85.71% listener retention most people listen on a Sunday followed by Saturday, then Wednesday then Tuesday no one listens on a Monday Thursday or Friday

Hows the week been

Music & Arts News

Small Book sellers

Last Friday we both went to Wells EMOM

Main Topic

Michael Jackson Movie and should it have been made ?

Background Michael is a 2026 biographical film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the life of American singer Michael Jackson, covering his involvement in the Jackson 5 in the 1960s to the Bad tour in the late 1980s. Jackson is portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson and as a child by Juliano Krue Valdi, both in their film debuts. The supporting cast includes Nia Long, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, and Colman Domingo.

principal photography took place between January and May 2024. After a clause was discovered in a legal settlement, references to the 1993 child sexual abuse allegations against Jackson were removed, the third act was revised, and reshoots took place in June 2025

In the second half of 1993, Jackson faced significant controversy following allegations that he had sexually abused 13‑year‑old Jordan Chandler, whom he met that year.

On December 18, 2003, Santa Barbara authorities charged Jackson with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of intoxicating a minor with alcoholic drinks.^[289] Jackson denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.^[290] The People v. Jackson trial began on January 31, 2005, in Santa Maria, California, and lasted until the end of May. On June 13, 2005, Jackson was acquitted on all counts.

Key details regarding the allegations:

1993 Allegations: Jordan Chandler accused Jackson of sexual abuse. A criminal investigation was conducted, but no charges were filed after a settlement was reached out of court for an estimated US$23 million.
2005 Trial: Jackson was tried on 14 charges related to the abuse of 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo. He was acquitted on all counts by a California jury after a four-month trial.
Posthumous Allegations: The 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland featured testimony from Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who alleged they were abused by Jackson. Both men had previously defended Jackson under oath, but later stated they lied to protect him.
Defence Perspective: Supporters, including some friends and family, argued the accusations were extortion attempts motivated by money

MJ The Musical is a hit West End show at London’s Prince Edward Theatre, focusing on the rehearsals for Michael Jackson's 1992 Dangerous World Tour. It features over 25 of his iconic hits, including "Thriller" and "Billie Jean," and runs until February 28, 2026.

Gary Gitter and Jonathan King still on streaming services

Recommendations

Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure:

Dirty business 3 part tv drama on UK ch4

Film The Interpreter (2005) on Netflix

Music Works Magazine

https://sunn.bandcamp.com/album/sunn-o-2

Friday May 01, 2026

Audiophile Radio Show No:139 May 2026 (The Live YouTube Show)

Friday May 01, 2026

Hello and welcome to the audiophile my name is Ian.

we are a monthly music and arts radio show focusing on local, unsigned and obscure music from across the world, welcome to the May 2026 edition

This is the first live to Youtube show so if your a regular listener on your audio podcast of choice nothing has changed except there is now a video version that you can watch

And here to kick us off is a new release from Austin electronic-pop collective Xanimal with the Awakening

1/ XAnimal - The Awakening

2 Ranzee - The Surrogate

That was Ranzee with The Surrogate

3/ Modesty Blaise - Carol Mountain

4/ Dambuilders - Shrine

5/ Daren T Housse - Altered State (trance out) / Our Dying Light

6/ Ian J Cole - White Phosphorus

7/ Wooden Overcoat - Home

9/ The Joy Thieves - The Wrong End of Your Rifle

10/ The Azimuth Tilt - The Exquisite Space

Sinners Music Advert Bandcamp

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12/ Maikshifter - DTM.FU

13/ Curtain Twitcher - Northern Flicker

14/ Merry Hell - Let the Music speak for itself

15/ Jemma Johnson - Sing It With Me

16/ Battery Operated Orchestra - Bad Twin

17/ Look, Stranger! - The Last Thing

18/ The Melancholy Kings - New Girl

19/ Christine and the Queens - "Full of Life"

20/ mho - Computer Art from static Display

21/ Held by Trees - The New Earth

22/ Sound of the Sirens - Chasing Skies (the Other Me)

23 phadDad Vs Kent Spong Breath

We’re down to the Last couple of tracks for this May Audiophile Radio show, I hope you’ve enjoyed the last 2 hours of music and videos if you’ve been watching

24 Fightmilk Canines and Eating for two (Live)

See you next month Ian x

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Monday Apr 20, 2026

Sinners Music Podcast 23 (Dexy's Midnight Runners)

