Podcasts about Metroland

Send us a textIn today's cerebral Daily Ops Brief, Peaches breaks down the Defense Department's latest dumpster fire: whether to park Space Command's shiny new paradigm shift in Colorado or Alabama. Also, some genius of the Military Industrial Complex just texted the entire Internet our plans for Houthi rebels. Throw in DEI purges, child care collapse, and a disgraced AFSOC leader, and you've got a government that's firing on no cylinders.We cover real estate speculation, government hiring freezes that move slower than molasses in formation, and why Canada's aircraft shopping spree might be a Costco mistake.

Jack Robertson joins Raul to talk about Newcastle's current form, the Northeast as a creative powerhouse, and his career in writing and acting. Jack shares his half-time appearance experience and how he got stopped for trying to pinch some St James' Park grass. And they discuss his new show about Muhammad Ali in South Shields.

This week's episode starts off with a wardrobe change, rumors of Sony working on a new PlayStation handheld, and more "hints" of Final Fantasy VII Remake maybe coming to Xbox who the hell knows when, before getting to what we've been playing with Farming Simulator 25, Cultist Simulator, White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies, Glitch Hero, MetroLand, Spellagis. Anyway and as always, thank you for watching or listening, I hope you enjoy this here episode, and I hope you have a wonderful wonderful rest of your day. (And if you haven't already, or are a listener and not a watcher, please like, subscribe, hit the bell, and all that jazz; it may not seem like much, but it goes a long way in helping support the show and site in general. I would appreciate it greatly.)

Mark interviews Andrew Snook about his writing and editing work as well as Canadian Independent Publishers magazine, which is celebrating its first anniversary. Prior to the interview Mark welcomes new Patrons, shares comments from recent episodes, a personal update, and a word about this episode's sponsor This episode is sponsored by FROM PAGE TO PLATFORM by Matty Dalrymple and Michael La Ronn. You can learn more about the book at https://theindyauthor.com/platform. In their conversation, Mark and Andrew talk about: Celebrating the first year of publishing Canadian Independent Author Andrew's first ventures self-publishing many many ago Some of the early novels and novellas that Andrew released Moving to Ottawa to become a newspaper reporter so that he could write full time Moving back to Mississauga and getting a role in the Business-to-Business magazine business Starting up his own company in 2019 The six issues per year of Canadian Independent Publishers Magazine How the magazine is still a cost center and is not yet generating a profit - and how the goal is to have the magazine at least pay for itself The gig Andrew got going to local hockey games and covering them and how that led to an internship with Metroland (who owned the paper), and eventually a job with a local newspaper The form for Canadian authors interested in advertising their books in this magazine The flash fiction contest Andrew is running to help Canadian authors in showcasing their work When Mark and Andrew first met at Hamilton Comic Con several years ago The small reader fee for submitting to this contest, which is $25 How Mark is offering for any Canadian authors listening who are interested in submitting to this flash fiction contest that Mark will pay the entry fee for the first 4 who contact him (form link) The two books in the Remy series Andrew wrote The dice rolling interactive gamebook Andrew published The introductory chapter book Andrew published partially as a way to provide content for his daughter and other similar readers who were interested in the chapter book format, but with slightly longer chapters The impact that working on and producing this magazine has had on Andrew's writing time How Andrew used to work around his family and work schedule to get his writing done Andrew's experience teaching young kids creating writing and how that led to going back to further his post-secondary education Mistakes Andrew has made as a writer And more . . . After the interview Mark reflects on a couple of things from his chat with Andrew and then shares how Canadian writers can participate in the promotional ad opportunity as well as in the flash fiction contest.   Links of Interest:   https://www.canadianindependentpublishers.ca/ Canadian Independent Publishers Magazine Canadian Authors Interested in Cdn Independent Publishers Mag Opportunities Mark's Kickstarter for ONE HAND SCREAMING: 20 Haunting Years Wide for the Win Wide for the Win New YouTube Channel EP 379 - Simplify Your Life and Your Work With Dre Baldwin Mark's Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup) Buy Mark a Coffee Patreon for Stark Reflections How to Access Patreon RSS Feeds An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and Libraries The Relaxed Author Buy eBook Direct Buy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for Authors An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores Wide for the Win Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story) A Canadian Werewolf in New York Stowe Away (Novella) Fear and Longing in Los Angeles Fright Nights, Big City Lover's Moon Hex and the City Only Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles Yippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard   Andrew Snook has been working as a professional writer and editor for 15 years. He started his writing career as a newspaper reporter in the Ottawa area before moving to Toronto to take on various roles as a magazine editor and feature writer for a variety of business publications. In 2019, he founded his content creation company, Snookbooks Publishing.  In his spare time, Snook is an avid fiction writer and reader. He has published four works of fiction to date: Remy's Dilemma (2015); Remy's Dilemma: Special Delivery (2019); Dungeon Jest: The Ruby of Power (2022); and The Snookie-Cookie Crew and the Cranberry Cookie Cruncher (2022). Snook's fiction and business writing have won him a combined 22 national and international awards, which is neat, but he's happier knowing he made someone laugh out loud while reading his books during an inappropriate moment. Snook is also passionate about promoting independent authors, bookstores and publishers. In 2023, he founded Canadian Independent Publishers Magazine, which is dedicated to offering a platform for showcasing Canadian writers.   The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

In this episode I spoke with Jack Robertson and Caden Elliott from sketch group Metroland who talked about Trigger Happy TV, Shakespearian Glaswegian, and the giggle game. Metroland Live: The Box at Edinburgh Fringe Instagram @MetrolandComedy Metroland Comedy Youtube The Comedy Nerd Instagram @The ComedyNerd The Comedy Nerd webpage Comedy in a Nutshell Instagram @ComedyInANutshell Comedy In A Nutshell webpage

