This is Brighton Calling

Brighton Calling - The 2006 Christmas Special

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:05:00 GMT

Life is difficult - so said Buddha before Andy mowed him down in the road. After a hiatus caused by marital breakdown, dear death illness and much social mayhem we come off the ropes to end the year with a whoop, a bang, and a song.

Merry Christmas. You have been listening to... Brighton Calling.

September: Slaughter, daughters & new beginnings

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:00:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Saturday 16 September 2006. After a turbulent summer we come back with the beginning of new season of monthly, longer shows. This month we start with a marriage breakdown, bad sex, finding a new woman, allow Andy to sing again, and discuss the science of masturbation.

Rap is gay: Part II

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:11:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 16 Aug 2006. More on the truth behind those nasty talkin' wappers. Plus body building, body piercing, and being buff and straight.

Rap is gay: The proof...

Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:56:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 15th August 2006. Here's to Da Scoop Doggy Doo Da. It's hot, it's dusty, there are people lying in the street. We answer the question, reveal the woman that men really want to sleep with, and - a world exclusive - conclusively prove why rap isn't misogynist... it's gay!

Va-Va-Voom: Vagina dentata and other stories

Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:48:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 4th August 2006. Fatal attraction, Oedipus, Vagina dentata, and a slapper from Hove. Hear it from the horses mouth, or in this case a Polynesian prostitute: what men really like in a woman - and how it differs by nationality.

Brighton Calling - It's good to be back

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:40:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 24 July 2006. What's the best way to get what you want? Ask. Since so many people asked, we thought'd we'd broadcast a summer season, short and sweet from the balcony of the old people's home Andy is currently incarcerated in. Think of it as the prologue stage of the Tour de France or pre-season of footy.

And since Brighton is currently full of 'blow ins', semi naked girls down for the season, we thought we'd talk about attraction, beautiful bodies and how to get one.

Talking of which, for those that asked, yes you can see Andy 'buff': http://www.completefitnessguide.com/

Brighton Calling - A year of PODcasting dangerously

Sun, 9 Jul 2006 21:33:00 GMT

Brighton Calling has been in production for over a year now so we thought we would take a moment to reflect on 14 months of renegade PODcasting - share what happened, what worked, what didn't and what next.

We will be 'offline' - out there - for the next six weeks now, taking an old European style summer break and working on taking the show to the next level.

For now we leave you with a summary of what it was like being out there at the cutting edge of the new media, the coolest guys in the upper side of south west Brighton - the freaks, the geeks, the girls, the guns, the mistakes and most crucially what it is that makes a PODcast successful.

Zen & The Art Of Oral Sex. Part 4

Mon, 22 May 2006 06:16:00 GMT

Part 4: Promiscuity, monogamy & infidelity. What is the secret to keeping your partner happy?

Zen & The Art Of Oral Sex. Part 3

Sun, 14 May 2006 19:42:00 GMT

Part 3: Anal sex for beginners. This week we come at the issue of sex and intimacy from a whole different angle.

Zen & The Art Of Oral Sex. Part 2

Mon, 8 May 2006 08:43:00 GMT

Part 2: From circumcision to the female ejaculation. We enquire into the metaphysical distinction between sex and intimacy, and the very real question of which is the most intimate - a kiss or a blowjob? From circumcision - good or bad? - to the female ejaculation, more thoughts on those things they don't teach you at school.

Zen & The Art Of Oral Sex. Part 1

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:45:00 GMT

Part 1: The preamble - masturbation nation. As hoards of people arrive in Brighton for the May bank holiday dirty weekend, our Deputy Prime Minister is found to be banging his secretary, and John Osborn's diaries make a case study of the paradoxical British state of sexual obsession and repression, we set off on a journey to discover what good sex really is.

Pain, suffering and soiled underwear

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:30:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling... What are you running from?

The Long Good Friday

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:44:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Friday 14 April 2006. Skateboadring, summer, music and lost love. All the thinsg spring make you think about...

Dogging on Brighton beach

Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:19:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Wed 5 April 2006. Dog days are here on Brighton beach: dogging, Stan Collymore, funny fil-ems and, yes, existential angst. Read on...

