The long weekend is upon us and, as is our wont, we’ve headed to the coast; Hornsea on this occasion, not Morecambe, as we have family business on the east coast. After a thoroughly grey and wet departure from Bradford we drove into glorious sunshine too. Hopefully that will last a couple of days as today is Good Friday and we have plans. Largely they revolve around supping and eating, but that counts as plans right?
Last night we kicked things off with some nice Greek tucker and some cocktails and I have a bit of a thick head typing this, but blimey. They were good cocktails.
Anyway, food and booze aside, I’ve been thinking these past few days about the itinerary. I’d had quite a productive period, despite the line up of episodes coming together quite chaotically this past year or so for one reason or another. Having three or four in the can for editing was rather unusual but it has resulted in a rapid burst of releases. I’d tried to discipline myself and space out the uploads, but having one sitting there ready to go just makes me itchy to get it out, hence Hawk the Slayer flying the coop yesterday. I have one more in the editing suite and then I’m back to thinking in a more calculated fashion about what’s to come.
I’m fully aware too that we have a number of stories hanging, with The Runestaff, The King of the Swords and Phoenix in the Sword awaiting completion (and Wheels of Terror now at the point where finishing it would probably usher in a negative reality inversion). Therefore I will attempt to prioritise them for late spring/early summer, and of course carry on talking about non-Moorcock things here and there.
As it happens, the next episode out and the next to be recorded will not be Mike-related, although one is featured in Mike and James Cawthorn’s Top 100 Fantasy novels list and was a big, acknowledged influence on his style of fantasy. That episode will feature an all new co-host too.
The next to record features the return of Joe Banks and will cover something very close to my heart.
There will be some fresh Moorcock coming though, as I’ve finally pinned Hussein down for a return in May. We’ll be looking at The Cure For Cancer.
There’ll be more Weetabix Files along the way too as I’ve picked up a load more Time Centre Times issues and some other odds and sods of Moorcockiana.
In other news, you’ll recall from an earlier episode when we talked about the Malleus Maleficarum and The Warhound and the World’s Pain, Dave Griffiths and his gang were in the process of getting their play up and running. Now they’re taking it to the Edinburgh Festival! Putting on these kinds of shows is a real undertaking, particularly at that festival with the ridiculous costs incurred just for digs, so if you want to throw in to support Dave and the crew with their production of The Hammer and Helena at the Edinburgh Festival you can do so here.
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