Welcome to Night Vale is a self published podcast or radio show produced by Commonplace Books. It is a twenty minute news report on the strange wonderfulness of tiny town, Night Vale. The voice of Night Vale is the amazing dulcet tones of Mr. Cecil Baldwin who reports the odd happenings of Night Vale (such as a glowing cloud dropping dead animals on Night Vale) in a seemingly ordinary tone. There is a familiar set of characters such as Carlos the perfect scientist, Old Woman Josie who has angelic protection, and the much loathed Steve Carlsburg. Still confused? Think of it as the Disney TV show 'Gravity Falls' through the eyes of NPR.
Have you noticed, dear readers, that there has been an uproar in stories about unusual things rolling into small towns? About the unordinary attacking the places we might be familiar with. Why is this? Because of this fact, readers: Most of us do not live in New York. Or Paris. Or London. We live in little places. Little places with maybe one main street. Little towns where everyone is familiar with almost everyone. And, I'm just guessing folks, these small towns are not usually visited by celebrities or host for world conventions. So the idea of magic piercing the normal that we percieve as daily life seems too goo to be true. And when things are too good to be true, we like to pretend to live them. That's why I am in love with so many fictional characters. Night Vale is exactly this. An escape (and a good one too!) from reality, even if it is just twenty minutes.
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| The voice of Night Vale, Cecil Baldwin |
So, readers I encourage you, delight in magic. Spend a little time somewhere other than here. Download Welcome to Night Vale for free on iTunes.
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