Joke Meets Ground

An ex-athlete reminisces fondly about his years in a half-forgotten, strictly mid-tier baseball league, recalling the characters, the laughter, and all the other tiny pleasures of a long chapter in his fortunate life. Written and performed by Soren Narnia. Music: “All There Is” by Mateja Kojadinovic, all rights reserved. Narrator: Linda Wojtowick. Photo by Hitoaki Koishikawa, Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

In this love story set in a small American town in the late 19th century, a wanderer seeking shelter from troubling memories is changed forever by the women who befriend him there. Additional narration by Amy Paonessa. Music: ‘Wooden Starlight’ by Dear Gravity ‘Better Now’ and ‘Liquid Mirror - Piano Version’ by Philip Daniel Zach ‘Landscape with Airplanes in the Rain’ by REW ‘Three’ by Neon Ridge

Five movie parodies for those times when you get wistful about the closure of that discount theater you used to go to with your weird friend Sidney. The movies: Eyes Wide Shut - Aguirre, the Wrath of God - Solaris - Winter Light - Heat With Amy Paonessa, Jason Hill, Linda Wojtowick, Josh Hillinger, Cal Butera, Rich Albert, Les Lentz, and Soren Narnia. Written by Soren Narnia. Music by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com, as follows: "Night In Venice"  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5763-night-in-venice License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Dhaka” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3646-dhaka License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Send for the Horses” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4335-send-for-the-horses-by-kevin-macleod License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Danse of Questionable Tuning” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3603-danse-of-questionable-tuning License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Dark Walk” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3612-dark-walk License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Gregorian Chant” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3825-gregorian-chant License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Scheming Weasel (Faster Version)” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4326-scheming-weasel-faster-version License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4612-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Airport Lounge” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-airport-lounge License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “’Dreams Become Real” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3678-dreams-become-real License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Hiding Your Reality” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3875-hiding-your-reality License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Minima” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4054-minima License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Prelude and Action” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4236-prelude-and-action License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Satiate (Only Percussion)” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4320-satiate---only-percussion- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Tiny Fugue” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4531-tiny-fugue License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Canon in D Major” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3473-canon-in-d-major License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Easy Jam” Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3694-easy-jam License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A cryptic family album hiding a mystery 170 years old; a lonely cemetery revealing disturbing patterns no one will acknowledge; a dreaded knock at the door on a night of deserted streets, hushed voices, and villagers cowering by candlelight. These are a few of the elements of this tale of slowly mounting dread, in which an anguished mystery writer explores the secrets of a strange and ominous town beckoning her from the past. Abridged from the novel.  Additional narration by Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast. Music: “The Sea of Nothing” by Aquartos and “The Loner” by Pete Kneser, Getty Music.

The year was 2007, and conditions in Bello Gardens, one of the most squalid and dangerous housing projects in America, were at their worst. Decimated by poverty, tortured by crime, and suffocated by neglect, the slum known cynically as the Joke faced a lonely, unnoticed death. When tensions in the community rose to a breaking point, the last remaining inhabitants of Bello Gardens--desperate gang members turned remorseless freedom fighters--vowed not to give up its deserted streets without a battle to the death. Tyrant, Draw Thy Sword is the fictional history of the tactical siege of the Joke, the tale of one December night when this country's troubled divide between cultures erupted in chaotic house-to-house warfare. Cast, in order of appearance: Soren Narnia - narrator Jason Hill - narrator Brian Lillie - narrator Seythe McCoy - Charles Le Beth Teddy Ray Bullard - Steven Dunkirk Sasha-Ann Simons - narrator Amy Paonessa - narrator Tausha Marshall - narrator Marcus Anderson - Herbert Le Beth Damon Alums - narrator Cherisse Rivera - narrator Savion Hays - Rod Baker Antonio King - Kojo Kendi MUSIC: Lee Rosevere, from “10 Minute Meditations,” licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere

For diehard romantics only, these are the letters of a reckless stargazer who turned his back on reality to lose himself in a love story whose ending seemed foretold from the beginning. Narrated by Soren Narnia and Justy Gee of the Starless podcast. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What do you mean, you don't remember my podcast Joke Meets Ground? Here's the entire run (I would have gone much farther, but I seem to recall the audience had other ideas). Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music: “Feather Waltz” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bride, Groom, Sunday, Forever depicts the unusual on-stage wedding of Stanley and Muriel, a ceremony filled with stunningly honest testimonials and reenactments which reveal the couple’s deepest secrets. In the space of ninety minutes they experience hilarity, embarrassment, wonder, and sadness, all with the goal of emerging from a tiny small town theater cleansed and determined enough to face the uncertain but boundless future. Narrated by Soren Narnia, with Angela Mae Johnson. Produced onstage by Counterweight Theatre Lab in Colorado Springs in 2021. https://www.counterweighttheatre.com/productions Music: “Touching Story” and “Reminiscing” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Barcarolle, Op. 60” by Francis Kleynjans Performed by Petter Albertsson  YouTube channel: 550ia Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, FreeMusicArchive.org Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 United States— CC BY 3.0 US  

This is a bleak, brutish tale of dark suspense related by a narrator condemned to Hell's wintry plain. The Grip, the Speaking Stones, the Far Mountains, the Perimeter, the Lie: In describing Hell's harsh geography and customs, Nicholas Strait also describes the events and people that brought him to damnation. His search for a way out must navigate madness, addiction, and the immutable hand of death. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/