The Lodestone Catalog November, 2006 Firesign Theatre The Best in Contemporary Audio Theatre page 6 Science Fiction page 14 ZBS Comedy page 12 page 10

Prairie Home Norman Corwin Companion page 20 page 4 Bloomington, IN 47404 627 N. Morton St.#204 Lodestone Catalog Why Contemporary Audio Theater? What’s In A Name? Of course, we love the old stuff. “Old-Time Why do we call it audio theater? Many people Radio” (OTR) is a wonderful thing. It was a call it radio drama, but most of the best new time when a great deal of time, effort, and productions go directly to CD, never being Welcome money was put into the medium, and it got heard on the radio. New-Time-Radio? Same some wonderful results. problem. Theater of the Mind? Theater of the Ear? Sonic Movies? All nice, and great at cap- And the best of those results got remembered. turing different aspects of the medium, but we Welcome to the -- The best of those results got preserved. The Lodestone Catalog think Audio Theater describes it best. the world’s best source for English-language best of those results is still around today. contemporary audio theater. What we listen to today is the best of what was What is Audio Theater? created then. Why Audio Theater? Voices. Music. Sound effects. Silence. These But what about the new stuff? are the basic ingredients of audio theater. We sell audio theater because we love the Although television and trends took audio But there are more ingredients -- Time, medium of audio theater. It’s that simple. drama largely off the radio since the 1950’s, Craftsmanship, Intelligence, Love, Imagination. Audio Theater is the theater of the mind. It it has evolved into an artists medium, created Toss in heavy helpings of great scriptwriting, sparks the imagination, allowing you, the listen- by people who love the medium and use great and a whole lot of good acting. er, to create his or her own mental images. skill, time, love, and patience to produce audio theater which reaches beyond the styles and Audio Theater starts with the written word, but Our friends at XM Sonic Theater are fond of conventions of OTR. Audio theater is a grow- it is much more than just reading aloud. telling you, “The pictures are in your head.” ing and evolving art form, the best of which Audio Theater fi res the imagination and stirs Our friend, Norman Corwin, tells of a story of engages the mind and excites the imagination. the soul. a young girl who was asked if she preferred Radio or Television. She said ‘Radio’. When Why Lodestone Catalog? Audio Theater makes you laugh, cry, hope, and asked why, she replied, “Because the pictures dream. But how do you fi nd the best of the new stuff? are better.” And we are happy to bring some of the best These two ideas, taken together, only confi rm That’s where we come in. We present the best audio theater to you. what we already knew: in contemporary audio theater. The cream that rises to the top. We carry the stuff that turns us The pictures are better in your head. on. We think it will turn you on, too.

Lodestone supports The Contents National Genres Audio Theatre Children’s 4 Horror 20 - 21 Comedy 10 - 11 Sci Fi 14 - 15 Documentaries 21 Western 21 Festivals Drama 22 Artists The National Audio Theatre Festivals (NATF)* is a driving Alien Voices 14 NPR 16, 19 force behind the growth of contemporary audio theatre in the Atlanta Radio Otherworld Media 3, 8, 15, 22 United States. Theater Co. 15, 18, 19 Proctor and Bergman 9 As the country’s oldest audio theater education and training BBC 16 Posthuman Enterprises 10 Celestial Navigations 19 Rabbit Ears 3 organization, NATF’s mission is to promote, support and educate Crazy Dog Audio 10, 18, 19 Radio Repertory Co. emerging and established artists in the fi eld of audio theater. Dirk Maggs 14, 17 of America 17 Annually, NATF hosts The Audio Theater Workshop (ATW), a Firesign Theatre 6 - 9 Reduced Shakespeare Co. 11 Full Cast Audio 15 This American Life 10 week-long hands-on training and performance event. NATF Garrison Keillor 20 Transdimensional Media 14 also hosts an annual script competition for new audio plays along Great Northern Twilight Zone 17 with smaller advanced weekend workshops throughout the year. Audio Theater 8, 10 Willamette Radio Little Evil Things Workshop 18, 22 If you enjoy audio theater, or have an interest learning more Mind’s Ear Audio 11, 21 Yuri Rasovsky 19, 22 about writing, producing or performing audio theater projects, National Lampoon 11 ZBS Foundation 12 - 13 please support NATF, or attend an NATF event. Norman Corwin 4 - 5 For more information, visit www.natf.org.

*NATF is a recognized 501(c)3 not-for-profi t arts organization. Cover image from a concept by Jim Fields. 2 The Wizard of Oz Otherworld Media A loving and beautiful unabridged audio drama, produced to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the book’s publication. Starring Kids Harry Anderson, Phyllis Diller , Mark Hamill, Anne e Benning, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Guillaume, John Goodman, and many more. OWME010 - 1 CDs - 4 hours - $39.95

The Last Dragon to Avondale Atlanta Radio Theatre Company A subway station becomes a magical place when the subway train is really a giant dragon. Fun, fantasy, and imagination from Thomas Fuller. ARTC025 - 1 CD - 60 minutes - $10.00 Rabbit Ears is back! These stories top talent and best musicians around , which aired on Public Radio, feature some of the Peter Dennis is the only reader of children’s literature. Gentle, smart, funny. Lovingly and intelligent, produced, this these is radio recordings that are treasures of A.A. Milne’s work authorized by Milne’s son, not at them, made by people who care about their audien Christopher Robin. This work has earned of top performers. These are as much a treasure for adults as they are for children. speaks to the listener, the prestigious Audie Award, Parents’ ce. Original scores by a diverse list Choice Gold Award, Ohio State Award of Merit, and the Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fairy Tales and Other Stories Corporation Thumbelina for Public Read by Kelly McGillis Rabbit Ears Treasury of Fables and Other Stories Broadcasting Original Music by Mark Isham The Three Billy Goats Gruff / The Three Li le Pigs Silver Award. The Talking Eggs Read by Holly Hunter Read by Sissy Spacek Original Music by Art Lande Original Music by BeauSoleil Rumpelstiltskin The Fisherman and His Wife Read by Kathleen Turner Winnie The Pooh Read by Jodie Foster Original Music by Tangerine Dream Peter Dennis Original Music by Van Dyke Parks The Tiger and the Brahmin Welcome to the 40 acre woods, where The Emperor and the Nightingale Read by Ben Kingsley Winnie-the-Pooh lives with Piglet, Rabbit, Read by Glenn Close Original Music by Ravi Shankar Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Li le Roo. Join Original Music by Mark Isham The Ugly Duckling Christopher Robin, Pooh, and friends in their lively and enchanting adventures. RABB001 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 Read by Cher Original Music by Patrick Ball PETD001 - 3 CDs - 3 hours - $19.95

Rabbit Ears Treasury of American Tall Tales RABB003 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 The House at Pooh Corner Peter Dennis Davy Crocke “One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to Read by Nicolas Cage Rabbit Ears Treasury of World Tales do, he thought he would do something, so he Original Music by David Bromberg Aladdin and the Magic Lamp went round to Piglet’s house to see what Piglet Rip Van Winkle Read by John Hurt was doing...” First published in 1928, these Read by Anjelica Huston Original Music by Mickey Hart are the further adventures of Christopher Original Music by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Anansi Robin, Pooh, and friends, and the introduc- Johnny Appleseed Read by Denzel Washington tion of the rather bouncy Tigger. Read by Garrison Keillor Original Music by UB40 PETD003 - 2 CDs - 3 hours - $14.95 Original Music by Mark O’Connor East of the Sun, West of the Moon Paul Bunyan Read by Max von Sydow When We Were Very Young and Now We Read by Jonathan Winters Original Music by Lyle Mays Are Six Original Music by Leo Ko ke with Duck Baker Peter Dennis The Five Chinese Brothers Poems and verses from When We Were Very Read by John Lone RABB002 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 Young and Now We Are Six. Original Music by Bill Douglass and David Austin PETD002 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $9.95 Order Online at RABB004 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 www.lodestonecatalog.com Robert Heinlein’s “Juveniles” page 15
3 The grand master of the golden age of radio drama, Norman Corwin has continued to write and produce incredible radio drama. Now in Norman his nineties, he currently teaches at USC, and maintains a busy schedule. CorwinOn A Note Of Triumph Norman Corwin’s Masterpiece! The original, live V-E Day broadcast which thrilled millions on May 8, 1945, retaining its vast power and its piercing relevance today. The horrors and lessons of World War II blaze forth in a vivid dramatic masterpiece, arguably the finest use of the radio medium ever achieved. Original score by Bernard Herrmann. CORW026 - 1 Compact Disc - 1 hour - $12.95

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Thirteen by Corwin Norman Corwin’s personal favorites from the surviving recordings of his works from the Golden Age of Radio. A galaxy of stars National Archives including Groucho Marx, Frederic March, SCRIPT of ‘On a Note of Triumph’ Elsa Lanchester, Robert Benchley, Vincent Price, Norman Corwin Henry Morgan and many more. Ranging from The entire original script for On A Note Of Triumph. satirical comedy through fantasy, travelogue, CORW003 - Paperback - 46 pages - $6.95 and romance to Corwin’s amazingly powerful, inspiring drama. • The Undecided Molecule • The Long Name None Could Spell • Untitled • The Odyssey of Runyon Jones • Cromer • El Capitan and the Corporal • My Client Curley • Descent of the Gods • They Fly Through The Air • Could Be • Radio Primer • Mary and the Fairy • New York: A Tapestry

1941 CORW030 - 7 CDs - 7 hours - $59.95 We Hold These Truths 150th birthday ruths 1991 Commissioned to celebrate the er the We Hold These T of the Bill of Rights, this program gained vital A Star-fi lled 200th birthday celebration of the Bill signifi cance airing exactly one week a en and updated by Norman Corwin, ack on Pearl Harbor. It became of Rights, wri Japanese a and directed by David Ossman. Updated 14 August a needed reminder of the ghting values Capped for which by an version of the historic 1941 program. Richard Dysart, and Americans were now fi James Earl Jones, Jill Eikenberry, Esther Rolle, Lloyd 50 Years AV er 14 August appearance by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bridges, Brenda Vacarro, Rene Auberjonois, and more. Norman Corwin’s original broadcast celebrating Starring Jimmy Stewart, Orson Wells, Lionel Special appearance by Chief Jusice- $15.95 Warren Berger. the end of World War II and the victory over Japan, Barrymore, Edward G. Robinson, and many OWME003 - 1 CD - 66 minutes narrated by Orson Welles. And his update, nar- more. An astonishing historical document. CD - 1 hour - $15.95 rated by Charles Kuralt, looking back from 50 years CORW027 - 1 later, giving historical and personal refl ection on the events and implications of that time. CORW032 - 1 CD - 50 minutes - $15.95 4 SCRIPT of ‘50 Years AV er 14 August’ CORW006 - Script - 8.5”x11” stapled - $9.95 The Poet Laureate of Radio: An Interview with Norman Corwin Anthracite Films An interview with Corwin originally recorded for a documentary on “Old-Time Radio.” In the 1990’s Norman Corwin embarked on a series of NEW radio dramas, Corwin was so pleased with the interview that broadcast across Public Radio stations nationwide. he encouraged the fi lmmaker and Lodestone to release it to the public. We were happy to oblige. CORW060 - 1 DVD - 74 minutes - $19.95 Corwin (DVD) Norman Corwin Les Guthman’s inspiring 1996 video tribute to Norman Corwin. Exhaustive, informative, and entertaining, it off ers great insight into the The Writer With The Lame LeV Hand Golden Age of Radio, the development of the Norman Corwin medium, and the man who has become the An absorbing biography of “Don Quixote” au- Grand Master of the form. thor, Miguel de Cervantes. A tale of heartbreak, CORW101 - 1 DVD - 1 hour - $24.95 adventure, tragedy and triumph. Corwin paints a mosaic picture of 16th century Spanish culture. Documentary: Norman Corwin – Charles Durning, Ed Asner, Norman Lloyd, A Note of Triumph William Shatner, and Samantha Eggar. Norman Corwin CORW022 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 Charles Kuralt narrates this introduction to the life and work of Norman Corwin, from his SCRIPT of greatest early works to greatest masterwork, ‘The Writer with the Lame LeV Hand’ ’On A Note Of Triumph’. This audio documentary CORW011 - Script - 8.5”x11” stapled - $9.95 aired on Public Radio in 1995, and again in 2005. CORW031 - 1 CD - 58 minutes - $15.95 The Secretariat Conversations with Corwin Hume Cronyn, Tandy Cronyn, and William Norman Corwin Shatner star in a brand-new program about A lively conversation between the Grand Master prayer, showcasing scores of actual prayers from of Radio Drama and an audience of audio the- around the world and across the centuries. An ater writers. Corwin is engaging, entertaining, inventive, engaging ‘mosaic for radio’ examining and enlightening. A wonderful resource for man’s relationship with God in all his forms. anyone involved in creating audio drama, or CORW025 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 any fan of Corwin. CORW040 - 2 CDs - 2.5 hours - $19.95 SCRIPT of ‘The Secretariat’ CORW019 - Script - 8.5”x11” stapled - $9.95

No Love Lost Thomas Jeff erson, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr hold a public seminar – a fi ctional event created from their own words, carefully researched by Norman Corwin. William Shatner, Lloyd Bridges, Jack Lemmon, and Martin Landau star. CORW023 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 SCRIPT of ‘No Love Lost’ CORW009 - Script - 8.5”x11” stapled - $9.95 Norman Corwin and Radio: The Golden Years The Curse of 589 by R. LeRoy Bannerman A scientist is confronted by a leprechaun who The authorized biography of the grand master wants to put a curse on science, sparking a of American radio drama It covers not only hilarious ba le between science and magic. Corwin’s heyday at CBS, but also Corwin’s Starring William Shatner and Samantha Eggar in youth, and his later career in books, fi lm, and the lead roles, and Carl Reiner as everyone else. television. Meticulously researched, with an CORW024 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 exhaustive broadcast chronology. CORW050 - Paperback - 275 pages - $29.95 SCRIPT of ‘The Curse of 589’ CORW014 - Script - 8.5”x11” stapled - $9.95 Norman Corwin’s ‘Le ers’ edited by A. J. Langguth The history of radio, and of the 20th Century, Norman Corwin’s Holidays refl ected in the le ers of one of the century’s Norman Corwin greatest thinkers, radio producers, and writers. A look at the holidays we celebrate. Featuring From Corwin’s own typewriter, and in his own Public Radio’s Bob Edwards and Susan voice comes a profound view of history, and Stamberg, among others. everything from the mundane to the magnifi cent. CORW029 - 1 CD - 2 hours - $15.95 BARR001 - 1 Hardbound Book - 467 pages - $14.95 SCRIPT of ‘Our Lady of The Freedoms, and Some of Her Friends’ Thirteen for Corwin A loving tribute to the history and meaning of the Ray Bradbury , Charles Kuralt, Studs Turkel, Stature of Liberty. Currently not available in audio. Norman Lear, and others talk about Norman CORW017 - Script - 8.5”x11” stapled - $9.95 Corwin and his infl uence upon their writing, their lives, and upon history. 110 pages. SCRIPT of ‘Memos To A New Millennium’ BARR002 - 1 Paperback Book - 110 pages - $9.95 A pause for refl ection on the edge of a new millennium. Currently not available in audio. CORW021 - Script - 8.5”x11” stapled - $9.95 Order Online at www.lodestonecatalog.com 5 Firesign Theatre

