Category: Online Audio

BBC Radio 4: Tarantino’s Jukebox

Jesse Willis

Aural Noir: Online Audio

BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 produces so many wonderful fiction programs. Every once in a while I get my paws on a BBC R4 documentary program that is just as good, and just as interesting as those readings and plays. I’m not much for music, but I love the music in Quentin Tarantino’s movies.

Here’s the perfect doc on that subject…

Tarantino's JukeboxTarantino’s Jukebox
2 Parts – Approx. 56 Minutes [DOCUMENTARY]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Broadcast: July 11th and 18th 2009
“Composer and film music historian Robert Ziegler talks to American film-maker Quentin Tarantino about the music he has used to soundtrack his films. Music plays a key role in Tarantino’s films, including Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, and he reveals to Robert his musical influences and the way in which he plunders his own backstory, remembering the tracks of his youth and making references to – and featuring music from – cult films and television. Recorded on location in Tarantino’s favourite virtual Los Angeles diner, the programme also provides an insight into the way music can infuse a film, and the way a film can bring music back to life from the dusty vaults. The programme also features contributions from Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Dusty Springfield’s manager Vicki Wickham, film producer Laurence Bender, music and film critic Paul Gambaccini, film editor Sally Menke and music supervisors Mary Ramos and Karyn Rachtman”.

When you click through you may notice that BBC only has the second half of the two part doc still available in their iPlayer. But, that’s okay because you can get this terrific two part doc in an MP3 format via torrent from radioarchive.cc (just like I did).

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Roddy McDowall Reads The Horror Stories Of H.P. Lovecraft: The Outsider / The Hound

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Sez the Zombie Astronaut on his latest blog post:

“I keep forgetting to post this damnable thing, but here’s the complete Roddy McDowall Lovecraft reading…”

Lively Arts - Roddy McDowall Read The Horror Stories Of H.P. Lovecraft - The Outsider and The HoundRoddy McDowall Reads The Horror Stories Of H.P. Lovecraft:
The Outsider / The Hound
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Roddy McDowall
1 LP – Approx. 42 Minutes [UNABRIDGED?]
Publisher: Lively Arts (Prestige Records)
Published: 1962? or 1963?
Product #: LA 30003
Includes: The Outsider |MP3| and The Hound |MP3|

[Thanks ZA!]

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NPR: Neil Gaiman eulogizes Batman

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

NPR - Talk Of The Nation Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader? is Neil Gaiman’s latest comics creation. Neal Conan of Talk Of The Nation has Gaiman as a guest on his latest show.

A new graphic novel from DC Comics is “part coda, love letter and summation of Batman’s raison d’etre,” says writer Neil Gaiman.

Gaiman’s take on the Batman mystique — Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? — was published in two parts as the final editions of the long-running Batman and Detective Comics series.

Now it’s a hardcover edition. The story takes readers inside a memorial service for Batman, looking back at the friends and enemies he touched. And since comic-book heroes never really die, it also offers a hint of what comes next for the Batman character.

The British-born Gaiman penned the Sandman series at DC Comics in the 1980s on his way to a multifaceted writing career. He has written novels for adults, fantasy tales (Stardust) and children’s books (Coraline). Gaiman talks with Neal Conan about the Batman project.

Have a listen |MP3| – I’ve also added it to my HuffDuffer feed:

http://huffduffer.com/jessewillis/rss

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BBC Radio 4: Chronicles Of Ait and The First Men In The Moon

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Radio Times - Chronicles Of Ait (David Brown)BBC Radio 4Thanks to Roy and an “advance copy” of the latest Radio Times we’ve got the skinny on a couple cool programs airing on BBC Radio 4 next week!

First up, in the Book At Bedtime slot…

The First Men In The Moon
By H.G. Wells; Read by Tim Pigott-Smith
5 Parts – Approx. 75 Minutes [ABRDIGED?]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4 / Book At Bedtime
Broadcast: July 20th – 24th @ 22:45-23:00
An impoverished businessman, Mr. Bedford, and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Cavor,journey to the moon only to find it already inhabited by an extraterrestrial species called “Selenites.” A similar 5 part Book At Bedtime reading was done by Tom Baker back in July 1999.

And in the Afternoon Play slot…

Chronicles Of Ait
By Michael Butt; Performed by a full cast
1 Broadcast – Approx. 45 Minutes [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4 / Afternoon Play
Broadcast: July 22nd @ 14:15-15:00
A psychologist investigates a young girl’s claims to second sight. Butt is a veteran radio dramatist with many dozens of radio plays to his credit.

[Thanks Roy!]

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Sense And Sensibility And Sea Monsters

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

A must watch book trailer for the follow up to Pride And Prejudice And Zombies…

Of it, sez Mary Burkey:

“OMG – this is the best book trailer I’ve seen yet: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters from Quirk Classics I loooved the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies audiobook – currently available as download-only from Audible, not until October on CD from Brilliance. Total strangers wondered about my sanity as I strolled down the sidewalk snorting & snickering while walking the dog, sporting earbuds and MP3 player with Zombies as my soundtrack.”

[via Mary Burkey’s Audiobook blog]

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CBC Ideas / Entitled Opinions – an interview

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

I don’t get a ton of feedback on most posts. So, I tend to argue, mostly with myself, that Science Fiction and Fantasy includes a great many things: Crime, Noir, Horror, History, ancient literature, philosophy, mythology.

Today I might try to argue that the SFF genre is ‘larger than it appears,’ or that ‘much that many would define as within SFF actually isn’t’ (i.e. the stuff I don’t care about). Or I might argue both.

Now that I’ve carefully constructed a wall to indemnify myself against phantom accusations of “off topic” – I’d like to talk about gardening.

A couple months back CBC Radio One’s Ideas producer, Richard Handler, talked to Robert Harrison, the host of one of my favorite podcasts, Entitled Opinions. Topics discussed in the interview include Dante, the dead, the origins of Stanford University, Karel Čapek, and gardening.

CBC Radio One - IdeasCBC Radio One – Ideas
1 |MP3| – Approx. 53 Minutes [INTERVIEW]
Broadcaster: CBC Radio One / Ideas
Broadcast: Thursday March 5th, 2009
Robert Harrison is an eminent American scholar and a Dante specialist by trade. He wants the humanities to ask big and searching questions. He even runs an intellectual talk show from his perch at Stanford University.

If after this you’re more interested in gardening, check or Handler’s BLOG POST on the “gardening” topic.

Also, mentioned in the above podcast is Harrison’s show on Heart Of Darkness – it’s awesome |MP3|. I’ve put both files in my HuffDuffer feed, I hope you check them out.

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P.S. Apocalypse Al, I haven’t forgotten you!