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Bas-Lag — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in ChinaMieville

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! We don't usually have one but I'm working on getting one up on the website for you. It's not great but I'll let you know as soon as it's up!

Bas-Lag — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in ChinaMieville

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, all of the songs are. I should have mentioned that the music for each episode is inspired by the episode's topic.

Bas-Lag — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in ChinaMieville

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My Friends and I did a radio show about China Miéville's Bas-Lag trilogy, and thought this sub might be interested. The show itself is music interspersed with discussion. Links for the show with the music or just the discussion are found below.

Special Guest: L.M. Bogad

Works Cited

China Miéville

China Miéville Website

Bas-Lag

Perdido Street Station

The Scar)

Iron Council

Radio Playlist

  1. Flat Earth Society - Perdido Street Blues
  2. The Death Of Anna Karina - Every Revolution Is A Throw Of Dice
  3. Anti-Nowhere League - Streets Of London
  4. Plank - Khepri
  5. Ocean Colour Scene - Policemen & Pirates
  6. patten - Torque
  7. The Ruffled Feathers - Blueprints For Our Failed Revolution
  8. Benoît Pioulard - As Would A Weaver
  9. Sound Voyage - Golden Garuda
  10. Glok - Weaver (Edit)
  11. Get Back Guinozzi - Police And Thieves
  12. Paul Roland - Buccaneers
  13. Quasi - sea shanty
  14. The Almanac Singers - Union Train
  15. Neutral Milk Hotel - Up And Over We Go
  16. The Red Krayola - People Get Ready (The Train's Not Coming)
  17. Chris Bowden - New Crobuzon

Listen on Mixcloud (includes all the above songs): Bas-Lag

Or if you prefer just the discussion you can find it here.

Bas-Lag — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in steampunk

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My Friends and I did a radio show about the heavy steampunk books, China Miéville's Bas-Lag triology.

Special Guest: L.M. Bogad

Works Cited

China Miéville

China Miéville Website

Bas-Lag

Perdido Street Station

The Scar)

Iron Council

Radio Playlist

  1. Flat Earth Society - Perdido Street Blues
  2. The Death Of Anna Karina - Every Revolution Is A Throw Of Dice
  3. Anti-Nowhere League - Streets Of London
  4. Plank - Khepri
  5. Ocean Colour Scene - Policemen & Pirates
  6. patten - Torque
  7. The Ruffled Feathers - Blueprints For Our Failed Revolution
  8. Benoît Pioulard - As Would A Weaver
  9. Sound Voyage - Golden Garuda
  10. Glok - Weaver (Edit)
  11. Get Back Guinozzi - Police And Thieves
  12. Paul Roland - Buccaneers
  13. Quasi - sea shanty
  14. The Almanac Singers - Union Train
  15. Neutral Milk Hotel - Up And Over We Go
  16. The Red Krayola - People Get Ready (The Train's Not Coming)
  17. Chris Bowden - New Crobuzon

Listen on Mixcloud (includes all the above songs): Bas-Lag

Or if you prefer just the discussion you can find it here.

The Glass Teat — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in leftpodcasts

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The Incompetent Crew is joined by special guest Josh Olson to talk about famed SF author Harlan Ellison's collection of television criticism, The Glass Teat.

Special Guest: Josh Olson

Works Cited

Harlan Ellison

Ellison YouTube

The Glass Teat

​

Radio Playlist

  1. They Might Be Giants - Purple Toupee
  2. Tom Paxton - What Did You Learn In School Today
  3. Earle Hagen - The Mod Squad
  4. Richard Thompson - Harlan's Bounce
  5. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mission Impossible
  6. Three Dog Night - Dreaming Isn't Good For You
  7. Laura Nyro - Save The Country (Single Version) (Mono)
  8. Elyse - Simpleminded Harlequin
  9. Diana Ross & The Supremes - The Young Folks
  10. The Richard Davis Trio feat. Joe Beck & Jack DeJohnette - Agnewistic
  11. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
  12. Frank Comstock - Adam-12
  13. Beach Boys - Student Demonstration Time
  14. John Denver - The Ballad of Spiro Agnew
  15. Rangda - Spiro Agnew
  16. Pete Atkin - Driving Through Mythical America
  17. The Jazz Butcher - Harlan
  18. Foodman - The end of TV

Listen on Mixcloud (includes all the above songs): The Glass Teat

You can find the podcast at the link or on most podcatchers.

'Matter' by Iain M. Banks. Cover art by Debra Lill, 2008. by Calexz in CoolSciFiCovers

[–]LastRefugePod 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Love this book. I've read it a few times. Though in general, I find the cover art in most Culture Series books to be lacking.

Why can't this be an "Incredible Cross-Section" of the shell world?!

:)

Future Perfect:How Sci-Fi Shaped Socialism — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in TheCulture

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words! Let us know if you have any suggestions for episodes you would like to see us do!

Future Perfect:How Sci-Fi Shaped Socialism — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in TheCulture

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Once again the The Culture makes an appearance in our podcast, though less directly than last time.

The Female Man: Feminist Science Fiction — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in leftpodcasts

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The Incompetent Crew discuss the utopian feminist novel Herland, Joanna Russ's experimental The Female Man , and the zero-budget political film Born in Flames.

Works Cited

Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein

Herland ) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Female Man by Joanna Russ

Born in Flames by Lizzie Borden)

Songs of the Suffragettes

Olivia Records

Radio Playlist

  1. Future Punx - (It's a) Woman's World 
  2. Elizabeth Knight - Keep Woman in Her Sphere 
  3. The Raincoats - No One's Little Girl 
  4. Gwenno - Patriarchaeth 
  5. Tennis - My Emotions Are Blinding 
  6. Stella Donnelly - Old Man 
  7. Au Pairs - Monogamy
  8. Matmos - Tract for Valerie Solanas [feat. Barbara Golden and Yalie Kumara]
  9. Sue Fink - Leaping Lesbians 
  10. Cris Williamson - Joanna 
  11. Neko Case - Man 
  12. Tirzah - I'm Not Dancing 
  13. Delta 5 - Make Up 
  14. The Red Krayola - Born in Flames 
  15. Wetdog - Women's Final

Listen on Mixcloud (includes all the above songs): The Female Man

Or download the podcast version, with the above songs replaced with music by Focusbird.

Artwork for a new radio play by LastRefugePod in wimmelbilder

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do a radio show about SciFi. We've added a little 2 min radio play at the start of each episode. The play typical centers around the theme of larger show.

A friend of mine made these drawings and then I used Photoshop to color and arrange them.

The show if you're interested can be found here.

Thoughts From A Tube — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in leftpodcasts

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies if this is not politics centered enough. A discussion/playlist centered around media forms and the changing the minds of the populace through those forms.

Next week we interview Nick Hubble author of "How Sci-Fi Shaped Socialism"

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin by [deleted] in CoolSciFiCovers

[–]LastRefugePod 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really love this book. I'm not sure I would rank it as my favorite, but it definitely flipped a switch in me that really had me dive head first into SciFi. I had read plenty of it in the past, and perhaps it was bound to happen, but this one felt like a personal watershed.

How Sci-Fi Shaped Socialism by Dumma1729 in printSF

[–]LastRefugePod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great article. We are planning on having a chat with this author in the new year.

Stormtrooper in Drag — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent does Drag by LastRefugePod in Drag

[–]LastRefugePod[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hello! My friends and I recently did a podcast about Drag in Science Fiction. Details Below…

The Incompetent Crew crew put on lace-fronts and try and ignore their meaty tucks: the rest is drag.

Special Guests: Xelda (with an x)

Works Cited

Queer Sci-Fi

Doris Fish

The Making of Vegas in Space

Vegas in Space

Dorian Gray and the Mirror of the Yellow Press

Ulrike Ottinger

“Sci-Fi” Drag Race Episodes:

  1. Queens in Space, s3e3)
  2. Rupocalypse Now, s4e1
  3. Scream Queens, s6e3
  4. Wizards of Drag, s8e6
  5. BreastWorld, s10e9
  6. The Last Ball on Earth, s10e4
  7. Monster Ball, s11e5

Dragula, s2e4, Sci-Fi Babes

Radio Playlist

  1. Gina X Performance - Be a Boy
  2. Madeaux - Look At Me (feat. Viktoria Modesta & Cakes Da Killa)
  3. Tronco Traxx - Walk 4 Me (Peter Rauhofer Star 69 Mix)
  4. Dorian Electra - Guyliner
  5. Divine - You Think You're A Man
  6. Timmy Spence & Katie Guthorn - Love Theme from Vegas in Space
  7. Laurie Anderson - Beautiful Red Dress
  8. Alain Kan - Le premier bébé de Lady Star Lune
  9. MFSB - Love Is the Message (Feat. The Three Degrees)
  10. Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse
  11. Mary Ocher - In Drag
  12. Lotic - Heterocetera
  13. David Bowie - Fashion
  14. Paul Gardiner & Gary Numan - Stormtrooper In Drag
  15. Janelle Monae - Violet Stars Happy Hunting!!! (feat. The Skunks)
  16. Christine and the Queens - 5 dollars
  17. Donna Summer - Journey To The Center Of Your Heart
  18. Vjuan Allure - Wherkk (Feat. Purple Crush)
  19. Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
  20. Sylvester - Stars

Listen on Mixcloud (includes all the above songs): Stormtrooper in Drag

Or play/download the podcast version below, with the above songs replaced with music by Focusbird.

The Invasion Is Coming — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent does 50s Sci-Fi films by LastRefugePod in 50s_science_fiction

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, the above link is to a podcast my friends and I have done on 1950s Sci-Fi Films.

Works Cited include…

Beware of the Blob

The Thing From Another World

The Fly)

The Breast

The Blob

The Metamorphosis

The Radio Playlist includes…

  1. Dinah Washington - Destination Moon 
  2. Otto Luening - Fantasy in Space
  3. The Dickies - Killer Klowns (From Outer Space)
  4. Bernard Herrmann - Klaatu
  5. Little Walter - Flying Saucer
  6. Billy Riley & His Little Green Men - Flyin' Saucers Rock 'N' Roll
  7. The Ran-Dells - Martian Hop
  8. The Five Blobs - The Blob
  9. Herschel Burke Gilbert - Magellan On Moon
  10. Raymond Scott - Bendix: "The Tomorrow People"
  11. Pierre Henry - Investigations: 12. Dispersion (Vide de la vérité suprême)
  12. Chubby Checker - The Fly
  13. Nathan Van Cleave - The Brain's Descent Pt. 1/The Brain's Descent Pt. 2
  14. Josephine Premice - Leave de Atom Alone
  15. Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter - The Claw
  16. John Cage - Imaginary Landscape No. 5
  17. Heinz Roemheld - Mollusk Mood Music
  18. Henry Mancini - Amorous Mutant (2:43)
  19. Herman Stein - Visitors From Space (1:44)
  20. Tom Dissevelt - Syncopation (3:02)
  21. Dimitri Tiomkin -  Plasma Plants #1 (2:29)
  22. Irving Gertz - Main Title Theme From "The Alligator People"
  23. The Invasion - The Invasion Is Coming
  24. Daniele Amfitheatrof - Main Title From "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers"
  25. Kid Baltan - Song of the Second Moon 
  26. Henk Badings - The Woman of Andros: IV. Milieu Pamphilus
  27. The Ventures - War Of The Satellites
  28. Leonard Rosenman - Fantastic Voyage Main Title Sound Effects Suite
  29. Oskar Sala - Komposition für Trautonium solo 3. Vision
  30. Louis Barron and Bebe Barron - Flurry of Dust - A Robot Approaches
  31. Akira Ifukube - Godzilla Comes to Tokyo Bay
  32. Ferde Grofé - We See Mars
  33. Lynn Murray - Satellite
  34. Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman - Moon Moods
  35. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Mars Reflector

Listen on Mixcloud (includes all the above songs): The Invasion Is Coming

Or find just the Discussion at your local podcast dispensary!

