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Month: August 2020

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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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Boo Hewerdine, beloved singer-songwriter, has been onstage for 40 years in venues of every type, shape and size. He thinks of himself as a “tradesman”, a world that’s immensely satisfying but a tough call. This very funny, poignant podcast paints a vivid picture of the best and worst of times. Which include …

 

… playing scout huts, libraries, churches, folk clubs and the Palladium

 

… the world’s best dressing-room (it’s in Stroud) and worst venue (Pittsburgh)

 

… “the engine inside you that makes you want to be onstage”

 

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 … a home birthday show with no audience and the chilling lyrics of Chris Difford’s ‘Round The Houses’

 

… the joy of writing for commission

 

… seeing Dr Feelgood in 1975

 

… what’s satisfying what gives you pause for thought

 

… the brilliant Ballad Of Wallis Island, streaky bacon as a bookmark and the kind of Travelodge with a bottle-opener attached to the desk.

 

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