First of all, you can now download Adventures in Odysseys right off of CBD. I don't see the difference between this and iTunes (besides that you can now purchase the MP3s of "Cause and Effect" on CBD and not off iTunes). But still, to buy MP3s of "Cause and Effect" and other Odyssey albums, go here. And you can hear short previews of the upcoming episodes in Album 52!
     Also, in an insert for Album 52, they give the summary of Album 53: "The Green Ring Conspiracy". Here it is:


 First, a backpack filled with money is found in Gower's Field; then, a mysterious man survives a nearby plane crash; and an underworld errand boy has possession of a special cell phone. This new adventure puts your kids' favorite Odyssey characters at the center of intrigue, suspense, and a scheme of international proportions! 


That's all for now! See yah. . .sometime. . .not tomorrow. . .yah. . .

     There are some album art re-dos! And they're pretty awesome! At the bottom is the cover for Album 5: "Daring Deeds, and Sinister Schemes", and Album 1: "The Adventure Begins". I think that the new art is a great improvement.

     That's all for now!

Whit running towards Tom Riley's
burning barn

Davie Holcomb's photocopy machine
gone wrong

In case you haven't checked every other blog and are only a devoted fan of my blog and don't read anyone else's blog, then here's some news. Phew! That was a mouth-full. Anyway, Odyssey went to space! Col. Terry Virts, a huge Odyssey fan, went to space bringing with him the album, "For God and Country". He was on a Focus broadcast, which you can listen to plus see a slide show, here. This is a picture made to welcome him home.
     Also, it is not new, but I recently saw it on CBD's website, the "Adventures in Odyssey" tumbler. If you don't know what a tumbler is, it's a big cup with a top and a plastic straw. Also, there's a picture to the right. You can see/buy it here.

Hi everybody, remember when Brock Eastman said that with every new album re-pack there will be a Family Fun Panel? This is an excerpt from "AIO Insanity!":


". . .in the behind the scenes booklet that comes with your album, there will be a section with a family project. You can get online and there will be a video of a family doing this project. After your family completes the project, the parents would buy a button that says you completed the family fun thing."

Well, on the Official Site there is a new page. On that page there is a video of Brock and Diane Ingolia, who does guest relations at Focus, with a family making a Wod-Fam-Choc-Sod (World Famous Chocolate Soda). This is what the Family Fun Panel buttons are about, too. On CBD (Christian Book Distributers) website, there's a page for certain buttons, like this one for Heroes (which the project is based off the episode "Karen" and has you write a letter or make a card for someone in a hospital or nursing home). In fact, the repack of Heroes is now available and includes the panel, although you cannot purchase the button until around June 25. 
"What will they think of next, telephones without cords!" -Wooton

Announced already on many fan blogs, as Bart Rathbone would say, "You've heard it on TV, you've seen it on the radio. . ." Album 52: Cause and Effect. The cover that we've seen floating around is not the real one. The real one is a picture of 3 main characters in a clock-tower trying to stop something from happening. But for specifics, that's a "Duff cant see ace" (or a 31899). There will be one Christmas episode and one Thanksgiving episode. What? Thanksgiving? We haven't had one of those since "In All Things Give Thanks". Anyway, you can see the rest of the info about other things coming up at AIO Insanity!, The Unofficial Podcast Blog, AIO Wiki, and The Odyssey Scoop.

The new backs and fronts of the first two "Passages" books are out. Also, it seems like Brock Eastman has been the center of news all around. He recently put this picture up on his blog. He says this:
"A great way to create buzz is to give some clues, so can any of you theorize about upcoming or current albums? Some will matter in 51, and some in 52, and maybe even 53. But I can’t tell you everything. So I’d hold onto this image for several albums… Let me know as you hear about and recognize the clues I have hidden. Oh and yes feel free to share the image." It feels like this is the most controversial album ever!

There has been some new Odyssey album cover changes, but this one is only a draft. It isn't a finished album cover. Here it is.

This may be news worthy or not, but on the comments of one of the posts on the Odyssey Scoop, Brock D. Eastman, employee of Focus On the Family, posted a comment:

Brock E
Hey Jacob, just wanted to let you know we spent some time on the Focus clock to come up with some titles for album #52.

5 days ago, 10:39:14 PM CST

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Ooh la la! No doubt the italicized words are a clue. 

5 days ago, 11:02:53 PM CST

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I don't know, but maybe Album 52 will be called "Time Clock" or "Clock Time" or "It's Time For a Clock". To the right is a picture of Mathew Parker checking his watch (this picture is not legitimate). And on Brock D. Eastman's personal blog, The Quest For Truth Books, he posted this:

"I would say I am experiencing a dream like state right now...

I am sitting her in Agia Sophia with Dave Arnold, Paul McCusker, Nathan Hoobler, Carol Rusk, Marshall Younger, and Kathy Buchanan. We are discussing the coming albums for 2011. This is such an awesome experience."


On another comment on the Odyssey Scoop he said this:

Brock E
Woot all new art for five albums in 1 year! Who can beat that. Nathan I spent alot of time discussing which episodes/scenes should be drawn. We sent it to Dave who narrowed it down and now we are awaiting sketches from Gary! 

So that gives us an idea that they're working on something for Album 52 or Album 53 or Album 54. I guess they're always busy.

There's more album releases coming out. There should be 5 albums, which are albums  23, 26, 29, 34 and 52, coming out with new art from Gary Locke sometime this year. Also some others will be released like the ones you've already seen, same picture placed differently on a new type of frame. There's a rumor that three of albums 23, 26, 29, and 34 will be totally new covers while the other will feature a wedding picture that has been placed differently. Go here to learn more about the new releases. Tell me what you thought about this post or about this blog in general in the comments.

Albums

They have just released a picture of the back cover of Album 51. Here you can see the front and the back.

    

Album 3 "Heroes" just got a cover change. They're moving away from "The Gold Audio Series" and just making them normal Odyssey covers. First you can see the new cover and new back, then there's the old cover and old back. And, yes, for albums 1-50 they will have the old logo. 51 and on will have the new logo.