Right now money is incredibly tight, I mean reeeeally tight. So if I can experience a thing without paying, that's great. And since the Internet has a very low paywall, that is where I find a lot of my topics.
Recently one of those things has been the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. A podcast is a form of media that is presented entirely via audio, but is not music. The makers of Night Vale, however, have a unique problem. They have created an engaging, creepy, and funny podcast, that nobody can describe to their friends.
I will try dear readers, to describe it to you. Twilight Zone, plus Hitchhikers Guide, plus Lovecraft, plus X-Files, plus radio news.
It is presented as a community radio news program in the fictional small town of Night Vale. The daily news happenings of Night Vale however, are not exactly normal. For example, the taco place has been encased in amber, the glow cloud has joined the PTA, a commercial airliner has materialized in the basketball court, and the sherrifs secret police have decreed that clouds do not exist.
It is also fantastic and I recommend it wholeheartedly. It tightropes a fine line between absolute hilarity and genuinely creepy. If I can think of a con, which is my job, it is that the guest music is consistently horrible.
In conclusion, start listening to it. If nothing else, it is a unique work. It is free on iTunes.
I leave you now with Leonard Nemoy singing about Hobbits: http://youtu.be/ZQ_duzQzS1I
Hats off to all, have a nice day, and let's keep the Web weird. Shall we?
Greg.B
Welcome to Nightvale is made by Commonplace Books.
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