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Saturday Morning Kids Shows

28 minutes, 12.8 MB

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No voice intro for this show. Despite miscommunication and general behind the scenes random mayhem, this week’s podcast is NOT canceled.

There *was* a voice intro recorded. It was meant to sound off the cuff and laid back and funny, but it ended up sounding half-planned and disorganized. (It was.) Anyway, the show lineup has changed several times in the last few hours.

In no particular order:

We have 2 episodes of “Rory Rammer, Space Marshall:” written by Ron N. Butler. One is “The Island of Dr. Marceau” and the other is only ever talked about in hushed, furtive whispers: “The Lost Episode.”

And, an episode of “Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment,” by Jonathan Strickland: Ps and Q’s.

Also included are a pair of Public Service Announcements from the “Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants,” by Sketch Quinn.

No time for credits. If you want to know, you’ll just have to ask nicely.

 

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An Atlanta Christmas episode 2

Time: 27:05 Size: 12.7M

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An Atlanta Christmas Episode 02

The Elves Strike Back.

<<Cue Music (Something ominous from John Williams that ARTC can’t possibly afford the rights to) – and then Under the Narrator>>

In addition to the plays of Thomas Fuller’s Atlanta Christmas, the writers of ARTC have produced a number of shorts which provide a comic counterpoint. Think of this as the lighter side of Christmas.

All of these pieces are surreal (as if the entire concept of Santa Claus and the Northpole Workshop isn’t). Some (all?) may be in questionable taste. One of these pieces will be performed in this years Christmas show program. There can be only one.

<<Cut Williams Theme; Cue Kazoos and Seal Horns for two bars of Holiday Music with Whoopee cushion finale and out for>>

You have been warned. <<Rory Rammer Echo effect>>

<< Cue ARTC theme – Something NPR-ish with strings and horns – and under for >>

This podcast includes the following pieces from our live performances at Stone Mountain and Parkview High School.

“Roger, the Jolly Little Christmas Elf” by Gerald W Page (2000)
“The Legend of the Poinsettia” by Brad Strickland (2004)
“Unresolved Mysteries Solved While U Wait – the Grinch” by Ron N. Butler (2000)
“Zen Santa Claus” by Tracy V Wilson (2005)

<<ARTC Theme Music Up and Out>>

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Rory Rammer: The Lance of Justice/Time for Station Identification

Size: 15.05 MB Duration: 32:54

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Recorded at Camp Will-A-Way inside Ft Yargo State Park. This was one of my favorite shows, because the audience was especially appreciative, and I think that adds to a performance as much as anything else. Also, we performed outside and it didn’t rain, which is always a plus.

We also got a nice introduction from Annie Maxwell, which I have included.

This week’s shows:

Rory Rammer, Space Marshall in “The Lance of Justice.”

and

Time for Station Identification.

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Post-Halloween Extravaganza (Into the Labyrinth)

Time: 24:04  Size: 27.55 MB

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You say you can’t get enough Trick or Treating? You say that you spent most of October looking for TV special with the “Round-Headed Kid” on DVD? You say haven’t slept for 48 hours because of the insane sugar rush? Is that’s what’s troubling you, Pilgrim?

Seriously though. We have two shows from Into the Labyrinth 2005: Farm Report of the Worlds by Brad Strickland and Penny Dreadful, by Kelly Swilley

Farm Report of the Worlds: Imagine you’re waking up to AM Radio… the morning *after* the night that H.G. Wells’ Martians attacked.

Penny Dreadful: And what happens when a lost book by an unknown author suddenly and mysteriously appears on a library shelf?

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The Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants

Time: 28:19 File size: 12.97M

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Performed live at Sci Fi Summer 2005, so controversial that it had its own late night time slot, and so funny that we just couldn’t keep it to ourselves.

ARTC presents the Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants, episode 2: Miss Rorschach if You’re Nasty by “Sketch” Quinn.

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Guerilla Radio Theatre

time: 23:02 (10.55 MB)

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“Guerrilla Radio Theater” was commissioned by the Fellowship of Reason and perfomed at Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta on March 19, 2003.  “Guerrilla” could (but oddly enough doesn’t) refer to ARTC’s ability to set up a live studio complete with foley, amplifiers, BIG speakers, a dozen microphones, mixers, samplers, keyboards and digital recording equipment anywhere in under two hours, perform and then tear down in another hour.  ARTC has performed in coffee houses, churches, outdoor pavilions, hotel ballrooms, stages and bars.  If there’s empty space and room for an audience, ARTC has probably performed in it. It reminds some people of either the Normandy Landing or dozens of clowns emerging from the little car at the circus….
The entire “Guerrilla Radio Theater” program is one hour and includes many other pieces.  We have limited our selections for this podcast to twenty minutes and, therefore, much of the original program is not included.

The pieces are comic satire and include:

“SWATting the Books” by Ron N. Butler – “Sovereign Immunity and Your local public library….”
“NOSINET” by Daniel Taylor – “What your banker knows about you……”
“Inhuman Rights” by Ron N. Butler – “Dodos is good eatin……”
“The Shape of Things to Come” by Daniel Taylor – “Technology and the single girl….”

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Into the Labyrinth part 1

time: 15:24 (7.05 MB)

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A few years ago ARTC had an opportunity to perform a Halloween show for the public.  We try to perform in October whenever possible as it is a month especially suited to our horror and science fiction roots.  Our forte has always been conventions and other semi-private events where our time slot was somewhat limited and so we usually only had time for one feature piece, or maybe a series of shorts.  We always performed them just once.

But when you perform for the public you sometimes have the opportunity to repeat a show or even…dare I say it…have a run of a show.  Furthermore, we were able to expand the time slot to include the series of shorts and the feature piece.  Faced with the prospect of having more material to work with than usual and the fact that very few people had heard of any of our work at the time (outside of our loyal fans…hi, everybody) we felt the need to choose a marketable title for the overall show.  We found one in our own catalog.

Into the Labyrinth was (and is) our in-house imprint for original horror and dark fantasy.  It was one of our first, along with the audio magazine The Centauri Express, and the introduction about the “simple garden maze”, masterfully presented by William Brown, appears on a number of our studio productions.  It seemed appropriate to use the title to help promote our live show of similar material.

As our podcast continues, you will hear many excerpts from various Into the Labyrinth shows.  We hope you enjoy them all.  This week features Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment: Sweet Revenge and Nikki’s Place: The Collectors.

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Bumpers Crossroads: Bradbury’s Funeral home AND Armada Rising

time: 30:29 (13.96 MB)

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ARTC presents:

  1. Bumper’s Crossroads: Bradbury’s Funeral Home, Ron N. Butler
  2. Armada Rising, Thomas E. Fuller

From Into the Labyrinth 2005, recorded at Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain GA.

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Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Meteor Surfers

time: 21:21 (9.78)

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Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Meteor Surfers was written by Ron N. Butler and performed live at Dragon*Con 2003.  It features anime voice actor Michael Brady!