Set to Jet

Set To Jet has moved to Libsyn.com!

Sean Riccio — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:11:03 GMT

Hey there Jet-Setters, this is your host Sean Riccio telling you that we have moved to our new home, http://settojet.libsyn.com/ You'll find our new RSS feed there for iTunes or however you subscribe to the show, the new website of course, and soon info on our iPhone and Android apps. Please switch over and thanks for listening!

Episode 7 - Sean Alec Chidester, or "The Rectal Shelf"

Sean Riccio — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:24:26 GMT

It's the Friday after Halloween, which means we're all suffering from Type-2 diabetes and we recorded a new episode of Set to Jet! Your illustrious hosts Sean Riccio (KnoxComedy, Sword of the Stars II) and Jason Zapata (TVTropes.org) sit in with comedian Sean Alec Chidester to discuss technology, awesome bands, having the same name (sorry Jason) and how to kill somebody with a pineapple.

Errata:

* Bands mentioned today - MC Frontalot, The Protomen and one of my new favorites Peelander-Z. Check out this music video! You can also see the record of the livestream of MC Frontalot and the Protomen here.

* The movie I was reaching for was Next, based of the Philip K. Dick story "The Golden Man". The less said about it, the better.

* The Wicker Man, comedy of the year.

* There's a show called Misfits. You should watch it. It's like Heroes if that show had British delinquints and didn't suck.

* Here's that poster of Big Trouble in Little China from the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

* Food, Inc.

* "Dobby? Dobby's a fucking fruit!"

* Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is finally out! You can get it through Steam, Impulse and GamersGate. Buy it and hear me do weird bug voices!

* Related note, friend of the show Arinn Dembo's firsts SotS novel The Deacon's Tale is out from Kthonia Press. Buy it here!

* And of course on November 16th (not the the 13th! Sorry if I told you that!) I'll be at the Preservation Pub opening for Rory Scovel's Dilated Imagination tour. Get your tickets now!

Episode 6 - Matt Ward, or "Keep Big Government Out Of My Trachea"

Sean Riccio — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:40:13 GMT

Sorry it's late folks! But it's got supercat Matt Ward, so you know it's going to be worth the wait. Buy his new CD "Glamorous" on iTunes and CDBaby.com October 31st. The perfect Halloween gift!

Errata coming soon.

Episode 5 - Collin Gerberding, or "First to the Merkin"

Sean Riccio — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:37:57 GMT

Sorry this is going up so late folks, but neither hail nor sleet nor weird work schedules shall keep us from our appointed rounds. Yes, Set to Jet returns with special guest Collin Gerberding, the last person to ever set before the UT library's sole USB microphone. Before we retire the old set-up Colin talks to Sean and Jason (sorry, James was busy keeping his car from being sacked by hobos) about video games, candy contents, merkins and military conduct. It's all right here on Set to Jet!

Episode 4 - Jeff Blank, or "Welcome to Ginger Hell"

Sean Riccio — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:52:08 GMT

Welcome and salutations to Set to Jet's fourth episode! This week's show features good friend of the 'cast Jeff Blank, long-time Knoxville comic and finalist in tonight's Rocky Top Comedy Contest at the Square Room. The boys spend an hour-plus with Jeff talking about superheroes (both real-life and filmic), the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, the state of ginger souls, gay pickup lines and delve excitedly into the Deck of Many Things! This week's episode promises to be an exciting time for all.

Note: There is a little bit cut out at the end, we don't reference it much afterwards, but it will be included in a future episode where Jeff and Sean geek out about the comedy industry and artform. So look for that!

Errata (Sorry it's late!)

* The Occupy Together movement keeps going strong! Find your local protest and do what you can. For Knoxville, you can find more information here and here.

* "Jamie Farr is the Green Lantern!"

* If you listen to this podcast you probably already saw this, but here it is again: The Avengers trailer.

* Fuckin' Scarecrow with a gun!

