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This week we paddle the two-man kayak of curiosity across the rock and roll seafront and make a few stops on the way, among them \\u2026

\\u2026 \\u201cthe future is always in the past\\u201d.

\\u2026 the pure theatre of the E Street Band and its cast of characters \\u2013 \\u201cour lives are repaired by the fact that they\\u2019re still together\\u201d.

\\u2026 the growing appeal of Country & Western - and even \\u201cshronking\\u201d jazz \\u2013 as you get older.

\\u2026 Bless the Barn, Featherwash and Franny Wisp, Portlandia\\u2019s low-volume crowd-pleasers.

\\u2026 the \\u2018Barry\\u2019 TV series (starring Bill Hader): that rare beast, a contract killer who\\u2019s a nice bloke.

\\u2026 the 60th anniversary of the recording of She Loves You, why engineer Norman Smith predicted a flop and the fan break-in at Abbey Road that energised the session.

\\u2026 is the success of Nick Drake partly an antidote to the age of technology?

\\u2026 how our concept of \\u2018old\\u2019 has changed: McCartney at Live Aid was a coffin-dodging 43, same age as Kelis at Glastonbury.

\\u2026 is cricket now the drunkest spectator sport? And which is the greater agony, seeing England doing badly when you\\u2019re there or watching at home with the commentary?

\\u2026 and the Elton John Band have been together 53 years \\u2013 but that\\u2019s only six years longer than Madness.

\\u2026 plus birthday guests Andrew Stocks and Patrick Cleasby and a roll-call of new patreon supporters.

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