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OpenbackEP35. Sam Coveney - Founder of Small Pond StudiosWe first met Sam Coveney at the Pioneer Club in St Albans when we interviewed some fantastic bands as part of our 'Soundchecks' mini Series. One such band was InTechnicolour, a band in which Sam plays drums. Within that conversation it became very apparent that Sam had managed to achieve something so many young producers and musicians dream of; building and running his own studio business. Along with a small collection of talented musicians, Sam founded Small Pond Studios in Brighton, which is the setting for this episode.
Small Pond is an awesome set-up in the centre of Brighton, one...2023-09-2554 min
Tiny In All That AirSam Perry (September 2022)Dr Sam Perry teaches English Literature at the University of Hull, where he is a member of the Philip Larkin Centre for Poetry & Creative Writing. He is the author of Chameleon Poet: R.S. Thomas and the Literary Tradition (Oxford University Press) and is currently working on a long- term project exploring the representation of children and childhood in modern poetry.
Other writers discussed/mentioned: WB Yeats/Ted Hughes/Edward Thomas/ RS Thomas/Seamus Heaney/ William Wordsworth/William Blake/ Thomas Hardy/ Dylan Thomas /Charles Dickens/JD Salinger/Virginia Woolf/Kingsley Amis/Sylvia Plath/Ann Thwaite
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Apologies for some of the lag in this weeks episode. We discuss another great week of AEW wrestling and we get into a classic from the attitude era as we discuss the 1998 king of the ring.2021-10-161h 36The Chair Shot PodcastEpisode 5 - Arn Killed A ManThis week. We do a dive on everything that happened on this week's AEW Dynamite and Rampage. Hear some of our predictions from upcoming storylines as well as our insight on all the recent action. 2021-10-051h 30The Chair Shot PodcastEpisode 4 - The Demon Barber of Arthur Ashe StadiumThis week we take a deep dive into the 4 hour extravaganza that AEW put out this week. We also take some listener questions and despair about how bad Tottenham were at the weekend.2021-09-281h 42The Chair Shot PodcastEpisode 3 - The Good, The Sad & The Ugly (RIP Greavsie)This week we round up another great week in AEW. We dive into NXT 2.0 and put it up against one of NXT's highest points. We also say goodbye to the one and only Jimmy Greaves.2021-09-211h 50The Chair Shot PodcastEpisode 2 - Fallout from All Out/Royal Rumble 1999In this week's show we talk about all the news from the world of pro wrestling. We also have a round up of all the action from AEW Dynamite and Rampage. In the final part of the show we take a dive into 1999 and the WWF Royal Rumble. We discuss if WWF took the "I Quit" match too far and discuss whether or not the rumble itself was any good through our now adult eyes.2021-09-141h 52The Chair Shot PodcastEpisode 1 - All Out Review (VAR Is Jericho)Our inaugural episode. Bear with us on this. We are finding our feet here and had some technical issues that we will get right next time. We talk about how we both got into wrestling and spend the bulk of the time reviewing AEW's latest pay per view event "All Out". We discuss CM Punk's return to the ring as well as the debuts of Ruby Soho, Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson.2021-09-071h 39