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Word In Your Attic 65 (audio version) – Broadcaster and author Simon Mayo: rare sighting of ceramic Monty Python promotional foot

August 16, 2020 WIYELondon 0

Scala Radio daytime host, podcaster, author – crime thriller Knife Edge just out! – and old pal Simon Mayo on his 1980 copy of Smash […]

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QUIZ LEADERBOARD 14.8.20

August 16, 2020 WIYELondon 0

1. MATT BUTTON (12 points) 2. PHIL KINDERMANN (10) 3. DARAGH O’HALLORAN (9) 4. Andrew Boland (8) 5. Andrew Slattery (7) 6. David Cummings (6) […]

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Word Classic Podcast 010 – ah, the endless joy of rock stars’ kids’ names (Thor, Lux, Jermajesty) …

August 16, 2020 WIYELondon 0

In which David joins a Phil Collins motorcade, a $10m private party secures Aerosmith, Tom Petty, 50 Cent and the Eagles, TV (aka the Sopranos) […]

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Word Podcast 339 – David’s day at Donna Summer’s house

August 13, 2020 WIYELondon 0

In which we applaud the great rock and roll name changes (eg the late Wayne Fontana), get unsettled by ‘Stan’ culture and over-zealous Taylor Swift […]

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Word Podcast 339 (audio-visual version) – David’s day at Donna Summer’s house

August 13, 2020 WIYELondon 0

In which we applaud the great rock and roll name changes (eg the late Wayne Fontana), get unsettled by ‘Stan’ culture and over-zealous Taylor Swift […]

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Word In Your Attic 64 (audio version) – Rob Chapman: and which rock legend sent him this postcard?

August 13, 2020 WIYELondon 0

Music writer Rob Chapman – his fantastic memoir ‘Ad Lib: Repeat To Fade’ just out – flashes back to a world of Guards cigarettes, a […]

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Word In Your Attic 63 (audio version) – Ed Needham: yes it’s Morrissey by Vic Reeves (not for sale)

August 13, 2020 WIYELondon 0

Old pal and one-time Rolling Stone managing editor Ed Needham on his letter from Bono, the magic of ABC’s Lexicon Of Love, mysterious discs hidden […]

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A Word In Your Ear crowdcast event – Joe Banks on Hawkwind: to infinity … and beyond!

August 13, 2020 WIYELondon 0

Word In Your Ear is thrilled to be launching a series of live music author interviews you can join online (and ask questions if you […]

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Word Classic Podcast 009 – the chilling tale of Chrissie Hynde and the paté de foie gras

August 13, 2020 WIYELondon 0

In which we name the best-sounding record on radio, bemoan the irritating new vogue for taking iPhone pictures at gigs, note that global warming is […]

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FRIDAY NIGHT QUIZ LEADERBOARD – 7TH AUGUST 2020

August 13, 2020 WIYELondon 0

1. MATT BUTTON (12 points) 2=. PHIL KINDERMANN, DARAGH O’HALLORAN (9 apiece) 3. ANDREW BOLAND (8) 4. David Cummings (6) 5=. Andrew Slattery, Ian Stewart […]

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An Indie Sleaze special! – up and down with the Strokes, Libertines and Arctic Monkeys
byMark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

“Good hair, good shoes, something to say” were the requirements of Indie Sleaze whose vanguard lit up the fading music press in the first decade of the 21st Century – acts like Franz Ferdinand, the Rakes, the Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs and Bloc Party. Janine Warren saw the Strokes in Camden in 2001 and life took a whole new direction. Her book ‘The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect’ looks back at old-school rock PR, unmanageable bands, and the summit and collapse of the last scene she thinks we’ll ever see. You’ll enjoy …

 

… Morrissey at St George’s Hall, Blackburn

 

… deejaying at Liquidation in Liverpool playing psychedelia and Northern Soul

 

… the impossible task of being Pete Doherty’s PR: “like sand running through your fingers”

 

… the day its editor realised the NME was doomed

 

… the indie dilemma: wanting fame and publicity while appearing not to care

 

… the rise of Arctic Monkeys, the first big digital success story

 

… the financial crash, big label panic, illegal file-share and other woes of the 2010 music business

 

… why rock scenes are a thing of the past

 

… and the greatest Indie Sleaze record ever made.

 

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