Getting Better Acquainted

Getting Better Acquainted

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  • GBA 12 MJ Hibbett
    GBA Fringe Season: Two weeks of episodes devoted to the Edinburgh and Camden Fringes
    In GBA 12 we get better acquainted with MJ Hibbett. Amongst other things, We talk about being a viral hit on the internet, his exciting life in ROCK, the exchange rate between music and comedy and the importance of a Day Job.
    MJ Hibbett plugs:
    MJ Hibbett and The Validators: http://www.mjhibbett.com
    Moon Horse: www.moonhorse.net
    Edinburgh: PBH's Free Fringe
    6 - 20 August: 17:00 - 18:00 every day - Buffs Club (R.A.O.B.), 5 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA
    Camden Fringe:
    26 - 27 August: 20:00 - 21:00 both days - The Camden Head, 100 Camden High St, London NW1 0LU
    Dinosaur Planet: http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/dinosaurplanet/
    Things we talk about that you may like to cross reference:
    The Gay Train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b-4shDxUlw
    Hey Hey 16K: http://mjhibbett.co.uk/songs/song.php?filename=heyhey16K
    The Lesson of The Smiths: http://mjhibbett.co.uk/songs/song.php?filename=thelessonofthesmiths
    My band T Shirt blog by MJ Hibbett: http://mybandtshirt.tumblr.com/post/7008013974/34-mj-hibbett-the-validators-hey-hey-16k-2004
    My song about the last cartridge game avater: http://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries/11-the-last-platform
    Darren Hayman's January Songs: http://januarysongs.tumblr.com/
    The Word Podcast: http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/podcast
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
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    1 hr 10 min
  • GBA 11 Clive
    In GBA 11 we get better acquainted with Clive. He asks himself the question, "What is the point in Anthropology?" He provides many answers and some arguments against them. And sometimes he forgets what he's supposed to be talking about. Living with tribal people, if the world can be made a better place and how can humans be happy are some of the main themes of the conversation.
    Clive plugs:
    Survival International: http://www.survivalinternational.org / http://twitter.com/survival
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!
    1 hr
  • GBA 11 Clive
    In GBA 11 we get better acquainted with Clive. He asks himself the question, "What is the point in Anthropology?" He provides many answers and some arguments against them. And sometimes he forgets what he's supposed to be talking about. Living with tribal people, if the world can be made a better place and how can humans be happy are some of the main themes of the conversation.
    Clive plugs:
    Survival International: http://www.survivalinternational.org / http://twitter.com/survival
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!
    1 hr
  • GBA 10 Richard
    In GBA 10 we get better acquainted with Richard. He talks about being an employment lawyer, coming to terms with his sexuality, and his dual passions for law and politics. He also mounts a valiant defence of the coalition government.
    Richard plugs:
    Voting yes for AV and voting for the Liberal Democrats: http://www.libdems.org.uk/
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!
    1 hr
  • GBA 10 Richard
    In GBA 10 we get better acquainted with Richard. He talks about being an employment lawyer, coming to terms with his sexuality, and his dual passions for law and politics. He also mounts a valiant defence of the coalition government.
    Richard plugs:
    Voting yes for AV and voting for the Liberal Democrats: http://www.libdems.org.uk/
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!
    1 hr
  • GBA 9 Hayley
    In GBA 9 we get better acquainted with Hayley. She talks pictish, the isle of Iona, Quakerism, medieval manuscripts amongst other things.
    Hayley plugs:
    Autumn Shift: http://autumnshift.co.uk/
    Hayley and Dave plug:
    The Reactionaries: http://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries / http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Reactionaries/278114063049
    Dave Plugs:
    Apples For Everyone's old stuff: http://www.myspace.com/applesforeveryone
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word
    57 min
  • GBA 9 Hayley
    In GBA 9 we get better acquainted with Hayley. She talks pictish, the isle of Iona, Quakerism, medieval manuscripts amongst other things.
