Hello and welcome to the first chops of December, Mickey here, and I'm guessing that you,

like me, are shocked and appalled. It is freaking December already. It's eye may. What a bastard.

Anyway, I am really chuffed with this chops because I got to chat with the awesome Mickey

Barani, founding member of 1990's Altport Rockers Lush, and yeah, Lady Killers will always

be on at least three of my playlists, an author of Fingers crossed, a no-holes barred memoir

of her tricksy, and I am putting it very wildly, childhood, and time in lush and on the

Brit pop scene. It is, at times, a brutal, and a heads up that Mickey and I talk about Charles

sex abuse and neglecting this podcast. She and I are both fairly philosophical about our

experiences, now at least, but we are both very keen that these conversations continue

to happen, as a reminder that this doesn't just happen, over there, to someone else.

Mickey also smashes any rose tinted spectacles people might still be clinging onto when

looking at the 90s lad culture that underlined Brit pop, and let me tell you, she does so

gloriously. She is a beautiful writer, and, you know, given December is upon us, I can

hand on heart, recommend Fingers crossed as an excellent gift for anyone into music and

or brilliant fierce women. Clearly, I like her a lot, I am sure you will too.

Also, do yourself a solid and have a listen to the deliciously woozy tunes she is making

with her current band, Porosha, a tonal guitars, spacey synth flourishes, sophisticated

baselines and floaty layered vocals. Mmm, dreamy.

Hello, I'm joined on the Zoom by Mickey Boreny, probably best known as a founding member

of late 80s and early 90s alt rockers lush, now in Dream Poppers, Porosha, an author of

one of the best, most painfully honest music memoirs I've ever read, Fingers crossed how

music saved me from success. Mickey, hello. Hello. No, how I'm not calling you Metal

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