Monthly Archives: September 2023
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” (though they may tip a hat to it from time to time).
This is a tricky definition, however. Mike Batt (some of whose work is in the playlist for today: there’s a lot more to his compositions than the Wombles! ) 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.
Where Have You Been?: Return to Limoncello
In the latest episode of our original series, “Where Have You Been?” which suggests things to do and places to visit around the Second Life Grid, we pay a return visit to the Limoncello Gallery, a newly-enlarged art gallery with a signature airship, now placed at the top of a tower in which is exhibited a very large collection of Second Life Art. It was started some 16 years ago, and it’s a big private collection open to the public.
This show airs on September 23, 27, 30 and October 4 & 7, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific.
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The Magic of The Musical: “Three by Lerner & Loewe”
THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Originally broadcast Saturday, September 16th 2023. This Month: “Three by Lerner & Loewe”
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For this month’s episode we return to the Gold Hall at the elegant Angel Manor Estate. Join our live audience in Second Life or on-the-air!
Also on the air today: tune in at 12 noon or 4pm SLT for an edition of “Where Have You Been?”. Plus “Engines of Our Ingenuity” from the University of Houston, every four hours from 4am. Featured Music today will, of course, be “On Broadway!”.
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Jack Flanders in Orchids & Moonbeams
Tune in on Friday for the next episode of another exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: “Orchids & Moonbeams” - featuring that seasoned esoteric tourist, Jack Flanders.
This adventure consists of three half-hour episodes, broadcast at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Fridays. Now read on dot, dot, dot…
Music from the International Lounge
Today’s programme brings you a selection of primarily instrumental music, and primarily from the 1960s as we present a comfortable sojourn in the International Lounge.
You’ll hear instrumental — and other — arrangements of well-known tunes of the period, along with the best of popular production music and themes from the 60s. Most of the material is from the United Kingdom, the United States and occasionally mainland Europe: so at least it somewhat deserves the label “international”.
Today, of course, “lounge music” is terribly fashionably retro, and no longer consigned to the old vinyl bin in the charity shop under the heading “Easy Listening”. So tune in, sit back, let the bar-tender bring you a gin and tonic with ice and lemon, and enjoy your stay in the International Lounge.
Where Have You Been?: LynchLand
In the latest episode of our original series, “Where Have You Been?” which suggests things to do and places to visit around the Second Life Grid, we visit LynchLand, the remarkable tribute to the work of filmmaker, visual artist, musician and actor David Lynch. Lynch is perhaps best-known for his landmark 1990s TV series, Twin Peaks.
This show airs on September 6, 9, 13, 16 and 20, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific.
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