The Rev Up Review

The Rev Up Review Summer Edition

2008-07-06T23:00:00.001Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Thirty-Six:

Title: RUR-2008-07-06 #36 The Rev Up Review Summer Edition
Size: 38.7 MB
Duration: 56'16"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.12 Welcome
01.35 Mystery sound contest winner (no prizes!)
02.15 Nobilis Erotica Podcast
03.34 Review of The Sarah Jane Adventures
11.21 Dragon*Con Audio Blog - final part
19.36 Interview with Scott Sigler
25.55 Peter S. Beagle's "Come Lady Death" at PodCastle
26.15 Tenuous Tales
26.24 Pieces Podcast
27.16 Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies
27.52 Music: Ha Ha Hey by Sarah Aubrey Podsafe Music Network
32.22 From the Podosphere at The Fix Online
33.07 Interview with Mur Lafferty
43.05 Final part of "Conspicuous Waste" - Music: "Diamond in Disguise" from the album The Outsider by Chance's End (more at Podsafe Audio)
55.24 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
55.31

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55.38 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk.
56.16 End

The Rev Up Review Resurrected

2008-01-06T23:00:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Thirty-Five:

Title: RUR-2008-01-06 #35 The Rev Up Review Resurrected
Size: 34.9 MB
Duration: 50'45"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.56 Welcome
01.42 Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
02.50 Dragon*Con Audio Blog - part 3 (of 4)
12.11 SFF Audio
13.22 Music from Cathy Miller and Gregory L. Mahan
15.35 Interview with Michael R. Mennenga of FarPoint Media and the Dragon Page
19.53 Music from Gregory L. Mahan: Trip to Sligo
21.05 Mystery sound contest
22.48 Tenuous Tales
24.08 Mur Lafferty's Playing for Keeps
26.11 12 Volt Theater
27.25 Pseudopod: The Western Front by Patrick Samphire
27.30 Variant Frequencies: The Mason's Son by Dennis Egan
27.36 My interview on the Sci Phi Show
27.45 The Plitone Revisionist (also available at Podiobooks.com)
27.52 The Sci Phi Journal
28.17 Matthew Wayne Selznick: Brave Men Run, Writers Talking
40.50 StarShipSofa No 72 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (my review here)
41.19 Part 2 of "Conspicuous Waste" - Music: "Diamond in Disguise" from the album The Outsider by Chance's End (more at Podsafe Audio)
49.49 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
49.56

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50.02 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk.
50.45 End

The Rev Up Review Thing Is Strange

2007-10-07T22:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Thirty-Four:

Title: RUR-2007-10-07 #34 The Rev Up Review Thing Is Strange
Size: 30.2 MB
Duration: 43'51"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.09 Welcome
00.43 Dragon*Con Audio Blog - part 2 (of 4)
07.22 DragonCon 2007 Flickr Set
07.31 Podcasting United Nations
07.34 Wingin' It 3D Live
07.38 Review of Stranger Things TV
12.28 Music from Cathy Miller and Gregory L. Mahan
14.25 Feedback from James Hector and Vanamonde
14.51 Interview with Rob Walch of Podcast411, Today in Podcasting, Today in iPhone and Tricks of the Podcasting Masters
19.10 Tenuous Tales
19.53 Music from Cathy Miller and Gregory L. Mahan
21.41 Interview with J. C. Hutchins, author of the 7th Son trilogy, also available at Podiobooks.com
30.11 Podzone 2: "SF Podcasting - The British Way" available now in Interzone 212
30.24 StarShipSofa No 60 "Interzone"
30.41 New fiction serial: Part 1 of "Conspicuous Waste" - Music: "Diamond in Disguise" from the album The Outsider by Chance's End (more at Podsafe Audio)
42.58 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
43.04

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43.12 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk.
43.51 End

The Rev Up Review DragonCon Edition

2007-09-16T22:00:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Thirty-Three:

Title: RUR-2007-09-16 #33 The Rev Up Review DragonCon Edition
Size: 29.2 MB
Duration: 42'32"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.19 Welcome
00.53 Dragon*Con
01.33 Dragon*Con Audio Blog - part 1 (of 4)
14.31 DragonCon 2007 Flickr Set
14.46 Review of Zencore! Scriptus Innominatus
24.56 Clock Chimes: Jephson Gardens
25.27 Chris Fisher
25.58 Music from Cathy Miller and Gregory L. Mahan
28.52 Interview with Jared Axelrod (Aliens You Will Meet and The Voice of Free Planet X) and J. R. Blackwell (Voices of Tomorrow) 365 Tomorrows
40.34 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
40.42

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40.49 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk.
41.17 Music from Gregory L. Mahan: Stacks of Rye
42.32 End

Dragon*Con

2007-08-30T00:30:00.000Z

Just a quick note: I'll be leaving for Dragon*Con in just over six hours, and therefore email will not even be read, let alone answered, until late next week.

Expect, however, a full report.

The Rev Up Review is back

2007-07-22T23:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Thirty-Two:

Title: RUR-2007-07-22 #32 The Rev Up Review is back
Size: 16.7 MB
Duration: 24'11"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.08 Welcome
00.49 Dragon*Con
01.14 Podzone Interzone column
01.30 The Plitone Revisionist is now complete at Podiobooks.com
02.34 Feedback from Chris Fisher
02.53 Feedback from Merrill
03.18 Contest: What's wrong with this? What time is it?
04.13 Review of The Dead Light District
07.58 Michael Bekemeyer's Playback
08.13 Music: Be Real by Josh Zuckerman (Podsafe Music Network )
13.39 Jekyll
15.07 Wittering On
15.17 Joe Murphy Memorial Fund and Give Us A Minute
17.20 One-off short story: "The Lungs of the World" - read by Mark Jenkins. Music is Exodus by Taurus James at the Podsafe Music Network
22.52 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
22.58
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23.09 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, but don't call the Rant Line!
24.11 End

The Rev Up Review Darkly Scans

2007-03-25T23:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Thirty-One:

Title: RUR-2007-03-25 #31 The Rev Up Review Darkly Scans
Size: 24.1 MB
Duration: 35'02"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.13 Welcome
00.45 Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword
03.21 A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
07.29 DVD: A Scanner Darkly
10.09 Apple Store opening, West Quay, Southampton (pictures)
10.29 Primeval
14.27 The Plitone Revisionist
16.16 Scott Sigler's Ancestor
17.47 TD0013's MS Walk
19.57 Joe Murphy
20.47 Podzone Interzone column
21.50 Music: It Came True by Catya Mare (Podsafe Music Network )
26.44 One-off short story: "The Gatehouse" - Music by Till Berg's Upstairs at the Podsafe Music Network
33.47 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
33.54
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34.00 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
35.02 End

The Rev Up Review on the Sofa

2007-02-10T23:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Thirty:

Title: RUR-2007-02-10 #30 The Rev Up Review on the Sofa
Size: 29.1 MB
Duration: 42'15"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.13 Welcome
00.57 One Among The Sleepless
02.53 Light On Light Through
03.55 Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword
05.44 StarShipSofa
07.11 Interview with Tony C. Smith and Ciaran O'Carroll of StarShipSofa
41.12 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
41.18
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41.25 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
42.15 End

The Rev Up Review Rift Shift

2007-01-27T20:46:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-Nine:

