Monthly Archives: July 2010

Clear Spot: 8th February 2010 (Esteban Antonio)

This Clear Spot features an interview with, and performance by, Esteban Antonio. The guitarist, world-musician and inventor initially reflects on his attraction to, and subsequent mastery of, the guitar, citing some of his major influences and experiences. In the second section, he introduces his invention; a seventeen stringed, three necked instrument which he calls the Ha-Shem. Esteban plays three compositions: Tears of the Latter Rain, the Voice of Many Waters, and, Dreams, Legends and the Spirit; describing the techniques he has developed to achieve his new repertoire.
First broadcast on  February 8th 2010
www.estebanantonio.co.uk

Produced and Presented by Lee Stapleford

Voice On Record: Episode 15 (Smorgasbord)

A random mix of requested pieces and miscellaneous selections.

Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on December 8th 2009.

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

Voice On Record: Episode 14 (Elephants and Heffalumps)


Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on December 1st 2009.

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

Wavelength – 2008 May 30th Cough-In

William invites guests to phone in sick with studio guest and living legend Hugh de la Cruz who plays a virtuoso performance on a plastic inhaler.

Wavelength – 2008 March 28th Hell Hounds

Captain Maurice Seddon Part 2: Hell Hounds. The continuing saga of Maurice and the local council who are threatening to remove his dogs. Maurice has lost 3 consecutive court cases and is now considering taking the case to Strasbourg.

Electric Sheep podcast: alt.cowboy

Electric Sheep podcast: alt.cowboy

In a pair of Q and As / intros recorded at the Electric Sheep Film Club, in the Prince Charles Cinema in London, Alex Fitch talks to BFI programmer Emma Smart about gay themes in Westerns before and after a screening of Midnight Cowboy and to Ian Rakoff about the crossover between Western themed comics and movies before a screening of For a few Dollars more…

Unusual images of the western - from left to right, Gene Autry comic no. 4, Western Fighters vol.3 no.4, Midnight Cowboy poster, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, no.1

Unusual images of the western - from left to right, Gene Autry comic no. 4, Western Fighters vol.3 no.4, Midnight Cowboy poster, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, no.1

More for more information and a variety of formats you can stream / download, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org

Links: Info about the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on tour
Midnight Cowboy pages on wikipedia and the IMDb
Listen to Alex’s other interviews with Emma Smart

Info about Ian Rakoff‘s talk about ‘Magical realism and social realism’ in comics at the Victoria and Albert Museum on July 21st 2010
Listen to Alex’s first interview with Ian, about writing The Prisoner and his experiences in the world of film and second interview about comics at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Definition of the ‘alt.’ prefix
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