Andrew Hickey
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2,253 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3 Sep
Andrew Hickey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You'll have to come to your own conclusions about what you think is an acceptable price for great art, and what you think deserves credit.
But for someone as insistent on individuality as Captain Beefheart, someone who wanted to wake his audience up rather than lull them to sleep, to make the audience have to think about that is in itself an achievement.
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This podcast is written and narrated by me, Andrew Hickey, and produced by me and Tilter Rizer.
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs · Song 185: “Peaches En Regalia” by Frank Zappa · 21 Jul 2026
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs by Andrew Hickey Song 185 Peaches in Regalia by Frank Zappa
Before we begin, this episode, surprisingly given the artist in question, has fewer content warnings than most.
However, it does feature discussion of songs that mention incest, and quotes one line of lyric referring to underage sex.
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