Title: RUR-2007-01-27 #29 The Rev Up Review Rift Shift
Size: 22.6 MB
Duration: 32'52"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.09 Welcome
00.36 Second Shift
02.25 Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword
04.10 Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana by Tee Morris & Lisa Lee
07.35 Legacy of Morevi: Book One of the Arathellean Wars by Tee Morris
11.06 Nina Kimberly The Merciless by Christiana Ellis
12.53 Creative Commons
13.39 The Plitone Revisionist
15.08 7th Son - Book Two: Deceit
15.46 The Time Traveler Show
16.17 Under the Graying Sea by Jonathan Sherwood
18.31 Music: Abilene (The Eisenhower Waltz) by Peter Mulvey (Podsafe Music Network )
22.15 Fiction serial: Part 5 (final) of "The Trivium" - Music by Emily Richards at the Podsafe Music Network
31.40 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
32.10 The Plot Thingy
32.29 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
32.36
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32.52 End

The Rev Up Review - PodcastCon UK

2006-12-31T22:59:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-Eight:

Title: RUR-2006-12-31 #28 The Rev Up Review - PodcastCon UK
Size: 24 MB
Duration: 34'56"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel) and Welcome
01.10 Happy New Year!
01.32 The Queen's Christmas Message
02.51 PodcastCon UK 2006
03.21 Sebastian Prooth
03.41 Nicole Simon - Cruel to be Kind, Useful Sounds
03.52 Tom Hall - Lonely Planet
03.55 Heather Gorringe - Wiggly Wigglers
04.14 Chris Skinner
04.28 Brad Gibson - MacFormat
04.53 CC Chapman
05.50 John Buckley Dissident Vox
06.06 Slashed Seat Affair, Jimmy Golding, The Shakes Adam Curry
06.23 My YouTube video (2'30" taken with Canon A95)
06.28 Flickr photographs (use tag podcastconuk2006 to see all the pics)
06.40 Martin Devaughan - Green Dragon
06.53 John Buckman - Magnatune
07.04 Creative Commons
08.07 Pete Cogle - PCPodcast
08.39 Paul Bonsor
09.06 Stealth Disco video on YouTube
09.32 Music: Janine by The Shakes (Podsafe Music Network)
12.57 Mike O'Hara - Fishbowl Acoustic
13.15 No background music!
13.48 Plot Thingy Guide
14.37 Tee Morris - Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword; Legacy of Morevi: Book One of the Arathellean Wars
16.51 Number One with a Bullet
18.07 Wonder Audio: Coming Attraction by Fritz Leiber; The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick; The Wind People by Marion Zimmer Bradley
18.42 Pseudopod: Oranges, Lemons and Thou Beside Me by Eugie Foster
18.53 Escape Pod Flash: Act of Devil read by Mur Lafferty
19.18 RANT line call from Gary in California
19.54 The Plitone Revisionist - www.paulsjenkins.net and www.podiobooks.com
20.50 Who says I shouldn't do this?
20.58 Fiction serial: Part 4 of "The Trivium" - Music by Emily Richards at the Podsafe Music Network
33.20 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
34.20 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
34.30
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34.56 End

The Rev Up Review Lives Again

2006-10-15T22:00:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-Seven:

Title: RUR-2006-10-15 #27 The Rev Up Review Lives Again
Size: 29.1 MB
Duration: 42'22"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel) and Welcome
00.30 The Plitone Revisionist - www.paulsjenkins.net and www.podiobooks.com
01.46 Plot Thingy Guide
02.21 A Word from Our Sponsor
03.38 Review of Interzone 205
08.41 The Rev-Master's Rant: Forbidden Planet
10.35 PodcastCon UK 2006
11.48 BBC Proms
14.32 Music: Flesh & Blood by Gary Moore (Podsafe Music Network)
19.45 The Manatee Man
20.15 StarShipSofa
22.35 Michael & Evo's Wingin' It Show #75
23.50 Mur Lafferty's Heaven
25.23 Michael Stone's "Sacred Skin" at Pseudopod
25.40 I Should Be Writing Special Show #15
26.01 Silent Universe
27.28 Henk's thoughts on time-travel
27.45 ScatterPod and 2BPictures
28.37 Find the promos for The Plitone Revisionist here
30.21 SFF Audio
30.24 Fiction serial: Part 3 of "The Trivium" - Music by Emily Richards at the Podsafe Music Network
41.10 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
41.54 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
42.01
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42.22 End

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Gonna Rain Today by Gary Moore (Podsafe Music Network)

Reassurance

2006-09-28T22:18:00.000Z

Just to let you know...

...the next edition of RUR will be posted soon.

My podcasting energies have been recently taken up with preparing my novel The Plitone Revisionist for Podiobooks.com. That's now live, and I encourage you to visit www.podiobooks.com and subscribe. You need to be registered, but it's all free, and the great thing about Podiobooks.com is that whenever you subscribe to one of the many podiobooks available your subscription starts at the very first episode, and you can specify how often (daily, weekly, monthly) you get each subsequent episode. You can even, if you so wish, receive all the available episodes on the same day!

I will also be releasing a more verbose version of The Plitone Revisionist podcast novel at www.paulsjenkins.net, including promos, chat, and eventually feedback.

RUR #27 is likely to be a bumper edition, unless I decide to hold some of the huge amount of content I have until #28.

The Rev Up Review - Movies and More

2006-08-05T23:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-Six:

Title: RUR-2006-08-05 #26 The Rev Up Review - Movies and More
Size: 26.8 MB
Duration: 38'59"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel) and Welcome
00.57 The Rev Up Review is still a member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
01.10 The Rev-Master's Rant: Rude Words and Podcasting Articles
05.20 Classical music at the BBC Proms, St David's Hall, Cardiff, and at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
08.31 TSFPN.com
08.37 Forbidden Planet Podcast
09.55 Shadow Falls
13.18 Superman Returns
15.27 Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
16.52 Cars
18.11 The Plot Thingy update
22.16 Music: Big Ole Gray Manatee by The Manatee Man (Podsafe Music Network)
26.34 Fiction serial: Part 2 of "The Trivium" - Music by Emily Richards at the Podsafe Music Network
37.26 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
38.26 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
38.34
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39.59 End

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Redman Cries by The Manatee Man (Podsafe Music Network)

Forbidden Planet sees the light (or at least the link)

2006-07-09T00:48:00.000Z

No sooner do I post a new RUR, complete with RANT about Forbidden Planet's lack of links for its 'podcast', than they actually put it right -- or nearly so. I can't seriously believe they've responded to my barely concealed invective in the short time since RUR #25 went live, but whatever prompted them to do it, I'm glad they did. The media player on the site now works with my MacBook, and there's a separate link to download the mp3. Only one though. There's no RSS feed yet -- but here's hoping...

