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Flux, Warren Ellis does a good job of explaining My Wrongs in that column Jack linked to, but he doesn't talk about Blue Jam that much.
Blue Jam was a late-night radio programme broadcast a few years back, consisting of woozy, nightmarish ambient music, disturbingly surreal "comedy" sketches and monologues, and selections from Chris Morris' record collection. It ran for 3 series of 6 episodes.
"...In his previous ‘stitch-up’ TV series ‘Brass eye,’ Morris was criticised as being a kind of millennial Noel Edmonds; lining up hapless victims (including Edmonds himself) and mercilessly punishing their need for self promotion. ‘Blue Jam’ rubbishes this theory, proving he is without doubt one of the few true comic geniuses alive today. Not that you’ll actually find yourself laughing out-loud a great deal the first time you hear this. The effect is more one of utter bewilderment, the sort of paranoia you feel after being awake for 48 hours with nothing more to eat than "half a jar of coffee found in the bins at Sainsburys." You’re left wondering whether this was supposed to be funny, sick or just plain bewildering. Repeated listens pay off, the verbal and aural density unravelling and sticking to the inside of your head like a really good nightmare."
- from popriot.com |
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