Songs about sweltering heat, Willie Nelson’s braids and is vinyl now ‘luxury goods’?

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics related to music, including songs about heat, celebrity appearances, and the status of vinyl records.

Chasing the shade and slapping the Sunscreen on this week’s overheated news, we pour a tinkling drink and reflect upon the following …   … British people in hot weath-ah!   … when rock stars you haven’t seen for 50 years pop up on Zoom   … Lennon’s tooth? Timberlake’s toast? Mooney’s school report? Weird things sold at auction   … Paul Horn playing in the Taj Mahal, Sonny Rollins on the Williamsburg Bridge, U2 in Slane Castle   … are new vinyl albums now ‘luxury goods’ and old ones ‘antiques’?   … where you can hear the Abbey Road building on the Dark Side of the Moon   … the cinematic records Daniel Lanois made in an abandoned movie theatre near Santa Barbara   … Summer In The City: the Lovin’ Spoonful’s road-drill and Regina Spektor’s cleavage   … Cat-calming music! Gym motivation! Stress-busting songs for Spurs fans on Judgement Day! The age of the prescriptive playlist   … the new dawn of instrumental music, “a public utility like turning on a tap”   … and the single Sinatra recorded for Maureen Starkey (only one copy made!). Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock going…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Ellen, David Hepworth, Alex Gold

Topics covered

• music commentary
• vinyl records
• summer songs
• auction items
• instrumental music
• celebrity appearances

Keywords

• Willie Nelson
• vinyl luxury goods
• music history
• auction
• instrumental music
• celebrity
• summer songs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock, The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll, Acast

Books & works: Summer In The City, Dark Side of the Moon, Judgement Day, Maureen Starkey

Places: Taj Mahal, Williamsburg Bridge, Slane Castle, Abbey Road, Santa Barbara

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