The Rev Up Review has not podfaded

2006-07-08T22:15:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-Five:

Title: RUR-2006-07-08 #25 The Rev Up Review has not podfaded
Size: 27.3 MB
Duration: 39'44"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel) and Welcome
00.28 Apple MacBook & GarageBand 3
01.45 The Rev Up Review was a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
02.45 Tricks of the Podcasting Masters by Rob Walch & Mur Lafferty
04.10 Review of Interzone 204
09.20 The Rev-Master's Rant: The Forbidden Planet 'podcast'
11.01 The Time Traveler Show
12.04 Share the Pain: 7th Son: Descent by JC Hutchins, and Infection by Scott Sigler
14.19 Silent Universe
16.43 Music: Dying to Live by Sacred Desire (Podsafe Music Network)
22.11 The Plot Thingy
28.16 New fiction serial: Part 1 of "The Trivium" - Music by Emily Richards at the Podsafe Music Network
38.06 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
38.55 The Rev Up Review is a production of Willowsoft Communications
39.01
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39.44 End

Background music:

It's a Mystery by Sacred Desire (Podsafe Music Network)

Not podfading!

2006-07-02T19:05:00.000Z

I had hoped to post a new RUR this weekend, but it's not going to happen. It's now Sunday evening (a very hot and humid Sunday evening here in Portsmouth) and I've still a fair bit of other stuff to do before the weekend is over. I spent a good part of today editing the audio for the next RUR fiction serial -- a story called "The Trivium", which will be serialized over the next five editions of The Rev Up Review.

I'm preparing plenty of content for upcoming shows, including a review of all the stories in the latest Interzone (204), as well as focusing on some new SF-related podcasts. And there'll be the usual rants (no shortage of those, it seems).

Also (not directly related to RUR) there is the podcast novel, the initial chapters of which I'm now recording and editing, so expect some fairly shameless pimping of The Plitone Revisionist, available soon.

Definitely not podfading -- thanks for your patience!

Tricks of the Podcasting Masters

2006-06-13T20:46:00.000Z

For several months I've had a preorder at Amazon.co.u k for Tricks of the Podcasting Masters by Rob Walch & Mur Lafferty. Despite the expected delivery being some time in July I received email this morning saying it had been dispatched. About an hour later, moments before I was leaving for work, a heavy packet slid through my letter box.

I've been skimming through it this evening, and it's unlike any other podcasting book I've seen. It focuses less on the technical aspects and more on the content of podcasting, naming many podcasts and the podcasters producing that content, to give a real feel for what the authors describe as the 'art' of podcasting.

Of course I was delighted to find (thank you both, Rob, Mur) that The Rev Up Review is mentioned several times within its pages.

I'm looking forward to reading the whole thing, cover to cover, in between getting to grips with my new toy.

The Rev Up Review Reunites...

2006-06-04T23:40:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-Four:

Title: RUR-2006-06-04 #24 The Rev Up Review Reunites...
Size: 12.0 MB
Duration: 26'00"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.20 Welcome
00.44 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
00.59 The Rev-Master's Rant (1): Grammar
03.40 The Rev-Master's Rant (2): Doctor Who
05.34 Music: Moving by Schmee (Podsafe Music Network)
09.25 Review of Not One of Us #35
12.16 "Are You Ready for the End of the World?" by Danny Adams, at Escape Pod
14.14 TSFPN.com
14.23 Beryl Jumps Out Of A Plane
14.44 The Plot Thingy
14.51 Thanks for feedback about RUR interview with 7th Son author JC Hutchins, from James Hector and Mark Forman
15.16 Complete short story: "Reunion" - Music: Ghost by The Panic Attacks at the Podsafe Music Network
23.58 Willowsoft Communications
24.28 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
25.11
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25.32 Comments please, on new audio set-up
26.00 End

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Star Sweeper by Schmee (Podsafe Music Network)

See Beryl Jump Out Of A Plane!

2006-05-29T22:13:00.000Z

As mentioned in the last Rev Up Review, Beryl successfully completed her jump on Sunday 7th May, and now you can see it...

http://www.beryljumpsoutofaplane.com

The Rev Up Review Cloned Edition

2006-05-13T23:00:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-Three:

Title: RUR-2006-05-13 #23 The Rev Up Review Cloned Edition
Size: 21.4 MB
Duration: 46'36"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.18 Welcome
00.26 Beryl has jumped out of a plane! www.beryljumpsoutofaplane.com
00.58 Subscribe to The Rev Up Review via iTunes
01.36 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
02.18 7th Son promo
03.52 Interview with JC Hutchins, author of 7th Son, Book One: Descent
31.30 TSFPN.com
31.39 7th Son also available at Podiobooks.com
32.35 Music: Pacific City by Graeme Hindmarsh (Podsafe Music Network)
36.01 The Plot Thingy (Many thanks to Mur Lafferty for the great bumper!)
36.51 Part Three (final) of "Bright Light of Morning" - Music by Josh Roydhouse at the Podsafe Music Network
45.15 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
45.56
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46.36 End

Background music:

Windsurfer by Graeme Hindmarsh (Podsafe Music Network)

The Rev Up Review of Nemo 5

2006-04-29T23:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-Two:

Title: RUR-2006-04-29 #22 The Rev Up Review of Nemo 5
Size: 13.9 MB
Duration: 30'17"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.12 Welcome
00.28 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
00.44 Unpublished novel to be podcast
00.50 Come Let Me Whisper by Russell L. Burt
00.58 Evo Terra of Podiobooks.com
01.05 Voicemail from Tee Morris of The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
02.17 The Mac mini putty knife flip
03.06 Review of Nemonymous 5
10.14 TSFPN.com
10.25 The Malcontent by Stephen Eley, at Escape Pod
10.52 Music: Wings of Sunshine by Marius Kahan (Podsafe Music Network)
18.00 Review RUR at iTunes and other places
18.34 Infection by Scott Sigler
18.43 Resonance FM: Hooting Yard by Frank Key
19.33 Part Two of "Bright Light of Morning" - Music by Josh Roydhouse at the Podsafe Music Network
28.39 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
29.22 New website for the Plot Thingy soon
29.33
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30.17 End

Background music:

Tomorrow's Memories by Marius Kahan (Podsafe Music Network)

Slight hiccup with latest upload...

2006-04-08T23:59:00.000Z

There was a hiccup in the upload of the latest RUR, which might have resulted in your podcatcher downloading a truncated file. The correct file is available here.

Or if you're using iTunes, simply delete the truncated file from the Podcasts page, Unsubscribe, and then subscribe again. iTunes will then download the correct file.

The Rev Up Review of Grenades

2006-04-08T23:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty-One:

Title: RUR-2006-04-08 #21 The Rev Up Review of Grenades
Size: 13.6 MB
Duration: 29'33"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.19 Welcome
01.06 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
01.26 Plot Thingy update
03.49 Come Let Me Whisper by Russell L. Burt
05.48 J. R. Blackwell's Voices of Tomorrow
10.48 Voices: New Media Fiction, edited by Mur Lafferty
11.01 TSFPN.com
11.12 Lulu.com
11.36 Mark Jeffrey's The Pocket and the Pendant; Matthew Wayne Selznick's Brave Men Run
12.15 Beyond the Storm: Shadows of the Big Easy
12.33 Mur Lafferty's Lessons From a Geek Fu Master
13.12 Music: Never Meant by Adrina Thorpe (Podsafe Music Network)
16.37 Sebastian Prooth's From The Director's Chair podcast
17.03 The Rev-Master's podcast novel?
19.10 Part One of "Bright Light of Morning" - Music by Josh Roydhouse at the Podsafe Music Network
28.05 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
28.47 James Patrick Kelly's column "On the Net" at Asimov's
29.33 End

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Round the Bend by Adrina Thorpe (Podsafe Music Network)

