GBA 169 James McKay

Published: July 9, 2014, 8:45 a.m.

b'In GBA 169 we get better acquainted with James McKay. He talks us through Victorian poetry recitals, classical literature and history, plundering and re-contextualising the canon, the relationship between the Moomins and Zen thinking, putting on gigs in your front room and being an "Arts Thatcherite". If all of that sounds dry and worthy and highbrow then think again as this conversation is very much the opposite of that.\\n\\nJames plugs:\\n\\nHis Website: http://www.mckaypoetry.com/\\n\\nUtter: Space: https://www.facebook.com/events/1403219706606930/\\n\\nI plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo Campaign: http://bit.ly/TragicFringe\\n\\nTragic Misadventures: Wednesday 9th July at the Black Heart: http://www.facebook.com/events/601978073250123/\\n\\nWe mention:\\n\\nThe book of Job: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Job\\n\\nStand Up Tragedy: http://standuptragedy.co.uk\\n\\nStand Up Tragedy performances by James:\\nhttps://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-james-mckay-ep-2\\nhttps://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-16\\nhttps://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-daily-ep-14-fay-roberts\\n\\nCity of Dreadful Night: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Dreadful_Night\\n\\nTragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas\\n\\nThe New Mother: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Mother\\n\\nHow Horatius Held the Bridge: http://www.englishverse.com/poems/horatius\\n\\nRochester: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester\\n\\nhttps://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-imperfect-enjoyment-by-rochester\\n\\nWhitman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman\\n\\nJames on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mckay_poetry\\n\\nThe Libertine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Libertine_(2004_film)\\n\\nKing James Bible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version\\n\\nSermon on the Mount: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount\\n\\nEcclesiastes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes\\n\\nBook of Revelation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation\\n\\nSong of Solomon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songs\\n\\nLeviticus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Leviticus\\n\\nThe Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4\\n\\nBoney M - The Rivers of Babylon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm1g8FFRArc&feature=kp\\n\\nHinduism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism\\n\\nMonotheism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism\\n\\nNorse Myths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology\\n\\nRhetoric: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric\\n\\nArundel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundel\\n\\nInky Fingers: http://inkyfingers.org.uk/\\n\\nChristopher Smart - Jubilate Agno http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilate_Agno\\n\\nStopham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stopham\\n\\nCoventry Cathedral: http://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/\\n\\nBeat Poetry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Generation\\n\\nE M Forster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster\\n\\nKipling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling\\n\\nColeridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge\\n\\nWordsworth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth\\n\\nSwinburne: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Charles_Swinburne\\n\\nTennyson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson\\n\\nBrowning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Browning\\n\\nSnufkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snufkin\\n\\nMoomins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin\\n\\nComet in Moominland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_in_Moominland\\n\\nLittle My: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_My\\n\\nSnorkmaiden: http://moomin.wikia.com/wiki/The_Snork_Maiden\\n\\nMoomin Valley in November: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moominvalley_in_November\\n\\nMoominland Midwinter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moominland_Midwinter\\n\\nFinn Family Moomintroll: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_Family_Moomintroll\\n\\nMoomin Pappa at Sea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moominpappa_at_Sea\\n\\nThe Way of Zen - Alan Watts: http://www.amazon.com/The-Way-Zen-Alan-Watts/dp/0375705104\\n\\nJapanese cartoons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOj1EyMLgg&feature=kp\\n\\nPolish Cartoon: https://www'