Modern Gothic

Dec 01 2024 16 ep. 18 mins 25
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An anthology of weird stories.

All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the writer; producer and performer for rights, etc: [email protected]

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Laughter in a Times of Mass Extinction

Dec 01 2024 10 mins  
Delve deep into the roadkill of the A6195. Discover magpie-cop duo, Esco & Orrison. And prepare to shed tears over Barry Higginbottom's 'driver tizer'. In this relic from the future, robot voices recite the exhibition catalogue of 'Laughter in a time of mass extinction', the final work of one-man art collective What About Me?Script: docs.google.com/document/d/1bXuCe…/edi

Consolation is not on the map

Nov 24 2024 49 mins  
No man had made it, that we knew. Not time enough, for it was the work of one night, and not even, but a minute, maybe less. Soft thunder that woke most who heard it as muffled cannon fire or dynamite down a mineshaft in their dreams. A mysterious hole appears in Consolation, which soon draws in prospectors, charlatans, and other poor misguided wretches from all over Zobesland

Murdering Gloves: The Musical

Nov 17 2024 11 mins  
A hit musical has the world's highest body count. Another darkly comic tale from Modern Gothic.All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the author for rights, etc: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Balls

Nov 10 2024 9 mins  
A ballad in the key of 80s movies à la John Hughes. That's it. That's the pitch.All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the writer; producer and performer for rights, etc: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Horseshit Apocalypse of Two Halves

Nov 03 2024 18 mins  
Was Mahler's 9th Symphony inspired by a sighting of the eldritch abomination in the Atlantic Ocean in 1908? Can self-styled cosmic weirdo Cthulhu escape the logics of capitalism by starting an 80s tribute band, Great Dreamer & The Mediocrities? And just what the hell is the spine-chilling "incident" affecting Offalthropp?Written, performed, recorded & produced by Neil Fitzg

Funny Business: Who Shot The Yeoman?

Oct 28 2024 16 mins  
Who shot Stan 'the Yeoman' Yeo? A devastating account of what really happened the night the stand-up comedian was gunned down on stage, which also provides an eviscerating look at the automated future of tomorrow's laughter.Opening music: Black to Comms - Hotel Freund is used with kind permission of the artist in December 2017.Credits to music and all sound effects used, as well as

The Rest is Bollocks

Oct 20 2024 41 mins  
When two of the world's most unlikely cultural commentators, Brian Hnnng and Goatie McWimaway, forge a rare podcast partnership, their seemingly inconsequential political punditry is life-changing for all concerned. Unmissable drama, hilarious off-shoots.All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the writer; producer and performer for rights, etc: [email protected] Hosted on Ac

Series 2 Trailer

Oct 06 2024
More weird stories coming soon including 'The Rest Is Bollocks', 'Murdering Gloves: The Musical' and so much more weirdness! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro's Waking Nightmare, or What The Butler Sought

Mar 26 2024 17 mins  
SERIES FINALE! The waking nightmare life of Sir Kazuo Ishiguro and its enslavement to one of his characters.All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the writer; producer and performer for rights, etc: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Year in a Puddle

Mar 19 2024 20 mins  
A failed attempt to ride the New Nature Writing gravy train with A Year In A Puddle.TRIGGER WARNING: mention is made of 'Driver Tizer', 'hedge-porn' and tree fetishism.Written, performed, recorded & produced by Neil Fitzgerald. All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the author for rights, etc: [email protected] & Acknowledgements: All sound FX sourced on Free