In the 'Verse

In the 'Verse is back with a brand new season. We're gonna write songs inspired by other shows and movies. This time, we take an in depth look at the Big Damn movie, Serenity. We talk about the Firefly Animated Series and share our new songs to close out Season 2! SHOW TIMES - Upcoming Shows, Marc and Mikey News - Announcing Firefly Animated Series - 5-Minute Plot Synopsis / Show Discussion - This...

This week on In the 'Verse: Song Crafting for the Firefly Universe… and Beyond , Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason step through the stones into Outlander . Season one, episode one, Sassenach , has it all—ghostly figures, time travel, and the struggle of feeling seen in an unfamiliar world. Inspired by it all, we wrote brand-new songs to share with you. Find out on this week's In the 'Verse podcast #2.9. F...

Where is the destiny we need? That's the question Mikey Mason asks in this week's podcast. While Marc Gunn questions the challenges women must face in male-dominated world. Both songs were inspired by episode 4 of season 1, "Of Banquets, Bastards, and Burials". Find out on this week's In the 'Verse podcast #2.8. FireflyDrinkingSongs.com   SHOW TIMES - Upcoming Shows, Marc and Mikey News - 5-Minute...

It's just you and us against the galaxy as my Mikey Mason shares his song " A Clan of Two". Marc Gunn shares a new Stormtrooper drinking song to sing as you watch The Mandaloria episode "Redemption" and joke about the many ways Stormtroopers get killed in Star Wars. It's all on In the 'Verse podcast #2.7. FireflyDrinkingSongs.com   SHOW TIMES - Upcoming Shows, Marc and Mikey News - 5-Minute Plot S...

The energy force of the TARDIS is sucked out of the ship and put into the body of a woman. Who stole who in this Sexy episode of Doctor Who? Find out on this week's In the 'Verse podcast #2.6. FireflyDrinkingSongs.com  SHOW TIMES - Upcoming Shows, Marc and Mikey News - 5-Minute Plot Synopsis / Show Discussion - This Week's Songs SHOW NOTES MARC: Welcome to In The Verse, the podcast that makes musi...

Shepherd Book's past has long been shrouded in mystery. What happens when we untangle the threads of his memories? Find out on this week's In the 'Verse podcast #2.5. FireflyDrinkingSongs.com SHOW TIMES - Upcoming Shows, Marc and Mikey News - 5-Minute Plot Synopsis / Show Discussion - This Week's Songs SHOW NOTES MARC: Welcome to In The Verse, the podcast that makes music inspired by popular media...

Bobby the Barbarian wants revenge after Venger injures Uni the Unicorn. The kids seek Tiamat's help in the Dragon's Graveyard. Only there can they defeat Venger once and for all. But what is the price of "defeating him"? Will they go through with it? Find out on this week's In the 'Verse podcast. FireflyDrinkingSongs.com . SHOW TIMES - Upcoming Shows, Marc and Mikey News - 5-Minute Plot Synopsis /...

Once upon a time, The Doctor committed genocide. Find out how that happened with this spoiler alert-filled episode. Then Marc and Mikey discuss the episode "The Day of The Doctor" where the War Doctor story is revealed. It's The Doctor who regrets and The Doctor who forgets. Will he find redemption? Can he forgive himself and face the pain no more? It's In the 'Verse #2.03. SHOW TIMES 1:28 - Upcom...

The Rankin & Bass animated film, The Hobbit, was instrumental to Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason. Your fearless pop culture songwriters explore fear, the art style of The Hobbit, inspiration for Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, and getting eaten by trolls. It's all on this week's In the 'Verse podcast. FireflyDrinkingSongs.com . SHOW TIMES 1:17 - Upcoming Shows, Marc and Mikey News 7:29 - 5-Minute Plot Syn...

Don't blink or you might miss out as Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason discuss the episode "Blink" from Doctor Who. Plus, you'll get to hear the songs they write, inspired by the episode. SHOW TIMES 2:00 - Upcoming Shows 5:20 - Marc and Mikey News 9:13 - Five-Minute Show Summary 13:30 - Show Discussion 32:29 -  Mikey's Song 44:28 - Marc's Song SHOW NOTES MARC: My name is Marc Gunn, the creator of the Fire...

In the 'Verse is back with a brand new season. We're gonna write songs inspired by other shows and movies. Plus, we will take an in depth look at the Big Damn movie. Join us as we talk about Season 2. SHOW NOTES MARC: My name is Marc Gunn, the creator of the Firefly Drinking Songs show. MIKEY: And I'm Mikey Mason, creator of the Beer Powered Time Machine Podcast and currently the MIKEYtalks podcas...

A ruthless bounty hunter boards Serenity to retrieve River. But he's feeling a bit unwelcome onboard and find a very unique way of escaping. What are objects made of? What is real? What is right? We have a great time exploring the themes in the final episode Firefly for In the 'Verse: Song Crafting for the Firefly Universe. SHOW TIMES Upcoming Shows Our Browncoat News Review Songs from the Last Ep...

The crew of Serenity helps a Companion-trained friend of Inara when a local leader announces his plan to take the baby from a woman he impregnated. We talk about toxic masculinity, relationship complications, and strong women in this episode of In the 'Verse: Song Crafting for the Firefly Universe. SHOW TIMES 2:36 - Upcoming Shows 3:54 - Our Browncoat News 6:21 - Review Songs from the Last Episode...

