Balls

Balls

Author: Neil Fitzgerald November 11, 2024 Duration: 9:11

A ballad in the key of 80s movies à la John Hughes. That's it. That's the pitch.


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Step into the unsettling and strangely familiar world of Modern Gothic, where writer and performer Neil Fitzgerald weaves a collection of peculiar tales. This audio anthology exists in the shadowy spaces between our recognized categories, blending elements of fiction, dark comedy, and sharp cultural observation. Each story is a self-contained journey into the uncanny, finding the eerie and the absurd nestled within the frameworks of everyday society. You'll hear narratives that feel both contemporary and timeless, where humor flickers like a candle in a draft and the ordinary reveals its bizarre seams. Fitzgerald's singular voice guides you through these weird stories, crafting atmospheres that are immersive and narratives that linger long after the episode ends. It’s a podcast for anyone who finds fascination in the slightly off-kilter, the socially awkward, and the quietly haunting moments that modern life can produce. The entire anthology is the creative work of Neil Fitzgerald, who writes, produces, and performs these distinctive pieces. For more on the writer behind Modern Gothic, you can seek out his personal website. This podcast is hosted on the Acast platform, which manages its distribution and privacy details. New listeners can dive into any episode for a complete and satisfying story, a brief escape into a realm where the gothic sensibility is refracted through a distinctly modern lens.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 16

Modern Gothic
Podcast Episodes
Laughter in a Time of Mass Extinction [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:45
Delve deep into the roadkill of the A6195. Discover magpie-cop duo, Esco & Orrison. And prepare to shed tears over Barry Higginbottom's 'driver tizer'. In this relic from the future, robot voices recite the exhibition ca…
Consolation is not on the map [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:37
No man had made it, that we knew. Not time enough, for it was the work of one night, and not even, but a minute, maybe less. Soft thunder that woke most who heard it as muffled cannon fire or dynamite down a mineshaft in…
Murdering Gloves: The Musical [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:38
A hit musical has the world's highest body count. Another darkly comic tale from Modern Gothic.All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the author for rights, etc: neilsfitzgerald@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p…
A Horseshit Apocalypse of Two Halves [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:49
Was Mahler's 9th Symphony inspired by a sighting of the eldritch abomination in the Atlantic Ocean in 1908? Can self-styled cosmic weirdo Cthulhu escape the logics of capitalism by starting an 80s tribute band, Great Dre…
Funny Business: Who Shot The Yeoman? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:33
Who shot Stan 'the Yeoman' Yeo? A devastating account of what really happened the night the stand-up comedian was gunned down on stage, which also provides an eviscerating look at the automated future of tomorrow's laugh…
The Rest is Bollocks [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:18
When two of the world's most unlikely cultural commentators, Brian Hnnng and Goatie McWimaway, forge a rare podcast partnership, their seemingly inconsequential political punditry is life-changing for all concerned. Unmi…
Series 2 Trailer [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:23
More weird stories coming soon including 'The Rest Is Bollocks', 'Murdering Gloves: The Musical' and so much more weirdness! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro's Waking Nightmare, or What The Butler Sought [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:12
SERIES FINALE! The waking nightmare life of Sir Kazuo Ishiguro and its enslavement to one of his characters.All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the writer; producer and performer for rights, etc: neilsfitzgerald@gmail…
A Year in a Puddle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:09
A failed attempt to ride the New Nature Writing gravy train with A Year In A Puddle.TRIGGER WARNING: mention is made of 'Driver Tizer', 'hedge-porn' and tree fetishism.Written, performed, recorded & produced by Neil Fitz…
A Problematic Supper with Slavoj [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:55
A despairing journalist tries to steer the so-called 'Elvis of nose-tweaking, T-shirt tugging and cultural theory' Slavoy Zizek away from the magnetic conversational pole of Castro's penis.All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald…