Dan & Nick are back!

Yay! Still repeats of course, but some funny French stuff in this first episode :-)

CBC Wiretap

I can't believe I never knew about this before now… it's a hoot!
Wiretap, on the CBC.

FOOC, Gao Yaojie

I'm listening to FOOC, for the first time in ages. Allan Little -- ah that voice, that writing.

And Dan Griffiths, talking about Gao Yaojie. I've never spoken to Gao Yaojie, indeed I can't understand much of what she says. But I've studio-produced when BBC Chinese interviewed her, and gone all through the Reuters and APTN feeds to find audio of her in the US.

From just that, I feel like I know her. She deserves all the recognition she gets, and well done to Dan Griffiths for writing and reading so well.

And right now they're in Bhutan, with some names that make me giggle -- go easy on me, I've had a lot of sunshine and some chocolate today.

Mike Figgis lecture

Mike Figgis is a movie director, but he talks about much more than that in this lecture. I enjoyed every word of it – that's how wide he spread his net! It's well worth a listen.

It was also the Radio 3 Arts and Ideas podcast, so you might be able to find an mp3 if it leaves the the Radio Player after seven days.

On The Wireless

I've just been to see a great show. It's called On The Wireless. It was on in the San Francisco Bathhouse on Cuba Street (Wellington, New Zealand).

It's fab! Three young men in dinner jackets perform an evening radio show, which plays three dramas. Many many parts are played over the course of the show, entirely by the three guys – according to the Facebook event, their names are Gareth Williams, Brad McCormick and Leon Wadham.
They do a terrific job on the accents – plus they do their own spot effects, and one even plays the keyboard! They are helped by a sound operator who hits his cues – everybit as good as any I've seen at the BBC Radio 4 recordings in the Drill Hall.

The stories are diverse, entertaining pastiches. Then there are the ad breaks…

If I have to criticise, maybe it's just that the final play could have gone in the middle, as there was an element of "I'm not supposed to be laughing here" which confused things a wee bit. But audiences like to think too so hey :-)

It doesn't really detract from an excellent show – I want more!

So yeah, if you get a chance, go see this show, and keep an ear out for the three performers.