I Am Now a Chain GeekActor!</h1> <article> <h1>I Am Now a Chain GeekActor!</h1> <p>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:14:00 -0700</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> </div> </p> <p>The <a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/"><strong>GeekPlanet Online</strong></a> crew have been utter utter lovelies to me. They have bought me booze, put up with my blathering on their podcasts, sent me cakes in the post* and most importantly they've provided a loving foster home for my sketch show <a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=108&Itemid=219"><em><strong>A Disappointment</strong></em></a>** despite its many behavioural difficulties.</p> <p>So when they asked me to take part in their <a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/hosting/originals/chaingeekaction/media/2012-06-05_cga07_dannydavies_v_waynetalbot.mp3"><em><strong>Chain GeekAction</strong></em></a> series I immediately expressed a desire to take part, pending a suitable window in my tart-eating schedule. Luckily, I forgot where I'd put my tarts, so was able to take part without and delay / shilly-shallying.</p> <p>The format is simple. In homage to Radio 4's Chain Reaction series, GPO podcasters interview each other, with week one's interviewee becoming week two's interviewer, until the cycle completes at the end of the series and some form of beautiful cake is presented.</p> <p>Lovely stuff, but a bit of a shit-pants experience. For someone who has spent much time pretending to be Parky, the actual art of interview eludes me, on either side of the equation.</p> <p>Luckily, I was gifted with the best possible counterparts. I was interviewed by GPO grammar wrangler and co-pilot of the formidable<em><strong> <a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=126&Itemid=214">Babble On Project</a></strong></em> <strong>Gillian Coyle</strong>. There are a few bits and pieces therein I may not have already crapped on at you about A Disappointment and Soldiers and Bearcast and whatever the rattling purple fuck it is that I do. And Gillian is the most awesome inquisitor. *</p> <p><div id="quicktime_embed-vasJthJHIx"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-vasJthJHIx"> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-vasJthJHIx').show(); $('quicktime_embed-vasJthJHIx').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-vasJthJHIx').show(); $('flash_embed-vasJthJHIx').hide(); } </script></p> <p>And I in turn had the extraordinary pleasure of quizzing Wayne Talbot from the fantastic <a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=125&Itemid=173"><em><strong>Pubcast</strong></em></a>. We go over Doctor Who, Prometheus and suitable punishment for a celebrity illusionist. Wayne is a complete delight to talk to and a proper gent to boot! Had a proper blast, here, I did, and I hope it's as fun a listen as it was a... erm... record.</p> <p><div id="quicktime_embed-CJBouAwADE"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-CJBouAwADE"> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-CJBouAwADE').show(); $('quicktime_embed-CJBouAwADE').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-CJBouAwADE').show(); $('flash_embed-CJBouAwADE').hide(); } </script></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*Thanks Gillian!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">**Series 2 Episode 1 will be the next thing I paste up here Scout's Honour...</span></p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/i-am-now-a-chain-geekactor-88747">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/i-am-now-a-chain-geekactor-88747#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=qIItWChl7Aw:9gOOOFIMb7o:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=qIItWChl7Aw:9gOOOFIMb7o:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=qIItWChl7Aw:9gOOOFIMb7o:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>AutoCanniblog 1 - Hoffman - 'How I Joined the Band, or the Misfortunes of Virtue'</h1> <p>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:59:00 -0700</p> <p> <p>(NOTE: Hope you'll pardon the re-posting of previously released material. Actually even if you don't I'm bloody doing it anyway. But this amused me and I don't know how many people saw it, so I present it again for your... erm... faces. </p> <p>I was asked, a couple of years ago, to chip in a bit for the blog section of the MySpace page for my first band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hoffman90sorigina/blog">Hoffman</a>, assembled by our erstwhile word/larynx-smith, Mark Gristock. The following is an account of my joining said august institution. </p> <p>I hope you enjoy... Do go and listen to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hoffman90sorigina/blog">our various ditties</a>, BTW. I play bass on them.</p> <p>That's us below at our first gig, BTW - circa 1993 I think. My back, as was my custom, is very firmly audience-wards, on account of absolute terror... Pic by the very ace Sarah Schofield, nee Brown...)</p> <p><strong style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-04-27/msGFpwdmmDJvopHjhEfEIjhzglcomnjoIpueHlptcwImgzswIdyDtJJeywpI/385590_10150755054735757_536815756_11448306_1920600074_n.