http://www.cephalopod.com 2006 en-us Kevin Swan, Cephalopod Productions Life's funny sometimes... Funny Like a fist in the gut. Life's funny sometimes... Funny Like a fist in the gut. "The funniest, cleverest and most original audial comedy I've heard since I heard me." (Phil Proctor, Firesign Theatre) The Apotheosis Saga, created by Jason Cole and Kevin Swan of Cephalopod Productions, is an audio drama. Unlike a radio play, it was designed to be listened to several times over. It's a movie for the mind. It is written with layers and speed that require attention and thought (we hope). If you enjoy chess, language, writing, Firesign Theatre, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, puns, Steely Dan, Big Trouble in Little China, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, and other such folks-n-things - The Apotheosis Saga is likely your style of fun. If you like Mortal Kombat, Bon Jovi, WWF, tractor pulls, soap operas, People Magazine, Anne Rice, Who's the Boss, and Bop Magazine, it is highly likely that The Apotheosis Saga will inflict pain. A saga is actually a literary form defined in almost as much detail as a sonnet. I don't want to bore you with the list, when the real question is how to fulfill the rules when you're working in a purely sonic medium. A straight verbal recitation of a typical saga would be long, boring and confusing. Storytelling in the classic manner included a present audience and the body of the raconteur, which changed a simple narration into an adaptive work of theater. These advantages we don't have. A societal change since the glory days of sagas is a general lack of interest in geneaology. Making these interrelations a living and compelling part of the Apotheosis Saga is a severe challenge. Other of the requirements pose similar difficulties. The approach we developed is, we believe, valid for today's cultural set and clean in its implementation: Ignore all that junk, but call it a saga anyhow. We owe a debt to H. Dumpty (via L. Carrol, not M. Goose) and J. Steinbeck for the seeds of this method, and acknowledge their help gratefullly. Kevin Swan swan@cephalopod.com Comedy radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play http://www.cephalopod.com/cephalopodcasts/ceph.pod.jpg http://www.cephalopod.com no Kevin Swan Uh, the begining... Uh, the begining... Bill Wright, Jr., a simulations programmer is suspiciously transformed into a God and is imprisoned by the Reality Police for creation without a license. radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 12:39 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/genesis.mp3 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:10:20 -0500 Kevin Swan Bill and Ahriman, the romance begins Bill and Ahriman, the romance begins Bill meets Ahriman and Loki, gods from powerful mythologies. Bill recently learns he is classified as a Hazard Class Deity, and since Ahriman and Loki are as well, he heads back to Ahriman's house for a game of questions. radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 11:48 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/questions.mp3 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:10:20 -0500 Kevin Swan Not exactly a picnic Not exactly a picnic Bill tags along with Loki and Thor as they go on a giant hunt radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 23:15 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/fieldtrip.mp3 Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:10:20 -0500 Kevin Swan Bill gets lost Bill gets lost Bill ends up in the past, clocks Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and meets his romantic interest. radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 16:26 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/whereami.mp3 Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:10:20 -0500 Kevin Swan Bill gets worshippers Bill gets worshippers Bill is forced to acquire at least one faithful person, or else he faces meltdown. He goes back to his programming shop and tries to get his friends, Harry and Moe, to enlist. radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 22:54 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/warshippers.mp3 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:10:20 -0500 Kevin Swan Things go south Things go south Bill's family is threatened by Reality Police in an attempt to control what can't be controlled. radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 31:07 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/tangents.mp3 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:10:20 -0500 Kevin Swan Bill cracks up Bill cracks up All hell breaks loose, in thirds... radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 32:55 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/divisions.mp3 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:10:20 -0500 Kevin Swan Bill faces the Big Ugly Bill faces the Big Ugly Bill heads to the past to try and stop an alien horror. Harry and Mo go along for the ride. Features David Ossman (Firesign Theatre), as the French Pirate and Phil Proctor (Firesign Theatre) as Murphy. radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 31:22 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/manyfriends.mp3 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:10:20 -0500 Kevin Swan Bill dukes it out Bill dukes it out Bill finally gets to unleash some anger in a surreal fight scene with Ahriman. radio, firesign, theatre, cephalopod, apotheosis, kevin, swan, play no 22:06 http://www.cephalopod.com/audio/porno.mp3 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:06:14 -0500