FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol. 3 No. 3 Where’s Cockup? Being A Celebration of the Life and Times of An Unsung Audiobook Pioneer. It is easy for we lucky few in the Audio Narration business to forget our forebears. Why, in these heady days that social pundits are already calling the golden era of audiobook narration, what care we for those whose hard work and dedication to the craft of not spitting while speaking made our magical lives possible? Sadly, it is too easy for us to forget the early pioneers of our industry. Yet who can blame us? We get invited to the best parties where hosts lure …
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January 26th, 2012 / By
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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 3 NO. 2 Open Letters to Public People To Newt Gingrich: Dear Newt, I hope its okay to call you Newt. I know how prickly you can get but I’ve never known a person named Newt and I’d like to use it. You recently chastised John King of CNN and the national news media in general for beginning the South Carolina Republican debate by asking you about your relationship with your ex-wife and her claims that you wanted an “open marriage”. In fact you said you were appalled that he would begin a Presidential debate with “a topic like that?” Why? Shouldn’t American voters …
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 3 NO. 1 By Johnny Heller For the Hell of It has been getting lots of reader mail over the last year or two and I’ve decided to begin the new year by answering some reader’s questions in a section I call: ASK MR. NARRATOR (Please address all questions to ASK MR. NARRATOR by accessing the “comment” section at the end of the article. As always, the editor and author reserve the right to edit all reader email or, as in this case, to make up all the emails entirely.) Dear Mr. Narrator, People always tell me that I have a nice voice. I …
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December 7th, 2011 / By
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FOR THE HELL OF IT SPECIAL EDITION (Actual useful information involved. No, really…) ACX AND ME. PART 2: SO, MR. HOITY-TOITY PRODUCER! WHADDA YOU KNOW FROM PRODUCING? By Johnny Heller In our last lesson, we learned what ACX was and a little bit about how it works. Remember that this is all coming to you from my perspective and my experiences. Your perspective and experiences may be different – but this is my blog so your experiences don’t count. So there. Before I get too far along here, let me say that a few things have changed since I wrote the last blog. Remember the part where I was whining …
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