    Hayley plugs:
    Autumn Shift: http://autumnshift.co.uk/
    Hayley and Dave plug:
    The Reactionaries: http://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries / http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Reactionaries/278114063049
    Dave Plugs:
    Apples For Everyone's old stuff: http://www.myspace.com/applesforeveryone
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word
    57 min
  • GBA 8 Vaughan (part 2)
    In GBA #8 (part 2) we continue getting better acquainted with Vaughan. He talks about being South African, being head of the Tolkien society, playing chess, restructuring organisations, heavy metal and an eccountants relationship to numbers and spreadsheets. And that doesn't even cover half of what he talks about!
    These episodes are more loosely edited than some to better represent the experience of getting acquainted with Vaughan.
    GBA #8 (part 2) comes out on Friday.
    At the end of part 2 Vaughan plugs:
    Monkish: http://www.myspace.com/monkishtheband / http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monkish/120441811323314 / http://www.youtube.com/user/Bradders20
    (They are playing two gigs in London very soon: http://on.fb.me/Monkish15thJuly / http://on.fb.me/Monkish16thJuly )
    Him on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mr.grandini
    Noble Debauchery: http://www.myspace.com/nobledebauchery
    Scottish Band that he likes a lot: http://www.myspace.com/fireexituk
    His South African Pipe Band: http://www.1medpipeband.co.za/
    The McLennan Scottish Group: http://www.msg.org.uk/ / http://www.youtube.com/user/gbj1941
    The Pride of Murray Pipe Band: http://www.thepride.co.uk/
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word.
    58 min
  • GBA 8 Vaughan (part 2)
    In GBA #8 (part 2) we continue getting better acquainted with Vaughan. He talks about being South African, being head of the Tolkien society, playing chess, restructuring organisations, heavy metal and an eccountants relationship to numbers and spreadsheets. And that doesn't even cover half of what he talks about!
    These episodes are more loosely edited than some to better represent the experience of getting acquainted with Vaughan.
    GBA #8 (part 2) comes out on Friday.
    At the end of part 2 Vaughan plugs:
    Monkish: http://www.myspace.com/monkishtheband / http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monkish/120441811323314 / http://www.youtube.com/user/Bradders20
    (They are playing two gigs in London very soon: http://on.fb.me/Monkish15thJuly / http://on.fb.me/Monkish16thJuly )
    Him on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mr.grandini
    Noble Debauchery: http://www.myspace.com/nobledebauchery
    Scottish Band that he likes a lot: http://www.myspace.com/fireexituk
    His South African Pipe Band: http://www.1medpipeband.co.za/
    The McLennan Scottish Group: http://www.msg.org.uk/ / http://www.youtube.com/user/gbj1941
    The Pride of Murray Pipe Band: http://www.thepride.co.uk/
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word.
    58 min
  • GBA 8 Vaughan (part 1)
    In GBA #8 (part 1) we get better acquainted with Vaughan. He talks about being South African, playing the bagpipes in fetish clubs, wearing masks, restructuring organisations, heavy metal and "being black". And that doesn't even cover half of what he talks about!
    These episodes are more loosely edited than some to better represent the experience of getting acquainted with Vaughan.
    GBA #8 (part 2) comes out on Friday.
    At the end of part 2 Vaughan plugs:
    Monkish: http://www.myspace.com/monkishtheband / http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monkish/120441811323314 / http://www.youtube.com/user/Bradders20
    (They are playing two gigs in London very soon: http://on.fb.me/Monkish15thJuly / http://on.fb.me/Monkish16thJuly )
    Him on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mr.grandini
    Noble Debauchery: http://www.myspace.com/nobledebauchery
    Scottish Band that he likes a lot: http://www.myspace.com/fireexituk
    His South African Pipe Band: http://www.1medpipeband.co.za/
    The McLennan Scottish Group: http://www.msg.org.uk/ / http://www.youtube.com/user/gbj1941
    The Pride of Murray Pipe Band: http://www.thepride.co.uk/
    Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?
    Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word.
    1 hr 3 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.