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </strong></p> <p><strong style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The early 1990's were largely unkind to me. I subsisted exclusively on butchers' waste. Bouts of narcolepsy were punctuated with extended periods of destitution, forcing me to kip in pub skips and touch bad men in bad places for coins. Illiterate and clumsy to an almost biblical degree, I had only two skills - looking away from things and people; and weapons-grade smoking.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy chance, then, that it was precisely these abilities that landed me gainful employment as the electric bull-fiddle player in Hoffman.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">When assembling the band its founders were aware of a missing link in their chain. 'We're too outgoing!' they remarked over brandy and cigars. 'What we need is some way to tempering our natural exuberance. It burns too brightly for mortal eyes. We will scare the locals. Bear in mind, gentlemen, that we are denizens of Somerset. Even the use of the word 'denizens' may have us burned as witches' 'What we need, gentlemen, is the humanising element of awkwardness. And someone with a bass. I don't want to go anywhere near it. Bass is for numpties and twats...'</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Word must somehow reached them of my existence. I was awoken one chill November morning, by a knock on my skip. They had sent their batman, the redoubtable Bowyer of Yeovil, with a flask of hot Lucozade and 20 Bensons. 'Mr Davies,' he said, 'The Hoffmen request your presence at the Small World Club.' Wiping the congealing vomit from my Husker Du T-Shirt, I took the gloved hand he'd extended, and pulled myself out of the midden, making my way to the black car that awaited us, engine purring like some wheeled panther in repose.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I had heard of the Small World Gentlemens Club before. It opened its doors exclusively to young musicians of the independent persuasion, the guitar toting aristocracy of Wessex. It was there, in the confines of the club's Dead Room, that I was introduced the fabled Hoffmen. I recall only three of their number in detail. First was Mark, the son of a Dutch Viscount, a dandy, poet and swordsman, robed in a suit of powder-blue. Next was Daniel, a swarthy figure, possibly of piratic extraction, ostracised from his pirate kin on account of a pair of butterfly-like wings that grew from his back. In the opposite corner was Michael, a gentleman thief, bearing a combined air of threat and nobility, his garb the sharpest of the group and marking him firmly as one of the Swell Mob. The fourth man is barely worth mentioning. In fact 'men' would be more accurate, as the figure behind the drum kit was refreshed on an hourly basis, swiftly transported to the Philippines for infractions I was never party to.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Daniel was first to speak.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'We need a bass player,' he began, lighting a Turkish cigarette of a brand I do not immediately recall.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'Why me?' I replied, squinting in the glare of the low ceiling lamps.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'We heard you can smoke,' answered Michael. 'We heard you're the best. We need that...'</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark, setting aside his silver-topped cane, pulled a cigarette case from his jacket, and opened it, proffering me a cigarette. 'You know this is your destiny...'</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I avoided his gaze, but reached forward, taking one of the porcelain-white cigarettes. He lit it. I fixed my eyes to the floor.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'Did you see that?' remarked Daniel. 'Such terror of even the most basic human interaction!'</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'Then it's agreed?' asked Michael.</span><p /><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'Agreed it is...' said Mark, pocketing his lighter. 'That’'s our bass player...'</span><p /><p /><br /></strong></p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/autocanniblog-1-hoffman-how-i-joined-the-band">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/autocanniblog-1-hoffman-how-i-joined-the-band#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=6ULN4q-na20:rziP-OqqjJ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=6ULN4q-na20:rziP-OqqjJ0:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=6ULN4q-na20:rziP-OqqjJ0:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Oi, Tony Curtis, Nobody's Interested...</h1> <p>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:13:46 -0800</p> <p> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> </div> <br /><param name="movie" value="http://abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/swf/fullsize_player.swf" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="salign" value="lt" /><param name="bgColor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F695373-oi-tony-curtis-nobody-s-interested.mp3%3Fkeyed%3Dtrue%26source%3Dembed&mp3Title=Oi%2C+Tony+Curtis%2C+Nobody%27s+Interested...