# The threat of AI, the appeal of Gene Hackman & the filthy glamour of Exile On Main St

An episode of [Word In Your Ear](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1567029088), 3 Mar 2025, 54 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/e/67c50a97c6cef89b7d4f213e/media.mp3

In which we pedal the conversational tandem uphill and down dale, like a rabbit through the pea-vine or a turkey through the corn, stopping for moments of reflection which include … … “If someone wants to steal your music, it means your music’s worth stealing.” … cats, birdsong: spot the ‘silent track’ by Kate Bush. … when Gene Hackman smiles, be very afraid. … what was written on Walter Matthau’s funeral card. … “Home-Taping Is Killing Music!” and other threats that failed to sink the business. … double albums: never mind the quality, feel the width. … how Exile On Main St became a symbol of peak-Stones grimy decadence. … Hunter Davies, Mark Lewisohn, Ian Leslie, Richard DiLello?: the best Beatles book ever written? … “is genius worth the collateral damage?”: homelife in Frank Zappa’s house. … things we never say on the Word podcast. … when rock critics get it wrong. Plus birthday guest Nick Foreman flies the flag for Hunter Davies. Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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