"Johnny Dollar" |
Orson Wells as The Shadow |
What do you do at 2 am when you can’t sleep? Tonight, or
should I say this morning, I got up, logged on and caught up on “Words with
Friends,” email, Facebook and Twitter. Found some interesting new ideas for
marketing. Now, since I’m still not sleepy I’m writing. I recently went up to
North Carolina, as I tend to do at least once a month. Before I left I went by the library to get
some books on CD for the trip. I checked out about 11. At least six of these
were a series called “Golden Age of Radio.” Peter Lorre, Vincent Price as “The
Saint”, The Green Hornet, Nero Wolfe, Philip Marlow, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar,
and a host of others all complete with original advertising and/or public
announcements! These were (mostly) so much fun to listen to that I went through
every one of them. I had heard of most of these but never listened to them on
the radio. As I stepped back in time to an age I’d never lived it made me feel
a part of that time like I haven’t felt before. I thought of my parents and
their parents listening to these stories, to these voices and it was somehow
comforting.
The more I travel on the road the more I enjoy books on CD. It
can be distracting at times though so one must pay attention! I’ve missed more
than one exit or turn because I was so ‘into’ the story that I wasn’t paying
attention to where I was. The nice thing about the Golden Age CD’s is that all
the stories are short. On the other hand, the one I’m listening to now,
Eudora Welty’s “Delta Wedding” is a full unabridged novel. I’m enjoying
it very much. I LOVE the woman’s voice who is reading it. Her name is Sally
Darling.
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