Playlist:
Trash Kit – Skin
Skinny Girl Diet – Burnout
Alpha Maid – Bullshitter (LIVE SESSION)
Alpha Maid – A Man (LIVE SESSION)
Alpha Maid – Body Chores (LIVE SESSION)
Council Tax Band – Jobcentre
Alpha Maid – Interview
Unit – A Summer Shout Slides Across The Sky
Aeolipile – Paused Pregnancy
blurt – A Fish Needs A Bike
Pjaro – I Am Laid back No Pressure
Shotgun Otto – Backbone
Peggy Seeger – Everything Changes
Snowpoet – Butterflies
Tiny Leaves – A Good Land, An Excellent Land (LIVE SESSION)
Tiny Leaves – Lean Not On Your Own Understanding (LIVE SESSION)
Tiny Leaves – Abraham (LIVE SESSION)
Bunty – Congatron
Tiny Leaves – Interview
Momus – Time
Presenters: deXter Bentley and Dan Frost
Live sound engineers: Tom Kemp assisted by Beth Rogers
The parents of the great cartographer Ken Buttercase were employed by a small railway in a remote country. They lived in a wooden hut which served as a signal-box. A threadbare curtain of rep divided the hut into two halves. In one half, the Buttercases ate and slept and baked and washed; the other half contained the signalling controls and was also used to store an ever-changing collection of broken locomotive machinery. Once a day, at noon or thereabouts, a cart would trundle to the door of the hut; two railway workers would deliver some broken bits and pieces and take others away. Mr or Mrs Buttercase would sign one chit for the deliveries, another chit for the pieces removed, and help the two officials – one of whom was tubercular – to load and offload the invariably rusty pieces of metal.
Their duties left them little time to devote to their only child. Let us examine these duties in some detail. The railway itself was not busy – the one train passed the hut four times a day; heading north at 4 a.m. and 4 p.m., and heading south at 10 a.m. and 10.15 p.m. Before its passing, the signals had to be set; the cranks, winches, levers, pulleys, knobs, fulcra, and transistor motors all had to be adjusted with frightening precision. In order for this to be done, the broken locomotive-parts had to be shoved out of the way, into the other half of the hut. They could not be kept outside, exposed to the elements, as the company regulations forbade such a practice. Nor could they be stored permanently on the other side of the rep curtain, as not only was this – as we have seen – the family’s living quarters, it also served as the work-room devoted to carrying out the many other tasks they had to perform, which we shall examine in due course. Once all the broken stuff had been moved out of the way, the signalling equipment could be set. Readjustment, back to the original coordinates, took place once the train had passed, after which the day’s conglomeration of broken bits and pieces could be shifted back to the other half of the hut.
Panel Borders: Art and Anarchy in the British Library
Continuing a month of episodes looking at the connections between comics and literature, Alex Fitch talks to Adrian Edwards, co-curator of the exhibition Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK which is on display at the British Library until August 19th, in a Q and A recorded at Cartoon County in Brighton.
Adrian discusses how he helped put together the exhibition – which looks at over one hundred years of British comics – with co-curators Paul Gravett and John Dunning, the marketing of the show and some of the more controversial items on display in the library from Aleister Crowley’s Tarot Cards to examples of comic book erotica. Recorded at Cartoon County, June 2014. (Originally broadcast 14th June 2014 on Resonance 104.4 FM)
Art from Jamie Hewlett’s Comics Unmasked poster / Holkham Bible Picture Book / photo of Adrian Edwards
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ICE – the International Comic Expo kicks off this year in Birmingham at The Studio, 7 Cannon Street, just 5 minutes walk from New Street Station on Saturday. The guest list this year includes American Comics legend Steve Rude, Indie Sensation Jessica Martin, acclaimed artist Ben Oliver, Moon Knight artist Declan Shalvey, Winter Soldier artist Roland Boschi, and colouring sensation Jordie Bellaire, plus many many more. Continue reading →
Graphic Brighton podcast: What is a good graphic novel?
In a podcast recording from the May 2014 Graphic Brighton event, David Lloyd, Corinne Pearlman, Hannah Berry, Nicola Streeten, Hannah Eaton and Ian Williams try to answer the question: ‘What makes a good graphic novel?’ in a panel discussion chaired by Alex Fitch
Hannah Berry, Ian Williams, Hannah Eaton, Corinne Pearlman and David Lloyd at Graphic Brighton 2014 – photos by Paul Slater
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I am angry, I am ill, and I’m as ugly as sin. My irritability keeps me alive and kicking.
That was me, sitting bolt upright in bed upon waking at dawn, singing my little heart out, like a chaffinch or a linnet. I sang A Song From Under The Floorboards by Magazine. Now, regular listeners to my radio show on Resonance104.4FM, Hooting Yard On The Air, will be well aware that I cannot sing for toffee. Recite prose, yes. Sing, no. But while I would never dream of assailing the ears of an unsuspecting public by singing – or attempting to sing – on the airwaves, there is no reason why I should not do so in the privacy of my own home.
Starting a month of shows looking at the connections between comic books and literature, Alex Fitch talks to Guardian cartoonsists Karrie Fransman and Martin Rowson, and novelist Toby Litt about their processes of comic book creation. Fransman discusses how she broke into the industry before starting Observer Graphic Novel of the Month, The House that Groaned; Rowson looks at how political cartooning lead to his adaptations of literary classics such as Tristram Shandy, and Litt talks about how his career as a novelist helped him write DC Comics’ new serialised comic book Dead Boy Detectives. Recorded in front of an audience at Guardian Masterclass, January 2014. (Originally broadcast 7th July 2014)
Alex Fitch interviews Karrie Fransman, Toby Litt and Martin Rowson at Guardian Masterclass
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Presented by Leanne Bower, Ron Chisholm and Colin Bodiam.
With live music by Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke.
Playlist for this show:
Diz and The Doormen – Bluecoat Man
HiFi Sneakers – Last Chance Saloon
Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke – Drinking From The Same Old Well (Live Session)
Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke – Sitting On Top Of The World (Live Session)
Grand Slambovians – Sunday In The Rain
Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke – Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (Live Session)
Hallelujah Trails – Never See You Again (Live at The Duke)
Ceri James – She Stole My Reasonable Mind
Green Diesel – To Kill A King
Candle Burning – Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke
Bruise – Excuse Me
Presented by Ron Chisholm, Leanne Bower and Colin Bodiam.
With live music from Isobel Kimberley of Bruise.
Playlist for the show:
Diz and the Doormen – Blue Coat Man
Shedload of Love – Love and Affection
Isobel Kimberley – Dreamland (Live Session)
Brusie – Can You See
Little Devils – Walking Disaster
Wolfscote – Here’s The Tender Coming
Noel McCalla – Time After Time (Live)
Green Diesel – Let No Man Steal Your Time
Jazzman John Clarke – Beat Blues
Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?
Presented by Ron Chisholm, Leanne Bower and Colin Bodiam.
With live music from Dave Sutherland of The Rude Vandals.
Playlist for the show:
Diz and The Doorman – Blue Coat Man
Ras Keith – I Love Life
Dave Sutherland – From the Vauxhall Tavern to Deptford Broadway (Live Session)
Dave Sutherland – Ghosts (Live Session)
Alternative TV – Fun City
Men With Ven – Deptford Market
Jason McNiff – Shadow Ships of Deptford
Dave Sutherland – Ballad of Annie Cable
Marilyn Gentle and Dave Burrluck – I Can’t Stand The Rain (Acoustic)
Taurus Trakker – Motormouth
Dirty Viv – Get To Be Good Looking (Only At Night)
