The Chronic Rift

The gang from The Chronic Rift are moving from their home on Podomatic to the more spacious and obliging Mevio. If you want to hear the show, you're going to have to go to the Mevio website to either download, grab the RSS feed, or subscribe using iTunes or Zune. Thank you for your loyalty and support this past year and we look forward to serving you in the years to come. http://chronicrift.mevio.com

John's feeling oogie this week and thus it's a short episode. But that's not to say it isn't a good one. John interviews Inge Heyer, writer and science track coordinator for the Shore Leave convention in Delaware. Please take a moment to let us know what you think of the episode by stopping by the forums at http://www.chronicrift.com or by emailing us at john@chronicrift.com or by leaving a message on our voice mail 888-866-9010.

John is joined by Andrea, Orenthal, and Judy in this review episode.  In the Bringing it to the Table segment, Andrea enthuses about the Barcade, Judy rails against the season finale of True Blood, and John is thrilled to hear that Ray Wise will be on Dollhouse.  Andrea reviews We Never Talk About My Brother by Peter S. Beagle and Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling; and Keith reviews Dark Blue.  Plus, Orenthal makes us nostalgic for the good old days of Saturday morning cartoon previews in his Pop Fiendish segment.  Make sure you stop by the webpage - http://www.chronicrift.com - to tell us what you thought of the episode or call us toll-free at 888-866-9010.

Star Trek authors, Dayton Ward and Kevin Lauderdale are interviewed by John in this first of two episodes that focuses on this past summer's Shore Leave convention. For more Rift goodness, check out the home page at http://www.chronicrift.com - or leave us a voice mail at 888-866-9010.

Andrea and Judy lead the Harry Potter Estrogen Brigade of Heidi Tandy and Marina Frants in the first new episode of our second season as the ladies discuss the Harry Potter phenomenon. Plus, Jay Smith offers the Doctor Who online comic as a Guilty Pleasure and we play a new listener voice mail. Remember, the RSS feed for this show will be cut at the end of the month. You can find all our past and new episodes at http://chronicrift.mevio.com. For more Rift goodness, check out the forums at http://www.chronicrift.com or leave us a voice message on our toll free line at 888-866-9010.

In this special spotlight episode, John, Andrea, Judy, and Orenthal respond to recent commentary from our listeners. Want to be a part of the next such special? Sign up and be a part of the forums at http://www.chronicrift.com, email us at john@chronicrift.com, or leave us a voice mail on our toll-free number 888-866-9010.

Steve Biodrowski of Cinfantastique Online returns to discuss the genre related films scheduled for release this fall with John. What looks good? What can you skip? What can movie can wait for the DVD release? Make sure you rate the episode at the bottom of the entry and comment on it here or you can call us, toll-free, at 888-866-9010. Mevio {Mevio-d8ee9a9c8b4586e4894d08bcf6b03da9}

Movie Release Dates (with You Tube trailer links)

Sept 4 - Carrier, Gamer
Sept 9 - 9
Sept 11 - Sorority Row, Whiteout
Sept 18 - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Jennifer's Body, Pandorum
Sept 25 - Surrogates

Oct 9 - Zombieland
Oct 16 - The Stepfather, Where the Wild Things Are
Oct 23 - Antichrist, Astro Boy, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, Saw VI

Nov 6 - The Box, A Christmas Carol, The Fourth Kind
Nov 13 -2012, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Nov 20 - Planet 51, The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Nov 25 - The Princess and the Frog

Dec 11 - The Lovely Bones
Dec 18 - Avatar
Dec 25 - Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Sherlock Holmes

Promos

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John, Judy, Orenthal, and Keith gather together for the last review episode of the summer and they bring their "A" game with them to wrap things up.  Make sure you rate the episode at the bottom of this entry and comment on it here.  You can also leave a voice mail message with your thoughts on the show at 888-866-9010.

 

 

Segment One - Bringing it to the Table

2:40 - John, Judy, and Keith enthuse about the recent Rifftrax live event.
8:00 - Judy fills us in on the Galileo and Star Trek exhibits at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
15:15 - Orenthal relives his childhood, well, sort of, with the Galaxy Rangers DVD set.
17:50 - Keith's talking baseball with a quartet of cool baseball blogs: The Low-Hud Yankees Blog by Pete Abraham, The Pinstriped Bible with Steven Goldman, Joe Podnaski's Curiously Long Posts, Sweet Spot by Rob Nayer.
21:25 - Promo for the Better in the Dark Podcast.
22:17 - a PSA for leaving comments about your favorite podcast on iTunes.
23:37 - Promo for Two Minute Danger Theater.

