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Podcaster Pub Night: August 5th, Fremont, CA
Posted by Raven on 18 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Announcements
Hi everybody! It’s time once again for another Podcaster Pub Night. If you live anywhere near the San Francisco Bay Area, come on out to join us for a night of fun and frivolity.
Who: Podcasting personalities for this PPN will include Chris Lester, J. Daniel Sawyer, Kitty Nic’Iaian, and very special guest Abigail Hilton!
Where: Saki’s Spin-A-Yarn Restaurant (map), 45915 Warm Springs Boulevard, Fremont, CA
When: Thursday, August 5th, 6 PM – 10 PM. Come join us for a drink, for dinner, or for the entire evening!
Directions:
From the south: Take I-880 N to Exit 12A (Sacramento/I-680), then merge onto Mission Blvd. Turn left at Warm Springs Blvd.
From the north: I-880 S to the W Warren Ave exit (an orange sign will say to follow this exit toward Mission Blvd). Keep left at the fork and merge onto Mission Blvd. Turn left at Warm Springs Blvd.
Hope to see you there!
Metamor City editor debuts new SF/F e-zine
Posted by Raven on 08 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Announcements
Hi all!
Scott Roche, one of my audio editors and faithful minions at The Metamor City Podcast, is helping to start a new e-zine for science fiction and fantasy. He asked me to let you all know about it, so here are the details from his press release. I hope you all give //Flagship// a try!
Enjoy Your Sci-fi and Fantasy How and Where You Want
Beginning July 4th, science fiction and fantasy fans will be given a new place where they can discover authors and stories they’ll be able to enjoy wherever they go. Flagship, the new e-zine by publisher
Flying Island Press, will soon be releasing these stories in formats for the Kindle, the iPad and iPhone, and other electronic readers.
Flying Island Press also recognizes the increasing popularity of podcasts and other forms of audio fiction. So, in addition to the e-zine, an audio version will be available to listen to on any MP3
player. Stories they release will be available both in text and in audio, allowing the consumer to choose their preferred version.
Zach Ricks, managing editor for Flagship, had this to say. “I wanted to hearken back to what some have called the Golden Age of Science Fiction.” It’s his hope that “Flagship will be a place for
optimistic, entertaining fiction.”
Each issue will cost $1.99 for the text version or the audio version, or get both for just $2.99.
Issues will be available starting July 4th, 2010 at http://flyingislandpress.com/flagship
Massive Podcaster Pub Crawl Ahead!
Posted by Raven on 25 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Announcements
World Fantasy Con is this week, and on the Monday after the convention (November 2nd, 2009) we’re going to be holding a pub crawl in Silicon Valley to celebrate. I will be there along with J. Daniel Sawyer, Philippa Ballantine, Gail Carriger, and possibly several other members of the San Francisco Bay podcasting community (not to name names).
In response to massive requests for a South Bay meet-up, we’re going to hold this one at Katie Bloom’s Irish Pub in Campbell, CA. We’ll be getting there around 7 or 7:30, depending on traffic. It should be a blast, and I hope to see lots of you there!
–Chris
MCP Promo #4: Blurbs
Posted by Raven on 25 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Announcements, Promo
The first promo for season 2 is here! Listen as Dan Sawyer, Philippa Ballantine, Rick Stringer and Mur Lafferty share their thoughts about Metamor City. Please distribute far and wide!
Need input for season 2 intro
Posted by Raven on 03 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Announcements
Hi all!
I’m having trouble deciding which of these themes to use for the new Metamor City intro — take a listen and let me know which one you think sounds the best! (The voice actor clips are just placeholders for now.)
Thanks in advance for your input!
MCP SU04 – Parsec Retrospective with Sara Lloyd
Posted by Raven on 17 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Announcements, Danni, Just For Fun
The lovely and talented Sara Lloyd (voice of Danni Sharabi) was here at Metamor Studios when word reached us that MAKING THE CUT had won the 2009 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form). Given the great news, we just had to hop on the mics together and talk about the show and Sara’s experiences with it.
WARNING: We recorded this after midnight. Much giggling ensues.
Huge thanks to Paulette Jaxton for editing this for us!
MCP SU04 - Parsec Retrospective with Sara Lloyd [00:57:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5354)MCP SU02 – Ink & Inkies, by Lotus
Posted by Raven on 26 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Announcements, Fanfic
Here it is, folks: at long last, the first story in the Metamor City Interregnum Contest!
Promo:
All music is provided through agreement with Mevio’s Music Alley.
MCP SU01: Special Update, 06-Aug-2009
Posted by Raven on 06 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Announcements, Just For Fun, Previews
Chris gives several important news updates about the podcast, the summer fanfic contest, and his appearances around the podosphere, as well as a sneak preview of THINGS UNSEEN. Don’t miss this one, folks!
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Podcaster Pub Crawl: Wednesday, August 12, 7:00 PM
Schroeder’s Cafe, 240 Front Street, San Francisco
Appearing: Chris Lester, J. Daniel Sawyer, Scott Sigler, Seth Harwood & Rick Stringer
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Nobilis Erotica “Magical Clothes” Marathon
Saturday, September 12, 8:00 PM, Radio Dentata
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All music is provided through agreement with the Podsafe Music Network.
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
Balticon 43 Approaching … Meet Me There!
Posted by Raven on 04 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Announcements
Hey there, Metamorphs!
The annual convention of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society is almost upon us, and I’m going to be reprising my appearance as a guest speaker. This year I’ll be on the following panels:
Literary Gaming: Saturday, May 23, 3 PM
Metamor City LIVE!: Saturday, May 23, 7 PM
Podcasting and Music: Sunday, May 24, 12 PM
Yes, ladies and gents – there will be a live Metamor City performance at Balticon, starring me, Sara Lloyd, Kim Fortuner and Heather Welliver. Come on out and join the fun!
For more information about Balticon 43, please visit www.balticon.org. I hope to see you there!
