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Norwich Arts, Music, And Cyberpunk Literature
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This episode of Platform explores Norwich arts and culture, featuring a tour of the Assembly House with Mike King to discuss its architecture and financial challenges. The recording also covers the local music scene and includes a review by Dominik of Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk novel Snow Crash.
This recording from the programme Platform features several segments. Stash Kirkbride interviews Mike King regarding the history and architecture of the Assembly House, including its Georgian room and the Novair Suite, as well as the financial challenges of running an independent arts charity. The broadcast also covers the Norwich music scene, mentioning the Wine Press venue, jazz musician Simon, and Shane Orlinski's 'How About Come' club nights. Finally, Dominik discusses the cyberpunk novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, analyzing its depiction of a corporate-led dystopian future and its critique of society.
Topics
- History and architecture of the Assembly House in Norwich
- The operational and financial challenges of running an independent arts charity
- The accessibility and public perception of the arts at the Assembly House
- Live music venues and the jazz scene in Norwich
- The Norwich indie music scene and the How About Come nights
- Local poetry by Derek Pratt
- Analysis of the novel Snow Crash
- Cyberpunk and hacker culture
- Dystopian societal structures
Participants
- Lydia Moore
- Stash Kirkbride
- Mike King
- Dominik
- Aiman Burgess
- Shane Orlinski
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Which I played on, can you believe? You played on it. Gosh! In 1995, no wonder the place burned down. Myself and a friend of mine, Catherine Devenham Taylor, we did an afternoon concert here, and I played the piano for some of it, along with with a wonderful local pianist.
It was certainly about the classics, but it certainly gave the impression that that was all that we that's all that we did, and that's certainly no longer true. Hey, look, I'm the general manager. I ain't too highbrow, you know. So how can it be?
Just at at the at the time where the internet was starting to become very popular, and in a way, it presented a vision of what the online world might be like in the future. But at the same time, offered a a slightly dystopic vision.
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