Podcasts about Ivor Cutler

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Sarah Hennies on the show. We talk a bit about a couple of the many projects Sarah's working on right now - performances of Michael Ranta pieces and her duo with Tristan Kasten-Krause. I'm not sure there are many people with more happening! Once we get into the songs, the laughs start early and never stop as we talk about the Duke of Dukedom himself, Ivor Cutler's excellent use of fart noises, how Acetone was hiding in plain sight, the genius and divisiveness of Bobby Conn, how Daniel Romano avoided the Sub Pop curse, finally unlocking Arthur Russell, Souled American being the absolute greatest, and so much more!Listen to all of Sarah's picks HEREVisit Sarah Hennies' websiteThe Music of Michael Ranta & Sarah Hennies - Live at Roulette (Video)Metaphon website (for Michael Ranta recordings)Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)Follow Foxy Digitalis:WebsitePatreonInstagramTwitterBlueskyMastodonThe Jewel Garden

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Sarah Hennies on the show. We talk a bit about a couple of the many projects Sarah's working on right now - performances of Michael Ranta pieces and her duo with Tristan Kasten-Krause. I'm not sure there are many people with more happening! Once we get into the songs, the laughs start early and never stop as we talk about the Duke of Dukedom himself, Ivor Cutler's excellent use of fart noises, how Acetone was hiding in plain sight, the genius and divisiveness of Bobby Conn, how Daniel Romano avoided the Sub Pop curse, finally unlocking Arthur Russell, Souled American being the absolute greatest, and so much more!Listen to all of Sarah's picks HEREVisit Sarah Hennies' websiteThe Music of Michael Ranta & Sarah Hennies - Live at Roulette (Video)Metaphon website (for Michael Ranta recordings)Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)Follow Foxy Digitalis:WebsitePatreonInstagramTwitterBlueskyMastodonThe Jewel Garden

Transmission 513 The Great Speckled Bird – Johnny Cash Hello, There – John Cale La Lotta Dell ‘Amore – Adriano Celentano Old John Robertson – The Byrds Greed Machine – La Luz You've Got Another Thing Coming – Mods Art Lovers – W.A.T. Jeannie – The Hillmisters Alabama – Michael Hurley I Play My Bass Loud – Gina Birch Bubble – Rudimentary Peni What About Me – Channel 3 (I'm Gonna) Bite the Hand That Feeds – Escape-ism Enter or Exit – The Stroppies Blessed State -Wire Dreaming – The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra and the Arkestra M.P.L.A. – Revolutionaries Looking For Love Tonight – Fat Larry's Band Teddy the Dink – Martha and the Muffins I'm Waiting For My Man – The Riot Squad Oh Mr Wilson – The Chesterfields Screaming Industrial Breakdown – Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps Hope Is For The Hopeless – The Golden Dregs Un Dia – Juana Molina Exit – Jacek Skubikowski Juicy Melon – Alonzo & the Boppers Life In A Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 – Episode 1 – Ivor Cutler

"Consciousness is not confined within our skulls"Dr David Bramwell is a British writer, musician, performer and broadcaster. For BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, he has made programmes on diverse subjects, including Ivor Cutler, clapping, time travel, and the murmurations of starlings. He is the founder and host of Brighton's spoken word night, the Catalyst Club. Bramwell is also a singer-songwriter with his band Oddfellow's Casino. His books include The Haunted Moustache, The Cult of Water and The Sing-along-a-Wickerman Scrapbook. You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

JB plays some great sounds from the likes of Faustus, Dransfields, Steve Turner and the wonderfully weird world of Ivor Cutler . . .

A writing and confidence masterclass - Ian McMillan's guests Denise Mina, Kathryn Williams, Ian Humphreys and Len Pennie share their tips and experiences. How much confidence do you need to write or create out of your comfort zone? What does it take to embark on unfamiliar genres - the historical novel perhaps, starting a podcast or vlog, or writing a lyric poem? And how can the great poet, performer and humorist Ivor Cutler inspire us to write our most authentic material? Is confidence a helpful word for writers? Ian is joined by one of our most versatile novelists, Denise Mina - who explores the role of certainty in her new novel 'Three Fires', by singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams (who has pubished a novel 'The Ormering Tide' and also presents her own podcast ('Before the Light Goes Out'), by the poet and editor of 'Why I Write Poetry' Ian Humphreys, and by celebrator of Len Pennie, known as Miss Punnypennie - who invites her followers on social media to enjoy 'Scots and sarcasm' and has a poetry book in the pipeline.

On this episode of his podcast Chris welcomes back singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. When Chris last spoke with KT two years ago, her future as a musician looked bleak, given she was suffering from severe hearing loss. But KT returns with a hugely positive story - cutting edge technology has allowed her to regain her hearing, and with that the ability to perform and record to her very best. Along with this remarkable update, the conversation also touches upon KT's delight at working collaboratively within musical theatre, her love of humorist Ivor Cutler and the delightful Japanese art of Kintsugi.

