Steve Mason fights back! Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian
This week's podcast (number 42, if you must know) has a very special guest in the form of Steve Mason. Mason fronted folk-hop collective the Beta Band throughout the 90s, pursued a career as King Biscuit Time in the noughties and, after a brief sojourn away from music, is back with his new electro-pop project, Black Affair. Phew.
Well, Steve took the time to talk over many things with us, including putting his Beta days behind him, his ongoing battle with depression, and how he just loves to listen to Jodeci.
And that's not all - he helped us review Kylie Konnect is the name of the all new social networking site set up in Minogue's honour. Saying that, it was much more likely a ker-azy new gimmick to help sales of her forthcoming album X, and that got us thinking about USB sticks, CDs that are actually half vinyl and something called a Song Box. These are just some of the ways in which record labels are launching music in a bid to lift sales, but will any of it work? (Short answer: don't bet on it.)
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