Word In Your Ear

David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry run a skeleton service during the holiday period. Includes: your letters, Hair Metal and, girls, what men are really thinking about.

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Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Kate Mossman pick at random from a bag o' wax, wonder whether Sting has lost his looks and answer readers tropical fish questions.

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Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry on: forming bands in Stoke Newington, the reunion of Spandau Ballet, people who can sing and people who can't plus a plug for Luke Haines' book.

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Barry McIlheney joins Andrew Harrison and David Hepworth to talk about the marketing of irishness, the triumphs and embarrassments of Comic Relief, what we would do with Mick Jones's lock-up and your memorable examples of onstage bad behaviour.

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Kate Mossman, Mark Ellen and David Hepworth on: reviewing albums, what we really think of the BBC, getting obsessed with Bob Dylan and Glenn Campbell, visiting the Decemberists and what not to do in a snowstorm.

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Andrew Collins, Mark Ellen and David Hepworth on: Neil Young's car, U2 getting the BBC into bed, the future of the album review, the only sensible way to set the prices of concert tickets, the most uncalled-for reprises in entertainment history and the sheer pointlessness of roof-top concerts.

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Special podcast in which David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry talk to our music business specialist Eamonn Forde about how 2009's winds of change will affect you, the music fan.

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Mark Ellen and David Hepworth welcome Barry Mcilheney to discuss the largest gathering of men over 35 since the AGM of Fathers For Justice, Van Morrison's spectacular new teeth and lots more.

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Mark Ellen and David Hepworth listen spellbound as Andrew Harrison explains Spotify, Twitter and other contemporary marvels. Plus, instrumental filler tracks padding out albums and what we can all learn from Christian Bale and Pilot Sully.

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In which Mark Ellen, Matt Hall and David Hepworth revisit the Editor's mauling at the hands of Alvin "Get Some" Stardust, pick over the Radio Two Folk Awards and predict a comeback for the package tour.

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