Speechification http://speechification.com Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:47:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationArtsblog@speechification.comspeechification.comspeechification.comnoradio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationSpeechification.com podcastA blog of Radio 4. Not about Radio 4 but of it. We point to the bits we like, the bits you might have missed, the bits that someone might have sneakily recorded. Other speech radio from around the world will no doubt find its way here too.http://speechification.com/http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/speechification?bg=99CCFF&fg=444444&anim=0&label=listenersSpeechificationSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with ODEOSubscribe with Podnova Runaway Train http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/57g6pHWiQ_Y/ http://speechification.com/2009/10/21/runaway-train/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:07:42 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=498 You'll dash through this - fifteen minutes of classical radio documentary values delivered at speed. Entirely satisfying (and very exciting). Good music too.

Lovely pics and a transcript of the gripping, deadpan radio transmissions that form the basis of the programme here.

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/10/21/runaway-train/feed/ 0 noYou'll dash through this - fifteen minutes of classical radio documentary values delivered at speed. Entirely satisfying (and very exciting). Good music too. Lovely pics and a transcript of the gripping, deadpan radio transmissions that form the basis of speechification.comYou'll dash through this - fifteen minutes of classical radio documentary values delivered at speed. Entirely satisfying (and very exciting). Good music too. Lovely pics and a transcript of the gripping, deadpan radio transmissions that form the basis of the programme here. radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/10/21/runaway-train/http://speechificationaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/BBC_R4_Runaway_Train_18102009.mp3 James Ellroy on Studio 360 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/otSUBo6QUe4/ http://speechification.com/2009/10/06/james-ellroy-on-studio-360/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:56:00 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=494 Fabulous performance from the wonderful writer James Ellroy on WYNC's Studio 360. Absolutely hilarious, whilst ably demonstrating the great American love of language.

Studio 360: James Ellroy [mp3]

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/10/06/james-ellroy-on-studio-360/feed/ 3 noFabulous performance from the wonderful writer James Ellroy on WYNC's Studio 360. Absolutely hilarious, whilst ably demonstrating the great American love of language. Studio 360: James Ellroy [mp3] speechification.comFabulous performance from the wonderful writer James Ellroy on WYNC's Studio 360. Absolutely hilarious, whilst ably demonstrating the great American love of language. Studio 360: James Ellroy [mp3] radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/10/06/james-ellroy-on-studio-360/http://speech.s3.amazonaws.com/studio091809d.mp3 Calling Hereford http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/zByK94xAbeM/ http://speechification.com/2009/10/02/calling-hereford/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:39:09 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=491 Hugh Sykes visits Madley Communications Centre, near Hereford, the site of the world's largest earth satellite station (you can see it on Google Maps). Madley reaches out over the Atlantic and even to the Indian Ocean to communicate with geostationary satellites, providing the vital link in the transmission of raw news - and has played a crucial role in a number of world events. [MP3]

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/10/02/calling-hereford/feed/ 0 noHugh Sykes visits Madley Communications Centre, near Hereford, the site of the world's largest earth satellite station (you can see it on Google Maps). Madley reaches out over the Atlantic and even to the Indian Ocean to communicate with geostationary satspeechification.comHugh Sykes visits Madley Communications Centre, near Hereford, the site of the world's largest earth satellite station (you can see it on Google Maps). Madley reaches out over the Atlantic and even to the Indian Ocean to communicate with geostationary satellites, providing the vital link in the transmission of raw news - and has played a [...]radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/10/02/calling-hereford/http://jb_speechification.s3.amazonaws.com/Calling-Hereford.mp3 Musical Migrants http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/7JoS2ylYS2A/ http://speechification.com/2009/10/01/musical-migrants/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:34:50 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=487 A brief little series of 15 minute episodes about music's power to move people geographically as well as emotionally, Musical Migrants ran in 2008 and again in 2009.

