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 : 4 Comments

Topics: 'outside broadcast' 'London'

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: 'China' 'censorship' 'residencies'

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

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.

Posted by Adam Sutherland on 18/04/08 at 15:40 : 0 Comments

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

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

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

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

Topics: 'two guys'

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

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

We hear an incredible 'celebrities in the Lake District' tale; some farm-themed soul music including Don Covay & Bobby Rush and Adam's eBay auction of the week.

We discuss what James Herd, James Howson and Thomas Kirkbride - the three most energetic men in the Lake District - are on site at Lawson Park building...

Posted by Karen Guthrie on 14/03/08 at 11:09 : 0 Comments

Topics: 'soul music' 'drystone walling'

Alistair tells us about a recent meeting with art uberlords the Tate to discuss the upcoming Grizedale project in China, plus a talk he'd done north of the border.

Adam fills us in on developments to do a project at the 10th anniversary Creamfields festival this summer. Well, I guess we have mud in common. Rave on!

Posted by Karen Guthrie on 07/03/08 at 10:51 : 0 Comments