Welcome to Night Vale : "The librarian", New York City, January 16, 2015.
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[United States] :
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[2015]
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| Item Description: | Poster advertising the live taping of the touring episode "The librarian" at Skirball Center, New York, NY. Artwork used for the album cover by Jessica Hayworth. Episode narrated by Cecil Baldwin with live music by Disparition. A librarian has escaped from the Night Vale Public Library, and no one in town is safe from this unprecedented horror. Plus, today's horoscopes, the community calendar, and a new intern joins the station. Welcome to Night Vale is a twice-monthly podcast, created by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff's Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events. The host is Cecil Gershwin Palmer (played by Cecil Baldwin), whose rich voice narrates various ghastly goings-on, nerve-wracking news bulletins and weird warnings. While his soothing manner reassures listeners that what he reports is all perfectly normal, he also confirms that they have every reason to be terrified out of their minds. At heart, the show is a political satire, lampooning American attitudes and realities; government coverups, police surveillance and profiling, gun culture, social control through media fear tactics, and conflicting reports on health and safety. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 poster : black and white ; 61 x 46 cm |