Blind Fly Theater (BFT)

Blind Fly Theater episode 10: Theo Trouver's "Static"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:55:00 +0000

The FBI toys with Theo's psyche and he discovers something he'd rather not acknowledge.

Credits

Music

SchizoBrainiac  -- "Mad Tea Party" and "Fashion Parasites"

Mark Mosher - "Dark Signals"

Sam Kablaam - “#0”

Vrtačky po desáté hodině – “Industrial Shepherd”

One Infinite Loop Eden – First Theremin

David Lorell Hoskins - César Franck's 1899 Symphony in D Minor (Quiet Please Theme) 

Voice Actors

FBI Agent Takousian - Julie Hoverson www.19nocturneboulevard.net

Penny Laine - Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard www.gypsyaudio.org

Military Policeman - Russell Gold www.gold-family.us/russ/va

Sounds, Stings, FX

Freesound.org

Marek

rutgermuller www.rutgermuller.nl

cmusounddesign

audible-edge (Tom Haigh Twitter @thaighaudio)

TwistedLemon

jobro

waterboy920

Halleck (Eliot Lash FS admin/moderator)

rastataper

RHumphries

Velvorn

LG

BernzSed

sagetyrtle

Greg_Baumont

Heigh_hoo

suonho

acclivity

jbates18

erh

FreqMan

oniwe

herbertboland

anton

cyril-laurier

rhumphries

uwesoundboiz

stijn

and Mike Koenig from SoundBible.com

YouTube

jdacura

MrConraal

Producer, Writer, Narrator 

David Lorell Hoskins

The Many Flavors of Dave

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:38:00 +0000

Wondering when the next BFT episode is coming out?

What's up with the glacier's pace around here?

I've been in production stall for months now, hopping from one project to the next, perfecting episodes but never completing. The sputtering progress is from being stuck in a quagmire (giggity), slowed to a snails pace by an identity crisis.

What is Blind Fly Theater? What particular storytelling niche does BFT fit into? As producer of this little thing, I thought maybe I needed to answer these important questions or risk continued procrastination, lost at the whim of waves and wind in a boat without a rudder.

"But why limit yourself, Dave, why not hone in on 'storytelling' as your passion?" is what my imaginary listener is asking me. It's because of the handful of people and shows I've been enthralled with throughout the years... each has used the same key to unlock my passion time and time again. They've remained consistent, guaranteeing a specific flavor that could be counted on when called upon. The ones that switched gears continually and became unreliable were the ones that lost my attention and withered from my consciousness.

My point is this... as small-fries in the audio drama world, we're especially vulnerable to wither.

But then, I have to ask myself this...

What could be worse than delivering inconsistent genre content? How about...

not producing at all

So, I'm calling myself out. Produce and deliver, Dave. That's the fastest way to whittle down the flavors and land on passion.

Spooky Stories: "Tales from Beyond the Pale"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:06:00 +0000

Creepy audio stories are what make Blind Fly Theater tick. We're perpetually thrilled and filled with the Halloween spirit. Most people hit November 1st and move on, but Dave and Fly just start preparing for the next October 31st.

That's why we're still infatuated with season one of "Tales from Beyond the Pale", an awesome collection of spooky, creepy, horrifying, heart-pounding, and spine-tingling audio stories in tradition of 1930's and 40's radio drama of the same genre.

Check out the visual intro to "Tales" produced by the spooktacularly Goth Voltaire...

Or "listen" to this video for a good taste of Tales from Beyond the Pale...

Blind Fly Theater Spotlight: Chatterbox Audio Theater

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:53:00 +0000

Dave and Fly just listened to spooky stories in the Halloween 2011 show of Chatterbox Audio Theater and did a little more digging on these sonic tale artists. Their passion for audio theater beams brilliantly in this video, conveying the very same passion we here at Blind Fly Theater have for the medium> Of Chatterbox, Fly say's he "just fell in love. Bzzzzzz"... Oh, you swooning Fly.

Blind Fly Theater episode 3: "Junior Politician's Primer"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:35:00 +0000

BFT's YouTube Debut

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:15:00 +0000

Blind Fly Theater episode #7: "Theo Trouver"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:22:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:23:00 +0000

Halloween is coming... and so is a new show
Muuu Ha Ha Ha Ha

A Note to Dave and Fly from Joe Frank

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:09:00 +0000

I don't mean to sound like a star-struck school girl, but I guess there's no way to avoid it today. I ordered Joe Frank's Vols 1 and 2 on DVDs and received them today, with a valuable extra.I'm going to let you in on something...

I already have the complete works of Joe Frank. So, why did I freely pay what today would be considered a fortune for these few tracks?
Because Joe Frank promised to write a personal note if I (or anyone else) ordered them. I asked his assistant to have Joe write it to "Dave and Fly", and that's what he did. He even included (or attempted to) my full name within the note... he misspelled it, but that flaw makes the note all the more valuable to me. This is a personal story tailored to me and Fly... He put some thought into writing it. The note's funny, and I'll have it framed and displayed proudly within our home. Joe Frank... you're an inspiration!

