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Acquired Taste

Gareth Stack

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Here’s how it works: Each episode we watch an episode of an old TV show, and insult it in real time. If you’d like to play along, find a stream of the episode we're watching, fire up the podcast and hit play when we tell you to. Be warned, this is outrageously NSFW.
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A six part series about Irish Experimental Music. Ireland is home to a variety of underground music scenes, from electro acoustic, to new music to noise to free improv. I've interviewed dozens of Irish experimental musicians who are pushing the boundaries of what music is and can be. This series takes you on a tour of the fringes of music, and introduces you to a world of new sounds. It focuses in particular on circuit bending, chiptune, electroacoustic and collaborative music.
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Crazy Dog Theatre

Gareth Stack

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Roger Gregg has been creating work for theatre for 35 years. This podcast includes all new radio drama and music as well as classics from the Bee Loud Glade and Crazy Dog Audio Theatre.
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My Favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey

Andrew Healy - Irish Whiskey LAD

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An occasional podcast where Irish Whiskey drinkers share their favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey dram. Fáilte. My name is Andrew Healy and I’m a lover and drinker of Irish Whiskey. I’m on a journey of discovery to learn as much as I can about the great spirit of The Emerald Isle Along that journey I’m lucky enough to meet other people who are passionate about Irish Whiskey and the “My Favo(u)rite Irish…” podcast…is their story, and their favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey. Whether that’s their current favo(u ...
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On this episode I got to spend some time recently - well I say recently but it was actually back in March - with Jason Schneider who has arguably one of the best jobs in the industry. Jason is the Spirits Buyer AND General Manager of the highly respected retailer, Bottle Barn, which is located in the city of Santa Rosa in beautiful Sonoma Wine Coun…
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On this episode I got to spend some very special time with the one and only William Grass, better known to some of you online as Nevada Drams or @NevadaDrams. William invited me to his bar in Northern Nevada back in late January of 2024 as I was starting a six day cross country trip from Reno in Nevada to Daytona Beach in Florida with my son. It’s …
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On todays episode I got to spend some time with Justin Baird back in November. Justin is the manager of Trailhead Liquor in Bend in Central Oregon and he’s a big Irish Whiskey lover. I’ve known Justin for a couple of years as we’re regulars at Trailhead Liquor when we visit, and I finally got to sit down with him and get him on the record, so to sp…
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On this episode of "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." I got to spend some time back in early March of 2023 with Brian Mast, co-owner along with his wife Jennifer, of the Waits Mast wine label. I first met Brian, and Jennifer, back in 2010 when I ran the “When Irish Wines are Smiling” event here in the Napa Valley, and it’s been way too long since I got to s…
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On this episode of "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." I got to spend some time recently with Gillian Fitzgerald, co-owner of the famed Casements Bar, in the Mission District of San Francisco. I first met Gillian back in the spring of 2023 when I visited Casements ahead of an event to fill my belly with some of their delicious Fish ‘n Chips. And ahead of ano…
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On this episode of "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." I got to spend some time back in May with James Doherty, owner, and Graeme Bell, distiller at the Ardara Distillery in Donegal which is home to Sliabh Liag Distillers. Hands up, it was my first time visiting Donegal, and I suspect I’m not the only Irish person who’s guilty of that. I got there at the end…
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On todays episode I got to spend some time recently, actually it was back in January, with Rory Lynch who lives here in the Napa Valley and whose folks hail from Cahirsiveen, in Co. Kerry, and Macroom, in Co. Cork. Rory was raised here in the Bay Area and is fierce proud of his Irish ancestry. We had a grand ole chat about Rory, his folks journey t…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to chat with fellow Dub’s Michelle and Gareth McAllister the owners of Ahascragh Distillery in the village of the same name which is in East Galway. When I visited, in mid-May of 2023, Michelle and Gareth were deep in preparation for the opening of their distillery in a converted water mill. We…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to chat with Sean Quinn. Sean Michael to family and Quinners to his friends, Sean and I both arrived here in Northern California Wine Country in 2008 and it’s been fantastic to watch his winemaking journey in the 14 or so years since then. Sean and I talked about wine, travel, sailing, his Iris…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to chat with Walt Averill. Walt is married to the Belfast Born Maire Murphy who I’ve known for a number of years and together, yes they work together, they founded their company Capabunga over a decade ago. Walt is a keen Irish Whiskey drinker and tells the story of bringing some Redbreast from…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to chat with Sean McKane about his favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey. Sean, a fellow Dub, is the proud owner of the Sixpence Public House in The Hague or Den Haag in the Netherlands and we talked about Sean’s journey to owning the Sixpence Public House, the fine selection of Irish whiskeys that they of…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to chat with Chef Bob Hurley. Bob’s retired now but is still active in culinary circles here in Napa Valley supporting our community. Bob was always an avid supporter of Irish whiskey at his restaurant, Hurley’s, in Yountville and we talked about Bob, retirement, his previous and forthcoming tr…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to chat with Allan