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  1. 11/04/2022

    601: Captured

    Reporting live from a quarter million miles out: Oof, it’s been a couple of minutes since I did one of these, hasn’t it? This is kind of a free-form ramble about everything – cats, life, more cats, a job I didn’t get, Marsquakes, shows, action figures, funky lights, and being in the same place all the time. Plus, the timeless wisdom of Apollo astronaut Ed Mitchell. (1:13:54) Right-click here and “save as” if you want to save it to your infernal portable sound-emitting device. Show notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/601-captured/ I’ll explain later One of these days, Mars, POW! The white stuff are pieces of subsurface ice excavated and scattered by the impact. How cool is that? Well, it’s ice, so the answer is: very cool. Links: Feel free to help out via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or even the ol’ Amazon Wish List There are also lots of cool things in our Redbubble Store Music by Jahzzar Earl can also be heard on Sci-Fi 5 at the Roddenberry Podcast Network.

  2. 05/02/2021

    502: The Binder of Babylon

    Linking in from brown sector: Geeky ramblings are back, this time involving a show that’s making a minor – and well-deserved – comeback thanks to a much overdue facelift. And where this show is concerned, I was there, at the dawn of the nerd age of fankind… chronicling the show for myself with stuff that the studio sent out to the TV stations giving the series its original broadcast run. Does Babylon 5 still have things to say? Oh yes. Yes it does. Perhaps now more than ever. (1:44:32) Right-click here and “save as” if you want to save it to your infernal portable sound-emitting device. Show notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/502-the-binder-of-babylon/ Want to see inside the Binder of Babylon? Click the photo below. If you dare. For more memories specific to WACY and its Prime Time Invasion programming block, listen to episode 301: How To Make A Uniquely Wisconsin Sci-Fi Channel. Perseverance goes ZOOM! So. freakin’. nominal. Anyone seen number one? A rogues’ gallery from this show’s action figure mentions… The Marvel Legends Retro series also mentioned in this show’s action figure admiration rant…buy your own through the link below. Links: Those awesome Marvel Legends retro action figures? They’re in theLogBook.com Store! Wandering Planet’s Kickstarter for The Prisoner action figures What’s the deal with Axanar? Oh, holy crap…just go read this site. It’s a soap opera. A better use of your time than going down the Axanar rabbit hole would be listening to these podcasts: I See Robots Saturday Frights and the Diary Of An Arcade Employee Flack’s podcasts (You Don’t Know Flack, Sprite Castle, Multiple Sadness) Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast Half Measures Podcast Feel free to help out via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or even the ol’ Amazon Wish List There are also lots of cool things in our Redbubble Store Music by Jahzzar Earl can also be heard on Sci-Fi 5 at the Roddenberry Podcast Network. Six actors in an elevator in one of the last scenes of Babylon 5. Only one of them is still alive. KPBI Master Control, downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas, circa 1996-97. This station does not still exist.

  3. 03/19/2021

    501: The Apple Episode

    HGR2: You think I’m a pretty basic podcast host? Oh baby, I am totally a BASIC podcast host. It’s a memory core dump from the early days of Commodore PETs and the mighty Apple IIe-compatible Franklin ACE 1000, a journey back in time to the computers that made me fall in love with…well…computers. Also, the obligatory soundtrack, action figure, gaming, and TV mutterings, and maybe a hint as to why Phosphor Dot Fossils vanished for a little while. (1:19:55) Right-click here and “save as” if you want to save it to your infernal portable sound-emitting device. Show notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/501-applesode/ Watch your host play endless Apple II games on YouTube – Phosphor Dot Fossils will return in The Living Daylights. For more memories specific to bulletin board systems, listen to episode 104: Bulletin Board Systems. Actual photo of your host, a little while ago, jamming on the mighty Franklin ACE 2200, probably around 1986-87. Links: Those books about Doctor Who and Star Trek that I’ve written? And that very funny Fatherhood, Fandom and Fading Out book? They’re in theLogBook.com Store! Feel free to help out via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or even the ol’ Amazon Wish List There are also lots of new things in our Redbubble Store Music by Jahzzar Earl can also be heard on Sci-Fi 5 at the Roddenberry Podcast Network. My dad, Earl Green Sr. (1924-2010), playing Frogger on the brand new ACE 1000, Christmas 1981.