The Rev Up Review Anniversary

2006-03-25T23:45:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twenty:

Title: RUR-2006-03-25 #20 The Rev Up Review Anniversary
Size: 17.4 MB
Duration: 37'50"

Use this FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.19 Welcome
01.29 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
01.49 Excerpt from RUR #1
03.55 Voices: New Media Fiction, edited by Mur Lafferty
04.36 Muriel Gray: The Trickster; Furnace; The Ancient
06.33 "Are You Ready For The End Of The World?" by Danny Adams
07.03 TSFPN.com
07.13 Review of Interzone 203
11.51 Music: Struck Down by Jacques Grant (Podsafe Music Network)
20.42 Voicemail: Mur; Time Traveler; JJ; Duncan
25.48 Beryl Jumps Out Of A Plane.com
26.40 Complete story: "Act of Devil" - Music by Broken Sleep at the Podsafe Music Network
36.02 Writers Weekly 24-Hour Short-Story Contest
36.35 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
37.50 End

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Hey Hey by Jacques Grant (Podsafe Music Network)

The Rev Up Review Countdown

2006-03-14T23:00:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Nineteen:

Title: RUR-2006-03-14 #19 The Rev Up Review Countdown
Size: 19.4 MB
Duration: 42'13"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.09 Guest intro by Tee Morris
00.38 Welcome
00.48 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
01.11 Review of Interzone 202
04.35 Interview with Sebastian Prooth of the From The Director's Chair podcast
16.33 Plot Thingy update
23.56 Countdown to Anniversary Show (March 25th)
24.42 Feedback: Martha in Arizona; Duncan commented on podcast listeners; Chris's podiobook: 7th Son; Jesse of SFF Audio suggested a review of Voices of Tomorrow
25.32 Voices: New Media Fiction, edited by Mur Lafferty
25.48 TSFPN.com
26.07 Music: Might Be Love by John Keenan (Podsafe Music Network)
30.25 Final part of "Waiting For Your Call" - Music by Lee Lesel at the Podsafe Music Network
41.04 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
42.13 End

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When We Lay Down by John Keenan (Podsafe Music Network)

Plot Thingy updated

2006-03-09T22:55:00.000Z

Check out the latest update of the Plot Thingy. (Now showing the contribution from Retsam Ver, who is happy to relinquish the latest segment. Read more....)

Plot Thingy Prizes!

2006-03-09T22:18:00.000Z

Here's the current list of prizes for the Plot Thingy. Rules (such as they are) for the Plot Thingy, along with the latest plot segment, can be found here.

New (unread) paperback books (prize includes shipping, anywhere):

Ian M. Banks - The Algebraist
Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Neil Gaiman - American Gods
Stephen King - Wolves of the Calla
David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife
Terry Pratchett - Going Postal
Complete set of the short-story anthology Nemonymous, in five volumes, each one signed by editor D. F. Lewis. (Nemonymous began as an experiment in late-labelled short fiction, and in five issues became something of an institution. There may be a sixth volume of Nemonymous in the future, but for the moment these five issues are the complete set.)

The Rev Up Review Economy Edition

2006-02-26T19:13:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Eighteen:

Title: RUR-2006-02-26 #18 The Rev Up Review Economy Edition
Size: 12 MB
Duration: 26'02"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.26 Guest intro: "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
00.30 Welcome
00.53 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
01.11 Email from Graham ('not a podcaster')
04.03 TSFPN.com
04.12 From The Director's Chair
04.41 Silent Universe
05.01 Children of the Gods
06.58 ::overclocked::
09.13 Voices: New Media Fiction edited by Mur Lafferty
10.07 Music: Roger What by Cagey House from the album Octopus Two
13.03 Plot Thingy non-update
13.50 Advance notice of Anniversary Show (Number 20)
14.43 Part 5 of "Waiting For Your Call" - Music by Lee Lesel at the Podsafe Music Network
24.52 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
26.02 End

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Tuesday Was A Swan by Cagey House from the album Octopus Two

The Rev Up Review Pod Fiction Roundup

2006-02-04T22:00:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Seventeen:

Title: RUR-2006-02-04 #17 The Rev Up Review Pod Fiction Roundup
Size: 20.7 MB
Duration: 45'09"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.18 Welcome
00.37 Plot Thingy update
02.14 Richard Vobes Radio Show
02.19 Evo Terra of the Dragon Page Cover to Cover
02.29 The Pod Fiction Roundup:
02.46 The Time Keepers
03.23 Dismay
05.11 Anda's Game and Human Readable by Cory Doctorow
06.11 Jared Axelrod: The Voice of Free Planet X
07.55 Tracy & Laura Hickman's Dragonhearth
09.04 Variant Frequencies
11.06 Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick (also at Podiobooks.com)
12.57 The Rev-Master's Rant
13.10 Escape Pod
15.01 Morevi by Tee Morris; The Pocket & The Pendant by Mark Jeffrey; Earthcore by Scott Sigler
18.41 Voices - New Media Fiction edited by Mur Lafferty, available March 2006 from Podiobooks.com
19.39 TSFPN.com
19.49 Official Manuscript Clearance
22.00 Music: Sad Sequence Part 3 by Fumitaka Anzai at the Podsafe Music Network
27.52 Review by David Jenkins of Lauren McLoughlin's "Sheila" in Interzone 201 (comments to david AT revupreview DOT co DOT uk)
30.15 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
30.58 Part 4 of "Waiting For Your Call" - Music by Lee Lesel at the Podsafe Music Network
43.56 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
45.09 End

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Agnus Dei by Fumitaka Anzai at the Podsafe Music Network

The Rev Up Review Monster Edition

2006-01-14T19:49:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Sixteen:

Title: RUR-2006-01-14 #16 The Rev Up Review Monster Edition
Size: 19.0 MB
Duration: 41'24"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.09 Intro bumper by Tee Morris of The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
00.38 Welcome
00.49 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
01.32 Review of King Kong, with Duncan Shepherd (duncan AT revupreview DOT co DOT uk - Download Roodolf movie file here)
19.19 TSFPN.com
19.29 Questions for RUR listeners
21.06 Review of Interzone 201
26.07 Music: Joy by Charlie Crowe at the Podsafe Music Network
28.03 Plot Thingy update: submission from Retsam Ver (next stage submission deadline: 26 January 2006)
30.12 Part 3 of "Waiting For Your Call" - Music by Lee Lesel at the Podsafe Music Network
40.21 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
41.24 End

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O Holy Night by Charlie Crowe at the Podsafe Music Network

The Rev Up Review Seasonal Not

2005-12-29T22:00:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Fifteen:

Title: RUR-2005-12-29 #15 The Rev Up Review Seasonal Not
Size: 14.6 MB
Duration: 31'50"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: Blatant (and not very good) rip-off of "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.13 Welcome & Intro
01.28 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
01.46 The Plot Thingy, first stage: Runner-Up & Winner (Next stage deadline: 12 January 2006)
06.15 TSFPN.com
06.27 RUR: Rossum's Universal Robots
08.19 Tee Morris: The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
09.39 Podiobooks.com, Morevi, Brave Men Run
10.41 Michael & Evo's Dragon Page
10.58 Review of Interzone 200
14.29 Keith R. A. DeCandido: Serenity (novelization)
16.07 Music: Imaginary World by Man Bites Dog at the Podsafe Music Network
21.17 Part 2 of "Waiting For Your Call" - Music by Lee Lesel at the Podsafe Music Network
30.41 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
31.50 End

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Don't Swim by Man Bites Dog at the Podsafe Music Network

Seasonal Greetings

2005-12-25T10:29:00.000Z

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays...

