The Radio Riel Players Present Tales from New Babbage: The Novel of the White Powder

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:25:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

What is in that white powder my brother is taking?

Junie Ginsburg tells a tale that HP Lovecraft said "approaches the absolute culmination of loathsome fright.”

Arthur Machen was born in Wales and became enamored with mysticism and the occult at an early age. The Novel of the White Powder was part of The Three Impostors, a novel composed of a number of interwoven tales, in 1895. The novel and the stories within it were eventually to be regarded as among Machen's best works.

However, following the indecency scandal surrounding Oscar Wilde later that year, Machen's association with works of decadent horror made it difficult for him to find a publisher for new works until later in his career. Publisher John Lane, wary of the atmosphere, asked Machen to censor his manuscript. Barring the omission of one word, Machen refused to comply.

First Publication:1895
Reader: Miss Junie Ginsburg
Intro: Mr Announcer & MacKnight Culdesac
Outro: Miss Penny Dreadful
Music: Earth Prelude, Decline, Ghostcalypse 3, Martian Cowboy, The Dread, Bent and Broken, and Arcane, by Kevin Macleod
Production: Mosseveno Tenk
Runtime: 47:55

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The Radio Riel Players Present Tales from New Babbage: The Phantom Coach

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:41:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

The sultry Scotsman of New Babbage, Victor Mornington, reads a ghostly tale of the northern moors: The Phantom Coach by Amelia B Edwards.

Miss Edwards was a journalist, novelist, egyptologist and suffragette. She traveled extensively with only a female companion in an era when male chaperones were considered socially and physically essential. She was also an early advocate for the preservation of archeological sites from the ravages of development and tourism.

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, The New Accelerator

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:47:00 +0000

Yes indeed, these are pushful, pushful days we live in. If only there was a way to find more time. Tonight, Emerson Lighthouse reads The New Accelerator by H. G. Wells, first published in The Strand magazine in 1901.

Come listen at the Red Dragon in Babbage Square at 12 noon or 8pm PDT (California time) or listen wherever you may be by tuning your media player to Radio Riel Steampunk.

Host: Osgoode "YoYo" Underby
Reader: Emerson Lighthouse
Outro: Reliable Barthelmess
Promo: Byron Wexhome
Music: Ishkari Lore, Opium, Ghostcalypse 6, Himalayan Atmoshpere, Gypsy Shoegazer, Fluffing a Duck, Myst, composed and performed by Kevin MacLeod and available at incompetech.com
Production Engineer: Mosseveno Tenk

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The Radio Riel Players Present Tales from New Babbage: The Red Haired Girl

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:30:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

Good help is so hard to find, but what do you do when your family is complaining about a maid that you don't remember hiring? Tonight, New Babbage's favorite red, Junie Ginsburg, reads The Red Haired Girl, by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924).

Sabine was an eclectic scholar and folklorist whose best known work is the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers. Oddly, he is also noted for writing The Book of Were-Wolves, the 16 volume The Lives of the Saints, and the popular Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, which was an overview of medieval superstition.

Host: YoYo Underby
Reader: Junie Ginsburg
Music: Music for Funeral Homes Part 11, Phantasm, Gagool, Investigations, by Kevin MacLeod
Outro: Bookworm Heinrichs
Music: New Babbage Shore by MacKnight Culdesac
Production: Mosseveno Tenk
Additional material written by Kris Law and Mosseveno Tenk
Runtime: 35:00

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, The White Ship

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:23:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

The White Ship by H.P. Lovecraft
Intro: Victor Mornington
Narrator: Byron Wexhome
Produced by Mosseveno Tenk
Originally broadcast on January 6, 2013

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, A Man of Science

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

A Man of Science by Jerome K. Jerome
Intro: Junie Ginsberg
Narrator: Victor Mornington
Produced by Mosseveno Tenk
Originally broadcast on September 23, 2012

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, Christmas 2012

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 01:43:00 +0000

Imps. Gnomes. Elves. Call them what you will, there is something sinister hiding behind those pointy boots and jingle bells. For those of us that have had actual dealings with the wee, we know the truth. For our audio yuletide greeting this year, we present three tales of Christmas, each with a dreadful little man.

