Radio Now Live

Radio Now Live Artist: Firesign Theatre
Label: Whirlwind Media
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 804057000323
EAN: 0804057000323
ASIN: B00005MK4X


Release Date: 2001-11-27

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Tracks:

  1. Welcome To Portland
  2. The Wall Of Science
  3. Babe Buys A New Car
  4. RadioNow With Bebop Lobo
  5. Capt. Happy's Traffic Report
  6. U.S. Plus
  7. Sports In Your Shorts
  8. Ralph Spoilsport
  9. Next To The Last News
  10. Dr. Winkiedinque
  11. Goddess Air
  12. Bebop Works Late
  13. Trippple Ripppoff
  14. Bebop The Night Wolf
  15. Joe Camel Says Goodbye
  16. Parallel Hell Redux

Tracks:

  1. Nightwhispers
  2. Nick Danger, Third Eye
  3. Anythynge You Want To: The Cast
  4. Anythynge You Want To: The Tower At Dawn
  5. Anythynge You Want To: The Gravediggers
  6. Anythynge You Want To: Edmond And Marie
  7. Anythynge You Want To:
  8. Goodbyes And Hellos

Similar Items:

  1. Back From the Shadows - The Firesign Theatre's 25th Anniversary Reunion Show
  2. Papoon for President
  3. Fighting Clowns
  4. The Bride of Firesign
  5. All Things Firesign

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but not up to the level of their studio work.......2001-12-05

A very enjoyable performance, but somewhat slower-paced and more expository and linear than their studio stuff. In the studio, they can layer the jokes, fire off quick multi-level puns and move on to the next thing lightning-quick, knowing that you'll have to back up and listen several times to get it all. In live performance, they have to wait for the audience to get the joke or the plot point before they can move forward. In the main "Radio Now" segment (nearly all of the first CD) taken from their "Give Me Immortality..." CD, this takes the form of frequent addresses to the audience by "BeBop Loco" (Phil Austin) to move the story along. However well this worked live, it doesn't come off on audio - it's like having someone explain the story to you as it unfolds. If you've not heard "Give Me Immortality..." you should go there first.

On the other hand, the inclusion of the "rehearsal" version of their Shakespeare piece is quite wonderful, with the shifting of levels between the actor-characters (including our own George Tirebiter) and the Shakespeare-characters used to good effect. Very different from the version on the "Anythynge" CD.

Audience interaction is also a big part of the fun here, though there is always the danger of the whole thing turning into a nostalgia act with the audience shouting out the lines along with the players and slowing things down with gratuitous applause.

All in all, a fun performance but neither the place for the neophyte to start, nor a major addition to the canon.

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Las Estrellas del Fonografo ~ Daniel Santos

La Mas Grande ~ Rocio Jurado

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