What an old slowcoach I was! – so busy rooting around in my haversack that I did not use my eyes. Mopsa was right. I followed her pointing finger and saw a tremendous brickish portal, ornamented with lozenged carvings of quicklime, bilberry and glunt. I had reached my destination. Somewhere behind those gates lurked Burble, and I was coming for him. Mopsa’s wheelchair was soon knocked back into shape, and she rattled off towards the outskirts of Hoon. Before she left, and despite my protestations, she insisted that I take half of her biscuits. As soon as her back was turned, I ground them into the muck beneath my boot. I could not bear the distractions of shortbread: my mush-bags would suffice.
Category Archives: Shows
Marvin Suicide : 150 – Pull my finger…
…and this is what you’ll hear.
Reality Check: Brent Spiner’s Dreamland
Reality Check: Brent Spiner’s Dreamland – originally podcast at Sci-Fi London
Alex Fitch talks to popular Star Trek actor Brent Spiner about his new album ‘Dreamland’ which mixes performances of classic musical numbers with dramatised scenes that take place in a film noir dreamland Continue reading
Panel Borders: Daniel Merlin Goodbrey’s Hypercomics
Originally broadcast 06/03/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
In the first of this month’s 40 min specials, Alex Fitch talks to webcomics pioneer Daniel Merlin Goodbrey whose comics work includes everything from Far Side style gag strips, to semi-photographic science-fiction and interactive ‘hypercomics’ and ‘hyperfiction’ on his website which mix elements of computer games, animation and comic strips to beguiling effect. Continue reading
The Bike Show: Cycling Troubadours
Last show in the current season featuring an extended interview with Jimmy and Triin aka Too Dumb To Die, cycling jazz troubadours, back from a year and a half touring South East Asia with the Cyclowns Circus. The show also features Martin Low of Westminster City Council describing the Sustrans Connect2 project to build a cycle-friendly bridge across the railway in north Bayswater.
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Marvin Suicide : 149 – Grrrrrreat
This episode of marvin suicide was originally recorded for broadcast when the programme was aired on Resonance FM last year and was specially prepared for the guest presenter.
A great big thank-you to Lorna and Resonance.
Peppatits: Episode 1
Julia Davies and Jessica Hynes return to Resonance FM for another series of comedy improvisation. Episode 1 of this new series was recorded on the 19th February 2008.
Panel Borders Vidcast: Looking for Lost Girls
Panel Borders – Looking for Lost Girls (video podcast) Audio version broadcast 14/02/08 on Resonance FM
You can download now the video of Alex Fitch’s interview with Alan Moore about his graphic novels Lost Girls and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier and Alan’s depictions of procreation in Swamp Thing and Miracleman.
Reality Check: Manufacturing Cloverfield
Reality Check: Manufacturing Cloverfield – Originally podcast at Sci-Fi London
Alex Fitch presents an edited version of the Cloverfield press conference – director Matt Reeves talks about bringing the giant monster movie genre up to date, the challenges of shooting an entire movie on ‘handycam’ and the pressures of living up to the hype generated by the ambiguous teaser trailer. Continue reading
Hooting Yard : By Aerostat to Hooting Yard – Part 1
It had been two years since one of Dobson’s communiques had uprooted me from my rut and catapulted me into frantic adventure; three years before that I had been sent on a mission, ranging over four continents; the year before that embroiled in a world-shattering plot; and there had been at least half a dozen earlier escapades. No doubt these Dobson-inspired excitements were meant to be wild and life-enhancing, yet I yearned for tedium and futility. Trudging out of the boiler room, I began to sob. It would be weeks, perhaps months, before I could once again wallow in monotony and ennui.