We’ve been thinking of a way to get shows out more often despite our busy schedule, and finally decided that having minireviews from time to time–in which one of us does a quick five or six minute bare bones take on only one topic–might be a way to tide you fine people over between our full shows.  Accordingly, we’re happy to present our first minireview, posted by Greg from his hotel room in Calgary (where he’s attending the World Fantasy Convention), in which he heads back to the mid fifties (or mid eighties, depending on your point of view) world of Indiana Jones with his review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Please let us know whether you like this format–and don’t worry, it’s meant to supplement, not replace, our full-length productions!

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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Soon as in Monday, in fact.  We’ve got some good things lined up, so stay tuned and tell a friend!

T.R.

We’re back with your antidote to terrible economic news and uncertainty about the state of the world–with a healthy dose of opinions and entertainment in Episode 63 of Upon Further Review!  In this episode we thank our loyal listeners and welcome a, er, “guest star” before moving on to the meat of the show: first, we buy low (or is it sell high?) in our review of the stock market; second, we create a universe (well, basically) as we look at the video game Spore; and finally, we go to the movies with our review of the Scene Unseen podcast.  As always, we appreciate your feedback and suggestions, and as always, we ask that you spread the word about the show!  (As usual, podsafe intro music is provided by Sharif (”You’re My Girl”), outro by David Henderson (”We Gotta Go”).)

Reviewed in this show:

The stock market

Spore

Scene Unseen

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A listener wrote in to tell us that he’s having trouble getting our latest show (Episode 62) via the feed–it seems to start downloading slowly and then stall.  He’s using iPodder, and while we haven’t been able to duplicate the problem on our end, we want to make sure everyone’s able to get the episode properly–has anyone else (who doesn’t use iTunes) encountered this problem?  If so, please drop us a line or leave a comment and let us know…many thanks!

UPDATE–We’ve installed a new plugin designed to make Podpress play nice with WordPress 2.6, even though we still haven’t been able to reproduce the problem ourselves (though we have heard from a couple of people who reported this issue, so we imagine something is going on).  All download, feed and play links seem to work fine for us on IE and Firefox.  For those of you who were having problems, please let us know if things now work for you…and thanks for bringing our attention to the problem!

T.R.

We’re back again with all things games and horror–sometimes even at the same time–in Episode 62 of Upon Further Review!  In this episode we thank everyone for their loyal listening before getting down to the nitty gritty: first, we consider the madness and mayhem that is gaming in our review of the GenCon Convention; second, we consider the madness and mayhem that is board gaming as we look at Arkham Horror; and finally, we consider the madness and mayhem that are zombies (just because they’re, well, zombies!) as we listen in to the One Eighteen: Migration podcast.  As always, we appreciate your continued support for the show, and as always, we ask that you continue to spread the word to others!  (As usual, podsafe intro music is provided by Sharif (“You’re My Girl”), outro by David Henderson (“We Gotta Go”).)

Reviewed in this show:

GenCon

Arkham Horror

One Eighteen: Migration

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Because our site is constantly bombarded with spam–nearly 35,000 messages at last count–we periodically have to go through and clean out the filter, which blessedly does a great job at keeping the comments from showing up on our site.  But Greg fouled up the process this past time, which caused all comments from Episodes 60 and 61 to vanish into the ether.  If you were one of the people whose comments disappeared, we apologize profusely, and ask that you direct your justifiable annoyance at the spam purveyors, for whom we hope there is a special place reserved in the land downstairs, if you get our drift.  :)  Also, we’ll have Episode 62 up shortly.

Sorry, all!

T.R.

We’re back with a special show beyond your imagination–at least if you like sci-fi and fantasy even a little bit–in Episode 61 of Upon Further Review!  In this episode we’re honored to feature special guest star James Patrick Kelly, Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction author, and during the show we follow Mr. Kelly’s able lead as we discuss podcasting, the state of science fiction and fantasy, and his latest book The Wreck of the Godspeed (officially published the day before the posting of this show).  You all know how we feel about opinions, but here we’re more than happy to defer to Jim–and we think you’ll be as interested as we are in what he has to say.  As always, we appreciate your continued support, and as always, we ask that you continue to spread the word about the show!  (As usual, podsafe intro music is provided by Sharif (“You’re My Girl”), outro by David Henderson (“We Gotta Go”).)

Reviewed in this show:

Podcasting

Science fiction/ Fantasy

The Wreck of the Godspeed

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We’re back after a long layoff (trip to Seattle, baby, the dog ate our homework, etc.) and ready to go as we review four items in Episode 60 of Upon Further Review!  In this episode we welcome back guest star Russ as we take a look at four things: first, we hit a winner (we hope) with our review of Wimbledon; second, we shake our head at suburbia as we take a look at The KunstlerCast; third, we go searching (and finding) along with the fine people at Volcanicast; and finally, we wrap up the show with our look at the life and career of George Carlin.  As always, we appreciate your continued support, and as always, we ask that you continue to spread the word about the show!  (As usual, podsafe intro music is provided by Sharif (”You’re My Girl”), outro by David Henderson (”We Gotta Go”).)

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Wimbledon

The KunstlerCast

Volcanicast

George Carlin

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Hi all,

We’re currently in Seattle, but will be heading home soon and will have a new episode ready to go shortly.  Thanks for continuing to tune in, and we’ll talk to you soon!

T.R.

Once again we’re back with clothing stores, compelling candidates and crazy Brits (just kidding, they’re not that crazy!) in Episode 59 of Upon Further Review!  In this episode we thank everyone for continuing to tune in, and address Greg’s guilty conscience about the recent release schedule, before getting into the main part of the show: first, we channel our inner geek with our look at the Jinx Clothing Company; second, we consider the audacity of actually liking a political candidate as we review Barack Obama; and finally, we discover the connection between independent music and organized chaos with our review of The Waiting Room podcast.  As always, we appreciate your suggestions and ideas, and as always, we ask that you continue to tell everyone about the show!  (As usual, podsafe intro music is provided by Sharif (“You’re My Girl”), outro by David Henderson (“We Gotta Go”).)

Reviewed in this show:

Jinx Clothing Company

Barack Obama

The Waiting Room

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