Monthly Archives: July 2022

Tarot @ Teatime Episode 38: The Haughty Swords

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Tune in for the lat­est episode of our orig­i­nal series, “Tarot @ Teatime” as we dis­cuss the suit of Swords.

When Pamela Cole­man Smith designed the cards we now know as the Rid­er-Waite-Smith deck, she was influ­enced by an ear­ly pack, the Sola Bus­ca, that she saw pic­tures of in the British Muse­um. This influ­ence is par­tic­u­lar­ly notice­able in the suit of Swords.

How­ev­er the result of this influ­ence is that the imagery of the Sword cards in RWS and lat­er RWS-derived decks can be found a lit­tle mis­lead­ing to the read­er.

In Episode 38 we work through the cards, dis­cussing their imagery and how they may be read in a way that is true to their char­ac­ter, focus­ing on words and com­mu­ni­ca­tion.

“Tarot @ Teatime” is broad­cast on Thurs­days and Sun­days at noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time, that’s 8pm and mid­night UK time.

#tarot #tarot­cards #tarotread­ing

Where Have You Been? S02E15: Hello Kitty Tribute

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In this episode of our orig­i­nal series, “Where Have You Been?”  we vis­it the 4- region “Hel­lo Kit­ty” trib­ute theme park on the Astralia regions. Hel­lo Kit­ty is the lit­tle adorable white cat char­ac­ter who is num­bered among the high­est gross­ing media fran­chis­es of all time.

Astralia Cre­ations is a cloth­ing and décor cre­ator in Sec­ond Life, fea­tur­ing a wide vari­ety of prod­ucts, many of which fea­ture a graph­ic style and col­or palette sim­i­lar to the pop­u­lar Japan­ese char­ac­ter Hel­lo Kit­ty and the addi­tion­al char­ac­ters that make up the Hel­lo Kit­ty brand.

Hel­lo Kit­ty is a promi­nent part of the cute­ness cul­ture, or kawaii aes­thet­ic, of Japan­ese pop­u­lar cul­ture which includes enter­tain­ment, cloth­ing, food, toys, per­son­al appear­ance, and man­ner­isms. In Kitty’s world there are at least ten char­ac­ters, includ­ing Kit­ty her­self, and a host of oth­er objects and details in that world’s sig­na­ture sim­ple style.

This episode airs on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days from July 27 to August 6 inclu­sive.

Astralia — Hel­lo Kit­ty Trib­ute Park
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Astralia%203/240/186/24
Regions: Astralia 1, 2, 3, 4. All regions rat­ed Gen­er­al.

The Space Programme: Apollo 11

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Today we present some­thing a lit­tle dif­fer­ent… Space Music and a space doc­u­men­tary.

On this day, July 23, in 1969, 53 years ago, the Apol­lo 11 space­craft returned to Earth after the first human being had stepped out of the Apol­lo 11’s Lunar Excur­sion Mod­ule and set foot upon the Moon a few days before. Today we cel­e­brate that achieve­ment in music.

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Tarot @ Teatime — Episode 37: De-Mystifying the Tarot

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This episode was record­ed on June 22 before a live audi­ence at VCRa­dio Tow­er at the Sec­ond Life 19th Birth­day.

The pro­gramme is, as its name sug­gests, intend­ed to pro­vide an intro­duc­tion to the Tarot, and it cov­ers a lit­tle of the his­to­ry of the cards and gives some point­ers, sug­ges­tions and exam­ples on how to read them.

The show goes out on Thurs­days and Sun­days at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT.

 

The Magic of The Musical Episode 04: “A New Vision”

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The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, Episode 04 “A New Vision”
… fea­tur­ing the life and works of Oscar Ham­mer­stein II. Join us at the VCRa­dio The­ater on Chest­nut Hills in #Sec­ondlife at 2pm pacific/slt on Sat­ur­day, July 16, or tune in and lis­ten to the show live on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio.

The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal explores the blend­ing of music and dra­ma — fea­tur­ing the songs, his­to­ry, and lore that make up the musi­cal the­ater canon. Learn more about some of your favorite shows and com­posers as we cue the orches­tra, and the over­ture begins.

In keep­ing with today’s show, “On Broad­way!” is our Fea­tured Music theme through the day. And don’t miss the lat­est episode of Where Have You Been? which this time vis­its the Uni­ty Project at Rain­bow Painters Gallery, and Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity every four hours from 4am Pacif­ic.

