GBA 63 Steve

Published: June 27, 2012, 3:44 p.m.

b"In GBA 63 we get better acquainted with Steve. Steve was my best friend when I lived in Coventry, between the ages of 10 and 13. We talk about our shared history and catch up with who we are now we're 30. Games workshop, fantasy worlds, Stephen King's It style childhood adventures, getting into music, losing touch and then being brought back together by the Internet.\\n\\nThis conversation is the prelude to an EPIC GBA Special that's coming out on Friday where I return to Coventry the city we grew up in. I tour the town with Steve. \\n\\nBoth episodes are about that strange time of life: late childhood. The years before you are fully teen but when you are no longer a toddler. \\n\\nThey are also about re-establishing and developing friendship. A friendship where we knew each other before we were fully formed. \\n\\nThey are about the danger and the magic of being a child. And that strange nostalgic emotion that comes when you try and look back. \\n\\nWe discuss stories that I talked about in GBA 1: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-1-dave\\n\\nSteve Plugs:\\n\\nHis band at the time, The Sequins, who have now gone their separate ways: http://www.thesequins.co.uk/\\n\\nUPDATE: Here is his new/old band: Late Starters: http://www.youtube.com/latestartersuk\\n\\nWe also talk about my old band Apples for Everyone: http://www.myspace.com/applesforeveryone\\n\\nMy previous podcast Four Days in a Room: http://www.fourdaysinaroom.co.uk/\\n\\nAnd my current music project a Room Full of Friends. What we\\u2019re up to has had one public airing at the night I was running earlier this year and you can hear us in these two podcasts:\\n\\nhttp://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-17\\n\\nhttp://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-18\\n\\nYou can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond.\\n\\nOn-demand and on the go!\\n\\nDon\\u2019t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at http://www.stitcher.com or in the app stores.\\n\\nHelp more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?\\n\\nFollow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!"