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Ear Corn with Mark & Bruce

Ear Corn with Mark & Bruce

By Mark Crozer

Thanks for listening! We are now broadcasting a NEW podcast under the name RAIN STOPS PLAY.

Ear Corn with Mark and Bruce is hosted by musician Mark Crozer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bray Wyatt) and writer-film-maker Bruce Windwood (12 In A Box.)

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The Thing About That Thing

Ear Corn with Mark & BruceApr 03, 2020

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Rain Stops Play... Coming Soon

Rain Stops Play... Coming Soon

Introducing our new podcast

May 13, 202000:58
The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

Eh up Ear Corners. Here is a new episode and, as you will learn, it’s the last Ear Corn before we come back with a new thing called Rain Stops Play. Stay tuned.
May 08, 202001:00:06
Bruce-World Problems

Bruce-World Problems

Seagulls, Wood Pigeons, Hotties and Crofters are all topics under discussion in this week's sizzling new episode of Ear Corn with Mark and Bruce! 

May 01, 202001:00:27
The Very Early Very Late Show

The Very Early Very Late Show

Idle banter to help you unwind during these dark days.

Apr 21, 202054:42
Have We Not Got No News For You?

Have We Not Got No News For You?

A multi-faceted discourse centred around current affairs and other shit. Includes an exclusive preview of a brand new acoustic 'lockdown' charity-fundraiser version of Mark's WWE smash hit song "Live In Fear" (or Broken Out In Love as it was originally titled.) Stay tuned for more details about that.

Apr 10, 202058:19
The Thing About That Thing

The Thing About That Thing

More Stuff and Nonsense and everything in between.

Apr 03, 202001:00:03
Name That Tune

Name That Tune

This week's episode features the usual balderdash as well as some fascinating ornithological chat and a terrific tune from Brooklyn PS 170's 5th Grade Band.

Mar 27, 202056:40
Four Horsemen and a Toilet Roll

Four Horsemen and a Toilet Roll

It's the end of the world! Come and join the fun.

Mar 20, 202049:52
Pardon Our Pants

Pardon Our Pants

Featuring some truly staggering impressions and the usual mix of nonsense and waffle.

Mar 06, 202001:02:58
Ear Corn Newsreel

Ear Corn Newsreel

A little bit of silliness

Feb 28, 202000:28
Beware The Wolves of Worry!

Beware The Wolves of Worry!

Another hour of pointless banter from the Axis of Idle.

Feb 28, 202001:04:34
The Wrong Band

The Wrong Band

In which Bruce sticks it to the man and gets over-excited about jewelry. Also includes Oscar and TV chat.

Today's episode is sponsored by Twisted-Root.co.uk

Feb 17, 202059:15
How Many Is Enough?

How Many Is Enough?

How many likes must a man (or woman) acquire before he (or she) gets to be a man (or woman?)

Feb 07, 202001:12:12
Rock Bottom!

Rock Bottom!

Mark and Bruce discuss plans for their new celebrity buttcrack panel show 'Rock Bottom!'

Jan 24, 202058:47
Trashing Harry Styles

Trashing Harry Styles

More idle chat than you can shake a stick insect at including an in-depth critique of some of that there 'pop music' made by young people. Also includes an exclusive play of Mark's song 'Wayward Soul' featuring the fabulous Ryan Egan on vocals.

Jan 10, 202059:18
Ear Corn 2020. The Beginning of a New Chapter That's Quite Similar To The Previous One But Hopefully A Little Bit Better

Ear Corn 2020. The Beginning of a New Chapter That's Quite Similar To The Previous One But Hopefully A Little Bit Better

In which Mark and Bruce bang on about war films, dissect Ed Sheeran and share their hopes and dreams for 2020.

Jan 03, 202001:02:54
Inbetweenmas: Don't Mention The War

Inbetweenmas: Don't Mention The War

Waffle and chuckles to fill that hole between Xmas and New Year. 

Dec 27, 201901:06:37
2019 End of the Ear Best Bits

2019 End of the Ear Best Bits

A compilation of some of the Ear Corn highlights of the year. Happy Holidays folks!

Dec 25, 201947:51
A Sweary Ear-y Christmas!

A Sweary Ear-y Christmas!

It's the Ear Corn Christmas Special with larks-a-plenty and--as it says on the label--plenty of festive swearing to get you in the Holiday Spirit. 

Featuring Festive Hits from a parallel universe by The Crozer Brothers.


