Jana kitty is the principal suspect of some butt scratching. Panya and I talk about the urgency to be ourselves, and about depression, like you do when you listen to Linkin Park. Panya tells me about Diane Duane, author of several Star Trek books, and of Young Wizards and Feline Wizards.

Songs: 1) Crawling; 2) One More Light; 3) Numb; 4) One Step Closer, instrumental; 5) One Step Closer, live with Emily; 6) The Emptiness Machine

Panya tells us about this year's Dragon Con. The Apparition makes her cry. Jana wrestles a curtain.

Songs: 1) The Apparition; 2) Rain – Sleep Token’s drummer on Drumeo; 3) Alkaline; 4) DYWTYLM; 5) Sugar; 6) Granite - live, 2024

Panya tells us about Jana kitty, who got surgery and wore a soft pumpkin collar. And about John Ringo, author or The Council Wars, Empire of Man, Paladin Of Shadows, Troy Rising. Check out Into the Real, a book by Ringo and Panya’s friend Lydia Sherrer.

Songs: 1) All About Eve; 2) Building the Church; 3) Bad Horsie; 4) The Silent Within; 5) I'm Your Secrets; 6) Voodoo Acid

If you want to watch Panya play Final Fantasy XIV, come to her Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/naienko

The next guitar hero comes from Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, Sweden. He does not like rum. In the second part of the episode, a concert review from Panya: The Driver Era in Chattanooga, TN, April 2024.

John Norum songs in this episode: 1) We Will Be Strong; 2) Strange Days (Humble Pie cover); 3) Jihanna; 4) Catalina Sunset; 5) Forced; 6) Red Light Green High

If you want to watch Panya play Final Fantasy XIV, come to her Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/naienko

Jana steals food and eats plastic. Buddy does not know much about consent. Lora may want to try stardancing but needs a therapist nearby. Panya may not be Homo sapiens sapiens.

This week's author: Spider Robinson (Callahan series, Stardance trilogy). Songs: 1) Parisienne Walkways; 2) Out in the Fields; 3) Empty Rooms; 4) Still Got the Blues; 5) Walking by Myself; 6) If You Be My Baby

This episode’s author: Robert Heinlein (Starship Troopers, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress). Panya’s kitties try to eat plastic, and meow away from the microphone. Songs: 1) Monstrance Clock; 2) Ghuleh/Zombie Queen – acoustic; 3) Cirice; 4) Absolution; 5) He is; 6) Dance Macabre

How do you feel about Bradford pears? Panya does not like them. We talk about JP Leppäluoto's woolly socks. This week's author: Patricia Wrede

1) Northern Kings – Rebel Yell (live in 2022)

2) Harmaja – Hauras (2010)

Lyrics translated into English

3) Harmaja - Katkera maa (2011)

Lyrics translated into English

4) Dark Sarah – Trespasser (2020)

5) JP Leppäluoto - Piilevää pimeää (2020)

I am not the man I used to b I am not without scars

So much happened that left traces on me

Yet I survived, I’m alive

What you have for me

Can make a barren land bloom

I’ll understand, whether you leave or stay

I am not the man you saw from outside

I may be strong

But this shell of mine

Conceals a darkness

From life I ran to the shadows

I drowned love, as I was afraid

What you have for me

Can make a barren land bloom

Like a prisoner from his chains

I am ready to be released

I’ll understand, whether you leave or stay

I am not the man you saw from outside

I may be strong

But this shell of mine

Conceals a darkness

6) JP Leppäluoto - Hiljaiset häät

The first song in the livrestream from March 2020: https://youtu.be/iyN1nd7b26w?si=ZYpNQnmo32qTYQ2j

Lyrics translated into English: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/hiljaiset-haat-quiet-wedding.html

This week's authors: Caroline Stevermer and Patricia Wrede, who wrote Sorcery and Cecelia. Regency England with magic? Jump in.

Lora complains about Finnish privilege, namely living in the country that makes all this great metal music. We talk about Mirari's (suspected) stash of trash.

Songs: 1) Charon - Little Angel; 2) Poisonblack: The State; 3) Poisonblack: The State live in Tampere, 2023; 4) Poisonblack: Exciter; 5) Charon: Colder; 6) Charon: Bullet

Panya's mind is blown by metal cellos. Songs: 1) Nothing Else Matters; 2) Hall of the Mountain King; 3) Path; 4) Bittersweet live at Sibelius academy, 2010; 5) Catharsis; 6) En Route to Mayhem

This week's author: Anne Bishop, author of the Black Jewels series.

A concert report. Panya and I saw Zetra, Eivor and VV in London earlier this month. It was also the first time we met in the flesh.