The War of the Worlds Broadcast

Just finished an agreeable time gardening and listening to this. It's the first time I've been able to hear the full broadcast, and I can see why people fell for it. It's played completely straight all the way through the first act, with "news bulletins" interrupting the "regularly scheduled" music program and everything.

I'm very happily downloading some of The Mercury Theatre's less famous broadasts now, with one or two from The Campbell Theater (same website) for good measure.

I have to listen to something while I work on my book arts midterm, after all.

Ever Wanted to Listen to the Original War of the Worlds Broadcast?

Well, now you can!

My brother just found two marvelous new sites just full of ways to spend your time, spare or otherwise.

There is The Mercury Theatre On the Air website, full of several of their original broadcasts, including the famous War of the Worlds, which I am now downloading.

And there is also LibriVox, a site dedicated to recording and making available all books in the public domain.

So, go ahead, download the books! Put them on your IPod or MP3 player. Listen to them while you bake bread, drive to work, or dig in the garden. Or, volunteer to read for LibriVox.

Have fun!

*Goes back to looking at the lovely list of available books and broadcasts.