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.
Monday, 14 January 2008
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
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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.
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Beyond the Border and back again
A big "Hello!" to everyone here from Beyond the Border. Wasn't it amazing? My first time at St Donats and it took my breath away. As you can see there isn't much here at the moment, but I'll hopefully have another show out by the weekend. Please leave a comment below, and I'll see some of you again at Festival at the Edge!
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Episode 1, of wolves and seals and a free bicycle,
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This is sort of a 'zine, a punk cast. By which I mean it isn't really finished, but I'm putting it out anyway! I really wanted to start getting stuff out, and knowing that people are listening will drive me to better, darker, funnier, more. It's ropey in places, clunky in others, there's a lot of ways I want to take it. Do you want to take it there with me? Then email me!
Show Notes
I suppose you're meant to have some sort of intro theme. Here's 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.
~~~
Malcolm Gibbons provides some guitar moods, some of the Dalesman's Lament, a bit of Prokofiev, and some musing melodies. But not in that order. And not all at once.
~~~
I will tell you a story of a girl. A famous girl. Dickens once described her as his first love, saying that he felt that if they could only be wed he would know perfect bliss. See The Christmas Tree. Here is an old version of the story, one that sees her bereft of her iconic headgear, but we are in no doubt as to her identity, and, well Charles, I know exactly what you mean. Traditional.
~~~
About a year ago I had the delight of seeing Danny Spooner perform live. It was brilliant. He's one of those artists whose material you just have to steal, or as it's known in the folk world, collect. This is a piece he learnt from a friend of his mother's, Mrs McCall, whilst sat at their knees as they darned late at night, bouncing stories and songs back and forth. The piece is from Scotland, I'd wager Orkney though I can't be sure. At the bottom of the piece of paper on which he wrote me the words there's a little throw away note that says it tells the story of the MacCudrum family who are descended from seals. If you know anything about this, or if you are a seal get in touch, I'd love to hear more.
Gulls by the Sea recorded by acclivity in sussex, from the Free Sound Project.
~~~
Never ride a bike on the road without a safety helmet and proper reflective clothing.
Freecycle is great for more than just bikes and puns!
The Ski Sunday theme is Pop Looks Bach by Sam Fonteyn
~~~
The closing music is the traditional Cold Haily Windy Night, performed here by the talented Silverwheel, check them out here and here, and be at their up coming gigs at The Holly Bush on the 4th of July and The Red House on the 8th of July. (More gigs listed on the Myspace page!)
~~~
Feedback very much appreciated!
This is sort of a 'zine, a punk cast. By which I mean it isn't really finished, but I'm putting it out anyway! I really wanted to start getting stuff out, and knowing that people are listening will drive me to better, darker, funnier, more. It's ropey in places, clunky in others, there's a lot of ways I want to take it. Do you want to take it there with me? Then email me!
Show Notes
I suppose you're meant to have some sort of intro theme. Here's 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.
~~~
Malcolm Gibbons provides some guitar moods, some of the Dalesman's Lament, a bit of Prokofiev, and some musing melodies. But not in that order. And not all at once.
~~~
I will tell you a story of a girl. A famous girl. Dickens once described her as his first love, saying that he felt that if they could only be wed he would know perfect bliss. See The Christmas Tree. Here is an old version of the story, one that sees her bereft of her iconic headgear, but we are in no doubt as to her identity, and, well Charles, I know exactly what you mean. Traditional.
~~~
About a year ago I had the delight of seeing Danny Spooner perform live. It was brilliant. He's one of those artists whose material you just have to steal, or as it's known in the folk world, collect. This is a piece he learnt from a friend of his mother's, Mrs McCall, whilst sat at their knees as they darned late at night, bouncing stories and songs back and forth. The piece is from Scotland, I'd wager Orkney though I can't be sure. At the bottom of the piece of paper on which he wrote me the words there's a little throw away note that says it tells the story of the MacCudrum family who are descended from seals. If you know anything about this, or if you are a seal get in touch, I'd love to hear more.
Gulls by the Sea recorded by acclivity in sussex, from the Free Sound Project.
~~~
Never ride a bike on the road without a safety helmet and proper reflective clothing.
Freecycle is great for more than just bikes and puns!
The Ski Sunday theme is Pop Looks Bach by Sam Fonteyn
~~~
The closing music is the traditional Cold Haily Windy Night, performed here by the talented Silverwheel, check them out here and here, and be at their up coming gigs at The Holly Bush on the 4th of July and The Red House on the 8th of July. (More gigs listed on the Myspace page!)
~~~
Feedback very much appreciated!
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