Hey all.  Sorry for the delayâ�¦ but I hope it was worth the wait.  This week we've got PsychoPez with the newswire, a great story from Miss Nox and a cool little song from Ash Verjee (again), courtesy of music.podshow.com. 

 

So the reason the show is late this week is pretty cool.  This week was my Sho Dan (black belt) test.  Our Sho Dan testing process is pretty intense and I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to make it, which is why I didn't really say too much about it before.  But I did, and in the closing this week I spend some time talking about it.  I think it's a pretty good listen, and, well, it's a pretty big deal to me. 

 

Lastly, there are a few things that you might notice as you listen to the show.  First off, the opening says there are two stories, there aren't.  Only the one Can't Stay Away.  The second one didn't record as well as I'd hoped and I didn't have time to re-record.  I'll include it in another show, as it deals with Miss Nox and Abhorent as well.  Also, the addition of Kamikaze Eyes by Ash Verjee as bumper music was a post production decision so it's not mentioned in the cast either.  But it is here in the show notes. 

 

So with all that out of the way� it's story time!

 

0:15 Intro Omni Volt

0:35 Opening - You can call me sensei

1:30 Newswire - PsychoPez

4:45 Kamikaze Eyes (part 1) Ash Verjee (http://www.ashverjee.com/)

6:00 Can't Stay Away - Miss Nox

13:00 Kamikaze Eyes (part 2) Ash Verjee

14:45 Closing

15:05 Thanks again, Omni Volt, Miss Nox and Psychopez

16:40 I talk about my Sho Dan (Black Belt) test

29:20 How was your weekend? -- A little more of Kamikaze eyes

31:35 Ding

Good evening, ladies and Germs.  <badum-ching>  It's time once again for another issue City of Stories, the best CoX based podcast fiction out there.  Ok, so it's the only CoX podcast fiction, but hey….

 

Anyway, we've got two stories for ya this week, Heart, by Joe Koelbl and A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste by Moriyaku.  All that and "Impromptu for Six Pianos" by Ash Verjee.  Here it comes!

 

0:15 Intro - Phoenix Hawk

0:30 Opening

1:30 Need more Intros

1:50 Need more publicity

2:30 Heart - Joe Koelbl

15:00 Impromptu for Six Pianos (excerpt) - Ash Verjee (courtesy http://music.podshow.com)

16:40 A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste - Moriyaku

22:20 Closing

22:50 Thanks again

25:20 Work sucks

25:00 If you know open source CMS (Joomla, Drupal, Xoops) EMAIL ME

25:00 Also, if you're a DC area PHP developer (a good one) I need to talk to you

27:43 Ding-age

 

 

 

Alright everyone!  Welcome back.  Well, you didn't go anywhere, but I did.  I took a marvelous cruise to the land of "Oh my God, I can't believe how sick I am!  Stab me in the eye with a spoon and make me feel better."  Ever been there?  It's a little island right off the coast of "Please please let me die now-istan".   Yeah, I had the flu, in a big way.  Fever, chills, the whole nine yards.  Good, in that I got to play CoH and watch most of the entire series of Buffy in order, bad in that, well…. I didn't feel well?  Hey, might have been a decent trade off.  Oh and I watched Firefly again, yay.  So, hmmm……

 

Alright, on to this weeks show.  I mentioned it in the podcast, but I'm running out of stories.  Consider this a plea for submissions.  Without them, there is no show, so get it in gear people and send me your stuff and links to things you like.

 

This week, we've got a story from Anthony Harte called "A Simple Ending".  Good stuff. And a song from an Aussie band called Man Bited God.  And retraction time: in the closing I call them Man Bites Dog…. That's incorrect, it's Man Bites God.  Hey, it was almost 2AM when I recorded that, huh?  Also, you get my sorta review of X-Men III and a week off from the newswire, so let's get to it!

 

0:15 Intro - Sorah

0:35 Opening

0:55 I'm begging.  More stories.  PLEASE! And if you need to, send it again.

2:00 No Newswire this week

2:50 A Simple Ending - By Anthony Harte

13:00 Bride of the Dragon - Man Bites God (http://www.manbitesgod.com courtesy of http://music.podshow.com)

15:45 Closing

16:10 Thanks again: Anthony Harte for the story and to Sorah for last week's guest hosting

16:20 Man Bites God - Reminds me of Jonathan Coulton (http://www.jonathancoulton.com NSFW)

16:45 Been a while, how do I do this again?

16:55 X-Men 3 review-let

20:00 Seeya!

21:43 Ding

 

 

 

 

Alright, sorry y'all.  I've been REALLY sick this weekend, which means even if I hadn't lost my voice, every other sound you'd hear would be a cough or a wheeze.  So I present to you: The best of City of Stories, with special guest host: Karnal Sin!  <yay!>

So thanks Karnal, and thanks again to Ascendant for the story: A Time and a Case for Everything.  Also thanks again to Jonathan Coulton from JonathanCoulton.com for the song "SkullCrusher Mountain."

And thanks to those several of you who've contacted me in game recently.  I always love hearing from all of you.

Alright.  That's it for this week.  Check back next week.  As you know by now… we've got some big news to go over! 

Mint