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| Fixed and updated! Podcasts of Shockwave Radio now available. Shows or files also available as podcasts are indicated by this color. Podcasts include pictures and urls! |
| Permanent archive of Shockwave Radio Theater broadcasts and files placed on archive.org, usually in several formats including streaming and downloadable. Files on archive.org indicated by this color. |
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| Type | Time/size | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recent files uploaded 2009 | |||
| Mp3 | 15:04 min/17.2M | Sampler 1: an intro to Shockwave | First of four samplers done for the 20th Anniversary in 1999. |
| Mp3 | 15:04 min/17.3M | Sampler 2: more obscure references | Second of four samplers done for the 20th Anniversary in 1999. |
| Mp3 | 15:00 min/17.2M | Sampler 3: The Time Traveler Cycle | Third of four samplers done for the 20th Anniversary in 1999. |
| Mp3 | 15:02 min/17.2M | Sampler 4: movie parodies and more | Fourth of four samplers done for the 20th Anniversary in 1999. |
| Mp3 | 27:43 min/25.4M | Generic Movies | Shockwvave Live Stage Show March 28, 1986 |
| Mp3 | 54:49 min/25.1M | interviews | Anne Grodzins Lipow Remembered, Sept. 2008 |
| 2009 Podcasts and mp3s | |||
| Mp3 | 30:55 min/19.4M | Windows-friendly version of April 18, 2009 Shockwave Non-Podcast | Baron Dave Romm interviews Ctein at the Minicon Post-Mortem in St. Paul. |
| Mp3 | 15:16 min/10.6M | Windows-friendly version of March 19, 2009 Non-Podcast | Baron Dave Romm interviews Mike Mathieu and Andrew Connor of The Cody Rivers Show at Patrick's Cabaret in Minneapolis. |
| Mp3 | 23:13 min/16M | Windows-friendly version of March 11, 2009 Non-Podcast | Baron Dave Romm joins Jared Ringold and Shane Palmersheim of The Scope for a panel on Podcasting 102 at Marscon 2009 on March 7. |
| Mp3 | 32:51 min/15M | Windows-friendly version of February 23, 2009 Podcast | Baron Dave Romm interviews Wally Pleasant, Music Guest of Honor at Marscon 2009. |
| Political Coverage, summer 2008 | |||
| Republican National Convention and related interviews | |||
| Mp3 | 33:07 min/7.7M | Windows-friendly version of August 30, 2008 Podcast | Baron Dave Romm interviews at A Libertarian Rage and at a MoveOn.Org viewing of Obama's acceptance speech. |
| Mp3 | 26:00 min/6.1M | Windows-friendly version of August 24, 2008 Podcast | Baron Dave Romm interviews politicians and tween dancers at a DFL fundraiser. |
| Mp3 | 41:26 min/9.6M | Windows-friendly version of August 22, 2008 Podcast | Baron Dave Romm interviews politicians and volunteers at the Minnesota State Fair. |
| Mp3 | 3:21 min/2.3M | Global Warming: Republicans vs. Democraats | Brief excerpts of interviews with Barb Davis Whte and Robert Lilligren |
| Mp3 | 8:56 min/2.1M | Police Raid house in S. Mpls 8/30/08 | Unedited interview with housemate of those arrested in one location. |
| Republican National Convention Sept. 1, 2008CE Blog entry Day 1 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 2008 RNC Photo Gallery (with links to these interviews) | |||
| Mp3 | 5:52 min/3.9M | George of George's Hot Dogs | Vendor angry at being displaced by the RNC. |
| Mp3 | 5:16 min/3.6M | Martha Zoller | Conservative talk radio host of the Martha Zoller Show |
| Mp3 | 6:22 min/4.4M | Andrew Langer | McCain elector from Maryland |
| Mp3 | 7:58 min/5.5M | Melinda Fredericks | Texas delegate and member of the Rules Committee |
| Mp3 | 3:26 min/2.4M | Moms Trust McCain | Three Colorado delegates sporting t-shirts |
| Mp3 | 4:47 min/3.3M | Molly Ahlborn | Wisconsin delegate and teacher |
| Mp3 | 2:08 min/2.2M | Timmy Payne | Protestor outside the RNC, unable to rejoin marchers |
| Mp3 | 3:08 min/1.5M | Ben Kastan | VoteSmart.org, a non-partisan political group |
| Mp3 | 8:55 min/6.1M | Chris Strohm | Reporter for the National Journal and Congress Daily describing anarchists away from the main marchers outside the RNC |
| Mp3 | 3:40 min/2.5M | Karmela Sabri | Protesting with her father outside the main marchers holding sign "Save the Palestinian Children" |
| Mp3 | 2:27 min/1.7M | Bruce Moffat | He wanted to join the protestors but was prevented by the riot police He returned to his protest boat (anchored w/permit) nearby |
| Mp3 | 4:38 min/3.2M | Wayne Hessler | "Citizen Correspondent" of The Otto Show A conservative podcaster who picks his stories to support his viewpoint |
| Mp3 | 5:09 min/3.5M | Fabian Cohen | The Israel Project is a Jewish bipartisan group who wants to influence Democrats and Republicans alike |
| Republican National Convention Sept. 2, 2008CE Blog entry Day 2 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 | |||
| Mp3 | 10:09 min/7.0M | Two protestors outside the RNC Monday | One involved in Monday's march, the other at the concert on Harriet Island |
| Mp3 | 2:44 min/1.9M | Alex Smith near Rice Park | The McNally Smith College of Music sent out street musicians with no political agenda |
| Mp3 | 9:03 min/6.2M | Andrew Purcell of the Glasgow Sunday Herald | An international reporter compared the DNC and the RNC with observations about the relationship between politicians and the media |
| Mp3 | 4:13 min/2.9M | Joanne Biddle of the Agence France-Presse | An international reporter talks about covering the conventions for her audience |
| Mp3 | 14:24 min/2.9M | Riz Khan of Aljazeera Network English Language Channel | Executive Editor and host of Riz Khan |
| Mp3 | 4:35 min/3.2M | Steve Myers of The Poynter Institute | Covering the coverage of the coverage |
| Mp3 | 2:12 min/1.5M | Bruce Hanson | Collector of RNC memorabilia |
| Mp3 | 4:08 min/2.9M | Nina Klooster of CodePink | Part of a group protesting "Pro-Life" Republicans in favor of war |
| Republican National Convention Sept. 3 & 4, 2008CE Blog entry Day 3 & 4 Part 1 Civic Fest, Part 2 XTreme Free Speech Zone, Part 3 I find black people, Part 4 Total GOP Immersion | |||
| Mp3 | 3:57 min/2.7M | Apollo Fuhriman at the CivicFest | Guest at the RNC, visiting the Mpls event |
| Mp3 | 4:43 min/3.3M | Judy Morneau at the CivicFest | Volunteer for the event, helping people vote for the name of the eagle |
| Mp3 | 3:24 min/2.3M | Peter Fleischhacker at the CivicFest | Touting the Capitol Report in the sales area |
| Mp3 | 7:49 min/5.4M | Michael Krull at the CivicFest | Urging everyone to "drill here, drill now" at the American Solutions booth |
| Mp3 | 6:08 min/4.2M | Amanda Dvorchak and Jan Mudd just outside the CivicFest | Offering free bicycle rentals to everyone sponsored by Humana | Mp3 | 5:05 min/3.5M | Joshua Woroniecki in Rice Park | In the Xtreme Free Speech Zone, with a religious warning for Democrats and Republicans alike |
| Mp3 | 9:15 min/6.4M | Larry Sinclair in Rice Park | In the Xtreme Free Speech Zone, claiming he had a sexual encounter with Obama |
| Mp3 | 6:04 min/4.2M | Greg Woodgbridge inside the RNC | Delegate-at-large from Oregon, who wanted to see the protestors but couldn't get out |
| Mp3 | 8:13 min/5.6M | DavyD of Hip Hop News | Radio journalist from the Bay Area, who had been out with the protestors |
| Mp3 | 5:38 min/3.9M | George Kanany in Rice Park | In the Xtreme Free Speech Zone, a Coptic Christian warns of the rise of Islam and occupation of Egypt |
| Mp3 | 4:18 min/3.0M | Ashley Burns in Rice Park | In the Xtreme Free Speech Zone with PETA's pigs, promoting a new "sin tax" on meat to encourage a healthy lifestyle |
| Mp3 | 3:25 min/2.4M | Jeff Cunningham in Rice Park | In the Xtreme Free Speech Zone, the Office Of Blame gets a different reaction at the RNC than at the DNC |
| Mp3 | 4:54 min/3.4M | William Owns Jr. in the Xcel Center | Selling copies of his book Obama, Why Black America Should Have Doubts |
| Mp3 | 2:54 min/1.9M | Aaron Ferstman in the Xcel Center | YouTube Spokesperson, outside the booth |
| Mp3 | 1:43 min/1.9M | Tristan Acker in the Xcel Center | Selling t-shirts and memorabilia for St. Croix Promotions |
| Mp3 | 6:10 min/2.8M | Post Speech Interviews in the Xcel Center | Four short post-McCain Acceptance Speech interviews in one file |
