MCP SE12 - Season 1 Exit Interview!

Posted by Raven on 17 May 2009 | Tagged as: Feedback, Interview, Just For Fun

Steve Riekeberg of Geek Cred interviews Chris Lester LIVE on TalkShoe, taking a look back at season one and fielding calls from the fans. Dan Sawyer teams up to monitor the chat room and provide additional commentary.

Also appearing in this podcast:

Tee Morris

Paul Fischer

Bryan Watson

Nobilis Reed

Christiana Ellis

Kim the Comic Book Goddess

Promo:

Guardians

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MCP SE11 - Feedback Show, Episode V: The Voicemail Strikes Back

Posted by Raven on 15 May 2009 | Tagged as: Feedback, Just For Fun

Chris teams up with Dan Sawyer and Kitty Nic’Iaian to tackle the growing pile of voicemails.

Referenced in this episode:

Nina Kimberly the Merciless - buy it now on Amazon!

Orycon 31

Forever Angels - Ben Hathaway’s charity

The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (which has been delayed - see link)

Jarrett’s Metamor City Review

Down From Ten

 
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DOWN FROM TEN - Preview

Posted by Raven on 14 May 2009 | Tagged as: Just For Fun

Hey Metamorphs! Now that MAKING THE CUT is wrapped up, i know you’re probably ooking for new stuff to listen to. This is an 8-minute preview of J. Daniel Sawyer’s soon-to-be-released podcast novel, DOWN FROM TEN. I figured I’d share it with you so that you could get a taste of what’s in store for this summer.

DOWN FROM TEN is a cabin fever story with a speculative fiction spin. Dan has described it as “Stephen King’s The Shining if Douglas Adams had adapted it as a sex comedy.” I’d personally add a heavy dollop of Robert Heinlein’s “Time Enough For Love” to the mix, as well.

I’ve read most of the manuscript as Dan has worked on it over the last four months, and it is a thing of beauty. A bunch of eccentric artists and creative geniuses are trapped for ten days in a snowed-in mansion in the California mountains. Knowing that the isolation is likely to drive them crazy, they start putting their formidable intellects to work to combat the encroaching madness — but it seems they’re not alone in the house, and soon they all begin having the same dream…

DOWN FROM TEN begins this June at www.jdsawyer.net.

 
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REPOST: MCP 041 - MAKING THE CUT: Chapter 31

Posted by Raven on 03 May 2009 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

People are still having a hard time getting the last four episodes on the RSS feed, so Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios has graciously offered to host mirror copies on his server. I hope this will make it easier for people to download them.

 
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REPOST: MCP 040 - MAKING THE CUT: Chapter 30

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People are still having a hard time getting the last four episodes on the RSS feed, so Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios has graciously offered to host mirror copies on his server. I hope this will make it easier for people to download them.

 
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REPOST: MCP 039 - MAKING THE CUT: Chapter 29

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People are still having a hard time getting the last four episodes on the RSS feed, so Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios has graciously offered to host mirror copies on his server. I hope this will make it easier for people to download them.

 
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REPOST: MCP 038 - MAKING THE CUT: Chapter 28

Posted by Raven on 03 May 2009 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

People are still having a hard time getting the last four episodes on the RSS feed, so Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios has graciously offered to host mirror copies on his server. I hope this will make it easier for people to download them.

 
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MCP 041 - MAKING THE CUT: Chapter 31

Posted by Raven on 01 May 2009 | Tagged as: Abbey, Artax, Braddock, Brian, Danni, Fiona, Jared, Kate, Leena, Making the Cut, Malcolm, Miriam, Podcast Episodes, Rebecca, Sasha, fantasy, novel, podiobook, science fiction

The battle is over, the bodies have fallen, and it’s time for the survivors to count the cost. The Sommers cell has defied the norms of its society; Daniel unwittingly aided enemies of the Collective; Abbey is a former fugitive. How will the Hive choose to deal with this band of misfits? And what will Malcolm ard’Valos do, now that his pawn has been taken from him?

The Cast:

Sasha King - Dani Cutler
Fiona hin’Connaill - Christiana Ellis
Abbey Preston - Heather Nowak
Danni Sharabi - Sara Lloyd
Rebecca Brower - MA in PA
Jared Tamlin - Jason Adams
Kathryn Kitaen - Heather Welliver
Malcolm ard’Valos - TD-0013
Braddock - Marc Bailey
Brian Sommers - Bryan Watson
Young Disembodied Voice - Kimi Alexandre
Old Disembodied Voice - Bryan Watson

The Music:

Complete track information will be provided at a later date.

podsafe music network All music from David Beard is used by special permission from the artist. Music from StackTraxx obtained by license from Digital Juice. Music from ERH is provided through the Freesound Project. All other music is provided through agreement with the Podsafe Music Network.

