Hi-Sci-Fi

Irma and Jevon have ninja fights, talk about Adbusters court case, and interview lovely Heather Hayashi - poster child of geek girls everywhere, and author of the Arkha Chronicles.

The January 11th Show has Jevon flying solo and talking about zombie sheep movies from New Zealand and other things.

This week we’ve had a special guest from Engineers Without Borders, Christina Larabie, and lovely Jayel Gibson, an author of numerous fantasy novels. Gibson gives us the goods on her current and upcoming novels, and gives up her secrets of writing. Christina hangs out and together we mourn the death of Heath Ledger.

This week’s discussion is all about Hulk and Iron Man. From the world of comics onto the silver screen, we celebrate the two mega-ultra-superheroes, together with Adam McCormick, master of Grey Haven Hobbies in BC, Canada.

Tune in for some precious pearls of wisdom from L. Ron Hubbard, and one and only Schwartzennegger. Grrr.
This week’s feature interview is with Charles LePage, originator and editor-in-chief of one of the oldest comic-book news sites, ComicList. Is it all just DC and Marvel or is there more to it?
Also, Irma and Jevon argue over Kindle and talk about future of publishing. That and more…

We interview Greg from The Racks and Razors Podcast, discuss China’s recent “Nanny State,” the smell of space, and Operation Clambake aka Greifers and Protesters against Scientology.

Music Used!

1. Linda G. Thompson - Midnight Rendezvous
2. MTL Express - Dance All Night (with a Small Wonder audio clip I mixed in)
3. hercules and Love Affair - Hercules Theme
4. Johan Agebjorn - Digital Norway
5. Barry DeVorzon - Theme From the Warriors
6. Junior Jack - Stupid Disco
7. Goblin - Tenebre Main Theme
8. Antipop vs. Asia Argento - Vampy(Inflagaranti, No Jean Mi)
9. Radiohead - Everything is in its Right Place (Oakenfield 2008 Remix)
10. Galaxy Toobin’ Gang - Entering Snake Pass
11. DJ Mehdi - Lucky Girl
12. Ladytron - Play Girl
13. Cassettes Won’t Listen - Paperfloat (X-911 Remix)

Just Irma this week folks (and she’s scratching those windows hard) - Jevon was MIA due to illness. More news, views, and wackiness from the HiSciFi world though. Get well soon Jevon! (Don’t you love when I use the third person?)

Irma talks about UFOs, Red Hulk, new Wolverine industry (yes…a whole industry) and Jumper!

This week, the server records the show at wrong speed and we end up sounding like two chipmunks. Incidentally, Jevon brings the chipmunks album to studio.

Hollywood land comes to bite back, as we review the Oscars, and throw around numerous Michael Bay references.

Irma and Jevon also interview the guys from Cult Pop TV, Jim and Jerry, who are so in love with SciFi that they decided to run away together and make their own TV (okay, it’s not that romantic sounding, but they mentioned romance novels so much that we couldn’t resist.)

Jevon flies solo as Irma is away sick, but discusses, Grandtheft Childhood, New Ghibli and GAINAX movies, and interviews the brilliant Joan Slonczewski about microbes, gender, her research, and her novels.

Track List for the show was:

1. Bella - No One Will Know (Mint Records)
2. Ghosthustler - Only Me To Trust (Demo)
3. Siriusimo - Simple
4. BOC Productions - Fall in Love (Alan Braxe’s Remastered Remix)
5. Arcade Lover - Fantasy Lines (In Dub)
6. Anamanguchi - Power Supply
7. Captain Ahab - The Power of Health
8. ANORAAK - NERD (Never Ending Romance Disaster)
9. Aonami - MISODISKO
10. Letter G., Kieran Hebden, Alexis Taylor - Its Gone (Julien Nriffaz 12 Inch Mix)

We discuss the Crunchy Roll Debacle, Warren Ellis’ Gravel, Second Life’s new AI character “Eddie,” and review this season’s wrap up of TV shows - which one is going to get the axe? Which ones will live to see another season?!

This weeks show features a round table discussion with Jesse Betteridge from Zannen Canada about anime and the new Spectacular Spiderman and why is rocks. Also we present to you true words from the future from FUTURE MAN! Also Greg from Racks and Razors.com offers us a review of some classic Brit scifi: The Tomorrow People, the show that got him hooked for life!

We also discuss the usual news and events including a cancellation of two shows. Can you guess which ones?

Music List:

1. Arcade Fire - Intervention (a skipping 7 inch split with Calexico!)
2. Adeyhawke - Adeyhawke Theme
3. Kid Cudi - Day N Nite (Crookers Remix)
4. Japan - Life in Tokyo (12” Extended Version)
5. S’express - Theme form S’express
6. Les Gillettes - Send in the Clowns
7. Liars - Nihilist (Demo)
8. The Bloody Beetroots - We are From Venice (Le Serenissima)
9. The Dance Inc. - Matador
10. Toxic Avenger - Poker Face (Lies in Disguise Remix)
11. Top Billin - My Girl Wants To

Michael Geist joins us live to discuss the bandwidth throttling by Canadian Internet Services Providers, Net Neutrality, rise of new and death of old media. Jevon reports live from Sakura-con, giving us the taste of anime and cos-play-a-plenty, and Stephen Danic from Centre for Digital Media, on rise of new digital media disciplines.

