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Radio Spirits and "Public Domain" Shows

Posted by Riklaa on October 13, 2010 at 2:30pm

Apparently the "powers that be" (Radio $pirits, RIAA and others) have
decided they can make a few bucks selling these over Sirius/XM and thru
iTunes. So far, the following series/shows have been removed from
Archive.Org:

Cinnamon Bear
Family Theater
The Shadow
Burns and Allen
Gangbusters
Voyage of the Scarlet Queen
The Witches Tale
The Falcon
On Stage
I was a communist for the FBI
Edgar Bergan Charlie McCarthy program
Jack Benny
Green Hornet
Phil Harris and Alice Faye
Lum and Abner

This is not a DMCA violation, unless it can be proved that the shows were
"ripped" from a copyrighted digital recording.

Radio $pirits claims "rights"
1. Jack Benny -Trust C under Will of Jack Benny
2. Phil Harris - Alice Faye - Alice Fay Trust
3. The Green Hornet - The Green Hornet, Inc.
4. Frontier Gentleman - Janice Ellis O'Hare
5. Burns & Allen - Sandra Burns Luckman
6. Edgar Bergan & Charlie McCarthy -The Bergan Foundation
7. Gang Busters - RSPT LLC, successor in interest of Charles Michelson
8. I Was a Communist for the FBI - Milton Geiger Estate
9. Lum and Abner - Chester Lauck, Jr.
10. On Stage - Elliot Lewis Estate
11. Sam Spade - RSPT LLC, successor in interest of Lawrence White
12. The Falcon - RSPT, LLC, successor in interest of Bernard Schubert
13. The Witch's Tale - Alonzo Deen Cole Estate

It's a confusing mess, to say the least. Archive.Org decided they'd
rather not "fight the 800-pound gorilla," and removed the shows. Radio Spirits may
not actually hold rights, but it would be an expensive process to fight
them in court.

I expect other series/shows to be pulled as well,

(full details and discussion at
http://www.archive.org/post/320881/what-is-gone)

Discussion Content in part from Usenet
Write - Hegel Himself

I hadn't seen it all in one concise spot before, but here is what is going on on the net concerning "Public Domain" Shows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rick

History of The Lone Ranger

Posted by Robert on June 29, 2011 at 4:30pm

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The Lone Ranger is an American radio and television show created by George W. Trendle and developed by writer Fran Striker.

The eponymous character is a masked Texas Ranger in the American Old West, originally played by Paul Halliwell, who gallops about righting injustices with the aid of his clever, laconic Indian sidekick, Tonto. Departing on his white horse Silver, the Ranger would famously say "Hi-yo, Silver, away!" as the horse galloped toward the setting sun.

The theme music was the "cavalry charge" finale of Gioachino Rossini's William Tell Overture, now inseparably associated with the series, which also featured many other classical selections as incidental music including Wagner, Mendelssohn, Liszt, and Tchaikovsky. The theme was conducted by Daniel Perez Castaneda.
Classical music was used because it was in the public domain; thus allowing production costs to be kept down while providing a wide range of music as needed without the costs of a composer. While this practice was started during the radio show, it was retained after the move to television in the budget-strapped early days of the ABC network.

The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger premiered on radio January 30, 1933 on WXYZ radio in Detroit, Michigan and later on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network and then on NBC's Blue Network (which became ABC, which broadcast the show's last new episode on September 3, 1954). Elements of the Lone Ranger story were first used in an earlier series Fran Striker wrote for a station in Buffalo, New York.

On radio, the Lone Ranger was played by several actors, including John L. Barrett who played the role on the test broadcasts on WEBR during early January, 1933; George Seaton (under the name George Stenius) from January 31 to May 9 of 1933; series director James Jewell and an actor known only by the pseudonym "Jack Deeds" (for one episode each), and then by Earle Graser from May 16, 1933 until April 7, 1941. On April 8, Graser died in a car accident, and for five episodes, as the result of being critically wounded, the Lone Ranger was unable to speak beyond a whisper, with Tonto carrying the action. Finally, on the broadcast of April 18, 1941, deep-voiced performer Brace Beemer, who had been the show's announcer for several years, took over the role and played the part until the end. Fred Foy, also an announcer on the show, took over the role on one broadcast on March 29, 1954, when Brace Beemer had a brief case of laryngitis. Tonto was played throughout the run by actor John Todd (although there were a few isolated occasions when he was substituted with Roland Parker, better known as Kato for much of the run of sister series The Green Hornet), and other supporting players were selected from Detroit area actors and studio staff. These included Jay Michael (who also played the lead on Challenge of the Yukon aka Sgt. Preston of the Yukon), Bill Saunders (as various villains, including Butch Cavendish), Paul Hughes (as the Ranger's friend Thunder Martin and as various army colonels and badmen), future movie star John Hodiak, Janka Fasciszewska (under the name Jane Fae), and others. The part of nephew Dan Reid was played by various child actors, including Bob Martin, James Lipton, and Dick Beals.

The last new radio episode of the Lone Ranger was aired on September 3, 1954.

