also appearing in
by admin on Feb.02, 2010, under Uncategorized
the Tome show is a gaming podcast where I am a regular contributor. I did a recent review to join into a collection of reviews of 3rd party 4e products. You can find it at the link below.
http://thetome.podbean.com/2010/01/31/the-tome-ep-125-third-party-extravaganza/
Another fine production of Dixie Stenberg I am in.
by admin on Feb.02, 2010, under Uncategorized
PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:
 Original artwork by Kristen Bays for Pendant Productions |
Episode 41 – “The Dauntlessness of Joey Scalzetti”
Joey’s past and biceps are revealed as he’s shot down in a fire fight over New York City!
“Umket Industries Presents: The Dixie Stenberg and Brassy Battalion Adventure Theater” is a serialized, full-cast audio adventure with one new episode every month. Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast!
Also featuring an audio commentary track with the directors and writer!
iTunes link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=163997482
Podcast feed:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/dixie-podcast.xml
Download link:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/dixie.php
And ALSO AVAILABLE from the Pendant Store:
Season One of “Dixie Stenberg and Brassy Battalion” on audio CD!
Produced from the original master mixes with over five hours of
content, including exclusive bonus features!
http://www.pendantaudio.com/store.php
Featuring the voice talents of:
Rene Christine Jones as Dixie Stenberg
Mark Zaricor as Frank McGuff
Steve Anderson as Reginald Billingsley
Jeremiah McCoy as Archibald Withersby
Pete Milan as Freudenberg
Scott Vinnacombe as Cornelius Robert Sims Pearson
Anthony Piselli as Joey Scalzetti
Chris Brittain as Thomas Galen
Perry Whittle as Benedikt Adarchenko
Alicia Laine Matheson as Lily LaRue
Michael Moss as Mrs Scalzetti
Scott Walker as Mr Leoni
Kathryn Pryde as Vreni
Justin Daube as Volker
Mike Winters as Radulf Pelzer
Ara Pelodi as Ursula Unger
David Alexander McDonald as Walther Falkenstein
M Sieiro Garcia as Neve
Kristen Bays as the Umket Triplets
Bill Young as the Amazing Nowell
M Sieiro Garcia as Miss Fortune Divine
Ryan Pickens as Robot 153
Amanda Fitzwater as Nebulon 2000
Jeffrey Bridges as the Commercial Announcer
and Seth Adam Sher as your host
Written by Jeffrey Bridges
Directed by Seth Adam Sher
Assistant Director Jim Hamilton
Edited by Chris Brittain
Cover art by Kristen Bays
Produced by Pendant Productions
http://www.pendantaudio.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pendant
Thanks for listening!
I got interviewed
by admin on Dec.28, 2009, under Uncategorized
PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:
This Week In Pendant – One hundred and fifty-fourth episode!
Guess what? There was no new TWIP last week. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! And NEXT week we’ve got the Pendys! And the week after that we’ll have the yearlong stats for 2009! So what do we have this week? Heck if I know! How the hell is this episode 29 minutes long?! “The Kingery” Season One CD sets are now available for pre-order! Get yours now now now, because the sooner you order the sooner we can get them printed and the sooner you’ll have them! We’ve got preview trailers for “Genesis Avalon” episode 4, “Superman: The Last Son of Krypton” issue 60, “Supergirl: Lost Daughter of Krypton” issue 32 and “The Kingery” episode 3×08, and Kristen and Jeremiah McCoy discuss New York (Chicago?), partners (fathers?) and gaming! …that’s not funny!
Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast! Now available exclusively at PendantAudio.com via the following links:
iTunes link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=200291578
Podcast feed:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/twip_podcast.xml
Download link:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/twip.php
Thanks for listening!
http://www.pendantaudio.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pendant
reflection and recovery
by admin on Dec.09, 2009, under Uncategorized
So I am recovering.
I am recovering from November first off. It was long month. Work was more than a little bit hectic. I did NaNoWriMo and completed it on top of going home for the holidays for a full week. All in in all an exhausting month. Lets not talk about the exhaustion that comes with family. 4 small children will run me ragged on any day. Luckily family drama was more subdued than perhaps some past years.
On the first of December I got sick and I am only beginning to recover from that. So it is time to stop worrying about recovering and worrying about what to do going forward. I have proven to myself I can put out a fair amount of content when I set my mind too it. Even with the many distractions of November I managed to meet a not insubstantial goal. Whats next?
