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Poetry, prose, thoughts and music from Nic Treadwell from Birmingham in the UK

  1. Feb 15

    Log Off Shut Down Wake Up - The Imagination, Automation & AI

    This pdcast is an audio version of an article posted on my substack at https://nictreadwell.substack.com Links refferered to in the article:David Fleming Substack - https://substack.com/@dflemingContinuism - https://continuism.org/John Waters Interview with David Fleming - https://youtu.be/opJpuIS0XvA Nic Treadwell - The Art Of Protest substacj article Human Versus Machine Theatre Performance - https://vimeo.com/1002527616?fl=pl&fe=shWriting The Wrongs Of AIWired Article by Pip ThorntonPage Against The Machine - On The Poetics Of AI Refusal Pip Thornton WebsiteForbes article on Created Using Human IntelligenceIs This What We Want Music Free AlbumSalvatico II by Will FrankenWill Franken Patreon site - sign up to support Will's creationsGood Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die - Film TrailorMoltbook - Social media for AI agentsVoice Activated Elevator sketch from TV show Burnistoun

    Log Off Shut Down Wake Up - The Imagination, Automation & AI

  2. 12/24/2025

    The Murder Of Christmas - A prose poem cycle

    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/

    The Murder Of Christmas - A prose poem cycle

  3. 05/12/2025

    Sirens Of Suburbia - three exploitations of a televisual childhood memory

    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

    Sirens Of Suburbia - three exploitations of a televisual childhood memory

  4. 02/21/2025

    A Child Of The Micro - Retro Rivivals & The Path Back To Play

    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/

    A Child Of The Micro - Retro Rivivals & The Path Back To Play

  5. 12/23/2024

    Danny Gildhurst Remembers

    As a child, Danny Gildhurst didn’t fit in.  Coping with the scorn and ridicule of rival Jason Parker and the tragic death of his brother Davy, his memories have become shattered pieces of a puzzle that can not be trusted. As he attempts to fix what is broken he is forced to reexamine his actions, and relationship with both Davy and Jason. --------------------------------------------------------------- This porject uses Voice changing technology to add depth to the narration and characters. Credits Danny Gildhurst Remembers was written and narrated by Nic Treadwell Additional voices sourced from Eleven labs https://elevenlabs.io/ Sound FX sourced from Freesound.org Music sourced from Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org Included music: Drone Lemon by Blue Dot Sessions  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/The_Bulwark/Drone_Lemon/ Licenced under Attribution Non Commercial  Run by Philip Weigl https://freemusicarchive.org/music/philipp-weigl/piano-and-strings/run-5/ Licenced under Attribution International  A Mystical Incantation by Peter Rudenko  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Peter_Rudenko/microtonal-piano-study/a-mystical-incantation-31-edo/ Licenced under Attribution International  Post Drone by Uuriter  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Uuriter/Analog_Fields_1913/10_-_Uuriter_-_Post_Drone/ Licensed under Attribution

    Danny Gildhurst Remembers

  6. 11/09/2024

    Homegrown Presents: The Life And Death Of Nic Treadwell

    To mark the 10th anniversary of Ron Jonson's 2014 documentary about Nic Treadwell's life and death, I am posting it here for your listening pleasure. "My name is Ron Jonson , I am a jounalist and documentary writer. In this programme I look back at Treadwell's life & death and dig up a few surprises a long the way." With Music from: Dirty Scavenger - Drowning Methyl Ethel - Rouges The Batrn Door Slammers - Snatchin & Grabin' Mistys Big Adventure - He Never Felt Anything Dave Sounds - One Last Pastie The Greenbeans - A Happy Life The Mae Trio - The Sands of Time Public Service Broadcasting - Inform Educate Entertain Addtional Material : The Rooke Report - An Appeal by Nigel Rooke The Homegrown Podcast - Where Is Treadwell The Melvyn Bragg Petition Dave Sounds - Tribute "One Last Pastie" Nigel Rooke Facebook Ron Jonson Facebook Facebook Book Of Rememberance

    Homegrown Presents: The Life And Death Of Nic Treadwell

  7. 11/08/2024

    Resurrected: Remembering The Lfie And Death Of Nic Treadwell

    To mark the 10th anniversary of the cult era defining spoof podcast documentary that was created by Ron Jonson for the Homegrown Podcast, which investigated the mysterious disapearance of Nic Treadwell, the host of the Homegrown Podcast after he went missing from social media for a month in Oct 2014, later reported dead in his local Greggs. Ron discovered the horrible truth, that Nic had faked his own death in order to get listeners! This new documentary then, explores Nic's interest in podcasting from the begining, he talks frankly to Ron about his hopes and dreams and what happend when podcasting took over his life. There are new revelations to discover and a whole new level of insanity. Original footage from The Life & Death Of Nic Treadwell was used withpermission of Homegrown Podcast - https://homegrown.libsyn.com Excerpts from The Feed episode 34 from 2014 used with thanks to Elise Escobar & Libsyn Sound FX were sourced from Freesound.org Music sourced from Free Music Archive - https://freemusicarchive.org included: Feabhas by Rhapsody from Free Music Archive - licensed CC-BY-NC-SAlicensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/rhapsody/single/feabhas Way To The Light by by Lobo Loco from FMA licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/tree-spirits-meditation/way-to-the-light-id-1636/ The programme was created, realised, and produced by Nic Treadwell Copyright 2024 NT Productions.

    Resurrected: Remembering The Lfie And Death Of Nic Treadwell

  8. 09/23/2024

    You Subtracted From Me - 5 pretentious poetical parodies exploring solitude

    This series of 5 short poems explores the theme of solitude and was inspired by periods of isolation at home while my family visited with relatives abroad. The narrator arrives back at the family home alone, a house that was once filled with love and the sounds of a young child is now empty and silent. Over the course of the next few days and weeks his imagination, sense of loss, and inability to deal with simple domesticities collide in a surreal dreamlike silliness that threatens to unhinge his humanity. To accompany these poems I asked the artist and documentary filmmaker Momentori  Madrassi to make a series of arty films which were narrated by Klaus Vankerman (think Werner Herzog). A sparse improvised piano soundtrack was additionally provided by Bernardo Boniffe. Unfortunately Momentori never completed the fifth film, as he walked out of the project after a blazing argument with me when I suggested the final film should include a sequence where I as buried alive in a coffin full of baked beans!”

    You Subtracted From Me - 5 pretentious poetical parodies exploring solitude
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