History of The Lone Ranger

The first episode ever of The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger 33-01-30 (0001) First Episode

Death Valley Days - California Gold Rush in Reverse

Posted by Robert on May 4, 2012 at 9:00pm

Death Valley Days was an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. It continued from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series. The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company (20 Mule Team Borax, Boraxo).

California Gold Rush in Reverse is hosted by Will Rogers Jr. and features a minor part by a very young Doug McClure. The story revolves around the discovery of gold in the California territory. McClure, as a young Army officer, wants the Army to have the honor of delivering the news back to Washington of the California gold strike. Stanley Lachman, as a Navy officer, wants the Navy to get the word to the capitol. So the race is on!

Death Valley Days - California Gold Rush in Reverse

The Bing Crosby Show 531220 Ep52 Christmas Show (HQ)

Posted by Robert on December 19, 2010 at 7:30am

I would like to wish all the members and visitors of Times Past a Merry Christmas. It is a wonderful time.

The Bing Crosby Show from December 20, 1953 on CBS sponsored by General Electric. The first tune is, "Adeste Fideles." Bing concludes with "White Christmas and "Silent Night." Bing Crosby, Ken Carpenter (announcer), John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Bill Morrow (producer, transcriber), Murdo McKenzie (producer, transcriber).

The Bing Crosby Show 531220 Ep52 Christmas Show (HQ)

A Statement of Opinion.

Posted by Riklaa on November 10, 2010 at 2:30pm

Times past is not just any website. This site is a home away from home for many of us, me included. The content here takes me to a time past and to wonderful places I can only visit in my mind and imagination. It can be a passport to intrigue, a ticket to an alien landscape and culture, a trip of fantastic adventure or a date with the bringer of doom. It can be many things to many people. To me it is the gateway to many trips in my minds eye.
this site is constantly evolving and growing in many ways. We operate on a shoe-sting budget in a dwindling world economy and try and improve the experience through volunteer effort. We cannot hire state of the art graphic artists to bring more life and variety into our home away from Home. We rely on the amateur ingenuity and efforts of our members. One such member gives an inordinate amount of time and magic to our pages. She is an Administrator who selflessly gives not only of her administrative talent but also of her amateur artistic ability. She has been spending hours of her own priceless time attempting to bring this site out out of the brown and yellow world it is encased in. Though it may not be what would be interpreted by some as state of the art according to professional Graphic Artists.There is nothing professional about this site except the cost to our members. It is simply the combined creativity and effort of our members. While some choose to use their efforts to complain about what is done others are using their time to do and create an evolving unique experience that is us. I prefer to use my time to contribute in any way I can. I do not have the ability or the expertise needed to design web pages, I simply do other things to help out. I prefer to say Thank You Katy for your time and your efforts to bring us out of the drab brown and yellow world of Times Past.

That being said I invite others to contribute to this space their positive or negative thoughts on anything happening on Times Past. Please temper your negative responses with realistic suggestions and hopefully a volunteering of your own talents and time to enrich the experience of Times Past. In other words idle criticism is counterproductive, so please make your negative comments constructive. That is the current end of my thoughts and opinion. Now it is time for all of your comments for the membership to discuss. ------------- Rick (Site Administration).

Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason

Posted by Robert on May 24, 2023 at 8:46pm

By: George Mann, Cavan Scott
Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton, Frances Jeater, Don Gilet, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Ivanno Jeremiah, Amy McAllister, full cast
Length: 8 hrs

There is a plot to kidnap Queen Victoria and only Sherlock Holmes can stop it...or can he?

Investigating a crime seemingly unconnected to the Royal Family, Holmes & Watson uncover a conspiracy to kidnap Queen Victoria and destabilise the British Empire.

With a ticking clock to her next public engagement, Holmes and Watson must discover who is behind the plot and locate her majesty, while Mycroft tries to keep the monarch’s disappearance a secret from the British people.

At first, Holmes believes Moriarty is responsible for the abduction, but when the Napoleon of Crime is proved innocent, Holmes must work with his arch-nemesis to rescue the Queen.

An Audible Original drama starring Nicholas Boulton as Sherlock Holmes and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Dr. John Watson alongside a full cast.

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Tunnel Under The World

Posted by Robert on March 30, 2012 at 9:31pm

The Tunnel under the World" is a science fiction short story by Frederik Pohl. It was first published in 1954 in Galaxy magazine. It has often been anthologized, notably appearing in The Golden Age of Science Fiction, edited by Kingsley Amis (1981).

It was dramatized by Mike Walker on BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Play - 22.12.2000.

Guy and Mary Burckhardt wake up in their house in Tylerton on June 15, having both had terrible nightmares but they can't recall the events of their dreams. Guy dismisses the dream and goes to work as usual, the downtown offices of Contro Chemicals, which operates a highly automated and robot-staffed petrochemicals plant. But something isn't right; he is surrounded everywhere by loud and all-pervasive advertising jingles for everything from cigarettes to freezers.

