Nic Treadwells Storyville

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Poetry, prose, thoughts and music from Nic Treadwell from Birmingham in the UK

Episódios

  • You Subtracted From Me - 5 pretentious poetical parodies exploring solitude

    23/09/2024 Duração: 11min

    This series of 5 short poems explores the theme of solitude and was inspired by periods of isolation at home while my family visited with relatives abroad. The narrator arrives back at the family home alone, a house that was once filled with love and the sounds of a young child is now empty and silent. Over the course of the next few days and weeks his imagination, sense of loss, and inability to deal with simple domesticities collide in a surreal dreamlike silliness that threatens to unhinge his humanity. To accompany these poems I asked the artist and documentary filmmaker Momentori  Madrassi to make a series of arty films which were narrated by Klaus Vankerman (think Werner Herzog). A sparse improvised piano soundtrack was additionally provided by Bernardo Boniffe. Unfortunately Momentori never completed the fifth film, as he walked out of the project after a blazing argument with me when I suggested the final film should include a sequence where I as buried alive in a coffin full of baked beans!”

  • Sorry Luv - "The Quacks"

    16/09/2024 Duração: 28min

    Sorry Luv is a radio play created by Nic Treadwell. It is set somewhere in a suburb of the Black Country. Baz is having a few problems with his "Waterworks", so Jules sends him to the doctors where he gets more than he bargained for. Sorry Luv "The Qacks" - develeoped, recorded and edited by Nic Treadwell. Copyright 2024 NT Productions Additional Sound effedts sourced from Freesound.org Music sourced from Free Music Arhive under creative commons license. https://freemusicarchive.org Prelude No 21 by Chris Zabriskie In Eternity - by Andrwkn https://freesound.org/people/Andrewkn/

  • Opening The Door On A Life Of Poetic Thought, an appreciation of A Hidden Garden, The Poems Of Whitley Strieber

    01/09/2024 Duração: 25min

    This is an audio version of an article written for my Letter From Storyville substack, in which I review a new book of poetry by the author Whitley Strieber. A Hidden Garden, the poems of Whitley Strieber, is published by Walker & Collier and is available from most online bookshops. Further information on Whitley Strieber can be found at Unknowncountry.com.

  • Cacophony Of Incompetent Wrongs - A Lament For Train & Chorus

    12/07/2024 Duração: 08min

    A fictional poetical testimony based on true life experiences of travelling on overcrowded trains on a daily basis. Share with your local train provider if they are taking the piss!

  • I Never Did Have Herpes - Tolerating Torturous Therapies For A Childhood Disease

    12/06/2024 Duração: 13min

    In this podcast, I reflect on my encounter with the childhood hip disorder, Perthes, and recount some of the barbaric treatments myslef and my fellow sufferers had to put up with back in the 1970s. Ultimately, I learn that writing a funny silly peom about the whole sorry episode, in a northern accident, may not bring closure, but does help to place the illness in the context of a wider life of shite.

  • Ode To A Libray - A Poem In Praise Of Public Libraries

    19/05/2024 Duração: 11min

    As a result of funding cuts by Birmingham City Council, there is now a proposal to reduce the library services budget by up to 40%. This would mean that many beloved local libraries around Birmingham would need to close, staff levels would be reduced, transferring library services to other non-council owned locations and creating an unspecified number of “hub” libraries.  This plan would be an unprecedented disaster for everyone that uses the vitally important services provided by our public libraries, which lie at the heart of our communities.  A campaign called Birmingham Loves Libraries has been formed by members of the public in order to try and overturn this decision and get Birmingham City Council to realise just how important our local libraries are.   Link with the campagn here https://www.birminghamloveslibraries.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/949227466905839/ https://twitter.com/BrumLibraries https://www.instagram.com/brumloveslibraries/

  • Poetry Without Pretence - A Personal Tribute To Big Bren

    12/02/2024 Duração: 44min

    A personal reflection and tribute to Brendan Higgins who died in January 2024. Big Bren was a writer who was well known around Birmingham for his unforgetable poetical outbursts at events over many many years. He also fronted the avant garde free jazz banf Big Bren's Combo, was a novelist, playwright, actor, facilitator and event organiser. In this podcast I reflect my friendship with Bren , his creative output and his legacy. Including poetry, music and more from the man himself. Further infomration about Brendan can be found @ Big Bren's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/308653259223097/

  • Angelsong - A story inspired from a song by Marc Cohn

    23/12/2023 Duração: 01h07min

    In Oct 1973 the Midwest United States experienced a UFO flap that ignited the imagination of the country. Sightings of strange light, craft and beings flooded the TV and Radio. One such strange incident happended one rainy night in Zanesville, Ohio. Seventy five year old Eric Gillan (suffering with the late the stages of Alzheimer's disease) woke up in the middle of the night and saw a strange light out of the window of his care home . What happend next would have a profound effect on him and his son Will. Written and narrated by Nic Treadwell (C) 2023. Angelsong - written by Marc Cohn & released Atlantic Records 1991 Help and support for families affected by Alzheimer's https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/ https://www.alz.org/

