Needless Things

Time to put together all of the stuff that I didn’t know what to do with and stick it in a podcast! I had two episodes that didn’t work out right at the end of the year, so I need to use up that storage space I’m paying for (feel free to chip in through the PayPal widget on the right side of your screen!). I have two recordings from Walker Stalker Con that never made it onto Needless Things. The f...

Join me, Phantom Troublemaker, and my co-host Mr. Beau Brown as we talk Doctor Who with our guests Beth Van Dusen and Dana Swanson. We discuss our first experiences with Doctor Who, how we've followed throughout the years, our reactions to the relaunch in 2005, and our hopes for the post-50th Anniversary era. It was a great talk with a cool bunch of people. If you've got a few bucks to throw at th...

Breaking News: CM Landrus – today’s guest - sent me an e-mail late last night letting me know that the Mission Indiegogo campaign had been put on hold. I don’t know the whole story, but I get the feeling that a few more resources need to be gathered before the film is ready to be as big a deal as it should be. I wish CM and the rest of the crew the best of luck in getting what they need together....

This is the big one, Phantomaniacs. You’ve heard the action figure panel . That one is really my pride and joy because it is the first Dragon Con panel that I was responsible for. Obviously I love action figures and toys and it was a blast to blather on about them with Gary and Geena for an hour. I’m pretty sure we’ll do it again next year in some form. You’ve heard the He-Man panel . That one was...

By the Power of the American Sci-Fi Classics Track… I HAVE THE POWER! Fabulous powers were revealed to me when I held aloft my mic and started running my mouth about dork shit. Seriously – that’s how I got the panel gig. I’ve told the story before here on Needless Things , but after working with the fantastic American Sci-Fi Classics crew (and publicly referring to them as “fantastic” many, many t...

I am so frazzled I'm not even sure what to write at the moment. I'm getting over Con Crud, which I think delayed my, “Holy shit that was a busy and productive Dragon Con and how did I get so much done and FUUUUUUUU...” reaction. I was diagnosed with Acute Pharyngitis (which translates to “sore throat and tons o snot”, which is a palindrome) and basically spent all of last week laying around watchi...

If you don’t know, Calabrese is a horror rock band out of Phoenix, AZ that I first discovered at Dragon Con back in 2009. “Midnight Spookshow” was the first song I heard and it was a revelation. I love music very much, but I just don’t follow it like I used to. So finding out that there was a band out there making this incredible music about vampires, zombies, darkness, and all of the horror stuff...

It’s time for the next thrilling installment of the Needless Things Podcast! After the magic of Heroes Con I knew I was going to have to do a full episode with the magnificent DJ Spider. I got to enjoy an excellent conversation on costuming with her and some other folks at Heroes and I wanted to do my best to recapture it in podcast form. Aside from the fact that we were all sober this time I thin...

Surprise! It's time for another Needless Things Podcast! I hadn't expected to be doing another one quite so soon, but when my co-host Mr. Beau Brown wants to talk Masters of the Universe, I have learned it is best to get on the ball and make things happen. And there was a lot of MOTU news to talk about coming out of this year's San Diego Comic Con. Mattel probably had their best showing yet. But i...

No – the live recording of Needless Things Podcast Episode 6 did not fill up the Odin’s parking lot or Media Room and certainly didn’t make Bobby Nash and Jay Hornsby rich men. But we did have a great time hanging out and recording and the trial by fire of the Olympus W-802 Digital Voice Recorder was a success. The point is that everybody involved had fun and we got a good conversation out of it....

Hey Phantomaniacs - welcome to another somewhat unexpected episode of the Needless Things Podcast! I went into HeroesCon hoping to score a few interviews with some of the guests there and ended up with seven excellent segments that I cannot wait for you guys to hear. I got to sit down with Jennifer of Handmade Stuffs , Kyle Starks , Jamie Cosley , Hashim of Silver Panther Studios , and even ended...

Surprise! I had no idea I was going to be posting another podcast this week. I was fortunate enough to run  a toy panel at my personal favorite sci-fi convention - TimeGate . It's focused around Stargate and Doctor Who, but this year the emphasis was definitely on Doctor Who. Between the 50th Anniversary and the presence of an actual Doctor - Colin Baker - for the first time, things couldn't have...

I've been editing late into the night, so I'm just going to get right into it: This is my interview with the SeXXXiest Band in the Mothafuckin' World, Le Sexoflex. I love these guys and I love their music and you should go and download all of it. But right after you listen to Episode 3 of the Needless Things Podcast. LeSexoflex.com -Phantom

Join your host Phantom Troublemaker along with Josh Wilson of The Oncoming Storm Podcast , The Belligerent Monkey Jay Hornsby, Dragon*Con's Beau Brown, and toy aficionado Ryan Schweck as we discuss the reveals form 2013's New York International Toy Fair. Also Reverend Dan Wilson gives a special report on Hasbro's Marvel toys! If you'd like some visuals to follow along while listening, Action Figur...