Classic Sonic Society

Topics Covered:*Missing "Talk Like a Pirate Day"*Contact YOUR local community radio station about syndicating Sonic Society! *Kerric Harvey and "Pirates"*Saunders & Anderson and "The Secretary"*Andrew Dorfman on SFX Audio*Dani Cutler with podcast review of the Small World Podcast.

Episode 3: The Hub. After this next installment of the wildly popular series, we have an interview with the amazing composer of all the original music you hear in Firefly: Old Wounds, Sharon Bee. We end again with more outtakes! Have an idea for an Old Wounds T-Shirt? Send your ideas, as well as all your feedback, to sonicsociety@gmail.com.

History in the Playing

This year's Chair: Andrew DorfmanTopics covered: Decoder Ring Theatre and Black Jack Justice* Podcast Review of 7th Son *The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd

Episode 2: All Alone In The BlackWith a bit of of an homage to another sci-fi favorite, we bring you the second installment of Sonic Cinema's first fan audio drama of the Firefly series. It will again be sure to leave you wanting more! After, a round-table interview with a few of the actors in the series, and we end this meeting as always with more outtakes!

Episode 1: Nuthin's The Best ThingA treat for podcasting Browncoats everywhere! The production company Sonic Cinema (www.soniccinema.ca) is proud and very excited to bring you the premiere episode of the first Firefly fan audio to hit the 'Verse. These podcasts will be in addition to the normal Sonic Society podcast, with a new episode every other week. It's the season two that never was. You will...

This week's meeting completes our voyage into Hell. Not some travelogue by Dante but rather a ghoulish vision of the Abyss on Earth. A play on words like "Aftermath" in which the authors of Ollin Productions look at how humanity would fair with Hell superimposed upon it. This idea, the brainchild of Joseph Medina works on many levels, not the least of which is mythic/psychological. As I've mention...

The Sonic SocietyThe series "AfterHell" arrived in my mail and once again I feel like a kid waking up on Christmas morning- or perhaps in this case Hallowe'en Morn. The episode "Dark Descent" has everything in it I love about good audio cinema. A strong narrative, powerful actors, great music, and attention to one of the most important details- an understanding of the medium. I've spoken before ab...

In this week's late St. Patty's Day feature, two American tousirsts become lost in Western Ireland and stop to ask directions of a local shepherd. A hilarious exchange ensues, as each tries to slog through the hidden cultural assumptions of the other- helped along by the comments of several local sheep. Fresh from our mailbag, this addition to the first season of the Sonic Society comes from our f...

Light a candle, stoke the fire, and lean back in your plush chair curled up with a warm blanket as we present Willamette Radio Workshop's "Frankenstein". This week's feature is an adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Modern Prometheus". Afterwards we'll finish our interview with Sam Mowry.

Have you noticed that recently Westerns are making a bit of a comeback? I'm not speaking directly about the most recent Oscar buzz of "Brokeback Mountain", but rather the successes of shows like Colonial Radio Theatre's "Powder River" which is getting rave reviews and thunderous applause from all quarters. XM Satellite radio can't seem to get enough Powder River, and Jerry Robbins is now working o...

Prologue: Nissa's thoughts on the Sonic Society! There are a few genres that work especially well in radio drama- comedy of course is the most popular. Fantasy and Science Fiction are also exciting options because audio cinema really has no limits. It's as easy to identify an alien planet through sound as it is to have your story earthbound. Suspense and horror are some of my favourites as well be...

Prologue: MONA our Mutual Oral Network Assistant waxes on the Sonic Society's history! One of the great elements of the Schlock Audio re-mastered masterpieces, is that so many of the "goofs" from the movies can be discarded from distraction or added by the narrator as schlocky flavour. Of all the favoured filmmakers in Schlock audio drama, its hard to find a Director more hallowed than Ed Wood. Ed...

