It’s a somewhat somber episode this week as Remfry and Steve try to piece together the events that led to nine people (eight at time of recording) losing their lives at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas.
A criminal investigation is under way to try and ascertain what caused such an unnecessary loss of life as well as the hundreds of injuries sustained during the melee last Friday night. We try to make sense of a tragedy that ultimately, should never have happened and discuss the potential factors that led to it. Is Travis Scott himself to blame? The promoter Live Nation? Security? Poor infrastructure? The fans themselves? All of the above? We look at all the factors that potentially contributed to the highest number of accidental deaths at an official US concert venue since the Station nightclub fire in 2003.
A lighter, somewhat more jovial second half of the show is a discussion of some of our favourite music media outlets, a chance for us to recommend other music enthusiasts and their podcasts, YouTube channels, documentaries, blogs and radio shows. Links to all the recommendations covered on this episode are below
The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072ky7/episodes/player
Heavy Blog is Heavy
https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/
Howard Goodall’s The Story of Music
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Music-Howard-Goodall/dp/0099587173
James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p089rfmk/episodes/downloads
Pop, Collaborate and Listen
https://www.pclpodcast.com
Trash Theory
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxHcoI9ndIdAihEB7ODTOfQ