Viral Culture: Recent Episodes
Nick Howard and Anne Frankenstein
Catching up instead of catching it. A guide to the best films, audio, activities and other cultural bits and pieces online while we're all stuck inside, turning a lockdown into a global binge-watch.
Hosted in the UK by DJ Anne Frankenstein and journalist Nick Howard
More treasure has washed ashore, with Anne and Nick combing for the best to keep you entertained in lockdown.
And the links to everything mentioned in this episode:
British Pathé Archive https://www.youtube.com/user/britishpathe
Project Muse https://about.muse.jhu.edu/resources/freeresourcescovid19/#freepublishers
30 Days to Learn Film by Mark Cousins https://vimeo.com/399407221
Mubi - 3 months free https://mubi.com/regentstreetcinema
The 101 Strangest Records on Spotify https://www.theguardian.com/music/series/101-weirdest-records-on-spotify
Including Anne's Top Picks: Jazz drummer Horacee Arnold – Tales of the Exonerated Flea https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/may/27/101-strangest-records-spotify-horacee-arnold-tales-exonerated-flea
Outsider artist Lonnie Holley – Just Before Music https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/13/101-strangest-spotify-lonnie-holley
Alix Dobkin – Living With Lavender Jane/Living With Lesbians https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/04/the-101-strangest-records-on-spotify-alix-dobkin-living-with-lavender-janeliving-with-lesbians
National Theatre (Treasure Island 7pm, Thurs 16/4) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw
Anne and Nick unearth more gems to keep you entertained while stuck at home.
And the links to everything mentioned in this episode:
Tim Clare's Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/
National Theatre (One Man 2 Guvnors, available til 9/4. then Jane Eyre 7pm, Thurs 9/4) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw
Gong Bath https://gongspa.bandcamp.com/track/with-gratitude
Milk Maid of the Milky Way (available iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch, not just PC) https://machineboy.com/milkmaid/
VCR Party Presents: Quarantine Qlassics http://www.foundfootagefest.com/2020/03/vcr-party-presents-quarantine-qlassics/
Metropolitan Opera https://www.metopera.org/nightly-opera-stream/
Word Up: Support Independent Bookshops https://wordup.top/
One week into lockdown, Anne and Nick unearth some gems to keep you entertained while stuck at home.
And the links to everything mentioned in this episode:
Trunk Records https://trunkrecords.bandcamp.com/
The Lady Vanishes (21 days to watch) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078kyh
Deep Water https://youtu.be/r9NS6Uq9-zk
LeVar Burton Reads http://www.levarburtonpodcast.com/
Gong Bath https://gongspa.bandcamp.com/track/with-gratitude
Tim Clare's Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk/couchto80kwritingbootcamp/
One Man 2 Guvnors, National Theatre (7pm, Thurs 2/4) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw