“Where Have You Been?” visits Svarga and discovers SLRPS

Just after 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/Second Life time on Wednes­day and Sat­ur­day begin­ning April 27th (for two weeks) tune in for the lat­est edi­tion of “Where Have You Been?” where we take a look at places to vis­it and things to do around the Sec­ond Life Grid.

In Series 2, Episode 9, we vis­it a fab­u­lous loca­tion from the dim past: Svar­ga. It was cre­at­ed in 2006 by Laukosar­gas Svarog, and even in those days it was a must-see des­ti­na­tion — an excel­lent exam­ple of the vir­tu­al builder’s craft.  It’s immer­sive, and uses a rich mix­ture of shape and tex­tur­ing to evoke the world of the Gods from Slav­ic mythology.

It’s one of the regions pre­served by Lin­den Lab as being of spe­cial his­tor­i­cal inter­est — and we also dis­cuss the SLRPS (Sec­ond Life Region Preser­va­tion Soci­ety) and some of the oth­er his­toric regions pre­served under its banner.

And every four hours from 4am Pacif­ic, catch Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton — a radio pro­gramme that tells the sto­ry of how our cul­ture is formed by human creativity.

Jazz On The Keys

Today, Sat­ur­day April 23rd, we’re pre­sent­ing a pro­gramme of key­boards-based Jazz. While many of the pieces we’re play­ing today fea­ture or include the piano, there are also some record­ings fea­tur­ing oth­er key­board instru­ments, includ­ing some inspir­ing pieces on syn­the­sis­er. Keep an ear out for Alan Haven’s Image, a late-night Radio Car­o­line clos­ing tune back in the day; Cam­bridge-based David Rees-Williams and his tri­o’s inter­pre­ta­tions of clas­si­cal works; two albums by Bil­ly Bar­ber, one (Shades of Grey) on piano and the oth­er (Light­house) on elec­tron­ic instru­ments; and some mar­vel­lous per­for­mances by Ian Lynn includ­ing his clas­sic album For­got­ten Summer.

Don’t miss “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” every four hours from 4am Pacific.

And check out our vis­it to the amaz­ing Seren­i­ty Val­ley in the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?.

“Shai Mae­stro” by Nathan Bul­li­vant is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Friday 22nd: Elrik Merlin At Fantasy Faire’s Fairechylde

The four­teenth Fan­ta­sy Faire, in aid of the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety’s Relay for Life, is now open, with some amaz­ing fan­ta­sy regions and a whole lot of par­ty­ing! In that lat­ter vein, on Fri­day, April 22nd at 1pm Sec­ond Life Time, join VCRa­dio’s Elrik Mer­lin for two hours of clas­sic rock, at The Fairchylde, the Fan­ta­sy Faire fly­ing ship par­ty venue.

Here’s the loca­tion: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Effervescent%20Clefs/102/120/73 — don’t miss it!

“Man Of La Mancha” Now On Mixcloud

We’re pleased to say that the first episode of our new orig­i­nal series, “The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal”, “Tilt­ing At Wind­mills: The Man Of La Man­cha” is now avail­able to hear on our “Lis­ten Again” facil­i­ty on Mix­cloud.

Man of La Man­cha pre­miered in 1965 with music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Dar­i­on. It is adapt­ed from Dale Wasserman’s non-musi­cal 1959 tele­play I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by both Miguel de Cer­vantes life, and his 17th-cen­tu­ry nov­el Don Quixote — con­sid­ered by many to be among the great­est nov­els of all time. It tells the sto­ry of the “mad” knight Don Quixote as a play with­in a play, per­formed by Cer­vantes and his fel­low pris­on­ers as he awaits a hear­ing with the Span­ish Inquisition.

Sounding Brass

Today’s pro­gramme — Wednes­day April 20th — focus­es on brass instru­ments, with gen­res that range from Ear­ly Music to con­tem­po­rary pieces.

Thus the gen­res range from ancient and ear­ly music, through Baroque and clas­si­cal, to Vic­to­ri­an brass bands, to rag­time, trad jazz, a touch of big band, right up to mod­ern works includ­ing a mar­vel­lous suite of pieces for wind band inspired by the works of Shakespeare.

This will all lead to some remark­able jux­ta­po­si­tions — and a few surprises.

