In this clip from our podcast series taking a deep dive into Elvis' 1973 satellite concert broadcast, Aloha From Hawaii, our leading contributor, Gary Wells, ‬ (https://soulrideblog.com/), joins us to discuss Wayne Harada's review of Elvis' Hawaiian shows in late 1972, as well as local entertainment writer Eddie Sherman's charitable initiative, the Kui Lee Cancer Fund.

Find the complete series on SoundCloud or your favourite podcast platform, with more information and background at our podcast website, dec4podcast.com.

https://soundcloud.com/georgefairbrother/sets/gary-wells-elvis-aloha-from

In this clip from our podcast series taking a deep dive into Elvis' 1973 satellite concert broadcast, Aloha From Hawaii, our leading contributor‪, Gary Wells, joins us to discuss the importance of producer-director Mary Pasetta, and a memorable pre-production meeting with Elvis and the Memphis Mafia.

Find our complete series on Aloha wherever you get your podcasts, on SoundCloud, or at dec4podcast.com;

https://soundcloud.com/georgefairbrother/sets/gary-wells-elvis-aloha-from

Our leading contributor , Gary Wells,‬ helps us get to grips with the ending to Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, offering his fascinating personal take on the unexpected twist that 'slightly' tampers with history. (Spoiler warning reminder!). This was the very first segment we recorded back in 2021, and we've also added a wishful moment from our more recent discussion on Buddy Holly and the Winter Dance Party, imagining a similar rewriting of history.

Episode webpage:

https://dec4podcast.com/2023/03/18/gary-wells-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-spoiler-american-actors-abroad/

In this clip sampled from our 'Beach Boys Book Club' episode, Gary recalls meeting Carl Wilson backstage at Canada's Wonderland in the early 1990s.

In the full episode, we discuss some important and fascinating books on the Beach Boys - The Nearest Faraway Place: Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys, and the Southern California Experience (1994), by Timothy White, and Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy (2016), by Mike Love with James S Hirsch. For a little additional context, we also refer to I am Brian Wilson, (2016) written by Brian himself with Ben Greenman.

Find the main episode on your favourite podcast platform, and some additional background, information and links at dec4podcast.com

In this clip from our podcast catalogue, our leading contributor, Gary Wells (soulrideblog.com), recalls a visit to 1034 Audubon Drive, the Presley family's first home in Memphis.

Find the full episode, From Memphis to Vegas: A Vintage Leisure Tour, at our podcast website, dec4podcast.com, or on the usual platforms:

On Spotify;

https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/avNDJcoWpPb

Thank you for listening.

For this final upload of 2024, sampled from our end of year special back in 2021, our leading contributor, Gary Wells (www.soulrideblog.com), shares some personal Christmas and New Year reading, viewing and listening traditions for the vintage leisure enthusiast.

The complete episode also features a discussion on the 1973 George Lucas classic, American Graffiti, and a preview of our podcast series on Elvis’ iconic 1973 satellite broadcast, Aloha From Hawaii.

Find the complete episode with additional background, images and links, here;

https://dec4podcast.com/2023/02/01/gary-wells-end-of-year-special-2021-previewing-our-aloha-from-hawaii-series/

In this our second Elvis and the Press episode, we’re joined once again by our leading contributor, Gary Wells (soulrideblog.com), to take a deep dive into the coverage of Elvis’ New Year’s Eve performance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the end of 1976. This was the second consecutive New Year’s Eve Elvis had worked, with touring now continuing throughout winter by financial necessity. Elvis’ Pittsburgh show, concluding a very well-received, high energy tour over just five nights, proved to be a remarkable moment in time, and was widely considered one of the best performances of his later career.

Gary takes us through some of the show’s highlights, and we consider in detail a thoughtfully compiled review in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by music columnist, Mike Kalina, who observed that Elvis ‘had perhaps the most captive audience since Johnny Cash played Folsom Prison, and rarely did he lose his iron grip on the crowd during his 90 minutes on stage’.

We also go on to look at Mike Kalina’s eventful and very successful career as a food writer and cooking personality, and his sad passing in the midst of a professional scandal to which there appears to be much more than meets the eye.

And in our post-credits segment right at the end, Gary recalls his most recent visit to Memphis, and what can only be described as an 'interesting' stay at Days Inn, Elvis Presley Boulevard.

Podcast webpage, including additional background, research notes and links to our sources, with some suggestions for further reference;

https://dec4podcast.com/2024/11/11/elvis-and-the-press-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-new-year-1976-77/

Actor, writer and music artist Andrew Mackintosh carved his own special niche in British television history as Detective Sergeant Alistair Greig, a key character in over 300 episodes of The Bill, one of the most successful and influential television dramas of all time.

In this clip from our recent conversation, Andrew remembers his friend and colleague Kevin Lloyd (DC Tosh Lines), recalls the consistently high quality scripts in The Bill, the careful selection of guest artists, and the art of ensemble acting.

In the full episode, Andrew talks more about The Bill and his remarkable career beyond, including his long-term musical collaboration with Joe Dooley, and his latest creation, the hit fiction podcast, Letter From Helvetica.

Our companion webpage for this episode has the complete conversation as well as some additional career details, images, links and recommendations for further reading, viewing and listening:

https://dec4podcast.com/2024/09/17/a-conversation-with-andrew-mackintosh/