BB008 - The Shape of Things to Come

[iago]

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(31min 45sec) Fred plugs in for a quick episode in a new format.  He checks in with Butcher Block News Correspondant Priscellie for an update on everything that's happened since the last episode, and goes over to the grill with Chad Underkoffler to cook up some "butcher burgers", looking into discrepancies in the continuity of the novels.

The Music:

• The PodSafe Music Network
• 2006 Pl@stic Soul
• .22

News with Priscellie:

• Bestseller News
• Continuing Bestseller Success
• Storm Front will be coming in hardcover
• New cover art for Small Favor from Christian McGrath
• TV Show Renewal Watch - Forum Thread
• Season Two Renewal Campaign - Bonnie's
• Season Two Renewal Campaign - DresdenFiles.Org
• Dresden Files Short Story Anthologies
• Future of the Dresden Files Books
• Small Favor - April 2008

Bumper

• Sturgeon's Law

Breaking News

• Season 1 will be on DVD

Bumper

• Ryan Macklin's Master Plan

Butcher Burgers with Chad Underkoffler (Spoiler Warning!)

• The Dresden Files RPG
• Evil Hat Productions
• Atomic Sock Monkey Press

[Mickey Finn]

Wait...Chad has a last name?

PS: Chad or Priscellie, you're not going to A-kon  in Dallas for some reason, are you?

[jtaylor]

Another great podcast! Like the new format, and I like the new Chopping Board icon. Keep up the good work.

[Priscellie]

Great episode, Fred!  The new format really works.

But Chad, where is it that Murphy suggests she's only been married once?  In every reference I can think of, she's always had the two exes.  In Storm Front:

"Sometimes, Murph," I panted, "you make things just a little harder than they need to be. Anyone ever tell you that?" I bent down to her, and slipped my cuffed wrist beneath her arm and around her back, drawing her own arm back with me, my right arm and her left bound by the handcuff.
"My ex-husbands," she moaned.

Then in Summer Knight:

...In other pictures she was shoving cake into his mouth, drinking through linked arms, the usual wedding fare. He had carried her to the getaway car, and the photo-Murphy's face had been caught in a moment of laughter and joy.
"First husband?" I asked.

Then in Blood Rites:

Murphy finished the candy bar. "My baby sister is engaged. She's going to be showing up this weekend with her fiancé, and I am going to be there without a fiancé or a husband. Or even a boyfriend. My mother will never let me hear the end of it."
"Well, uh, you had a husband, right? Two of them, even."
She glared. "The Murphys are Irish Catholic," she said. "My not one but two, count them, two divorces won't exactly wash clean the stigma."

I guess you might be thinking of the time we actually deal with Rick in Proven Guilty, as she uses the singular, but it doesn't really contradict the notion of Murphy having two exes:

I blinked at her for a second, and then remembered. “Oh, right. The ex.”
“Ex-husband,” Murphy said, her tone sour. Her back was rigidly straight, and her eyes flickered with stormy emotions. “Current brother-in-law.”
“Which is icky,” I said.
“And I don’t like him being here,” Murphy said. “But it isn’t my call. And it’s possible that I have issues.”

And Mickey, I'm going to be road tripping during A-Kon, alas!  Then a week after I return, I'll be heading up to New York!  I AM UNEMPLOYED NO MORE!  Hired within three days of graduation.  I win!

[iago]

Then a week after I return, I'll be heading up to New York!  I AM UNEMPLOYED NO MORE!  Hired within three days of graduation.  I win!

Fffffantastic!

[JRBobC]

As per what Chad was talking about, about some inconsistencies or possible errors, is there a plan to start an Erratas page on the site? 

I fully realize that everyone involved with the website is ridiculously busy.  From Mr. Butcher writing like a chained monkey at the keyboard, to Iago working on the RPG, but when things calm down to you know a gale force wind instead of Hurricane force is it possible? 

