More podcast-y goodness

[wshaffer]

I've been trawling iTunes for more podcasts to check out. I've found a couple that are well worth checking out:

First up, Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing, hosted by Shaun Farrell. Each episode features an interview with a science fiction or fantasy author, as well as publishing news and other tidbits.

The first episode I listened to was an interview with Michael Moorcock about his new book, The Metatemporal Detective, which sounds well worth checking out. (Moorcock is a bit of a hit and miss author for me. Some of his work enthralls me (most of the Elric stuff), some makes me want to shoot myself in the head (some of his recent short fiction that I've read), and some sends me alternately oscillating between enthrallment and head-shootiness every few pages (the Jerry Cornelius novels). Still, I rarely find him dull.)

I skipped back to an earlier episode and listened to an interview with Kim Harrison, which convinced me that I really ought to give one of her books a go, even if they are covered in vampire-cooties. There was some interesting discussion of writing process as well: Harrison likes to outline scenes by jotting down all the dialogue first, which struck me as intriguing and novel enough that I made of a point of suggesting to Daniel that he try it out. (Personally, I'm not much of an outliner, or I'd give it a try myself.)

Their latest episode has an interview with Larry Niven. I haven't heard it yet.


Next up is Cadmium 2, a podcast devoted to "Cult British Science Fiction". At present, that translates to about 50% Doctor Who, and 50% other stuff, much of which I've never heard of. They did do a podcast on one of the James Bond films, which I'm not sure really qualifies as "Cult" or "Science Fiction", but why be overly nitpicky? So far, I've only heard Episode 2 (a set report from the recording of the Big Finish audio play The Wishing Beast, including an interview with Bonnie Langford, who comes across as a total sweetheart), and Episode 4, an interview with Nick Briggs, the producer of the Big Finish Doctor Who line. But I'm looking forward to hearing more, even though this will probably lead me inexorably closer to the day when I decide I desperately need to own a region-free DVD player that handles PAL.

Comments

[neile.livejournal.com]

You might want to check to see if your current DVD player can be reprogrammed to be region-free. We have a ~$50 Philips that took about five minutes to retrain. I can't remember the site that gives information, but it's a pretty easy google.

And yes, we now own several PAL DVDs. Great except we can only loan them to a few people.

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

Cool. We have a cheapie Toshiba, so clearly a google is in order.

[was-scott.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your really kind comments about Cadmium 2. The lads really enjoy doing it and I enjoyed taking part in the "TOMMOROW NEVER DIES" show. Paul and Mike are massive Bond fans, and here in the UK, the franchise is virtually a national institution and it's always fun to geek out over stuff that maybe no one expects. :) Hope we do help you with your region-free DVD decision.

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the enthusiasm that goes into the podcast is obvious and infectious. I'm looking forward to hearing the "Tomorrow Never Dies" episode. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

Cadmium2

[goldfishparacetamol.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

Hi. Thanks for the nice comments about the show. Bonnie Langford was indeed a TOTAL sweetheart. I'll admit I was smitten and the off air conversations were even better than the ones we broadcast! Hopefully I'll get the chance to speak to her again soon.

Cadmium2 doesn't strictly look at just science fiction. We're a podcast of Cult British TV, Film and Audio, so we'll be covering Monty Python, Blackadder, Withnail & I, etc etc. James Bond, although mainstream as a movie series has, much like Star Trek, Doctor Who, Buffy et al, a large, dedicated following - so although it hovers around the term "cult" it follows a pattern much like some of those other shows. And to be brutally honest, Wendy and I can talk for HOURS about Bond (as you may notice when you listen to the podcast) so we'd have been mad not to cover it - and we will be doing so again...

Andrew, Mike and I are massive Doctor Who fans and, as we're covering the series in order from its very first episode we do weight the show to cover more of that than anything else (we anticipate getting to the current series sometime aound 2010!).

I hope that, although you may not have seen some of the shows we're covering, the show might encourage to check some of them out. I'm particularly looking forward to covering Neverwhere, Red Dwarf, Brit vampire series Ultraviolet and 70s spooky kids classic; Children of the Stones.

Best,
Paul

Re: Cadmium2

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

Here I was thinking that I really ought to send you guys a nice feedback email, or drop a comment on the blog, and the magic of the internet has done my work for me!

I'm already quite a fan of Neverwhere and Red Dwarf, and Withnail & I is currently sitting at the top of my Netflix queue, waiting for them to mail it out to me. So, yeah, I'll certainly keep listening, and I'll certainly check out some of shows you're covering that I haven't seen.

I'm looking forward to more coverage of audio drama as well - it's a format that doesn't get much attention over here in the U.S., and I'm fascinated by it.

Thanks for dropping by and commenting!

[goldfishparacetamol.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

The wonders of the web, eh? Well you're obviously checking out the Cadmium2 site (please leave comments, we've had SO many downloads but not much feedback yet...) but as you seem to be a Who fan, judging by your little Ace avatar, have a look at my Who blog: www.drwhotarget.wordpress.com.

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