Nobody thought we could do it but we made it through our next 9 random movies! In this episode we look back at what sticks out in our withered memories of the movies we have put ourselves through: Metroland, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Some Like It Hot, The Godfather, CODA, Wings, Lawrence of Arabia, and Air. How did we feel about them in retrospect and with hindsight in our rear view mirror? Listen on and find out! Follow, rate, and review our podcast on all audio platforms here: https://linktr.ee/15krandommoviereviews Follow us on Tiktok to see our favourite (and least favourite) scenes: https://www.tiktok.com/@15krandommoviereviews We are Colin and Niall, two movie enthusiasts from Ireland who wanted to take a different approach to movie watching and reviewing. So we came up with the idea to randomly choose a movie from Metacritic's all time movie list (which at the time of starting our podcast was over 15,000 movies, hence the title!). We take pleasure in bad movies as well as good! We hope you enjoy our podcast and follow us on your favourite podcast platform (or Youtube). Follow, rate, and review our podcast on all audio platforms here: https://linktr.ee/15krandommoviereviews Follow us on Tiktok to see our favourite (and least favourite) scenes: https://www.tiktok.com/@15krandommoviereviews See all our review ratings for all our movies in all our episodes in spreadsheet form! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BLin0MnPslu13i003F9PE9c6CBOCs4RQfWcblt65PhI/edit?usp=sharing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/15krandommoviereviews/message

Random movie 10594 on Metacritic's all time movie list was Metroland from 1997. Set in the late 1970s, takes us on a journey through the life of Chris, portrayed by Christian Bale. He finds himself caught between his suburban life in Metroland and the alluring memories of his youthful days in Paris. With Emily Watson and Lee Ross co-starring, the film explores themes of nostalgia, choices, and the complexity of adult life. Will Chris find contentment in the stability of Metroland, or will the echoes of his past continue to haunt him? Listen on and find out! Follow, rate, and review our podcast on all audio platforms here: https://linktr.ee/15krandommoviereviews Follow us on Tiktok to see our favourite (and least favourite) scenes: https://www.tiktok.com/@15krandommoviereviews We are Colin and Niall, two movie enthusiasts from Ireland who wanted to take a different approach to movie watching and reviewing. So we came up with the idea to randomly choose a movie from Metacritic's all time movie list (which at the time of starting our podcast was over 15,000 movies, hence the title!). We take pleasure in bad movies as well as good! We hope you enjoy our podcast and follow us on your favourite podcast platform (or Youtube). Follow, rate, and review our podcast on all audio platforms here: https://linktr.ee/15krandommoviereviews Follow us on Tiktok to see our favourite (and least favourite) scenes: https://www.tiktok.com/@15krandommoviereviews See all our review ratings for all our movies in all our episodes in spreadsheet form! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BLin0MnPslu13i003F9PE9c6CBOCs4RQfWcblt65PhI/edit?usp=sharing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/15krandommoviereviews/message

We've heard alot about the rise of car thefts in the region, but farm equipment seems to be just as desirable to thieves. Some tips from the Grey Bruce OPP detachment. We all started this new year 2024...but not everyone will see it to the end. It got us thinking about a new way to frame resolutions - is this a time to consider what we want our lives to mean overall? A new year, from a newcomer's perspective. Today in the books column we learn about the latest anthology from the Immigrant Writers Association. The mass Metroland layoffs came into effect on Dec 31. This morning, a former reporter, out of the Simcoe area, gives us an update on how the cuts are affecting the community.

It makes sense to take some time now to talk about the media picture here in Guelph, and across Canada. While the Government of Canada reached a deal last week with Alphabet, the parent company of Google, to help fund the Online News Act there are still a lot of people in the news business who are going to be laid off at the end of the month including staff at the Guelph Mercury Tribune. But one person remains... It's fitting that this topic has come up for the 400th episode of this show. When the daily Guelph Mercury closed down in January 2016, Guelph Politico was in the process of transforming from a personal expression of Guelph political stuff to something a little more formal. When the old Merc closed on January 29, 2016 uncertainty weighed on many people in the community; what would happen to daily news coverage in the city? What would happen to the Mercury's vast community and institutional knowledge? Some of those issues were resolved when Metroland tagged the weekly Guelph Tribune paper with the "Mercury" branding, and though it wasn't the same as a daily paper, the small cadre of Tribune tributes persevered. For a time. In September, Metroland announced that in an effort to stave off bankruptcy they were cutting print editions of those weekly papers plus 60 per cent of their workforce. They also left a lot of unanswered questions, even for the staff members that were sticking around. On this week's edition of the podcast were joined by Guelph Mercury Tribune reporter Graeme McNaughton who will help us parse some of those questions. He will talk about how it's going these days on the job, what the current editorial structure looks like, and whether or not he's privy to the corporate strategy at Metroland as it's trying to restructure. He will also talk about his plans for being the last man on the Mercury, how much of a say he'll have about what he covers, and whether or nor he has any regrets.  So let's talk about the news on this 400th episode of the Guelph Politicast! You can read Graeme McNaughton's work at the Guelph Mercury Tribune. You can also follow him @iamgmcnaughton on Twitter, Mastodon, Blue Sky and Threads, and you can send him a tip or message to gmcnaughton [at] guelphmercurytribune.com. (And on the occasion of this 400th episode let me just say to everyone thanks for listening! I'm always amazed and humbled when someone tells me that they listen to this show at work or while commuting, and that's the kind of feedback that keeps me going, and will hopefully keeping me going though to 500 episodes this time in two years.) The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Google, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

The Metro Kids are on their way to visit the royal family of Metroland, but it looks like the royal family needs a lesson in who the real King actually is! Join the Metro Kids as they meet some new friends and experience the real reason for the season!

