Continuing a month of shows about the depiction of medicine and illness in comics, Alex Fitch talks to two female cartoonists whose work movingly covers this subject. Artist Katie Green discusses her forthcoming graphic novel Lighter than my shadow, which chronicles her adolescent struggle with anorexia, and her ‘zine The Green Bean which currently depicts the creation of the book. Alex also talks to Doctor Muna Al-Jawad about her cartoon strips of experiences on geriatric wards, how she has been able to illustrate her ethnographic research with these and the forthcoming Graphic Medicine conference at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Originally broadcast Monday 17th June, 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)
Cover of The Green Bean / interior art from Lighter than my Shadow by Katie Green / cartoon strip by Dr. Muna Al Jawad
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PLAYLIST
Bob Meyer – Southwark Bridge
The Great Park – The Royal Canal (LIVE SESSION)
The Great Park – Deserter (LIVE SESSION)
The Great Park – Song for Fee (LIVE SESSION)
Blanket – Threats (HG archive)
The Great Park – ‘interview’
Bobby Conn – Govt.
Mary Ocher – Baby Indiana
Lorraine Wood – The London Song (LIVE SESSION)
Lorraine Wood – Home Run (LIVE SESSION)
Lorraine Wood – Clover (LIVE SESSION)
Clorinde – Pegasus
Dead Belgian – Jaurais
Lorraine Wood – ‘interview’
Gerry Mitchell with Little Sparta – Carefully Constructed Ruins (HG archive)
Trent Miller – Lupita Dream On (LIVE SESSION)
Trent Miller – Pictures From A Different World (LIVE SESSION)
Trent Miller – Your Black Heart (LIVE SESSION)
Trent Miller – ‘interview’
Presented by: deXter Bentley + Dan Frost
Live sound engineer: Tom Kemp
As usual, the Wavelength clock chimed eleven today; Friday 11th of the 11th month 2011 so today’s programme features 11 tracks in a countdown from 11 to zero. I failed ‘O’ level Maths so I’ve had to cheat a bit… track 8 includes track 4 and the first track by The Stanley Brothers is called “Molly and Tenbrook”, actually second track as we’ve already had eleven… and this was recorded in 1948, originally released as a 78rpm record on the Rich-R-Tone label. Track number 9 is William Burroughs from Break Through in Grey Room; “K-9 was in combat with the Alien Mind Screens” (1965) and will have to be faded out otherwise we won’t reach zero in time. Track 8, counting down, or track 3 or 4 counting the clock, includes track 4; “Eight Men, Four Women” by O.V. Wright which refers to a jury not an orgy. Track 7, number 7 of 11 on this 11th day of the 11th month 2011, is “7 Consonants in Space” by Lily Greenham. Track 6 is “Six Six Sixties” from Throbbing Gristle’s Greatest Hits. Track 5 is “Five Long Years for One Man” by Odea Mathews recorded in Louisiana Penitentiary in 1959. Track 4, or number 8 in the running order was, if you remember, also track 8 which was track 4 in the running order, by O.V. Wright who was born in 1939 and died in 1980, so we will move on to track 3; “Three Times a Fool” by Otis Rush recorded in 1957, followed in quick succession by tracks 2,1, zero; “You Can’t Love Two” by Ike and Tina Turner, a white label 45rpm single by Rude Ass Tinker which samples “One” by Nilsson and finally “Nothing” by Contraption Number 37.
Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy.
Today he has a sonic stomp round Epping Forest and watches the sunrise in Victoria Park all to the music of Weber, Wagner, Berg, George Benjamin and Britten.
For more information visit richardrmscott.tumblr.com
A picture of Irene Piper-Scott, deXter Bentley, Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger and Tom MacColl taken by Simon Dye on Saturday 28th May 2005.
Victoria Yeulet was due to curate this show with special guest, the Folk icon and living legend Peggy Seeger, however due to illness Peggy was alas unable to attend and hence we aired an archive edition of Hello GoodBye first broadcast on Resonance FM on the 19th November 2005, featuring Peggy performing live in session and discussing her life and music.
GET WELL SOON PEGGY AND HAPPY 78th BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY 17th JUNE !
PLAYLIST
Peggy Seeger – London Bridge
Roberta Flack – The first time ever I saw your face
Peggy Seeger – The first time ever I saw your face
Peggy Seeger – ‘interview prt 1′
Peggy Seeger – Henry Lee
Peggy Seeger – ‘interview prt 2′
Bob Dylan (w. Johnny Cash) – Girl from the North Country
Peggy Seeger – Moving on
Peggy Seeger – ‘interview prt 3′
Peggy Seeger – The ballad of Jimmy Massey (LIVE SESSION)
Peggy Seeger – ‘interview prt 4′
Peggy Seeger – Everyone knows (LIVE SESSION)
Peggy Seeger – Poor Ellen Smith
Please take this opportunity to listen to another show from the HG archive first broadcast on Saturday 28th May 2005 and featuring live music from special guests Peggy and Pete Seeger by clicking HERE
Panel Borders: Parasites, stem cells and microbes!
Continuing our series of shows looking at depictions of illness and medicine in sequential art, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Edward Ross and Sci-Fi novelist Ken MacLeod about their comic Hope Beyond Hype, an educational title about “stem cell therapies from lab bench to hospital bedside”, funded by the European Community Research and Development Information Service. Edward also discusses his other medical comics Parasites! and Malaria: The battle against a microscopic killer, while Ken talks about the similarities between comics and science-fiction novels as a way of presenting science fact to the general public.
Originally broadcast Monday 10th June, 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)
100 tiny moments no.80 by Edward Ross / Malaria by Ross and Jamie Hall / Hope beyond hype by Ross, Ken MacLeod and others
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In the first of a series of shows looking at depictions of illness and medicine in comics, Alex Fitch talks to the creators of two recent graphic novels that deal with these themes. In a panel discussion recorded at Crawley WordFest, Alex talks to Nye Wright and Hannah Eaton about their graphic novels Things to do in a retirement home trailer park and Naming Monsters, with an introduction to the work of publisher Myriad Editions by editor Holly Ainley. Nye’s graphic novel depicts the last months of his relationship with his father as the latter dies of emphysema, with the comic book versions of the pair depicted as anthropomorphic characters; Hannah’s is a psychological exploration of a young woman coming to terms with her mother’s death and the contrasts and connections between her vignettes and British folklore stories.
Originally broadcast Monday 2nd June on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)
Panels from Naming Monsters by Hannah Eaton and Things to do in a retirement home trailer park by Nye Wright
PLAYLIST
Gaggle – Happy is the country
Amy + Polly Gaggle – interview w. Jade Gaggle
Rhosyn – Glass (LIVE SESSION)
Rhosyn – Used to be (LIVE SESSION)
Keel Her – Rrriot Girl
Kimya Dawson – The Beer
Peter Howell and John Ferdinando – Setting Sun
Rhosyn – interview w. Jade Gaggle
Grimes – Weregild
Gaggle – Lullaby (LIVE SESSION)
Jana + Sarah Gaggle – interview w. Jade Gaggle
The Knife – Without you my life would be boring
Nancy Sit – Love Potion Number #9
Deborah + Kirsty Gaggle – interview w. Jade Gaggle (via telephone)
Rhosyn – Erotomanic (LIVE SESSION)
Rhosyn – Volcano (LIVE SESSION)
Presented by Jade Gaggle + deXter Bentley
Live sound engineer: Tom Kemp
