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This schedule is subject to change, right up until the start time of the show. (I'm just a meanie-head like that.)

September 25, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 012 - Zombies

This episode is still coming. In October, I had a computer failure. The files for this episode are trapped on an external hard drive for which I can't currently find the necessary cords. There was a dock for it on the computer that died. The new computer does not have this dock.

As soon as I locate the cords (or, more likely, get another drive, which will come with the cords I need), I will get to work to put this episode out for you, the faithful. I do apologize for the delay.
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September 18, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 011 - SMT #30: Simon Birch

Specific Movie Talk:

"One of my favorite movies ever is about a small boy who believes he has a destiny: That God put him on this earth to be a hero and that he is God's instrument. His best friend is a 12-year-old boy named Joe, who doesn't know who his father is. At the risk of jumping right to the end, they will both fulfill their destiny on the same day. The movie? Simon Birch."
  • Preamble:
    • Final murder mystery, and the fun and shenanigans that ensued.
    • POWER OUTAGE due to Tropical Storm Hermine
    • Delayed fab|2.0 episode due to resulting internet issues
  • Feedback:
    • Again... no feedback.
      • Send your email feedback to flickabrac @gmail .com - space added to protect against spambots. If you don't want it read on the show, please make a note of that.
      • Alternately, you can call the voice mail line at (412) I'M-SO-FAB (467-6322). Line open 24/7. Standard calling rates apply. Calls will be played on the show.
  • Spoiler-laced -- and one-sided -- discussion of Simon Birch.
  • Promo: I Should Be Writing - Award winning writing advice from author Mur Lafferty.
  • Special thanks to no one for their voice participation.
  • Thanks also to Rachel, Dev, and Brent for playing with us in the text chat!
  • Music used in this episode:
    • Bumper music composed by Kevin MacLeod as follows:
      • Intro and Closing: Darkness is Coming
      • Out of My Head: Rising Game
      • Main Event: Classic Horror 1
    • (Kevin MacLeod's music is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.)

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September 25, 2010:
Zombies

October 9, 2010:
SMT #31: Saw III

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August 28, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 010 - Archetypes

Topic Chat:
"Good characters jump off of the screen and into our hearts. Whether we root for the underdog, cheer when justice is served to the evil-doer, or shed a tear when the heroine gets the guy before the credits roll, these characters are built like any other construct of fiction. Tonight's movie topic explores the surface of the basic structure of characters archetypes and how they coexist in a cinematic masterpiece. (Don't get your hopes up for any truly MEANINGFUL conversation, of course -- after all, this IS flick-a-brac.) "

  • Preamble:
    • Murder mystery report: The Train Show!
    • Jersey Boys
  • Feedback:
    • No feedback this episode. It is becoming the norm.
      • Send your email feedback to flickabrac @gmail .com - space added to protect against spambots. If you don't want it read on the show, please make a note of that.
      • Alternately, you can call the voice mail line at (412) I'M-SO-FAB (467-6322). Line open 24/7. Standard calling rates apply. Calls will be played on the show.
  • Discussion on character archetypes, with many links as follows:
  • Promo: Piggy Moto - podcast novel by Nicholas McRae
  • Special thanks to Terri and SquidLord for their voice participation.
  • Thanks also to Logan, Rand al'Thor, Merlin, Raikou, purplestarz2006, and SimChris for playing with us in the text chat!
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September 18, 2010:
SMT #30: Simon Birch

September 25, 2010:
Zombies

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August 14, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 009 - SMT #29: The Mummy

"In 1999, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz made a splash as they resurrected an ancient evil in the form of a computer-generated Arnold Vosloo. That movie later spawned two sequels and an animated series... and is tonight's Specific Movie Talk. We'll be talking about The Mummy."

  • Preamble:
    • Spoiler Alert has a website.
    • Murder mystery report. Extra punchy before the show; extra punchy during. Plus, the story about the tablecloth man.
    • Doing a murder mystery on a train in the next week.
  • Feedback:
    • munchkin, my Red Brick Road co-host, recorded some audio related to the main topic.
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      • Alternately, you can call the voice mail line at (412) I'M-SO-FAB (467-6322). Line open 24/7. Standard calling rates apply. Calls will be played on the show.
  • Spoiler-laced discussion of The Mummy and its characters.
  • Promo: Spoiler Alert - my movie review podcast with lazy-t.
  • Special thanks to Terri and Wendiigo for their voice participation.
  • Thanks also to Dev and InfinityNevermore for playing with us in the text chat!
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August 28, 2010:
Archetypes

September 11, 2010:
SMT #30: Simon Birch

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July 31, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 008 - Extraterrestrials

Topic Chat:
"From distant galaxies to the planet next door, Movie Earth has seen its fair share of visitors from other worlds. Sometimes they want to do us harm. Sometimes they just want to be our friends. And then there are the times that we come to their doorstep picking the fight. Tonight's movie topic will take a look beyond our solar system as we discuss aliens on film."