This is one of those episodes that's based on events that predate many of us that have come to call Guelph home in the last few decades. It's also a story about land issues, and the desire to protect sensitive land from development. It's had a lot of names over the years including the Kortright Waterfowl Park, the Niska Lands, and the Hanlon Creek Conservation Area, but the story around this property is just as complicated to sort out. Perhaps the most concise history of the area was written in an article by Cameron Shelly for Metroland in 2021. It starts with a man named Horace Mack, a person of unique vision who bought a piece of property at the mouth of the Hanlon Creek for a bird sanctuary in 1948. He called it Niska Farm, “Niska” being the proper Cree name for the Canada Goose, but Mack only got to live his vision a short time. He died in 1959, but his dream would live on till 2005 when the area was finally closed to the public. Now, nearly 20 years later, there's a plan on the floor about how to proceed with the four portions of the Niska Lands now under management of the Grand River Conservation Authority, and there's pretty much one person to thank for this. Dr. Hugh Whiteley, a retired professor and hydrologist from the School of Engineering at the University of Guelph, secured a pathway to ensure a public process for the redevelopment of this area. So how does he think it's going? That's one of the questions Dr. Whiteley will answer on this week's podcast along with discussion of the site's vast history, the various plans for the area that have come into play over the last seven decades, and the City of Guelph and the GRCA's roles in determining the property's future. We will also talk about his decision to bring the appeal of the Official Plan to the Ontario Municipal Board, and whether he thinks all sides have lived up to the spirit of that agreement. Plus, what does the future look like? So let's dig into the past of the Niska Lands before we dig into the future on this week's Guelph Politicast!  You can see background and information on the Grand River Conservation Authority website. You can also see the GRCA's future plans for the site and some of the notes provided by the members at their last meeting in the latest Guelph Politico coverage. A final decision about the Niska Lands is likely to come before the GRCA membership at their November 24 meeting The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Google, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday. Photo credit: Former Kortright Waterfowl Park executive director Eileen Hammill in 1975 from the Guelph Public Library archives. 

If it weren't for the Globe and Mail, would Prime Minister Trudeau have publicly accused India of being involved in the killing of Hardeep Nijjar? And Canada loses 70 newspapers as Metroland ends their print circulation. Host: Jesse BrownCredits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)Guest: Shree Paradkar Further reading: Trudeau accuses India in killing of Sikh leader on Canadian soil - The Globe and MailTrudeau accuses India of involvement in Canadian's murder -The Globe and Mail - The DecibelHere's why Justin Trudeau went public with an explosive allegation against India - Toronto StarRussell Brand sex assault allegations bear similarities to Ghomeshi case. But here's what's changed - Toronto StarMetroland ends print editions of community papers, keeps regional dailies - CP24Metroland ends print editions of community papers, flyers - Global Sponsors: Douglas, Squarespace, Elijah CraigEver wonder what Canadaland looks like? Watch and subscribe to our original content @Canadaland and our new podcast channel @CanadalandPodcastsIf you value this podcast, Support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch at our store, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody. You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Inside the Village: a dark day for local journalism in Ontario. Toronto Star publisher Nordstar Capital LP placed its regional newspaper business, Metroland Media Group, into bankruptcy protection. The move wipes out 605 jobs — including 68 of the company's 200 journalists — and spells the end of the print edition for 70 weekly newspapers read by a combined 4.2 million people. Frisco and Scott talk about what this means for the future of local reporting across Ontario — and why Village Media remains as committed as ever to the cities and towns we serve across the province. Also on the podcast: our favourite Sasquatch hunter. And he has evidence! Believe what you must.

"A dismissive decision" against "bodily autonomy, safety, security and equality for all sex workers": advocate critiques Ontario court ruling; laid-off Metroland reporter on loss of local papers.

This weeks show is the result of me keeping an eye on the "minimalist" synthpop I've gotten my hands on over the last several months. Well, that and the inevitable "We're half way into the year, there shouldn't be any 2022 releases left in your inbox!" I'm sure at this point you can imagine that while well organized, I do have a mind like a sieve. So this week long laid plans came to fruition, not "Todd completely forgot!" Honest. 808 Dot Pop - Marconi (vs580-12) Kraftman - When The Race Is Won Metroland - 4ir Intelligence Blinky Blinky Computerband - Coming To Soon Reakton - Stream Cybermode Beats - World In Motion Intent Outtake - Tabula Rasa (VDOC) Dimitri Berzerk - Ctrl+Alt+Del (Claus Larson) http://synthetic.org/ https://synthetic.threadless.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/RealSyntheticAudio

Tym razem sporo żartowania z przeszłości a mimo nowości spory ukłon w stronę retro i robotyki. 808 DOT POP oraz Metroland wrócą do czasów Kraftwerk, Eitan Reiter sięgnie po taneczny jam sprzed lat a DJ Hell zagra z Westbamem. Zaś Len Faki i Satoshi Fumi zaprezentują się z innej muzycznej strony. W drugiej części #spincast, choć nie tak mocno imprezowy jak tydzień temu, to na pewno taneczny i dość szybki, bo na 122BPM ale mocno bawiący się stylistyką, więc spodziewajcie się niespodziewanego. Kamilo Sanclamente nie zabraknie a towarzyszyć mu będą Bedouin, Flowers on Monday jako remikserzy oraz DJ Zombie, Armen Miran w duecie z Pambouk a Tal Fussman, Aron Suis i Solee wychylą się poza swoje znane ramy. radiospin.pl

Edición Limitada - 27 de Marzo del 2023. Bonus playlist con 20 temas adicionales. Selección, producción y realización: Gustavo Verduzco. Presentando música de Melllo y Nikonn, Metroland, Mental Exile, Francesca e Luigi con Tobias Bernstrup, Climate Zombies, New Synth, Pulse Lab, Close to Monday, Into the Blood, Devours, Wingtips, Male Tears, lonelyklown, Mothloop, Magnetic Skies, Poison Point, Terence Fixmer, Cattac y spankthenun.

