Ubu Hour

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Hosted by: 
Rolf Semprebon
Produced by: 
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The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

Topic tags: 
Radio Theater
Genre(s): 
Radio Theatre, Experimental
Related show host(s): 
Ken Jones, Matthew Clark
Related program(s): 
Sudden Radio Project, The Holy Crowley Hour, Gremlin Time
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

The Crapture

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The C-Rapture...or should it be called the Crap-ture...  This is an excerpt from the Kapitalist Manifesto, and orginally aired back on July 4th 2005 as part of a "Patriotic Show" and recycled for the May 2011 show...  The ocean levels are rising, the environment is turning ... Read more

FCC show excerpt

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
An exerpt from the infamous FCC show, which originally ran in Feb 2007 (when the FCC jacked up the fines for indecency and profanity) and then re-broadcasted for May 2011.. What we have here is basically the beginning of the show, where the performers are asking the FCC age... Read more

Japan

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
This is a collage piece about the current events in Japan with which we opened the April 2011 Ubu Hour (with no explanations as to what is going on... )   It begins with some very pretty Japanese music and ends with Ann Coulter telling everyone that radiation is good for yo... Read more

Nick Ray Knows Best

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Aboard a ship some shady figures plot a murder.. It's a noirish audio drama NICK RAY KNOWS BEST, written by John Severin and produced by Rolf Semprebon, which aired as part of the April 2011 Ubu Hour. . Also special thanks to Alexander Lumiere of the Sudden Radio Project. Read more

The American Cultural Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
THE AMERICAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION.. A quickly thrown-together peice to fill out the April 2011 Ubu show.. Really just a rant which exposes the American Cultural Revolution..   Read more

Dawn of the Exploding Eyes

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
A bard once said that the eyes are the windows of the soul,  but what happens when the windows explode violently out of your head?  DAWN OF THE EXPLODING EYES continues where "NIGHT" left off, as a new group of people find themselves victims of a terrifying phenomena in thi... Read more

Close the Door

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Another weird Ubu Hour audio drama... Read more

A Single Evil Man

Airs at: Tue, 02/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
From the Feb 2011 UBU HOUR we bring you:   A SINGLE EVIL MAN "shoots off" soundbites and more to "gun down" our targets: guns, violent rhetoric, anti-Americanism, Second Amendment remedies, domestic terrorism, blood libel, death threats, deranged killers, Sarah Palin, Glen... Read more

Ubu Hour on 02/07/11

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2011 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Whereas others have used the recent shootings in Arizona as a time of mourning and reflection, the UBU HOUR uses this tragic event for totally crass and offensive satire... Tonight we present two "high caliber" audio dramas that "target" themes around what happened that day... Read more

The City That Once Worked Episode ?? Feb 2011

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
A new episode of The CITY THAT ONCE WORKED offers more local political satire...  this time involving scheming FBI agents trying to get The City That Once Worked back enmeshed in the Joint Terrorism Task Force...    Read more