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  • johncorrigan
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    • Nov 2010
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    Ivor would have been 100

    BBC Radio 4 Extra kicked off a week celebrating what would have been the irreplaceable Ivor Cutler's centenary with an 'Archive on 4' programme that celebrated his 90th. More programmes to follow on the station on Wednesday evening.
    A celebration of the 90th anniversary of poet, humourist and absurdist Ivor Cutler.
    Last edited by johncorrigan; 14-01-23, 11:30.
  • johncorrigan
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    • Nov 2010
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    #2
    Includes Ivor's opera, 'Prince Ivor' this coming Wednesday.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072969m

    Could someone change the title of the thread to reflect that it's Ivor's centenary rather than 90th, please?
    Last edited by johncorrigan; 14-01-23, 11:35.

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    • smittims
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      • Aug 2022
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      #3
      Thanks for these notices. I'm long-time admirer of the unique Ivor Cutler. One of the many things I admire about him is that he was a member of the Noise Abatement society; it was good to know I wasn't alone in finding our world noisier by the year.

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      • Dave2002
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        • Dec 2010
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        #4
        Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
        Includes Ivor's opera, 'Prince Ivor' this coming Wednesday.
        https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072969m

        Could someone change the title of the thread to reflect that it's Ivor's centenary rather than 90th, please?
        I wondered if I was getting younger .....

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        • Serial_Apologist
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          • Dec 2010
          • 37812

          #5
          Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
          Includes Ivor's opera, 'Prince Ivor' this coming Wednesday.
          https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072969m

          Could someone change the title of the thread to reflect that it's Ivor's centenary rather than 90th, please?
          Wow, thanks John - would have missed this otherwise!

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          • Jazzrook
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            • Mar 2011
            • 3106

            #6
            Ivor Cutler ‘Gruts for Tea’ from 'The Innes Book of Records'. Original broadcast date: 12th October 1981.Ivor Cutler recites his poem ‘Gruts for Tea’ from ‘T...


            JR

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            • Serial_Apologist
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              • Dec 2010
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              #7
              Originally posted by Jazzrook View Post

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              • Jazzrook
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                • Mar 2011
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                #8
                BBC4 should have repeated this documentary for Ivor Cutler's centenary:

                Made when Ivor was still alive. I was in the audience at his last ever show (although we didn't know it at the time). From one of my old VHS tapes.


                JR

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                • Globaltruth
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 4298

                  #9
                  Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                  Includes Ivor's opera, 'Prince Ivor' this coming Wednesday.
                  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072969m

                  Could someone change the title of the thread to reflect that it's Ivor's centenary rather than 90th, please?
                  I am that someone.
                  And this is one of my favourites
                  Ivor Cutler ‘Gruts for Tea’ from 'The Innes Book of Records'. Original broadcast date: 12th October 1981.Ivor Cutler recites his poem ‘Gruts for Tea’ from ‘T...


                  PS as we are allowed to repeat ourselves ad nauseam in this quiet corner, it is time for me to say once again that he kept a collection of ivory cutlery.

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                  • johncorrigan
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                    • Nov 2010
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
                    I am that someone.
                    My hero!
                    Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post

                    PS as we are allowed to repeat ourselves ad nauseam in this quiet corner, it is time for me to say once again that he kept a collection of ivory cutlery.
                    Thank you, Global. Ivor would be proud of you...

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                    • Jazzrook
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                      • Mar 2011
                      • 3106

                      #11
                      I still have a letter from Ivor Cutler, written on rice paper, with a label attached which reads: 'The squire on the hippopotamus is equal to the son of the other two squires'.

                      JR

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                      • johncorrigan
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 10407

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Jazzrook View Post
                        I still have a letter from Ivor Cutler, written on rice paper, with a label attached which reads: 'The squire on the hippopotamus is equal to the son of the other two squires'.

                        JR
                        Well jel as the youngsters might put it, Jazzrook...what a wonderful memento of Ivor. Had you written to him?

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                        • Jazzrook
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                          • Mar 2011
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                          Well jel as the youngsters might put it, Jazzrook...what a wonderful memento of Ivor. Had you written to him?
                          Yes, jc, I wrote to Ivor praising a programme of his on Radio 3 many years ago.
                          Delighted to get a handwritten reply on rice paper!

                          JR

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                          • gurnemanz
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                            • Nov 2010
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                            #14
                            In 1975 I was sharing a flat with a chap who had the Virgin 2LP sampler V (https://www.discogs.com/release/1593038-Various-V), a diverse and diverting selection of tracks. We didn't have so many albums and played it often. It provided me with my first contact with Ivor's idiosyncratic Go And Sit Upon The Grass.

                            By way of a tangent, I also remember us singing along with another track, Mike Oldfield's whimsical Don Alfonso (some call me Pedro), which featured composer, David Bedford, on lead vocals and accordion. YouTube

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                            • Serial_Apologist
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                              • Dec 2010
                              • 37812

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
                              I am that someone.
                              And this is one of my favourites
                              Ivor Cutler ‘Gruts for Tea’ from 'The Innes Book of Records'. Original broadcast date: 12th October 1981.Ivor Cutler recites his poem ‘Gruts for Tea’ from ‘T...


                              PS as we are allowed to repeat ourselves ad nauseam in this quiet corner, it is time for me to say once again that he kept a collection of ivory cutlery.
                              The handles and steel parts look new, the halters Victorian. Could these be examples of the man who made claims for the favourite pen knife kept in his family's possession for three generations by alternately replacing the handle and the blade?

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