Drifting through... with Matt Nõmme

The night bus is a magic place, an aquarium of madness on a midnight safari, so we talk about it.Poems on this episode:the night busand the rain came

Let's chat about the those END IS NIGH signs and my ventures into the South Wales valleys.

Matt loses a fight with a moth, then talks about how birdwatching and skateboarding both let you break apart the world you live in.Matt Nõmme is a Welsh poet, he uses storytelling and poetry to break apart the bizarre world we live in.

Port Talbot inspired one of my favourite films, Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil'. Released in 1985, it's about dreaming is the only escape from a modern, oppressive, technologically obsessed world.

I've been obsessed with YouTube comments on Dylan Thomas video's, especially the ones under 'Do not go gentle into that good night', they are a window into people's hopes, fears, and prejudices, it's a beautifully nuts place to be.

The Newport wetlands is a proper magic place in South Wales, I took a walk amongst the reeds and came back with memories of wild nights camping in the hills north of Cardiff.

this was recorded in the immediate aftermath of Christmas, but I fell ill and everything went out the window. luckily the topic of grown men shouting unspeakable insults at eachother, while cwtched up in their warm coats is a timeless British tradition, so no harm in releasing this one late.

Asking the big questions on this year's bonfire night.Lewes Pictures https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2021/nov/05/freedom-debauchery-dissent-lewes-bonfire-celebrations-in-pictures The Gunpowder Plot | Guy Fawkes Documentary | Reel Truth Science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1b2w4GxBU0

I watched the ring this week and it got me obsessing over the idea of haunted technology.The Big Ben thoughtographhttps://cdm16629.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/Eisenbud/id/305/rec/3Note: I have been posting video versions of these podcasts to YouTube, but having to film a video alongside the podcast proper slowed me down, so for the time being you have me yapping in your ears with no video to go with it.