Let Us Entertain You During Lockdown!

During this period of isolation I see many people posting about how bored they are and asking for suggestions of things to watch, listen to, and read in order to keep themselves entertained. Seeing as I am currently working on editing two podcasts, one a new edition of Into The Unknown, and the other a new episode of Fundamentals (featuring Clark Brooks), I thought I would take the opportunity to big up my friends and their projects as well as my own. The following links should provide weeks and weeks' worth of entertainment possibilities.

PODCASTS

https://www.mixcloud.com/jeff-hickmott/ - here you will find every show I've ever done.

https://spacemules.com/ - Assault of The 2-Headed Space Mules - Home of my friend Douglas Arthur's podcast from the fringes of pop culture!

https://dimlandradio.podbean.com/ - Jim "Dr. Dim" Fitzsimons' radio show concerning science, pedantry and skepticism, among other things.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cheese-wine-and-creatives/id1496330190 - My buddy Giles Thornton hosts this entertaining show where he sits down with artists, musicians, composers etc. over a good bottle of wine and some delicious cheeses and put the world to rights.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-and-nothing/id1451984342 - Portland, Oregon based show in which Rainbow Electric band members Joshua H. Metz and my son Charlie Hickmott are joined by Kris Cox and other random types to chat about, well, Everything And Nothing.

http://femininehijinxpodcast.com/ - My friends Angie Bailey-Rennie and Susie Shubert join forces in a show about rockin' out the 'other side of 40' with sass, crass, and kickin' ass!

http://www.spikeonthemic.com/ - The Spike On The Mic show hosted by the amazing Spike Slater and featuring "Captain" Clark Brooks!

BLOGS

https://jeffie2k.blogspot.com/ - The World Of Jeff!, the blog you're reading right now. It is usually used now to post hyperlinks to the tracks played on my podcast Into The Unknown, but delve into the archives for some entertaining rants.

http://the-unbelievables.blogspot.com/ - The Unbelievables, a humorous blog about the fictitious adventures of three altruistic ass-kickin' crimefighting playboys, written between 2012 and 2017 by Michael Noble, Clark Brooks and myself.

https://hotchka.com/ - Movies, TV, Music and more reviewed by a team of  writers including my buddy Michael Noble.

http://frolickryredux.blogspot.com/ - One of the several blogs by Michael Noble.

http://clarkjbrooks.blogspot.com/ - Ridiculously Inconsistent Trickle Of Consciousness, a blog written by my other writing buddy Clark Brooks between 2006 and 2017.

https://tampanewsforce.com/ - Tampa News Force do news. Written by John Jacobs and Clark Brooks, among others.

http://www.clarkbrooks.com/ - Clark Brooks, comedian, writer, actor, renaissance man.

MUSIC

https://polarbearsinpurgatory.bandcamp.com/ - My friend Nigel's son Zach is in a band called Polar Bears In Purgatory. Listen, enjoy, purchase.

https://firenuns.bandcamp.com/ - Fire Nuns, from Portland, OR. Loud and very cool.

https://www.soundtradition.co.uk/ - My lovely friend Catherine Legg is a member of this a capella folk foursome.

http://www.vileelectrodes.com/ - My buds Jane and Martin are wonderful electronic twiddlers.

https://www.reverbnation.com/rainbowelectric - My son Charlie's band Rainbow Electric. Psychedelic-jazz-rock-ish.

https://www.ninaclarkmusic.com/ - The lovely and talented Nina Clark.

https://www.facebook.com/barrysnaithsoundscapes/ - Hub for all projects by Barry Snaith including TIJ - The Inconsistent Jukebox  and m1nk.

https://www.lolademo-music.com/ - Erika Bach is lola demo.

https://jessicabell.bandcamp.com/ Jessica Bell is a writer and musician, and also the daughter of Erika Bach. this is her Bandcamp page for her older material.

https://www.bruno-music.com/ Bruno is Jessica Bell's current musical project.

https://www.iamjessicabell.com/

https://www.kellybournemusic.com/ - local musician and friend Kelly Bourne.

https://lukepauljackson.com/ - The website of Luke Jackson, whose track "Hung My Head" was the first ever played on my podcast.

https://www.fredclark.co.uk/ - Maidstone singer-songwriter Fred Clark.

http://www.wildwoodjack.com/ - my mates Jayne and Adam, otherwise known as Wildwood Jack, play a unique blend of rootsy folk with a pop sensibility.

OTHER STUFF

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfkhy3nBa47z5dL_DIBfUw - Angie Bailey and Nicky Bailey Westbrook created a great comedy series called 82 South St., and here you can find all the episodes.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dean-M.-Drinkel/e/B00TKF1OXI?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vu00_tkin_p1_i1 - My friend Dean M. Drinkel is a gifted horror writer, and here's a link to all his goodies on Amazon.

I'll update this list as and when I think of more. That should give you literally months worth of entertainment - as well as Netflix and all those DVDs that you haven't watched in years!

HAPPY LOCKDOWN!