tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49843911550131195022024-02-21T10:16:58.226+00:00Ripping YarnsSpoken Word, Soundtrack, Audio Drama, Electronic, Mixtape, Folk, Field Recording, Radiophonic, Exotica, Sound Effects, Hauntology, old vinyl, Mixtapes, Library,Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-9175830762735038122014-06-17T22:57:00.000+01:002014-06-17T22:58:18.976+01:00TVTHEMES by µ-ZiqMr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-78620558501332982792014-04-02T18:10:00.001+01:002014-04-03T01:31:41.028+01:00Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turling dromes!
Share and enjoy!
There's still a couple of days left to enjoy The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy live show reunion before it gets eaten by some twelve-foot piranha bees, or an enormous mutant star-goat or something. Hopefully Mr. Maggs and co will be able to get the live show up and running again one day. I was fortunate enough to see it last year and it Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-45831920929965123262014-03-31T14:00:00.000+01:002014-03-31T14:00:09.988+01:00The Rani
Kate O' Mara 1939-2014
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-71670401037607505952014-03-24T18:58:00.001+00:002014-03-25T00:07:30.047+00:00Big Shot
Mr. Stanshall, earlier.
Big Shot: A Trip Through the Canyons of Viv Stanshall's Mind. Stephen Fry presents a tribute to the extraordinary talents of Vivian Stanshall. This documentary first broadcast on Radio 2 in 2001, five years after Viv was found dead in his burnt-out London flat aged only 52.
I've just been listening again to Vivian Stanshall - English as Tuppence. It's Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-30334921052182411112014-03-18T23:52:00.002+00:002014-03-19T00:30:04.605+00:00Regenerations
I must truly have been spending my time living under a rock* recently because I almost missed out on this. See you in Brum? I'll be the one in the top hat and simian demeanour, trying to get Paddy Kingsland to sign his copy of Fourth Dimension.
And you'll probably want to check out Into The Music: That Doctor Who Sound courtesy of ABC Radio National.
Not to Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-1701707795507977862013-11-26T23:56:00.000+00:002013-11-26T23:56:08.812+00:00Soft Confusion 33/11/1903Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-19141566708326590982013-10-31T00:00:00.000+00:002013-10-31T00:00:10.137+00:00Recordings Recovered
Found footage horror on the radio anybody? You bet! Mike Walker's Recordings Recovered from the House of Leaves, is an adaptation of Mark Z Danielewsky's House Of Leaves, though I was unaware of this at the time of first listening. Maybe it does pale in comparison to the book - still on my 'to read' list - but, just like Orson Welles' War Of The Worlds (75 Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-83948722689598598902013-10-30T20:52:00.000+00:002013-10-30T20:52:56.675+00:00Hauntology for Halloween
The Shadow of Aethereus by Soulless Central Radio on Mixcloud
Recommended further listening: The Soulless Party - Tales From The Black Meadow
"If you were born between the late 60's and mid 70's then this is for you...don't blame me if you have nightmares...you have been warned!! - markmorb
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-31976684932512242872013-10-28T08:33:00.000+00:002013-10-28T08:33:07.724+00:00The War Of The Worlds
I'm quite blown away by how well this mix works as an unofficial alternative soundtrack to Richard Burton's captivating narration. Do not miss.
"When I was 8 or 9 years old I heard Jeff Wayne's musical version of H.G.Wells' 'War Of the Worlds' for the first time. It scared the pants off me. For years afterwards I listened to the record over and over. It is certainly one of the things Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-9716998401099875372013-10-25T14:02:00.000+01:002013-10-25T14:02:29.833+01:00Programme 11
Programme 11 by Radio Belbury on Mixcloud
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-33453251620103003582013-09-20T17:08:00.000+01:002013-09-20T17:08:08.444+01:00The Bear's SpeechMr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-88875901571604517392013-08-01T18:29:00.000+01:002013-08-01T18:29:24.627+01:00...in search of the perfect mixtape
I think this one comes pretty darn close:
...in search of Mordy Laye (Mixtape) by Markey Funk & Gilli tha Kid
ps. This blog ain't dead yet and I intend to get back to ripping more yarns when I'm back off me hols!
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-81232308258867421152013-05-24T00:50:00.002+01:002013-05-24T00:54:47.832+01:00Reach For the Dead
Oh yes indeed:
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-86677727061342049052013-05-19T18:35:00.003+01:002013-05-19T18:35:29.871+01:00"Inside Star Trek"
Boldly going forward 'cause we can't find reverse.
