Ubu Hour

Experimental radio theater with dada/surreal elements...

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Rolf Semprebon

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Ubu Hour on 09/06/10

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Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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She Opens Her Eyes

The Ubu Hour airs SHE OPENS HER EYES, a lurid full length thriller with loads of sex and violence, some sci-fi elements, and a lot more.  

Ubu Hour on 08/02/10

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Mon, 08/02/2010 - 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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The City That Once Worked/The Pink Swastika

Two new Ubu Hour shows will air on this night. 

The contraversal history book, THE PINK SWASTIKA, written by Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams,
is now an Ubu Hour audio drama! The Ubu delves into Nazis, homosexuals, special rights, and the
 secret "agenda" in America today to take over our schools. 

Another major sex scandal rips through THE CITY THAT ONCE WORKED, when a masseuse accuses 
a former vice President of acting like a crazed sex poodle. Faux News air-bags Swill
O'Riled and Ann Coultergeist jump into the fray.

Ubu Hour on 07/05/10

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Mon, 07/05/2010 - 11:00pm - Tue, 07/06/2010 - 12:00am
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The NEW UBU

Has the Ubu Hour fallen in a rut in recent months, relying on movie cut-ups, tired sequals, and re-runs of
old programs? Tonight we change all that as we bring you THE NEW UBU with two new radio programs.  

DOUCHE-LAND UBU ALICE
A two part piece about the Ubu's attempt to finish a new script about a man trapped in a room with a voice that tries to convince him to kill himself. Or maybe it's about something else instead. 

OUR LITTLE MAYOR PART 20
Another tale of the abuse and misuse of power in Portland, as the Ubu Hour gets taken over by outside forces in the aftermath of a previous contraversy. Or maybe it's about something else...

Ubu Hour on 06/07/10

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Mon, 06/07/2010 - 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horse Do?

Tonight the Ubu Hour airs a radio theater adaptation of Reverend Estus Pirkle's
1971 movie classic, IF FOOTMEN TIRE YOU, WHAT WILL HORSES DO? In this fascinating
audio drama, Reverend Pirkle warns us of how Communism plans to take over America,
or maybe, with the Obama presidency, they already have! The Pelosi socialized helath
care nightmare is only the next step! This audio drama, based on true facts, will
wake you up to the evils of socialism, and give you important advice on how to
get America back on the right path. Otherwise in the next 24 months we'll all be
forced to chant for 17 hours a day: "COMMUNISM IS GOODD! CHRISTIANITY IS STUPID!"

Ubu Hour on 05/03/10

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Mon, 05/03/2010 - 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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THE HOUR OF THE KITTEN and THE DARKNESS

The Ubu Hour finally airs the much anticipated, much overdue HOUR OF THE KITTEN, written by graphic novelist Jim Woodring and produced by SW Conser. We will aslo re-air THE DARKNESS, a bizarre sci-fi story about the world going dark, and the way people react to it. Plus some other stuff as well.. we're not even sure what.. you'll need to tune in to find out.   

Ubu Hour on 04/05/10

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Mon, 04/05/2010 - 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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BOOK OF HOLES Part II: Ubu Easter S-it

For April on the day after a holiday, we air a sequel to the BOOK OF HOLES...
Part II: THE UBU S-ITS ON EASTER...

Is it a strange and surreal trip into the erotic garden of Eden?
Is it a celebration of the classic battle between a zombie savior and Ostara, the goddess of fertility?
Is it a hilarious look at contradictions in a Holy Book?
Is it a vicious satirical attack on Western religion?
Or is it merely an ameturish production with feable attempts of humor with profanity and filth? 

Tune in and find out!
You think the new health care legislation made them mad? They'll be out in the streets with pitchforks and uzus when they hear.. BOOK OF HOLES PART II: UBU EASTER S-IT 

Ubu Hour on 03/01/10

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Mon, 03/01/2010 - 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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March 2010 Ubu Hour

The Ubu Hour returns to the airwaves March 1st with several works..

