Cool War - Dispatches from the Iron Curtain

Introducing The Robert March Chronicles

Greg Hallmark — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:45:37 +0000

Hi. This is Greg Hallmark. Or, at least, the AI version of me. I want to tell you about a new podcast I’m doing called “The Robert March Chronicles”. The first season, entitled Jump, is being rolled out now. It’s a drama, a thriller.

Here’s a summary:

“Silicon Valley tech titan and army veteran Robert March is on a major losing streak: his wife and son have been killed in a tragic accident, his company has crashed and burned, his friends and business partners have deserted him. He has decided that it’s time to end his life, and end it in a very public and spectacular manner. But just as he’s about to take the final step that will bring an end to his personal hell, he gets a phone call that pulls him back from the edge, only to plunge him into a tangled conspiracy surrounding a secret military project called Operation Sideball.

What he learns about his true identity, and the truth about his past, will change the course of human history, both here — and elsewhere.

Jump, Volume One of The Robert March Chronicles, introduces you to the story world of Robert March. The five volume series will explore the complex and fascinating web of deceit behind Operation Sideball, its major players, and their exploitation of the many worlds of Robert March.”

So check it out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or visit TheRobertMarch.com for more details.

Episode Eight: O.P. Alpha

Greg Hallmark — Sun, 31 May 2020 20:36:13 +0000

Into the East. The Fulda Gap. The Grenze.

Image:

US-Wachturm am Point Alpha (Rhön). Photo in the public domain from Wikipedia.

Music:

All music by Lobo Loco: www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd)

Do You Remember

Shadow Man

Vulkano Lake

Episode Seven: The Day That Shook the World

Greg Hallmark — Fri, 22 May 2020 14:48:37 +0000

The dam is cracked, the levee breeched.

Image:

Berlin, 1991

Music:

All music by Lobo Loco: www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd)

Way out of Hades

Flight over the Atlantic

Meet You Last Summer

Waiting out of Time

Episode Six: Walls Stand. Walls Fall.

Greg Hallmark — Sat, 09 May 2020 15:34:33 +0000

The ancient. The modern. The familiar. The foreign.

Image:

Bad Kissingen Partie am Kurgarten street scene, 1904.

Music:

All music by Lobo Loco: www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd)

Drunken Sailesmen

Footrace trough the Moor

Beauty After Midnight

Hopefully

After Burning B

By By River

Episode Five: Descent Into The Past

Greg Hallmark — Wed, 06 May 2020 01:09:46 +0000

Over the hills and through the woods.

Image:

Wirmsthal, Germany.

Music:

All music by Lobo Loco: www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd)

Arround the Cliffs

Mystique lands BEG

Episode Four: He Who Controls the Past Controls the Future

Greg Hallmark — Fri, 01 May 2020 23:07:52 +0000

The winners write the history books, except when they don’t.

Image

Ostalgie: nostalgia for aspects of life in Communist East Germany. It is a portmanteau of the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia). From Wikipedia in the public domain.

Music

All Music by Lobo Loco: www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd)

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Piano Parapentes

Walk to the vorbidden district

Episode Three: We Had What They Wanted

Greg Hallmark — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:10:34 +0000

East. West. Us. Them.

Image:

Your host, somewhere near Wildflecken, Federal Republic of Germany, 1977.

Music:

resound by Julie Licata is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Julie_Licata/resound__unsound/resound_1269

Drone Bombing by C.I.A. Debutante is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/CIA_Debutante/Burn_The_Evidence/Drone_Bombing

Stank Voor Dank / Bozar / Spuit Elf Geeft Modder by Vermisst Susi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Vermisst_Susi/Jeuk/Vermisst_Susi_-_B4_-_Stank_Voor_Dank_-_Bozar_-_Spuit_Elf_Geeft_Modder

Cataract by Dariusz Jackowski & Filmy Ghost is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. Based on a work at https://humanfobia.jimdo.com/filmy-ghost/ Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://humanfobia.jimdo.com/filmy-ghost/. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dariusz_Jackowski__Filmy_Ghost/Glaucoma/02_-_Cataract

sednoseterces by Hinterheim is licensed under a Attribution License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hinterheim/face_b/01-sednoseterces-hinterheim

Cue 3 – Dark-Tense-Dramatic-Building-Deep-Pounding drums (Trailer For A Nonexistent Film 3) by Soularflair is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soularflair/CUES_for_film_TV_games_etc_DARK/Cue_3_-_Dark-Tense-Dramatic-Building-Deep-Pounding_drums_Trailer_For_A_Nonexistent_Film_3_1121

Episode Two: On The Border

Greg Hallmark — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 01:41:58 +0000

Watching. Waiting. The mystery of The East.

Image:

A Blackhorse Trooper on the border. Photo in the public domain from Wikipedia.

Music:

All music by Lobo Loco: www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd)

Electron Paramagnetic Resoncance

Outsite of the Battle

In Another World

Catch The Killer

Episode One: The Call of Adventure

Greg Hallmark — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:19:57 +0000

Beginnings. Joining. Basic. West Germany. Blackhorse.

Music:

Allright in Lousiana by Lobo Loco: www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd)

Conversations by C.I.A. Debutante Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.