Groop, 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 really was splendid.

The Double 'B'-Side

I've been after a copy of this particular 7" for well over a decade. Now the long search is finally over and perhaps thanks to a listing typo, it wasn't expensive either. So enjoy with me won't you, the depressive synth-pop stylings of Marvin the Paraniod (sic) Android, as he performs the Big-Bang Burger Chef jukebox favourite "Reasons To be Miserable" and the haunting "Marvin I Love You". You can find Marvin's first single over here.

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Book Club

 Don't Panic!

Programme originally from 2000AD:

"In a special edition of the programme, James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to author Douglas Adams about his classic world-wide best-seller The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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The Last 20th Century Battleground

Programme from 1999:

The Internet

Love it or loathe it, the Internet is here to stay. Read Douglas Adams's views on the future of the web, including censorship, the global village and trustworthiness in the electronic age.

The Presenter

Douglas Adams, best known for "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" which became a cult phenomenon on BBC Television and Radio, and remains one of the most popular books of the past 20 years.

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"...about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have."

 A happy Towel Day to all!

The Marvin Depreciation Society

The first Marvin single featuring his delicate vocal stylings on the songs "Marvin" and "Metal Man". I'm still hunting for a decent hard copy of his "double b-side" EDIT: Hunt is over.

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Live in 1994

Live in Göttingen contains readings from both "Last Chance to See" and H2G2.

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Bonus: Here's a great interview from 1988 promoting “Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”.

Reg Nullify in Concert

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"Just time for another bath"

The 1980 Original Records adaptation of fits 5-6.

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"Here, you'll need to put this fish in your ear."

The 1979 Original Records adaptation of fits 1-4 featuring new music due to copyright reasons and other edits. Music on the LP is by Tim Souster and The Radiophonic Workshop's Paddy Kingsland, who composed/performed such lovely noises for the second Hitchhiker radio series. The sleeve art was by Hypgnosis, though if you ask me, it's far from their best work. For further details please consult this prototype hitchhiker's guide that some Pogrils have kindly put together in their free time. It does get better if you put a fish in your ear.

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Brain the Size of a Planet

(1952-2001)

It's hard to believe but this month will mark a decade since the untimely passing of Douglas Adams. For the next 42 days stay tuned for fresh rips of out-of-print vinyl and other rare spoken word related in some way (however tenuous) to the great man.