Ladmags, sleaze and goth - Does Marilyn Manson lead the new moral majority?

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:35:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 28 March 2006. As the government mutters about pushing ladmags onto the top shelf we look at how the brave new face of journalism became the sorry thing it is today - and how Marilyn Manson may well be at the heart of the backlash.

Brighton Calling - Why was your favourite year?

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:09:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 23 March 2006. Don't think, just say it... What was your favourite year... and why? We delve into the moments.

Brighton Calling - Andy bares all

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:11:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 14 Mar 2006. Part 2 of our series on the midlife passage. Andy talks about how he went from celebrity journalist to psychotherapist; a gradual process of discovery as oppose sudden change.

Brighton Calling: The beginnning of a midlife change

Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:53:00 GMT

Steering the midlife passage, part 1. First in a series of programmes looking at what Dante called 'Falling off the path into the darkness'. Ridiculed in the west, but seen as a vital rite of passage in every other culture, we look at what it takes to steer a course to contentment in our mad, mad world...

21CVox: Anthony Lamble, Theatre set designer

Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:53:00 GMT

Anthony Lamble is one of the UKs most prolific theatre set designers. In this interview he explains the process of designing, creating and building a theatre set - and why he does it. This conversation occurred in the New Ambassadors Theatre in London just before the final dress rehearsal of "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me", hence the whispering and occasional bang. "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" was written by Frank McGuinnes and has been nominated for the 2006 Olivier Awards.

Brighton Calling: Jordan, Drag Queens, Johnny Cash... the desperate search for the Other

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:32:00 GMT

Brighton Calling - Life on Mars, the year starts here!

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:00:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Friday 3 February 2006. How do you survive the bleak reality that is February... in fact what is reality?

21CVox: Sarah's story

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:28:00 GMT

21st Century Voices: the first in an occasional series of conversations with people about living in the 21st century. The first interview is with Sarah... touching, beautiful, funny and defiant.

Brighton Calling: Heeere's Johnny!

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:30:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Friday 19 January 2006. Where have all the heroes gone? Loners, oustiders and rebels, plus the toxic culture of victims - a pre-amble to the coming of the man in black.

Brighton Calling: Dead or alive? Pete Burns, Big Brother & Adolf Hitler

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:35:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Friday 13th January 2006. Big Brother deconstructed. Geeks, freaks, fags & slags, or crucial social phenomena? Plus Andy finally admits his love for another man.

Brighton Calling: New year, new fear

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:37:00 GMT

Hope, despair, and what to do next. In the cold light of January, after the party, and with the music turned down we turn to the question of the future. Recorded as the choir sings gently and the sun goes down.

This is Brighton Calling 2006

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:50:00 GMT

Brighton calling will be switching to a Saturday in 2006. Thanks to all of you who participated in 2005: After a stuttering start we saw strong audience growth in the second six months, and go into the new year with a sense of verve and purpose. The first show of the new year will be with you at the weekend and watch out for some new shows and content.

As a taster here's something to listen to meanwhile - an up-until-now unreleased re-mix of SAY I LOVE YOU from the Brighton gothic enigma that is Christopher Rye.

(Copyright: This song is released under a Creative Commons license, meaning you are free to keep it, play it, or pass it on - but not to alter it or use it for any commercial pupose. Details of the licence can be found at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/)

Brighton Calling: Desperate men, drunken women, and the return of real music

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:22:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Tuesday 20 December 2005. The last show of the year. We walk through the streets of Sodom and Gommorah in search of music worth listening to. Happy Christmas, war is everywhere!

Brighton Calling: It's Christmas for crissake...

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:39:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 12 Dec 2005. It's Christmas, and as fights break out across the land over X-Boxes, we step through the drunken bodies of binge drunk office party casualties, pass ladies shreaking, toss the Sugar Babes CD towards the sea, and look at what people are really listening to...

Brighton Calling: From the Cure to Only - The glorious legacy of romantic English Goth

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Thu, 8 Dec 2005 10:21:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 5 Dec 2005. The re-emergence of romantic English gothic music. From The Cure to Only - we explore the glorious legacy of a troubled English soul.