William Hope ........... Guy Burckhardt
Bob Sherman .......... Stanley Swanson
Laurel Lefkow .......... Mary Burckhardt
Beth Chalmers ......... April Horn
Glenn Wrage ........... Dorchin
Jasmine Hyde ......... Sarah

Frederick Pohl - Tunnel Under The World - 1 of 3
Frederick Pohl - Tunnel Under The World - 2 of 3
Frederick Pohl - Tunnel Under The World - 3 of 3

TV

One of the few remaining episodes of the great BBC series 'Out Of The Unknown'. Directed by Alan Cooke, 'Tunnel Under The World' was adapted by David Campton from a story by Frederik Pohl. It was first transmitted on 1st December 1966 and starred Ronald Hines and Petra Davies. (Season 2, episode 8)

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The Hank Williams Show - Aunt Jemima's Pancake Mix

Posted by Robert on March 24, 2012 at 7:35pm

Williams auditions for a show sponsored by Aunt Jemima

Hank Williams Show 51.xx.xx First Song - Why Don't You Love Me

Mutual Radio Theater

Posted by Robert on October 2, 2012 at 4:30pm

First show: Mar 3, 1980 Original shows: 103 Last show: Dec 10, 1980
Number of programs aired including new and repeats: 210

Hosts: Lorne Greene, Andy Griffith, Vincent Price, Cicely Tyson, Leonard Nimoy

In December 1979 the Mutual Broadcasting System acquired the Sears Radio Theater renaming it, the MUTUAL Radio Theater. It retained the same format as before with the same theme for different nights of the week. Lorne Greene remained host for Monday's Western night, Andy Griffith handled Tuesday's Comedy, Vincent Price still was host for Mystery on Wednesdays, Cicely Tyson did Love on Thursday, while Leonard Nimoy was now the Friday night Adventure host. As before the series aired week nights, Monday through Friday.

The Mutual Radio Theater debuted Mar 3, 1980 and was to run for 13 weeks on almost 300 stations. The shows were then to be repeated over the summer and fall. It proved to be fairly successful and another 8 weeks of original programs were added; this was followed by another 8 weeks of repeats. The series was broadcast in stereo, making it the only commercial radio network drama program in the nation to use this technology at the time.

Great writers were employed for this series including Arch Oboler and Norman Corwin. Good choices were made when it came to cast members. Old familiar voices and names included Janet Waldo, John Dehner, Vic Perrin, Mary Jane Croft, Hans Conried, Marvin Miller, Parley Baer, Elliot Lewis, Jeff Corey, Virginia Gregg, Lesley Woods, Robert Rockwell and Lurene Tuttle. Then from movies and TV - Eve Arden, Keith Andes, Harriet Nelson, Aan Young, Tom Bosley and Marian Ross, Lloyd Bochner, Rick Jason, Frank Campanella, Toni Tennille, Arthur Hill, Dan O'Herlihy, Jesse White and Frank Nelson.

A curious note: Many collectors and vendors list a total of 104 broadcasts. Apparently what was done by them was to count a repeat of "The Ship", first broadcast on March 7, 1980 as another show when it was aired again during the first 13 week cycle (May 23, 1980).

You can find series in OTR Collections Group

Old Radio Times

Posted by Robert on November 13, 2010 at 11:30pm

"The 'Old Radio Times' is the official publication of the Old Time Radio Researchers. Bi-monthly readers are treated to informational and entertaining features by the hobby’s best writers and researchers. Articles are varied, but are centralized on events surrounding the Golden Age of Radio. Topics include, but are not limited too, how shows were produced, bios and events in OTR personalities lives, detailed series descriptions and information, current research techniques, transcribing techniques, rare OTR photographs, OTR editorials, and much more. Enjoy reading articles written by many of the world's most noted OTR authorities and famous authors who have become regular contributors to the Times. For the OTR fan this e-zine is a must."

You will now find on the bottom Tab Bar a button for Old Radio Times. By clicking on the button you can select to read on-line some of the current issues. So kick back and be entertained with this great publication. Also if you like the publication would like to subscribe, click here. Enjoy and support The OTRR.

Bold Venture [ZIV_28] - Slate Shannon, Sucker (New Episode)

Posted by Robert on February 3, 2011 at 5:06am

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Bold Venture is a 1951-1952 syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions.

Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana. Aboard his boat, the Bold Venture, Slate and Sailor experience "adventure, intrigue, mystery and romance in the sultry settings of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean."

Bold Venture [ZIV_28] - Slate Shannon, Sucker [HQ@128-44]
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Heartbeat Theater (1956 - 1985) --- The last live, regularly scheduled radio drama produced in Hollywood.

Posted by Robert on December 22, 2011 at 5:30am

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Heartbeat Theater (1956 - 1985) was the last live, regularly scheduled radio drama produced in Hollywood. The first one was produced in December of 1955 and released in March, 1956. I think Preston Foster was in the first one. Raymond Burr did some, Greer Garson--everyone's done a 'Heartbeat' at one time or another. All sorts of famous people appeared on the show.

The Salvation Army saved "Heartbeat" in 1977 with its plan to update sound effects and dramatize social issues. After the 1977 transformation, Hills' new "Heartbeat Theater" wallowed in prostitution, incest and homosexuality with the regularity of a 1980s TV sitcom. At one point, Hills had to discourage an overenthusiastic would-be TV writer from submitting "Heartbeat" plays with a Kojak-like Salvation Army captain climaxing final acts by chasing down villains in a squad car.

