Episode 7 - FireFly Fandom - Online

Hey all,

Here's episode 7.

We've got an interview with the man responsible for bringing us the UK Browncoat forum www.cantstopthesignal.co.uk as well as taking over the official Universal Board www.serenitymovie.org

We also talk about The Official FireFly Companion, and speak to contributor Karl Derrick about his involvement in the project.

And we introduce our first competition 'May the best Flan win!' The prize for this competition is a copy of the FireFly Companion (and I mean the book, not Inara) signed by Karl, and it's one of the first editions of the 2nd print run.

We'd like to take this opportunity to ask all our listeners to add themselves to our frappr map, it'd be nice to know where we've got listeners, you can find the map at www.frappr.com/sendingawave please go add yourselves to it.

Andrew would also like to apologise for the slight fuzziness in the sound quality, (it's barely noticeable but he's a perfectionist) we had some earphone/mic trouble.

Episode 8 will be out on 15th November, it features the main interview with Karl Derrick and is a really great listen. Definately one to look forward to...........anyway enough of me rambling on, Enjoy this episode and I hope to see you in the 'verse.

Special thanks to Andrew (who's still waiting for his first.....voicemail) he's done all the production and releasing of the shows from Austrailia this month. What a star!

"Y'all have good sex now!"

Interviews, Pistols and Browncoats - OH MY!!!

This could be the beginning of our shownotes - scary!

Toni made her debut in Northamptonshire this weekend to join us in recording the main November show and for our bonus show, also being released in November.

In the main show, we talk to Kevin Beaumont - the man behind www.cantstopthesignal.co.uk and who took over the former Universal "SERENITY" movie website to create www.serenitymovie.org in order to allow the international community of Browncoats a continuing forum. Kevin - hope it's not too long before we can sink a few bevvies again!

We also talk about the "The Official Firefly Companion" and speak to one of the contributors, Karl Derrick about his involvement.

We are pimping the Memorabilia show at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham 25 - 26 November as Karl will be displaying his entire "Firefly" collection for the first time. We will also be at the show, so please wear something "Firefly"/"SERENITY" related and chances are that either Toni or myself will stop you and ask you for a bumper!

We talk about the October Leeds shindig at the Firefly Bar. Toni tells me that there is a shindig in early November and all details are in the social events folder on www.cantstopthesignal.co.uk.

Our bonus show is very special. We have a more in-depth interview with Karl discussing his career (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1389100/ if you're interested) and the collection. Both Toni and I want to thank Karl for meeting with us and allowing us to get very much up close and personal with Zoe's gun, Jayne's pistol, Vera and Mal's browncoat. We enjoyed speaking with Karl and hope to be able to speak with him again when the second "Companion" book is published. Actually, Karl, if you're reading this - there's always an open mic for you if you ever wish to join a recording and we look forward to seeing you again in Birmingham.

Karl has also provided the prize for our very first competition. He has been kind enough to give us a signed copy of "The Official Firefly Companion" volume 1. To give you all a chance of winning this, we thought long and hard and with the assistance of a fair amount of alcohol, agreed on this: in honour of the Flanvention in December, we are looking for flan recipes. We will decide on our favourite 3, cook them and have a grand tasting in January to find our winner. The competition closes on 31 December.

We mention that Andrew is holidaying in Australia and is looking forward to meeting Australian Browncoats. Wendy is attending the Flanvention in Los Angeles in early December. And Toni and Mike are thinking. Both Andrew and Wendy are hoping to be recording lots of items for future shows. We're not sure what Toni and Mike are doing, but are sure that they will tell us sooner or later ...

Although we didn’t mention this in either of the shows (sorry!), all of us want to thank the listener who kindly added us to podplanet.com. THANKS!

Wendy

News on Upcoming Shows!

Hi, just to give you an update on what we are planning over the next few shows!

The November show will feature some discussions from the Leeds Shindig that we attended, plus a suprise - I'm not sure if I'm allowed to talk about it yet, but Wendy and Toni have an interview planned in for next week that should be rather interesting!

I am in Australia in November, so I am hoping to go to a Shindig in Sydney and meet up with some Browncoats over there, and give us an Aussie perpective on the Firefly phenomenon for the December Show. Wendy will be in the USA at the time, so she will be Skyping in to tell us what she is up to! So our Decemer show will have a truly international feel.

As well as all of that, next year the gang are attending the Serenity 4 convention in Glasgow, and we are hoping to do some more live(ish) shows from there. Also, in September we are hoping to attend DragonCon in the USA. And between now and then we have topic based shows, interviews, a couple more Shindigs and even a Firefly based quiz. (Think "Have I got Firefly For You!")

So keep listening, and please keep sending us the feedback. The next show will be available in early November - exact date has yet to be confirmed - so watch this space!

"Firefly" props at Memorabilia 25-26 November

We've received this release:

"Firefly at Memorabilia"

Joss Whedon’s short-lived Sci-Fi romp ‘Firefly’ may be gone, but it certainly isn’t forgotten. Firefly fandom is alive and well and is due to be celebrated at the upcoming Memorabilia show this Autumn.

The Firefly collection will be on public display this November 25th and 26th at the NEC in Birmingham. The collection comprises many hand props and costume items, documents, photographs and models.

This is the first time the collection has been shown in it’s entirety, anywhere in the world.

Items of special interest for fans of the show include Mal Reynolds’ original Browncoat, Jayne’s favourite gun ‘Vera’ and the only physical model of the ship ‘Serenity’ ever made.

Karl Derrick, the collection’s owner and a big Firefly fan, was a major contributor to the Official Firefly Companion book and will be on hand to sign copies and answer any questions visitors may have about the items on display.

A professional movie make up artist, Karl will also be entertaining visitors to the show (in the Halloween spirit) with a daily ‘zombie’ prosthetic make up demonstration. Karl’s film credits include Gladiator, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, The Brothers Grimm, and The Mummy Returns. He has just completed ‘1408’, a Stephen King supernatural thriller, starring John Cusack and Samuel L.Jackson."

All of the props/costumes are featured in the "Official Firefly Companion" and after seeing part of the collection at an event held at the National Space Centre in Leicester a couple of months ago, this is a must-see for all fans.

Hope to see many of you there.

Wendy

Oxford Shindig 14 October

If you're in Oxford this Saturday, 14 October, join your fellow Browncoats for a shindig!

The plan is to meet at Bella Pasta at 1pm; check out www.cantstopthesignal.co.uk, then the "social events" file for full information and to add your name to the list.

Have a great time!

Wendy

October 2006 Sending a Wave now available!

Hi y'all,

Welcome back for show 6.

In this episode we discuss how the crew members found Firefly, and what other shows and movies get us excited.

We've also got an interview with Steve and Naomi from The Firefly Store which was recorded at Collectormania 10.And we let y'all know about listener contributions and feedback. Also Wendy embarrasses our producer Andrew by telling everyone what he'll do when we get our first voicemail.

Hope everyone enjoys the show. You can subscribe to the feed listed to the right or download it by clicking here.Please come and leave us some feedback, send us emails, and some voicemails.

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