The Synod, Rob Stuart, Best Places to Eat in France - Couronne d'Or
Chris Morton is the keyboard player and lyricist for prog rock band The Synod, based in London and Basel. The band have been hard at work on a new eponomously titled album, slated for release this spring. We heard two tracks from the upcoming album: 'CRF' was the bed for our interview conversation followed by the track 'Electromagnetism' which appears on the musical theme list below. Look for The Synod as they tour this spring and summer in support of the new album, and on www.theenglishshow.com for more information about the band. Listen to the interview again here.
Rob Stuart came into the studio with the newest cinema releases. The most visited films last month include John Wick, directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, starring Keanu Reeves. Sponge Bob Square Pants: Sponge out of Water is one for the kids. And then there's Grimms fairytale Into the Woods with Meryl Streep and Anna Kendrick.
In our ongoing Best Places to Eat series, Sue Style took us just across the border to the Couronne d'Or in France. Ask for a table in the little room to the left as you come in (cosier and less noisy than the big dining room), or on the terrace in summer. Original, sensibly priced food (2-course midweek lunch menu around 12 euros - e.g panaché de poissons with pasta, right), a good selection of main-course veggie dishes - and a wide range of veg to accompany main dishes, cooked to rare perfection. The touch of Swiss frost from the owner has thawed out and the staff is cheerful and [fairly] proficient.
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The music theme this evening was carnival, to mark the end of last week's Fasnacht:
Eric Clapton - Carnival
Poets of the Fall - Carnival Of Rust
Prefab Sprout - Carnival 2000
Professor Longhair - Go To The Mardi Gras
Natalie Merchant - Carnival
The Synod - Electromagnetism
The Dandy Warhols - Autumn Carnival
Siouxie and the Banshees - She's A Carnival
Project Pitchfork - Carnival
The Cardigans - Carnival
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