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have made a number of appearances in non-fi resign productions. George Leroy Tirebiter, fi ctional star of stage, screen,George and radio, Tirebiterplayed by David Collection Ossman, Buddy Shell: Metaphysical Private Investigator was featured in Firesign’s album “Don’t’ Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers.” Fried-Out Features Now the full story of his long career can be told. The Murder, magic, mysticism, mental telepathy, corruption, and conspiracy. It’s all in a day’s work chronicles his career, featuring some of his greatest, and most notable performances. for detective Buddy Shell and his psychic psidekick, a mynah bird named Miles. Features Firesign Theatre’s Phil Proctor and David Ossman. FRIE001 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95 George Tirebiter Collection #1: Live from the Islands Drummer’s Dome / Velveteen Submission Otherworld Media Great Northern Audio Theatre “Max Morgan, Crime Cabby” – Mr. Tirebiter’s Drummer’s Dome –Drummer Crowley fi nally radio noir classic from 1951. “Tirebiter Speaks builds his geodesic dome in the woods. But His Mind” – In his role as Surrealist Vice things the inside of the dome are a li le bit, President, George Tirebiter comments on well, far-out. Velveteen Submission – an odd George Tirebiter Collection #2: 2004’s crop of presidential candidates. space-chap named Pangborn arrives at a space Radio Follies OWME101 - 1 CD - 57 min - $14.95 lighthouse to stir up trouble and get a hot bath. Otherworld Media Starring David Ossman and Roger Gregg. “George Tirebiter’s Radio Follies!” – Co-starring Phil George Tirebiter Collection #3: GNAT003 - 1 CD - 65 minutes - $12.00 Proctor and Melinda Peterson – Mr. Tirebiter’s Hollywood Madhouse & Radiodaze pilot performance in a theatrical radio variety Otherworld Media Peter Galaxy / Tell Them NAPA Sent You show, featuring an on-going mystery story and “Hollywood Madhouse” – It’s yet another day Great Northern Audio Theatre “The Years in Your Ears,” a comic look at the in the hectic household of radio star George Can two retired, old-time radio actors fi nd work Golden Age of radio. Tirebiter in a day from his classic radio series. for 300 billion illegal aliens? Michael Sheard OWME102 - 1 CD - 71 min - $14.95 “Radiodaze” – An audio autobiography in and David Ossman fi nd the answer. Plus, never which Mr. Tirebiter recreates shows from his use car parts from Middle Earth. George Tirebiter Collection #4: long career, inlcuding “Young Tom Edison,” GNAT004 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $12.00 Another Christmas Carol and “Mark Time.” Otherworld Media OWME103 - 1 CD - 60 min - $14.95 Dialog With Martian Trombone “Another Christmas Carol” Mr. Tirebiter a empts Great Northern Audio Theatre Scrooge in a local production of Dickens’ classic, George Tirebiter Collection #5: Remember the Ramon Rocello Orchestra. They but his own Ghosts follow him into rehearsal. “The Ronald Reagan Murder Case” – During a New Mexican Overdrive were the band interrupted for “news broadcasts” of Otherworld Media Martian Invasion in “The War of the Worlds” But wrap party in 1944, George Tirebiter and Ronald Reagan stumble across the body of... Ronald Rea- “New Mexican Overdrive” – Our hero goes what if there really was an alien invasion that night on assignment to view the secret desert test of – in the trombone section! Stars David Ossman. gan! A mystery indeed. OWME104 - 1 CD - 60 min - $14.95 the government’s new “Sonorization” weapon GNAT005 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $14.95 – guaranteed to change the world. Just what has George go en himself into? Plus: “Tirebiter’s Order Online at $5 off when you get all fi ve Time Machine.” 8 www.lodestonecatalog.com OWME105 - 1 CD - 62 min - $14.95 Weirdly Cool (DVD) Firesign Theatre Firesign’s 2001 PBS Special, including updates of Firesign favorites from their fi rst four albums, plus new material. The Everything You Know is Wrong (VHS) Firesign guys are in top form, and having Firesign Theatre fun. Introductions by Firesign fans, A video version of The Firesign Theatre’s including Robin Williams, and lampoon of “new age” bufoonery. Join Happy John Goodman. Special Features include Harry Cox as he guides you through the Nude Jack Poet commercials, a documentary, Age, drinking Bear Whiz beer, while aliens are fundraising spots, and more. in everybody’s eggs. Hey, he was right about the MSUG401 - 1 DVD - 105 minutes - $19.95 comet! MSUG001 - VHS Videotape - 45 minutes - $19.95

Martian Space Party (VHS) Zachariah Firesign Theatre (DVD) George Papoon is NOT INSANE! A live perfor- Firesign Theatre (script) mance fi lm from the 1972 National Surrealist’s A Firesign Western? A pair of would-be Party Convention. Your only chance to see Richard cowboys who fall in with a band of Nixon meet Glutamoto, the Cheese Monster. hippie musicians. Firepower meets MSUG005 - VHS Videotape - 30 minutes - $19.95 Flower Power? Features a young Don Johnson, and Country Joe and the Fish – plus an appearance by The James Gang. MSUG602 - 1 DVD - 92 min - $14.95

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Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman . Often considered the, like “rock members stars” ofof audioa rock comedy, group,. the Firesign guys SOLO ALBUMS two of the four members of the Firesign Theatre each released have embarked on their “solo” projects -- as a duo TV or not TV Proctor and Bergman Brilliant parodies of Television, with a sci-fi twist. Pay television? Zillions of channels? Hacking the media? Who’d a thunk it? Proctor and Bergman did, way back in 1973. Futuristic fun way ahead of its time. PROB101 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $14.98 How Time Flies David Ossman This Hi-Fi Sci-Fi Comedy features David What This Country Needs Ossman as Mark Time, an intrepid Proctor and Bergman space-traveling, time-traveling hero. Part Their second solo album. The best bits of old-time sci-fi cli[ anger, and part surreal their live performances. It goes straight for humor. Features all of the Firesign guys, plus the funnybone with Proctor and Bergman’s Harry Shearer and Wolfman Jack. incisive comic take on the world. FSOL101 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $14.98 PROB102 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $14.98

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With the help of James Somebody has been pu ing strange “windows” technowitches Onoff on and Off onoff , and more. Gurney, the book’s author, Tom Lopez created into the minds of the peaceful, zen-like Bull- this audio version of the story which has been ZBSF002 - 3 CDs - 3.5 hours - $29.95 called a “masterpiece” of audio theater. It takes dada. Is it an insidious device controlled by the the story even further, with new scenes that add electronic media, to manipulate the malleable a new dimension to the story. Learn the secret minds of the gullible consumers? Will it take Ruby 3 history of this land that time le behind, where two Rubys to fi nd out? ZBS Foundation dinosaurs and people have evolved a wonderful, ZBSF004 - 4 CDs - 4 hours - $29.95 Magnifi co, City of Malls, is invaded by an invis- civilized co-operation. Fascinating, ible force which creates a buying frenzy! As thought-provoking listening for all ages. 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Moon Over Morocco Midnight at the Casa Luna ZBS Foundation The Many Adventures of Jack Flanders ZBS Foundation Jack searches for a long forgo en natural magic. Dreams of the Blue Morpho The Casa Luna, a Manha an coff ee shop, has a He meets Mojo Sam for the fi rst time, going on a ZBS Foundation habit of disappearing. When it disappears with strange quest from u er realism to real surreal- In Costa Rica, Jack Flanders helps Mojo’s friend Jack in it, he is no longer in Manha an, but in ism as Jack learns more about Morocco, magic, Amy, who is being followed by strange hovering the tropics with his long lost uncle, Sir Henry and especially, himself. lights. What are they? Are they threatening? Of Jowls. What now? ZBSF012 - 8 CDs - 10 hours - $55.00 course its up to Jack to fi nd out. ZBSF122 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $22.50 ZBSF111 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $22.50 Orchids and Moonbeams Dreams of Rio ZBS Foundation ZBS Foundation Somewhere Next Door To Reality ZBS Foundation Jack and Mojo head to the tropics for an When America fi nally becomes one gigantic environmental mystery. The jungle’s Nature shopping mall, Jack escapes to Brazil, where he Old Montreal’s cobbled streets and quaint cafes, hide another Montreal. It lies next door to reality. Spirit fi ghts back when a developer puts a road fi nds a crystal skull that leads him from a lost through a sacred valley. Its not nice to fool with city to the joyous chaos of Carnival. A physical Jack and Mojo search for this other Montreal, with a blind musician who knows the way, and Mother Nature. as well as a spiritual journey, where adventure ZBSF143 - 1 CD - 70 minutes - $15.00 and enlightenment are woven together. a mysterious woman who knows its secrets. ZBSF014 - 6 CDs - 6 hours - $35.00 ZBSF112 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $22.50 The Case of the Disappearing Witch The Eye of Van Gogh ZBS Foundation Dreams of Bali In an off off off Broadway production of ZBS Foundation ZBS Foundation Invisible balls of energy are fl oating around Macbeth, the actors playing witch number three A trip to Bali spins out of control as Jack is keep disappearing. The producer calls in Mojo confronted with jealous rivalries, black magic, Quebec, making reality look a Van Gogh paint- ing. Is it hallucinations? Visions? Madness? Sam, who calls in Li le Frieda, who decides she dreams, and spectral visits from a holy man. An should be the next witch. Will she dissapear intoxicating blend of folkways, native wisdom Jack and Mojo search for the source of these fl oating “eyes.” When Li le Frieda shows up, too? And what will she fi nd when she does? and mesmerizing music. ZBSF147 - 1 CD - 59 minutes - $15.00 ZBSF020 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95 nobody is surprised. ZBSF114 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $22.50 The Wee Weaver – A Li le Frieda Adventure Dreams of India ZBS Foundation ZBS Foundation Travels With Jack Li le Frieda and Mojo Sams a empt to unravel When a beautiful Indian woman hands Jack his ZBS Foundation the mystery of the “thing” lurking within the own business card, she says he gave it to her Jack Flanders travels to exotic lands – The Ama- McIllroy mansion. Its illusive, elusive, aunt forty years ago. Another quest is about to zon, India, Bali, Sumatra – and in each one he mischievous and perhaps dangerous. It eludes unfold. Authentic sounds of India – chanting fi nds a new metaphysical mystery. Thoughtful the traps they set, but it seems to be trying to monks, temple bells and Tibetan horns – writing and award-winning production with contact Mojo in his sleep. But how can they transport you on a metaphysical mystery. sounds recorded on location. ZBSF034 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $25.00 contact it without endangering Mojo? ZBSF125 - 8 CDs - 8 hours - $55.00 ZBSF142 - 1 CD - 56 minutes - $15.00

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Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: Quandary Phase BBC Part four. Arthur Dent, displaced earthling, discovers Leonard Nimoy that the Earth, previously destroyed by Vogons, has miraculously reappeared. Arthur returns to his home, and and John de Lancie -- falls in love. But Ford Prefect might well burst Arthur’s Spock, and “Q” from different bubble. And what has happened to all the dolphins? generations of Star Trek -- have BBCP104 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95 joined forces to produce and star in this series of classic science fi ction tales. Joined by many of their Star Trek cohorts, these remarkable audio dramas stay true to their original stories, while adding a contemporary sound, and solid performances.

The Time Machine Alien Voices H.G. Wells’ seminal time-travel story comes to life. A er an inventor develops a time machine, he fi ghts not only to stay alive, but to save the future of humankind. ALEN002 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 Dry Smoke and Whispers – Season One Journey to the Center of the Earth Transdimensional Media Alien Voices Emile Song must catch the East End Reaper, a Jules Verne’s story of Professor Lidenbrock’s techno-fi end terrorizing the people of Quaymet. fantastic expedition to the Earth’s core. An Along the way we meet Trickles, and his incredible journey of science and discovery, demonic protector, the Jachtah, Jaddock Mier and an incredible adventure. and Marcori Deedwik and his laboratory of ALEN004 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 heinous inventions. TRDM001 - 5 CD Set - 5 hours - $44.95 The Lost World Alien Voices An expedition to the Amazon discovers a lost plateau where ape-men have evolved beside dinosaurs, and the fate of the human race hangs in the balance. Will the adventurers gain fame, fortune, or death? Find out. Dry Smoke and Whispers – The Shadowman ALEN006 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 Transdimensional Media Emille Song, telepathic detective from Quaymet, meets his greatest Nemesis – The Invisible Man the Shadowman. Or is he an Ally? Neither time nor the Shadowman will tell, as Alien Voices a network of subterranean portals sends song on the quest of... and for... his life. A er fi nding a way to become invisible, a TRDM011 - 3 CD Set - 3 hours - $12.50 scientist fi nds he can’t go back. He can get away with anything, but at the cost of losing himself. Dry Smoke and Whispers – Murder on the Huddleston Ferry This road leads to madness... and death. Transdimensional Media ALEN008 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 A tourist voyage to the Outer Provinces – what could be more relaxing? Unless you have exiled Troids, gangster kingpins, a power-mad cult, Spock vs. Q GiV Set and Emille Song and Professor Henchard on board. Alien Voices TRDM012 - 3 CD Set - 3 hours - $12.50 Spock vs. Q and Spock vs. Q: The Sequel – Leonard Nimoy and John De Lancie reprise Dry Smoke and Whispers – Allies of the Overseers their best known roles before a live and ap- Transdimensional Media preciative audience for two extraordinary The Jungle World of KeAmbudahnah – An unlikely place to debates between logic and chaos. Two of the decide the future course of the entire galaxy. But here, Emille universes smartest creatures spar as the fate Song and an ancient enclave of mystic warriors must of humanity hangs in the balance. A smart, somehow hold off world-sha ering evil. literary, and amazingly fun verbal adventure. TRDM013 - 3 CD Set - 3 hours - $12.50 14ALEN018 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $19.95 2000-XYuri Rasovsky Sixteen remarkable tales of life a er 2000 as imagined by authors from the previous millennium. Bradbury, Heinlein, Vonnegut, Ellison, and many more. Performers include: Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Durning, Tom Poston, Lynne Thigpen, Rene Auberjonois, Barbara Rush, Robin Williams, and others. YROS005 - 6 CDs - 6 hours - $35.00 Ray Bradbury “Pillar of Fire” Fredric Brown “Knock” War of the Worlds 50th Anniversary Production “Blood” Otherworld Media Award-winning remake of Orson Welles’ famous Octavia E. Butler “Panic” broadcast, produced as if taking place in the “Bloodchild” Kurt Vonnegut Jr present on Public Radio. Jason Robards, Steve Allen, Karel Capek “Tomorrow and Tomorrow Phil Proctor, Rene Auberjonois, Sco Simon, Terry RUR and Tomorrow” Gross, and more. Tremendous on-location production by Oscar-winning sound designer Randy Thom Harlan Ellison Connie Willis at George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch. “’Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” “Even the Queen” OWME021 - 1 CD - 59 minutes - $15.95 Robert A. Heinlein Fredric Brown “By His Bootstraps” “Blood” C.L. Moore Henry Slesar “Shambleau” “Merchant” William F Nolan Dannie Plachta “And Miles to Go before I Sleep” “Revival Meeting” A.E. Van Vogt Gort Klatu “Dear Pen Pal” “Sentience Today”

The works of Menace From Earth Atlanta Radio Theatre Company Robert A. Heinlein Holly Jones is a 15 year old high-school student on the moon, who dreams designing spaceships. Hobby: Flying using artifi cial wings, the moon’s low gravity, and air currents in a large air reserve known as the “bat’s cave.” A “menace” arrives Big Big Space from earth in the form of tourist Ariel Brentwood, Have Space Suit, Will Travel Crazy Dog Audio a beautiful young actress who seems to be draw- Full Cast Audio Six silly, smart sci-fi parodies performed live ing the interest of Jeff Hardesty – Holly’s friend, Winning a slightly used genuine space suit, Kip send up contemporary sci-fi movies and designing partner, and maybe... possibly... a li le Russel is drawn into the adventure of his young television as well as paying loving homage to bit more. life. With a pint-sized genius named PeeWee the classic 1940s days of radio. Captain Sane ARTC017 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $10.00 and an alien known as “the Mother Thing,” he and her crew travel the galaxy in search of escapes space bandits and defends the Earth in adventure and cliche’s to explode. an intergalactic court of law. An unabridged RGRG101 - 3 CDs - 3 hours - $35.00 multi-voice audiobook. The Man Who Traveled In Elephants FULL001 - 8 CDs - 8 hours - $39.00 Atlanta Radio Theatre Company Robert Heinlein’s charming tale of a retired salesman who enjoys life on the road so much that he takes up selling elephants. He travels The Rolling Stones Soundings – Jeff Green Collection from town to town, and from circus to circus, Full Cast Audio MaxMedia/Jeff Green always by bus, and always with his wife by his When brilliant teenage twins Castor and Pollux Canada’s audio theater wizard Jeff Greene side. Perhaps he’ll sell one some day – it doesn’t decide to buy a used spaceship and travel the brings you outstanding, award-winning really ma er. With science fi ction writer Harlan solar system, the whole oY eat family ends up science fi ction, horror, comedy, satire and Ellison. Introduced by Ray Bradbury. coming along, ‘cause when you’re a Stone, your mystery in this collection. Powerful, gripping ARTC013 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $10.00 family is your highest priority. An unabridged stories include Spaxter, Spaxterback, Plague, multi-voice audiobook. Epiphanies, Christmas is Coming to the FULL002 - 8 CDs - 8 hours - $39.00 District of Drudge, Flash, Psychotherapy, Solution Unsatisfactory Vigilante, and She Dreams of Atlantis. Atlanta Radio Theatre Company MAXM030 - 10 CDs - 10.5 hours - $69.95 Robert Heinlein’s frightening tale from 1939, of what would come to be known as “mutually assured destruction.” It predicted the trials and Order Online at dangers of the nuclear age, before the Second World War even began. www.lodestonecatalog.com ARTC015 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $10.00 1515 In 1978, George Lucas asked National Public Radio to produce a radio drama from his seminal science fi ction movie. In 1981, this production brought modern sound effects to audio theater, and a millions of listeners to the radio. Original sound effects and music from the fi lms, with exciting scripts and performances by some of the original actors, enthralled listeners, and introduced a new generation to the joys of radio drama. NPR followed up with adaptations of The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. With more time to devote, these editions expand on the original movies, telling parts of the story glossed over in the fi lms. Highbridge Audio has continued the story with Audio Theater versions of several of the popular Star Wars books. Transport yourself to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Star Wars NPR Join Luke Skywalker, as he discovers and fulfi lls his destiny against the evil Galactic Empire. This is the whole story, with plots and action ignored or glossed over in the movie. Mark Hamill. Anthony Daniels. The Hobbit HBRG001 - 7 CD Set - 6.5 hours - $51.96 BBC Star Wars Dark Forces Collectors Trilogy The unabridged masterpiece from J.R.R. Lucasfi lm Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins travels Middle The Empire Strikes Back Three stories of Kyle Katarn, an Imperial sol- Earth, from the Misty Mountains, to dragon NPR dier, who learns the ugly truth about his father’s Smaug’s mountain fortress, and back again The continuing story of Luke Skywalker death, swears revenge, and joins the Rebels to to Hobbiton, meeting Dwarves, Trolls, Elves, and a small band of rebels, through victories seek revenge on the Empire. But his dark desire and, of course, the powerful wizard, Gandalf. and defeats against the Empire, and Luke’s for revenge may eventually lead him toward the BBCP201 - 5 CDs - 4 hours - $39.95 spiritual development toward becoming a enlightened path of a Jedi Knight. Jedi Knight. Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, HBRG004 - 6 CDs - 6 hours - $39.96 and Billy Dee Williams in their original roles, plus John Lithgow as Yoda. HBRG002 - 5 CD Set - 5 hours - $47.96 Return of the Jedi NPR Star Wars Crimson Empire Luke Skywalker has completed his training as a Lucasfi lm Jedi, and leads the rebels toward the fi nal A generation a er the rebel victory, it is at a victory over the evil Galactic Empire. Featuring time of high turmoil in the Empire. The Dark Anthony Daniels as See-Threepio and Ed Asner Lord Jax, has seized the throne. One brave as Jabba the Hu . man stands between Jax and universal HBRG003 - 3 CD Set - 3 hours - $27.96 domination: Kir Kanos. Adapted from the graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics. HBRG005 - 2 CD Set - 2 hours - $20.76

