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May 22, 2021 14:59:14 GMT
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Post by stu77 on May 22, 2021 14:59:14 GMT
 Bob Dylan's Christian phase www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct2fzt
Bob Dylan: Born again
Heart and SoulBob Dylan was brought up in a Jewish household in the American Midwest, but kept his faith away from the spotlight of his professional counter-culture persona. That was until the late 1970s when he converted to evangelical Christianity and released an album that shared his born again beliefs with the world.
We join his childhood friend, Louie Kemp, as we delve into why the boy he met at a Jewish summer camp turned to Christianity.
We hear from Regina McCray, his backing singer from the time, who retells the story of her audition where she sang Amazing Grace. She went on to get the job, but little did she know that the song would go on to inspire Dylan’s sound for his next three albums - Slow Train Coming, Saved, and Shot of Love.
We also hear from Australian journalist, Karen Hughes, whose in-depth interview with the singer broke to the world how serious Dylan was about Christianity - and from Swedish doctor and musician, Valdemar Erling, whose accidental discovery of Slow Train Coming has been the foundation of his faith for many years.
Along with live music tracks, archive excerpts from outraged fans and even the sounds of Bob Dylan preaching to his crowds, we hear how Dylan’s often overlooked ‘Gospel Period’ helped people develop a deeper connection to spirituality that is still relevant today, years after the singer-songwriter appears to have turned his back on organised religion altogether. |
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Post by stu77 on Jun 12, 2021 22:38:17 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 13, 2021 7:12:29 GMT
Thanks Stu Have a bit of that I love anyone called Stu! Comedian and writer Stewart Lee draws on a lifetime of professional untruths to consider the disorienting and apparently all-encompassing world of the unreliable narrator.Why, if we appreciate truth, objectivity and authenticity so much, do we also love the distortions of almost all narrative art?
Does the basic human desire to tell stories mean that none of us are ever really telling the truth?
What happens when the idea of manipulating the narrative leaves the world of entertainment and enters the world of politics?
From the British Library to the middle of a Victorian graveyard, in novels and poems, documentaries, the songs of Bob Dylan and stand-up comedy, Stewart picks through the archives and encounters a host of more or less reliable voices including Mediaevalist Dr Hetta Howes, writer and critic Jennifer Hodgson, political commentator Nesrine Malik, poet Rob Auton, filmmaker Ben Rivers, Dylanologist Nish Kumar, comedian Russell Kane and one or two devious special guests.
Be on your guard, expect the unexpected and suspend your disbelief as we head out in search for something to rely on.
Presenter: Stewart Lee
Producer: Michael Umney
Executive Producer: Max O'Brien
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Jun 17, 2021 17:41:24 GMT
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Jun 22, 2021 12:00:12 GMT
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Post by stu77 on Jun 22, 2021 12:00:12 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000x72tWhy are white nationalists and the far right so fond of Ancient Greece and Rome? Katherine Harloe, Professor of Classics and Intellectual History at the University of Reading, looks at the ways in which the classical world is both used to lend respectability to the politics of hate, and distorted to give the false impression that it was an all-white space. But this is not just a modern problem - from British colonial India to fascist Italy, Katherine delves into the last 300 years of history to explain how the ancient world and white supremacy became entwined, and asks what classicists today can do about it.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 25, 2021 11:08:38 GMT
Thanks Stu Have a bit of that I love anyone called Stu! Comedian and writer Stewart Lee draws on a lifetime of professional untruths to consider the disorienting and apparently all-encompassing world of the unreliable narrator.Why, if we appreciate truth, objectivity and authenticity so much, do we also love the distortions of almost all narrative art?
Does the basic human desire to tell stories mean that none of us are ever really telling the truth?
What happens when the idea of manipulating the narrative leaves the world of entertainment and enters the world of politics?
From the British Library to the middle of a Victorian graveyard, in novels and poems, documentaries, the songs of Bob Dylan and stand-up comedy, Stewart picks through the archives and encounters a host of more or less reliable voices including Mediaevalist Dr Hetta Howes, writer and critic Jennifer Hodgson, political commentator Nesrine Malik, poet Rob Auton, filmmaker Ben Rivers, Dylanologist Nish Kumar, comedian Russell Kane and one or two devious special guests.
Be on your guard, expect the unexpected and suspend your disbelief as we head out in search for something to rely on.
