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Two fearless men journey to the Edge Of News so that you don’t have to. Some highlights of this week’s report …


… when a gig’s all about the performer not the audience


… the power of singing other people’s songs


… can you ever trust a film critic?


… what connects Richard Thompson, Neil Tennant, Loudon Wainwright and Randy Newman?


… “bands can’t look like gangs if they’re not all the same height”


… can you picture ‘50s jazz without cigarette smoke?


… who – dear god – is “achingly cool” according to critics? Miles Davis? The Portico Quartet? Annie Lennox?!


… should we call time on the ailing Mike Love?


… biopics that can’t afford the music


… why Robert Evans hated the American Graffiti soundtrack


… people who perform sitting down


… plus BB King, Jack Bruce, Philip Roth, Woody Guthrie, Woody Allen, James McMurtry and the 15-year old “Michael” Jagger’s gym shoes.

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