Blind Fly Theater episode 9: "Death in the Shadow"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:49:00 +0000

Dedicated to Theo Van Gogh 1957-2004, and also to Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
This episode of Blind Fly Theater is entitled "Death in the Shadow". Though the show is intended to be entertaining and humorous at times, there are portions of the episode which are of a disturbing nature.
Listener discretion is advised.

Music Credits
Necromantic by Damien Marhulets

Haunted House Blues by TehBane

Sound effects credits:

The Freesound Project

DJ Chronos (Dan Oberbauer)
yewbic
tweeterdj
sandyrb
klangfabrik
raubana
joedeshon
FreqMan
ondrosik
kerri
Hell's Sound Guy
Jace

Sound Clip credits:

Anderson Cooper on CNN
Bill Maher on HBO
Channel 4 news Holland
Family Guy
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

BFT Podcast Now on Stitcher Radio

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:51:00 +0000

BFT is now on Stitcher Radio!

So, if you've got an iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, or Palm OS device, you can get the Stitcher app and listen to the BFT podcast without having to download. I've used Stitcher on my iPhone to listen to a bunch of my favorite podcasts for about eight months now and I've enjoyed the ease of the experience. I'm very happy to be a Stitcher partner.

Blind Fly Theater episode 8: "Theo Trouver's P38"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:44:00 +0000

CREDITS

Opening Skit
The Shining (1980) Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta composed by Béla Bartók, performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Recorded by Deutsche Grammophon. The angry voice of Jack Torrence (name of character in The Shining) was, of course, Jack Nicholson.The above material was used with frightening certainty under fair use and parody, though anyone with a capable lawyer could scare the belief out of me with a spooky cease and desist order (or by piping that creepy music into my house on a dark, cold and windy night)

Tune in tonight at 9pm EST US for the official launch podcast. It'll be on iTunes (or return here to listen or download).

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:32:00 +0000

Using this piece of music by The Spirit of Light in tonight's episode...
Episode #7, the official launch episode of the Blind Fly Theater podcast, will be broadcasting tonight at 9pm EST US. Get it on iTunes or come back here to blindflytheater.com to listen/download.

Meet Us for Launch

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Mon, 23 May 2011 03:27:00 +0000

Join us Saturday, May 28, 2011 for the official launch of the
Blind Fly Theater podcast...

BFT has been a long time coming.
I've been toying with, conceptualizing, and agonizing over
this thing since Spring 2010.

That's a lot of stewing and cowing to "Resistance"
as Steven Pressfield puts it.

But now it's shipping time.
This is an era of incredible opportunity,
and eras quickly pass into history,
so it's time to ship...

As Seth Godin
put it in the forward
to Pressfield's "Do the Work"...

"Right there, in your driveway, is a really fast car.
Not one of those stupid Hamptons-style,
rich-guy, showy cars like a Ferrari,
but an honest fast car, perhaps a Subaru WRX.

And here are the keys.

Now go drive it."

"Right there, on the runway, is a private jet,
ready to fly you wherever you want to go.
Here’s the pilot, standing by.

Go.

Leave."

"Right there, in your hand, is a Chicago Pneumatics 0651 hammer.
You can drive a nail through just
about anything with it,
again and again if you choose.

Time to use it."

"And here’s a keyboard, connected to the entire World.
Here’s a publishing platform you can use to interact with just about anyone,
just about any time, for free.
You wanted a level playing field,
one where you have just as good a shot as anyone else?

Here it is.

Do the work."

I'm going to do the work.
I hope you'll enjoy it
and contribute your

Music,

Voices,

Sounds.

Thanks

See you next Saturday.

Dave
(and Fly)

...

RIP SparkleMirror... paging Dr. Frankenstein

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:26:00 +0000

R.I.P. SparkleMirror

If you go back a few pages, you'll notice the theme of these previous posts was a bit different. This site has undergone a drastic metamorphosis. Once upon a time, I blogged about making "Kiln-Fired Art." I still have the kiln and occasionally make something for friends or family, but the blogging has long since faded away. I hope all of you who followed my craft back then will follow my craft now.

Poor SparkleMirror... she certainly did make for a beautiful corpse.

But I am no longer saddened...

she has rejoined me.

Yes, I dug her up

and buried her again just a few hundred yards

down the wooded path.

And here she comes now...

I can see her through the window...

A bit disheveled, she's climbing the porch steps,

no longer lingering out there in the pet cemetery.

She's made her way back to me.

I can see her standing on the other side of the door now.

She has flies buzzing around her,

but she's still beautiful to me.

She is no longer SparkleMirror.

I will call her...

