Robots Attack 018

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We experienced a slight hiccup with the studio’s recorder during this particular episode.  Which resulted in only recording the first hour(the “What’s Up and “News” segments of the show)It’s why you have to listen Live, you never know what craziness will ensue!  Anyway, here’s (sort of)Episode 18 of the Main Show!  Listen live on Thursdays  from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

Tunes for 4/26/2012:

  • “Cats” by You Say France & I Whistle from Angry Men
    “Carolina Rua” by The Chieftains from Voices of Ages
  • “T.O.Y.S.” by Secret Music from Secret Music
    “Need Your Love” by Temper Trap from Temper Trap’s newest single

News:

Robot Story: Robo Lovers by 2050? – http://www.livescience.com/19855-high-tech-sex-prostitute-robots-service-humans-2050.html

Caleb’s Corner:

The Core:

Movies:

  • New Releases
    • Movies in the Theater: The Five Year Engagement, Safe, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and The Raven
    • Video Games: Prototype 2(360, PS3), The Walking Dead(PC, PSN, XBLA), Bloodforge(XBLA), Risen 2: Dark Waters(PC), UEFA Euro 2012(PC, 360, PS3)
  • DVD/Blu-ray
    • 11-11-11 (d) – from the director of SAW 2,3,4
    • 1900 (b/d)
    • Albatross (d)
    • Ancient Alien Agenda-Aliens & Ufos from the Area 51 Archives (d)
    • Billy the Exterminator s4 (d)
    • Contraband (d/b)
    • Darktide (d/b);
    • Full Metal Alchamist: Brotherhood collection1 (d/b)
    • FMA: Brotherhood – Sacred Star of Milos (d/b&d)
    • Indemnity: Rage Of A Jealous Vampire (d)
    • Karate Girl (d);
    • Kite (d) – very odd not kid friendly;
    • Let the Bullets Fly (b/d)
    • Marvel Anime: Iron Man – Complete Series (d)
    • Marvel Anime: X-Men – Complete Series (d)
    • Masterpiece Theater Classic: Birdsong (b/d)
    • Nazis at the Center of the Earth (d/b) – crazy horror film much like the SAW movies until near the end
    • Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour (d)
    • Scheherazade Tell Me a Story (d) – An interesting look at eastern culture and women and how some have stood up to it
    • The Innkeepers (b/d)
    • Thor at the Bus Stop (d) – no idea what it’s about but with a title like that … who really cares
    • Titanic (d/b)

Comics:

  • Marvel:
    • New Avengers # 25
    • Secrect Avengers #6
    • Wolverine #305
  • DC
    • American Vampire #26
  • Indie:
    • Popeye #1
    • Mass Effect Homeworlds (written by BioWare writers)
    • Ninjettes #3 – so it’s doing at least that well
  • Web:
    • Sam and Fuzzy – http://samandfuzzy.com/ – S&F goes back to 2002, I started in Vol.5: Sam and Fuzzy Fix Your Problem, which requires no prior knowledge to get started. Is equal parts mystery, adventure, comedy.

Stories:

 

Robots Attack 017

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Episode 17 of the Main Show!  Listen live on Thursdays  from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

Tunes for 4/19/2012:

  • White Rabbits: Hold it to the Fire from Milk Famous
    The Chieftains: When the Ship Comes In from Voice of Ages
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg Live: Paradisco from Stage Whisper
    The Spiracles: End of the Affair from How Things Went When I Met You

News:

Robot Story:

Joe’s Lists:

The Core:

Movies:

  • New Releases
    • www.metacritic.com for movie releases of the week.
  • DVD/Blu-ray
    • 7 Below (b/d), American Dad Vol. 7, Backdraft (b/d), Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Ultimate Ending (d), Blake of Scotland Yard (d), Bob’s Burgers s1 (d), Buck Privates (b) – Abbot & Costello, Children of Men (b), Conan the Barbarian & Destroyer (b), Conan the Adventurer (d) s2d2, Crew 2 Crew (d) – looks like a dance battle movie, Dance off the Inches (in 2 varieties): Hip Hop Body Blast & Sizzling Salsa, Doorway to Hell (d), End of Days (d/b), Eight is Enough s1 (d), Fast & Furious (d), Grateful Dead: All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection (d), Green Zone (b/d), Halloween: Resurrection (b), Hanna (d), Harold & Maude (b/d), High Road to China (b/d) – Tom Seleck not bad but not great, Jarhead (b), Legend (b/d), The Man on the Train (d), Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (b/d), Pitch Black (b), Prophesy & Hellraiser Complete Miramax Collection (d), Public Enemies (b/d), Robotropolis (d), Sanctum (d/b), Serenity (b), Shaun the Sheep: Sheer Madness (d), Starman complete series (d), The Eagle (b/d), The Last Starfighter (d), The Mummy Returns & Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (b), The Scorpion King and Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (b/d), U-571 (b/d), Young Justice s1d1-3 (d)

Comics:

  • Marvel:
    • Marvel: Scarlet Spider (Brian Yost – writer) seems to churning out solid stories, Venom another solid choice – seem to be on a spiderman kick
  • DC
    • DC: Night of Owls – multi title cross over (scott snyder – writer, greg capullo – art); Birds of Prey – Duane Swierczynski (writer) Jesus Saiz (art) – Saiz is critized for drawing all the the same faces but seems that his story telling and ability to keep the characters sexy w/o stepping into cheesecake land is winning over readers
  • Indie:
    • Indie: The Beauty (first issue preview – http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?gid=4119 ); The Secret Service – Mark Millar (writer) and Dave Gibbons (art), Saga #2, The Shadow #1 Garth Ennis (writer) Aaron Campbell (art) – lets forget the movie and tip our hat to the pulp icon that helped usher in the modern hero comic,
  • Web:
    • Web: Deliah Dirk – http://www.delilahdirk.com/ – really beautiful line and physical movement and a really well written story. – Currently up for an Eisner – Full list: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_pr12_eisners_nominees.php ; voting page – http://www.eisnervote.com/

