In which we update the Pink Floyd wars, remember launching Q and marinade in the calming qualities of Lee Sklar's lockdown bass adventures. Lee Sklar – on bass guitar!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSNv41kVJs0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSNv41kVJs0</a> Curt Smith and daughter …<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSf5-TelBuw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSf5-TelBuw</a> Astrid Kirchherr’s portraits of the Beatles …<a href="https://www.invaluable.com/artist/kirchherr-astrid-4euya6a1cw/sold-at-auction-prices/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.invaluable.com/artist/kirchherr-astrid-4euya6a1cw/sold-at-auction-prices/</a> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4234399">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><hr> 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.

Word In Your Ear

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

Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians an...