Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 118 we get even better acquainted with my Dad as he returns for his 3rd full episode. We compare losing virginity stories and our first sexual experiences (which were many generations apart), infidelity, sex workers, male sexuality, women, love, romance, attraction and lots more. It's a very personally revealing episode that I'm nervous about sharing with the world. These are the other GBA episodes my dad has appeared in: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In this very special GBA extra the guest host is my older(half) sister Rebecca when she was 8 years old, she is interviewing her Nanny Annie Jones who was born in Victorian times about what life was like back then. It was recorded by Sheila who was last Wednesday's guest: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-117-sheila This is Rebecca doing her GBA as an adult: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-28-rebecca You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 117 we get better acquainted with Sheila. She talks World War Two: her experiences being an evacuee, going dancing during the bombings, rationing, war being declared, the war ending, the way the war influenced the role of women in society and the Austerity Olympics. We also talk about taking up teaching late in life, falling in love with Cornwall, age and lots more. Sheila was my dad's first wife and the mother of my two older (half) sisters. This is the first episode in a four week family family season. Sadly Sheila passed away shortly after we recorded this conversation. She was much loved and will be missed by her family. RIP. Sheila plugs: The Royal National Lifeboat Institute: http://rnli.org/Pages/Default.aspx The Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust: http://www.cornwallairambulancetrust.org/ Other things mentioned: The John Betjeman Centre: http://www.yor-tec.co.uk/cornwall/betjemanctr.htm You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 116 we get better acquainted with Janet Varney (from the JV Club podcast). Janet talked to me via Skype from LA. We talk about The JV Club, teenage years, interior design, recording conversations, divorce, acting, comedy, Joni Mitchell and more. This is an episode in the strand of GBA where I talk to other podcasters. JV's podcast describes itself like this: "Remember what it was like to be an awkward teenager? And remember how some things haven't really changed that much for you since then? Join proud dork Janet Varney as she explores the highs and lows of the bygone years with some of her favorite women as they talk their way through the terrible teens into adult-lescence. Warning: This Podcast Contains Sincerity." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Varney Janet plugs: The JV Club: http://www.nerdist.com/podcast/the-jv-club/ Neil's Puppet Dreams: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl4T6p7km9dbx0o8J35KjWAwaiEo5tV7G Burning Love: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Love_(web_series) Legend of Korra: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-legend-of-korra/id507589044 Other things mentioned: Huffpost live: http://live.huffingtonpost.com/ Christina Hendricks: http://www.nerdist.com/2012/03/the-jv-club-1-christina-hendricks/ Lindsey Lohan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Lohan Mental Illness Happy Hour: http://mentalpod.com/ Paul Gilmartin: http://paulgilmartin.com/ Radiolab Presents TJ and Dave: http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2013/apr/02/radiolab-presents-tj-dave/ Say Hi: http://ilikesayhi.tumblr.com/ Joni Mitchell - Come in from the cold: http://www.artistdirect.com/video/joni-mitchell-come-in-from-the-cold/28701 Joni Mitchell - River: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVwo9IQMWM0 Neko Case - That Teenage Feeling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qEwj0HgJ-g You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

Stand Up Tragedy is coming to the Dogstar in Brixton on 4th July 2013 https://www.facebook.com/events/276924519117617 http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk

In GBA 115 we get better acquainted with Alice Bell. She talks Crystal Palace dinosaurs, working in the Science Museum, knitting, academia, blogging, science communication, teenage politics, how children's non fic communicates ideas, Captain Planet, communicating on the internet, and so much more. Alice is a science/media blogger for The Guardian, The New Left Project and also has her own blog on science communication and politics. http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alice-bell http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/authors/tag/Alice+Bell http://alicerosebell.wordpress.com/ Alice plugs: The Brain Train: https://soundcloud.com/brain-train-podcast https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/brain-train-podcast/id567550209 http://braintrainpodcast.wordpress.com/ Her twitter: https://twitter.com/alicebell I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-u…oes-to-edinburgh We mention: Crystal Palace Park: http://www.crystalpalacepark.org.uk/ GBA Road Trips: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/cities/ Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-65-helen-and-olly http://helenzaltzman.com/ Darwin and the Dinosaurs audio trail (Crystal Palace): http://www.audiotrails.co.uk/dinosaurs/ Richard Owen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Owen Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ The Great Exhibition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition Victoria and Albert Museum: http://www.vam.ac.uk/ Jurassic Park: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/ Gideon Mantell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Mantell Science Museum: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ Martin Austwick: http://martinzaltzaustwick.wordpress.com/ https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-67-martin-the-sound-man The Story: http://thestory.org.uk/ Captain Planet Episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwUHHw7GL3A Doctor Who: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who Pokemon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon Blue Peter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peter Tiswas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiswas Captain Underpants: http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/ Horrible Science: http://www.horrible-science.co.uk/ Infinite Monkey Cage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/timc Brian Cox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist) Robin Ince: http://robinince.com/ Horrible Histories: http://horrible-histories.co.uk/ BlackAdder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder Terry Deary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Deary CND: http://www.cnduk.org/ Ken Livingston: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Livingstone Militant Labour / Socialist Party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_(England_and_Wales) SWP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(UK) new left project - stop the war movement debate: http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/the_stop_the_war_coalition_the_socialist_workers_party_and_iraq Andy Warhol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol Emmerdale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmerdale Call the Midwife: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_the_Midwife https://soundcloud.com/brain-train-podcast/brain-train-8-vincent-plagnol You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 114 we get better acquainted with Mark. He talks about studying film in Russia, site specific theatre, self reflection, performing Shakespeare in supermarkets, Father's Groups and more. Mark plugs: Teatro Vivo: http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/ Frankenstein's