NationStates Jolt Archive

Not music, but speeches or audio books. I listen to Churchill speeches quite frequently but not so many audio books.

Occaisonally I listen to speeches or lectures.

I absolutely love listening to the spoken word. That's why I'm so smrt.

I absolutely love listening to the spoken word. That's why I'm so smrt.

Please, dont be modest.

Please, dont be modest.

If you looked up modesty in certain dictionaries, you'd see a picture of me, in my wheelchair.

If you looked up modesty in certain dictionaries, you'd see a picture of me, in my wheelchair.

Christopher Reeve come back from the dead! :o

Christopher Reeve come back from the dead! :o

No, just yours truely, Johnny Wadd!

x minus minus minus minus one one one one!

x minus minus minus minus one one one one!
Tales of a million could be worlds and thousand...

I love me some X-Minus One. Do you listen to them on live365.com? I have a big ass collection of old radio shows, but those streams are a godsend. Also, there is otrcat.com where they sell mp3 cds of full runs, including X-Minus One. (My favorite so far is The Native Problem.)

The Shadow has always been my favorite.

As for straight spoken word I have complete collections of Jack Kerouac and a near complete collection of William S. Burroughs, though I think there will always be more there. I have a pretty good collection of Allen Ginsberg-including a signed copy of Hydrogen Jukebox with Phillip Glass. We talked about Glass for a while because he was there to sign Holy Soul Jelly Roll so I stood out a little.

I have a pretty good collection of Lenny Bruce as well, with some assorted beats like Kenneth Rexroth and Lawarnce Ferlinghitti.(sp) Some others.

I have some slams on cd, but they aren't as good-some gems. I also have a couple cds with 'interupt this broadcast' recordings. Some recordings of NPR esqe stuff.

And, to me, the master-Ken Nordine. I have a ton of his stuff. So often in rotation that some need to be replaced.

It all started when I went looking for e.e. cummings recordings, but I couldn't find any.

So...um...yes-I listen to spoken word. A lot.

No, just yours truely, Johnny Wadd!
Ahhhhahahahhahahaha-Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (http://www.wayback.net/jd.htm)....

Tales of a million could be worlds and thousand...

I love me some X-Minus One. Do you listen to them on live365.com? I have a big ass collection of old radio shows, but those streams are a godsend. Also, there is otrcat.com where they sell mp3 cds of full runs, including X-Minus One. (My favorite so far is The Native Problem.)

The Shadow has always been my favorite.

As for straight spoken word I have complete collections of Jack Kerouac and a near complete collection of William S. Burroughs, though I think there will always be more there. I have a pretty good collection of Allen Ginsberg-including a signed copy of Hydrogen Jukebox with Phillip Glass. We talked about Glass for a while because he was there to sign Holy Soul Jelly Roll so I stood out a little.

I have a pretty good collection of Lenny Bruce as well, with some assorted beats like Kenneth Rexroth and Lawarnce Ferlinghitti.(sp) Some others.

I have some slams on cd, but they aren't as good-some gems. I also have a couple cds with 'interupt this broadcast' recordings. Some recordings of NPR esqe stuff.

And, to me, the master-Ken Nordine. I have a ton of his stuff. So often in rotation that some need to be replaced.

It all started when I went looking for e.e. cummings recordings, but I couldn't find any.

So...um...yes-I listen to spoken word. A lot.

Yay! An otr fan! I've never taken advantage of those streams. I've downloaded them as mp3's or bought cd collections.
Radiolovers.com has a pretty good collection where you can download for free (more variety but not alot of complete collections).
The Shadow is cool, but my favorite is x minus one. And I absolutely *love* Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, even though the plots are absolute crap (there are probably porm films out there with more complex plots), there is something about the simplicity of it all, and the whole campy 40's atmosphere that I like. And the gangsta slang of Philip Marlowe always gets me in a good mood.

Do plays count? More specifically, Shakespeare? :confused:

I tape-record many of my law lectures (with permission). I guess that counts, although I don't pay for it, and only re-listen to about 2/3 of them.. Also, I downloaded some Hitler speeches when I was taking German, since there's a ton of content readily available on file-sharing services, and it's good practice, as well as stupefyingly nutty, which is quasi-entertainment, I guess.

Do plays count? More specifically, Shakespeare? :confused:
I have Paul Robenson doing Othello and Orson Welles with the Mercury Theater Company of the Air doing MacBeth. I also have an old radio broadcast of Bernstein exlpaining jazz, which has a line from MacBeth sung as blues.

All ass kicking.

Yay! An otr fan! I've never taken advantage of those streams. I've downloaded them as mp3's or bought cd collections.
Radiolovers.com has a pretty good collection where you can download for free (more variety but not alot of complete collections).
The Shadow is cool, but my favorite is x minus one. And I absolutely *love* Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, even though the plots are absolute crap (there are probably porm films out there with more complex plots), there is something about the simplicity of it all, and the whole campy 40's atmosphere that I like. And the gangsta slang of Philip Marlowe always gets me in a good mood.
Check out OTRCat.com (http://otrcat.com/). Its really frickin' cool. Whole runs....of just about anything. $5 a mp3 CD.

This (http://www.live365.com/stations/kittyradio) station plays a whole lot of X-Minus One, but a little too much "Space Patrol." But if you search the sight there is a lot of cool channels.

The Phillip Marlowe introductions are fantastic-"Now get this, and get this straight...", flirting with his secretary.

Nero Wolfe is cool just for the insults that Wolfe makes to his assistant.

"The Man with the action packed expense account," Johhny Dollar (linked above in previous post)-the story of a freelance insurance adjuster-priceless.

Some times, but rarely. I did have a chance to listen to some "War of the Worlds" broadcasts, and being from Brisbane I enjoy Nick Earls' work.

Check out OTRCat.com (http://otrcat.com/). Its really frickin' cool. Whole runs....of just about anything. $5 a mp3 CD.

This (http://www.live365.com/stations/kittyradio) station plays a whole lot of X-Minus One, but a little too much "Space Patrol." But if you search the sight there is a lot of cool channels.

The Phillip Marlowe introductions are fantastic-"Now get this, and get this straight...", flirting with his secretary.

Nero Wolfe is cool just for the insults that Wolfe makes to his assistant.

"The Man with the action packed expense account," Johhny Dollar (linked above in previous post)-the story of a freelance insurance adjuster-priceless.

ooooo...I'm off to check out Johnny Dollar!

Thanks for the links.
When the London Sherlock Holmes society homepage gets up again, they promise to feature ALL the programs ever made (and they used to before they lost the server) it's at: http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/ It's great stuff.

Not music, but speeches or audio books. I listen to Churchill speeches quite frequently but not so many audio books.

Stand-up Comedians. *nod*