By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The latest installment in the horrific audio drama’s sixth season dropped today.
Glass Eye Pix’s long-running TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE series launched its latest round of episodes last November, and today unveiled the 54th installment. EVERYTHING MUST GO was written and directed by Ted Geoghegan (WE ARE STILL HERE, BROOKLYN 45), and features vocal performances by Chloë Levine (THE RANGER), Clay Von Carlowitz (CANNIBAL MUKBANG), Benjamin Frankenberg (IT NEEDS EYES), Xero Gravity, Asta Paredes (BLACKOUT) and Joe Bob Briggs, with an original synthwave score by Luke Fuller. The story “whisks listeners back to the neon mall culture of the 1980s, when mom-and-pop shops suddenly found themselves swallowed up by massive shopping complexes.”
“Ted Geoghegan has been carving out a name for himself not just with incredible movies, but also as a pillar of NYC’s genre community,” says Glenn McQuaid, who created TALES with Larry Fessenden. “He brings out the best in people, and with EEVERYTHING MUST GO he’s brought out the best in TALES. We’re lucky to have finally dragged him Beyond the Pale.”
Adds Fessenden, “Every TALE production brings with it wonderful memories and associations. Our latest is filled with familiar faces from the Glass Eye canon, and it was such fun to all be in a room together again. The highlight, however, was when Joe Bob showed up and shared some anecdotes from his storied past. The ’80s-inspired score by the mysterious Luke Fuller, whose identity we have been unable to fully confirm—though the checks appear to have been sent to Ireland…?—reminds me of this season’s great music and amazing composers: Dave Eggar, Jack Fessenden, Graham Reznick and Antoni Maiovvi. All for you, dear listener. All for you!”
New TALES emerge the second Thursday of every month; upcoming episode creators include Richard Newby, Craig Ian Mann, Graham Reznick, Clay McCleod Chapman, Roxanne Benjamin, April Snellings, Fessenden, and McQuaid. You can give them a listen on Apple Music, Spotify and at talesfrombeyondthepale.com.
