Aberdeenshire music artist -
Gordon Duthie - has released an audio comedy show
on his website which spoofs syndicated radio, podcasts, adverts / commercials and his artistic persona. The "
The Epic Reality Radio Fails Podcast - North East Radio" is available as a free download and reveals another side to Gordon's creative writing versatility. This change of direction takes some influence from his past music projects - "Shire and City" and "Multimedia Monster" - and hints at a future deviation from his perceived melancholy sound.
The premise of the show is as follows: A week ago today (13th of January) in 1913 the first radio broadcast was transmitted from The Metropolitan Opera House in New York, showcasing performances of the classic Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci operas. Today, internet troll - Johan "The Code" Cracker - breaks new ground by hosting the "
The Epic Reality Radio Fails Podcast" which now means "you don't need a screen to laugh at a deluded dream". Inspired by the revolving media circus door of disposable reality culture, "The Epic Reality Radio Fails Podcast" provides a "regular reality hilarity fix" within the previously untapped radio broadcast market, moving away from the traditional public humiliation format of reality television. In this featured episode, Johan has somehow found a failed pilot radio show produced by North East Radio, who are the Aberdeen / Aberdeenshire arm of a UK wide syndicated radio network owned by a multinational media company. The failed pilot also had an unlikely host, the struggling Scottish music artist
Gordon Duthie, who had accepted a shock offer to host this new show after finding himself broke, disillusioned and out of ideas. A recipe for disaster which provoked one of Johan's signature catchpharses; "Epic Reality Radio Fail Alert!"
Running Order:
1. The Epic Reality Radio Fails Podcast - North East Radio
2. “The Odor Neutralizer Grenade” Commercial
3. Interview with Zac Radke – Music’s Money Making Machine
4. “Dude I Hate My Rich Dad” Movie Trailer
5. North East News
6. A Chat with Clichy about Football
7. “Cash for Blow” Commercial
8. A Very Scottish Christmas
9. Will We Ever Hear from Him Again?
10. “Shave(r) Grater” Commercial
"
The Epic Reality Radio Fails Podcast - North East Radio" features a multinational cast and can also be streamed on sites such as
SoundCloud and
YouTube.
ENDS
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About Gordon Duthie
Gordon began producing his self-funded debut album - "
Shire and City" - seriously in 2008 and it was released to the general public in July 2012. The album attracted
critical praise from music journalists for it's original and eclectic style and was featured on multinational media outlets such as
STV,
The Scotsman and
Altsounds as well as local media publications such as the
Evening Express and
numerous newspapers distributed across North East Scotland by Johnston Press.
Gordon has appeared as the featured guest on both
Waves Radio and
Spark Sunderland which are FM Radio Stations in the UK. Songs from "
Shire and City" have also received FM radio airplay across the world including the UK, USA, Canada, Italy and so on.
Gordon began writing and preparing his second music project immediately after the release of "
Shire and City". One of the principle aims of the project was to improve the production level of the songs. To do this he invested in some new high level equipment and spent a day at
Steve Mason's (
The Beta Band /
King Biscuit Time /
Black Affair) KronK Studio in Fife to learn new production techniques.
Released in August 2013, "
Multimedia Monster" has attracted critical praise from music journalists for it's original and eclectic style and has been featured in multinational media outlets such as
The Daily Record. Songs from "
Multimedia Monster" have also received radio airplay globally, appearing on broadcasts such as
Jim Gellatly's Amazing Radio show.
