December 07
‘All Your Tomorrows Today’
Special feature on the history of the RAND Corporation written and presented by KH on Radio 3, produced by Mark Burman. The programme includes in-depth interviews with Paul Baran and Daniel Ellsberg and RAND’s leading expert on international terrorism Brian Jenkins. First broadcast December 21. To hear an MP3 of the programme click here.
For a post on the programme from Boing Boing, click here.
See also my blog post for Wednesday July 30, 2008 ‘RAND Corporation on Radio Three, by clicking here.
October 07
‘Born Under Sputnik’
A Strange Attractor Special broadcast on Resonance FM on the fiftieth anniversary of Sputnik’s launch, Born Under Sputnik features Ken Hollings and Thomas Dolby in conversation, discussing the influence of the world’s first artificial satellite on contemporary culture and society. Recorded at Unit X in August 07, broadcast on October 4.
February 07
‘You Can Choke Like That’
Early Biting Tongues recording, featuring cutup text and tapes by KH, is reissued on D-I-Y 80: an anthology from Soul Jazz Records, featuring contributions from Fire Engines, Buzzcocks, Thomas Leer and Throbbing Gristle.
About Me
- Ken Hollings
- Ken Hollings is a writer based in London. His work appears in a wide range of journals and publications, including The Wire, Sight and Sound, Strange Attractor, Frieze, Noon and Satori, and in numerous anthologies and collections. His novel Destroy All Monsters was hailed by The Scotsman as ‘a mighty slab of trippy, cult, out-there fiction, mind-bending reading’. He has written and presented critically acclaimed programmes for BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, Resonance FM, NPS in Holland and ABC Australia. Ken is the author of Welcome to Mars, The Bright Labyrinth, The Space Oracle, Inferno and Purgatory - all available from Strange Attractor Press/MIT. His latest book 'Paradise: The Trash Project Volume Three' will be published by Strange Attractor Press/MIT in the autumn of 2024. His album with Howlround as The Howling, Incredible Night Creatures of the Midway, is currently available from The Tapeworm.