7.4
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is an
Original "Classic Rock Radio"
Musical
that deploys a
light-footed theatrical
SWAT CHORUS
to levitate a comic tale
of pirate radio and free speech
until it can’t help but
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ROCKS !!!
DANCE ! ! !
It exists.
See?
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There's a script...
...and a score...
...and a video...
...or two...
So what's it about ???
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Spinning records at 7.4 WHYTZ, the Sphynx is rock ‘n’ roll radio personified,
tonight is heaven on earth,
and every night’s show is a one time event !
Well, that’s how it used to be.
Nowadays, radio at 7.4 is a corporate shadow of its former self
and program director Reggie Spinkler punches the clock
and prays for the weekend.
Then local poet Mildred Maloney begins broadcasting poems from her living room
on pirate station 7.4 WMILD
...and the people LOVE her poems...
Oh no !
That pirate is interfering with our signal !!
Shut her down !!!
Can I hear a few tunes?
Sure, why not?
WSTPD Program Director Reggie Spinkler evokes the good old days when rock n roll radio was still something special and our anti-hero Reggie was still a DJ - “the Sphinx”...
Mildred’s friend and admirer Abigail Thornsworth brings us up to speed...
Mildred’s nephew Johnny Maloney, WSTPD receptionist Vicki Pringle, and WSTPD Program Director Reggie Spinkler all have significant problems in the workplace...
Bellicose Beer CEO Byron Bel Canto lectures
Program Director Reggie Spinkler concerning
contemporary radio’s priorities...
Abigail Thornsworth makes it abundantly clear to Johnny Maloney that what Johnny Maloney is encouraging his
Aunt Mildred to do is very much Illegal...
This is true Liberty when free-born men and women
Having to advise the public
May speak free…
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