Nic Treadwell’s Storyville

A review and my experience of reading Liz Berry's new book of poetry, The Home Child. Which is a story in verse, inspired by her great aunt, who, orphaned, was chosen to be emigrated to Canada in 1908 as part of the Home Children project. More on Liz's work at her website - https://www.lizberrypoetry.co.uk/ The Home Child was published in March 2023 by Chatto & Windus

This article was written by Ron Jonson following an extensive Skype interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru'del, it first appeared in the Bloxwich Slacker on 9th April 2021. For this podcast, Ron has kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records from his own private collection of Stru'del memorabilia, and the voice over narration. Jacque Stru'del is pop icon from 60's band The Stru'del Brothers. After leaving the Brothers he blazed a solo artist trail, leaving a wake of experimental projects in music and audio. His name is synonymous with disasterous failures, though his contribution to culture is priceless. This is his story. Credits: The track Breath Of Life is adapted from Presto, Pizz and Rhondo by Andrew Christopher Smith under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US All other musical works are by Nic Treadwell copyright 2023

This podcast features the narration to Ron Jonson's latest substack article. Which you can find here https://open.substack.com/pub/nictreadwell/p/the-return-of-a-maverick-cb6?r=1eh0xb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Following an extensive Skype interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru'del, it first appeared in the Bloxwich Slacker on 2nd April 2021. For this podcast, Ron has kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records from his own private collection of Stru'del memorabilia, and the voice over narration. Jacque Stru'del is pop icon from 60's band The Stru'del Brothers. After leaving the Brothers he blazed a solo artist trail, leaving a wake of experimental projects in music and audio. His name is synonymous with disasterous failures, though his contribution to culture is priceless. This is his story. Credits: The song My Death is adapted from Majestic Nature by Maxim Novak - used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

This podcast features the narration to Ron Jonson's latest substack article. Which you can find here https://open.substack.com/pub/nictreadwell/p/the-return-of-a-maverick?r=1eh0xb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Following an extensive Skype interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru'del, it first appeared in the Bloxwich Slacker on 26th March 2021. For this podcast, Ron has kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records from his own private collection of Stru'del memorabilia, and the voice over narration. Jacque Stru'del is pop icon from 60's band The Stru'del Brothers. After leaving the Brothers he blazed a solo artist trail, leaving a wake of experimental projects in music and audio. His name is synonymous with disasterous failures, though his contribution to culture is priceless. This is his story. Credits: The Song Easy Does It is adapted from Heresay Of Paraphrase by One Man Brook - used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Song Tremors From The Underground is adapted from Speak Low by Patrick Kilpatrick - used under CC0 1.0 Universal The Song Jump Into The Fire With Me is adapted from Folk Ports by M33 Project - used under CC BY-NC 4.0

New Earth - Part 1 - Out Woods. A poem by Nic Treadwell

Chapter Six of The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - read by Nic Treadwell

In the context of the events of the last few years, which has seen a worrying move towards a more authoritarian society, I look back at the relationship between art and protest thoughout history. Written by Nic Treadwell

In this revised piece of writing from 2013 I explore the effect of one particular episode of Deep Space Nine called The Visitor, which had a profound effect on me at around the same time as my mother passed away.

Written in 2010 and expanded and revisted in 2023 this is a reflection on my own experience with TV and how I remember those days back in the 70s and 80s.

The Story Of My Heart - Chapter 5 by Richard Jefferies.

The Story Of My Heart - Chapter 4 - by Richard Jefferies. Narrated by Nic Treadwell

The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - Chapter 3 narrated by Nic Treadwell

The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - Chapter 2.

The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - Chapter 1

Autumn by John Clare, Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare narrated by Nic Treadwell

The Listeners by Walter De La Mare

Part One of a poem I've been working on for quite a few months. Part truth/fiction/conjecture and intuition. Copyright Nic Treadwell 2022

I recite the poem and then take a personal look at what it might mean.

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 15

A reading and an examination of my perceptions of the poem Retrospect by English poet Ruth Pitter. From the 1945 collection The Bridge.

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 14 narrated by Nic Treadwell

A Portable Paradise from From 100 Poems To Save The Earth (Seren Books 2021)

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 13 - Narrated by Nic Treadwell.

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 12 - narrated by Nic Treadwell

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 11 - narrated by Nic Treadwell

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 9 & 10 narrated by Nic Treadwell

Marathon by Nic Treadwell

The Destroyer - Killer Chromosomes by Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy - Chapter 8 narrated by Nic Treadwell

The Destroyer - Killer Chromosomes by Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy - Chapter 7 - narrated by Nic Treadwell

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 6 - narrated by Nic Treadwell

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 5 - narrated by Nic Treadwell

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 5 - read by Nic Treadwell

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter Three - narrated by Nic Treadwell

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter Two narrated by Nic Treadwell

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 1 read by Nic Treadwell

Except from Chapter 4 of The Book Of Dreams by Peter Reich read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 39 The End, Record 40 Facts The Bell I Am Certain - read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 37 Infusorian Doomsday Her Room, Record 38 (I Don't Know What Goes Here, Maybe Just: A Cigarette Butt) - read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 35 In A Hoop Carrot Murder, Record 36 Blank Pages, The Christian God About My Mother - Read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 33 (No Time for Contents, Last Note), Record 34 Those On Leave A Sunny Night Radio-Valkyrie. Read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 31 The Great Operation I Have Forgiven Everything A Train Wreck , Record 32 I Do Not Believe, Tractors, The Human Chip - Read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 29 Threads on the face Shoots Unnatural Compression, Record 30 The Final Number Galileo's Mistake Wouldn't It Be Better? , read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 27 No Contents - Can't, Record 28 Both Women, Entropy and Energy, Opaque Part of the Body - read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 25 Descent from Heavon History's Greatest Catastrophe End of the Known, Record 26 The World Exists A Rash 41 Degrees Centigrade - read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 23 Flowers Dissolution of a Crystal If Only, Record 24 Limit of Function Easter Cross It All Out - read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 21 An Authors Duty Swollen Ice The Most Difficult Love, Record 22 Frozen Waves Everything Tends To Perfection I Am a Microbe - read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 19 Third Order Infinitesimal A Sullen Glare Over The Parapet - Record 20 Discharge Idea Material Zero Cliff - Read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 17 Through Glass I Died Hallways, Record 18 Logical Labyrinth Wounds and Plaster Never Again - read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 15 Bell Mirror-like Sea My Fate to Burn Forever, Record 16 Yellow Two Dimensional Shadow Incurable Soul - Read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 13 Fog Familiar ‘You' An Absolutely Inane Occurrence, Record 14 ‘Mine' Forbidden Cold Floor - read by Nic Treadwell

We - Record 11 No, I Can't…Skip the Contents, Record 12 Limitation of Infinity Angel Reflections on Poetry - read by Nic Treadwell