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News, rants, theories, stories and assorted old hokum which this week stumbles into …
… Kate Bush, Thunderbirds, Tim Buckley, the Blind Boys of Alabama … the magical bass adventures of Danny Thompson (and the time he headlined over the Beatles)
… how Claudia Cardinale wound up on the sleeve of Blonde On Blonde
… would Roxy Music have made it if their albums had been released in brown paper bags?
… how TikTok is destroying the “superfan”
… do late night TV hosts need us more than we need them?
… Boris Johnson chose the Clash? Charles Kennedy chose Toploader? Theresa May chose ‘In These Shoes’ by Kirsty MacColl? MPs on Desert Island Discs
… packaged goods: how CDs removed music’s greatest marketing tool
… the peculiar life of Johnny Carson
… have you ever bought an album solely on the strength of its cover?
… and Carmel, Andrew Ridgeley, Jay Leno’s pay packet and birthday guest Jon Pickles on high-impact sleeve art.
Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear
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By Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold4.3
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News, rants, theories, stories and assorted old hokum which this week stumbles into …
… Kate Bush, Thunderbirds, Tim Buckley, the Blind Boys of Alabama … the magical bass adventures of Danny Thompson (and the time he headlined over the Beatles)
… how Claudia Cardinale wound up on the sleeve of Blonde On Blonde
… would Roxy Music have made it if their albums had been released in brown paper bags?
… how TikTok is destroying the “superfan”
… do late night TV hosts need us more than we need them?
… Boris Johnson chose the Clash? Charles Kennedy chose Toploader? Theresa May chose ‘In These Shoes’ by Kirsty MacColl? MPs on Desert Island Discs
… packaged goods: how CDs removed music’s greatest marketing tool
… the peculiar life of Johnny Carson
… have you ever bought an album solely on the strength of its cover?
… and Carmel, Andrew Ridgeley, Jay Leno’s pay packet and birthday guest Jon Pickles on high-impact sleeve art.
Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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