Day Trips for Nihilists
Neil Fitzgerald
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A meandering essayistic mix of music, film and literature, field recordings, and humour, all with one goal in mind: to provide a short audio day trip for nihilists wherein they slow down and enjoy the world.
All music clips and recordings are (hopefully) either out of copyright or used under fair usage.
To get in touch: [email protected] or neil-fitzgerald.com.
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S1E7 On an Increasingly Faint Memory of your School Days
Running order:Clunt, AppernackGrange Hill theme tuneClip from the film Dead Poet's SocietyBagpuss opening theme and narration'When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer', Walt Whitman, excerpt from Breaking…
S1E6 On Melancholy
Running order of the 'culturescape':A Young Blackbird Dies in My Hands, AppernackHamlet soliloquy 'I have of late but wherefore I know not...' from the film Withnail & I (1989, Richard E Grant as…
S1E5 On the River as God or Gods
Running order of the 'culturescape':Prelude from Das Rhinegold by Richard Wagner (Rudolfe Kempe, Bayreuth performance)opening of TS Eliot's 'The Dry Salvages' from Four QuartetsCharley Patton, High…
S1E4 On Nonsense and Silliness, or why Wittgenstein was right
Wittgenstein was right! Being silly is necessary for human happiness.NB. This episode contains contextualised use of the 'n' word in a sound clip from a gangster rapper* (see bold and asterisked…
S1E3 On Bill Callahan and Authenticity
Some reflections on the authenticity that runs like a rich seam of truth in Bill Callahan's songs. How does he do it?'When It Shows' - an old attempt at song-writing by yours truly'Say Valley Maker'…
S1E2 On Kathleen Ferrier's Vocal Timbre
A meandering exploration of why Kathleen Ferrier's voice is so unbearably moving.'My Bonnie Lad (trad. Northumbrian folk song)Ca' the Yowes' (trad. Scottish folk song)'Ich bin der Welt abhanden…
S1E1 On Emptiness
A generally uplifting audio essay on emptiness and its consolations...ideal for day-tripping nihilists, naturally.Tracklist:Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band — Anchin Kfu AyinkashGF Haas - Concerto…
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