All in the mind

This brilliant piece of audio has been in the archives a while.  It features an interview with local published poet Jane Marsh.  It features some marvelous work from her book “lyrics of the Soul” but much more than that.  Jane talks frankly about where a lot of her work comes from.  Her bitter experiences in dealing with the highs and lows of Bipolar along with a poor relationship with alcohol.  She is brutally honest in her her struggle with alcohol and mental health problems but has come through to find respect for what she does.

The interview features some great examples of her work and the book is available via united press.

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Lest we forget

Very late but better than never purely because it serves as an introduction to Mayhews work.  Recorded on 11/11/2011 this piece was aired to celebrate and interesting piece of work taking place in Manchester.  As a performance artist Michael has challenged audiences across the world and is based right here in our city.  He has met some world class performers and brought them to the UK for this unique one off show.  11 performers over 11 hours on the 11 th November.  There’s still lots going on with him and its definitely worth checking out his website and the links are below.  In this interview he tries to explain the concepts of the work he does and tease us into exploring it more.  He talks about what he thinks of Manchesters artistic culture.  As usual just click below to hear the interview right here on the site or if you are not on www.gsfcuk.com just click the play or download button.  Links to us and Michaels website are below.

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http://www.michaelmayhew.com

 

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Liberate This?

dahliaIts very uncomfortable to be the bad guys but thats the impression we get when speaking to someone who really should know.  The mainstream view of the Iraq invasion has been challenged by Dahlia Wasfi.  She has family who live through it and has seen first hand the effects of the Western attempts to win “Hearts & Minds”  She gave a powerful speech to the United States Senate on the subject

Iraq is a country that my tax dollars have helped to destroy. Government officials reap profits from war. For example, nine out of 30 members of the Defense Policy Board, a Pentagon advisory group, had ties to companies that won more than $70 billion in defense contracts in 2001 and 2002. Meanwhile, ordinary families pay the price, from Iraq to Palestine to Southeast Asia to Latin America to the United States. My life has directed me to know my family; I would do anything for them. My medical career is on hold, so I can speak out on the realities of war and occupation. I have family in Iraq. You have family in Iraq. And Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Arlington Cemetery. New Orleans. Planet Earth. What would you do for your family? What will you do?

Dahlia S Wasfi

http://www.liberatethis.com

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As usual you can click below to listen to the full interview with Mike Dawson from WFM Manchester UK

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