  • Sorry Luv - A one act play by Nic Treadwell

    07/11/2023 Duração: 21min

    A one act, one scene play set in a living room of a quiet suburban home in the West Midlands. Jules has been waiting patiently for Baz to return from the pub, where he’s been most of the evening. Their son Ricky is in his room playing on his Xbox. It is around 10pm when Jules hears the front door slam signaling Baz’s return. Credits: Sorry Luv, was written, recorded and produced and performed by Nic Treadwell Additional music sourced from freemusicarchive.org under creative commons license included: Prelude No 21 by Chris Zabriskie  - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/chris-zabriskie/ CC BY 4.0 DEED LICENCE - https://chriszabriskie.com/ Free Day By Denys Kyshchuk https://www.audiocoffee.net  httpsfreemusicarchive.org/music/daynigthmorning/business/free-day/ CC BY NC-ND 4.0 DEED Additional Original Sound Recordings sourced from Freesound.org

  • TerrorVision - A Confession - Part Two

    29/10/2023 Duração: 34min

    In part Two of this two part podcsst, i explore some of the horror films that made a big impresssion on me during my teenage years - Jaws, The Fog, Poltergeist, The Burning, Alien, An American Werewolf In London and The Omen. There will be a spcial spotify enhanced version of this podcast feauring soime of the music from the films.

  • TerrorVision - A confession - Part One

    22/10/2023 Duração: 26min

    in part one of this two part podcast, I revisit some of the strange and weird kids tv shows I was subjected to as a child. Shows such as The Pipkins, The Boy From Space, Chocky, Wurzel Gummidge, Public Information Films and Project and Survive. In part two I will tackle some of the films that terrorised my teenage self.

  • Treadwell Blows Joel

    29/09/2023 Duração: 02min

    The ultimate gift for any Billy Joel fan…

  • Re-Claiming The Past Through The Imagination - An Appreciation Of The Home Child - A Novel In Verse by Liz Berry

    26/03/2023 Duração: 19min

    A review and my experience of reading Liz Berry's new book of poetry, The Home Child. Which is a story in verse, inspired by her great aunt, who, orphaned, was chosen to be emigrated to Canada in 1908 as part of the Home Children project. More on Liz's work at her website - https://www.lizberrypoetry.co.uk/ The Home Child was published in March 2023 by Chatto & Windus

  • The Return Of A Maverick - Part Three - Into The Abyss by Ron Jonson

    24/02/2023 Duração: 01h07min

    This article was written by Ron Jonson following an extensive Skype  interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru’del, it first appeared in the  Bloxwich Slacker on 9th  April  2021. For this podcast, Ron has  kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records  from his own private collection of Stru’del memorabilia, and the voice  over narration. Jacque Stru'del is pop icon from 60's band The Stru'del Brothers. After leaving the Brothers he blazed a solo artist trail, leaving a wake of experimental projects in music and audio. His name is synonymous with disasterous failures, though his contribution to culture is priceless. This is his story. Credits: The track Breath Of Life is adapted from Presto, Pizz and Rhondo by Andrew Christopher Smith under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US All other musical works are by Nic Treadwell copyright 2023

  • The Return Of A Maverick - Part Two - Totalitarian Detour by Ron Jonson

    11/02/2023 Duração: 22min

    This podcast features the narration to Ron Jonson's latest substack article. Which you can find here https://open.substack.com/pub/nictreadwell/p/the-return-of-a-maverick-cb6?r=1eh0xb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Following an extensive Skype  interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque  Stru’del, it first appeared in the  Bloxwich Slacker on 2nd April 2021.  For this podcast, Ron has  kindly contributed the original recordings  of the interview, records  from his own private collection of Stru’del  memorabilia, and the voice  over narration. Jacque Stru'del is pop icon from 60's band The Stru'del Brothers.  After leaving the Brothers he blazed a solo artist trail, leaving a wake  of experimental projects in music and audio. His name is synonymous  with disasterous failures, though his contribution to culture is  priceless. This is his story. Credits: The song My Death is adapted from Majestic Nature by Maxim Novak - used under CC BY-

  • The Return Of A Maverick - Part One - Brothers From Other Mothers by Ron Jonson

    04/02/2023 Duração: 24min

    This podcast features the narration to Ron Jonson's latest substack article. Which you can find here https://open.substack.com/pub/nictreadwell/p/the-return-of-a-maverick?r=1eh0xb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Following an extensive Skype  interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru’del, it first appeared in the  Bloxwich Slacker on 26th March 2021. For this podcast, Ron has  kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records  from his own private collection of Stru’del memorabilia, and the voice  over narration. Jacque Stru'del is pop icon from 60's band The Stru'del Brothers. After leaving the Brothers he blazed a solo artist trail, leaving a wake of experimental projects in music and audio. His name is synonymous with disasterous failures, though his contribution to culture is priceless. This is his story. Credits: The Song Easy Does It is adapted from Heresay Of Paraphrase by One Man Brook - used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Song Tremors From The Und

  • New Earth - Part 1 - Out Woods. A poem by Nic Treadwell

    29/01/2023 Duração: 15min

    New Earth - Part 1 - Out Woods. A poem by Nic Treadwell

  • The Story Of My Heart - Chapter 6 - by Richard Jefferies, narrated by Nic Treadwell

    29/01/2023 Duração: 25min

    Chapter Six of The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - read by Nic Treadwell

  • The Art Of Protest - Where Is The Voice Of Art When We Most Need It?

    24/01/2023 Duração: 36min

    In the context of the events of the last few years, which has seen a worrying move towards a more authoritarian society, I look back at the relationship between art and protest thoughout history. Written by Nic Treadwell

  • The Memory Of Blood - Sci-fi, Grief & The Generaltional Through Line

    15/01/2023 Duração: 34min

    In this revised piece of writing from 2013 I explore the effect of one particular episode of Deep Space Nine called The Visitor, which had a profound effect on me at around the same time as my mother passed away.

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