{"podcast":{"title":"New Zealand Net Radio","slug":"new-zealand-net-radio-7869194","podcast_index_feed_id":7869194,"rss_url":"https://www.nznetradio.net.nz/podcast-feed-licensed.php","website_url":"https://www.nznetradio.net.nz","image_url":"https://www.nznetradio.net.nz/podcast-artwork/nznetradio-podcast-cover-1400.jpg","author":"New Zealand Net Radio","episode_count":41,"summary":"Recorded programmes and themed mixes from New Zealand Net Radio.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T02:21:06.537898+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-zealand-net-radio-7869194"},"episode":{"title":"In the Mix: Power Pop Perfection Vol 2","slug":"in-the-mix-power-pop-perfection-vol-2","published_at":"2026-07-31T03:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-zealand-net-radio-7869194/in-the-mix-power-pop-perfection-vol-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-zealand-net-radio-7869194","url":"https://www.nznetradio.net.nz/podcast/#ep-79","audio_url":"https://www.nznetradio.net.nz/podcast-audio/In-the-Mix-Power-Pop-Perfection-Vol-2-2026-07-31-1553-licensed.m4a","summary":"Power pop is the genre that never quite got its moment — and somehow that’s the whole point. It’s a sound built on the Beatles’ Revolver-era jangle and the Who’s coiled aggression, then handed down through a lineage of bands who wrote perfect three-minute songs and watched them sail straight past the charts. This week’s show traces that line from the source: “And Your Bird Can Sing” and “Pictures Of Lily” set the template in the mid-60s, and the Flamin’ Groovies’ “Shake Some Action” and Big Star’s “In The Street” carried it into the 70s, where commercial indifference became something close to a badge of honour. What’s remarkable is how the vindication keeps arriving late. Big Star sold almost nothing in 1972 and ended up soundtracking a hit sitcom two decades on. The Speedies were Brooklyn schoolkids whose “You Need Pop” found a second life in a printer commercial. Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque was voted album of the year over Nevermind, a decision that looked eccentric at the time and looks rather braver now. And the thread runs unbroken to the present — the Lemon Twigs and Weezer are working the same seam as Todd Rundgren, Dwight Twilley and the Raspberries did fifty years ago, with a similar disregard for whether anyone’s paying attention. Broadcast 31 July 2026","meta_description":"Power pop is the genre that never quite got its moment — and somehow that’s the whole point. It’s a sound built on the Beatles’ Revolver-era jangle and th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3558,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-zealand-net-radio-7869194/episodes/in-the-mix-power-pop-perfection-vol-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-zealand-net-radio-7869194/in-the-mix-power-pop-perfection-vol-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}