Episode 16

In these shoes.

W/C 26th April 2021

There is still a great big musical gap left behind by Kirsty MacColl, we lost her far too young. I had always been aware of her, but it was only when the album Tropical Brainstorm was released in 2000 that I really began to 'get it'.

Blessed with a gift for songwriting and a take on the world that seemed quirky at first glance, but on closer inspection resonated with openness and candour.

Bizarrely it's a story about Crocs that brought me here, I was looking for a song that referenced feet or shoes or walking and I remembered 'in these shoes'.

Of course that set me off, and forty minutes later I am still listening to clips of Kirstys songs on Youtube. Which means I need to include another one of my favourites, penned by KM and delivered exquisitely by Eddi Reader at a celebration for Kirsty from 2010

Stay Safe.

Dear John - Eddi Reader

In These Shoes - Kirsty MacColl

Marsden Moor Fire

Crocs Comeback

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Anthony Short

I have been tinkering with audio since my mid-teens, recording songs & producing content for friends.

Post university I embraced the world of retail, firstly in supermarkets and later in & around the music instrument industry.

After 20 years or so, I took a sideways step into podcasting and began a venture called ashortstories, which helps in the development & production of podcasts for anyone that has a story to tell.