Word Podcast 326: the Sony Walkman’s 40th birthday and how Astrid Kirchherr invented Indie

August 13, 2020 WIYELondon Uncategorized 0

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Word In Your Ear

David Hepworth, Mark Ellen and chums cast an occasionally jaundiced eye over the goings-on in the worlds of music and entertainment.

In which we’re joined by old pal Kate Mossman who’s had a colourful encounter with Tom Jones, we look at the legal battle for Nirvana’s logo and the bands who sell more t-shirts than records, we’re convinced we know why the England Squad don’t make football singles any more, we dig out some surely bank-busting white labels and play a round of Hip Hop Star or Character From A ’60s Comic?

Kate’s terrific piece about Tom Jones in the New Statesman …

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2021/04/tom-jones-interview-i-wanted-be-man-desperately

Word In Your Ear is back and in the great outdoors, tickets here …

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-word-in-the-park-a-summer-afternoon-of-socially-distanced-storytelling-tickets-152091141699

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