SpecFicMedia
In an effort to create Game of Thrones related content that is less than a two hour watch, I’m starting a video series called The Grump Speaks. If it becomes a ‘thing,’ I’ll also package it as an audio podcast or as an ‘extra’ for the Beyond The Wall and/or the Consumption podcast feed.
The Grump Speaks will be reviews… or rambles. In this case, I’m talking about the Season 4 Episode 1 episode “Two Swords” of Game of Thrones, called “The Melting of Ice, and the Return of Needle.”
We at SpecFicMedia.com are proud to announce our next video/audio podcast/YouTube show:
On Thursday, October 3rd, SpecFicMedia.com will be launching SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Tintin Forever. Tintin Forever will be a monthly podcast/YouTube show, and I will be co-hosting it with Valerie Durham (the better half of Consumption guest James Durham).
For those of you not familiar with The Adventures of Tintin, here\\™s the gist of it. The Adventures of Tintin was a comic, created by Belgian cartoonist Herge, which was serialized in newspapers and various magazines from 1929-1983. The Adventures of Tintin chronicled the travels and adventures of young Belgian reporter Tintin, always aided by his faithful dog Snowy. It was a series admired for its artistic style, it\\™s storytelling innovations, its humor, and its ability to comment on the politics and culture of the day. It some ways Tintin is a travelogue, and in other ways it is a reflection of the turbulence and change that was the 20th century. Tintin\\™s stories crossed many genres: from mystery and swashbuckling adventure, to fantasy and science fiction, and even instances of magical realism that have become so popular today.
While we might do some live shows from time to time, this will be a more of a production oriented show, uploaded to YouTube the first Thursday of every month, and the show will also be released in audio form, day and date, as a podcast with the same name. The main reason for this is I want to include more multimedia content, and while there are ways to do this during our live Hangouts, I want to give the visual content its due, and adding this content in post and uploading the completed product will be the best way to accomplish this.
Following this, we will release new episodes the first Thursday of every month, each covering the next comic album chronologically. And when we have time, we\\™ll throw in additional episodes covering subjects such as Tintin the movie, the Tintin television show, or possibly the European Tintin movies from the 60s and 70s… and whatever else strikes our fancy.
So to become part of the show, you can do any of the following:
You can email us at tintin at specficmedia.com
You can leave us a voicemail at 704-981-1736… that\\™s 704-981-1SFM for those of you with one of those old timey phones…
You can post questions and leave comments on YouTube or on SFM.com, either here or on future episode posts.
See you on October 3rd (hopefully, if I can finish editing the video) for the first installment of SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Tintin Forever.
Episode 7 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded on Wednesday, September 25th.
We talked about Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (I wonder how long we’re going to have to type all those damned periods), Sleepy Hollow, The Blacklist, Gravity Falls, et. al.
I got to see “Gravity” at a pre-screening event, and we talked about that.
Also, videogames (GTA V, $1 BILLION in 4 days) and RPGs were on the docket.
We also announced a couple of new shows from SpecFicMedia.com, so watch the video and look for more info on the website!
Hosts:
P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)
If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):
Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!
Episode 4 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout on 8/26/2013. We’ve got 2 1/2 hours of audio FUN!
Our guest was one of this century’s Renaissance men, Jared Axelrod. Our main topics of discussion: Kickass 2 and Comic Books
Show Notes:
Guest: Jared Axelrod
Main Website
Twitter: @planetx
Facebook Page
Tumblr:
Jared’s Commander Cockroach Kickstarter ends 9/20/13! Please check it out!
Also discussed:
Hosts:
P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Beyond the Wall Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Vivid Musings Blog)
Contact:
If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):
Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!
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Episode 3 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout, Wednesday, August 14th.
Our guest this week was the incomparable Mur Lafferty, author of the recent novel, The Shambling Guide to New York City.
Show Notes:
2:30 – Elysium
8:45 – Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
14:30 – The Wolverine
16:00 – White Trash Zombie Apocalypse – Diana Rowland
18:50 – Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs – Molly Harper
19:12 – The Failed Cities – Matt Wallace
20:30 – Nos4a2: A Novel – Joe Hill
22:30 – 20th Century Ghosts – Joe Hill
23:45 – The Lost Room
24:15 – 11/22/63 – Stephen King
27:22 – The Shambling Guide to New York City – Mur Lafferty
42:20 – The Wool Omnibus – Hugh Howey
48:00 – Indie Game: The Movie
1:01:00 – Civilization V
1:04:25 – SPOILER CHAT – I WARNED YOU! – Elysium
Hosts:
P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Beyond the Wall Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Vivid Musings Blog)
Contact:
If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):
Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!
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Our second episode of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout on August 7, 2013.
Guest: writer/musician/filmmaker/husband/father/carpenter James Durham, creator of the award winning FETIDUS podcast.
(Actually, I have no idea if he is a carpenter)
Show Notes:
6:00 – The Last of Us
25:30 – Grounded: The Last of Us
29:00 – True Blood
34:00 – Rogue Legacy
42:00 – We Didn’t Playtest This at All
45:00 – Dixit
49:00 – Civilization V – Brave New World
52:00 – Starcraft: Heart of the Swarm
57:50 – X-Com: Enemy Unknown
1:01:00 – The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
1:05:00 – News
1:05:00 – Elysium
1:07:00 – Doctor Who
1:20:00 – Game of Thrones
1:26:00 – Animal Crossing: New Leaf
1:36:00 – James Durham
1:48:00 – Closing Credits
1:49:30 – SPOILER CHAT – I WARNED YOU – The Last of Us
Hosts:
P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, and bassist of Ditched By Kate)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)
If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):
Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!
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Our first episode of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout on July 31, 2013.
FIRST OFF: Apologies for the audio. The damned hamsters that power my internet took the f’ing night off, apparently. But my partners in crime carried the show, and our guest was just great… as you will soon learn.
Our guest was Matthew Wayne Selznick, author of Brave Men Run and the recently released Pilgrimage.
Show Notes:
00:00 – Introduction – Where we discover P.G.’s internet sucks…
06:30 – The Venture Brothers – Christiana’s Venture Brothers Podcast
11:30 – Adventure Time
13:45 – Arrested Development
23:00 – Pacific Rim
34:00 – The Last Avatar
36:45 – Matthew Wayne Selznick
47:00 – Battlestar Galactica
52:00 – Falling Skies
59:00 – Blackfish (documentary)
1:02:00 – A Band Called Death
1:08:00 – The Pixar Theory
Hosts:
P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Beyond the Wall Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Vivid Musings Blog)
If you want to be part of this or future episodes of the show (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):
Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!
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Episode 6 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded on Sunday, September 15th.
We talked about the new television season. What shows are you looking forward to most? Least? Post here and we’ll include your comments during the show!
We also announced a couple of new shows from SpecFicMedia.com, so watch the video and look for more info on the website about this!
Hosts:
P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)
If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):
Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!
Episode 5 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout.
We spent our time talking about two things in particular: Dragon*Con! and Chooch and Viv’s visit to P.G.’s house, better known as The “Neverpanties” Ranch.
Guests:
Nicole Gugliucci
Timothy Legower
Billy Flynn
Terri “Flynnstress”
Hosts:
P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)
If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):
Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!
Episode 4 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout, Wednesday, 8/28/13.
Our guest: one of this century’s Renaissance men, Jared Axelrod.
Hosts:
P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, and bassist of Ditched By Kate)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)
If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):
Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!