Episodes
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
teletext People - Matti Rämö Finland’s Teletext
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
In this episode, I speak with the man in charge of Finland's YLE teletext service. He explains how he got into the industry, his battles with Nokia and the challenges for teletext in the future.Thanks to Dan Farrimond, who cleaned up this recording and provided the edits. There are some audio issues but not as many thanks to Mr Yak who, in my opinion is a wizard to get this to you.
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Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Count Binface on Ceefax & Kempston joysticks
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with the extra terrestrial political force of nature that is his Excellency Count Binface. We discussed Ceefax, ZX Spectrum and less important subjects including Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan & Teressa May.
What does the future hold for Sigma nine's political big Beast?
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Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
the Max Headroom incident - Whitney Merrill
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
It's Max Headroom month! One November evening in 1987 local Chicago TV was invaded by a masked Max Headroom impersonator. For the following 37 years the question of who and why persist.
Now well past a statute of limitations and the advantage hive mind of the internet we are still no closer to the definitive, but we do have theories!
Whitney Merrill is a Hacktivist, info security champion and Head of Global Privacy and data Governance at Asansa. She also makes the coolest Pins on her etsy.
Being brought up in Chicago and immersed in Hack culture she is the perfect guest to have with me in this show.
We talk about hacking, the direction of security and of course Max!
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE
Find out more about Whitney at
whitneymerrill.com
her shop at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheGarbageFile
contact on X @wbm312 or .Bsky.social.com
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Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Ricardo Autobahn - The Cuban Boys
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Ricardo speaks to me about the CubanBoys ,teletext, Eurovision and the Poundshop boys. Being championed by Radio One DJ's Jo Wiley and John Peel catapulted Ricardo and his band mates into superstardom when they were spotted by EMI records. Ricardo also speaks about his fascination with the Top 40 and his ZX Spectrum Coding career.
The Peel Sessions are now available on preciousrecordingsoflondon.com - Please consider buying Sam Tan from poundshopboys.bandcamp.com as the proceeds go to local Charities.
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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Joe Banks - Disinformation, Poet of Noise
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Joe Banks, producer of the art project Disinformation, has been working with Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio since the mid nineteen-nineties. His installations have been exhibited and performed worldwide and been shown on national TV & radio stations including Sky TV and BBC Radio Four. His challenging investigations into Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) demonstrate the mind’s conscious and unconscious working in a conflicting synergy.In this episode Joe speaks to me and my excellent co-host and inspiration, Leila Johnston about how early experiences propelled him towards the sonic voyage of the Disinformation project, his family and future projects.
Warning- this show does contain some loud noises, headphone users beware!
This show contains the following extracts, in appearance order:0'50: “National Grid” by Disinformation 1996 to 19991'20: Hari Kunzru on Sky TV 19995'24: “Electric Skies” Channel 4 “Equinox” 19946'50: “Stargate” by Disinformation 199613'00: “National Grid” by Disinformation, live in Moscow 28 Sept 2000 *20'34: “Kwaidan, Part 3” by Disinformation 2002 (from the “Sense & Data Perception” CD 2005)30'41: “Sine Wave Speech - Psychoacoustics Demonstration” by Disinformation 19 July 201442'50: “Martelsham Heath” by Disinformation, exhibited at Domo Baal gallery Nov 201750'33: “Language [as] Meta Technology” by Disinformation Nov 2018, remixed July 20211'10'50: “Sound Mirrors” aka “Blackout” soundtrack by Disinformation 1997* “National Grid - Live in Moscow” features saxophonists Mike Walter and Andy Knight
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Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Sofa Club live reportage
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Dan Farrimond and myself reflect on the Chunky Fringe live show, with Jamie Nemeth and Jason Robertson.
The Audio was provided by Dan from his live stream that you can see with pictures on his YouTube channel.
Thanks again to @grimfandango and Jamie Nemeth and his awesome twitch channel.
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Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Teletext Sofa Club Live at Harrow Arts Centre
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
This is a live show hosted by myself and Dan Farrimond during Chunky Fringe, the teletext expo that took place at the same venue and day as the Digi Live 30 show held by Mr Biffo.
We speak to Jason & Rich from What's wrong with Wolfie? Podcast as well as teletext movers and Shakers Jason Robertson, Steve Horsley and Chris Bell.
The recording was kindly made by
Ash Versus of Under Consoletation: The GamesMaster Retrospective Podcast, get him at one of the following:
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Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Stuart Ashen on being Ashens
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Stuart Ashen is a Actor, Screen writer, comedian and critic. He has near 1.6 million YouTube subscribers and 600 million views.
I also got his name wrong in the intro, we discuss where it all started and the possible future trends as well as the challenges faced when running a large YouTube Channel.
Stuart gives me his thoughts on social media the recent name change of twitter to X.
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Byte High No Limit
A pod series that covers the history of my favourite childhood arcade, the origin, the people and the machines.
Also the future of the site now the Arcade is gone.
Also the Teletext people series, where we speak to the people who made the UK's first TV info system work and others who now keep it's historic legacy going.
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