&mp3Time=05.13pm+03+Mar+2012&mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F695373-oi-tony-curtis-nobody-s-interested&mp3Author=A_Disappointment&rootID=boo_embed_695373" /><a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/695373-oi-tony-curtis-nobody-s-interested.mp3?keyed=true&source=embed">Oi, Tony Curtis, Nobody"s Interested... 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Yeah?!</p> <p>Yeah...</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-01-11/mcmrnreukDwEjkevigIoJaAtCjBJAqblfkCennEHdDbathpnfHxvnDuxHFAA/20120111_203727.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/yet-again-the-bbc-foolishly-rejects-my-promo">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/yet-again-the-bbc-foolishly-rejects-my-promo#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=KrWPrRkXBq8:6188Rh9QL28:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=KrWPrRkXBq8:6188Rh9QL28:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=KrWPrRkXBq8:6188Rh9QL28:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>January, Get Thee Behind Me...</h1> <p>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:02:00 -0800</p> <p> <p>So. Here you are, January, you bloated Monday of a month. <p />Not wishing to open 2012 on too dour a note, but this drear January business should be addressed front and centre. January blows. It blows at an Olympic standard (a fitting standard, give all that pish happening in London this coming summer). January is dark mornings, near-perpetual cloud-piss and a full twelve-monther before the too-recently departed midwinter jollity is renewed.<p />The best we can expect is that it slips by us quickly, or that it snows. Snow is the great absolver of the dull months. A welcome imposition of pure beauty on the flat bleak English winter. Something about the turn of the year leeches the romance from the season. From here it's slog, possibly slush, until Spring shows up.<p />I, for my part, have some projects - both new and much delayed ones - which may raise a chuckle. Top of the increasingly guilt-inducing List of The Unfinished is the second series of <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ADisappointment"><em><strong>A Disappointment</strong></em></a>. I've been extended a genuinely humbling degree of goodwill for that first series, and I would love to repay that goodwill by besting those first episodes. Work began last summer on this, in the form of decreasingly legible / comprehensible notes. There are a few new characters on the way. Many things people have liked are in the bin. Much still remains to be pulled out of my arse at the last minute, in the time-honoured fashion. What is certain is that this series will be the last. And that it will contain Evil Bullseye.</p> <p><br />I owe some good friends across The Pond a fairytale, too. And I have been quietly chipping away. That's their's to tell you about, though. <p />Something that is actually, actively, an actual active thing, however, is Series 2 of the award-dodging <strong><a href="http://www.soldiersoftangent.co.uk">Soldiers of Tangent</a></strong> with the inimitable, and weapons-grade-awesome, <a href="http://www.boxroomboy.com"><strong>Mr Marty Perrett</strong></a>. It's a dream show, for a lazy bugger like what I am. We do no prep. There's not a great deal of editing. We just turn up on Skype, and talk in spiralling nonsenses until I have to help put Leela to bed. Episode One of this second run is out now, with the second appearing when we feel the urge, which may well be soon. It's a lot of fun. Listen below:</p> <p><div id="quicktime_embed-lxevoAyfof"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-lxevoAyfof"> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-lxevoAyfof').show(); $('quicktime_embed-lxevoAyfof').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-lxevoAyfof').show(); $('flash_embed-lxevoAyfof').hide(); } </script><p />There are a few other bits and pieces looking likely for the next year. I may also find time to eat cakes.</p> <p>Oh and <a href="http://www.bearcast.co.uk"><strong>some bears</strong></a> did a Xmas podcast as well. Using my gear... cheeky...</p> <p><div id="quicktime_embed-rsoBIcFDzd"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-rsoBIcFDzd"> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-rsoBIcFDzd').show(); $('quicktime_embed-rsoBIcFDzd').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-rsoBIcFDzd').show(); $('flash_embed-rsoBIcFDzd').hide(); } </script></p> <p>Anyway, January-miff aside, a Happy New Year to everyone. 2011 contained one highlight of life changing magnitude - the birth of my impossibly wonderful daughter Leela Rose. 2012 will, frankly, have to shit diamonds to beat that.</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/dannydavies/xwtEAhiIEAmgBCddHmhyugocjyFenubsHzeidnBlIzhGHAuthoofIahyBgwy/media_httpa5sphotosak_vEnJD.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/january-get-thee-behind-me">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/january-get-thee-behind-me#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=V_hWE-mdaMg:Xb-5AeOA-XI:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=V_hWE-mdaMg:Xb-5AeOA-XI:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=V_hWE-mdaMg:Xb-5AeOA-XI:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Being a Realistick Depiction of the King of Norfolk</h1> <p>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:37:34 -0800</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/dannydavies/fujqfjgbJqoAgEJeukzaxuFkkxhavpEcIEcGhHtBuJukBbDxlDJpqIHqqsDz/1687946476.