"Rickmansworth, an ancient township of narrow streets, lies most picturesquely in its valley, where a sharp tongue of Hertfordshire thrusts itself down between Middlesex and Bucks," according to the Metroland brochure produced by the Metropolitan Railway in 1932 to promote the idea of moving out of London to rural areas served by the company's trains. In this episode we look at how the Met came to be extended to Rickmansworth and beyond, and the suburbanisation that it caused. We also discover the long-closed railway to Rickmansworth Church Street station, which used tube trains neither owned nor operated by the Underground. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @roundelroundpod, or email us at roundelroundpod@gmail.com A full list of references for all the sources used for the episode is available here.

Welcome to the fifth and final episode in our London Week.Enjoyed the series? Click here to become a member of The Rest Is History Club - you'll get ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community.London: MomentsA drunk elephant, a polar bear swimming in the Thames, and Metroland are discussed by Tom and Dominic in the final London Week episode, as they explore the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London and the expansion of the metropolitan railway. NEW LIVE SHOW TICKETSAfter the first live show sold out, we've managed to secure an evening slot on the same day and at the same venue!Sunday 13th November 2022 - eveningClapham Grand, LondonDICE Link - https://link.dice.fm/T57d20656104Website Link - https://claphamgrand.com/event/the-rest-is-history-live-2/Producer: Dom JohnsonExec Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony PastorTwitter:@TheRestHistory@holland_tom@dcsandbrookEmail: restishistorypod@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Edición Limitada - 27 de Junio del 2022. Producción, realización y conducción: Gustavo Verduzco. Presentando música de SPECTRA*Paris, Platronic, Fraula, Main, Fluo Sobre featuring Ljuba De Angelis, A-ha, Demokratie, MeLLLo, Anniee, Nostalgia Deathstar, Circuit3, Positronic, Mark + Kresko, Maschine Brennt, Metroland, Ex-Hyena, Lifelong Corporation, Sonar 4, The Rorschach Garden, Analogue Electronic Whatever, Freezepop, Lakeside X, Zinqmind, Color Theory, The Midnight, Into the Blood featuring J. Donald DeBethizy, Psy'Aviah featuring Eli Rho, Paradox Obscur, Kid Moxie y Sea of Sin.

When it opened in 1887 on an extension of the Metropolitan Railway, Northwood was out in the open countryside. Housing was quickly built around the station by Frank Murray Maxwell Hallowell Carew, a man with a name and life worthy of an adventure novel - it turns out developing Northwood was probably the least interesting thing he ever did. The Metropolitan Railway themselves lead later housing developments around their stations, creating the suburbs still known as Metroland, which we examine the origins of in this episode. We also feature the story of the "A stock" trains used on the Metropolitan line between 1961 and 2012, most of which were removed for scrapping via a siding at Northwood. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @roundelroundpod, or email us at roundelroundpod@gmail.com A full list of references for all sources used for this episode is available here

In this episode of The Dark Corner, DJ Evil Dave guides you on a musical tour through the fourteenth card of the tarot. That is, inspired by Temperance, he compiles and mixes ten songs from his library. Moreover, he explains how the meaning of Temperance could have been illustrated in the Star Wars sequels. Also, he responds to criticism online for presenting a number of music themed houses on Twitter. Following is the playlist presented in this episode. 1. Pouring Down by cultureculture from cultureculture EP 2014 2. Art + Technology (Musicocoon Remix) by Metroland from Matrix Downloaded 005 3. the flow of our spirit by Black Tape For A Blue Girl from with a million tear-stained memories 4. The Whisper Of Angels by Karuss from SYNTHEMATIKA FOUR 5. Sobersides by Niteffect from Electric Waste 6. Patience & Fortitude by Seeming from Silent DiscoVery 7. Assimilated by amGod from Matrix Downloaded 003 8. When Worlds Collide (Wicked Radio Edit) by Mentallo & The Fixer from Matrix Downloaded 004 9. on feathered wings by The Silence Industry from ​​tsi (the hidden album) 10. blend by The Search from The Silverslut Finally, Dave hints at episode topics. Meanwhile, he talks about compiling playlists for future episodes.

Making the jump to digital advertising can be challenging, especially if you're coming from the broadcast world. Moving to a new medium while pivoting careers can make it even more difficult. But today's guest, Cheryl Luciani, did just that. Cheryl's the Director of Digital Sales at Star Metroland Media, but it was broadcast buying where she got her start—planning and negotiating multimillion-dollar television campaigns for brands such as Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola. She pivoted not only into digital media, but also media sales when an opportunity to cross the aisle with Rogers Media presented itself. Cheryl Luciani sits down to chat with us about growing up in small-town Ontario, her time in college studying desktop publishing & advertising, moving from media buying to media sales, and leading digital ad sales for one of Canada's largest news media companies. www.mediapeople.ca www.instagram.com/vicgenova/

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How “normal” is London and its arts scene now as Graham reports back on his weekend trip? In turn, Charles talks up York after Step 4. The duo respond to shouts that M Night Shyamalan is back on form with his latest film, Old, and Graham assesses Manchester City and Gallagher brothers' photographer Sharon Latham's exhibition of Noel's High Flying Birds at RedHouse Originals, Harrogate. Graham asks, “Are the arts important?”, a question inspired by themes in Julian Barnes's classic debut novel, Metroland. As a deluxe All Things Must Pass arrives, should George Harrison be considered the best solo Beatle?

