Upcoming KAMN Shows

Sometimes, it’s better to plan ahead, so that’s what I’m doing now

The FarPoint Media crew is going to be very busy in July and August, traveling to cons and making appearances, so we Ninjas are going to plan show topics for the rest of the summer, and adjust accordingly if need be.

KAMN #16: Space: Above and Beyond (DVD)
KAMN #17: Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
KAMN #18: Clash of the Titans (DVD)
KAMN #19: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (first Hugo winner)
KAMN #20: V the miniseries (DVD)

Don’t worry, the lost Show 15 will be coming your way soon. Now go read some classics!

Show #15 Delayed

Once again, technical difficulties have arisen to bite us, or rather me, in the ass.

Audacity sucks for use on a Mac, is all I can conclude. It works just fine when I record at 22050, but since many newer devices want 44100 I went to 44100, and I have yet to be able to record successfully at that rate.

You’d think it wouldn’t make a difference with enough RAM and free disk space, but so far, I haven’t been able to save anything over 30 minutes long in Audacity at the higher rate.

So, half of this week’s conversation about More Than Human (specifically, my half) is lost forever. We will either re-record the show, or I’ll figure out a way to make it a coherent discussion between just David and Joe.

In the mean time, I’m going to immerse myself in Garage Band to try to figure it out, and gleefully rip the piece of trash named Audacity off of my hard drives.

Ninja in search of Dragon*Con crash space

Okay, I really was planning on making it to Dragon*Con this year, but after finding out that all the con hotels are sold out, the only way I make it there is to find out if there are any ladies out there attending and in need of another roommate to split the bill.

And no, I’m not sharing a room with the guys, so don’t even ask Email me if you or someone you know is looking for a roomie for Dragon*Con.

If I can’t find something soon, I’ll just have to focus my efforts on attending something else this year, and on getting in for Dragon*Con in 2007.

Show #16: Pre-show Discussion

Continuing with the early posting of show topic discussion threads, it is my pleasure to announce that Show #16, scheduled to record the week of July 2nd, will focus on the short-lived Fox TV series Space: Above and Beyond.

Is using “short-lived” and “Fox” in the same sentence to describe a TV show a bit redundant, or is it just me?

Anyway, if you or someone you know doesn’t own it, you might have to buy it to check it out. For some unknown reason, this box set is not listed at Netflix, which to me is odd. Then again, a friend of mine said that they didn’t carry Firefly for the first month or two after it was released, so maybe they’ll eventually get it in their library.

KAMN Show #14: Flash Gordon

Welcome to Show #14!

Summer, Joe and David sink their tsais into the 1980 campy cult classic Flash Gordon, starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, and Brian Blessed. The cheese factor is strong with this one.

You can’t take this movie too seriously, and you can’t completely dismiss it either. It also made them want to dig into the backs of their closets just to make sure that any remaining photos of themselves with big hair and parachute pants were safely burned.

The Ninjas also talk a little about the original Flash Gordon serials, starring Buster Crabbe, and Summer shares what she knows about a kick-ass Flash Gordon novel that was commissioned, but may never see the light of day because of legal wranglings, and perhaps for being too damned good.

If anyone wants to watch some of the public domain Flash Gordon serials, go check out Public Domain Torrents list of old scifi shows.

Movies mentioned:

Promo: Geek Fu Action Grip
Promo: Silent Universe
Link: SF Site: A Conversation with Matthew Woodring Stover (part 2)
Link: SFFWorld Free Flash Gordon! call for petition (petition no longer active)
Link: SFFWorld Questions for Matt Stover (see post #168)

 

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