With 10 years spent conquering the roads and 3 of them also trying to piece together an album, Stockholm legends, Chicken El Diablo have finally seen the Swedish release of their hugely anticipated masterpiece “Love It Or Level it”. This show features an interview with band member William Carlstedt and 6 tracks culled from the [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Wavelength – 2006 July 16th Maurice LeMaitre
Published by August 27th, 2008 in Wavelength. 0 CommentsMaurice LeMaitre vinyl EP “Maurice Lemaitre presente Le Lettrisme” ESRF 1171 1958; a very rare record by the maker of Le Film est deja Commence? and numerous Lettriste tracts and videos. Plus tracks by Isidore Isou and Jean Dubuffet. William English
http://www.archive.org/download/Wavelength2006-07-16/Wavelength-July16th2006.mp3 Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSpecializing in post rock, updated krautrock, psychedelia and general weirdness there is no label quite like Stockholm’s Airwaves. Born from the frustrations of watching a series of great bands vanish into oblivion in the mid to late nineties, Airwaves has become a unique home for alternative musical talents. This show as our introduction to its [...]
Panel Borders: The state of Gay Comics (2008) part 2
Published by August 26th, 2008 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: The state of Gay Comics ( 2008 ) part 2 Originally broadcast 07/08/08 on Resonance FM The second part of a panel recorded live at this year’s Bristol International Comics Expo, Alex Fitch hosts a panel of creators and experts on Gay comics and Yaoi manga. Accompanying Alex on the panel are comics [...]
Reality Check: John Reppion’s Haunted Liverpool
Published by August 21st, 2008 in Panel Borders and Reality Check. 0 CommentsReality Check: John Reppion’s Haunted Liverpool Originally podcast at www.sci-fi-london.com Alex Fitch talks to author John Reppion, about his book 800 years of Haunted Liverpool and the many issues it raises. Alex and John talk about the nature of hauntings, the variety of other phantasms seen in Merseyside from Witches to Mermaids and the phenomenon [...]
Wavelength – 2006 July 2nd piano/creaking floor/piledrivers
Published by August 20th, 2008 in Wavelength. 0 CommentsOne of the prizes for a Resonance fund raising auction was to have a piano tuned by Art Terry, presenter of Is Black Music on Resonance104.4fm. I don’t have a piano but placed a winning bid and asked Art if I could film him tuning a piano which he agreed to. This is the soundtrack [...]
A look at Googoosh, ‘the daughter of Iran’ introducing her to those who’ve never heard of her, celebrating her for those who love her, and talking with the documentary maker who made the only film about her. Farhad Zamani managed to do this while Googoosh was still in Iran and still banned from singing or [...]
“Stand-up Comics” * part 2 Originally broadcast 14/08/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM (London) The second half of the final one hour edition of Resonance FM’s weekly comic book show Strip!** is a special ‘zine-style show curated by Gemma Cantlow, editor of the ‘zine Layby Perk and features a variety of small [...]
“Stand-up Comics” * part 1 Originally broadcast 14/08/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM (London) The first half of the final one hour edition of Resonance FM’s weekly comic book show Strip!** is a special ‘zine-style show curated by Gemma Cantlow, editor of the ‘zine Layby Perk and features a variety of small [...]
Strip! (Clear Spot) – The strange world of Steve Ditko Originally broadcast at 8pm, 14/08/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM James DC hosts a 1 hour special round-table discussion about the recent book Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, released by Fantagraphics books. James is in discussion with comic book artists and Ditko experts [...]