Gas Giants

What is Hauntology and are we all doing it without realising it? Tom & Gav climb aboard the Ghost Train for a trip through Mark Fisher's collection of essays Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Tom & Gav meet at the confluence of Noise Music, Electronica and Religious Mysticism Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

We would like to point out that the incidental music used in this episode is NOT by Jon Hassell, who never played the Bassoon… OK, let’s start here. This is a film of the night before the one that ended up on the record. …and here’s an interview with Hassell about the album that the concert was kind of based on. Here’s another live concert that Tom recommends… …and, although this page is starting...

Eileen Chang's Short Story was made into a 2 1/2 hour film by Ang Lee....why?..and who was that mysterious lady with John the Baptists head? Subscribe to Gas Giants podcast RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

In their new jobs as concerned Microsoft technicians, Gav & and Tom need all your passwords and your bank details...welcome to the world of social engineering. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Ever needed to make a soufflé, treat snakebite or perform an exorcism? Chances are, you reached for a Youtube 'Splainer video! We discuss what this means culturally, but it's funnier than that, honest. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

That's The Way I Feel Now - Gav leads Tom through Hal Willner's 1984 Thelonius Monk tribute. Do you know this album? Have you listened to it as a result of listening to our podcast? Was Tom scared by Big Sid Catlett as a child? Write to us at gasgiants.substack.com and let us know! Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would l...

Throughout his career, Miles Davis contributed to five film projects, all of them very different. Taking Lift to the Scaffold, Jack Johnson, Siesta, The Hot Spot and Dingo into consideration, we examine the solutions he found with relation to the place that his music was at at each particular moment. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...

The recent inclusion of a Channel 4 documentary series from the early 90's in a music festival in Austin, Texas moved Gav & Tom to take a closer look... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

The arrival of the first English translation of a Brigitte Reimann novel 60 years after it was written seems as good a moment as any for Tom & Gav to take a closer look. 1033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Tom & Gav indulge in a smorgasbord of all things Purple by linking Prince's first Film with Mdou Moctar's later vehicle. Tom's sampler playlist of Mdou Moctar on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQrwNq6USRXjz7P0lDN-uqa7i4MCecaLb Subscribe to Gas Giants podcast RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other s...

Part Two of our eagerly awaited conversation with del Amitri sticksman Paul Tyagi. We catch up with him as he talks us through the ups and downs of touring America on no money, the aesthetic conundrum of the mid 1980's and his final assessment of the first album. Subscribe to Gas Giants podcast RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to disc...

Part 1 of our conversation with Paul Tyagi, drummer with Del Amitri for most of the 1980. This episode brings us from formation of the band to their departure for America in 1986. Join us next episode for Part 2. Subscribe to Gas Giants podcast RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...

Tom and Gav listen to the astonishing BBC radio drama adaptation of Len Deighton's Bomber. Subscribe to Gas Giants RSS https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/311033.rss This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

These are pretty paranoid times we're in right now...There must be some way to get out of here, said the...wait a minute...weren't we here before? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

J.G.Ballard's High Rise was recently made into a compelling film, but Tom & Gav go back to the book to say "There goes the neighbourhood" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

German Art Rockers Einstürzende Neubauten once attacked the Stage at London's ICA in a search for secret tunnels. Tom & Gav examine their penultimate album and ask; are they still trying to find a way out? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Tom & Gav count themselves lucky to have been around when Composer/Author/Linguist/Critic/ all round Ninja in the culture wars Anthony Burgess was still alive and creating. In this episode they use one of Burgess's books to try to get to the bottom of why he was so appealing and what message he still has for today's troubled times This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with ot...

A 2nd attempt to publish this podcast episode. The 1st didn’t push out to the podcast apps. Please visit this substack page for all the extras. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Surely a collaboration between an excellent Hard-Bop trumpet player and a composer of electronic music should have something for everyone? Tom & Gav compare notes on multi-media productions in general and Freddie Hubbard's 1971 album with Ilhan Mimaroglu in particular This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants...

Gav and Tom complete their brief survey of Art Documentaries with an Examination of Banksy's 2010 adventure in celluloid. Is there anything at the centre of the onion? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

Whether you're chilling the champers or just chilling at home, the Gas Giants: Tall, Dark and , (in a certain light) handsome are chapping on your door to be your first foot! Lump of coal optional. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4CkRkv6nA_kK7EE_uYPjnQkM-Qu0T4tZ Seeing as it's Christmas, Gav reveals to Tom the full depths of his record buying habit. Above is a playlist of tracks from all of the albums which had to be on YouTube as not everything is available on Spotify. A groove this funky must be on the run! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subs...

What was the KLF's deal? Are we any closer to working it out? Join Tom and Gav as they rake through the embers of a burnt million pounds and discover The Wicker Man , the 1973 Brit horror film (that surely inspired The KLF's Jura journo party) starting Edward Woodward , Britt Ekland , and Christopher Lee . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...

Tom and Gav break a lance for a writer that they both admire; is Kurt Vonnegut well served by the latest Documentary about him? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gasgiants.substack.com