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Radio Time(s)
Nov. 4th, 2011 03:10 pmIt's the last episode of satirical show Tonight! Its run was brief but I loved it all. More, more!
The pain of its passing is lessened by the return of one of may faves, Listen Against! I am ambivalent about sharing: on one hand, it brings me great joy, and I want to spread the love, but on the other, if you're enough of a Radio 4 fan to get most of the jokes then you probably know about it already. Radio 4 rewards the faithful simply by existing, but Listen Against practically encourages fanaticism. All the same, everyone can enjoy the idea of chasing Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time Machine through time and space in Simon Schama's time-travelling Delorean ... right?
When I was in college, and shortly after, I was deeply interested in serious authentic fairy folklore, which in its original form is creepy and weird and bears far more resemblance to Miyazaki films than A Midsummer Night's Dream. That interest had more or less subsided once I got all I could out of it, but it was rekindled a little by the new episode of Off the Page – it claims to look at the evolution of fairy lore from folk tradition to pink sparkles, but mostly it's just people with different expertise sitting around a table talking.
And this week's representation from the CBC:
Jason Siegel talks about The Muppets, why they are so universally appealing, his own career, and other interesting things, on CBC's Q. Mostly I'm pointing it out because he reiterates my big point about 'family entertainment' and 'kids' entertainment' not necessarily being the same thing, but it's just interesting in general. I can't link directly to she show, so if you want to hear the whole thing: go here, find October 27th, and click 'Listen'. This interview starts at about 26:00.
The pain of its passing is lessened by the return of one of may faves, Listen Against! I am ambivalent about sharing: on one hand, it brings me great joy, and I want to spread the love, but on the other, if you're enough of a Radio 4 fan to get most of the jokes then you probably know about it already. Radio 4 rewards the faithful simply by existing, but Listen Against practically encourages fanaticism. All the same, everyone can enjoy the idea of chasing Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time Machine through time and space in Simon Schama's time-travelling Delorean ... right?
When I was in college, and shortly after, I was deeply interested in serious authentic fairy folklore, which in its original form is creepy and weird and bears far more resemblance to Miyazaki films than A Midsummer Night's Dream. That interest had more or less subsided once I got all I could out of it, but it was rekindled a little by the new episode of Off the Page – it claims to look at the evolution of fairy lore from folk tradition to pink sparkles, but mostly it's just people with different expertise sitting around a table talking.
And this week's representation from the CBC:
Jason Siegel talks about The Muppets, why they are so universally appealing, his own career, and other interesting things, on CBC's Q. Mostly I'm pointing it out because he reiterates my big point about 'family entertainment' and 'kids' entertainment' not necessarily being the same thing, but it's just interesting in general. I can't link directly to she show, so if you want to hear the whole thing: go here, find October 27th, and click 'Listen'. This interview starts at about 26:00.
