S4 EP22: Open Air St Gallen 2008
Summary
Ivo Graham and Alex Kealy revisit Ivo’s 2008 NME work experience, reading his embarrassingly earnest email to journalist Hamish McBain. They analyze a pompous review of the Open Air St. Gallen festival Ivo wrote as an audition piece, critiquing his youthful prose and band references. The episode also touches on their failed Pointless audition and includes humorous tangents about phone security and festival memories.
Topics discussed
Intro: Alex's NME work experience and Pointless audition
Rhetorical techniques and phone passcode jokes
Emailing Hamish McBain for work experience
Reading the email: Open Air St Gallen review
Festival logistics: Trainers vs wellies and swimming
Attempting to unlock phone with album cover photo
One-hit wonders: Gossip, The Killers, and Mannix
Charlie Baker interview and Kaiser Chiefs mosh pit
Pendulum, The Prodigy, and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody
Jolene, The Enemy, and backstage access
Medical tent heroics and episode conclusion
Outro: What Did You Do Yesterday theme
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