Well the what comes next is the part I am not sure on. I have a novel that I have been working on for a long time that needs to be finished. I have the Nano novel which needs to be cleaned up and basicly rewritten and then there is my podcast. I have not put out new content on my podcast for a while. And last but not least is this here blog. I need to be updating it more often and more than the youtube videop that caught my interest that day.
I am going to to get back in writing something every day or baring that, recording. It wont be War and Peace. Hell, it probably wont even be always interesting. What it will be is me putting words to page or voice to microphone. I will write either 500 words a day at least or will record something. The recording will be for my podcast feed or one of my voice acting roles. Dont be surprised if you end up with some odd ramblings in the podcast feed as a result.
Why is this important?
Finishing NaNoWriMo was great deal of fun. I also got a story accepted into the Tales of the Children Anthology. What I am discovering is I like the feeling of getting creative things done. It is addictive and fun. I want to keep getting that feeling.
While I do so love my tv shows and listening to the various podcasts I listen too, I like the feeling of being creative a little more. It is a drug I don’t mind getting addicted too. This is not to say i wont listen to my fave podcasts or watch my TV shows or play my games. It just means I will do that AFTER I set aside time for the creative endeavors. I know it is a crazy idea, but it just might work.
Whatever the case you will likely see more posts from in the near future. Try not to be too startled.
Now as the wind is howling and I mean quite literally, I should wrap this up.
Night kids.
Anotehr fine Pendant Production I was in.
by admin on Nov.28, 2009, under Uncategorized
I am a little behind on posting this up. Another fine production I was in.
Superman issue 59 and Supergirl issue 31!
PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:
 Original art by Jerry Gaylord for Pendant Productions |
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton, Issue 59 – “My Melancholy Blues”
Kara unlocks a dark past while The Regulator brews his next salvo and Maggie’s life runs riot!
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton is a serialized, full-cast audio adventure with one new episode every month! Available for free download in .mp3 format or as a Podcast.
Also available — a commentary track with the director and writer!
iTunes link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=202788270
Podcast feed:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/superman-podcast.xml
Download link:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/superman.php
PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:
 Original artwork by Manny Aguilera for Pendant Productions |
Supergirl: Lost Daughter of Krypton, Issue 31 – “Not So Nice”
John is burnt up and Kara catches the heat as a gatecrasher sets Met U on fire!
Supergirl: Lost Daughter of Krypton is a serialized, full-cast audio adventure with one new episode every month! Available for free download in .mp3 format or as a Podcast.
Also available — a commentary track with the director and writer!
iTunes link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=256710457
Podcast feed:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/supergirl-podcast.xml
Download link:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/supergirl.php
“Superman: The Last Son of Krypton” features the voice talents of:
Ryan H Nelson as Superman
Megan Pressley as Lara Lane
Dragonblink as Kara Zor-El
Kristen Bays as Maggie Sawyer
Jeremiah McCoy as Dan Turpin
Pete Milan as James Gordon
M Sieiro Garcia as Renee Montoya
Mike Winters as Riot
Bill Fisher as the Regulator
and Cira as the barkeep
Written by Jeffrey Bridges
Directed by Jared Page
Cover art by Jerry Gaylord
Edited by M Sieiro Garcia
Continuity Editor Kristen Bays
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges
“Supergirl: Lost Daughter of Krypton” features the voice talents of:
Dragon X Blink as Supergirl
Jeffrey Bridges as Metallo
Ryan H Nelson as Jimmy Olsen
Jessie Moore as Natasha Irons
Kathryn Pryde as Scorch
Chip Joel as Amateur
Jared Page as Lucas “Snapper” Carr
and Andrea Fontenot as the presenter
Written by Dragon X Blink
Directed by Jennifer Smith
Assistant director Theresa Keller
Cover art by Manny Aguilera
Edited by M Sieiro Garcia
Continuity Editor Kristen Bays
Produced by Pendant Productions
Executive Producer Jeffrey Bridges
http://www.pendantaudio.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pendant
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Thanks for listening!
A few passing thoughts on November
by admin on Nov.09, 2009, under Uncategorized
So I am doing NaNoWriMo this month. This is a peculiar form insanity which makes you attempt to write a novel of 50,000 words in a single month. To make matters more interesting we choose November, perhaps the most inconvenient of months to do said writing. I am 14,637 into that 50,000 and may make my head explode before it is all said and done.
That said of course I am going to make a few random observations related to my fields of interest.
