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| ====== Headcrash Review in 'The Independent' ====== | ====== Headcrash Review in 'The Independent' ====== |
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| //I think this review came from the Independent. Apologies if not.// | //Still on The Independent website at [[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/radio-an-accident-that-waited-to-happen-nick-curtis-welcomes-the-late-arrival-of-michael-walls-1487444.html]] // |
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| "I'm gonna shoot roller-skaters, you coming?" must be one of the best offhand lines of dialogue ever. It encapsulates the grimly humorous, nihilistic ambience of <a href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/MICHWALL.HTML">Michael Wall's </a>futuristic //Headcrash// (Saturday, Radio 3), a weird piece that's languished in the archives since 1986, finally finding a sympathetic slot in the "experimental" Studio 3 season two years after its authors death. | "I'm gonna shoot roller-skaters, you coming?" must be one of the best offhand lines of dialogue ever. It encapsulates the grimly humorous, nihilistic ambience of Michael Wall's futuristic //Headcrash// (Saturday, Radio 3), a weird piece that's languished in the archives since 1986, finally finding a sympathetic slot in the "experimental" Studio 3 season two years after its authors death. |
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| Strong on mood and stingy with specifics, Wall's post-apocalyptic wasteland is peopled by a mixed bag of creps, crazies, hitters and bozos. Our "hitters" are Boy and Yuka, tooled-up and revved-up as they cruise the freeways, blowing away fellow travellers to gain advancement in a bizarre officially sanctioned game. | Strong on mood and stingy with specifics, Wall's post-apocalyptic wasteland is peopled by a mixed bag of creeps, crazies, hitters and bozos. Our "hitters" are Boy and Yuka, tooled-up and revved-up as they cruise the freeways, blowing away fellow travellers to gain advancement in a bizarre officially sanctioned game. |
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| Yuka (<a href="http://www.toyahwillcox.com/">Toyah Willcox</a>) is smothered in bandages because her skin is disintegrating. Boy (Jeremy Flynn) was born in a highway pile-up, could drive before he could walk, and tries to keep a mental record of their life with the archaic words ("mother", "crime") that pop into his head. Some time later we learn that they're related. But that's about all we learn. | Yuka ([[http://www.toyahwillcox.com/|Toyah Willcox]]) is smothered in bandages because her skin is disintegrating. Boy (Jeremy Flynn) was born in a highway pile-up, could drive before he could walk, and tries to keep a mental record of their life with the archaic words ("mother", "crime") that pop into his head. Some time later we learn that they're related. But that's about all we learn. |
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| Where and why this wasteland exists, who's in charge and how the game works never become clear. Hints at contemporary relevance and a vague suggestion it's all happening in Boy's head are dangled. But //Headcrash// decelerates to an almost apologetic halt with Boy becoming "a real bastard", freed of encumbrances and able to kill with his eyes alone. | Where and why this wasteland exists, who's in charge and how the game works never become clear. Hints at contemporary relevance and a vague suggestion it's all happening in Boy's head are dangled. But //Headcrash// decelerates to an almost apologetic halt with Boy becoming "a real bastard", freed of encumbrances and able to kill with his eyes alone. |
