Gianluca Sergi is a professor of Film at the University of Nottingham. He specialises in sound, and his research and contacts have taken him to places such as Skywalker Ranch, Pixar, Dolby, The Oscars and Industrial Light and Magic. Shortly to Publish a book with Oscar winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom, Gianluca talks about how the relationship between academia and Hollywood came about, how we met, discovered a love of wine, and how not to make an entrance at the Academy of Film.

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Links to things we talked about:

Pact Coffee

Guest Links:

The Endless Ends of Cinema - book

Vanity Fair – article

Gianluca’s LinkedIn

Gianluca’s university profile

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Allen Kent is a local musician and author who is developing a strong local following. He has worked as a doorman, bar staff, a boxing coach, musician, songwriter, author, and a media producer for many years. We talk about the move from the front man of a band to solo artist, and the long journey to gaining self-confidence. He drinks something that isn’t Kenco and tells us tales of becoming a dad and his costume malfunction when filming The Colour Room. We hear one of the songs from his latest release, 6% Viking, and how a ukulele is for song writing, not just for girlfriends. This episode contains strong language.

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Links to things we talked about:

Has Bean Coffee

Guest Links:

Allen’s Facebook

Allen on Soundcloud

Allen’s book

Allen on Bandcamp

Clownfest

Video – The Kid with a Pocketful of Stars

Pierrot The Acid Clown

Allen & Gary Lynch-Wood

The Colour Room (Clarice Cliff)

Lea Ward’s Elite Level Striking

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Crown Wharf Theatre is Stone’s (Staffordshire) new multi-million-pound community theatre development. Coming out of the joint vision of Joule’s Brewery and today’s guest Leo Capernaros, Leo and wife Harri initially had the dream of a small venue with a café attached. Things suddenly got a whole lot bigger when a chance email from the brewery landed on the council’s doorstep at the same time as theirs. Leo discusses the complications of setting up a charity, and his motivations for starting this non-profit community resource. He also talks about living in Toronto, and why his grandfather’s native language got him quickly thrown into the deep-end with the world of broadcasting at the BBC.

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Links to things we talked about:

Has Bean Coffee

Guest Links:

Crown Wharf Theatre – website

Crown Wharf Theatre – JustGiving page

Crown Wharf Theatre - Facebook

Crown Wharf Theatre – Twitter

Crown Wharf Theatre - Instagram

Crown Wharf Pub

Stone Revellers - website

Stone Revellers – Facebook

Stone Revellers – Twitter

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Today’s guest is my old uni friend, graphic designer, app developer, coder, and all-round tech buff, Andi Elliott from Branded Pixels. Andi discusses the theatrical, arena, and immersive experiences of War of the Worlds, and meeting Jeff Wayne, getting in the way of Oz and James, how to start out as a freelancer and what he did to help, non-tech savvy firms, during lockdown. He talks about his experiences mentoring new graduates, and I completely forget where we met. Of course, no episode would be complete without discussing the situation of his pantage.

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Links to things we talked about:

Taylor’s Coffee Bags

World’s Best Coffee Beans – Taylors of Harrogate

Alcatraz starring Sam Neill

Russell’s Butchers – Penkridge

New Garden Chinese – Penkridge

War of the Worlds – Immersive Experience

Being Freelance - Podcast

Guest Links:

Branded Pixels (Web)

Branded Pixels (Twitter)

Branded Pixels (FB)

Russ James Design

Our Local

DKN Venture Capital

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Today’s guest is a local friend with a similar set of hobbies and obsessions, Dave Deakin. Dave discusses Berlin, Record Store Day, Two-Tone Records, getting fit after lockdown, Films, Video Games and what is an Ampelmann?

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Links to things we talked about:

Ampelmann Wiki

Ampelmann Shop

Natalie Gibson, A.K.A. “The Nag” Personal Trainer

Darko Audio – Hi-Fi, Vinyl & Berlin

Radcliffe & Maconie

John Grant – BBC Philharmonic

John Grant – “Where Dreams Go to Die”, Songwriter’s Circle.

30 Years of The Divine Comedy, BBC Four.

Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music.  

Dance Craze – The Best of British Ska Live!

Two-Tone Records, Facebook

Lymestone Brewery

10 Green Bottles

The Wren, Stone, Facebook.

Bear – Coffee and Food.

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Today’s guest is the well-travelled and gifted guitar builder, Chris Baxter. Chris talks about his time in the army as a weapon’s engineer, how long you shouldn’t stand in front of an x-ray machine for, and touches on mental health and what it’s like to find out you have autism in adulthood. We delve into the depths of guitar building, sustainability and recycling wardrobes.