| Shockwave Radio Broadcasts | |||
| 2005-2006 broadcasts (incomplete) | |||
| Type | Time/size | Name | Description |
| QT | 29:29 min/33.8M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast April 29, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley play an interview with Antarctica undersea photographer Dennis Cornejo. |
| QT | 29:30 min/33.8M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast April 22, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley don't discuss Earth Day, discuss Minicon and play filk music from the con. |
| QT | 27:50 min/31.9M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast April 15, 2006 | Brian Westley hosts and plays the second half of the Baron Dave interview with Amy Salloway. |
| QT | 30:07 min/34.5M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast April 8, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm, Brian Westley and the mysterious "Bob" play unique and obscure music to get you to pledge to KFAI-FM, our non-profit station. |
| QT | 29:19 min/33.6M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast April 1, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley and "Bob" pledge rap and play unique items including a penguin interview. |
| QT | 29:48 min/34.1M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast March 25, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley spot a new spot on Jupiter and play an interview with author Walter H. Hunt. |
| QT | 30:42 min/35.1M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast March 18, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley discuss news from Mars and play demented music from Marscon. |
| QT | 30:36 min/35M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast March 11, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley discuss planetary news, play parody music acquired at Marscon. |
| QT | 27:02 min/31.3M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast March 4, 2006 | Brian Westley hosts, plays the first part of a Baron Dave Romm interview with Amy Salloway. |
| QT | 29:11 min/33.4M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Feb. 18, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley discuss why more people believe Elvis is alive than approve of George W. Bush and play lots of Elvis covers. |
| 29:10 min/33.4M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Feb. 11, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley interview Amy Salloway about the restaging of her Fringe Festival show, So Kiss Me Already, Herschel Gertz and other topics. | |
| 29:58 min/34.3M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Feb. 4, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley discuss the and play songs from artists appearing at Marscon 2006. | |
| 29:02 min/33.2M | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Jan. 28, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley read versions of the Jabberwocky and explain the terms. | |
| 29:31 min | Shockwave Radio Broadcast January 7, 2006 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley talk about cliches and how language can be used to manipulate the truth. | |
| 29:20 min | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Dec. 31, 2005 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley play covers of tv theme songs. | |
| 29:40 min | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Dec. 24, 2005 | Baron Dave Romm and Brian Westley discuss the War On Channukah and play bayou music as counterpoint to the overplayed pagan winter music. | |
| 29:38 min | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Dec. 17, 2005 | Baron Dave Romm talks about his trip to Antarctica and plays an interview with penguins conducted on site. He and Brian Westley banter about sunsets and travel and global warming and play music from Ushuaia Argentina. | |
| 30:08 min | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Dec. 10, 2005 | Brian Westley plays lots of Firesign Threatre podcasts. | |
