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'TRANCES & THE REVENGE OF THE MEKONS' w/ Sally Timms & Jon Langford
This week I'm joined by the legendary Sally Timms & Jon Langford of The Mekons to discuss not only their music documentary The Revenge Of The Mekons but the iconic film Trances about the Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane (which was the first film Martin Scorsese restored as part of his World Cinema Project).
We discuss the mixed feelings both bands had regarding being the subject of a documentary, breaking open the various myths about The Mekons, coming out of the "Elf Rock" of the early 70s and the inevitability of punk rock being created, Dub music being omnipresent in pre-punk, The Buzzcocks…
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