The Resonance Radio Orchestra presents a new radiophonic work based on the life cycle of the mayfly. The score is written by Veryan Weston, the text by Ed Baxter. As well as the two dozen instrumental performers (whose instruments include laptop, vibraphone, sound effects etc), a special guest actor takes the lead role.
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Midnight Sex Talk – Sex Magick
Midnight Sex Talk – Sex Magick
Ever riffled through a book, or googled late into the night, to find the perfect spell to catch the person you really, really fancy? And then, after your shopping trip for ingredients, hurried home hunched over a plastic bag containing four candles, a sachet of cloves and a dead mackerel?
Ever wondered if there really could be a way to control others people’s desires though magic, and whether Satan is involved?
And have we, in the 21st century west, lost our sense of ritual? How many of you, for example, would admit to having made a voodoo doll?
Our guests in the studio were Christine Moon, adventurous priestess-in-training, who just happened to be in town and agreed to come on at the last minute; Marco Lovestar, the hero of the night; and Mystery Borealis, artist, stripper and all round party girl.
During the show, you will hear me make the mistake of saying the moon ‘wasn’t doing anything very interesting at the moment.’ I was rapidly corrected – and I was also wrong. A lot of very strange things happened around this show, before, during, and after, some of which cannot be related here…
This show was first broadcast on Sunday 13th February 2005. Midnight Sex Talk is taking a rest from the studio for a while, but if you want to drop us a line, or tell us what you’d like to hear more of, you can email us any time at midnightsextalk at gmail dot com.
More info here: MidnightSexTalk.com.
Midnight Sex Talk – Sex In The Movies
Midnight Sex Talk – Sex in the Movies
And we don’t mean porn, for once!
The history of sex in mainstream film is a parellel history of our world, whether pushing boundaries or simply reflecting what’s been going on behind closed doors for years, from Some Like It Hot to Secretary, via <9 1/2 Weeks and Basic Instinct, and more recent releases like Kinsey and 9 Songs.
Guests: our regular film critic Alex Fitch, of Backprojection.com, and film-maker and TV producer Havana Marking.
Go here and check out my first ever celebrity photocall….
This show was first broadcast on Sunday 27th February 2005. Midnight Sex Talk is taking a rest from the studio for a while, but if you want to drop us a line, or tell us what you’d like to hear more of, you can email us any time at midnightsextalk at gmail dot com.
More info here: MidnightSexTalk.com.
Midnight Sex Talk: Sex Toys – Are They Really Necessary?
Midnight Sex Talk – Sex Toys – Are They Really Necessary?
Thought that might get you reading! Here at Chateau Midnight Sex Talk, we love sex toys; it would be positively heretical not to. But sometimes you have to stop and think: as they morph inexorably from ‘plaything’ to ‘absolute necessity’, have they evolved too far? (Ditto lube.)
Joining us in the studio is Angel from Sh! Womenstore, the first and still the best of the women-friendly, (hell, people-friendly), sex shops, and we’ve got an interview with Bertie from Mantric, who sell pretty nice stuff too, over the internet. We’re taking a look at the most popular toys, casting a curious eye over the more interesting, excessive, and expensive, offerings currently on the market, and dropping a few hints and health warnings into the mix.
This one was first broadcast on Sunday 13th March 2005. Midnight Sex Talk is taking a rest from the studio for a while, but if you want to drop us a line, or tell us what you’d like to hear more of, you can email us any time at midnightsextalk at gmail dot com.
More info here: MidnightSexTalk.com.
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Midnight Sex Talk – Easter Anal Sex Special
Ahh, what better way to celebrate the start of British Summertime than with a thorough exploration of anal sex. From men to women and back again, via pegging, figging and fisting – God knows how we’ve managed to fit it all in!
In the studio we’ve got Tim Fountain, whose seriously interactive one-man show ‘Sex Addict’ was a big hit at Edinburgh and the Royal Court Theatre, and the inimitable Al Needham joins us by phone. Check it out – this is one of our funniest shows ever.
This one was first broadcast on Sunday 27th March 2005. Midnight Sex Talk is taking a rest from the studio for a while, but if you want to drop us a line, or tell us what you’d like to hear more of, you can email us any time at midnightsextalk at gmail dot com.
More info here: MidnightSexTalk.com.
Midnight Sex Talk – Mother’s Day Psycho Special!
Midnight Sex Talk – Mother’s Day Psycho Special!
