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Dooood - many thanks. I'd not heard of Magnatune before - I am an immediate Trip Wamsley fan, listening as I type this.

Takes me back to when we'd go friends house to turn on to, or be turned on to, new music. Between sojourns, we used this thing called radio to hear new, better music.

My three kids all have kids now. Over the years, the tweens and teens brought maybe 5 CDs to my house - I was always ready to listen to anything - how do you think I found out about the Gorillaz?. But they came in droves to listen to my music collection. They didn't stop coming when they got older - they stopped coming by when they'd heard all they'd liked, and moved on to other oldsters. I asked them how they found out about new music and they got angry, having heard their parents' stories, such as I've related here and they'd felt their lives were lacking, relegated to the death of MTV.

Radio? I played some insanely old CDs I'd made as a kid of CJOM and the WABX Air Aces (Detroit/Windsor metro) and they didn't believe that radio used to be that way, either.

Internet radio? Still better than over-the-air - duh... - but still, not always fulfilling as a new album (and yes, I still insist that CDs are albums because they are).

I guess after this rant, I should at least try to be on-topic, so here goes: the phases of a business from birth to death seem to be conception, innovation, consolodation, litigation, and liquidation.

With deepest sarcasm, thanks RIAA - with deepest sincerity, thanks ProteusQ.

Guess all I can offer in return, for anyone who's interested in an old radio show, besign Firesign, is The Fourth Tower of Inverness -
http://www.zbs.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1
http://drakhan.com/4tower.html
http://www.zbs.org/catalog/about.php

Dooood - many thanks. I'd not heard of Magnatune before - I am an immediate Trip Wamsley fan, listening as I type this.

Takes me back to when we'd go friends house to turn on to, or be turned on to, new music. Between sojourns, we used this thing called radio to hear new, better music.

My three kids all have kids now. Over the years, the tweens and teens brought maybe 5 CDs to my house - I was always ready to listen to anything - how do you think I found out about the Gorillaz?. But they came in droves to listen to my music collection. They didn't stop coming when they got older - they stopped coming by when they'd heard all they'd liked, and moved on to other oldsters. I asked them how they found out about new music and they got angry, having heard their parents' stories, such as I've related here and they'd felt their lives were lacking, relegated to the death of MTV.

Radio? I played some insanely old CDs I'd made as a kid of CJOM and the WABX Air Aces (Detroit/Windsor metro) and they didn't believe that radio used to be that way, either.

Internet radio? Still better than over-the-air - duh... - but still, not always fulfilling as a new album (and yes, I still insist that CDs are albums because they are).

I guess after this rant, I should at least try to be on-topic, so here goes: the phases of a business from birth to death seem to be conception, innovation, consolodation, litigation, and liquidation.

With deepest sarcasm, thanks RIAA - with deepest sincerity, thanks ProteusQ.

Guess all I can offer in return, for anyone who's interested in an old radio show, besign Firesign, is The Fourth Tower of Inverness -
http://www.zbs.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1
http://drakhan.com/4tower.html
http://www.zbs.org/catalog/about.php

(oops bad formatting)... Have you ever heard of the ZBS foundation? They're worth a listen if you like radio drama - I like the Ruby and Jack Flanders series...

Have you ever heard of the ZBS foundtaion? They're worth a listen if you like radio drama - I like the Ruby and Jack Flanders series...

I nominate Angel Lips from The Adventures of Ruby

The ZBS Foundation originally produced Jack Flanders radio dramas. You can buy them here.

I found the Jack Flanders series again about 2 years ago after searching for them for years. I'm now the proud owner of a copy of Moon Over Morocco.

Enjoy!

Do a KaZaa or other P2P search for 'chomsky' and try out some of Noam Chomsky's speeches.

If you want pure entertainment, you can't beat the folks at ZBS Radio who make some great sci-fi shows (Ruby/Jack).

Yep, http://www.zbs.org/ has CDs of lots of radio series, including the Guide... It's not exactly cheap, but it's available, anyway...

It's not free (and it isn't really what you're talking about) but ZBS Media has been putting out sci-fi/fantasy audio dramas for close to two decades. Their most notable series are the Ruby Series (a film-noir detective set on another planet - I recommend the first one. Oh yeah, and she slows time. :) and Jack Flanders (an inter-dimentional traveller, for lack of a better description. More fantasyish. Check this one.) Both are awsome. They're also completely not-for-profit, so if you like their stuff you can donate at their website.

Enjoy.

Triv

well just go to http://www.zbs.org select Childrens Favourites, CDs and it will be listed there. The URL didn't seem to work correctly.

Well, I missed them when they were originally played on the radio, but for some extremely excellent audio drama, check out the chronicles of "Jack Flanders", "Ruby", and the other creations of ZBS.

They're available on cd and tape now and make for a rivetting distraction while commuting or traveling. I highly recommend them...

Although it can be hard to catch from time to time, radio drama is alive and well and living in Fort Edward, New York. There's a company called ZBS that has shown up on NPR Playhouse occasionally. My own personal favorite show of theirs is Moon Over Morocco, an exquisitely executed mystical fantasy, complete with good writing, good acting, incidental music, sound effects, and authentic ambient noise recorded in Morocco.

I LIKE 'em longer. See, I grew up listening to stories on the radio--The Goon Show, anything from ZBS Radio, even books on tape. 15 minute episodes from the GIS crew would seem...unfulfilling. It takes any group of performers (and believe me, that's what you guys are, whether you like it or not) some on-air time to loosen up and start having fun with what they're doing, especially amateurs. 15 minutes wouldn't be enough time for the guys to get in the radio groove. Insert cheezy porn-film music here. Just my two cents.

Mr. Adams,

The Hitchhikers' Guide series started out as a radio drama, but the books expanded the story well past the original series. I'm a really big fan of ZBS radio drama, and I was wondering if you've ever considered having your more recent works produced for radio or as CDs?

Books on tape are great, but there's nothing quite like having a full cast of actors, proper sound effects, and a great soundtrack to bring it to life.

... Thank you for whapping me up-side the head with bitter reality wrapped in a slice of lemon. I look forward to whatever your next project will be.

This is way offtopic, but I just wanted to mention that the "Meenie Eenie" reference comes from the brilliant radio drama "The Fourth Tower of Inverness." The fact that at least some of their staff are fans makes me want to give them my money even more.

See ZBS for more info.