Category: Podcasts

The Speakeasy #023: Royal Shakespeare, The Art of Storytelling

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Drink #023: Royal Shakespeare,
The Art of Storytelling

The pacing is off. The characters never grow. The story is derivative. These are all common complaints thrown around about shows. Sometimes they are right  on the money but other times you wonder if people have seen the same show as you. This month we look at the art of storytelling. What makes a good story and how can you examine a story in a way that maximizes the depth of reading without sacrificing your enjoyment of the material. 

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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink:

Royal Shakespeare

0.5 oz  Butterscotch Schnapps
1.0 oz  Irish Cream
0.5 oz  Jack Daniels

In a shot glass pour the Butterscotch Schnapps and Jack. Float the Bailey’s Irish Cream on top, or just mix it all together.

The Veef Fires the Macross Cannon

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As a fan of the Veef Show from ColectionDX I decided to leave some audio feedback on the recent review of the 2nd Macross Frontier Movie. Apparently my question was enough to spawn its own podcast where Andrew discusses the Macross stance on canon between their various iterations of the franchise. This spawns a whole podcast on the differences between the American and Japanese sci-fi franchises and what is canonical and what is not. Of course that means Star Wars Vs. Star Trek and the complex canon wars comes up as well.

The Veef Show Episode 32 – Now That’s a Canon Film

REPOST – The Speakeasy #001: Bloody Mary, A Discussion of Strong Female Characters

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Drink #001: Bloody Mary,
A Discussion of Strong Female Characters

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We decided to go back to the roots of the blog for our inaugural podcast. We start off with the initial question: Is anime actually filled with good, strong female characters or is that dream much like a Satoshi Kon movie? The discussion then unfolds as we look at what our initial expectations of strong female characters were when we started watching anime, the realities of the medium, and its future.

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And now your helpful bartenders at The Speakeasy present your drink

Bloody Mary
* 1 oz. to 1 1/2 oz. (30-45 ml) vodka in a Highball glass filled with ice.
* Fill glass with tomato juice
* 1 dash celery salt
* 1 dash ground black pepper
* 1 dash Tabasco
* 2-4 dashes of Lea & Perrin’s Worcestershire sauce
* 1/8 tsp. horseradish (pure, never creamed)
* Dash of lemon or lime juice
Garnish with celery stalk.

May be shaken vigorously or stirred lazily, as desired. Garnish with a celery stalk; a skewer of olives, pickles, carrots, mushrooms, or other vegetables; or even meat or fish (salami, shrimp, etc.) and cheese. Occasionally, pickled asparagus spears or pickled beans are also used.