Monday Apr 20, 2026

Podcast 23

Podcast 23 A Podcast about music and art

Links for this episode

Chiharu Shiota https://youtu.be/jSyg5wrM-ck?si=ktCUiN-EenQKPmoJ

Yin Xiuzhen https://youtu.be/z0ybUPb4Qy0?si=WZTcUijVkawv7XSn

https://electronicmusicopenmic.com

https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/hayward-gallery/

https://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/2854-don-mccullin/

https://holburne.org/

https://www.hauserwirth.com/locations/10068-hauser-wirth-somerset/

https://electronicmusicopenmic.com

https://sinnersmusicuk.bandcamp.com

https://chocolatemilk1.bandcamp.com

First of all thanks to all of the new listeners we’ve had over 800 on podcast downloads sites

YouTube is lagging behind but listener can view the little bits that are visual down below

And any questions can be asked via email or in the comments

Hows the weeks been

Fighting with HMRC - His Majesty's Revenue and Customs

about the sinners music end of year accounts

As a limited company We have to submit end of year accounts

We also have to submit quarterly VAT accounts

And we use accounting software to help with this

So we use QuickFile for this so its free for businesses that have unto 1000 transactions per year

We fall into the 1001+ category so its £60+ VAT a year

In comparison

Quickbooks goes from £16 to £123 a month

£192 to £1476 + VAT

Xero £15 to £55 a month

Sage is £18 to £59 a month

So as from the 1st April HMRC have implemented Make Tax Digital

For small businesses and sole traders

Now we’re VAT registered so for years we’ve been using QuickFile to submit our VAT returns

Now the downside of QuickFile is that it isn’t compliant with submitting our end of year accounts so we’ve always used the HRMC software portal it was crap but functional same as their PAYE software Basic PAYE which is a very badly written piece of software

So I came to file my last years accounts to find out that I now can’t use HMRC’s online software I have to buy a 3rd party commercial software so I did some research and it seems their isn’t any free software But I did find

Tiny tax whereby for 1 company you can submit your accounts for £59+VAT

and while I’m ranting once a year we have to submit to Companies House a confirmation statement the fee for filing this statement use to be £13 its just a form saying nothing has changed in the year last it now costs £50 to submit online and £110 in paper

THe UK government are having a laugh no wonder there are so many people trying to avoid paying tax

Started working on the music for a dance production which is due in June

Went to a couple of exhibitions at the Holborn Gallery a photo exhibition on Don McCullin and Sandra Rodes

Also when to the Haywood gallery at the south bank centre in london for 2 artists

Music & Arts News

Wireless Festival is an annual rap and hip-hop music festival, owned and managed by Live Nation,

The company has faced various lawsuits alleging ticket price fixing, hidden fees and anti-competitive practices

Wireless was due to takes place in London,and kanya West otherwise known as Ya was to headline all 3 nights

Next Friday wells emom

Main Topic

Book review of Kevin rowland

On the 15th March 1980 Dexy midnight runners released Geno I did got out an buy it and it took 2 months to get to no:1 and while it was climbing up the charts Dexy’s were on tour across the UK with the straight to the heart tour .

I was in an 11 piece Funk /Soul band called Motel out of York when Pat the drummer rang me at work mid afternoon and said are you free tonight we’ve a gig supporting Dexy midnight runners can you be at Alcuin dinning hall for 6:30pm - Alcuin was one of the colleges at York University amazingly I would end up having my office in Alcuin college for 16 years when I was their as a lecturer.

I got to the gig just as Dexy finished sound checking the road crew were great and was the band except Kevin Rowland who wander around with a scowl on his face

We play the crowd loved us and we did 2 encores after We’d moved our gear off the stage I was walking up to the shared dressing room and Kevin Rowland passed me on the stairs and muttered 2 fucking encores bunch of amateurs - I was speechless

Now that tour is covered in the book York isn’t mentioned but let me read a small paragraph

So it wasn’t personal Kevin was being a dick to everyone and that comes across in the book its everyones fault not his faulty he went bankrupt thats his managers and accounts fault

You could say the writing was on the wall when 5 members of the original Dexys left because of him and the same happened with the 2nd version of Dexys

The book has left me not liking Kevin Rowland and it seems clear that he has mellowed over time but he has diminished my eyes and I not know if I want to keep all of the Dexy records I have maybe I’ll just keep the greatest hits and flog the rest

Recommendations

andor on Disney

Chocolatemilk on bandcamp 38 releases not Chocolate space milk the 1970s funk band it sort of electronica with retrowave

