TV interviews

[apgrundy]

Second part of the interview with TV at 'Les Monstres Sacres' blog:

https://monstres-sacres.blogspot.com/20 ... SSDOCkX5SA

[driverorpassenger]

A new interview and it's a good one!

https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/punk-has ... hern-soul/

If there’s a thread connecting all of Smith’s work, it’s a sense of anger – an eviscerating fury at the state of the world. It drives him still, and it isn’t something that he’s struggling to tap into in 2024 Britain.

“Yeah, I’m angry,” he says, “angry that we’re not being allowed to have the lives that we want. I love people, and everywhere I go, I see fantastic people who deserve better than they’re getting. There’s a tremendous sense of community out in the world still, which you really see at gigs and when people get the chance to get together and talk to each other and be with each other. We’re being increasingly isolated and alienated and discouraged from doing the social stuff that makes us what we are. So, yeah, I’m angry, because it should be so much better.” This in turn has fuelled Smith’s new Handwriting album. “I tried to sum up my feelings about what’s going on in the world and my fears for the future and just ladled that all into one album.”

[apgrundy]

Not really an interview but a short discourse from TV about Gary Gilmore's Eyes on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 6 show today 1st September. "What's The Story". TV on from about 1 hour 40 minutes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hlcc

[FredNoTimeToBe2021]

...and the song isn't listed on the show's playlist because???

[FredNoTimeToBe2021]

Just listened to the first two episodes of this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lgp4

TV appears at 20.16 in episode 2.

When I saw John Lydon at one of his talking tour dates last week he was, as usual, ranting against the BBC in general, and especially this show in particular, as they didn't even ask to talk to him!

[apgrundy]

Andy Blade podcast with TV early October 2025:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UubB1pEdnow

[apgrundy]

The Vinyl Guide Podcast - Ep541: TV Smith - 50 Years of The Adverts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjd4BA7mBBw

"Mar 30, 2026
TV Smith joins Nate to discuss the 50th anniversary of The Adverts, an Australian tour backed by The Hard-Ons, and a career full of great songs and terrible label luck.

Topics Include:

TV Smith is touring Australia in April with The Hard-Ons. The tour celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Adverts. The Hard-Ons are already learning the surprisingly complex Adverts songs. TV finds it odd but joyful to still be performing. He got back into vinyl to quality-check his own releases. Bowie, Roxy Music, and reggae were key early influences for TV. The Sex Pistols made TV believe he could actually do this. The Roxy Club punk scene started with just 30 people. Brian James of The Damned personally recommended The Adverts to Stiff. They recorded One Chord Wonders in a single afternoon at Pathway. Stiff misspelled the title and controversially centred Gaye Advert on the cover. Gary Gilmore's Eyes was TV's satirical response to exploitative media coverage. The BBC was deeply reluctant to air Gary Gilmore's Eyes on TV. Anchor Records collapsed mid-momentum, leaving The Adverts suddenly without a label. Crossing the Red Sea was recorded at Abbey Road with John Leckie. Gary Gilmore's Eyes was left off the album deliberately — vinyl runtime constraints. RCA signed them against their own A&R team's wishes — chaos followed. Cast of Thousands suffered a botched mix, a terrible cover, label indifference. Channel 5 was finally properly remastered after the producer found a safety tape. TV is bringing vinyl to the merch table — especially the Handwriting LP."