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-46055202214053807722013-04-03T18:18:00.002+01:002013-04-03T18:18:37.351+01:00The Lions and the Cucumber
Jess Franco 1930-2013
Also recommended (ahem) viewing:
Vampyros Lesbos Dance Scene (Los Mac's - El Evangelio De La Gente Sola) from muddyGarage on Vimeo.
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-42023170518363539282013-03-25T09:00:00.000+00:002013-03-25T09:00:41.455+00:00Electronic Music For Schools
Electronic Music For Schools by Pattern & Shape on Mixcloud
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-38507517512060079082013-03-14T20:38:00.002+00:002013-03-15T17:49:43.041+00:00London Below
At last Auntie's epic radio dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is almost upon us and what a fantastic cast Dirk Maggs has assembled for the retelling. You can read all about it from the Beeb here and there's an write up of the press launch last week over there. Happily in addition the production will also be a podcast from the 22nd of this month to boot. Whiz for Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-26115396780691886152013-02-28T23:35:00.001+00:002013-02-28T23:44:19.367+00:00OST: Paddy Kingsland
Mr. Kingsland, earlier.
Paddy Kingsland was a guest on Jonny Trunk's OST show on Resonance FM recently. You can listen/download/subscribe here.
Also while we're at it, here's a recent interview courtesy of Astronauta Pinguim.
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-76170792227640584442013-02-25T14:22:00.005+00:002013-02-25T21:43:36.144+00:00Great
Bob Godfrey 1921 - 2013
Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-83572107293374264962013-01-06T12:00:00.000+00:002013-01-07T14:30:27.520+00:00"An Expotition to the North Pole"
E.H. Shepard
Unfortunately I'm missing the second of Humphrey Carpenter's Secret Gardens Radio plays. I recall it was about Beatrix Potter in later life and she was played by the late, great Mary Wimbush.
However I'm happy to be able to share the third of the trilogy which is all about the true life characters that inspired A.A.Milne to create the unforgettable inhabitants Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-10412864314699698222013-01-03T18:00:00.000+00:002013-01-04T00:05:22.533+00:00"In A Hole In The Ground There Lived A Tolkien"
BBC Secret Gardens: In A Hole In The Ground There Lived A Tolkien (1992). Back into the T_ape archive for this charming and (to the best of my knowledge) never repeated radio drama imagining the creation process of The Hobbit as it percolates through the young Tolkien's mind. The play was written by Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005) who also included the 1977 Tolkien biography amongst his many Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-3744749150199865912012-12-26T15:40:00.000+00:002012-12-26T15:40:27.252+00:00Fired By The Ring
A real gem ripped from the T_ape archives this is, even if I say so myself. Archive On 4: Fired By The Ring (2002) is a feature length look at how all kinds of artists from different disciplines have remade Tolkien's epic, with Brian Sibley, Philip Pullman, Peter Jackson and many other luminaries. Being originally broadcast on BBC Radio Four it's only fitting that the Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-30423881540816637632012-12-23T16:09:00.000+00:002012-12-23T16:09:00.698+00:00Tolkien In Love
Luthien Tinuviel by Alan Lee
"Novelist Helen Cross, who herself lives in Birmingham, uncovers the story of the young J.R.R. Tolkien, falling in love with Edith Bratt.
The love story of Beren and Luthien at the heart of his novel The Silmarillion was inspired by their relationship. They were both orphans, living in a boarding house in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The teenagers Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-25420376751585501462012-12-22T15:57:00.002+00:002013-03-01T00:08:27.385+00:00The Aragorn Ballroom Orcestra
Boogie... Beyond Your Imagination! A bonkers disco version of Leonard Rosenman's Main Theme & Helm's Deep cues from the score of Ralph Bakshi's animated version of The Lord Of The Rings. Well, it was 1978 after all...
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Mr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4984391155013119502.post-4732678572998601972012-12-14T23:53:00.002+00:002012-12-14T23:53:42.954+00:00The Hobbit, The Musical
"Actor Billy Boyd, who played a hobbit in the films of The Lord Of The Rings, narrates the story of the first ever stage production of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Hobbit, at New College School in Oxford in 1967. It was written by Humphrey Carpenter, with music by composer, Paul Drayton, then Director of Music at the school. We hear from the boys who performed it, who were choristersMr. Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188754737307383126noreply@blogger.com0