A few years ago, Audible.com offered up several science fiction short story anthologies from the big names in the genre: Asimov’s, Analog and the Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. For a while it looked like they were going to have annual, or perhaps even quarterly, editions, but nothing ever came of it. It’s disappointing, … Read more
Radio Active #8 is dedicated entirely to the music of the Atomic Swindlers, a Ziggy Stardust-meets-The Fifth Element rock’n’roll band. The podcast features a review of the band’s album Coming Out Electric as well as two tracks from the CD. There’s also the first-ever Radio Active podcast, in which Nuketown’s readers and listeners in the … Read more
Where are the fun bands? Over the last few months, as I have been happily lost in a non-radio paradise of podcasts, audio books and my music collection, this is a thought I’ve had many times. Where are the fun bands? I’m talking about acts like David Bowie, Queen, The Talking Heads and anyone else … Read more
I decided to catch up on my podcasts today, and spent this morning’s commute listening to a few of my favorite podcasts, as well as trying out something new. Driving Decompressions #37 First up was Michael Wolf’s Driving Decompressions. Mike hasn’t been posting much recently, having abandoned his twice-a-week schedule in favor of prepping for … Read more
Listening to podcasts quickly became part of my daily routine after I discovered the phenomenon last fall. I wrote about a few of the podcasts I’d found, and then settled into a groove listening to these new, increasingly familiar voices during my morning and afternoon commute. Recently though, I’ve made a concerted effort to seek … Read more
There are great movie soundtracks, ones that resonate with your soul, invigorate your blood flow, and generally kick ass. This is not one of those albums, but it is a very amusing album, and one that fans of 1980s “B movie” horror flicks should enjoy, if not outright love. The Deadly Spawn (Amazon) was one of … Read more
Battles is 12 track audio compact disc dedicated entirely to the sound of warfare. Created by Toxic Bag Productions, the disc contains battle “soundscapes” from four genres: Fantasy, the American Civil War, World War II, and Science Fiction. Toxic Bag is probably best known for their Gamemaster’s Collection, a collection of four CDs consisting of … Read more
At least a third of what made Halo such a great game was its original soundtrack, which combined good ol’rock’n’roll with synthesized orchestras and erie discordant notes to perfectly complement the action happening on screen. The music is just as important to its sequel, but just as Halo 2 is has a certain over-the-top, Hollywoodish … Read more
I’ve been thinking about doing a monthly column dedicated to audio, much like I do for the written word, but I never had enough music or spoken word stuff to talk about (yeah, I listen to audio books each month, but I have to count those as books, or I wouldn’t have enough “written word” … Read more
My audio-starved commuter brain has been greedily drinking down podcasts for a few days now, and I’ve found – and continue to find – the entire phenomenon to be invigorating. I’ve also found quite a few podcasts worth listening to. I am, of course, continuing my search for good content, and I’ll be posting them … Read more