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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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