Brad and Christina introduce this week’s episode, and break the news about the passing of actor Don S. Davis. If you’ve got a favorite moment or line from any of Don’s characters, (General Hammond from Stargate: SG1, Captain Scully from X-Files, etc) send them in to us or call the voicemail line 206-338-3POD (3763) and leave a message. We’ll put it in his tribute show, to air on Tuesday, the 8th.

Geek Cuisine goes green! Flat Earth’s Wild Berry Patch crisps make all of us ridiculously happy.

The Shoppening continues! In this week’s Geek and Tell Brad gets the final installment in his free HD dvds, including Smokin’ Aces, Lethal Weapon, Troy, Four Brothers, U2: Rattle and Hum. We do an 80’s flashback, and pick up Space Camp and War Games (in a dual pack), and Galactica 1980. Christina’s dementia is catchy, and Brad can’t recall if he talked about his Alien Nation dvds. He’s added MST 3K: The Movie, and Stargate The Movie on blu ray. Glenn’s picked up Omega Man on HD, The Eye, The Secrets of Isis, National Treasure 1 and 2, Alexander Revisited, and the Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector’s Set on blu-ray. Adam has begun to watch Stargate: SG-1.

Christina makes the confession that she’s watched an episode of “So You Think You Can Dance”.

Geek Cuisine 2.0 finds the foursome testing “Private Selection” sodas including blood orange, blueberry lemon, and cranberry lemon.

Glenn’s finishing up The 4400, and We wrap up entreating our listeners to see the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to seeing movies, listening to music, and playing games.

Thank you so much to Brian for his promo of What The Cast, and “Old Dun Cow” by Beatnik Turtle from their cd, Sham Rock. We hope you enjoy the promos for the newest books: Philippa Ballantine’s “Digital Magic” and “Billibub Baggins and the Pitcher’s Pendant” by Tee Morris.

 

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Don S. Davis, our beloved General Hammond from SG1, has passed away due to a heart attack on June 29, 2008. God speed, Don, and rest in peace.

As long-time listeners to the show may know Christina and I used to host a short-lived podcast called Stargate Louisville.  I want to open the iris on that show one more time and would like to do a tribute show for Don.  To make this even more of a tribute I would like YOUR help.  If you have a special memory of meeting him at a convention, or a favorite moment from the show, please let us know in your own words.  You can record something and email it to me:  Brad (at) PodCulture.net  or call the voicemail line at 206-338-3763, and leave it there.

I’d like to get this out and on the feed as soon as possible.  Prob not the next episode of PodCulture (show 111) due out Wed 7/2)  but the following one (due out 7/9).

Thanks so much to Adam for enduring yet another episode with us!

We bring on the bad as Glenn gives us “Machine Girl” as his next Guilty Pleasure!

Geek Cuisine takes a trip back to the 80s with Pop Rocks candy bars!

Geek and Tell has Brad laid out on the tiles with Mahjong Quest Expeditions for the DS while Christina’s getting her brain back together with Brain Challenge. The four give their best guess as to how long Joss Whedon’s new “Dollhouse” will air. Battlefield: Bad Company is keeping Glenn busy in the demo on XBox 360, and he’s waiting for his PS3. Brad goes against his own grain with Grand Theft Auto 4, and the guys geek on Flatout. Christina’s leader of the tribe with Virtual Villagers 3, and loves her hidden object games. The pair talk about Lego Indiana Jones.

For spinning stories (and promos) with the best of them, we thank Tee Morris for “The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery”, and Philippa Ballantine for “Chasing The Bard”. We dare you not to be humming Beatnik Turtle’s “Johnny Jump Up” an hour (or a day, or a week) from now!

 

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Tom Smith is in the hospital. Why? Click here for details.

What does this mean? It means Tom will be unable to perform at any conventions this summer, and will be racking up months of medical bills in the meantime. 

What can you do? Donate! Not only will you get a warm fuzzy feeling, you’ll also get access to more than 40 covers of Tom’s songs by some of the best and funniest musicians he knows! After you donate, an email will be sent to you with the location, user name and password to access all the downloadable MP3’s. (The physical copy of the CD is for people who donate at shows and conventions. If  you would like a physical copy of the CD, please contact rob.balder@gmail.com.

Every single penny (except for PayPal fees) goes straight to Tom! Please donate whatever you are able to.

If you have any difficulties with getting the e-mail after you donate, or getting to the files, etc., please contact sara@saratrice.com.

