamp of one of their own particular earlier/previous recordings. Using familiar material is seen as an important method of learning music styles. In Version 2 of Public Address, Thom McKeown has put together yet another varying selection of these, and the programme is 'presented' by his A.I. voice-creation or 'human version' Fontana Cordell.

Written Compiled Edited and Produced by Thom McKeown © 2025

EXTRAORDINARY!

Public Address: EXTRAORDINARY!

"There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It’s always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means." David Bowie Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

VINYL HELL

Public Address: VINYL HELL

 

Hello music fans, prepared to be tortured on this Public Address Special compiled by Thom McKeown and presented by Vox Deluxe! Over this interminable audio nightmare, beware of your jaw opening and your ears trembling, as you suffer some vinyl horrors from the turntables of the past!

 

Written and Produced by Thom McKeown © 2025

WHAT A GAS!

Public Address: WHAT A GAS!

"I learned very early in life that without a song, the day would never end, without a song, a man ain't got a friend, without a song, the road would never bend - without a song. So I keep singing a song." Elvis Presley, Singer

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

 

 

VERSION 1

Public Address: VERSION

Since the 1950s, musicians have been playing what they call cover versions (the reworking, updating, or re-interpretation) of songs as a tribute to the original performer or group - or indeed a revamp of one of their own particular earlier/previous recordings. Using familiar material is seen as an important method of learning music styles. In this special edition of Public Address, Thom McKeown has put together a varying selection of these, and the programme is 'presented' by his A.I. voice-creation or 'human version' Fontana Cordell.

Written and Produced by Thom McKeown © 2025

CHOOSE PUBLIC ADDRESS

Public Address: CHOOSE PUBLIC ADDRESS

"I'm quite into listening to music and not doing anything else. If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future - people making music by taking instruments out of boxes and playing them." Jonny Greenwood Musician Composer

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

FIT TO BURST

Public Address: FIT TO BURST

"The two things I like most in life - are girls - and loud music..." Iggy Pop Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

 

 

 

 

The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.

Dig This!

Public Address: DIG THIS!

“I’d make a White Stripes record right now. I’d be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It’s something I really, really miss.” Jack White Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

RHYTHMANIA!

Public Address: RHYTHMANIA!

"We play by feel. We reckon that you could put us on any stage, and we would find a way to win that crowd over. We have that attitude: We can't fail. You might not like it right now, but you will." Angus Young Guitarist AC/DC

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025

SLOW BURN

Public Address: SLOW BURN

"Laid back, lesser-paced music is intended to induce calm and a space to think. Slower music be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.'' Brian Eno Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2025