I am also not talking about minor spelling or grammar errors, at least at first, and because cow patties happen especially with busy schedules.  I am more concerned with things like a whole paragraph missing from Fool Moon (pg. 101), to other mentioned things such as flipping a truck on Cowl and having it magically transform into a Buick (or vice versa). 

Finally I enjoyed listening to the show and your time and schedule(s) permitting cannot wait to hear the next one.

P.S.  Not to long ago I got the first 3 Alera books and have enjoyed them.  Any idea on when you will get a chance to start discussing them on the Block?

CONGRATS PRISCELLIE

[iago]

P.S.  Not to long ago I got the first 3 Alera books and have enjoyed them.  Any idea on when you will get a chance to start discussing them on the Block?

I don't think Priscellie's gonna let me get away with going more than another two episodes before the Alera love's gotta show up.

[chadu]

Great episode, Fred!  The new format really works.

But Chad, where is it that Murphy suggests she's only been married once?  In every reference I can think of, she's always had the two exes.  (Priscellie makes me look stoopid, snipped   )

In my defense, I did mention I hadn't gotten up far enough in the series to verify this.

But for whatever reason -- and this could be due to TV canon (my first exposure) getting muddled up with book canon -- I though there was a mix-up.

Nice catch, and Fred, please remind me to take my lumps next time I do a segment.

CU

[iago]

Nice catch, and Fred, please remind me to take my lumps next time I do a segment.

Yessir!

[Priscellie]

I don't think Priscellie's gonna let me get away with going more than another two episodes before the Alera love's gotta show up.

*clammors, politely*

In my defense, I did mention I hadn't gotten up far enough in the series to verify this.

But for whatever reason -- and this could be due to TV canon (my first exposure) getting muddled up with book canon -- I though there was a mix-up.

Nice catch, and Fred, please remind me to take my lumps next time I do a segment.

Ah, nice to know I'm not going crazy.   How far in the series have you read, out of curiosity?

You have a great segment, though!

[chadu]

How far in the series have you read, out of curiosity?

I've read up through White Night (at a high rate of speed) for funsies, but still haven't read the short story in My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding.

Currently, in research project re-reading terms, I'm inputting my handwritten notes from Grave Peril while reading Summer Knight with a finetooth comb and taking notes.


CU

[Mickey Finn]

Ok, apparently this is a different Chad than I thought. Oops.
I think there is a rule that priscellie and I can never meet, despite both frequenting the same major city.
Is this job in NY the thing you couldn't talk about? Can you NOW?

I'm jealous of you folks. I can't listen to this yet, due to needing to buy some parts. Long story.

[Priscellie]

I think there is a rule that priscellie and I can never meet, despite both frequenting the same major city.

You're like Jim's beard, in a way.  Of course, as living in New York will allow me to attend PhauxCon this October in Philadelphia, I'll have another chance to meet Jim's facial hair!

Is this job in NY the thing you couldn't talk about? Can you NOW?

Hee, nope!  I've PMed you about it.

The job is at a firm called Launch.  They do pre-viz stuff for TV commercials, and they're currently developing a TV show called "Evil Train," described as "Bridget Jones meets Evil Dead."  Yes, please!  It's a fairly young (4 years this July) and small company, meaning that I'll have many opportunities to let my creative voice be heard, but it's backed by the larger, more established firm Charlex, so I'll have job security.  Best of both worlds!

Technically, my "job" is a two-week freelance position, in which I will be evaluated as to whether they want to make me a full staff member.  Of course, in the history of the company they've only *not* taken one person that made it to this stage, so I'm pretty confident that the job is mine.  To begin, I'll be doing mostly character design, 3D modeling, and handling and cleanup of motion capture data, and when I'm actually hired I'll add some shot setup/cinematography, etc. to the mix.  Eeeeexcellent.

[Mickey Finn]

"You're like Jim's beard, in a way."

*watches about a third of the board posters raise an eyebrow*

[Priscellie]

"You're like Jim's beard, in a way."

*watches about a third of the board posters raise an eyebrow*

I think it was more than a third.