Army: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1925435/combined He is directing (and devising with the twitter audience) STORYLINES at The Albany in Deptford (17-21 June 2013) - Follow @ampersandmedia http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/ FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY will be at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 28 & 29 June - http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/2013/frankensteins-army He is playing the white rabbit in ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND at The Oxford Story Museum (3-7 July) http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/adventures-in-wonderland/ Caliban in AFTER THE TEMPEST in various parks (13th July - 10th August) http://www.teatrovivo.co.uk/after-the-tempest/ And returning to the white rabbit and ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND at The Watermill in Newbury (12-18 August) http://www.watermill.org.uk/adventures_in_wonderland I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-u…oes-to-edinburgh We mention: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk Rebecca Peyton: https://twitter.com/rebeccapeyton / http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/rebecca-peyton-my-grief-made-me-dance-drink-and-cry-2054353.html Richard Tyrone Jones: http://www.richardtyronejones.com/ Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com James Cagney: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cagney All Creatures Great and Small: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Creatures_Great_and_Small_(TV_series) Flux Peter Brook: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brook Eisenstein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein Tarkovsky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Tarkovsky Stalker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film) Chekhov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov Tolstoy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy Augusto Boal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Boal Mel Brooks on WTF with Marc Maron: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_358_-_mel_brooks Richard Little John: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Littlejohn Lucy Meadows coverage: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/05/29/daily-mail-defends-transphobic-richard-littlejohn-column-despite-criticism-by-lucy-meadows-coroner/ GBA 42 Lucy: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-42-lucy GBA 30: Rosemary [story of me getting into theate]: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-30-rosemary National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ Royal Festival Hall: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall John Lennon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon Citizen Kane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane George Osborne on Twitter: http://storify.com/goosefat101/george-osbourne-s-deleted-tweets-parody You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 113 we get better acquainted with Donna. She talks about fitting in, sticking out, dressing up, social awkwardness, creating your own reality, dancing, working with children and more. Donna is a very unique person and we met in her very unique office filled with the interesting bric a brac that she uses to entertain children. She discusses the time when she would only wear green clothes and talks about the spending her free time inside her inner world. Donna plugs: "The idea that other things do exist outside of normality... You can just say, 'that don't exist in my world, so I'll just tunnel vision my way to the end. I can see the end, so I'll head for the end and then die.'" I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-u…oes-to-edinburgh We mention: S Club Seven: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_Club Makaton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaton Peter Pan Syndrome: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070501112023.htm Frankie Boyle - work, consume, die: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Work-Consume-Die-Frankie-Boyle/dp/0007426798 You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 112 we get better acquainted with Dan. He talks about being superstitious about songwriting, where songs come from, making music for film, Primary School, the tension between popular music and academic musical theory, growing up as a skater in the suburbs in the 90's, quitting jobs and more. The conversation was recorded a few years ago, in Bristol during the night before St Paul's Carnival, late at night on a roof. Dan plugs: Daniel Weltman: http://www.danielweltman.com/ Snails: http://snails.bandcamp.com/ Hollowbody: http://hollowbody.bandcamp.com/ I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/stand-up-tragedy-goes-to-edinburgh We mention: Good Will Hunting: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/ Dead Poets Society: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/ Stockhausen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen Basic Instinct: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103772/ Eisenstein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Eisenstein Aphex Twin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin Handels Water Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuw8YjSbKd4 Dodgy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgy Wonder Stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonder_Stuff Ned's Atomic Dustbin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned's_Atomic_Dustbin Smashing Pumpkins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins Pearl Jam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam Sebadoh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebadoh Pavement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavement_(band) Sonic Youth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Youth Siamese Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HeGu6-Ji7E ABBA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA James Last: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last The Carpenters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carpenters Simon and Garfunkel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel Sounds of Silence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Silence The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freewheelin'_Bob_Dylan Bob Dylan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan Karen Dalton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton_(entertainer) The Pastels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pastels The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths Nick Drake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Drake Leonard Cohen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aRKZFR5imM Bernard Herrmann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann Enio Morricone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone Neil Young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young Joy Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division Ian Curtis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 111 we get better acquainted with Jess. She talks social work, running, having a perfect time, travelling, transitions, finding yourself, music, change, friendship and more. The conversation was recorded a few years ago, in Bristol during the St Paul's Carnival, late at night after a long day, drinking gin. Jess plugs: Her family. Her partner Dan. And me(!) Dan's Music: http://www.danielweltman.com/ http://hollowbody.bandcamp.com/ http://snails.bandcamp.com/ My music: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave https://soundcloud.com/thereactionaries http://www.myspace.com/themiddleclassbastards You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 110 we get better acquainted with Bill. He talks God is in the TV Zine, music, media, blogging, Cardiff and more. It