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/being-a-realistick-depiction-of-the-king-of-n">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/being-a-realistick-depiction-of-the-king-of-n#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=NMCK7IHJMy0:rqFdNGvuWDc:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=NMCK7IHJMy0:rqFdNGvuWDc:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=NMCK7IHJMy0:rqFdNGvuWDc:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>ShadowCast Episode 40 'Caretaker in the Garden of Dreams'</h1> <p>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:33:15 -0700</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/dannydavies/latsgAndlIDgiHqkHxxclEcpsoaznwuqhBrGxfemesEIlAwBkuDjGfovxJBh/media_httpwwwshadowca_hEndG.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> <br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Gug-Shabeth as depicted by <strong><a href="http://zyryphocastria.deviantart.com/">Zachary Hunt</a></strong></span></p> <p>The most excellent <strong><a href="http://www.jasonwarden.com/">Jason Warden</a></strong> over at ShadowCast did me the huge honour of asking me to not only read this fantastic story, but host the episode too. <strong><a href="http://davidtallerman.net/">David Tallerman'</a></strong>s <strong><em><a href="http://www.shadowcastaudio.com/?p=1023">Caretaker in the Garden of Dreams</a></em></strong> is a delightfully icky helping of surreal dark fantasy. While my horror hosting skills, frankly, have some way to go, I was chuffed beyond measure to hear that Mr Tallerman himself <em>"hadn't entirely realized what a deeply horrible story "Caretaker" is until </em>(he'd)<em> heard it read like that". </em>If you'll permit the momentary self-congratulation, I'll call that job done :)</p> <p><div id="quicktime_embed-kvlzGpEjht"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-kvlzGpEjht"> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-kvlzGpEjht').show(); $('quicktime_embed-kvlzGpEjht').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-kvlzGpEjht').show(); $('flash_embed-kvlzGpEjht').hide(); } </script></p> <p>Actually it's quite a bittersweet time. J<a href="http://www.shadowcastaudio.com/?p=1026">ason recently posted that ShadowCast's future imay be in doubt</a>. I, for one, would be greatly saddened to see it go, if it comes to that. Had I the time, I would be honoured to take it on full time, but I have fingers in a whole van load of pies right now, and I just wouldn't be able to do it justice. Here's hoping someone can keep this fantastic venture going.</p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/in-which-i-take-a-stab-at-being-a-horror-host">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/in-which-i-take-a-stab-at-being-a-horror-host#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=iom1yFnKUco:uxDIOdzp-Y4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=iom1yFnKUco:uxDIOdzp-Y4:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=iom1yFnKUco:uxDIOdzp-Y4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>New Narration: Dark Fiction Magazine - 'Xenos Beach' by Graham Joyce</h1> <p>Mon, 16 May 2011 03:51:00 -0700</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/dannydavies/gsbwvwJlHpcjgqIgkIAuumfDemIvswdvtxAwktBwnsjfkFCpJpFwhGJpcpue/media_httpwwwdarkfict_wHrlx.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </p> <p>Furthering my quest to reduce myself to a disembodied voice, whispering disquieting fictions into strangers' ears, the splendid folk over at <a href="http://www.darkfictionmagazine.co.uk/"><strong>Dark Fiction Magazine</strong></a> bid me contribute a narration to their latest issue. <strong><a href="http://www.grahamjoyce.net/">Graham Joyce</a></strong>'s fantastic <em>Xenos Beach</em> recounts one man's attempts to escape from recent heartbreak on a secluded Greek beach, where he encounters something both alluring and unsettling. </p> <p><div id="quicktime_embed-iEwGbBgjhp"> </embed> </div> <div id="flash_embed-iEwGbBgjhp"> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> if (FlashDetect.installed) { $('flash_embed-iEwGbBgjhp').show(); $('quicktime_embed-iEwGbBgjhp').hide(); } else { $('quicktime_embed-iEwGbBgjhp').show(); $('flash_embed-iEwGbBgjhp').hide(); } </script></p> <p>Issue 7 - <em><strong><a href="http://www.darkfictionmagazine.co.uk/episode/issue-7-sacred-fire/">Sacred Fire</a> </strong></em>- also features such aural wonders as <strong><a href="http://www.markchadbourn.net/">Mark Chadbourn</a></strong>'s <em>Who Slays The Gyant, Wounds The Beast, </em>read by that awesome <strong><a href="http://www.boxroomboy.com">Marty Perrett</a></strong> chap, <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; color: #000000;"><strong><a href="http://mevennen.livejournal.com/">Liz Williams</a></strong>' <em>The Winter King</em> narrated by <a href="http://www.kimlakin-smith.com/"><strong>Kim Lakin-Smith</strong></a>, and <strong><a href="http://www.enewman.co.uk/">Emma Newman</a></strong> reading <strong><a href="http://www.jainefenn.com/">Jaine Fenn</a></strong>'s <em>Paying for Rain</em>.