Sunday, February 15, 2009

Epidsode 1001 - The Pilot [Synopsis & Notes]


Show Synopsis

Opening Dialogue

Kurt and Greg introduce the show with a brief overview of the Outer Channel concept. They then begin a discussion concerning Star Wars Episode 1: the Phantom Menace. The first part of the discussion concerns the love/hate that many feel for George Lucas while the next part speaks about Spectator's Cuts of the films.

Song Break:

Little Desert Creature
by Greg Lester.

The third part of the Star Wars discussion focuses on plot changes that Kurt and Greg would have made were they given that oppurtunity. They then discuss some of George Lucas' inspirations, including Count Dracula and the Incredible Shrinking Man.

Kurt and Greg speak about the short lived radio show Dave TV.

Song Break:

Canada [Let's Defect To]
by Kurt Weller

The Outer Channel receives a call from Sasha, a fan of Greg Lester's musical works. Greg invites Sasha to send in a picture to fanakinskywalker@hotmail.com.

Her call is followed by a call from John Kaczanowski. John speaks about his own Star Wars memories and then discusses his Bockheim web presence.

Have you purchased any Compact Discs or CDs lately?

Greg Lester discusses Butch Walker.

Kurt Weller discusses Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 - Innocent Sin.

Song Break:

An Introduction to Deriva_K Ultra
by Deriva_K Laboratories

Kurt and Greg sign off.


Technical Notes

My voice for the first ten or fifteen minutes of this show were very quiet due to the quality of the telephone that I have and the fact that I tend to speak away from the mic when I am on the phone.

I think for the next program I am going to shift from my landline to Skype. I am testing it out now and I believe the sound quality will be much better, as I will be using my Blue Snowball USB mic rather than talking into the telephone.