Public Address Podcast

Public Address: PA BPM ULTRAMIX

A special Public Address set of tracks - some familiar, others less so, curated and mixed for your pleasure.

Mixed and produced by Thom McKeown © 2025

Public Address: MUSIC FOR ALL TYPES

"I still think music is what brings us all together. Politics separates everybody. Music brings us back together." Willie Nelson Musician

Written and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: MUSIC. IT’S ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE

“When you improvise, and you play something for the first time, you play it at its peak. And if you play something and then you think “oh, I like that” and then you replay it, you never quite get it.  It’s like the thing of demo-ing, y’know if you demo a track, no matter how badly you try to demo it, there will always be a quality within it that you subsequently would try to recreate, which you shouldn’t do.” Mark Hollis, Musician

Written and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: MUSIC FOR THE MASSES

“I like classical music, but I wish I was more eloquent with it. I hear things and think, 'That's beautiful,' but don't know what it is. As you get older, you do get more into instrumental music, don't you? It's as if as you get older you don't want people telling you what they think or what you've got to think or do. Also, those great composers really knew what they were doing. A lot of contemporary art is made by people who haven't got any talent. Art made by talentless people can sometimes really work, but it's not the same as real craft.” Kate Bush, Musician

Written and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address Special: THOM MCKEOWN - LALDY

An opportunity for new and regular listeners to Public Address to hear the entire debut solo collection from Thom McKeown: Laldy. He wrote the song lyrics, composed and created the music performances and he provides the vocals on each of the 18 tracks. (Also available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music and all the other major digital platforms).

For the benefit of anyone who is unaware of the title’s definition:

Laldy: to give something your absolute all, with maximum effort and gusto as you perform an action with total vigour, commitment and utter enthusiasm - to the very best of your ability.

Queen Under The Hill

Where Are You Now?              

When She Left Me                  

Jolly Japes At The NHS                      

This Is Life                  

Mother Finds Larry's Mysterious Sock              

Thanks Margate                      

Meet Me By The Gasworks      

She's Leaving Me                   

Capital Of The World              

Concrete Shadows                  

Eternal Echoes                       

The Hidden Pain                    

Let's Go Down There              

Life Matters                 

Mistress                       

Someone Like You     

For Old Time's Sake               

Written Composed and Produced by Thom McKeown © 2036

Public Address: LISTEN. DO IT.

“You can’t give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside – so be it. But at least you know you’ve tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.” Robert Plant Musician

Wriltten Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: HEAR! HEAR!!

"I wanted to create this dialogue between music and visual art and vice versa. No matter what part of the spectrum they fill, whether it's visual, music, or whatever, artists are interested in other art forms. Your brain is already kind of firing in that way." MIKE D (former Beastie Boy) Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

"I always knew I had to do something creative with my life - and I constantly had dreams of becoming a singer and a writer. So I had to work tremendously hard to become both."  Lana Del Rey, Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: YOU WON’T HEAR IF YOU DON’T LISTEN

“Making people dance has another function that has nothing to do with art, and I mean that in the most positive way possible. It's like food - if you're not eating it, you're doing something wrong. If they're not dancing, something is wrong.” James Murphy, Musician LCD Sound System

 Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: STREAMLINED

“In 50 years, I don’t think you’re gonna look back at 2026 and say, Those were the good old days..''" Brandon Flowers, Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: AHEAD OF THE CURVE

“Dylan was a revolutionary, man. The way that Elvis freed your body, Bob freed your mind. And he showed us that just because the music was innately physical, it did not mean that it was anti-intellect. He broke through the limitations of what a recording artist could achieve. Without Bob, the Beatles wouldn’t have made ‘Sgt. Pepper’, maybe the Beach Boys wouldn’t have made ‘Pet Sounds’, the Sex Pistols wouldn’t have made ‘Never Mind The Bollocks,’ Marvin Gaye wouldn’t have done ‘What’s Going On,’ and there never would have been a group named the Electric Prunes, that’s for sure.” Bruce Springsteen Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: ALL THE MUSIC YOU NEED

“In the 60s people took acid to make the world seem weird. Now the world is weird, people take prozac to make it seem normal.” Damon Albarn, Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: NO BAGPIPES HERE

“People forget the punk thing was really good for women. It motivated them to pick up a guitar rather than be a chanteuse. It allowed us to be aggressive.” Siouxsie Sue, Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: DAMN FINE MUSIC

“There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.” Beck, Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: MUSIC FOR THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS HUMAN

“Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen. I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.” Keith Richards Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: LATE NIGHT JAZZ NOIR

 “A painting is music you can see, and music is a painting you can hear” Miles Davis Musician

An extended special edition of uninterrupted, continuous, ultra-cool, wind-down, chill-out, jazz music.

 Curated, Mixed and Produced by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: GET WITH THE PROGRAMME!

"I have so much music inside me - I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let your God into the room and let the music tell you what to do. There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music." Jack White, Musician

 

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: THE R&B TAKE REDUX

A sublime extended uninterrupted selection mix of sensual soulful and sensational R&B interpretations of outstanding contemporary rock, hiphop and diverse originals.

Curated Mixed and Produced by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: FABULOUS OR WHAT?!

 “I don't sing anything that hurts my voice. Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside. I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres.” kd lang, Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026

Public Address: AUDIO LEISURE PLEASURE

“My music has been a sort of personal therapy. It's got me out of tough times, it has been the friend that I needed, when I didn't have a friend there.” Trent Reznor Musician

Written Produced and Presented by Thom McKeown © 2026