Lance Dann
@lanced.bsky.social
Audio producer, writer and academic. Co-edits the Bloomsbury Podcast Studies series, co-wrote Podcasting: The Audio Media Revolution, and co-produced The Rez and Blood Culture. Once did something on my own... oh and I lecture at the University of Brighton
Bless you Maco! Let's meet up in Eastbourne sometime for a chat and to make plans!!
February 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Bless you Maco! Let's meet up in Eastbourne sometime for a chat and to make plans!!
As a Brighton fan, can I say that this would be absolutely hysterical! The chaos would be something wonderful to behold.
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
As a Brighton fan, can I say that this would be absolutely hysterical! The chaos would be something wonderful to behold.
The German figure is taken from a 2020 survey... the UK figure from 2026 (and based on a military force half the siz).
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
The German figure is taken from a 2020 survey... the UK figure from 2026 (and based on a military force half the siz).
Worth noting that Basket Case was the one in easy reach so I ended up with a LOT of those...
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Worth noting that Basket Case was the one in easy reach so I ended up with a LOT of those...
Not at Audience Selection the market research company with a lot of paperwork to be dumped you wouldn't - but at the random warehouse with stashes of Zombi 2 (real shark vs zombie) and Driller Killer you would!
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Not at Audience Selection the market research company with a lot of paperwork to be dumped you wouldn't - but at the random warehouse with stashes of Zombi 2 (real shark vs zombie) and Driller Killer you would!
In the early 90s, at work, I used to deposit paper records in a warehouse. Someone had an area filled with confiscated videos and you could worm your fingers under the mesh walls and drag out pristine copies of Cannibal Ferox, Evil Dead and Basket Case. VHS gold-dust.
February 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM
In the early 90s, at work, I used to deposit paper records in a warehouse. Someone had an area filled with confiscated videos and you could worm your fingers under the mesh walls and drag out pristine copies of Cannibal Ferox, Evil Dead and Basket Case. VHS gold-dust.
Well that's what I'm wondering - see how he does up to the end of the season before dipping into the transfer funds.
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Well that's what I'm wondering - see how he does up to the end of the season before dipping into the transfer funds.
I wonder if yesterday was a sign not of a lack of strategic thinking but the opposite - keeping the powder dry and money in the bank for a big re-fit in the summer.
February 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I wonder if yesterday was a sign not of a lack of strategic thinking but the opposite - keeping the powder dry and money in the bank for a big re-fit in the summer.
Judging by the first two episodes, they are reassuringly unwatchable.
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Judging by the first two episodes, they are reassuringly unwatchable.
Nice to have you back Maco...
January 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Nice to have you back Maco...
As if Philip K Dick would ever write books about teeth... ludricous... oh.
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 PM
As if Philip K Dick would ever write books about teeth... ludricous... oh.
" " John Cage doing the same.
January 27, 2026 at 7:37 PM
" " John Cage doing the same.
Peter!? - we thought it - YOU SAID IT!
January 27, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Peter!? - we thought it - YOU SAID IT!
I came to the Sci-Fi stuff quite late - I really enjoy it - it's conceptually dense, and has a wry sense of humour running through it... GIve it a go if you can stomach the genre.
January 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I came to the Sci-Fi stuff quite late - I really enjoy it - it's conceptually dense, and has a wry sense of humour running through it... GIve it a go if you can stomach the genre.
Well it seemed to work (for now)...
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Well it seemed to work (for now)...
One of your countrymen - yeah...
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 PM
One of your countrymen - yeah...
Just tried the same thing with the first book I spotted: "When the Iridian ships fell upon the Orbitals, the Culture was still mostly reminding itself how to build warships; the few war carft and militarised Contact ships it was able to put in the way of the attacks were swept aside."
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Just tried the same thing with the first book I spotted: "When the Iridian ships fell upon the Orbitals, the Culture was still mostly reminding itself how to build warships; the few war carft and militarised Contact ships it was able to put in the way of the attacks were swept aside."
I mean obviously I recognised the quote - KK - and just thought it might be a bit convenient!
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I mean obviously I recognised the quote - KK - and just thought it might be a bit convenient!
And you just have that lying around do you?
January 21, 2026 at 1:15 PM
And you just have that lying around do you?
I use this gif in a lecture about film sound (and the ideas of French theorist Michel Chion <!>), and I'd like you to know I credit you every time!
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I use this gif in a lecture about film sound (and the ideas of French theorist Michel Chion <!>), and I'd like you to know I credit you every time!