Dec 20, 201901:03:05
Poor But Free

Poor But Free

In today's episode (which due to editing time constraints contains an ENORMOUS amount of swearing) the fellas complain about work and politics. 

Featured music as requested by Mr Windwood: Mr Crozer's original demo of Never Slows Down.

Dec 13, 201901:10:18
The Gaps In Between

The Gaps In Between

Middle-aged ranting from The Axis of Idle. Featured music: Elegy by Bruce Windwood.

Dec 06, 201901:01:13
The Self-Doubters Guide to Wayfinding

The Self-Doubters Guide to Wayfinding

The usual mix of jokey self-deprecation and ultra-serious introspection. Topics covered: Self-doubt, Education, Work (or lack of it,) Sleep (or lack of it,) Memory, Music, Script Writing, Financial Assistance for Artists and more and we have music from Australian songstress Lisa Fitzgibbon with her song 'The Maze.'

Today's episode has been thoroughly cleansed of rude words and has been certified Family Friendly.

Nov 29, 201901:10:20
Redaction Speaks Louder Than Words

Redaction Speaks Louder Than Words

Today's heavily-redacted episode (our lawyers made us do it) features the usual irreverent dissection of a life in the day of a down-at-heel artist and we have music from Welcome To Peepworld with their wonderful song 'Weight of the World.' 

".Entertaininger than a kick in the gusset!" Umberto Trousers, The Blackbird Leys Chronicle

"Too much swearing!" Stephen Coe, Guardian Of The Shire






Nov 22, 201901:04:02
The Art of Skiving

The Art of Skiving

"...the boozier, ruder, cool-er bastard brother of BBC Radio 4's 'Only Artists.' Tony Spotiswode, Toxteth International Tribune.

This weeks episode ends with a never-before-heard remix of Broken Out In Love created by Oxford musician Phill Honey who was the guitar player with Mark Crozer and The Rels at Wrestlemania 30.

Nov 15, 201901:06:42
10 Week Anniversary Collector's Edition!

10 Week Anniversary Collector's Edition!

Bruce and Mark talk cobblers and attempt to poke each other with the Sharpened Stick of Motivation.

Nov 08, 201901:04:21
Halloween Special!

Halloween Special!

Amongst the usual very swear-y ranting and raving you've come to love, Mark and Bruce swap spooky tales of paranormal activity in and around Oxford.



Nov 01, 201901:15:00
Speculative Briefs

Speculative Briefs

63 Minutes of Mostly Ranting.

Special musical guest: The spirit of Art Garfunkel.

Oct 25, 201901:02:48
Waiting For Palindrome Bin (Not His Real Name)

Waiting For Palindrome Bin (Not His Real Name)

Bruce and Mark discuss (aka whinge at length) the pros and cons of modern technology; the status of a variety of creative projects; peculiar dreams and Bruce swears his ruddy head off as always.


Oct 18, 201901:04:44
The Teas(e) of Possibilities

The Teas(e) of Possibilities

Offensive accents... LOTS of swearing... rambling about Christmas... what we've been up to in the last week... and generally poking the embers of hope that glow in the fire of despondency. Also... MArk's cover of John Lennon's 'Jealous Guy.'

Oct 11, 201901:05:52
Inspiration: Writing Lyrics

Inspiration: Writing Lyrics

Bruce and Mark talk about writing song lyrics, teaching, work, finding inspiration and swear A LOT! 


Oct 04, 201901:05:01
Creative Idling

Creative Idling

Bruce and Mark chat about being creative idlers and for some reason plug a number of products and services to which they have no official affiliation.

Sep 27, 201959:40
Axe To Grind

Axe To Grind

In today's episode Mark and Bruce get worked up into a veritable rage about having to promote themselves on social media. 

Also: Axe throwing, script rejection, new music from Mark, and Bruce needs thirty winks.

Sep 20, 201955:49
Inspector Wield, phone call for you...

Inspector Wield, phone call for you...

In this this week's edition of EAR CORN!

Judge On a Winch!

Attack of the Nine Foot Pigeons!

I'm Alec Baldwin!

I Was Kevin Costner's Body!

In Bed with Richard E Grant!

John Noakes, Marty Pellow, George Michael, Dalziel & Pascoe AND MUCH MORE!

Special musical feature: International Jetsetters.

All music in today's episode is (c) Mark Crozer and Bruce Windwood.





Sep 13, 201957:43
Is This It?

Is This It?

Today's episode is an in-depth chat about 'making it' in the entertainment industry. At what point does an artist consider themselves to have 'made it?' Does such a moment even exist? 

Sep 05, 201957:34