Especially for Mother’s Day, we’re pondering the cult of the serial killer, and looking at why these ultimate transgressors, who are on the extreme sexual margins of society, get quite so much attention, sometimes to the point of apparent canonisation.
Al Needham tells us what it was like growing up in the seventies in the shadow of the Yorkshire Ripper, and Alex Fitch talks up the daddy of the modern day psychos, Ed Gein. Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Nielsen and Ted Bundy get a look-in, and no show like this would be complete without the Wests.
Sadly, our guest couldn’t make it at the last minute, but rest assured he was a celebrity – his ex-boyfriend was Denis Nielsen’s unemployment officer!
NEWS!
This is our last live show of the current season. Kim is very busy in a new job, and I’m writing my book. But don’t go away – we’ve got lots more shows still to podcast, and there’ll be some new ones as well. We’ll be back in the studio in the summer. Meanwhile, we hope you’ve enjoyed all our shows, and thanks for listening.
Midnight Sex Talk is broadcast on alternate Sunday nights, from 11.30pm-12.30am, on Resonance 104.4 FM. More info about us at
MidnightSexTalk.com.
Midnight Sex Talk: The Decline of the Gay Bar
Midnight Sex Talk – Decline of the Gay Bar?
Back in the 1990s, gay bars and clubs were the places to be. Everyone there seemed to be partying faster and harder, and more attractively, than anyone else. But everything’s changed a bit since then. What we’re asking this week is: have hook-up sites like Gaydar taken the emphasis away from the bar scene, and levelled the playing field a bit? And as the scene becomes more mainstream, how have the bars evolved in order to keep their identity?
We’ve got interviews with Pete, a long-term scene-goer, Russell from Halfway to Heaven, and Wendy, manager of the Retro Bar in Charing Cross.
What do you think? Do you hate bars, and find the whole thing a massive, pretentious bore? Or do you love them? Do you think that trying to meet someone on the internet is just for losers? Or has Gaydar changed your life?
Midnight Sex Talk is broadcast on alternate Sunday nights, from 11.30pm-12.30am, on Resonance 104.4 FM. More info about us at
MidnightSexTalk.com.
Midnight Sex Talk: Porn versus Erotica
Midnight Sex Talk – Porn Versus Erotica
Vintage Midnight Sex Talk! This is your second chance to hear one of our earliest shows, Porn versus Erotica.
With guests Robert Posner and Lou Errington, we tease out the similarities between these two supposedly dissimilar concepts. And watch out for the hand-selected worst porn movie titles ever. Here I must namecheck the dude who sat down and sourced all this stuff. Brad Yung, we salute you.
Midnight Sex Talk is broadcast on alternate Sunday nights, from 11.30pm-12.30am, on Resonance 104.4 FM. More info about us at
MidnightSexTalk.com.
You Are Hear: Ardisson
This live session of Ardisson was first heard live on Magz Hall’s You Are hear Show on Resonance 104.4 FM on Jan 16th 2006.
“Ardisson is none other than the one man beat smith and breaks maniac, Charles Matthews. A master at getting the audience revved up and ultimately hooked on butt crunching bass and bastard hard sonics, this young producer commands the utmost of respect as he tries to harness as best as he humanely can, the unhinged members of his mechanical family which seem ruthlessly resolute in undermining not only the musical status quo, but, the godforsaken man himself. ” Bruce McClure
You Are Hear is presented and produced by Magz Hall and Jim Backhouse. More information about the radio show and our live events can be found at www.youarehear.co.uk. Tune into You Are Hear live sessions on Monday nights at 8pm – 9:30pm on Resonance 104.4fm or pickup the webstream at www.resonancefm.com where you will also find our latest podcast sessions and programmes of interest.
Rhythm Incursions: DJ Olive Live In Session
Out fifth podcast in the mighty Rhythm Incursions podcast series is another live mix session, this time from New York’s DJ Olive. In September last year, Olive was over to play The Barbican in London with Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth. While he was in town we hooked up, and at super short notice (about 90 minutes!) he grabbed his laptop and materials and headed to the Resonance FM studio to hijack the airwaves and drop a live set. The result was astonishing; a mad tour of the music Olive loves so much, be that downtempo mellow grooves to latin-inflected rhythms. The result is every bit as amazing as the David Last set we podcast for show #2. Trust us, this one is a keeper!
Olive’s brand new mix “Heaps As – Live in Tasmania” is out now on The Agriculture.