<p>Chasing the shade and slapping the Sunscreen on this week’s overheated news, we pour a tinkling drink and reflect upon the following …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… British people in hot weath-ah!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… when rock stars you haven’t seen for 50 years pop up on Zoom</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Lennon’s tooth? Timberlake’s toast? Mooney’s school report? Weird things sold at auction</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Paul Horn playing in the Taj Mahal, Sonny Rollins on the Williamsburg Bridge, U2 in Slane Castle</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… are new vinyl albums now ‘luxury goods’ and old ones ‘antiques’?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… where you can hear the Abbey Road building on the Dark Side of the Moon</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the cinematic records Daniel Lanois made in an abandoned movie theatre near Santa Barbara</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Summer In The City: the Lovin’ Spoonful’s road-drill and Regina Spektor’s cleavage</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Cat-calming music! Gym motivation! Stress-busting songs for Spurs fans on Judgement Day! The age of the prescriptive playlist</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the new dawn of instrumental music, “a public utility like turning on a tap”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… and the single Sinatra recorded for Maureen Starkey (only one copy made!).</p><br><p><strong>Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock going: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear</a></p><p><strong>Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>