THE CATALOG OF LIES, produced by Rabia Yeaman, is an unsettling and funny look at lies, deceipts, and falsehoods.

We'll finally air SW CONSER's radio theater adaptiation of cartoonist Jim Woodring's THE HOUR OF THE KITTEN.

Also, Humphrey Bogart stars ...in the dark noirish SQUEEZE HARDER.. (which uses cut-ups of obscure movies, though one of the main movies used in this peice, IN A LONELY PLACE, just happens to coincidently be playing at Cinema 21 the same week the show runs..

Ubu Hour on 12/07/09

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Mon, 12/07/2009 - 11:00pm - Tue, 12/08/2009 - 12:00am
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THE BOOK OF HOLES

The December UBU HOUR is a surreal Dada-eque holiday drama called THE BOOK OF HOLES. This is the radio version of a live stage show, about this strange Book of Holes, an ancient text of contradictions that has the power to brainwash people, and the birth of the Holey baby Jesus, .. Featuring the voices of Alicia, Andrew, Autowrecker, Carla, Conch, G Violetta, King Fader, Noah, Rambo, Rolf, Sweet-Tooth, and Tomodachi

Ubu Hour on 11/02/09

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Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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The Soul Jumpers and Where Did It All Go Wrong?

 Tune in Monday Nov 2nd at 11 pm for a couple of audio dramas about altered realities from the Ubu Hour. 

First up, the short peice WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG?  His partner is in a coma in the hospital. When she awakes she will think everything is different, reality and illusion are fused... What is the terrible and frightening truth that will be revealed. This radio drama is based on the song St James Infirmary Blues. Another version of Where Did It All Go Wrong is being produced by the Willamette Radio Workshop as part of their Halloween Extravaganza TALES FROM THE ST JAMES INFIRMARY.

Followed by: THE SOUL JUMPERS: Renee and Evan are brutally murdered in a motel on the outskirts of Portland.

Ubu Hour on 05/05/08

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Mon, 05/05/2008 - 11:00pm - Tue, 05/06/2008 - 12:00am
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Hellorie Clitoris enlists the help of her former enemies at Faux News and even Satan

Hellorie Clitoris enlists the help of her former enemies at Faux News and even Satan to beat back her young charismatic rival and hilarity ensues...

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March 2012 Ubu Hour

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Mon, 03/05/2012

Here's the entire March 2012 Ubu Hour ...

and the runsheet goes

0:00 INTRO -

4:40 LOST AND FOUND - A rather strange audio drama about.. well.. being lost, mostly.  Various people find themselves lost in in a strange city.. but what does it mean to be lost?

32:37 CHLOE BRINGS OUT THE DEAD

49:20 OUTRO 

 

  • Length: 58:53 minutes (53.91 MB)
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Mr Chick Goes to the Occupy

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Mon, 02/06/2012

What is the opposite of Occupy? Find out in this hilarious sketch called Mr. Czech Goes to the Occupy...

  • Length: 10:56 minutes (10.01 MB)
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A Stranger on a Journey

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Mon, 02/06/2012

This is what happens when Ubu Hour runs out of plots.. the show was only half over, and there were no more scripts. A mysterious stranger enters the airroom. A bizarre look at the limits of radio theater...

  • Length: 28:10 minutes (25.79 MB)
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February 2012 Ubu

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Mon, 02/06/2012

Here's the (mostly) complete audio to the February 2012 Ubu Hour, even including some wacky bits where we ask for money for the station.. which reminds me, if you like stuff like this and want to continue to support it, click on the tip jar at the top right of your screen and donate to KBOO.

Here's the run-sheet of start times for different peices on the show.. 