This episode's guests are Gavin Hogg and Bruce Lindsay and we are discussing Ivor Cutler, poet, writer, teacher and musician, who was born Jan 15th 1923 and so is a close chronological contemporary of Philip Larkin, although their paths never crossed. We look at their surreal sense of humour, their different experiences of World War II, their approach to poetry, letter writing, jazz, public performance and the cultural landscape of Britain in the twentieth century. Bruce Lindsay, Ivor Cutler: Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox, 2023) https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/ivor-cutler/ Gavin Hogg and Hamish Ironside, We Peaked At Paper An Oral History of Fanzines (Boatwhistle Press, 2022) https://www.boatwhistle.com/we-peaked-at-paper Ivor Cutler poems referenced: A Flat Man; Is that your Flap, Jack?; Creamy Pumpkins; Cycling; Giant: I Believe in Bugs; Mud; Pass the Ball, Jim ; Pickle Your Knees, Sleepy Old Snake; Life in A Scotch Sitting Room Vol 2 John Peel Sessions: https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/Ivor_Cutler Philip Larkin poems referenced: Bridge for the Living, Aubade, Essential Beauty, Mr Bleaney, Church Going The Sunday Sessions (Faber and Faber, 1980) The Selected Letters of Philip Larkin ed. Anthony Thwaite (Faber, 1993) Letters to Monica by Philip Larkin ed. Anthony Thwaite (Faber, 2011) Read more about Brunette Coleman in Trouble at Willow Gables and Other Fictions ed. James Booth (Faber and Faber, 2002) Other cultural references Centipede (band), John Peel, The Fall, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Albert Ammonds, Miles Davis, Robert Wyatt, Spike Milligan, The Goons, John Betjeman, John Cooper Clark, Van Morrison, Linton Kwesi Johnson Forces of Victory (1979), Harold Pinter, Charlie Parker, Neil Ardley, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Sidney Bechet. Interludes – Thelonious Monk (Round Midnight and Thelonius) Produced by Lyn Lockwood and Gavin Hogg PLS Membership and information: The Philip Larkin Society – Philip Larkin Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Buy 'The Righteous Jazz' at their Bandcamp page: https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-righteous-jazz

Born 100 years ago in Scotland, the late musician/poet/author/humorist Ivor Cutler was a self-described Oblique Music Philospher.  He released tons of art by way of radio, television, books and records.  His work, no matter the medium, is thoughtful as it is absurd, as irreverent as it is romantic.  Author Bruce Lindsay took it upon himself to write the greatest-and-only biography on the O.M.P. called Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room.  Markly Morrison and Andrew “Hollywood” Dorsett speak at length with Mr. Lindsay on Ivor's storied career that spans from the 1950s until his death in 2006 including his work as a music teacher, his recurring radio and television performances on the BBC, the story behind his character “Buster Bloodvessel” in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour movie, his books for children and adults, his friendship with prog-rocker Robert Wyatt, his shocking habit of vandalism, and artists who have covered Mr. Cutler.  One such artist is Jim O'Rourke, who in the first few minutes shares an anecdote about the time that Ivor reached out to him, in an outtake from episode 66.Illustration of Bruce thinking about Ivor drawn by Lani Morrison@3magbrewing @rainydayolympia @schwartzsolympia @old_schoolpizzeria @blindsay @myselfies2006 #ivorcutler #poetlauriate #fave #jam #trafficjam #scottishpoetry #harmonium #geezer #absurdism #weirdmusic #outsiderart #yolatengo #parentheticalgirls #robertwyatt #phyllisking #adoughtnutinnyhand “beautifulcosmos #beatles #magicalmysterytour #busterbloodvessel #organist

The full and extraordinary story of “the Zelig-like” Cutler – poet, performer, broadcaster, playwright, surrealist, humorist – is mapped out in Bruce Lindsay's exceptional new book, ‘Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Living Room'. Most of us discovered him through the patronage of fans like John Peel – or first saw him as part of the Magical Mystery Tour cast – but this fascinating conversation covers the early years too, his time as a progressive schoolteacher, the formative influence of Kafka and the Goons, his big break into TV via Ned Sherrin and his immediate adoption by the counter-culture. Has there ever been anyone remotely like him before or since? At one point Bruce reads a section of Life In A Scotch Sitting Room - with its echoes of Under Milk Wood and Sir Henry At Rawlinson End - and there are tales of gruts for tea, his fear of noise, the time he left an overheated hotel room to sleep on a station platform and a Denmark Street agent weeing in a sink. Order Bruce's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ivor-Cutler-Outside-Sitting-Popular/dp/180050294X/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1671698453&refinements=p_27%3ABruce+Lindsay&s=books&sr=1-6 @bruce956Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for a whole world of extra and exclusive content, benefits and rewards!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The full and extraordinary story of “the Zelig-like” Cutler – poet, performer, broadcaster, playwright, surrealist, humorist – is mapped out in Bruce Lindsay's exceptional new book, ‘Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Living Room'. Most of us discovered him through the patronage of fans like John Peel – or first saw him as part of the Magical Mystery Tour cast – but this fascinating conversation covers the early years too, his time as a progressive schoolteacher, the formative influence of Kafka and the Goons, his big break into TV via Ned Sherrin and his immediate adoption by the counter-culture. Has there ever been anyone remotely like him before or since? At one point Bruce reads a section of Life In A Scotch Sitting Room - with its echoes of Under Milk Wood and Sir Henry At Rawlinson End - and there are tales of gruts for tea, his fear of noise, the time he left an overheated hotel room to sleep on a station platform and a Denmark Street agent weeing in a sink. Order Bruce's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ivor-Cutler-Outside-Sitting-Popular/dp/180050294X/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1671698453&refinements=p_27%3ABruce+Lindsay&s=books&sr=1-6 @bruce956Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for a whole world of extra and exclusive content, benefits and rewards!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The full and extraordinary story of “the Zelig-like” Cutler – poet, performer, broadcaster, playwright, surrealist, humorist – is mapped out in Bruce Lindsay's exceptional new book, ‘Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Living Room'. Most of us discovered him through the patronage of fans like John Peel – or first saw him as part of the Magical Mystery Tour cast – but this fascinating conversation covers the early years too, his time as a progressive schoolteacher, the formative influence of Kafka and the Goons, his big break into TV via Ned Sherrin and his immediate adoption by the counter-culture. Has there ever been anyone remotely like him before or since? At one point Bruce reads a section of Life In A Scotch Sitting Room - with its echoes of Under Milk Wood and Sir Henry At Rawlinson End - and there are tales of gruts for tea, his fear of noise, the time he left an overheated hotel room to sleep on a station platform and a Denmark Street agent weeing in a sink. Order Bruce's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ivor-Cutler-Outside-Sitting-Popular/dp/180050294X/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1671698453&refinements=p_27%3ABruce+Lindsay&s=books&sr=1-6 @bruce956Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for a whole world of extra and exclusive content, benefits and rewards!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summer's over and Autumn is on the way but the new Paper Air Waves is here to brighten up the longer nights. From the freeform jazz of The Pyramids to the spoken word nonsense of Ivor Cutler and the classic chill out of The Beloved to Paper Recordings exclusives plus plenty of afro funk and disco, it's all here.You will hear:1. Cornelius – Audio Check Music2. Sommerfeldt feat. Nora – You & I3. Unknown – Nile of White4. Afterlife – Unity Gain5. Tonarunur & Private Agenda – Suspended In Motion6. Noori & Hi Dorpa Band – Al Amal7. Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul - Kouyou Kouyou8. Electric Jalaba – Nora Nora9. Alostmen feat. Medikal – Do Good10. The Pyramids - Black Man And Woman Of The Nile (Part 2)11. Ivor Cutler Trio – Shapely Balloon12. Troels Hammer - House Of Memories (feat. Abigail & Langkilde)13. The Beloved - The Sun Rising (Gentle Night)14. Mental Overdrive & Flash Atkins - Where? (BCB Extended Remix)15. Fulu Miziki - OK Seke Bien (ft. Sekelembele)16. Phelimuncasi - uLalelen' (prod DJ MP3)17. Onipa – Porridge18. Noori & Hi Dorpa Band – Saagama19. ADG7 – Get Together20. Bohannon, Dimitri From Paris (feat. Dr. Perri Johnson) - Let's Start to Dance Again (Dimitri From Paris Extended)21. The Vision featuring Dames Brown - Down (Extended Mix)22. Dam Swindle - The Break up (Emma-Jean Thackray remix)