Brighton Calling: The Say I Love You interview

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:11:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 28 November 2005. The 'Say I Love You interview' with producer and writer Jamie Freeman talking about the process of making a single.

You can download the single Jamie is talking about for free at http://www.sayiloveyou.org

Brighton Calling: Say I love you

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:40:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 21 November 2005. SAY I LOVE YOU. Move over Kate Bush, more prepertyrian gospel. The making of the SAY I LOVE YOU non-Christmas Christmas single and how the Internet is changing the way music is made.... check out: www.sayiloveyou.org

Brighton Calling - Special edition: Presbyterian gospel

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:36:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 15 November 2005. Special edition: Presbyterian gospel Ãïï the astonishing power of authentic soul. Download a song that will make your heart ache.

Brighton Calling - Alienation, love, and looping the loop with Gary Numan

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:39:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on 7 November 2005. Today we announce the winner of the song that matters most, talk about alienation, love and the 4 things that cause existential angst. Plus Andy loops the loop with Gary Numan and the strange world of the Numanoids.

Brighton Calling - What song makes 'sitting on my face' sound like a romantic lament?

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:21:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Sunday 30th October 2005 - the day the clocks went back and winter starts to bite. Recorded live under a blood red sky as the light fades on Brighton beach. We review the songs that have mattered to you: The Flaming Lips, Eddy & The Hotrods, post punk classics, picture disks and a whole load more. What song managed to make 'sitting on my face' sound like a romantic lament? We'll tell you.

Next week we annouce the winner of 'the slightly soiled book' so send us that song that matters NOW to brightoncalling@gmail.com

Brighton Calling - Music to stop you killing yourself

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:14:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 23 October 2005. As we enter the suicide season we talk about Eminem, fear, and music that makes a difference in those moments of desperation, pain and terror. Email us your song that matters - what, where and why - to brightoncalling@gmail.com

Brighton Calling - The Proclaimers: joy, yearning & loss

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:50:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 17 October 2005. On The Proclaimers: joy, yearning & loss... all in their Sunday best.

Brighton Calling - Bob Dylan and the greatest song of all time

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:37:00 GMT

On Dylan, desire and the greatest song of all time... plus the chance to win a very soiled book.

Brighton Calling - Laibach: Gay, Nazi or just Slovenian?

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:10:00 GMT

This week we have recorded the show a little early as Andy and I will be giving a lecture at the Prague School of Semiotics on "Podcasting and Da Da". The new show will be posted on Monday: LAIBACH, Gay, Nazi or just Slovenian? The strange world of mid 80s Political Pop in Balkans.

Brighton Calling Reloaded - Abba Arrival

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:21:00 GMT

ABBA ARRIVAL. Beauty, tragedy, and what it is to be a lonely teenager. In the mish mash of punk rock, heavy metal and Disco that was the summer of 1977 the melodramatic Swedes were a dirty secret. Taking in The Sisters of Mercy, Flock of Seagulls, and China Crisis to name a few â plus a moment where Andy fell on the Brother Hood Of Man. Listen to this on your own.

Brighton Calling 20 September 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:38:00 GMT

SPORT, CORRUPTION AND LIES... and having broken the story three days before the Mirror last week, the not so sad downfall of Kate Moss.

Brighton Calling 14 September 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:56:00 GMT

THE SHOW THEY TRIED TO STOP - but here it is. The truth about the myth of celebrity. This weeks quiz show question: Who was that girl being taken behind the sofa while she snorted from a bowl of bolivian marching powder. Surely not...

Brighton Calling 5 September 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:54:00 GMT

LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX, Part 2. What's in the toolbox? The weird world of the South African sexline, Wacko Jacko and America's secret obsession... and what Mr Freud would have to say about it all.

Brighton Calling 29 August 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:48:00 GMT

LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX: Part 1. Why are British girls performing oral sex in public, and what is it with Americans and nasty porn? Next week: Under the surface. Notes from a South African sex line.

