Duck and Cover

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:03 am**

Alright scrubs, so I have an epic announcement. I am stealing Bethesda's idea for a post-apoc radio station and making one of my own.

It's called Wasteland Radio and it's just an hour-long broadcast through ubroadcast.com. It'll air Sunday at 8pm eastern/standard time. Allow me to explain the premise and then you can pummel me with ridicule. I am the DJ, Charlie C., the weatherman/ghoul, Bill. I am creating the commercials, and will play most any other character that Charlie the DJ interviews.

The music will of course be Fallouty type music, Vera Lynn, Shirley Temple, Inkspots, Fats Waller, and other shit. The premise is that this is a radio show that broadcasts from a bunker in Amarillo, Texas. It sounds odd but if you're not doing anything for about an hour at eight this Sunday, then go to ubroadcast.com, download the player, go to Stations- Independent Music Broadcasters- Oldies/Decades- Wasteland Radio, at the specified time of course.

I would really appreciate feedback. It will be a pre-recorded show as it's almost impossible to be a postapocalyptic DJ without having to make alot of shit up and therefore screw alot of shit up the first time around.

Please tune in and tell me what needs improvement. I haven't decided whether realism or entertainment is the priority. My goal is to eventually make something that will allow the listener to turn off the lights and just imagine that they are picking up this station from their own bunker somewhere and just getting lost in the Fallout world.

I'll have commercials for Nuka-Cola, Iguana-on-a-Stick, The Ripper, etc...

This first one may be a bit rough as I'm getting used to the audio editing, just a warning.

This is the host, Charlie C.-

So repair your radio and tune in to Wasteland Radio, the only station for the all the greatest pre-apocalyptic hits!

I hope to hear from at least Caszim... don't let me down buddy!

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:37 am**

I'm up for except for the part about tuning in at a specific time because I will most likely forget. Why don't you just record it then put it up on site so that we can download and listen to at our own leisure.

I have to say though that I like fallout, but I don't know if I want to be listening to old timer music for an hour :hiptobesquare:

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:26 am**

If you remember to post a link to it i will listen in if I remember.

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:40 pm**

im down gordon brown, enchant our eardrums with some sweet radio magic

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:46 pm**

through the wastes I ride
shotgun by my side

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:17 pm**

i'm down, will be tuning in if possible

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:18 pm**

if im alive on sunday ill try to join the party

Posted: **Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:07 pm**

are you on the East Coast dogmeat? I need to know because I think I'm 3 hours behind so I'll need to tune in at 5 PM instead but I def want to hear it it sounds frickin BUENO BONG BONG SHEEET yeas I'll be there fo sho

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:29 am**

Yeah I would give it a shot.

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:30 am**

Yeah, I'm out in Jersey. So 5pm for you. I think I can get a chat going among listeners so I'll try doing that. Also there will be a download if you miss it. Thanks guys in advance. I'll post reminders as it gets closer.

Posted: **Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:05 am**

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:19 pm**

ALright... I'm not ready tonight. Sorry guys, I know you were all very excited but I just haven't had time to record. Lo siento. The commercials are done but still have to do all the interviews/chat sessions...

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:59 pm**

please try to disguise any accent that might show through too heavily. My close window button is very sensitive to accents.

Posted: **Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:58 am**

Internet Radio is so 1998.

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:10 am**

im pretty confident that doggy will have a bewitching jersey accent, though i fear it may be of the northern variety

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:07 am**

johnnygothisgun wrote:im pretty confident that doggy will have a bewitching jersey accent, though i fear it may be of the northern variety

Well I'll do my best radio host voice. My accent is mostly northern jersey unfortunately, but still with a ghostly remnance of midwest (where I was born).

I can also do australian, wealthy english, peasant english, stereotypical indian, stereotypical native american, stereotypical southerner, and a whole army of random character voices. I can do 20's gangster, a bit of pirate, italian mobster, very limited irish, Igor (Dr. Frankenstein's assistant), etc....
I can't really do any celebrity voices now that I think of it. Australian is by far my most comfortable accent to use. I could go on forever as an australian. An authentic Australian could most probably spot me as a fake, but I've fooled many an American.

if anyone needs voicework done, you come to me.

oh and I can sing pretty well too, so if any of you ever do an animated musical about talking dogs, I'm your man.

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:49 pm**

Dogmeatlives wrote:I can't really do any celebrity voices now that I think of it.

How's your Cosby?

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:57 pm**

Dogmeat expands his canvas

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:00 pm**

VasikkA wrote:
Dogmeatlives wrote:I can't really do any celebrity voices now that I think of it.
How's your Cosby?

sucks

btw my Iguana-on-a-stick commercial is pretty hilarious, so don't miss this shit. It's definitely going down this sunday at eight pm. There's also some amateur poetry from old Jenkins, so can't miss that either.

There's also an interesting interview with Patrick the Celt, who actually sounds like a Norwegian Canadian from England. Patrick recently returned from the East Coast so Charlie'll be grilling him about his trip.

Posted: **Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:33 pm**

Tomorrow night (sunday) at eight! Don't forget to be there!