8 November, 2007 – 12:38 am
A couple of short clips from a recent radio programme – `Everyman Magnified´ – about Jacques Tati on Radio 4. (Where else!) Sylvain Chomet discusses Tati’s (Foley) sound effects in the first clip, and, in the second clip we hear him talk about making an animated version of the 50 year old screenplay by Tati [...]
1 October, 2007 – 11:44 pm
From Radio 4′s `Recorded For Training Purposes´. Each programme is a co-written with the winners of a national sketch writing competition, selected from over 2,200 entrants. They have never written for radio before. Over fifty percent of the show is by new writers – which is a broadcasting first. Click the little arrowhead tp listen [...]
Click on the sound icon below to listen to a stellar rant from Marcus Brigstocke (from the Now Show) against fundamentalists of all kinds, as he begs them to shut the hell up. Laugh? I nearly passed my mint imperials round.
David Mitchell and Robert Webb hit the issue of identity theft with a large comedic cosh. Also featuring “Bronze Orientation Day”, “The Rally Drivers” and other inspired nonsense.. This broadcast went out on the 24th of May and you can listen again for 7 days afterwards. If you miss it completely: download the excerpt. Laugh? [...]
UPDATED. (See the end of this post) I listen to a lot of internet radio while I work, and I often recommend various specialised music channels that I discover to friends according to what I think might be their musical taste. Right now I’m busy painting some BIG backdrops for a show based on Detroit [...]