Star Wars Tales of the Jedi I Lucasfi lm Star Wars Dark Empire I The thousand-generation history of the Jedi Lucasfi lm Knights was only hinted at in the movies. Fol- Six years a er the rebel victory, Luke Sky- low the adventures of two young Jedi Knights walker is off on a quest deeper into the drawn into ba le against the dark side, a mysteries of the Force. Han and Leia, are ba le that may decide the fate of the married, but face grave danger. Forces from planet–and the galaxy! the old Empire strike back against the Rebel HBRG008 - 3 CD Set - 2.75 hours - $19.96 Alliance. But old friends may be their great- Lord of the Rings est foes. BBC Star Wars Tales of The Jedi II: Dark HBRG006 - 2 CD Set - 2.5 hours - $18.36 The full story of Frodo and Samwise, and their epic Lords of the Sith journey to destroy the one ring which could destroy Lucasfi lm Middle Earth. Joined by close friends and vast armies, Learn the ancient history of the Dark Lords they ba le the evil Lord Sauron, and his minions. of the Sith, and their eternal struggle with Star Wars Dark Empire II Unabridged with a cast including Ian Holm, Michael the Jedi. As the power of the evil Sith spreads Lucasfi lm Hordern and John LeMeasurier. across the galaxy, it threatens the existence of The remnants of the Empire are defeated. BBCP202 - 13 CDs - 13 hours - $69.95 the Jedi themselves, and draws one of their Or did they? Luke Skywalker, still searches greatest allies over to the dark side. to learn the secret history of the Jedi, as Han HBRG009 - 2 CD Set - 2.25 hours - $18.36 and Leia lead the Rebel Alliance against a terrible new threat as a group of “Dark Jedi” Order Online at try to fulfi ll the Emperor’s fi nal mission. 16 www.lodestonecatalog.com HBRG007 - 2 CD Set - 2 hours - $18.36 Anne Manx in Lives of the Cat Radio Repertory Company of America Detective Anne Manx, an honest cop in a system under siege. Anne is marked for death by a Richmond, a cop gone wrong. But somehow, when Annie gets killed, she doesn’t die. Just how many lives does this cat have? Stars Claudia Christian. RRCA007 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95

Anne Manx and the Ring of the Minotaur Radio Repertory Company of America An ancient temple, a mysterious ring - and a chance to become a god. The evil Superman Lives! Richmond’s murderous lunge for Dirk Maggs ultimate power forces Anne Manx Clark Kent and Lois Lane fi nally get engaged, to risk her own soul for revenge. Lex Luthor is dead, and all is well in Metropolis RRCA010 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95 under the cape of the mighty Superman. But all is not as it seems. DMAG002 - 3 CDs - 3 hours - $22.98 Anne Manx on Amazonia Radio Repertory Company of America The Queen’s clone has been barred from Batman: The Complete Knightfall Saga the throne. And its up to Anne Manx to Dirk Maggs help her get it back. The solution will With Batman crippled by his fi ercest foe, a new hero involve diamonds... lots of diamonds. tries to fi ll his shoes in protecting Gotham City. But his Because on Amazonia, that’s what it takes methods are brutal and dangerous, and the future of to mend a monarch’s mimic. Gotham City is uncertain. A comic book for the ears, RRCA013 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95 fast paced and sonically rich. DMAG001 - 3 CDs - 3 hours - $22.98 Anne Manx and The Trouble On Chromius Radio Repertory Company of America Chromius – a backwater planet ruled by an evil dictator. Patriots are planning a revolt, and Anne is caught in the crossfi re. It will take all the courage, fi ghting skill and detective genius Manx can muster just to stay alive. RRCA011 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95

The Flight of the Bumblebee Radio Repertory Company of America Th e Rebels assault the planet Quatro Cinco. And to put the interstellar kibosh on the rebellion, Lieutenant wilight Zone Nancy Coy is assigned to rehabili- T tate Kurk Manly – once the greatest All-new productions featuring some of today’s top and most handsome starship pilot stars from the original Twilight Zone scripts. Rod in the Galaxy, now reduced to a Serling’s original TV scripts have been adapted for staggering drunk. Stars Marina Sirtis. radio -- retaining all the mystery, suspense, surprise RRCA008 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95 and fun of the originals. Each collection features 10 tales featuring stars of today, including Lou Diamond Phillips, Blair Underwood, Ed Begley, Jr., Tim Kazurinsky, Jason Alexander, Jim Caviezel, The Adventure of Red Cloud Stan Freberg, Shelley Berman, John Ratzenberger, Radio Repertory Company of America Adam West, Daniel J. Travanti, Jane Seymour, When pirates murder her father, and many more. Wendy McCloud abandons life on the street to go undercover as “Red Cloud” to infi ltrate and take Twilight Zone Set #1 revenge on the pirates. TWIL001 - 10 CD Set - 7.5 hours - $39.99 RRCA012 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $24.95 Twilight Zone Set #2 TWIL002 - 10 CD Set - 7.5 hours - $39.99 Twilight Zone Set #3 TWIL003 - 10 CD Set - 7.5 hours - $39.99 Twilight Zone Set #4 TWIL004 - 10 CD Set - 7.5 hours - $39.99 Twilight Zone Set #5 TWIL005 - 10 CD Set - 7.5 hours - $39.99 Twilight Zone Set #6 TWIL006 - 10 CD Set - 7.5 hours - $39.99 17 Frankenstein Willame e Radio Workshop Faithful to Mary Shelly’s original novel, the horror, Two Plays for Voices beauty, and subtleties of meaning are preserved Neil Gaiman and portrayed – this performance makes the From Neil Gaiman listener understand once again why this is one and Sci-Fi Channel’s Horror of the seminal works of English literature. Seeing Ear Theatre, WILL003 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $10.00 two original gothic tales not for the faint of heart. Tales From The Crypt The Passion of Frankenstein SNOW GLASS APPLES – a dark re-telling Seeing Ear Theatre Atlanta Radio Theatre Company of the familiar fairy tale, starring Bebe Neuwirth. These audio dramas, adapted from the original Darkness can hide heros and monsters can walk in MURDER MYSTERIES – there’s a murder in “Tales of the Crypt” comics were produced by the light, and sometimes not even the fair maiden heaven, and the Angel of Vengeance turns detective Scifi .com’s legendary Seeing Ear Theatre, with can tell them apart. A gripping, insightful, and to solve the case. Starring Brian Dennehy. their signature mix of superb story-telling and HCOL001 - 2 CD Set - 2 hours - $22.95 cu ing edge sound eff ects. Luke Perry, Oliver Pla , even romantic addition to the Frankenstein lore. Gina Gershon, Tim Curry, John Ri er, and more. ARTC014 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $10.00 Music by Danny Elfman, Jack Wohl, and others. The Willamette Radio Workshop is a won- HBRG021 - 4 CDs - 5 hours - $26.95 The Brides of Dracula Atlanta Radio Theatre Company derful fi nd for us here at Lodestone. The work- There’s a part of the Dracula legend which went shop is led by Sam Mowry, a man with the voice, The Last Harbinger untold – suggestions... undertones.... Until now. and dare we say, the talent, of Orson Welles. Crazy Dog Audio Erotic, but not pornographic, fascinating, and A satiric vision of an obscenely grotesque world great fun at the same time. Mature concepts, Their productions never fail to amaze us. called Moloch – an absurdly brutal world where de ly handled. A Murder of Crows a vain elite rules and children starve in poverty, ARTC011 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $10.00 Willame e Radio Workshop where religion has been twisted by the powerful, Three short audio stories of terror! Featuring where civilization is destroying itself. Disturbing, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. “Sweetheart” – a young woman is reluctant shocking, and a parable for our times. Hyde to take her boyfriend home to see her mother, RGRG104 - 2 CDs - 2.5 hours - $22.50 Atlanta Radio Theatre Company concerned she’ll like him a li le bit too much, When Dr Jekyll fi nds a way to ultimate power, if you know what we mean. he leaves restraint... and morality... behind. But WILL001 - 1 CD - 27 minutes - $10.00 even as he fears the results, he cannot stop, and is losing himself, and his humanity, a li le bit Next Year’s Girl more each time. Willame e Radio Workshop ARTC022 - 1 CD - 72 minutes - $10.00 Each year a small village must send a young woman to go up the hill to meet “The Beast”. This year’s girl may be brave enough to kill the beast for the sake of the next year’s girl, and the next, and the next. But everything is not all that it seems. WILL004 - 1 CD - 30 minutes - $10.00

Dim the lights, slip on your headphones, and H. P. Lovecraft settle in for bite-size tales of terror, each told in The Shadow over Innsmouth fi ve minutes, more or less. Spooky, scary, and Atlanta Radio Theatre Company a lot of fun. These tightly paced 5-to-10 minute There is something wrong in the small horror stories sprinkled with irony and humor The Island of Dr. Moreau seacoast town of Innsmouth. Something Atlanta Radio Theatre Company wrong in the crumbling buildings. will make you chuckle as they terrify you out H. G. Welles’ shocking tale of science taken Something wrong in the cold deep of your wits! Each one is fully scored by fi lm beyond restraint, and the nature of civil society waters... The there’s something composer Frank Macchia. itself. Unspeakable tortures are infl icted on wrong in the blood. A horror classic. innocent people and beasts in the name of ARTC023 - 1 CD - 55 minutes - $10.00 Li le Evil Things Vol. 1 science gone mad. 5 tales of terror. ARTC012 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $10.00 The Rats In The Walls LITT002 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 Atlanta Radio Theatre Company Li le Evil Things Vol. 2 Beware the name Delapore. It 4 tales of terror. carries a history of unspeakable LITT004 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 atrocity, of black arts, of hatred, and of terror. A history buried in Li le Evil Things Vol. 3 the past... until now. Beware. 5 tales of terror. ARTC024 - 1 CD - 46 minutes - $10.00 LITT006 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 Li le Evil Things Vol. 4 The Dunwich Horror 5 tales of terror. Atlanta Radio Theatre Company LITT008 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 In the village of Dunwich, mad fi res Li le Evil Things Vol. 5 Night of the Living Dead blaze from the top of the hill. Some- 5 tales of terror. Simon and Schuster thing happened long ago. If you’ve LITT010 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95 This audio adaptation captures the same oY eat heard the name ‘Whately’, you know mood of the cult-favorite movie with its weird it could happen again. Fully humor, and gross images. When the dead rise, dramatized and soundscaped. Plus, Order Online at walking the earth to eat the living, a small band An Arkham Home Companion. of refugees are caught in a small country house. ARTC026 - 1 CD - 74 minutes - $10.00 18 www.lodestonecatalog.com SSCH001 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $9.95 Documentaries Lost and Found Sound Vol 1 Kitchen Sisters The history of recorded sound celebrated in rare recordings and “sonic snapshots” from NPR listeners. Combining the historic and the everyday, the monu- mental with the personal, these fascinating recordings, and their stories, tell the tale of the 20th Century HBRG011 - 2 CDs - 2.5 hours - $24.95 Lost and Found Sound and Beyond HBRG012 - 2 CDs - 2.5 hours - $22.95 Hayward Sanitarium Last Minute Productions Sometimes the most frightening demons are those inside the human mind. Yiddish Radio Project A small sanitarium in Maine researches madness brought about by so-called NPR “supernatural phenomena.” Is it real? What is real? For one young Fascinating look at the early days of radio – When doctor, reality starts coming a bit too close. Recorded on location, creating Radio was new, and broadcasters were exploring its an intense, realistic sound which will chill your bones. Commit yourself possibilities, stations serving the Jewish community to Hayward. You should be afraid to miss it. showed remarkable inventiveness, now rediscov- LMPD130 - 5 CDs - 5 hours - $39.95 ered in once-lost acetates. From NPR. HBRG010 - 2 CD Set - 2 hours - $24.95

Tales for a Stormy Night To The Moon Yuri Rasovsky Mickey Kapp Turn out the lights, cuddle with your true love, The story of America’s space program, told by and shiver to Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis the people who did it. The actual voices of the Stevenson, H. P. Lovecra , and more. Late-night astronauts and the real sounds of the Mercury, listening for lovers of mischief, the macabre, Gemini, and Apollo missions. Producer Mickey and literature. 15 tales, plays, and poems, from Kapp gained unequalled access to astronauts, cultures around the world, range from wickedly families, offi cials and workers at NASA plus comic to deathly serious. authentic recordings. YROS004 - 6 CDs - 6 hours - $56.00 KAPP002 - 6 CDs - 6 hours - $49.95

The Cabinet of Dr. Calgary Yuri Rasovsky is a unique blend of storytelling An eerie psychological thriller starring John Celestial Navigations de Lancie Inspired by the 1919 German classic and song. The stories are at the same time earthy and etherial, taking silent fi lm. Wi y, fast-paced and thought- unpredictable, and delightful turns, accompanied by music uniquely provoking with fantastic performances. designed to compliment, and even participate in, each story. The YROS001 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.00 stories are told... or rather, performed... by Geoffrey Lewis, a remarkable Diabolic Playhouse (MP3 CD) actor with over 200 Motion Picture and Television appearances to his Crazy Dog Audio Six plays, commissioned by the national broadcasting credit, and scored by Geoff Levin, a composer who has written scores company of Ireland, ranging from ‘mockumentry’, and songs for over 50 movies. Each CD contains a variety of these political comedy, and morality tales to dark remarkable and inspiring pieces. psychological drama. Six hours on one MP3 format CD. (will not play on traditional CD players) RGRG103 - 1 MP3 CD - 6 hours - $29.95 Chapter 1 8 stories All Hallow’s Moon CNAV001 - 1 CD - 52 minutes - $15.95 Atlanta Radio Theatre Company Chapter 2 A small western town is dying, and as the 10 stories townsfolk wait for the last stagecoach out, a CNAV002 - 1 CD - 63 minutes - $15.95 terrifi ed woman arrives out of the night - pursued by the Devil himself. Or is it Chapter 3: Ice hysterical imaginings? Find out. 11 stories ARTC009 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $10.00 CNAV003 - 1 CD - 65 minutes - $15.95 The Long Vacation Chapter 4: Road Train Birke Duncan 11 stories An American teacher falls in love on a Pacifi c CNAV004 - 1 CD - 56 minutes - $15.95 resort island. But when he jokingly makes an Chapter 5: The Connection off ering at the shrine of an occult sea god, he 13 stories seals his fate. An engaging supernatural tale. CNAV005 - 1 CD - 58 minutes - $15.95 BIRD001 - 1 CD - 46 minutes - $19.95 Romance Pet Sematary A “best of” collection of 14 stories on the them of love. BBC CNAV101 - 1 CD - 56 minutes - $15.95 One of Stephen King’s most famous bestsellers, this fully dramatized BBC production is a Live at the Matrix masterpiece of the macabre and an Live performances of some of their favorite stories. unforge able audio experience. CNAV102 - 1 CD - 68 minutes - $15.95 SSCH002 - 3 CDs - 3 hours - $23.50 1919 A Prairie Home Companion “It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon...” For years, radio fans have warmed to these words, knowing they’re about to hear another signature monologue from Garrison Keillor. Filled with gentle humor, down-home truths, and amazing depths of tenderness and meaning, these tales of “the little town that time forgot and the decades could not improve” are classics of American storytelling. A Prairie Home Companion is broadcast every week on 550 public radio sta- tions, and is heard abroad on America One and the Armed Forces Networks in Europe and the Far East.

