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"In The Scenes Behind Plain Sight" and "Geof Norcott's Working Men's Club"

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 "In The Scenes Behind Plain Sight" is a very good mickey take of 99% of podcasts. 2 friends trying to be interesting while talking about a TV series.  The podcast itself  contains dubious ads, along with details of the "plus" edition which gets you "exclusive and ad free" material at just a few dollars a month. Just like real podcasts! And it is not just a mick-take, but also very very strange as the series continues. I love it. And this...  ...is funny too. The latest episode Mr. Norcott talks about the phrase "Man Up!" Compares it with "Grow a Pair!" Lots of laugh out loud moments for me.

The Old Heart of the Sleepy Clock

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 My Sleepy Clock (first exhibited at the Biennale di Venezia 1997) is getting on in years. I put it into suspended animation and took out its old heart: Il cuore di un Orologio Dormiglione This heart will never beat again, though I did make a video of the last time the clock worked with its old internal organs. And here is the body, waiting for its new organs. Hopefully soon to be restored into the working object it once was...