{"podcast":{"title":"Word In Your Ear","slug":"word-in-your-ear-66565","podcast_index_feed_id":66565,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5fe229a1f896715ee8319608","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/1620937674526-4e6eb29c967e869bd9d5a9d205d55599.jpeg","author":"Word In Your Ear","episode_count":986,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:19:52.971578+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-66565"},"episode":{"title":"Van Morrison’s agent writes crime fiction as the music business sleeps","slug":"van-morrison-s-agent-writes-crime-fiction-as-the-music-business-sleeps","published_at":"2026-04-29T21:56:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-66565/van-morrison-s-agent-writes-crime-fiction-as-the-music-business-sleeps","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-66565","url":"https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/e/69f27e9eae2fba210fe5c3a5/media.mp3","summary":"In the 70s Paul Charles wrote lyrics for an Irish prog band. Now he writes mystery novels. Inbetween he’s been agent for Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, Van Morrison, Hothouse Flowers and many others and has forgotten more about live shows than most of us will ever know. Here he talks about: •⁠ ⁠hearing the Beatles for the first time through the family radio •⁠ ⁠meeting Tom Waits in a queue at Tower Records in Hollywood •⁠ ⁠why he likes to watch the way bands take the stage •⁠ ⁠the changes he’s seen in the live music landscape •⁠ ⁠why everybody suddenly wants to tour •⁠ ⁠what will change about ticket prices and what probably won’t •⁠ ⁠why the artist doesn’t want to see his agent in the bar after the show •⁠ ⁠what it’s like when Jackson Browne plays you his new record •⁠ ⁠why his latest McCusker mystery is called “Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove” Order “Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove”: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0GTC3M9CW/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 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.","meta_description":"In the 70s Paul Charles wrote lyrics for an Irish prog band. Now he writes mystery novels. Inbetween he’s been agent for Tom Waits, Nick Lowe, Van Mo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2665,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/word-in-your-ear-66565/episodes/van-morrison-s-agent-writes-crime-fiction-as-the-music-business-sleeps/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-in-your-ear-66565/van-morrison-s-agent-writes-crime-fiction-as-the-music-business-sleeps.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}