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Earwicker
Jan 6, 2003

Hughlander posted:

One thing is I wish that the live shows would do away with the modular format. I much prefer Condos to Ghost Stories and All Hail. Nothing really moves the show along other than Cecil since they're all written to not be there. And chatting with someone at PodCon from Utah, there was 0 overlap with the guests other than Cecil and either Joseph or Jeffrey. Literally we saw two totally different shows that tried for the same payoff.

We didn't perform any Night Vale episode at PodCon it was just a Q&A :confused: do you mean the Neptune?

the reason the live shows have a modular format is because different actors are available to tour at different times and different places. we have a core group who are pretty much always on tour (Cecil, Symphony, Meg, and myself) and other actors join tours as their and our schedule allows. Condos wasn't toured nearly as extensively as the other shows have been.

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BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747
condos and the debate are easily the two best live shows and id argue that while condos is strictly better for character development the debate has the wonderful steve carlsberg payoff which makes it the best, come at me haters

Hughlander
May 11, 2005

Earwicker posted:

We didn't perform any Night Vale episode at PodCon it was just a Q&A :confused: do you mean the Neptune?

the reason the live shows have a modular format is because different actors are available to tour at different times and different places. we have a core group who are pretty much always on tour (Cecil, Symphony, Meg, and myself) and other actors join tours as their and our schedule allows. Condos wasn't toured nearly as extensively as the other shows have been.

Yes, Neptune ;and I realize the reason for it, I just wish it wasn’t so. It just doesn’t feel as earned but that’s my issue.

RedMagus
Nov 16, 2005

Male....Female...what does it matter? Power is beautiful, and I've got the power!
Grimey Drawer
I literally shouted "Hey Kevin! Where have you been?" when the latest episode started.

Then I got to the end and realized why I'm glad he's not around much anymore. That was a quiet ride home once it finished.

ScrubLeague
Feb 11, 2007

Nap Ghost
I'm a little late on this but the All Hail show is incredibly good and way funnier than I remember The Investigators being (even though that show owned in its own right). I had a very fun time at the show and am glad to have seen it.

Kazy
Oct 23, 2006

0x38: FLOPPY_INTERNAL_ERROR

Within the Wires is so great. Can’t wait for Sesason 3! Guess I’ll start on It Makes A Sound now.

vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.
So I guess they made it out of The Institute together after all! I think I'm going to have to listen to WtW from the beginning before I start season three. Will we ever get the full picture of the Reckoning and the Society?

Sandweed
Sep 7, 2006

All your friends are me.

Earwicker posted:

yo we did Alice Isn't Dead live at Pod Con in Seattle the other day, and imo it went pretty drat well



(photo by a tumblr user who's name I can no longer find because that site's search engine is the loving worst)

and now TONIGHT for our pateron donors please join us for a special live chat as Joseph Fink, creator of Alice Isn't Dead, shows puzzlement followed by frustration with my refusal to stop speaking in a really bad Australian accent for no reason. https://www.patreon.com/posts/15828956

Wait a minute, Keisha is played by Astrid from Fringe?

Kazy
Oct 23, 2006

0x38: FLOPPY_INTERNAL_ERROR

Sandweed posted:

Wait a minute, Keisha is played by Astrid from Fringe?

Yes.

vortmax posted:

So I guess they made it out of The Institute together after all! I think I'm going to have to listen to WtW from the beginning before I start season three. Will we ever get the full picture of the Reckoning and the Society?

It's been laid out in a bit of detail already. I just finished relistening to the series.

The Reckoning was an all-out nuclear war that occurred sometime in the 1920s. All but about 200 million people died, and a lot of old art was destroyed (such as Starry Nighy). The Society was founded to find a way to keep this from happening again. They found that nationalism and family were the root cause of violence.

vortmax
Sep 24, 2008

In meteorology, vorticity often refers to a measurement of the spin of horizontally flowing air about a vertical axis.

