30:02 – Unhappy with King Solomon’s plan to deport and exile them, the Delegation of the Firstborn plan to salvage some of Solomon’s fabulous riches for themselves, by absconding with the Ark of the Covenant. Azaryas, the son of the high priest Zadok, hatches a plot worthy of one of those 1960s Rat Pack heist movies. Call it Azaryas’ Eleven. It’s the third and final installment in the Kebra Nagast trilogy, also known as the Ark Arc.
Theme music: “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Act III of Solomon (1748) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Public Domain, performed by the Accordion Ensemble ARTE in 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
1:44:54 – A message from Shambles!! Rob, from the Paunch Stevenson Show!! Chad Bowers of the Chadcast and The Incredible True Facts of Space!! Frank Edward Nora of the Overnightscape!! Another Beatles extravaganza, hosted by PQ Ribber!!
You are invited to join in the show!! Next week we will move forward to the Beatles fifth album, Help! Full details are at the end of this transmission!!
Attribution by PQ Ribber. Hosts appear courtesy themselves.
Released February 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
29:30 – The love story of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba is memorialized not only in the movies and the Kebra Nagast, but in the book of the Bible variously known as the Song of Solomon, the Song of Songs, or the Canticle of Canticles. It resulted in a male love child being born during Queen Makeda’s return journey to Sheba (Ethiopia). When this man-child attained his majority, he resolved to make his own pilgrimage to Jerusalem to visit his father, a trip that culminated in a plot to steal the Ark of the Covenant from the Temple of Solomon.
Show art: Movie poster from the silent version of The Queen of Sheba (1921) with Fritz Leiber as King Solomon and Betty Blythe as the titular queen, Public Domain.
Theme music: “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Act III of Solomon (1748) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Public Domain, performed by the Accordion Ensemble ARTE in 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
30:14 – The Ethiopian sacred text known as the Kebra Nagast tells the full story of the visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, including what happened to the Ark of the Covenant. It is a decidedly non-canonical and somewhat steamy story, and the action will get even hotter in the next episode when we investigate the Song of Solomon, also known as the Song of Songs, arguably the sexiest book of the Bible. Dav(e) in Kentucky conducts the proceedings, but not the accordions.
Show art: The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon (1890) by Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), Public Domain.
Theme music: “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Act III of Solomon (1748) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Public Domain, performed by the Accordion Ensemble ARTE in 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
Attribution by PQ Ribber. Hosts appear courtesy themselves.
Released February 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
30:36 – The Promised Land is still a ways off when Moses types “30” or “THE END” at the bottom of last page of the Book of Exodus. Who knew?? No doubt a sequel is in the works. Why was there was so much repetition in the early books of the Bible? What language were the stone tablets written in? Were there 603,550 adult male Israelites or were there six hundred squad leaders commanding 3,550 fighting men? What do Ray Bradbury, Devo and Weird Al Yankovic have to do with anything we’re talking about? Tune in and Dave in Kentucky will tell you, or at least tell you what he thinks about it. Also: a preview of what comes next in the series (hint: it ain’t Leviticus) including some tasty classical accordion music. (Baroque, actually.)
Show art: The Erection of the Tabernacle and the Sacred Vessels by the illustrators of Figures de la Bible (1728) by Gerard Hoet (1648-1733), Public Domain.
Closing theme: Part of “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Act III of Solomon (1748) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Public Domain, performed by the Accordion Ensemble ARTE in 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
2:11:41 – Rob, from the Paunch Stevenson Show joins for his analysis and memories of the second Beatles lp!! Also: Jean Shepherd, in an extended show from November of 1964, recounting his experiences on tour with the lads!! PQ Ribber does a bit of hosting, too!!
Remember: Next time it’s a look at the Hard Day’s Night album and you’re invited to contribute your thoughts and voice!! Details in the body of this program!!
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Released February 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
1:32:42 – Shambles Constant and Frank Edward Nora are here with Beatle stuff – this time focusing on their second lp, With the Beatles!! PQ Ribber commentates and hosts!!
Join us in this Beatles tribute/spectacular series!! Full details at the end of this show!! Next time we will be discussing the Hard Days Night album!!
3:04:39 – Shambles Constant!! Rob of the Paunch Stevenson Show!! Chad Bowers!! Frank Edward Nora!! A deep dive series of reviews of the debut Beatles LP, with your host, PQ Ribber!!
Youre invited not only to listen, but to contribute to next week’s show where we continue talking about the Beatles, focusing on their debut, Please Please Me album!! Details at the end of this show!!
Attribution by PQ Ribber. Hosts appear courtesy themselves.
Released January 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
30:24 – Since Moses broke the original tables of testimony in a fit of rage, Lord Yahweh teaches him a lesson by forcing him to hew new ones and do part of the engraving himself, instead of having them pre-hewn and professionally engraved by skilled Yahwelian artisans. Dave in Kentucky explains how the lack of vowels in ancient Hebrew writing led to mistranslations, and why the distance to a star system is not the sole determining factor in the amount of time dilation that occurs during lightspeed travel to that system. Did Moses come out of his Yahwelian meetings with a bright, shiny face, or with hornlike implants in his forehead? Dave doesn’t know for sure, but he thinks he can explain either one. Maybe not the headlight beams, though.
Show art: Moses and the Messengers from Canaan (1621-1624) by Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647), Public Domain.
