Delany Radio Play: The Start Pit
Samuel R. Delany's The Start Pit is one of my favourite short stories by my all-time favourite author. So it's a real treat to come across this recording of The Star Pit radio play aired in November 1967 over New York's WBAI-FM station. Much gratitude to pseudopodium.org for proving the MP3 conversions and to Boing Boing for providing this link.
The play itself is by turns endearing and excruciating, with 'bad' 60s music, transparent sound effects and adults playing kids in the fashion of the worst pan-lingual European commercials. I love every blurry, fizzy, dropped-out second of it!
Be sure to ready Delany's Notes on The Start Pit first.
The play itself is by turns endearing and excruciating, with 'bad' 60s music, transparent sound effects and adults playing kids in the fashion of the worst pan-lingual European commercials. I love every blurry, fizzy, dropped-out second of it!
Be sure to ready Delany's Notes on The Start Pit first.