| Jack Benny appears in two shows in tonight’s ode to Christmas in December on Sonic Echo. First with Phil Harris and Alice Faye as Santa Claus, and then in his own The Jack Benny Show. All links can be found in archive.org! Merry Christmas everyone! can be found in the incredible vault of wisdom- archive.org |
| A podcast full of returns beginning with the amazing Joe Bev‘s “Willoughby Gets It” Part 2 and finishing with the great folks at Bunbury Banter Theatre brings us the incredible “Conception” while an old mythic friend of the Society rears its head! |
| The incredible Mark Bruzee speaks with Jack about audio drama, OTR, Darker Projects and his new passion LEAP Audio. [Apologies for the clicking sounds in the interview] |
| It’s December, Christmas month in Sonic Echo and this week we have some fun with Christmas confusion and the ol’ switcheroo. Tonight’s double feature includes My Friend Irma and Mel Blanc from The Mel Blanc Show!
All shows can be found in the incredible vault of wisdom- archive.org |
| The incredibly talented Bunbury Banter Theatre provides us a look at “Dash Dashing” while the explosively dynamic Joe Bev brings us “Willoughby Gets It” Part 1 while Jack tries to get out of another fine scrape with the U-Tubed weapon devastating the Audioverse! |
| John Tadrzak of Misfits Audio sits down and talks all things Audio Drama and Christmas on this week’s Sonic Speaks! |
| Cimmerian from Broken Sea arrives for episode 5 and A Substitute Secretary from the 4077yh!
Not to mention a surprise shout out from a Firefly fave… |
The Mansion is going haywire. Something about a time incursion. Meanwhile, everyone’s favourite
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I grew up with the CBC. I can honestly say that much of my love of Audio Drama was ignited by this network. CBC Radio was on first thing in the morning, and I remember listening to shows on weekends, and in the evening. CBC kept me informed and grew my understanding of Canada, the United States, and the World. CBC is family to me. Nothing more and nothing less.
And because it is family, CBC has kept me comforted during long lonely drives, rides across the country where everything was unfamiliar- CBC was home.
So I’m asking, from me, Jack Ward, that you support this initiative. CBC STILL keeps me, many Canadians here and abroad, and citizens from all around the world informed, entertained, and connected- ESPECIALLY now through their podcasts. As a public broadcaster its been able through the generations to create some of the best new audio drama in the world, train some of the most exciting new talent, and annoy politicians and private businesses because their business has been reporting the truth.
Help protect one of these last bastions of the public, please?
Come and join Jack on Wednesday night, at the Halifax’s Living Room at 2353 Agricola St for a fun and entertaining exchange on the Theatre of the Mind: The Audio Drama Revivalist Movement!
Wednesday night, October 20th- 7:30-9:30 at the Living Room on Agricola Street Radio Drama is alive in Halifax!
With the implementation of cheap alternatives, digital sound editing has trumpeted a return of the audio arts- not least of which “Radio Plays”! Podcasts and streaming, radio and CD’s are just some of the distribution methods that a number of individuals and groups have used to express extremely rich and diverse audio theatre. In this workshop, Jack will present the history of this new Golden Age, the basics of Audio Drama creation, and share some of the keys of vocal acting, writing, and directing. Everything a dramatist needs to know to be involved in this growing movement! From reading scripts, to sound effects, podcast suggestions to the vast possibilities of writing original or adapted works, come share the old days of pure theatre of the mind, now brand new!
Come one and come all!
Kenneth Jarman has written a good introduction about, well, introductions to Audio Drama in the Examiner.
After six years of Audio Drama trumpeting, we sometimes wonder if there’s still a street in a city, a pasture in the farmlands, or a grove in the hinterland that doesn’t know about the amazing re-genesis of modern Audio Drama, but it’s amazing how many people:
a. Don’t know about it.
b. Think it’s just reposting Old Time Radio
or
c. Don’t think that Audio Drama would be any good to listen to as an alternative to music.
To them, I always ask. “How great would it be to watch movies in your car without having to stop looking at the road?” or “Wouldn’t cleaning the house or the dishes go a lot faster if you had a movie to watch without actually watching it?” or “How many times have you said you need to go for a walk or work out, but you just have no way to look forward to doing it?”
I know this Fall, I’ve made walking a daily (usually twice daily) practice, and I’ve listened to so much more. Sometimes I’m in the middle of a story, so I go for a longer walk just to finish it up.
Could Audio Drama actually promote healthy bodies as WELL as healthy minds?
We’ll get our scientists on that right away. In the meantime, have a read of Jarman’s piece. It’s a great primer!
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