In this episode, we visit avant-garde performer David Hoyle. David's work spans music, film, television and theatre. He has performed across clubs and venues in the UK and internationally since the early 1990s, serving his devoted audiences with lacerating comedy, 'live art' and a particular brand of social commentary. New Meridian travels between a 'dressing room chin-wag' and his stage show, Ten Commandments, which recently premiered at The Soho Theatre in London.

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UP THE BEANSTALK: New Meridian 061022

Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 February 2024 - with Polje

Produced for Resonance FM by Gianmarco Del Re
tracklist:
Wiseword.Nidaros - Лев
Polje - Maliunok
Polje - Pa
Polje - Yasne Mi
Polje - Wall of Sirens
Arthur Mine - Helicopter Theme
Bayraktar - Ukrainian War Song
Вічний Ґандж - Комарик
Polje - Janmarko


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Ukrainian Field Notes - 21 February 2024 - with Polje

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An urgent and insightful investigation into the collapse in youth mental health, from the influential social psychologist and international bestselling author.

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents in many countries around the world deteriorated suddenly in the early 2010s. Why have rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide risen so sharply, more than doubling in many cases?

In this book, Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that the decline of free-play in childhood and the rise of smartphone usage among adolescents are the twin sources of increased mental distress among teenagers.

Haidt delves into the latest psychological and biological research to show how, between 2010 and 2015, childhood and adolescence got rewired. As teens traded in their flip phones for smartphones packed with social media apps, time online soared while time engaging face-to-face with friends and family plummeted, and so did mental health. This profound shift took place against a backdrop of diminishing childhood freedom, as parents over-supervised every aspect of their children’s lives offline, depriving them of the experiences they most need to become strong and self-governing adults.

The Anxious Generation reveals the fundamental ways in which this shift from free-play to smartphones disrupts development – from sleep deprivation to addiction – with separate in-depth analyses of the impact on girls and boys. Grounded in ancient wisdom and packed full of cutting-edge science, this eye-opening book is a life raft and a powerful call-to-arms, offering practical advice for parents, schools, governments, and teens themselves.

©2024 Jonathan Haidt (P)2024 Penguin Audio

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, read by Sean Pratt

From Ted Chippington to TS Eliot and Chic Murray to Lenny Bruce, The Observer's most eagerly awaited stand-in columnist lays bare the foundations of his best-selling comedy primer 'How I Escaped My Certain Fate'.

Stewart Lee

GOLDEN HOUR OF COMEDY

Victor Lewis Smith in the early 1990s on BBC Radio 1. Unknown date. Features a song called "Sixties Never Die" By Stewart and Gaskin. Closing VLS song loosely accuses Jimmy Saville of various stuff...


Victor Lewis Smith Radio 1 - Unknown Show 1

Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick are the notorious resting thespians in this hilarious collection of sketches from Round the Horne.
 
‘Oh, hello. I’m Julian, and this is my friend Sandy...’ 
 
Through four series of Round the Horne, Julian and Sandy graced each episode with an encounter with ‘that nice Mr Horne’. Each week they'd be up to new tricks, from filmmaking (Bona Prods) to a travel agency (‘something exciting in a cheap package’) and a ‘bijou restaurantette’ (La Casserole de Bona Gourmet). 
 
In these 48 lally-trembling scenarios, Jools and Sand cater for the intimate at ‘omey in Bona Caterers, shake hands with a prospective member in Keep Britain Bona, set themselves up as Bona Tax Consultants and teach the world to talk proper in Bona School of Languages. Plus, they reveal to Mr Horne just what Julian received on his last birthday… 
 
This fantabulosa selection of Julian and Sandy sketches is brimming with sparkling repartee, gloriously camp humour and outrageous innuendo. So don’t be strange – come on in, rest your lallies and let your riah down with two of the best pros in the business. Duration: 3 hours 40 mins.

BBC Round The Horne The Complete Julian & Sandy (audiobook extract)

Vinyl 180gr
Zona Archives (ITA/USA) 1989
Song Cycle Records 2016 – CY997

The Fluxus was a collaborative movement of artists that worked across the diverse artistic media of performance, music, dance, poetry, photography, architecture, painting, sculpture and film during the 1960s. Emerging in New York City and spreading to Europe and Japan, Fluxus was lead by recognised artists such as George Maciunas, Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, La Monte Young and John Cage. Fluxus Anthology is a collection of soundworks created by these visionary artists.
http://www.songcyclerecords.com/fluxus-anthology/

Fluxus Anthology

'Mack the Knife' (or 'Moritat') is the most famous song from The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. 
The Threepenny Opera was a big influence on me when I wrote my debut LP The Discreet Agent back in the 1980s. I quoted from the lyrics on a couple of tracks, and I even based the chord sequence for one song on the opening chords to 'Polly's Lied'.
For many years I didn't listen to it, but just recently, I have found myself drawn into its orbit once more. Die Dreigroschenoper would be one of my desert island discs. 
And so the 'Moritat' has entered my live repertoire.
[Photo shows Rudolf Forster as Mackie Messer in G W Pabst's 1931 film of Die Dreigroschenoper]

Mack the Knife

Mack the Knife [Brecht/Weill] demo

Vynnaya Ya

What is comedy exactly? It's not 100% clear if Paul and Eli know what comedy is at all, but this week, they attempt to look at what is often erroneously called "Anti-Comedy" thanks to another delicious vinyl record discovery! The cheap chaps take a deep dive into the world of alternative comedy, the work of Ted Chippington, psychobilly music and curious independent record labels in this week's Silverman's Platter. Paul has something special to show off this week too! Although it's tough to call it a "cheap" purchase (thanks packaging and postal costs), the Gannon's Golden Game segment gets a new addition when Paul reveals his electronic The Price is Right game. It's bloody lovely! Don't worry if you think we are all taking it too seriously this week, there is also Paul's "Grandad Discipline Stick" and Eli's "Knob People" to look forward to!  

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Ep 204: Anti-Comedy

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Mack the Knife [Brecht/Weill] demo

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