''The Eye of Van Gogh'' is a

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, produced by the

ZBS Foundation ZBS Foundation, a small non-profit audio production company, was founded by Thomas Lopez (aka "Meatball Fulton") in 1970 with a grant from Robert E. Durand as a working commune, located on a donated farm in Upstate New York. ZBS stands for "Zero Bu ...

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Jack Flanders Jac Flanders, full name Jonathan L. Flanders, is the protagonist of a series of audio dramas produced by the ZBS Foundation. He is the creation of writer and sound artist Thomas Lopez and is played by actor Robert Lorick. Jac is an adventurer w ...

adventure series and the fourth of the Travelling Jack sub-series. It combines elements of

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with

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phenomena,

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beings and energies.

Plot

Balls of invisible perception-altering energy are bouncing around Quebec City. Being inside one of these can be a shocking experience - no problem for a seasoned traveller of the Invisible Realms, like Jack and Mojo - but potentially mind shattering for the population at large. These balls are bubbling up from some point in the city and Jack, Mojo, Claudine and Dominique find themselves in a race against time to locate the source of this energy and put a stop to it. Help may be at hand - a little girl with pigtails, smoking a large Havana cigar has been spotted in the city - but she's proving very elusive and it's driving Jack even more crazy than Dominique usually does.

Notes & themes

Dominique, who has always been a difficult character, really gives Jack a hard time in this story, ridiculing him mercilessly in front of the others.

Quotes

Jack: "I do sense an odd sort of a French connection here."Disc 1, Track 1 02:38 ''What's Up?'' Sam: "I think it split a seam."
Jack: "Reality split a seam?"
Sam: "That's right."
Jack: "Hehe, reality has seams?"
Sam: "You know that."
Jack: "Reality is only what it seems, right?"
Sam: "Maybe it is what it seems but I think it's the seems' seams that are splitting."
Jack: "You mean seems seams are seams that seem or what seems are the seams?"
Sam: "That's right."Disc 1, Track 1 04:07 ''What's Up?''

Credits

Robert Lorick Robert Lorick (died January 2016) was a lyricist, actor, and writer, best known as a Broadway lyricist and for his work portraying Jack Flanders, the lead character in a series of ZBS Foundation audio adventures produced from 1972 until Lorick's ...

* Mojo Sam - Dave Adams * Dominique - Lindsay Ellison * Claudine - Pascale Poirier * La Petite Frieda - P.J. Orte * Jean-Claude - Bob Sugarman * Waiter - Patrick Donovan * Narrator - Kirby Airs * Producer/Director/Engineer -

Tom Lopez Tom Lopez is an American composer of electronic music. He serves as Director of the Computer Music Program at The Walden School. Lopez is best known for his extensive history with the TIMARA Labs at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Lopez gr ...

* Writer -

Meatball Fulton Thomas Lopez, aka Meatball Fulton (born 1935), is president of the ZBS Foundation and one of the foundation's founders. He writes and produces the ZBS Foundation's audio drama productions. When he was working in radio in the 1960s, Lopez took " ...

* Music - Tim Clark * Illustration/Graphics - Jaye Oliver Voices recorded and mixed at Froggy Acres, Fort Miller, New York "Special thanks to John Romkey and to all friends of ZBS who helped make this series possible."

Travelling Jack

Every 'Travelling Jack' adventure begins with a phone call from Mojo, asking for Jack's help. Usually the call wakes Jack up. During the phone call, Mojo drops more and more hints as to where in the world he is. None of the adventures involve the Invisible Realms, as such. * ''

Dreams of the Blue Morpho ''Dreams of the Blue Morpho'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.or''Dreams of the Blue Morpho'' It is the thirteenth of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the first of the Travelling Jack sub-series. It combines elements of ...

'' (2002) * '' Somewhere Next Door to Reality'' (2002) * ''

Do That in Real Life? ''Do That In Real Life?'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.orlink (Do That In Real Life?) It is the fifteenth of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the third of the Travelling Jack sub-series. It combines elements of Old ...

'' (2003) * ''The Eye of Van Gogh'' (2003)

References

External links

ZBS Foundation

Whirlitzer of Wisdom fansite
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