...and the next RUR will be posted in a few days.

The Rev Up Review Waits For Your Call

2005-12-08T22:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Fourteen:

Title: RUR-2005-12-08 #14 The Rev Up Review Waits For Your Call
Size: 16.3 MB
Duration: 35'23"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.10 Intro bumper (Tee Morris)
00.39 Welcome
01.12 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
02.09 Spaceship Radio promo
04.17 Plot Thingy update
06.15 Podcasting for Dummies, by Tee Morris & Evo Terra
07.11 Podcasting - The Do-It-Yourself Guide, by Todd Cochrane
08.10 Podcasting Hacks, by Jack D. Herrington
09.30 TSFPN.com
09.39 Reviews of Interzone 198 & 199
16.53 Déjà Vu - A Podcast Technothriller, by Ian Hocking
17.58 Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick
18.34 Music: Make Me Understand by Matt Thorpe at the Podsafe Music Network
23.05 Mental-Escher & Cyberpunk Radio
23.24 Spaceship Radio
23.36 Part 1 of "Waiting For Your Call" - Music by Lee Lesel at the Podsafe Music Network
34.18 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
35.23 End

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So Sweet The Blues by Matt Thorpe at the Podsafe Music Network

Thingy Summary: Here's what to do...

2005-12-02T20:19:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review Plot Thingy is an experiment in collaborative fiction -- thanks to Steve for distilling that, and freezing the name....

Win prizes! See your name in lights! (or at least pixels)

Goal: A science-fiction short story based on plot elements by several contributors, to be written by the Rev-Master and podcast by him as a special edition of The Rev Up Review in early 2006.

Request: Send in, by email (rur@revupreview.co.uk), or by commenting below, about 200 words describing the plot of the beginning (or once the Plot Thingy is underway, the next part -- see the update below) of a short story. I'm not looking for finished prose, just a brief outline of an idea, on the lines of:

There's this guy who's looking for a Christmas present for his girlfriend, and he goes into a shop and buys a jewelry box. When he gets it home and examines it before wrapping it up, he finds there are some blinking lights inside, that weren't there when he looked at it in the shop, along with some buttons marked in a foreign language. He presses one; there's a loud bang and a blinding flash, and when his eyesight returns he realizes he's not where he was, but in some place he's never been before. It looks like he's standing on a flat plain that recedes from him in all directions, to infinity. The ground is smooth and hard, and the sky is an even blue, cloudless. At his feet is the box. He picks it up and opens it, but the lights are dark, and pressing the buttons has no effect. As the memory of the loud bang drains from his head, he can tell that the place isn't quite silent. There's a faint hissing, swishing sound, and a coolness on his face tells him there's a light breeze. The wind is moving steadily in one direction. He decides to start walking, but which way?

That's just an example. Send me something like that, or something completely different. (If you're reading this after the first plot contribution has been announced on The Rev Up Review, you'll need to start yours at the point where the previous one left off.)

At each stage I'll read out my favourite of the contributions received, and that contributor will win a prize (winners will be invited to choose from a growing list of new SF paperbacks). The end of that plot segment is the jumping-off point for the next. In the above example the next plot contributions could say what the guy does next -- how he decides whether to walk into or away from the wind (or do something else entirely), or if a completely new plot element is introduced at that point, or...whatever. I'll choose my favourite from those received at each stage, and that will form the basis for the next.

I'm aiming for six plot segments, each of which I will pick from plot contributions received. When the plot is complete, I will write the story myself (though naturally that doesn't exclude anyone else from doing the same) and read it on a special edition of The Rev Up Review in early 2006.

That, I think, is all. If it isn't, I dare say I'll find out soon enough....

Julio's winning entry from RUR #15 (update added 2006-01-14):

The news that Earth would start importing grains and vegetables from Mars, came followed by protests, plants closing down, and financial instability. After being laid off and finding no way to support her 2 year old daughter a young woman decides to follow the "Martian dream", that is, move to Mars, find a job, get a place to live, and raise her daughter on a new planet.

Not having Martian Visas would be a problem. She arranged for her daughter to be transported by relatives who were legal Martian residents, passing her off as their own daughter. After 48 hours of their departure the young woman had not received news of their arrival on Mars, she got extremely worried and hurried to find a "transporter" that was willing to take her there the next day, the price was not reasonable, practically all her savings, but she needed to get to Mars as soon as possible and find out what had happened to her daughter.

She and a young man that would also be transported that day, were placed inside hidden compartments on a medium size space utility vehicle. After the 4 hour ride to the red planet, Martian Customs agents discovered the young man under fake floor panels, arrested the transporter, and confiscated the vessel. The young woman was not found by the agents, she was now trapped, unable to move in her hiding place, inside a space vehicle that would be parked for months in space, with limited oxygen.

The Time Traveler's winning entry from RUR #19 (update added 2006-03-26):

The woman is trapped under the floor, and the crew has vacated the ship. The ship is placed in a minimal maintenance environment. The oxygen is turned off, the heat is turned down and only the core systems are left on. The residual oxygen left on the ship is all she has to sustain her. The floor panel locks from the outside and the crew is not expected to return within a few days. Although some low-level ship personnel knows she is still hidden they are unable to help her without jeopardizing their jobs and freedom. She has a personal communication device (PCD, like a cell phone), which only reaches her daughter's PCD on Mars.

Point of view switches to the daughter who receives the phone call from her mother. After the mother explains the situation, the daughter promises to help. The daughter, who is 14 years old, has her own problems. On arriving on Mars her relatives, who were posing as her parents, are arrested for political dissent. She is placed in a detention area for an indeterminate length of time while the Mars authorities search for her records. The authorities are suspicious of the lack of records. The daughter says nothing of this to her mother when they talk via the PCDs. The daughter has befriended a strange fellow detainee who says there's no way out of the detention facility, but there is a way to jack into robotic devices that have complete mobility on Mars.

Duncan's winning entry from RUR #21 (update added 2006-04-17):

The detention facility has communal entertainment facilities, which include poorly maintained virtual 3D devices for gaming. It also has a sophisticated monitoring and control network, but the poor rates of pay for detention facility staff mean that this isn't well looked after. The
stranger has worked out a way to link these two systems together, and get out onto the network at a high level of trust. Delighted to have a girl to show off to, he gets the pair of them into a shared 3D environment and they surf out into the Martian Customs network, to find the transporter which the mother is on. The transporter has been slaved into the Customs systems, so they are soon able to get into the bridge control systems on the transporter itself.

The girl calls her mother, and asks her where she is on the ship. The mother says she is in the hold, and that the air is getting very stale - but they are all worried that turning the oxygen systems back on in the ship will be noticed. Instead, the hacker starts up a small maintenance
bot, which is able to move about the ship under its own power and it heads off to the hold. The bot unlocks the floor panel that the woman is under, but then the daughter and the hacker are cut off.

What happens next?

Email (or comment below) with your 200-word plot outline for the next segment of the Plot Thingy.

