Blatant Optimism

Thought you may be interested in this.
Radio 4 did a play on Delia earlier today and I for one thought it was simply brill. So if you get your skates on you can listen to it yourself on the R4 site.

Here's the schpeel regarding the play:
Blue Veils And Golden Sands.
By Martyn Wade.

The pioneering work of Delia Derbyshire, one of the founder members of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop [1937-2001], is explored in this creative bio-pic of her life and music. The play has been written with ex Radiophonic composer, Elizabeth Parker, acting as musical advisor and she has written the soundscore for the programme.

i really liked this play 2 and did an internet search for DD and her site is fab with clips and stuff.

a brilliant play, also very sad. D.D. didnt get the recognition she waranted from the RWS, see mount vernon arts lab, (d. mulholland )he knew delia towards the end of her life and i am going to interview him for the next publication of the dedworth echo.

Can you tell me how I go about getting my mits on issues of the Dedworth Echo?

Thought the play and the recent BBC FOUR doc were brilliant, the latter particularly for the mysterious guy in the background and the 'Your t.v is now a radio' moments!

It's just ironic that the BBC are putting out programmes that reveal how the old BBC undervalued its innovators as well as its own archives (ie: Not Only But Also, etc). Hope it never happens again!

p.s: What HAS happened to deliaderbyshire.org site?!

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The Delia Derbyshire site is largely back, and will be fully restored and probably expanded soon.

Short explanation - original domain registrar 'disappeared', taking control of domain with them. Domain got picked up by squatter while reclaiming process was underway... Squatter made demand for $1000.

New domain: http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/

This time registered through reputable company...

If sonic boom ever reads this page(see sonic gig ad)hello from ann (addntox) remember the gig in the scotish nuclear bunker with mr. mulholland?

A much-welcome repeat of the Alchemists of Sound doc is on BBC FOUR in June for anyone who missed it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/alchemists.shtml

...and there was a teriffic doc on Peter Zinovieff on Radio 4 this week! You can hear it again via this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/atoz/index.shtml#p

I've just got into Delia recently, missed the R4 play but caght the BBC4 Docu. Does anyone have the play on tape? Looking forward to the stage play in Glasgow soon. Will review it. Can anyone help me with the tape?

Delia Derbyshire has got another site!

http://delia-derbyshire.dyndns.org

where I have tried to make up the "audiological chronology" missing from delia-derbyshire.org

Suggestions, additions, improvements welcome

All the best

Martin

I caught "Standing wave" at the tron theatre in Glasgow last week and thought it was excellent. At the end of the play they played some more of Delia's work and a variety of original compositions in hommage to one of electronic musics greatest pioneers. I believe it is touring the rest of the UK in 2005.

Just seen the R4 play posted as a torrent here:

http://www.uknova.com/details.php?id=16166&hit=1

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