Sonic Bonds: A Journey Into Wondrous Radio

by Siue Moffat

Overview

Invisible sonic transmissions are all around, bonding you to other human beings! The world of radio is vast and might surprise you! From hardboiled detectives to pirate broadcasters, Sonic Bonds is a personal book/zine journey that rides the waves from the 1940s to present day, showing just how magical this technology is. Popular music, anarchist DJs, emergency broadcasts, African American history, underground culture, speculative fiction dramas... radio reflects all the things that make us interesting and human.19 black and white illustrations and 8 full colour radio art. Available in paperback, ebook, linked PDF, and audio book form. Audio book is read by author and contains 32 examples of full vintage radio dramas. Book, linked PDF, and ebook contain professional indexes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780973180930
Publisher:	Mr. Pither Cycling Tour Concoctions
Publication date:	06/26/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	30 MB
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About the Author

Siue Moffat has been writing zines since the late 80s. She wrote two vegan dessert cookbooks and started Canada's first vegan truffle company. A film school graduate, Siue also has a little basket of short film oddities. Currently she indexes books for a living, including this book. You can learn more about book indexes at AbsoluteIndexing.com

Table of Contents

Contents

Chapter One: The beginnings... from background to center stage. 5

Music of Their Lives. 7

Top 40. 8

Chapter Two: Rebel Rebel - Seeking a Better World. 10

Meanwhile in My Other Life..... 14

Back to my Rebel Life..... 15

My Career Life. 22

Chapter Three: Resurgence. 24

Chapter Four: Old Time Radio. 31

Crime. 31

Jeff Regan vs. Pat Novak. 33

The "Fat" Men. 36

People Appreciation and Altruism... 37

And the Phone Rings..... 38

Sci-fi and Speculative Fiction. 38

Other Favorites. 39

Voices and Production. 42

The Elephant in the Room... 51

Modern Dramas. 61

Chapter Five: Free Radio. 64

Shortwave. 64

Low Power FM Radio Stations. 66

Interview with LaGanzie Kale at KLEK. 67

Pirate/Free Radio. 71

Epilogue. 76

Bibliography. 78

Index. 88