The Rev Up Review Plot Thingy

2005-11-19T21:18:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Thirteen:

Title: RUR-2005-11-19 #13 The Rev Up Review Plot Thingy
Size: 15.6 MB
Duration: 33'57"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.18 Welcome
00.33 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the RANT line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
01.52 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
02.20 Tee Morris: The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
02.28 Matrix, the news magazine of the British Science Fiction Association
03.14 Tannis Island by Gavin L. Lowe published by Outskirts Press
04.04 The Seven Scrolls of Scallose by Gavin L. Lowe
04.32 The New York Review of Science Fiction
05.41 Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick
06.26 Cory Doctorow's When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth
06.44 LibriVox
07.47 "This is TSFPN.com"
07.56 The Rev Up Review Plot Thingy
08.10 Spaceship Radio
11.26 The Rev-Master's Rant
12.38 The Bookcast
12.45 Reviews of Interzone 196 & 197
19.29 Music: "Transportation By Rail (End Of Navigation)" from Steel Tantrum by Cagey House
23.13 Episode 8 (final) of Travel With Confidence (music by The Brothers Femme at PodsafeAudio)
33.57 End

Background music:

"They'll Have Apple Juice On The Submarine" from Steel Tantrum by Cagey House

Number 13 is late...

2005-11-09T22:24:00.000Z

Apologies, but The Rev Up Review #13 is late, and will probably not be posted until next week, due to my various other commitments. But #13 will definitely include reviews of issues 196 and 197 of Interzone, as well as details of a new experiment in communally plotted fiction -- this will be the subject of a competition in the next six or so RURs (with prizes!), and if all goes to plan will result in a complete 5,000-word (approx.) short story, written by yours truly, to be read in full in a single special RUR in about February next year.

And of course RUR #13 will have the final episode of"Travel With Confidence."

The Rev Up Review Beercast

2005-10-22T21:42:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Twelve:

Title: RUR-2005-10-22 #12 The Rev Up Review Beercast
Size: 16.5 MB
Duration: 35'59"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music sampled from "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.11 Guest bumper from Tee Morris
00.40 Welcome
01.12 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
01.26 The Rev Up Review Beercast
05.43 Review of Serenity
09.06 The Signal
09.23 TSFPN audio tag
09.33 Reviews of Interzone 194 & 195
16.12 Email from Ron Vitale
18.14 Thanks for feedback: Mur, Chris, Tee, Brad, Steve
18.46 Send feedback (text or mp3 audio comments) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or call the RANT line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
19.14 Cory Doctorow's "After the Siege"
20.16 Promo: The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
21.28 Review of Tannis Island by Gavin Lowe
23.03 Music: She Made Me Love Her by Robin Tymm at the Podsafe Music Nework
27.32 Episode 7 of Travel With Confidence (music by The Brothers Femme at PodsafeAudio)
35.59 End

Background music:

A Simple Plan by Robin Tymm. More at the Podsafe Music Network

The Rev Up Review Returns!

2005-10-08T19:07:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Eleven:

Title: RUR-2005-10-08 #11 The Rev Up Review Returns!
Size: 18.3 MB
Duration: 39'57"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.09 Guest Voice: "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
00.12 Welcome
02.36 TSFPN audio tag
02.46 Doctor Who: Podshock!
04.31 James Naughton
04.45 Adam Curry's Daily Source Code
05.06 Unquiet Desperation
05.21 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
05.33 The Rev-Master's Rant
05.54 The SFWA Bulletin
07.27 Ron Vitale
08.09 Interzone
08.36 Nemonymous
15.19 Podcast Fiction:
15.24 Scott Sigler's Ancestor
15.52 Brace for Impact by Apocalypse Dowell
16.09 Sermons on Little-Known Gods by Lauren Merritt
16.24 At the Appointed Time read by Bradley Harris
16.40 Tannis Island by Gavin Lowe
17.06 Serenity
17.33 Podcast Alley and Podcast Pickle
18.05 iTunes
20.02 Music: You Be King by Andy Guthrie, at the Podsafe Music Network
28.26 Mur Lafferty's I Should Be Writing
30.04 Previously on Travel With Confidence
31.15 Episode 6 of Travel With Confidence (music by The Brothers Femme at PodsafeAudio)
38.58 Send feedback to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or in North America call the RANT line: 206-339-RANT (7268), or post a comment in the TSFPN Forum
39.57 End

Background music:

Do You Hunger For Me by Andy Guthrie. More at the Podsafe Music Network

Busy busy busy

2005-09-25T21:59:00.000Z

I'm back from Prague.
My dad's out of intensive care and (we hope) due home this week.
New RUR will be posted this week (I hope).

The Best Laid Plans...

2005-09-18T22:00:00.000Z

I'd been expecting to be posting a few notes here about PodcastCon UK, or possibly even a special edition of The Rev Up Review with features from the Con itself.

But I didn't attend PodcastCon. On Friday morning I learned that my dad had been taken ill while on holiday in Tuscany, and is now in hospital in Pisa. He's stable, but still in intensive care after a serious operation.

The Prague trip is still on, however, as I'll be able to stay in contact, and I'll be back on Thursday.

Derek of Skepticality in intensive care

2005-09-10T13:12:00.000Z

Horrendous news, which I first saw in the Podcast Alley forums: Derek Colanduno, co-host of Skepticality, was suddenly and unexpectedly taken ill with some kind of brain disorder.

I was shocked to read Swoopy's post at the head of the forum topic, and moved to tears by her audio message in the Skepticality RSS feed (this message was subsequently aired in its entirety, and rightly so, on Adam Curry's Daily Source Code).

My thoughts go out to Derek and Swoopy, to Derek's wife Susan and the rest of the family and friends, with my fervent hopes for a swift and complete recovery.

The Rev Up Review First Interview

2005-09-03T22:25:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Ten:

Title: RUR-2005-09-03
Size: 16.6 MB
Duration: 36'05"

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Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.18 Guest Voice: "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
00.22 Welcome
00.44 Dave's Lounge Public Service Announcement
01.58 American Red Cross online donation page
02.22 Interview with Scott Janssens
17.49 TSFPN.com audio tag
17.59 Flash fiction by Scott Janssens: "Strange Girlfriend" and "Paradox," at Escape Pod
18.17 Firefly Update
19.07 The Signal
19.26 The Twilight Tales Audio Experience
21.18 Music: Grrrroove V3 by Marco Raaphorst, at the Podsafe Music Network
25.00 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The Science Fiction Podcast Network
25.20 Episode 5 of Travel With Confidence (music by The Brothers Femme at Pod Safe Audio)
34.17 Send feedback to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or in North America call the RANT line: 206-339-RANT (7268), or post a comment in the TSFPN Forum
36.05 End

Background music:

Chilled by Marco Raaphorst. More at the Podsafe Music Network

Sorry to make it harder, folks...

2005-09-03T13:55:00.000Z

A quick note of apology: I've had to delete a few spam comments recently, so I regret to announce that I've switched on this Blogger Word Verification thingy. Which means you'll need to squint at an obscure graphic and type in some indistinct text before you can post a comment here.

Sorry.

Unbelievable

2005-09-02T21:46:00.000Z

Katrina is a nice name. Hard to believe anything named so innocuously could have wrought so much pain.

