Ex-members of the now disbanded Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/applesforeveryone/sets

Apples For Everyone

People who have performed at Stand Up Tragedy.

http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

PODCAST:

Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy

Stitcher: http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=20193

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/standuptragedy/id480527992#

Stand Up Tragedy

Performers

Conversations that touch on and often focus on mental health.

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/mentalhealthawarenessweek/

Mental Health Awareness Week 2013

In GBA #6 we get better acquainted with George. He talks food, cycling, music, money, fatherhood, happiness, benefits and cycling over a couple of very specific beers.

If anyone in London wants to audition George for their band, as a bassist or guitarist, email GBApodcast@gmail.com and I will pass on your details.


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GBA 6 George

In GBA #8 (part 1) we get better acquainted with Vaughan. He talks about being South African, playing the bagpipes in fetish clubs, wearing masks, restructuring organisations, heavy metal and "being black". And that doesn't even cover half of what he talks about!

These episodes are more loosely edited than some to better represent the experience of getting acquainted with Vaughan.

GBA #8 (part 2) comes out on Friday.


At the end of part 2 Vaughan plugs:

Monkish: http://www.myspace.com/monkishtheband  / http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monkish/120441811323314 / http://www.youtube.com/user/Bradders20

(They are playing two gigs in London very soon: http://on.fb.me/Monkish15thJuly / http://on.fb.me/Monkish16thJuly )

Him on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mr.grandini

Noble Debauchery: http://www.myspace.com/nobledebauchery

Scottish Band that he likes a lot: http://www.myspace.com/fireexituk

His South African Pipe Band: http://www.1medpipeband.co.za/

The McLennan Scottish Group: http://www.msg.org.uk/ / http://www.youtube.com/user/gbj1941

The Pride of Murray Pipe Band: http://www.thepride.co.uk/




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GBA 8 Vaughan (part 1)

In GBA #8 (part 2) we continue getting better acquainted with Vaughan. He talks about being South African, being head of the Tolkien society, playing chess, restructuring organisations, heavy metal and an eccountants relationship to numbers and spreadsheets. And that doesn't even cover half of what he talks about!

These episodes are more loosely edited than some to better represent the experience of getting acquainted with Vaughan.

GBA #8 (part 2) comes out on Friday.

At the end of part 2 Vaughan plugs:

Monkish: http://www.myspace.com/monkishtheband / http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monkish/120441811323314 / http://www.youtube.com/user/Bradders20

(They are playing two gigs in London very soon: http://on.fb.me/Monkish15thJuly / http://on.fb.me/Monkish16thJuly )

Him on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mr.grandini

Noble Debauchery: http://www.myspace.com/nobledebauchery

Scottish Band that he likes a lot: http://www.myspace.com/fireexituk

His South African Pipe Band: http://www.1medpipeband.co.za/

The McLennan Scottish Group: http://www.msg.org.uk/ / http://www.youtube.com/user/gbj1941

The Pride of Murray Pipe Band: http://www.thepride.co.uk/

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GBA 8 Vaughan (part 2)

In GBA 9 we get better acquainted with Hayley. She talks pictish, the isle of Iona, Quakerism, medieval manuscripts amongst other things.

Hayley plugs:

Autumn Shift: http://autumnshift.co.uk/

Hayley and Dave plug:

The Reactionaries: http://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries / http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Reactionaries/278114063049

Dave Plugs:

Apples For Everyone's old stuff: http://www.myspace.com/applesforeveryone


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GBA 9 Hayley

GBA Fringe Season: Two weeks of episodes devoted to the Edinburgh and Camden Fringes

In GBA 12 we get better acquainted with MJ Hibbett. Amongst other things, We talk about being a viral hit on the internet, his exciting life in ROCK, the exchange rate between music and comedy and the importance of a Day Job.