Poet Daniel Cockrill takes Poet Waffle on the road and visits the home of photographer Mark Power for an intimate chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can't necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Question; Do You Believe That What You See Is Real? Topics include: The Studio Space, Advice to Young Photographers, Storing and Making Physical Work, Photographic Books, Finding The Best Format For Your Work, Exhibition Experience vs Book Experience, Kodak The Dog, Ivor Cutler, The Shipping Forecast, Julian Germain, Destroying The Laboratory For The Sake Of The Experiment, Dom Brookman, Poetry and Photography as Partners, Working Collaboratively, Good Morning America, Ways of Looking and Seeing, Digital vs Film, The Objective Photograph, Editing and Sequencing, The Language of Photography, The Meaning of Words and Images and How We Interpret Them, Growing and Changing Creatively, Family, Being Alone and Frost Bite in Alaska.

The poet Robert Garnham – aka Professor of Whimsy and Bard of Exeter – talks to me about Myles Before Myles, the collection of Flann O'Brien's early work. We also talk about his own career in performance poetry and his unexpected brush with fame as creator of one of the Edinburgh Fringe's greatest one liners, as well as the genius of Laurie Anderson and Ivor Cutler.

Sufjan Stevens is one of the most prolific songwriters working today, and it feels as though his drive to write songs is as much about the creation of music, as it is the understanding of creativity itself, and finding different ways to explore it. He first heard Angelo De Augustine a few years ago, and when you hear Angelo's voice you'll understand why Suf signed him to his label. And why they decided to make an album together. A Beginner's Mind is a record inspired and created by a few forces. Sufjan and Angelo holed up in a cabin in upstate New York to write it. They would watch old movies at night; classics like Point Break, She's Gotta Have It, Silence of the Lambs, even Bring It On Again. Then they'd use these stories to write their own. But they also threw in the I Ching, and a Zen Buddhist principle of Shoshin, or A Beginner's Mind. What's come out of it is a beautiful collection of songs, and the inspiration behind my Take 5 theme of Absolute Beginners. From an epic recording of Nina Simone, to the short and surreal world of Ivor Cutler, and the incredible world of Prince, this is a beautiful journey with two absolute angels. Judy Garland - 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' Prince - 'The Ballad of Dorothy Parker' Nina Simone - 'My Sweet Lord / Today Is A Killer' Ivor Cutler - 'Sharks' Beverly Glenn-Copeland - 'Ever New'

Sufjan Stevens is one of the most prolific songwriters working today, and it feels as though his drive to write songs is as much about the creation of music, as it is the understanding of creativity itself, and finding different ways to explore it. He first heard Angelo De Augustine a few years ago, and when you hear Angelo's voice you'll understand why Suf signed him to his label. And why they decided to make an album together. A Beginner's Mind is a record inspired and created by a few forces. Sufjan and Angelo holed up in a cabin in upstate New York to write it. They would watch old movies at night; classics like Point Break, She's Gotta Have It, Silence of the Lambs, even Bring It On Again. Then they'd use these stories to write their own. But they also threw in the I Ching, and a Zen Buddhist principle of Shoshin, or A Beginner's Mind. What's come out of it is a beautiful collection of songs, and the inspiration behind my Take 5 theme of Absolute Beginners. From an epic recording of Nina Simone, to the short and surreal world of Ivor Cutler, and the incredible world of Prince, this is a beautiful journey with two absolute angels. Judy Garland - 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' Prince - 'The Ballad of Dorothy Parker' Nina Simone - 'My Sweet Lord / Today Is A Killer' Ivor Cutler - 'Sharks' Beverly Glenn-Copeland - 'Ever New'

Í Víðsjá í dag verður meðal annars rætt við Árna Bergmann í tilefni af því að á þessu ári eru 200 ár liðin frá fæðingu rússneska rithöfundarins Fjodors Dostojevskís. Víðsjá heimsækir einnig Listasafn Árnesinga til að skoða og ræða sýninguna Troika, en þar sýna verk sín þessa dagana þeir Kristján Steingrímur, Pétur Magnússon og Tumi Magnússon. Kristján segir frá sýningunni í þætti dagsins. Og þessa vikuna er skrautlegi fjöllistamaðurinn Ivor Cutler í brennidepli í tónlistarhorninu Heyrandi nær, en Ivor var fæddur fyrir tæpri öld síðan í Glasgow og varð óvænt uppáhald bresku blómabarnanna og fangaði eyru þvert yfir kynslóðabilin.

