Radio Sweethearts

It is a pretty picture, that’s for sure. And if there was a higher resolution version available, it’d be my new desktop picture.

Brighton P(ier) by agincourtjim's fly tipping extravaganza on Flickr

It’s the first photo used in the eerie and awesome radio drama, “The Flickerman.”

It originally aired in London earlier this year, and you can poke around with the whole thing, but WFMU’s Acousmatic Theater Hour is re-broadcasting it in its American debut. The first episode aired Monday, July 20th. (I promised Karinne, from the show, that I’d post about it by then, but I spaced it, and am only now getting around to it – I’m sorry, Karinne.)

Acousmatic Radio Theater broadcasts Mondays at 5 eastern. If you’re not in the WFMU broadcast area (and we’re decidedly not), you can listen online via WFMU.org, through the streaming radio built into iTunes (find them under “public”) or through the recently updated Public Radio Player iPhone app.

As for the show, It’s absolutely excellent to hear radio drama redeemed from its old-timey stereotypes – not to mention the iron grip of Mecha-Garrison Keillzilla. The story is impossible to describe without making it sound gimmicky or like “Lost” for radio geeks.

I’m a little reluctant to compare it to “Lost.” I don’t really watch TV, and even if I did, I’m guessing it’s way too late to get into something as convoluted as that show.

The thing about “The Flickerman” is that while, yes, you’e a week behind the WFMU broadcast, it’s only three hours. The whole thing is online. you can catch up easily.

And one more thing: When I say the whole thing is online, that’s exactly what i mean. It uses Flickr photos extensively. Be prepared to follow along.