MJ Hibbett plugs:

MJ Hibbett and The Validators: http://www.mjhibbett.com

Moon Horse: www.moonhorse.net

Edinburgh: PBH's Free Fringe

6 - 20 August: 17:00 - 18:00 every day - Buffs Club (R.A.O.B.), 5 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA

Camden Fringe:

26 - 27 August: 20:00 - 21:00 both days - The Camden Head, 100 Camden High St, London NW1 0LU 

Dinosaur Planet: http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/dinosaurplanet/



Things we talk about that you may like to cross reference:


The Gay Train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b-4shDxUlw

Hey Hey 16K: http://mjhibbett.co.uk/songs/song.php?filename=heyhey16K

The Lesson of The Smiths: http://mjhibbett.co.uk/songs/song.php?filename=thelessonofthesmiths

My band T Shirt blog by MJ Hibbett: http://mybandtshirt.tumblr.com/post/7008013974/34-mj-hibbett-the-validators-hey-hey-16k-2004


My song about the last cartridge game avater: http://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries/11-the-last-platform


Darren Hayman's January Songs: http://januarysongs.tumblr.com/

The Word Podcast: http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/podcast





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GBA 12 MJ Hibbett

GBA Fringe Season: Two weeks of episodes devoted to the Edinburgh and Camden Fringes

In GBA 13 we get better acquainted with Richard Tyrone Jones.  Amongst other things we talk about how he literally has a big heart that almost killed him, what it means to try and make a living from poetry and the way his life now (finally) has a narrative arc.

Richard Tyrone Jones plugs:

Utter! Spoken Word: http://www.utterspokenword.com   / http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=5704768293

Fund Richard Tyrone Jones Has A Big Heart's 2012 Tour and Book: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/investment/richard-tyrone-jones-has-a-big-heart-edinburgh-amp-tour-2012-256


Camden Fringe:

Richard Tyrone Jones Has a Heart: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=203616559670276 LAST SHOW SUNDAY 7th August - Camden Head

Utter! MisGuided Tour of Camden 6th August: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=215717238445578

Utter! Puppets: 9th August - Green Note http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=214491278563431


Edinburgh Fringe:

26th and 27th August Banshee Labyrinth: 
http://freefringe.org.uk/showlistings/5099-richard-tyrone-jones-reads-some-stuff-off-bits-of-paper-spoken-word

27th August - Utter! Spoken Word
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=179663742082014




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GBA 13 Richard Tyrone Jones

In GBA 30 we get better acquainted with Rosemary. She talks about the transformative power of theatre in education, drumming, faith, same sex marriage, working with children and adults with special needs, music and more. And I tell my origin story that involves a school in a small Welsh town, a Native American and a moment when my understanding changed.

Rosemary plugs: 

Her band Le Miro

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GBA 30 Rosemary

In GBA 46 we get better acquainted with Jack. He talks about finding dead bodies and shot guns, why his mummy says he's special, being a housing officer, his love of fast and heavy music, hobbies and making art, why he doesn't hate bands (and which bands he hates), the problem with drummers and a lot more.

Jack plugs:

Little Apple Dolls - http://www.littleappledolls.com/

Screaming Matriarch - http://www.screamingmatriarch.com/

MSIS - http://mummysaysimspecial.com/

We plug:

The Plural - http://soundcloud.com/the-plural


Show Notes:

This is the T-Shirt I bought that Jack made: http://screamingmatriarch.bigcartel.com/product/new-black-skull-fishbones-mens-tee

This is the band we used to be in: http://www.myspace.com/applesforeveryone

This is the highlights channel for first podcast I made: http://www.fourdaysinaroom.co.uk/



These are albums/bands that you might want to check out as a result of this episode:

Against Me - Reinventing Axl Rose: http://open.spotify.com/album/1NtpHCszhzsReZxaoec0o9

NOFX - So Long & Thanks For All The Shoes: http://open.spotify.com/album/5hzbV1PsgeuAZjLClHVcr0

Rancid - Let's Go: http://open.spotify.com/album/5IWs1GKm1HCzrOazle9hdK

The Mountain Goats: http://open.spotify.com/artist/3hyGGjxu73JuzBa757H6R5


I googled the DIY albums that Jack talks about and found them in these places:

ST/DC: http://www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=2633

http://www.last.fm/music/ST%252FDC/Split

Swamp Room

http://www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=2635&mode=music

Jack Gobsmob

http://www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=2634


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GBA 46 Jack

In GBA 67 we get better acquainted with Martin "the soundman" Zaltz Austwick from the podcasts Answer Me This!, The Sound of the Ladies, The Global Lab Podcast and Bright Club. 

