Episode #119: Reflections on Rewatching “Fire and Ice” With Jeremy and Chad https://archive.org/download/Podcast119_201711/podcast%20119.mp3 Today’s episode is a discussion on rewatching the animated film, Fire and Ice, directed by Ralph Bakshi and produced by him and Frank Frazetta, who provided many of the character designs.   My brother, Jeremy, and author Chad Derdowski came on the show after…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #119: Reflections on Rewatching “Fire and Ice” With Jeremy and Chad

Episode #118: Creating Tracks for Fortune Favors the Bold https://archive.org/download/Podcast118_201711/Podcast%20118.mp3 Not long after author Chad Derdowski came on the show this summer (hear parts 1 and 2 here), talking about his brilliantly humorous … oh, how shall we say, R-rated Choose-Your- Own-Adventure-style book, Fortune Favors the Bold, I wondered what a soundtrack to the book…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #118: Creating Tracks for “Fortune Favors the Bold”

Episode #117: “Born Again” and The Man Without Fear https://ia601509.us.archive.org/30/items/Podcast117_201711/Podcast 117.mp3 When I was a kid, I really wanted to like comic books.  I really did.  But I ended up having about as much luck with them as I did with fantasy novels – meaning that, aside from a few isolated one-shot deals, it was…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #117: “Born Again” and The Man Without Fear

Episode #116: A Thirteenth Hour Reading for “The Imperial March” https://archive.org/download/Podcast116_20171030_0127/Podcast 116.mp3 Today, we’re doing a short reading from The Thirteenth Hour accompanied by a corresponding part from Long Ago Not So Far Away, the soundtrack written for the book.  “The Imperial Ranger March,” which is playing in the background, can be heard on the…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #116: A Thirteenth Hour Reading for “The Imperial March”

  Episode #115: Creating “There is Magic Inside” https://archive.org/download/Podcast115_201710/Podcast%20115.mp3 Today, we’re going to make a music track for one of the Thirteenth Hour book sequels with a combination of digital and analog technology.  It goes with a part of the story where Aurora, one of the main characters, is just starting to discover that she has…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #115: Creating “There is Magic Inside”

Episode #114: Creating “Mourn of the Midnight Phoenix” Part 2 https://archive.org/download/Podcast114_201710/Podcast%20114.mp3 Today, we’re finish the track we started in episode #112.  As mentioned, it’s a short atmospheric piece to accompany the third Thirteenth Hour book and centers around Aurora, who has assumed the part time role of someone called “The Midnight Phoenix,” a name generated…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #114: Creating “Mourn of the Midnight Phoenix” Part 2

Episode #113: Creating “City in Flames” https://archive.org/download/Podcast113_201710/podcast%20113.mp3 Like last week, today, we’re going to create more music together.  In order to finish the piece we started last week, I needed to finish some backlogged music projects that I have had sitting around first. My synthesizer only allows you to store two songs at a time,…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #113: Creating “City in Flames”

Episode #112: Creating “Mourn of the Midnight Phoenix” Part 1 https://archive.org/download/Podcast112_201710/Podcast%20112.mp3 Today, we’re going to create some music together.  It’s a short atmospheric piece to accompany the third Thirteenth Hour book and centers around Aurora, who has assumed the part time role of someone called “The Midnight Phoenix,” a name generated by the local papers…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #112: Creating “Mourn of the Midnight Phoenix” Part 1

Episode #111: Brent Simon – Musician and Aerial Video Producer, Part 3 of 3 https://archive.org/download/Podcast111_201709/podcast%20111.mp3 Two weeks ago, we started our three part Brent Simon series (listen to parts 1 and 2 here), and this week, we wrap up by discussing what Brent has been up to in the last 11 years, which it turns…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #111: Musician and Aerial Video Producer Brent Simon Comes on the Show Part 3 of 3

Episode #110: Brent Simon – Musician and Aerial Video Producer, Part 2 of 3 https://archive.org/download/Podcast110_201709/podcast%20110.mp3 Update: Click this link above if you are finding iTunes is playing episode 74 instead.  Trying to work out the glitch! Last week, we had our first episode of Brent Simon’s interview, and this week, we discuss things like bittorrent,…Read more The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #110: Musician and Aerial Video Producer Brent Simon Comes on the Show Part 2 of 3