| 28:32 min | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Dec. 3, 2005 | Brian Westley plays themes to science fiction tv shows. | |
| 29:46 min | Shockwave Radio Broadcast Nov. 26, 2005 | Brian Westley takes us on a musical journey, where every song links to the previous. | |
| Baron Dave coverage of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. | |||
| 2008 Minneosta Fringe | |||
| 12.8M | 28:17 | Podcast August 18, 2008: Fringe Festival - Winding Down podcast | with pictures and links |
| 13.8M | 28:59 | Podcast August 14, 2008: Fringe Festival - Rolling Along podcast | with pictures and links |
| 12.8M | 28:04 | Podcast August 4, 2008: Fringe Festival - the early days podcast | with pictures and links |
| 4.7M | 5:04 | Report of July 30, 2008 with Fringe Princes Robin Gillette | KFAI News broadcast |
| 4.7M | 5:04 | Report of August 5, 2008 with various Fringers | KFAI News broadcast |
| 4.6M | 5:02 | Report of August 11, 2008 with various Fringers | KFAI News broadcast |
| 2007 Minneosta Fringe | |||
| 31.8M | 33:17 | Podcast August 20, 2007: Fringe Festival - Final Report podcast | with pictures and links |
| 22.4M | 23:45 | Podcast August 6, 2007: Fringe Festival - the early days podcast | with pictures and links |
| 2006 Minneosta Fringe | |||
| Size | Time | Name | Description |
| 1.9M | 4:01 | Tim Mooney of Criteria | after the Out Of Towners Preview 8/2/06 |
| 952K | 2:01 | Pat, Stage Manager for The Star Chamber | after the Out Of Towners Preview 8/2/06 |
| 2.6M | 5:41 | Marc Gutman and Sophie Bowman of Calculus: the Musical | after performance 8/4/06 |
| 2M | 4:18 | Joseph Evans of Love in a Time of Rinderpest | after performance 8/5/06 |
| 1.4M | 3:03 | David Pisa of 1926 Pleasant | before performance 8/7/06 |
| 2.5M | 5:24 | Wake Up, Marconi! of America Drama: Pocket Edition | after performance 8/11/06 |
| 14.3M | 29:46 | Broadcast July 22, 2006 with Leah Cooper podcast | with pictures and links |
| 22.4M | 23:40 | Broadcast August 5, 2006 with Out of Towners podcast | with pictures and links |
| 12M | 24:45 | All the 2006 Fringe iPod Interviews available as podcast | with pictures and links |
| 2005 Minneosta Fringe | |||
| Size | Time | Name | Description |
| Jon Ferguson and Noah Bremer are the co-creators of Please Don't Blow Up Mr. Boban | |||
| QT | 3:56/2.3M | Interview with Mrs. & Mrs. Landy, Fringe volunteers | waiting before performance 8/4/05 |
| QT | 5:29/3.1M | Interview with Jon Ferguson (director), 8/4/05 | after performance 8/4/05 |
| QT | 4:21/2.5M | Interview with Noah Bremer (Mr. Boban), 8/4/05 | after performance 8/4/05 |
| I met these two girls at the Jungle Theater 8/12/05 and turned on the iPod... | |||
| QT | 4:10/2.4M | Otis and Melvin | Jungle Theater foyer 8/12/05 |
| The Scrimshaw Brothers Fringe Show, The Scrimshaw Show | |||
| QT | 4:40/2.7M | Joseph Scrimshaw | After their first show Thurs. 8/5 am |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| QT | 5:21/3.1M | Dean Seal | Organizer of The Spiritual Fringe (poor recording) book |
| QT | 8:18/4.8M | Joe Decamillis | Artist at the Uptown Art Fair 8/5/05 |
| QT | 5:57/3.4M | Chicks In Space | Members of the Theatre Unbound after their Fringe show 8/5/05 |
| Interviews and radio production | |||
| Baron Dave was Fan Guest of Honor at the 2004 Marscon March 5-7, 2004 |
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| RM | 19:21 min | Interview with Dr. Demento March 7, 2004 (YML 35) | by Dave Romm Dr. Demento website |
| Shockwave Interview with Minneapolis Mayor RT Ryback | |||
| RM | 25:26 min | Interview with RT Ryback, Nov. 18, 2003, aired Jan. 10, 2004 | by Dave Romm www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/resources/about.asp |
| Shockwave Interview with Jon Pertwee, the third Dr. Who | |||
| RM | 16:54 min | Interview with Jon Pertwee, July 1, 1988 | by Brian Westley and Jerry Stearns www.gallifreyone.com/epguide-dw3.php |