</span></p> <p>And it's all free. So go and lend this fantastic venture your support.</p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; color: #000000;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"> <br /></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/dark-fiction-magazine-xenos-beach-by-graham-j">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/dark-fiction-magazine-xenos-beach-by-graham-j#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=rPabFiC-f1w:fPEydoZXqGk:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=rPabFiC-f1w:fPEydoZXqGk:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=rPabFiC-f1w:fPEydoZXqGk:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Yes! I am an Actual Scientist! Look!</h1> <p>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:53:00 -0800</p> <p> <p>I present the following, figure 4(B) from my forthcoming paper for the <strong>International Journal of Astrobiology</strong> - <strong><em>'Towards a Jovian Biology - The Hidden Fauna of Gas Giant Planets'</em></strong>. Please forward my Nobel Prize cash to the usual adress...</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-02-27/FBxjrnkiFHvbapgEbcxldnhmmysicyrHvIcjmGhEafevcrqDtlDkCJdhGhaH/jupiter.png.scaled1000.png"></a> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/yes-i-am-an-actual-scientist-look">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/yes-i-am-an-actual-scientist-look#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=QuN-tLNWpT0:rzeoZ6l3kc8:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=QuN-tLNWpT0:rzeoZ6l3kc8:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=QuN-tLNWpT0:rzeoZ6l3kc8:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The NewsBarge Theme</h1> <p>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:50:16 -0800</p> <p> <br /><param name="movie" value="http://boos.audioboo.fm/swf/fullsize_player.swf" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="salign" value="lt" /><param name="bgColor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="FlashVars" value="rootID=boo_player_1&mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F287748-the-newsbarge-theme.mp3%3Fsource%3Dembed&mp3Author=thedannydavies&mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F287748-the-newsbarge-theme&mp3Title=The+NewsBarge+Theme&mp3Time=12.50pm+25+Feb+2011" /><a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/287748-the-newsbarge-theme.mp3?source=embed">Listen!</a></object> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/287748-the-newsbarge-theme">AudioBoo</a></div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/the-newsbarge-theme">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/the-newsbarge-theme#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=BKmN8LhwwxQ:ASGXTIcn-GM:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=BKmN8LhwwxQ:ASGXTIcn-GM:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=BKmN8LhwwxQ:ASGXTIcn-GM:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Life in a Tin City</h1> <p>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:38:00 -0800</p> <p> <p></p> <p>According to Wikipedia, that sparkling island of veracity set in a raging ocean of falsehood / bullplop, 3.4 million Londoners, visitors and assorted moths use the London Underground each day.</p> <p>I will freely admit I may appear a bit biased in loving <strong><a href="http://www.telekin.co.uk">James Harper</a></strong>'s awesome series of animated shorts<strong> <a href="http://www.lifeinatincity.co.uk">Life in a Tin City</a></strong>. I'm in one of them. You may also recognise the voice over the Tannoy in the opening. And James is an old friend, was Best Man at my wedding, and is<a href="http://www.drillboy.co.uk"> a long-time co-conspirator</a>. But these are fantastic little vignettes with a brilliant premise - weird stories from random Tube passengers. All high-quality nonsense, written and animated by James.</p> <p>See all five episodes at the <strong><a href="http://www.lifeinatincity.co.uk">website</a></strong> or the <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lifeinatincity">YouTube channel,</a></strong> and follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lifeinatincity"><strong>@lifeinatincity</strong></a> using your preferred Twitter equipment.</p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/life-in-a-tin-city">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/life-in-a-tin-city#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=9r3zz5-SWgE:f7emHSKgSqw:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=9r3zz5-SWgE:f7emHSKgSqw:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=9r3zz5-SWgE:f7emHSKgSqw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Foolishly, the IOC Nixed My London 2012 Logo</h1> <p>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:19:22 -0800</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/dannydavies/uicriCpFihxtIbgAGhqeABsHiAGyceoplhsaGecymwrkxoorEwGaatEvkezJ/p159.