Vic Mullins reads Charles Dicken's other Christmas redemption tale, The Goblins that Stole a Sexton, which originally appeared in 1863 as part of The Pickwick Papers.

Junie Ginsburg reads A Christmas Fantasy, with a Moral, by Thomas Baily Aldrich, which first appeared in volume 43, issue 2 of The Century in 1891.

Emperor Ezra Crumb II reads 'Twas a Night Before a New Babbage Christmas, adapted from the Clement Clarke Moore poem by Salazar Jack, from Tales of New Babbage, Vol. 1, which was published last year at this time.

Deck the Halls, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Greensleeves, Edelweiss, We Three Kings, and We Wish you a Merry Christmas, and Silver Bells were arranged and performed by Canolli Capalini, some of which are available at Capalini Fine Furnishings in Babbage Canals.

Mysterioso March, The Path of the Goblin King, Moonlight Hall, Pop Goes the Weasel, Hidden Agenda, Wizardtorium, and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear written and performed by Kevin Macleod, and are available at his website at incompetech.com.

Additional material written by Kris Law and Mosseveno Tenk.

runtime 47:19

Listening party at the Tinker Camp outside the city gate tonight, 5 pm SLT (San Francisco Time). Stream will be broadcast on Radio Riel Steampunk.

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, The Robber Bridegroom

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:04:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

In 1812, the Brothers Grimm published the first edition of Household and Children's Tales. 300 years later, these same tales, half remembered from our own childhood readings, still haunt the dark corners of our minds. To celebrate the 300th anniversary the book that evolved into Grimm's Fairy Tales, we proudly present one of the grimmest of those stories. As gruesome as this tale is, it was not removed from the final editions, perhaps for its value as a cautionary tale.

Reader: Satu Moreau
Intro/Outro: Junie Ginsburg
Music: Sneaky Snitch and Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod
Post-production: Mosseveno Tenk
Runtime: 11:40
Radio Riel Airdate: Feb. 5, 2012

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, The Christmas 2011 Edition

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:35:00 +0000

Christmas in New Babbage, when the city is covered in snow, and we gather around the hearth for the very Victorian custom of telling a ghost story on Christmas Eve.

Stargirl MacBain reads The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg, adapted from the German by J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868).

Victor1st Mornington reads The Ghost of the Blue Chamber, by Jerome K. Jerome, from Told After Supper, 1891.

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, O Christmas Tree, Fugue in D Minor, Kling Glöckchen, White Christmas, arranged and performed by Canolli Capalini, from the Capalini Fine Furnishings Music Box Collections.

Fairy Tale Waltz, Isolated Harp from Danse Macabre, Ominous Gloom, written and performed by Kevin MacLeod.

Outro: Ianone Constantine

Additional voices recorded in the city's numerous pubs and bars.

Runtime: 30:21

Produced for Radio Riel by Mosseveno Tenk.

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, Sea Stories

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:44:00 +0000

The Radio Riel Players Present is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world. Tales from New Babbage are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

Every sailor knows that the best souvenir one brings back from a foreign port is a good sea story. Tonight's stories are just that - sea stories.

The Basha's Gorilla, by William Patterson White (1910). Read by Byron Wexhome and Rowan Derryth. White was best known for writing cowboy adventure stories in the early 20th century.

Voyage Eastward, from the Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1895 edition, by Rudolph Erich Raspe. Read by Emperor Ezra Crumb II. The tales of Baron Munchausen were first translated into English in 1785 from an anonymous collection in German. Baron Munchausen was an actual 18th century nobleman and his stories should be assumed to be absolutely reliable and true, despite the fact that many are based on folktales that were circulating well before his birth.

Davey Jones's Gift, by John Masefield, read by Victor1st Mornington. First published in Country Life, November 11, 1905. Masefield's aunt thought little of her nephew's addiction to reading, so she sent him off to train for a life at sea to cure him of it. He became a Poet Laureate and one of the greatest nautical storytellers of all time.

