Archive for January, 2007

I’m ready for my close-up: The Magic of Alan Moore part two

Alex Fitch continues his ‘feature length’ interview with Alan Moore, talking about magic, Swamp Thing, Promethea and influences on his work… Links: Wikipedia entries on Alan Moore Swamp Thing Promethea Download comics by Alan for free from fourcolorheroes.com Originally broadcast @ 7pm, 30th January 2007 (mp3 format, 28mb)

Marvin Suicide: 105 – Love thy neighbour.

“Hey man, have you heard that groovy show that exclusively plays music found freely and legally on the internet?” “Yo word?” “Word is bond man. Its called ‘marvin suicide’ and its the bomb.” This is the exact transcript a contact of mine overheard between two MPs in the Houses Of Parliament. I couldn’t believe it, [...]

Hooting Yard: Befuddled By Cormorants

A treasury of bedtime tales for pallid and sickly infants, Befuddled By Cormorants is a collection of fifty two stories from Hooting Yard On The Air, Frank Key’s acclaimed radio show on Resonance FM. How I Plunged Into The Bottomless Viper-Pit Of Gaar Misprints Frustum, Tang, Sluice Gods Befuddled By Cormorants is available for purchase [...]

Escape Pod: How Lonesome a Life Without Nerve Gas

Hooting Yard’s Frank key narrates “How Lonesome a Life Without Nerve Gas” by James A. Trimarco for Escape Pod. It’s a story of artificial intelligence gone badly wrong in a distant future imperialist war. EP is the only weekly Science Fiction and Fantasy audio-magazine. If you like this funny story you can find 89 more [...]

I’m ready for my close-up: The Magic of Alan Moore part one

Alex Fitch interviews Alan Moore, writer of stuff about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the highs and lows of collaborating with comic book artists, his notions of magic and ideaspace and just what giant bald men in nappies had to do with American paranoia in 1950s movies! N.B./ parts two and three of this interview [...]

Marvin Suicide: 104 – Someone please pay me to do this for a living. Thanks.

This episode of marvin suicide celebrates (in a very anti-climatic way) the 2 year anniversary of the programme. Here is the tracklisting for this episode, included in which are links to where every song and wang-doodle were found: 1. Dutch Gabba by Ebola, Predator (Schwarzenegger Series): www.net-lab.co.uk 2. Track 6 by Catgut: www.catgutmusic.com 3. The [...]

Hooting Yard: C is for Pol Pot

“It was the middle of the night, and there was no moon, or I should say the moon was hidden by monstrous black clouds, so it was very, very dark. Nonetheless, one would have thought the thief who clambered over a fence to steal things from my back garden would have carried a torch or [...]

I’m ready for my close-up: Paul Gravett’s guide to comics part two

Duncan Nott & Alex Fitch conclude their interview with Paul Gravett, talking about such topics as ‘the graphic novels of Chris Ware & Raymond Briggs’, ‘the future of British sequential art’ and ‘things to hate about comics’! Links; Wikipedia pages on: Chris Ware Raymond Briggs Gotthold Lessing and Philippe Druillet… Originally broadcast 18th January 2007 [...]

Marvin Suicide: 103 – Two fat ladies.

Tardiness is no excuse I know… One day late and I’m sure you are bursting with anticipation for this edition of FREE and LEGAL MUSIC from the INTERNET, so here is the tracklisting for it with links to where all the songs were found: 1. As Seen From A by GILMO, Points Of Parallax: www.mrfuriousrecords.com [...]

I’m ready for my close-up: Paul Gravett’s guide to comics part one

Continuing Comic Book Month on “I’m ready for my close-up”, we have the first half of Alex Fitch & Duncan Nott’s interview with Paul Gravett, author of “Manga: 60 years of Japanese Comics”, “Graphic Novels – Stories to change your life” and “Great British Comics”. Alex and Duncan discuss with Paul the continuing appeal of [...]