Í Víðsjá í dag verður meðal annars rætt við Árna Bergmann í tilefni af því að á þessu ári eru 200 ár liðin frá fæðingu rússneska rithöfundarins Fjodors Dostojevskís. Víðsjá heimsækir einnig Listasafn Árnesinga til að skoða og ræða sýninguna Troika, en þar sýna verk sín þessa dagana þeir Kristján Steingrímur, Pétur Magnússon og Tumi Magnússon. Kristján segir frá sýningunni í þætti dagsins. Og þessa vikuna er skrautlegi fjöllistamaðurinn Ivor Cutler í brennidepli í tónlistarhorninu Heyrandi nær, en Ivor var fæddur fyrir tæpri öld síðan í Glasgow og varð óvænt uppáhald bresku blómabarnanna og fangaði eyru þvert yfir kynslóðabilin.

Ivor Cutler is hard to categorise. Whimsical and uncompromising, depressive yet joyful, childlike and curmudgeonly, an 'outsider', championed by insiders like Paul McCartney, he's perhaps best known for his collection 'Life in a Scotch Sitting Room Volume Two" (there is no volume one) or his much-covered 1983 indie hit 'Women of the World'. Cutler often referred to himself as a 'humourist', though his work spans music, poetry, children's books, performative and visual art. A sensitive soul and keen member of the Noise Abatement Society, he loved the small, quiet things in life - bugs, flowers, birds, small kindnesses and cups of tea. He hated chemical smells, loud noises and cars and always rode his bicycle to get around - whether peddling his harmonium to a gig to support Soft Machine or heading to Hampstead Heath to sit quietly with his notebook under a tree. The Scottish eccentric had a distinctive style - wearing plus fours and often with a flower adorning his hat. He would approach strangers offering small sticky labels with 'cutlerisms' on like "Never Knowingly Understood", "Illiterates Against the Nizis" or "Funny Smell". He was convinced that the world was absurd and met it with a unique blend of dark and daft humour, refusing to let it crush his child's eye view. John Peel, who recorded many sessions with Ivor Cutler, once remarked that Cutler was probably the only performer whose work had been featured on Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4. He continues to inspire a cult following 15 years after his death. Matthew Parris and nominator KT Tunstall are joined by Bruce Lindsay, currently at work on a biography of Ivor Cutler. We also hear excerpts from interviews with Ivor's partner Phyllis King and his son Jeremy Cutler, conducted by the producer, Ellie Richold. Image: Courtesy of Jeremy Cutler

Det vil være forkert at sige, at Henrik Balling ikke kan lide hele sangen. Men det er reelt kun et lille stykke af den, der gør, at han har et så kærligt forhold til den. Produceren og Gangway-bagmanden holder rigtig meget af en sekvens med guitar i et musikstykke, der nærmest må betragtes som to forskellige sange; den ene mere underlig end den anden. Til gengæld er der dog en konsekvens i, at teksterne i de to sange slet ikke giver mening, hverken sammen eller hver for sig. Og det skønt, når der ikke altid er en forklaring, mener Henrik Balling. Varighed: 6:12

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Deluxe Darren & Shaolin Sioned's brother Clive veer away from Shaw for an episode, to discuss a hard man with a stupid haircut and the historical use of computerised food vending machines in the world of martial arts. They are very silly. Musical break: Hong Kong Twist by Gert Wilden and his Orchestra Musical outro: I Had a Little Boat by Ivor Cutler

Where Now Begins the new collection from Kerry Hardie, award-winning poet & author of two novels. In the new poems, themes of love, loss, ageing & grief are interwoven with Kerry's fascination with the natural world, Livin Dred Theatre company & A Christmas Carol, musician & singer Lisa O'Neill recommends where to begin Ivor Cutler.

It's the last show of the year with new albums from favourites Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas, Bróna McVitie and Sam Amidon. There's the usual mix of the finest should, afro, disco, folk and psychedelia plus exclusives from the Paper Recordings family.Music You Will Hear:1. The Secret Soul Society - Comfort Me Soul Bird (Reprise the Bass)2. Brian SNR - Hot Shot (SNR's Hot Tub Dub)3. 2 Billion Beats – Beats of No Nation4. Flash Atkins – The In Crowd (From Beyond Remix)5. Catz ‘n Dogz – Sunrise feat. Ames Yuill6. Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas – Martin 50007. SAULT - The Beginning & the End8. Adios Peregoyo - Dinastia Torres9. Joachim Cooder - Over That Road, I'm Bound To Go10. Shirley Collins – Crowlink11. Bróna McVitie – The Man in the Mountain12. Ivor Cutler – I'm Going in a Field13. Zazou Bikaye - Le Menteur (Mokosi)14. Nicolas Repac – Carambolage15. Tony Allen – Drum Fire16. Sam Amidon – Light Rain Blues17. Nico - These Days18. Julia Holter - So Humble The Afternoon19. Lady Blackbird – Collage20. Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra - Losing My Name21. Pedro Lima – Maguidala22. Jorja Smith – Rose Rouge23. My Friend Dario – Malvasia24. Low – Just Like Christmas