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In our first episode, we've opened our bag of London Underground station names and drawn out Hatton Cross. Opened in 1975 on the Piccadilly line extension towards Heathrow Airport, it was at the time the 279th station on the Underground, the highest number ever on the network. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @roundelroundpod, or email us at roundelroundpod@gmail.com References The Piccadilly Line - A Brief History by Charles Edward Lee (London Regional Transport 1973) The Piccadilly Tube: The First Hundred Years by Mike Horne (Capital Transport Publishing 2007) The Piccadilly Line an Illustrated History by Desmond Croome (Capital Transport Publishing 1998) Rails Through the Clay: A History of London's Tube Railways by Alan Arthur Jackson and Desmond F. Croome (Capital Transport Publishing; 2nd edition 1993) A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land by Joshua Abbott (Unbound Publishing 2020) Underground Movement by Paul Moss (Capital Transport Publishing 2000) Building London's Underground by Antony Badsey-Ellis (Capital Transport Publishing 2016) Underground Architecture by David Lawrence (Capital Transport Publishing 1994) Tube Station Trivia by Geoff Marshall (Capital Transport Publishing 2018) The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport Since 1800 by David Lawrence (Laurence King Publishing; second edition 2015) Labyrinth: A Journey Through London's Underground by Tamsin Dillon, Will Self, Mark Wallinger, Marina Warner, Christian Wolmar, and Louise Coysh (Art/Books 2014) Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?: London's Underground History of Tube Station Names by David Hilliam (The History Press 2015) What's in a Name?: Origins of Station Names on the London Underground by Cyril M Harris (Capital Transport Publishing; 4th edition 2001) The London Underground - A Diagrammatic History by Douglas Rose (Capital Transport Publishing; 2nd edition 2007, latest edition 2016) Extension of the Piccadilly Line from Hounslow West to Heathrow Central by D.G.Jobling and A.C.Lyons (Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers May 1976) Ian Visits: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2017/12/16/40-years-of-flying-the-tube-with-the-london-underground-to-heathrow/ Pastscape: https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1311086 Modernism in Metroland: http://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/hatton-cross-station.html Underground Idiom guide: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/station-design-idiom-2.pdf

ITC Entertained The World - episode 10 - Hammer House of Horror  Hosted by Jaz Wiseman, Rodney Marshall and Al Samujh. Jaz, Rodney and Al discuss Hammer House of Horror - the 1980 ITC anthology series that took one of cinema's biggest brand names and turned them into small screen horrors. Travel back with them to the sleepy Metroland of the 1980s for some chilling conversation. Note: A poltergeist was present during this recording and was playing around with Al's audio - please forgive him as he was trying to introduce some scares to the podcast! 

This episode of The Sanitarium, Warlock Jeff Ivins brings you over 4 hours of industrial/EBM. Featuring some of the following bands: Neuroactive, Ad:Key, Siva Six, Llumen, Komor Kommando, Aiboforcen, Benestrophe, Aesthetische Feat. Sascha Klein, Elektroklänge, Mainesthai, Mondträume, Star Industry, Technoir, Armageddon Dildos, Avarice In Audio, Bruderschaft, ELM, Plastic Noise Experience, Zombie Girl, Ayria, Venal Flesh, Circuito Cerrado Feat. Rexx Arkana, Psy’aviah Feat. Mark Bebb, Lederman / De Meyer, First Aid 4 Souls, Acylum, Junksista, Mildreda, Mentallo & The Fixer, Lovelorn Dolls, Sin Sin, 808 Dot Pop, Mental Exile Feat. Lighshifters, Helalyn Flowers, Kant Kino, Essence Of Mind, Dunkelwerk, Diffuzion, Metroland, The Psychic Force, Synapsyche, H.O.W., Studio-X Vs. Simon Carter, Implant, Reactor 7X, and finishing off with some Neikka RPM.

One of the big questions we ask ourselves is how do you build in suburbia? Is the answer in our own history? With that in mind it was great to sit down with Sharon Giffen (TfL)  as co-host and Joshua Abbott, the author of the fantastic Modernism in Metroland. We look at the impact and the architecture of area's that grew due to the expansion of the lines out of the capital. What do we need to save and what lessons can we learn from the eras of development.You can order a copy of the book at here. You can visit Joshua's website here.  And follow him on Twitter here. 

Branch Line to Benceston by Sir Andrew CaldecottBranch Line to Benceston was published in the collection Not Exactly Ghosts in 1947. He turned to writing after retirement from the Malaysian Civil Service, again like many of our ghost story writers, he had a career in the Colonial Civil Service of the British Empire. Sadly, he didn’t live long after retirement and died aged 65. Sir Andrew Caldecott (1884–1951) was born in Kent. He was educated at Uppingham School and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he became an Honorary Fellow in 1948. His father was a clergyman. Spooky. how this happens so much. He had a very distinguished career in the Colonial Service and was Governor of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1937 until 1944 (so during the Second World War), and before that Governor of Hong Kong (1935–1937). He also worked in Malaya and Singapore and there is a station named after him in Singapore. He had a lifelong interest in the supernatural and, as is evident from his two volumes of supernatural tales, he was an accomplished writer, but it wasn’t until after his retirement in 1944 that he published his first volume of ghost stories. Not Exactly Ghosts was published in 1947 by Edward Arnold & Co. It contains twelve tales. Interestingly, features of Caldecott’s own interests, such as playing the piano, crop up in his stories and I suppose that is true for most writers, hence my frequent mentions of Hawkwind. In ‘Branch Line to Benceston’, Adrian Frent, a railway enthusiast and herbalist, is the first tenant of ‘Brentside’, the newly-built house next to the narrator’s own house in Brensham. Frent is a partner in a firm of music publishers, but he hates the other partner with a vengeance, feeling that the man has messed up his life stence since they were boys. He wishes his partner dead, and then when he does die, things turn weird. But the story is not exactly a ghost story. C aldecott does a couple of things wonderfully. Firstly; this story is a portrait of Metroland, the area outside London that was developed in the first half of the twentieth century with the benefit of faster rail connections to allow the middle classes, to have the benefits of living in a suburbia that appeared and was sold as being the English countryside, while still able to travel easily into London to their day jobs. Vast swathes of the Home Counties were gobbled up and railways proliferated. John Betjeman, the English poet laureate captured all of this in his film entitled: Metroland and much of his poetry is set in this half-and-half land bathed in the sunlight of the English dream. The second thing I think Caldecott does well is the set up of the story. The death of the Dachshunds and the herbalism and poison seems to be a red-herring. Though giving his great enemy Paul Saxon one of the tinctures he makes reminds Frent of his wish to kill Paul, and thus his sin, he does not actually poison the man. This is a misdirection, I think: a red herring. However, the real set-up is the trap-door. We have already been told how Frent tends to go off half-cocked, but after a brief mention of this trap-door, Caldecott leaves it. This is subtle and I didn’t get that until the end. Caldecott is a great wit and his comment about the coroner’s view that these houses are death-traps being ignored as normal with coroner’s comments reflects his own professional experience, I am sure, and is a bit of a joke because we are going to ignore this clue too, at least I did. Caldecott even flags this clue up saying he has recorded it for a reason that will become clear later. This to me is a great example of burying the obvious, and doing it well. The picture of Frent’s fire escape being one you swarm down a rope on, hand over hand, like you did at prep school is hilarious and worthy of P G Wodehouse or Evelyn Waugh. I began to suspect something about the clock when it was mentioned it was set five minutes fast. Caldecott sets up all the railway stuff too with the... Support this podcast