Brighton Calling 22 August 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:30:00 GMT

ON CHANGE. This is Brighton Calling on Monday 22 August 2005 - and change is in the air. Recorded under a large umbrella by the sea as the rain lashes down, we talk about how to make life changes and what gets in the way.

Brighton Calling 15 August 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:09:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday August 15th. Recorded on Brighton Beach. Is Big Brother a moral tipping point? Andy Darling gets shrill, and we try and figure out what it all means. Warning: contains Andy swearing and being potty mouthed. Penultimate programme in the launch series.

Brighton Calling 8 August 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:59:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 8 August 2005. The day after Robin Cook dies we talk about what integrity really means...

Brighton Calling 1 August 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:38:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday Aug 1. It's summer time, but the livin' ain't easy. brightoncalling@gmail.com

Brighton Calling 27 July 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:26:00 GMT

The climate of fear.... and what it is to be a man.

Brighton Calling 18 July 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:01:00 GMT

The hidden disease...

Feedback to: brightoncallingf@gmail.com

Brighton Calling, 12 July 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:34:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling 12 July 2005. Prologue: On fitness, training, drugs and suppliments.

A preamble to a wee bit of focus....

brightoncalling@gmail.com

Special broadcast: After the bombs - Live from London

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:58:00 GMT

Recorded live in London: Today I missed the train I intended to take to a meeting in London by 2 mins. If had taken it I would have arrived at a station where a bomb exploded less that 5 minutes later; I would have been in the crowd. Instead I arrived shortly afterwards and walked through the epicentre of the bombzone. This is what I experienced....

Special broadcast: After the bombs - Epilogue

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:54:00 GMT

Recorded at 6.10 in the evening, 20 mins after I got off the train from London. Here's how the day looked having walked right through the bombzone and ended up on the beach.

Brighton Calling, 4 July 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 4 Jul 2005 09:10:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 4 July 2005. The breakfast show live from the streets of Brighton with Andy Darling & Neil Gibb: Live 8, The Tour De France, drug taking, and national prostitution preferences.

Email us at brightoncalling@gmail.com

Brighton Calling, 27 June 2005

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:30:00 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 27th June 2005. Broadcast from the balcony of Radio Free Brighton, we get serious about fitness, health and the problems of anal leakage.

Brighton Calling, 20 June 2005. Part 1

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:44:00 GMT

A view from the beach: Chavs, archetypes, pain and suffering... all from the beach on a bright summery day. Part 1

Brighton Calling, 20 June 2005. Part 2

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:31:00 GMT

A view from the beach: Chavs, archetypes, pain and suffering... all from the beach on a bright summery day. Part 2

Brighton Calling, 13 June 2005 - part I

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:17:28 GMT

These are some of our favourite things, Part 1. What with a brand new server, glorious weather in the city by the sea, and Andy with an email from a frisky fan in New Zealand we take a look at our favourite things: Seagulls, Yellow Eyed Penguins, and Songs of love, pain a despair.

Brighton Calling, 13 June 2005 - part II

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:04:27 GMT

These are some of our favourite things - Part 2.

Brighton Calling, 6 June 2005 - part I

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:26:30 GMT

The light's beginning to get to us, Part I. With Midsummer coming Andy Darling shares his stone age cure for headaches, we explore seratonin, natural highs, the semiotics of the European toilet, and the return of the Dr Martins Boot.

Brighton Calling, 6 June 2005 - part II

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:20:03 GMT

The light's beginning to get to us, Part II. Includes a lot singing!

Brighton Calling - Laibach: Gay, Nazi or just Slovenian?

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT

Brighton Calling - Laibach: Gay, Nazi or just Slovenian?

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT

LAIBACH, Gay, Nazi or just Slovenian? The strange world of mid 80s Political Pop in The Balkans.

Brighton Calling: From the Cure to Only - The glorious legacy of romantic English Goth

brightoncalling@gmail.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 GMT

This is Brighton Calling on Monday 5 Dec 2005. The re-emergence of romantic English gothic music. From The Cure to Only - we explore the glorious legacy of a troubled English soul.