Ranzee albums now on sinners music

Sunday Apr 05, 2026

Sinners Music Podcast 22 (Easter School Hymns)

Sunday Apr 05, 2026

Podcast 22 Running Order 30th March

Introductions

You can email us at sinnersrecords@gmail.com

How’s your week Been

Been to Synth Southwest

Video out today of We Killed Dogs

Sold CDs , Keyrings and Fridge Magnets

Worked on transferring Ranzee’s 3 album twill be out on the 1st April

Ian’s new things

https://electronicmusicopenmic.com/events/wells-emom/

News

Look Stranger Single is out on all Streaming sites except Spotify

You also can’t stream it in Russia and Israel

All of Ranzee’s 4 albums are now on Sinners Music bandcamp and streaming

https://sinnersmusicuk.bandcamp.com/

Main Topics

Chapple Roan

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/28/chappell-roan-security-guard-celebrity

Easter School Hymns

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/easter-hymns-that-are-perfect-for-school-assemblies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Salle_Brothers

Ask us Anything

You can email us at sinnersrecords@gmail.com

Jelly Wrestler Fridge Magnet

https://sinnersmusicuk.bandcamp.com/merch/jelly-wrestler-synth-keyboard-player-fridge-magnet

Recommendations

The Other Bennet Sister

Sam Wright and he Bard Owls

https://thebardowlskc.bandcamp.com/album/prejudice-pride-official-folk-musical-soundtrack

Youtube Premium

Watched Take That limited Series 3 episodes Netflix

Private Eye Magazine & Podcast - £2.99 an issue every 2 weeks

Goodbyes

Wednesday Apr 01, 2026

Audiophile Radio Show No:138 April 2026 (Ranzee Resolution Album Special)

Wednesday Apr 01, 2026

Hello and welcome to the audiophile my name is Ian J Cole.

we are a monthly music and arts radio show focusing on local, unsigned and obscure music from across the world, welcome to the April 2026 edition

On this months show we’ve new a album from Jay Wobble & Jon Klein and another from York band TSR2 we’ve a performance from synth southwest which was a synth expo and concert held in Dawlish in Devon a couple of weekends ago we’ve a featured album from Australian artist Ranzee with his 2018 album Resolution alongside a host of other great music

The Look Stranger single is now available on download and streaming sites with the exception of Spotify and here is the B side and the A side to kick us off we’ll start with the Last thing followed by Broken

1/ Look Stranger! - The Last Thing / Broken

2/ Ranzee - A Tuesday

3/ Battery Operated Orchestra - Responsible Adult

4/ Uncle Ugs - Ayam Lullaby

5/ TSR2 - The Salt Marsh / Transmission

6/ Jah Wobble & Jon Klein - Fading Away / Brockwell Lido

7/ Scott McLemore - To Catch a Glimpse / Above the Horizon

8/ Ranzee - The Apology / Resolution

9/ Ian J Cole - We Killed Dogs / Relic (Live at Synth Southwest 26)

10/ Ranzee - Dragon Mist

11/ The Wave Prophets - A Hidden Intention

12/ Kelly Jayne Jones - A fire That had to Burn forever

13/ Ranzee - Strumpa

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Monday Mar 23, 2026

Sinners Music Podcast 21 (How Ian Made an Album)

Monday Mar 23, 2026

The Sinners Music Podcast

A podcast about Music and Art by Ian J Cole & Louisa Rose

All episodes here

https://www.youtube.com/@IanJCole/podcasts

Audio Version here:

https://sinnersmusic.podbean.com/

Sinners Review Website

https://sinnersreviews.co.uk

Links for this edition

Look Mum no Computer Eurovision song

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4geel78nd0o

BAFTA BBC issue - I swear film (John Davidson)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93we0076rlo

International Woman's Day

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

The Brits

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/brit-awards-2026-hit-ofcom-33533564

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15605733/lily-allen-yawns-brits-snubbing-ceremony-fury.html

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tv/brits-descends-chaos-intruder-storms-36798525

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjwnx70pjwo

Sinners Music Records Links:

https://linktr.ee/sinnersmusicuk

Ian J Cole Links:

https://linktr.ee/ianjcole

Ian also hosts the monthly Audiophile Radio Show

The Audiophile Radio Show podcast for the best in music and art

https://sinnersmusic.podbean.com/

Ian’s Affiliate Link

Amazon links: https://amzn.to/3Rjf8Zf

You can support our video making by buying us a mocha (Decaf with Oat Milk):

