Nurture and Support

This week we discuss a great zombie series and how to make a forge to craft weapons to fight them.

Mel’s Recommendation:

TV Series: Dead Set

* A Zombie Apocalypse hits on Elimination Night of Big Brother UK.

* Created by Charlie Brooker in 2008, it combines satire and horror to give you a gory look at the Zombie Apocalypse.

* Mel loved the ending!

* And it’s available on Youtube for FREE! Sorry, “they” won’t let me embed it. Go clicky that link!

Kelly’s Recommendation:

Youtube Channel: Grant Thompson – The King of Random

* LEARN TO MAKE A FORGE! And other things..

* Learn to make a Rocket Engine! Check out Redneck Rockets…

* Tons and tons of cool Life Hacks and crazy “Mad Science”.

 

 

 

Kelly’s Social Media Corner:

Keith Allan: @KeithAllanActor: The incomparable Murphy on ZNation. Beacuse we are ALL #TeamMurphy!

Off to our #ZNation panel at #ComicCon2015 pic.twitter.com/mqa4gUlsEy

— Keith Allan (@KeithAllanactor) July 11, 2015

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This week we discuss a sports special Mel might actually watch and relive 8 track glory.

Kelly’s Recommendation:

Documentary: 30 for 30: The 16th Man

* An ESPN Special about Nelson Mandela, the “Springbok” Rugby team, and South Africa’s transition to integrate the nation after Apartheid.

* Narrated by Morgan Freeman. this documentary features interviews with players and various political activists of the time.

* Minimal actual rugby in the special. Which is good, since Kelly has no clue about how the game is played.

* This will be the first of 30 sports specials Mel is going to watch!!!

 

Mel’s Recommendation:

Music Service: 8Tracks.com

* This is a streaming music service that features user created playlists of at least 8 tracks.

* The neat thing here is that you can upload your own (legally acquired) music if it’s not already in their database.

* It’s also available for iOS and Android.

* There are tons of “Fandom” type playlists about particular characters you know and love. I listened to quite a few that were odes to Black Widow.

* We reminisce about the actual real 8 Tracks.

* I uploaded a funny little playlist about Shapeshifter Romance novels.

This week Mel and Kelly recommend some audio and video fun…

Mel’s Recommendation:

Website: GraphicAudio.net: A Movie In Your Mind

* A cool company that adapts books into an amazing listening experience with a full cast of voice actors and sound effects.

* Their audiobooks are available as both cd’s and as mp3, m4B, and FLAC.

* If you go the download route, you can use their app (iOS, Android) to download your books.

* I just finished City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore and loved it! His first Eric Carter book, Dead Things just released as well.

* They also have a whole slew of Marvel titles including Ant Man.

* Titles are reasonably priced and there are even some short stories that run ~$3.99 you can give a spin. Check them out in the Little Bytes section.

* Oh, and they have Westerns too!

 

Kelly’s Recommendation:

App: Periscope.tv

* Periscope is a live video streaming app that integrates with Twitter to share your experiences with the world.

* It’s available for both Android and iOS.

* Once you start a video stream, your viewers get to interact with you in chat.

* Broadcasters (called Scopers) are broadcasting everything from breaking news to the NSFW type stuff.

* The Nerdist is using Periscope a lot!

 

Kelly’s Social Media Corner:

Make a Hologram Projector for your phone via Nerdist.

 

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In this episode we finally emerge from the seemingly endless (three weeks) darkness of Kelly not having an older recommendation than Mel.

Kelly’s recommendation:

Movie: A Trip To The Moon (made in 1902)

* It was directed by Georges Melies IN 1902!

* The FIRST Science Fiction movie ever made!

* Since it’s from 1902, it’s a Silent Movie.

* They may have gotten Astronomers and Astrologers a little mixed up.

*  It’s available on Netflix in both Black & White and Color.

* Also available at Amazon Instant Video (FREE for Prime Members)

Special edition Nurture and Support!

As part of #snarkweek,  Mel and Kelly discuss the SyFy original movie “Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf”.  Mel is a huge Sharktopus fan and Kelly is a big fan of the Dominican “Bachelor”.

Everybody wins!

Since our broadcast was live, this week’s show is already on YouTube and you can actually see us TALK and MOVE if you want to check it out there.

“Would you like to know more?” (cough… get it?…. Starship Troopers?)

If you missed the link above, go here for more #Snarkweek info!)

 

Social Media Recommendation

Who else??  @SharktopusLives

To those of you asking how I manage to tweet while killing all these people — my tentacles are great for multitasking #Sharktopus

— Sharktopus (@SharktopusLives) July 20, 2015

 

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This week we recommend an interesting biographical story and an addicting app!

Kelly’s Recommendation:

Documentary: An Honest Liar

* James ‘The Amazing’ Randi is a ‘magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception’.

* Available on Netflix.

* He joined the circus at 16 and became a magician before he decided that he preferred to expose the ‘tricks’ instead of performing them.

* He toured with ALICE COOPER during the Billion Dollar Babies tour!

* He particularly liked debunking famous psychic Uri Geller.

 

 

Mel’s Recommendation:

Game App: Fallout Shelter

* A FREE game on iOS. The Android version will be out soon.

