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slanderhour

A weekly pre-sleep, post-thought audio play investigating the nature of latent boredom and the strip-mining of emotional bereavement. Semi is written & performed by Mark Simpson, Garth Simmons and Jim-John Harkness, and is produced by Stephen Landerhour for BBC Sounds.

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00:25:47

Semi - Soul

slanderhour ·

2021/11/22

My Soul. I summon to the winding ancient stair; Set all your mind upon the steep ascent, Upon the broken, crumbling battlement, Upon the breathless starlit air, Upon the star that marks the hidden pole; Fix every wandering thought upon That quarter where all thought is done: Who can distinguish darkness from the soul?

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00:22:01

Semi - Decisions

slanderhour ·

2021/11/15

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how

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00:35:11

Semi - John Cleese

slanderhour ·

2021/11/08

Forking out more than £25million in divorce settlements across three failed marriages could leave anyone feeling extremely bitter about life. It certainly seems to be the case for Monty Python star John Cleese, who has hit out at his ex-wives for costing him so much money - and prompted him to wish they would all die. They are not the only women to incur his wrath, the star, 77, is not happy with his two daughters either - Camilla and Cynthia Cleese - as they have turned out like their mothers. He

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00:26:45

Semi - Pain

slanderhour ·

2021/11/01

Faheem Rasheed Najm (born September 30, 1984),[1] better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second album, Epiphany, which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. His third album, Three Ringz, was released in 2008. The albums included a string of hit singles, including "I'm Sprung", "I'm 'n Luv (Wit a Stripper)", "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')",

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00:20:55

Semi - JK Rowling

slanderhour ·

2021/10/25

Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business. Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git. Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor. Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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00:27:55

Semi - Dark

slanderhour ·

2021/10/18

Are you afraid of the dark? I know I am. Next time you're feeling trapped, remember that I'm scared too, and that we are both experiencing that feeling simultaneously. Join me.

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00:25:50

Semi - Twilight

slanderhour ·

2021/10/11

At the end of a winding path A figure traipses a precipice, Scowls beneath, towards shattered stones: Hasty epitaphs for the inconsequentials A plethora of Darrens & Margarets Who choked down their last gasp in counterpoint to the air As it leaves their temporal ribcage up towards the lift to the scaffold

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00:23:00

Semi - Chuffed

slanderhour ·

2021/10/04

Are you a person who naturally smiles when experiencing little to zero emotion? Do you class yourself as a 'foodie'? Do you refer to your friends as a squad? Do you have sideburns? Do you present a podcast? You may be suffering from CHUFFED.

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00:28:02

Semi - Brave

slanderhour ·

2021/09/27

Roll up, roll up! Who wants to buy some soap? We've got all the soaps here Tommy. We got the white soap, we got the brown soap. We got all sorts here. 'Av a peruse around son, pick which sort of soap you want, and when you're done, I'll be sat in the bistro. I'm 'avvin a steak mate! Oy Oy!

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00:23:30

Semi - Meat

slanderhour ·

2021/09/20

How much meat moves Into the city each night The decks of its bridges tremble In the liquefaction of sodium light And the moon a chemical orange Semi-trailers strain their axles Shivering as they take the long curve Over warehouses and lofts The wilderness of streets below The mesh of it With Joe on the front stoop smoking And Louise on the phone with her mother Out of the haze of industrial meadows They arrive, numberless Hauling tons of dead lamb Bone and flesh and offal Miles to the ports and

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00:21:36

Semi - Logic

slanderhour ·

2021/09/13

The Victorian Era provided the optimum conditions for the development of Logic through the marriage of mechanical development, ingenuity and an insatiable curiosity for the unknown and the strange. By the end of the 1900s, logic had developed a language and spectacle of its own, either residing within an act on a music hall variety bill or presented in a stand-alone show in venues such as the Egyptian Hall or the Royal Polytechnic. These two venues became uniquely associated with logic from 1873 to

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00:43:02

Semi - Weetabix

slanderhour ·

2021/09/06

In British advertising in the 1980s, Weetabix anthropomorphized the biscuits, representing a group of 'street-wise' young teens, beginning as 'skinheads'. Their appearances on the packaging and associated publicity featured catchphrases such as "titchy breakfast cereals" to describe rivals, "nasty little w**flakes" to describe Cocoa Pops, and any pointed question from the media was met with the response "Neet Weet Mate", "OK!". The lead Weetabix, Helmut, was voiced by Bob Hoskins.

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00:15:11

Semi - Mousetrap

slanderhour ·

2021/08/30

The Mousetrap game, a long-time family favourite, is always good for zany action and lots of laughs. Scurry around the board collecting cheese and stealing cheese from other players, watch out for the trap! While kids are engaged in playing the Mousetrap game, they can also practice valuable skills in construction, cause and effect, and decision-making. As they interact with the trap, a working, multipart machine, kids can practice construction skills.

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00:23:38

Semi - White Knights

slanderhour ·

2021/08/23

Are you a group of women going on holiday? Do you wish it was socially acceptable to bring your spouse along to your hen do? Do you need directions? It sounds like you need to get yourself at least one, if not three, White Knights

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00:28:48

Semi - Magazines

slanderhour ·

2021/08/15

Remember magazines? They were like the original Internet. You could find out about all sorts of stuff. Join us as we smear newsprint all over our hands and feel really nostalgic and delirious.

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00:26:40

Semi - Sticklebrick

slanderhour ·

2021/08/09

Stickle Bricks are a construction toy primarily intended for the people of Barnsley invented by Denys Fisher in 1969. The brand is owned by Hasbro, and as of 2016 is sub-licensed to Flair Leisure Products plc. Several companies manufacture similar toys, not all of them compatible. Names for these toys include "Nopper", "Bristle Blocks", "Fun Bricks", "Clipo", "Krinkles", "Multi-Fit", "Juckle Choks", "Wokkle Buddy" and "Thistle Blocks". Many recent sets also include other types of pieces such as

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00:27:00

Semi - Woke

slanderhour ·

2021/08/02

Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday Today it is Friday, Friday (partyin’) We-we-we so excited We so excited We gonna have a ball today Tomorrow is Saturday And Sunday comes afterwards

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00:30:00

Semi - Food

slanderhour ·

2021/07/26

“At this moment I bit into one of my frankfurters, and -- Christ! I can't honestly say that I'd expected the thing to have a pleasant taste. I'd expected it to taste of nothing, like the roll. But this -- well, it was quite an experience. Let me try and describe it to you. The frankfurter had a rubber skin, of course, and my temporary teeth weren't much of a fit. I had to do a kind of sawing movement before I could get my teeth through the skin. And then suddenly -- pop! The thing burst in my mouth

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00:26:54

Semi - Gangsters

slanderhour ·

2021/07/19

See, the hardest thing for me was leaving the life. I still love the life. And we were treated like movie stars with muscle. We had it all, just for the asking. Our wives, mothers, kids, everybody rode along. I had paper bags filled with jewellery stashed in the kitchen. I had a sugar bowl full of coke next to the bed. Anything I wanted was a phone call away. Free cars. The keys to a dozen hideout flats all over the city. I'd bet twenty, thirty grand over a weekend and then I'd either blow the

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00:31:00

Semi - Birds

slanderhour ·

2021/07/12

"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom." "And if I stay here with you girl, things just couldn’t even be the same, ’cause I’m as free as a bird now, and this bird you cannot change."

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