The show discusses the second movie in our Christian Bale series- Metroland. + one host had to do some soul searching while watching the movie. Tune in to find out who

Back for 2020, we’re nearly halfway in the alphabet, but M is going to take a few episodes. /transmission has had a bit of an upgrade over the Christmas period, with some new tech to improve the sound – feedback appreciated. /Transmission/018 /the a-z of industrial/m/part one /Transmission/ /all episodes I’m joined of course by […]

Back for 2020, we’re nearly halfway in the alphabet, but M is going to take a few episodes. /transmission has had a bit of an upgrade over the Christmas period, […]

Back for 2020, we’re nearly halfway in the alphabet, but M is going to take a few episodes. /transmission has had a bit of an upgrade over the Christmas period, with some new tech to improve the sound – feedback appreciated. /Transmission/018 /the a-z of industrial/m/part one /Transmission/ /all episodes I’m joined of course by […]

Edición Limitada - 27 de Mayo del 2019. Producción, realización y conducción: Francisco J. Brenes. Presentando música de Ultravox, Bryan Ferry, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Adam Ant, INXS, U2, Simple Minds, Halo In Reverse, I:Scintilla, Aiboforcen, Metroland, Komor Kommando con Lis van den Akker, Alien Vampires, Lederman De Meyer, Aesthetische, Avarice In Audio y Synapsyche.

  Today I get to drop this wonderful conversation I had with Neil Crone. I don’t think I was prepared for how relaxed and fun it was going to be to speak with Neil. I always love when I meet someone for the first time and my first thought is, “this is going to be fun!” Neil is someone who has been through his fair share of “Schtuff” but has not let his challenges darken the lens with which he views the world. Instead, he is someone who uses his experiences as a way to reach out and connect with others to shine a light on what bonds us to together as humans and propel us forward into the very things that paralyze us. Neil does this with his writing, improv, acting and motivational speaking, but I have a feeling, after speaking with Neil, it is just how he shows up in the world.   Some of the things we cover in this episode are, What his biggest challenge as an artist has been, as someone who studied and performed in improv what is the most valuable takeaway he has brought with him into other areas of his life and what major change he would like to see happen in the entertainment industry.   A little about Neil: Neil is an actor and writer who lives in a town so small everybody knows where everyone else’s birthmarks are.  He has performed in dozens of television and radio commercials, TV shows and is the voice of numerous cartoon characters every Saturday morning, including ‘The Ridonculous Race’, ‘Ella’ and the upcoming ‘Kody Kapow!’  His most current television and feature film roles include a guest starring appearance in ‘Rogue’, ‘Murdoch Mysteries’,   ‘Remedy’, ‘The Strain’, ‘One Starry Christmas’ , and the soon to be released, ‘Bon Cop Bad Cop 2’ and Stephen Kings ‘It’. He also enjoyed six seasons playing the role of Radio Redneck Fred Tupper in CBC’s hit sit-com ‘Little Mosque on the Prairie’ and two seasons of Family Channel’s ‘Really Me’. A Second City Mainstage alumnus, Neil has been performing improvised and sketch comedy for over twenty years and is the recipient of a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Radio Comedy for his work as ‘Bad Santa’ on Q107’s Derringer in the Morning. When not performing, Neil is busy writing; as an award-winning weekly humour columnist for Metroland papers, and a contributor to numerous publications including Zoomer Magazine, Ontario Out of Doors, Dogs in Canada and ACTRA Magazine. His books; ‘Semi-Colon; A Writers cheeky journey through Colo-rectal Cancer’, “Who Farted?’ – Stories in Verse for big and little kids” and “The Farmers Secret Midnight Dance” and his first collection of syndicated columns “Enter Laughing – The Early Years” are currently available at major bookstores. Neil is a cancer survivor and is a National Spokesperson for both the Colo-rectal Cancer Association of Canada and Colon Cancer Canada.  He is available as a motivational speaker, focusing on the power of laughter in healing.  When Neil grows up he wants to be an Astronaut.    https://www.thisischelseajohnson.com/

Warlock Jeff Ivins brings you The Sanitarium #021 for xmas.. He brings you the following bands for your dance needs with: Ayria, Acylum, Metroland, Survive, Three Winters, 3TEETH, Junksista, Stahlmann, Blutengel, Zombie Girl, Aiboforcen, Pig, Mari Chrome, and finishing up with XMH.