The body of a fellow soldier is mailed to Mal and Zoe with a message. They discover a secret plan to smuggle goods that become damaged in shipping. We discuss damaged goods and the bright side of single thing on the In the 'Verse podcast. SHOW TIMES 1:22 - Upcoming Shows 3:37 - Our Browncoat News 6:39 - Review Songs from the Last Episode 17:10 - Five-Minute Show Summary 21:30 - Firefly Discussion...

Saffron is back in the Firefly episode "Trash. Let's all get naked and sing songs inspired by this fun heist with everyone's favorite nemesis. SHOW TIMES 1:26 - Upcoming Shows 2:52 - Our Browncoat News 8:53 - Review Songs from the Last Episode 15:10 - Five-Minute Show Summary 20:09 - Firefly Discussion 43:02 - This Week's Songs   SHOW NOTES MARC: My name is Marc Gunn, the creator of the Firefly Dr...

Join Mikey Mason and Marc Gunn as we discuss "War Stories" from Firefly. We're going deep with one of the most-emotional episodes of the series. I think I'm gonna cry. Yes, there might be tears... SHOW TIMES 1:23 - Marc's Upcoming Shows 2:02 - Mikey's Upcoming Shows 2:25 - Marc and Mikey News 2:53 - Review Songs from the Last Episode 8:12 - Five-Minute Show Summary 40:53 - This Week's Songs SHOW N...

The first 40 minutes of "Ariel" make this seem like the most generically, palatable episode of Firefly. It's a fun but simple heist episode. Then comes the twist. The ending gives us a deeper look at what motivates and drives the characters of Malcolm Reynolds and Jayne. We talk about keelhauling a crew member and a touching way of asking for forgiveness after betraying the crew. SHOW TIMES 1:30 -...

One of the most powerful episodes of Firefly is episode #8, "Out of Gas". We get a lot of backstory on the characters. We discussed this episode LIVE at Dragon Con 2009. Some of the themes discussed in this episode: Keep breathing, everybody dies alone, gotta be there to answer, and see past what she is. SHOW TIMES 0:33 - Live from Dragon Con 2019 2:41 - Mikey Mason's Firefly Story 3:44 - Marc Gun...

Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason discuss "Jaynestown" from Firefly as they talk about symbols. * Special Note: Are you going to Dragon Con? We have a live episode of In the 'Verse scheduled. Check the Dragon Con Filk track for details. SHOW TIMES 2:42 Upcoming Shows with Marc Gunn 3:29 Upcoming Show with Mikey Mason 3:59 Geek Music News 8:10 Marc's Song: 9:29 Mikey's Songs: 12:01 Plot Summary 14:42 Discu...

Welcome to In the 'Verse: Song Crafting for the Firefly Universe. Here are some of the themes discussed in this episode: Spiderwebs, Good night kiss, and Our Mrs Reynolds SHOW TIMES 2:42 Upcoming Shows with Marc Gunn 3:29 Upcoming Show with Mikey Mason 3:59 Geek Music News 8:10 Marc's Song: 9:29 Mikey's Songs: 12:01 Plot Summary 14:42 Discussion of Episode 6 "Our Mrs. Reynolds" 38:41 Mikey's thank...

Welcome to In the 'Verse: Song Crafting for the Firefly Universe. Here are some of the themes discussed in this episode: loyalty and safety. SHOW TIMES 2:42 Upcoming Shows with Marc Gunn 3:29 Upcoming Show with Mikey Mason 3:59 Geek Music News 8:10 Marc's Song: Favor of Dance 9:29 Mikey's Songs: Captain Tightpants and Sad Little King 12:01 Plot Summary 14:42 Discussion of Episode 5 "Safe" 38:41 Mi...

"Shindig" is the fourth episode of Firefly. We look at these themes from the show: Situational Respectability, Pageantry, The Game, The Dance, Rules Spoken and Unspoken, Collision of worlds, and Why did this get so complicated? SHOW TIMES 2:28 Upcoming Shows 2:31 Marc's Upcoming Shows 3:30 Mikey's Upcoming Shows 4:35 Review of 2018 Blue Sun Holiday Spectacular Tour 10:07 About Last Week's Songs 10...

"Bushwhacked" is the third episode of Firefly. The crew finds a ship that seems to be abandoned. While looting the ship's goods, they discover a lone survivor... from a reaver attack. Try explaining that to the Alliance.  The episode touches on themes of civilization and nothingness. Get the full scoop, listen to our songs, and start writing yours in this week's In the 'Verse: Song Crafting In the...

Welcome to In the 'Verse: Song Crafting for the Firefly Universe. We look at Reputation vs. Action and Crime with a Conscience in episode 2 of the TV show Firefly, "The Train Job". MARC: My name is Marc Gunn, the creator of the Firefly Drinking Songs show. MIKEY: And I'm Mikey Mason, creator of the Beer Powered Time Machine Podcast. MARC: This is part two of a six part series where we rewatch epis...

Browncoats and Geek musicians, Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason, rewatch episodes of Firefly to find themes and inspiration for crafting songs inspired by Joss Whedon's cult classic TV series.  In this first episode, we watched the episode, "Serenity". We created a rather long synopsis before diving into some of the themes from the episode. Both Marc and Mikey shared the themes that inspired them the mos...