But there is much more to Martin than podcasting:

I talk to Martin about treating cancer with lasers, the relationship between physics and sociology, songwriting, public engagement, the relationship between class and studying at Oxford, changing your name when you get married, reverb, the history of social housing in the UK and more.

This episode is part of a strand of GBA where I talk to podcast makers and radio makers: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/podcasters-and-radio-makers

For more about Answer Me This! (including reference to Martin) have a listen to the GBA I did with it's hosts Helen and Ollie: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-65-helen-and-olly

Martin Plugs:

If you're interested in his music: The Sound of the Ladies: http://www.thesoundoftheladies.com/

If you're interested in sciencde engagement stuff: http://www.sociablephysics.com

His two twitters:

http://www.twitter.com/sociablephysics
http://www.twitter.com/martinaustwick

Mentioned in the Episode:

Darren Hayman: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-62-darren-hayman

Coventry Special: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-64-coventry

Gavin Osborn: http://www.myspace.com/gavinosborn

Bright Club: http://www.brightclub.org/

Martin talking lasers on Bright Club: http://brightclub.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/podcast-2-martin-king-of-lasers-austwick-and-kent-valentine/

Martin talking fictional lasers for The Naked Scientists: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/latest-questions/question/3337/

The Global Lab: http://www.thegloballab.com/

Science Showoff: http://www.scienceshowoff.org/

Answer Me This: http://www.answermethispodcast.com/

The Dave: http://soundcloud.com/the-dave/sets

The Plural: http://soundcloud.com/the-plural


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GBA 67 Martin "the sound man" Zaltz Austwick

In GBA 68 we get better acquainted with Kit Lovelace. He talks pen-names, playing background music, trusting your love life to readers of the Guardian Newspaper, interrupting true stories, anonymous blogging, what he learnt from some people called "biscuit" and "toast" and lot's more!

Kit Lovelace is the first guest to be listed by a false name but everything we talk about is real. He uses this name so he can reveal more of the truth, protecting the identity of both him and the people he has stepped out with. 

He embarked on a project where he trusted his dating life to readers, first on his blog and later in his newspaper column: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/my-love-life-in-your-hands

It appears this approach may be the secret to finding love. At least for him. We discuss the practicalities, ethics, and semi salacious detail of this interesting relationship experiment.

Kit Plugs:

The book he is currently writing about his relationship history and experience of the blog/column.

His twitter feed: http://twitter.com/mylifeyourhands

We also talk about:

The Wed or Dead Wager: http://thewedordeadwager.wordpress.com/

Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/

Who are going up to Edinburgh this year: http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/grant-s-true-tales-presents-spark-london-storytelling

The shows are at 5.30pm every night from 4th - 14th August at Riddles Court. Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/463582240327243/

You can follow Spark London on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SparkLDN

You can like Spark London on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sparklondon

The next Spark London Brixton Open Mic is on the 20th August, Upstairs @ The Ritzy Cinema. It starts at 7.30pm. Here's the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/264320963674420/

The next Spark London in The Cafe Canal Theatre is on 3rd September at 7:30pm: http://www.canalcafetheatre.com/EventPage.php?EventId=758

The first Spark London night that I'll be hosting at the Hackney Attic (part of the Hackney Picturehouse) will be at 7.30 on 10th September

This is the Spark Story that Kit's piano note was featured in: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/two-cathedrals-david-pickering/

It is featured in Episode 1 of GBA where it was given a bit more context: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-1-dave

This is a playlist of Sparklers who have been on GBA so far: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/spark-londoners/

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GBA 68 Kit Lovelace

GBA Edinburgh Festival 2012 Season: Three weeks of episodes related to the Edinburgh Festival 2012

(This was last year's season: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/fringe-festival-season/)

In GBA 69 we get better acquainted with the second Lucy that has been on the show. She talk about yoga for prisoners, accents, fairytales, feminism, the spoken and written word, and lot's more. 

