Month: March 2010 (Page 1 of 2)

Electric Vicuna Coralled- Sonic Gold Survey Hiccup

March 27, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

This morning when I woke up, there was a distinctly missing sound from the server- that being the sound of the fan operating. An email from a listener confirmed the nightmare- the server was down.

I rebooted it, and sans fan it started fine. So today I need to run out and grab a new power supply to replace in the Electric Vicuña server.

Please keep in mind that the Sonic Gold server is housed on that same server, and so for those Sonic Gold folks who haven’t filled out the survey, please give me a couple more hours to deal with the problem.

Thanks so very much for your patience. This seems to have occurred at the same time my car decided to act up too.

~Jack

Podcasting Survey

March 27, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

It appears to be survey season!

For those folks who feel left out because of the recent Sonic Gold survey, here’s another one!

It’s quick and its simple and it comes from Alan Middleton, an associate prof at Ohio University. Mr. Middleton is trying to get an idea of how folks listen and download their favourite shows.

Please give him a moment of your time and click through some fast pages.

Click the link on the survey.

Thanks for helping spread the word!

A Tweet that’s not Twaddle

March 27, 2010 / Jack / 1 Comment

It happened.

It really happened.

Roger Ebert, the most famous name in movie critics used his Twitter account and posted a message about our own Canadian Decoder Ring Theatre.

This goes into my thoughts that the longer running modern audio theatre is out there, the more folks will find it, and the more it will creep back into the consciousness.

Audio Drama is not gone folks. At worst it was on life support, and while it lives a secret life from most people today, it is a vibrant and exciting one. Come join us if you already haven’t.

Congratulations, Gregg, Clarissa, and everyone over at the Decoder Ring Mansion. What a triumph!!

BB See Less

March 21, 2010 / Jack / 3 Comments

In a recent article on The Daily Telegraph Gillian Reynolds despairs in the slow choking out of the BBC’s audio drama department. In fact, the department will now be merged with “documentaries”.

Does the BBC not realize what they are losing? Audio drama across the Internet has been steadily on the rise. It has not been diminishing, it has been gaining ground with old fans and a new generation of listeners.

Please join me and others who love the BBC on the Speak Up For Radio Drama Now! facebook group and have your voice heard!

Wanderin’ Jack

March 14, 2010 / Jack / 1 Comment

Jack wanders down to Wander Radio with host Jack Hosley to talk about a pile of issues including the Audio Drama Ratings System, a pile of audio drama and the recent announcements by veteran podcasters that they will be hanging up their microphones.

Listen in won’t you? It’s almost on your radio dial.

Radioplay Magazine

March 10, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

Radioplay Magazine has been providing some interesting reading on the world of audio drama since 2008. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new issue, but in the meantime, go take a look at the work of Lee Labit, Fiona Thraille and Alexa Chipman!

The Savage Sound of Conan

March 5, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

I’ve been reading some great classic Conan comic books, and remembering when Broken Sea did the equally amazing audio drama adaptations of the public domain stories of Robert E. Howard– that is, until CPI threatened legal action on a public domain story.

Well for those who are interested, the barbarian is back. In a collection of Public Domain stories by Howard.

Happy Birthday Bill Hollweg, writer and producer of the Conan audio dramas. My sword arm is always at the ready!

New Replacement

March 3, 2010 / Jack / 0 Comments

More from Radiomensa as they rebroadcast Electric Vicuña Productions’ show “The Replacement Show” from The Dead Line Anthology today so have a listen to one of the EVP classics on a great Internet Radio Station!

The Replacement Shows: Left to ring in the New Year, this talk show host’s voice reaches people where they live.

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