HI all
Well this week I am playing one I know I have not played before,The Diary
Of Fate. Here is some information about this show
*The Diary of Fate* is a fun series for a number of reasons. It has a heavy
handed host who plays fate, a somewhat sinister sounding character who
delights in emphasizing how he manipulates events to force life changing
choices. The characters in the stories always seem to make the *wrong* choice,
and thereby assure their ultimate demise. Perhaps it's a hit and run
driver, or a jealous husband who decides to eliminate his competition, or a
man who murders his way to the top of the company. Whatever the scheme, you
can rest assured that the cold blooded culprit will dish it out in full
heaping servings before he is forced to get a taste of his own medicine.
And that's the part of this series that is somewhat disturbing. The formula
is basically that we hate to see someone be cruel to someone else, but love
to see that kind of person harshly punished. So in effect, we're listening
to the show because we want to see someone suffer, just so long as we can
justify that pain by saying they had it coming to them. If you think about
it, it's not really that different from watching gladiators being fed to
the lions for amusement. The biggest difference is that the victims are
actors pretending to die. The crowd is still cheering for blood, but
instead of applause, the radio arena survives on Nielsen ratings. After two
thousand years of social evolution, only the technology has changed. The
human fascination with death (espeically of others) has not.
To read the complete page regarding this show go to
http://www.radiohorrorhosts.com/diaryoffate.html
There are 25 shows available and we have them all. So starting today at
4:00PM PST until Monday evening when we finish replaying all 25 shows you
can hear it. This is a half hour show and I think you will like it. To
hear this marathon go to http://66.148.114.90:8109 and click the listen
link. If you have winamp or ootunes or tunein I believe you ca put that
url in the app and it will play. If you wish to write me drop me an email
at theater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. So enjoy this marathon and have a great weekend
and enjoy
bye for now
