‘The Philosophy of Mediadropping’ is a relentless musing on the practice of mediadropping – the dropping of home-made CDs, DVDs, tapes, books, manuscripts, etc. in public places for random people to find. Mediadropping is a pathological habit of mine. My old Resonance show, ‘The Exciting Hellebore Shew’, documented many mediadroppings in detail (or tapedroppings as [...]
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Dan Wilson – The Philosophy of Mediadropping
Published by June 18th, 2011 in Epistaxis Time and The Exciting Hellebore Shew. 5 Comments
Marvin Suicide: The Promo
Published by August 20th, 2006 in lmc, Radio Gallery, rhythminc, The Exciting Hellebore Shew, Turntable Radio and You Are Hear. 0 CommentsMarvin Suicide is a weekly 30 minute programme that only plays music and sounds that have been found freely and legally on the internet. It is available as a podcast at podcasts.resonancefm.com and is currently being broadcast on Resonance 104.4FM at 6:00pm on Sundays. www.marvinsuicide.org subscribe to the podcast
The Exciting Hellebore Shew: Unlistenable Special
Published by January 7th, 2006 in The Exciting Hellebore Shew. 0 CommentsPiping out unenlightened smog for the inverted jet nozzle of your sound perception to spray your brain internally with sweet anti-music… you guessed it, we present a compilation of deliberately unlistenable noise-musics. Introduction, recounting the story of essex white-van lads who force passers-by to listen to happy-hardcore and gabba techno resulting in their arrest. Sweet, [...]
The Exciting Hellebore Shew: Jumped Skywards
Published by December 23rd, 2005 in The Exciting Hellebore Shew. 1 CommentSo… you’ve jumped skyward, walked forward, stepped backward, looked downward, you’ve been in all directions but now it’s time to go awkward. Life of Leylandii. Helecopter Crash Fasions (harsh-sounding electro pop instrumental) Uncomfortability introduction (crazy person on a train) Uncomfortability Lament for the demise of the casette – the Resonance Tape-Dropping project. Mrs Shardenfraude (Performed [...]
The Exciting Hellebore Shew: Rambling Special
Published by December 6th, 2005 in The Exciting Hellebore Shew. 1 CommentPilfering through the voices of today’s logicians… First Broadcast on October 23, 2003. Begins with nose-picking complaint, instructing listeners not to listen to the Hellebore Shew. ‘Bring me a hail of slow-motion on a plate please (followed by the aerial bombardment of your head)’ – Ray Stispozeille, an atempt to subvert the ‘think before you [...]
The Exciting Hellebore Shew: Bush Special
Published by November 30th, 2005 in The Exciting Hellebore Shew. 1 CommentFirst broadcast on November 19th 2003, this episode of the Exciting Hellebore Shew celebrates George W Bush’s visit to London. It’s dedicated to the American president, and also to bushes in general. The highlight of the show is certainly “chemical attack”. George Bush introduction. A Recording made from within a bush. Re-constituted tape found within [...]
The Exciting Hellebore Shew: Strange music and post-boring stories
Published by November 23rd, 2005 in The Exciting Hellebore Shew. 1 Comment“Strange music and post-boring stories for the next half hour”. The first ever episode of the Exciting Hellebore Shew. Originally broadcast on Sep 3, 2003. * A love song about fleas (Start the show on a high-note) * DJs of Unfairness * The Hermit * Leper in a Tumble-dryer * Doug’s Piss-up
The Exciting Hellebore Shew: Robot Shew
Published by October 24th, 2005 in highlights and The Exciting Hellebore Shew. 2 CommentsDan finds himself made redundant because a robot voice has taken over the Hellebore Shew. * Introduction: Conflict with a some kind of robotic voice thing, leads to a lamentably shambolic fight in the studio. * Catch the nail-bomber. * Kerb Crawling in the 22nd centuary, interrupted with an actual act of wandering around. * [...]
The Exciting Hellebore Shew: Audio Flyering Special
Published by September 23rd, 2005 in highlights and The Exciting Hellebore Shew. 1 CommentA documentary on audio-flyering (or tapedropping): the unfine art of purposefully dropping a cassette of supposedly messed-up “distressed” music and sound as an affront to music retail. This episode was first broadcast on October 17th 2003.