Track listing:

ALEX WITTENBERG - The Chef They Call Jane
ALEX AND BATYA WITTENBERG - Be Our GOH
ALEX WITTENBERG - Operation Desert Storm
AARON DAVIES - And They Say I’ve Got Talent
AMY MCNALLY - Dervish
ART PAUL SCHLOSSER - Talk Like A Parrot Day
ART WARNECKE - Walking Along the Beach
BEN NEWMAN - Rocket Ride
BEN NEWMAN - What If
BILL SUTTON - PQR
BOB GUEST - With Great Power Comes Great Power Bills
DJ PARTICLE - 17 Years on the PC
JEAN PRIOR - 500 Hats
JOSHUA KRONENGOLD - PQR
JOSHUA KRONENGOLD - Telly Talley Heart
JOSHUA KRONENGOLD - The Worst Job There Is
JULIA ECKLAR - Superman Sex Life Boogie
KARL BROWN - Smash The Frickin Fairies
KATE GLADSTONE - My Unicorn Song
KATE GLADSTONE - The Thing in the Crib
KATE GLADSTONE - Trans Poly U Fight Song
LENNY PROVENZANO - I Wanna Be Peter Lorre
LENNY PROVENZANO - Return of the King
MARGARET AND THE MIDDLETONES - 307 Ale
MICHELLE DOCKREY AND TONY FABRIS - Rich Fantasy Lives
ODD AUSTIN AESCHILMAN - Can’t Get The File To Play
PHOENIX - Superman Sex Life Boogie
POSSIBLE OSCAR - Dead Again
RANDY HOFFMAN - I Want to be Peter Lorre
ROB BALDER - A Boy and His Frog
STEVE MACDONALD - Return of the King
STEVE MACDONALD - Rocket Ride
SUDDEN DEATH - Domino Death
TAK - The Thing in the Crib
THE GREAT LUKE SKI - I Want to be Steve Buscemi
TVs KYLE - Tech Support For Dad
VARIOUS - Falling Free
WORM QUARTET - Sheep Marketing Ploy

We are happy to have Adam still in the studio!

Sit right back and you’ll hear a tale… a spoilerific tale… of Lost, now that Glenn is all caught up. (If you wish to stuff sand in your ears to keep from hearing anything that might electro-magnetize your brain, skip from the five minute mark to the 20 minute mark. Do you like Kate? How would you kill her off? What are your theories and hypotheses about the Island?

The Culture Quartet taste the Mountain Dew trio of new flavors. Do you like Voltage, Supernova or Revolution? Find out why Christina has kicked the energy drink habit. What on earth do water buffalo have to do with Geek Cuisine?

See who Geeked and who Told this week. Brad and Christina have adopted Benry Linus from Build A Bear. He’s got Green Lantern and Hawk Man figures from The Batman line, and new Transformers toys. We ruminate on the multiplication of koalas, and Glenn tells us why he’ll be doing a lot less Geek and Tell shopping in the future.

Thank you for the gorgeous promo for Philippa Ballantine’s podio novel, Chasing the Bard. Thanks again to Beatnik Turtle for keeping our Irish eyes smiling with “Beer, Beer, Beer” from their album “Sham Rock”. Brad gets his geek on with promo from The GeekSpin.

 

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We happily welcome Adam back into the studio!

Beware the Pod casters, Glenn hasn’t played WoW in months. He has finally caught up with some tv and movies. He’s seen Iron Man, and the boys talk about Speed Racer. Adam talks about putting together his sports car of a computer, and Brad commiserates with tales of what happens when new case meets old memory. Brad and Christina have seen Indiana Jones, and Christina’s taking care of her Virtual Villagers tribe.

The quartet breaks out the whip with their reviews of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls. (Those who wish to remain spoiler free, skip from about the 18 minute to about the 37 minute mark.)

Holy Geek Cuisine, Batman!! We have Batman Candy bats.

Where Geek meets Tell, you’ll find us! Brad finds a ZipZap Micro RC car of Bumblebee, and a die cast Mach 5. Glenn’s got the Hot Wheels Speed Racer set. Brad found a set of Mighty Mugg figures, including Yoda, Iron Man, Spider Man, Captain America, The Thing, and Doctor Doom. Who would win between Puppet Spike and Mighty Muggs Yoda? Listen!

Thanks muchly for the promos from The Adventures of Indiana Jim and the podcast for the novel, Chasing the Bard! (Where you just might hear a familiar voice in the cast)

What happens when theme tune gurus Beatnik Turtle take on classic Irish pub tunes? Enjoy the song “Mary Mac” from their new CD “Sham Rock” (also available on iTunes) and find out.

 

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Crank up the air conditioning, as we open this week with the hotness that is summer movies!

Glenn talks about Iron Man, and anticipates Speed Racer and The Incredible Hulk. He talks about Get Smart, and Steve Carell which leads to a discussion about Land of The Lost with Will Farrell. We’re all curious about the upcoming movies, including G.I. Joe, Star Trek, Quantum of Solace, X-Men: Wolverine, Star Wars:Clone Wars, Dark Knight, Hellboy, Watchmen, Indiana Jones and Bioshock. Christina doesn’t let them forget about her Christmas in July, when she goes to see X-Files: I Want To Believe, and gives the boys the heads up about Mama Mia. It may not be a proper movie sequel, but Brad looks forward to the Ghostbusters video game. What movies are you most looking forward to? See one that impressed you? See one that’s disappointing? Let us know!

Get a glass of milk! This week’s Geek Cuisine is Strawberry Milkshake Oreos.

