[cma-l] Well done Alan!

Wed Jul 22 14:50:22 BST 2009

If you want to see Alan in action then go to the following website:-

http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Al

Worth it if only to see the 'creature' that was on before Alan and also the way they get participants up on the plinth.  Thanks to Cathy for bringing this to my attention.

I'm now really sorry I didn't stick around and go for a drink with Lol!

Cheers

Richard

From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of LOL GELLOR
Sent: 22 July 2009 14:23
To: Ed Baxter <ed at resonancefm.com>CMA-L
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Well done Alan!

Yes big up Alan and the gang -exceptionally well done - also lovely to be in good company post plinth proceedings.

Must correct that naughty Ed - my version of ICA events

"I said don't you know who he is" pointing at Ed - him being a well connected art luminary an all.

Given such a dis to an esteemed Don in the community family/gang/posse - I was up for rushing them (we all need to fully fill out stereotypes from time to time, and given Ed's observation of our fellow plinthees - some creative havoc may have been appropriate).

But then again I wouldn't want to jeopardise a possible retrospective of my earlier video art work at the ICA now would I.

Lolx

--- On Wed, 22/7/09, Ed Baxter <ed at resonancefm.com> wrote:

From: Ed Baxter <ed at resonancefm.com>
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Well done Alan!
To: "CMA-L" <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>
Date: Wednesday, 22 July, 2009, 12:03 PM
Dear all,
I thought it was a really engaging broadcast and a great idea - to the
point where I was compelled to leave home and catch the bus to the
Plinth. I speak as someone more or less disinterested in the hype
around One And Other and someone who by now one might suspect had
become a little jaded with radio. It was a real pleasure to have a
beer with Alan and his friends afterwards: we went to The Cushion and
Two Chairmen at the back of the British Council where the landlord
turned out to be a Resonance FM fan and treated our group like family.
This after we had been turned away by the security at the ICA bar.
(Lol Gellor to reception: "Do you KNOW who you are talking to?!"). As
I caught the bus home, a well-dressed beggar from Sheffield with an
over-complicated story about bad luck conned me willingly out of
eighty five pence  and an angel occupied the plinth.
Havelock and Napier, who occupy the plinths at the front, are two of
the most murderous figures in British colonial history. One the
subjugator of Hong Kong, who formalised the opium trade and made drug
addiction on a global scale a reality; the other the suppressor of the
Indian Mutiny, whose barbaric behaviour seems incredible even by 20th
century standards of inhumanity. Not good company to keep under
ordinary circumstances.
Yours
Ed

2009/7/22 CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk</mc/compose?to=cma-l at commedia.org.uk>>:
> For those who missed Alan Fransman's appearance on the fourth plinth
> in Trafalgar Square yesterday evening, or for those who wish to relive
> the experience, you may now watch it on replay here:
>
> http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Al
>
> And you can download the podcast MP3 here to keep for posterity:
>
> http://www.canstream.co.uk/sheffieldlive/audio/20090721200001.mp3
>
> Alan, Programme Controller at Sheffield Live! community radio, used
> his opportunity on the fourth plinth to demonstrate the creativity,
> initiative and resourcefulness that exists within the community media
> sector today. Alan also celebrated the city of Sheffield by playing a
> selection of music by local bands and artists that do not get airplay
> elsewhere. The recent open letter to the Prime Minister calling for an
> increased Community Radio Fund -
> http://www.commedia.org.uk/2009/07/21/open_letter_prime_minister/ -
> was also read out.
>
> The Sheffield Live! broadcast was heard not only by people on
> Trafalgar Square, but across Sheffield on 93.2FM, across London on
> Resonance 104.4FM (http://resonancefm.com/) and on the Internet.
> Alan's broadcast featured in Resonance FM's "Clear Spot", a slot for
> unique broadcasts by artists.
>
> Congratulations to Alan on his achievement from all of us here at the
> CMA and from all your friends in the community media sector - well
> done!
>
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