Tune in on Friday for the next episode of another exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: Return to Inverness - a 12-part sequel to the original Jack Flanders adventure, The Fourth Tower of Inverness.
This adventure consists of 12 half-hour episodes, broadcast at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Fridays.
St Brigid’s feast day is February 1st, and today we’ll be playing a collection of Celtic music in her honour. The Gaelic festival coincides with Imbolc, the first day of Spring in Irish tradition, and because St Brigid has been linked to the goddess Brigid, the festival of Imbolc is associated with the goddess.
In addition you can tune in at 12 noon or 4pm SLT for an edition of our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we visit The Nature Collective.
Here’s another chance to hear Episode 10 of our original series, “Tarot @ Teatime”, with Honey Heart and Willow Moonfire, exploring the history of the cards and how they may be read. Tune in to http://main.vcradio.org at noon or 4pm Pacific / 8pm or midnight UK time. This episode will repeat on Sunday January 29th and Thursday February 2nd.
Episode Ten
This covers the Major Arcana and various way of thinking about these twenty-two cards as a group. We discuss the notion of The Fool’s Journey, Jungian Archetypes, and the Major Arcana as a depiction of the interplay between order and chaos.
Saturday January 28th, and today we make a foray into the world of Light Music, one of our staple genres here on VCRadio.
We can think of Light Music as filling a gap between out-and-out classical music, and the exceptional quality music production library and film music of the 1940s-50s — the latter also featuring from time to time on The Light Programme. It’s a continuum with perhaps Sullivan at one end, and maybe Coates at the other – though it’s difficult to define boundaries. In between are composers like Addinsell, Alwyn, Ketelbey, Tomlinson, Binge, Lane and others, and it’s their music that we’ll be featuring today. What these pieces and composers have in common, is a “classical” approach to melodic music. Their work is full of great tunes, and it utilises orchestral forces with as much aplomb as any classical composer. But in general (though not always), the music is a little lighter in tone and feel.
Today, 25th January, is the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, and today we’re bringing you a programme of traditional and modern music from Scotland (with plenty of bagpipes of course), and then, at 2pm Pacific Time/SLT (10pm GMT) we are presenting a complete Burns Supper, courtesy of the late-lamented Scots Independent Newspaper (a role these days taken by The National).
In addition, today sees a repeat of the Elven Forest edition of our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where we discuss things to do and places to see around the Second Life Grid, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, 8pm and midnight in the UK. Plus, “Engines of OurIngenuity“every four hours from 4am Pacific.
All our Sponsors, Friends and Patrons’ rental panels are now in the back room at the new HQ. There shouldn’t be any interruption in these services.
Over the coming year, you can expect a continuation of our unique programming, including new episodes of our original series, some of which are currently on hiatus. “The Magic of The Musical” will start a new season in April, and until then we’ll be running some favourite episodes in the Saturday 2pm SLT slot. And when the series returns in the Spring, it’ll be broadcast live from a brand new location. Similarly, there will be new episodes of “Where Have You Been?”, where we visit places of interest around the Grid, beginning next month — and until then we’ll be re-running some shows covering still-current SL locations and activities.
Keep an eye on the web site here for the latest details.
Tune in on Saturday January 21st at 2pm pacific/slt for another chance to hear a show in our original series, “The Magic of The Musical”! The series continues with brand new episodes from April, but until then we are repeating a few of our favourite episodes in the third Saturday of the month slot.
In this edition, “With Cat-Like Tread” focuses on the influence of the distinctive operettas of W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan on American musical theater’s evolution years later in the 20th C. Host Caledonia Skytower is joined by guest Elrik Merlin as they compare and contrast with views from both sides of “the pond.”
At the height of the Victorian era in England, a partnership developed between dramatist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan that resulted in a form of operetta so unique that it is regularly referred to as its own genre: “G&S” – Gilbert and Sullivan. Their dozen musical shows directly influenced musical theater in the 20th C, introducing innovations in content and form that are still part of the language of musicals today. They’ve stood the tests of time, politics, and parody – oftentimes encouraging the latter. Their shows are still widely performed in the English speaking world, and Gilbert and Sullivan societies abound in North America.
The Magic of The Musical explores the blending of music and drama — featuring the songs, history, and lore that make up the musical theater canon. Learn more about some of your favorite shows and composers as we cue the orchestra, and the overture begins.
Also Today …
Featured Music: Musicals!
The Engines of Our Ingenuity plays every four hours beginning at 4am slt/pacific
NOTE: The actor mentioned in this episode who portrayed the Police Constable in the 1980 New York Public Theater production was actually Tony Azito, not Tony Anselmo. Azito was an American eccentric dancer and character actor. Anselmo is an American voice actor, best known as the voice of Donald Duck.
Today, Wednesday January 18, we present a wealth of keyboard pieces — primarily on piano, harpsichord and organ, but you’ll hear some other traditional keyboard instruments too — both solo and with other musical forces backing them.
The main spread of the programme encompasses the Baroque and Classical periods, but you’ll also hear some more modern pieces including treatments of classical pieces, and some engaging little 19th century pieces that are less well-known. Most of the time, there is a classical or baroque link in there somewhere, even if it’s not immediately obvious.
Saturday, January 14th: Today’s programme, “Classical Landscapes”, consists of music from some of the Great Masters of Classical and Romantic music (and a few from the Baroque), including Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and many more.
Sit back and enjoy some of the greatest music ever written, performed by the leading orchestras and solo performers of the world.
“Where Have You Been?”, where we suggest things to do and places to visit around the Second Life Grid, will be back for a new series in March. In the meantime we’ll be re-broadcasting a few programmes from Series 2, starting with Serenity Valley (S02E08). While “WYB” includes quite a few time-related items like gallery exhibitions and places based around the time of year, there are some places we’ve visited which are longer-term in scope and we’ll be revisiting a few of them in the show’s regular timeslots of 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
You can also hear “Engines of Our Ingenuity” at the usual time, every 4 hours from 4am Pacific.
Tune in for another chance to hear Episode 9 of our popular series, “Tarot @ Teatime”, with Honey Heart and Willow Moonfire, exploring the history of the cards and how they may be read. Tune in to http://main.vcradio.org at noon or 4pm Pacific / SLT, 8pm or midnight UK time. This episode will be broadcast on January 8, 12, 15 and 19.
In this episode, Willow and Honey discuss how agency, function, and context influence the interpretation of cards in a reading. A spread of three cards is read to address two different issues to demonstrate the importance of context.
If you’ve missed any episodes of this series, remember you can catch previous episodes on demand at Mixcloud.
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“Where Have You Been?”, where we suggest things to do and places to visit around the Second Life Grid, will be back for a new series in March. In the meantime we’ll be re-broadcasting a few programmes from Series 2, starting with 
