LAMLradio (a podcast about LEGO)

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio Online Audio

Me with a simple MOC LEGO race-car:
Jesse with Lego sculpture

A LEGO Classic Space Wafer Fighter:
Lego Classic Space - Wafer Fighter

My students with an afternoon of swooshable LEGO creations:
Jesse's students with an afternoon of LEGO creations

LAMLradio LEGO Talk PodcastLAMLradio is a podcast about LEGO! As you can see by the images above I’m a big LEGO fan. I still have all (or almost all) of my LEGO back from when I was a kid. LEGO is a great toy because it allows you to build your own toys. But it’s more than a toy. In fact when I was talking to a professional artist last fall I was trying to convince him that it was a form of art. I’m not sure what art is, but I am sure that LEGO is a medium for sculpture.

If you’re not convinced check out this interview with one such LEGO artist known for his Maschinen Krieger ZbV 3000 LEGO creations (a style of kitbash art from Japan begun in the 1980s and inspired by WWI, WWII, the American space program, Star Wars, Blade Runner and The Road Warrior).

LAMLradio #103 – An interview with .Tromas of Prince George, BC (about Ma.K LEGO creations) |MP3|

Podcast feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/lamlradio

Selected LEGO jargon:

Classic Space – LEGO with a space theme produced between 1978 and 1987.

Diorama – A large LEGO scene or a LEGO scene built on an irregular base.

Vignette – A small LEGO scene, usually built on a base 8 studs long by 8 studs wide.

MOC – (an acronym, My Own Creation) – Any LEGO creation designed and built by a LEGO fan without instructions. Pronounced “mock.”

Swooshable – A quality that allows a LEGO creation to be picked up and flown around a room as the builder makes flying noises.

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Pulped! The New Pulp Podcast interviews Paul Bishop

Jesse Willis

Aural Noir: Online Audio

Pulped!Pulped! The New Pulp Podcast features an interview with Paul Bishop of the terrific Bish’s Beat blog.

“Join Hosts Tommy Hancock and Derrick Ferguson as they discuss Sports Pulp, Crime Fiction, Old Time Radio Pulp, and more with Pulp and Crime Writer Paul Bishop!”

Bish and the hosts talk about every kind of pulp fiction you can imagine, his recent reality TV series (Take The Money And Run), Michael Mann’s Crime Story, Diagnosis Murder, Dragnet, and the new Fight Card series of boxing novellas (print and ebooks).

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Podcast feed: http://pulped.libsyn.com/rss

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Stage play of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother in San Francisco

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

Little Brother stage play photo by Jay Yamada

An upcoming episode of The SFFaudio Podcast will be a discussion of Little Brother by Cory Doctorow |READ OUR REVIEW|. The audiobook is available from Random House Audio (not through audible).

I reviewed it back in 2008 but in listening to it again it seems even more relevant today than it was then.

And while we’re on the subject this stage play adaptation, it opened last week in San Fransisco, looks really terrific!

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John Carter movies and John Carter audiobooks

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

After watching this mightily impressive video pitch, by the guy who did Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow, I hardly think I need to see the forthcoming Disney adaptation!

If you’re interested in reading the Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter stories be sure to check out David Steifel’s new audiobook website BurroughsGuy.com where the first five Barsoom audiobooks are now available for purchase.

David, who talked to us about the first book in the series for SFFaudio Podcast #137, writes:

Princess [A Princess Of Mars] goes into retirement Feb. 7, 2012

On February 7, 2012, A Princess of Mars, will be retired from this site. After that, listeners may listen to the first two episodes here free of charge, but will need to purchase it to hear the remainder. It may be purchased at http://www.burroughsguy.com.

This action is being taken to help generate revenues to allow me to continue podcasting more of these novels.

In a recent podcast David suggested we treat his audiobooks as shareware. That is, buy them if you can, listen to the podcast episodes if you can’t afford it.

So, if you’re poor, snap up A Princess Of Mars via the podcast feed now, or if you’re able to afford the shareware pricing of $12.99 USD send David some cash, he’s got a great voice, terrific pronunciation of all those Barsoomian names and the acting chops to deliver all the story, action, and drama right and proper.

[via SFSignal.com]

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A video adaptation of Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick

Jesse Willis

SFFaudio News

Nicolas writes in to ask:

“Could you tell me the difference between “PUBLIC DOMAIN” and “LIKELY PUBLIC DOMAIN”? And do I have to request publishing rights to Philip K. Dick Trust?”

Nicolas’s question refers to my Philip K. Dick’s PUBLIC DOMAIN short stories, novelettes and novellas post which is my way of cataloging of all of PKD’s short fiction that is PUBLIC DOMAIN. “LIKELY PUBLIC DOMAIN” is just my way of saying – “this story needs more investigation.” As I find evidence for the falsification of a copyright renewal, a lack of a renewal, and such, I post the evidence that supports PUBLIC DOMAIN status.

You do not have to request rights from the Philip K. Dick estate for anything that is PD. In fact doing so is probably more likely to get you sued (if THIS case is anything to go by).

Let’s take for example Philip K. Dick’s Beyond The Door, a very short story that we talked about in SFFaudio Podcast #122. This story is PUBLIC DOMAIN, available on Gutenberg, LibriVox and I’ve seen a short film version up on YouTube.

You can do anything you like with Beyond The Door, because it is PUBLIC DOMAIN.

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