was recorded during my first GBA Cardiff pilgrimage: http://www.soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-17-cardiff Bill Plugs: A music night he's running at Dempsey's in Cardiff on the 23rd of May, featuring Glasgow's Three Blind Wolves, North Walians Shy and the Fight, Swansea's The Adelines and Cardiff's Brothers: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/210571 God is in the TV Zine: http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/ And his PR company: http://soundandvisionpr.tumblr.com/ We mention: NME: http://www.nme.com/ Quietus: http://thequietus.com/ Factory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Records John Peel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel Michael Stipe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe Melody Maker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker Lester Bangs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Bangs Paul Morley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley John Harris: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/johnharris Super Furry Animals: http://www.superfurry.com/ Catatonia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatonia_(band) The Manic Street Preachers: http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/ The Stereophonics: http://www.stereophonics.com/ Design For Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M55BGyxZbY The Simpsons Movie: http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/ New Order: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Order Joy Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division Motorcycle Emptiness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavcjNniIvk Nirvana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band) Foo Fighters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Fighters Sylvia Plath: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath J D Salinger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger Neil Young: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths Oscar Wilde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde Alan Bennett: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bennett Morrisey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey Oasis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band) Cigarettes and Alcohol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeLKhRnkhQ Rock and Roll Star: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBZ1HTkGF4s Gorky's Zygotic Monkey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorky's_Zygotic_Mynci Sŵn Festival: http://swnfest.com/ The Vaccines: http://www.thevaccines.co.uk/gb/home/ Marina and the Diamonds: http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/ You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 109 we get better acquainted with Patrick. He talks British documentary film, the process of history, an academic appraisal of my dad, and romance verses analysis. We get into questions of art, inner life, the different effect of the two world wars in UK society, social documents and lots more Patrick Plugs: 2014 anniversary of WW1 - "it had a truly profound effect at the micro and macro levels of our society and this is a good moment to consider it and judge it's effects." And then he went on to discuss WW2's effect as of displacing the effects of both WW2 and guilt over the empire. We mention: Patrick at the BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/patrick-russell The BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/ My dad and Patrick in conversation: http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/140 The book Patrick co-edited containing a chapter on my dad: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadows-Progress-Documentary-Post-War-Britain/dp/1844573222 The DVD collections that feature interviews with my dad plus his films: Portrait of a Miner: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_13726.html Shadows of Progress: http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_26255.html Paul Rotha: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rotha John Grierson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grierson Mining Review: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/894075/ You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In GBA 108 we get better acquainted with Bryony. She puts up with me treating her as an ambassador for people in their early 20's! She talks studying radio production, teenage years, Canada, pets, memory, interviewing, living in the countryside, generations and lot's more! There is also a cameo from the cat that I had at the time. Bryony Plugs: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Next live show is on Friday 17th May at the Hackney Attic: https://www.facebook.com/events/635498473143002/ Our podcast which Bryony produces is available on iTunes, Sticher Smart Radio and here: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy She also makes a plea for people to give her a job or hook her up with radio related content that she might be interested in. Drop me an email at GBApodcast@gmail.com and I will pass it on to her. We mention: WTF with Marc Maron: http://www.wtfpod.com/ This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ Savage Love: http://www.savagelovecast.com/ Dan Carlin: http://www.dancarlin.com/ Stitcher Smart Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/ The Super Times: http://thesupertimes.com/ Spark London: http://www.sparklondon.com/ Jeremy Vine Show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wr3p Mad Men: http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men Colin Murray: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Murray Sam episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-18-sam Urie episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-3-urie Frost/Nixon: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870111/ You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?

In this GBA Extra I talk to Steve, Alex and Owain about the band we were in when we were at school. It features clips from some of the bands songs. We talk music, artistic differences, and teenage friendships. It's a rather chaotic conversation that took place in Steve's back garden in Cardiff the day after his wedding. We mention: The Middle Class Bastards: https://soundcloud.com/themiddleclassbastards To the Heart of It: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-53-to-the-heart-of-it Four Days in a Room: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom/sets/highlights-from-four-days-in-a - The episode that documents Alex and me falling out over making music: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom/4diar-bonus-episode-scenes - The episode where I interview Alex about music: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom/4diar-episode-18-promotion?in=fourdaysinaroom/sets/highlights-from-four-days-in-a Joy Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division REM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M. The Big Bang Theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory Oasis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band)

In GBA 106 we get better acquainted with Steve. I talk to my school friend Steve in his house in Cardiff surrounded by furniture he made himself the day after his wedding last year. He talks about being someone who constructs things, the birth of his son, what being a builder means these days, running a DJ business in your teens, being a Master Carpenter and Joiner, growing up as "the man of the house", his relationship with his absent father and more. (Mostly I just ask him what it's like to be a man.) Steve doesn't plug anything. He does mention Norm Abram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Abram And Bellway Homes: http://www.bellway.co.uk/ This is Owain's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-16-owain You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?