Tales of Hipgnosis sleeves (and the new film) and why the world needs Steely Dan more than ever

Blips on the rock and roll radar this week include … … Things You No Longer See, No 97: the celebrity airport arrival shot. .. do we, in all honesty, need Roger Waters’ re-interpretation of the Dark Side Of The Moon for it is upon us on October 6? … is there really an Edinburgh Fringe show called ‘Bald Man Sings Rihanna”, ‘A Shark Ate My Penis’ or ‘In The Court Of The Crimson Ting: Prog Rock in A Reggae Style’? … a 1976 clip of Elton John as the jobbing pianist on the Morecambe & Wise Show. “Elton John? Sounds like an exit on the motorway. … the poignant story of 1968’s lost psych-rock voyagers the Mike Stuart Span and what happened when they became Leviathan. … the time Hipgnosis put a sheep on a psychiatrists’ couch in the Hawaiian surf and landed a chopper in the Alps to photograph a statue. … the Scottish stately pile Bob Dylan’s just put on the market. .. and – with birthday guest Patrick Butler - six theories as to why Steely Dan are hipper now than ever. The Mike Stuart Span TV clip … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufD0e8tE-UY Elton with Eric & Ernie … https://twitter.com/eric_ernie_col/status/1673207024702636033 Roger Waters’ Money redux … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUVmeYgo1Iw Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.