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In our last look at October Orson Month, we present the show that made Orson Welles a superstar and infamous. This Halloween Eve we present Mercury Theatre on the Air’s adaptation of the H.G. Wells’ classic science fiction terror “War of the Worlds” |
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| Tonight’s performance of Sonic Echo in our “October Orson” month is the role Orson made a legend The Shadow with “Circle of Death” and “The League of Terror”! |
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Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre on the Air produced a staggering number of adaptations of classic fiction and drama. One of the least quoted but one of Jack’s favourites is the immortal tale of the desert “Beau Geste”, our feature for tonight’s October Orson month! |
Sonic Echo returns with “The Immortal Sherlock Holmes” played by that radio thespian of thespians- Orson Welles in our October Orson month!
Paladin arrives in the final installment of Sonic Echo’s look at Western month with Have Gun Will Travel. Thanks to archive.org we have “Strange Vendetta” and “Road to Wickenberg” for our double presentation! 
This week in Sonic Echo’s western September fever we present Jimmy Stewart as Britt Ponset in The Six Shooter! Archive.org provides us with “Jenny” and “The Coward” for tonight’s presentation.
Jack and David find themselves in an endless desert and a strange adventure into the past to finish up 2013. Happy New Year! BONUS: Bell’s in the Batfry blast from the past! 
| 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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What a fantastic collection of amazing conversation collected here from the Golden Age of Radio! Chuck Schaden posts all the amazing interviews in his blog Speaking of Radio. I’m having a listen to his interview with Mel Blanc right now. What a joy!
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
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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!