Music by Kevin MacLeod http://www.incompetech.com

Produced by Mosseveno Tenk

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, The Brownie of the Black Haggs by James Hogg

Mon, 02 May 2011 22:39:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

From Wikipedia:
James Hogg wrote in both English and Scots. He had little formal education, and became a shepherd, living in grinding poverty, hence his nickname, 'The Ettrick Shepherd'. His employer, James Laidlaw of Blackhouse in the Yarrow valley, seeing how hard he was working to improve himself, offered to help by making books available. Hogg used these to essentially teach himself to read and write (something he had achieved by the age of 14). In 1796 Robert Burns died, and Hogg, who had only just come to hear of him, was devastated by the loss. He struggled to produce poetry of his own, and Laidlaw introduced him to Sir Walter Scott, who asked him to help with a publication entitled The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.

Performed by Victor1st Mornington
Produced by Mosseveno Tenk

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, The Bodysnatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:49:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. As they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Love 2011

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:20:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

Performers in this episode:
Edward Pearse: Valentine's Superstitions in the Victorian Era
Podruly Peccable: "It's All I Have to Bring" by Emily Dickinson
Gabrielle Riel: "After Parting" by Sara Teasedale
Rowan Derryth: "Willowood" by Dante Gabriel Rosetti
Gabrielle Riel: "Time Does Not Bring Relief, You All Have Lied" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Savannah Blindside: "Sonnet XXIII" by William Shakespeare
Gabrielle Riel: "The Look" by Sara Teasdale
Rowan Derryth: "I Carry Your Heart With Me" by ee cummings
Gabrielle Riel: "Because" by Sara Teasedale
Leo Otawara: "La Pregunda" by Pablo Neruda
JJ Drinkwater, Gabrielle Riel, Soliel Snook, Edwina Heron & Reghan Straaf: Act 3 Scene 1 from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare
Rowan Derryth: "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou
Edward Pearse: "Alchemy" by Francis Carlin
Gabrielle Riel: "Hidden Love" by Sara Teasedale
Gabrielle Riel: "Roundel" by Sara Teasedale
Gabrielle Riel: Je Suis Perdu by Alfred de Musset

This episode produced by Gabrielle Riel.

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Daddy Long Legs, Part 2

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:00:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

This Episode: Part 2 of Jean Webster's "Daddy Long Legs"

Read and produced by Gabrielle Riel

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Daddy Long Legs, Part 1

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:00:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

This Episode: Part 1 of Jean Webster's "Daddy Long Legs"

Blue Wednesday read by Savannah Blindside
Remaining sections read by Gabrielle Riel

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Tales from New Babbage, The Christmas 2010 Edition

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:09:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

"Tales from New Babbage" are darker stories brought to you by the residents of the Steampunk City-State of New Babbage. This is the dark and twisted side of Christmas...and as they say in New Babbage, what could possibly go wrong?

This episode features:
Bianci Namori reading "King Winter"
Loki Elliot reading "Billy's Santa Claus Experience"
Amadeus Hammerer reading "Knecht Ruprecht"
Victor1st Mornington reading "The Goblins' Cavern"
Tepic Harlequin reading "Three of a Trade or Little Red Kris Kringle"
MichaelD Mannonen reading the credits and attributions

Producer: Mosseveno Tenk

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The Radio Riel Players Present: O Henry (Episode 04)

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:34:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

This episode features the short stories of O Henry.

Two Thanksgiving Gentlemen is read by Otenth Paderborn
Psyche and the Skyscraper is read by Savannah Blindside
While the Auto Waits is read by Rowan Derryth, PJ Trenton and Gabrielle Riel

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The Radio Riel Players Present: The Horror of the Heights (Episode 03)

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:39:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

This episode features Victor1st Mornington reading Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Horror of the Heights".

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The Radio Riel Players Present: Halloween (Episode 01)

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:59:00 +0000

"The Radio Riel Players Present" is Radio Riel's independent radio production of classic stories, poems and plays, all performed by The Radio Riel Players from around the world.

This episode features Tricia Aferdita reading Mark Twain's "A Ghost Story", and two works by Edgar Allan Poe: "The Tell Tale Heart" read by Rowan Derryth and "The Raven" read by PJ Trenton.

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