  4. 12/29/2020

    403: Showrunner! The Home Game

    Cut and Print: In yet another testament to the very strange way in which your host’s brain works, enjoy this introduction to Showrunner!: The Home Game – also known as outlining a nonexistent season of TV without actually writing out the episodes, or window shopping at the idea store. Also: what I’ve been reading, some space news, the usual waffling on about action figures and tiny arcade games, and some contrarian thoughts about the Mandalorian season finale. (1:06:49) Right-click here and “save as” if you want to save it to your infernal portable sound-emitting device. Show notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/403-showrunner-the-home-game/ The day the TURDIS arrived in Dyer Random garden slugs appearing in the kitchen – all part of the Dyer emergency. Links: Those books about Doctor Who and Star Trek that I’ve written? And that very funny Fatherhood, Fandom and Fading Out book? They’re in theLogBook.com Store! Feel free to help out via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or even the ol’ Amazon Wish List There are also lots of new things in our Redbubble Store Music by Jahzzar Watch this space…no reason really. The new studio taking shape in Fayetteville.

  5. 08/12/2020

    402: 2020 Regional Self-Isolation Champion

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH: 2020, am I right? 2020. What I’ve been watching, listening to, and doing while trying to survive and stay sane in a year that was shaping up to be a bad one at the end of last year. Plus the usual waffling on about space missions and soundtracks and action figures and that sort of thing.(1:24:45) Right-click here and “save as” if you’re inclined to do that sort of thing. Show notes page: https://www.thelogbook.com/thistape/402-the-2020-show/ Links: David S.F. Portree’s site: No Shortage Of Dreams – the story of spaceflight told through missions & programs that didn’t happen Those books about Doctor Who and Star Trek that I’ve written? And that very funny Fatherhood, Fandom and Fading Out book? They’re in theLogBook.com Store! Feel free to help out via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or even the ol’ Amazon Wish List There are also lots of new things in our Redbubble Store The Mandalorian in the LogBook For All Mankind in the LogBook Star Trek: Picard in the LogBook Star Trek: Lower Decks in the LogBook Did you know theLogBook’s Music Reviews have returned? One soundtrack and one non-soundtrack release every week! Music by Jahzzar A Dyer emergency: my current studio, such as it is. Obi, toward the end. I miss my big stripey kitty. Watching The Martian with kittehs. Down in front! Populating Mars with digital Martians. The absolute best configuration for an Artificial Sun fusion reactor in Surviving Mars. Mars, terraformed: I bless the rain down in Chryse Planitiaaaaaaaaa… A pretty decent little collection of VINCENT and BOB from The Black Hole if I do say so myself. Real space robots: Perseverance and Hope reporting back to Earth. Time to just give up and find a babysitting job.

  6. 05/02/2020

    401: A Warp-Speed (Podcast) Survey of Early Star Trek Video Games

    Welcome aboard, Captain! Star Trek video games didn’t arise from the glory years of the franchise, but during its wilderness years. This audio version of a recent theLogBook.com livestream traces the development of both licensed and unlicensed Star Trek and computer games, and the beginning of the modern age of the franchise as a gaming IP. (1:02:23) Right-click here and “save as” to store this podcast to your communicator. (Ask Scotto if it doesn’t work.) This is an edited-down version of my recent YouTube video (itself a recorded version of a livestream that ran into serious technical issues), and I got more than one comment that a podcast version of this would be welcome. I savagely edited down the game play segments for the podcast, since you really don’t get anything by listening to long stretches of game sounds with limited discussion or description – by editing out long stretches of purely visual stuff from the video, as well as knocking out random cat attacks, I was able to knock half an hour off of the video version, which can be seen below: Links: Those books about Doctor Who and Star Trek that I’ve written? And that very funny Fatherhood, Fandom and Fading Out book? They’re in theLogBook.com Store! Feel free to help out via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or even the ol’ Amazon Wish List There are also lots of new things in our Redbubble Store, including new face masks! Music by Jahzzar

