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August 17, 2014

The Hugos are Streaming Live on the Awards Website…

if that’s your jam. http://www.thehugoawards.org

August 17, 2014

Sentenced: Shiri’s 8-17-14 Edition

This book is fantastic. Straight up swashbuckling fun and the dialogue is absolutely brilliant. And, as I may have mentioned once or twice, I am...

August 17, 2014

Dispatches from GenCon: God, Guns and Tentacles

Today was the day of uncomfortable sessions. Two were uncomfortable because the room was packed to beyond full, Jim Butcher it seems has a lot...

August 15, 2014

Update from GenCon Writers Symposium

Well, I was going to do a long, long blog post going over the amazing sessions I attended today, the highlight of was a discussion...

August 15, 2014

Dispatches From the Last Chance Salon

Community Announcement: Summoning Circle Workshop — Fridays, 0200 Having a hard time getting your demon familiars to come when called? Learn from Azazel, the Master...

August 14, 2014

My god, it is full of gamers: Dispatches from the GenCon Writers’ Symposium

After wandering the streets for what felt like weeks, I finally found a group of friendly Jamaicans willing to part with a styrofoam container of...

August 13, 2014

Your Wednesday Earworm: American Girl

Saw him on Kimmel the other night… at some point in the last 5 or so years, he started moving his lips when he talks…...

August 13, 2014

That to Which Shiri is Listening

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. A warm, comfy blanket that smells like summer nights and, vaguely, of weed. New and groundbreaking? No. But it’s Tom...

August 13, 2014

He’s Dead, Jim

If you listened to this weeks episode of the pod, you already know I was rather effusive in my praise of The Musketeers. If you haven’t...

August 12, 2014

LA Horror-Urban Fantasy-Noir-Anti Hero Stuff…

… is awesome. It started with Sandman Slim. And to be honest, I’d have thought it would have gotten old by now. It has not. It...

Watch this space, new episodes coming soon!!! March 13, 2017
When we decided to put the podcast on hold there was always a hope that we would be able to start it up again. Well, that day has come. We are going to change the format up a bit, more details about that as we record new episodes. And, to get everyone's appetite whetted, we […]
Hiatus... April 5, 2016
Luke here. This blog and the podcast that it exists to support are a labor of love. In a crazy week, sitting down and recording an episode or banging out some blog posts is one of the things I look forward to the most. That being said, the two of us are crazy busy, and […]
58: Going Places March 21, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri take a ride in the Midnight Taxi Tango. Next, we journey into the television version of The Expanse. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
57: Altered Procedurals March 7, 2016
57: Altered Procedurals This week, Luke and Shiri talk Vertigo’s Sheriff of Babylon. Next, we talk the new X-Files and Lucifer. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and Arrrrrrgh.
56: Inglorious, Hateful Assholes and the Person Who Writes Them February 8, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri bid farewell to two legends, David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Next, we talk Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight and Inglorious Basterds. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrgh.
55: The Game Has The Feet… January 25, 2016
This week, Luke and Shiri talk Conan Doyle’s original procedural superstar Sherlock Holmes. Next we enter the mind palace of The Abominable Bride. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Arrrrrgh.
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) January 11, 2016
Episode 54: Staaaaaar Waaaaaars! (prepare for spoilers) This week, Luke and Shiri talk The Force Awakens. That is all. Lot’s to talk about. We conclude, as always, with the Grrrrrrr and the Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
53: Us and Ms. Jones December 28, 2015
53: Us and Ms. Jones We had a whole fancy episode planned, but we end up mostly just talking about Jessica Jones and then end, as always, with the Grrrrr and the Arrrrrgggghhhhh.
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland December 14, 2015
52: The Expanse and Flipside of Fairyland After a “What We’re Excited About” Lightening round, Luke and Shiri leap out into The Expanse to discuss Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. Next, we splat into Scottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland. We end, as always, with the Grrrrrr and the Argggghhhhh.
Turkey stole our episode. November 30, 2015
Well, we have been running without a safety net around here for a bit. And, it has finally caught up with us. In the past we have kept a buffer. Just one or two episodes already recorded and ready to go. In case work, home life, NaNoWriMo, or the celebration of turkeys interfered with the recording of […]