It’s not like a new issue being released, but it is a way for you to continue hearing the dulcet tones of my voice.  A month or two ago, I paid a visit to The Secret Lair and chatted with Misters Miller and Johnson regarding superheroes and their ilk.  Here is the entirety of that episode.

I also managed to walk away with a title - I am now officially their Minister Of Crackpot Schemes And Unfortunate Synergies.  I even get the coolest avatar:

Now if I could just remember those several hours before that…

 

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My Sidekick for this episode is Jordan Whiley. Today, he is “Lacriman,” Master of Sorrow. 

In This Episode:

• Jordan / Lacriman is watching Firefly on Hulu.
• He’s also been blogging with regularity, unlike Kingfish, who pouts about no one commenting on his Flux Capacitor USB hub.
• Adventures in free computing with Linux and open source software.
• Kingfish has a 24 inch iMac at work and is proud of his palty tech geek skills.
• The Hunt for Gollum
• Kingfish has given up soda (again).  We are accepting bets as to how long this lasts.
• mmmm Dublin Dr. Pepper.
• The Science Fiction Book Club is dissin’ the Kingfish.
• A quick review of the new Star Trek Movie
• Other Summer Movies
  -Wolverine
  -Terminator: Salvation
  -Angels and Demons
  -Night at the Museum
  -Up
  -Land of the Lost
  -Transformers
  -Ice Age
  -Public Enemies 
  -Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
  -GI Joe 
  -The Time Traveler’s Wife
  -Inglorious Basterds 
• Other Flicks
  -I Am Legend and Its Prequel
  -Hancock 
• Discussing Issue 4 - Of Banks and Boxcars

and finally - MetaMediocrity, Issue 004 - Of Banks and Boxcars

 

 Issue 004 - Of Banks and Boxcars [63:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Show notes in process…really

 

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OK - my sincere apologies for this very tardy episode.  As you will hear in the talky parts, this episode was recorded quite a while ago.  What held up the works was the fiction.  I got slammed at work along with seriously underestimating a statistics class I was taking.  Additionally, I got a cold and didn’t have a recording voice for a few weeks.

Excuses aside, here’s Issue Two.  I don’t intend to make the next wait as long.

My Solo Sidekick for this episode is Jordan Whiley. Today, he is “Ambidexter.” (“what the…?”)

In This Episode:

• Straight into the gutter.
• Discussions on the music track, or lack therein.
• Jordan/Ambidexter updates his budding film career with Red Cloud Production’s Max VO2 .   We discuss the move to digital movie production.
• Kingfish just finished up his directorial debut in a Community Theatre production.
• Kingfish watched a couple of flyovers of the International Space Station
• Comics for kids, like Johnny DC
• Kingfish just discovered Trailer Addict and has been crusing the Instructables site
• Some MetaMediocrity spoilers / tidbits of trivia
  -Cliff’s name is Cliff Norman, a total homage to Cheers.  I wanted to reinforce the idea that he’s an everyman type of character. 
  -Cliff will eventually obtain a tranchcoat loaded with pockets, which he will load up with and arsenal of miniaturized objects.
  -There’s a prototype MetaMediocrity T-Shirt made. 
• Kingfish just discovered the Wish List feature on Tivo.
• Kingfish has stumbled into a weekly Warcraft 3 pickup game (we has since moved to Neverwinter Nights)
• Jordan / Ambidexter is addicted to mini Flash games, namely Swords and Sandals.
• Writing - fictional locations versus real world locations.
• Confucious say “Never give your laptop to a teenager with behavior problems.”
• Kingfish say “The new Norton Antivirus is bloatware.” Avoid at all costs.
• Jordan lost serious geek cred by downloading a virus.
• State bureaucracy is goofy.

and finally - MetaMediocrity, Issue 002 - Static

 

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Wow - Here it is, the first official episode!  November 1 got here faster that I expected.

My Sidekicks for this episode are:
Billy Flynn from Geek Radio Daily and the former Geeklabel Radio, today known as “Innuendo Boy.”  Apparently, Billy is offering his services to mimic me professionally.  For $0.25, you can hear him say “ookay.”  I didn’t know I had my own catch phrase, but it’s nice to be remembered.
Jordan Whiley, also know as the Code Poet of Geeklabel fame. Today, the “Thermonatrix.”
( I still say “what the…?)

 
In This Episode:

• Introductions
• What to expect and what not to expect from the show - We’re the Straight Men, not the comics, lower your expecations accordingly.
• The current state and future of Geeklabel Tees
• The Geeklabel Podcast Legacy - Billy Flynn is officialy appointed “Keeper of the Legacy.” His haul of swag includes:
  An autographed Jenna Von Oy photo (that’s what you can’t hear over all of the drooling and catcalls)
  My Little Cthulu (from Dreamland Toyworks)
  A seriously cool remote control dragon from our old friend Valharic
  All the leftover Geeklabel Podcast and Geeklabel Radio Tees
• A Fitness Update from the sidekicks
• Jordan/Thermonatrix is starting his career as a film star (villian) in Red Cloud Production’s Max VO2 . This now decreases his Six Degrees of  Kevin Bacon score to 3 (possibly 2)
• Billy apparently pays people to pee on him.  That’s what I heard, anyway.
• What everyone’s been doing “geekly.” Wii Fit, Star Wars - The Force Unleashed, Lego Batman
• Movie Talk - Norbit, Dark Knight, Iron Man, and the Kingfish’s childish need for a happy ending.
• Comics - Arkham Asylum is “way in the icky,” and therefore not for the Kingfish
• Why does DC suck, at least for toys?

The Official MetaMediocrity Rating Scale is now 1-10 Capes

• TV - Battlestar Galactica, Animated Batman & Superman, CLone Wars & The Star Wars Universe, Fringe, Smallville, Heroes
• The Burger King and The Quaker Oats dude look like podophiles
• A horrible segue to talking about the MetaMediocrity Audio Comic

Props and Shoutouts:

and finally - MetaMediocrity, Issue 001 - Origin Stories

 

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I was working on the audio for Issue 001, and this was the conversation prior to going live.  I had to trim it out, but I thought it was too good to keep to myself.  Enjoy.

-kingfish

 

 Issue 001 Outtakes [1:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Distribute and play freely! 

-Kingfish

 

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