Welcome to Show #67!

Summer, Jeffrey and guest commentator Edmund Boys talk about Tim being missing in action this episode, and also open the doors to the burgeoning availability of Jeff’s B5 collectibles. Summer will have to figure out a way to arrange travel to Los Angeles, so she can catalog Jeff’s stash and help him sell those items to Babylon Podcast listeners and then to the greater B5 collector community.

And Jeff proposes that we need to have sex. A lot of it. For a week or so… nothin’ but sex. As a platform for “Kosh for President”. On the Green ticket (not on the Purple ticket). Discuss. It’s out of hand, but try to discuss anyway.

Deep Geeking: This week’s episode is “Divided Loyalties”, and even though Tim has been vocal in the past about his displeasure with this episode, he really has a good reason for not being present to voice his reasons live.

So Summer and special guest Edmund Boys discuss the episode, and Tim submits his opinions and comments via a pre-recorded statement. Since Tim isn’t there to rebut our refutations to his explanations, Summer and Tim win this round of the argument.

In “Divided Loyalties”, we see Rangers go to desperate measures to warn the station’s command staff of the presence of a spy, including bringing Lyta back to the station, at risk to her freedom since she’s been reclassified as a rogue. We also see a little more interaction and deepening of the relationship between Sheridan and Delenn.

The sudden heating up of the relationship between Susan and Talia, and the unmasking of the spy (as well as how they’d remained hidden so long) are all wrapped up a little too fast for the tastes of most die-hard fans, but given the pending cast changes at the time, JMS did a pretty fine job with what he had to work with in such a short time frame.

Listener Feedback: Just for the record, the FarPoint tag is officially spelled “boohkie”, all because Google kept pulling up websites for bookmakers. Make a note of it.

Jerseys Are Go! Interested? Let us know if you’d place a pre-order!

This week we field voicemails from John in NC about batting cage sound effects; Kurt from the ScapeCast chimes in on the appropriate equipment for the Narn Bat Squad; Kurt again, back to recount the story on how he missed seeing “Knives” the first time around; Kurt one more time, with details on what happened to Sol to cause the events we see in “Deconstruction of Falling Stars”; Eric from NY wants a Purple football jersey with “E. Smith” as the name; Jim from Brookline on football jerseys over baseball jerseys.

Nerf Bats or Pugil Sticks?

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Shameless related begging: Summer’s working to convince any publisher to do an essay collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

There’s a box of Babylon 5 novels sitting here, books that were rescued from unknown fates at used bookstores in his area by Brad from the PodCulture podcast. The B5 library collection grows… if you have a request, send it in.

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Link: Podcast Junk

For those who are still looking, I found some of the Jane Killick Season-By-Season guides today.

I’m adding 1 copy of “S2: The Coming of Shadows”, 2 copies of “S3: Point of No Return”, and 1 copy of “S4: No Surrender, No Retreat” to our “book club”. Price will be $7 each plus shipping.

I am working on a shopping cart for the site, so you can just buy the books you need. I wish I could figure out a way to let people list books they’ve rescued in their localities, because I think it might become a bit of a hassle for people to find the books, send them to the studio, and have us send them back out again.

And to the folks who’ve requested copies of the books we found, I don’t have any formal orders yet, nor shipping addresses to figure out how much shipping will cost to send these to you, so go ahead and send that info if you definitely want one of the books available for adoption from our B5 Library.

Welcome to Show #66!

Tim, Summer and Jeffrey launch the When Farm Animals Attack segment, and all we can say is TurDuckEn. It’s harder to avoid duck attacks than it is Shadow attacks.

Warner Bros has also released “Lost Tales” teasers on YouTube, and links will be provided later (after recovering from Lazy Show Notes syndrome), and we really do start the “Michael checks the FarPoint Media mailbox” segment…

Deep Geeking: This week’s episode is “Confessions and Lamentations”, and Summer fesses up that this was the episode that permanently hooked her focus into the Babylon 5 universe.

Supremely lazy show notes…. no update today. Update tomorrow… there’s always an update tomorrow.

Listener Feedback: Just for the record, the FarPoint tag is officially spelled “boohkie”, all because Google kept pulling up websites for bookmakers. Make a note of it.

Jerseys Are Go! Interested? Let us know if you’d place a pre-order!

Voicemail. Email. Commentary.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Shameless related begging: Summer’s working to convince any publisher to do an essay collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

There’s a box of Babylon 5 novels sitting here, books that were rescued from unknown fates at used bookstores in his area by Brad from the PodCulture podcast. The B5 library collection grows… if you have a request, send it in.

