Another year down and this is our third show celebrating Mike Moorcock and Phil's birthdays. It's also the Breakfast in the Ruins podcast's second birthday... sort of. Loz joins me in Derry & Toms to reflect on two and a bit years of podcasting against the strangest of backdrops. Plus the wandering beer table returns, … Continue reading Birthday Show 2021 – Reflections on 2 & a bit years of podcasting
Tag: Michael Moorcock Podcast
Guy N Smith Revisited – Crabs’ Moon
Guy N Smith Revisited - Crabs' Moon After the Halloween Special we couldn't stay away. Phil needed questions answered. Where did they come from? How did they come to be? So we read Crabs Moon and discovered the answers to none of these questions. But we did have a hoot and we were joined by … Continue reading Guy N Smith Revisited – Crabs’ Moon
Dangerous Visions and New Worlds with Andrew Nette
Andrew Nette, journalist, writer and lover of all things pulp, joins me in Derry and Toms to talk about his new book Dangerous Visions and New Worlds Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 . In this deep dive into the progressive, sexy explosion of challenging stories we wander off on various tangents including an Australian … Continue reading Dangerous Visions and New Worlds with Andrew Nette
Halloween Special 2021 – Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith
Halloween Special 2021 - Night of the Crabs The patrons have spoken. Phil joins me again for this year's Halloween Special to look at the classic New English Library killer critter classic, Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith. Death... Destruction... Rumpy pumpy... Knobhead crabs... It has it all. And sorry to Rhyl (again). … Continue reading Halloween Special 2021 – Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith
The Final Programme Phase Three
The Final Programme Phase Three Hussein is back in Derry & Toms to triumphantly conclude our epic coverage of The Final Programme. We talk parties... get older... and add Rhyl to the list of towns we've offended... but damn it we got through it! The best news is that Hussein WILL return again. This show … Continue reading The Final Programme Phase Three
Days of the Underground w/ Joe Banks
Days of the Underground We're back in Derry and Toms Once again via the Ladbroke Grove counter-culture scene, this time in the company of journalist and author Joe banks as we talk about his book Days of the Underground: Radical Escapism in the Age of Paranoia. We yak about Hawkwind, Moorcock, Target Books and other … Continue reading Days of the Underground w/ Joe Banks
The Music of the Spheres
The Music of the Spheres Musician and author Allister Thompson navigates the frozen Northern Wastes (Canada) to join me in Derry and Toms and talk about Moorcock, music, writing and, most importantly, his debut novel The Music of the Spheres. We also run our first competition (sort of) and The Singularity repeatedly attempts to shut … Continue reading The Music of the Spheres
Wizardry and Wild Romance
Wizardry and Wild Romance w/ Dirk the Dice Grognard Files host Dirk the Dice joins me at Derry and Toms to investigate Wizardry and Wild Romance, Moorcock's critical appraisal of the field of heroic fantasy/sword and sorcery. Inevitably there's some salty talk, most of it from MM himself, and beverages are consumed via the D6 … Continue reading Wizardry and Wild Romance
Moorcockian Music – SÖNUS and Imrryr
In search of Moorcock-tinged sonic experiences and the stories behind them we pack up and hit the road on a coast to coast trip across the USA to talk Mike, space rock and bleak electronica in the company of SÖNUS and Imrryr. As usual we go off beam a bit. Breakfast in the Ruins is … Continue reading Moorcockian Music – SÖNUS and Imrryr
Dannus – The Dark Straits of Reglathium (a one-shit book?)
Tash is back in Derry & Toms as we embark upon an epic quest to the Jennithusian Continent to search for the perfect one-shit book! Is it Mike Sirota's fourth Dannus opus, The Dark Straits of Reglathium? TUNE IN AND FIND OUT. We talk Sword & Planet fiction and how to ruin expensive spirits, and … Continue reading Dannus – The Dark Straits of Reglathium (a one-shit book?)
Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast 