Favoriting Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from March 27, 2023 Favoriting

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Join us for two hours of old time radio dramas, as we present four different pulp fiction stories, every week! Noir Stories with everymen getting wrapped up in dangerous adventures! Sea-faring Tales that are as two-fisted as they are filled with romance! Mysterious Magicians from the Far East, or maybe a Science Fiction yarn from the Atomic Age! Dimestore Radio Theater offers a chance to engage in Theater of The Mind, and enter a world of incredible tales from both yesterday and tomorrow!

Monday 9 - 11pm (EDT) | On WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room
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Favoriting March 27, 2023: Episode #49

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Box 13  "A Perfect Crime"   Favoriting 24 July 1949  Mayfair Productions 
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Les Brown And His Orchestra 

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Bold Venture  "Tears of Siva"   Favoriting 11 June 1951  Santana Productions 
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Les Brown And His Orchestra 

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Ken Burns  Empire of The Air Part 1   Favoriting Empire Of The Air: The Men Who Made Radio  PBS DVD Video 
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Chandu The Magician  "Douglas Disappears"   Favoriting 31 August 1948  Mutual–Don Lee Network 
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Dimension X  "Requiem"   Favoriting 22 September 1951  NBC Radio 
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Austin Rich:

Good Hello.
  9:00pm
wenzo:

Good hey hi
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Ahoy!
  9:01pm
wenzo:

I wonder if the salmon dance is related to the fish slapping dance in any way
Avatar 9:02pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ wenzo @9:01
Or Salmon Chanted Evening
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @9:00
Nice to see you in the chat, wenzo! Always a treat.
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Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:01
Hooray! It's a fun time when you come to visit!
  9:03pm
Charles:

Is Holiday facing The Riddler today?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Austin Rich:

I would be a little weirded out if someone had already figured out my supposedly secret identity at the beginning of the story. That seems fishy...
Avatar 9:04pm
Mr Fab:

Hey Austin!

What's a perfect crime without someone to share it with?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Charles @9:03
Close!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:04pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:04
Nice to see you, as usual, Mr. Fab.
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Otis Fodder:

A good evening theatre patrons and to the management, always a pleasure. I have set my dial at 50%.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Austin Rich:

We are down to three more Box 13 episodes, after this one.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Otis Fodder @9:05
Otis! What a wonderful happenstance!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Otis Fodder:

↳ Austin Rich @9:05
Ah ha, like a radio play... was it a coincidence or a twist of fate!
  9:07pm
wenzo:

“No one ever gets away with it”?! Dan holiday has clearly never been to detroit… or most major cities… I wonder what the rates of homicides being solved were in the 50’s? Higher I guess.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Austin Rich:

This is one of the memorable episodes, from the first time I listened through.
Avatar 9:08pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

He never read the Imp of the Perverse.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @9:07
I suspect Dan lives in a bit of a bubble, when it comes to the real world. He's sort of straight-laced and naive, in a way.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
Austin Rich:

Hartford... Hartford, Conneticut, the home of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar?
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:13
A crossover would have been fun
  9:15pm
wenzo:

I thought I’d heard all the box 13s but this one is new to me!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:13
We should write that crossover!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @9:15
I quite like this one. It's a good one to discover you've never heard before!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Austin Rich:

Like the last few episodes of Box 13, you can hear a faint recording of something else behind this one. I would love to know more about the provenance of where these recordings came from.
  9:19pm
Charles:

↳ Austin Rich @9:18
Where did you find them yourself?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Charles @9:19
Archive.org. The Wiki says there's 52 episodes, and lists the titles. So I knew to keep looking until I found all 52.
  9:20pm
Charles:

↳ Austin Rich @9:20
Well thanks for putting in the work for us!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @9:20
I usually try to compare a few sources, to make sure I'm not just relying on the first thing I found. But Box 13 is pretty well documented, and most of the people posted episodes seem to be posted the same set of files. I suspect a fan, in the early internet era, digitized his own collection, and that set has been floating around online ever since.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
Austin Rich:

That was one of the rare occasions on Box 13 when you can hear the transcription disc - and a part that almost skips. Usually, the shows were better archived than that.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

I've been writing songs and poetry
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:23
That's a good thing to write!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @9:24
I was thinking about writing a set of songs all about the "Dream Thieves" episode of Max Headroom. That one was one that used to think about a lot growing up. It's sort of the closest thing that Max Headroom gets to a detective story.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:25
I often wondered about Bryce's claim that he didn't dream.
  9:28pm
Charles:

Congrats Doc, you.. won?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:27
I suspect he's making that up. That seems unlikely. But... maybe it's true?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Charles @9:28
Right?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:30pm
Austin Rich:

Three more Box 13s! What will happen next? What stories will we have to write on our own, when the show is over?
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:28
I think he was having dreams about Edison and was embarrassed about it
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:30
Ha! Probably. Intermixed with dreams about before ACS. Times he'd rather forget.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:31
Especially if it was during the War
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
Austin Rich:

It seems likely that I COULD make some Quipping Couple Coffee stickers. I might have to get some designs made for that. Who would need a Quipping Couple Coffee sticker for their travel mug?
  9:36pm
Charles:

I know I repeat myself but I never get tired of Bogart's face on this picture. I too would make that face if I was about to get into yet another adventure that would probably end with me getting shot in a limb.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Charles @9:36
At least you get to kiss Lauren Bacall at the end of every episode. But yeah. He was the original, "I'm too old for this shit."
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Sent you some of my lyrics
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:38
Ooooo! I like that. Will check after the show.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
Austin Rich:

I love the King Moses appearances, but I do wish they would vary the song occasionally.

