Up a Paddle - Episode 20 - Snakes on a Paddle
There's Melonfarming Snakes in this Melonfarming podcast!

News
Snakes on a Plane #1 this weekend
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/20/box.office.ap/index.html

Johnny Bravo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406890/

George Lucas still hates you
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/726/726827p1.html

Screenshots of new Amazon Video Store leaked
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060818-7540.html

Legend of Zelda Wii control scheme revamped - now swing sword by moving controller.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/726/726748p1.html

Quick rumor - Gamecube games rereleased at a lower price for Wii enhanced to use Wii Controller
http://wii.ign.com/articles/726/726749p1.html

Wii Games announced at German Games Conference -Mario Strikers, Batallion Wars ii
http://wii.ign.com/articles/727/727276p1.html

Random Fact
The venom of the king cobra, the world's largest poisonous snake, is strong enough to kill an elephant.

Conspiracy Theory Corner
Coke is what's really making us fat, not hamburgers (although they help)
However, fries are giving us cancer. 

Random Fact   
10 Western Brown Snake - Pseudonaja Nuchalis (Australia)
9 Death Adder - Acanthophis Antarcticus (Australia)
8 Black Tiger Snake - Notechis Ater (Australia)
7 Tiger Snake - Notechis Scutatus (Australia)
6 Sea Kraits - Laticauda Colubrina (Australia)
5 MainLand Tiger Snake (Australia)
4 Eastern Tiger Snake (Australia)
3 Taipan - Oxyuranus Scutellatus (Australia)
2 King Brown Snake - Pseudechis Australis (Australia)
1 Inland Taipan Or Fierce Snake - Oxyuranus Microlepidotus

Reviews
Snakes on a Plane
http://snakesonaplanemovie.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_on_a_plane

Porco Rosso
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porco_Rosso
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=855

Random Fact
Poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers

Rant
Merging into traffic - don't be doing 30 under the speed limit

Random Fact
A king cobra can defend itself as soon as it hatches

Podcast Pete
Pirate Biography - Anne Bonny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny

Random Fact
A sheet of glass separates Harrison Ford and the arched (and highly dangerous) cobra when he falls into the Well of Souls. The snake actually did spray venom onto the glass.

Podcast Recommendation:
Snakes on a Podcast
http://www.odeo.com/channel/118482/view

Song
Canon in D Minor cover by Jerry C
http://jerryc.tw/

Contact Info
Email: UpAPaddle@gmail.com
Podcast Site: http://upapaddle.com
Blog: http://www.kentcer.com/nucleus

Thanks for listening!

Up a Paddle - Episode 19 - Still Crazy
This week I conclude my two part series on crazy stuff by reviewing Neon Genesis Evangelion and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

Comments and Corrections
I apologize for last week's episode.  I did an experiment with the tempo that didn't work so well. This week I overcompensate by leaving in a lot of awkward pauses.  Look forward to next week's apology.

Rumor
Latest Wii price rumor sets system at $170
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/15/latest-wii-price-rumor-sets-system-at-170/

Wii rumor: voice-to-text chat
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/15/wii-rumor-voice-to-text-chat/

Vista Voice Blunder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmkQ1Nc9UYQ

News
Code your own Xbox 360 games : XNA Game Studio Express
http://blog.rastvor.net/2006/08/15/microsoft-xna-game-studio-express/

Snakes on a Plane out this week.
http://snakesonaplanemovie.com

Random Fact
A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.

Random Musings
Smurfs, in addition to being communist, also exhibited signs of being a cult

Random Fact
ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names: Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid.

Reviews
Neon Genesis Evangelion
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=49

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_darkness

Also, I recommend checking out some of HP Lovecraft's other works at:
http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/

Random Fact
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

Podcast Pete
- Famous Pirates - Captain Kidd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Kidd
http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php?article_id=36

Note: Since every website seems to have a different story on Kidd, Podcast Pete pieced together what he could in a short
amount of time.  Plus, given that some of it is from Wikipedia, please take it with a grain of salt.

Email me if there's any inaccuracies or omissions.  Yes, this biography was plundered.  YARRR!

Podcast Recommendation
Travelling Morans
http://brendanandsarah.com

Closing Song
Crazy in the Morning by BReNe WiLSON
http://music.podshow.com/music/producers/producerLibrary/artistdetails.php?BandHash=79db16ef73d1f0271bacaf85fd094c6e

Contact Info
Email: upapaddle@gmail.com
Podcast Site: http://upapaddle.com
Personal Blog: http://www.kentcer.com/nucleus

Up a Paddle - Episode 18 - I am Crazy and so am I - Part 1 of 2
This week I start my two part series on crazy stuff.  I wanted to review some psychological anime and that desire evolved into this and the next episode.

Due to unforseen circumstances, this episode is a little late.  Sorry about that.  Better never than late ... wait a second.  Oh well, enjoy the show.

