{"id":46678,"date":"2023-02-26T12:18:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T12:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=46678"},"modified":"2023-02-26T12:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T12:18:15","slug":"interview-with-dave-philpott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=46678","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Dave Philpott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paula Wiseman chats with Dave Philpott about a new book called, &#8216;Dear Mr Pop Star&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly 10 years, Dave &amp; his dad Derek have been on a crazy crusade, to write good old-fashioned letters to pop and rock stars (sometimes even sent to their home addresses with prior consent!), either picking up on genuine ambiguities within their lyrics or often deliberately misunderstanding them for comedic effect.<\/p>\n<p>The new book is an updated version of the first book with loads more new content.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5047\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/DavePhilpottinterview.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5047','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/DavePhilpottinterview.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/DavePhilpottinterview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=46678-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/DavePhilpottinterview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"DavePhilpottinterview.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 21:49 &#8212; 30.0MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paula Wiseman chats with Dave Philpott about a new book called, &#8216;Dear Mr Pop Star&#8217;. For nearly 10 years, Dave &amp; his dad Derek have been on a crazy crusade, to write good old-fashioned letters to pop and rock stars (sometimes even sent to their home addresses with prior consent!), either picking up on genuine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5048\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/DavePhilpottinterview.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5048','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/DavePhilpottinterview.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/DavePhilpottinterview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=46678-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/DavePhilpottinterview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"DavePhilpottinterview.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 21:49 &#8212; 30.0MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":46679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32,33],"tags":[22334,22335,1865,2380],"class_list":["post-46678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-2","category-lifeline-2","category-listenagain","tag-dave-philpott","tag-dear-mr-popstar","tag-lifeline","tag-paula-wiseman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46680,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46678\/revisions\/46680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}