About this episode

This episode features a discussion about 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' by The Status Quo as part of Pledge Week 2025.

This episode is part of Pledge Week 2025. For five days this week, I will be posting old Patreon bonus episodes to the main feed to encourage people to subscribe to my Patreon. If you want more of these, and only if you can afford it, subscribe for $1 a month at patreon.com/andrewhickey . Whether you do or not, I hope you enjoy this one. (more…)

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Hickey

Topics covered

• music
• history
• Patreon
• rock music
• bonus episodes

Keywords

• rock music
• The Status Quo
• Pictures of Matchstick Men
• Patreon
• bonus episodes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Status Quo, Patreon

Books & works: Pictures of Matchstick Men

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