Ubu Hour

24sd_1678x281.png

KBOO is open to the public! To visit the station, contact your staff person or call 503-231-8032.


Hosted by: 
Produced by: 
KBOO
Subscribe to podcast

 

The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

Topic tags: 
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Ubu Hour Sept 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Tonight's Ubu Hour features two different tales about HEROES and their HEROIC deeds.....In THE AVENGER, our hero is a masked crusader who secretly surveys his community at night - monitering his neighbors, especially the hot wife of a Senior Software Developer.   (10 1/2 mi... Read more

Ubu Hour on 08/05/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/06/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
It's a variety-packed Ubu Hour for August, as we present some short politcal peices, a couple short movie mashups, and some surreal stuff as well...  including: Bicycle Peice #7.. where Roy and Viv Ubu are desperite for ideas for scripts, and their main script writer is out... Read more

Aug 2013 Ubu Hour

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
This show includes:1st 20 miknutes: A short commentary on the Zimmerman verdict, which now allows anyone to go out and shoot someone in their neighborhood, and a peice titled "Dead Baby Joke # 9," about a state legislator enacting a law to change the dates of birth on all s... Read more

Ubu Hour on 07/01/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Download audio file
Tonight Ubu presents CITIZEN KOCH. This radio theater docu-drama is actually the tale of another peice called "Citizen Koch," a documentary about the influence of money on politcals since the Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United a few years ago. Unfortunately, that docume... Read more

Ubu Hour on 06/03/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Download audio file
A naked man is discovered at the side of the road. He is in shock and fear. He repaats the word "fingers" over and over again..  24-hours earlier he was fine when he began the journey that took him beyond the edge and put him in this state.. Tune in to radio theater suspens... Read more

Ubu Hour on 05/06/13

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2013 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/07/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Download audio file
More crazy radio theater on Ubu Hour... tonight we bring you:A new episode of THE CITY THAT ONCE WORKED, where sinister forces attempt to poison Portland's water supply with toxic waste chemicals from fertilizer manufacturing.. And THE BIG RUN: Have you ever dialed a wrong ... Read more

Ubu Hour on 04/01/13

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2013 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Download audio file
It's April Fools day on the Ubu Hour.. so instead of the usual absurdist comedy and silliness,  we bring you THE UNCEASING SEA, a dark, serious radio drama about a couple near the end of their life, as they listen to the ocean and ruminate about life and death, language and... Read more

Ubu Hour on 03/04/13

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2013 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Download audio file
Tonight on the Ubu Hour we bring you the noir suspense drama THE DEPTH OF NIGHT, written and produced by Rolf Semprebon. A bizarre tale of surveillance, murder and more.Followed by JAZZ BOOK ON TAPE, a surreal audio play written and produced by Jason SamilskiAnd some other ... Read more

Ubu Hour on 02/04/13

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Download audio file
Tonight on UBU HOUR: An audio drama that poses the question: Is a picture worth a thousand words? In a dystopic future where the power grid has failed and civilization begins to crumble, this question is examined in a hyper-violent and mysterious tale of murder and seductio... Read more

Ubu Hour on 01/07/13

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2013 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/08/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Download audio file
Tonight on UBU HOUR: More hi-jinks in The City That Once Worked, as Swill O'Riley and Ann Coultergeist fume about the INAUGURATION, and someone falls off a cliff. Also, ZONES, set in a futuristic world where society has been devided into three zones. However, the wealthy in ... Read more