About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: ds106radio
Go west, young man
For our fourth round of ds106radio live tweeting, we had another two-fer: “Retribution” from Sears Radio Theater and “Gun Shy” from Gunsmoke. I liked the way people picked up on the sound details: I can hear the horses making noises … Continue reading
The Holliday and Hickock Hour
Our Wednesday Western106 tweet-along featured two tales – the Gunsmoke episode “Doc Holliday” and “Aces and Eights” from the Frontier Gentleman series. Unlike our two previous shows, these featured narration as well as dialogue. The listeners had mixed feelings about … Continue reading
High Noon at night
Our Tuesday night tweet-along featured High Noon. Monday’s show was a radio adaptation (Shane) whereas this one was the soundtrack of a film. It made an interesting comparison. The radio program actually had less sound production – a lot less … Continue reading
“Come back, Shane!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcM5ISMV8p0 We had a good, if sparsely attended, first tweet-along. We listened to a radio production of Shane, featuring Alan Ladd and Van Heflin, two of the stars of the movie. Radio was once a big enough thing that major … Continue reading
The Curse of El Capitan
My plan for the first night of ds106tales ds106radio broadcasts was to get set up early, try out all the different inputs, and be ready to go well before 9. But sometimes things don’t work out. Apparently Soundflower doesn’t play … Continue reading
Hearing the Last Laugh
Jim wrote about this story before. When I read it, I thought about all the possibilities for sounds effects, and how those and the dialogue could carry the whole tale. I don’t know if I’ll have the time, but it … Continue reading
A ripping good time: ds106radio tweet-along part 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FS8SldqtE We had another good group for our fourth ds106radio listening and tweeting session. After some spooky sounds and a bumper we had the Mystery Playhouse rendition of “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” which was originally written by horror master … Continue reading
Les choses sont contre nous – ds106radio
For our third night of ds106radio listening, we had two tales – “Who Goes There” originally a John Campbell short story (PDF) and later a few different movies and even a couple of comic books, and “Nightmare” which was originally … Continue reading
Live tweeting pigeons vs. ravens
For our second night of ds106radio live tweeting, we had a pretty good crowd 8 listeners tuned into #ds106radio #ds106tales on http://t.co/4ASqxepybx — Hank Soda (@HankSoda) September 23, 2015 Even Talky Tina joined us. She was in her element Well, … Continue reading
Tales from ds106 tweet-along, round one: Crawling hands and gripping snakes
For our first ds106radio listen-along, we heard a couple of ancient episodes of The Witch’s Tale: “Four Fingers and a Thumb” and “The Boa Goddess.” Both of these come from 1937, when people were a bit more primitive. Is the … Continue reading