Six Pillars – Persian Esoterica ‘1

Mithras - temple fresco in Marino, Italy. 2nd Century A.D.

Mithras – temple fresco, Marino, Italy. 2nd Century A.D.

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All too often the English language refers to pagans as an insult, or a primitive people. Yet some of our most common roots are deep within these complex and highly telling belief systems, one of which: Mithraism Nabarz upholds as Persia’s greatest export to date.

Sufi-mystic Payam Nabarz discusses Phrygian Caps, snakes in ancient Persia and the calender of the moon. Zoroastrian and Sufi interests brought Payam to read up about Mithras, and he has steeped his life in the esoteric history of Iran and Zoroastrian rituals, publishing several books and numerous papers on aspects of both, available from Amazon

Fari interviews him on what Mithraism is and the different Persian calenders. For a deeper conversation on these matters refer to late Dec 08/Jan 09 when we invite Nabarz back in the studio for stage 2 in our radio foray into Persian esoterica.

This show was broadcast live from Resonancefm studios, London on March 31st 2008

Music: Kali Z. Fasteau

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Marvin Suicide : 171 – What’s the Point?

This episode has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the 1971 film Vanishing Point. Nothing at all.

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Le Menu Gastrophonique Ep.9


EPISODE 9 : Why can we taste ? Why the bitterness is bitter ? Why eating can be a pleasure or painfull ? Professor Roger Linden of Kings’ College, explained us everything about the mechanisms of taste. (Part 2)

-Food art, Sound art : the sounds of food, digestion, excretion. Produced by Coraline Janvier- http://papier.brouillon.free.fr

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Panel Borders: The work of Garth Ennis part 2

Panel Borders: The work of Garth Ennis part 2
Originally broadcast as an episode of Strip! 18/09/08 on www.resonancefm.com

Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott continue their talk with one of Britain’s most popular and critically acclaimed comic book writers, and this week look at Garth Ennis’ move to creator owned projects, his bemusement with superheroes as demonstrated in the comic “The Boys” and the differences between scripting his own ideas and characters vs. being hired to work on existing ‘mainstream’ properties.

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VENUS RISING with artist Lee Maelzer


VENUS RISING with artist Lee Maelzer

A series of 8 conversations about women and art. Presented by Sharon
Gal. Each program presents a different conversation with a woman who
has direct involvement in the field and guests include artists,
curators, writers and collectors. The series explores the wide
perspective of women’s experience and investigates the role of women
in shaping art and influencing the art world.

In this episode Sharon Gal in conversation with artist Lee Maelzer
whose work explores the existential anxiety and epic beauty found in
everyday life- evoking the tension and drama of the ever-present
possibility of catastrophe.

Originally broadcast on Wed, 24 Sep, 17:00 – 17:30

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Wavelength – 2006 December 15th Nuclear and other wars

The Ballad of the Green Berets, from Songs of Our Fighting Men “The Green Berets” by Sergeant Barry Sadler U.S. Army Special Forces (RCA Victor 1966).

Good Morning Vietnam, recorded in Vietnam by Claude Johner (Folkways Records FD 5445 1972).

Last Poets; What Will You Do? from Oh, My People (CELL 6108).

Conrad Atkinson; The Louis XIV Deterrent, from Revolutions per Minute (The Art Record) (1982 Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc).

Nuclear War by Sun Ra. Recorded NY 1982 (RA1).

Low Flying Aircraft by Paul Burwell and Anne Bean, small edition vinyl single (1990?).

William English

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Marvin Suicide : 170 – Dorothy Perkins

“My name is Howard, I’m a carpenter and for about 4 months now I’ve been listening to marvin suicide. I also watch Celebrity Come Dine With Me.”

“Well done Howard – publicy admitting our failures is the first step to purging them from our lives. By opening ourselves up from the inside, is it only possible to let the love flow in from the outside.”

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Le Menu Gastrophonique Ep.8


EPISODE 8 : Why can we taste ? Why the bitterness is bitter ? Why eating can be a pleasure or painfull ? Professor Roger Linden of Kings’ College, explained us everything about the mechanisms of taste. (Part 1)

-Food art, Sound art : the sounds of food, digestion, excretion. Produced by Coraline Janvier- http://papier.brouillon.free.fr

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I’m ready for my close-up: OSS-117, Licence to kill

I’m ready for my close-up – OSS-117, Licence to kill
originally broadcast 06/11/08 on Resonance FM

Massively popular in France but fairly unknown in the UK are the adventures of OSS-117, a cold war secret agent who has appeared in 40 books over the last half century and half a dozen movies. With a new (spoof) version of the Gallic James Bond about to hit our screens, Alex Fitch talks to the director – Michel Hazanavicius – and Bonisseur girl – Bérénice Bejo – of Cairo: Nest of Spies / Le Caire nid d’espions. Although his code number and name seem strangely familiar, apparently 117 predates 007…

The home of this audio podcast which includes a variety of formats to download or stream can be found at www.archive.org…

Links: Wikipedia pages on the literary life of OSS-117 and Cairo: Nest of Spies
IMDb page on Cairo: Nest of Spies / Official movie website
Buy tickets to see Cairo: Nest of Spiesat the ICA

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Panel Borders: Incredibly Strange Comics

Panel Borders: Incredibly Strange Comics
An uncut version of a pair of interviews originally broadcast 06/11/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

In the first of two belated Halloween specials, Alex Fitch talks to sequential art expert Paul Gravett about his new book “The Leather Nun And Other Incredibly Strange Comics” (sold in America with the even subtler title “Holy Sh*t! The World’s Weirdest Comic Books”) which looks at the weirder and more lurid examples of the genre and to Australian artist Ben Templesmith about his career so far, drawing comics such as the neo-noir title “Fell”, the Matrix inspired “Singularity 7” and the popular vampire serial “30 days of night” which was adapted as a movie last year.

For more info and a variety of formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this podcast at archive.org

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