Month: February 2010

Wall Street Takes Notice

February 25, 2010 / Jack / 1 Comment

Frederick Greenhalgh from Final Rune and Radio Drama Revival fame has garnered some well deserved notice and buzz from the Wall Street Journal!

In their article “Return With Us to the Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear—Via the Internet”, Barry Newman looks at Fred’s new projects “Open Season” by Archer Mayor and Fred’s technique along with the Mad Horse Theatre company of recording on location.

Excellent news for the world of Audio Drama for more and more folks to take notice of the great things being done. Thanks Fred!!

Raise the Prince!

February 22, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

Yesterday I was walking through Halifax and stopped at a local landmark- Strange Adventures Comic Store. Great place. Super selection. Super people… and here’s an example why.

At the front of the store is a collection box for Prince Valiant.

You see, Hal Foster, the creator of the amazing Prince Valiant comic series that STILL appears weekly in more than 300 papers was born here in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Haligonians are trying to raise the money to have a bronze statue down by the harbour where Hal grew up of Valiant!

According to the shop owner of Strange Adventures, they’ve raised 2500 dollars. The local Foundries have promised to make the statue at cost, which means we need $25000 total to have Prince Valiant raised in Halifax for people to come see!

What better way to show our admiration for a great storyteller who added so beautifully to the Arthurian mythos and have entertained generations through his beautifully depicted adventure tales.

PLEASE give, and give generously. Let us RAISE THE PRINCE.

ALL Proceeds go directly to raising the Prince in Halifax, Nova Scotia and honouring the name of Hal Foster!

RAISE THE PRINCE TODAY!!!

Nothing Comes Up With Some Great Fun

February 18, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

More fun from our friends over at Vexation Audio as they sit down and talk about the differences between modern Audio Drama in Britain and North America and speak about Gaia’s Voyages, Broken Sea, and our own Dead Line anthology.

Have a listen to Rik and Matt’s round up here.

Subscribe to Vexation Audio here!

Tales of the Extraordinary, now with Pictures!

February 16, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

Pass Out the Messages

February 13, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

Sonic Society listener and audio drama producer in her own right Julie Hoverson from 19 Nocturne Blvd has been collecting audio drama shows for Radiomensa (a super place to find great OTR!).

Electric Vicuña Productions’ show “Messages” from The Dead Line Anthology will have a release today so slip on over and listen to one of my favourite plays.

Messages: When Stanley Coakley tries to escape a secret he finds it and murder follow him after a weekend away – with messages.

The Dead Line Anthology Series have separate suspense/thriller episodes with the kind of twists you might find in Alfred Hitchcock Presents. With the narration by an unknown eavesdropper, the Dead Line is one call you can’t afford to miss! [Written by Jack Ward, presented by the Sonic Society, produced by Electric Vicuña Productions

Zune Enough

February 10, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

It’s funny how times change.

No matter how you slice it, the Apple computer has always had to play second banana to Microsoft’s Windows.

But there’s one thing Apple has certainly gotten a jump over the competition, and that’s the mp3 player and the means to distribute it. Never to be down to the mat for long, MS’s Zune is back to square off against the giant with one “I“.

And with thanks to the folks from Farpoint Media, we’re now squarely in both territories. In the itunes store, and now available through Zune- The Sonic Society.

Times change, but we’re just happy to bring you great Audio Drama in whatever form we arrive.

Audio Drama. Movies you have to hear to believe.

Want to Live Forever?

February 3, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

With thanks to Bill Hollweg from Broken Sea for passing this out to us!

Finding great help to make good audio drama is always a special treasure, and this is no exception. Thanks so much for the folks that put this fun series together. Check it out!

F.A.M.E.
Since the launch of Star Wars Fanworks in 2003, we have been featuring not just fan audio productions, but articles on how it’s done. With tutorials, features, casting calls, and other methods, we have hoped to act as a parton of the fan audio art form, particularly among Star Wars fans.
From August 2005 through January 2007, Star Wars Fanworks offered fan audio listeners the F.A.M.E. podcast series, better known as Fan Audio Made Easy. In this series of short tutorials and hints, longtime fan audio community members like Rayzur’s Edge Audio’s Nathan P. Butler and Outcast Multimedia’s Rich Sigfrit share the insights they’ve gleaned in their years of fan audio experience with the genre’s newcomers, in the hope that the field will continue to grow in the years to come.