With the weeklong National Audio Theatre Festivals 2011 workshop just behind us, we catch up with Captain Radio who were our ears on the ground in West Plains as well as Phil Proctor of the Firesign Theatre. Phil talks about his career in audio starting with the legendary comic studio albums of Firesign in the [...]
Episode 232 – Phil Proctor & Capt Radio Chime in on NATF 2011, As We Head to MN
July 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Episode 230 – Firesign Wants to Know… Immortality, or Death?
June 17, 2011 By 1 Comment
We conclude our feature of the legendary Firesign Theatre, the “4 or 5 Krazee Guys” (Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman and Phil Proctor) whose embellished sterephonic comedy recordings altered the minds of a generation. After a 17 year hiatus they returned in 1998 to warp our minds again with this lampooning of the end [...]
Episode 229 – Firesign Theatre’s Don’t Crush That Dwarf, and More Mad Motors
June 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
Audio comedy was never quite the same thanks to the antics of The Firesign Theatre, the legendary multi-trackin’, sound embellishing, sterephonic surrealistic psychedelic merry band of Phil Austin, Peter Bergmen, David Ossman and Philip Proctor. In addition to their legendary studio albums (such as Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers!, which we hear [...]
Coming Soon: Firesign Theatre’s Duke of Madness Motors
February 7, 2011 By 5 Comments
Exciting news for Firesign Theatre fans! Via “Snook” – The Firesign Theatre and Seeland Records is proud to present DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS, the long-awaited ultra-comprehensive “Dear Friends” radio reissue that fans have been dreaming of for decades: http://www.firesigntheatre.com/domm/index.html DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS is the ultimate box-less boxed set of Firesign’s complete broadcast output for [...]