Prologue: Robyn Patterson of Kung Fu Action Theatre talks of his love of the Sonic Society! Before we look into our main feature this meeting, I'd like to thank you the listeners once again for your thoughts on improving our show. You can always send us your thoughts by emailing us at sonicsociety@gmail.com. In my regular quest to find more audio cinema out in the ethers of the Internet I ran acro...

Prologue: Tony Sarrecchia speaks of the first time he encountered the Sonic Society! I would like to thank those many people who have written in to give us their thoughts and ideas for the continual improvement of our show. From the very beginnings Andrew Dorfman and I have conceived of the Sonic Society as a collective effort. It is a partnership beginning with those who kindly offer us their wor...

Prologue: Angela Young looks back at her early days of Audio Drama! In our previous incarnation as "Shadowlands Theatre" one of my very favourite forays into the past was listening to the old time radio drama series "Sherlock Holmes" with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Rathbone was arguably the best Holmes capturing some of the quirky spirit of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation. It was only after...

Prologue: The First Sonic Society Fan- Matt Leong talks about his love of the medium! Audio Drama has its favourites and if you talk to many aficionados of the art they will tell you that there's more science fiction and comedy in the new Audio works than any other genre. Schlock Audio Theater's works are some of the very best of the unintended intended comedy you'll find. Bruce Humphries and Char...

Prologue: Tom Konkle brings us his thoughts on Audio Drama and the Sonic Society! Returning to the Society another great fan favourite- The Red Panda. The Red Panda's new adventures can be heard regularly through Podcast at the Radio Memories Network or through Decoder Ring Theatre's website. I love the Red Panda because Gregg Taylor's humour and alacrity knows exactly how much cheese we want on o...

Prologue: Jonithan Patrick Russell brings us the hidden history behind Robotz of the Company and the Sonic Society! This week our Society meeting looks at Texas Radio Theatre. Our good friend and Society member in good stead Richard Frolick has been writing and creating radio drama for many years now. One of his favourite productions is yet another famous Jack- and that being a hardnosed or rather...

Prologue: JV Torres talks about his love of audio drama! This week in the Society we return to a fan favourite, "The Soul Patrol" by David Koenigsberg. Our heroes of the Soul Patrol investigate the kinds of terrible crimes only humans could commit upon each other. They explore the psyche's of villains that most likely go undetected by mere mortal law enforcement, and that brings some interesting q...

Prologue: Pete Lutz talks about his memories of Sonic! The idea in most science fiction is that it's not science fiction. That is to say, the stories may be set in the near or distant future, but they are about us as people today. Even if the people are future people, their sentiments, their concerns, their lives reflect our sentiments, our concerns, and our lives. Whether the characters are alien...

Prologue: Mark Kilfoil is rhapsodic about the Sonic Society! Aired: 12/27/2005As we look into a New Year here in the Society, one has to spend a little time in the past. But be careful where you step, because the past can be a rabbit hole of traps that loops again and again. Crazy Dog Audio Theatre has a propensity in their timeless and powerful tales to look at society in its most naked absurdity...

Prologue: Lothar Tuppan brings his first memory of the Society! Replay of the Christmas Podcast A treat for the Society's podcasting audience- a delayed Christmas present. In this special replacement podcast we travel to the past as your host reads three stories from Oscar Wilde. What makes this gift extra-special is the heartfelt motivation behind it. After, it's Christmas in August as we travel...

Prologue: John Bell of the Batfry remembers the Sonic Society! This week we return once again to the next exciting installment of the Arbiter Chronicles from Prometheus Theater. One of the enduring ideas of space that has been explored so readily in television shows like Star Trek, Firefly, Space Above and Beyond, and Babylon 5 among others is the concept of isolation. Like great adventurers of th...

Prologue: Joe Stofko remembers the years! Music has a powerful draw in all our lives, and its importance seems to grow as the years pass. We purchase CD's of the music of movies as readily as the DVD's of the movies themselves. No less is the importance of music in radio drama. While there have been very successful series that have not utilized music, for the most part, modern radio drama depends...