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Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?!

Madonna smoking, the first indie PM and have we just witnessed the nadir of pop?!

Episode 931 Published 4 days, 7 hours ago
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Tapping the barometer of news to see what’s blistering or stormy, which this week includes …

 

… “The Man can’t bust our music!”: the crimes and misdemeanours of Clive Davis

 

… the single biggest change in our lifetimes

 

... when did musicians become ‘artists’?

 

… Johnny Marr’s guitar habit

 

… unlimited cash and what we’d spend it on

 

… Madonna smoking at Paris Fashion Week hoping someone would try to stop her

 

… why Dave doesn’t own any Arista records

 

… which five Paul Simon songs became film titles?

 

… a Prime Minister who loves ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’ by Big Thief!

 

… 56 year-old takes annual Dark Side of the Moon test: “and I still don’t like it!”

 

… are there more registered songwriters or lorry drivers?

 

Plus the biopic boom and birthday guest Andrew Stocks has a senior moment.

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