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There’s a new con in Orlando this fall. From the press release:

ASSIMILATION, Florida’s Newest Science Fiction Experience, has announced their 2007 guest lineup!

Assimilation has announced the guest lineup for its 2007 science fiction experience in Orlando, Florida. The event will be held at the Radisson Worldgate Resort on, September 29th and 30th (Saturday & Sunday), 2007. The following guests will be on hand for the entire weekend to meet fans and sign autographs:

ETHAN PHILLIPS (”Neelix” from Star Trek: Voyager)
TRACY SCOGGINS (”Capt. Elizabeth Lochley” from Babylon 5)
RICHARD HORVITZ (”Invader Zim” from Invader Zim)
MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE (New York Times Bestselling Author)
GLENDA C. FINKELSTEIN (Acclaimed Local Science Fiction Author)
ROOSTER TEETH PRODUCTIONS (Creators of “Red vs Blue”)

ASSIMILATION 2007 is a weekend long consumer focused show involving science fiction and the related elements of this unique entertainment genre with the intent of creating an exciting, new and memorable fan experience for SciFi fans! It is produced by Green Mustard Productions.

Further information regarding the event can be found at www.assimilationcon.com.
Information regarding Green Mustard Productions is available at www.greenmustard.com.

Welcome to Show #65!

Summer and Tim C are joined by Tim A and Mike, and boy, do we miss Jeffrey.

Tim C has a bone to pick with Yard Dog Press: in publishing Claudia Christian’s memoir, they used a ST:TOS font on the cover of her book. Whoopsie. Tim also reads an update on what happened to the Babylon 5 fiction novels that had been set to be published by Mongoose.

About the Babylon Podcast swag: we’ve changed our minds… it’s going to be BASEBALL jerseys, not football jerseys, and YES dammit, you will be able to choose what color jersey you want to wear. I’m putting my foot down on that, because I don’t want to make things too difficult on the people running the shop. Keep your eyes open over at PodcastJunk.com.

Deep Geeking: This episode revolves around geeking on “Knives”.

We open with Sheridan and Garibaldi decompressing over batting practice, talking about mysterious circumstances in Down Below, and segueway into an apparent threat on Londo after he and Vir share a light musical moment.

We learn much about what’s been happening back on Centauri Prime, with the machinations and consolidations of power within new factions after the previous Emperor’s death, after Londo’s old dueling partner, Urza Jaddo, arrives at B5 begging for help in clearing his name and helping his house survive the political attacks.

Unfortunately for Urza, despite Londo’s rising star, he’s not in a position to help Urza save his position… and desperate men go to desperate measures to protect those they love.

Meanwhile, Sheridan experiences several attacks on his mind while learning the truth about what really happened to Babylon 4 (contrary to the official reports that had been filed). What his hitchhiker was and where it was really from, we may never know, but it won’t be the last time we encounter the time-space rift in Sector 14.

Listener Feedback: Just for the record, the FarPoint tag is officially spelled “boohkie”, all because Google kept pulling up websites for bookmakers. Make a note of it.

Edmund comments on foreshadowing in dialogue in the show, and he wants baseball jerseys, too; Jarsto has an idea for a companion show to The Babylon Podcast, and doesn’t give us any more info about that; Edmund loved the Tim Earls interview, and comments on elements in B5 that may have been flavored by old school British SF. Tim reads emails from Tracy about Green and Purple jerseys, and potential brawls at conventions; from Matt in Michigan on being unable to workout properly while laughing one’s ass off during The Jarsto Show, and on his search for Jeanne Cavelos’ B5 novels; Colin gives us some info from the novels on what happened to the keeper in the urn, in response to Tim A’s questions; Galen is behind in the shows, but wonders where the Vorlons came from.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Shameless related begging: Summer’s working to convince any publisher to do an essay collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

There’s a box of Babylon 5 novels sitting here, books that were rescued from unknown fates at used bookstores in his area by Brad from the PodCulture podcast. The B5 library collection grows… if you have a request, send it in.

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As she mentioned when she appeared on the Babylon Podcast, Claudia Christian has now published her memoir, My Life With Geeks and Freaks. An autographed copy is available from her official website. Unsigned copies can be ordered from Yard Dog Press.

It should be a fun read, but I must point out something that bothers me. The cover’s designer used a font more closely associated with Star Trek. Somebody needs to be shoved out an airlock.

Welcome to Show #64!

Summer, Tim C and Tim A banter, and gee, I guess you really, really missed me!

