Popeye at the Zoo
This Friday night, April 30, 2010, we will be performing Popeye at the Zoo. The event will be hosted in Bandy Hall on Toccoa Falls campus and will begin at 6:00 pm. Seeing as how the last radio drama went so well, we wanted to keep providing to the public what they want.
Most everyone knows who Popeye is, and many more know of the adventures he has had. This is is one such story.
Come check it out this week! We look forward to seeing you.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Mar 22, 2010 Shows
On Friday, March 26, 2010, we will be hosting a live radio drama of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with our very own WTXR DJs as the main cast. We are very excited about this opportunity as it has been something that we have never done before.
For those of you who might not know the story of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea here is a small preview:
As the story begins in 1866, a mysterious sea monster, theorized by some to be a giant narwhal, is sighted by ships of several nations; an ocean liner is also damaged by the creature. The United States government finally assembles an expedition in New York City to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time and is a recognized expert in his field, is issued a last-minute invitation to join the expedition, and he accepts. Canadian master harpooner Ned Land and Aronnax’s faithful assistant Conseil are also brought on board.
Their travels take them to numerous points in the world’s oceans, some of which were known to Jules Verne from real travelers’ descriptions and guesses, while others are completely fictional. Thus, the travelers witness the real corals of the Red Sea, the wrecks of the battle of Vigo Bay, the Antarctic ice shelves, and the fictional submerged Atlantis. The travelers also don diving suits to go on undersea expeditions away from the ship, where they hunt sharks and other marine life with specially designed guns and have a funeral for a crew member who died when an accident occurred inside the Nautilus. When the Nautilus returns to the Atlantic Ocean, a “poulpe” (usually translated as a giant squid, although the French “poulpe” means “octopus”) attacks the vessel and devours a crew member. Shortly afterward, they are tracked and attacked by a mysterious ship. Nemo ignores Aronnax’s pleas for amnesty for the boat and attacks. Nemo attacks the ship under the waterline, sending it to the bottom of the ocean with all crew aboard as Aronnax watches from the salon. Nemo bows before the pictures of his wife and children and is plunged into deep depression after this encounter, and “voluntarily or involuntarily” allows the submarine to wander into an encounter with the Moskstraumen, more commonly known as the “Maelstrom”, a whirlpool off the coast of Norway. This gives the three prisoners an opportunity to escape; they make it back to land alive, but the fate of Captain Nemo and his crew is not revealed.
For a full summary and additional information visit here
2010 Spring Show Lineup
We have just released the new lineup for Spring 2010 which starts tonight, January 27th! Here are the shows that you can listen in on:
Mondays-
The Unnamed Show with Mike and Ben feat. DJ Squeaks 7-9
Mike and Alex 9-10
The Pit 10-11
Tuesdays -
The Fresh Brew with Jeremy and Tristan 9-10 am
Sean 6-7 pm
Wednesdays -
The Slam 7-8
Geekdom with Allyn and Craig 8-10
Thursdays -
The Fresh Brew 9-10am