0:00 Station ID/intro/first pledge break

9:20 Mr Czech Goes to the Occupy(also titled Mr. Chick Goes to the Occupy)

20:12 Second pledge break and some filler

25:15 A Stranger on a Journey

  • Length: 53:24 minutes (48.89 MB)
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Snowblood

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Mon, 01/02/2012

SNOWBLOOD is Ubu Hour's audio-drama adaptation of the 1973 Japanese film "Lady Snowblood," which was also the main inspiration behind Tarantino's "Kill Bill" movies.  Snowblood is an extremely dark and violent revenge drama that will leave you at the edge of your seat.  Written by Rolf and performed by Margorie Van Hoople, Rolf, Rascoe, John, Noah Vail, Kirsten, Danielle Parks, Conch, Andrew and Ras Danny.  

Warning: Contains profanity, violence, rape, sexual content. Mature audiences only.

  • Length: 54:17 minutes (74.54 MB)
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Dec 2011 Ubu

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Mon, 12/05/2011

Here's the complete December 2011 Ubu Hour, with a vaguely Christmas/holiday theme.. Below is a list of when the different sections play.. 

time      Item

0:00   A TEABAG CHRISTMAS CAROL:  A tea-bagger version of "A Christmas Carol" where Scrooge is the good guy because he wants to cut taxes on the "job creators" and cut benefits to the poor. 

7:23   FETUS POLICE : A new crime audio drama, featuring the adventures of the Fetus Homicide Division, investigating miscarriages for murder.

14:23   N17: A remix of an unfinished cut up done by No Soap Radio's Jim Larrance, involving news coverage of the N17 Occupy.  More great Jim Larrance media cut up downloads can be found at his blog at  http://cutupsound.blogspot.com/ 

28:46  BLACK MONDAY: A slight re-engineering of another Jim Larrance piece, Black Friday.. 

31:13 ?? : Some exerpts from the 2005 Ubu Christmas special.. there's a skit about shopping at Sprawl-Mart, and then some very silly singing of holiday songs.. Yes, the Ubu Hour has occasionally been guilty of re-runs and filler... 

45:18 The ending bits.. movie cut-ups thrown in with bits of holiday music...

  • Title: Ubu December 2011
  • Length: 55:56 minutes (76.81 MB)
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Fetus Police

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Mon, 12/05/2011

The Fetus Homicide Division is on the move, investigating every miscarriage for murder...   

  • Title: The Fetus Police
  • Length: 8:11 minutes (11.25 MB)
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Ubu Hour November 2011

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Mon, 11/07/2011

This is the entire Ubu Hour show that aired Nov 7, 2011..  the schedule of the show with starting times is...

0:00  A short intro/station ID.. 

1:15    Class Warfare.. A radio theater peice that starts off with the rules of class warfare as currently practiced by the one percenters who are winning the class war, and then goes on from there.

49:15 The Lawnmower Sketch - a short improvised peice.. lot's of profanity...

51:25 The end of the show, with some filler/movie cut up collage to pad out the hour..

  • Title: November 2011 UBU
  • Length: 57:31 minutes (78.98 MB)
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Class Warfare

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Mon, 11/07/2011

Ubu Hour presents: CLASS WARFARE

This radio drama is a gripping drama ripped from todays headlnes that begins with the enumeration of the rules of Class Warfare, as the one percent become more and more desperate when the class struggle is exposed, and then expands outward into the Occupy movement.. Written and produced by Rolf Semprebon and performed by Zoey, Laurie, Randy Saucepan, Cindy Loo Hoo, Demolition Devin, Dodge, Andrew, Erin Yankee, Stephanie, Noah, Phaedra, Robert Barncor, Rolf  and Skippy... Orignally aired on Ubu Hour on November 7, 2011/

  • Length: 48:01 minutes (65.94 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 192Kbps (CBR)
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Yo! Jimbo!

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Mon, 10/03/2011

Ubu Hour attempts to adapt Akira Kurasawa's classic samurai film Yojimbo to radio theater... Yo! Jimbo! spoofs that film and other samurai material...

  • Length: 28:00 minutes (64.09 MB)
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