Surplus Bulbs
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Here lies the radio show surplus bulbs.
A collection of short stories, vignettes, experiments and oddities by mural artist Ed Hicks.
AS podcasts get more bland and irrelevant, here is something considered and worked into.
Check out the new illustration zines that accompany the show and contain many of the stories https://edhicks.bigcartel.com/
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Influences - Joe frank, Tom Waits, Kevin Barry,
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Episodes
CAVE MAN - a short story
July 18, 2021 21:23 - 39 minutes - 72.3 MBCAVE MAN - A short story The longest short story yet fills the whole of this one off episode. Based in the town of Mansfield where I grew up, it charts the fall of a man with too much time on his hands. This episode was very kindly mixed and mastered by the incredibly talented Nikolai Yonker Thanks for that Nik xxxx I hope you like. If you have any comments, questions or insults, feel free to contact me on Instagram @ed_hicks and as always, if you wish to support the weird work, go g...
QUARENTINE
July 03, 2021 08:50 - 33 minutes - 60.9 MBQUARENTINE Mostly written back in 2020 when it was all kicking off something rotten. The world was going to hell but on a personal level, I had a great time. I would wake up in the morning, do a 5k run, get home, pop some modafinil, start microdosing, jump on the electric typewriter... and this is the kind of stuff that came out. A good time really. Worse has been the culture shock of returning bit by bit to a mode of social engagement. PEOPLE. With their own names and faces and tho...
TO THE DOGS
June 25, 2021 16:47 - 30 minutes - 56.1 MBDOGS What are dogs? No one really knows. They dont exist in the wild. They are getting smaller every year. Their shit makes children blind, but people let them lick their own face. Do YOU have a dog in your house? Why is that? All these questions and more are not answered at all in this very episode Instead, the episode comprises of two short stories; THE DOGS DOG PIANO The first of which contains the musical styles of MAIDEN aka Bartek Szadura. Thanks for that Bart. If you h...
The Park
June 09, 2021 09:28 - 32 minutes - 59.8 MBPARKS. That green and pleasant space. In this episode we enquire about the nature of this public space, receive complaints, daydream, talk to a park warden about his ongoing battle with vandalism and then circle round to the relationship between a homeless man (that i used to see in southampton) and an insect. High Walled Garden - Margaret from Stoke Newington November THE WARDEN Fran - parks Man/Ant If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing, leaving a comment, telling yo...
In Dreams
June 03, 2021 11:54 - 26 minutes - 48.4 MBDREAMS. Various ideas and stories about our night mind perambulations. including; Ochie Nightmare Her Breathing Fran - dreams flood Girl/Park Ochie nice dream If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing or leaving a review. Or for a deeper dive into the world of Surplus Bulbs, check out our zines at which can be found here; https://edhicks.bigcartel.com/ Featuring the voice of Ochie Belfield and Fran Hicks With intros and outros by Carlotta Bassani Hosted on Acast. S...
THE DATING EPISODE
May 30, 2021 11:46 - 34 minutes - 63.8 MBDATING, The second ever show. Welcome to SURPLUS BULBS. This episode we hear some stories about love and not love. Mostly not love. Actually, entirely not love.... I'll do another episode on love. The show includes the following tales; Love Seige Sif and the boat The ARCHIVIST Some of the stories contained can be found in the pages of Surplus Bulbs Vol.1 which can be found here; https://edhicks.bigcartel.com/ -Hicks- Featuring the voice of Steven Chatterton Additional text...
HOTELS
April 25, 2021 18:26 - 30 minutes - 56.4 MBThis one is about hotels I suppose, The first episode. No trailer, just straight in. I am Ed Hicks. I am a mural painter and general purpose artist. This is a new project, I hope you like it. In this episode; POEM (Robbie) Marchant Hotel pt.1 Floor/Ceiling Marchant Hotel pt.2 Room Service (song) If you have any strong responses to the show that you feel you need to express, go contact me on the instagram page which is full of a whole bunch of art, all of it good. I guess we ...