Michael and Evo: Wingin’ It!

Oh man… this was the hardest thing I’ve had to do in a long time. About an hour ago, I was subscribed to 116 podcasts. That’s one hundred sixteen podcast feeds. Not including the 10+ text only feeds. Podcasts. Yeah.

Now, that number is down to a more managable number of 70. Still, I’m betting that puts me higher than 95% of the rest of the podcast-aware population. (Note that does not include my cult cast, or the shows Mike and I do together. The seven Podiobooks.com titles to which I’m currently subscribed aren’t factored in either.)

I had to make some hard choices. For example, many shows that I like simply had to go because they were too long. Yeah, I know. Pot. Kettle. I got it. Hey, we’re trying. And no, that doesn’t mean I lost a really good show because it was long. I tossed out the things I don’t listen to on a regular basis and those which ceased to appeal to me. That got me below a hundred. Then the hard part came.

So… when you email me and say “please listen to my show”… have a heart.

This Week’s Voicemail Show!

This show is for you! We’re receiving so much voicemail and email feedback commentary that it just won’t fit in one show anymore. Plus there are all those extra long drinking game cues from commenters…

On the mics are: Michael, Evo, Summer, Joe, Charlie the Beer Guy, Jack Mangan and Doug Kress. The birthday party atmosphere still lingers. Keep an eye out for Jack Mangan’s Deadpan Podcast, the latest addition to the Farpoint Media stable.

• Alcoholic Podcasters Anonymous PSA
• Re-Beer: Delirium Nocturnum, Old Peculiar
• Mark from Memphis!
• Mario from Madrid in Mexico wants multilingual Drinking Games cues
• Al from Ohio says Hello
• Doug in the Back 40 on more Brokeback Dragon Page, and cinema booblies
• Evo wants electric trains to convey beer around the studio
• Ward from FL gripes on listener contributions to the Drinking Game
• Dean from Idaho calls in drunk from a bar
• Rob from Nottingham with Guiness trivia
• Chat room update from the audio feed: 5 minglers have DPWI on speed dial
• Happy Birthday Mike!
• Happy (Bleeping) Birthday, Wingin’ It!
• Summer fulfills Mike’s birthday bunk promo wish: Hot Podcasting Action
• Phil Rossi from VA stars in Adventures in Driving While on the Phone while Dosed
• Doug’s first cinema boobies was Rocky Horror Picture Show. and for Joe it was Sea of Love
• Jack suggests a Rocky Horror Wingin’ It
• Karen from Kalifornia
• Faye from Alabama says Jaws 2 was her defining moment, at age 3
• Re-Beer: Oak Creek Nut Brown Ale
• D in Mesa wants the guys to drink more Vodka
• Wingin’ It PSA: Avoid Tent City, Don’t Drink and Drive
• George from Friends in Tech has feedback for Karen
• Karen wants a name for her new podcast
• Imp has a birthday wish for Mike
• Robert G. Parent defends his honor
• Murray from Brisbane testing out Skype
• Josh from CT has a mainstream media sighting for Snakes on a Plane, and local source for Violet Crumbles
• Darryl from Austin complains about no info on Full Contact Monopoly
• Chat room updates from Phil Rossi and Karen from Kalifornia
• Raquel from Norristown PA of The Triscast is bored on the bus ride home from work
• Liam in Springfield comments on many things
• Joe from Denver’s cinema boobies were in Stargate SG-1
• Brunson from Australia on BSG Finale
• Daryl from Austin has a new drinking game idea

Hey, Don’t Forget! Check out Charlie the Beer Guy’s new Beercast, Speaking of Beer!

Submitting Listener comments: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know. You can call our Voicemail Number, 206-600-GEEK, or email Michael with a comment you’ve recorded yourself!

 

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… must… cut… some… out!

What’s on this week: Poetry and Games

Michael, Evo, Summer and Joe are joined in studio by Charlie the Beer Guy, Jack Mangan and Doug Kress. And lo, there was still much beer.

• Evo doesn’t own EvoTerra.com… go figure
• First Drink of the Day: Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock, Red Rocket Pale Ale, Mass Transit Ale
• Beer Foul!
• Haiku Moment: All the Best Shows
• Mur Lafferty (Geek Fu Action Grip): Nurturing your Geek
• Evo talks about “Macrolife” by George Zebrowski
• TIE Pilot TI-4253’s “A Pilot’s Point of View”: We don’t need no Steenkin’ Shields
• Evo Gripes: Abstract Public Restroom Markings
• Deep Thoughts from Michael: Too many humans
• Re-Beer: Flying Dog’s Snake Dog IPA
• Jimmy from Denver: Selling Books to get to Daytona Beach
• Summer explains that Full Contact Monopoly isn’t as exotic as people were hoping for, but alcohol was involved
• SciFi Poetry Slam, by the Computer King: Half a Dozen of the Others
• Evo checks the weather around the country, and the Skype chatroom chimes in with their temperatures
• Summer will have a poem next week
• All Games Considered: Wingin’ It Drinking Game Review
• Spherical Tomi

Listen to the Wingin’ It Voicemail show later this week! That’s right… double the Wingin’ It fun, because you asked!

Want to send us comments? Feel free to call us at 206-600-GEEK (600-4335) and let ‘er rip, or send some bloody emails!

Promos: Speaking of Beer

 

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Now this is getting silly: SNAKES ON A PLANE:The Roleplaying Game of Personal Discovery, Dire Combat… and Motherfu**ing Snakes

The game begins in the middle of the flight, just before the snakes are released. This is known as the before-goddamned snakes stage, or BGS. During the BGS stage, no one needs to test a stat to do anything. You can go to the bathroom (unless the light’s on), talk to people, have a drink, read a magazine, whatever. Just a perfectly normal flight.

When the SM decides it’s time to release the snakes, then that’s it. The snakes are out. SM: You are encouraged to use as many adjectives as possible to describe how terrifying it is to be in a narrow closed space with two hundred people and twice as many snakes. “Slithering,” “rasping,” “hissing,” “coiling,” and other words will add to the overwhelming environment of snakes on this plane.

Once the snakes have been released, we enter the after-goddamned snakes stage, or AGS. During AGS, every action other than dialogue requires task resolution. If you want to go to the bathroom, roll your Nerve. If you want to punch a flight attendant, roll your Guts. If you want to plead with the cop to save your life, roll your Charm. Everything you could possibly want to do, other than deliver dialogue, requires you to test a trait.

Full rules at the link above. Thanks to Mur for the link!

For those of you who enjoyed Mur’s Geek Fu Action Grip essays on tDP Wingin’ It!, you can now buy the collection of those essays and more in print or as an ebook from Lulu Press!

On my quick trip to sunny (raining) Southern California last week, I stopped by the lair of podcasting legend Hudson Klass. Hudson’s father (Dan) and I sat down behind the mics for a while and had a nice conversation on The Bitterest Pill while our sons plotted their plans to take over the world.

While I’ve not yet listened to the show (Note: if you have any “feedburner” feeds in your podcatcher, you might wanna change them to the “domain” of the podcast instead), I understand my comments to a one Scott Sigler are meeting with some resistance from the multitudes of Earthcrackheads and Ancestwhores. You know me… always spreading the love!

E.

Friend of the show Cesar Torres is carrying on a conversation which many of you may be interested in. Interviews, new services, things to think about and industry information. It’s another look at publishing from an independent point of view.

Chris M. sends in this photo of pine snakes on a styrofoam plane.

Phil visits Paris and takes us along for the ride. Thanks, Phil!