Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode 9: Collections

Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode 8: Live from Point Pleasant

Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode 7: Blu-ray Bonanza!

Episode Six: Town Hall Meeting Photos

Andy and Ranae Holland

Andy and Bobo

Mark, Ranae, and Seth Breedlove

SasWhat meets Bobo

Mark, Cliff Barackman, and Seth

Hangin' at the Town Hall

Seth, Andy, Mark, and Ranae posin' with someone else

Seth and Mark, SasWhat co-hosts

Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode 6: Letters from the X-Files Cabinet

Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode 5: We Got a Letter/The X-Files

Episode Four Bonus Material

In episode four of "Monsterland Ohio Radio" (which I invite you to listen to by clicking on the play button below)  I referenced an article that I had written for "Mad Scientist" magazine. Since that issue is now out of print, it can be found on the "world wide web" in a couple places.

Click here to read it right at this blog site.

Or click here to read it over at SasWhat. There's better pictures over there!

Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode 4: Bigfoot

Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode 3: Special Edition--Remembering G-FEST XXI

Thursday & Friday @ G-FEST XXI

As a companion piece to Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode 3, "Remembering G-FEST XXI," here are a few photos from Thursday and Friday of G-FEST. Enjoy!

The Pickwick Theater, Park Ridge, Illinois, the location where G-FEST movies are screened.

You know you're in trouble when the posters are the best part. Riff-able fun with Kong.

Our pal Dave tears into our top secret donation to "G-FANs Helping G-FANs."

"Rise, Megalon!"

G-FEST Opening Ceremonies
L to R: Robert Scott Field, Hiroshi Sagae, Koichi Kawakita, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tomoko Ai, & J.D. Lees

Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode Two: King of the Monsters

Radio Daze

Good news! Episode 2 of Monsterland Ohio Radio is in the can and just waiting to be published. The subject for our second installment is Godzilla. We cover Legendary Pictures' Godzilla, talk about our favorite G-films, and look back at the "lost" MST3K episode 212, "Godzilla vs. Megalon."

We are still cutting our teeth when it comes to podcasting, such as losing a fifty-minute episode with one bad click of the mouse and saving too-huge sound files without converting them into the much smaller mp3 format. We are beginning to get the hang of it, though. Special thanks to Seth Breedlove for his advice and support. Check out his stuff at ancillarycharacters.com and saswhat.blogspot.com. 

When you've listened, please let us know what you think by posting a comment or writing to us at moradio@outlook.com. Thanks!

Monsterland Ohio Radio Episode One: Introductions

Co-Hosting SasWhat?

My friend Seth Breedlove invited me to record a few episodes' worth of material for his podcast "SasWhat," and you can listen to the initial results over at his blog, as well as on iTunes. In "Episode 5: Ohio Bigfoot Conference" we talk about how we crossed paths at the OBC, our impressions of the event, the movie "Half Human," and more! To listen, go here.

Now Showing: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Every year I have great intentions to stay up for the G-FEST movies at the Pickwick Theater, and every year, reality gets in the way. There's nothing like seeing a Godzilla movie with other like-minded fans, but knowing that you can pop in a movie at home does soften the blow considerably (and makes your Crowne Plaza bed look awfully inviting).

That is especially true now that the Blu-ray wave is cresting. So when we got home this week from Chicago, we watched "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" on Blu-ray for the first time. Sometimes, Blu-ray transfers leave me a little bit underwhelmed, but not this time. "G vs. KG" looks gloriously crisp on this Sony Blu-ray release. It's as if filming just wrapped up this year, not in the 90's.

"G vs. KG" sports a notoriously convoluted plot (which has led to many a speculative article in G-FAN magazine) but it is, in my opinion, a great Godzilla movie, which has far more to say about Japan's place in the world in the 90s  than you might expect. On top of that, the cast is great, with a number of recognizable genre stars; the special effects range from good to amazing; and the pounding Ifukube score propels the action forward. Many elements from this years' G-FEST coalesce in this movie, which made it the perfect choice to keep our memories alive.

I'm not really a 'specs' guy; all I can tell you is that the Sony Blu-ray release gives "G vs. KG" a new vibrant look, which is what I'm after with the format. I hope you get to see it this way too.