From a writing point of view, I'm sure it's much easier to have the same music each week.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:42pm
Austin Rich:

"Mamma Freud." I think I need to start a band with that name.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Haiti? Lots of nasty business there
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
Austin Rich:

Guantanamo reference, even. This episode feels strangely current.
Avatar 9:46pm
ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Is that too early for the TonTon Macoute?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:46
By about eight years, yeah. Though I suspect that it was sort of the wild west in the early 50s, too. (Which is sort of why Slate Shannon's character is supposed to be there.)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Austin Rich:

With the fat antagonist, the treasure MacGuffin... this episode has a lot of similarities with The Maltese Falcon.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Indeed
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
Austin Rich:

While I do like a lot of movies, The Maltese Falcon - to me - is one of the most perfect films. That and The Big Sleep.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

↳ Austin Rich @9:58
And The Ghost and Mrs Muir
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @9:58
That is pretty good. I haven't seen in since I was a kid, so I should probably re-watch it. I have a feeling I might enjoy it even more, now.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
Austin Rich:

This necklace gag might be the most visual end-gag they have done in the series so far.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Unpolished versions of the Op
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Getting sleepy.
  10:09pm
wenzo:

Out of the fog, into the smog! Relentlessly! Ruthlessly! Doggedly!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:09
Thanks for popping in! Maybe We'll see you tomorrow? An all-cat tribute!
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

I'll try to make it.
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ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova:

Good night
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:12pm
Austin Rich:

Our narrator for this documentary: Jason Robards.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Austin Rich:

This documentary is based on a book, written by Tom Lewis, published in 1991. I haven't read the book. I should probably get around to it, one of these days.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Austin Rich:

↳ ImaginosBuzzardoDesdinova @10:12
Sleep well!
  👻 10:14pm
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @10:11
Omg that's right! Tomorrow is cat night! Nigel and I will be tuned in though only one of us will hear it!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @10:14
That's okay. I'm not sure how much Nigel would like TS Elliot or HP Lovecraft.
  👻 10:16pm
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @10:15
He is a finicky man these days.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
Austin Rich:

Seems likely that Roxor has actually died. Even the narrator is suspicious.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:19pm
Austin Rich:

seems UNLIKELY. Pardon.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:19pm
Austin Rich:

Typo city tonight.
  👻 10:20pm
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @10:19
My hometown!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
Austin Rich:

Tonight we have our second to last Dimension X story, written by Robert Heinlein. It is also one of the worst sounding episodes of Dimension X. I did a lot of clean up; you can hear everything. But wow... this one is murky. Be warned.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:22pm
Austin Rich:

The final Dimension X episode that we are airing next week - Nightfall - is actually an astonishingly good recordings, for late-period Dimension X. So that's our reward for the rough one this week.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Austin Rich:

"Where do the lost ones go?"
Avatar 10:30pm
Mr Fab:

Ha ha, once again I have no idea what Chandu is about! But it’s just so cool and weird, got a love it.
Avatar 10:30pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Austin Rich @10:27
If we knew, they wouldn’t be lost!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:31pm
Austin Rich:

In Chandu, they're always searching for Robert Regent. They never find him. But that's pretty much every episode.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
Austin Rich:

Again, I am curious about the provenance of the Dimension X episodes. I've done some digging online, and there aren't really better recordings. (Unless some super-fan somewhere has transcription discs that they aren't talking about.) So most likely, the recordings we have of Dimension X are fan recordings, that have been circulating for years.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
Austin Rich:

"Two Fraudulent Bankruptcies?" That's not a good sign.
  10:45pm
wenzo:

We’re having a party wooo havin a party havin a party an old times radio party tonight 🎉 🎈 🎂🎙📻
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:46pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @10:45
We specialize in stories about rich people getting to live out their fantasies though the expenditure of money! That's a party, right? Watching someone who's essentially Elon Musk get old and crazy?
  👻 10:49pm
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @10:46
There ain't no party like a rich people getting old and crazy because a rich people getting old and crazy party don't stop!
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Austin Rich:

↳ Heather Z @10:49
This is such a throw-back to a different era of Sci-Fi. Heinlein tries to paint this picture, that it's sweet, that this old guy is getting his last request met. I keep thinking about all the workers and employees that he's sort of yanked around just to live out his wish. Who's gonna get in trouble after he lives out his wish?
  👻 10:53pm
Heather Z:

↳ Austin Rich @10:51
I'd imagine it was seen as all the workers' privilege to be on the mission? Grr
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:53pm
Austin Rich:

Neo-Barbasol? Like, the shaving cream?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
Austin Rich:

Heinlein has another story, about an old man who can barely make a space flight to another planet, called, "The Green Hills of Earth," which is quite beautiful, and really well written. I think of this story as Heinlein's attempt to recapture that same nostalgic magic, and not quite getting there.
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Austin Rich:

Thanks again everyone! See ya next time.
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Otis Fodder:

Thanks for the stories this eve Austin, see ya!
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