Christina’s still loving her birthday presents, including a Gir shirt from Brad to match her Gir cell phone fob and earrings. Elizabeth gave her “True Meaning of Friendship”, but Brad comes in first with….get ready… an autographed David Tennant and Catherine Tate photograph. Brad’s not to be outdone with his Idaho Jones Mr. Potato Head and Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan Enterprise model. What would a Geek and Tell be without a koala? We’ve given another poor little thing a home. Not nearly as cuddly, the pair also picked up three memory cards, and Brad’s amped up the PodCulture PC.

In closing, Christina regales another horrifying chapter in “Riding on the Shortbus”, and the boys talk about RoboVampire and Snakes on a Plane. Which is scarier? You tell us!

Thanks so much to Hypersensitive and Talechaser for their promos!

Uber-thanks to Barenaked Hurley for his song, “Under Water Station”.

 

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We open this week’s geeking with porn for bibliophiles! After talking about their delinquency in libraries, Glenn tells us about his new comics from Radical Comics, including Hercules: The Thracian Wars and Caliber. The new hardcover on his shelf is Ron Paul’s “The Revolution: A Manifesto”. Brad and Christina have the Stargate novel, “The Morpheus Factor” and two Doctor Who novels, “Peacemaker” and “The Pirate Loop”. Brad is happy to add one of the Babylon 5 Script Books by J. Michael Straczynski. Christina and Brad are letting the foam fly as they talk about Avenue Q.

Geek Cuisine burns off your eyebrows and makes your teeth ache with Airheads.

We’re officially paying our penance with a replay of “Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter” for Guilty Pleasures.

Promos this week come courtesy of Mike’s Hot Dish, J.C. Hutchins’ 7th Son: Obsidian, and from J.C. Hutchins and Scott Sigler for The Parsec Awards.

We wish all the best to Chris The Fixed Kitty, in her quest for answers and treatment regarding Post-Viral Chronic Fatigue Syndrome .

Thanks and awe to Barenaked Hurley for “Sitting On A Chair”.

 

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Power up your systems guys and gals, this week Podculture games!

Christina buys herself a Nintendo DS, after playing Cooking Mama, and goes with Brad on an epic Gamestop hunt for games. They ended up with Sims: Castaway, Trauma Center: Under The Knife for the DS and Nascar 2008 for the PS3. Brad finds Ultraman: Power Fighter for the PC to help complete Glenn’s collection. He’s got Uno 52, Puzzle Quest, Super Mario Brothers for his DS, and they talk about the ways game companies take advantage of different consoles. Not to ignore his PSP, Brad also picked up Justice League Heroes, Monster Madness:Battle For Suburbia for his XBox 360, Orange Box and Sonic The Hedgehog for the PS3. Both boys have Resistance: Fall of Man. Glenn is awaiting his PS3, Soul Calibur, and the new Ninja Gaiden. Glenn’s finally finished his storyline on Rainbow Six 2 and Time Shift.

Geek Cuisine Soda Shoppe frozen pops. Tune in to see what Glenn says to make ice pop almost come out Brad’s nose.

This week’s Guilty Pleasure is a flashback to the oldie but just as guilty, “Zardoz”.

Thanks and worship to Barenaked Hurley for his song, “Oh, Benry”. Much gratitude to The Geologic Podcast and What The Cast for their promos!

 

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The band is back together, as we finally have all three of us in the studio again!

Glenn’s been working and having very little WoW time. Brad and Christina are giddy with the fact that not only is Glenn getting caught up with Smallville, he’s watched his first real-time episode of Lost! The pair has been watching Battlestar Galactica have had another Shoppening in the past few weeks. Brad’s been enduring Medieval style dental work, and Glenn is enduring party politics.

What’s been entertaining our potatoes du couch? Glenn’s picked up the last season of 4400, Prophecy, Crossworlds, MST3K: The Movie, Escape from LA, Golden Compass & Beowulf and Grendel. Brad & Christina have hit the good Gamestop sales, and came away with 4 seasons of Charmed, the first series of Hex, season 10 of SG-1 and 3 of SG-Atlantis, and Monster Squad. Finally, Brad adds to the stock pile of Robo Vampire dvds, which came with two eastern horror collections: Tales from the East & Return of the Evil Fox, and Magic of the Universe & Counter Destroyer. Christina does the happy dance of joy with her birthday presents from Elizabeth for her birthday: The Chipmunk Adventure, and the first seasons of Perfect Strangers. Brad’s completing his epic search for Serenity formats, and added his own copy on vhs.

Attention Others! We’re so happy that Glenn’s finally caught up on Lost! We share our ideas of what the heck is going on. Thank you so very much to Barenaked Hurley for his song, “We’re Getting Off The Island”. (Warning, it drops the F-bomb in the refrain, kiddies)

Geek Cuisine is the breast cancer cause conscious Pink Grapefruit Tic Tacs.

Brad’s received the free HD dvds promised for buying his HD players. He’s got Big Lebowski, Aeon Flux, Black Rain, Accepted and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . In the second set, he’s got Alexander Revisited, Blood Diamond, Italian Job, U2: Rattle & Hum, and (guess?) Serenity! Glenn’s ordered Omega Man in HD and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Thanks very much to The Obscure 80s Podcast, Podcast Junky and Scott Sigler’s “Infected” for their promos!

 

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