News
Mac Pro released, Leopard spotlighted at WWDC
http://gear.ign.com/articles/724/724013p1.html

Wachoski Bros to do Speed Racer as next movie
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060807g.php

Wii prince of Persia confirmed.
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/03/wii-wii-prince-of-persia-coming-to-wii/

AMD to drop ATi brand -- maybe not
Original Story: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/91593/amd-to-drop-ati-brand.html
Retraction: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news/91650

Random Fact
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.

Conspiracy
This week I highlight random conspiracies floating around in my head, conspiracies that could be true. They're not, but they could be.
- Global warming is being perpetrated by Sunblock oil conglomerates to push their product
- Shampoo shrinks your brain.  http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/2006/08/is_your_shampoo_shrinking_your.html
- The Nintendo Wii will be used as a tool for hypnosis.
- Radio waves from your tv are the real cause of cancer
- Clorine's true purpose is sinister

Random Fact
The King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.

Reviews
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talladega_Nights

Save the Green Planet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_green_planet

Paranoia Agent
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3169
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_agent
 
Random Fact
New York City is nicknamed the Big Apple after an early swing dance that originated in a South Carolina club called The Big Apple.

Rant
Sunburns suck

Random Fact
The Sumatran tiger has the most stripes of all the tiger subspecies, and the Siberian tiger has the fewest.

Podcast Pete
Pete reminisces about the time he was a little loco.

Podcast Recommendation
The Ninja Consultant Podcast
http://ninjaconsultant.livejournal.com/

Song
Do they have Email in Heaven? By Jim Terr
http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=57076177b80116782f6637b440f5158e

Contact Info:
Email: upapaddle@gmail.com
Podcast Blog: http://upapaddle.com
Personal Blog: http://www.kentcer.com/nucleus

Thanks for Listening

Up a Paddle - Episode 17 - I'm a Otaku. Where's my Harem?
This week I talk about one of the staples of Japanese Animation, the Harem Anime.
Also I talk about E3 and Batman

Email, Comments, and Corrections
1. Last week I forgot to put in link to Street Fighter clip from City Hunter.
Here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Z48SMWSHs

Here's the Korean version of Street Fighter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COIvThlpPHY

2. Correction to Podcast Pete's review of One Piece.

Random Fact
Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food.  

News
Video Game News
E3 no more
http://wii.ign.com/articles/722/722482p1.html

Wii Prove Our Promise
http://www.gc-germany.com/pressetermine.shtml

PS3 version of achievements called entitlements
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/31/360-achievements-ps3-entitlements/

In the game Spore you'll be able to get a 3d model of your character sculpted for a fee.
http://totalspore.com/articles/rumors/ea-sends-out-3d-models-of-creatures-made-at-e3/

DVD News
DC: New Frontier and Superman: Doomsday coming out to dvd
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24016

Funny Paper news:
Garfield for the last week actually had a storyline.
http://www.garfield.com

TV news
Winner of adult swim's have it your way contest is having them air all episodes of FLCL back to back.  Because he's awesome.  He's also getting them to play episodes of Cowboy Bebop, Trigun,
Paranoia Agent, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Samurai Champloo.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=9287

Podcast News
- Reached rank of 1274 on Podcast Alley.     
Also, everyone knows that the t-rex eating the unicorn ended WWI.
* Yet another screw up, I said dragon in this segment, meant to say T-Rex.   
http://www.robandelliot.cycomics.com/archive.php?id=234

Random Fact
Take your height and divide by eight. Thats how tall your head is.

Conspiracy / Random Musing
Removed this week due to stupidness  

Random Fact
Female canaries cannot sing

Reviews *
Note, all synopsis's of shows read on this episode of Up a Paddle are from
http://www.wikipedia.org and http://animenewsnetwork.com

Love Hina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Hina
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=168

Shuffle!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuffle%21
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5375

Ouran High School Host Club
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6122

Also should mention that Ranma 1/2 can be technically be considered a harem but it is too awesome for that.  

Random Fact
According to our experts, there was no punctuation until the 15th century.

Podcast Pete
Comments and corrections

Podcast Recommendation
TheOtaku.com - By the guys who do Anime Pulse.  10 minutes of anime news each week.  In funny voices.
http://www.podcastpickle.com/casts/14736/

Two Girls and a Podcast
http://twogirlsandapodcast.libsyn.com

and  Mick Aloha Adventures:
http://www.mickaloha.com/
Sorry for talking smack.  

Song
Drunk Tonight By The Bloody Irish Boys
http://music.podshow.com/music/producers/producerLibrary/artistdetails.php?BandHash=f0a185f98b0a2eaeac00948557557322

Contact info:
Email: upapaddle@gmail.com
Podcast Site: http://upapaddle.com
Blog: http://www.kentcer.com/nucleus