these aren’t the nerds you’re looking for
Last friday evening I discovered one of the more entertaining things to ever grace Austin’s airwaves, an off-schedule performance of These Aren’t The Droids Your Looking For. TATDYLF, as I now know, is a weekly show on KVRX devoted to Star Wars. Prior to May 19th, 1999 I would have proclaimed it the best thing ever, but I’m no longer so easily swayed. While KOOP was off the air, KVRX DJ’s had been filling in, and TATDYLF took advantage of the situation to perform an Empire Strikes Back radio drama. I have no idea what the show’s normal format is, but what was broadcast that evening was pure gold. Unfortunately the show was nearly over by the time I got home, but here’s all of what I was able to record:
Dr. Scissors and Friends - The Empire Strikes Back
The episode features Obi-Wan without a British accent, a more than passable Chewbacca, the poutiest Lando ever (@ 00:30), and a remarkably unenthusiastic Leia. If you like what you hear, the show airs every Monday from 8:30 to 9:00 on KVRX.
Just as an aside, you’ll probably notice a change in quality half way through the recording. That would be because I chose the worst possible method to record the first 5 minutes of the show. Using Windows Sound Recorder, I recorded the broadcast one minute at a time at an embarassingly low sampling rate. The remainder of the show was recorded using the Record .WAV functionality in Exact Audio Copy that I didn’t even know existed until that evening.
I was later browsing through sourceforge and shortly stumbled upon Audacity, which was a real treat. As far as I can tell, the software is just as capable the last version of Cool Edit Pro (aka Audition) I had used, and a much improved interface. While I was playing around in Audacity and stitching the one minute blocks together it struck me just how much I miss the work I used to do for the hockey team back in Amarillo.
March 12th, 2006 | 10:52 am
Brian is a friend of mine - (lj)thisiscontrol
add him and tell him you like what he’s doing. personally, I am more of a star trek than a star wars (I mean, come on, I want to work for the U.N.), but I find his dedication endearing.
March 12th, 2006 | 3:04 pm
Yikes! You found me.
I actually called immediately after the show aired to tell him how much I liked it and to see if they had recorded the whole thing. Unfortunately they hadn’t. I haven’t caught many of the shows since then, but I remember hearing (or hearing about) them debating the practicality of lightsaber nunchucks, which is pretty awesome.
He’s got another show too doesn’t he? I seem to remember him playing Melt Banana, but I can’t recall the name of the show…