Gareth Stack is a writer, radio producer and the mind behind a dozen comedy series you've never heard of. This is a story of his kampf. A podcast journal of the creative life.
In this penultimate episode of my series of interviews on silence, I speak to Trevor Agus of SARC. Belfast’s Sonic Arts Research Centre is a world class facility for the study of sound. I’d met som…
Silence, it can be an elusive experience in a modern world dominated by cities, and illuminated by technology. Silence is not only a product of our environment, but also of our perceptual system. I…
My latest report for Culture File is a discussion with Irish author Kevin Barry, about the role of silence in his work. Kevin joined Sara Maitland (author of ‘A Book of Silence‘) on a panel about s…
Perhaps the most famous line in Portrait of the Artist goes like this: ‘Ireland is the old sow that ea…
My latest report for RTE Lyric FM’s Culture File, took me ‘upstairs’ to the week long ‘Happy Days‘ Samuel Beckett festival in Enniskillen. The festival organisers and tourism board of Northern Irel…
So last night I was lucky enough to see the incredibly talented radio producer Roman Mars perform a live episode of his show 99% Invisible, at the ever creepy Freemasons Hall in Molesworth St. The e…
Image: Popical Island, literally ripped from the pages of Hot Press
I’ve long been enamoured of the sheer fun of Popical Island‘s albums and gigs. The label come collective feature numerous highly …
I can’t quite believe it, they let me do it again! Recently the producers of Lyric FM’s daily culture programme ‘Culture File‘ took an interest in my documentary series Mad Scientists of Music, aski…
Chuffed to be able to present my first piece for RTE Lyric FM’s ‘Culture File‘ programme. It’s a short on Chipzel, the Chiptune artist profiled in Episode 2 of Mad Scientists of Music. The piece fea…
Footnotes was a one off student media award shortlisted show that ran on Trinity FM in the late 2000s.
Thrust Us was a sex and relationship advice show that ran on Trinity FM in the late 2000s.
In which three Irish gentlemen with English accents discuss…
Jibberhoof, Episode 1 (75mins, 65megs)
Shownotes
News Stories of the Ye…
A mini-documentary about my first trip to America in 2006.
Download: East Coast / West Coast
While I was at the anti DRM demonstration at Apples 5th avenue store, I also interviewed a member of New…