Spider on the Web: Episodes
<b>Another Free Lunch</b><br />
© 2013 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: Chapters 3 & 4, THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson. Music: Tim Minchin, The Creber Family, Michelle Creber, Gina Sposto, Doug Cox, Marcus Eaton with James Raymond, Dori Rubbicco Legge.<br />
© 2013 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: Chapters 3 & 4, THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson. Music: Tim Minchin, The Creber Family, Michelle Creber, Gina Sposto, Doug Cox, Marcus Eaton with James Raymond, Dori Rubbicco Legge.<br />
<b>The Voyage South</b><br />
© 2012 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: Prologue of Book I of the Astreya Trilogy, THE VOYAGE SOUTH, by Seymour Hamilton. Music: Kathleen Rubbicco, Strung, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ella Fitzgerald with the Ray Brown Quintet, Tony Dominelli, and Lord Buckley.<br />
© 2012 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: Prologue of Book I of the Astreya Trilogy, THE VOYAGE SOUTH, by Seymour Hamilton. Music: Kathleen Rubbicco, Strung, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ella Fitzgerald with the Ray Brown Quintet, Tony Dominelli, and Lord Buckley.<br />
<b>A Free Lunch</b><br />
© 2012 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: "The Littlest Dragon" by Seymour Hamilton; Chapters 1 & 2, THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson. Music: Mose Scarlett; Folk Uke; John Boutte; Gale Mead; Scarlett, Washington & Whiteley.<br />
© 2012 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: "The Littlest Dragon" by Seymour Hamilton; Chapters 1 & 2, THE FREE LUNCH by Spider Robinson. Music: Mose Scarlett; Folk Uke; John Boutte; Gale Mead; Scarlett, Washington & Whiteley.<br />
<b>It's Time Now...</b><br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: "Chronic Offender." Music: The Lovin' Spoonful, Spider singing Tim Minchin, Ann Earthling & The Planets, Nils Landgren & Michael Wollny, Joshua Penman and Akara, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Mose Scarlett.<br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: "Chronic Offender." Music: The Lovin' Spoonful, Spider singing Tim Minchin, Ann Earthling & The Planets, Nils Landgren & Michael Wollny, Joshua Penman and Akara, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Mose Scarlett.<br />
<b>Thrillin' at the MacMillan #1: Space Tourism</b><br />
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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I’ve spent several decades rebutting silly complaints about “money wasted in space.” Dollars have been spent getting there—but every single buck stopped here, on the ground, in the pocket of some ...
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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I’ve spent several decades rebutting silly complaints about “money wasted in space.” Dollars have been spent getting there—but every single buck stopped here, on the ground, in the pocket of some ...
<b>Thrillin' at the MacMillan #2: Sustaining the Planet</b><br />
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Sustaining the planet means widely different things to all of us—so let’s try and define our aim. The phrase surely isn’t meant literally. Terra was sustaining herself just fine for millions ...
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Sustaining the planet means widely different things to all of us—so let’s try and define our aim. The phrase surely isn’t meant literally. Terra was sustaining herself just fine for millions ...
<b>Thrillin' at the MacMillan #3: Spirituality of Space</b><br />
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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The spiritual impulse can be a dangerous thing when it goes public. Ask anyone who was in New York five years ago, or anyone still alive in Baghdad today...It’s hard to talk about spirituality ...
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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The spiritual impulse can be a dangerous thing when it goes public. Ask anyone who was in New York five years ago, or anyone still alive in Baghdad today...It’s hard to talk about spirituality ...
<b>Thrillin' at the MacMillan #4: Militarization of Space</b><br />
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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To my surprise, not even the wonderful Wizard Of Google can pin down exactly when the militarization of space became unstoppable. In the first place, China’s finally sussed out the secret to ...
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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To my surprise, not even the wonderful Wizard Of Google can pin down exactly when the militarization of space became unstoppable. In the first place, China’s finally sussed out the secret to ...
<b>Thrillin' at the MacMillan #5: Space Art</b><br />
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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It’s probably apocryphal—the best ones usually are—but one of my favorite quotations is what Mahatma Ghandi is supposed to have responded when asked what he thought of Western Civilization. They say he ...
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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It’s probably apocryphal—the best ones usually are—but one of my favorite quotations is what Mahatma Ghandi is supposed to have responded when asked what he thought of Western Civilization. They say he ...
<b>Thrillin' at the MacMillan #6: Space Law</b><br />
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Ask Elliot Ness. The power of a law—its meaning—depends on who’s committed to enforcing it, and how far they’re prepared to go. In David Milch’s HBO series Deadwood, nobody seems prepared to enforce ...
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Ask Elliot Ness. The power of a law—its meaning—depends on who’s committed to enforcing it, and how far they’re prepared to go. In David Milch’s HBO series Deadwood, nobody seems prepared to enforce ...
