I do not know who awaits me in the upper chamber, although I now know that whoever it is will half expect me to be carrying a wafer. I can use the filthiness of my gloves as an excuse for not doing so.
Archive for September, 2008
The Bike Show: The Moulton Story (part one)
Published by September 29th, 2008 in The Bike Show. 1 CommentThe first of a two-parter telling the story of Moulton bicycles: the radical 1960s reinvention of the bicycle by Dr Alex Moulton that, despite some commercial setbacks along the way, continues to push the boundaries of cutting edge design. It has been feted by architects and designers, broken records and been taken to the hearts [...]
Marvin Suicide : 164 – Whatever happened to Carpet Monster?
Published by September 29th, 2008 in Marvin Suicide. 0 CommentsIn this ever changing world of technology, politics, environment and so on, you can always rely on this programme to provide a stable and constant supply of mindless dirge which has been likened to “listening to the Top 40 music chart with your hands in a meat grinder”.
EPISODE 1 : A visit to the Indian market of Tooting, in south London, followed by the sounds of the preparation of Pakoras. Feed yourself with this delicious sounds ! For the first time, those famous greasy Indian friters are calorie free ! -Food art, Sound art : the sounds of food, digestion, excretion. Produced [...]
The Bike Show: Bicycle Film Festival comes to town
Published by September 28th, 2008 in Shows and The Bike Show. 0 CommentsThe Bicycle Film Festival comes to London from 1-5 October. Laura Fletcher is the BFF’s London ambassador and she previews a handful of highlights from the seven screenings at the Barbican Cinema plus all the parties, art shows, polo matches and roller-racing that make the Festival a veritable jamboree of bicycle culture. Plus a very [...]
The Bike Show: Bicycle Film Festival comes to town [ 22:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (3075)Panel Borders: Widening Genres Originally broadcast as part of “Strip!”, 03/07/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM Guest presenter Dickon Harris talks to humourist Hunt Emerson and publisher Chris Staros (Top Shelf Comics) at the Bristol International Comics Expo… Visit the home of this podcast at archive.org
Free University – John Rawls and the Theory of Justice
Published by September 25th, 2008 in The Free University of the Airwaves. 0 CommentsProf Jonathan Wolff: John Rawls and the Theory of Justice A discussion of distributive justice, the legacy of logical positivism, ignorance and good. Professor Wolff is Head of Department of UCL Department of Philosophy. www.ucl.ac.uk/philosophy/academic-research/staff-jw.htm Duration: 42:30.
Ordinarily, when we think of harpies we think of Aello, Ocypete, and Celaeno, or as she is sometimes known, Podarge, the three sisters of Greek myth, bird-women who kept stealing, and befouling, food from Phineus and were generally vicious, violent and cruel. Tennyson called them “These prodigies of myriad nakednesses, / And twisted shapes of [...]
Wavelength – 2006 October 6th Anatomy of Vision
Published by September 24th, 2008 in Wavelength. 0 CommentsAnatomy of Vision by Vitamin B12 from the double LP “badges” the fifth album by the vitamin b12 edition of 300 copies, followed by Adagio, section 5 from An Angel Moves too fast to See by Rhys Chatham. William English
Free University – Art, Class and Cleavage
Published by September 24th, 2008 in The Free University of the Airwaves. 2 CommentsBen Watson: Art, Class and Cleavage Ben Watson broadcasts every week on Resonance FM. He is the author of numerous books, poems, provocations and polemic aplenty. Visit www.militantesthetix.co.uk/ Duration: 65:53.