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Ian Greaves

@greavesian.bsky.social

Writer, researcher, editor, failed model. N17. Penda's Fen: Scene By Scene out now: https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/pendas-fen-scene-by-scene

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Ian Greaves@greavesian.bsky.social · 6h ago

Listening to the 1986 World Service production of Abigail's Party where Demis Roussos is switched for Stevie Wonder. I'm guessing thinking of the international audience, but it sits oddly. Anyway, it's recently sneaked out as an official release with Mike Leigh's radio play Too Much of a Good Thing.

Ian Greaves@greavesian.bsky.social · last wk.

So Watt returns to the Barbican for EFG London Jazz Festival on Sat 14 Nov. This year it's a celebration of the extensive and wildly diverse jazz coverage on BBC2's Late Show (1989-95) inc. the excellent tribute to Miles Davis shot in the days following his death. www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Miles Davis: The Late Show - A So Watt Special | Barbican

Our annual event at EFG London Jazz Festival unearths rarities from the television archives. The centrepiece of this year's programme is a celebration of Miles Davis' career.

barbican.org.uk

Ian Greaves@greavesian.bsky.social · 2w ago

Very much enjoying a revisit of Bellamy's People (sixteen years old! Felix Dexter!) but quite confused as to why the DVD release only includes three of the Comedy Extras. Anyone know?

Ian Greaves@greavesian.bsky.social · 2w ago

In amongst all the parping jazz and rock nonsense I bought today, I turned up this beauty at a very reasonable price. *Such* a cover at the full 12 inches... RIP Shaun Bloodworth.

Skream! (2006). At a party, in a crowded room, a very sweaty young man in an oversized white t shirt stares directly at the camera. Photo: Shaun Bloodworth.
Dr Scarlett Butchers@scarlettbutchers1.bsky.social · 2w ago

My PhD thesis on the human/nonhuman relationship in the work of David Rudkin is now available to read on the University of Lincoln repository! repository.lincoln.ac.uk/articles/the...

'I see into the Now': The Prescient Ecologies of David Rudkin

This thesis explores the relationship between people and the natural world in the dramatic work of David Rudkin and in doing so reveals how these works map the shifts in this relationship in Britain over the past 60 years. Rudkin highlights nature's sentience, responding to human actions and becoming an active foundation upon which human identities are laid. In exploring how these texts are in dialogue with the societies from which they emerged, this thesis reveals the inherent prescience of Rudkin’s works, resonating with the anxieties of modern Britain and becoming tools for individual and communal self recognition and thus self-understanding. This thesis reframes Rudkin as a dramatist of great relevance for understanding how humans relate to nonhuman nature, particularly in the current moment of social and ecological crisis.The exploration of this relationship is divided into three chapters focusing on the different forms this relationship takes. These chapters are: ‘Nostalgia’, exploring the remnants of the British Empire that remain embedded in British culture through an analysis of Language, Accent and Xenophobia in these texts. ‘Rural/Urban Conflict’, explores how urban expansion, including traditionally urban structures such as capitalist ideology affect rural identities and communities. ‘Sentient Landscapes’, examining how the sentience of Rudkin’s nonhuman nature, acting both as avenger and teacher, maps the changing climate anxiety over time. The use of Rudkin’s 2020 PlacePrints series in this chapter enables a consideration of the ways Rudkin is also in dialogue with the contemporary moment of Climate Crisis. The methodology used is textual and live performance analysis, and the thesis is underpinned by an interview conducted with David Rudkin. This thesis uses the analytical frameworks of Ecocriticism and Cultural Materialism to place Rudkin’s physical worlds at the centre of study.

repository.lincoln.ac.uk

Kat Lister@katlister.bsky.social · 2w ago

How do you write a thousand words on Ed Askew when his music evokes a sea of them? As his pal Jay Pluck said before Askew died last year: “Ed was a brave gay songwriter from the beginning & I hope more come to know this.” I hope so, too. May this be the first feature of many – lord knows it’s time

‘His chords are like sheets of diamond ice’: the beguiling psych-folk of late cult songwriter Ed Askew

The late songwriter released around 50 records, writing gay love songs and effortless folk songs from folk’s fringes. Fans including Bill Callahan explain his singular brilliance

theguardian.com