<p>Whooping, whistling, punching the air, standing on the arm-rests and generally adding our voice to the sound of the crowd this week involves …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the creepy way Google eavesdrops our conversations</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… the cleverly positioned “secret” on McCartney’s new album</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… why a knackered piano made Keith Jarrett’s Cologne Concert a success</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Daryl Hannah, Mick McCarthy, Ray Manzarek: people who hated the way they were played in biopics</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… Pectoralz? The Rain? Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem? Abandoned band names moratorium</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… how movies are still revolve around white-hat heroes and black-hat villains</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “Festival Seating” and the days when suffering was part of the entertainment</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… why Zappa thought bands exploited live audiences</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… “Jackson Browne In Concert”: when going to gigs was like going to the movies</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>… plus Blink 182, Big Audio Dynamite and the days when the Marquee had two front rows of plastic seating.</p><br><p><strong>Help us to keep the conversation 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>