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They only come out at night

They only come out at night

FromWireless Nights


They only come out at night

FromWireless Nights

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Apr 19, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Continuing his new series of nocturnal meditations, Jarvis Cocker prowls the nation's night.

This evening's theme is 'they only come out at night'. Jarvis slips between the shadows to find punks, poets, poker dens and an alcohol fuelled badger watch and eavesdrops on a series of nocturnal dreams and dramas.

His guide to the dark is poet, author and explorer of the night Al Alvarez. In this trip through the night Al points him towards a gambling club where players never see daylight and nerves begin to fray around the card table; to a feminist punk gig where other more exotic identities emerge under cover of darkness; and to an allotment in Hastings where a man's mind unwinds whilst drinking beer, feeling 'the wild' and entertaining notions of sabotage.

Jarvis is our roving eye and ear entering these nocturnal worlds to shine a light whilst contemplating what it is that we search for once night falls.

Producer: Neil McCarthy
Released:
Apr 19, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (30)

Jarvis Cocker explores the human condition after dark, with stories of night people