Day Trips for Nihilists
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<p>A meandering essayistic mix of music, film and literature, field recordings, and humour, all with one goal in mind: to provide a short audio day trip for nihilists wherein they slow down and enjoy the world.</p><br><p>All music clips and recordings are (hopefully) either out of copyright or used under fair usage.</p><br><p>To get in touch: <strong>daytripsfornihilists@gmail.com </strong>or <a href="https://neil-fitzgerald.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>neil-fitzgerald.com.</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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6/23/2024
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Recent Episodes
March 24, 2026
On Boredom and Dust Motes Dancing in Sunbeams
<p>In this new episode, we join the dots between, inter alia, boredom, The Shining, Vilhelm Hammershoi's painting (<a href="about:blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dust Motes Dancing in Sunbeams</a>, 1901) and émigré poet and critic, Joseph Brodsky.</p><br><p><strong><u>Notes and links:</u></strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Music: 'Nuages' (Django Rheinhardt avec le Quintette Hot Club de France)</li><li>"Midnight, the Stars and You", Ray Noble and His Orchestra</li><li>'Maison De Mes Rêves', Django Rheinhardt</li><li>Ella Fitzgerald: 'I'm Beginning To See The Light'</li><li>T. Humes, 'Loves Farewell' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw0BU02lTww&list=RDqw0BU02lTww&start_radio=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">performed by Luciana Elizondo</a></li><li>Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta (Nostalgia)</li><li>Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 op. 135, slow movement, Busch Quartet</li><li>Hauser & Wirth <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOOiqAsbVBU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unconscious Gestures</a></li><li>BBC4 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhQmS8KJeUo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammersho</a>i</li><li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/600f79408afa7f5549ab0339/t/655411046ee7510a9cca2827/1700008196131/In+Praise+of+Boredom_Brodsky.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'In Praise of Boredom', Joseph Brodsky</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>All clips used either under fair usage or because they're out of copyright.</p><br><p>All other nonsense is my own. Neil Fitzgerald 2026.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
December 3, 2025
On Fire Salamanders
<p>Day Trips for Nihilists returns with an earth-shattering, light-hearted new format. But who out there will heed this? Still, the goal remains the same: finding meaning in a meaningless world. Our other mantra is: slow down, enjoy the world!</p><br><p>This week's meaningful encounter is with some 'alien-eyed' fire salamanders.</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
September 25, 2025
On an Increasingly Faint Memory of your School Days
<p>Running order:</p><ul><li>Clunt, Appernack</li><li>Grange Hill theme tune</li><li>Clip from the film Dead Poet's Society</li><li>Bagpuss opening theme and narration</li><li>'When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer', Walt Whitman, excerpt from Breaking Bad</li><li>'The School Boy', William Blake</li><li>'Friends, Romans, Countryman...' speech by Mark Anthony from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (Marlon Brando)</li><li>'Dives and Lazarus', Vaughan Williams</li><li>'I vow to thee, my country'</li><li>Intros from Indie Britpop and a Leicestershire hiphop legend whom only God can judge - 'Going for Gold' by Shed Seven, 'Return of the Mack' by Mark Morrison, 'On and On' by The Longpigs, 'Town' by Northern Uproar</li><li>'I like me, my wife likes me' - Del Griffith (John Candy), Planes, Trains and Automobiles</li><li>'Power To Believe (instrumental)', Planes, Trains & Automobiles soundtrack</li><li>Various sounds and field recordings freesound.org</li></ul><p><br></p><p>All original music by Neil Fitzgerald. All samples used under Fair Usage.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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<p>A meandering essayistic mix of music, film and literature, field recordings, and humour, all with one goal in mind: to provide a short audio day trip for nihilists wherein they slow down and enjoy the world.</p><br><p>All music clips and recordings are (hopefully) either out of copyright or used under fair usage.</p><br><p>To get in touch: <strong>daytripsfornihilists@gmail.com </strong>or <a href="https://neil-fitzgerald.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>neil-fitzgerald.com.</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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