Michael Rosen is a multi-award-winning English children's novelist, poet, and author of 140 books, including We're going on a Bear Hunt and Sad Book. He served as Children's Laureate from June 2007 to June 2009. He is also a TV presenter and a political columnist.Michael met us down at Nordic Bar on a cold November morning to talk all things BLANK over a cup of tea. We chatted at length about Michael's early life and in particular, his adventures in the mysterious Metroland. Michael talks candidly about the controversy surrounding his sacking from the BBC in the 1970's and his subsequent diagnosis with hyperthyroidism. We discuss the differences between having a creative BLANK and having a block and Michael explains to Giles and Jim about 'Ego Strength' and the issues that arise when some creatives can run out of it.Michael's biography is available here: https://bit.ly/2zk3x4FOur wonderful pod music is by the amazing Paul Pilot and you can hear more from him here: http://paulpilot.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we chat to Luke Healy about his life and work, give a shout out to Big Bang Comics in Dublin and share some news, including our appearance at the upcoming Dublin Comic Art Festival and some great deals on issues of Metroland in our webstore. The post Signals From The Hill #6 – Luke Healy appeared first on Avery Hill Publishing.

This week's ReZurn Radio's the Second Wav, DJ Dogbone features some rare "rave" vinyl, several tracks from the early 90's of trancy dance music as well as some extended and deep cut from several classic alternative artists.  The "(v)" indicates vinyl cut. Be sure to check out out Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TheSecondWav/ The intro music "Downtown" featuring Felix Snow was provided by Mitch Murder. His music is available from his Bandcamp site at https://mitchmurder.bandcamp.com/   New Scene - Out of Control (New Belgium Mix) (v) Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease O.M.D. - Metroland (v) Love Spit Love - Long Long Time The Cure - A Japanese Dream (v) Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (All Night Version) Joy Division - No Love Lost (v) Devo - Big Mess Ministry - I'm Falling (v) Otrotasce - Vessel (v) Visage - Shameless Fashion (v) Camouflage - That Smiling Face The Shamen - Move Any Mountain - Progen 91 (v) Erasure - La La La Apotheosis - O'Fortuna (v)

Gwen and Derek are back with another publisher spotlight episode, this one on the UK press, Avery Hill Publishing. They begin their spotlight with a short interview with the people behind Avery Hill: Ricky Miller, Dave White, and Katriona Chapman. Derek talks with them about the origins of the press, the kind of creators that have come to define Avery Hill, their distribution and publicity outside of the UK, and their plans for fall releases and beyond. After that conversation, Gwen and Derek get into the nitty gritty of the publisher's current offerings. They start by looking at the most recent issues of two ongoing series from Avery Hill, Reads #4 and Metroland #3. The former is an anthology periodical currently in its second volume, and the two discuss its various serialized storylines. Gwen is particularly fond of Owen D. Pomery's "The Megatherium Club," but they also discuss Reads other historically based stories -- Ricky Miller and Tim Bird's "Hitchcock and Film" as well as Bird and Luke James Halsall's "The Bullpen" (inspired by Marvel Comics in the early 1960s) -- and the colorful, offbeat comics of EdieOP. The most recent issue of Metroland continues the drama behind Ricky Miller and Julia Scheele's fictional 1980s band, Electric Dreams, and while discussing this evolving narrative, Derek and Gwen even wax nostalgic over their own musical histories growing up during that time. Next, they discuss three new books released this spring. A City Inside is yet another work from Tillie Walden -- she's become a singular force at Avery Hill -- and this one is a measured, meditative look at self-identity with an almost poetic tone. Rachel Smith's Artificial Flowers does to the London art scene what Miller and Scheele's Metroland does with the city post-punk. Both the artist's unassuming premise and her clean, iconic art style easily draw Gwen and Derek into this fun story. And then finally, the cohosts wrap up with the latest book in Matthew Swan's Parsley Girl series. Neither Derek nor Gwen had been familiar with Swan's work previously, but Parsley Girl: Carrots proves to be a good introduction into his weird and almost psychedelic narrative world. Overall, both Gwen and Derek find a lot of excitement behind this young press. Avery Hill may be just now getting a foothold in the US market -- thanks to its recent distribution agreement with Retrofit/Big Planet -- but as this episode demonstrates, it's definitely a publisher worth watching.

Beat*Shot Radio Takeover airs live on beatshotradio.com every Tuesday night at 9PM EST. Discussion topics include: ★MetroBANNED: After 38 years, Albany’s weekly Metroland magazine was seized and shut down for failure to pay taxes. We sit down with... Read More

Cyberage Radio 08.16.2015 : DEATHPROOF, DIVERJE, MINDLESS FAITH, PRE EMPTIVE STRIKE 0.1, RUINED CONFLICT, CHANT, AMELIA ARSENIC, DJ VERSION 666, SKINNY PUPPY BLOCK! METROLAND

Cyberage Radio 08.09.2015 : DEATHPROOF, DIVERJE, MINDLESS FAITH, iVARDENSPHERE, SOCIETY BURNING, R.I.P., DR.KRANCK, CHANT, AMELIA ARSENIC, SKINNY PUPPY BLOCK! METROLAND

Cyberage Radio 05.24.2015 : VIGILANTE, MINDLESS FAITH, IDIOT STARE/ INSIGHT23 block, DIVERJE, LARVA, SISTER MACHINE GUN, AESTHETISCHE, P.N.E., W.A.S.T.E. BLOCK, M.O.A.T.A OMEN & THE RORSCHACH GARDEN, SKINNY PUPPY BLOCK!, ORPHX, JACKY MEURISSE, R.I.P., MIND.IN.A.BOX, METROLAND, DISTEL

