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EP.77 - TIM KEY
Adam & British comedian/poet/actor Tim Key enjoy a rambly conversation as they look at some art in London’s Courtauld Gallery.
This episode was sponsored by ART FUND, the national fundraising charity for art. Find out more by visiting Artfund.org/BUXTON
TIM KEY TOUR DATES: https://www.timkey.co.uk/
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Music and jingles by Adam Buxton
The Supermarket Confrontation jingle features bass from Dan Hawkins: https://www.onlinebassplayer.com/ and instruments from the Soniccouture plug in: http://www.soniccouture.com/en/
RELATED LINKS
‘DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA’ by HONORÉ DAUMIER (1869 - 1872)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tvn6d/p02tvm60
‘LA LOGE’ by PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (1874)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3671758/Renoir-A-glorious-night-of-intrigue.html
‘A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE’ by ÉDOUARD MANET (1882)
ANDY WARHOL ‘YES’ ’NO’ INTERVIEW (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr8NE7r1szU
‘QUEUE’ by ALEKSEI SUNDUKOV (1986)
WILLIAM WEGMAN - STOMACH SONG (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bOym_kkvaE
WILLIAM WEGMAN - DEODORANT (1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrdnlPK9sUQ
‘YOUNG WOMAN POWDERING HERSELF’ by GEORGES SEURAT (1888 - 1890)
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/6007ba8c.html
‘ESCAPING CRITICISM’ by PERE BORRELL DEL CASO (1874)
http://rijksmuseumamsterdam.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/pere-borrell-del-caso-escaping.html
TIM KEY DELVES INTO DANIIL KHARMS AND THAT’S ALL (2016)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072n5xc
THE INCOMPLETE TIM KEY (AUDIOBOOK)
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Arts-Entertainment/The-Incomplete-Tim-Key-Audiobook/B005FYK89E
And finally, here’s ‘CHARLYWOOD’
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