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Links to things we talked about:

Kyle Hill – YouTube

Autism is my superpower – Kyle Hill

Civet Cat Coffee

Guest Links:

Whispersmith Website (under construction)

Whispersmith on Facebook

Whispersmith on Instagram

Whispersmith on Ko-Fi

Chris on Instagram

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If you love Motown, Soul and Blues then you’re in for a real treat with today’s show. We talk to local musician Dave Patrick about life on the road with an 11-piece band, the challenges of recording a “big band” during lockdown and punk legend Toyah, asking him if he could ‘turn it down a bit’.

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Links to things we talked about:

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch

Peter Jackson’s Get Back (Beatles Documentary)

Guest Links:

The Lack of Commitments

The Love Junkies

Stone Ville

‘When Will I Return’ by Stone Ville on YouTube

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Today’s show sees the return of our old friend Jamie Summerfield, who we heard remotely over lockdown. Today, Jamie is here, yes, a real person, in the studio! We talk about a couple of truly wonderful coffees and reminisce about our Christmas trip to see Rick Wakeman’s Not As Grumpy As Last Christmas Tour, whilst taking in the coffee and vinyl offerings of Manchester.

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Records we mentioned:

Richie Havens – Mixed Bag

Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman 2

Colin Hay – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself

Discussion and Guest Links:

Jamie Summerfield

Pact (coffee)

Bridgewater Hall

Rick Wakeman

200 Degrees Coffee

Vinyl Resting Place

Piccadilly Records

Vinyl Exchange

James Hoffman – Coffee Champion

Strand Records

Fish Records

Hit The North Record Fair – Crewe

Sarah Lay – Reckless Yes

Book – Friday Night Lights

Tom Buck – The Enthusiasm Project

Tiny Desk – Mac Miller featuring Thundercat

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My guest this episode is Stu Howarth from indie games developer Koko digital. Stu has developed games and training for the likes of Pokemon, Kinder, Lego and Ikea. He is a keen song writer, home recordist, Lego collector and recent coffee convert. In this episode we talk about how Stu got into games development, from a previous “very different” type of business, what he got up to in Hamburg, we discuss what is the best board game for a Christmas lockdown, Adult Fans of Lego, why his van keeps trying to sell him things and, is four Christmas trees too many?. We talk Christmas films and unwrap some presents.

The Coffee Brewer by Grower’s Cup, Denmark

Pandemic 

Ticket to Ride

Settlers of Catan

The Secret

Inside the World of Lego

Stratford Riverboat Restaurant

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets)

The Holiday Movies that Made Us

Staffordshire University – Games Design Degree

Thomas Pink – Wikipedia 

Koko Digital

Pokemon Winterfest

Koko Digital on Twitter

Koko Digital on Facebook

Stu on Twitter

Stu on LinkedIn

If you’d like to get in touch with us, our email is [email protected]m

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EPISODE 4 – Bond, board games. Star Wars, Kubrick, Monolith art, cosplay, listen to the director, and where on Earth do you keep your TARDIS? (with special guest Chris Stone)

Hi and welcome to episode 4 of the podcast that hopes to combine coffee, conversation and comedy with interesting topics, A Couple of Drips.

In this episode, award winning film-maker and local lad, Chris Stone, talks about the transition from film as a hobby, to a full fledged career. He talks about script writing, working with actors to make show-reels, and trust on set. We talk about the films and directors that have influenced him and what he does to ‘relax’ when he’s not behind the camera. We discuss his working process, and who has the real talent. There’s the usual features such as ‘Claim to Fame’ and we discuss Kubrick, Monoliths in the desert and ‘what’s that standing next to your Dalek?’

We’d love to hear your comments about things you’d like us to discuss in future episodes, guests you’d like to see and, of course, coffees you’d like us to try.

Here are the links to most of the things we mentioned in the episode:

Coffee Links:

Square Mile Coffee (today’s coffee was Rwanda – TUMBA, a Red Bourbon with hints of Blackcurrent, Jam and Lime, although this is seasonal and may not always be available).

Pact(coffee, at the moment they have Christmas gifts, though all the advent calendars have now gone – what did you expect?)

Guest Links:

Chris Stone – Actor’s Show-reels

Chris Stone on Vimeo

Chris Stone on Twitter

Chris Stone on Instagram

Chris Stone on Facebook

Chris Stone on IMDB

Amateurs Video (Bond style video)

Last Legs (radiation lockdown film)

Technical Links:

Cleanfeed (high quality web audio for broadcasting)

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We hope you enjoy the show and we’ll be posting the next episode really soon. Have a great day and stay safe!

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