An über-Power Records fan has gone to the trouble of making a t-shirt with the Power Records logo on it. So far it only comes in Adult Large and Adult X-Large sizes. If you want people to instantly recognize that you’re someone who likes to sit in your basement and listen to superheroes bash heads, this is the t-shirt for you!
Available through eBay:
The Zombie Astronaut, mentioned in his latest issue that he’s got an ORIGINAL radio drama in the works. which he sez “we hope to debut it in a month or two.” It’ll be added to his Frequency Of Fear of podcast. I contacted the zombie himeself and was told that it’ll be written by Jason K. Burnett and be called “Jack Michaels and the Quest for El Dorado”!
The latest show is all about vampires! So go dig up your podcatcher and fry up some brains because if you haven’t already you’ve absolutely got to subscribe to the podcast feed now:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheZombieAstronautsFrequencyOfFear
Decoder Ring Theatre‘s master of pen and microphone, Gregg Taylor, has let slip a little information about their SUMMER SEASON!
During summer 2007 a new series of shows will be podcast on the Decoder Ring podcast feed. It will be called the “Summer Showcase” and will feature a number of different kinds of shows. One of which we got a sneak preview of on the recent Hypaspace podcast. It’ll be called Deck Gibson Far Reach Commander and it has been written by Matt Wallace (the Parsec award winning author of The Failed City Monologues).
Planisphere Productions, a new player in audio drama, is trying something very different. They’ve released the first three episodes of Transit, a new Science Fiction series, in the AC3 format. This means that the show is in SURROUND SOUND format. Transit is “a multi-format multimedia-spanning project that consists of a series of Science Fiction themed audio dramas recorded in and optimized for listening to in 5.1 Surround Sound.” The project includes a “wiki”-style website called The Node that features show information as well as side-story content. I had a devil of a time finding an AC3 player but I finally found some freeware called “Media Player Classic version 6.4.9.0” which plays .AC3 files just fine (do a google search).
|Episode 1 AC3| Episode 2 AC3| Episode 3 AC3|
Another problem, this format means you can’t take this show with you in your portable media player. But don’t dismiss Transit as not worth bothering with just yet. In order to interest you they’ve also made the some “webisodes” available in the MP3 format. They’ll give you an idea of the production values, acting and the writing are like. \
|Webisode 1 MP3| Webisode 2 MP3| Webisode 3 MP3|
I’ve listened a few of the shows and webisodes and Transit is sounding pretty damn sweet!
Zombie Astronaut, has a special set of Lovecraftian MP3s posted up. It is the 70th anniversary of old Howard Philip’s death today! The first of the titles listed below is the most mysterious, it is what sounds to be an unabridged reading of the complete Herbert West, Re-Animator serial. There is a lot of hiss, but the volume is good. The others are radio dramatizations from the 1940s and 1960s.
Herbert West, Re-Animator
By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by ????
2 MP3s |Part 1 MP3| & |Part 2 MP3| – Approx. 89 Minutes [UNABRIDGED|
Publisher: ???
Published: ???
The Dunwich Horror
By H.P. Lovecraft; Performed by a full cast
1 |MP3| – Approx. 26 Minutes [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: Suspense
Broadcast: 1945
The Rats In The Walls
By H.P. Lovecraft; Performed by Erik Bauersfeld and others
1 |MP3| – Approx. 29 Minutes [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: KPFA / The Black Mass
Broadcast: 196?
The Outsider
By H.P. Lovecraft; Performed by Erik Bauersfeld and others
1 |MP3| – Approx. 22 Mintues [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: KPFA / The Black Mass
Broadcast: 1968
The fine folks over at Dream Realm Enterprises have informed me that the podcast of their hit series, Robotz of the Company, has been updated now through Season 3, Episode 5. Head over and subscribe, and you can catch up on Seasons 1 and 2 as well!
Podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RobotzOfTheCompany