Comedy

In this recording Harry Fleetwood, a noted classical radio host, reads excerpts from the epic poem by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the Indian hero Hiawatha. Based on the legends and ethnography of the Ojibwe and other Native American...

In the history of cinema, certain works are inextricably linked to the invention of filmic language. This is the case for Napoleon d'Abel Gance. This blockbuster of contagious fervor, animated by unseen camera movements, has remained famous for it's...

In the future, the human species will be: Smaller - More feminine - More resistant - More supportive... In the era of the third humanity, what will remain of us? Composed of researchers and soldiers, the French company Pygm?e Prod markets the services of...

In Sondheim Sublime Melissa Errico shows us a side of Stephen Sondheim's music that no singer has explored so completely before. It's not the satiric or slyly disillusioned Sondheim - it's the soulful Sondheim, the heartfelt, hungering Sondheim, author...

In may 2007 song bmg are releasing the remastered single disc highlights album of 'the war of the worlds', the original version of which has long been a mainstay of the Jeff Wayne catalogue. The live show of 'the war of the worlds' will come to Australia...

In his lyrics, Daniel Viglietti asks, "Did you ever stop to think/that this land is ours,/and not his who 'owns' so much of it?" As his songs describe the poverty and oppression that exist in his homeland, at the same time they rally people throughout...

In his latest special Tragically, I Need You, comedian Lewis Black brings his inimitable insights to the post-Pandemic state of the world. Filmed in May 2022, Tragically, I Need You picks up where his last special, the Grammy-nominated Thanks For Risking...

In his first album in decades, Bobcat Goldthwait's Soldier for Christ reveals the warm-hearted punk-rock-person behind the wild 1980s persona. Reflecting on the current state of our world, Bobcat shares stories of fatherhood, old friendships, and aging...

In Fake News, Real Jokes!Dennis Miller takes on the current climate like no one else can. From selfies and airline travel to Trump and journalists, hedelivers his signature commentary in his low-key style, deemed "the most cerebral, astute and clever...

In a raw stand-up comedy special, Mike Epps mixes it up as he tackles sexual misconduct, special ed, aging body parts and much more.

In a civilization determined by nearly 2,000 years of Judeo-Christianity, the prisms of analysis have become common to thinkers, philosophies and judgments, forming blinders to the exercise of reason. Michel Onfray, through this homage to popular wisdom...

In a 1962 radio interview he told teenage questioners that he could not write about 'abstract things', preferring places and faces. Philip Larkin wrote of Betjeman's work, "how much more interesting & worth writing about (his) subjects are than most...