This coming weekend, July 2-5th, Westercon 62 (FiestaCon) is being held in Tempe AZ, at the very nice Tempe Mission Palms Resort and Hotel.
When I saw that they were including a Babylon 5 panel (for the first time in a long time), I knew I needed to be the moderator!
BABYLON 5: THE ENDURING LEGACY: It’s been over 15 years since Babylon 5 debuted. Our panel looks back at the series and how it has influenced the
genre and looks ahead to what there might be in the future.
Fri 6-7p, Abbey South room. Summer Brooks (moderator), Lee Whiteside, Eytan Kollin
I’m going to try to record the panel, and if I’m successful, it’ll eventually be posted here.
This is from the jms moderated news group, courtesy of Jan (B5 Scripts) who pointed it out to me. I hope it helps get you through the holiday hiatus.
Title: The official Babylon 5 Music Videos are now online!
Author: John Hudgens
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 21:54:09 -0800 (PST)
As some of you may know, I was hired by Joe Straczynski back in the
day to create Babylon 5 music videos for him to use at science fiction
conventions, and later to promote the show to networks. Eight were
produced over the run of the series, not including the memorial videos
I did later for Rick Biggs and Andreas Katsulas.
For the longest time, the only way to see these was if Joe or I showed
them at a convention, but now, after numerous requests from fans over
the years, Joe has given me permission me to post these online.
Andreas Katsulas memorial
- This is the extended version that I did for Andreas’ widow after the
original cut was released on the net. It’s never been seen online
until now.
For those of you who’ve never seen these, I hope you enjoy them – and
for those that have (and emailed me many times over the years about
releasing them), I hope they’re as good as you remember. Working with
Joe on these videos was one of the highlights of my career, and I’ll
be forever grateful to him for the doors these have opened for me. I’m
proud to have them on my resume.
John Hudgens
zteamproductions.com
J. Michael Straczynski is scheduled to speak at the 11th Annual Mars Society Convention, in Boulder, Colorado August 14-17th.
Convention Information:
Who: Hundreds of Mars Experts and Enthusiasts
What: Eleventh Annual Mars Society Convention
When: August 14-17, 2008
Where: University of Colorado, Boulder
Why: Your chance to hear the latest news and research from Mars, and to join us in advancing the cause of human space exploration!
Thanks to Denis Legault for spotting this!
Welcome to Show #12!
Tim’s off on vacation, so Summer and Jeff are left to pick up the slack. Jeff fills in some details on he and Pat Tallman’s trip to Italy to attend DeepCon (by Deep Space One), and the new channel available to Italian scifi fans, and hanging out with Anthony Simcoe (”FarScape”) and Alexander Siddig (”Deep Space 9″).
Next, Tim and Summer chat about “Mind War”, the episode that introduces us to the Psi Cops, and gives us our first long hard look at Earth’s telepaths and the organization designed to control them.
We also play some listener feedback: Michael from Chicago on the use and labeling of data crystals; Alexis from Ohio with thanks for the interviews and episode discussions.
Don’t forget to send us feedback! You can call us at 206-338-2259 and tell us what you think… and likely hear it played on the show.
Promo: Tracy & Laura Hickman’s Dragon Hearth Productions
Voicemail: 206-338-2259
