Well as Wotan and Woodsy attempt to lay down the basis of the next radio show, its becoming abundantly clear that Woodsy does have an obscure form of tourettes and the first eight takes on the forthcoming show have been rendered unbroadcastable as the afternoon swiftly devolved into a Derek and Clive style session. Woodsy has clearly been partially possessed by a demon from his big box video nasty collection and only healthy doses of vinly delivered Wishbone Ash and Rush appeared to calm him down. Fearing for my life and an assualt with the Johnny Seven, I would just like to make this brief plea for sanity before the curry and beer arrive and it all descends further into swiftian scatalogical profanity and utter blokey nonesense.
Help me mother, ive been a good boy really, please dont let it end this way.... ps, my body is probably in the post box in the garden.
I guess fire and Ice isn't the only audio drama we get to enjoy on the blog.
ReplyDeleteSpeakin' of which - I finally had a chance to listen to the latest Space Opera courtesy of Wote and the fine folks over at Celtica Radio. Really great stuff there!!!! Reminds me of the days of the old radio 'Lone Ranger' and 'The Shadow' broadcasts, but updated for a modern audience.
ReplyDeleteYep, its been a lot of fun this weekend at Moonbase. Meatballs, curry, bacon, beer and butternut soup were all shipped in by Missus Moonbase to help Commanders Wotan and Woodsy focus on the serious business of being ten again! We messed around on microphones, tried some sound effects, got some toys out and split our sides laughing! To top it all we went to the local Doncaster Toy Fair where Wotan missed out on some Archer Spacemen knockoffs but cleared them out of chipped, bashed and generally mashed up die-cast for the Wotan workshop including a cool Gerry Anderson Investigator car. SIG!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you fellas had a real blast! Gerry Anderson Investigator car? That's something I'd like to hear more about.
ReplyDeleteEd wrote, "I finally had a chance to listen to the latest Space Opera courtesy of Wote and the fine folks over at Celtica Radio."
ReplyDeleteWell, as the guy wot read it (and will be reading the second part in December), I must say what a pleasure it was to work with BB's script and add a bit of the music (the opening theme, which can be heard here and there as the story progresses). Some people seem to be saying I sound like Col. White. Not intentional, I assure you (and I ain't as posh-sounding as he is). Sorry to say it, but I'm not really a fan of puppet sci-fi, but I can appreciate the attraction for those who are. It obviously commands quite a following.
Sorry to've had to sign into this as Anon., but I've put my name below here.
Cheers, guys. Nice to be peeking into Moonbase Central.
Andrew John
Celtica Radio
Andrew - as author of the story, i have to thank you for breathing life into the story,its amazing to hear what was origninally a bit of a lunchtime distraction turned into a valid piece of radio drama.
ReplyDeleteHave to say im seriously impressed with your pronunciations of the crew and ship names, its the first time Ive heard them aloud! I didnt give any thought to their being verbalised when I was writing it, just wanted to include some realistic native american and scandinavian names! Looking forward to part 2!
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ReplyDeleteWotan said, "Have to say im seriously impressed with your pronunciations of the crew and ship names, its the first time Ive heard them aloud! I didnt give any thought to their being verbalised . . ."
ReplyDeleteThanks. Had to research them, but had a rough idea of some of them based on how phonetic these languages are, with most if not all vowels getting a full value. I just hope I got them right. And I'd find myself pronouncing your moniker as Votan, of course, although I'm sure most pronounce the W as a W as in "woe" (too much listening to Wagner's Ring back in the day, I reckon). As for Nascha Anischinaabe, I just guessed how to pronounce it, and assumed the last vowel would be given value and the major stress would be on the fourth syllable with the minor stress on the second. I could have got it completely arse about face.
Lots of credit to Bill E, too, of course: he did the production once my voice and my bit of theme music had sailed away from my computer. I know he put a lot of time into it.
Andrew John