Stories:

Beware the Batman – First 3D CGI series  http://tv.ign.com/articles/122/1223251p1.html

Silent Hill 2 – comes to the states with Open Road Pictures http://movies.ign.com/articles/122/1223248p1.html

Norwegian terrorist(?) claims Moder Warfare game was his training ground – http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/04/norwegian-shooter-breivik-says-he-trained-using-modern-warfare.ars

Assassin’s Creed a copyright infringement? – http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/04/sci-fi-author-sues-ubisoft-over-assassins-creed-copyright-infringement.ars

Robots Attack 016

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Episode 16 of the Main Show!  Listen live on Thursdays  from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

News:

Robot Story:

  • CNC robots helping – http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/06/shapeoko-the-affordable-cnc-mill-kit/ and National Robotics week – http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/09/national-robotics-week-2/

Caleb’s Corner:

  • Heart warming story about a kid who makes his own arcade and now has 90,000 in a college fund! http://mashable.com/2012/04/11/caines-arcade/ – http://vimeo.com/40000072

The Core:

Movies:

  • New Releases

    • www.metacritic.com for movie releases of the week.

  • DVD/Blu-ray

    • A Hollis Frampton Odyssey (b/d); A Streecar Named Desire (b); Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous (d) – looks like a motion comic – bleh; Beverly Hillbillies (d); Bounce (b); Classic Drive-in Collection (d); Coldplay – Time’s Arrow (d) for those who care; Cook County (b/d); Dark Shadows DVD SET complete series; Don Juan Demarco (b); Evanescence-from a Little Rock to a Great Big Sound (d); Hidden (d); Kate and Leopold (b); Lavern and Shirly s5 (d); Liberace – The Ultimate Entertainer (d); Littlerock (b/d); Magical Art of Bellydance (d); Men in Black – Darkwatchers (d); Night Gallery s3 (d); One Tree Hill Series Set (d); That’s Bow Huntin’ (d) – not a typo; The Bodyguard (b); Truth About Cats and Dogs (b/d); Tyrannosaur (d);

Comics:

  • Marvel:

    • Journey Into Mystery #636; Winter Soldier #4

  • DC:

    • Deathstroke #8; Green Lantern: The Animated Series #1

  • Indie:

    • Adventure Time #3; Dollhouse Epitaphs TP Vol 01; Saga #2

  • Web:

    • http://girlgeniusonline.com

Stories:

  • Netflix starts a PAC (Political Action Committee) – http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74929.html – and gets accused of supporting SOPA/PIPA, which isn’t true – http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/09/netflix-has-not-formed-a-pro-sopa-super-pac/ . Good coverage here – http://twit.tv/show/frame-rate/71
  • Borderlands 2 ups the challenge, tweaks the interface, doesn’t fix what wasn’t broken – (a preview from PAX East) http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/04/borderlands-2-ups-the-challenge-tweaks-the-interface-doesnt-fix-what-wasnt-broken.ars

Robots Attack 015

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Episode 15 of the Main Show!  Listen live on Thursdays  from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

News:

Robot Story:

  • Robot that can jump over 30 feet! http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/30/sand-flea-robot-leaps-thirty-feet/

Caleb’s Corner

  • Things to know about your online privacy, and why it matters – http://www.cultofmac.com/157641/this-creepy-app-isnt-just-stalking-women-without-their-knowledge-its-a-wake-up-call-about-facebook-privacy/ – Update: App has been pulled out of the iTunes store and FourSquare has blocked the app’s access to their data. Still this is potentially scary stuff.

The Core:

Movies:

  • New Releases

    • www.metacritic.com for the list of movie releases of the week.

DVD/Blu-ray

  • 3rd Rock from the Sun s3 & s4 (d); Alien Opponent: Uncut (d); Beautiful Planet: France & Italy, Spain & Portugal (b); Being Elmo (d); Beyblade: Fierce Battle (d); Bob: The Complete Series (d); Black Butler s1 (b); Black Butler 2: complete series (b); Chinatown (b); Dark Shadows series as separate disks (26)(d); Dark Shadows: The Beginning 6 sep disks (d); Exhale: Core Fusion 30 Day Sculpt (d); Full House s1 set (d); Girls Just Want to Have Fun (b); Regular Show s1; Roseanne s3 s4; Three Stooges Commemorative Pack – 8 movies (d); War Horse (d&b); West Side Story (b);

Comics:

  • Marvel:

    • Daredevil #10, Uncanny X-Force #23

  • DC:

    • American Vampire #25; Batwing #8

  • Indie:

    • 30 Days of Night #6 of on going; Supurbia #2

Stories:

 

Robots Attack 014

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Episode 14 of the Main Show!  Listen live on Tuesdays from 11pm to 1am on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

Some audio issues due to new digital recording device in the studio not working, uh “correctly” per say,

 

New update about audio issue: engineers say they’ve fixed the problem, so episode 15 should be back to normal!  Here’s hoping.  Oh, there’s also an extra chunk of blank space at the end of this episode.  It’s officially done when you hear our outro music.