Christian Gisborne
of Velvet Starlings &
Jenny Jenkins

Christian Gisborne of Velvet Starlings  CHRISTIAN GISBORNE (of Velvet Starlings) was last on Radio8Ball on March 23, 2019. He returns to the show to ask a question to The Pop Oracle and discuss how his band’s song “Turning Point” answered BART DAVENPORT’s question on last week’s episode. It’s rousing conversation featuring Radio8Vault clips from […]

Christian Gisborne
&
Velvet Starlings

 From ANDRAS JONES: We come to the close of our VELVET STARLINGS episode with a question about Sir Paul McCartney from bandleader CHRISTIAN GISBORNE. Christian was concerned that McCartney might be offended by his conspiratorial query but there are no verboten topics in the realm of the Pop Oracle, and there are some pretty […]

Roni Wiedeman
&
Velvet Starlings

 From ANDRAS JONES: Meet RONI WIEDEMAN, the bass-wielding, keyboard tickling, backing vocalist in VELVET STARLINGS. Stoic as all get out, Roni asks a question that syncs pretty sweetly with today’s randomly chosen Pop Oracle song from the R8B app performed by CHRIS SAND who, like Velvet Starlings, is currently on tour. Doing the real […]

Bart Davenport
&
Velvet Starlings

 BART DAVENPORT (of The Loved Ones, The Kinetics and Bart & The Bedazzled) has been a regular guest on Radio8Ball over the years. Bart joined this Pop Oracle session with ANDRAS JONES from self-quarantine in Los Angeles to discuss last week’s musical divination featuring LOUISE GOFFIN, and (after many tasty digressions) ask his own […]

Christian Gisborne
of Velvet Starlings
&
The Radio8Band
(Davenport, Wisely, Green & Jones)

 From ANDRAS JONES: At the beginning of this episode I asked how thoroughly I can indulge my kink for talent and I have to say, the Pop Oracle has been paying off with particular potency. Today’s reading with Christian Gisborne of Velvet Starlings is the pinnacle expression of the kind of talent overload that […]

Velvet Starlings

VELVET STARLINGS are a band led by the young, as of this taping, Christian Gisborne. Christian and his bandmates Roni Wiedeman & Michael Whittemore gathered for a Pop Oracle session with their friends Spud, John Ferriter, Larry Dvoskin and Roger Gisborn (Christian’s dad) at Starburns Industries on March 23, 2019. 

Roger Gisborne
&
Velvet Starlings

 From ANDRAS JONES: ROGER GISBORNE is VELVET STARLINGS‘ manager and the father of the band’s singer, songwriter and guitarist CHRISTIAN GISBORNE. He joins our session to give us a peak behind the curtain of the band and ask a question about “Woodstock 50”. POP ORACLE Song of The Day (June 8, 2019): SYNCHRONISTIC DUOLOGUE […]

Michael Whittemore
&
Velvet Starlings

From ANDRAS JONES: It’s time to meet the VELVET STARLINGS. Let’s start with their drummer MICHAEL WHITTEMORE who has a question about the prophetic nature of the film “Idiocracy”. POP ORACLE Song of The Day (June 6, 2019): VEDA HILLE “26 Years”

Larry Dvoskin
&
Velvet Starlings

 From ANDRAS JONES: Tempted as I am to re-count the tale of our guest LARRY DVOSKIN’s auspicious introduction to VELVET STARLINGS, you’ll have to listen to the podcast for this, and for his story about talking songwriting with Paul McCartney. POP ORACLE Song of The Day (June 5, 2019): KYM TUVIM “Mystery”

John Ferriter
&
Velvet Starlings

 From ANDRAS JONES: JOHN FERRITER of the band The Tearaways joined our Pop Oracle session with VELVET STARLINGS with a question that’s been asked a lot on Radio8Ball; variations on”Will the Monkees ever be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?” In perfect sync, today’s randomly chosen Pop Oracle song of the […]

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