Tim C and Summer both managed to score copies of Babylon 5 Script Book Volume 11, thanks to generous contributions from our listeners. It’s a lovely and much appreciated act, and we both truly thank you all.

We will also be receiving a review release of “The Lost Tales” DVD, so we will be providing you with a full review of the film and the DVD contents. Don’t hate us… we’re doing this for you, our listeners!

Deep Geeking: This episode revolves around geeking on “In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum”, a pivotal second season episode that remains a powerful episode to watch even after all these years.

We move from a casual observation that Morden, a dead man, has been seen doing business on the station, through a potential diplomatic rescue by the Centauri, through the borderline alienation of key station personnel, to an intervention by Delenn and Kosh, all to prevent an irate and obssessed Sheridan from breaking Morden and obtaining too much truth too soon about what the Shadows are and what they’re up to.

Listener Feedback: Just for the record, the FarPoint tag is officially spelled “boohkie”, all because Google kept pulling up websites for bookmakers. Make a note of it.

Edmund comments on the Shadows being behind the escalation of the Drazi’s green/purple conflict; Gary from Jacksonville sends a priority Gold Channel request for Summer’s return to the mic; Gary again, with yet another call for a Babylon Podcast Fan Show… Yikes?

Do you want to see any Babylon Podcast swag? If you’re interested in buying FarPoint Media podcast related swag, let us know. I definitely want to use the name “Sunhawks” as the team name for the purple and green Babylon Podcast football jerseys.

I don’t know think it would be a licensing infringement for using the name, but use of any Drazi logo probably would be. I’m still trying to find out who to talk to about that.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Shameless related begging: Summer’s working to convince any publisher to do an essay collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

There’s a box of Babylon 5 novels sitting here, books that were rescued from unknown fates at used bookstores in his area by Brad from the PodCulture podcast. The B5 library collection grows… if you have a request, send it in.

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As some of you may have heard during this week’s live feed, FarPoint Media Entertainment has swag available for Slice of SciFi, Wingin’ It, and FarPoint Media, and we’d like to know if you want to see Babylon Podcast Swag.

PodcastJunk is the site with the swag, and we can easily put up polo shirts, hats, mouse pads, and t-shirts, but the jury is still out on what we can do with the football jerseys that won’t get us into any licensing trouble.

They’d be similar to the jersey you see in the store for “The Rookie” (inspired by Scott Sigler’s excellent action adventure podcast spectacle), but Babylon Podcast jerseys would be purple and green, and I think we could safely use the name “Sunbirds” “Sunhawks” for the team. I just don’t know if we can use any Drazi symbology as the team logo that would go on the tops of the shoulders without stirring up and hornets nests. So I’m inquiring about that last bit.

But my question to all of you: would you want to buy this kind of swag, and what else would you want to see that you’d be interested in purchasing?

Welcome to Show #63!

Once again, the boys are loose in the studio all by themselves. Michael and Tim Adamec join Tim Callender and Jeffrey Willerth, and we’re still not sure what they’re up to.

The release date for “The Lost Tales, Volume 1″ has been announced: July 31, 2007, and is currently available for pre-order! Go order your copy now!! And, Warner Bros may be showing the podcast a little love… we’ll let you know when we know.

Bonus: Tim Callender has a bit of fan fiction appearing in a recent episode of Geek Fu Action Grip. It’s about “Hell”, but also references B5… how can you go wrong?

Interview: Tim and Summer chat with SF author Jeanne Cavelos about her contributions to the Babylon 5 universe: the novels “The Shadow Within”, and the Passing of the Technomages trilogy.

She tells us about her approach to writing about the mages when her first impression of them wasn’t the most favorable, and about playing in a universe so lovingly detailed by JMS. She also gives us her insight into Galen’s character, and the changes he went through, leading into “Crusade”.

And it seems like everyone has a crush on the Vorlon…

Listener Feedback: Edmund comments on the Jarsto guest spot, Vorlon bondage sketches, and volunteers to sit in for Tim if ever necessary; Edmund again, commenting on “And Now For A Word…” and the historical references behind the character names.

Your feedback does matter, and is welcome! You can call us at 206-338-2259, or email us and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played or read on the show. Please try to keep the voicemail comments as brief as possible.

Shameless related begging: Summer’s working to convince any publisher to do an essay collection on Babylon 5. If you’d be interested in buying one if they did do a B5 collection, let Summer know, either here in comments, or over in the Babylon Podcast forums.

There’s a box of Babylon 5 novels sitting here, books that were rescued from unknown fates at used bookstores in his area by Brad from the PodCulture podcast. The B5 library collection grows… if you have a request, send it in.

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