*This show is now avail­able on Mix­cloud

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Where Have You Been? S02E14

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In this episode of our orig­i­nal series, “Where Have You Been?”  we vis­it Vik­tor Sav­ior’s UNITY Art Project. The Project mounts a dif­fer­ent exhi­bi­tion every month, in a dif­fer­ent gallery and fea­tur­ing dif­fer­ent artists. This mon­th’s “Expo­si­tion” titled “Hap­pi­ness In Col­or”, is being held at the Rain­bow Painters’ Gallery and fea­tures no less than 26 artists. The pro­gramme will air at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT (8pm and mid­night in the UK) on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days, July 13, 16, 20 and 23.

The Uni­ty Project — Rain­bow Painters’ Gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chadara/187/42/22
Region: Chadra — rat­ed Mod­er­ate

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Dreams Of Rio — A Classic Jack Flanders Adventure

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Tune in on Fri­day for the next episode of this excit­ing radio ser­i­al from our friends at ZBS Foun­da­tion: Dreams Of Rio! This is the lat­est of 13 half-hour episodes, one every Fri­day at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT.

DREAMS OF RIO — A JACK FLANDERS ADVENTURE

Hyp­not­ic voodoo beats, lush jun­gle nois­es, trop­i­cal rains, an enig­mat­ic Euro­pean Pro­fes­sor, an allur­ing female anthro­pol­o­gist… a few of the ingre­di­ents which M. Ful­ton has fash­ioned into his audio fan­ta­sy, Dreams of Rio, an engag­ing romp through the forests and sam­ba clubs of Brazil. Dreams of Rio chron­i­cles the trop­i­cal adven­tures of hero Jack Flan­ders as he treks through the mys­te­ri­ous wilds of Brazil­ian rain­forests and impos­si­ble sit­u­a­tions in his search for the Lost City. The crisp, stereo record­ings come vibrant­ly alive with lus­cious ambi­ent sound record­ed by Ful­ton and Clark on loca­tion in Brazil. Here’s a lit­tle hint…

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The Early Music Show

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Tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio today, Sat­ur­day 9th July, for a pro­gramme of Ear­ly Music – fea­tur­ing music of the High Renais­sance, with con­tri­bu­tions from France, Spain, Eng­land and Ger­many. There are also some mod­ern inter­pre­ta­tions thrown in for good mea­sure.

And don’t miss Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity every 4 hours from mid­day UK time / 4am Pacif­ic.

“Where Have You Been?”, our orig­i­nal series on things to do and places to vis­it around the Sec­ond Life Grid, will be back on Wednes­day.

Dreams Of Rio — A Classic Jack Flanders Adventure: Part Five

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Tune in on Fri­day for the fifth episode of this excit­ing radio ser­i­al from our friends at ZBS Foun­da­tion: Dreams Of Rio! This is the lat­est of 13 half-hour episodes, one every Fri­day at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT.

DREAMS OF RIO — A JACK FLANDERS ADVENTURE

Hyp­not­ic voodoo beats, lush jun­gle nois­es, trop­i­cal rains, an enig­mat­ic Euro­pean Pro­fes­sor, an allur­ing female anthro­pol­o­gist… a few of the ingre­di­ents which M. Ful­ton has fash­ioned into his audio fan­ta­sy, Dreams of Rio, an engag­ing romp through the forests and sam­ba clubs of Brazil. Dreams of Rio chron­i­cles the trop­i­cal adven­tures of hero Jack Flan­ders as he treks through the mys­te­ri­ous wilds of Brazil­ian rain­forests and impos­si­ble sit­u­a­tions in his search for the Lost City. The crisp, stereo record­ings come vibrant­ly alive with lus­cious ambi­ent sound record­ed by Ful­ton and Clark on loca­tion in Brazil. Here’s a lit­tle hint…

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Tarot @ Teatime — Episode 36: Binary Readings

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Nor­mal­ly we would sug­gest that read­ers use at least a 3‑card spread with their quer­ents, as these can give a sur­pris­ing amount of infor­ma­tion.

How­ev­er there are times and cir­cum­stances where a quer­ent or a read­er needs a quick yes/no answer.

These “bina­ry” read­ings can be car­ried out with one or two cards, or you can start with one or two and expand the read­ing with an added com­bi­na­tion to give more detail.

We look at meth­ods of car­ry­ing out bina­ry and com­bi­na­tion read­ings, and pro­vide exam­ples.

The episode goes out on Thurs­days and Sun­days at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT.

“My Tarot Decks” by imeleven is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.