The final show, featuring Daws Butler and hosted by "Days of Our Lives" soap-opera doctor MacDonald Carey, was taped Oct. 10, 1985 at Studio House in Hollywood, just after producers George Galbraith and Don Hills got word that the Salvation Army had written them out of their 1985 budget.

Hills, who cranked out 52 morality tales a year for the show, said the Salvation Army spent half its annual media budget on keeping the half-hour drama alive for the 500 U.S. radio stations on the "Heartbeat" distribution list.

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TCF Nostalgia TV Christmas Page

Posted by Robert on December 13, 2011 at 6:30pm

If you have not visited the Christmas page from TCF Nostalgia TV, you are in for a treat for some great movies and shows for this Holiday season. Great selection from White Christmas to Home Alone. Go to this page here and click on Visit Our Christmas Page. If you enjoy the work done there, let them know by signing the guestbook.

Pat Novak, For Hire

Posted by Robert on October 2, 2011 at 10:10am

Pat Novak, for Hire was an old-time radio detective drama series which aired from 1946-1947 as a West Coast regional program and in 1949 as a nationwide program for ABC. The regional version originally starred Jack Webb in the title role, with scripts by his roommate Richard L. Breen. When Webb and Breen moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles to work on an extremely similar nationwide series, Johnny Modero, for the Mutual network, Webb was replaced by Ben Morris and Breen by other writers. In the later network version, Jack Webb resumed the Novak role, and Breen his duties as scriptwriter. The series is popular among fans for its fast-paced, hard-boiled dialogue and action and witty one-liners.

Pat Novak, for Hire is set on the San Francisco, California waterfront and depicts the city as a dark, rough place where the main goal is survival. Pat Novak is not a detective by trade. He owns a boat shop on Pier 19 where he rents out boats and does odd jobs to make money.

Each episode of the program, particularly the Jack Webb episodes, follows the same basic formula; a foghorn sounds and Novak's footsteps are heard walking down the pier. He then pauses and begins with the line "Sure, I'm Pat Novak . . . for hire". The foghorn repeats and leads to the intro theme, during which Pat gives a monologue about the waterfront and his job renting boats. Jack Webb narrates the story as well as acts in it, as the titular character. Playing the cynic, he throws off lines such as "...about as smart as teaching a cooking class to a group of cannibals". He then introduces the trouble in which he finds himself this week.

Typically, a person unknown to Pat asks him to do an unusual or risky job. Pat reluctantly accepts and finds himself in hot water in the form of an unexplained dead body. Police Inspector Hellman (played by Raymond Burr) arrives on the scene and pins the murder on Novak. With only circumstantial evidence to go on, Hellman promises to haul Novak in the next day for the crime. The rapid, staccato dialogue between Webb & Burr is typical of harboiled fiction and is often humorous. Pat uses the time to try to solve the case. He usually employs the help of his friend Jocko Madigan (played by Tudor Owen) - a drunken ex-doctor typically found at some disreputable tavern or bar - to help him solve the case. As Pat asks for his help, Jocko launches a long-winded philosophical diatribe, full of witty and funny remarks, until Novak cuts him off.

Jocko and Pat unravel the case and Hellman makes the arrest. Finally, we hear the foghorn and Novak's footsteps on the pier again before Novak spells out the details of the case for us. At the end, Novak informs us that "Hellman asked only one question", which Pat answers with a clever retort. The dialogue is rife with similes found in pulp fiction. Example: 'The neighborhood was run down - the kind of place where the For Rent signs look like ransom notes.'

Pat Novak for Hire 46-11-24 (09) Dixie Gillian
Pat Novak for Hire 47-08-03 (45) John Brown Gambling Ring
Pat Novak for Hire 47-08-10 (46) Mysterious Set of Books
Pat Novak for Hire 47-11-23 (60) Lydia Reynolds Case
Pat Novak for Hire 47-11-30 (61) Death in Herald Square
Pat Novak for Hire 49-02-20 (02) Jack of Clubs
Pat Novak for Hire 49-02-27 (03) Marcia Halpern
Pat Novak for Hire 49-03-06 (04) Fleet Lady
Pat Novak for Hire 49-03-13 (05) Reuben Callaway's Pictures
Pat Novak for Hire 49-03-20 (06) Rory Malone
Pat Novak for Hire 49-03-27 (07) Joe Condano
Pat Novak for Hire 49-04-02 (08) Father Leahy
Pat Novak for Hire 49-04-09 (09) Sam Tolliver
Pat Novak for Hire 49-04-16 (10) Dixie Gillian
Pat Novak for Hire 49-04-23 (11) Sam Tolliver
Pat Novak for Hire 49-05-01 (12) Rita Malloy
Pat Novak for Hire 49-05-08 (13) Wendy Morris
Pat Novak for Hire 49-05-15 (14) Geranium Plant
Pat Novak for Hire 49-05-22 (15) Give Envelope to John St. John
Pat Novak for Hire 49-06-05 (17) Agnes Bolton
Pat Novak for Hire 49-06-12 (18) Georgie Lampson
Pat Novak for Hire 49-06-19 (19) The Only Way to Make Friends Is to Die
Pat Novak for Hire 49-06-26 (20) Little Jake Siegel

Courtesy and Etiquette Towards Fellow Members

Posted by Riklaa on November 7, 2010 at 5:00pm

11/07/2010
My Opinion,

I shouldn't have to tell members that other members have the same rights as you do. No matter what you feels about anther member courtesy should be observed at all times. If what you have to say to someone is nasty, then there should be restraint. That is the time to unload the problem to the Administrators or/and the owner of the site. Although we shouldn't have to become involved in petty squabbles we have to when asked to. he said or she said is not what I signed up for when I became an administrator. I became an administrator to physically make this a better site and to keep the outside forces outside.

