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For those who know where to look it is as good a time for romance as any other. And it is a very good time to introduce the work of the authors Rabbit and Fischer, who should hopefully join us regularly.
Show Notes
Music is Bach 41:ii from Lara St Johns's Bach Violin Concerto's, provided by magnatunes.
Voices belong to Sage Tyrtle and Pete Pollard.
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Stories Written. Titles Provided.
"In the usual sort of way, this is a tale about people. Like most tales, it begins at the beginning and never really ends, unfolding flower-like into the memories of its readers even after the echoes of the final punctuation have long since died away. This is also a tale about a partnership; for the world loves two heads far more than one. And, because the universe has a sense of obligation about these things, one of the two was very short, and quite squat; while the other was quite tall, thin and spindly. Some would whisper, secretly, with many sidelong glances, that sometimes, they had heard, it was the other way around.
"They had a small office which was wooden, and rickety, and old. The windows had a crust of unidentifiable grime on them, so that it seemed, on glancing down into the narrow street outside, that all the world was underwater, and the office floated like a bathysphere in the murk. Upon the frosted glass of the warped door, in bold black typeface, was simply printed 'Rabbit & Fischer. Stories Written. Titles Provided.' And this, sinking into the gloom, tossed by strange currents, is their tale."
~ ~ ~ Pete Pollard, Going Dutch
Rabbit and Fischer are writers, creators. One day I'll prise them from of their office and persuade them to let me in on the story of their meeting and their curious means of employment. For now, we will concern ourselves with the fruits of their labour.
It would be prudent to warn any potential customers that Rabbit and Fischer have an uncertain and oft times manipulative relationship with truth. Certainly no-one has seen much of Graham for a while. That said, the door is unlocked and appointments are not necessary. Titles are provided, stories are written, they just need to be asked.
Graham's Star,
Rabbit and Fischer are portrayed by:
Sage Tyrtle & Pete Pollard
"They had a small office which was wooden, and rickety, and old. The windows had a crust of unidentifiable grime on them, so that it seemed, on glancing down into the narrow street outside, that all the world was underwater, and the office floated like a bathysphere in the murk. Upon the frosted glass of the warped door, in bold black typeface, was simply printed 'Rabbit & Fischer. Stories Written. Titles Provided.' And this, sinking into the gloom, tossed by strange currents, is their tale."
~ ~ ~ Pete Pollard, Going Dutch
Rabbit and Fischer are writers, creators. One day I'll prise them from of their office and persuade them to let me in on the story of their meeting and their curious means of employment. For now, we will concern ourselves with the fruits of their labour.
It would be prudent to warn any potential customers that Rabbit and Fischer have an uncertain and oft times manipulative relationship with truth. Certainly no-one has seen much of Graham for a while. That said, the door is unlocked and appointments are not necessary. Titles are provided, stories are written, they just need to be asked.
Graham's Star,
Rabbit and Fischer are portrayed by:
Sage Tyrtle & Pete Pollard
Monday, 14 January 2008
Podcasters in chains
Todd Tyrtle very kindly invited me to take part in his new project.
This talking stick concerned the end of the world. And the progression through the piece, the serious, the light hearted, Brenda's brilliant resolution, I think it works rather well.
This talking stick concerned the end of the world. And the progression through the piece, the serious, the light hearted, Brenda's brilliant resolution, I think it works rather well.
Sunday, 6 January 2008
My dad, the mummy, and I
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The short winter days flicker by, but the festive season nears an end and then this podcast should find a schedule. It's warm and bright outside, a weather that permeates todays stories and brings a certain morbidity. Or morbidness. Discuss.
Show Notes
~~~
The DoomSkulls of Power carol in the year. Later Prometheus Project lend us an echo of their bewitching Your Mother Suckled You With Bile Not Milk, You Brute.
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There are two lies in this piece. Firstly, I was involved in the decision and the implementation of the pants on heads fiasco. Secondly, the whole thing with the mummy didn't actually happen. My father does work at a museum, and I am in love with the backrooms, but the story with unwanted cadavre is a Curator's Urban Legend that he collected while visiting other museums. I don't know if there is any truth in it at all. If you've ever incinerated a several-century old corpse contact me, I'd love to hear about it!
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Coming soon, a season of Greek Myths!
The short winter days flicker by, but the festive season nears an end and then this podcast should find a schedule. It's warm and bright outside, a weather that permeates todays stories and brings a certain morbidity. Or morbidness. Discuss.
Show Notes
~~~
The DoomSkulls of Power carol in the year. Later Prometheus Project lend us an echo of their bewitching Your Mother Suckled You With Bile Not Milk, You Brute.
~~~
There are two lies in this piece. Firstly, I was involved in the decision and the implementation of the pants on heads fiasco. Secondly, the whole thing with the mummy didn't actually happen. My father does work at a museum, and I am in love with the backrooms, but the story with unwanted cadavre is a Curator's Urban Legend that he collected while visiting other museums. I don't know if there is any truth in it at all. If you've ever incinerated a several-century old corpse contact me, I'd love to hear about it!