  • Preamble:
    • Kim came to visit the previous weekend. Trip to Wonder World in San Marcos.
    • She attended the murder mystery while she was here. Full details in the show.
  • Feedback:
    • No feedback this week.
      • Send your email feedback to flickabrac @gmail .com - space added to protect against spambots. If you don't want it read on the show, please make a note of that.
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  • Discussion on aliens in the movies, in the following categories:
    • Aliens want to harm humans
    • Aliens want to be humans' friends
    • Humans pick the fight
    • Mix of the above and films that don't fit the above
    • (Thankfully small) List of movies where alien involvement is a spoiler
  • Promo: The Tribe, a podcast dedicated to the CBS television show Survivor. Maggie is one of the hosts.
  • Special thanks to wendiigo and mediaman for their voice participation.
  • Thanks also to participatory anonymous guests, Brent Irwin, Logan, and SimChris for playing with us in the text chat!
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August 14, 2010:
SMT #29: The Mummy

August 28, 2010
Archetypes
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July 10, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 007 - SMT #28: Dodgeball

Specific Movie Talk:
"A friendly neighborhood gym is threatened with foreclosure when the giant mega-corporate gym across the street wants to tear it down to make way for a new parking structure. Owner Frank LaFleur must come up with $50,000 in under a month, or Average Joe's will be a casualty in Globo-Gym's quest for world domination. It's a desperate, last-ditch idea, but Frank and his misfit band of irregulars enter a national Dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas. The prize? Conveniently enough, it's the $50,000 he needs to keep his place open just a little longer. Starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller, Dodgeball contains just enough laughs to make it this month's Specific Movie Talk."

  • Preamble:
    • Murder mystery report. Great audience, but we managed to offend someone.
  • Feedback:
    • Voice mail from Rachel, host of The Sims 2 Challenges and co-host of Girls Night In Radio
    • munchkin, my Red Brick Road co-host, recorded some audio related to the main topic.
      • Send your email feedback to flickabrac @gmail .com - space added to protect against spambots. If you don't want it read on the show, please make a note of that.
      • Alternately, you can call the voice mail line at (412) I'M-SO-FAB (467-6322). Line open 24/7. Standard calling rates apply. Calls will be played on the show.
  • New segment: flick's Feedback, in which I give feedback on a podcast I listen to. This episode's victim: The Media Outsiders, hosted by Logan. (This segment might not continue.)
  • In-depth, spoiler-laden discussion of Dodgeball.
  • Promo: Earthbound - a podcast novel by Artemis Greenleaf, available at podiobooks.com.
  • Special thanks to SquidLord for his voice participation.
  • Thanks also to Logan, Brent Irwin, wendiigo, and Eric the Half-a-Bee for playing with us in the text chat!
  • Music used in this episode:

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July 31, 2010:
Extraterrestrials

August 14, 2010:
SMT #29: The Mummy
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June 26, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 006 - Opinions

Topic Chat:
"If you've been paying any attention for the last three years, you already know that your opinion doesn't matter. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop anyone from expressing their opinions and thinking they do matter. In this episode of flick-a-brac|2.0, we'll talk about opinions: Why yours doesn't matter, any why you think anyone should care in the first place."

  • Preamble:
    • Host spent most of the day hanging out with his brother.
    • Report on the evening's Murder Mystery. (Brother, Sister, and Brother-in-Law all attended -- and wackiness ensued. Sis got a lesson in calling her middle sibling's bluff.)
  • Feedback:
    • No feedback this week.
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  • Disjointed (and relatively short) discussion on opinions and opinionated people.
  • Promo: The Sims 2 Challenges, "a podcast dedicated to the PC game The Sims 2, the challenges written for it, and quick tips on how to play the game better."
  • Special thanks to SimChris for his voice participation.
  • Thanks also to Logan for playing with us in the text chat!
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July 10, 2010:
SMT #28: Dodgeball

July 31, 2010
TO BE DETERMINED
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June 12, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 005 - SMT #27: Boys on the Side

Specific Movie Talk:
"A cross country road trip brings three unlikely friends together and bonds them in ways none of them could have ever imagined. Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, and Mary-Louise Parker share laughter and tears, joy and loss, secrets, betrayal, and lasting love in one of my favorite dramatic films... Boys on the Side."