Helen Oxenbury is an illustrator of children’s books whose work has featured in many very popular titles for younger readers including the award-winning We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen. Helen has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Book Trust in 2018. She attended the Ipswich School of Art and later the Central School of Art in London where she met fellow illustrator and her future husband, John Burningham. After the birth of her children she began illustrating children’s books, working at the kitchen table long after they’d gone to bed. Her work for Ivor Cutler’s Meal One, published in 1971, was praised by Spare Rib magazine for its portrayal of a single mother and her relationship with her young son. Helen came up with the idea of her baby board books in the late 1970s after the birth of her third child who suffered with eczema. Discovering that her daughter could be distracted from scratching by looking at baby catalogues, Helen created a series of board books placing babies and toddlers at their heart. Such a concept was unheard of at the time. From the late 1980s, Helen ensured that the babies and children featured in her books came from different ethnic backgrounds and her work in So Much by Trish Cooke has become a children’s classic. In We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, published in 1989, Helen’s pictures celebrated the joy of adventure and the bond between siblings. Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Paula McGinley

Dónal Dineen pays tribute to the Scottish maverick genius Ivor Cutler and his album Privilege.   Hilary Woods then joins Dónal for a deep dive into her last two records, Colt and Birthmarks, as well as a trip through some her favourite tunes from Sybille Baier to Eartha Kitt.   https://hilarywoodsmusic.bandcamp.com/

Under the electron microscope of pop culture this week: Outsider artist Ivor Cutler in a SKY documentary/love letter from KT Tunstall. Have Autechre, creators of bass-driven Barbican Centres of brutalist electronics, made their “accessible album” with SIGN? Can Good Sad Happy Bad bring back the shoegazin’ days of ’91? And we hit the London International Film Festival – now accessible to the whole country, thanks COVID! – for Kajillionaire, Shirley, Honeymood and more in the company of film critic and host of the Girls On Film podcast Anna Smith and co-founder of The Quietus, John Doran. Produced and presented by Siân Pattenden and Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Alex Rees. Bigmouth is a Podmasters production. Get every episode of BIGMOUTH a day early when you back us on the crowdfunding platform Patreon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sandy Denny - Crazy Lady Blues Bridget St. John - Some Kind Of Beautiful Karen Beth - Come With Me Maggie and Terre Roche - Down The Dream Tia Blake – I’m a Man of Constant Sorrow Karen Dalton - Reason to Believe Maddy Prior and June Tabor - The Grey Funnel Line Shirley Collins - Seven Yellow Gipsies Shirley & Dolly Collins - Geordie Vashti Bunyan - Here Before Anne Briggs - Summer's In Bridget St. John - Easy-Come Easy-Go ~ Samples by Ivor Cutler ~

In today’s episode Elaine & Misha chat with Scottish Production Manager Fi Fraser. This brilliant conversation covers all things, industry, motherhood, the female experience & work/life balance. ABOUT FI FRASER Fi is multi-award-winning production manager. She has extensive experience managing all technical and production aspects of a wide range of live performances. With the expertise to turn almost any venue into a performance space. Fi has significant experience of production managing multiple, simultaneous projects and shows. Most recently she Production Managed her second Edinburgh International Children's Festival for Imaginate. 15 shows, 10 venues, 9 days working with companies representing over 20 countries. She is currently working on the 2020 edition - which is of course bigger! FI has Production Managed for Grid Iron since 2001 Managing over 22 productions and heading the Stage Management team who won the 2004 SMA (Stage Management Association) excellence in Stage Management Award.For Vanishing Point since 2009. Managing all National and International tours of Interiors, Saturday Night, Wonderland, The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler, Tomorrow, The Destroyed Room, Tabula Rasa - with the Scottish Ensemble and The Dark Carnival. Most recently (before Covid-19 lockdown) Metamorphiosis. The tour of this was cancelled after opening night in the Tron Theatre due to Covid19. Website: https://www.fifraser.com/ Twitter: @fifraser Resources https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-women-in-film https://www.gofundme.com/f/bme-business-fund https://www.scottishtrans.org/support/support-groups-in-scotland/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org https://bornthisway.foundation/ https://itgetsbetter.org https://www.alerojasmine.com/ https://bespokebinny.com/ https://pelicansandparrots.com/ https://www.matuggarum.com/ https://sheniandteni.com/ https://lihabeauty.com https://ibereapparel.com/ https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://m4bl.org/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://justiceforbreonna.org/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12570/black-british-owned-businesses-to-buy-from-now-fashion-beauty-design-lifestyle https://theeverymom.com/black-history-month-books-for-kids/ https://themadmommy.com/black-owned-etsy-shops/ A reminder of all the Nasty Action with us: - Join our Zoom Coffee Morning every Friday at 11am GMT, email persistentandnasty@gmail.com - WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 - Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/ Or if you've got a project to cast, you can Post Castings for free: Apply promo code PERSISTENTANDNASTY at the checkout ---> If you enjoy the work we do and if this podcast made you giggle you can donate the cost of a coffee or car or clubhouse or whatever to help keep us going paypal.me/persistentandnasty Twitter: @PersistentNasty Instagram: @PersistentandNasty Facebook: /PersistentandNasty Persistent and Nasty is produced in association with Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is committed to creating and supporting queer work and theatre and art that addresses issues of inequality and injustice. You can find out more about the Persistent and Nasty project and all the work that Civil Disobedience do by visiting our website: wearecivildisobedience.com/portfolio/p…tent-nasty/ You can also find Civil Disobedience on all the usual social media platforms: Twitter: @weareohsocivil Instagram: @wearecivildisobedience Facebook: /wearecivildisobedience

Om 21:00 Hans Vandenburg met Why I Quit Composing op 40UP Radio. Deze aflevering met muziek van Ween, Ivor Cutler, Blur, Aphex Twin en Wilco.