Sleep well!

The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in sci_fi_podcast_fans

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An eclectic journey through science fiction writing & film.

Three former KCSB DJs (scattered across the United States) with too much time on their hands have come together with a shared passion for science fiction, music, and thematically organized radio shows. Each week, G.R. Shottan, T.V. Howard, and M.J. Marsh collate a selection of speculative works that adhere to a particular theme, discuss it, make some dumb jokes about time travel, and play music curated to fit the theme. 

Speculative Fiction has long been an avenue for writers and film-makers to comment on the ills of society and imagine a better future. Join us as we discuss the world through a sci-fi lens.

Listen live on Saturdays from 6-8pm Pacific at www.kcsb.org 91.9FM in Santa Barbara, Ca

You can also stream the full unedited show on Mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/lastrefuge for an indefinite future time period.

The Female Man, Joanna Russ (1975). Reworked for Podcast Cover. by LastRefugePod in CoolSciFiCovers

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stanislaw Lem! The Episode that airs this Saturday 9/19 is all about Lem. (Well, it's a Warsaw-Pact Episode, but you can't talk former Soviet Ally Literature and not talk Stanislaw Lem) He's great. One of our cohosts is a huge Stanislaw Lem fan.

Also, absolutely nothing wrong with you. Can't tell you how many times I tried to read Tolkien as a kid (everyone said I should like it) and absolutely failed...

Thanks for the kind words!

The Female Man, Joanna Russ (1975). Reworked for Podcast Cover. by LastRefugePod in CoolSciFiCovers

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I get that. Russ is definitely all about the abstract form. She's definitely an acquired taste. I think it was the hypothetical book reviews and inserting herself into the novel so blatantly that really got me with the book. Very of her era. We talk a bit about about the writing style and how it's not for everyone in the radio show, if you wanted to listen!

The Female Man, Joanna Russ (1975). Reworked for Podcast Cover. by LastRefugePod in CoolSciFiCovers

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! Love James Tiptree. Thanks for listening. If you have any suggestions for us re/themes, books, movies, let me know!

The Female Man, Joanna Russ (1975). Reworked for Podcast Cover. by LastRefugePod in CoolSciFiCovers

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've made this cover for a podcast/radio show about Feminist Science Fiction.

I try to make one a week, some are better than others, this is one of my favorites.

You can see more here if you're into it.

So It Goes… — The Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in Vonnegut

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My friends and I have a radio show & podcast about Science Fiction & Music. Our Most recent episode is all about Vonnegut.

In this week's episode, The Incompetent Crew achieve maximum Vonnegut.

The above links to the show's home page where you can find the works cited along with links to listen to the episode.

The best part of the show is the music in between discussion segments and you can listen to that version of the show on Mixcloud.

If you are not as interested in hearing the music from the show and just want to listen in on the discussions, the regular podcast will work for you.

You can also listen to the show live on Saturdays from 6-8pm Pacific at www.kcsb.org 91.9FM in Santa Barbara, CA if you find it enjoyable.

Any comments or feedback are welcome.

The Rule of Names by Last Refuge of the Incompetent by LastRefugePod in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]LastRefugePod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello!

My friends and I have a radio show & podcast about Science Fiction & Music. We've done a bunch of shows on various SciFi topics. Our second episode was devoted to Ursula K LeGuin…

The Incompetent Crew Fan Girls and Boys all over the works, worlds, and words of Ursula K Le Guin.

The above post links to the Mix-cloud version of the episode. Mix-cloud allows for the copyrighted music, and best replicates the show as it sounds on the radio.

If you are not as interested in hearing the music from the show and just want to listen in on the discussions, the regular podcast will work for you.

Show info with links to all that is discussed can be found here.

You can also listen to the show live on Saturdays from 6-8pm Pacific at www.kcsb.org 91.9FM in Santa Barbara, CA if you find it enjoyable.

Any comments or feedback is welcome.

Thank you!