Tuesday 19 November 2019

Paperback Writers - Neil Gaiman (Graphic Content)

PAPERBACK WRITERS - NEIL GAIMAN (GRAPHIC CONTENT) (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th October 2019

The multi-award-winning author of Sandman, Good Omens & American Gods picks some of the music that's shaped him. With tracks from David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Costello, Amanda Palmer and Tori Amos.

A writer of comics, graphic novels, fiction, films, and plenty in between, Neil talks about how music has influenced him over his long and varied career.

This is part of 6 Music's Paperback Writers: Graphic Content series, focussing on where the worlds of comics and music collide. Alan Moore kicks things off on the 4th October, with the legendary comic book writer sharing two hours of his favourite music. He talks to producer and writer Richard Norris about the important part it's played in his life. Hannah Berry, the UK's current Comics Laureate takes over the reins next Sunday 13th October, and Castlevania creator Warren Ellis completes the line up with an hour of his favourite music on 20th October.

Elvis Costello - Waiting For The End Of The World [Stiff]
Al Stewart - Soho (Needless To Say) [CBS]
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko [Red Bird]
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
Amanda Palmer - Voicemail For Jill [8ft.]
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side [Global Television]
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You [Philips]
David Bowie - Rock 'N' Roll Suicide [EMI]
John Cooper Clarke - I Don't Want To Be Nice
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues [CBS]
The Gothic Archies - How Do You Slow This Thing Down? [Nonesuch]
Tori Amos - A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square [Silva Screen]

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