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Plus, a reading of Garrison Keillor’s short story, “Spring.” 25th Anniversary Collection More News from Lake Wobegon HBRG111 - 3 CDs - 3.25 hours - $30.00 Garrison Keillor Garrison Keillor Highlights from the fi rst 25 years on the air, 16 stories on Love, Faith, Hope, and Humor from original live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Mother Father Uncle Aunt including favorite monologues like “Truckstop,” Garrison Keillor “Gospel Birds” and “Pontoon Boat,” plus brand- Companion. HBRG112 - 4 CDs - 5 hours - $36.95 There’s a reason all those children in Lake Wobegon new stories never before available. Plus a bonus are above average. The clean prairie air, the music CD featuring 25 tunes featuring regular wholesome wheat that’s grown by the Norwegian show musicians. Lake Wobegon USA bachelor farmers, or just possibly their strong, HBRG102 - 5 CDs - 6 hours - $39.95 Garrison Keillor good-looking parents. 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Neal Amid French Quarter Cat Simril Minds Ear Audio Productions Phil Austin plays beat icon Neal Cassady, French Quarter tells the intertwined stories of ten travelling across the world, and across time. New Orleans residents who live or work in the He is a street philosopher, and a hard-boiled French Quarter. Ordinary folks like a professor, existential gumshoe with a soul to search for. a shopkeeper, a detective, a socialite, or a middle CATI001 - 1 CD - 39 min - $15.95 aged vampire. 7 hours. MEBT001 - 7 CDs - 7 hours - $44.95 Red ShiV Cat Simril Hello Dali, It’s NASA to have you back where you belong! When the Dali Lama is reborn on Mars, the Martians know that their great project has come to fulfi llment. But when paranoid The Children’s Zoo earthlings fear invasion, they resurrect Minds Ear Audio Productions Chairman Mao in electronic form Seven troubled teens in a psychiatric hospital CATI003 - 1 Compact Disc - 1 hour - $15.95 face their inner demons as they work to heal themselves and return to their families. Angry at fi rst, slowly they understand that the doctors Box of Time are truly on their side. Based on actual events, Cat Simril 13 half hour episodes. Ancient Mayan philosophy, modern marketing, MEBT011 - 7 Compact Discs - 6.5 hours - $44.95 time travel, and the girl with the telescope eyes – all fi t into the Box of Time. A fascinating audio MP3 Format CD collage with appearances by Phil Austin and MEBT012 - 1 MP3 CD - 6.5 hours - $19.95 David Ossman. CATI002 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $15.95

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Craven Street Yuri Rasovsky Benjamin Franklin living in London before the Revolution, served as de-facto representative for the colonies. Embroiled in intrigue, espionage Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas and even a duel, the British government Margaretville Records believed Franklin the head of all the rebels Hunter S. Thompson’s tale of drugs, debauchery, and set out to have him hanged. Brilliantly and self-destruction comes to life. Innovative dramatized. Elizabeth Montgomery, sound design and remarkable performances. George Grizzard, and Sir Nigel Hawthorne. Harry Dean Stanton, Jim Jarmusch, Maury YROS008 - 5 CDs - 5 hours - $45.00 Chaykin, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Buck Henry, Joan Cusack, more. A wild The Odyssey of Homer ride – not for the kiddies. Yuri Rasovsky MARG001 - 1 CD - 1 hour - $19.95 Meticulously researched, beautifully adapted, and brilliantly produced. All the drama, poetry and excitement of Homer brought to life by skilled actors. Winner of the George Foster Peabody Award. YROS003 - 8 CDs - 8 hours - $64.00

7 Classic Plays Yuri Rasovsky F. Murray Abraham, John Glover, Fritz Weaver, and a host of others in a collection of seven of the The Dybbuk greatest plays of all time. Mede – Euripides; Yuri Rasovsky The Tempest – Shakespeare; The Imaginary Jewish mystical folklore tells of the Dybbuk – a Invalid – Molière; CamilleIbsen: An Enemy of wandering soul that comes to rest in the body Sherlock Holmes Theatre the Peoples – Dumas; Arms and the Man – Shaw; of a living person. This dybbuk has possessed Yuri Rasovsky Uncle Vanya – Chekhov. a young bride on her wedding day. Rich in The only two Holmes plays wri en by his creator, YROS007 - 10 CDs - 13 hours - $80.00 humor, music, folkways, magic, and humanity. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Napoleon of Crime, Carl Reiner, Theodore Bikel, Barbara Rosenblat, and The Speckled Band. The fi rst sees the return Edward Asner, and Kenneth Mars. An Audie of the brilliant Professor Moriarty, out for Holmes’ Award winner. blood. The second is a version of the story of the YROS002 - 2 CDs - 2 hours - $16.00 same name. Plus, a one-act Sherlock Holmes comedy wri en and produced by Yuri Rasovsky. YROS006 - 5 CDs - 4.5 hours - $24.95

Empire of the Air Otherworld Media The true story of the invention of radio broadcasting in the early 20th Century, and the genius behind both AM and FM broadcasting – Edwin Howard Fall of the City Armstrong. An intensely personal history of Raymond Chandler’s ‘Goldfi sh’ triumph and tragedy, of friendship and betrayal, Willame e Radio Workshop A terrifi c production of Archibald Macliesh’s Otherworld Media of empires gained... and lost. Harris Yulin stars as Philip Marlow, and Harry OWME025 - 2 CDs - 86 minutes - $19.95 pre-World War II radio play about the delicate nature of freedom, and the insidious nature of Anderson as ‘Sunset’. The original hard-boiled fascism. Originally produced by the Columbia detective goes a er stolen pearls in this splendid digital on-location. Chandler’s dark, gri y crime Order Online at Workshop in 1937, this play fi nds new 22 relevance today. drama never sounded more real. Original jazz score. www.lodestonecatalog.com WILL002 - 1 CD - 32 minutes - $10.00 OWME008 - 1 CD - 55 minutes - $15.95 Please let us know what you think. Are there recordings or artists which you think we should carry? Is Visit us online: there something we could do better? Your feedback is how we be- come a better company. We look forward to hearing from you. Email There is even more great audio theater available online us at [email protected] at lodestonecatalog.com. Our online catalog is updated Libraries and Schools frequently with new content. can order items from the catalog via purchase order. Fax the order to See reviews, listen to excerpts, and fi nd the latest new 812-323-7324 or mail it to audio theater recordings. Lodestone Catalog 627 N. Morton St. Bloomington, IN 47404

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