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Podcast Running Order 19th March

Introductions

You can email us at sinnersrecords@gmail.com

How’s your week Been

Been to London - to The Tate Modern to see the Tracy Emin exhibition \

Preparing for this weekends Synth Southwest performance

News

Oscars Awards film Sinners

Wildhearts Ginger

https://www.chalkpitcassetteclub.com/

Next Wave

The Howl & The Hum Griffiths

Ellur

Main Topics

Aleatorical Alchemy !st Mat 2011

4 pieces created while undertaking my MSc in Music Technology at York Uni

Deconstruction : Demolition : Re-invention. Recorded from March to September 2011

49:14 minutes

Released on CD only March/April 2012

Bandcamp 2014

Full Digital Release in 2018

Ask us Anything

Recommendations

Disney+ paradise

Paul McCartney doc on Netflix

Goodbyes

Monday Mar 09, 2026

Sinners Music Podcast 20 (The Brits & International Women's Day)

Monday Mar 09, 2026

The Sinners Music Podcast

A podcast about Music and Art by Ian J Cole & Louisa Rose

All episodes here

https://www.youtube.com/@IanJCole/podcasts

Audio Version here:

https://sinnersmusic.podbean.com/

Sinners Review Website

https://sinnersreviews.co.uk

Links for this edition

Look Mum no Computer Eurovision song

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4geel78nd0o

BAFTA BBC issue - I swear film (John Davidson)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93we0076rlo

International Woman's Day

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

The Brits

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/brit-awards-2026-hit-ofcom-33533564

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15605733/lily-allen-yawns-brits-snubbing-ceremony-fury.html

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tv/brits-descends-chaos-intruder-storms-36798525

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjwnx70pjwo

Sinners Music Records Links:

https://linktr.ee/sinnersmusicuk

Ian J Cole Links:

https://linktr.ee/ianjcole

Ian also hosts the monthly Audiophile Radio Show

The Audiophile Radio Show podcast for the best in music and art

https://sinnersmusic.podbean.com/

Ian’s Affiliate Link

Amazon links: https://amzn.to/3Rjf8Zf

You can support our video making by buying us a mocha (Decaf with Oat Milk):

https://www.patreon.com/ianjcole

Sunday Mar 01, 2026

Audiophile Radio Show No:137 March 2026 (The Bloody Marys Special)

Sunday Mar 01, 2026

Hello and welcome to the audiophile my name is Ian

we are a monthly music and arts radio show focusing on local, unsigned and obscure music from across the world, welcome to the March 2026 edition

On this months show we’ve doing a deep dive into the music of Ryan Shirlow & The Bloody Marys the band that had a song that started Sinners Music Records because 2026 is the 20th year of Sinners Music and also the 20th anniversary of the Bloody Marys Debut album Demonstrations, we’re also playing the latest single from the Battery Operated Orchestra and a host of other great music

and here to kick us off is the bloody Marys with there one and only hit single In the Next Life I Think I’ll talk to Girls

1/ Ryan Shirlow & The Bloody Marys - In the Next Life / Rotten Potato

2/ Look, Stranger! - Foggy November Day

3/ Laptop - Confused

4/ Curtain Twitcher - Underground Genius (Club Mix)

5/ Ryan Shirlow & The Bloody Marys - Sunnyday Urban Decay/ Show Me Heaven/ I walked Shit Into Your Mother’s House

6/ Merry Hell - Sister Atlas

7/ Battery Operated Orchestra - Responsible Adult

8/ Uncle Ugs - Ayam Lullaby /

9/ The Multiverse - Above the Horizon

10/ Ryan Shirlow & The Bloody Marys - Folk Song

11/ Amelia Hamilton - Woman in STEM

12/ Malcolm Oxborrow - Eloise

13/ Park Fires - Home

14/ Look, Stranger! -The Last Thing

15/ Francesco Bosa - Pigansuite pt4 /

16/ Ryan Shirlow & The Bloody Marys - Emotional Song

17 The Wave Prophets - A Hidden Intention

18/ Kent Spong vs Phatdad - Just Breathe

19/ Ryan Shirlow & The Bloody Marys - Sacred Ground

20/ The Multiverse - To Catch a Glimpse (Live)

21/ Ryan Shirlow - Marys Voice

22/ Stranger Creatures - Mysterious Spaces (Live @ Bradford Cathedral

23/ Call Out Gorarange! / Sinners

Sinners Music Records Links:

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https://ryanshirlow.bandcamp.com/music

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Monday Feb 16, 2026

Sinners Review podcast No:19 Synth Southwest & Soundalike Songs

Monday Feb 16, 2026

Sinners Review Podcast 19 Hosted by Ian J Cole and Louisa Rose with guest Peter James-Stephen

Full audio version at: https://sinnersmusic.podbean.com

Hows your week been Music & Arts News Look, Stranger! Single release on (14th Feb) Info on

Bandcamp (3 Tracks),

Distributor (2 Tracks)

and CD release (4 tracks)

Native Instruments preliminary insolvency https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/native-instruments-has-been-placed-in-preliminary-insolvency

Another Festive in trouble Wickham Festival (Peter Chegwin) ltd have been issued a Strike off notice from Companies House https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06234821/filing-history https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets/

Huey Morgan’s new Job https://www.nme.com/news/music/huey-morgan-joins-virgin-radio-after-exit-from-6-music-3920903

Sunday Times interview owned by News UK who also own Virgin Radio poached Morgan from the BBC also good coverage in the Sun but Virgin Fired several presenters just before Xmas in the hope of boosting the poor listening figures RSC plans to scrap its in-house musicians amid workforce changes https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/rsc-scrap-musicians-workforce-changes/

https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/rsc-planning-to-axe-entire-music-department-in-favour-of-recordings

Live work has been central to the RSC forever and they need to reduce the workforce by 11% because they have to repay a 20 million movement covid loan Extra

Topic Valentines Day Songs

Main Topic Songs that are the same sort of - Who’s ripping who off? First Example Avicii Wake Me Up (from 0:38mins) recorded 2012-13 https://youtu.be/5y_KJAg8bHI?si=Wmc2APkCny5JNzU2

Greatest Showman - From Now on (from 2:00 mins) Released Dec 2017 https://youtu.be/iW2FUY3N-n0?si=VY2sxWy_g5IfZ322

Alex warren carry you home (from 0:49 mins) May 2024 https://youtu.be/wPV8eGbbcIA?si=gcKmPSoV15MIevtT

Next Example Zones - Mourning Star (from the start) released 1979 https://youtu.be/5jqAqvs0zJQ?si=NE7ZbBpwRBT9GQH6

Ultravox -Hymn (release 1982) https://youtu.be/RXLkpwFs8Fs?si=6tUMYMkqQ3_fTlGZ

3rd Example Blondie - 11:59 (vocal melody) (1978) https://youtu.be/FfzGUIFhGBQ?si=YKXesCjufJiXedE2

Katie & The Questions - So One Sided (December 2012) https://katieandthequestions.bandcamp.com/track/so-one-sided

Synth Southwest Buy your tickets here: https://www.synthsouthwest.com

Ask Ian Anything Ask Louisa Rose Anything

Recommendations

Goodbyes

Next podcast 20 will be on the 16th March

Sunday Feb 01, 2026

Audiophile Radio Show No:136 February 2026

Sunday Feb 01, 2026

Hello and welcome to the audiophile my name is Ian

we are a monthly music and arts radio show focusing on local, unsigned and obscure music from across the world, welcome to the Feb 2026 edition

On this months show we’ve we’re playing the new sinners music records release EP Broken by Look, Stranger! And we’re playing all 4 tracks we’re also playing new single Confused from New Yorks Laptop ahead of their album ‘on this planet’ which is coming later in the year we’ve also got music from Sheffield’s Curtain Twitcher

and to kick us off is the Detroit Illharmonic Symphony who are based in Los Angeles with their latest single ‘Who Loves You’ from their current album ‘Everything is Shattered’

1/ Detroit Illharmonic Symphony - Who Loves You.

2/ Inca Babies - Busters on Fire

3/ Look, Stranger! - Broken / Foggy November Day

4/ Curtain Twitcher - Underground Genius (Club Mix)

5/ Jim Thompson - In A Field at Night / Crass Pad (Loft Dubs)

6/ Third Grade Haters - Monday Morning (Pompous & Proud)

7/ Uncle Ugs - Ayam Lullaby / Haunt Me (Let Me BE Your Battering Ram EP)

8/ Look, Stranger! A Broken Weekend

9/ Francesco Bosa - Pigansuite pt4 / Pigansuite Pt 1

10/ The Multiverse - Above the Horizon / To Catch a Glimpse (Live)

11/ Eamonn Watt - Bonhoga (The Complete Collection)

12/ Third Grade Haters - London