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In the last sermon of our Deep Beneath the Surface series, Eric Maciel talks about what it means to develop a rule of life and how we can thrive in the modern Babylon we all find ourselves in.
Diogo Izidoro continues our "Deep Beneath the Surface" series with this sermon based on chapter 6 of Peter Scazzero's book "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality." Listen as he discusses why Sabbath is such a challenge for us today and how we can transform our lives by adding the principles of a Biblical Sabbath to our weekly rhythm.
Eric Maciel continues our "Deep Beneath the Surface" sermon series with this sermon based on chapter 5 of Peter Scazzero's book "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality."
Pastor Lucas continues our "Deep Beneath the Surface" sermon series with this sermon based on chapter 4 of Peter Scazzero's book "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality."
Diogo Izidoro (aka "Dizzy") continues our "Deep Beneath the Surface" sermon series with this sermon based on chapter 3 of Peter Scazzero's book "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality."
Eric Maciel continues our sermon series “Deep Beneath the Surface” with this sermon based on chapter 2 or Peter Scazzero’s book “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality.”
Pastor Lucas Izidoro kicks off our new sermon series “Deep Beneath the Surface” with this sermon based on chapter 1 or Peter Scazzero’s book “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality.”
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Terry Moore's Rachel Rising and Larry Hama's Justified Story Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode, If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:30 - Intro 01:52 - Letter: Supergods by Grant Morrison and the Marvel Comics the Untold Story by Sean Howe 04:11 - Where was Mike all weekend? 05:38 - Don was at The Comic Book Shop and has a great Larry Hama/Justified story to tell 14:10 - Abstract Studios - Terry Moore 15:12 - Rachel Rising Begins - Initial reaction, beautiful artwork 21:01 - The magic of great writing and colorful characters 25:12 - A supernatural story - witches and the angel of death 29:58 - Outro Bibliography Rachel Rising is published by Abstract Studios and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Terry Moore Art by: Terry Moore Larry Hama is the author of GI Joe, Wolverine, and many, many other titles Watch the clip from Justified on YouTube (From Season 3 Episode 3: Harlan Roulette) Mark Bellomo is an expert on action figures and he wrote the forward to G.I. Joe: The Complete Collection, Vol 1 from IDW publishing Don visited these fine folks at The Comic Book Shop in Wilmington, DE Errata Mark Bellomo is not the Editor of GI Joe Volume 1, as described in the podcast. He wrote the forward. Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @EchoRift Please connect with us Subscribe, rate, and review us on iTunes Follow @EchoRift on Twitter Follow Don Garvey on Twitter | Google+ Follow Mike Connelly on Twitter | Google+ Related Episodes Episode 038: Severed by Scott Snyder Episode 036: Locke and Key by Joe Hill If you enjoy the Radio Free Echo Rift podcast, you will enjoy other Echo Rift Productions: Echo Rift Comics: Featuring Hurry the Rabbitoid Knight Kids on Comics Podcast: A fourth grader and his dad talk about comics Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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We thought it was A Good Day to Die Hard, will you? Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode, If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:30 - Intro 02:06 - Letter: More D&D Movie Recommendations and Krull discussion 07:29 - A Good Day to Die Hard (We Liked It) 12:42 - The Look of the Movie/Direction 15:19 - After a rocky start, the movie becomes a Die Hard movie 19:02 - Father and Son Story, Similarities to other Die Hard films 24:58 - Bruce Willis clearly loves to play John McClane 27:56 - "I had a really good day today" 29:11 - Outro Bibliography A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) Directed by: John Moore Written by: Skip Woods Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2006) with Jason Statham Krull with Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony Supergods by Grant Morrison Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @EchoRift Please connect with us Subscribe, rate, and review us on iTunes Follow @EchoRift on Twitter Follow Don Garvey on Twitter | Google+ Follow Mike Connelly on Twitter | Google+ Related Episodes Episode 052: Die Hard and Lethal Weapon Episode 056: Looper starring Bruce Willis Episode 070: Conan/Dungeons & Dragon Movies If you enjoy the Radio Free Echo Rift podcast, you will enjoy other Echo Rift Productions: Echo Rift Comics: Featuring Hurry the Rabbitoid Knight Kids on Comics Podcast: A fourth grader and his dad talk about comics Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Reliving the weekend's Dungeons and Dragons campaign and talking IDW's Dungeons & Dragons Vol 1: Shadowplague Please Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 71: Dungeons & Dragons 00:31 - Intro01:05 - Letter: Does DC Comics know WTF they're doing?04:46 - Letter: Getting into DnD, what about DnD Comics?05:52 - Dungeons & Dragons (IDW Publishing) Vol 1 Written by John Rodgers Art by Andrea DiVito08:21 - Playing DnD, getting the Gang back together. Dale (Dungeon Master), Jonesy (Warsteiner), Javon (Lucian), & Charlie (Deckland Greenshadow)10:20 - Planning the Event12:14 - The Dungeon Master, Characters14:52 - The Game Just Starts - Encounter on the way to Winterhaven18:15 - Role Playing in Winterhaven19:00 - The game is not about Dungeons or Dragons21:53 - Don't kill any of the other players24:02 - Being presented with multiple options of what to do next26:23 - The Best Moments of the Game28:28 - People who play DnD get it29:40 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Check out our new show Kids on Comics! Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Dungeons & Dragons Week Begins! Memories of D&D + Conan the Destroyer (1984) and Conan the Barbarian (2011) Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 70: Conan the Destroyer (1984) | Conan the Barbarian (2011) 00:30 - Intro01:21 - Letter - Hellblazer (Episode 69) and Sister Rita Redux05:45 - Letter - Dungeons and Dragons08:00 - Memories of Dungeons and Dragons09:14 - Christians and Dungeons and Dragons - Kids in Satan's Service11:41 - D&D Cartoon, Fantasy Movies in the 80's13:42 - The Quest to find a Dungeons and Dragons Movie14:31 - Discussing Conan the Barbarian (2011)17:15 - Conan the Destroyer (1984) as a D&D Archetype18:30 - The Plot of Conan as D&D Module19:54 - Conan the Destroyer is WEIRD21:52 - Grace Jones' backside and questions of Ratings23:22 - Olivia D'Abo Revelations25:57 - Conan the Destroyer and Conan the Barbarian (2011) Story Similarities26:18 - The Legend of Conan (2015) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger28:18 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Check out our new show Kids on Comics! Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Blazing through Vertigo comics Hellblazer issues 1-4 and Mike tells the tale of Sister Rita Josepha. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 69: Hellblazer 00:30 - Intro01:22 - Sister Rita Josepha Does Not Approve of Hellblazer07:02 - Hellblazer (1988) Issue 1-2 by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Lovern Kindzierski09:40 - Old color style, crosshatching10:37 - Setup - Starving/Eating to Death13:07 - Constantine's Trip to Tangiers14:44 - Very ghastly story17:04 - Papa Midnight Freaks Us Out19:24 - Not a Superhero Comic, not even a Super Anti-Hero Comic20:30 - Taking out the Demon Mnemoth, John makes a hard decision22:58 - Hellblazer (1988) Issue 4 "Waiting for the Man"24:30 - Very dark comic, seems to have boundaries25:29 - John Constantine can get his butt-kicked26:34 - What IS that Constantine Movie?27:30 - English 80's Underworld - Movie that Should have Been29:08 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Check out our new show Kids on Comics! Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Discussing 30 Rock from the beginning to the end, plus the Super Bowl, and Mike's upstate adventures. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 68: Rocked 00:30 - Intro01:03 - Super Bowl Talk02:33 - Frankenstorm Sandy in the Catskills & White-out05:15 - Squirrel Cabin06:27 - 30 Rock ended this week07:44 - Tiny Fey's Biting Political Comedy09:53 - Looking back at early episodes - Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan)12:08 - Jenna (Jane Krakowski) becomes a maniac15:00 - One of the Best Character Shows - Dennis Duffy (Dean Winters), Colleen Donaghy (Elane Stritch)18:00 - Tina Fey grew up around here19:03 - Playing with Social Stereotypes22:18 - Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer)23:54 - Hazel Wassername (Kristen Schaal)25:49 - Down to the last two episodes27:37 - Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit) carries the last episode28:27 - Jack predicts Kenneth's End29:36 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Check out our new show Kids on Comics! Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 67: Crushing 00:30 - Intro01:15 - What the heck is the Kids on Comics podcast?03:35 - JJ Abrams becomes JJ Abrahams is the Father of All Star Wars08:29 - Celebrity Letter from Jerry Ordway12:05 - X-Men Season One by Dennis Hopeless and Jamie McKelvie12:50 - Vaulting Over Information?15:58 - Don's X-Men versus the Original X-Men18:35 - A Teenager Story21:35 - A story for New Readers?24:05 - Do we even like the character of Charles Xavier?28:00 - Can Xavier believably be friends with Magneto?29:00 - Tough Challenge - Don't Crush on Jean Gray29:28 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Check out our new show Kids on Comics! Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the big screen, what did Don and Mike think of The Last Stand? Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 66: Where's Arnold? 00:30 - Intro01:20 - Mike's Not New Years Resolution04:13 - The Last Stand, Directed by Jae Woo Kim, written by Andrew Knauer05:30 - Was it Good?07:05 - Arnold Schwarzenneger's odd lack of presence08:34 - Throwing Cast at the movie: The Movie Stars (Schwarzenegger, Whitaker, Knoxville)09:24 - Reliable, Recognizable Actors (Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman)10:35 - Up and Comer Actors (Jaimie Alexander, Zach Gilford, Eduardo Noriega, Rodrigo Santoro)11:50 - Where's the backstory?13:22 - Everyone Else has a Big Story15:10 - Suspend Disbelief18:05 - Discussing Foreign Directors21:50 - Capable People in Small Towns26:57 - Highlights of the Movie27:27 - The FBI Scenes Detract28:42 - I'll Be Right Back29:00 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Check out our new show Kids on Comics! Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Ted picks out and reads his first comic EVER - DC Comics The Human Bomb! We discuss why he picked the comic, and what we all thought about it, along with the ComiXology experience. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 65: Diffuse 00:30 Intro01:09 Ted from the A/V Department has NEVER read a comic before02:51 Where was Ted during the Christmas Party?05:00 Letter: Apparent DC Editorial Strife09:04 Ted used ComiXology to pick a comic for us09:45 The Human Bomb by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Jerry Ordway10:56 We came to Quality Comics…11:42 Brief Intro to Michael Taylor and the Human Bomb12:51 September 11th and Taboos15:40 Ted's Reaction to his First Comic16:57 A Wild Science Fiction Action Story19:00 Waking from a Nightmare to a real world Nightmare20:50 So what made Ted pick The Human Bomb?23:40 Happy Human Bomb is a Limited Series25:00 The Title of the Book is a Question26:08 Quizzing Ted on the ComiXology Experience26:53 How do you read a comic?29:05 Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike and @TedLiljestrand Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Ted joins us for a discussion of the Soundgarden show in Philadelphia 1/16/13 plus we spend time talking about BEER. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 64: Tough Customers 00:30 Intro01:30 Joined by Ted from the A/V Department, and his cart (Ted was previously on Episode 39: Season of the Witch)04:34 Ted is a Beer Guy, but not a Snob05:30 We saw Soundgarden at the Tower Theater, Live07:28 Concert Types: The Tough Customers10:27 Concert Types: The Couple11:58 Concert Types: Peter Jackson14:23 Caterwaul 2013 and Ben Shepherd (Bassist)16:05 Cornell (Rock God) gets Close20:30 NASCAR Style Drum Repair22:00 Audiences Today / Ben needs a Smoke27:28 Clean Cut Matt Cameron (Drummer) from Pearl Jam Returns28:36 Beer Talk Begins30:17 Talking about Wort30:55 Explain "Hoppy Beer"32:00 Anchor Steam Beers, Stouts35:00 Troegs Beers: Hop Wallop, Sunshine Pilsner, Mad Elf38:05 Yards Tavern Series Beers39:58 Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA41:57 60, 90, and 120 minute IPAs44:35 What to Try - Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Blue Moon Brewing Company46:08 Try and Make a Batch of Beer (Northern Brewer)47:45 Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike and @TedLiljestrand Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Superman For All Seasons punches us in the face and warms our hearts, that, and we talk about licensed property comics. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 63: Turn Turn Turn 00:30 - Intro01:40 - Seeing Soundgarden and other Concert Experiences04:55 - Paul from Ancillary Characters asks about licensed property comics05:50 - Don: 80's Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, Today's Doctor Who, Transformers, Star Wars08:05 - Mike: Dark Horse Aliens, Now Terminator, The Thing09:56 - Does TMNT count as a licensed franchise?10:45 - Kid Mudfoot called11:58 - Superman For All Seasons (Jeph Loeb / Tim Sale) {Amazon | ComiXology}12:55 - Tim Sale's Artwork14:35 - Four Issues, Four Seasons, Four Narrators - Clark Kent is an American boy17:01 - Spring: Jonathan Kent's Perspective23:01 - Summer: Lois Lane's Letter, Superman Arrives in Metropolis25:27 - Clark Kent is growing up - Smallville is too small, Metropolis is lonely27:15 - Fall: Lex Luthor Messes with Superman's Head28:02 - Winter: Lana and Clark Grow Up29:05 - Origin Stories29:39 - Outro! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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The Death Note Fan Club starts here! Mike and Don introduce you to the amazing suspense manga/anime series Death Note as well as taking a call and talking about movies they never wanted to leave. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 62: Death Note Fan Club 00:30 - Intro01:37 - Ctcher Calls in from a Riot at the Outpost - Movies we didn't want to leave09:18 - Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata10:56 - Death Note Hardcover Manga Vol 1.12:15 - Mike's initial interest in Death Note13:18 - The Shinigami, Ryuk - the Grim Reaper and his Death Note15:36 - Light Yagami - finding the Death Note18:00 - Light proves the Death Note is Real19:16 - Rules for using the Death Note20:21 - Light's Sense of Justice - a New Kind of Vigilante24:04 - Enter the World's Greatest Detective: L25:45 - L Publicly Challenges Light - The Hunt is On28:50 - Amazing Twists and Turns29:35 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Joss Whedon and John Cassiday's 2004 epic Astonishing X-Men Vol 1: Gifted plus talk of Soundgarden, audio-books and Jeff Lemire. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 61: Fastball Special 00:30 - Intro!01:40 - Going to see Soundgarden03:22 - Letter: Audio-Book recommendations (Ender's Game, Harry Potter, Steve Martin, Star Wars)10:57 - Letter: Jeff Lemire, Essex County, Sweet Tooth, Underwater Welder13:18 - Letter: Help!14:08 - Don's Relationship with the X-Men15:56 - Astonishing X-Men Vol 1 Gifted (Joss Whedon / John Cassiday)17:17 - Cinematic Opening Sequence19:12 - The Team - Cyclops Gets the Band Back Together Again21:06 - Ord of the Breakworld and Doctor Rao and her Cure24:13 - The Return of Colossus25:02 - Don Gets Weepy26:24 - Whedon's Amazing Ensemble Casts28:36 - Fastball Special29:42 - Outro! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Discussing the Doctor Who 2012 Christmas Special: The Snowmen plus the All-Star Superman animated movie and some letters! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 60: All-Star Snowmen 00:30 - Intro01:21 - Voicemail Bunch of Questions about Indentured Servants05:09 - All-Star Superman Animated Movie - Fell Flat06:19 - Adaptations are difficult things08:07 - Series of stories that don't feel related11:13 - Anytime you're ready, present the Clear Visible Goal12:37 - Maybe if we had read All-Star Superman we'd have felt different13:26 - Doctor Who 2012 Christmas Special: The Snowmen15:25 - The Doctor is Alone and Kind of Bummed16:45 - Dr. Simeon and the Great Intelligence18:12 - A very magical episode - fantastic and whimsical19:25 - Clara Oswin Oswald - Introducing a Companion21:20 - The Doctor's Romantic Relationships in New Who25:03 - The Question: "Doctor Who?"26:36 - Kicking off the 50th Anniversary Season28:09 - The Snowmen Makes for a Good Jumping on Point29:21 - Outro! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Don and Mike go on the record and talk about the controversial changes Amazing Spider-Man #700 and the Dying Wish story-arc. We also read a letter, talk about best of 2012 stuff. Don't miss Don's appearance on the Ancillary Characters podcast tonight! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 59: Controversy 00:34 - Intro01:13 - Letter: Best of 2012 (check out http://hugetinymistake.wordpress.com/)04:20 - Don Appearing on Ancillary Characters Friday06:22 - Amazing Spider-Man #700 "Dying Wish" & Controversy07:00 - Starting with Amazing Spider-Man #600 and #62508:51 - It Begins: Amazing Spider-Man #698 and a Surprise10:50 - Dying Wish Part 1: Amazing Spider-Man #69913:06 - The Main Event: Amazing Spider-Man #70014:18 - Evaluating the Story Itself15:00 - The Big Hook16:28 - Suspension of Disbelief19:00 - Ham-Handed Transition20:47 - Comparison's Don't Hold Up22:43 - Are we dealing with a good guy?25:32 - Any Interest in Superior Spider-Man?27:00 - Maybe Change Writers Instead?28:31 - Interest in Dark Knight Spider-Man?29:13 - Outro! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
Two words: Quinten Tarantino. Two more words: Django Unchained. Listen. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 58: Unchained 00:34 - Intro - Happy New Year!01:43 - New Years Resolutions02:54 - No interest in seeing Django Unchained04:20 - We were wrong!05:39 - Django Unchained is a Great Western06:14 - Tarantino Marches to the Beat of his own drummer10:08 - Django is the myth of Broomhilda12:13 - Our Audience Experience - Challenging Taboos15:17 - Big Daddy the Plantation Owner (Don Johnson)17:45 - Tarantino continues to get Great Performances19:39 - Dr. Shultz (Chris Waltz)21:40 - The KKK Comedy Vignette22:48 - Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio)24:48 - Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson's Best Performance in years)27:39 - The Screenplay is SO Tight - Master Storytelling28:40 - Very Violent29:22 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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The first annual Radio Free Echo Rift Year in Review Show! The best in Movies, Comics, Books, and more plus a look toward what Don and Mike are anticipating in 2013! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 57: 2012 Year in Review 00:37 - Intro - 2012 Year in Review!01:06 - Podcasting comes to Echo Rift03:05 - Movie Kickoff: The Avengers03:25 - Movie Disappointments: Prometheus04:30 - Movies/Other: The Hobbit, Dark Knight Rises05:16 - Movies You Missed: Dredd 3D06:43 - Movies Kicking off Other Things: Hunger Games10:57 - Comics Kickoff Don: All-New X-Men12:30 - Comics Mike: Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Morning Glories, Locke & Key, Severed14:24 - Comics Talk: Team Books vs. Solo Books/Soap Opera16:09 - Comics for Geeking Out: Uncanny X-Force19:57 - Books Kickoff Don: The Twelve - Justin Cronin21:34 - Books: Ready Player One - Ernst Cline23:51 - Books we Actually Read: Headstones & Monuments - Steve Ogden24:20 - Non Fiction Book: Dean and Me by Jerry Lewis25:40 - Audio Books27:11 - Looking Forward to 2013: Star Trek 2 is #127:42 - Don Admits Concerns over Man of Steel28:17 - Iron Man 3, Hobbit 2, Catching Fire, Pacific Rim, Oblivion - Thor 229:11 - Happy New Year! Thanks for a Great Year! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis help us ring in the day after Christmas with Looper (2012), and we tell what seems to be the conclusion of Transpektor Bower's Christmas Ghost Psychosis. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 56: A Little Short-Sighted 00:34 - Intro01:20 - A Christmas Miracle with Transpektor Bowers06:18 - A Billy Squire Christmas08:48 - Intro to Looper (2012)12:15 - Closing the Loop13:53 - The Rainmaker from The Future16:04 - Young Joe vs. Old Joe19:48 - Who You are Meant to Root For21:11 - Memories of Youth23:40 - Thoughtful Film, not Meant for Scrutiny25:37 - Looping Concepts - Two Paths27:50 - Bruce Willis, What would 50 Year Old me think of 20 Year Old me?28:48 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Selfless Actor29:03 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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In our last episode before Christmas, we talk about Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan, and Rick Remender's The Last Christmas from Image Comics along with Holiday Wars by Scott King and Michael Odom. We also discuss a bizarre Christmas party, Santa stories, and Welcome to the Jungle. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 55: Everybody Has A Santa Story to Tell 00:35 - Intro01:08 - Christmas Partying / Party Crasher03:37 - Playing Similes06:17 - Welcome to the Jungle06:57 - Letters: Favorite Christmas Comics - Uncanny X-Men #230 and #14310:47 - When Shows/Comics Embrace Christmas11:52 - The Story of Tom18:08 - The Last Christmas (Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan, Rick Remender - Image Comics)19:11 - The Last Christmas is an R Rated Punk Rock Christmas Story22:59 - Holiday Wars by Scott King and Michael Odom (Buy it on Amazon)24:07 - Holiday Wars and the Holiday's Personified25:48 - Everybody has a Santa Story to Tell27:20 - Twas the Night Before Christmas has never been topped28:23 - Rick Remender's Art29:10 - Outro Merry Christmas and thanks for all the support! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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It's Christmas and we have a new Tolkien Movie! The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey is ON! That, and we talk about Transpektor Bowers continued descent into madness. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 54: The Ho-Ho-Hobbit 00:40 - Intro01:30 - No More Transpektor Bowers in the Waiting Room06:10 - A Tolkien Film for Christmas!06:31 - Memories of The Lord of the Rings, 9/11/2001, etc.11:06 - Intro to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey12:37 - Warning: We're not Lord of the Rings Guys16:53 - The Dwarves19:04 - Bilbo and Martin Freeman21:27 - Liked seeing Sylvester McCoy/Doctor Who22:03 - What is with Gross Movies?24:44 - The Length of the Movie26:49 - Putting Characters in Danger28:33 - We're in for a Great Ride with these Movies28:54 - Outro, We forgot to talk about Tom! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely bring us Earth 2 from DC Comics and Don and Mike discuss the graphic novel on their ride home from Christmas shopping at the mall. Lots of fast food talk and a few callers, too! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! from Don's 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 53: The Other Earth 2 00:40 - Brought to you from Don's 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible01:50 - McRib is Back, Heading Home03:30 - Caller Repairman05:00 - Give Radio Free Echo Rift a Christmas Present06:03 - Titus from @ComicBookShopDE must be in on the Echo Rift07:58 - Intro to DC Comics Earth 2 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely12:23 - The Crime Syndicate of Amerikkka15:40 - On Frank Quitely and Graphic Storytelling17:13 - Time Tavel vs. Alternate Reality Stories20:00 - A World where Evil Always Prevails21:52 - Owlman23:32 - Earth 2 is a Graphic Novel24:31 - Did Earth 2 need more or less Science Fiction?25:52 - Quitely draws asses with a lot of passion26:29 - Kid Mudfoot Interrupts28:47 - Put a Little Love in your Heart Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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We're Christmas shopping and recording from a 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible and taking an in depth look into two classic Christmas Movies: Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. Join us! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! from Don's 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 52: Car Talk Begins 00:34 - From Don's 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible01:11 - Invading the King of Prussia Mall01:42 - Transpector Bowers has become a Problem03:29 - Why is Mike in the Backseat?04:57 - Defining Two Awesome Holiday Films06:00 - Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are Seminal Character Films06:36 - Jeb Stuart wrote Die Hard07:38 - Shane Black wrote Lethal Weapon09:14 - Introduction John McClane11:14 - Introduction to Holly Generro McClane12:20 - Introduction to Martin Riggs (He's CRAZY!)12:46 - Introduction to Roger Murtaugh15:00 - John McClane is a Professional17:21 - One of the reasons Die Hard 2 Fails18:48 - Die Hard is about Sane People20:20 - Michael Kaman Scores both Films23:30 - Christmas Motifs in Die Hard and Lethal Weapon24:38 - Richard Donner, John McTiernan, Jan DuBont (and Michael Bay)26:23 - Lethal Weapon is THE Buddy Movie28:49 - Die Hard is a Perfect Film29:08 - Review Us on iTunes! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Digging in to Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Fatale Vol 1: Death Chases Us from Image Comics! A mysterious package, corrupt cops, adultry and murder meet bloody sacrifice, magic, cultists, and Nazi Lovecraftian Horrors! That and we take calls and talk about our graphic novel giveaways in December! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 51: Death Chases 00:34: Intro01:12: Caroling02:16: We're Giving Away Graphic Novels!03:30: Caller: We should do more indie books (What?)06:55: Email: Noir Movies10:11: Caller: Dragnet Connections to Fatale?11:12: Image Comics: Ed Brubaker / Sean Philips Fatal Vol. 1 Death Chases Me13:31: Nicolas and Josephine in the Present15:30: Hank, Walt, Jo and the Bishop in the 195621:18: HP Lovecraft, Cthulu, and Fatale23:47: Turning the Femme Fatale into Mythology25:02: Fatale: Reading Experience, Demanding your Attention28:23: Excited about future volumes, 1970's etc29:05: Outro - this podcast will force people to do things against their will Paperkeg is Back - Go listen! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Arrow (on The CW) tells the story rich kid Oliver Queen's return to civilization after being stranded on a tropical island for five years. Oliver puts on a hood and uses his archery skills to go on a murderous rampage across Starling City, crossing off the names on his father's enemies list in the name of social justice. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 50: Five Years A Go-Go 00:34 - It's Cold Beneath Philadelphia02:15 - Graphic Novel Giveaway in December02:56 - Caller - Doctor Who Dramatic Episode06:48 - Letter - Creative Non-Fiction?08:59 - The CW's Arrow: Birth of a Serial Killer10:48 - List of Characters who have Murdered Fewer People than Oliver Queen11:51 - Origin of a Serial Killer15:16 - The Heroes of Arrow: Moira Queen and Captain Jack Harkness17:10 - Plaintiff's Attorneys: always the hero20:06 - Oliver Queen's Excuses for Murdering People22:28 - If you have a suit or own a business, you're dead meat23:52 - Thea and the Two Story Bibles25:30 - Arrow is kind of like Dexter27:00 - Where can Arrow go from here?28:15 - How is this madman on the Justice League?29:29 - Outro Paperkeg is Back - Go listen! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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After reading Swamp Thing for Episode 33 we felt compelled to delve into DC Comics Animal Man, and boy were we shocked. Join us as we dig into the Red, the Green, and the Rot. Plus, a listener letter gets us talking about double-ship comics, and a mini-rant on the cost of comics and comic piracy! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode Episode 49: Call It Animal Man 00:34 - Intro (Return to Manhood!)01:18 - Mike's Thanksgiving and his Egg Nog contest02:10 - Don confuses audiences with talk of Gobblers, Wawa, and Shorti's03:19 - Letters: Double Shipping Comics06:43 - Comics cost what they cost08:57 - Comic Piracy10:47 - Introduction to DC Comics Animal Man: The Hunt (Jeff Lemire / Travel Foreman)13:30 - And when you're reading Animal Man you're going....14:30 - Buddy Baker is called to the Red15:54 - The Mythology - The Red, The Green, and The Rot17:44 - Jeff Lemire (Essex County / Underwater Welder / Sweet Tooth)18:40 - Swamp Thing and Animal Man mirroring each other21:29 - A Conversation between Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire21:47 - Animal Man is a Monster Comic23:26 - Don Rants about DC's AWFUL Trade Publication Schedule24:25 - Relating to the Red, The Green, and the Rot27:28 - Girls in Refrigerators / Gail Simone28:37 - Quick Detour: Walking Dead and Bear McCreary's music29:21 - Outro! Paperkeg is Back - Go listen! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Many people claim that Suzanne Collins stole the idea for The Hunger Games from a Japanese Book/Movie titled Battle Royale by author Toushun Takami. In this third installment of Girl Talk the girls get together and and compare the two stories. Plus, we answer reader mail about Doctor Who and Regenerations. Past Hunger Games episodes include Episode 08: Girl Talk and Episode 26: Girl Talk Rises Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 48: Girl Talk Royale 00:34 - Intro01:14 - Listener mail: Doctor Who Regenerations?05:34 - Girl Talk Returns!06:30 - Battle Royale Overview (Film Adaptation by Kinji Fukasaku)07:47 - Similarities between Battle Royale and The Hunger Games as we see them09:14 - Differences, noting we haven't read the Battle Royale novel11:47 - Comparing the Situations13:24 - Brutality and Violence in Battle Royale - Melodrama in Japanese Drama15:27 - Battle Royale is some kind of commentary on Teenagers18:52 - Battle Royale's Japanese Johnny Rotten and Victors21:03 - There is NO Katniss Everdeen in Battle Royale22:05 - So is Hunger Games a Rip Off?24:56 - One of these movies is clearly Superior to the other27:24 - We agree that Girls can have machine gun fights27:40 - Suzanne Collins on Battle Royale28:27 - Hasn't EVERYONE seen The Running Man?!?29:16 - Girl Talk OUT Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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We finally get to one of our favorite things: Doctor Who! Discussing Series 7.1, being a Doctor Who fan, the coming and going of Doctors and Companions, and provide the Radio Free Echo Rift guide to giving Doctor Who a try. All that, plus we talk about Bentley Little's novel, The Haunted. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 47: Asylum of The Doctor 00:34 - Intro01:24 - Novel: Bentley Little's The Haunted06:51 - Introduction to Doctor Who - Classic Series vs. New Series08:26 - Explaining the different Doctors09:55 - Being the Doctor has become an Enormous Problem11:02 - Doctor Who Series 7.1 Overview13:27 - Episode 1 Asylum of the Daleks16:09 - Episode 2 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship17:04 - Episode 3 A Town Called Mercy18:40 - Episode 4 The Slow Invasion20:44 - Episode 5 The Angels Take Manhattan23:37 - The Coming and Going of Companions and Doctors25:49 - Radio Free Echo Rift Guide to Trying Out Doctor Who:26:05 - First watch "Blink" - Season 3, Episode 10 (David Tennant) [Amazon] [NetFlix]27:35 - Then watch "Midnight" - Season 4, Episode 8 (David Tennant) [Amazon] [NetFlix]28:32 - Then start watching Doctor Who at Series 5 (Matt Smith) [Amazon] [NetFlix]29:18 - Watch one Classic Episode: Robots of Death (Tom Baker) [Amazon]29:40 - Outro! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Will we give thanks for Marvel Now? Bendis/Immonen All New X-Men #1, Aaron/Ribic Thor God of Thunder #1 and Fraction/Bagley Fantastic Four #1 PLUS a look Popular Mechanics idea of the future! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 46: NOW! 00:34: Intro01:25: Popular Mechanics Future05:46: All New X-Men #1 Brian Michael Bendis/ Stuart Immonen07:14: All New X-Men Premise - Cyclops is Bent09:15: X-Men - If we knew what we'd become…10:32: X-Men - Playing on Cliches11:36: Immonen's art and Garcia's colors16:50: Thor God of Thunder #1 Jason Aaron/Esad Ribic/Dean White18:22: Was Thor always this sophisticated?19:10: Thor as Modern Serial Killer Story22:34: Shakespearean aspect to Thor26:05: Fantastic Four #1 Matt Fraction / Mark Bagley29:44: Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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A title as shocking as the podcast that comes with it! Ed Brubaker's Captain America The Winter Soldier Part 1 - but before that We tackle Cloud Atlas, Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, the wonderful Paperman animated short, and take a call. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 45: American Superiority 00:35 - Intro01:12 - Mike saw the Wachowski's Cloud Atlas06:03 - Don saw Disney's Wreck-It Ralph07:32 - The Short in front of Wreck-It Ralph10:09 - Caller - Patriotic About Captain America16:18 - SHIELD, Organ of the United Nations17:40 - Marvel Captain America The Winter Soldier Part 1 Ed Brubaker / Steve Epting21:26 - On Cosmic Cubes23:54 - A big story that feels small25:36 - Bucky the Winter Soldier26:51 - Steve Epting's Artwork - is the color too dark/saturated?28:11 - Relationships with Sharon Carter and Nick Fury29:15 - Friday Episode OUT Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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A wandering (and uncharacteristically negative sounding) conversation about a wandering movie: Skyfall! Plus talk of the Great Allentown Comic Con, American Horror Story, and Nicola Tesla. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 44: NOC NOC, Mr. Bond Episode 44: NOC NOC, Mr. Bond 00:35 - Intro01:24 - Great Allentown Comic Con - Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert & Fred, Charles Dowd of Lilith Dark, and Chris Flick of Capes and Babes02:35 - What's better, the intro music or the outro music?03:11 - There are no facts about Nicola Tesla04:10 - Letter American Horror Story on FX07:33 - James Bond's Skyfall Intro09:30 - List of Bond Movies that Make More Sense than Skyfall10:23 - Skyfall: Stealing the NOC List14:01 - Unnecessary Storyline Elements18:17 - Reflecting on Craig's Bond Movies - Bond is an "old man?"21:41 - Settled: Quantum of Solace is a bad movie23:23 - Time for new screenwriters?25:13 - Don isn't interested in James Bond's personal life27:01 - Argue for Shorter Movies28:45 - Skyfall Wanders as much as this Episode29:15 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Cornucopia of Comics with Paperkeg The Flap's Dale_a! Comics include: Marvel Now! A+X #1 (Dan Slott / Ron Garney + Jeph Loeb / Dale Keown), Dark Horse and DC Comics Superman vs. Aliens (Dan Jurgens / Kevin Nowlan), 47 Ronin #1 (Mike Richardson / Stan Sakai), Image Comics Cyberforce #1 (Marc Silvestri / Matt Hawkins / Khoi Pham) Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 43: Like a Lifeless Hobo Episode 43: Like a Lifeless Hobo 00:36 - Intro01:22 - @Dale_a is back (Paperkeg and The Flap)03:05 - Paperkeg and The Flap talk04:08 - Voicemail - The Return of Kid Mudfoot08:06 - A+X #1 Dan Slott/08:25 - A+X Part one - Captain America, Bucky, and Cable13:05 - A+X Part two - Hulk and Wolverine (and Hulk and Wolverine)19:03 - Superman vs. Aliens Dark Horse Dan Jurgens22:30 - Dark Horse 47 Ronin Mike Richardson / Stan Sakai27:38 - Cyberforce #1 Mark Silvestri / Matt Hawkins / Khoi Pham28:45 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike and our Special Guest @Dale_a Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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A full hour with our esteemed guest Dale_A from the Paperkeg and The Flap Podcasts! We're talking hiatus, Disney Star Wars, and DC Comics' The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 animated feature PLUS we're debuting our new custom made intro and outro music thanks to Home At Last! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 42: The Dark Knight Underscorea Episode 42: The Dark Knight Underscorea 00:35 - Intro 01:04 - Amazing New Music by Home At Last 01:38 - Introducing our special guest - Dale_A 08:47 - Caller - Phantasm Reaction 11:41 - Paperkeg Catch-up and The Flap 14:24 - Disney and Star Wars Discussion Begins 15:26 - Ongoing Disney Movies 22:18 - Luke/Leia/Han Solo? 25:41 - Dale_A: a Second Generation Star Wars Fan 29:20 - Event Movies, the Temporaryness of Things 32:30 - The Dark Horse Situation/Marvel Star Wars 39:10 - Star Wars Themepark/Disney Stores 41:48 - DC Comics The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Animated Feature 45:27 - Bleak 50:47 - Adapting a comic for film 53:10 - Reflecting Frank Miller's Skepticisms 54:20 - Robin 59:06 - The Human Batter Evaporates - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike and our Special Guest @Dale_a Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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Get Mike Into Weekly Comics Continues with Archer & Armstrong #1 and Defenders #1 Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 17 - A Gentle reMINDer 00:15: We're not ready! 00:43: Remind them about reMIND! 01:38: Vote for Team Echo Rift (#11 Don Garvey and Mike Connelly) 02:28: The reMINDblog Jingle 03:44: Getting Mike into Monthly Comics Continues 04:38: Tangent: Joe Kubert RIP 05:12: Don's Pick - Archer & Armstrong #1 (Fred Van Lente/Clayton Henry) 11:52: Archer & Armstrong Politics and Religion 15:20: Compared to the 1992 Series (Jim Shooter/Barry Windsor Smith) 20:00: Mike's Pick - Defenders #1 (Matt Fraction/Terry & Rachel Dodson) 25:00: "Did they make (Iron Fist) up to kill him?" 28:10: Defenders and Marvel Style 29:05:Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: Letters@EchoRift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
New Project: Getting Mike into monthly comics. We talk about his selections, Secret Avengers, and the Cola Wars! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 16 - The UnCola 00:36 - Welcome to Radio Free Echo Rift! 02:54 - The Cola Wars Revisted 06:56 - Mike and the Monthly Comics Project 08:18 - The Rules of the Game 09:16 - Visiting Lisbeth and the Comic Shop 11:56 - Mike's Selections - Kirby Genesis (Kurt Busiek/Jack Herbert/Alex Ross) The Secret Service (Mark Millar/Dave Gibbons) Spaceman (Brian Azarello/Eduardo Risso) American Century (David Tischman/Howard Chaykin) Age of Apocalypse (David Lapham/Roberto De La Torre) The Defenders (Matt Fraction/Terry & Rachel Dodson) Wolverine (Ivan Brandon/Rafael Albuquerque, Jason Latour) Ragemoor (Jan Strnad/Richard Corben) 19:38 - Marvel Guy vs. DC Guy 20:26 - DC Fundamentally Changed the Concept of Comic Books 23:09 - Round One: Secret Avengers #29 (Remender/Scalero) 23:58 - Celebrate the Single Issue 26:40 - Back to Secret Avengers/Issue Recap 27:33 - Characters - Ant-Man and Venom is a Problem 29:29 - Outro - VOTE FOR DON AND MIKE (#11) REMINDBLOG.COM Be sure to visit www.EchoRift.com Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: Letters@EchoRift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