BLIND FLY THEATER

Dun Dun Duuuuuuun

Joe Frank... My Imaginary Friend from the Radio

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:10:00 +0000

Joe Frank's unique brand of crazy radio monologue and drama has shocked, mystified, depressed, horrified, intrigued, and generally enthralled me for over 20 years now. Joe has been a friend of mine, if only in my mind, all this time. Thanks Joe for the inspiration... Thanks for the influence on Blind Fly Theater and on me personally. I've never met or talked with you, and I'm not the stalker type, but I love you man.

Joe Frank's personal website... http://www.joefrank.com/
Joe Frank on Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frank
Joe Frank on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Frank/35845197507/

Blind Fly Theater episode 6: "La Virgen de Guadalupe"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:39:00 +0000

-->Underlying music........"Coz I'm Kahsay"

Performed by........ Kahsay

Music obtained through..........

Sound Effects.................. Freesound.org

Narrator/Producer/writer ...................... David Lorell

Blind Fly Theater episode 5: "This Is Awesome"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:33:00 +0000

Underlying music........"Stealth Groover"

Performed by........ Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

Music obtained through.......... Incompetech.com

Sound Effects.................. Freesound.org

Producer/writer/Voices ...................... David Lorell

Blind Fly Theater episode 4: "The Invite"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:14:00 +0000

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Underlying music........"Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #4"

Performed by........ Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

Music obtained through.......... Incompetech.com

Sound Effects.................. Freesound.org

Narrator/Producer/writer ...................... David Lorell

Blind Fly Theater episode 3: "Junior Politician's Primer"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:31:00 +0000

Underlying music........ song "LaGrange Point" by Lee Barry

Music obtained through..........

Sound Effects.................. Freesound.org

Evil Voice.................. Manipulated voice of Jeff David
Source of Material Snippets.................. The Art of Seduction

Producer................ David Lorell

Blind Fly Theater episode 2: "The Valuable Customer"

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:44:00 +0000

Underlying music........ song "Africana" by 1000psi

Music obtained through..........

Sound Effects.................. Freesound.org

Robot Voices.................. sitepal.com

Customer...................... David Lorell

Producer/writer................ David Lorell

Veggie Plate in Process with words

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:36:00 +0000

The Veggie Plate is in Process...
and it looks as if the consensus of our forum is...
Leave the Words In...
and so it is.

A short video...

Having trouble viewing this?
Click here to view it on YouTube

Thanks for the input!

David

Vegetable Pottery... with or without the words?

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:55:00 +0000

As the fly said... "Help Me"

This is the design for the newest plate entitled "Fill up on the Good Stuff"

Should the plate have the words on it, or not?

Your opinion?

Below is a plate I recently bought...

I'm going to use it as a "slump mold" to form

the clay into its plate form before decorating.

I'm getting more and more excited about SM dinnerware.

Sparkle On!

David

;)

(Please let me know... With or Without the words on the plate?)

Surprise Revealed

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:48:00 +0000

So, I promised to show you what I'd been holding back from you.

I promised it for the day after Christmas.

I didn't get 'round to it.

So, sue me ;)

But, here

It is

Tah Dah

It's a first...

It may not be perfect,

but it's a start and I think

it's beautiful.

The genesis of SparkleMirror tableware

Thanks for visiting

and I'm

wishing everyone

a very Happy New Year!

Sparkle On

David

;)

Meatball Sundae

noreply@blogger.com (Blind Fly Theater) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:32:00 +0000

Seth Godin has finally brought me back to SANITY.

I've been trying to figure this social media thing out since deciding to create an online identity for SparkleMirror with this blog a mere 10 months ago.

Back in February of '09, I started this thingy on the advice of "9 Reasons Why Every Artist Should Have Their Own Art Blog" on Emptyeasel.com.

Thanks to author Dan Duhrkoop (also the site's editor),

thus began my (rather delightful) delve into insanity.

One thing leads to another, and this (then 45 y/o) newbie blogger was being introduced to all sorts of MAGNIFICENTLY FREE ways to connect with others out there!!! I was like a "kid with a twenty dollar bill in an ice cream parlor", as Seth Godin puts it in his book "Meatball Sundae". This recluse of an artisan now had a surprisingly never-ending wellspring of tools to easily share and connect.

Image source: Social Media Mashup

But the more I learned, the more I became confused and lost as this magical wellspring quickly turned into Niagara Falls. I was enveloped in the rush, funneled into a whirlpool, and subsequently found myself floating aimlessly in the Ocean of Social Media.

But now, thanks to Seth, I've climbed aboard a sturdy vessel.

I've established a new blog, "David Lorell", meant to chronicle my newly sane use of social media to slowly, but surely, expand SparkleMirror into the sparkler I envisioned it to be many moons ago. This old dog is going to learn new tricks.

I hope the example helps you... I'm sure you're going to teach me a lot.

Thanks in advance...

Sparkle On!
David
;)
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