In a slight digression from the usual Bunkering I have recorded a new show exploring the figure of the ‘Outsider’ in music, in the term's broader sense. At first I focused on unusual tales: psychic composers, self professed extraterrestrials and diy instrument makers, however came to consider the Outsider as also describing figures who were marginalised: exiles, nomads and the oppressed. At the end of this collation I felt unsure about grouping together people who are 'different', but hope the compression of all these alternative visions inspires some fresh perspectives. This programme was originally produced in a shorter format for Angel Radio down in Havant, which has a pre-1964 license, hence the focus on pre-Beatles artists. Featuring: Joe Meek, Rosemary Brown, Sun Ra, Vince Taylor, Screaming Lord Sutch, Lord Buckley, Jack Kerouac, Connie Converse, eden ahbez, Moondog, John Fahey, Washington Phillips, Bunker Hill, Link Wray, Chiyo Ishii, Chiyo and the Crescents, Dorothy Ashby, Rae Bourbon, Hasil Adkins, Sophie Tucker, Lydia Mendoza, Tejano Music, Hafize Leskovicu, Albanian Saze Music, Shin Joong Hyeon, The Cherry Sisters, Songs in the Key of Z, Irwin Chusid, Leona Anderson, Robert Graettinger, Raymond Scott, Ivor Cutler, Malvina Reynolds

Déciller Une proposition de Maxime Guitton / three:four recordsAprès avoir décéléré (Alentir), nous être posés (Suspendre), est peut-être venu le temps d’ouvrir grand les yeux. Ou plutôt les oreilles. Décillons.Tracklist1. Felt, Buried Wild Blind (« The Final Resting of The Ark » EP, 1987, Creation Records) 2.Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Beginning of The Heartbreak (« Extended Niceties », 1980, Infidelity) 3.Robert Rental, Double Heart (« Double Heart / On Location » 7’’, 1980, Mute) 4.Justine & The Victorian Punks, Beautiful Dreamer (« Beautiful Dreamer / Still You » 12’’, 1979, Colette Is Dead Co. Ltd) 5.Robert Fripp, North Star (« Exposure », 1979, EG) 6.Limpe Fuchs / Anima,Play (« Via », 1987, Dom) 7.Inoyama Land, Shüffer (« Danzindan Pojidon », 1983, Yen Records) 8.The Reds, The Signal (« Stronger Silence », 1981, Stony Plain Records) 9.Tangerine Dream, Hyperborea (« Hyperborea », 1983, Virgin) 10. Mark Isham, Sympathy and Acknowledgement (« Vapor Drawings », 1983, Windham Hill Records) 11.Ivor Cutler & Linda Hirst, Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol.2, Episode 15 (« Privilege », 1983, Rough Trade) 11.Jan Steele/Ziz! Ensemble, Ivory (« Desert Island Dusks », 1986, Les Disques du Soleil et de l’Acier) 12.Simon Jeffes, performed by members of ThePenguin Café Orchestra, Zopf : Surface Tension (Where The Trees Meet The Sky) (« Music From The Penguin Café », 1976, Obscure Records) 13.The Lost Jockey, Matters of Theory (« The Lost Jockey », 1982, Les Disques du Crépuscule) 14.John Cage, Experiences n°2 (Robert Wyatt) (« Voices and Instruments », 1976, Obscure Records) 15.Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars & Fred Orton, Aria (Irma You Will Be Mine) (« Irma », 1978, Obscure Records) 16.Soft Verdict (Wim Mertens), Multiple 12 (« Vergessen », 1982, Les Disques du Crépuscule) 17.Brian Eno & Robert Fripp, Melancholy Waltz (« Music For Fans Vol. 1 », 1975, New Depression Music)

Intro: One More Night – Can 1. You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover –Bo Diddley  2. My Little Red Book – Love                                                                          3. Book of Love – The Monotones 4. I Could Write a Book – Ella Fitzgerald 5. The Book Song – Fairport Convention     6. The Book of Doves – Concerto Caledonia / David McGuinness, with Alasdair Roberts  7. Chapter 24 – The Pink Floyd  8. Animal Farm – The Kinks  9. Tongue-Tied – Emily Portman   10. A Good Man is Hard to Find – Sufjan Stevens  11. Catcher in the Rye – Dandy Warhols  12. The River – P.J. Harvey    13. Who is this Who is Coming? – The Future Kings of England    14. Ode to Riddley Walker – Diana Collier  15. The Dong With the Luminous Nose – Neil Ardley, featuring Ivor Cutler   16. Dice Man – The Fall 17. Dead Souls – Joy Division   18. Heart of Darkness – Pere Ubu    19. Exit Music (For A Film) – Brad Mehldau Trio   20. The Stars of Track and Field – Belle & Sebastian  21. Tom Joad – Patrick Street     22. White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane  23. Starless and Bible Black – Stan Tracey Quartet   24. Che Ti Çova – Anon., Esther Lamandier  25. The Flowers of Evil – Suzanne Ciani (edit)  Outro: Pogles Walk – Vernon Elliott Ensemble                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Bob Nastanovich and Mike Hogan celebrate music from reggae legend Junior Murvin, Scottish avant garde icon Ivor Cutler, Sacramento indie rockers Tiger Trap, plus play songs from New Zealand's This Sporting Life, Mali's Alkibar Junior, and Los Angeles' Midnight Sister. They also discuss riot grrrl pioneers Bratmobile and why tail swishing is a bad sign in a racehorse.

Poet Daniel Cockrill invites Poet, Poet In Education, Activist and Producer Matt Abbott round his house for a chat. During this chat they explore the visceral space between fact and fiction to reveal certain truths that can’t necessarily be explained by these other fields. They also attempt to answer the Poet Waffle Big Questions: Is Ambition A Destructive Force? Topics covered include: Happy Birthday Poet Waffle, Being In A Band, Lyrics In Songs, John Cooper Clarke, Reverend And The Makers, Being Connected To The World, Enjoying The Writing Process, Working As A Poet, Making A Book, The Instant Hit, Nymphs & Thugs, Ivor Cutler, Leeds, Leyton Orient, Poetry & Football United, Writing Poetry For Yourself, Satisfying Ambition, Burn Out, Looking After Yourself, Narrowing Down Your Creativity, Spokenword As Theatre and Enjoying The Process.