Kazy posted:

Yes.


It's been laid out in a bit of detail already. I just finished relistening to the series.

The Reckoning was an all-out nuclear war that occurred sometime in the 1920s. All but about 200 million people died, and a lot of old art was destroyed (such as Starry Nighy). The Society was founded to find a way to keep this from happening again. They found that nationalism and family were the root cause of violence.

I got that, it's basically a parallel universe where WWI resulted in a nuclear exchange and The Society evolved as a result. But I'm wondering if we'll learn more about what led up to the event and the formation of The Society, and how it differs from our history in more detail.

I should add that I'm fine if we never learn the answers to these questions. I still love this series.

BigRed0427
Mar 23, 2007

There's no one I'd rather be than me.

Has Night Vale been on vacation and I somehow missed the announcement?

Mokinokaro
Sep 11, 2001

At the end of everything, hold onto anything



Fun Shoe

BigRed0427 posted:

Has Night Vale been on vacation and I somehow missed the announcement?

They usually take January off.

Earwicker
Jan 6, 2003

we are starting a tour of New Zealand and Australia in a few days so it's not quite "vacation" but... close

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


I did kind of freak out slightly when I heard Roberta playing a cop again in It Makes A Sound. But also that was an amazing finale. I must admit I did always thing Wim Faros was an odd name. I suppose the signs were there all along, though - I don't think anyone else ever referred to him by name unless prompted to by Deidre. It'd also explain why he apparently was so difficult to find.

I wonder if we'll learn more about Tim Ferris in season 2...

maxnmona
Mar 16, 2005

if you start with drums, you have to end with dynamite.

BigRed0427 posted:

Has Night Vale been on vacation and I somehow missed the announcement?

We take every Jan and July off. As always, this hiatus was announced in the intro to the last episode.

BigRed0427
Mar 23, 2007

There's no one I'd rather be than me.

maxnmona posted:

We take every Jan and July off. As always, this hiatus was announced in the intro to the last episode.


Earwicker posted:

we are starting a tour of New Zealand and Australia in a few days so it's not quite "vacation" but... close

Ah ok. I must have missed it. SOrry.

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

maxnmona posted:

We take every Jan and July off. As always, this hiatus was announced in the intro to the last episode.

There's a front page an intro?????

drunkencarp
Feb 14, 2012
The real Wim Faros was, in fact, the friends that we made along the way.

Speleothing
May 6, 2008

Spare batteries are pretty key.
Just checking in to say that my wife and I are making Mitchigan: America's Sexiest Forests t-shirts because they weren't for sale. I'll post pictures in a few days.

cptn_dr
Sep 7, 2011

Seven for beauty that blossoms and dies


Any other goons going to the show in Wellington tonight? I'll be at Known Goon Hangout The Malthouse if anyone wants to get a beer beforehand.

I'd say "I'm the one with a beard, wearing a blazer" but that might not narrow it down.

cptn_dr fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Jan 30, 2018

Organza Quiz
Nov 7, 2009


Pleased to report that the summoning ritual over here in Perth is going great! Looking forward to Monday!

Harold Fjord
Jan 3, 2004
That Huntokar episode was amazing and I'm completely obsessed with the band that performed the weather.

ZorajitZorajit
Sep 15, 2013

No static at all...
As a giant heist story nerd, I would really like to attend The Grift of the Magi

LASER BEAM DREAM
Nov 3, 2005

Oh, what? So now I suppose you're just going to sit there and pout?
I really enjoyed the latest episode! Barks Ennui is my spirit animal.

Jurgan
May 8, 2007

Just pour it directly into your gaping mouth-hole you decadent slut
Huge revelation in the latest episode:

Apparently straight people exist in Night Vale.

(Okay, yes, there's Steve and Abby. Not saying it's a bad thing, just kind of interesting how different it is from most popular shows.)

