A Month Of Sundays - John Cooper Clarke - BBC 6 Music, Sundays 4-6pm
6 Music has been spoiling us in it's 10th anniversary year, and
I was more than excited when finding out that the punk poet
has once again been given the prestigious late Sunday afternoon slot
for the whole of May.
An eclectic set of tunes are on offer ranging from Betty Everett to
Garbage, and Clarke manages to provide some knowledgable anecdotes
about the artists in between.
Either that, or he's got a really good producer with all the facts at hand.
Do check out some of the presenter's poetry as well, there's a
fair bit of it on the old Youtube.
Vanessa Feltz - Maurice Sendak Tribute - BBC Radio 2 09.05.12
(Second Hour in)
One of the advantages of Twitter within radio is how it can
be used to highlight particular points of the show worth listening to
without listening to the rest, should it not cater for one's interests.
None more so than this, an enlightening look at one of the best books
written for children with the help of author Michael Rosen.
A personal highlight is the mini-debate over the last line, whether it
reads "and it was still warm" or "and it was still hot" with the latter
(which was used), causing amusement for many a young child over
the generations.
And that's more or less what the interview sums up, how the book
will continue to be enjoyed for, quite a while yet.
Overall it's a heart warming dissection, and don't let the extract
read by Giles Brandreth put you off listening.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Tim Minchin -
comedy.org
The "Podfather" returns to his spiritual home of the Leicester Square
Theatre for a 7 week run of podcasts in the same vein as those
recorded at last year's Edinburgh Festival with an interview
with a top comedian as the backbone.
And none better to start off with than Tim Minchin fresh from
another aural interview on Kirsty Young's desert island.
Amongst the subjects covered are the musical version of Roald
Dahl's Matlida penned by the comic, and dealing with volatile
critics through the medium of song, leading up to a rather lengthy
finale involving the audience in a true or false based quiz.
It's more funny in the audio itself, honest.
It's a shame they don't take advantage of getting Minchin to
perform one of his numbers on the podcast itself, and with
the rather long length there's more than enough room.
But on a personal note, it's an entertaining warm up for next week
as I'll be attending the first of two recordings in the series.
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