Another quick-fire report from Blighty thanks to Jim Jupp and Ghost Box Records. Yesterday postie called by with another fantastic package from Jim -Fellfoul by Mulgrave Audio featuring a score by Jim and Belbury Poly. If you've not come across it, Mulgrave Audio is making atmospheric audio dramas that catapult me back to the days … Continue reading Entropic State Report 21st June 2024
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Entropic State Report 16th June 2024
Greetings pards, I hope you're playing a good hand at the tables this fine day. A few years ago when I recorded the episode on Letters From Hollywood with Dirk, we raised a glass to departed friends. One was my old mate Magic Paul who I'd lost contact with some time in the early 2000s. … Continue reading Entropic State Report 16th June 2024
(The Coming of) The Coming of the Terraphiles
FINALLY! After all this dancing around the subject of Michael Moorcock writing for the iconic Doctor Who IP and talking Alien and Quatermass and Blake's 7, Miles joins me in the Cloister Room as we just about get to The Coming of the Terraphiles... Just about... But with our tendency to go off on tangents AND … Continue reading (The Coming of) The Coming of the Terraphiles
Entropic State Report 16th May 2024
After a gloomy first few months of the year, wholesome rays of sunshine are breaking through the bruised skies and lifting moods across the land. Or here in Derry and Toms certainly.As the fug ascends, I've been deep into my musical backlog of bandcamp pickups and vinyl deliveries. First up, Jim Jupp's Ghost Box Records … Continue reading Entropic State Report 16th May 2024
Blake’s 7 by Trevor Hoyle
Join my co-conspirator John and me as we board the Civil Administration ship London where our brutally oppressive crew sets the speed to Time Distort 5 and makes for Cygnus Alpha where we will all suffer for our crimes! En route, we'll have plenty of time (between beatings and summary executions) to discuss Trevor Hoyle's novelisation of the … Continue reading Blake’s 7 by Trevor Hoyle
The Blade in the Angel’s Shadow w/ Andy Darby
Andy Darby is back in Derry and Toms to talk about his all-new novel, The Blade in the Angel's Shadow!Enochian madness, brutal sieges, swordplay and the machinations of the Elizabethan court all combine to give our heroine a hard time, some gnarly powers and a profound ethical dilemma.It's available from all good stockists now...
QUATERMASS
Andrew Nette returns to Derry and Toms as we continue to muse over some formative telly, novelisations and other stuff but on this occasion to talk about Nigel Kneale's enduring and iconic character Professor Bernard Quatermass (and a load of other digressions, naturally, including brief musings on a favourite mercenary war flick). We roam around … Continue reading QUATERMASS
ALIEN: When IPs collide (Colony Wars and Cold Forges)
In our continued deliberations about tackling Michael Moorcock's Doctor Who novel The Coming of the Terraphiles, several questions about the pitfalls of writing for established IPs have arisen, and a pressing one is: What happens when Trumpton and British politics intrude upon the Alien universe? We investigated so you don't have to. Join Miles Reid-Lobatto … Continue reading ALIEN: When IPs collide (Colony Wars and Cold Forges)
The Weird of the White Wolf
The Weird of the White Wolf by Michael Whelan Loz returns to Derry & Toms to talk about the remaining tales we haven't covered that complete The Weird of the White Wolf. Elric tests some early chat-up lines in While the Gods Laugh, Moonglum finally shows up in The Singing Citadel and Loz bares all … Continue reading The Weird of the White Wolf
Entropic State Report 12th March 2024
Here we are in March and the schedule is hotting up. As of yesterday, we have three episodes in the can queued for editing and many more on the itinerary.Yesterday I recorded with Andrew Nette for the third time and it's always a pleasure Andrew, particularly when you tell me it's a balmy evening down … Continue reading Entropic State Report 12th March 2024