Today we have two special interviews for you. Nina Muteanu the author of Darwin’s Paradox joins us in the studio and discusses her novel and we speak with Roland Kelts over the phone about his new book Japanamerica. Also Jevon gives a quick rundown on Sakuracon 2008, and plays the hot new nerdcore album he picked up by Ultraklystron entitled “Open Souce Lyricist.”

1. Ultraklystron - Hikikomori
2. RIAA - Chicken Slacks
3. Keenhouse - Deep in the Forest
4. Jurgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie
5. Tim and Eric - Beaver Boys (PJ Puterhoots Remix)
6. Revolte - Ironical Sexism (GRUM Remix)
7. Gonzales - “Working Together” (Boyz Noise Remix)
8. DJ Magnet - Shop Around if You Are Horny
9. Hercales and Love Affair - You Belong (Riton Remix)
10. Pink Skull - Gonzo’s Cointreau
11. Computer Club - Bizarre Love Triangle
12. Judi Chicago - Chick Feel A
13. Maral Salamassi - Back Up Your Ass (Trashtalk Remix)
14. Housemeister - INORDERTODANCE

How do you combine video games, environment and politics? This week, we get some answers.

We feature two special guests: Aerlyn Weissman and Stephan Danic, who are participating in a project for the Department of Fisheries - they are doing no less than creating a virtual model of the ocean itself.

The idea is for policy makers to use this sophisticated tool, which allows for visualization of long term consequences of their actions. The model is one of few new tools in struggle to generate appropriate ecological measures, as recent developments indicate a global crisis for fish population. Moreover, it is a method of making sound and accountable policies, and is a prime example of using new technologies to potentially change the very nature of political process.

Today we talk about some interesting news in Science, react to the juggernaut that is “The Hobbit,” and talk net neutrality with Timothy Denton, a renowned thinker and writer on the topic.

Today’s show is a bit of a comics spectacular as Free Comic Day was this weekend, so to celebrate we interviewed some comic people. First, was an interview with Lillian Diaz-Przybyl from the North American manga and comic company Tokyopop, and then we have Adam, our comic guy who runs Grey Haven Hobbies in White Rock, BC, Canada. We talk manga, gender and comics, the Iron Man movie, The Skrulls, Yaoi, and bunch of other stuff, so enjoy!

Today Irma and Jevon are joined by Jesse Betteridge, the blogger and newsman behind Zannen Canada and we discus anime, the new and fantastic Saturday Morning animated Spectacular Spiderman as well as a host of news, and we finally air a wonderful interview with the good folks at the Akiba Blog, who are now offering their goodness in English!

This week we had Lauren Weinstein join us for a discussion on issues of Net Neutrality and Deep Packet Inspection - the latter being a subject of much debate as, if utilized by Internet access providers, is not only illegal (the law just hasn’t caught up with those guys yet) but deeply disturbing as it is akin to a kind of “data wiretapping.”

Weinstein is a columnist for Wired Magazine, co-founder of PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility, co-founder and moderator of the new NNSquad (Network Neutrality Squad) and the founder of the PRIVACY Forum, which he created in 1992. Weinstein has been involved with Internet and other technology issues for over 30 years, starting in the early 1970s at the first site on the ARPANET (proto-Internet) at UCLA.

I do encourage you to join as many Net Neutrality petitions as possible and get your neighbours and family to do it too. Do it. Keep on doing it. And you can translate that however you’d like.

Love,
Irma

This week we are joined by Jeff, Crystaline, and Julie, all major local experts on LARP. What is LARP? For those who do not know, this is a worthwhile listening material as we explore how tabletop D&D gaming jumped onto live action stage in many people’s back yard.

On the other hand, recent efforts in Canadian Parliament on Canadian Copyright issues are very much abuzz with some stringent and frightening suggestions (DRM gone wild…like those girls with low self-esteem who walk topless during spring break, but with CDs?!)

Join us. Listen in and write us: hiscifi@gmail.com

Love,
Irma

This week, we have Gregory Milne, a jack of all trades, including co-director and producer of a new feature film “Without Light,” who gives us an insight into what life holds for an independent film producer in Canada.

Adam McCormack of Gray Haven Hobbies tells all about release of D&D 4.0. And as we look forward to the release of sequel to Dark Knight, we revisit Batman in his drawn form.

This week’s big news is all about copyright in Canada. We discuss Bill-C61 with Jesse Betteridge, and we are joined by Nina Munteanu to discuss some knowns and unknowns on water resources in Canada.

And yes…we are all about Hulk too :)

Irma & co. discuss Hulk, interview Geoffrey Gluckman, an ex-CIA operative and a techno-thriller novelist, talk to Scott Wood of The Interview Show, who gives us the bottom line of how artists relate to copyright laws, and then discuss many of fun news…including AIDS.

