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I’m still barely dribbling out the con reports from my trip to Balticon and in that time since I’ve been writing them, I’ve been to a whole other con, Heroescon in Charlotte last weekend. I had a lot of fun there, did comic shopping and autograph hunting and all the things a fanboy does …
Tags: balticon, heroescon, podcasting, technoramaEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 26, 2009 – “The Alan Bean of Podcasting”
Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for July 26, 2009. I play a song by Wolf Parade; I play a sponsorship announcement from Bob’s Institute of Time Control; I talk about vacationing in the North Carolina mountains and trying to refocus on what is important; about enthusiasm for and history …
Tags: balticon, church of the subgenius, dragoncon, gentle readers, heroescon, pissedjeans, subgenius, subpop, wolf paradeMore Heroes Con Wrapups
More Heroes Con wrapups come in. I’m glad I got to meet and hang out with Derek Coward. I was a little surprised that the show was not as explicitly social as many such gatherings. Had I known that you could get in with only a wrist band like a record show, …
Tags: alec longstreth, comic book noise, comics, derekcoward, dustinharbin, heroescon, lizbaillie, longboxdigitalcomics, rantzhoseleyHeroes Con Wrapup
Here are some Heroes Con wrapups by people I hung out with: one from Andre and one from Derek. I’ve attended before but the last time was in 1991, so it’s almost like a brand new con to me. A few quick observations from my side:
In a lot of ways, it seemed …
Tags: alec longstreth, heroescon, littlehousecomics, lizbaillieAt Heroes Convention
I’m here in Charlotte a few blocks from the convention center. I’m looking forward to attending Heroes Convention tomorrow. They just had a piece on the con on the 11 PM local news that makes me even more anxious to get there. I brought my full want list of comics I’m looking for, a …
Tags: andre pope, derekcoward, heroescon, kregsteppe, reality break podcastA Heroes Con Publicity Offer to All
I’m going to attend Heroes Con in Charlotte in 2 weeks. I’m willing to make this offer to any podcaster or anyone with stuff to promote. Send me your flyers, stickers, postcards or whatever promotional material you have. I’ll take it to the convention and put it on the freebies table there. If there …
Tags: dragoncon, heroescon, kregsteppe, podcasting, reality break podcast, xcon myrtle beachAround the Podosphere
Here’s a few things that have struck me as interesting from my recent listening.
I’m a fan of Harry Shearer’s Le Show and the July 20th episode featured a lot of talk with John M. Barry, a writer and expert on New Orleanian issues. I liked how Mr. Barry debunked the whole ridiculous “why rebuild …
Convention Season
I’m thinking a lot about conventions lately. This is the first year where not only am I not going to Podcast Expo but I never for a second even considered going. I was scheduled to speak last year but when it came down not only was my day job so crushing at the time …
Tags: dragoncon, heroescon, orycon, podcast expo, reality break podcast, small press expo, xconRecordings and SF Conventions
Tom Spurgeon points out that the panels he moderated at Heroes Con were recorded for posterity by the Dollar Bin guys. I’ve been listening to these and really appreciate them since I wanted to go to the convention this year and couldn’t. This brings up a point I’ve been meaning to blog about for …
Tags: dollarbinpodcast, heroescon, orycon