Word In Your Ear

Flat Rabbit, Mandible Rumpus ... what makes a band name work?

In which we salute Frogspawn Candy, Lord Snooty &amp; his Pals and Steppenwolf, rejoice in the Onion's coverage of Lorde, applaud the return of the Siffleur and pop tunes that feature whistling, back Elvis Costello on song-stealing, have a CD Date Night with the Decemberists and A Tribe Called Quest (while unravelling their Lou Reed court case), and inspect a new theory about the Manson murders.  Elvis Costello on song stealing …<a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elvis-costello-defends-olivia-rodrigo-150635978.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elvis-costello-defends-olivia-rodrigo-150635978.html</a> Lorde in the Onion …<a href="https://www.theonion.com/lorde-slammed-and-condemned-because-it-seems-like-it-s-1847175966" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theonion.com/lorde-slammed-and-condemned-because-it-seems-like-it-s-1847175966</a> Chris Pratt’s former band names …<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x9obbpaVIvw&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x9obbpaVIvw&amp;feature=youtu.be</a> Tickets for Word In The Park on July 17th here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-word-in-the-park-a-summer-afternoon-of-socially-distanced-storytelling-tickets-152091141699" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-word-in-the-park-a-summer-afternoon-of-socially-distanced-storytelling-tickets-152091141699</a> <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4234399" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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 and authors in front of an audience.  Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit <a href="http://www.wiyelondon.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wiyelondon.com</a>. <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/4234399" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.