Listen: Extracts from Gore Vidal’s POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION

from BBC Radio 4 series Book of The Week

Point To Point Navigation, by Gore Vidal is read by Tim Robbins. The series is available online at Book of The Week’s main page up until a week after it airs on the station, after which it may or may not be archived elsewhere. –Emon

Click this link here to go to the Book of The Week page. You can listen to the first piece of the series by clicking the Monday link.

Film Sound Cliches: Pt. 2 of 3

The Castle Thunder

by Steve Lee for Hollywood Lost and Found

“Castle Thunder could easily be called “the thunderclap heard around the world.” Originally recorded for “Frankenstein” in 1931, it has gone on to be featured in countless films and TV shows since, becoming the definitive movie thunderclap. Until around the late ’80s, whenever you heard a thunderclap in a movie, it was probably Castle Thunder.”

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PRX Reviews - Here On Earth: War Letters

Here On Earth: War Letters

by Bill Anderson for PRX (Nov. 27, 2006)

“Loved the opening. Slick. The montage was clever and clean and I’m hit between the eyes shortly after that. I had an immediate desire to keep listening. I thought it wise that you set the show up BEFORE introducing your guest.

I’m assuming the callers were screened because not a single call brought the show to a screaching halt like we know some can. The callers advocated for me as a listener and advanced the show to new levels. I absolutely loved the question (comment?) from the cynical, angry sounding man who referenced “delusional” issues.

Coming out of the break with a strong clip from the father launched yet more engaging conversation.

I only wish that Andrew had been on an ISDN line. The phone line, for this radio guy, gets a bit tiresome after a while. Especially when the guest plays such an important role.”

Listen to the program here 

PRX Reviews: Radio Lab, Show 205: Space

Radio Lab, Show 205: Space

by Ben Adair for PRX (Nov. 28, 2006)

“It’s easy to get lost in something as big and vast as space itself. Even easier when you have to plan a whole hour going through it. And though this episode of Radio Lab does take a few “long cuts” and diverge into the realm of the “merely interesting” from time to time, overall the show presents as enjoyable an exploration of our fascination with outer space, our forays into it and our deepest questions — philosophical, physical, mechanical — about it. 

And something interesting happens along the way. Amid all these voices, all these theories, the science fiction and the science fact, it became clear to me in listening to this episode of Radio Lab that the challenges we face in approaching, exploring and conquering space are the same ones we face here on earth — in international politics, domestic affairs, even in our interpersonal relationships. These are questions of will and ambition; courage and fear; our own abilities as individuals and people to rise above the quotidian and do something great.”

Listen to the program here