Apr 20, 20080

Mercury Prize – Red Carpet

With brogues polished and microphone at the ready, Porter launches himself upon the red carpet at the Nationwide Mercury Prize. Bat For Lashes goes feral, Young Knives strike a pose, Jamie Reynolds from Klaxons says ‘HIYA’ and Jo Whiley pipes down a bit.

Hot Fire!

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Apr 18, 20086

Mercury Prize – Klaxons – Basquiat Strings

Porter reports from the Mercury Prize and interviews the Klaxons and the Basquiat Strings

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Apr 18, 20080

Mercury Prize – Dizzee Rascal – Jamie T

Porter reports from the Mercury Prize and interviews Dizzee Rascal and Jamie T

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Apr 18, 20080

Mercury Prize – Maps – New Young Pony Club

Porter reports from the Mercury Prize and interviews Maps and New Young Pony Club

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Apr 4, 20080

Best Of – Part 5

The highlights from a series of podcasts we made for the Nationwide Mercury Prize, featuring interviews with Klaxons, Dizzee Rascal, Young Knives, Jamie T, Maps and Bat For Lashes… and Adrian Edmonson (we weren’t expecting him either!)

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Apr 4, 20080

Best Of – Part 6

The final episode of the Best of 2007 features a report from Fashion Fringe, a competition for young designers at London Fashion Week, and the tear jerking blast of cotton coloured memories that is… The Montage!

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'Music Journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk in order to provide articles for people who don't read'


Welcome to this online repository for the ramblings of professional chancer and well-known leisure pirate Russell Porter. A notorious loud mouth, Russell is also the feckless presenter of The Porter Report, an ongoing series of programmes from the front line of popular culture- every episode of which can be found in the Shows section


To reprimand Russell, correct him on poor punctuation or merely register your disinterest, please feel free to get in touch



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