* If your familiar with the Fallout games by Bethesda, this is a fun little add on.

* Build a grow your own Vault in a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland.

* There’s really very little to spend any real money on, so you can really play for free!

* If you like Tiny Death Star, you’ll like this one too.

 

Kelly’s Social Media Corner:

CPG Grey‘s Channel on Youtube: Can’t sit still long enough to watch an entire documentary? Check this channel out; he’s good at explaining things in 4 minutes!

Check this one out:

 

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Mel’s Recommendation:

App: Retype

* It’s $2.99 on the iTunes App Store. And yes, it’s only available for iOS devices.

* This is a cool Typography app that comes with built in  fonts, backgrounds, and quotes to use. You can alter almost everything you see on the screen.

* You can, of course, use your own pics as a background and change the quote on the screen.

* I think it will work awesomely for Demotivational Posters. Like this one. I’m Sorry.

 

 

Kelly’s Recommendation:

TV Show: The Mike Tyson Mysteries

* Kelly went to Canada recently to watch some Canadian Netflix, which has this gem of a show.

* In the US, it’s available on Adult Swim.

* Mike Tyson voices his own character, and Norm MacDonald voices a dirty pigeon.

* It’s very reminiscent of  Scooby Doo and Jonny Quest, only a little dirtier.

 

 

 

 

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Kelly’s recommendation:

Music: The Envoy  by Warren Zevon

* Originally released in 1982, and then in 2007 with bonus tracks.

* Described as “The Excitable Boy” grows up.

* The Hula Hula Boys: “I didn’t have to come to Maui to be treated like a jerk.” Ukuleles and Sadness!

* Jesus Mentioned: A slow crooner about Elvis’ pill popping.

* ‘Ain’t That Pretty At All’: Warren is not impressed.  About ANYTHING!

* One of the bonus tracks is ‘Wild Thing’!

* Spotify!

 

Mel’s Recommendation:

Book/Audiobook: ’14’ by Peter Clines

* A cool Lovecraftian Horror/ Mystery/ Steampunkish story set in modern day L.A.

* Nate moves into an oddly inexpensive apartment building. It turns out that the building has some distinctly odd things going on. There are mysterious padlocked doors, apartment doors with no doorknobs, and some strange neighbors. Oh, and someone is watching the building too. Nate and his new friends start investigating, but things just keep getting more and more weird. And then people start dying.

* Ray Porter narrates the audiobook and does a great job.

 

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Mel’s Recommendation:

Book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo

* Yes, Mel read a book about being a slob.  The book claims that if you follow the method outlined in this book, you will NEVER be a slob again. Ask me for an update in a year, folks.

* Despite the subject matter, I found this book to be very entertaining. The author does anthropomorphize her belongings and her house, but I found it to be charming as well as kooky.

* Essentially, it’s based on discarding everything that doesn’t ‘spark joy’.

* Check out YouTube for a lot of videos of people trying this method out on camera.

* While I didn’t film the horror of my clothes closet, I found my heap of clothes extremely alarming and actually was able to gather together 5 big garbage bags of clothes to donate. This is especially amazing as I supposedly had cleaned out this closet only 6 months ago…

 

Kelly’s Recommendation:

 

Store: Sam’s Club

* Possibly the most well-known Member’s Only Bulk Buy Club.

* Get great deals on electronics and even get lunch by grazing the samples on offer! And there’s also the 4ft tall Shotgun Whiskey Decanter!

* Don’t forget the ginormous tank of Cheeseballs!

* And then there are really cool deals like Kelly’s new Pergola! (I want one! ~M)

* If you haven’t checked out Sam’s recently, you might give it another look. (I didn’t know you could now get a personal account without having a business. Cool! ~M)

I couldn’t find the Shotgun Whiskey Decanter, but I’d like this one…. It brings me JOY! ~M

 

Kelly’s Social Media Recommendation:

@Leslie_Annie: aka Leslie Brooks: She has 117K followers, but still finds the time to respond to Kelly.

Kelly’s recommendation

Graham Parker and the Rumor – Mystery Glue

* Graham has reunited with his original band – The Rumor!

* This is a diverse album with an angry-ish Graham (Kelly like his Parker angry)

* Kelly lucked out and won 2 tickets to see them live in Chicago recently by making his own “Mystery Music Glue” – you can do the same here: http://www.grahamparker.net/mysterymusicglue/

* Videos below of the awesome “Railroad Spikes” and well as some snippets from the show Kelly saw

 

Listen to Mystery Glue on Spotify too!

 

Mel’s Recommendation:

Game: Stonehearth by Radiant Entertainment

* A fun city building, resource gathering, crafting, zombie and goblin killing game by Radiant Entertainment.

* It’s an Early Access game, so it’s not quite done, but is absolutely playable right now.

* Oh yeah, and it will be moddable too!

* You can pick it up over at Steam, the Humble Store, or from Radiant directly.

* And look at the concept art below! Isn’t that freaking awesome!?

 

 

Social Media Recommendations:

Kelly: @MST3KInfo:

New post: New Short from RiffTrax Presents… http://t.co/M9ZbFAjI3O

— MST3K Info (@MST3KInfo) June 13, 2015

Mel: Nope

 

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