Genesis Avalon, Episode 5!

January 26th, 2010

PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:

Genesis Avalon
Episode 5, “Hurdles”

Jaina must rescue her friends, confront Belial, and deal with the
aftermath of a devastated city!

“Genesis Avalon” is a full-cast, fantasy maxi-series serial drama.
Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast!

Also available — a commentary track with the director and writer along
with the executive producer!

Listen Now

Featuring the voice talents of:

Laura Post as Jaina Masterson
Chris Hackney as Noir
Chris Brittain as Obsidian
Kristen Bays a Lilith
Alicia Laine Matheson as Natalie Hall
Tracy Hall as Roxanne Dawes
Marleigh Norton as Zee Lewis
Kathryn Pryde as Assara Templari
Trent Clifton as Julian Alexander
Kienan Finley as Bobby Carson
and Jeff Robinson as Barak Ben Belial

Written and directed by Kathryn Pryde
Edited by Marleigh Norton
Original music composed by Kevin McLeod
Cover art by Daniel Chon
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges

Genesis Avalon, Episode 4!

December 28th, 2009

PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:

Genesis Avalon
Episode 4, “The Big Leagues”

Jaina fights a villain conjured from her deepest fears while her friends
abandon her!

“Genesis Avalon” is a full-cast, fantasy maxi-series serial drama.
Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast!

Also available — a commentary track with Kathryn Pryde (creator, writer, director) and Marleigh Norton (script editor).

LISTEN NOW

Featuring the voice talents of:

Laura Post as Jaina Masterson
Chris Hackney as Noir and John Ladron
Chris Brittain as Obsidian
Kristen Bays a Lilith
Alicia Laine Matheson as Natalie Hall
Tracy Hall as Roxanne Dawes
Marleigh Norton as Zee Lewis
Kathryn Pryde as Assara Templari
Trent Clifton as Julian Alexander
Trisha Wise as Tanya Laramie
Kienan Finley as Bobby Carson
Jeff Robinson as Barak Ben Belial
and Kim Gianopoulos as Kathy Rosetti

Written by Kathryn Pryde
Directed by Kathryn Pryde
Edited by Marleigh Norton
“Love all Around Us” by Jimmy G
Original music composed by Kevin McLeod
Cover art by Daniel Chon
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges

Hear this and other great programs at PendantAudio.com!

Genesis Avalon, Episode 3!

November 23rd, 2009

PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:

Genesis Avalon,
Episode 3 – “The Limelight”

Jaina attempts to evade Julian’s camera while she fights to save New
York from demonic forces!

“Genesis Avalon” is a full-cast, fantasy maxi-series serial drama.
Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast!

Also available — a commentary track with the director and writer along
with the executive producer!

Featuring the voice talents of:

Laura Post as Jaina Masterson
Chris Hackney as Noir
Trent Clifton as Julian Alexander
Mark Allen as Martin Alvers
Kienan Finley as Bobby Carson
Trisha Wise as Tanya Laramie
David Sobkowiak as the demon
and M Sieiro Garcia as the cop

Written and directed by Kathryn Pryde
Edited by Marleigh Norton
Original music composed by Kevin McLeod
Cover art by Daniel Chon
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges

Genesis Avalon, Episode 2!

October 26th, 2009

PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:

Genesis Avalon
Episode 2, “Trial Run”

Jaina learns brutal lessons in New York, as she meets her mentor, is
stalked by a reporter, and battles her demonic nemesis!

“Genesis Avalon” is a full-cast, fantasy maxi-series serial drama.
Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast!

Also available — a commentary track with the director and writer along
with the executive producer!

Featuring the voices of:

Laura Post as Jaina Masterson
Chris Hackney as Noir
Chris Brittain as Obsidian
Shel Ann as Natalie Hall
Tracy Hall as Roxanne Dawes and the victim
Marleigh Norton as Zee Lewis
Kathryn Pryde as Assara Templari
Trent Clifton as Julian Alexander
Trisha Wise as Tanya Laramie
and David Ault as the demon

Written by Kathryn Pryde
Directed by Kathryn Pryde
Edited by Marleigh Norton
Original music composed by Kevin McLeod
Cover art by Daniel Chon
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges

Budget priced Japanese green tea

October 15th, 2009

I am not an expert on teas, not a tea connoisseur, or anything of the kind.  My tea reviews likely will exclude words like “nuance” and “palate.”  I lack the ability to dissect and explain the different elements and how they effect the flavor.  I am just a guy who enjoys quality Japanese tea.  And these are my experiences.

A while back I bought a couple items from Ito En.  One was the House Sencha, which I bought hoping for a good quality budget priced sencha.  I was very disappointed.  The House Sencha is basically about the quality I would expect to find in a supermarket at half the price.  It has a nice astringency which reminds me of the first loose leaf green tea I ever had — a bancha from the local Asia Market — but zero flavor, and zero freshness.  Price: $9 for 3oz.  The first Japanese tea I’ve ever given away because I didn’t like it.  (Since I started purchasing directly from Japanese tea companies, anyway.)

At $0.50/oz less than the House Sencha, the Bancha Suruga from Den’s Tea gave me the fresh, sweet, sencha flavor and aroma that makes Japanese tea the best green tea.  It is not at all what I expected based on my previous experience with bancha, though the web site description does call this an “upgraded variation.”  I didn’t think bancha could taste so much like sencha.   Any way, $5 for a 2-oz package of this stuff makes it the best deal I have seen on quality Japanese tea.  The perfect everyday tea.  :)

Genesis Avalon Premiered Today!

September 28th, 2009

The new superhero fantasy audio drama from Pendant Productions premiered today!

Genesis Avalon
Episode 1, “Prologue to a Legacy”

Description from pendantaudio.com:
Jaina’s life is derailed as fate thrusts her into an ancient war as a brand-new Pendant original begins!

Created, written, and directed by Kathryn Pryde.

Featuring the voice talents of:
Laura Post as Jaina Masterson/Genesis Avalon
Chris Hackney as Noir
Shel Ann as Natalie
Marleigh Norton as Zee
Lee Ann Brown as Dr. Matthews

Edited by Marleigh Norton
Original music composed by Kevin McLeod
Cover art by Daniel Chon
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges

To listen to this, or other amazing audio programs, visit PendantAudio.com!

The Fred Allen Show!

June 14th, 2009

Today marks the return of old time radio programs to the site.  Yay!!

For your listening pleasure, an episode of the Fred Allen Show sponsored by the makers of Blue Bonnet Margarine and Tender Leaf Tea.  This episode features George Jessel, Portland Hoffa, Minerva Pious, Alan Reed, The DeMarco Sisters, Al Goodman’s Orchestra, and Kenny Delmar.  Not sure of the original air date.  Please enjoy!

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My DB died :-(

March 25th, 2009

Okay, just re-installed WordPress and deleted my database because it seemed to be corrupt… :-(   So, starting somewhat fresh….

Tea blogs

March 25th, 2009

I had this great idea the other day. Blogging about green tea! After a quick Google search I was disappointed to discover that I’d had yet another unoriginal idea. My discovery of  The Green Tea Review did open me up to a number of tea and tea ware suppliers about which I did not know, and I am very excited about that!  Thank you, Mr. Crosswhite.

Maybe I’ll blog about tea anyway.  Why be original when you can do what’s been done before? :)