Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Michael Jackson
18:14 - Stackwaddy
23:38 - Coachella
33:10 - Steve Reich
46:21 - Any Other Business with Alex Gold

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This week’s news stories charge out onto the pitch but which are heading for promotion? In the running at the final whistle …

… “a ghoulish, soulless cash-grab”: the multiple disasters in the making of the Michael biopic

… how spectacle is replacing music

… which do we prefer, the truth or the myth?

… did Steve Reich re-invent music?

… when the Dalai Lama appeared at Glastonbury

… how does it feel to perform to a sea of non-clapping motionless mobile phone users?

… the remodelling of Coachella

… “producers are in the business of creating of high-profile communal rights”

… Vilma Jaa: “like Sandy Denny making music with Massive Attack”

… how festivals are all about special guests and social media

… the 1974 Diana magazine quiz: “how tall is Alvin Lee?”

… 20 year-old Word in Your Ear podcast unearthed!

... plus Luciano Berio, Slow Club and “the bawdy harridan and her jive muse”.