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Strip! – The strange world of Steve Ditko

Strip! (Clear Spot) – The strange world of Steve Ditko
Originally broadcast at 8pm, 14/08/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM

James DC hosts a 1 hour special round-table discussion about the recent book Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, released by Fantagraphics books. James is in discussion with comic book artists and Ditko experts Steve Marchant, Mark Stafford and the author of the book, Blake Bell.

Ditko is best known as the co-creator, with Stan Lee, of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, and other classic Marvel and DC characters. But, in the context of Steve Ditko’s 50-year career in comics, his creative involvement with Spider-Man is merely the tip of the iceberg. Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is a lavish coffee table art book tracing Ditko’s life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, and his strict adherence to his Ayn Rand inspired philosophical principles, along with illustrations – some rarely printed – of some of the obscure artwork from Ditko’s ouevre.

For more info, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Wavelength 2006 June 4th – Percussion tracks

Edgard Varese; Ionisation (1931) for 3 bass drums, 2 side drums, 2 snare drums, tarole, 2 bongos, tambourine, tambour militaire, crash cymbal, suspended cymbals, 3 tam tams, gong, 2 anvils, 2 triangles, sleigh bells, chimes, celesta, piano, Chinese blocks, claves, maracas, castanets, slapstick, guiro, high and low sirens, lion’s roar (Nonesuch 1974).
Bow Gamelan Ensemble; Black Betty/Pyrotechnics ‘Offshore Rig’. From the vinyl LP Great Noises that fill the Air (Klinker Zoundz 8804 1988).
Musique Akara. Tambours de bois. From Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinee (Ocora OCR 86).
Luis Agudo; Agudu from the LP Afrosamba (Red Record VPA 172).
Kip Hanrahan/Jack Bruce: You can tell a guy by his anger, from Exotica 1992.

William English

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Hooting Yard : Van Bronckhorst’s Syndrome

Slipping out of a den of vice through a side door, slinking with surprising elegance along a night alley thick with the leavings of debauchery, he whistled Oh Danny Boy, attracting the attention of police officers.

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Panel Borders: The state of Gay Comics (2008) pt 1

Panel Borders: The state of Gay Comics ( 2008 ) part 1
Originally broadcast 07/08/08 on Resonance FM

The first part of a panel recorded live at this year’s Bristol International Comics Expo, Alex Fitch hosts a panel of creators and experts on Gay comics. Accompanying Alex on the panel are comics expert Paul Gravett, manga artist Yishan Li and graphic novelist / Guardian strip illustrator David Shenton (Get Her! / The Shentons). Audience members asking questions include Oli Smith (London Underground Comics / Weekend Friends), Richy Chandler (a.k.a. Tempo Lush) and Bevis Musson (Queen of Diamonds).
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The Bike Show: Around the world the hard way (part one)

Alastair Humphreys has cycled round the world ‘the hard way’: four years, sixty countries and forty-six thousand miles. In the first of a two part special he tells the story of his epic adventure from Yorkshire to South Africa and Chile to Colombia. Thunder and Sunshine, the second volume of his travelogue is out now, published by Eye Books.

The studio at Resonance FM is closed on 18th and 25th August so there will be no show on those dates. The second part of this two-show special will be broadcast on 1 September.

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Marvin Suicide : 160 – Let The Meat Control Your Body

Dear One and All,

Having a wicked time here. Weather is mostly hot and the pool is always full :-( Haven’t done much exploring although I’m determined to have a look around before we leave. You won’t believe how cheap the booze is though, I’ve bought out the local shop’s supply of paracetamol!!! LOL.

The tan is coming on pretty well although I fell asleep after a few too many sambukas at lunch time and burnt my front, never mind. Going out to another club tonight so won’t notice the sunburn after a couple of hours 😉 If you know what I mean.

Catch you when we’re back.

Rob Lobster

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Wavelength 2005 November 20th – Canadian Artist Bill Burns

Interview with Canadian Artist Bill Burns, director of the Museum of Safety Gear for Small Animals.

William English

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Wavelength 2005 November 6th – Regent’s Park Tennis club

Several tennis games superimposed. Recorded by William English on a Sony ‘Professional’ Walkman cassette recorder. One of the tennis players caught sight of the microphone which was fixed to a wire fence and commented on being spied upon. Whenever a tennis ball struck the fence an interesting reverberation resulted.

William English

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Hooting Yard : Executive Seating Pod

In a thicket, with a compass, I am thinking about blubber. I use blubber for my candles. I’m the captain of a whaler. Some use tallow, I use blubber. It gets smoky in my cabin. I’m not in my cabin now. As I said, I’m in a thicket. I’m on shore leave for a fortnight. I’ve been hiking with the devil. Satan left me in a thicket on the wild and windy moors. But I’ve got my trusty compass and my pipe clamped in my jaws. I am smoking in the thicket. I hope to see my whaler soon. Don’t go hiking with the devil. Keep your compass in your pocket. I am thinking about blubber. Blubber is my candle light. It’s a comfort in this thicket on the wild and windy moors to think of blubber candle light, for the devil trapped me in this thicket and it is a pitch black night.

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Marvin Suicide : 159 – Can anyone smell burning meat?

For the last few months it has been a struggle to come up with any words to put here, so I think I’ll take the easy way out and type this instead.

Marvin suicide is a programme (of sorts) that plays music which has been found on the internet.

If you would like to present an episode or submit music for consideration (it has to be freely available on the internet remember) then please get in touch via the e-mail address provided at the bottom of this post.

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