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/foolishly-the-ioc-nixed-my-london-2012-logo">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/foolishly-the-ioc-nixed-my-london-2012-logo#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=pLR_OSBzk7M:sw-dLn8hRAQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=pLR_OSBzk7M:sw-dLn8hRAQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=pLR_OSBzk7M:sw-dLn8hRAQ:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>A '90's Musical Interlude - Hoffman - 'Dom's Radio Plagiarism'</h1> <p>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:56:57 -0800</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/archive-band-audio-doms-radio-plagiarism-hoff">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p> <p>Two years ago, I blogged a song by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hoffman90sorigina">my first band Hoffman</a> (in which I played the bass). High time, perhaps, to post another one - 'Dom's Radio Plagiarism'. This is from the album 'When Badgers Attack', and is from either 1993 or 1994 (I forget which). Odd to hear I used to actually play the bass like a bass a lot more then, as opposed to the Lemmy / Lou Barlow strumming thing I did with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theraudive">The Raudive</a>...</p> <p>More soon...</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/archive-band-audio-doms-radio-plagiarism-hoff"></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'>13_Dom's_Radio_Plagiarism.m4a</span> <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/archive-band-audio-doms-radio-plagiarism-hoff">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> <p> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/archive-band-audio-doms-radio-plagiarism-hoff">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/archive-band-audio-doms-radio-plagiarism-hoff#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=PGaOdrrIxAk:rEutK28w-5c:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=PGaOdrrIxAk:rEutK28w-5c:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=PGaOdrrIxAk:rEutK28w-5c:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Seagull - Devereux / #Matthard Trailer</h1> <p>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:46:30 -0800</p> <p> <p>That mysterious old soak Seagull, occultist, bookdealer, aging Camdenite, has been prised away from his setting in the firmament of A Disappointment, and set to work. This little vignette is by way of a trailer for my good friend Mr Matt Dillon's forthcoming <a href="http://www.matthard.co.uk"><strong>Devereux</strong></a> comic book (aka Project Matthard).</p> <p>Seagull, I'm pretty sure, will survive the transition between series one and two of A Disappointment. There's no way that weird old stick has exhausted all his stories yet...</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/seagull"></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'>Seagull_Devereux.mp3</span> <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/seagull">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/seagull">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/seagull#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=mc1sy65UD6Y:Zpo_LJYYP5Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=mc1sy65UD6Y:Zpo_LJYYP5Y:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=mc1sy65UD6Y:Zpo_LJYYP5Y:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Untitled</h1> <p>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:28:55 -0800</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/import-zmay/ciaqdBvuqlujfJIpdmCzdycxCJljmzkxvxyflCIHawtzlIzxcCCrAdHsuuzs/tumblr_lfamk7SlfW1qzayxxo1_1280.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </p><p>From my work blotter thing…</p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2832890249">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2832890249#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=uXthOX51Ekw:saKTmJmeBsc:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=uXthOX51Ekw:saKTmJmeBsc:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=uXthOX51Ekw:saKTmJmeBsc:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Ghostprod Outtake: Parkytron 2000 Info System - The History of Ghosts</h1> <p>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:50:15 -0800</p> <p> <p><param name="movie" value="http://boos.audioboo.fm/swf/fullsize_player.swf" /> <param name="scale" value="noscale" /> <param name="salign" value="lt" /> <param name="bgColor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="wmode" value="window" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="mp3Author=A_Disappointment&mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F257418-ghostprod-outtake-parkytron-2000-info-system-the-history-of-ghosts&mp3Title=Ghostprod+Outtake%3A+Parkytron+2000+Info+System+-+The+History+of+Ghosts&mp3Time=12.49pm+18+Jan+2011&rootID=boo_player_1&mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F257418-ghostprod-outtake-parkytron-2000-info-system-the-history-of-ghosts.mp3%3Fsource%3Dembed" /> <a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/257418-ghostprod-outtake-parkytron-2000-info-system-the-history-of-ghosts.mp3?source=embed">Listen!