Thinking about it, my feet are stabilisers so the above title is both stating the obvious and technically incorrect.
The previous episode of marvin suicide had quite a bit of time spent in putting it together but didn’t seem to work very well, whereas this episode had no time lavished on it and I think has turned out rather splendid.
Panel Borders: The art of Philip Spence
Ninja Bunnies by Philip Spence
Concluding Indie comics month (a little bit late due to technical issues) on Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to artist Philip Spence about his self published mini-comics / web comic The Adventures of Ninja Bunny. Mini-comics are an offshoot of the zine and small press comics scene, measuring approx 9cm square and have a more collectible appearance for causal comics browsers who may pick up the titles in art fairs and markets. Philip has recently branched out from his minis into regular sized autobiographical titles and talks about his interest in fine art prints and the production process.
For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: to follow
“I can’t believe it’s not mud!”
“Mud is the life for me!”
“All I want for Christmas are my two front muds!”
“Mud. What is it good for, absolutely nothing!”
“I’ve got a lovely bunch of mud-nuts!”
All these fantastic songs and more are available on the marvin suicide triple CD bonus collectors edition tribute pack. Yours for only £29.99.
Remember, this amazing triple CD bonus collectors edition tribute pack is not available in the shops.
Reality Check: The Invisible art of acting for radio
Rupert Degas at the recording of Cry Babies by Kim Newman, photo by Moira Degas (c) 2009
Alex Fitch talks to actor Rupert Degas about his various roles in genre radio and audio dramas such as playing David Warner’s sidekick “Rizla” in the BBC7 adaptation of Robert Rankin’s The Brightonomicon and playing the father of a cyrogenically preserved child in Kim Newman’s Cry-Babies which was recently broadcast on Radio 4. Alex and Rupert also talk about his roles in Dan Dare, Dirk Gently and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy plus his uncredited role voicing the devil in Exorcist: The Beginning…
For more info, please visit the home of this podcast at Sci-Fi London
Links: For more info about BBC radio’s SF season, please click here
bbc.co.uk pages on Kim Newman’s Cry Babies (including “listen again” until 15/03/09) and
Robert Rankin’s The Brightonomicon (including “listen again” until a week after broadcast)
Rupert’s wikipedia and IMDb pages
Buy audio books (including Dan Dare) read by Rupert from orionbooks.co.uk
Buy The Brightonomicon and The Long dark tea-time of the soul from bbcshop.com
The Brightonomicon podcast blog
For more podcasts about radio and audio dramas, please click here
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Panel Borders: Captain Britain by Alan Davis and Paul Cornell
Originally broadcast 05/03/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Excalibur by Alan Davis featuring Captain Britain and X-Men
It’s the start of ‘classic heroes’ month on Panel Borders and to kick off, Alex Fitch is talking to two of the creators of the UK’s very own superhero – Captain Britain. Alex talks to Alan Davis, the artist and writer of the strip in the early 80s, who together with help from writers Alan Moore and Jamie Delano rescued the character from oblivion with esoteric storylines, a great supporting cast and a terrific new costume. Alex also talks to author Paul Cornell about his recent revamp of the character in the new comic Captain Britain and MI:13 which sees the Captain get a 21st Century make-over while encountering such nefarious characters as Count Dracula and Gordon Brown!
For mopre info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: Wikipedia pages on Captain Britain, Alan Davis and Paul Cornell
For Paul’s blog, please click here
Buy Captain Britain and MI:13 from Forbidden Planet International
More info about The Bristol International Comics Expo (May 9th / 10th 2009) and D.R. and Quinch
Alan’s website
Inaugural ‘concert’ by Benghazi: Gwenda Jones on paper cup, James Tregaskis on balloons and vomiting and Mtebe Noginga on piledriver and toys. Recorded live in the studio on Borough High Street. Naturally these highly strung individuals came to loggerheads shortly after this event and went their own separate ways only to reform the following day. Tregaskis’s distinctive vomiting technique spawned numerous clones, Noginga gained a reputation for extracting the most from a wind up tin toy but little of merit can be said about Gwenda Jones?s lacklustre performance which prompted the acrimonious break-up. A classic.
The Ride Journal was launched last year to widespread acclaim. Issue two is at the printers. Philip and Andrew Diprose, editor and art director, explain how they came to start a journal of personal stories about how bikes have changed people’s lives.
Among the articles in Issue 2 of The Ride Journal is Rediscovered by Rona Sutherland and is read by Ruby Wright. Ruby presents a fortnightly music podcast on Radio Nowhere called Ruby’s Chicky Boil-Ups. It’s great!
We also spotlight the new issue of Rouleur, the quarterly magazine from the Rapha stable, including an extract from Jean Bobet’s Tomorrow We Ride, translated by Adam Berry and read by Jean-Marie Orhan. To win a copy of issue 12 of Rouleur, send the correct answer to the question by email to bikeshow@resonancefm.com.
Play on links below. Other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) coming soon.
Welcome to another happy clappy episode of marvin suicide.
Fun and frolics are the flavour of the day, and the musical internet websites commission is adundant with both of them.
Reality Check:
State of the Art adaptation
To be broadcast 03/03/09 on Resonance FM as a “Micro Clear Spot”
Iain Banks and Paul Cornell at Newcon 4
Alex Fitch talks to writer Paul Cornell about dramatising Iain M Banks’ novella “The State of the Art” for the afternoon play on Radio 4 (to be broadcast 2.15pm 05/03/09) with a cast including such luminaries as Anthony Sher and Patterson Joseph… Alex and Paul also discuss the author’s adaptations of his own work – novelising the internet cartoon Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka and conversely dramatising his novel Doctor Who: Human Nature for TV.
For more info, please visit the home of this podcast at Sci-Fi London
Links: For more info about BBC radio’s SF season, please click here
For Paul’s blog, please click here
Wikipedia pages on Paul Cornell, Iain Banks and The Culture
For more podcasts with Paul Cornell, as guest and interviewer, please click here
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I’m ready for my close-up: The films of Rex Bloomstein
Rex Bloomstein filming An Independent Mind
A special episode of Resonance FM’s film show I’m ready for my close-up. Alex Fitch talks to director Rex Bloomstein about his films Traitors to Hitler (1979), KZ (2006) and An Independent Mind (2008) in advance of a screening of Traitors… at the Imperial War Museum as part of a weekend of films and talks about the 1944 Bomb plot to kill Hitler (including a screening of Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise); Alex and Rex talk about documenting persecution and freedom of speech on film and notions of psychogeography in the documentary process.
For more info about this podcast and a variety of different formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org
Links: Rex’s website
Interview with Rex following a screening of KZ at the Sundance Film Festival
Rex’s page at the “British Documentary Website” dfgdocs.com
Rex’s filmography at the University of Leicester website
Imperial War Museum website
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