Category Archives: Programming

Sunday 9 July: Elrik Merlin at SL20B — and more!

July 8, 2023   Programming

Sun­day 9th July, 3pm SLT: Join Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio’s co-founder Elrik Mer­lin for an hour of retro-futur­is­tic Clas­sic Elec­tron­i­ca LIVE from the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio exhib­it at the Sec­ond Life 20th Birth­day cel­e­bra­tions! Artists include The Tor­na­dos, Kraftwerk, Kei­th Mans­field, Per­rey & Kings­ley, Syn­er­gy and more.  Be there in per­son — or tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio for the live broadcast!

Here’s your trans­porta­tion… and talk­ing of trans­porta­tion, while you’re there, why not hop on a sky­cy­cle and see the exhi­bi­tion from a dif­fer­ent angle!

In addi­tion, tune in at 12 noon and 4pm for Episode 22 of our orig­i­nal series, “Tarot @ Teatime”. In this episode Hon­ey and Wil­low take a jour­ney through more of the Major Arcana and dis­cuss the his­to­ry and sig­nif­i­cance of cards XII The Hanged Man, XIII Death, XIV Tem­per­ance, XV The Dev­il, and XVI The Tow­er — details here.

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Weds 5th July: Join us for a live Tarot Talk at 1pm SLT

July 5, 2023   Programming

On Wednes­day July 5th at 1pm SLT, join Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio at our SL20B head­quar­ters on SLB Breath­tak­ing, or tune in to http://main.vcradio.org for a spe­cial live “Tarot Talk” in which Hon­ey Heart, Tarot expert and co-host of VCRa­dio’s orig­i­nal series, “Tarot @ Teatime”, dis­cuss­es her recent research into Tarot read­ing, in con­ver­sa­tion with Elrik Mer­lin. Hav­ing been a Tarot read­er for 40 years, Hon­ey has recent­ly com­plet­ed some orig­i­nal, detailed research into the Tarot, look­ing at what exact­ly goes on dur­ing a Tarot read­ing. Today’s pre­sen­ta­tion sheds new light on the poten­tial pos­si­bil­i­ties for using the Tarot in transper­son­al coun­sel­ing and in oth­er fields.

In addi­tion, don’t miss the spe­cial SL20B edi­tion of “Where Have You Been?” at 12 noon and 4pm SLT, where we look at some of the exhibits at the show and present some strate­gies for get­ting the best out of your vis­it. And “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton, every fourhours from 4am SLT/Pacific.

Through­out the day we are fea­tur­ing music writ­ten for, inspired by, or con­tem­po­ra­ne­ous with, the works of William Shake­speare, includ­ing both peri­od and mod­ern instrumentation.

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Caledonia Skytower at SL20B — Sunday 2nd July, 3pm

July 2, 2023   Programming

This show is now avail­able on Mixcloud!

Sun­day 2nd July, 3pm SLT: Join our star pre­sen­ter Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er for an hour of selec­tions from motion pic­ture and tele­vi­sion sound­tracks that look to the future — includ­ing the works of Alexan­der Courage, Jer­ry Gold­smith, Michael Giachi­no, John Williams and more! LIVE from the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio exhib­it at the Sec­ond Life 20th Birth­day cel­e­bra­tions! Be there in per­son — or tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio for the live broadcast!

Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores our fas­ci­na­tion with space through pop­u­lar enter­tain­ment, focus­ing pri­mar­i­ly on the music of Star Trek and Star Wars. These fer­tile fran­chis­es, each with their own rocky begin­nings, have had a major impact on the enter­tain­ment indus­try and pop­u­lar cul­ture as they con­tin­ue to hon­or their begin­nings and explore new paths. Strap on your light saber and pre­pare to beam-up for an hour of glo­ri­ous music of The Stars!

Here’s your trans­porta­tion… and talk­ing of trans­porta­tion, while you’re there, why not hop on a sky­cy­cle and see the exhi­bi­tion from a dif­fer­ent angle?

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“Where Have You Been?” — LIVE from SL20B!

June 28, 2023   Programming

Sec­ond Life is offi­cial­ly twen­ty years old. And “Where Have You Been?” — our orig­i­nal series fea­tur­ing places and activ­i­ties around Sec­ond Life — is pleased to be doing a live show, for a third year, from Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio’s head­quar­ters at SLB Breath­tak­ing on the SLB cam­pus — 12 noon SLT, Wednes­day June 28th. We will be replay­ing this episode in our nor­mal “Where Have You Been?” broad­cast slots on Sat­ur­day, July 1st & 8th, and Wednes­day, July 5th at Noon and 4pm Sec­ond Life Time.

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Caledonia Skytower at SL20B — Sunday 25th June

June 25, 2023   Programming

Sun­day 25th June, 3pm SLT: Join our star pre­sen­ter Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er for an hour of inter­stel­lar-space jazz LIVE from the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio exhib­it at the Sec­ond Life 20th Birth­day cel­e­bra­tions! Be there in per­son — or tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio for the live broadcast!

 

Here’s your trans­porta­tion… and talk­ing of trans­porta­tion, while you’re there, why not hop on a sky­cy­cle and see the exhi­bi­tion from a dif­fer­ent angle!

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Jack Flanders in Somewhere Next Door To Reality

June 23, 2023   Programming

Tune in on Fri­day for the next episode of anoth­er excit­ing radio ser­i­al from our friends at ZBS Foun­da­tion: Some­where Next Door To Real­i­ty - fea­tur­ing that sea­soned eso­teric tourist, Jack Flanders.

This adven­ture con­sists  of four half-hour episodes, broad­cast at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Fri­days. Now read on dot, dot, dot…

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Virtual Community Radio @SL20B, Live!

