EPISODE SIX Original Audio 23 Dec 21 Episode Six: In the darkest days of the year we tend to hide; with good reason – who knows what might lurk in the dark. Even if it’s only a couple of teenage girls…but wait. Why are their hands so bloody? This episode explores the fact, fiction, and…
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Is It Funny? Ep 4 on YT – Beyond the Fringe
Episode 4 is up! This one mostly covers Beyond the Fringe, especially the records. I don’t even mention getting my program signed by Jonathan Miller when he spoke at Skidmore! Original airdate Sep 2020. Now with added images but no Ken Burns effect because I am trying not to add to my workload (and yet…another…
Surreal Noir Ep 5 on YT
EPISODE FIVE [Original air date 24 Nov 21] Episode Five: Noirvember musings include stalkers, loneliness, travel and cows. Well, one cow anyway. This month noir fans watch the whole range of films that fall under that capacious umbrella, often including neo-noir along with the traditional black and white films from the 40s and 50s. *Content cautions for…
Is It Funny? Ep 3 on YT – The Goons
This episode deals with the influence of the Goon Show, especially Spike Milligan.
Is it Funny? Ep 2 on YT
The second episode of my new podcast IS IT FUNNY?
Is it Funny? Episode 1 on YT
The first episode of my new podcast IS IT FUNNY? is out YT today.
Surreal Noir: Ep16 New Fiction!
Episode Sixteen is now live! New fiction to celebrate #Noirvember and go out with a bang. Or maybe just a hum (you’ll have to listen to the story to figure that one out). Les grands transparents was inspired by a concept of André Breton’s. There are little nods that the cognoscenti will pick up on…
Surreal Noir: Ep3 on YouTube!
Episode Three is now live! Original airdate 22 Sep 21 Episode Three: Traveling – Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith introduces the concept of criss-cross for the perfect murder. As these things always go, it’s not so perfect after all. Highsmith is seldom interested in ‘whodunit’ and instead follows up on what happens next. Traveling…
Surreal Noir: Ep2 on YouTube!
Episode Two is now live! EPISODE TWO Original Audio 25 Aug 21 Episode Two: Surreal portraiture—-Muse or artist? Can you fall in love with a picture? Can you fall in love with someone from a picture? What about self-portrait? How do you conjure the image of yourself? How much do you reveal? How much do you…
Surreal Noir: Ep1 on YouTube!
I’m finally in the Noirvember spirit! It’s been a busy time, that’s my excuse. But when I saw that YouTube was now hosting podcasts, I thought it would be the perfect time to hotwire SURREAL NOIR and get back into the rat race. It’s going to take a bit of doing, because I have to…