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About this episode

Bill Nighy discusses various topics including shoe polishing and music.

Bill is back to tackle the pressing subjects of polishing shoes, escaping parties and how to pronounce expresso, sorry espresso. This episode's playlist is called ‘I’ll Hold Your Coat...’ : ‘Breakfast Can Wait’ by Prince  ‘Talkin’ to Myself’ by Sarah Shook & the Disarmers  ‘Louie Louie’ by Iggy Pop  ‘Seventeen’ by Sjowgren  ‘Blue Jean’ by David Bowie  You can find the playlist on Spotify here And on Apple Music here   The book of the episode is ‘Oh What A Paradise It Seems’  by John Cheever   Thanks for listening - if you have any questions, banned word entries or 'I'm With The Band' submissions you can contact us via Instagram @illadvisedbybillnighy or via our website: www.ill-advisedbybillnighy.com If you like to hear more of Bill, you can join him in The Back Room on Patreon (- www.patreon.com/illadvisedbybillnighy )- for bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to new episodes, events and merchandise and more - see you there. If you would like to join it's important to sign up online first to avoid the Apple fees in their app, then download it…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Nighy

Topics covered

• shoe polishing
• party escaping
• espresso pronunciation
• music playlist
• book discussion

Keywords

• Bill Nighy
• espresso
• music playlist
• John Cheever
• party escaping

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Oh What A Paradise It Seems

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