Bawdy humour, national stereotypes and salty sea breezes all round this issue. Mark E. Smith advocates emigration, Holger Czukay gets cool in the pool (presumably having staked his claim on a sunbed via the timely deployment of a towel first), D Double E tries to get his end away with hilarious results and Blur trade in comic conventions so hoarily baroque as to evoke the ironwork on Victorian piers. Incidentally – and in keeping the international spirit of our Japanophilia podcast - AngloGerman relations are likely to figure pretty prominently in the podcast, which is why there’s all the Brechtian caberet-type stuff.

Spotify Playlist [link to spotify]

• The Fall – English Scheme
• Blur – Stereotypes
• Holger Czukay – Cool in the Pool
• Tom  Waits -  Reeperbahn
• The Streets – Get Out of My House
• Vangelis – One More Kiss, Dear
• Marianne Knorr – Ballade Om det Sexuelle Slaveri
• Black Box Recorder – Goodnight Kiss