I have never been a fan of comic books, nor have I developed a taste for graphic novels. I can admire the skill and inventiveness, but somehow I can’t drum up genuine enthusiasm.
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Marvin Suicide : 140 – Baybeh Dawl
A lot of my time is spent walking through commercial buildings and peering down long aluminium shafts. For the most part my mind has some spare capacity whilst doing this, so it tends to wander, and one of the most common subjects my brain occupies itself with is “What the gosh-darn heck is this all about?”. If you have any suggestions in answer to this question then please get in touch at the e-mail address below.
Marvin suicide is a music programme that only plays sounds and noises that have been freely and legally downloaded from the internet. Here is the tracklist for this episode:
Hooting Yard: Jubilate Agno
Jubilate Agno is a long poem by Christopher Smart. It was written between 1758 and 1763, during which time Smart was incarcerated in Mr Potter’s private madhouse in Bethnal Green. He had been admitted there after a stay in St Luke’s Hospital for the Insane, where he had been sent due to a religious mania the chief symptom of which was a compulsion to pray in public.
Smart had long been thought one of the minor religious poets of the 18th century, best known for the Song To David. Jubilate Agno itself was unknown until an edition was published in 1939 under the title Rejoice In The Lamb : A Song From Bedlam. But it was the 1954 edition edited by W H Bond which gave us the poem in its accepted form, and which has led to Smart being hailed as a great original, and his poem much more than simply the ravings of a lunatic.Jubilate Agno is divided into four fragments, the second of which is subdivided again in the edition from which this reading is taken. It is, in the words of one writer, a vast hymn of praise, glorifying God and his creation. So, with that in mind, listen carefully to what may be the first complete reading of the entire poem on the radio – if anyone knows of any other broadcasts, please let us know,
Jubilate Agno is read by Frank Key and Germander Speedwell. It will be broadcast at mid-day on the 27th December 2007.
Panel Borders: The art of Mark Buckingham
Panel Borders: The art of Mark Buckingham
Originally broadcast 20/12/07 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
In the last Panel Borders of the year, Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott are looking at the depiction of beloved children’s characters in comics, talking to Mark Buckingham about reinventing classic fairy tales in Fables and the challenge of bringing something new to the character in his two year run on Spider-man.
Visit the home of this episode at archive.org
 (Happy Christmas!)
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Hooting Yard : Dutch Kleptomaniac Stamp Collector
At the end of 1967 I met my penfriend Doris, who I had been writing to for three years. We fell in love, and were engaged on November 1st. Eight days later, from a bus in her home town of Blackburn, Doris saw a silvery UFO.
Panel Borders: The work of Simon Spurrier
Panel Borders: The work of Simon Spurrier
Originally broadcast as part of Strip! on 13/12/07
An interview that Duncan Nott and Alex Fitch conducted at the Birmingham International Comics Show with British novelist and comics writer – Simon Spurrier – about his work from acclaimed strips in 2000AD and Judge Dredd megazine such as Lobster Random and The Simping Detective to his recent forays into the American market with Gutsville and The Silver Surfer.
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The Bike Show: London Olympics 2012
Does the coming of Olympics in 2012 spell disaster for cycle sport in London or will it bring much needed regeneration of a neglected part of the city? A ride with Patrick Field around the perimeter fence of the construction site in north east London and an interview with Michael Humphreys, chair of the Eastway Users Group, on the destruction of the popular Eastway road, mountain bike and cyclo-cross circuits, the interim facilities and plans for the legacy Velopark on the Olympics site.
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The Low Carbon Show: Mukti Mitchell
The Low Carbon Show catches up with Mukti Mitchell on his zero-carbon
journey around the coast of Britain in his self-built, micro-yacht. Mukti is
the creator of what is widely regarded as the best online calculator for
measuring your carbon footprint. He is stopping at 40 ports en route to give
talks about the benefits of low carbon living and to promote his new
downloadable publication “The Guide to Low Carbon Lifestyles”. PLUS: We
manage to squeeze in some expert advice on carbon offsetting and green
electricity from last week’s guest, Chris Goodall.
Related Links:
Download Mukti’s “Guide to Low Carbon Lifestyles” at: http://www.lowcarbonlifestyle.org/downloadables.html
Calculate your own carbon footprint at what is widely regarded as the best
carbon calculator on the web: http://www.resurgence.org/carboncalculator/index.htm
For Climate Radio’s top tips on what you can do, go to the Resonance FM
Climate Action page: http://resonancefm.com/climate-action
Hooting Yard : Frizzy-haired Minstrel
“Fear not, nipper!†she cried, “I am Tiny Enid and I have alerted the Air Sea Rescue Station at St Bibblybibdib to your sorry plight by attaching a message to the leg of a cumulet. The bird is flying its little heart out even as we speak, and soon a lovely big lifeboat will scud across the waves to rescue you. Preserve your energy, and stop trying to prise that last whelk from the rock, for soon you will be sitting at my kitchen table wolfing down a slap-up hot dinner of non-seafood items!â€
Clear Spot: Mark Thomas
In conjunction with his new stand-up shows at The Venue, Leicester Place, London, James DC interviews comedian and campaigner Mark Thomas about his life, comedy and political campaigns. For more info go to www.markthomasinfo.com