{"id":181,"date":"2013-06-08T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=181"},"modified":"2013-06-08T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T00:02:08","slug":"episode-seven-arrr-here-we-be-becalmed-upon-this-desolate-siding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2013\/06\/episode-seven-arrr-here-we-be-becalmed-upon-this-desolate-siding\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Seven &#8211; Arrr! Here We Be, Becalmed Upon This Desolate Siding"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1477\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-181-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=181-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>In which a throwaway gag from a long train journey takes us, many years later, to Mars, Deep Space, Strange Alien Worlds, Post-Apocalyptic Earth, and Somerset.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/07%20-%20Becalmed%20-%20small.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/rpgpolls.com\/fill\/survey\/2013-RPG-Podcast-Listener-Survey\/TheBigRedCouch\">RPG Podcast Listener Survey 2013<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><!--more Here are some links to stuff we nattered about --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rail_siding\">Rail Siding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/condor.sf.org.nz\/\">Cond&#8217;or<\/a> &#8211; New Zealand&#8217;s 21st National Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy Convention, held in Wellington in 2000<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northerner_%28train%29\">Northerner<\/a> &#8211; Night train formerly running between Auckland &amp; Wellington, NZ<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Zephyr\">California Zephyr<\/a> &#8211; Train between Chicago, IL &amp; Emeryville, CA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Park,_New_Zealand\">National Park, NZ<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waiouru\">Waiouru, NZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Railroad_switch\">Points \/ Railroad Switch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ray_bradbury\">Ray Bradbury<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terraforming\">Terraforming<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sintering\">Sintering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bogie\">Bogie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berserker_%28Saberhagen%29\">Berserker<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Saberhagen\">Fred Saberhagen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/blogs\/2009\/12\/magical-realist-mars-ian-mcdonalds-lemgdesolation-roadlemg\">Desolation Road<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_McDonald_%28British_author%29\">Ian McDonald<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.dp9.com\/product_info.php?products_id=345\">Tribe 8 RPG, from Dream Pod 9<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tribe_8_%28role-playing_game%29\">Tribe 8 RPG on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/LfmrHTdXgK4\">Flash!<\/a> &#8211; The Queen song<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_%281986_musical%29\">The Phantom Of The Opera<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phantom_of_the_opera\">Le Fant\u00f4me de l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metro_2033_%28novel%29\">Metro 2033<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tetris\">Tetris<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsca.ca\/Diaspora\/\">Diaspora<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sliders\">Sliders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=42\">The Kerberos Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vorkosigan_Saga\">Vorkosigan Saga<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lois_McMaster_Bujold\">Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pandorum\">Pandorum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avatar_%282009_film%29\">Avatar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats_%28film%29\">The Men Who Stare At Goats<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_trek_voyager\">Star Trek: Voyager<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Babylon_5\">Babylon 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pleurisy\">Pleurisy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amoxycillin\">Amoxicillin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tellytubbies\">Teletubbies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaiju\">Kaiju<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dark_conspiracy\">Dark Conspiracy<\/a><br \/>\n<em>it seems that Dark Conspiracy is available, in it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinstaffmedia.com\/3hombres\/archives\/137\">third edition<\/a>, from 3Hombres Games ~ craig<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eclipsephase.com\/\">Eclipse Phase<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stargate_Infinity\">Stargate Infinity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/earthdawn.fasagames.com\/\">Earthdawn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somerset\">Somerset<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mars_canals\">Canals of Mars<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barsoom\">Barsoom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space:_1889\">Space: 1889<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dresden_Files\">The Dresden Files<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legging_%28canals%29\">&#8220;Legging&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classification_yard\">Switching Yard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zarkorr!_The_Invader\">Zarkorr! The Invader<\/a> &#8211; This is not a good film, but there <strong>is<\/strong> one fantastic piece of dialogue about being a &#8220;Question-Asking Guy&#8221; ~ <em>craig<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civilization_%28series%29\">Civilization (The Game Series)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Rutherfurd\">Edward Rutherfurd<\/a> &#8211; My mistake; I called him &#8216;Ernest&#8217; in the show &#8211; <em>craig<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FATE_RPG\">FATE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Legend_of_Korra\">The Legend of Korra<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender\">Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Babylon 5 episode &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falling_Toward_Apotheosis\">Falling Toward Apotheosis<\/a>&#8221; was mentioned, but &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Deconstruction_of_Falling_Stars\">The Deconstruction of Falling Stars<\/a>&#8221; seems closer to what was being discussed &#8211; <em>craig<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregstolze.com\/reign\/\">Reign<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metalocalypse\">Metalocalypse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kmhk.com\/vegan-inadvertently-writes-the-most-metal-song-of-all-time\/\">The Most METAL Description Of Eating A Chicken Sandwich In The History Of Mankind<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Criswell Predicts, in Plan 9 From Outer Space &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/jb6H14gVWjM\">Future Events Such As These Will Affect You In The Future<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1479\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-181-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=181-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-07-RailPirates.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn which a throwaway gag from a long train journey takes us, many years later, to Mars, Deep Space, Strange Alien Worlds, Post-Apocalyptic Earth, and Somerset. 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