Juvenalia

PARKLIFE, SunshEEEine, and so forth. We’re talking about the cultural juggernaut (for approximately five years) that was Britpop with Michael Orange aka Feather Beds. We talk about Blur v Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene deep cuts, and try to figure out if The Bends was Britpop. Along the way we take diversions into No Disco, 120 Minutes, and City Pop.

Michael is @Feather_Beds. His new album Softer Measures is out May 26th.

Alan is ⁠@alan_maguire⁠...

Yip Yip! We’re talking about Avatar: The Last Airbender with author Amy Clarkin. Avatar is so good! Alan and Sarah had not watched Avatar before this but now they would die for Aang and the gang. Did we talk about the one specific thing that you think is important about Avatar? Maybe! We talked about a lot of things so hopefully your thing is one of them.

Amy is @amyclarkinwrites. Her debut novel What Walks These Halls is out RIGHT NOW

Alan is @alan_maguire...

Artist and podcaster Carly Monardo returns to us for the third time and this time we’ve got a doozy. We’re talking about Bloc Party’s debut album Silent Alarm (2005). We talked a lot about being twenty. It’s very much about being twenty and working in Urban Outfitters, and discovering things for yourself. We also took a slight detour to deliver a pep talk about following your dreams and making that thing. This is a good one, you’ll like it.

Carly is @whirringblender...

We're seven years old today! To celebrate, we decided to put one of our Patreon-only episodes up for everybody.

On our bonus series Started/Finished, we talk about what we've started and finished lately. On this one from Jul 2022, Alan and Andrea talk about Stranger Things, Elena Ferrante, Disney Cruise Youtube Walkthroughs, and the Portal games. One of these things turned into an extended discussion about Weezer and Pat Finnerty. You'll never guess which one...

Painter and Illustrator Tara Anand joins us to talk about Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline which you should go watch immediately if you haven’t because it’s stunning. We talk about the similarities in Irish and Indian ghosts, making small things, mothers, and lots more. This is a good one.

You can see Tara’s incredible work at @taraanandart. The Tiger's Tale, illustrated by Tara and written by Catherine Barr is out April 13th 2023. 

Alan is @alan_maguire...

Comedian, screenwriter, and director Becky Cheatle joins us as we take another look at Star Wars! Becky’s experience of them is different since she actually saw the originals in the cinema, an experience cruelly denied to current Star Wars people. We also talk about the time the actual Darth Vader made an instore appearance in a Waterford shopping centre. It’s a good time, you'll like it. Becky is @Becky.Cheatle. You should go see her do standup, she’s great. Alan is @alan_maguire...

Musician Gavin McDermott aka Dashoda joins Alan and Sarah for a big talk about the console that gave us Ocarina Of Time, Mario 64, and Goldeneye, amongst other classics, Nintendo’s N64. We talked about all of them but we found ourselves coming back again and again to Goldeneye. Alan was a Sega child so this was an educational week for him. Sarah is, of course, 1/4 Nintendo so had lots to talk about with Gavin.

Dashoda is @DashodaMusic...

Comedian and filmmaker Jonathan Victory joins us to talk about Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy. We cover as much of it as possible: Gollum, Eowyn, Aragorn opening those big doors in The Two Towers, and also Jonathan’s documentary about his trip to the filming locations in New Zealand, A Far Green Country. (international link)

Jonathan is @VictoryContent. His Scene + Heard show Elementaller is in Smock Alley on Feb 11th + 12th. Tickets

Alan is @alan_maguire...

Ok, so we definitely thought we had this scheduled to go up over Christmas but we just came back from our holidays and it turns out we messed up. Sorry. You’re probably still making your way through all the Christmas specials from other podcasts anyway so what’s one more eh?

Alan and Sarah have never seen It’s A Wonderful Life. Sarah and Cassie have never seen Die Hard...

It’s the winter time do we’ve got some more recommendations for you. Not, I repeat, not Christmas recommendations. You have to follow your own bliss at Christmas. No, instead Alan and Sarah are here to talk about things that feel wintery-but-not-Christmassy to them. Things like Windwaker, Sigur Ros’s (), Mulled Wine and Nigella’s Roast Chicken, Twin Peaks, and Mount Eerie. Extremely un-festive we’re sure you’ll agree.

Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now...