On an Increasingly Faint Memory of your School Days

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Day Trips for Nihilists

Neil Fitzgerald

7 episodes

2 months ago

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: daytripsfornihilists@gmail.com or neil-fitzgerald.com.

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All music clips and recordings are (hopefully) either out of copyright or used under fair usage.

To get in touch: daytripsfornihilists@gmail.com or neil-fitzgerald.com.

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On an Increasingly Faint Memory of your School Days

Day Trips for Nihilists

22 minutes 31 seconds

2 months ago

On an Increasingly Faint Memory of your School Days

Running order:

Clunt, Appernack
Grange Hill theme tune
Clip from the film Dead Poet's Society
Bagpuss opening theme and narration
'When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer', Walt Whitman, excerpt from Breaking Bad
'The School Boy', William Blake
'Friends, Romans, Countryman...' speech by Mark Anthony from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (Marlon Brando)
'Dives and Lazarus', Vaughan Williams
'I vow to thee, my country'
Intros from Indie Britpop and a Leicestershire hiphop legend whom only God can judge - 'Going for Gold' by Shed Seven, 'Return of the Mack' by Mark Morrison, 'On and On' by The Longpigs, 'Town' by Northern Uproar
'I like me, my wife likes me' - Del Griffith (John Candy), Planes, Trains and Automobiles
'Power To Believe (instrumental)', Planes, Trains & Automobiles soundtrack
Various sounds and field recordings freesound.org

All original music by Neil Fitzgerald. All samples used under Fair Usage.

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