Do we still need film and album reviews? Plus Seymour Stein and Keith Reid’s last fandangos
In which we cast a warm but appraising glance in the direction of the week’s news and alight upon the following sizzling topics …
… the best media job in the world.
… the most played record in the history of the BBC.
… the Avengers franchise “is just a giant ATM for Marvel and produces argument-proof movies”.
… the most influential thing about John Peel wasn’t the music he liked.
… found: the owner of the VW van on the cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
… Seymour Stein, the man who signed the Ramones, Talking Heads and Madonna - and met Buddy Holly. And only signed musicians if they had enough drive - “Ambition is basically dissatisfaction with where and who you are. You’re born with demons that you have to harness before they kill you.”
… Ben Sidran’s 34 albums and how Spotify saves everyone from disappearing.
… the return of the Stackwaddy game – Crushed Butler, Clog, Highly Inflammable and other deathless 1971 support acts.
… the attractively unfathomable lyrics of Keith Reid and the ‘Whiter Shade Of Pale’ court case.
… why AO Scott left the New York Times.
… and birthday guest Chris Lintott nominates his “prawn cocktail DJ”.
Our Seymour Stein podcast in 2018 …
https://shows.acast.com/word-in-your-ear-2/episodes/5fe229acf896715ee8319657
The campervan on the cover of the Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan …
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