COMPLETE: Dreams Collection #3 - Stories and Poems, by Various -jo

LeeVogler · Post by **LeeVogler** » May 25th, 2022, 6:03 pm

A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10031/10031-h/10031-h.htm#section2p

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/dreams3_dreamwithindream_apoe_lv_128kb.mp3
Time: 1:33

LeeVogler · Post by **LeeVogler** » May 25th, 2022, 7:58 pm

Echo by Christine Rossetti 1830-1894
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19188/19188-h/19188-h.htm#p_24

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/dreams3_echo_rossetti_lv_128kb.mp3
Time: 1:40

msfry · Post by **msfry** » May 26th, 2022, 9:35 am

Thank you, Lee. Two nice poems added to the collection. Only one issue for you to attend to on both poems -- delete the long disclaimer from the Intro and notate the new times. For poems we just use the short disclaimer at the end, which you have also included.

While you are at it, please rename your Poe file to just say "poe" for the author's name, not "apoe".

LeeVogler · Post by **LeeVogler** » May 28th, 2022, 4:21 am

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/dreams3_dreamwithindream_poe_lv_128kb.mp3
Time: 1:16

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/dreams3_echo_rossetti_lv_128kb.mp3
Time: 1:22

Thanks

msfry · Post by **msfry** » May 28th, 2022, 7:10 am

Lee, your Intros on both poems are still not right. Red is missing:

Title, by Author, read/recorded for Dreams Collection 3, by (your name, location, web address, date, etc. if desired).
"Title, Author, then read the poem"

LeeVogler · Post by **LeeVogler** » May 30th, 2022, 10:26 am

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/dreams3_echo_rossetti_lv_128kb.mp3
Time: 1:29

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/dreams3_dreamwithindream_poe_lv_128kb.mp3
Time 1:24

Apologies. Here ya go.

msfry · Post by **msfry** » May 30th, 2022, 1:29 pm

Thank you Lee, your poems are PL OK!

pmessina · Post by **pmessina** » June 2nd, 2022, 3:45 pm

The Everly Brothers are singing in the background. Deam, dream, dream.

Link: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/dreams3_acuriousdream_twain_plm_128kb.mp3
Length: 00:26:05
Title: A Curious Dream
Author: Mark Twain (1835–1910)
Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3189/3189-0.txt

msfry · Post by **msfry** » June 3rd, 2022, 10:17 am

PL Notes A Curious Dream

This is one of my favorite dream stories, and you did a great job dramatizing that poor depressed skeleton! Here are some notes:

After the intro, there is lots of background noise in the speaking parts, but none in the spaces, which gets louder as the story progresses. I'm not sure what causes this. Maybe our MC could take a listen and give some idea how to correct for future recordings, or who we could ask. As to this file:

17:45 repeat "Now I don't complain, but confidentially"
21:15 "about as comfortable as any receptacle of her species you ever tried", extremely loud peak, at about 96 db. This phrase would benefit by Amplify -5 to blend in with adjacent text.
22:06 All the boys are going. All is garbled.
24:08 and 24:16-27 " more extremely loud peaks at about 99 db. These phrases would benefit by Amplify -7 to blend in with adjacent text. If you can see the expanded wave form you can easily select these.

pmessina · Post by **pmessina** » July 1st, 2022, 4:34 pm

Michele, I checked several times for comments but never found any. I found your comments by luck just now. I'll see what I can do and will resubmit.

Paula

williamjones · Post by **williamjones** » July 1st, 2022, 5:43 pm

Uploaded Nebuchadnezzar's Dream from Daniel 2 in the American Standard Version (ASV) of the bible (1901)

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/dreams3_nebuchadnezzarsdream_moses_wj_128k.mp3 11:2

wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Daniel#Nebuchadnezzar%27s_dream_of_four_kingdoms_%28chapter_2%29

msfry · Post by **msfry** » July 1st, 2022, 7:50 pm

Thanks. I don't see a link to the text you read from, just a Wikipedia page.

williamjones · Post by **williamjones** » July 2nd, 2022, 3:54 am

msfry wrote: ↑July 1st, 2022, 7:50 pm Thanks. I don't see a link to the text you read from, just a Wikipedia page.

Sorry!
The link: https://ebible.org/pdf/eng-asv/eng-asv_DAN.pdf

msfry · Post by **msfry** » July 2nd, 2022, 6:59 am

Neb's Dream is PL OK. A crazy tale. Thoroughly creepy that the King was ready to off all the wise men around him who couldn't remember the dream he couldn't remember either! And that none of them, until Daniel, was wise enough to just make something up!

williamjones · Post by **williamjones** » July 2nd, 2022, 7:10 am

Thanks for the prompt PLing!

Here's an extra tidbit from Wikipedia:
Feet of clay is an idiom used to refer to a weakness or character flaw, especially in people of prominence and power. It can also be used to refer to larger groups, such as societies, businesses, and empires. An entity with feet of clay may appear powerful and unstoppable, but they cannot support their splendor, and will easily be knocked over.

The phrase originates from the Book of Daniel in the Bible. In it, Daniel interprets a dream of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. In that dream, a magnificent statue is seen with a head of gold, but weaker and less valuable metals beneath, until finally having feet of clay mixed with iron. Daniel predicts that the glorious statue shall be smashed by a stone into pieces, like chaff on the threshing floor, and blown to the winds. The image of the expensive statue laid low has resonated as an analogy for seemingly powerful figures with substantial weaknesses.