In New Orleans and the surrounding area we see the evidence that our lives, so dependent on this condition we call civilization, are based on the flimsiest foundation. We rely on an infrastructure we so easily take for granted, and when it is swept away we are lost.

Please give what you can to the disaster-relief organization of your choice.

Please do it now.

The Rev Up Review at Hotel Mundane

2005-08-20T17:27:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Nine:

Title: RUR-2005-08-20
Size: 15.7 MB
Duration: 34'13"

Use this FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

Contents:

00.00 Intro music sampled from "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.08 "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
00.13 Welcome
01.20 Feedback from Dean, about time-travel
01.30 Kip Thorne's Black Holes & Time Warps
01.50 Henri Bergson's Time and Free Will
02.28 Cyberpunk Radio
02.59 The Podcast Pickle Hall of Fame
05.37 How To Make a Spacious Fortune
12.21 Guest voice: "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
12.25 Vox Monitor special report on scripting of podcasts
13.55 Britcaster and PodcastCon UK
14.33 Music: I Do by Rob Costlow, at the Podsafe Music Network
18.23 Guest voice: "It's time for the Rev-Master's Rant"
18.26 Mundane SF?
21.25 "RUR -- Rev Up Review"
21.32 Doctor Who: Podshock at The Gallifreyan Embassy
22.11 James Naughton
22.50 Firefly, as recommended by Geek Goddess Mur
23.40 Episode 4 of Travel With Confidence (music by The Brothers Femme at Pod Safe Audio)
33.09 Send feedback to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or in North America call the RANT line: 206-339-RANT (7268), or post a comment in the TSFPN Forum
34.13 End

Background music:

L. A./Passing By by Rob Costlow. More at the Podsafe Music Network

The Rev Up Review: Nemo & Time Travel

2005-08-07T22:55:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Eight:

Title: RUR-2005-08-07
Size: 17.6 MB
Duration: 38'20"

Use this FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

Contents:

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.08 "You're Listening to The Rev Up Review"
00.13 Welcome
01.41 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The SciFi Podcast Network
02.26 Another visit to the BBC Proms
03.46 BBC Radio 3 clip
05.54 Mur Lafferty's Geek Fu Action Grip
06.12 Vox Monitor's review of Escape Pod: "Clean Up Your Room"
06.23 Geek News Central
06.28 Mental-Escher.net CyberpunkRadio Cliffnotes #1-9
06.40 Email from John, in Ontario
07.05 Rant/ramble about time-travel stories
10.52 TSFPN audio tag
11.02 The Bookcast, with Bill Thompson of Eye On Books
11.59 James Naughton
12.08 Podcast Who
12.11 Slice of SciFi
12.58 Free Podcast Novel: Brace For Impact
13.39 Air Out My Shorts
14.13 Music: Kyrie Eleison by Fumitaka Anzai, at the Podsafe Music Network
19.34 Review of Nemonymous Two
26.41 Neil Dixon's "A Minor Technicality" and Britcaster
27.22 Episode 3 of Travel With Confidence (music by The Brothers Femme at Pod Safe Audio)
37.02 Send feedback to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or in North America call the RANT line: 206-339-RANT (7268), or post a comment in the TSFPN Forum
38.20 End

Background music:

Sad Sequence Part 1-2 by Fumitaka Anzai. More at the Podsafe Music Network

Some other bits I missed....

2005-07-30T16:12:00.000Z

I should do this stuff when I'm more awake. Here are the links for Critters, ABCtales and AuthorsDen.

Britcaster

2005-07-29T22:06:00.000Z

Just in case you haven't noticed the link graphic on the right-hand side of the Rev Up Review home page...

The Rev Up Review is now listed at Britcaster.com -- home to such terribly British podcasts as A Minor Technicality and The Richard Vobes Radio Show. Thanks to Neil Dixon of Britcaster for accepting The Rev Up Review into this very British family.

If you subscribe to the Britcaster podcast feed you'll automatically receive a host of British podcasts, now including The Rev Up Review.

Oops... missing link:

2005-07-26T06:36:00.000Z

Here's the link to my review of Will Self's Great Apes
referred to in the review of Cyberpunk Radio.

The Rev Up Review Breadcast

2005-07-24T22:30:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Seven:

Title: RUR-2005-07-24
Size: 21.4 MB
Duration: 46'33"

Use this FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

Contents

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.18 Welcome
02.02 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The SciFi Podcast Network
02.23 London after the bombings
04.50 Congrats to Skepticality on their top 100 iTunes placing
05.17 Producing The Rev Up Review
06.13 "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
06.18 Feedback rant
07.42 Themestream articles
09.34 TSFPN.com audio tag
09.43 "Paradox" by Scott Janssens at Escape Pod
10.01 The Third Alternative becomes Black Static
10.44 SFF Audio website revamped
11.19 The Breadcast
20.56 Review of Cyberpunk Radio
21.22 Cyberpunk Radio promo
28.41 The Secrets of Harry Potter with Father Roderick
29.32 Wizard News Radio
29.54 Music: The Secret Of Your Heart by Miss Kristin, at the Pod Safe Music Network
34.23 Episode 2 of Travel With Confidence (music by The Brothers Femme at Pod Safe Audio)
44.54 Podcast Pickle Directory and Podcast Pickle Show
45.21 Send feedback to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or in North America call the RANT line: 206-339-RANT (7268), or post a comment in the new TSFPN Forum
46.33 End

Background music:

"Melting Ice" by Retail. More at the Pod Safe Music Network

News catch-up

2005-07-22T06:01:00.000Z

First, something I should have posted here last week but only just got around to -- you can hear the Rev-Master reading a story for Steve Eley's Escape Pod here...

http://escape.extraneous.org/2005/07/18/ep-flash-paradox/

(Thanks Steve, it was fun!)

Second (and more up-to-date): Gary Leland, aka P. Dilly (formerly known as the Pickleman), played the Rev Up Review promo on the Podcast Pickle Show - Episode VII. (Thanks Gary!)

Lastly, a new Rev Up Review should be up some time this coming weekend.

Thanks for concerned emails

2005-07-09T22:05:00.000Z

Thanks to those who emailed me about the London explosions. It's been frightening watching the carnage on TV, but fairly amazing to see how quickly the transport system was up and running again. Thankfully my nearest and dearest were nowhere near the capital on the day, but we'll all need to be extra vigilant from now on. Vigilant, yes -- cowed, no. Trying to fathom the mind of a terrorist is a pretty fruitless task, so we simply endeavour to continue with our lives.

Anyone who was affected, indirectly or directly -- my thoughts go out to you. There's little comfort we can offer to those maimed or bereaved, other than to make it known that our sympathies are with them, and that despite the threats we will not be terrorized.

The Rev Up Review: New Serial Starts Today

2005-07-03T22:26:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Six:

Title: RUR-2005-07-03
Size: 16.4 MB
Duration: 35'45"

Use this FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

Contents

00.00 Intro music: "Undertow" by Reaman (ElectroBel)
00.08 "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
00.14 Welcome
01.10 The Rev Up Review is a proud member of The SciFi Podcast Network
01.28 The release of iTunes 4.9
03.44 Ambient Audio (per Dave Winer)
05.57 The Rev Up Review Competition
06.30 Skepticality promo
07.41 Skepticality review
10.09 Update on Matamea Rising
10.38 Matthew Krohn's explanation
12.28 Snow Bank by Jeffrey Adams
13.52 TSFPN.com audio tag
14.02 Who listens to podcasts?
19.33 Music: Make It Go Away by David Henderson (Pod Safe Audio)
23.52 Episode 1 of Travel With Confidence (music by The Brothers Femme at Pod Safe Audio)
35.00 Send feedback to rur@revupreview.co.uk, or in North America call the RANT line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
35.45 End

Background music:

"Another Place In Time" by David Henderson, from the album For You For Me. More at Pod Safe Audio

Soon...

