116 - Mr. Currier, Mr. Ives, and All That Snow

This month we bring you Mr. Currier, Mr. Ives, and All That Snow by Thomas E. Fuller, performed live at the Academy Theatre, December 2008.

• Size: 5.6M Duration: 12:19
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

115 - The Game is Afoot: Game the Third, The Adventure of the Tick Tock Dick

This month we bring you The Game is Afoot: Game the Third, The Adventure of the Tick Tock Dick by Sketch MacQuinor, performed live at Dragon*Con, September 2, 2011.

• Size: 11.7M Duration: 25:41
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

114 - Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: You've Got Mail Demons

This month we bring you Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: You've Got Mail Demons by Dave Schroeder, performed live at Dragon*Con, September 4, 2011.

• Size: 8.73M Duration: 19.04
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

113 - Rory Rammer: Murder at the Purge

This month we bring you Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Murder at the Purge by Ron N. Butler, performed live at Dragon*Con, September 2, 2011.

• Size: 11.1M Duration: 24:17
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

112 - He Walked Around the Horses

This month we bring you He Walked Around the Horses by H. Beam Piper, adapted for audio by Ron N. Butler, performed live at LibertyCon, July 16, 2011.

• Size: 11M Duration: 24:03
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

Reviewed at Gravedigger's Local 16

The blog at Gravedigger's Local 16 has given a favorable review to Special Order / A Case of Abuse (buy it from ARTC or Audible), and of course we're extremely grateful.

Correction of a factual error:
The physical disc release of Special Order / A Case of Abuse is not a CD-R. It's a "real" glass-mastered factory-pressed CD, as is most of our catalog. We do market some of our releases on CD-R, but they are labeled, since we're aware some older disc players don't like to play them. We frankly hope most of our listeners will purchase a download from Audible (or iTunes or Amazon), just because storing the physical media and fulfilling mail orders are almost more troublesome and time consuming than actually producing the program.

The reviewer is certainly correct that “ultimate evil implies ultimate good” doesn't exactly fit H. P. Lovecraft's literary point of view, which is that the universe is greater than humans can understand and attaches no particular importance to human life. The intended point was that one view is really no easier to believe or disbelieve than the other, and blending the two had not, to our knowledge, been tried. We were amused at the thought that some of our listeners might be more upset by the suggestion that the religious concepts might be valid than by the implications of the nightmarish Lovecraftian world. That that battle might be going on over our metaphysical heads and (generally) taking no notice of us might be the most horrifying idea of all.

111 - Cautionary Tales for Grownups: The Museum Patrons Who Disrupted the Cinema and Lost Their Souls

This month we bring you Cautionary Tales for Grownups: The Museum Patrons who Disrupted the Cinema and Lost Their Souls by Tracy V. Wilson. It was performed live at Stone Mountain Park's Tomato Festival on July 31, 2004.

This particular performance came to mind due to the major theatrical release this week.  Be good to each other, everybody!

• Size: 10M Duration: 22:05
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

110 - Rafe Rathbone, Constable of the Ether: The Adventure of Sir Isaac's Monocle

This month we bring you Rafe Rathbone, Constable of the Ether: The Adventure of Sir Isaac's Monocle by Ron N. Butler. It was performed live at the Academy Theatre's STEAM Fest, April 9, 2011.

• Size: 10M Duration: 22:05
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

109 - The Game is Afoot! Episode One: The Phantom Chippendale

This month we bring you episode one of Sketch MacQuinor's versatile series The Game is Afoot!: The Phantom Chippendale. It was performed live at the Academy Theatre's STEAM Fest, April 9, 2011. Versatile because it started as a puppet show, changed cast, then morphed into an audio drama, and may transform back at a moment's notice. Or less! You can also get a visual on this performance at our YouTube site so you can see what everybody is laughing about 10 or 11 minutes into the piece. (That is to say, about two minutes into part two below.)

• Size: 11M Duration: 24:03
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

108 - An interview with CORE Performance Company and an episode of Bumpers Crossroads: The Stray Dog

This month we bring you an episode of Bumpers Crossroads entitled The Stray Dog by Linda Young, series created by Daniel Taylor. It was performed live in October 2010 at the Academy Theatre. Before we get to the main event, however, we are proud to bring you our first ever interview to the ARTC Podcast, this time with Claire Horne of CORE Performance Company.

CORE Performance Company is our Partner in Imagination for our upcoming performance of The Dancer in the Dark. Partners in Imagination is ARTC's initiative to spread awareness of what is possible in a collaborative community. By channeling the energies of non-profits into common goals, ARTC hopes to raise awareness of various causes through the magic of radio.

• Size: 11M Duration: 24:03
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

107 - Whatever happened to be lying around...

This month we bring you a collection of random material. A hodgepodge of bridging, commercials, random comments, and other bits of flair that give each of our shows its personality but don't make much sense out of context. Some of them are fake, some of them are ad libbed, but the ones about us needing help are totally true.

ARTC is growing. we're still an all-volunteer organization, but our message of quality audio drama is spreading and we want you to be a part of it. we welcome virtually everybody, but we're particularly looking for the following:

• Musicians interested in learning how to score for audio drama!
• Grantwriters!
• Marketing assistance!
• Producers and Directors!
• Painters and Illustrators (for posters and product covers)!
• Audio engineers for live performance, studio mixing, and archiving!
• and, of course, we love writers and actors! The more the merrier!

So if you're looking for a unique outlet for your creative energies in a fun, relaxed atmosphere, drop us a line at volunteer AT artc DOT org. Many of these roles don't require you to be in the Atlanta area thanks to the magic of the internet, so no matter where you live you can help create Adventures in Sound!

• Size: 10M Duration: 22:05
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

Oh, okay. Here's what's really included here:

• "Three Bad Writers" by Kelley S. Ceccato
• "Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants" promo by Sketch MacQuinor
• "900-BAN" by Topo deMorning
• "Fernbank Presents" by Ollie Oxenfree
• "The Original Virtual Reality" by Rip deBandage
• "Portable Time Machine" by Hans O'Plenty
• "Bubble Burpee" by Armand "Arms" Akimbo

106 - Adventures of the Crimson Hawk: Kraken

This month we bring you The Adventures of the Crimson Hawk: Kraken by Thomas E. Fuller, performed live at Stone Mountain Park, October 2004.

• Size: 12M Duration: 26:23
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

105 - The Hollow Grave

Coming to you live from the Little Five Points Coffeehouse, June 1993!  The Hollow Grave by Gerald W. Page, adapted for audio by Wendy Webb and Steve Nesheim.

• Size: 9.34M, Duration: 20:24
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download