~~~
Coming soon, a season of Greek Myths!
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Intro Theme Credits
Introduction theme for Episode 2 onwards:
Creepy laughter and opening are from Paul, The Halloween Boy. He scares me.
The drums are Ashley Tuck of Ibly Dy, from their track And fixed to her face was the kind of smile... recorded live at the Red House,
John Wycliffe had some sensible ideas. I'm reading here from his Conversational Tracts, circa 1380. It roughly paraphrases: "They sell indulgences and compel us, with hook or crook, to buy them all."
Jabberwocky, (Lewis Carrol) is read by Dvortygirl, The Tell Tale Heart, (Edgar Allen Poe) is read by Don Morgan, a LibriVox recording,
and Miss Shine welcomes you to The Room Behind the Bookcase.
~ ~ ~
Introduction theme for Episode 1:
This is: Ibly Dy playing By the Year 2020 we will all ride giant wasps to work, recorded live at the red house. And some of Marching Footsteps recorded by Cognitu Perceptu and Big Door Shut Down by Loofa, from the Free Sound Project. And Sage Tyrtle of Quirky Nomads can't find a remote control. Apparently.
Creepy laughter and opening are from Paul, The Halloween Boy. He scares me.
The drums are Ashley Tuck of Ibly Dy, from their track And fixed to her face was the kind of smile... recorded live at the Red House,
John Wycliffe had some sensible ideas. I'm reading here from his Conversational Tracts, circa 1380. It roughly paraphrases: "They sell indulgences and compel us, with hook or crook, to buy them all."
Jabberwocky, (Lewis Carrol) is read by Dvortygirl, The Tell Tale Heart, (Edgar Allen Poe) is read by Don Morgan, a LibriVox recording,
and Miss Shine welcomes you to The Room Behind the Bookcase.
~ ~ ~
Introduction theme for Episode 1:
This is: Ibly Dy playing By the Year 2020 we will all ride giant wasps to work, recorded live at the red house. And some of Marching Footsteps recorded by Cognitu Perceptu and Big Door Shut Down by Loofa, from the Free Sound Project. And Sage Tyrtle of Quirky Nomads can't find a remote control. Apparently.
Friday, 17 August 2007
Blogging about the Bookcase
Busy. Frightfully busy. From 3rd September my life returns, by degrees, to normality.
I had a desperate want to get Episode 2 out before going to Whitby Folk Week, but time and the North Sea tide have conspired against me. It should be up some time over the bank holiday.
I've just about finished washing off the last of the mud from The Festival at the Edge. An indomitable festival, a delightful weekend, and a big "Huzzah" to anyone else who made it through. If any of you are in Whitby come and say "Hello"!
There's some very exciting projects in the pipelines, and more details to come in this blog, in particular the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight show I'm putting together is starting to build up momentum, more on that as it happens.
Some of you might not be aware of my role in Clara73, the surreal audio play on Quirky Nomads. It's been a pretty exciting project so far and if you've not heard it already it's well worth a listen.
I'll leave with a photo* of me telling at Beyond the Border, taken by the delightful Mike O'Connor. Mike's a cracking bloke, there's something of the fae about him. I told the Selkie Lullaby that I put out in Episode 1 with the usual plea for info, and he came bounding over to tell me about the manuscripts of John McCodrum, he even played the McCodrum family Seal Call on concertina. I would have recorded it, but as Miss Shine points out it would be irresponsible of me to learn a tune for charming seals and not also collected a tune for making them go away again.
I'll see you all soon.
* He took a couple of action shots, and in each of them I'm pulling a silly face or in an odd pose. This is the most normal, I think.
I had a desperate want to get Episode 2 out before going to Whitby Folk Week, but time and the North Sea tide have conspired against me. It should be up some time over the bank holiday.
I've just about finished washing off the last of the mud from The Festival at the Edge. An indomitable festival, a delightful weekend, and a big "Huzzah" to anyone else who made it through. If any of you are in Whitby come and say "Hello"!
There's some very exciting projects in the pipelines, and more details to come in this blog, in particular the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight show I'm putting together is starting to build up momentum, more on that as it happens.
Some of you might not be aware of my role in Clara73, the surreal audio play on Quirky Nomads. It's been a pretty exciting project so far and if you've not heard it already it's well worth a listen.
I'll leave with a photo* of me telling at Beyond the Border, taken by the delightful Mike O'Connor. Mike's a cracking bloke, there's something of the fae about him. I told the Selkie Lullaby that I put out in Episode 1 with the usual plea for info, and he came bounding over to tell me about the manuscripts of John McCodrum, he even played the McCodrum family Seal Call on concertina. I would have recorded it, but as Miss Shine points out it would be irresponsible of me to learn a tune for charming seals and not also collected a tune for making them go away again.
I'll see you all soon.
* He took a couple of action shots, and in each of them I'm pulling a silly face or in an odd pose. This is the most normal, I think.
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