2005-06-29T21:45:00.000Z

Apologies to any folks who've been expecting to hear from me, but I'm recovering from a bout of some kind of flueyviralthingy. I'd hoped to be posting RUR 6 this week, but my voice sounds as if I'm chewing razor blades (that's when I can actually speak without launching into a wheezing monster-chunk).

Should be okay by the weekend (I hope).

Geek stuff (plus promised clue)

2005-06-19T22:57:00.000Z

Correction time (again!) -- When I talked about making minidisc recordings from BBCi's 'Listen Again' I was wrong when I said my digital recordings were classed as digital originals. They're not, they're classed as digital copies, which means that I can't make further digital copies from them at all, and that's what I find inconvenient. If I want to copy the recordings to CD I have to use the analogue input on my CD recorder, which means standing over it to make the track marks (you can't make track marks afterwards when using a CD recorder -- unlike when recording to minidiscs).

Not that many people wanted to know that.... But here's something that tons of people are anxiously waiting for: the CLUE!

Right, email me at rur@revupreview.co.uk if you want to win the new paperback copy of The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Just tell me where you think the two-minute ambient audio clip (played on RUR 4) was recorded. Within 100 km. It's a capital city. In continental Europe. I will respond to the first correct email with a request for a mailing address.

The Rev Up Review Escapes!

2005-06-11T22:59:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Five:

Title: RUR-2005-06-11
Size: 17.9 MB
Duration: 39'01"

Use this FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

Contents

00.00 Intro & Welcome
02.18 Escape Pod promo
04.45 Review of Escape Pod
08.46 Comments on the state of short fiction
10.43 'Zing' FX
10.50 Spinfuture by Chris Future
11.41 Sound Stages byJeffrey Adams
12.07 Update on Ambient Audio Contest
12.43 Rev Up Review now listed on iPodder.org
13.06 "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
13.11 Overview of The Seventh Dimension (BBC7)
15.36 A rant about DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting)
19.52 Examples of what's available on BBC7
21.46 BBC7 mailing list
21.57 MythArc becomes Peering Into Darkness
22.18 Derek Gilbert's comment (this is on the main blog, not the LibSyn blog as wrongly stated on the show)
22.33 'Glissando' FX
22.39 Feedback to rur@revupreview.co.uk (text or mp3), or comment below, or call the Rev Up Review Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
23.05 Comment from Tee Morris
24.40 MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana
25.35 Pronunciation of the word 'podiobook' (and others)
27.01 Music: "Feel My Pain Miss Jane" by David Henderson at Pod Safe Audio
29.53 Episode 5 (final) of The Journey of Jonathan Cave (first published in Alien Q webzine)
39.01 End

Background music:

"Another Place In Time" by David Henderson, from the album For You For Me. More at Pod Safe Audio

iPodder.org

2005-06-06T20:45:00.000Z

Thanks to Evo Terra of the Dragon Page, The Rev Up Review is now listed in the iPodder.org directory.

(Not sure quite how this happened. Evo posted a comment on the revup.libsyn.com blog after the feed for The Rev Up Review somehow appeared in his iPodderX. Well, you know, some things are just meant to be....)

No correct answers yet!

2005-06-04T22:17:00.000Z

Still no correct answers to the competition question, so now's your chance to win a new paperback copy of The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

Listen to the two-minute clip played in the last Rev Up Review, and if you recognize the location let me know (by email) where you think it was recorded.

The winner will be announced not in the next but in the sixth Rev Up Review, which is scheduled to be towards the end of June. (This will be the edition that starts the new serial, "Travel With Confidence.")

Escape Pod

2005-05-31T18:44:00.000Z

Jesse at SFF Audio has reminded me about Escape Pod, which as far as I'm aware is the the only SF podcast that pays for accepted short-story submissions. There have been three shows so far, and I hope to cover them in the next Rev Up Review. If anyone knows of other paying podcast short-story markets (not necessarily SF) please let me know.

The Rev Up Review Competition

2005-05-28T22:55:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Four:

Title: RUR-2005-05-28
Size: 16.1 MB
Duration: 35'03"

Use this FeedBurner link to download the mp3 file directly, or to add the feed to your aggregator.

00.00 "Be Upstanding for the Rev Master!"
00.13 Intro
01.04 Votes at Podcast Alley
01.17 The Rev Up Review Rant Line: 206-339-RANT (7268)
01.58 SFF Audio
02.46 Matamea Rising
03.53 The Seanachai
05.01 SciFi Retrospectives
06.28 Between the Lines on Oneword Radio
07.35 SF Site Podcast
07.57 University of Minnesota EngL 3020 Studies in Narrative: Science Fiction and Fantasy
09.31 Britcaster
10.57 Current and future review policy
11.37 The Rev Up Review Competition
12.10 Ambient audio clip
14.56 "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
15.01 Comment on 'reality podcasting'; Dawn and Drew; The MacCast; Geek News Central; Geek Fu Action Grip
19.44 Music: "Oaxaca" by Simpatico at Pod Safe Audio
24.04 Episode 4 of The Journey of Jonathan Cave (first published in Alien Q webzine)
33.40 Request for preferred length of fiction episodes
34.23 Send feedback (emails, or mp3 audio) to rur@revupreview.co.uk, call the Rant line (206-339-RANT) or post a comment below
35.03 End

Background music:

"Take My Love" by Simpatico, from the album Resolve. More at Pod Safe Audio

The Rev Up Review of The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005-05-07T22:09:00.000Z

The Rev Up Review, Number Three:

Title: RUR-2005-05-07
Size: 14.7 MB
Duration: 31'53"

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 Intro
00.46 Proposed Schedule for The Rev Up Review
01.15 The Rev-Up Review Pages
02.38 List of Reviews
05.09 The Fix (see TTA Press)
05.54 Previous chapters of Morevi available at www.teemorris.com/podcast
06.38 RSS feeds for Morevi, Earthcore & The Pocket and the Pendant
07.15 Some background to HHGG
08.57 Review of the film: The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy
13.51 Jingle: "You're listening to The Rev Up Review"
14.03 Music: "Too Late" by Equalized Intentions, available at ElectroBel
20.08 Musing on spec-fic podcasts, including Tom Corven and The Seanachai
21.47 Episode 3 of The Journey of Jonathan Cave (first published in Alien Q webzine)
31.04 Send feedback (emails, or mp3 audio) to rur@rev-up-review.co.uk, or post a comment below
31.48 Jingle: Rev Up Review
31.53 End

Background music:

"The Recruit" by reaman. Find more of reaman's music at ElectroBel

The Rev Up Review of Speculative Fiction Podcasts

2005-04-23T20:14:00.000Z

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?

The first Rev Up Review podcast

2005-04-02T11:20:00.000Z

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?