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  • Episode #5: Ctrl+Alt+Exclude

    (So you may have noticed we went around three months without an episode. We should be back on a solid monthly schedule from now on, now that our schedules have settled down. And welcome to all the folks who saw Ariel’s profile in this month’s issue of DIVA Magazine!)

    Avery and Ariel discuss trans* community, trans*misogyny, and repossessing characters as a queer reader in this four-month-late episode of QWB.

    http://averydame.net/qwb/Ep5_Final.mp3

    Download Episode #5 – 0:33:04 – 30.2 MB

    Show Breakdown (Please note, here there be spoilers.)

    • 0:00:00 – Intro
    • 0:03:12 – Queer Segment: Trans* Community and Trans* Misogyny
    • 0:28:4 – Geek Segment: Queer Reinterpretations of Media
    • 0:30:51 – Outro
    • Links

      • Just Call Me Hunter, Morgan Page
      • Fuck The Following Things, Imogen Binnie
      • Hard Reset (Now available on Steam)
      • Musical Numbers

        • Intro – Kiff’On, “Presse People”
        • Interstitial Music – Kiff’On, “Funky Teuf”
        • Geek Segment Intro – Saint Seiya – Pegasus Fantasy (Instrumental)
        • Geek Segment Outro –  Sailor Moon – Sailor Uranus & Neptune Theme
        • Outro – Kiff’On, “Kung-Fu Funk”
        • Comments, Questions, Crackpot Rants? Leave us a comment, or e-mail us at [email protected]. Also, make sure to like us on Facebook or review and rate us on iTunes!

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        • Ep #4: The Podcast Queers Deserve, But Not The Podcast They Need

          Vlogging and all things Batman feature in this month’s (slightly late) episode of QWB.

          https://queerswithbeers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ep4final.mp3

          Download Episode #4 – 0:39:50 – 45.6 MB

          Show Breakdown (Please note, here there be spoilers.)

          • 0:00:00 – Intro
          • 0:01:14 – What are we drinking/doing?
          • 0:07:27 – Queer Segment: Trans* Vlogging: What is it? Ariel talks about her experiences with vlogging, and Avery talks about What It Means.
          • 0:24:43 – Geek Segment: Batman! Animated Batman, Live Action Batman! Why Batman As Realistic is a terrible idea, according to Batman XXX.
          • 0:45:55 – Outro
          • Links

            • Kamen Rider Fourze Opening
            • Avery Dame, Write Your Representative: The Trans* Self on Film, Part 1 and Part 2
            • Batman 1943 Movie Serial Trailer
            • Batman XXX: A Porn Parody Trailer (SFW)
            • YourAuntDiane on Twitter
            • Hey Ash, Whatchu Playin’? DKR parody
            • Musical Numbers

              • Intro – Kiff’On, “Presse People”
              • Interstitial Music – Kiff’On, “Funky Teuf”
              • Geek Segment Intro – Batman 1960s TV Show Opening
              • Geek Segment Outro – Sinfonia of London Orchestra (composed by Danny Elfman), Batman Theme (Reprise)
              • Outro – Kiff’On, “Kung-Fu Funk”
              • Comments, Questions, Crackpot Rants? Leave us a comment, or e-mail us at [email protected]. Also, make sure to like us on Facebook or review and rate us on iTunes!

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              • Episode #3: Revenge of the Return of the Queers With Beers

                Callout culture and indie games feature in this month’s episode of QWB.

                https://queerswithbeers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ep3_final1.mp3

                Download Episode #3 – 0:36:19 – 33.2 MB

                Show Breakdown (Please note, here there be spoilers.)

                • 0:00:00 – Intro
                • 0:02:22 – What are we drinking?
                • 0:07:23 – Queer Segment: Callout culture in online social justice circles – How is it harmful? How can it be reclaimed (or is it even worth reclaiming)?
                • 0:23:51 – Nerdy segment: Setting in Gaming – What is the role of setting in shaping narrative? How can a game engage in pertinent political commentary (in particular, critiques of capitalism) without bogging down the player or losing its message?
                • 0:32:18 – Outro
                • Links