Segment Two - The Reviews

24:00 - Andrea reviews two works recomended by fellow librarians: The Host by Stephanie Meyer andLethal Legacy by Linda A. Farstein.
31:00 - The Comics Curmudgeon covers three comic adpartations of major science fiction literary works:Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? from Boom! Studios; Jeff LaMayer's The Nobody from Vertigo; Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 from 
37:55 - Keith turns in a spoiler free review of Torchwood: Children of Earth and raves about Leverage.
45:19 - Promo for the Return to Northmoor Podcast.
46:20 - 60 Second Science - Your money is laced with coccaine.
47:34 - Promo for the Scapecast Podcast.

Segment Three

49:05 - Orenthal referees a grudgematch between Transformers and G.I. Joe in a new installment of Pop Fiendish.
59:45 - Keith promotes his walk for the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure and his appearances at upcoming conventions, Dragoncon and Fan Expo.
1:01:05 - Judy promotes photographic work at her Cafepress store in time for Grandparent's Day.

 

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The television networks are gearing up for a new season of programming and all five major US networks have their share of genre programming.  John, Andrea, and Orenthal take a look at such shows as Past Life, Human Target, Day One, Caprica, Stargate Universe, Eastwick, Fast Forward, The Prisoner, and V.  What looks good and what looks like we're going to need a new show?  Make sure you leave your thoughts on the episode and what you're looking forward to at our website - http://www.chronicrift.com - or leave your thoughts on our voice mail line - 888-866-9010.

Thanks to the internet and easy to use computers and software, almost anyone can produce an audio drama on their own.  In this Roundtable episode, John and Orenthal sit down with Jay Smith of HG World and Jerffrey Bridges and M. Sieiro Garcia of Pendant Audio to discuss the do's and don'ts of making your own audio production.

 

Make sure you leave your thoughts on this or any other episode on our toll-free voice mail line - 888-866-9010 and for more Rift goodness, check out the home page at http://www.chronicrift.com.

 

Andrea sits down with Bill Corbett of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax to discuss the latter's upcoming live performance of a riff on the classic Ed Wood film, Plan 9 from Outer Space.  Plus, we take a listen to our feedback line.  For more Rift goodness check out our homepage at http://www.chronicrift.com.  And don't forget to leave us a voice mail with your thoughts on this episode at our new toll-free number 1-888-866-9010.

John, Andrea, Judy, and Mighty Movie Podcast host Dan Persons take a look at everything from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to the Roku Box to Cinematic Titanic to Torchwood: Children of Earth and all points in between. Plus, Orenthal offers his thoughts on death and celebrity in the return of his Pop Fiendish segment. For more Rift goodness, make sure you check out our website - http://www.chronicrift.com. Be sure to leave us a voice mail message with your thoughts on this episode at 1-888-866-9010.

Get the nets out, kids, as John managed to convince everyone that it would be a good idea to play Match Game with some of our listeners. It actually turned out to be quite fun. You can let know at http://www.chronicrift.com or by phoning us, toll-free, at 1-888-866-9010.

John and Keith traveled to the Hunt Valley Marriott to partake of the festivities at Shore Leave 31. There, they signed autographs, met fans, and participated in panels, including this one where they, along with author Greg Cox and Star Trek fan Karen Carothers, discuss JJ Abrams's new take on the aging franchise. For more information on Shore Leave find them at http://www.shore-leave.com. For more Rift goodness, visit us at http://www.chronicrift.com.

Rift contributor Jay Smith is premiering an all new monthly audio drama series this month. In addition to regular episodes, there will be short vignettes that carry the story along. Orenthal and John speak with Jay about his new series and preview one of the vignettes, which features two very familiar voices to Rift listeners. To learn more about HG World, visit the website - http://www.goodmorningsurvivors.com. For more Rift goodness, check us out at http://www.chronicrift.com.

John and Orenthal, two self-avowed fanboys, sit down with writer/producer/director, Rockne O'Bannon to discuss his past, present, and future projects, including his current run as writer of the Farscape comic book, based on his hugely successful Sci-Fi Channel television series. For more Rift goodness, visit us on the web at http://www.chronicrift.com.

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The Chronic Rift has been nominated for a Parsec Award for Best Infotainment Cast. The Parsecs recognize the best in science fiction and fantasy podcasting. The winners will be announced at Dragon Con this September. This is the sampler of segments from past episodes that was submitted to the Parsec committee. We hope it will give them and you, if you are a new listener, and idea of who we are. For more Rift goodness, check us out on the web at http://www.chronicrift.com.

In this special Spotlight episode the gang has produced an audio drama, "Decisions" written by Michael A. Burstein, based on the his Hugo nominated short story of the same name. Michael was the winner of our audio drama competition earlier this year and here is the result. Michael sits down with John to discuss how the audio version came about before we get to the production. For more Rift goodness, check out our website - http://www.chronicrift.com.