Vi pratar med den Bagisbaserade jazzmusikern och musikläraren Gus Loxbo från det svårplacerade bandet Pombo, och tillsammans försöker vi värka fram några gemensamma drag och ursprung för den nutida svenska jazzen. Det blir Archimedes Badkar, Elin Larsson Group, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, The Thing, Arbete & Fritid och så Pombo såklart. Men även Stravinskij, Ivor Cutler, Belle & Sebastian, Dungen och Twin Peaks. Och så spelas det på såg!

Vi pratar med den Bagisbaserade jazzmusikern och musikläraren Gus Loxbo från det svårplacerade bandet Pombo, och tillsammans försöker vi värka fram några gemensamma drag och ursprung för den nutida svenska jazzen. Det blir Archimedes Badkar, Elin Larsson Group, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, The Thing, Arbete & Fritid och så Pombo såklart. Men även Stravinskij, Ivor Cutler, Belle & Sebastian, Dungen och Twin Peaks. Och så spelas det på såg!

Jess Gillam is joined by violinist Rakhi Singh to swap tracks and share the music they love, with music from Bach to Portishead and we squeeze bees with Ivor Cutler.

Jack Docherty (Absolutely, Scot Squad) celebrates the unique and inspirational comic voice of Ivor Cutler, and in particular his 1974 album 'Velvet Donkey'.RULE OF THREE is LIVE at the London Podcast Festival on Saturday Sept 14th at 2pm, with writer and comedian Tom Neenan taking an affectionate swing at 'Shaun Of The Dead' with a bloody cricket bat of chat. Get tickets here: https://kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/rule-of-three-2/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you hanging tough? Vancouver Whitecaps are certainly in it tough and when the going gets touch the AFTN Soccer Show gets better, and longer, and we're back this week with an absolutely jam packed two and a half hour affair! There's no doubting Marc Dos Santos has his work cut out to get this Whitecaps team up to a serious playoff contender and Saturday's latest loss to San Jose showed the gap between themselves and teams they should be beating, especially at home. We pick over the bones of the game, hear from both head coaches, and ponder where the 'Caps go from here. We also look ahead to the Cavalry FC game in the Canadian Championship on Wednesday and hear from MDS on his thoughts after the first leg. AFTN's Calgary correspondent Scott Strasser joins us to chat about the Cavs season and what he expects from them in this second leg. Plus we chat with MLS record goalscorer Chris Wondolowski, the Quakes' former Whitecap Shea Salinas, and hear from Zlatan after the LA derby. There's also lots of MLS chat and Ivor Cutler makes his first appearance in Wavelength. Despite the doom and gloom surrounding the 'Caps we have another fun filled show for you. Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:03.41: Vancouver Whitecaps v San Jose Earthquakes match analysis18.54: Coaches audio25.24: More Whitecaps chat about current woes and fan reaction48.05: Whitecaps 2019 v 2011 chat52.17: Shea Salinas interview57.01: What's next for MDS and the 'Caps?65.43: Whitecaps 1979 Soccer Bowl season70.25: LA derby chat and Zlatan Ibrahimovic audio82.26: MLS chat and Chris Wondolowski interview93.26: Cavalry FC Canadian Championship preview - with Marc Dos Santos audio106.12: Scott Strasser interview and Cavalry FC and CPL discussion131.42: Wavelength - Ivor Cutler - Pass The Ball Jim135.20: BC Soccerweb headlines - news stories from around the world of football

In which our hero explains where he’s been and why this episode is do utterly off-brand.

Martin and Sam are joined by Lily Sloane of A Therapist Walks Into A Bar to discuss this side of the album's final track (as well as the first song from the play), and the images of dreams, hope, despair and fantasy that it evokes. Plus turnip-sales. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Franks Theme, Franks Wild Years, Tom Waits (1987) Life In A Scotch Sittingroom #2 Episode 11, Jammy Smears, Ivor Cutler (1976) We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly.

01. Peter Sellers - Balham, Gateway to the South [Parlophone] 02. Konono N°1 - Yambadi Mama [Crammed Discs] 03. Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - Little Black Buzzer [Domino] 04. Anna Calvi - Morning Light [Domino] 05. Hammock - She Was in the Field Counting Stars [Hammock] 06. Ivor Cutler & Linda Hirst - Women Of The World [Rough Trade] 07. Ennio Morricone - Neve [Decca] 08. Julian Cope - Sunspots [Mercury] 09. Mark Pritchard feat. Thom Yorke - Beautiful People [Warp] 10. Mogwai - Ether [Rock Action] 11. Joshua Abrams - By Way of Odessa [Eremite] 12. Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld - The Sun Roars Into View [Constellation] 13. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Proposition #1 [Mute] 14. Dominique Leone - Conversational [Strømland] 15. Alex Cima - Deception [Polydor] 16. The Undisputed Truth - You Make Your Own Heaven & Hell Right Here On Earth [Motown] 17. Ellipsis - People [Soul7] 18. Jozef Van Wissem Et SQÜRL - The Taste Of Blood [ATP Recordings] 19. Joe Hicks - Life & Death In G & A (Parts 1 & 2) [Stone Flower] 20. Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams (Part Two) [Mute] 21. Mkwaju Ensemble - Hot Air [Better Days] 22. Bjork - Unison [One Little Indian] 23. Psychic TV - Message From Thee Temple [Tempus] 24. Archie Pelago - Brown Oxford [Mister Saturday Night] 25. Niagara - Abacaxi Limao [Príncipe] 26. Dri - Two Are One [Range Life] 27. Taylor McFerrin feat. Emily King - Decisions [Brainfeeder] 28. Edith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien [Columbia]

Episode 05 ‘Some Are Big Like Pebbles and Some Are Small Like Sand’. This podcast investigates extra-curricular activities at the School, focussing on a programme of events that ran throughout the 1970s and into 1990s called Activities Week. The episode is composed of staff and student recollections of this time and features extracts of audio from performances by Ivor Cutler, Bruce McLean and Ian Breakwell from the 1980s programme.

