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American guitarist and singer-songwriter Bob Rafkin visits the Resonance studio at 11 am on Thursday 18th September for a specially scheduled discussion with Ed Baxter. Bob was a fixture on the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s, moved to the West Coast at the height of psychedelia (notably penning a hit for The Byrds) and is currently touring the UK (with a couple of dates in London this week). He’s played with the Everly Brothers, Phil Ochs and more. Here he sings some of his own songs and talks about America, guitar tuning, and more.

Based in Okinawa, inventive extended-sanshin player Wataru Kousaka plays live on Paul Fisher’s Farside Radio Show next Wednesday, 24th September, at noon, prior to a performance of New Music from Japan at TSURU, 4 Canvey Street, London, SE1 9AN that evening at 8pm. Sushi is also on the menu at this venue behind Tate Modern.

Multi Instrumentalist Elias Krantz released his sublime debut Island Rock on Airwaves Music last year. The album features asymmetrical melodies and rhythms that, when combined, create a sound consisting of polar opposites – While it is dreamy, meditative and contemplative it is at the same time groovy as hell. A wide range of instruments co-exist in perfect harmony while adhering to the principle of “less is more”.  In this, the third Introduction in the Airwaves series, he discusses various related and non related subjects with Gavin Maycroft and it will also feature the first airing of some new work in progress. http://www.myspace.com/eliaskrantz
www.airwavesmusic.com

Produced and Edited by Elias Krantz

Ian Bone presents a series of 6 programmes on anarchism in the UK by interviewing some of the veteran activists who have made up the rich tapestry of anarchism in England over the last 50 years. On September 14th Ian interviews Philip Ruff about his forthcoming book on the Siege of Sidney Street - the most notorious episode in British anarchism in the last 100 years. Phil will reveal for the first time the sensational real identity of Peter the Painter.

Ian Bone is a lifelong anarchist/founder of Class War/Author of Bash The Rich/punk rock legend and shameless self publicist. Ian’s series Anarchism In The U.K start on Sunday September the 6th at 6:30pm on Resonance FM.

http://ianbone.wordpress.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Street_Siege

The second Wallflower Press edition of Electric Sheep magazine (co-presenter(s) of the Hectic Peelers cinema nights with Resonance FM) has just been released and is available from various stockists… Electric Sheep is edited by Virginie Selavy and has reviews / interviews by various Resonance programme makers including Virginie, Philip Winter, James DC (all contributors to I’m ready for my close-up) + Alex Fitch (Strip!), and features illustrations by Tom Humberstone, Oli Smith and Sean Azzopardi plus a comic strip by Mark Stafford (IRFMCU)…

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Occasional Resonance FM contributor, outsider disk jockey and 11th best Air Guitarist in the World Carlos , continues his experiments with air. This time its airwaves and a one off Clear Spot broadcast detailing his recent experiences competing in the Air Guitar World Championships 2008, which took place in Finland on August the 22nd. Packed with insider observations, penetrating critique and, frankly, questionable music, this programme takes you into the heart of this worldwide cult, uncovering the fact that…actually…its just harmless fun.

In I’m Ready For My Close Up (Friday 5 - 530pm) Richard Thomas interviews the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. Hans is Co-Director of Exhibitions & Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery and is the author of many books. This month Thames & Hudson publish “Formulas For Now” a series of hieroglyphs, diagrams, equations and, of course, formulas culled from a constellation of artists, scientists, writers, cultural theorists and many others. Obrist and Thomas discuss the book, LSD, music and scores, time, space and much else besides.

A repeat is imminent too…

http://www.serpentinegallery.org/

http://www.thameshudson.co.uk

It’s (nearly) the second tuesday of the month at 7.30pm, so it must be time for Hectic Peelers, Resonance FM / Electric Sheep Magazine’s monthly free film screening at The Roxy Bar and Screen, Borough High Street…
This month we are very excited to present a special event in collaboration with Raindance Film Festival. We’ll be screening the best short films of last year’s festival to mark the release of the 15th Raindance Shorts DVD, which was voted DVD of the week in Time Out, beating Persepolis and Happy-Go-Lucky!
The must-see programme includes The Girls, in which two young girls play cruel games with their father, the brilliant, if chilling Cherries, which imagines the consequences of the Iraq War on a London school, and The Demonology of Desire, which looks at the wish by a twisted young girl for unconditional love. We will be joined by members of the Raindance organisation as well as by some of the filmmakers, who will be happy to discuss their work with the audience. The evening is hosted by Virginie Sélavy (I’m ready for my Close-up / Strip!) and is FREE!

Bow’s finest, Dizzee Rascal, pays a visit to Resonance FM this Tuesday. Dizzee will be in conversation with Ben Thompson host of The London Ear. The Rascal’s latest single Dance Wiv Me was at number one for a month in July so, hopefully, given the necrotic state of the music industry he’ll be able to chuck at least £1:75 at the Resonance FM biscuit fund. After all, we do have a proclivity for Hob Nobs and we like ‘em by the bucket load and that’s not cheap.

Dizzee Rascal, The London Ear - Tuesday, September 9th, from 2:00 to 3:00pm.

After a two week haitus, Resonance’s weekly show about comic books - Strip! - is back for a 2nd series…
…starting with an interview by Alex Fitch with graphic novelist Bryan Talbot about the new printing of his classic book The Tale of One Bad Rat which tells the story of an abused homeless girl who finds solace in the works of Beatrix Potter.

Alex will also be talking to Dan Franklin, the head of Jonathan Cape, about their reprinting of the book as a ‘Classic British Graphic Novel’ and their past and future plans for printing albums of sequential art. As the picture above may have indicated, Alex’s chat with Bryan will be available shortly after broadcast as an audio and video podcast (like some of the earlier episodes)…

Strip! is now a half hour show, though the Panel Borders podcasts of Alex’s interviews will continue to vary in length. Forthcoming interviews include Garth Ennis (Dan Dare, Preacher), Raymond Briggs (When the wind blows, The Snowman), Eddie Campbell (From Hell, Bacchus), Charles Burns (Black Hole, Fear[s] of the dark) and many more…

Thursdays 5pm, repeated at 11.30pm Sundays on Resonance 104.4 FM