</a></object></p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2810511861">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2810511861#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=g5_1N4W1n4Y:jq6T2yS9dZs:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=g5_1N4W1n4Y:jq6T2yS9dZs:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=g5_1N4W1n4Y:jq6T2yS9dZs:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Untitled</h1> <p>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:27:36 -0800</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/import-zmay/cpagFiafrEIurzJfrzdBuqgcDgspdhIFDdkhBtAlwiGrBzBolofHFdsnzvrx/tumblr_lf6x60aQ9X1qzayxxo1_1280.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"></a> </div> </p><p>Today’s Rock Portrait needs no introduction. But may have missed his bus…</p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2801836189">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2801836189#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=ZUYkzp9BKUk:pCwmbtpgDuI:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=ZUYkzp9BKUk:pCwmbtpgDuI:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=ZUYkzp9BKUk:pCwmbtpgDuI:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The 2010 Review of the Year 2010</h1> <p>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:00:00 -0800</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> </div> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> </div> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> </div> <a href="http://boxroomboy.com/"></a><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> </div> </p> <p>The five chaps you see above (L-R: Dave Probert, Matt Dillon, Brad Thornton, Marty Perrett and Some Gingery Cunt) have recently convened for a special comedy project you'll find at Geek Planet Online - <a href="http://geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1560:danny-davies-presents-the-2010-review-of-the-year-2010&Itemid=49"><em><strong>The 2010 Review of the Year 2010</strong></em></a>. In which you'll encounter the following</p> <ul> <li>What happened when the entire male population of Swindon entered The X-Factor</li> <li>What really happens behind closed doors at Number 10</li> <li>The untimely demise of Richard Clungespoon</li> <li>A lysergic Biffy Clyro nightmare</li> <li>What David Icke thinks is inside the Moon</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1560:danny-davies-presents-the-2010-review-of-the-year-2010&Itemid=49">Get over to GeekPlanetOnline and stuff this one-off special in your ear / mind interface forthwith!</a> Guaranteed 250% Jimmy Carr free.</p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/2011/01/17/the-2010-review-of-the-year-2010">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/2011/01/17/the-2010-review-of-the-year-2010#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=uCO12hBDKAo:iqlWNnbLhx4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=uCO12hBDKAo:iqlWNnbLhx4:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=uCO12hBDKAo:iqlWNnbLhx4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Untitled</h1> <p>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:15:00 -0800</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2763689250"></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'>ShadowCastAudio%20Masters%20Of%20Horror%20Ep%20016.mp3</span> <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2763689250">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p><p>I had the extraordinary honour of recording the final episode of <a href="http://www.shadowcastaudio.com/"><strong>ShadowCast’s excellent Masters of Horror audio anthology</strong></a>, my third reading for the series.</p> <p>Here’s me reading <a href="http://www.markedwardhall.com/"><strong>Mark Edward Hall</strong></a>’s story <em><strong>The Fear</strong></em>.</p> <p>Huge thanks to the awesome <a href="http://www.jasonwarden.com/"><strong>Jason Warden</strong></a> for allowing me my first crack at non-comedy audio. Here’s hoping I didn’t stuff this up too badly :D I taped it at the opening of a complete fuck-storm of a cold last November…</p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2763689250">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2763689250#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=SsaV_cgSa2I:IHiZu8GwCIM:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=SsaV_cgSa2I:IHiZu8GwCIM:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=SsaV_cgSa2I:IHiZu8GwCIM:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Untitled</h1> <p>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:04:12 -0800</p> <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/import-zmay/earlelAgHlhGtAaxoFvJyfqgHbfrfdsrcmACqobfsJbDjAAlAJnCufBAmyDt/tumblr_legvz16oAb1qzayxxo1_1280.png.scaled1000.png"></a> </div> </p><p>An almost terrifyingly realistic portrait of Jack White of the band ‘Jack White and his White Stripers’. Circa 2003 (?)</p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2586146374">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.thedannydavies.co.uk/post/2586146374#comment">Leave a comment »</a> </p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=frhOGUpfxCo:ASSuUoCOiT8:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=frhOGUpfxCo:ASSuUoCOiT8:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thedannydavies?a=frhOGUpfxCo:ASSuUoCOiT8:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> </main></body></html>