Two Big Egos in a Small Car
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 131
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Episode 177: Seriously Taylor Swift; Amy Winehouse - Back to Black the Filmography
Graham has a confession to make - he's worrying about Taylor Swift. Is it time to take one of the world's newest billionaires seriously?
Charles is drawn to Graham's more positive view o…
Episode 176: Remembering Graham Naysmith from the Pale Saints; Philosophy Stars Chomsky and Baudrillard; Alex Garland's New Film, Civil War
Graham pays tribute to guitarist Graeme Naysmith, co-founder of the Leeds band, The Pale Saints and remembers when they played one of his own Charm nights in Harrogate.
Time moves on - L…
Episode 175: Steve Howe and Yes; Benjamin Francis Leftwich Live; Magna Carta Book Update; Beatles Exhibition; William Doyle
Graham recounts interviewing Steve Howe of Yes about their forthcoming UK tour and York Barbican gig.
Benjamin Francis Leftwich live in Leeds? Yes please! Charles is captivated by a fasc…
Episode 173: Ruskin and Brantwood house; Rolling Stones Connection to York; The Holdovers; Steve Harley RIP
Graham reports on his recent stay in John Ruskin's house at Brantwood in the Lake District- but is the Victorian art critic and social reformer really as relevant to the 21st century a…
Episode 174: Jesus and Mary Chain Back on Form; Monet in York; Suits You - The Fast Show in York
Charles and Graham get heady with the quality of the new album from the Jesus and Mary Chain and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Glasgow band. Glasgow Eyes is their best album in …
Episode 172: Interview Special with Music Journalist Dave Simpson
Graham and Charles take the opportunity to interview music journalist Dave Simpson as a followup to the previous episode looking at the grassroots music venue crisis sweeping the countr…
Episode 171: Music Venue Crisis Threatening Live Music; Wise Children's Blue Beard; Yard Act's New Album; William Doyle's Springs Eternal
Graham focuses on the extreme difficulties being faced by venues and music artists as yet more venues announce closure. If the decimation of the live music circuit continues what will t…
Episode 170: Arts Funding Crisis; Harrogate Community Radio;
Graham calls for an emergency debate on arts funding and reports on working with Harrogate Community Radio at a music event last week at All Saints Church in Kirkby Overblow.
The perplex…
Episode 169: American Fiction; Bob Marley: One Love; Let There Be Light...In Harrogate; Roisin Murphy
Does new film, American Fiction merits a ton of Academy Awards? Graham Chalmers discusses his thoughts.
Charles leads discussion around the value of musical biopics as against documenta…
Episode 168: The Woman in Black; One Love and Class
Charles reflects on the enduring success of the play, The Woman in Black and why it is the perfect introduction to theatre for audiences more used to television and film.
Graham reflects…
Episode 167: The Last Dinner Party and The Zone of Interest
Graham reports on how the unfairly maligned The Last Dinner Party's just released debut album revives 1970s Queen and ABBA with 21st Century attitudes.
Charles and Graham discuss why Jon…
Episode 166: English Teacher Live in Leeds; ABC Live in York; New Album From Bill Ryder-Jones; Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge;
Graham has been to see emerging Leeds band, English Teacher and reflects on a superb night at The Crescent.
Charles by contrast went to see ABC with the South Bank Symphonia at York Bar…
Episode 165: Pop Artist, Pauline Boty; Poor Things; Overrated Netflix Films; York Art Gallery Exhibition Charges
Graham discusses two jarring moments in an otherwise brilliant new book about Pauline Boty, the most overlooked British Pop Artist of the 1960s.
Charles and Graham reflect on the new fil…
Episode 164: Indie Bands and their Hype; Shed Seven's First Number One Album; Priscilla Reconsidered; The Miracle of Mr Mick
Graham wants to correct some wrong perceptions about indie bands Bar Italia and The Last Dinner Party.
Former guest (Episode 153) Rick Witter's band Shed Seven gets its first Number One …
Episode 163: Sofia Coppola's Priscilla; Pauline Boty and Harrogate's Creative Underground; Why BBC 6 Music Should Create its own Chart
Graham and Charles take a look at what Sofia Coppolla's new film Priscilla says about Mr & Mrs Elvis and contrast it to Baz Lurmann's own take on the couple in his film, Elvis.
Harrogate…
Episode 162: Christmas Presents; Michael Mann's Ferrari; Christmas TV
Graham's Christmas presents are, possibly, the best arts-related presents anyone got this year anywhere on the planet and very well worth talking through.
Graham wonders if Michael Mann'…
Episode 161: Review of the Year (Part Two)
Charles and Graham continue looking back at their cultural highlights from 2023, this time focusing on their films of the year.
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Episode 160: Review of the Year (Part One)
Charles fights through the floods to join Graham for a review of the cultural year. The duo discuss the films, plays, books and albums that most impressed them in 2023.
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Episode 159: Harrogate Theatre's Pantomime: New Todd Haynes Film, May December; Shane MacGowan RIP
Longer wording: Charles and Graham are moved to discuss just why why Harrogate Theatre’s pantomime is the best in the world.
Graham discusses Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman's chemist…