Dwyer. Allan is the president of the Irish Whiskey Society here in America and he’s been an avid supporter and drinker of Irish whiskey for a couple of decades. During that time he’s seen the modern Irish whiskey industry grow from the number of distilleries that you could co…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to chat with Pat Burke, Oakland born and raised, of Irish descent who traces his lineage back to Cork and Limerick. We talked about Pat, his reputation as a world-class barbecuer, his visits to Ireland over the years, and of course, his Favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey, which is a very, very special b…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to chat with Erevan O'Neill, a (West) Corkman, neighbour, structural engineer, Irish Whiskey lover, and all-around great guy! We talked about Erevan, his name, which is one of the most unusual Irish names that I've come across, his journey to Napa, and of course, his current Favo(u)rite Irish W…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series I got to chat with Toby Nolan, an Irish-born commercial photographer who lives in Central Oregon and we talked about Toby, his travels, and my goodness has he traveled, and of course, his Favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey, which is Redbreast! See Toby's work HERE: https://www.TNolanImagery.com Find out more a…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I got to spend some time recently with Ciaran Mason, Manager at the famed Johnnie Fox's Pub in Glencullen, Co. Dublin. We chatted about Ciaran, Johnnie Fox's and its history, and of course his favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey, which is Redbreast! Find out more about me and my Irish Whiskey work and watch th…
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series, I finally got to chat with Kevin "Kildare Kev" Dowling about his favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey. He loves Green Spot, and why wouldn't he, so we got to catch up, talk about his Irish & Mexican heritage, taste some Green Spot, and I got to spring a lovely surprise on him too! Find out more about me and my …
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As part of the "My Favo(u)rite Irish..." series I got to chat with David Seth aka David the Neighbor, about his favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey. He loves both The Hanson and The Gael from JJ Corry after I gave him a tip-off about how great they were and we're slowly bringing him over to the "bright side" as he's a self-confessed Scotch drinker! Find out …
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As part of the My Favo(u)rite Irish series I got to chat with John Cashman who has the great title "Head of Whiskey" at The Powerscourt Distillery in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow about his current favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey. That whiskey is Fercullen Falls, and we chatted about the distillery at Powerscourt, future plans for the Fercullen range, and why …
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As part of the My Favo(u)rite Irish series I got to chat with Angela Chisum, Owner of Trailhead Liquor in Bend Oregon about her favo(u)rite Irish Whiskey. She loves Yellow Spot, a lot, and we chatted about her business, her love of hiking, why she loves Yellow Spot, and she kindly shared some great tips for anyone visiting Bend! Places mentioned by…
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Bee-Loud Glade 12 interview with Roger Gregg and the poem ‘The Creme Seldom Rises’ voiced by Amilia Clarke Stewart. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/345139236-garethstack-ep12-roger-gregg-the-bee-loud.mp3 Download: The B…
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Bee-Loud Glade 11 interview with Peadar O’Donoghue poet and editor of Poetry Bus Magazine and Eleanor Hooker’s poem ‘Nightmare’ set to music by Roger Gregg and voiced by Olivia Haran. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/345…
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Bee-Loud Glade 10 Interview with poet Patrick Chapman. His poem ‘Oubliette’ set to music by Roger Gregg. Translated into Arabic & voiced by Suzie Seweify. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/345139293-garethstack-ep10-patri…
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Bee-Loud Glade 9. Interview with Genevieve Healy and her poem ‘Knots’ set to music by Roger Gregg. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/345139294-garethstack-ep9-genevieve-healy-the-bee.mp3 Download: Bee Loud Glade – EP9 – G…
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Bee-Loud Glade 8 Interview with poet Stephen Clare followed by his poem TGIF set to music by Roger Gregg sung by Juliette Crosbie. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/345139295-garethstack-ep8-stephen-clare-the-bee-loud.mp3…
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Bee-Loud Glade 7 Interview with poet Erin Fornoff. Poem ‘Melodrama’ by Caelainn Bradley set to music by Roger Gregg and voiced by Juliette Crosbie. Find out more about Erin Fornoff at Dedalus Press. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud…
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Bee-Loud Glade 6 – interview with Patrick Cotter poet and director of The Munster Literature Centre. Poem ‘The BIngo Bus’ by Leland Bardwell set to music by Roger Gregg. Voice by Amilia Clarke Stewart. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcl…
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Bee-Loud Glade 5. Interview with poet John Moynes. Moynes’s poem ‘Two For The Price Of One’ set to music composed and performed by Roger Gregg and featuring the voice of John Moynes. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/3451…
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Bee-Loud Glade programme 4. Interview with Edel Doran, an organiser of SLAM SUNDAY and other poetry events around Dublin. Poem: ‘Leading The Apes In Hell’ by Mary O’Donoghue, set to music by Roger Gregg and voiced by Angel Hannigan. Find SLAM SUNDAY on Facebook. More about Mary O’Donoghue at Dedalus Press. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority…
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Bee-Loud Glade – Programme 3. Interview with Pat Boran, poet and editor of Dedalus Press. / Pat Boran’s poem ‘The Spire’ set to music by Roger Gregg, voiced by James M. O’Connor. Commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee and originally broadcast on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/34513930…
