On the River as God or Gods

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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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the River as God or Gods

Day Trips for Nihilists

28 minutes 35 seconds

4 months ago

On the River as God or Gods

Running order of the 'culturescape':

Prelude from Das Rhinegold by Richard Wagner (Rudolfe Kempe, Bayreuth performance)
opening of TS Eliot's 'The Dry Salvages' from Four Quartets
Charley Patton, High Water Everywhere Part 1
Hermann Broch, The Death of Virgil excerpt
Robert Petway, Catfish Blues
Pike, Ted Hughes (read by the poet)
Má Vlast, 2. Vltava, ou La Moldau, Smetana (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Talich, 1954)
Various field recordings of rivers large and small from freesound.org

For more info about the curator: neil-fitzgerald.com

If you have an idea for a theme, or want your music or field recording used in a future episode: daytripsfornihilists@gmail.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.