Mafias - Live Music
Thinking Allowed
BBC
4.4 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2011
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Woodstock did not have a sponsor, people flooded to Hyde Park for a free concert from the Rolling Stones but now a top price ticket to see Bon Jovi - the 'Diamond Circle VIP Experience' - can cost you something approaching $2,000. What has happened to live music to transform it into the industry it has become? How have concert performances become a successful way of funding music when recorded music has been in retreat? Laurie Taylor speaks to two authorities in the field of popular music studies, Simon Frith and Martin Cloonan, to discuss the social and economic changes which have brought music performance to the fore. Also we hear of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese Triads in London and Italian Mafias across the western world, but is organised crime really spreading like a global virus? The criminologist Federico Varese explores the capacities of mafias trying to conquer new territories. Producer: Charlie Taylor.
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| 0:00.0 | Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, |
| 0:06.0 | the Science of Happiness Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want |
| 0:14.4 | to share that science with you. |
| 0:16.1 | And just one thing, deep calm with Michael Mosley. |
| 0:19.4 | I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that karma place within. |
| 0:27.0 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.0 | My name is Annie Matt Manas. |
| 0:33.0 | And my name is Nick Grimshaw. |
| 0:35.0 | How long have we known each other, babe? |
| 0:37.0 | Probably 20 years now. |
| 0:38.0 | And in that time, we've always worked in and around music, right? |
| 0:42.0 | You have. |
| 0:43.0 | So it kind of makes sense that we do a podcast better. |
| 0:45.0 | It sounds like he's been 20 years in the making. |
| 0:47.0 | It's not Avatars are for podcasts, basically. |
| 0:49.0 | But it is good. |
| 0:50.0 | So we put the world to rights with regards to music. |
| 0:53.0 | It's all the stuff that you'd want to chat to your mate about over a pint. |
| 0:56.0 | Sidetracked with us Annie and Nick. |
| 0:59.0 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:01.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
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