Here's the fourth programme from Series 1: Belgian bandoneon player Eva Wolff describes her arrival in Buenos Aires, and her introduction to Tango, in the context of Argentina's catastrophic economic meltdown. [MP3]

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/10/01/musical-migrants/feed/ 0 noA brief little series of 15 minute episodes about music's power to move people geographically as well as emotionally, Musical Migrants ran in 2008 and again in 2009. Here's the fourth programme from Series 1: Belgian bandoneon player Eva Wolff describes hspeechification.comA brief little series of 15 minute episodes about music's power to move people geographically as well as emotionally, Musical Migrants ran in 2008 and again in 2009. Here's the fourth programme from Series 1: Belgian bandoneon player Eva Wolff describes her arrival in Buenos Aires, and her introduction to Tango, in the context of Argentina's [...]radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/10/01/musical-migrants/http://jb_speechification.s3.amazonaws.com/Musical-Migrants.mp3 Radiolab – Parasites http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/HcbyHM6ZWXM/ http://speechification.com/2009/09/25/wnyc_radiolab_parasites/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:10:03 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=480 I'm in awe. I honestly don't know how they do it. They chortle and hesitate and miss cues and improvise - and then they back up and do it again. They run two interviews at the same time, questions from one interleaved with answers from the other. They use the ragged ends of recordings as if they were prime content. They leave the stumbles and dropped mics in and talk over the good stuff. They play with sound quality, record the credits over the phone, play in random music, watch movies on-air. And learned contributors join in - they relax and laugh and argue like kids. And the result is wonderful, inspiring science programming - only you'd be forgiven for not noticing. You might think it was just hilarious, clever speech radio. This one's about parasites. It's brilliant (MP3).

Radiolab is made by WNYC. The podcast is here.

The picture is by Jeremy Sternberg. It's used under licence.

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/09/25/wnyc_radiolab_parasites/feed/ 0 noI'm in awe. I honestly don't know how they do it. They chortle and hesitate and miss cues and improvise - and then they back up and do it again. They run two interviews at the same time, questions from one interleaved with answers from the other. They usespeechification.comI'm in awe. I honestly don't know how they do it. They chortle and hesitate and miss cues and improvise - and then they back up and do it again. They run two interviews at the same time, questions from one interleaved with answers from the other. They use the ragged ends of recordings as [...]radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/09/25/wnyc_radiolab_parasites/http://audio.wnyc.org/radiolab_podcast/radiolab_podcast603parasites.mp3 Twenty Minutes – On Planet Hoffnung http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/6PXFuWPkBz4/ http://speechification.com/2009/09/24/twenty-minutes-on-planet-hoffnung/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:02:06 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=478 As a kid who was supposed to like classical music but didn't really I always welcomed the odd outbreaks of  Gerard Hoffnung in an otherwise stuffy world - like the Trigan Empire in Look & Learn. This lovely little programme is a splendid reminder of his gentle, funny imagination. MP3 here.

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/09/24/twenty-minutes-on-planet-hoffnung/feed/ 0 noAs a kid who was supposed to like classical music but didn't really I always welcomed the odd outbreaks of  Gerard Hoffnung in an otherwise stuffy world - like the Trigan Empire in Look & Learn. This lovely little programme is a splendid reminder of hspeechification.comAs a kid who was supposed to like classical music but didn't really I always welcomed the odd outbreaks of  Gerard Hoffnung in an otherwise stuffy world - like the Trigan Empire in Look & Learn. This lovely little programme is a splendid reminder of his gentle, funny imagination. MP3 here. radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/09/24/twenty-minutes-on-planet-hoffnung/http://s3.amazonaws.com/speechification-russell/TwentyMinutesOnPlanetHoffnung.mp3 The London Ear – Dizzee Rascal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/myWJ1fhwnVA/ http://speechification.com/2009/09/18/the-london-ear-dizzee-rascal/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:33:25 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=475 Here we have another splendid London Ear interview, cunningly timed to match up with something or other. Here's Mr Thompson's 2008 Resonance interview with national treasure Dizzee Rascal; who has a big disc out on Monday. The conversation ranges hither and yon - from how he didn't record stuff on a Playstation, to where are Iron Maiden are from, including what library Mr Rascal used to go to and how many bands you can think of named after hospitals. And we have  music from Mr Rascal himself, Fela Kuti, Nirvana, Jay-Z and others. MP3 here. (The sound balance isn't great I'm afraid, but it's very listenable.)

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/09/18/the-london-ear-dizzee-rascal/feed/ 0 noHere we have another splendid London Ear interview, cunningly timed to match up with something or other. Here's Mr Thompson's 2008 Resonance interview with national treasure Dizzee Rascal; who has a big disc out on Monday. The conversation ranges hither aspeechification.comHere we have another splendid London Ear interview, cunningly timed to match up with something or other. Here's Mr Thompson's 2008 Resonance interview with national treasure Dizzee Rascal; who has a big disc out on Monday. The conversation ranges hither and yon - from how he didn't record stuff on a Playstation, to where are [...]radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/09/18/the-london-ear-dizzee-rascal/http://s3.amazonaws.com/speechification-russell/DizzeeRascalTheLondonEar.mp3 Confessions of a Crap Artist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/jJxbS7zHLEM/ http://speechification.com/2009/09/17/confessions-of-a-crap-artist/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:10:08 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=469 Here's some more from the (no doubt extraordinary) archives of Mr Ken Hollings - a show he made in 2006 about, well, er, Philip K Dick certainly. And tape-recorders and typewriters. And the divine. And madness, machines and mass suicide. Including contributions from Kim Stanley Robinson, Ray Nelson, Brian Aldiss, Tim Powers and James Blaylock. This is brilliant stuff.

