Saturday, April 23, 2005

The Rev Up Review of Speculative Fiction Podcasts

Details of the second (and first real) Rev Up Review podcast:

  • Title: RUR-2005-04-23
  • Size: 15.7 MB
  • Duration: 34'08"
Use the FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

Contents:
  • 00.00 Start
  • 00.08 Jingle: RUR, Rev Up Review
  • 00.14 The second Rev Up Review has landed ('Tardis landing' sound-effect from Out Of This World BBC Radiophonic Workshop LP 1976)
  • 01.04 Intro to this podcast
  • 02.25 History of The Rev-Up Review Pages (original website also accessible through the link at the top right of this page)
  • 03.38 The Seanachai by Patrick McLean (www.goodwordsrightorder.com)
  • 04.35 The Seanachai promo
  • 05.57 Invasive Species from Audioblaze
  • 07.07 Earthcore by Scott Sigler
  • 08.38 Earthcore promo
  • 10.06 MythArc from Derek and Sharon Gilbert
  • 13.23 Tom Corven by Paul Story
  • 14.50 The Pocket and the Pendant by Mark Jeffrey (also available at the Dragon Page)
  • 15.12 Promo for The Pocket and the Pendant
  • 17.30 Cover to Cover, Wingin' It, Morevi and Slice of Sci Fi on The Dragon Page
  • 18.58 The future of podcasting?
  • 20.06 Cinemascope promo (Oneword Radio)
  • 21.32 "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
  • 21.39 Episode 2 of The Journey of Jonathan Cave (first published in Alien Q webzine)
  • 33.16 Background music: "Longing for Home" by reaman. Find more of reaman's music at Electrobel
  • 33.45 Send feedback (emails, or mp3 audio) to rur@rev-up-review.co.uk, or post a comment below
  • 34.05 Jingle: Rev Up Review
  • 34.08 End
Next podcast:
  • I'm aiming to post a podcast once every two to three weeks, though there might be some additional Rev Up Extra podcasts if something crops up...who knows?

Saturday, April 02, 2005

The first Rev Up Review podcast

Details of the first (experimental) Rev Up Review podcast:
  • Title: RUR-2005-03-25
  • Size: 15.3 MB
  • Duration: 33'23"
Use the FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

Contents:
  • 00.00 Start
  • 00.07 Jingle: "RUR, Rev Up Review"
  • 00.13 Intro
  • 00.53 The Rev Up Review Pages
  • 02.09 Audio Actuality: A visit to the supermarket
  • 05.00 Interzone Magazine
  • 08.30 Intro to Skype test
  • 10.16 Skype test
  • 15.57 Audio Actuality: Driving home
  • 20.53 The Journey of Jonathan Cave -- Episode 1
  • 31.14 "Cinemascope" on Oneword Radio
  • 33.14 Jingle: "Rev Up Review"
  • 33.23 End
Equipment:
  • This first experimental podcast was recorded on a Windows PC using the open source audio editor Audacity, available here.
  • Microphone/stereo headset was a Sennheiser m@b 30, which was also used for the original recording of "The Journey of Jonathan Cave" on a Sony MZ-R55 minidisc walkman.
  • The MZ-R55 was also used for the Audio Actuality recordings, with a Yoga EM-8 stereo tie-clip mic.
Music:
  • Background: Gershwin -- Concerto in F
  • Jonathan Cave intro & outro: Sibelius -- Finlandia
Next podcast:
  • Will there be one?