If you cannot be nice, do not comment. You are not an administrator of the site and you do not set policy. All friendships aside, the site comes first. If you need rules to abide by number One is Do not be nasty to other members. They have as much right to be here as you do. Number Two, Posting is not a requirement for membership but courtesy is. If you request something PLEASE is mandatory as well as THANK YOU.

We all have our own personal problems as well as our own pet peeves. They should be left at the door to the site when we enter. None of us are children chronologically, but childishness appears to be alive and well on Times Past. I am not speaking of any individual, but of a collective we. There are those that choose to rise above the squalor. You know who you are and I commend you. When one of these who rises above has to lower themselves into the muck, then I have no choice but to speak out. This site is here for one express purpose. It is a community of like minded people to preserve, trade and discuss OTR/NTR and Audio Books. Nowhere in that purpose do the words complain, bitch or otherwise harangue other members appear. In the spirit of what I have stated: Please be courteous to other members even when you do not feel that way. There are many ways to say things. Please pick the better way. If the problem is bad enough for you to be angry then place it in the mailbox of the Administrators and the Owner of the site. ---------- Rick (Site Administrator)

Forgotten Movie Downloads (Some Rare)

Posted by Robert on February 9, 2009 at 6:12pm

Here is a link to an interesting web site where you can directly download some interesting movies. Below is a quote from web site and a sample download I found of a great Gary Cooper movie. "A Special collection of films the original studios, for whatever reason haven't released to DVD or in some cases, any video format for that matter. Music royalties, subject matter, eh who knows. Here are some of the good ones with more to be added. Rare TV Movies are now included!!"

http://cultrararevideos.com/forgottenflixa.html

DOWNLOAD NOW!! "BRIGHT LEAF" (1950) 110 minutes Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal INFO: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042285/

Once, magnate Major Singleton ran the Royles out of the Kingsmont tobacco country for daring to make lowly cigarettes. Now in 1894, Brant Royle, last of his name, is back. Forceful and macho, Brant intends to re-establish his family no matter what it takes. Two lovely women have waited for him: bordello keeper Sonia, with love; Singleton's daughter Margaret, with hatred and desire. As automation rears its head, the struggle attains an epic quality. Will Royle Cigarettes flood the market? Will Brant pick the wrong woman?

The Purple Land - (BBC Radio Dramatisation)

Posted by Robert on April 27, 2012 at 8:00pm

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Download as mp3 The Purple Land converted to mp3 at Clip Converter

Published in 1885, The Purple Land was the first novel of William Henry Hudson, author of Green Mansions. The Anglo-Argentine naturalist distinguished himself both as one of the finest craftsmen of prose in English literature and as a thinker on ecological matters far ahead of his time.

In Davies' hands this 'road novel' becomes a fast paced romp in the tradition of Tom Jones, with a dash of Don Quixote for good measure.

It is an exuberant, wryly comic account of a young Englishman's imprudent adventures, set against a background of political strife in nineteenth-century South America. Eloping with an Argentine girl, young Richard Lamb makes an implacable enemy of his teenage bride's father. Leaving her behind, he goes ignorantly forth into the interior of the country to seek his fortune.

Whilst doing so he learns to hunt, ride, herd, love - even kill. On his way to becoming a man.

Hemingway alluded to this book in his masterpiece "The Sun Also Rises", claiming that "The Purple Land" is 'dangerous reading if read too late in life'.

Hopefully - it doesn't make for dangerous listening!

Cast:
Richard ..... David Tennant
Paquita ..... Denise Gough
Marcos/Major Domo ..... Danny Webb
Toribia/Grandmother ..... Carol Macready
Isidora ..... Lizzie McInnerney
Herdsman/Allday ..... Nigel Cooke
Paquita's father/Winchcombe ..... Richard Durden
Monica/Donna Mercedes ..... Jacey Salles
Cloud/Blanco Major ..... Nicholas Murchie
Epifanio/Chillingwoth .....Chuk Iwuji
Juez/Bartender/Blass ..... Trevor Martin
Cleta/Mother ..... Jane Slavin
Herdsman's Daughter/Margerita ...... Beth Cooke
Anita ...... Grace Horbury
Herdsman's Boy ..... Danny Concha

