Today in our Featured Music we look at the progression from folk into rock in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, in the latest edition of “Where Have You” Been?, where we discover things to do and places to see around the Second Life Grid, we visit “Monsters, Demons, & Chess” by Monique Beebe (Kondor Art Center). Plus “Engines of Our Ingenuity” every four hours from 4am Pacific.
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A Victorian Miscellany At Christmas
Join us today, Wednesday 14th December, for a day of music from the Victorian era (and sometimes a little beyond). The programme will include popular songs and ballads familiar to those of us who frequent the music-halls, and the occasional seasonal performance.
In addition we shall be enjoying some of the marvellous musical confections of Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr Lionel Monckton; and, from time to time, we shall regale you with the sounds of the latest in Mechanical Instrumentation, including the famous Carousel Steam-Organ. We will also hear some music from the Band-stand at the Gardens of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham.
In addition, do listen-in to “Where Have You Been?” at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, and “Engines of Our Ingenuity” every four hours from 4am.
We guarantee that a most enjoyable time is to be had by all.
Visit our friends at The Dickens Project, SL
Our friends and valued sponsors Seanchai Library are proud to present The Dickens Project 2022 Edition. This Second Life winter holiday tradition invites guests to walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge in an environment inspired, in part, by Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella “A Christmas Carol.” An invited community of Second Life groups and organizations are presenting a variety of music events, dance performances, as well as story presentations. Other Project features include skating, sledding, a balloon ride, a horse cart tour, and plenty of photo opportunities. The Dickens Project regions are open until the end of the day on Tuesday, January 3rd.
The 2022 Edition features an Experience-based teleport system. Please accept the “Caledonian Studios” Experience in the Welcome Area to fully explore The Project. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Dickens%20Project/129/128/1401
Visit Winter Wonderland at Chestnut Hills, SL
You’re invited to visit “Winter Wonderland” at the Chestnut Hills region — home of Virtual Community Radio — in Second Life. Open from now until the end of the year, Winter Wonderland, created by Honey Heart and Sillve, is a region-wide winter island set in a lake and nestled within an Alpine mountain range. With a calm, relaxing seasonal atmosphere and plenty of places to simply hang out and enjoy the scenery, Winter Wonderland features an extensive sleigh ride around the estate and numerous seasonal houses and cottages of differing styles, each with their own exquisite decoration and atmosphere. There’s also ice-skating, horse-riding, events and other activities.
Visit Chestnut Hills in Second Life, any time this month. Don’t miss it!
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chestnut%20Hills/103/220/2544
Tarot @ Teatime — Episode 7
On Dec 11, 15, 18 and 22, we’re rebroadcasting another episode in our twice-monthly series on the Tarot, Tarot @ Teatime, with Honey Heart and Willow Moonfire. The show airs on Thursdays and Sundays at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific Time (8pm and midnight in the UK), and another episode is broadcast every two weeks.
Episode 7 covers the Court Cards of the Minor Arcana. We discuss the significance and function of the Court Cards in the four suits and different ways of thinking about them.
The primary resource mentioned is the Rider Waite Smith Tarot deck. It is available from the publisher, US Games Systems, Inc. and numerous bookstores and online book sellers.
Dreams of India — A Travels With Jack Adventure
Tune in on Friday for the next episode of another exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: Dreams of India - another adventure from the Travels with Jack series.
This adventure consists of four half-hour episodes, broadcast at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Friday December 9, 16, 23 and 30.
DREAMS OF INDIA:
A TRAVELS WITH JACK ADVENTURE
Where Have You Been? visits The Temple of the Divine Feminine
In this episode of our original series, “Where Have You Been?” we visit The Temple of the Divine Feminine, on SLEA Region 2. It’s the creation of 20 women artists and creators coordinated by KismaKSR Resident, and occupies a full region — a very full region — with messages celebrating feminine power, creativity, and voices, including some important focal issues.
The installation is divided into four major themed areas arranged like a medicine wheel. Each area has an entry gallery, a space for invocation, and the temple itself. Each of these four areas aligns with the four elements — air, fire, water, and earth — and are laid out along the major axes of the compass.
Tarot @ Teatime — Episode 6
It’s time for another episode in our twice-monthly series on the Tarot, Tarot @ Teatime, with Willow Moonfire and Honey Heart. The show airs on Thursdays and Sundays at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific Time (8pm and midnight in the UK), and a different episode is aired every two weeks.
Episode 6 covers Part Two of the significance of numbers in the Minor Arcana. We present qualities and keywords associated with the numbers six through 10.
The primary resource mentioned is the Rider Waite Smith Tarot deck. It is available from the publisher, US Games Systems, Inc. and numerous bookstores and online book sellers.
Hits In Hi-Fi
Today — Saturday 26th November — we’ll take a nostalgic journey back to the 1960s and beyond, when music was on vinyl and home stereo was new and excitingly futuristic… with Hits In Hi-Fi.
In the early days of stereo, a significant number of albums were released that were designed especially to show off the wonders of this new way of presenting musical entertainment. Sounds “ping-ponged” across the stereo soundstage; instruments appeared hard on one side and then hard on the other… and there were a lot of space references, bloops and bleeps starting and ending the pieces — and once the Moog Synthesiser became available, that was included in the mix too.
The Magic of The Musical: “Musicals for the Win!”
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.
This show is now available on Mixcloud
This month’s episode features musicals that have been honored with the Pultizer Prize for Drama. The Drama category of this prestigious award recognizes a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life. It is an impressive list that includes everything from Gershwin to Steven Sondheim, to Lin-Manuel Miranda. The list fascinates as much for what is missing from it as the shows that were honored.
Today Host Caledonia Skytower explores the list with a few side trips. Join us today: Saturday, November 19th at 2pm pacific at the Virtual Community Radio Theater on Chestnut Hills, or tune in to listen on-the-air, for The Magic Of The Musical:
SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chestnut%20Hills/124/89/3804