June 21, 2023   Programming

It’s that time again: Sec­ond Life cel­e­brates its birth­day and the com­mu­ni­ty built over 20 years. Sec­ond Life’s 20th Birth­day Com­mu­ni­ty Cel­e­bra­tion opens Thurs­day, June 22 and rocks the grid through Tues­day, July 11.

Join us as we seek out, explore, and con­nect SL res­i­dents with music and more. Ride our sky­cy­cles (and get one for your very own) and stop in for our live events!

Vis­it us at SLB Breath­tak­ing for these live events:

  • Sat­ur­day, June 24 @1–2pm: Live Tarot Read­ings with Hon­ey Heart
  • Sun­day, June 25 @3–4pm: VCRa­dio On-the-Air, Live from SLB ( Pre­sen­ter: Cale)
  • Wednes­day, June 28 @ Noon: Where Have You Been? Live from SLB!
  • Fri­day, June 30 @ 1–2pm:  Live Tarot Read­ings with Hon­ey Heart
  • Sun­day, July 2 @ 3–4pm: VCRa­dio On-the-Air, Live from SLB ( Pre­sen­ter: Cale)
  • Wednes­day, July 5 @ 1–2pm: Tarot Talk with Hon­ey Heart
  • Sun­day, July 9 @ 3–4pm: VCRa­dio On-the-Air, Live from SLB (Pre­sen­ter: Elrik)

ALL times SLT/Pacific

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Breathtaking/235/86/24
(Note: this slurl will only work while SL20B is open, June 22 — July11)

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http://main.vcradio.org/

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Virtual Community Radio Programme Schedule

June 19, 2023   Programming

Here’s a quick guide to the spe­cial pro­gram­ming avail­able on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio on a reg­u­lar basis, accu­rate at June 2023. Episodes change every two weeks except where indi­cat­ed. You can find more infor­ma­tion on our orig­i­nal pro­gram­ming here.

  • Wednes­days - Fea­tured Music — a dif­fer­ent theme or genre of music is played on the stream all day
  • Wednes­days — Where Have You Been? — we look at things to do and places to vis­it around the Sec­ond Life Grid. Host­ed by Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er and Elrik Mer­lin. 12 noon and 4pm SLT
  • Wednes­days — Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity — a radio pro­gram that tells the sto­ry of how our cul­ture is formed by human cre­ativ­i­ty. From the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton. Every four hours from 4am SLT
  • Thurs­days — Tarot @ Teatime — a pro­gramme about the his­to­ry of the cards, their mean­ing and how they can be read. Pre­sent­ed by Hon­ey Heart and her co-host. 12 noon and 4pm SL
  • Fri­days — The ZBS Radio Show — a full-cast radio dra­ma series of adven­tures with a touch of the mys­ti­cal and mys­te­ri­ous, from ZBS Foun­da­tion. Usu­al­ly 30-minute episodes, new every week. 12 noon and 4pm SLT
  • Sat­ur­days — Fea­tured Music — a dif­fer­ent theme or genre of music is avail­able on the stream all day
  • Sat­ur­days — Where Have You Been? — we look at things to do and places to vis­it around the Sec­ond Life Grid. Host­ed by Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er and Elrik Mer­lin. 12 noon and 4pm SLT
  • Sat­ur­days — Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity — a radio pro­gram that tells the sto­ry of how our cul­ture is formed by human cre­ativ­i­ty. From the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton. Every four hours from 4am SLT
  • Sun­days — Tarot @ Teatime — a pro­gramme about the his­to­ry of the cards, their mean­ing and how they can be read. Pre­sent­ed by Hon­ey Heart and her co-host. 12 noon and 4pm SLT
  • 3rd Sat­ur­day of the month - The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal — explores the blend­ing of music and dra­ma with host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er and her guests, fea­tur­ing the songs, his­to­ry and lore that make up the musi­cal the­ater canon. Live from the Gold Room at Angel Manor. 2pm SLT
  • Oth­er spe­cial event pro­gram­ming is aired from time to time. Watch the web site and social media for details — find us on Face­book.
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The Magic of the Musical: Saturday, June 17th Live!

June 17, 2023   Programming

This show is now avail­able to Lis­ten Again on Mix­cloud — click here.

@2pm slt THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Sat­ur­day, June 17

June’s episode will be LIVE from Angel Manor and on-the-air, at 2pm SLT — join the audi­ence in-world!

Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio’s orig­i­nal series “The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal” con­tin­ues this Sat­ur­day, June 17th, at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time, live from its home in the Gold Hall at the ele­gant Angel Manor Estate

This Month: Tony Retro Count­down Part 2 with Guest Mor­rie Enders 

Cale­do­nia wel­comes back guest Mor­rie Enders for anoth­er look at the con­tests for Best Musi­cal from the Tony Awards of years past; dis­cussing which shows have stood the test of time, and which make us tilt our heads and puzzle.

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Saturday At The Movies

June 10, 2023   Programming

Today, join us for a pro­gramme of music from movie and TV sound­tracks — and now we’re includ­ing some gam­ing sound­tracks, which have become as sophis­ti­cat­ed as movie scores in recent years and include some of the same composers.

Movies are where most peo­ple hear orches­tral music these days, and there will be plen­ty of that in this pro­gramme. But movie music is a much broad­er field than that, and today you’ll hear music from the movies of many dif­fer­ent kinds, from the very start of the genre (with Camille Saint-Saens) to the lat­est block­busters; from orches­tral music to rock, to Fifties songs. There is a slight bias towards fan­ta­sy and SF movies, but nev­er mind, we all need a bit of an escape these days.…

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