This is the first episode of the 2012 GBA Edinburgh Festival Season (http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/around-year-ago-getting-better.html) Over the next few weeks there will be conversations with people doing shows up there this year plus next Friday they'll be this year’s Edinburgh special documenting my journey into the opening weekend of the festival, mixed in with previews, reviews and extra snippets of conversation. 

Lucy has a brilliant show. We talk about it in our conversation. And I went to see the preview a few months afterwards. I really thought it was great and I very strongly recommend it. Not only is it awesome, it is FREE!

Lucy Plugs:

Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry:

6.20pm 4-14 August @ The Banshee Labyrinth  Price: FREE (It is part of the excellent PBH Free Fringe)   Duration 1hr

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/lucy-ayrton-lullabies-to-make-your-children-cry

http://lullabiestomakeyourchildrencry.tumblr.com/

http://youtu.be/mlpe-tv_Tf0

And 

Flea Circus Open Slam:

7.30pm 4-14 August @ The Banshee Labyrinth  Price: FREE (It is part of the excellent PBH Free Fringe)   Duration 2hr

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/flea-circus-open-slam

Want to compete? Contact lucy@teafuelledart.co.uk, or there’ll always be one slot free on the night.


Both show are produced by Tea Fuelled Art: http://www.teafuelledart.co.uk


She also hosts Oxford's Hammer and Tongue: http://www.hammerandtongue.co.uk/

And blogs here: http://lucyinthepubwithcider.tumblr.com/

This is the blog post we talk about: http://lucyinthepubwithcider.tumblr.com/post/14222491238/fat


At the end I plug the show I will be performing in on August 4th:

Grant's True Tales Presents Spark London-Storytelling

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/grant-s-true-tales-presents-spark-london-storytelling

5.30pm 4-14 August @ Riddles Court   Price: £8 (including 2 Grant's Cocktails)  Duration 1.5hr

Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/463582240327243/

If you go and see it on the 4th you'll hear me telling a story and if you introduce yourself you become eligible as a future GBA guest!



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GBA 69 Lucy

GBA Edinburgh Festival 2012 Season: Three weeks of episodes related to the Edinburgh Festival 2012

(This was last year's season: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/fringe-festival-season)

In GBA 70 we get better acquainted with Superbard (aka George). He talks about telling stories, playing instruments, the God number, developing, refining and improving work and being an optimist. It was recorded at Edinburgh Waverly Station last Sunday after a weekend of hardcore Edinburgh Festival-ing. It's the episode I've been most exhausted while recording and has had the fasted editing turnaround of the series so far, with the majority of it being edited on the train back to London. 

This is the second episode of the 2012 GBA Edinburgh Festival Season (http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/around-year-ago-getting-better.html) 

Over the next few weeks there will be conversations with people doing shows up there this year plus on Friday they'll be this year’s Edinburgh special documenting my journey into the opening weekend of the festival, mixed in with previews, reviews and extra snippets of conversation.

George has a brilliant show. We talk about it in our conversation. And I went to see it in Edinburgh before we recorded the conversation. It charmed me completely (in a good way!)

Superbard doesn't plug his show:

Superbard Starts to Save the World: http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/superbard-starts-to-save-the-world

9.10pm 8-19 August at Spotlites @ The Merchants' Hall   Price: £8.50 / £7.50

Instead he plugs previous guest Lucy Ayrton's show (which he has directed):

Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry:http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/lucy-ayrton-lullabies-to-make-your-children-cry

6.20pm 4-14 August @ The Banshee Labyrinth Price: FREE (It is part of the excellent PBH Free Fringe) Duration 1hr

Lucy was featured in episode 1 of this year's Edinburgh Festival Season: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-69-lucy

Also mentioned:

