Tonight Jack and David offer four episodes of Your Three Stories by Aaron Corbett from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, including “Bear versus Human”, “The Money King”, “The Search for Gold”, and “Travelling Machine of Time”!
Tag: Nova Scotia
One of our fan favourite shows has a new listener. Laurence Raw reviews One by One in his Radio Drama Review site.
Darker Musings Anthology, 30 October 2012This disturbing tale, with more than a distinct echo of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds, concerned Dan Cummings (John Bell), the self-styled ‘Old-Tmey Man’ of a local Canadian radio station, who is about to retire after having spent a long career in broadcasting, and built up a loyal following.One Hallowe’en night be begins his nightly programme as usual by exchanging platitudes with a caller, even though it becomes slightly embarrassing when that caller refers to his wife. However the entertainment is abruptly interrupted by a newsflash: an accidental crash in the locality of Halifax, Nova Scotia has caused widespread panic. Cummings tries his best to make light of the news, and introduces an archive broadcast of a 1980s radio classic of horror, especially for the occasion.Despite his valiant attempts to create a nostalgic – and perhaps comforting ambience – painful reality keeps intruding. The broadcast keeps being interrupted by worse and worse news; eventually leading to panic and violent death.One by One is a consciously intertextual piece, designed to remind listeners that horror stories are not just for pleasure; they can intrude in our lives. We have to be vigilant and guard against complacency so as to protect ourselves. John Bell gave a chilling performance as the elderly host, whose smooth-as-molasses voice gradually became more and more panicky as he discovered the reality of what was happening around him. The director/ writer was Jack J. Ward.
We don’t often speak about our home town, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Sonic Society has a home around the world, with voices that speak to all sides of the audio drama world. Halifax is a wonderful place.
Don’t just take our word for it, look at the article by Katie Bridges about the Least Snobby Cities in the World. And come visit us!
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!!!