Getting Better Acquainted

Getting Better Acquainted

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  • GBA 113 Donna
    In GBA 113 we get better acquainted with Donna. She talks about fitting in, sticking out, dressing up, social awkwardness, creating your own reality, dancing, working with children and more.
    Donna is a very unique person and we met in her very unique office filled with the interesting bric a brac that she uses to entertain children. She discusses the time when she would only wear green clothes and talks about the spending her free time inside her inner world.
    Donna plugs:
    "The idea that other things do exist outside of normality... You can just say, 'that don't exist in my world, so I'll just tunnel vision my way to the end. I can see the end, so I'll head for the end and then die.'"
    I plug:
    The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-u…oes-to-edinburgh
    We mention:
    S Club Seven: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_Club
    Makaton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaton
    Peter Pan Syndrome: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070501112023.htm
    Frankie Boyle - work, consume, die: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Work-Consume-Die-Frankie-Boyle/dp/0007426798
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    1 hr 4 min
  • GBA 113 Donna
    In GBA 113 we get better acquainted with Donna. She talks about fitting in, sticking out, dressing up, social awkwardness, creating your own reality, dancing, working with children and more.
    Donna is a very unique person and we met in her very unique office filled with the interesting bric a brac that she uses to entertain children. She discusses the time when she would only wear green clothes and talks about the spending her free time inside her inner world.
    Donna plugs:
    "The idea that other things do exist outside of normality... You can just say, 'that don't exist in my world, so I'll just tunnel vision my way to the end. I can see the end, so I'll head for the end and then die.'"
    I plug:
    The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-u…oes-to-edinburgh
    We mention:
    S Club Seven: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_Club
    Makaton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaton
    Peter Pan Syndrome: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070501112023.htm
    Frankie Boyle - work, consume, die: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Work-Consume-Die-Frankie-Boyle/dp/0007426798
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
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    1 hr 4 min
  • GBA 112 Dan
    In GBA 112 we get better acquainted with Dan. He talks about being superstitious about songwriting, where songs come from, making music for film, Primary School, the tension between popular music and academic musical theory, growing up as a skater in the suburbs in the 90's, quitting jobs and more.
    The conversation was recorded a few years ago, in Bristol during the night before St Paul's Carnival, late at night on a roof.
    Dan plugs:
    Daniel Weltman: http://www.danielweltman.com/
    Snails: http://snails.bandcamp.com/
    Hollowbody: http://hollowbody.bandcamp.com/
    I plug:
    The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-up-tragedy-goes-to-edinburgh
    We mention:
    Good Will Hunting: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/
    Dead Poets Society: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/
    Stockhausen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen
    Basic Instinct: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103772/
    Eisenstein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein
    Aphex Twin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin
    Handels Water Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuw8YjSbKd4
    Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy
    Wonder Stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Stuff
    Ned's Atomic Dustbin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned's_Atomic_Dustbin
    Smashing Pumpkins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins
    Pearl Jam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam
    Sebadoh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebadoh
    Pavement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_(band)
    Sonic Youth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth
    Siamese Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeGu6-Ji7E
    ABBA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA
    James Last: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last
    The Carpenters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters
    Simon and Garfunkel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel
    Sounds of Silence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Silence
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freewheelin'_Bob_Dylan
    Bob Dylan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan
    Karen Dalton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton_(entertainer)
    The Pastels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pastels
    The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths
    Nick Drake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Drake
    Leonard Cohen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen
    Famous Blue Raincoat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aRKZFR5imM
    Bernard Herrmann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann
    Enio Morricone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone
    Neil Young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young
    Joy Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division
    Ian Curtis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
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    1 hr 1 min
  • GBA 112 Dan
    In GBA 112 we get better acquainted with Dan. He talks about being superstitious about songwriting, where songs come from, making music for film, Primary School, the tension between popular music and academic musical theory, growing up as a skater in the suburbs in the 90's, quitting jobs and more.
    The conversation was recorded a few years ago, in Bristol during the night before St Paul's Carnival, late at night on a roof.
