Richard Thomas remixes the soundtracks of the classic British Transport Films that were made from 1949 to 1982. Made by a protégé of the British Documentary Movement their purpose was to act as travelogue films, which promoted destinations in town, country and seaside resorts throughout the British Isles. By interweaving a variety of these films, which are being introduced to a new generation via BFI DVD releases, Richard investigates the cultural memory that the sounds and rhythms of the film soundtracks evoke.
Links: Buy the films from the BFI
BTF website
Originally broadcast 15th June 2006 (mp3 format, 25.1mb)
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Marvin Suicide: 93 – And a half-penny too.
This episode can only be described as jowl-wobbling entertainment. 30 minutes of notes, growls, chords and yelps found freely and legally on the internet. Yes thats right. FREE and LEGAL. I just don’t think thats really sunk in to everyone yet…
1. Itchy Itchy Hay Hay by Georgia & August Greenberg, Sing Songs For You And Me!:
www.comfortstand.com
2. Pot Song by Red Dirt, Go Go USA:
www.reddirt.co.uk
3. Big Girls by Georgia & August Greenberg, Sing Songs For You And Me!:
www.comfortstand.com
4. Be Thankful You’re Healthy by DRGS, Laburnham Live Chipmunk Orchestra:
www.hippocamp.net
5. Fare Thee Well Blues by Joe Callicott, Ain’t A Gonna Lie To You:
www.fatpossum.com
6. psy. by 8m2 stereo, Per Undas Electricas:
www.pathmusick.hermetech.net
7. Married by Bern, Just Married:
thinner.cc
8. Buffalo by The Adjuster, The Past Compilation:
www.bevlarmusic.com
If you like what you hear then please support the many wonderful people that make their art available to us all. Love them, cherish them and above all, squeeze them tight.
Goodbye.
Hooting Yard: 40 Visits To The Worm Farm (part one)
A reading from the very rare and highly prized book by Frank Key ‘Twitching And Shattered’.
- Forty Visits to the Worm Farm – Parts 1 to 20
This episode of Hooting Yard was first broadcast on the 24th May 2006. Frank Key’s Hooting Yard website. Photo by macop.
the heard world 40: drones
20 minutes of your favourite worker drone, live from my living room, november 4th, 2006. all featured noises are from homemade instruments. recorded using 1/4″ tape on a sanyo “slim 8″ cassette recorder.
