{"id":241,"date":"2013-08-17T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=241"},"modified":"2013-07-28T18:13:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T06:13:16","slug":"episode-twelve-starbutt-magic-horse-and-the-existential-vacuum-of-modern-acquaintance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2013\/08\/episode-twelve-starbutt-magic-horse-and-the-existential-vacuum-of-modern-acquaintance\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Twelve &#8211; Starbutt Magic-Horse And The Existential Vacuum Of Modern Acquaintance"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1246\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-241-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-12-Starbutt.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-12-Starbutt.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-12-Starbutt.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-12-Starbutt.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=241-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-12-Starbutt.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-12-Starbutt.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 Ben considers the last days of an era in music, Tonya goes Noir with an unexpected femme fatale, Craig considers the possibility of Magical Pulp Adventure, and Kev comes up with something Monstrous.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/12%20-%20Starbutt%20Magic-Horse%20-%20small.jpg\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more Here are some links to stuff we nattered about --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic\">My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Brony\">Brony<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=107\">Episode One &#8211; Alcatraz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Progressive_rock\">Prog-Rock<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Punk_rock\">Punk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons\">Editions of D&#038;D<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Talisman_%28King_and_Straub_novel%29\">The Talisman &#8211; Stephen King and Peter Straub<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Moorcock\">Michael Moorcock<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tolkein\">J. R. R. Tolkien<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavy.com\/comedy\/2012\/01\/the-20-awesomest-pieces-of-van-art\/\">Van Art<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34502.Soul_Music\">Soul Music &#8211; Terry Pratchett<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/totl.net\/Umlaut\/\">Uml\u00e4ut: Game of Metal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Randall_Flagg\">Randall Flagg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/RrxePKps87k\">Red Right Hand &#8211; Nick Cave &#038; The Bad Seeds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant\">The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant &#8211; Stephen R. Donaldson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sex_pistols\">Sex Pistols<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dragon_band\">Dragon<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genesis_%28band%29\">Genesis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phil_Collins\">Phil Collins<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Rt6uWZpIiMY\">Prog Rock Britannia (part one of nine)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H678XUB77OA\">In the Court of the Crimson King &#8211; King Crimson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/3Oe7Q8OCm5I\">Merrie Melodies &#8211; Daffy Duck the Wizard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sigur_R%C3%B3s\">Sigur R\u00f3s<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/8LeQN249Jqw\">Olsen Olsen &#8211; Sigur R\u00f3s<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lordi\">Lordi<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-6Xl9tBWt54\">Hard Rock Hallelujah &#8211; Lordi <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thorn_%28letter%29\">Thorn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metallica\">Metallica<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S%26M_%28album%29\">S&#038;M &#8211; Metallica<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blondie_%28band%29\">Blondie<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/4B_UYYPb-Gk\">Walk This Way &#8211; RUN-DMC, feat. Aerosmith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsjr.co.nz\/stores\/auckland\/avondale\/\">Carl&#8217;s Jr., Avondale<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk\/\">Skulduggery Pleasant<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Derek_Landy\">Derek Landy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FATE_RPG\">FATE<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/fae\/\">Fate Accelerated Edition<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/dresden-files-rpg\/\">The Dresden Files RPG<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/store\/index.php?main_page=index&#038;cPath=79&#038;sort=20a&#038;alpha_filter_id=70\">FATE Core &#038; FATE Accelerated Pay-What-You-Like PDF editions <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/PulpMagazine\">Pulp Tropes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielsolisblog.blogspot.co.nz\/2007\/08\/do-pilgrims-of-flying-temple.html\">Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larklight_Trilogy\">The Larklight Trilogy, by Philip Reeve<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mortal_Engines_quartet\">The Mortal Engines series, by Philip Reeve<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Haunting_of_Alaizabel_Cray\">The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, by Chris Wooding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/764347.Unwind\">Unwind, by Neal Shusterman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpg.drivethrustuff.com\/product\/63044\/Millennium%27s-End-v2.0\">Millennium&#8217;s End<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlas-games.com\/unknownarmies\/\">Unknown Armies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unisystem\">Cinematic Unisystem<\/a> is a variant of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edenstudios.net\/\">Eden Studios&#8217;<\/a> Unisystem<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Film_noir\">Noir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pony Noir Images &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/tygerbug.deviantart.com\/art\/Pony-Noir-275089550\">One<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bronibooru.com\/posts?tags=noir+eternal-equilibrium\">Two<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/FilmNoir\">Film Noir tropes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiaroscuro\">Chiaroscuro<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dutch_angle\">Dutch Angle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geographic_information_system\">Geographic Information System<\/a> <em>&#8211; I do spatial stuff for a living, and I very rarely get lost. Of course, when I <strong>do<\/strong>, I never hear the end of it ~ craig<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bullypulpitgames.com\/games\/fiasco\/\">Fiasco<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dashiell_Hammett\">Dashiell Hammett<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blacksad\">Blacksad<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blacksad-gallery.blogspot.co.nz\/\">Some artwork from Blacksad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?page_id=340\">The Big Red Couch Gaming Resources page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;products_id=15\">Monsters &#038; Other Childish Things<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=6&#038;products_id=16\">The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lovecraftian_horror\">Lovecraftian Horror<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlgeniusonline.com\/comic.php\">Girl Genius<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/heavenly-nostrils\">Heavenly Nostrils<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=151\">Big Red Couch Episode Three &#8211; *.*<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1248\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-241-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-12-Starbutt.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-12-Starbutt.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-12-Starbutt.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-12-Starbutt.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=241-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-12-Starbutt.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-12-Starbutt.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-12-Starbutt.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn which Ben considers the last days of an era in music, Tonya goes Noir with an unexpected femme fatale, Craig considers the possibility of Magical Pulp Adventure, and Kev comes up with something Monstrous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episode"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}