July 4, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL029: The Rocket ~ Living the Dream Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Rocket’, Scenes 9 and 10: Photo by Bigstock Photo: Blend ImagesFIORELLO: Listen, keep your ears clean. Smell the smells of a rocket. Feel. Remember. So when you return, you will talk of it all the rest of your lives. Being ‘In The Moment’: Fiorello Bodoni is taking his kids on a weeklong […]
June 20, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL028: The Rocket ~ A Dream Revisited Photo by Bigstock Photo: jezcHe bolted nine ancient automobile motors into the rocket’s empty engine room. Then he welded the engine room shut, so that none could see his hidden labor. Clever Innovation and Elbow Grease In today’s episode, Fiorello Bodoni dares to dream again. And not only to dream, but to see his dream […]
June 6, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL027: The Rocket ~ Reality Doesn’t Measure Up Ray Bradbury’s sci-fi, The Rocket, scenes 5 and 6: In today’s episode, Fiorello Bodoni tries to get back to just living. He’s trying to forget about rockets and Mars so that he won’t have to face disappointment again. His reality is the small world of his junkyard, his broken down machinery, and a family that […]
May 23, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL026: The Rocket ~ The Best-Laid Plans A Friend Opposes His Best-Laid Plans Fiorello Bodoni has to decide who gets to go on the rocket trip to Mars. His friend, Bramante, warns him that no one could truly be happy for the one who gets to go. If Fiorello goes, his children would always think of the rocket and become sick […]
May 9, 2014 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL025: The Rocket ~ Sick With Desire Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Rocket’, Scenes 1 and 2 [00:00 ~ 05:22] Sci-fi fan or not… Whether you are a science fiction fan or not, I think you will like this story. It’s a story that we can all relate to about yearning for our heart’s desire . It’s called, “The Rocket”. It’s a short story […]