  7. 12/28/2019

    302B: An All-Star Tribute To Baby Yoda

    D’aaaaaaawwwwwww! Following up on the previous installment of This Tape, some ruminations on what’s been on TV lately, including Apple TV’s For All Mankind, The Mandalorian over on Disney+, and anticipation for the new season of Doctor Who and that Star Trek: Picard series. (This somewhat short show was recorded shortly after Thanksgiving, and so doesn’t reflect the latest episodes of any of the series discussed. It was originally made available to Patreon supporters in early December.) (40:12) Right-click here and “save as” for best quality, though it’s a lot cuter if you imagine closed-captioning such as “THE CHILD COOING”. Links: Those books about Doctor Who and Star Trek that I’ve written? And that very funny Fatherhood, Fandom and Fading Out book? They’re in theLogBook.com Store! Feel free to help out via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or even the ol’ Amazon Wish List There are also lots of new things in our Redbubble Store The Mandalorian soundtracks in theLogBook.com Store Star Trek: Discovery soundtracks in theLogBook.com Store The Orville Season 1 soundtrack in theLogBook.com Store ELO music in theLogBook.com Store Alan Parsons music in theLogBook.com Store (but not Alan Parsons Project, which is over here) The Mandalorian in the LogBook For All Mankind in the LogBook Music by Jahzzar

  8. 12/05/2019

    302: A Man Of Action (Figures)

    Now with kung fu action grip! A seven-year-old playing with action figures? Totally normal. Same kid picking up the collecting bug at 17 and keeping it alive (budget permitting) at 47? That’s where people start demanding explanations. A quick stroll down toy-collecting memory lane, encompassing both Star Wars figures and many others I’ve collected down through the years, plus you get to hear my psychoanalyzing my aforementioned collecting bug in real time…the results are a little surprising. And long-winded. Remember to save your proof of purchases so you can find out who’s the Bossk around here. (1:55:39) Right-click here and “save as” for best quality, because it’s gonna sound like crap when you hear it from a Commtech chip. Links: Those books about Doctor Who and Star Trek that I’ve written? And that very funny Fatherhood, Fandom and Fading Out book? They’re in theLogBook.com Store! Feel free to help out via Patreon, Ko-Fi, or even the ol’ Amazon Wish List There are also lots of new things in our Redbubble Store There’s an entire section of theLogBook.com devoted to toy collecting, by the way The Mandalorian soundtracks in theLogBook.com Store Star Trek: Discovery soundtracks in theLogBook.com Store The Orville Season 1 soundtrack in theLogBook.com Store ELO music in theLogBook.com Store Alan Parsons music in theLogBook.com Store (but not Alan Parsons Project, which is over here) The Mandalorian in the LogBook For All Mankind in the LogBook Music by Jahzzar Part of the “packaged wall” and the “ELO wall”. Two great tastes that taste great together. Part of what shall forever be known as the Andrew Wester collection (thanks, Andrew!), which kinda started this whole thing of “What if I start leaving them in the packaging and display them that way?” Even calling a place a “Death Star” kind of casts a pall on things; help your crew relax with some cheaply installed mood lighting. For the lack of a first-floor trash compactor, my Death Star has a parking garage. Federation shuttles, light cycles, unlucky prisoners who happen to be pugs in track suits, all are welcome… …and there’s even valet parking for Batmobiles. E.T. undergoes Combat training. We’ll surely escape from the Death Star in a Flash. Meanwhile, on another shelf, the arcade’s hoppin’. Of course the Stranger Things kids are hogging Dig Dug, but who knew that ROM the Space Knight was a Galaxian guy? And who’s got the next game of Galaga when the Metaluna Mutant’s done? Now there’s a band. The Character Options Doctor Who figures are best displayed by the light shining through a vintage 1993 Doctor Who pinball backglass. Trust me on this.

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