Listen Against
December 9th, 2007 by Roo ReynoldsThis find comes in via a del.icio.us bookmark from Nick O’Leary. Thanks Nick.
Listen Against is…
like Radio 4’s Feedback but with less violence, Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes look back in amplitude at snippets from Radio 1 through to BBC 7 and beyond, and invite listeners to rise up and shout at it all.
Jon Holmes (with whom I am increasingly making Charlie Brooker comparisons) is the writer, producer and co-presenter of this parody ‘Feedback’-style phone-in show. It has a good ensemble cast though, as well as drawing on lots of clips from Radio 4, often twisting them into something altogether more surreal.
Sadly the series was only four episodes long. Here’s the last one. (MP3)
The photo is from a very nasty hotel room in which I was staying this week. I was very disappointed it didn’t work, but tuned it to the “4″ position, just in case.
