From the Library - The Funny Stuff!

Musical Comedy, Satire, Parody or Novelty Music. Call it what you will but humorous music is all over the place. (And despite what some people think, Weird Al is not the only person to write parodies!).



From Tom Lehrer, Rolf Harris, Benny Hill and Art Carney to the more recent stylings of Jonathan Coulton, The Arrogant Worms, Richard Cheese and Mitch Benn there should be something in here for everyone.



And yes there should be some Weird Al.



Just try not to laugh too loud if you're listening in at work.

From the Library is produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme now in-world at http://music.radioriel.org, or click one of the buttons below. Today's programme is presented by Edward Pearse.



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For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world

Riel Theatre presents: The Goon Show!

Something for connoisseurs of the absurd: Two episodes of The Goon Show

First: The Histories Of Pliny The Elder
Second: The Treasure Of Loch Lomond

The Goon Show comprised (L to R above) Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe among others, who performed a weekly comedy series for BBC radio from 1951 to 1960. Their popularity was such that they influenced Monty Python, The Goodies and Peter Cook.

Join us at the Clarendon Conservatory from 7pm SLT on Thursday night or tune in to
http://loudcity.com/stations/radio-riel/tune_in

Laughter is the best medicine

Today's programme features some of the comedy music from Edward Pearse's collection. Known for his deep appreciation of Weird Al Yankovic (some would say obsession) through to comedy classics of artists like Danny Kaye and Tom Lehrer. Often spending time tracking down the correct artists for assorted comedy songs that people have attributed to Yankovic or Bob Rivers.

Today's broadcast includes music by Ogden Edsl, Stan Freeburg, Billy Connolly, Julie Brown, Kip Adotta, The Firm, Allan Sherman, George Carlin, Eric Idle, Palast Orchester, Jonathan Coulton and the ever popular "And Many More".

There is some strong language, but it's good for you. Hold your nose and swallow.

From the Library is produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme now in-world at http://music.radioriel.org, or click one of the buttons below. Today's programme is presented by Edward Pearse.

Tune in:

For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world

The Funny Stuff!

Musical Comedy, Satire, Parody. Despite what file sharing servers would have you believe, Weird Al Yankovic isn't the only person to have written funny music. From Tom Lehrer, Rolf Harris, Benny Hill and Art Carney to the more recent stylings of Jonathan Coulton, The Arrogant Worms, Max Raabe and Mitch Benn there should be something in here for everyone.

And yes there should be some Weird Al.

Just try not to laugh too loud if you're listening in at work.

From the Library is produced by gullar sahir in conjunction with the Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Second Life. You can listen to the programme now in-world at http://music.radioriel.org, or click one of the buttons below. Today's programme is presented by Edward Pearse.

Tune in:

For more information on the Alexandrian Free Library, current exhibits and the work of Consortium members in general, please visit the Alexandrian Free Library website, or one of their branches in-world