Cyberage Radio 05.10.2015 : TORQUE ORDER, MINDLESS FAITH, AMDUSCIA, HELL:SECTOR, DIVERJE, LARVA, PROYECTO CRISIS, EGO LIKENESS, KLANGSTABIL, M.O.A.T.A OMEN & THE RORSCHACH GARDEN, THE _EMPATH, JACKY MEURISSE, SKINNY PUPPY BLOCK! METROLAND

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Sorry for the lack of a show last week, hopefully I can make up for it!1- Gone Away (Feat. Jamie Blacker of ESA) - W.A.S.T.E.2 - Eye H8 U - Velvet Acid Christ3 - Black Mirror - Sequential Access4 - No Time To Stay - NZ5 - Because God - Angelspit6 - Fremde (Desastroes Club Mix - Silizium7 - My Tears Fall - Harmjoy8 - Without You - Ekam Sat9 - Your Love - Electro Spectre10 - Cut Sick (Giant Monsters on the Horizon Remix by Chant) - Angelspit11 - Drop [Standard Issue Citizen] - Man Woman Machine12 - Your Voice - Kiss the Panther13 - Du Branner Mig - Candide14 - Berlin - Substaat15 - Thalys (Norther Kind mix) - Metroland)16 - Rosary - Golden Apes17 - Eternal Sun - Deine Lakaien18 - Metamorphoses [moon version] - Lisa Morgenstern

Andy McCluskey of OMD talks a little architecture and English Electric. It’s part 1 of a big interview. Add comedy to the list of things Newsbusted doesn’t seem to understand, and as always, Fake News. DATES: OMD’s twelfth studio album English Electric is released April 8, 2013 in the UK, April 9 in North America. The single “Metroland” is available March 25 in the UK, and should be available March 26 in North America. The first leg of OMD’s 2013 North American tour kicks off July 8 in Minneapolis at The Varsity. LNKS: Dan and Logan’s new podcast Magic Potion is available now in iTunes. The Big Pretty Podcast. The episode with PF is up. Enjoy. PF talking defunct football leagues on The Dork Forest Episode #100. This year is the 30th anniversary of the inaugural season of the USFL, so this is still timely. Fangirl’s new blog, CheckCheckHey! is up and running. If you’re hankering for more “Dumb Bits,” check out our SoundCloud page. We’ll update it this week. Honest. This time for sure. I mean it. Follow P.F. on Twitter @PF66 and like this podcast on Facebook. PF’s Tape Recorder logo designed by Dan Koabel. Dan is starting a podcast with his pal Logan. Deets to come. Email the show here. YOU CAN STILL HELP CALEB MEDLEY! Caleb, as you may know, is a stand-up comic, who was severely injured in the movie theater shootings back in July. You can donate to help pay his medical expenses here. Hey, help a podcast out and write a review on iTunes or here, or both. It really helps with rankings and such. Thanks for listening, and be sure to tell your friends, neighbors, your neighbor’s friends, and friends of people who used to be your neighbors, about us.

I denne uges MediaCast skal vi en tur i nichelandet og se nærmere på de hyperlokale medier. Camilla Mehlsen har været i Toronto og talt med en af Nordamerikas største udgivere af lokalaviser, Metroland Media Group. Ugens gæst er chefredaktør Peter Haggert fra Metroland. Gnist. Passion. Engagement. Det er nogle af ordene, der kommer frem, når en førende chefredaktør inden for lokale medier skal forklare, hvorfor hyperlokale medier er i vækst i Nordamerika. De hyperlokale aviser og sites formår langt bedre end landsdækkende medier at vække folks engagement og give borgerne en stemme til at ændre verden med. Og de hyperlokale medier er allerede godt i gang med at revolutionere mediebranchen fra undergrunden af i Nordamerika. Den hyperlokale tendens har også fundet vej på den anden side af Atlanten, for det er en international tendens, at de brede medier taber terræn, mens nichemedierne vokser frem. Peter Haggert er chefredaktør i Metroland Media Group, og han er ugens gæst i MediaCast. Han har tidligere arbejdet for landsdækkende medier i Canada, men nu har han kastet sig over nicherne og har ansvar for en række lokalaviser og sites. I MediaCast fortæller Peter Haggert, hvorfor han ser en stor fremtid for hyperlokale medier, og hvordan hyperlokale medier kan sætte en dagsorden som en ny magtfaktor. Han giver også gode råd til, hvordan man skaber succes med et lokalt medie. Få også de største overskrifter i mediebranchen, leveret af Ole Nørskov, chefredaktør for MediaWatch. Du kan følge medieudviklingen på MediaWatch.dk. Få gratis nyhedsbrevet fra MediaWatch én gang ugentligt - også med info om MediaCast - eller tegn abonnement for at få nyheder i din indbakke hver dag. MediaCast er produceret af Mehlsen Media for MediaWatch og podcastet med hjælp fra PodConsult. Har du ideer eller feedback til MediaCast, så skriv meget gerne til Camilla: mail@mehlsenmedia.dk

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Julian Barnes. Since his first novel - Metroland - was published when he was 34, he has written another eight and won four literary prizes - most famously perhaps for Flaubert's Parrot. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his passion for Flaubert, his love for Leicester City, his notions of love and his fear of death.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Requiem Dies Irae (from Requiem) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Letters by Gustave Flaubert Luxury: Writing equipment

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Julian Barnes. Since his first novel - Metroland - was published when he was 34, he has written another eight and won four literary prizes - most famously perhaps for Flaubert's Parrot. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his passion for Flaubert, his love for Leicester City, his notions of love and his fear of death. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Requiem Dies Irae (from Requiem) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Letters by Gustave Flaubert Luxury: Writing equipment