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

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Podcast: [Word In Your Ear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-4162240)
Published: 2026-06-01T15:34:56+00:00
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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: 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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