An early part of his show that was performed and podcasted here: http://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-07

Tea Fuelled Art: http://www.teafuelledart.co.uk

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Spark London: http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/grant-s-true-tales-presents-spark-london-storytelling

Autumn Shift: http://autumnshift.co.uk/

Zombies, Run!: https://www.zombiesrungame.com/

Flea Circus: http://www.fleacircuslondon.co.uk/

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/flea-circus-open-slam

Soho Stories: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/soho-stories/id528325471?mt=8

Hackney Hear: http://www.hackneyhear.com/

Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh

BAC "Scratch": http://www.bac.org.uk/search/?q=scratch/

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GBA 70 Superbard

GBA Edinburgh Festival 2012 Season: Three weeks of episodes related to the Edinburgh Festival 2012

In GBA 72 we get better acquainted with Alison Thea-Skot. She talks about character comedy, audience participation, acting, writing, singing and why she does what she does. 

This is the fourth episode of the 2012 GBA Edinburgh Festival Season (http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/around-year-ago-getting-better.html)

It's the last episode in the season. This is the 2012 Season as a playlist: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-gba-edinburgh-festival/

This was last years season: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/fringe-festival-season

Alison plugs her show:

Thea-Skot's Miss Adventures: http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/thea-skot-s-miss-adventures

3.40pm 4-26 August at Just the Tonic at The Caves Price: £7

http://www.alisontheaskot.com/

Also mentioned:

Margaret: http://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-15

The Human Tuning Fork: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-owFcStjBO0

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Ben Target: http://bentarget.com/   http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/discover-ben-target

The Twisted Twins: http://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-14

John Kearns: http://www.thatjohnkearns.co.uk/  http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/comedy-reserve

Chris Bennion: https://twitter.com/PigLimbedViking

Hennessy and Friends: http://www.mirandahennessy.com// http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/hennessy-friends-a-history-of-violence

Adam Riches: http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/bring-me-the-head-of-adam-riches

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GBA 72 Alison Thea-Skot

In GBA 77 we get better acquainted with... Dave. In this special edition of GBA guest host Zoe talks to the man writing this blurb about "The Coventry Years".

Prompted by the way that I've hinted at and touched on this time in my life previously in the series but have never fully covered it, I decided to invite one of my closest friends along to host a conversation about it.

In this frank and candid conversation I talk about what I've learnt from looking back at those years and some of the "work" I've done on myself as a result. This work is very much connected to, and prompted by, the GBA Project.

"The Coventry Years" refers to the time I spent between the ages of 8 and 13 in a house in Coventry which had very thin walls. Some of the main things we cover is the impact of the domestic implosion that happened to my family in that house; how it influenced my character, my future and my burgeoning adolescent sexuality.

Thanks so much to Zoe for doing such a brilliant job at witnessing and responding to all this. I couldn't have asked for a better foil! I think she genuinely got better acquainted with me in the process, which was a surprise as we’re pretty open with each other and are long time close friends.



I Plug:

Considering this quote from the Bright Eyes song Bowl of Oranges in relation to yourself as well as in the context of relationships: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUym7n7fJTQ

"And we'll keep working on the problem we know we'll never solve 
Of Love's uneven remainders, our lives are fractions of a whole.
But if the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall.
Then I think we would see the beauty.
Then we would stand staring in awe at our still lives posed like a bowl of oranges,
like a story told by the fault lines and the soil."

And talking to your parents about their lives, even if they aren't easy for you to talk to. Which is the major theme of this GBA Special:http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-53-to-the-heart-of-it



Also mentioned:

The full Christmas Story and the Inventing Masturbation story are featured in Episode 1 of the Show: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-1-dave

The Cardiff years, and specifically my experiences being bullied in school are covered fully in the Cardiff Special: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-17-cardiff

Other parts of my life in Coventry, including Steve's valiant defence of the City, and the intro which I talk about cutting stuff out of, and some hints at the material in this episode, are covered in the Coventry Special: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-64-coventry

The GBA with my Step Dad that also touches on the events and themes from this episode is here: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-74-mervyn