* If you don't know who Phoenix Jones is, well, now you do after that link. Here's the video of the incident that lead to his arrest.

* Also Thanatos, hero of Vancouver

* Batman. Chocolate. This one's for you, James.

* The Watchmen, in: "Presidential Trouble!" (NSFW)

Episode 3 - Riley Fox, or "Super American Jesus Eagle Power-Hour"

Sean Riccio — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:00:05 GMT

Friday is here again, and with it a new episode of Set to Jet. This week brings a bunch of new features, including our very first guest, Tennessee-based comedian Riley Fox. He's in studio (that is to say the un-soundproofed room in the library we record in) the whole episode, dispensing his wisdom on Apple products, friendly seiral killers and regicide.

We also introduce Jason Zapata's brain-child, The Deck of Many Things! Wherever a spot of dead air lurks, wherever conversation runs dry like a Nevada suburb sprinkler, the Deck of Many Things will be there to save us from the boredom of grasping straws!

Also in this episode: Interior Semiotics, Occupy Wall Street continued, not-so-disfunctional families and James Sutton's first plug. Exciting times!

Errata:

Riley Fox is going to be perforiming on the 2nd Annual Rocky Top Comedy Contest show at the Square Room in Knoxville, TN on October 14th. Come out and give him your votes!

Help make James' dog famous and Like the new Dorito Fan Page on Facebook.

I will be on the Knox Comedy Booze Cruise on Oct. 21st. Plenty of tickets still available, contact me for more info.

Jason Zapata has a Twitter account! Follow him.

There will be an Occupy Wall Street solidarity demonstration in Market Square today at 6 PM. I'l be there. You should be too.

Here's the Daily Beacon article about the new McDonald's. No mention of art student's throwing up. Jason, I am disappoint.

Episode 2 - The Furry Episode, or "Everyone in Ireland had a stroke?"

Sean Riccio — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:08:51 GMT

It's Friday, which means another episode of Knoxville's 98th favorite podcast, Set to Jet! In this episode Sean Riccio (Sword of the Stars II, Knox Comedy), Jason Zapata (TV Tropes) and James Sutton ("I don't do anything creative") discuss the political issues of the day, Japanese farming games, inter-species romance and an all-consuming indifference to the Irish.

Errata

My thoughts about the new direction for famous Teen Titans hero Starfire can best be summed up by this and this.

Here is a link to the obscure horror movie we discuss, A Serbian Film. I would recommend against reading it, let alone watching the movie.

This is the io9 story about Wet Goddess that got that whole train of thought moving.

Tickets for the KnoxComedy Booze Cruise on Oct. 21st can be purchased from me. Send an e-mail, get me on Facebook (Sean Riccio) or on Twitter (@seanriccio) and we'll hook you up. It's going to be a fun show.

Episode 1 - The 2nd Pilot, or "Oh, you mean a baby."

Sean Riccio — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:49:49 GMT

Greetings and salutations, podcastanistas! Coming to you straight out of Knoxville, TN, this is the (second) first episode of Set to Jet, the new comedy show produced by Sean Riccio (The People's Republic of Komedy, Knox Comedy, Sword of the Stars II: The Lords of Winter) and his tag-teaming co-hosts Jason Zapata (Bulbapedia, TV Tropes) and James Sutton ("none of your goddamn business"). Together they explore the murky depths of nerdity, geekism, comedic ennui and whatever strikes their fancy.

On this episode we have gator-cooking, bi-racial (and bi-sexual?) Spider-Men, a surprise phonecall and reminiscing about the mysterious Lost Pilot. Tune in! Zone out! Flame on! Other things!

Errata:

The story mentioned is "The Things" by Peter Watts

Bonus story! "They're Made Out Of Meat" by Terry Bisson

Facebook page for Oct. 2nd's Upstairs Underground Comedy Show, with headliner Alex Stone. I'll be hosting!