New Shows on Mixcloud

We’ve uploaded two more pro­grammes to our “Lis­ten Again” facil­i­ty on Mix­cloud: Tarot @ Teatime Episode 29, on 1, 2 and 3‑card read­ings; and Where Have You Been? Series 2, Episode 7: The Ribong Gallery Art­space.

We present… The Magic of The Musical!

Sat­ur­day April 16th at 2pm Pacific/SLT, 10pm in the UK, sees the pre­miere of a new orig­i­nal series on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio: “The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal.” This month­ly pro­gram explores musi­cal the­atre: the shows, his­to­ry, and lore pre­sent­ed live on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio from the VCRa­dio The­ater on Chest­nut Hills, in Sec­ond Life. Every month, your host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er spot­lights a dif­fer­ent show or cre­ative per­son­al­i­ty from the musi­cal the­atre canon. The first episode, Tilt­ing At Wind­mills, high­lights Man of La Man­cha, with music from sev­er­al dif­fer­ent pro­duc­tions. You can tune into the show on the air or join the audi­ence in the VCRa­dio The­ater. Here’s a taste of what’s to come…

Saturday 16th — A Busy Day!

There’s a lot hap­pen­ing today on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio! Be a part of it by tun­ing in or attend­ing one of today’s events in Sec­ond Life…

Catch the lat­est edi­tion of Where Have You Been? at noon or 4pm Pacific/SLT, 8pm or mid­night in the UK, where we find things to do and places to see around the Sec­ond Life Grid. In this episode we vis­it Seren­i­ty Val­ley.

Then from 1 to 2pm SLT, get a per­son­al Tarot read­ing from Hon­ey Heart, co-host of our orig­i­nal series Tarot @ Teatime, in the Tarot tent in VCRa­dio Plaza. Read­ings are free of charge, total­ly con­fi­den­tial and for enter­tain­ment pur­pos­es only.

Today’s Fea­tured Music is… Musi­cals! In cel­e­bra­tion of the first of our new month­ly series pre­sent­ed by Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er: The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal! which pre­mieres today at 2pm Pacific/SLT, 10pm in the UK. Tune in or be part of the stu­dio audi­ence at the VCRa­dio The­ater! (See sep­a­rate entry.)

Live Tarot Readings — Saturday, April 16th

This Sat­ur­day, come to Chest­nut Hills for a per­son­al Tarot reading!

Hon­ey Heart, the co-host of Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio’s orig­i­nal series “Tarot At Teatime”, offers you a per­son­al Tarot read­ing, live and free of charge.

Join her on Sat­ur­day, April 16th, 1 to 2pm Sec­ond Life Time, in the plaza out­side the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio The­ater on the Chest­nut Hills region in Sec­ond Life. And after­wards, stay for the live broad­cast of the first of our new series, The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, with Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er, at 2pm SLT in the Theater.

Read­ings are offered first come, first served, and are com­plete­ly free of charge (though you can tip VCRa­dio if you wish!). They are car­ried out pri­vate­ly in SL Voice and are strict­ly confidential.

All read­ings are for enter­tain­ment pur­pos­es only. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chestnut%20Hills/135/105/3802

Then don’t for­get that you can catch the lat­est episode of our orig­i­nal series, Tarot @ Teatime, on Sun­days and Thurs­days at 12 noon or 4pm Pacific/SLT, 8pm or mid­night in the UK. Infor­ma­tion on the cur­rent episode is here.

The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders — Part 5

Tune in for the lat­est episode of our excit­ing radio ser­i­al from our friends at ZBS Foun­da­tion: The Incred­i­ble Adven­tures of Jack Flan­ders! There are 10 half-hour episodes, one every Fri­day at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT.

THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF JACK FLANDERS

In the dead of night, a large ship­ping crate is deliv­ered to the home of our hero Jack Flan­ders. Open­ing the crate, Jack dis­cov­ers a green vel­vet over­stuffed chair. Each night at the stroke of mid­night, Jack sits in the soft, com­fort­able chair which comes alive, lur­ing him onto its vel­vety realm. Every­day real­i­ty fades away, and Jack finds him­self in a strange, oth­er-world of mag­ic, pirates, and sor­cery where huge puff­balls cling to ceil­ings and walls, mast­ed sail­ing ships with wings fly the skies and islands float in the air…