MLPP234 - Tape It Shut

MLPP234 - Tape It Shut

Author: Tom & Baz September 12, 2026 Duration: 1:29:24
Send us Fan Mail Berkshire beckons us in this week, as political punkers Tape It Shut pop in for a chinwag. We hear about gigs that were let downs, gigs that were great, least favourite politicians, parasites, capitalism of varying styles and the inspiration behind their tracks. Tom shares how he's been straying from the punk path, Barrett's buddy gets banged up, we get a story from Tom's past and of course there is a very sad Top 5 pertaining to losses we've recently suffered. Music this wee...

From a spare room in Spondon, Derby, two lifelong friends who never quite grew out of their leather jackets are holding court. The Mid Life Punk Podcast is the weekly dispatch from Tom & Baz, a pair of self-described fat lads whose passion for the global punk scene burns as bright as ever. This isn't a nostalgia trip; it's a living, breathing connection to the music that matters, right now. Each episode blends raw, enthusiastic commentary on the bands and sounds they love with genuine conversations from their interview roster, pulling in voices from punk's wide and varied landscape. You'll hear the stories straight from the source, whether it's a band from down the road or one from across an ocean, all filtered through the distinct, grounded perspective of two guys who've seen a few things but haven't lost an ounce of their enthusiasm. Tune in for the kind of unpretentious, knowledgeable, and often hilarious chat you'd have with friends at the back of a gig, all dedicated to the relentless energy of punk rock. It's a celebration of the scene, served with a hearty dose of reality and a lot of laughs. Get rad with them.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

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MLPP World Cup 2026 - Round of 16 Part One [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:22
Send us Fan Mail We're whittling 'em down like nobody's business now. The first half of the Round of 16 is covered in this episode and features our intrepid correspondents TJ (77 Spears), Ross (Shackleford) Willie Shango…
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Bands we lost to the Round of 32 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:50
Send us Fan Mail Pour one out for some of the great (and not so great) bands/songs we learned to love in the group stages. Sadly, we lost 2 of our 12 participants in the Round of 32, so join us in commiserating them. Thi…
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Bands we lost to the group stage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:34
Send us Fan Mail Tom and Danny Barrett provide an update on which bands were sadly eliminated from the MLPP World Cup. No huge losses, but sad all the same. Music to commemorate the fallen is from Tunisia's KHASSARAT.
MLPP229 - Lynskey [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:51
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the North West of England, where we keep a band called Lynskey. We've let Bea come on the pod to share their new, updated and extended line up as well as the vast majority of their latest EP "…
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group L, Dave Shackleford [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:52
Send us Fan Mail The final group up for dissection is group L. The musical sleuth assigned to unearthing bands from each place is Dave off Shackleford. The countries he's got to work with are: England, Ghana, Panama and…
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group K, Steve Potter, Das Kapitans [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:52
Send us Fan Mail Group K. Probably the most geographically disparate group of them all. The person who has been extracting nugs from this particular diamond mine is Steve Potter, off Das Kapitans. The countries in that g…
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group J, Benny Rabble [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:34
Send us Fan Mail 9 down, 3 to go! Group J of the MLPP World Cup is managed by top spoken word artiste, Benny Rabble! All of his countries except one begin with A. They are: Argentina, Algeria, Austria and Jordan. The luc…
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group I - Richard F White [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:21
Send us Fan Mail Global super star Richard Fuckin' White is in to explain his choices to represent the countries which populate group I. He also explains the backstory of a song that was snatched away from him because he…
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group H, Dave Rolfe, Guineapigs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:28
Send us Fan Mail Group H representatives have been chosen by Dave Rolfe from off Guineapigs. He has been lucky enough to have to research punk artistes from Spain, Cape Verde, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia. The artists he has…
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group G - Willie Shango, The Papashangos [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:02
Send us Fan Mail Group G of this global punk odyssey is curated by none other than Willie Shango, bass twanger for The Papashangos! Willie has had the good fortune to select bands from Belgium, Iran, Egypt and New Zealan…