# Nick Lowe’s miracle payday, Rock feuds and a giant inflatable Jarvis

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Podcast: [Word In Your Ear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-3755187)
Published: 2026-05-25T16:27:03+00:00
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## Resource

Panning for gold in the murky waters of this week’s news, we found the following …   … is Sabrina Carpenter’s aunt the voice of Bart Simpson?   … is punk now just a small room in the giant apartment block of Goth?   … why band life was different for Ringo, Kathy Valentine and Clem Burke   … Barack Obama’s songs that define America and how you can’t do the same for Britain   … what you notice about the Who’s ‘Tommy’ 47 years later   … the night Tom Fogerty’s widow brought his ashes to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame   … Hurrrggggh! Aah-haaaa!: the vocal trademarks of Clarence Carter, Bob Wills, James Brown and Bobby Bland   … did Select magazine REALLY once give away a giant inflatable Jarvis? (spoiler: yes)   … plus Shleep and Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt and Sam Cooke humming.   Sam Cooke humming: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&channel=entpr&q=sam+cooke+thumming+youtube+#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:7e9fec7d,vid:ZYd8DFI5CJg,st:0 Order copies of David Hepworth's new paperback 'Hope I Get Old Before I Die' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hope-Get-Old-Before-Die/dp/1804991996 Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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