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Ep 188: A Tribute to Tim Curry
We gush, laugh and discuss our favorite films of legendary character actor Tim Curry.
With the help of our awesome Curry-lovin' guest host Greenie (The Green Witch of the Shire), we celebrate our favorite motion pictures that star the late, and undeniably great Tim Curry. We've each chosen two films and will be presenting them in chronological order, from obvious cult classics like Rocky Horror and Legend, to some of Tim's lesser talked
The Brig: Time Travelers Have Sh!tty Memories (w/ author Sydney Arcane)
Author and Artist Sydney Arcane transports in to talk about her new Sci-Fi novel, The Time Traveller's Final Mission!
Sydney Arcane is beyond talented. She's the writer/artist of the snarky vampire-centric comic book series BloodDreams (under the name Angi Shearstone) but for her brand new novel, she transports into the world of Science Ficton!
The Time Traveler's Final Mission features a very reliable take on the unreliable
Ep 187: Getting Back To Nature
We recharge our souls and batteries recounting some of our most memorable nature walks.
This week, we decide to touch some grass and recharge our souls with a taste of the great outdoors. Your Octo-hosts take you on a wander down various winding paths--over hill and stream, greeting all the creatures in between.
Coopster Gold leads the way and recites a selection of poems, pared perfectly with each
The Brig: Some Dark Blood and a Crow Named Gary (w/ Emma & Steven T. Gibbon)
We chat with authors Emma and Steven T. Gibbon about their books Dark Blood Comes From The Feet and Lipsnitch Snilly
Tonight in the BRIG, we welcome our first ever married couple! Two writers from the wilds of Maine (and other places prior). Poet, writer Emma Gibbon is the author of the critically acclaimed short story collection "Dark Blood Comes From The Feet", and Steven T. Gibbon is an artist, game designer and he just released one of the most unique and weirdly
Ep 186: Platforming Some Collect-A-Thons
A sub-genre that started on the N64 where collecting various items became the name of the game!
Video games now known as Collect-A-Thons (short for "Collection Marathons") came about in the late 1990s with the advent of 3-D polygonal platformers with and fully exploreable game worlds. By giving players a ton of items to hunt down and "collect", these games developed a very unique identity and today are considered a distinct sub-genre.
The Brig: Regarding the Trash Heap from Fraggle Rock (w/ author Jennifer Anne Gordon)
Author/podcaster/cover girl Jennifer Anne Gordon is here to gab about her new thriller novel, Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies!
Jennifer Anne Gordon is the award winning author of the novel Pretty/Ugly and co-host of the awesome Vox Vomitus podcast Tonight, she's here to chat about her new mystery thriller "Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies".
We'll talk about what it's like to write in a new genre, as well as to stock it full of
Ep 185: When Playstation One The Day (w/ Paloma Serena)
We celebrate the polygonal perfection of some amazing original Playstation games!
One of the heaviest hitters of the Fifth Generation of video game consoles, the Sony Playstation (AKA PS1) rocketed onto store shelves in 1995, signifying the true end of the 16bit era. Cartridges and passwords were OUT, game discs and memory cards were IN and the world was about to be WOWED by 3-D environments, 24 channels of sound and some very charming
The Brig: Nothing Can Stop Sniegoski & Acheson!
The writing team of Sniegoski & Acheson return to chat about their newest graphic novel!
There will be no monkeying around this time as we welcome back New York Times Best Selling Author, Thomas Sniegoski (author of "Grim Death and Bill The Electrocuted Criminal"), and Jeannine Acheson (co-author of "Soul Taker" and "Nira: A Constance Evermore Story").
For their third appearance on the show, the dynamic writing duo is here to chat all
Ep 184: Retro Ridoctopus and The Masters of The Universe
Joined by Raina Madison, we shine the light of Grayskull on He-Man, Skeletor and our favorite MOTU characters!
With the added power of Raina Madison (from the Spooky Picture Show) this musclebound episode is armed with a whole lot of fanfare for THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!!
With power swords in hand, we take some big swings at ten of our favorite MOTU characters. That's five heroes and five villains, and it all starts with He-Man and Skeletor!
The Brig: A Lovely Portrait of Grief (w/ author K. H. Vaughan)
Ken Vaughan drops by to discuss his new collection "This Is The Table Where We Wash Our Dead".
The work of K. H. Vaughan has appeared in numerous volumes of the New England Horror Writers’ WICKED series, issues of Old Moon Quarterly and many other fine anthologies! And tonight he returns to THE BRIG to talk all about his fantastic new grief horror short story collection "This Is The Table Where We Wash Our Dead" and the return of the International