Alex Fitch talks to Patricia Jeres about gay representation in comics, both on the page and behind the writer / artist’s pen. Patricia is an advisory board member of Prism comics - a company that promotes LGBT creators in the medium - and previously worked for DC.
This is the first episode of Resonance FM’s new [...]

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In the second of today’s shows leading up to Pride Weekend and continuing director’s month on IR4MCU, Alex Fitch talks to British director Duncan Roy about his new movie. Following his terrific debut A.K.A., Roy returns to the topic of the social classes (albeit relocated to the New York art scene) with his adaptation of [...]

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Nick Luscombe hooks up with Jamie Woon to discuss his influences, music production methods and future plans. Includes exclusive live tracks from this extraordinary young musician.

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I was particularly embarrassed to learn that my colleague of the show actually used to be a rather well known Super DJ, and wasn’t too pleased when they found out my idea for this episode.
Regrettably we are no longer speaking and I now have to produce the programme on my own. Poor me.
Here is the [...]

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O! Savage & vile & pink & bloated thing!
Curs’d uncanny globule of despair!
Monstrous, too! So pale & shuddering!
Its gleaming talons clawing at my hair!
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Hast this being come t’ announce my doom?
Its head is like a chaffinch or a gull.
It has been sent by Doctor Bogenbroom,
Invoked by minstrel-wizards Jethro Tull.

Quotation from Shamanism In Siberia by MA [...]

 

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Continuing directors month on IR4MCU guest presenter Virginie Sélavy (Electric Sheep magazine) interviews legendary Mexican director Alejandro Jodorowski about his career focusing on his admiration of eerie sound effects, Sam Peckinpah and the ‘Conquest of Mexico’…
The show is introduced by Alex Fitch and was edited by Richard Thomas…
Originally broadcast 21st June 2007 (mp3 format, 27.1mb)
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I’m not sure if anyone actually reads this bit of text I write here. If you do then please say hello by sending me an e-mail.
Here is the tracklisting for this weeks episode which rather handily includes links to where all the mp3s were downloaded. Sorted geez:
1. Pecesito by Flavia & The Motonets, El Amigo [...]

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Continuing director’s month on IR4MCU, Alex Fitch interviews British director Paul Spurrier who unexpectedly followed his debut film ‘Underground’ (starring Ian Dury and Nick Frost) with ‘P’, a Thai horror film made with a local cast and crew. This interview was the first one recorded for Close-up (nearly 2 years ago - so, sorry about [...]

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Hooting Yard is excited (possibly overexcited) to announce publication of Unspeakable Desolation Pouring Down From The Stars, a decisively sensible novella of high adventure, derring-do, and baffling conspiracies. Prior knowledge of arcane philatelic imponderables is useful, but not necessary. The book also contains two shorter pieces, one of which features mute blind magnetic love monkeys.

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It’s the start of directors month on I’m ready for my close-up and we’re kicking off with a film that’s new and topical…
Alex Fitch interviews Nick and Marc Francis, directors of the feature length documentary Black Gold, which is released in cinemas tomorrow. Nick and Marc talk about the challenges of making the film, their [...]

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