MP3 here.

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/09/17/confessions-of-a-crap-artist/feed/ 8 noHere's some more from the (no doubt extraordinary) archives of Mr Ken Hollings - a show he made in 2006 about, well, er, Philip K Dick certainly. And tape-recorders and typewriters. And the divine. And madness, machines and mass suicide. Including contribspeechification.comHere's some more from the (no doubt extraordinary) archives of Mr Ken Hollings - a show he made in 2006 about, well, er, Philip K Dick certainly. And tape-recorders and typewriters. And the divine. And madness, machines and mass suicide. Including contributions from Kim Stanley Robinson, Ray Nelson, Brian Aldiss, Tim Powers and James Blaylock. [...]radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/09/17/confessions-of-a-crap-artist/http://s3.amazonaws.com/speechification-russell/ConfessionsOfACrapArtist.mp3 The Hackney Podcast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/3tSTuTWqqgc/ http://speechification.com/2009/09/16/the-hackney-podcast/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:14:46 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=466 The people at the Hackney Podcast sent us this - their 14th episode about water and how it affects and reflects the life of the borough. It includes "Iain Sinclair on the subterranean "ghost river" Hackney Brook, architectural historian Simon Inglis on the origins of swimming pools in the borough, recordings made at an underwater new music event in Stoke Newington, and interviews with people who live and work on the borough's many waterways."

It's lovely stuff. Great sounds too. MP3 here.

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/09/16/the-hackney-podcast/feed/ 0 noThe people at the Hackney Podcast sent us this - their 14th episode about water and how it affects and reflects the life of the borough. It includes "Iain Sinclair on the subterranean "ghost river" Hackney Brook, architectural historian Simon Inglis on thspeechification.comThe people at the Hackney Podcast sent us this - their 14th episode about water and how it affects and reflects the life of the borough. It includes "Iain Sinclair on the subterranean "ghost river" Hackney Brook, architectural historian Simon Inglis on the origins of swimming pools in the borough, recordings made at an underwater [...]radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/09/16/the-hackney-podcast/http://s3.amazonaws.com/speechification-russell/HackneyPodcastEdition14Water.mp3 Psychogeography: discovering the mental terrain of the city http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speechification/~3/Mg31gvfbbAw/ http://speechification.com/2009/09/07/psychogeography-discovering-the-mental-terrain-of-the-city/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:16:20 +0000 blog@speechification.com (speechification.com) http://speechification.com/?p=462 Very nice little documentary on a favourite topic - walking the city in order to understand it, via psychogeography, Situationists, Walter Benjamin etc. but angled towards dead-ends in industrial canals in of South Sydney, a long way from M. Debord. Captures how tricky it is to walk Sydney, too (outside of the centre) although also reveals the benefits that await those that do. Actually, it's also the city on two wheels too, with some lovely, evocative bike-borne exploring of Sydney's Inner West. (Some nice refs. on the All In The Mind showpage below).

ABC Radio National: All In The Mind [mp3]

]]> http://speechification.com/2009/09/07/psychogeography-discovering-the-mental-terrain-of-the-city/feed/ 1 noVery nice little documentary on a favourite topic - walking the city in order to understand it, via psychogeography, Situationists, Walter Benjamin etc. but angled towards dead-ends in industrial canals in of South Sydney, a long way from M. Debord. Captuspeechification.comVery nice little documentary on a favourite topic - walking the city in order to understand it, via psychogeography, Situationists, Walter Benjamin etc. but angled towards dead-ends in industrial canals in of South Sydney, a long way from M. Debord. Captures how tricky it is to walk Sydney, too (outside of the centre) although also [...]radio,speech,BBC,Radio4,speech,radio,speechificationhttp://speechification.com/2009/09/07/psychogeography-discovering-the-mental-terrain-of-the-city/http://speech.s3.amazonaws.com/aim_20090905.mp3 speechification.comnonadultSpeechification.com podcast