<b>Thrillin' at the MacMillan #7: Space Society</b><br />
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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“Space Society” is an ambiguous topic, just as “Space Art” was. There’s more than one way to interpret it. <br />
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The easy way out would be to discuss some of the largest of the many organizations ...
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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“Space Society” is an ambiguous topic, just as “Space Art” was. There’s more than one way to interpret it. <br />
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The easy way out would be to discuss some of the largest of the many organizations ...
<b>Thrillin' at the MacMillan #8: Space Generation</b><br />
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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The first thing “space generation” makes me think of is the quantum ramjet, a hypothetical star drive I chose as the motive force for the starship Charles Sheffield in VARIABLE STAR, my new collaboration ...
© 2007 by Spider Robinson<br />
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The first thing “space generation” makes me think of is the quantum ramjet, a hypothetical star drive I chose as the motive force for the starship Charles Sheffield in VARIABLE STAR, my new collaboration ...
<b>Life Goes On</b><br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
Music: Naming the Twins, Corbin Keep, Slide to Freedom, Crosby-Nash, Across the Borderline.<br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
Music: Naming the Twins, Corbin Keep, Slide to Freedom, Crosby-Nash, Across the Borderline.<br />
<b>Live at Tottering-On-The-Brink</b><br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
Music: Dori Legge, Claude Debussy, CPE Bach, Steve Reich, Tom Johnson, Colin MacDonald, Jacob ter Veldhuis.<br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
Music: Dori Legge, Claude Debussy, CPE Bach, Steve Reich, Tom Johnson, Colin MacDonald, Jacob ter Veldhuis.<br />
<b>Bianca's Hands</b><br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: "Bianca's Hands" and "Godbody" by Theodore Sturgeon. Music: McCarthy, Richards & Legge; Colin MacDonald; Crosby & Nash.<br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
Reading: "Bianca's Hands" and "Godbody" by Theodore Sturgeon. Music: McCarthy, Richards & Legge; Colin MacDonald; Crosby & Nash.<br />
<b>VPL Podshop #3 (of 3)</b><br />
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Podshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence.<br />
00:01 "Magic," by Greg Stephens<br />
4:22 "Clearly," by Steve Robson<br />
15: 30 "Legacy of Ariast," by Jeffrey Stephens<br />
20:00 "The Pinch," ...
© 2011 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Podshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence.<br />
00:01 "Magic," by Greg Stephens<br />
4:22 "Clearly," by Steve Robson<br />
15: 30 "Legacy of Ariast," by Jeffrey Stephens<br />
20:00 "The Pinch," ...
<b>VPL Podshop #2 (of 3)</b><br />
© 2010 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Podshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence.<br />
"Domestic Disturbance": :48<br />
"The Raising": 8:52<br />
"The Navigators": 22:40<br />
"The Samhain Murders": 37:20<br />
© 2010 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Podshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence.<br />
"Domestic Disturbance": :48<br />
"The Raising": 8:52<br />
"The Navigators": 22:40<br />
"The Samhain Murders": 37:20<br />
<b>VPL Podshop #1 (of 3)</b><br />
© 2010 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Podshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence.<br />
Kristi Charish's 'Transfections' begins @ 4:00.<br />
Stephanie Cruz's 'Perihelion': 18:12.<br />
Pat Dobie's 'The Liquid World': 33:21.<br />
Michael Donoghue's ...
© 2010 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Podshops created as Vancouver Public Library's Writer In Residence.<br />
Kristi Charish's 'Transfections' begins @ 4:00.<br />
Stephanie Cruz's 'Perihelion': 18:12.<br />
Pat Dobie's 'The Liquid World': 33:21.<br />
Michael Donoghue's ...
<b>Merry Crozmas & Son!</b><br />
© 2010 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Music: Local Anxiety, Bambi Kino, David Crosby and James Raymond (including multiple world premieres).<br />
© 2010 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Music: Local Anxiety, Bambi Kino, David Crosby and James Raymond (including multiple world premieres).<br />
<b>Back on the Air</b><br />
© 2010 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Music: Shari Ulrich, Pauline Le Bel, Christie Grace, Tony Dominelli, Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Colin MacDonald w/ Vancouver Saxophone Ensemble, Doug Cox w/ John Boutté & Salil Bhatt, Matt & Wendy Maxwell, Spider Robinson.<br />
© 2010 by Spider Robinson<br />
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Music: Shari Ulrich, Pauline Le Bel, Christie Grace, Tony Dominelli, Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Colin MacDonald w/ Vancouver Saxophone Ensemble, Doug Cox w/ John Boutté & Salil Bhatt, Matt & Wendy Maxwell, Spider Robinson.<br />