Sound Affects: A Radio Playground.

Highlights of the Spring, 2001.

Sound Affects - A weekly half-hour of the best in modern radio theater and comedy. But the first Saturday of each month we're teaming up with SHOCKWAVE to continue to bring you a new series of classic science fiction tales, 2000-X. And then there are a couple of other short series dealing with the exciting parts of American History. Hear it ONLY on KFAI. Sound Affects is the ONLY place on the FM dial in the Twin Cities dedicated to modern radio theater. Hosted by Jerry Stearns.

Sound Affects: A Radio Playground
KFAI - 90.3 FM Minneapolis and 106.7 FM St. Paul
Minneapolis Cable Channel 37B, and in Real Audio at www.kfai.org
Saturdays at 3:00 PM

April, May and June, 2001

Science Fiction and American History

2000^X -- Award winning producer Yuri Rasovsky brings us a new series of classic science fiction stories in his series 2000-X. Starring some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Harlan Ellison, Arte Johnson, Robert Foxworth, Charles Durning and many others. A one-hour program the first Saturday of each month, in cooperation with SHOCKWAVE, science fiction radio on KFAI.
Antietam: The Lost Command -- A two-part serial about a battle in the Civil War. Espionage and action and state-of-the-art recording technique make this "Mind Movie" worth listening to with headphones. From SoundMind Theater.
Lives of the Cat -- A four-part science fiction serial in the classic style. Starring Claudia Christian and Patricia Tallman from the Babylon 5 television series. Mystery, action and an original score from the Radio Repertory Company of America.

April 7- Pledge Drive, part 2: You see, we volunteer to come down here and put on the best audio theater and comedy there is, and you do your part by calling us up - at 612-375-9030 - and give us money so we can keep doing it. Seems fair, don't you think?
April 14 - Antietam: The Lost Command, Part 1, from Sound Mind Theater: "An action-packed tale of espionage, betrayal and romance set agains teh bloodiest day in American military history!" In 1962, three Confederate prisoners of war learn that the Union forces have intercepted General Lee's plans for an upcoming battle. So they escape to warn Stonewall Jackson of an ambush. A Civil War adventure from the Confederate point of view. • Digitally recorded in state-of-the-art 3-D sound, so be sure to listen with your headphones on.
April 21 - Antietam: The Lost Command, Part 2: With time running out, only the infamous southern spy "Rebel Rose" Greenhow can help them sneak into wartorn Washington, D.C. and stall General McClellan's deadly attack. • An original film-style score, non-stop action and and exciting story make this Sound Mind Theater "Mind Movie" worth listening to. (Not only that, but it was produced by Lee Davis in Georgia! You can't beat that for a story about the War for Southern Independence.)
April 28 - To be Announced,: R

May 5 - 2000-X - As Easy As ABC, by Rudyard Kipling: Airborne imperialists quell native unrest in the backwater colony of Chicago. (Hint: ABC = Ariel Board of Control.) Featuring the voice of Arte Johnson. The program begins with a shorter story by A.E. Van Vogt entitled Dear Pen Pal, in which a desperate criminal from outer space begins a correspondence with an unsuspecting Earthling. Starring Charles Durning. Full hour program, in conjunction with SHOCKWAVE.
May 12 - Little Big Horn Part 1, from the Colonial Radio Theater on the Air: Colonel George Custer heads out from Fort Lincoln in Dakota Territory, as part of the Powder River Campaign to make the Black Hills safe for gold seekers and homesteaders.
May 19 - Little Big Horn - Part 2: Colonel Custer begins to make the fatal mistakes that will live on long after he and his entire command are dead.
May 26 - Little Big Horn - Part 3,: The Colonial Radio Theater, in Massachusetts, specializes in thoroughly researched stories from American history. The story of Colonel Custer's battle with the Lakota and Cheyenne in the valley of the Greasy Grass river is certainly one taken over by legend and myth, but the Colonial Radio Theater keeps the excitement and sticks to the facts. They are especially good at battle scenes.

June 2 - 2000-X - Hunting Season, by Frank M. Robinson: In this militaristic society of tomorrow, subversives are sent back to past ages where aristrocrats hunt them for sport. Usually the hunted are members of the lower classes. But when an aristocrat is condemned to be hunted in mid-twentierth century America, the entire fabric of society comes unraveled. Full hour program, in conjunction with SHOCKWAVE.
June 9 - Lives of the Cat - Part 1, from The Radio Repertory Company of America: This brilliant sci-fi series charges into action at a headlong pace, deadly serious and wickedly satirical. Great performances from Claudia Christian (Babylon 5's 'Susan Ivanova'), as Detective Annie Manx, an honest cop in a system under siege, and Patricia Tallman (B 5's 'Lyta Alexander') as the vicious Lieutenant Richmond.
June 16 - Lives of the Cat - Part 2.: Detective Annie Manx and her boss are marked for death, as they stand between the scheming Lt. Richmond and a police takeover of the entire sector.
June 23 - Lives of the Cat - Part 3: Annie Manx gets killed. But somehow, astoundingly, she doesn't die. Just how many lives does this cat have? Mystery, action, suspense, sex and razor-sharp humor, all wrapped up in a splendid digital production.
June 30 - Lives of the Cat - Part 4: "The cast, ... cauterizes all adventure genres with a wave of its multi-casted, audio theater hand of cavalierness. It brings the cinematic action to its audio drama best. This is the best this audio company has ever done." - Bennet Pomerantz, Audioworld.

You can't ask for any better radio theater in the Twin Cities than what you'll hear on KFAI.