GBA 169 James McKay

In GBA 169 we get better acquainted with James McKay. He talks us through Victorian poetry recitals, classical literature and history, plundering and re-contextualising the canon, the relationship between the Moomins and Zen thinking, putting on gigs in your front room and being an "Arts Thatcherite". If all of that sounds dry and worthy and highbrow then think again as this conversation is very much the opposite of that. James plugs: His Website: http://www.mckaypoetry.com/ Utter: Space: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403219706606930/ I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo Campaign: http://bit.ly/TragicFringe Tragic Misadventures: Wednesday 9th July at the Black Heart: http://www.facebook.com/events/601978073250123/ We mention: The book of Job: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Job Stand Up Tragedy: http://standuptragedy.co.uk Stand Up Tragedy performances by James: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-james-mckay-ep-2 https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-16 https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-daily-ep-14-fay-roberts City of Dreadful Night: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Dreadful_Night Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas The New Mother: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Mother How Horatius Held the Bridge: http://www.englishverse.com/poems/horatius Rochester: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-imperfect-enjoyment-by-rochester Whitman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman James on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mckay_poetry The Libertine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Libertine_(2004_film) King James Bible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version Sermon on the Mount: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount Ecclesiastes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes Book of Revelation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation Song of Solomon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songs Leviticus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Leviticus The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4 Boney M - The Rivers of Babylon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm1g8FFRArc&feature=kp Hinduism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Monotheism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism Norse Myths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology Rhetoric: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric Arundel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundel Inky Fingers: http://inkyfingers.org.uk/ Christopher Smart - Jubilate Agno http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilate_Agno Stopham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stopham Coventry Cathedral: http://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/ Beat Poetry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Generation E M Forster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster Kipling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling Coleridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge Wordsworth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth Swinburne: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Charles_Swinburne Tennyson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson Browning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning Snufkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snufkin Moomins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin Comet in Moominland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_in_Moominland Little My: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_My Snorkmaiden: http://moomin.wikia.com/wiki/The_Snork_Maiden Moomin Valley in November: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moominvalley_in_November Moominland Midwinter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moominland_Midwinter Finn Family Moomintroll: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_Family_Moomintroll Moomin Pappa at Sea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moominpappa_at_Sea The Way of Zen - Alan Watts: http://www.amazon.com/The-Way-Zen-Alan-Watts/dp/0375705104 Japanese cartoons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOj1EyMLgg&feature=kp Polish Cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utXbpKrWRBs Dubbed Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiZ0eBFTH6k Comics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin_comic_strips Tove's Hobbit: http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2013/illustration-tove-janssons-hobbit/ Hobbit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit The Lord of the Rings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings The Decline of the West: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_the_West Exploits of Moomin Pappa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exploits_of_Moominpappa Peter Jackson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jackson Tolkien: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien Tolkien's letter's to Hitler: http://io9.com/5892697/whats-classier-than-jrr-tolkien-telling-off-nazis-absolutely-nothing Saruman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saruman Septimius Severus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus Spartacus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus I was mixing up this scene: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnedde_snails-and-oysters-from-spartacus-1960_shortfilms with this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNzFLwsFiOM Ovid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid Kipling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling Female of the Species: http://www.potw.org/archive/potw96.html Space song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wIvsZBFhQ&feature=kp Shakespeare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Sunday Assembly: http://sundayassembly.com/ You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. 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