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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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October Podcast Workshop
After a successful first run last month, I’m happy to announce I’ll be hosting another podcast workshop at A4 Sounds October 22nd. The course will cover literally everything you need to know to create, publish, promote and even (should the show become popular beyond your wildest dreams) ‘monitize’ a podcast. The workshop is split evenly between lecture and… Read more
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Swiss Army Man – Film Review
Originally posted on No More Workhorse: Swiss Army Man – Film Review by Gareth Stack Directors: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Writers: Dan Kwahttps, Daniel Scheinert Stars: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Hank (Paul Dano), face crusted with sunburn, bearded and lost like Joaquin Phoenix in I’m Still Here, prepares for suicide. Noosed with… Read more
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Two More Movie Reviews
Two more grumpy reviews for No More Workhorse. All horror movies are allegories. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is a visceral articulation of the racial turmoil of 1960s America. The Shining is a through-a-mirror-darkly reflection on domestic violence. The Fly examines the dehumanising degradation and social opprobrium of the AIDS crisis. The best of… Read more
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Tickled By Freaks at the Edinburgh Fringe
Performed last week for the first time at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, with my improv group Tickled by Freaks. It was a lightning tour of just four packed out shows at the City Cafe and the White Horse, Edinburgh’s Oldest Pub. Thanks to total freak Gary Lynch, who let us have the spots in the… Read more
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No More Workhorse Review
Generally, I can’t abide criticism. Outside of academia, it serves little function beyond banal consumer recommendation. However, my principles won’t get me free cinema tickets, now will they? Here’s my first wee report for No More Workhorse. Todd Phillips made a career out of fusing comedy with ‘high concept’ action, raking in a fortune from… Read more
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The Wedding Tree
Download: The Wedding Tree Subscribe: iTunes, RSS, Soundcloud. The Wedding Tree is an audacious new radio drama, set in the aftermath of an accident at an Irish nuclear power plant. In the wake of the disaster, fire officer Cian Mitchell is confined to hospital. Tormented by his injuries, Cian finds unlikely comfort in the company… Read more