To all of those who sent us whiny messages about severe deficiency of Dr. Who discussions - please be patient. Upcoming show is all about you :)

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HiSciFi- Irma talks chainmail bikinis and loincloths wielding large swords - yes! Time for revelry in Conan and Red Sonja. Also, we give the lowdown on MDI’s first commercially produced Air Car, a personal vehicle running on an air-compression engine. That and we kill with DNA…literally…

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This week we are joined by Stanley Hyde, North American leading experts on…(wait for it)…Godzilla!

Get ready for the “man in rubber suit” extravaganza, as we get Stanley to tell all live from G-Conference (yes, that would be the Godzilla conference *nod*), and gives us the goods on past and future of the greatest of monsters - Godzilla.

This week we got to interview Joseph Romm, who is a “big cheese” gnawing at “bigger cheeses” in Washington. Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Joseph Romm runs the blog, ClimateProgress.org, and is an expert in field of environmental sciences.

That, and we get really into Dr. Who and adventures of the fourth season, which is, in my humble opinion, the best one thus far.

This week Irma and Greg get to sit with Adam Gold, writer of Greg Milne’s upcoming feature film Without Light. We start off well, but quickly descend into feelings of elated success, promote the film shamelessly and giggle a lot.

That and news. Hold on to your seats. Time for HiSciFi

Check out Without Light HERE
Or just outright buy it and support our Greg Milne, indie filmmaker, savant and radio personality - to get a copy click HERE

Music provided by James Reyna aka melodywhore - Reyna is the composer for Without Light and you can find more of Melody Whore HERE

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This week we give you a little taste of The Watchmen, Alan Moore’s legendary graphic novel, considered not only a visual, but literary accomplishment. I highly suggest you bite into it, read it, love it…and get ready for the movie.

Great thanks to Adam of Grey Haven Hobbies in White Rock, BC for being an incredible contributor (as always!) and his insider knowledge of all things drawn.

This week we are joined by Danny O’Brian of Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) who gives us the goods on EFF’s upcoming lawsuit naming most of the George W. Bush cabinet as involved with illegal surveillance and wiretapping.

That, and we give you the goods on the newest of TV Fall shows - Knight Rider, worth it or not? Fringe, and Stargate Atlantis. Hold on to your hats, and do send us your love.

Sincerely,
Irma Arkus

Elections are coming!!! Oct 14th is the day when you will walk through the polls and determine the future of technology of Canada. We’ve looked at candidates and political party platforms to provide you with some guidance on how to make your vote count in relation to Bill C61.

This week we are joined by Russell McOrmond who explains what lies at the heart of Bill C61, and provides a great guide on DigitalCopyright.ca blog for each candidate’s position in your own residential area.

So, check you DigitalCopyright.ca and find out who you’re voting for! And if you’re met only with candidates staunchly supporting Bill C61, then make sure you let them know that you are a voter, and you feel very different about Canadian DMCA.

This week we had the pleasure of having Chris Brandt join us live to discuss his latest documentary, “Independents: A Guide for the Creative Spirit,” a showcase of indie comic book artists. Being an independent anything these days is a difficult as well as exciting prospect, and Brandt, a long time artist as well as a fan, dedicates this film to the art of comic book creation.

Check out the Independents.

This week we bring you “some Irish guy,” as well as the live interview with Leopoldo Gout, master of supernatural who brings his South American experiences to North American fans.

Gout wrote an interesting novel, Ghost Radio, in which the supernatural doesn’t just visit, but alters the time line and memories of protagonists. The interesting thing about Gout is that he is originally a filmmaker, and a graphic novel illustrator, and the humble beginnings of Ghost Radio quickly spun into a novel, and then a movie.

Check out the novel, Ghost Radio, here

Introducing Robert Robbi Rodriguez, comic book artist known for his amazing art: Haze, Tek Jansen (yes, we are inching closer to deity that is Stephen Colbert), Maintenance, and currently working on writing and illustrating a provocative independent series, Frankie Get Your Gun!

Robbi Rodriguez represents some of the best of the contemporary graphic novel art. I encourage you to check out Maintenanceat OniPress, his blob, and make sure to glance at Frankie (see illustration).

Now, I do have to say that talking to Robbi was great, and you can listen to our conversation below, or download a copy for posterity. However, I have to admit, that I’ve experienced some problems with the earphones in the studio during the recording process, which is why I’m a bit awkward (as in, I could barely hear him :), and sometimes ask twice about the same stuff, all of which is compounded by my heart’s pitter patter at the thought of most handsome man in the universe, Tek Jansen…booo!!! I guess we’ll just have to have Robbi Rodriguez on again! Awwww.

This week is a bit lonely, so it’s just me, myself and I, bringing you news in SciFi.

Grumbling about Cable TV, introducing new Sam Raimi’s show “The Legend of The Seeker,” and my complaints about Will Smith…that and more!!!