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

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Douchland Ubu Alice Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2010 at 12:00am
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This is it.,. part of the new Ubu.. trying to escape the rut of re-runs and movie cut ups that have plagued the Ubu Hour in recent months... The tale of a writer and a gun and a script that no one else wants to write...  a radio theater peice where even the narrator can not... Read more

Douchland Ubu Alice Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2010 at 12:00am
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And so it continues .. the conclusion to the New Ubu Douchland Ubu Alice.. all the loose ends get tied into a big knot.. the confusion becomes amplified, as the Ubu Hour strives to redefine the concept of radio theater... Read more

If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?

Airs at: Mon, 06/07/2010 at 12:00am
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The Ubu Hour adapts for the radio Reverend Estus Pirkle's 1971 movie classic, IF FOOTMEN TIRE YOU, WHAT WILL HORSES DO? In this fascinating audio drama, Reverend Pirkle warns us of how Communism plans to take over America, or maybe, with the Obama presidency, they already h... Read more

Ubu Hour on 05/03/10

Airs at: Mon, 05/03/2010 at 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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The Ubu Hour finally airs the much anticipated, much overdue HOUR OF THE KITTEN, written by graphic novelist Jim Woodring and produced by SW Conser. We will aslo re-air THE DARKNESS, a bizarre sci-fi story about the world going dark, and the way people react to it. Plus som... Read more

UBU EATS EASTER:Book of Holes Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am
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The day after Easter, The Ubu Hour rips into that holiday in part 2 of the Book of Holes, an hour long surreal audio drama about Adam, Eve and the Serpent, the power of words, and the epic battle between the pagan Goddess of fertility, Ostara, and the Zombie king and his fo... Read more

Ubu Hour on 03/01/10

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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The Ubu Hour returns to the airwaves March 1st with several works.. THE CATALOG OF LIES, produced by Rabia Yeaman, is an unsettling and funny look at lies, deceipts, and falsehoods. We'll finally air SW CONSER's radio theater adaptiation of cartoonist Jim Woodring's THE HOU... Read more

The Midas Reverse

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2010 at 12:00am
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THE MIDAS REVERSE, an audio-drama that mixes Greek mythology with film noir. Eddy Odyssus sets out from a reformatory in search of Ithaca and his long lost Penelope. Unfortunately poor Eddy has trouble distinguishing fact from the Greek myths that have carried him through h... Read more

Dog Biscuit

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am
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DOG BISCUIT - For all the dog lovers out there, a piece about a man on a business trip away from his family and his beloved dog Rex. Why does everything seem slightly different to him?  Twilight Zone inspired weirdness, with voices by G Violetta, In the Red, Jeff Kipilman, ... Read more

CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am
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CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE - The Ubu Hour brings in some newsy types and a couple scientists on opposing sides of the climate change debate. After all, isn't that what we need? More debates... Voices by Alicia, Noah, Rambo, Rolf and Sweet-tooth. Read more

Teen Crusaders for Moralty

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am
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During the January 2010 Ubu Hour, some female youths identifying themselves as the Teen Crusaders for Morality took over the air waves, to replace the foul and profane Ubu Hour with their own radio theater show. Here's the aircheck of what happened before we were able to br... Read more