                  • Ta-Nehisi Coates,  You Left Out the Part About… (On race in X-Men First: Class)
                  • Diandra Jurkic-Walls, Are You FOR REAL?
                  • s. e. smith, Internet: It’s Time Talk.
                  • Lisa Harney, The Culture of Internet Call Outs
                  • Race, Privilege, Identity gathering page
                  • The Cat and the Coup
                  • Great interview with The Cat and the Coup designer, Peter Brinson, on the the Experience Points Podcast.
                  • Musical Numbers

                    • Intro – Kiff’On, “Presse People”
                    • Interstitial Music – Kiff’On, “Funky Teuf”
                    • Geek Segment Intro – Nine Inch Nails, Ghosts I – 9
                    • Geek Segment Outro – Nine Inch Nails, Ghosts IV – 36
                    • Outro – Kiff’On, “Kung-Fu Funk”
                    • Comments, Questions, Crackpot Rants? Leave us a comment, or e-mail us at [email protected]. Also, make sure to like us on Facebook or review or rate us on iTunes!

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                    • QWB: Happy Hour, Episode #2: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Part 1

                      Welcome to Queers With Beers: Happy Hour! The Hour is a brief in-between podcast covering nerdy drinks for all different kinds of sources, both popular and obscure. For this much-delayed second Happy Hour, Avery will be covering drinks from the Internet’s newest item of fixation: My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic.

                      https://queerswithbeers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hh2_final.mp3

                      Download Happy Hour, EP #2: My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic, Part 1 – 0:11:00 – 10.1 MB

                      Show Breakdown

                      • 0:00:16 – Intro
                      • 0:02:19 – The Spike Shot and the Vinyl Scratch Shot #2
                      • 0:06:31 – The Rainbow Dash and the Applejack
                      • Find recipes and links below the break. Recipes

                        Spike (shot) – Left

                        • 1 oz vodka
                        • drop Sriracha
                        • Ideally, you’d want to try and float the drop of Sriracha /hot sauce of your choice.

                          Vinyl Scratch #2 (shot) – Right

                          • 1/2 oz gin
                          • 1/2 oz blue curacao
                          • 1/2 lemon
                          • Rainbow Dash – Left, most charitably titled “Pixie Sticks in Grain Alcohol.”

                            • Drink:
                            • Glass of Hawaiian Fruit Punch
                            • 1 and 1/2 oz blue curacao
                            • Stir together.

                              • Bomb Shot:
                              • 1/2 oz gin
                              • 1/2 oz vodka
                              • 1/2 oz triple sec
                              • Applejack – Right

                                • 1 and 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
                                • Apple cider (fill the glass)
                                • a few dashes of Fee’s Peach Bitters
                                • Begin with highball glass with ice, pour in Southern comfort, stir, then add Apple Cider to fill the glass. Top with dash of Fee’s Peach Bitters.

                                  Links

                                  • MLP:FiM Drink Lists #1 and #2 
                                  • Drink List #3
                                  • Wired piece on bronies
                                  • Know Your Meme – MLP memes.
                                  • Musical Numbers

                                    • Intro/Outro – The Dead Rocks, “My Nurse Wanna Dance With Me”
                                    • Intro Clip, MLP:FiM opening. Interstitial clips are also from MLP.
                                    • Have a suggestion for a drink I should make? Let me know in a comment, and I’ll be happy to add it to the menu!

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                                    • Episode #2: This Podcast Glows with an Awesome Power!

                                      So, neither of us is dead. We’ve just had to take an extended break due to work schedules. While we did have a few episodes in the can, we decided we’d just re-record them instead. Thus, here’s the long-delayed Episode 2! Show notes are below the cut.

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                                      Download Episode #2 – 0:49:08 – 44-98 MB

                                      Show Breakdown (Please note, here there be spoilers.)

                                      • 0:00:00 – Intro
                                      • 0:01:53 – What are we drinking?
                                      • 0:04:45 – Queer Segment: On language, specifically “cisgender.” What is appropriate to use when and how? How to talk about language to those outside the community? Also, what role does demographics play in changing standards of language?
                                      • 0:28:43 – Nerdy segment: Tropes in mecha anime.
                                      • 0:43:53 – Outro
                                      • Links

                                        • Ariel Silveria, On the Gendering of Giant Robots
                                        • We Remember Love, Robot Anime Discourse: Wine, Injury, & Crucifixion (On three tropes we missed).
                                        • Bitch Popaganda
                                        • Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’
                                        • Musical Numbers

                                          • Intro – Kiff’On, “Presse People”
                                          • Interstitial Music – Kiff’On, “Funky Teuf”
                                          • Geek Segment Intro – G Gundam, Master Asia’s “The East is Burning Red!” Speech
                                          • Geek Segment Outro – G Gundam, Domon’s Shining Finger Speech
                                          • Outro – Kiff’On, “Kung-Fu Funk”
                                          • Comments, Questions, Crackpot Rants? Leave us a comment, or e-mail us at [email protected].

