Friday 23 May '08

China on my Mind

Our studio guest rocks out in the 90's, check the trousers

Alistair returns with a fullish report on our Happy Stacking project's success in China, call in and win a dried mushroom.
Also in the yard Mark Guthrie ex of Britpopsters the Supernaturals DJ's the sounds of the farm...

Posted by Adam Sutherland on 23/05/08 at 08:54

Topics: 'China' 'the Supernaturals'

Friday 16 May '08

Merz FM

Direct from the Langdale Hotel, it's a Kurt Schwitters special with Ian Hunter of Littoral and the Slade MA students from UCL currently working on the Cylinders site in the Langdale Valley (where the London bombers allegedly trained), once home to Schwitters' famous Merz Barn which Littoral et al saving from ruin.
Also updates on why we couldn't broadcast the last two weeks and reports on China and Grand Designs exhibitions...
And new microphones, so you can actually hear us.

Posted by Adam Sutherland on 16/05/08 at 12:24 0 Comments

Topics: 'July bombers' 'Kurt Schwitters' 'Langdale' 'Littoral' 'Merz Barn' 'Slade School of Art' 'UCL'

Saturday 3 May '08

Friday May 9th: Designs on You

Adam, Karen and Lisa tried and failed to bring you a surprise outside broadcast from a glamourous mystery location in London town. They're there trying to choose nice things to style and furnish Lawson Park with, so will be addressing burning issues such as
"Swags - too 2006, or worthy of reinvention?"
and
"The return of the coloured bathroom suite - should we start the trend?"

Posted by Karen Guthrie on 03/05/08 at 12:38

Topics: 'London' 'outside broadcast'

Friday 2 May '08

From China With Love

Backdoor bees

Farmyard Radio sadly failed to transmit from a distant yard this week - the beautiful farms of Nanlin, Gwandong province of southern China where director Adam is shepherding artists for the 'Happy Stacking' project.
The great Fire Wall of China got in the way Dorian suspects...

See the Happy Stacking project website to see what we're up to uncensored.

Posted by Adam Sutherland on 02/05/08 at 08:31 0 Comments

Topics: 'censorship' 'China' 'residencies'

Friday 25 April '08

Sssssshhhhhh

We'll be taking a break from the mike today as everyone's at a GA Board meeting and you wouldn't want us to broadcast that.
On the plus side the arrival of a new mixer and mikes means you'll notice a massive audio quality upswing next week though of course the content will remain just as bad.
A bientot!

Posted by Karen Guthrie on 25/04/08 at 14:37 0 Comments

Friday 18 April '08

Controversy, bring it on

Adam, Alistair and Lisa talk about the unseasonably cold weather, how the pick up lost its wheel and what it is like to hitch hike in the Lake District. Other hot topics will include the progress of the drilling crew and other building works. Delicate issues like why the A Foundation wont pay up and why the Chinese Embassy has declined Adam's visa application will be skirted round.

Adam has a hissy EMO fit at the beginning, so just run it forward a couple of minutes.....

Posted by Adam Sutherland on 18/04/08 at 15:40 1 Comment

Topics: 'China' 'ground source heat pump' 'Liverpool' 'money' 'weather'

Friday 11 April '08

Fungi will save the world

Adam, Alistair and US visitor Cory Kromm (he's an architect) and Craig Sturrock (he's a soil specialist) talk about Architecture, Golf and Fungi as the saviour of the world - thats fungi not golf or architecture.

Posted by Karen Guthrie on 11/04/08 at 10:19 0 Comments

Topics: 'architecture' 'fungi' 'golf' 'Mycology' 'soil' 'USA'

Friday 4 April '08

Double act

Adam and Alistair just talking for an hour, no guests, jeez.

Local gossip, what's in the Westmoreland Gazette, Cumbrian racism, Coniston and Grayson Perry, shut local Post Offices,

Posted by Karen Guthrie on 04/04/08 at 16:00 0 Comments

Topics: 'two guys'

Friday 28 March '08

Friday 29th March

Adam and Lisa talking about the Collection, the building and stuff

Posted by Karen Guthrie on 28/03/08 at 16:00 0 Comments

Topics: 'building' 'construction' 'Lawson Park Collection'

Friday 21 March '08

Good God Friday

Bank Holiday special for all those still in work - Karen talks about her adventures launching her film Living with the Tudors at the SXSW Festival in Texas and her subsequent week of flu possibly contracted from a Texan re-enactor pictured here.

Local artist Meg Falconer (a Grizedale board member) drops by to talk about her fights against light pollution and mountainbikers in the countryside.

Plus all the usual features, and reports from the week with a selection of farm music from artist Maria Benjamin of London town...

Posted by Adam Sutherland on 21/03/08 at 10:00 0 Comments

Topics: 'Guest Room' 'SXSW Film Festival' 'Texas'