In GBA 167 we get better acquainted with Oli. We compare parallel teenage lives in Cardiff, reminisce about the early days of Apples for Everyone, and get into Unitarian thinking, why he prefers the Silmarillion to the Lord of the Rings, the appeal and power of comics, pint's of filth, the Mabinogion, speaking welsh, spoilers for Promethea and lots more.
The Apples for Everyone Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/apples-for-everyone/
The Apples for Everyone Archive: https://soundcloud.com/applesforeveryone/sets
Oli Plugs: Modern Television particularly:
Parks and Recreation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation
Spaced: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced
The Shadow Line: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Line_(TV_series)
Community: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_(TV_series)
New Thundercats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats_(2011_TV_series)
Battlestar Galactica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)
The West Wing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing
I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo Campaign: http://bit.ly/TragicFringe
Tragic Misadventures: Wednesday 9th July at the Black Heart http://www.facebook.com/events/601978073250123/
My blogpost about leaving/losing my job: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/…yes.html
We mention:
Red Dwarf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dwarf
2001: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)
League of Gentlemen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen
Jack Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-46-jack
Cadw: http://cadw.wales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/
The Plural: https://soundcloud.com/the-plural
Enterprise Studios: http://www.enterprisestudios.com/
Hayley Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-9-hayley
Henry Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-56-henry
Vale of Glamorgan: http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/index.aspx
Steve Bland Assembly: https://myspace.com/thesteveblandassembly
Scampi Fries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smith's_Snackfood_Company
Metros: http://www.visitcardiff.com/eat-and-drink/club-metro-metros-p106771
Angel Tavern: http://www.walesuk.info/angel.html
Zeus: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/45-nightclubs-you-definitely-went-6436231
London Welsh Centre: http://www.londonwelsh.org/
Unitarian: http://www.unitarian.org.uk/index.shtml
200AD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_(comics)
Zenith: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_(comics)
Grant Morrison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison
Invisables: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisibles
Pat Mills: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Mills
Alan Moore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
Rouge Trouper: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Trooper
Supreme: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_(comics)
The Boys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(comics)
Preacher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(comics)
Batman films: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/?search=batman&sitesearch=rt
Superman films: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/?search=superman&sitesearch=rt
Superman 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_II
Green Lantern: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/770677993/
Thor: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thor/
Iron Man films: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/?search=iron+man&sitesearch=rt
300: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/300/
Dawn of the Dead: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dawn_of_the_dead/
Tolkien: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien
Lord of the Rings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings
Silmarillion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion
Mabinogion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabinogion
The Chronicles of Prydain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Prydain
Arthurian Legends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur
The Wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire
Narnia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia
Promethea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethea
League of Extrodinary Gentlemen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen
Tom Strong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Strong
Voice of the Fire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_the_Fire
Lost Girls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Girls
Neil Gaiman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman
Dave Mckean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKean
Arkham Asylum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkham_Asylum:_A_Serious_House_on_Serious_Earth
Mick Jagger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger
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