How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.

Wash ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sue - Aug 18, 2013 4:08:28 am PDT #2774 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I don't think cats would need guns to kill us if they set their mind to it.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 18, 2013 5:06:17 am PDT #2775 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

If the one I was petting this morning is any indication, getting distracted by grass, pebbles, bugs, etc. might be a major stumbling block for them.


Steph L. - Aug 18, 2013 5:10:24 am PDT #2776 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

listened to "Welcome To Night Vale" off my iPod (one earbud in--I know that much).

Which is very interesting. I don't much like the weather, though. And it's hard to tell which things will come up in later episodes. I'm kind of scared the answer is "all of them". The narrative device is a bit hard to track.

I'm not a fan of the weather. I thought the conceit was funny as hell in the first episode, but then...not so much.

I'm on episode 11, and some stuff comes back, but not everything. NOT YET.


Amy - Aug 18, 2013 5:14:28 am PDT #2777 of 30000
Because books.

I'm not a fan of the weather. I thought the conceit was funny as hell in the first episode, but then...not so much.

The weather seems like a really clever way to get people to listen to indie bands, though. You can't FF because you don't know the length of the song, and it doesn't occur at the same time in every broadcast.

It is annoying if the song sucks, but otherwise I treat it like a commercial and do other things for a few minutes.


Sheryl - Aug 18, 2013 5:18:48 am PDT #2778 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Grocery run today, though it will be small. Later, a memorial service for a local fan who died a few weeks ago. (Marty Gear, if anyone is familiar with him. He was a big costumer, and ran the Balticon masquerade for many years. We'll miss you, Uncle Vlad.)


Steph L. - Aug 18, 2013 5:29:03 am PDT #2779 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I'm not a fan of the weather. I thought the conceit was funny as hell in the first episode, but then...not so much.

The weather seems like a really clever way to get people to listen to indie bands, though.

Actually, there was one that I *really* liked, so I shouldn't grumble so much -- "I Know This," by Rachel Kann, in the Feral Dogs episode.


Sue - Aug 18, 2013 5:44:09 am PDT #2780 of 30000
hip deep in pie

There's one song that someone posted to tumblr, Closer by The Tiny, without saying that it (probably) came from WtNV, that I liked enough to buy the whole album. So when I finally started listening to WtNV, I was so surprised for a few seconds when the song played in one episode. (Until I figured out that's where OP probably heard it.)

I often listen to the first bit of the song, and the skip the rest.


DebetEsse - Aug 18, 2013 5:53:41 am PDT #2781 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Yeah, I have often not been a particularly big fan of The Weather, but there have been a few I have liked, and would purchase if I had money to spend.

I kind of wish they were more often thematically appropriate to the ep.

I am almost caught up, and, thus far, many things and people have had multiple mentions. Given that they're using some outside writers, it would not surprise me if that happens more going forward, since it's a very fannish thing to do.


Steph L. - Aug 18, 2013 5:59:07 am PDT #2782 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Fay just posted this fan-made trailer for Welcome to Night Vale on Facebook: [link] Synchronicity!

t edit The casting of the Apache Tracker (that asshole) made me laugh FOREVER.

Also, the movie "Thor" looks pretty fucking ominous when scenes are pulled out of context.


Anne W. - Aug 18, 2013 6:15:42 am PDT #2783 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Even though I recognized a lot of those scenes, they worked beautifully in their new context. I also love the casting for Cecil (although my One True Casting remains Danny Pudi).