

Word In Your Ear
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold
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 wiyelondon.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Sep 9, 2008 • 48min
Word Podcast 67
David Hepworth, Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall attempt to define music, ponder the rights and wrongs of pop music at funerals and wonder whether all fans are nutcases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 2, 2008 • 53min
Word Podcast 66
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall report on their holidays, remember the Olympics and wonder about the connections between the Beatles and the Space Race. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 2008 • 46min
Word podcast 65
In which the "Indie Professor", Dr Wendy Fonarow, talks to David Hepworth and Matt Hall about "audience zones", guest list checking, backstage pass-wearing and many other aspects of the highly ritualised world of indie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 23, 2008 • 42min
Word Podcast 64
Martin Fry joins Mark Ellen and David Hepworth to talk about 80s production techniques, the bitter antipathy in the "Top Of The Pops" Green Room back in the day, his new album "Traffic" and who exactly he should expect to meet when his wife takes him to the Cartier Polo this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 15, 2008 • 44min
Word Podcast 63 - Two Drummers Chatting
David Hepworth talks to Mathew Priest from Dodgy and Maurice Bacon from the Love Affair about their plans to right ancient wrongs on behalf of the drumming fraternity. Warning: contains paradiddles.http://www.twodrummers.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 9, 2008 • 43min
Word Podcast 62
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on new rules for festivals, the wonders of the Album Cover Atlas, ideas for the Hard Rock Park and the slight return of the HORA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28, 2008 • 24min
Glastonbury Podcast! with extra crackle!
Andrew Harrison, Kate Mossman, Mark Ellen and Caitlin Moran report from the site. They're having a good time so listen round the crackle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 25, 2008 • 45min
Word Podcast 60
David Hepworth, Matt Hall and Rob Fitzpatrick on what Google has done to our memories, having your picture taken with a rock star, lunchtime showcases in strip clubs, being up to here with Stuff, why we don't want the bonus track and naming streets after rock stars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 18, 2008 • 34min
Word Podcast 59
In which Mark Ellen, Andrew Harrison and Matt Hall talk about Chris Martin's interview flounce, how girls can make any instrument attractive, how you can't retire in pop, the disappearance of John Deacon and Dostoevsky in pop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 11, 2008 • 43min
Word Podcast 58
Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Matt Hall on the smallest groups in rock, musical ringtones, Bob Dylan's paintings and the nightmare of broken broadband.www.wordmagazine.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.