It’s time to explore the ambivalent world of the left and the right on the show this week, dear listener. We were considering doing a show of left tracks -vs- right tracks but, strangely enough, most song-writers out there seem … Continue reading →

It’s time to take a stroll in the woods, dear listener, as we try to identify the Oak, the Sycamore, the Chestnut, the Willow and even the, er, swaying Palm. We also have an exclusive guided arborial visualisation in the … Continue reading →

We always enjoy being fashionably late to a party so one week after the World Cup came to an end we thought the timing was perfect for a football special. This gives us a chance to play some of our … Continue reading →

THEY USE THEIR FUCKING NECKS AS WHIPS. This week’s big topics include the Radiata Stories soundtrack, Brawl in the Family’s podcast, Ivor Cutler, Charles Trenet, Devo, Secret of Mana, Neon Genesis Evanelion, Aint No Rest for the Wicked, Pacific Rim, Old Boy, Evangelion 3.33, Game of Thrones, Archer, Other Places, Two Best Friends Play Deadly The post Episode 70: GIRAFFE VIOLENCE appeared first on Read the Manual.

It’s time to don the kagoule, pack a distress flare (or pair of distressed flares) and make sure you know how to operate a compass as we celebrate the Great Outdoors. We’ll be going for a walk with Max Greger … Continue reading →

Prompted by the inclusion of an owl-themed track on the new Spacedog album and a seagull-themed track on Jonny Trunk’s recently released collection of music and songs used in Fingerbobs, we thought it an appropriate moment to celebrate all things … Continue reading →

As you will know, dear listener, the Moonbase periodically detaches itself from its lunar moorings and hovers over various parts of Scotland. We therefore thought it was about time we played a selection of tracks inspired in some way by … Continue reading →

Jason & the Dialtonics, Dimi Mint Abba, Ivor Cutler, Dubstep Downloads, Engine earz, Laura Marling, Nitin Sawhney, Underworld, Library VoicesRiot Shopping, Feral Kids vs Greed society, the Two Washingtons, Sirian Blood Oil, Avaaz, Bicycle Helmets

Today's podcast is infused with the two themes of this year's festival - Myth and Legend and the Director's Cut. In the former we have an excerpt from the Poetry Breakfast which featured Moniza Alvi, Tiffany Atkinson, Stephen Halliwell and Rebecca Seiferle discussing myths in poetry. In the latter we feature two great Scottish poets Tom Pow and John Glenday. We also have the pleasure to include a fragment from the Past Poets event on Ivor Cutler with his publisher and friend Tony Ward. And we got the chance to listen to the marvellous Clydebuilt poets Christie Williamson, Chloe Morrish, Susan Rosser and Gordon McInnes in the Younger Poets showcase as well as speak to one of its founders, Jim Carruth.

This month's podcast features two tracks from Edinburgh's SL Records by Thomas Truax and Recording The Impossible, plus a chat with editor of The Skinny Dave Kerr on what's in the music section of this month's issue. Then stay tuned for the first ever podcast recorded by Glasgow's Chemikal Underground Records themselves, which features the other two tracks featured in this month's column, by The Phantom Band and Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs, as well as other great music on the label. Enjoy! The Phantom Band - Folk Song Oblivion Ironically for a band that once changed their name with every gig, you will be hearing the name The Phantom Band everywhere this year. Possibly the first true contenders to the Beta Band’s crown - not because they’re trying to sound like them, but because their melodies and inventiveness are equally as effortless. This is but a taste of the eclectic first album Checkmate Savage, out now on Chemikal Underground Records. Thomas Truax - Joe Meek warns Buddy Holly 3rd February 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death. In this ingenious tribute, New York musician Thomas Truax tells the tale of how Joe Meek, the unhinged record producer (and this column’s patron saint) was warned of the exact date from beyond the grave, and some years after his prophesy was proven to be true he shot himself and his landlady - again on the very same date. And in another genius piece of release date irony, it is released by Edinburgh’s SL Records on .... yes - the 3rd of February. Aidan John Moffat & The Best-Ofs - Oh Men! As if last year’s I Can Hear Your Heart wasn’t outrageous enough, here the king of over-sharing and under-shaving lets loose a beery, salacious knees-up about the inability of his fellow fellas not to gape like morons at the sheer loveliness of the female form in all its guises. From the album How to Get To Heaven From Scotland, it’s released by Chemikal Underground with a sleazy wink and a hand up your skirt on February 14th, Valentine’s Day. Recording the Impossible - Popsex Now Paul Vickers has been responsible for some weird shit in his time, both with Dawn of the Replicants and The Leg. However his latest collaboration inspired by Ivor Cutler and at times sounding like a lost episode of Father Ted directed by David Lynch, is off-the-scale bananas. Popsex is a weird little ditty about pop-up books and filthy thoughts. Out now on SL Records. http://www.chemikal.co.uk http://www.slrecords.net

Sharon Jones, Ivor Cutler, Gentleman, Mighty Sparrow, Black Keys, Machael Rose, Battles, Mr Fingers, & crunchy housePolitics of Scandal, Bin Laden's driver, more sex for environmentalists, Beijing executions and Olympic ceremony,Anthrax paranoia, French nuclear leakage

Ivor Cutler, Steinski, Charlatans, Charlie HunterChina, Iran tests missiles, Isreal Tests Iran, Jesse threatens Barak's Nuts

The Album Leaf, Ivor Cutler. Tangle Eye. Fila Brazilia, Lily Allen, mobyWorld Rice Shortage, Psy Ops and Access, Homing Fish, China vs Tibet, Volga River