ZBS
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
At ZBS (Zany BullS**t) you'll find the wildest, funniest, most imaginitive, fantastic audio adventures ever produced! Started in 1970 by a group of media professionals, ZBS is a nonprofit arts organization, with a studio located on a 40-acre farm in central New York state. The weekly farm report in the early '70s featured interviews with such culture heroes as Ken Kesey, John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Ram Dass, and Jerry Garcia. Their artist-in-residence program, with Laurie Anderson, Phillip Glass, and Allen Ginsberg, among other guests, has provided an experimental environment for inspired artists.
High quality audio engineering using binaural 3-D sound reproduction enhances the creative stories by Meatball Fulton and enchanting music by Tim Clark. The Fulton and Clark team has travelled around the world recording sounds from many varied places and cultures. Morocco, Indonesia, India, and Brazil are a few of the places you can travel to with the adventurous Jack Flanders in search of spiritual treasures without leaving your living room. If sci-fi is your bag, then Ruby, the galactic gumshoe, is sure to take you to new heights of humour as she tracks down the culprits responsible for manipulating the media. A few of the many other titles included are "Dinotopia", a wonderful story for both children and adults by James Gurney, "The Mist", a horror story by Stephen King, and "The Insider's Lounge", a kind of country-western twilight zone by Leslie Fuller.
These award winning productions have aired on hundreds of stations in the United States, as well as 23 foreign contries. The purpose of the ZBS Foundation was, and is, to raise consciousness through the media. That's why you'll discover some interesting little gems in these stories. They've been plucked from the wisdom of the ages and placed there for your discovery and enjoyment. Funding is provided by grants for the arts*, sales, and donations.