(As always, you can get the podcast audio file at grailwolf.com .)

In this episode I discuss sick days, TV news, and an important birthday.

Too many shows mentioned for me to list them all, but we should be back to the usual shownotes next time.

Or... maybe the time after that.

Hurdy gur,
-Marc

Got two episodes up this week, but the Internetz is totally flaking on me, so I only have a few minutes at a time to get online. Therefore, I only offer links to the episodes and their related blogs. I'd be happy to get feedback here, though!

Sorry if I'm not around that much, the repairs should be done in a few days.

Meanwhile, here are the links:

GGL024 - New Amsterdam and the Format War

and

GGL025 - Tee Morris and the Great Galactica Geekout

Hope you enjoy!

Hurdy gur,

-Marc

Okay, I must admit that I'm a little disappointed to finally reach level 50 and find that they've removed the Airwolf pilot helmet in favor of a generic "50" emblem. That said, I'm tickled that they at least kept the name.

See, a group of acquaintances of mine (including the amazingly talented Mur Lafferty and her friend Jason Adams) had a conversation a couple years ago about cool old TV shows. After going through a lot of them, they decided that Airwolf was easily the coolest of the lot. You may find people who didn't like the show, but even most of them will admit that it is pretty cool, at least. This became a frequent reference with them, as they started using the word "Airwolf" as a synonym for the word "cool". And when Mur and Jason discussed this on their podcasts (the now defunct Geek Fu Action Grip and the not-quite-as-defunct Random Signal respectively) it spread to the entire Podosphere.

So it goes without saying that I've been wanting to become "Airwolf" for a long time. Unfortunately, moderation duties, editing, family, and other RL emergencies kept my points gain to a very modest pace, so it took years to get here. And now, of course, I've suddenly been finding pages that are in desperate need of attention. As a result, I am already 60% through the level and it looks like I'll be on to the next thing pretty soon.

Now, don't get me wrong. I really look forward to some of the other levels as well (especially the Buffy, Firefly, and Twin Peaks themed levels) but I'll still be sad to see Airwolf go.

Actually, it makes me wish that the levels were more like the badges in the massively multiplayer online game City of Heroes. In that game, once you earn a new badge you don't need to switch to it. You just add it to your collection. Every level you get a new badge, and you also get them for accomplishing certain tasks, exploring certain areas of the game, etc. But at any time you can choose to "wear" any of the badges that you've ever earned. Theoretically, you can be a level 50 character (the highest level in the game, I believe) and still be wearing the badge you get for clearing 100 bad guys from the tutorial level.

And that's what I'd like to be able to do here. Certain level just don't appeal to me all that much, so it would be nice to keep my old level titles. Maybe I could be a level 53 "Bewitched" at Halloween (or Beltane, or whatever).

That's way too much work, however, for way too frivolous a wish, so I'll just keep myself happy looking forward to the shiny new levels.

Even if most of them aren't nearly as Airwolf as this one.

Hurdy gur,

-Marc

(As always, the audio file can be found at Grailwolf.com )

At last, it's the Listener Appreciation Special!
But first... Grailwolf's Geek Life now has a Google Calendar. Click here if you want to see the calendar in your browser. Click here for the XML address, and click here (or, better yet, just copy the link) for the iCal address.
Then we discuss new DVD releases for this Tuesday:
Slipstream
Beowulf (DVD, Unrated Director's Cut, and HD DVD)
30 Days of Night (DVD and Blu-Ray)
Justice League: The New Frontier
Ghost Hunters: Season 3, Part 2
Highlander: The Source


Promo: Podcast Junky / On The Podcast

Voicemail from Choochus (COH Podcast / Into The Blender)
Listener Emails (Lily Von, Jindai)
Shoutout to Doug from Geek Acres

Promo: Chasing The Bard

Medium review by TJ Aman

Enjoy, and keep the emails and voicemails coming!

Hurdy gur,
-Marc

(NOTE: There are some persistent audio problems in this episode. They apparently occurred during recording, so there was nothing I could do about it. Sorry, but we'll try to keep it from happening next time.)

(As always, you can find the podcast itself at grailwolf.com . )

After a little discussion of why the show is late, we jump into a review of the DVD title The Call of Cthulhu, produced by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. Then a new promo for Mur Lafferty's podcast novel Playing For Keeps (performed by Podcasting's Rich Sigfrit, and yes I do know that there's an editing error in the promo). Finally, a discussion of the new TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and then the song Superhero by Anthony Stauffer and Holy Smoke (not the song My Secret Origin by Ookla the Mok, which you can find at CD Baby and on Stories of the Third Wave, episode 6).

Many apologies to T.J. and the other listeners who sent in feedback and content. There will be a listener appreciation show very soon. Promise.

Hurdy gur,
-Marc