The inaugural edition of this series is HERE, in which I explain a lot more.
Some time ago, I saw a movie called News of the World in which after the Civil War a former confederate officer earns a meager living by wandering about reading to crowds articles from newspapers he has gathered. People pay a dime a head to listen, which figures to about $2.50. In those days news was scare and many couldn’t read at all, so there was great interest and emotion over the news of the world he brought. The idea of this travelling gazetteer caught my imagination and here I am. The word Gazette came into English through French but it’s origin is Italian, gazzetta, which is the name of the Venetian coin which paid for the first first Venetian newspapers in the 16th century.
Here is a gazette of “News of the Church”.
00:12 – Init
00:59 – Chronicle of Le Barroux
06:24 – Chronicle of Gower Abbey
11:30 – Chronicle of Silverstream
17:45 – SSPX church consecrated
22:23 – Exit
UPDATE:
I think I need a new microphone
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FWIW I have a good microphone that i got when planning to take up audiobook narration. That never occurred for reasons that aren’t all that important. Glad to send it along.
Which mic is that?
“News of the Church” is back. YES!
Hopefully when I return to Colorado from the Midwest the weather will be nice enough to have a pipe outside while listening, which is the way I have enjoyed past News.
@Fr. Z- I can recommend a couple mics to consider, depending on your intended usage:
Miktek PM9- handheld, assembled in Nashville, dynamic, good feedback rejection in live circumstances, sounds radio-ready and smooth on male vocals, on sale at Sweetwater right now for half off. I love this mic and use it live or in the studio. It’s rugged enough to travel with, and will reject a lot of ambient noise. You will probably want a windscreen for it if you are prone to plosives.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PM9mic–miktek-pm9
Audio-Technica BP40- dynamic broadcast mic with internal windscreen, I highly prefer this to the Shure SM7B, sounds great on male vocals. Would be a bit more bulky to travel with, but absolutely could be used live and in the studio. Great at cutting out ambient noise, especially with the highpass filter.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BP40–audio-technica-bp40
I don’t work for Sweetwater, but I have ordered extensively from them over the years, and they tend to have quick shipping and good customer service. If i could only buy one of these two, I’d probably take the Miktek as it is a third of the cost (on sale) of the Audio-Technica, would travel well, and sounds amazing on a variety of sources, and in a variety of environments.
MXL Tempo is microphone, Father
I finally got around to listening to this. Having geese, I certainly relate to the first story. Thanks for doing this!