Some sound effects were provided by Soundsnap; others were provided by the Freesound Project.

Feedback:

If you’d like to share your thoughts about the show, please call our voicemail line at (206) 203-0994, or email your comments (in text or audio) to feedback@metamorcity.com. You can also participate in the discussion forums at TheCursed.org and join our Facebook group, Fans of Metamor City.

This concludes Metamor City: Season 1. Stay tuned to this feed for upcoming feedback shows, the summer fan-fiction contest, and the Season 1 Exit Interview. Until next time, keep it on the bright side!

 
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MCP 040 - MAKING THE CUT: Chapter 30

Posted by Raven on 26 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Abbey, Brian, Daniel, Danni, Evan/Eva, Fiona, Making the Cut, Miriam, Morgan, Podcast Episodes, Rebecca, Sasha, Victor, fantasy, novel, podiobook, science fiction

It all comes down to this! With Sasha poisoned by the psi drug Mad John and Victor only moments away from finding them, Sasha and Abbey must make a desperate last stand against the psychotic psi. Can they hold out long enough for help to arrive? And what will become of Victor after he crosses this final line?

The Story So Far:

Mur Lafferty, creator of Playing for Keeps, the HEAVEN series, and I Should Be Writing

The Cast:

Sasha King - Dani Cutler
Abbey Preston - Heather Nowak
Victor hin’Kavos - Bill Bowman
Brian Sommers - Bryan Watson
Fiona hin’Connaill - Christiana Ellis
Miriam Bakhtavar - Paulette Jaxton
Morgan Drauling - Kim Fortuner
Danni Sharabi - Sara Lloyd
Rebecca Brower - MA in PA
Evan Selindi - Tee Morris

Promos:

Balticon 43

Nina Kimberly the Merciless

Shameless Nemesis Abuse:

PG Holyfield’s Murder at Avedon Hill

The Music:

Complete track information will be provided at a later date.

podsafe music network All music from David Beard is used by special permission from the artist. Music from StackTraxx obtained by license from Digital Juice. Music from ERH is provided through the Freesound Project. All other music is provided through agreement with the Podsafe Music Network.

Some sound effects were provided by Soundsnap; others were provided by the Freesound Project.

Feedback:

If you’d like to share your thoughts about the show, please call our voicemail line at (206) 203-0994, or email your comments (in text or audio) to feedback@metamorcity.com. You can also participate in the discussion forums at TheCursed.org and join our Facebook group, Fans of Metamor City.

Next time on The Metamor City Podcast:

The battle is over, the bodies have fallen, and it’s time for the survivors to count the cost. The Sommers cell has defied the norms of its society; Daniel unwittingly aided enemies of the Collective; Abbey is a former fugitive. How will the Hive choose to deal with this band of misfits? And what will Malcolm ard’Valos do, now that his pawn has been taken from him?

Find out in two weeks — until then, keep it on the bright side!

 
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Feed troubles

Posted by Raven on 15 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Announcements

Hello Metamorphs!

Chris here. For the last couple of months I’ve been receiving repeated emails from my loyal listeners about problems with the RSS feed for Metamor City. Episodes failed to download, or stopped in the middle, or only downloaded after many, many retries. Clearly something was wrong, yet my hosting service insisted that everything was working fine on their end.

Now I believe we have found the culprit. The problems appeared shortly after Google bought out Feedburner and compelled me to transfer the feed over to my Google account. Apparently Google has been redirecting the feed to their own archived copies of the show, which has been … less than efficient. I can’t imagine why such a change was made without informing us, the users, much less without giving us a way to opt out of it. I have tested the original, native RSS feed (http://www.metamorcity.com/?feed=podcast) and found that it functions normally; only the Feedburner feed was suffering from the timeout errors.

To make a long story short, I have deleted the Feedburner feed and redirected its traffic back to the original feed. iTunes has been notified of the change and should make the changeover seamlessly for most, if not all, subscribers. While I am sad to lose Feedburner’s stat-tracking abilities, it is a small price to restore the confidence of my listeners and ensure higher-quality service for all of you.

If you have been inconvenienced by the recent feed troubles, I sincerely apologize, and I thank you for sticking with me. Special thanks to all of you who have made the effort to notify me about your problems in downloading the episodes. Hopefully this will fix the situation, but if it doesn’t, please let me know.

Keep it on the bright side,

Chris

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