V, the Reboot
Meh. I mean it looked pretty and I like many of the cast members. I don’t hate it. I just couldn’t find it in me to love it either. The characters are all too….fanfic Mary Sue. The story in the first episode should have taken a week of mini series to get out. We had the arrival of the ships, the revelation they are lizards, secret plots, and the human resistance in one episode. So far my favorite scene was between the Reporter and Anna the leader of the visitors. If the rest of the show had that sort of ethical challenge to it I would have been more interested.
Flash Forward
Science Fiction literature has often suffered from being more about the idea than the characters. They start with a premise usually based on some technical or scientific change and show you how those things change almost everything. Flash Forward is like that. I could care less about the former alcoholic FBI guy and his marriage problems or the closeted lesbians agents intimacy issues. The ideas these characters are used to explore do interest me, though. How would the world change if we all got a glimpse of our future? How would you live your life if you knew you were going to die in the next six months or you knew your wife was going to be with someone else in six months? How would you disprove this? How would you act against it? Would acting against it make it happen? That portion of the show is working and it is compelling enough for me to forgive the characters not being strong enough on their own.
7th son
Have you picked up your copy?
Fringe
Strangely I have grown to love this show. The first half of the first season is shaky but once I sank into this show I became addicted. If you watch the first 10 minutes of each episode you will have to stick around and see whats going on. The meta plot is really confused and not real well defined but each episode is a kind of weird I forgot I was missing.
Smallville
Yes i am still watching this show. Yes more than a few episodes have made me question why. Then they introduce Speedy or the Wonder Twins and I sit back and enjoy.
Dragon Age
I want it.
Castle
Is there nothing that Nathan Fillion can’t improve? Take a formula mystery show, add a really good cast, occasionally self aware and very clever dialog, and mix till all the lumps are out and you get a show like Castle. It is not going to blow your mind but it will make you smile.
Wire in the Blood
Just found this one on Netflix. The criminal profiler has been done before and in some cases quite well done. Millennium stands out in my mind as probably the best for managing to creepy you out with the evil that is around us. This British take on the idea is pretty standard fair story wise. The first one is a riff on Silence of the Lambs essentially. What makes the show work for me is the hero. He is terribly flawed. He takes an interest in serial killers and he maintains relationships with the ones he catches. You are never quite clear if that is because he thinks he will learn more about them or because he is messed up inside and kind of admires them, wants to be them. At least in the first season I could never peg for sure. Also he is imperfect. He fails at certain points. He is not terribly strong or even witty. He is a man with flaws and I kind of love him for them. I do occasionally get tired of perfect people always saving the day. Let my heroes be human and flawed.
That is it for now. More word count to be had tomorrow.
Sharing the awesome
by admin on Nov.06, 2009, under Uncategorized
Sometimes there are things that walk the line of amazingly cool and surreal. Christopher Lee singing an ode to drinking booze is right there on the line.
Enjoy.
in honor of Halloween
by admin on Oct.31, 2009, under Uncategorized
I will share one of my favorite bits of Lovecraftian humor. Elder Sign!
I love XKCD
by admin on Oct.21, 2009, under Uncategorized
this was produced by a fan of XKCD and I have to say it is marvelous. Enjoy the minute of happy.
my story being read live
by admin on Oct.20, 2009, under Uncategorized
Wed. Oct. 21st at 9:30 pm eastern on stickam a story I wrote will be read live in a video stream. It will be read by a friend and fellow podcaster, P.G. Holyfield.
So funny story.
I met PG at Dragoncon a few years back. A bunch of podcasters were sitting around waiting for the next panel to start. We did what podcasters do and exchanged business cards and the like advertising out podcasts. It is almost ritual like. Anyway he reaches into his bag and hands me this cd. On the CD is the first few chapters of the podiobook called Muder at Avedon Hill. It is this fantasy tale that starts with a murder in a lords manor. Our heroes are a monk and his apprentice. Both of course are more than they seem to the people around them. It took a couple years to end but when it did this story went from murder mystery to a tale of gods at work.
After the podcast ended there was much rejoicing. PG got a book deal with Dragon Moon press. To celebrate he asked for some folks to submit stories set in the same world. The anthology is called Tales of The Children. Each story of the anthology is about the actions of the gods of this world, gods called The Children of Az. I submitted a story which is a sort of folk tale. PG enjoyed it and said he would be glad to run it.
So if your interested please go ahead go to http://stickam.com/pgholyfield and watch the reading live tomorrow at 9:30 pm. Hopefully you will enjoy the story. I certainly had fun writing it.
