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Wyrd Shutting its Doors…

January 26, 2009 / Jack / 0 Comments

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It’s always disappointing to see a new organization close its doors and here’s another. Wyrd Enterprises is shutting down by the end of January. Michael McAfee announced the closure on January 14th, and helmed the alliteratively titled “The Fantastic Fate of Frederick Farnsworth the Fifth”. Check out the show and give some last chance donations to a sterling effort in Audio Drama at their products section.

According to the information, we haven’t seen the last of Mr. McAfee thank goodness. You can find him involved with the Post Meridian Radio Players.

As the Madness Turns…

January 14, 2009 / Jack / 0 Comments

Unspeakable and Inhuman As reported by Derek Fetters in Audiodramatalk.com, Canada’s premier horror magazine, Rue Morgue, gives mention to audio drama’s only Lovecraftian soap-opera, The Unspeakable and the Inhuman in their most recent issue #86 on page 10.

Featured in a single paragraph in the “Roadkill from the Info Highway” section, Rue Morgue mentions the U&I Myspace page and as well as providing a positive review of the show!

So exactly what is “The Unspeakable and the Inhuman”

From the Myspace page is written:

“WHAT THIS IS
A serial audio-drama, soap opera inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft
Actually this is just the extended pilot, created initially to get feedback from people at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR, which happend Oct 6-8, ’06. We’ve decided to put the episode up here, and a few scenes which didn’t make onto the original disc, to help promote it. When we go into full production you may hear different actors, different effects, and cleaner sound.

HOW THIS HAPPENED
My friend Sam had an idea for a series of short films – a soap opera inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. At that time I had begun to develop a company that would produce serial audio drama for podcast.

We decided to team up, turning the soap into an audio serial. We were working on the series bible when we realized the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival was a month away. With such a perfect test audience soon to be assembled in Portland, OR we scrambled to create what became an extended pilot of our series – which we named The Unspeakable and the Inhuman, and that’s what you’re listening to here.” “

That’s more than good enough for us. Check out the horror at neohoodoostudio.com !

And then there’s Maud…

January 12, 2009 / Jack / 2 Comments

Broken Sea Audio’s first series of the fantasy light-faired comedy “Maudelayne” wraps up.

After 12 episodes and a whole lot of fun, series one comes to a close with the beginning of a two-parter which can only bring smiles to the faces of their fans knowing that a “Series 2” will not be too far behind?

Maudelayne is a show about several academes who are astonished to find dragons, ancient gods, and other creatures of myth appearing at Maudelayne College in Oxbridge.

With so many dark adventures in audio drama, Maudelayne, written and directed by Alexa Chipman with art and production by Stevie K. Farnaby is one of those great audio dramas you can just sit back and smile at the magic, the mischief, and the mirth!

Have a listen to Maudelayn Series 1 while its hot off the presses!

From Hit Audio Drama to Music CD!

January 11, 2009 / Jack / 0 Comments

Dick Dynamo the 5th Dimensional Music Experience From the minds of Jon Baker and the other good folks at Dick Dynamo comes “Dick Dynamo, the 5th Dimensional Music Experience”.

There are many types of modern audio drama companies out there. Many companies offer a variety of fair, and some precious few focus on one or two ideas to put all their efforts in a concept.

The good folks at Dick Dynamo are in the latter camp, and it shows. The episodes of Dick Dynamo are cleverly written, lovingly acted, and produced with such panache and style that you could set your watch to their accuracy.

In fact, the one complaint that could be made against Dick Dynamo, is that there’s simply not enough shows to sate the hunger for more!

Enter in Dick’s Musical Experience, that once again mirrors the affection the team has for this series. This fun album is filled with great beats, hilarious lyrics, and many more reasons for everyone to download and enjoy these tunes before they are no longer offered free and snatched up by some record label!

A Colonial Year in Review

January 2, 2009 / Jack / 0 Comments

Jerry Robbins from Colonial Radio Theatre rounds up the incredible output out of CRT in the year of 2008.

Robbins has been doing audio drama with CRT for well over a decade, that’s before the Internet and certainly before the idea of RSS and Podcasting was even an inkling in the minds of technology gurus. While folks were bemoaning the loss of audio drama from the Golden and Silver days, Mr. Robbins was hiking cassette tapes of his own productions to different companies.

There’s been an ugly rumour that those who sell their wares don’t make Audio Drama out of love. Many of us owe a thanks to those companies and individuals that kept the candle flickering before our recent renaissance.

And if there’s any question about passion in Audio Drama today, consider the list that Colonial Theatre worked on this year past… and let it inspire all of us to do more for 2009!

Barrymore- Adapted from the Broadway Stage Showing

Buck Alice and the Actor Robot

CRT Christmas Special

The Dibble Animated Project

Father Brown- Series

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

Jerry and the Pirates- Series

King Solomon’s Mines

Moonfleet- Series

Perry Mason- Series

Powder River- Series

The Star Angel

Ticonderoga- Series

Zorro and the Pirate Raiders

We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have Jerry open up his shows for podcast on the Sonic Socety in 2008, it’s great to see Colonial continue to make powerful and compelling audio drama!

Read all the details here in the CRT year in Review.

The Sonic Society

Wyrd Shutting its Doors…

As the Madness Turns…

And then there’s Maud…

From Hit Audio Drama to Music CD!

A Colonial Year in Review