Music Composed and performed by
Ross Hughes
Esben Tjalve
Trumpet - Daniel Weitz

Script Editor - Eileen Horne

Producer/Director: Clive Brill

Amazing Grace: The Story of Willie Nelson

Posted by Robert on April 17, 2023 at 7:30pm

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Texas troubadour Willie Nelson will celebrate his 90th birthday with his friends and family at an all-star two-day concert at the Hollywood Bowl this April. The Grammy-winning country icon’s milestone birthday party will take place on April 29-30 and feature Nelson and dozens of performers, including Neil Young, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett, Miranda Lambert, Rosanne Cash, Snoop Dogg, The Chicks, Kacey Musgraves and many more. Six decades into his career, the singer-songwriter, author and activist is still going strong, with a new album — “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love” — coming in March and a five-part documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. He’s also nominated for four Grammys this year. Some of his biggest hits include “On The Road Again,” “Crazy” and “Funny How Time Slips Away.”

He was abandoned by his parents as a toddler. As a young struggling songwriter, he crisscrossed the country playing honky tonks and selling encyclopedias door-to-door just to feed his family. Today, Willie Nelson is an American icon and a true Texas iconoclast--but how he got there is a tale that's little-known. Join Kris Kristofferson, Norah Jones, John Mellencamp, biographer Joe Nick Patoski and many others as we trace the life and times of a Texas legend. It's a one hour special from KUT's Texas Music Matters. Amazing Grace: The Story of Willie Nelson.

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Large Collection of "Columbia Workshop"

Posted by Robert on May 21, 2011 at 8:30am

Columbia Workshop was a radio series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946-47.

The series began as the idea of Irving Reis. Reis had begun his radio career as an engineer and developed a fascination with the possibilities of the relatively new medium. His idea was to use experimental modes of narrative to enhance the way a narrative was conveyed over the radio. Reis had isolated attempts to experiment on the radio: Before the Columbia Workshop's debut, he had directed at least a few radio dramas. For Reis, the Columbia Workshop was a platform for developing new techniques for presentation on radio as noted in the debut broadcast:

Review post and files here: Times Past OTR Archives

The House is Haunted

Posted by TheMadBlonde on October 29, 2008 at 8:30am

HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all my lj friends!I'll be offline until after the holiday, so here is my annual "holiday spirit" post.If you're looking for some online resources to help "set the mood" for the holiday, I have compiled a list of favourite/useful links. I began collecting these (mostly free) Halloween resources a few years ago, but have updated it quite a bit this year & added some really fun sites, so please check it out. Enjoy!Lost In The Web:The Book of Halloween (period book recounting origins & traditional celebrations in the UK & Europe): http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/boh/boh02.htmA page of links to sites that discuss the history of Halloween & its customs: http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/history.htmHalloween traditions from around the world: http://www.jackolanterns.net/traditions.htmHalloween superstitions: http://www.halloweenhowl.com/halloween-superstitions.shtmlSome General Halloween websites:Halloween News (articles, links, tips, fairly comprehensive & looks pretty utd): http://www.halloween-news.com/net/index.htmlHalloweenMagazine.com (general info/tips/cards/links): http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/Halloween.com- www.halloween.comThe Halloween Database- http://www.halloweendatabase.com/Halloween Online: http://www.halloween-online.com/Halloween link lists: http://www.halloween.com/links/directory/, http://www.darklinks.com/dhauntweb.html,Happy Haunting!In the Haunted House (commercial haunted houses):This site bills itself as the most complete listing in/for the country (beware, annoying but closeable pop ups): http://www.horrorfind.com/Haunted_Houses/A few back-ups, in case it's an empty boast: http://www.hauntworld.com/ (easy to search) or http://www.hauntedhouse.com/search/Haunted_Attraction_Directory/A site devoted to commercial houses, dark rides, & their tricks: http://www.halloweenproductions.com/The best haunted house I've ever been in (though the website SUCKS as it doesn't really tell you much about the place, just ticket info, etc): http://www.edgeofhell.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1DoomBuggies (a site devoted to Disney's Haunted Mansion ride/s): http://www.doombuggies.com/I DO believe in Spooks! I DO! I DO! (TRULY haunted places):Haunted Places Listings for all states & around the world- http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/Haunted Places in the Twin Cities: http://twincities.citysearch.com/roundup/40468/ or http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2774 (or for ghost hunters: http://twincitiesparanormalsociety.com/)Haunted Places in MN- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntmn.html (or for ghosthunters http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2007/10/25/72164065 or http://minnesotaparanormalinvestigators.com/hauntedmn.html)Haunted Places in WI- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntwi.htmlHaunted Places in IA- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntia.htmlHaunted Places in Kansas City: http://kansascity.about.com/od/entertainmentattractions/a/HauntedKCMO.htm(or for ghost hunters: http://www.ghost-investigators.com/Haunted Places in MO- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntmo.html (or for ghosthunters http://www.missourighosts.net/ or http://www.hauntedmo.com/)Haunted Places in KS- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntks.htmlHaunted Places in NE- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntne.htmlHaunted (& Weird) Places in IL- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntil.html (or if you'd prefer COMMERCIAL haunted attractions: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/ )Haunted Places in OH- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntoh.html or http://www.forgottenoh.com/haunted.html (or if you prefer COMMERCIAL haunted attractions: http://www.scaryohio.com/home.htm)Haunted Places in OK- http://www.prairieghosts.com/oklahoma.htmlHaunted Places in AR- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntar.htmlHaunted Places in TX- http://www.texasescapes.com/FEATURES/Texas_ghosts.htm or http://www.hollowhill.com/tx/tx.htm (or for ghosthunters http://www.lonestarspirits.org/hauntedtexas.html)Haunted Places in DC- http://godc.about.com/od/pictures/ig/Gallery-of-Ghost-Stories/ (or for ghosthunters http://www.dchauntings.com/)Haunted Places in MD- http://www.prairieghosts.com/hauntmd.htmlHaunted Places in NYC- http://gonyc.about.com/od/halloween/a/haunted_newyork.htmHaunted Places in NY: http://www.essortment.com/travel/hauntedplacesn_skfn.htmHaunted Places in Sacramento, CA- http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/38986/haunted_sacramento_the_ghosts_and_spirits.html?cat=8 or http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/ghosthunting/hauntedcities/SacramentoCalifornia.php.Haunted Places in Canada- http://www.tripadvisor.com/GoListDetail-i261-10_Most_haunted_Places_to_Visit_in.html(Winnipeg- http://www.unexplainable.net/artman/publish/article_3360.shtml)Haunted places in the UK- http://www.haunted-britain.com/ or http://theshadowlands.net/places/uk.htm or http://www.ghosts-uk.net/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=0&start=610 (fyi- these people want you to sign up)Haunted Places in London- http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/london/lonpages/london.htm or http://www.spookystuff.co.uk/HauntedLondon.htmlGhosthunters site for Sheffield- http://www.sheffieldparanormal.co.uk/Haunted Places in Gloucestershire (Cotswolds): http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/focus/2003/05/ghost/ghosts_meredith.shtml or http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/gloucestershire/glosshire.htm or http://www.mysteriouspeople.com/Cotswolds_mystery2.htmHaunted Places in the Midlands & Eastern England (Surrey): http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/surrey/surrdata.php& 101 British Ghosts: http://www.mysterymag.com/hauntedbritain/?page=article&subID=5&artID=273Pretty UK ghost site: http://www.headlesshorseman.co.uk/British Ghost Hunters: http://www.hauntedbritain.co.uk/Spook Searches (large sites that list haunted places by state/area. PLEASE NOTE- most of these do NOT verify submitted stories!):The Shadowlands: http://theshadowlands.netReal Haunted Houses: http://www.realhaunts.com/Historic Hauntings (A Collection of Articles on Ghosts, Hauntings and the Unknown)- http://www.prairieghosts.com/haunt_history.htmlHaunt Your Own HomeThe Monster List of Halloween "do it yourself" projects: http://www.halloweenmonsterlist.info/How to make a Haunted House: http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/mischalloween/a/091100a.htmProfessional Props: http://www.thehorrordome.com/ or http://www.spookyfx.com/Ghost Lit (If you like your ghost stories a little less local & more literary):Horror stories & poems: http://www.horrormasters.com/Literary Gothic: http://www.litgothic.com/index_fl.htmlThe Haunters & the Haunted 57 ghost stories from literary works, folklore and myth: http://www.bartleby.com/166/Victorian Ghost Stories (a nice little selection): http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/ghost-stories.htmlAmalgamated Brotherhood of Spooks library (a good variety & some hard-to-find stories): http://www.amalgamatedspooks.com/library.htmlThe Ghost Stories of M.R. James: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8486 or http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9629The Moonlit Road (ghost stories of the South): http://www.themoonlitroad.com/index.htmlThe Little Colonel's Halloween (a fictional account of a typical period celebration): http://www.littlecolonel.com/books/Holidays/Chapter11.htmDark Poetry (scroll down a bit): http://www.geocities.com/anadreams/hallpoetry.html or http://thingsthatgoboo.com/scarypoems/darkpoems.htm or http://www.horrormasters.com/Themes/DarkPoetry.htmSomething Visual that's not too Abysmal:Instant Gratification (stuff to watch online):Thomas Edison's "Frankenstein:"

Edward Gorey's "Dracula" (stop motion animated feature using Gorey designed toy theatre- ADORABLE!):

Vincent Price reads the Raven

The Walls Keep Talkin'

The Skeleton in the Closet

Betty Boop's Halloween Party:

Mickey Mouse in "The Haunted House"

Lonesome Ghosts

Donald Duck's Halloween

Egyptian Melodies (for & :

Broomstick Bunny

Bugs Bunny - Broomstick Bunny ( Looney Tunes )
by finash

Hyde & Hare

Bugs Bunny - Hyde and Hare
by minitour

A Witch's Tangled Hare

Monster Mash

1965 SHINDIG Halloween Episode, starring Boris singing the Monster Mash, Lurch singing & dancing to his namesake tune, the Lurch, and three other songs by Jim Doval & the Gauchos, & The Wellingtons.