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Bee-Loud Glade 2: Interview with Amy Herron, Events Coordinator of the Irish Writers Centre and poem ‘Threshold’ by Grace Wells set to music by Roger Gregg, voiced by Deirdre Molloy. Originally broadcast by RTE LYRIC FM, funded by The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/345139306-garethstack-ep2-amy-herron-grace-we…
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Bee-Loud Glade 1 – interview with poet Gerry Murphy. Poem ‘What’s He Doing In There?’ by Gerry Murphy set to music by Roger Gregg. Poem voiced by Ethan Dillon. Broadcasting Authority of Ireland funded. Originally aired on RTE LYRIC FM. http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/345139311-garethstack-ep1-gerry-murphy-the-bee-loud.mp3 Download: The Bee Loud …
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Roger Gregg is a dramatist, poet, musician, actor and performer. Over a long career on radio and theatre, he’s had dozens of plays performed all over the world, and written and recorded numerous radio dramas as ‘Crazy Dog Audio Theatre‘. Today Roger continues to record and perform, with his ‘Bee Loud Glade Cabaret’. Bee Loud shows fuse poetry and m…
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What is it? A new podcast, in the style of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 or RiffTrax. James Van De Waal and Gareth Stack sit down and riff (in the style of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 or RiffTrax) over sucky television. How it works Each episode we watch an episode of an old TV show, and insult it in real time. If you’d like to play along with this…
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This is a new show, an experiment if you like. James Van De Waal and Gareth Stack sit down and riff (in the style of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 or RiffTrax) over sucky television. Here’s how it works: Each episode we watch an episode of an old TV show, and insult it in real time. If you’d like to play along with this weeks show, google ‘American …
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So last night I was lucky enough to see the incredibly talented radio producer Roman Mars perform a live episode of his show 99% Invisible, at the ever creepy Freemasons Hall in Molesworth St. The event was a part of the inaugural Sounds Alive festival, which brought together a bunch of radio folks like legendary storytelling collective the Moth, a…
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The Instrument of the Law‘ examined how changing technology and copyright laws are impacting music. This bonus episode fills in the blanks, addressing additional issues we didn’t get to talk about in detail, like creative commons, the legality of mashups, copyright as a promotional tool, and alternative business models at a time when music sales ar…
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The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer programming during a concert, creates the music and visuals in real time), ‘Geocached Music’ (intrepid explorers following clues to discover hidden caches of music in the real world), and new interfaces like…
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Chuffed to be able to present my first piece for RTE Lyric FM’s ‘Culture File‘ programme. It’s a short on Chipzel, the Chiptune artist profiled in Episode 2 of Mad Scientists of Music. The piece features much of the same material from that report, but presented in a more straightforward way, which was an interesting challenge. I grew up religiously…
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This episode looks at how innovative new ways of making and distributing music are coming into conflict with our legal system. Some argue that copyright and patent laws, created to encourage innovation, are no longer in touch with how artists remix and reinterpret our cultural landscape. Part 1 – Piracy We learn about copyright law, the ‘copy left’…
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This episode takes us on a tour of workshops and hack spaces, and explores the relationship of outsider electronic music to the fine art establishment. Teaser – Andrew Edgar takes us on a tour of the A4 Arts Collective. Part 1 – Ed Devane talks about the relationship between self taught musicians, hackers, artists and the “new music” (contemporary …
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The is the first web only bonus episode of Mad Scientists of Music. Focusing on interviews rather than sound, these episodes feature clips, topics and artists there wasn’t space to fit into the radio series. We kick off with early experiences in technology, hearing from a host of folks about how early encounters with computers and electronics fuell…
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Episode three takes a journey into the underground world of circuit bending. Circuit benders hack children’s toys and dissect cheap archaic electronics, to produce strange new instruments. Circuit bending lies at the intersection of instrument building, grass roots activism and psychedelia. Listeners will learn about the history of circuit bending,…
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Episode two explores the video game backgrounds of a variety of Irish experimental musicians – how video game culture and ready access to technology influenced their love of music and their aesthetic sensibilities. Chiptune music in particular reappropriates not only the machinery, but also the distinctive sounds of computer games of the 1980’s, an…
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Episode one explores how circuit benders, hackers and artists are building teaching and education into their practice. This is a culture as much about sharing as making, and all the artists interviewed run classes and workshops (often at no charge). Children and adults alike attend the ‘maker fairs’ and hacklabs where circuit benders share tips and…
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So, after a very great while, but still much sooner than expected, my first documentary series ‘Mad Scientists of Music‘ is almost here. Quick and dirty promo – featuring the music of Bitwise Operator The final lineup of interviewees is ¡NO!, Deathness Injection, Andrew Edgar, John Leech Siam Collective, MarQu VR, Kieran Dold, Ed Devane (Withering …
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The Emerald Arts is a free podcast comedy series from Dead Medium Productions. The show was originally broadcast on 90.3 Near FM in 2011. Check out a trailer below. https://garethstack.wordpress.com/content/audio/emeraldarts/Promo.mp3 Magic Racist – a mascot for a simpler time. The Emerald Arts is the oldest running arts show in Ireland and indeed …
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