    Dan plugs:
    Daniel Weltman: http://www.danielweltman.com/
    Snails: http://snails.bandcamp.com/
    Hollowbody: http://hollowbody.bandcamp.com/
    I plug:
    The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-up-tragedy-goes-to-edinburgh
    We mention:
    Good Will Hunting: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/
    Dead Poets Society: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/
    Stockhausen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen
    Basic Instinct: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103772/
    Eisenstein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein
    Aphex Twin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin
    Handels Water Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuw8YjSbKd4
    Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy
    Wonder Stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Stuff
    Ned's Atomic Dustbin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned's_Atomic_Dustbin
    Smashing Pumpkins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins
    Pearl Jam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam
    Sebadoh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebadoh
    Pavement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_(band)
    Sonic Youth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth
    Siamese Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeGu6-Ji7E
    ABBA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA
    James Last: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last
    The Carpenters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters
    Simon and Garfunkel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel
    Sounds of Silence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Silence
    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freewheelin'_Bob_Dylan
    Bob Dylan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan
    Karen Dalton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton_(entertainer)
    The Pastels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pastels
    The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths
    Nick Drake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Drake
    Leonard Cohen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen
    Famous Blue Raincoat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aRKZFR5imM
    Bernard Herrmann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann
    Enio Morricone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone
    Neil Young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young
    Joy Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division
    Ian Curtis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
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    1 hr 1 min
  • GBA 111 Jess
    In GBA 111 we get better acquainted with Jess. She talks social work, running, having a perfect time, travelling, transitions, finding yourself, music, change, friendship and more.
    The conversation was recorded a few years ago, in Bristol during the St Paul's Carnival, late at night after a long day, drinking gin.
    Jess plugs: Her family. Her partner Dan. And me(!)
    Dan's Music:
    http://www.danielweltman.com/
    http://hollowbody.bandcamp.com/
    http://snails.bandcamp.com/
    My music:
    https://soundcloud.com/the-dave
    https://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries
    http://www.myspace.com/themiddleclassbastards
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
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    52 min
  • GBA 111 Jess
    In GBA 111 we get better acquainted with Jess. She talks social work, running, having a perfect time, travelling, transitions, finding yourself, music, change, friendship and more.
    The conversation was recorded a few years ago, in Bristol during the St Paul's Carnival, late at night after a long day, drinking gin.
    Jess plugs: Her family. Her partner Dan. And me(!)
    Dan's Music:
    http://www.danielweltman.com/
    http://hollowbody.bandcamp.com/
    http://snails.bandcamp.com/
    My music:
    https://soundcloud.com/the-dave
    https://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries
    http://www.myspace.com/themiddleclassbastards
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
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    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    52 min
  • GBA 110 Bill
    In GBA 110 we get better acquainted with Bill. He talks God is in the TV Zine, music, media, blogging, Cardiff and more.
    It was recorded during my first GBA Cardiff pilgrimage: http://www.soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-17-cardiff
    Bill Plugs:
    A music night he's running at Dempsey's in Cardiff on the 23rd of May, featuring Glasgow's Three Blind Wolves, North Walians Shy and the Fight, Swansea's The Adelines and Cardiff's Brothers: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/210571
    God is in the TV Zine: http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/
    And his PR company: http://soundandvisionpr.tumblr.com/
    We mention:
    NME: http://www.nme.com/
    Quietus: http://thequietus.com/
    Factory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Records
    John Peel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel
    Michael Stipe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe
    Melody Maker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker
    Lester Bangs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Bangs
    Paul Morley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley
    John Harris: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/johnharris
    Super Furry Animals: http://www.superfurry.com/
    Catatonia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatonia_(band)
    The Manic Street Preachers: http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/
    The Stereophonics: http://www.stereophonics.com/
    Design For Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M55BGyxZbY
    The Simpsons Movie: http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/
    New Order: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order
    Joy Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division
    Motorcycle Emptiness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavcjNniIvk
    Nirvana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
    Foo Fighters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Fighters
    Sylvia Plath: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath
    J D Salinger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger
    Neil Young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young
    The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths
    Oscar Wilde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
    Alan Bennett: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bennett
    Morrisey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey
    Oasis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)
    Cigarettes and Alcohol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeLKhRnkhQ
    Rock and Roll Star: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBZ1HTkGF4s
    Gorky's Zygotic Monkey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorky's_Zygotic_Mynci
    Sŵn Festival: http://swnfest.com/
    The Vaccines: http://www.thevaccines.co.uk/gb/home/
    Marina and the Diamonds: http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
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    1 hr 10 min
  • GBA 110 Bill
    In GBA 110 we get better acquainted with Bill. He talks God is in the TV Zine, music, media, blogging, Cardiff and more.