There have been two GBA conversations that I did with my mum released. The one we talk about most in the episode won't be aired for quite some time. But when it is it will join the first two in this playlist: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-mum-episodes-1/

The set up in North Wales is explored fully in this GBA Extra: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-the-partition

Zoe has a GBA all of her own, it is a good one: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-22-zoe

Spark London where the intro was recorded and which has also been very influential on where I find myself currently both personally and creatively can be found here: http://www.sparklondon.com/



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GBA 77 The Coventry Years

In GBA 94 we get better acquainted with Andy. He talks about sex, suicide, evolution, Countdown, cocaine addiction, true storytelling and more. It's very open & honest conversation.

A substantial amount of this episode covers issues around sexuality, feminism, evolutionary psychology/biology, sex work and we even touch on "nice guys" (although the conversation was recorded before the Nice Guys of OK Cupid Tumblr appeared and disappeared.)

We also talk about how Phil Collins saved his life, get the inside scoop on behind the scenes at the Channel Four series Countdown, the relationship between stand up comedy, journalism and Oxford University and how his two Grandmothers influenced his life.

Andy will be telling a true story at the upcoming Stand Up Tragedy which is also at the Hackney Attic on Friday 18th January:

http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/show-1-18th-january-2013/

http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Stand_Up_Tragedy/

https://www.facebook.com/events/232685033529087/


Andy plugs:

Womanology: http://www.womanology.co.uk/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/_Womanology_



Mentioned:

The audio version of the Womanology blog we'd just recorded: http://www.womanology.co.uk/folder/?p=437

Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/

Down Post Office Lane: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/down-post-office-lane-andy-bodle/

Escorts: http://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/escorts-andy-bodle/

Daily Mail Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1190966/I-addicted-girls-A-respected-script-writer-explains-succumbed-lure-paying-sex.html

Stuart Jeffries: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mrs-Slocombes-Pussy-Stuart-Jeffries/dp/0002258897

Sex at Dawn: http://www.sexatdawn.com/

Dan Savage: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=15754593




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GBA 94 Andy

Episode 3 of GBA Live: 5 conversations recorded as part of my Invisible Picture Palace (http://invisiblepicturepalace.com/) residency for In the Dark Radio (http://www.inthedarkradio.org/) that took place in November 2012. These episodes are going to come out daily in the week leading up to the GBA 100 two-part special. Each one has a different audience of people who came out to a greenhouse in Wapping to be a part of the conversation.

Today we get better acquainted with Urie.

She talks about Little Apple Dolls, making art, nearly getting signed to DC comics, growing up shifting between different religions as her mum followed a spiritual quest, depression, family, dogs with silly faces, bullying and much more.

It's a really open and honest conversation which covers a lot of ground, from comics conventions to Nigerian Church Cults, from the imaginary space of The Inbetween to living with mental health issues, Urie is engaging, funny and wise.

The live recording of this episode was picked as part of Something You Said's Top Gigs of 2012: http://somethingyousaid.com/2012/12/28/something-you-saids-top-gigs-of-2012/


Urie plugs:

Her new Little Apple Doll: http://screamingmatriarch.bigcartel.com/product/new-limited-edition-lustravi-14-little-apple-doll

And Screaming Matriach: http://screamingmatriarch.bigcartel.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Apple-Dolls/10150159360495593


We mention:

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk

Urie will be performing at SUT on Thursday 28th March at the Dogstar in Brixton.

Byron Burger: http://www.byronhamburgers.com/

J Horror: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_horror

Robert Rodriguez: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez

Quentin Tarantino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino


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GBA Live 3 Urie

A weekly podcast: Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. Part interview show, part oral history project and part autobiography through conversation.

British Podcast Award 2017 winner (bronze in Best Interview category)

GBA was nominated for a 2012 Radio Production Award, aired for 3 seasons on Resonance 104.4 FM and was featured on BBC Radio 4's In Pod We Trust, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Helen and Olly's Required Listening and has been recommended by The Guardian, Time Out and the Financial Times