In a show recorded live at the inaugural Resonance FM / Electric Sheep Magazine monthly film club at the Roxy Bar and Screen in London’s Borough High Street, Virginie Sélavy introduces a talk and Q & A conducted by Joel Karamath.
Joel, host of the ICA’s Uncut film night, looks at the career of Melvin van Peebles and his seminal film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.
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Panel Borders: Hine and Irving’s Silent War(s) part 2
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott conclude their interview with artist Frazer Irving and writer / artist David Hine, looking at politics in comics, writing Spawn, artistic influences on pencillers and inkers, plus their recent collaboration on Marvel’s Silent War.
I’m ready for my close-up: ‘Bolly Horror’ and the making of “Hell’s Ground”
In the second of this month’s podcasts about horror movies, Alex Fitch interviews Pete Tombs, producer of Zibahkhana (Hell’s Ground)* and writer of Mondo Macabro plus Tejinder Jouhal, a film programmer at the ICA about their month of ‘Bolly Horror’ movies. (mp3 format, 28.4mb)
*technically this is ‘Lolly Horror’ as the film was made in Pakistan, but I’m going with the ICA’s name for their season…
Panel Borders: Hine and Irving’s Silent War(s) part 1
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott interview artist Frazer Irving and writer / artist David Hine about their work in comics from early strips in 2000AD to their recent collaboration on Marvel’s Silent War.
Art house Cinema: Podcast #5
Looking for something to do on a rainy August bank holiday? Why not listen to Resonance FM‘s latest Art House cinema podcast featuring reviews of films released this month at ‘Art House’ cinemas in London for advice…
This show is presented by Alex Fitch with contributions from Virginie Sélavy (editor of Electric Sheep Magazine) and Kim Morgan (former presenter of the Resonance FM show Midnight Sex Talk, whose birthday it is today)…
I’m ready for my close-up: London Frightfest 2007
Alex Fitch interviews video shop manager Michael Hall about his thoughts on the horror genre and previews he’s seen of this year’s Frightfest horror film marathon in London, including reviews of Black Sheep, Daywatch and Disturbia. Also, in an interview conducted a year ago, Alex talks to film student Greta Mills about her perspective on last year’s Frightfest including George Romero’s (then) Zombie tetralogy and its unnecessary ‘sidequel’ Day of the Dead 2: Contagium!
Panel Borders: The art of John McCrea
Alex Fitch interviews artist John McCrea about his work, his love of superhero comics which has now lead to work in Saudi Arabia and collaborating with writer Garth Ennis on such projects as Troubled Souls.
As Panel Borders is currently podcast only, you can download today’s show now… (mp3 format, 14.4mb)
For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com
Links: Wikipedia pages on John McCrea, Garth Ennis and Fleetway publishing’s Crisis comics anthology
John’s Middle Eastern comic The 99
Lambiek page on John McCrea, showing examples of his artwork
I’m ready for my close-up: The art of Paper Rad
Alex Fitch interviews Jacob Ciocci and David Wightman, members of the band Extreme Animals. Jacob is also a member of the art collective Paper Rad (for whose videos David has supplied sountracks) and while they were in Europe touring with their band Alex spoke to them about the Paper Rad exhibition showing at Sketch Gallery in London which Jacob curated. Paper Rad are famous for their low-fi DIY videos, art and comics which mix fanzine indie aesthetics with the detritus of our generation’s pop culture…
As their exhibition closes Saturday evening and IRFMCU is being podcast only this month, in a break from tradition, this week’s I’m ready for my close-up is available to download now (30 hours early) to give our listeners a chance to get down to Conduit Street and check out the installation…
(mp3 format, 27.4mb)
For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com
Links: Wikipedia’s page on Paper Rad
Sketch Gallery’s press release about the show: PDF format / HTML format
Sketch Gallery’s website
Paper Rad and Deitch Projects‘ Super Mario Movie
N.B./ The following links are not suitable for viewing if you suffer from epilepsy; if you choose to click on them, it is your responsibility!
Paper Rad‘s website
Paper Rad comics
Extreme Animals‘ myspace page
Panel Borders: The art of Glenn Fabry
Alex Fitch interviews artists Glenn Fabry and John McCrea, two very different artists who have worked on comics in Britain and America and have both illustrated strips by writer Garth Ennis. The majority of today’s show is concerned with Glenn’s work from his seminal run on Sláine in 2000AD to his epic run of painted covers for DC comics’ Preacher which are available in a coffee table book.
Towards the end of the show Alex talks to John McCrea about the 60 issues he drew of Ennis’ superhero satire Hitman (and their interview continues next week).
This episode of Panel Borders was first podcast on 13th August 2007… (mp3 format, 18mb)
For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com
Links: Wikipedia pages on Glenn Fabry , John McCrea, Sláine, Preacher and Hitman
Glenn’s website
I’m ready for my close-up: Running Stumbled with John Maringouin
Continuing I’m ready for my close-up‘s exclusive run of online podcasts*… Virginie Sélavy interviews John Maringouin, director of the documentary Running Stumbled, whose film is a semi-improvised recreation and document of the self destructive relationship between the director’s father and his partner. The first part of the interview was included in last month’s Art-House Podcast and tonight’s show is edited by Alex Fitch… Originally podcast 9th August 2007 (mp3 format, 42.4mb)
*While Resonance FM moves studios across London… The podcast only shows will then be broadcast on FM in the Autumn
Links: Official movie homepage
Read a partial transcription of Virginie’s interview in Electric Sheep Magazine
Info about the remaining screenings of the film at the ICA
For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com