  • Preamble:
    • Report on the evening's Murder Mystery - Also, said show is extended through August.
    • Announcement of a new podcast, featuring the Evil Twin: The Red Brick Road (iTunes link!)
  • Feedback:
    • Email from Infinity Nevermore
      • Send your email feedback to flickabrac @gmail .com - space added to protect against spambots. If you don't want it read on the show, please make a note of that.
      • Alternately, you can call the voice mail line at (412) I'M-SO-FAB (467-6322). Line open 24/7. Standard calling rates apply. Calls will be played on the show.
  • In-depth, spoiler-laden discussion of Boys on the Side.
    • Correction: During the discussion, Robin's brother was called "Teddy" by the host. This was done several times. His name was actually Tommy.
    • Also: Drew -- Call me!
  • Promo: The Red Brick Road - Hosted by flickguy and munchkin, The Red Brick Road explores roads not taken and encourages listeners to try new things.
  • Special thanks to Terri for her voice participation.
  • Thanks also to Dev, Logan, SimChris, Infinity Nevermore, and wendiigo for playing with us in the text chat!
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June 26, 2010:
Opinions

July 10, 2010:
SMT #28: Dodgeball
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May 22, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 004 - Guilty Pleasures

Topic Chat:
"We all have TV shows, movies, music, and podcasts that we'd just as soon the world at large not know about us. Certain entertainments -- especially popular entertainments -- hold some kind of stigma, and once the cat is out of the bag, you're marked. (Not by the cat.) Tonight we're going to look at such entertainments and hopefully expose some of our listeners' deepest darkest media secrets when they confess to us... their guilty pleasures."

  • Preamble:
    • Report on the evening's Murder Mystery. (It was the best audience ever.)
  • Feedback:
    • Two emails, one each from SimChris and Dev. Both were related to the main topic and were read in that portion of the show.
      • Send your email feedback to flickabrac @gmail .com - space added to protect against spambots. If you don't want it read on the show, please make a note of that.
      • Alternately, you can call the voice mail line at (412) I'M-SO-FAB (467-6322). Line open 24/7. Standard calling rates apply. Calls will be played on the show.
  • Discussion of the concept of guilty pleasures and many, many examples among the live participants -- including flickguy's own deep, dark secret revealed!
  • Although it is mentioned in the show that this would be a "name link" in the "Thanks for participating" section below, I thought it merited an actual mention in the show notes: Our very own Brent Irwin was in a show at school, and it's been posted to YouTube. It's called TwiFright and is a pretty danged funny parody of the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises. Check it out!
  • Promo: Girls Night In Radio - Hosted by Maggie, Jaime, and Rachel, GNIR is a fun podcast where they "review movies, answer wacky questions, and talk about things that women talk about on a girls night in."
  • Special thanks to Samantha, Wendiigo and SimChris for their voice participation.
  • Thanks also to Logan, Dev, and Brent for playing with us in the text chat!
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June 12, 2010:
SMT #27: Boys on the Side
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May 8, 2010

fab|2.0 - EPISODE 003 - SMT #26: Pirates of the Caribbean

Specific Movie Talk:
"Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's life for Johnny Depp. Captain Jack Sparrow swashbuckles his way along an adventure also starring Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, and Jonathan Pryce. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is all about a cursed treasure, a blacksmith's apprentice in love with a governor's daughter, and an ousted ship captain out for revenge against the mutinous first officer who left him stranded on a desert island. All that, plus a zombie monkey!"
  • Preamble:
    • Report on the evening's Murder Mystery and all of the madness that ensued. (You know flickguy is an actor, right?)
    • Host is officially on vacation as of the live show. The following week he would not be at work.
  • Feedback:
    • Email from Dev, relating to and read at the beginning of the main topic.
      • Send your email feedback to flickabrac @gmail .com - space added to protect against spambots. If you don't want it read on the show, please make a note of that.
      • Alternately, you can call the voice mail line at (412) I'M-SO-FAB (467-6322). Line open 24/7. Standard calling rates apply. Calls will be played on the show.
  • In-depth, spoiler-laden discussion of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. (WARNING: The Spoiler Notice is read in very bad Pirate-Speak.)
  • Promo: Girls Night In Radio - Hosted by Maggie, Jaime, and Rachel, GNIR is a fun podcast where they "review movies, answer wacky questions, and talk about things that women talk about on a girls night in."
  • Special thanks to Wendiigo for his voice participation.
  • Thanks also to Dev, Logan, SimChris, and the Evil Twin for playing with us in the text chat!
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May 22, 2010:
Guilty Pleasures

June 12, 2010:
SMT #27: Boys on the Side
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