The Rev Up Review Plot Thingy

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...

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

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!

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

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

The Best Laid Plans...

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

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

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...

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

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

The Rev Up Review, Number Nine:

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

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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

The Rev Up Review, Number Eight:

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

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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....

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

Britcaster

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:

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

The Rev Up Review, Number Seven:

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

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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

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

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

The Rev Up Review, Number Six:

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

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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...

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).