Batman & Son, Damian-Waynegate, Charlie might not be dead, Two-Wheelin, Pull Lists. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 15 - Batman & Slapfight 00:36 - There must be some kind of way out of here… 02:05 - Regarding Episode 13 03:16 - Dawg Teeth is a Two Wheeler 04:47 - Did Mike see Charlie in the Echo Rift? 05:62 - What's on our pull lists & do we prefer digital or paper? + Listen to Ancillary Characters 11:28 - Abe Lincoln 12:13 - DamianWaynegate Rises 13:35 - Batman and Son - Grant Morrison & Andy Kubert 15:09 - Batman and Son overview 17:05 - Batman has a son called Damian, according to plan 19:35 - Damian is a real piece of work 21:38 - You will be visited by three Bat-Ghosts 24:45 - Gotham of the Future 26:05 - The Verdict 28:42 - New 52 Batman & Robin Comic 29:31 - Outro Be sure to visit www.EchoRift.com Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: Letters@EchoRift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
Mark Waid’s Here Comes Daredevil, Comics that made us cry, Vacation. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Image Episode 14 - Here Comes 00:35 - Science Fact City Beneath Philadelphia 01:59 - The Brand New EchoRift.com is ON 02:39 - Butt-Dial from Ramsd3n 04:15 - Vast North American Conspiracy Against Us? 05:17 - Storylines that made Mike Cry - Wizard of Oz, Snoopy Come Home 06:05 - Storylines that made Don Cry - 1) New Mutants #37 (Claremont), 08:19 - 2) I Am an Avenger #2 (Greg Rucka) 11:02 - 3) Avenging Spider-Man #5 (Zeb Wells) 12:18 - Aderondack Vacation - Zombie Bears, Don Recalled 14:18 - Here Comes Daredevil! Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, Marcos Martin 16:49 - Daredevil - Greatest character introduction ever? 18:21 - Daredevil - Swashbuckling 20:15 - Daredevil - Learning about Daredevil/Captain America 21:27 - Daredevil - the Artwork 23:55 - Daredevil - Clever and Effortless 25:17 - Daredevil - Marvel's Batman? 26:32 - Daredevil - Where was Mark Waid on the New 52? 27:30 - Daredevil - Almost like a new character 28:36 - Irredeemable 29:01 - Here Comes Outro! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: Letters@EchoRift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
Wolverine and the X-Men, Decompressed, Why Aren’t Comics Funnier? Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 12 - Time It Right 00:35 - Don's not singing today 02:38 - Jane's Voice/Blackmail 07:48 - Wolverine and the X-Men 13 (Jason Aaron/Nick Bradshaw) 13:58 - Quire and Logan play Rain Man 14:41 - Run in with a Shopping Cart/Civility is Dead 19:24 - Kieron Gillen and his Decompressed Podcast 20:02 - Comics Alliance: Why Aren't Comics Funnier? 22:08 - Comedy depends on Timing 26:36 - Drawing Funny 27:42 - Doe the market even demand It? 29:39 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: Letters@EchoRift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
Revival, Your Guide to Guardians of the Galaxy. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 11 - Feckless Invasion 00:36 - Across the nation, around the world… 01:21 - Revival by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton 06:58 - Secret Guide to Guardians of the Galaxy 10:25 - Guardians - Post Mission Interviews 14:10 - Guardians - Character Dossiers 17:11 - Stories about Unlikely Allies/Tension 18:43 - Villains - The Universal Church of Truth 19:52 - Guardians - First Three Issues 22:50 - Guardians - Costumes 23:37 - Guardians - We want a good sic fi movie 24:47 - Guardians - Movie Discussion 24:36 - Guardians - Keep Reading 29:27 - Outro Call in number: 856.208.RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
The Dark Knight Rises! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 10 - Bends 00:37 - Once Again... 01:27 - Every Trip to the Movies is a Disaster 03:30 - Mike Solves Problems 04:26 - Hans Zimmer Broke the Theater 06:20 - Mike gets the Bends 10:01 - Dark Knight Rises - The Perfect Trilogy 14:13 - Dark Knight Rises - The Ending 17:02 - Dark Knight Rises - Themes of Redemption 21:25 - Dark Knight Rises - Tom Hardy and Bane 24:30 - Christopher Nolan and Batman 28:13 - Spending Time with Bruce Wayne 28:44 - Conclusion Call in number: 856.208.RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
Avengers v X-Men Update, Safety Not Guaranteed, Hickman/Pitarra’s The Manhattan Projects Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Episode 09 - No Snitches 00:35 - Introduction 01:30 - Caller: Top Five Horror Movies 10:10 - Furlough: Trip to The Comic Book Shop 10:48 - Avengers v X-Men Status Report and Round 8 Climax 16:30 - Mike saw Safety Not Guaranteed 21:10 - The Manhattan Projects (Hickman/Pitarra) 23:34 - Issue Synopsis, 1-4 24:26 - Issue 4 "The Rose Bridge" In-depth Discussion 28:55 - Outro - Judging isn't so bad Call in number: 856.208.RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly
ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)
Girl Talk: The Hunger Games (Novel), Digital Comics and Kids, New Reader Recommendations Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room – the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Episode 08: Girl Talk 00:32 - Introduction 01:47 - Caller: Kids, Digital Comics, iPads, Games, etc 10:03 - Caller: Comic recommendations for new readers 14:22 - Girl Talk: The Hunger Games (novel) 17:03 - Quick Synopsis of Hungry Game 19:40 - Crossing Lines, Heroes that Kill 20:28 - Which Boy Will I Choose? 24:34 - Hungry Games Movie 26:11 - Indecisive Girls 28:44 - Butch Testosterone Filled Outro Call in number 856-208-RIFT Email: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Connelly_Mike