Monthly Archives: September 2021
Tarot @ Teatime, Episode 15
It’s time for a new episode of our popular series on the Tarot, “Tarot @ Teatime”.
Premiering on Thursday, September 16th and repeated Sunday, September 19th, Episode 15 of “Tarot @ Tea Time” discusses rituals, journaling, and meditations.
“Where Have You Been?” visits The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe!
Wednesday September 15th: In a new episode of our original series, “Where Have You Been?”, which suggests places to see and things to do around the Second Life grid, Episode 16 visits The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, inspired by Milliways, said restaurant in Douglas Adams’ multi-part hilarity, The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (aka H2G2).
There are all sorts of fun little robots puttering about, a ghoulish bartender in an astronaut’s space suit, bright little details from the glowing, fizzing cocktails to the vibrantly colored art on the walls. It’s a fairly new location, so not too many people know about it… yet! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Polar%20Circle/97/90/764
Don’t miss this fun new episode! 12 noon or 4pm Pacific, 8pm or midnight in the UK.
Ancient Journeys
Today, Weds 15 September, join us on a journey across the Ancient World, guided by the ancient and mysterious Piri Reis Map.
We visit Ancient Greece, Rome and beyond to encounter the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. We rediscover lost Atlantis, the ancient civilisations of South America, cross the Pacific and even travel to Antarctica and the Moon.
This week: New Episodes!
Here’s an outline of what’s happening on Virtual Community Radio this week, September 15–21. We’re featuring three new shows! All shows air at at Noon & 4pm SLT/Pacific Time, that’s 8pm and midnight in the UK.
Wednesday, September 15th, Saturday, September 18th — Episode 16 of “Where Have You Been?” visits The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Thursday, September 16th & Sunday, September 19th — Episode 15 of “Tarot @ Tea Time” discusses rituals, journaling, and meditations.
Friday, September 17th — ZBS Foundation: A Unique Introduction: As we prepare to start an extended season of audio adventures from our friends at ZBS Foundation, we kick off with an overview of writer Meatball Fulton’s favourite ZBS series in a special 80-minute extravaganza full of amazing excerpts.
Wednesday & Saturday — Featured Music
Stay Tuned!
Two New Shows on Mixcloud: Tarot@Teatime 14 & Where Have You Been 15
We’re pleased to let you know that there are new episodes of our two popular original series now up on Mixcloud in case you missed them or are working your way through the series.
In Episode 14 of Tarot @ Teatime, Honey and Willow discuss the Four Cardinal Virtues and how they relate to both the Major and Minor Arcana of the Tarot. In addition, the reading for this episode presents a technique for choosing a good date for a project.
Meanwhile, Episode 15 of our popular twice-monthly original series about things to do and places to visit around the Second Life grid, “Where Have You Been?”, this time visits Art Korner SL. Art Korner SL focuses on art and photography showcased in-world across all different genres and forms. They seek to cover art galleries, art projects, photogenic regions and many other activities through content which is original, informative and entertaining.
Modern Classical Music
Today’s Featured Music is “Modern Classical Music” — but what does that mean, exactly?
Well, in the context of today’s programme, we’re talking about pieces of music written between around the mid-20th Century until the present day, that aren’t exactly “pop music”.
This is a tricky definition, however. Mike Batt has remarked that there is no such distinction as “popular music” and “serious music” — there’s simply “popular” and “unpopular”, so the definition rather falls at the first fence.
The Black Mass 30: Flies by Anthony Vercoe
Join us on Friday, September 10th, at a little after 12 noon or 4pm Pacific time / 8pm or midnight in the UK, for the final episode in the landmark radio drama series The Black Mass, created by the late Erik Bauersfeld and his colleagues at the Pacifica radio station KPFA in Berkeley, California, over fifty years ago. In 30 chilling tales of mystery, imagination and the human mind, The Black Mass has brought you some of literature’s most haunting stories, by masters of the craft — many of whom are best-known in other fields. Our thanks as always to John Whiting, producer of many of these recordings, and of course to Erik Bauersfeld himself.
This landmark radio drama series draws to a close this week, with our final tale from The Black Mass. Next week at the same time, join us for an special introduction to the radio drama of ZBS Foundation, leading off a season of fabulous, fantastic and mystical radio drama series from our friends at ZBS.
Note that the episode will not start until the track playing at the top of the hour has finished, so the actual start time of the episode will be a few minutes after the hour.
10 September: Flies by Anthony Vercoe
Pastorale
As summer begins to draw to a close in the Northern hemisphere, tune in today, Weds September 8, for a programme of melodic, often orchestral pieces as we feature music that evokes the natural world in all its glory.
Mainly, but not exclusively, classical in nature, we’ll hear music like Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and the beautiful but lesser known Symphony No 3, Pastoral, from Vaughan Williams. There’s The Lark Ascending and many other beautiful relaxing classics.
In addition, you’ll hear some relaxing ‘smooth jazz’ and New Age pieces, again with a country air.
So kick back and enjoy varied sounds evocative of the countryside.
Music of the Baroque
Today, Saturday September 4th, we explore the music of the Baroque era. We’ll be including the work of a wide range of composers. Many will be familiar; other perhaps less so; or they may have written pieces that we know well but have no idea of who composed them — for example English composer Thomas Arne, who wrote Rule Britannia but also a range of other pieces which deserve more interest than is usually paid to them.
Then at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific / 8pm or midnight UK time, there’s another chance to hear Episode 15 of “Where’ve You Been?”, our twice-monthly show on places to visit and things to do around the Second Life Grid. In this episode, we visit Art Korner SL, which focuses on art and photography showcased in-world across many different genres and forms. You can read more about it here.
And every four hours from 4am Pacific/noon in the UK, tune in for “The Engines of Our Ingenuity”, from the University of Houston, about the machines that make our civilization run and the people whose ingenuity created them.
The Black Mass 29: The Feeder by Carl Linder
Join us on Friday, September 3rd, at a little after 12 noon or 4pm Pacific time / 8pm or midnight in the UK, for the penultimate episode in the landmark radio drama series The Black Mass, created by the late Erik Bauersfeld and his colleagues at the Pacifica radio station KPFA in Berkeley, California, over fifty years ago. In 30 chilling tales of mystery, imagination and the human mind, The Black Mass brings you some of literature’s most haunting stories, by masters of the craft — many of whom are best-known in other fields. Our thanks as always to John Whiting, producer of many of these recordings, and of course to Erik Bauersfeld himself.
This landmark radio drama series draws to a close next week, with our final tale from The Black Mass.
Note that the episode will not start until the track playing at the top of the hour has finished, so the actual start time of the episode will be a few minutes after the hour.
