Six poems mourning the arrival and celebrating the departure of the monstrous Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market.

1 The Awakening Of The Beast

2 Fall Into Christmas

3 An Elf Called Elvis

4 Drunk

5 The New Normas

6. Gales, South Westerly

Credits

Written and performed by Nic Treadwell

Music:

A really dark alley by Loyalty Freak Music is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/A_really_dark_alley/

Dark Choral Soundscape_1 by xik6 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/xik6/this-thought-is-long/dark-choral-soundscape-1/

Lost in the city by TRG Banks is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/TRG_Banks/Return_to_Dreamland/Lost_in_the_city_1408/

Zenophobic by Salakapakka Sound System is licensed under a Attribution 1.0 Finland License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Salakapakka_Sound_System/Buddha_Machines_On_Fire_vol2/02-Zenophobic/

Straight out of my head and onto the page - a creation in homage to David Lynch. An audio play which riffs on an antiquated late night televisual memory from childhood. Three preposterous stories of seduction.

Credits:

Sirens Of Suburbia was written, conceived and produced by Nic Treadwell with the assistance of Eleven Labs.io and freesound.org. Signs To Nowhere by Shane Ivers was used with thanks from www.silvermansound.com/free-music/signs-to-nowhere under creative commons licence CC BY 4.0

Read the script on my substack page

https://open.substack.com/pub/nictreadwell/p/sirens-of-suburbia?r=1eh0xb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

In this podcast I explore what was my best childhood Christmas ever. In 1984 I received a ZX Spectrum from father Christmas and my whole world changed forever.

Some 40 years later, with those gaming days firmly behind me I've had the chance to go back and relive those days once again. But this time from the perspective of a world weary member of the human race.

What has changed and what hasn't? What is the advantage for re-engaging in childhood play? And can I even play some of those old games?

Credits

A Child Of The Micro was written by Nic Treadwell

The following 8 bit music was used with thanks:

Land of The 8 Bits & Boss Time by David Renda

https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/policy

Manic Miner Theme by Matthew Smith 1983

ZX Spectrum Chiptune Mixhttps://zxaaa.net/ftpmusic.html

Game Over by Danijel Zambo

https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/game-over

License code: EJEKEEJEVJMDUPRU

Chip Mode by Danijel Zambo

https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/chip-mode

License code: 1ILTKKIGG6NAWSDL

My thanks also to members of The Spectrum facebook group for their contributions.

Storyville opening sting and outro:

Outre by Ov Moi Omm

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/ov-moi-omm/

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/ov-moi-omm/single/outre/

Theme X by Steve Combs & Delta IsTheme X bySteve Combs & Delta Is is licensed under aAttribution License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs__Delta_Is/Themes_Vol_1/Delta_Is_-_Themes_Vol_1_-_13_Theme_X/