Chairman Capone
Dec 17, 2008

I stopped listening to it a while ago but I can easily imagine an episode being an entire 30-minute long, very smug hot take on it being so weird to have a straight couple in the town.

Jurgan
May 8, 2007

Just pour it directly into your gaping mouth-hole you decadent slut

Chairman Capone posted:

I stopped listening to it a while ago but I can easily imagine an episode being an entire 30-minute long, very smug hot take on it being so weird to have a straight couple in the town.

It’s... really not. No one even mentions sexuality. Hell, for all I know they’re both bisexual.

docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

If anything, the "unusual" thing about the couple in this episode is that they're both apparently at least middle-aged.

But it's really just a sweet and sinister story about starting a relationship in a magic realist surveillance state.

Speleothing
May 6, 2008

Spare batteries are pretty key.
https://i.imgur.com/AqBnC2yrl.jpg


Shirt completed. Though we need more practice getting the stencils aligned right.

Yvonmukluk
Oct 10, 2012

Everything is Sinister


It was a bit weird to hear an I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats song as the weather, but welcome.

Mokinokaro
Sep 11, 2001

At the end of everything, hold onto anything



Fun Shoe

Jurgan posted:

It’s... really not. No one even mentions sexuality. Hell, for all I know they’re both bisexual.

Yeah, the only reason I can think of people thinking all of NV is gay is Carlos-Cecil. There's been plenty of hetero couples mentioned in the town as well.

Jurgan
May 8, 2007

Just pour it directly into your gaping mouth-hole you decadent slut

Mokinokaro posted:

Yeah, the only reason I can think of people thinking all of NV is gay is Carlos-Cecil. There's been plenty of hetero couples mentioned in the town as well.

There’s also Michelle and Maureen. I haven’t done a census or anything, but I feel like most of the relationships we hear about are same-sex. It would be interesting to see the data, though. Could be it’s like how men feel women are dominating the conversation if they talk 30% of the time.

docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

Yvonmukluk posted:

It was a bit weird to hear an I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats song as the weather, but welcome.

Yeah, I absolutely will never complain about new Eliza Rickman music.

LASER BEAM DREAM
Nov 3, 2005

Oh, what? So now I suppose you're just going to sit there and pout?
So there is a new podcast on the network by a guy called Chuck Tingle. I googled him and left far more confused than when I started. Can someone give us a rundown on him? The best I can tell is a combination of romance novels, the new yorker, mcsweeney's, and hardcore gay porn.

AstroZamboni
Mar 8, 2007

Smoothing the Ice on Europa since 1997!
He's basically what would happen if Andy Kaufman were a severely autistic twelve year old who wrote phantasmagorical gay erotica.

Earwicker
Jan 6, 2003

Dr. Chuck Tingle is the author of classic stories like The State Of California Stalks My Gay Butthole, There's A Bitcoin In My Butt And He Is Handsome and Pounded In The Butt By The Sentient Manifestation Of My Own Ignorant Climate Change Denial. kind of self explanatory really?

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
A Hugo nominated sci-fi/ fantasy author

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

AstroZamboni posted:

He's basically what would happen if Andy Kaufman were a severely autistic twelve year old who wrote phantasmagorical gay erotica.

Also he may or may not be an elaborate performance art piece

Jurgan
May 8, 2007

Just pour it directly into your gaping mouth-hole you decadent slut

Earwicker posted:

Dr. Chuck Tingle is the author of classic stories like The State Of California Stalks My Gay Butthole, There's A Bitcoin In My Butt And He Is Handsome and Pounded In The Butt By The Sentient Manifestation Of My Own Ignorant Climate Change Denial. kind of self explanatory really?

I have no interest in ever reading any of this. However, he's still awesome because when a bunch of MRA's worked to get him nominated for a Hugo as some sort of anti-feminist prank, he said that if he won he'd have Zoe Quinn accept the award on his behalf.

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Ratatozsk
Mar 6, 2007

Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
Alternatively Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt"'"'.

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