| Shockwave Interview with Reverend Billy C. Wirtz | |||
| 21:17 min | Interview with Rev. Billy C. Wirtz, May 31, 2003 | by Dave Romm, Brian Westley, Doug Friauf www.reverendbilly.com | |
| Interview with Phil Proctor, Minicon 33, April 11, 1998 | |||
| Aside from a quick intro and an ending comment, I asked Phil four (4) questions. We talked for an hour. I've divided the interview by those questions |
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| RM | 22:04 min | Question 1: What do you do in Los Angeles? | by Dave Romm 4/11/98 www.planetproctor.com |
| RM | 22:13 min | Questions 2 & 3: Did you get residuals from the Firesign Theatre and What was it like going into the studio to record a new album, did you have fun with the new production techniques? |
I told him I was going to ask Q3 (which starts at 6:45) |
| RM | 16:31 min | Question 4: Tell me a little about Melinda Peterson. and end comments | How he met and wooed his wife |
| RM | 3:47 min | Bonus: Proctor Promos for Shockwave, unedited (except to remove dead air) | Note: Shockwave is no longer on at 6pm, but you can listen to live streaming here (3:30pm Central on Saturdays) and listen to the two most recent shows here. |
| Interviews of World Fantasy Convention 2002 Attendees | |||
| RM | 17:02 min | Frank Wu, November 1, 2002 | by Dave Romm at WFC 2002, www.frankwu.com |
| RM | 23:49 min | Robert Devereaux, November 2, 2002 | by Dave Romm at WFC 2002, Dark Highway Press |
| Past Interviews of World Fantasy Convention Attendees | |||
| RM | 19:09 min | Gene Wolfe, October 31, 1993 | by Dave Romm at WFC 1993 |
| RM | 7:38 min | Karen Anderson, October 30, 1993 | by Dave Romm at WFC 1993 |
| RM | 16:25 min | Forrest J. Ackerman, July 3, 1999 | by Dave Romm at Convergence 1999 |
| Shockwave interview with Terry Brooks | |||
| RM | 33:21 min | Brooks Interviewed Sept. 28, 2002 in St. Paul | by Dave Romm |
| Shockwave interview with Douglas Adams | |||
| 29:55 min | Adams Interviewed Nov. 9, 1993 | by Dave Romm, Jerry Stearns, Brian Westley | |
| RM | 4:48 min | Adams pastiche | Dave having fun at Minicon 30, part of a larger performance |
| Early Shockwave Broadcasts | |||
| For more information, go to Shockwave FAQ 6.0 | |||
| 36:02 min | Shockwave Broadcast Sept. 19, 1979 | The first show with us fans. We took over. | |
| 27:34 min | Shockwave Broadcast Sept. 26, 1979 | Our second show. Laramie Sassaville reads Joanna Russ. | |
| Minicon 32, March 28, 1997 w/special guest David Ossman | |||
| RM | 14.04 min | The Secret Life of Wally Mitter | parody of Thurber story and more |
| RM | 5:19 min | National Weirdness Test | How weird are you? |
| RM | 0:48 min | Scoring the National Weirdness Test | Find out |
| RM | 1:55 min | Books to be published in the 21st Century | I can't wait! |
| from Minicon 25, April 13, 1990 | |||
| Real Audio | 9:40 min | When the Chips Are Down | Inspired by a true story |
| The Food Wars Saga: parody by Kara Dalkey | |||
| RM | 21:52 min | Food Wars: A New Cook | The first (or fourth) in the Saga |
| RM | 27:34 min | The Empire Bakes Off pt. 1 | The Second (or Fifth) in the Saga |
| RM | 16:41 min | The Empire Bakes Off pt. 2 | The Second (or Fifth) in the Saga |
| RM | 6:21 min | Waiting On Line | Bonus: The Shockwave Riders go see The Empire Strikes Back aired 5/27/80 |
| If there's enough interest, I'll digitize Repast of the Jello and put it here. | |||
| Special section for Will Shetterly and Emma Bull | |||
| RM | 3:56min | Dick Space, Space Dick | Written by Will Shetterly circa 1980 |
| RM | 33:38min | PBS Liavek | Minicon Stage Show 1987 (also Podcast as a tribute to John M. Ford) |
| Also Waiting on Line, above | |||
| Interviews from Marscon 2002 | |||
| RM | 15:03min | Peter Woodward | Interview with actor/writer GoH Woodward |
| RM | 7:30min | John Levene | Interview with actor/producer GoH Levene |
| Interviews (edited for airplay) | |||
| RM | 17:37min | Interview w/Jesse Ventura | Recorded 9/9/99, aired 9/25/99 |
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