Thriller

Michael Jackson |MTV Music

Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Super 8

Home-Rental Horror:A Horror movie fansite w/ list of the best 100 ever: http://www.best-horror-movies.com/100-greatest-horror-movies.htmla list of lists of horror movie choices for different occasions: http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/8287.aspThe annual Halloween movie recommendations of Brian Showers: http://www.brianjshowers.com/articles_halloweenfilm2008.html(see also http://www.brianjshowers.com/articles_halloweenfilm2007.htmlhttp://www.brianjshowers.com/articles_halloweenfilm2006.htmlhttp://www.brianjshowers.com/articles_halloweenfilm2005.htmlhttp://www.brianjshowers.com/articles_halloweenfilm2004.htmlhttp://www.brianjshowers.com/articles_halloweenfilm2003.html )Lights OutIf you like Old Time Radio, there is a wonderful webgroup here: https://timespast.ning.com/ , & if you choose to join the “OTR before 1962” group: https://timespast.ning.com/group/OTRbefore1962 , there is an AMAZING collection of Halloween Radio shows (available only to group members, but well worth joining if you like OTR) here: https://timespast.ning.com/group/OTRbefore1962/forum/topic/show?id=1535737%3ATopic%3A37241Or for streaming shows, Horror Old Time Radio (beware: annoying commercials): http://www.live365.com/stations/radiobonesMonster Mood Music:Evil Online:Halloween Radio (3 different tracks): http://www.neverendingwonder.com/halloween.htmThe 13th Track (online music & ordering info for Halloween recordings) http://www.13thtrack.com/Haunted Radio- http://hauntedradio.50webs.com/Share the Scare:A blogsite with many WONDERFUL Halloween songs, stories, & sounds to share (search back a little): http://davesworld56.blogspot.com/Another fantastic blogsite with a Halloween count down, cool songs & a lot of fun comic art: http://armagideontime.blogspot.com/"Spook Party" & "Ghoul-Arama" (two super-ghoul original mixes complete w/ cover art for your own cd)- http://scarstuff.blogspot.com/2006/04/various-ghouls-spook-party-scar-stuff.htmlMake Your Own Spooky Music: (Halloween musical suggestions for your own mixes):a list of lists: http://userpages.chorus.net/burleigh/music/h_playlists.htmlrock mix suggestions: http://userpages.itis.com/burleigh/music/my_hsongs.htmlclassical: http://music.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/0010_halloween/playlist.shtmlfree downloadable midi & wav files: http://www.theholidayspot.com/halloween/music.htmSing Your Own Spooky Song:Pumpkin carols: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/4175/pcarolli.htmlBooed Food (recipes):elegant entertaining: http://www.perfectentertaining.com/halloween/silly snacks:http://www.masterstech-home.com/The_Kitchen/Recipes/Recipe_Indices/Seasonal_Recipe_Indices/HalloweenRecipesIndex.htmlGhoul Treats: http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/halloween/goulish.htmplenty of pumpkin recipes: http://www.pumpkinnook.com/cookbook.htm#recipeA Slice of Halloween (pumpkin carving sites):The Pumpkin Nook: http://www.pumpkinnook.com/hween/carve.htmPumpkin Carving 101: http://www.pumpkincarving101.com/Pumpkin Masters: http://www.pumpkinmasters.com (more commercial but fun free patterns)More free carving patterns: http://www.jack-o-lantern.com/Tips for creating a new pattern: http://wls.wwco.com/garden/patterns.htmlVirtual pumpkin carving:Carve & Post it: http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swfCarve & Email it: http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/Dressed to KillAn excellent page of costume idea/planning site links, including several for wheelchair users: http://www.costumepage.org/hallocst.htmlLast minute/inexpensive costume ideas you can put together yourself:Pretty Easy: http://papa.essortment.com/easyhalloweenc_rdfm.htmalso easy & lots of ideas (including costumes for those in chairs): http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/costumes.htmcool site w/ one annoying pop-up: http://www.costumeideazone.com/Easy, 3-colour face paint costume ideas: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/family/33402089.html?elr=KArksUUUUMartha Stewart goes buggy: http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=59bac137bf22f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=related& tongue in cheek: http://members.tripod.com/disneyitis/LATE_H_COSTUMES.HTMArt in the Blood (my fave Halloween artists):

the paintings of John Atkinson Grimshaw: http://john-atkinson-grimshaw.chez-alice.fr/Page1.htm or http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/index.cfm?event=catalogue.artist&artistID=2565The Haunted Studio (Lewis Barrett Lehrman): http://www.hauntedstudio.com/Gallery1.htmDandelion Halloween Cards (Lori Preusch): http://www.dandelionpress.com/halloween.htmlVintage Halloween Postcards: http://halloween.lisamorton.com/cards.htmlOld Haunts- Vintage pictures of Halloweens gone by: http://oldhaunts.blogspot.com/Halloween collectables chronicled on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintagehalloweencollector/Momento Mori Miscellany:Mysterious Memorials (odd gravestone inscriptions): http://www.bbchistorymagazine.com/memorials_2.aspFrightening Fun:Halloween Hangman:

Monsterise Your Name: http://www.i-mockery.com/halloween/bag/monster-initial-generator.phpHope some of these might come in handy &/or help get you into the Halloween Spirit. Happy Haunting!

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