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                                          • QWB: Happy Hour, Episode #1: Battletech

                                             

                                            Welcome to Queers With Beers: Happy Hour! The Hour is a brief in-between podcast covering nerdy drinks for all different kinds of sources, both popular and obscure. For the very first Happy Hour, Avery will be covering drinks from one of his childhood loves, the Battletech universe.

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                                            Download Happy Hour, EP #1: Battletech – 0:11:53 – 10.9 MB

                                            Show Breakdown

                                            • 0:00:45 – Intro
                                            • 0:02:41 – Fusionaire
                                            • 0:06:21 – The PPC
                                            • Find recipes and links below the break.

                                              Recipes

                                              Fusionaire

                                              A cocktail drunk strictly by Clan freebirths. Described in I Am Jade Falcon by Robert Thurston.

                                              • 3 oz vodka
                                              • 1.5 oz peppermint schnapps
                                              • 1.5 oz lemonade schnapps
                                              • 1.5 oz rum
                                              • 4.5 oz lemon juice
                                              • Served on the rocks.

                                                The Particle projection cannon (or PPC)

                                                Made with four shots of grain alcohol (80+ proof) and two shots of another alcohol, according to which Great House the drink is from. Especially popular on the gaming world of Solaris VII, it is first described in detail in Warrior: En Garde by Michael Stackpole.

                                                House alcohols:

                                                • Davion adds bourbon
                                                • Capellan March adds tequila
                                                • Steiner adds peppermint schnapps (optional sprig of mint)
                                                • Kurita adds sake
                                                • Marik adds ouzo
                                                • Liao adds plum wine
                                                • Periphery States and Bandit Kingdoms drink the grain alcohol straight.
                                                • Links

                                                  • The Battletech Wiki – For more information on the Battletech franchise.
                                                  • Musical Numbers

                                                    • Intro/Outro – The Dead Rocks, “My Nurse Wanna Dance With Me”
                                                    • Intro Clip, Battletech Animation Opening
                                                    • Have a suggestion for a drink I should make? Let me know in a comment, and I’ll be happy to add it to the menu!

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                                                    • Ep #1: “Two Queers Vs The World”

                                                      In this inaugural episode, Ariel and Avery discuss the show, their nerdy beginnings, booze consumption, and a common love: the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Hibiki. Also, a Regret The Error for today’s show: During the drinking section of the show, I do in fact misidentify Scotch as the key alcohol in an Irish coffee. It is, of course, Irish whiskey. I shall make myself a proper Irish Coffee in penance.

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                                                      Download Episode #1 – 1:02:32 – 52.7 MB.

                                                      Show Breakdown (Please note, here there be spoilers.)

                                                      • 0:00:00 – Intro
                                                      • 0:07:25 – Queers with Beers – What is it?
                                                      • 0:13:14 – Alcohol! What we have, where we get it, US/Irish differences.
                                                      • 0:23:31 – Tokusatsu and Kamen Rider Hibiki. What is it and why do we love it?
                                                      • 0:50:37 – Kamen Rider Hibiki ‘s Second Half – The controversy over it, and our thoughts.
                                                      • 0:58:35 – Outro
                                                      • Links

                                                        • Kamen Rider Hibiki Wikipedia page
                                                        • Ohayo! musical number from Kamen Rider Hibiki
                                                        • The Kid Hates Books video
                                                        • Musical Numbers

                                                          • Intro – Kiff’On, “Presse People”
                                                          • Interstitial Music – Kiff’On, “Funky Teuf”
                                                          • Geek Segment Intro – Kamen Rider Hibiki (composed by Toshihiko Sahashi), Kagayaki
                                                          • Geek Segment Outro – Akira Fuse, Shounen Yo!
                                                          • Outro – Kiff’On, “Kung-Fu Funk”
                                                          • Comments, Questions, Crackpot Rants? Leave us a comment, or e-mail us at [email protected]

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