Presenter: Stewart Lee
Producer: Michael Umney
Executive Producer: Max O'Brien
A Novel production for BBC Radio 4Excellent listen Funny adn clever that they've used a photo to Terry Christian  |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 25, 2021 18:49:41 GMT
Thanks Stu Have a bit of that I love anyone called Stu! Comedian and writer Stewart Lee draws on a lifetime of professional untruths to consider the disorienting and apparently all-encompassing world of the unreliable narrator.Why, if we appreciate truth, objectivity and authenticity so much, do we also love the distortions of almost all narrative art?
Does the basic human desire to tell stories mean that none of us are ever really telling the truth?
What happens when the idea of manipulating the narrative leaves the world of entertainment and enters the world of politics?
From the British Library to the middle of a Victorian graveyard, in novels and poems, documentaries, the songs of Bob Dylan and stand-up comedy, Stewart picks through the archives and encounters a host of more or less reliable voices including Mediaevalist Dr Hetta Howes, writer and critic Jennifer Hodgson, political commentator Nesrine Malik, poet Rob Auton, filmmaker Ben Rivers, Dylanologist Nish Kumar, comedian Russell Kane and one or two devious special guests.
Be on your guard, expect the unexpected and suspend your disbelief as we head out in search for something to rely on.
Presenter: Stewart Lee
Producer: Michael Umney
Executive Producer: Max O'Brien
A Novel production for BBC Radio 4Excellent listen Funny and clever that they've used a photo to Terry Christian The plot thickens... Who Mixed Up Stewart Lee With Terry Christian?www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/10686/stewart-lee-christian |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 25, 2021 19:04:05 GMT
And now the BBC have changed the Stewart Lee picture on BBC Sounds to one of Stewart Lee.
WTF?
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Jun 26, 2021 12:51:00 GMT
Post by stu77 on Jun 26, 2021 12:51:00 GMT
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Jun 26, 2021 13:51:54 GMT
Post by Billy Idle on Jun 26, 2021 13:51:54 GMT
Thanks
That Stewart Lee programmes sounds excellent
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Post by stu77 on Jun 26, 2021 22:48:11 GMT
Women in electronic music The Woman-MachineWhile the history of electronic music includes many notable men whose stories have been frequently celebrated, the genre has also provided a space for a wide range of extraordinary women to create a musical room of their own.
Working with machines meant being able to sidestep many of the hurdles that stood in the way of women aspiring to a musical career, such as access to orchestras, commissions and concert halls, and an over-riding failure to be taken seriously by the male musical gate-keepers. Elizabeth Alker examines the connections between early pioneers such as Eliane Radigue and Daphne Oram (who gained access to studios thanks to the second world war), those musicians who followed in their immediate wake such as Suzanne Ciani and Laurie Spiegel, and today’s generation of female composers.
Anna Meredith, Holly Herndon, Afrodeutsche and JLin all speak with Elizabeth about their own work and the debt they owe their predecessors. Central to the story is the composer and academic Pauline Oliveros, who founded the San Francisco Tape Music Centre, and whose theories around deep-listening as a feminist act shape so much of the texture of the music created by the women and men who followed her.
This is music, Elizabeth argues, which has an emphasis on tone and texture. This lends it a particular quality making it both distinct from its male equivalent and also profoundly beautiful and rich.
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Jul 5, 2021 3:14:05 GMT
Post by stu77 on Jul 5, 2021 3:14:05 GMT
The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed (Simon Armitage)
Johnny Marr
If the poets of the past sat in their garrets dipping their quills in ink and waiting for inspiration to strike, our current Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has a more mundane and domestic arrangement. From his wooden shed in the garden, surrounded on all sides by the Pennine Hills and the Pennine weather, this summer he's working on a set of haikus inspired by the landscape around him and the people who drop by.
Any distraction is welcome, even encouraged, to talk about poetry, creativity, music, art, sheds, sherry, music and the countryside.
To kick of the new series, Johnny Marr who first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of The Smiths takes the trip over the Pennines from Manchester to visit the shed, along with his new twelve-string guitar. In a conversation punctuated by snatches of Smiths songs, Johnny Marr talks about his life in music and gives the Poet Laureate, a huge fan of The Smiths, a private run-through of chord sequences from his back catalogue.
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Jul 14, 2021 18:52:41 GMT
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