    It was recorded during my first GBA Cardiff pilgrimage: http://www.soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-17-cardiff
    Bill Plugs:
    A music night he's running at Dempsey's in Cardiff on the 23rd of May, featuring Glasgow's Three Blind Wolves, North Walians Shy and the Fight, Swansea's The Adelines and Cardiff's Brothers: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/210571
    God is in the TV Zine: http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/
    And his PR company: http://soundandvisionpr.tumblr.com/
    We mention:
    NME: http://www.nme.com/
    Quietus: http://thequietus.com/
    Factory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Records
    John Peel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel
    Michael Stipe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe
    Melody Maker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker
    Lester Bangs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Bangs
    Paul Morley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley
    John Harris: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/johnharris
    Super Furry Animals: http://www.superfurry.com/
    Catatonia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatonia_(band)
    The Manic Street Preachers: http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/
    The Stereophonics: http://www.stereophonics.com/
    Design For Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M55BGyxZbY
    The Simpsons Movie: http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/
    New Order: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order
    Joy Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division
    Motorcycle Emptiness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavcjNniIvk
    Nirvana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
    Foo Fighters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Fighters
    Sylvia Plath: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath
    J D Salinger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger
    Neil Young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young
    The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths
    Oscar Wilde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
    Alan Bennett: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bennett
    Morrisey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey
    Oasis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)
    Cigarettes and Alcohol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeLKhRnkhQ
    Rock and Roll Star: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBZ1HTkGF4s
    Gorky's Zygotic Monkey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorky's_Zygotic_Mynci
    Sŵn Festival: http://swnfest.com/
    The Vaccines: http://www.thevaccines.co.uk/gb/home/
    Marina and the Diamonds: http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
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    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    1 hr 10 min
  • GBA 109 Patrick
    In GBA 109 we get better acquainted with Patrick. He talks British documentary film, the process of history, an academic appraisal of my dad, and romance verses analysis.
    We get into questions of art, inner life, the different effect of the two world wars in UK society, social documents and lots more
    Patrick Plugs:
    2014 anniversary of WW1 - "it had a truly profound effect at the micro and macro levels of our society and this is a good moment to consider it and judge it's effects." And then he went on to discuss WW2's effect as of displacing the effects of both WW2 and guilt over the empire.
    We mention:
    Patrick at the BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/patrick-russell
    The BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
    My dad and Patrick in conversation: http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/140
    The book Patrick co-edited containing a chapter on my dad: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadows-Progress-Documentary-Post-War-Britain/dp/1844573222
    The DVD collections that feature interviews with my dad plus his films:
    Portrait of a Miner: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_13726.html
    Shadows of Progress: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_26255.html
    Paul Rotha: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rotha
    John Grierson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grierson
    Mining Review: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/894075/
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
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    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    1 hr 2 min
  • GBA 109 Patrick
    In GBA 109 we get better acquainted with Patrick. He talks British documentary film, the process of history, an academic appraisal of my dad, and romance verses analysis.
    We get into questions of art, inner life, the different effect of the two world wars in UK society, social documents and lots more
    Patrick Plugs:
    2014 anniversary of WW1 - "it had a truly profound effect at the micro and macro levels of our society and this is a good moment to consider it and judge it's effects." And then he went on to discuss WW2's effect as of displacing the effects of both WW2 and guilt over the empire.
    We mention:
    Patrick at the BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/patrick-russell
    The BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
    My dad and Patrick in conversation: http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/140
    The book Patrick co-edited containing a chapter on my dad: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadows-Progress-Documentary-Post-War-Britain/dp/1844573222
    The DVD collections that feature interviews with my dad plus his films:
    Portrait of a Miner: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_13726.html
    Shadows of Progress: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_26255.html
    Paul Rotha: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rotha
    John Grierson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grierson
    Mining Review: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/894075/
    You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.
    On-demand and on the go!
    Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    1 hr 2 min

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A weekly podcast: Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. Part interview show, part oral history project and part autobiography through conversation.