Slatron

The new "You Gotta Check This Out!" podcast season on Steely Dan drops today. Listen at mikeslater.com or wherever you get podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Rock Lab played a great show last Sunday at Double Clutch. I got to take the mic for "The Power of Love" and it did not suck. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Steely Dan Podcasting Continues! Countdown to Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic with myself, @slatron.bsky.social and John Szymanski. John has produced live stage shows and does music for pinball and other video game machines. mikeslater.com/ygcto-32.html

Stared reading Walt Simonson's Thor run with Andy tonight. They're so into Greek and Norse mythology that I'm getting footnotes after every other page. I hope they last the entire run cuz this is a blast

Dre and I release the final minisode on Babylon 5 this Sunday. It's been a fun year, but we're ready to move on to more topics beyond Babylon 5. Next up, a season on my favorite Image comic: The Power Fantasy You Gotta Check This Out is Available on mikeslater.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey @nerdnumbers.com and I are joined by @slatron.bsky.social to talk about one of the most poorly disguised toy commercials in history, 1985's He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword, a patchwork abomination of tv episodes slogged together for a theatrical release! Free at Patreon.com/jeffmay

We played a great show in perfect weather last Saturday. Thanks Liam for getting the whole show for us. It turned out great. Never thought I'd get to sing and play bass on a Who song. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m... Does Babylon 5 season 5 drive one mad enough where their friend can just make stuff up and they don’t notice? @slatron.bsky.social and @carinslater.bsky.social test this and I think the answer is … yes?

New episode of "You Gotta Check This Out!" is up on mikeslater.com. This week we get my pick for best episode of Babylon 5 Season Five with special guest Pete Johnston. RATS OFF TO YA!

Just got this really dope card of my favorite Brave ever from @slatron.bsky.social. Crime Dog was my favorite player when I was a kid and would have made it in to the HoF way before he actually did had it not been for all the juiced up competition in the 90s.

AI is training us to accept mediocrity. Do not use.

My latest batch of alters are in the hands of @heytherejeffro.bsky.social. It feels odd to work so hard on something just to send it away... but worth it to get these pieces out there. Plus I'm in a good spot to keep making more. mikeslater.com/alters.html

Gotta shout back at my favorite podcast tag team @thelogantrent.bsky.social and @johnnyrimes.bsky.social after the laters episode. Their Wrestlemovia podcast is a delight celebrating the swolest theatre kids of all time: professional wrestlers! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

"How to use a podcast to get a quick creativity coaching session" - Alternate title for most recent Babylon 5 episode @slatron.bsky.social and I did with the amazing @hanamichels.bsky.social, who had some great comments on creativity and coaching. mikeslater.com/ygcto-15b.html

We have two of my former band mates on the podcast this week. Naturally, we talk about the first two episodes of Babylon 5, season 4. mikeslater.com/ygcto-14.html

First stained glass alter in six years. I'll have some process images out on my next article at mikeslater.com

Early episode of YGTCO with @slatron.bsky.social and myself just dropped on the @heytherejeffro.bsky.social Patreon! @moviehooligan.bsky.social indulged me in watching THE WORST episode of Babylon 5. And he still showed up to podcast when we were done. patreon.com/posts/you-go...

Less AI... More UBI. Please.

Gotta get the Miniature painting out again sometime. Making these bad dudes pop was a great time

Thirteen episodes in before we managed an "oops... all bits" drop. Today's minisode of "You Gotta Check This Out" features all the non-Babylon 5 tangents from last week. Our guest Taylor Anthony did not let us down. open.spotify.com/show/4IQrAJ7...

Peacemaker 2 finale just taught me five new ways to cry. Thanks, James.

This episode has Mike running afoul with the fashion police for, spoiler alert, not the first time. And Richard Moll aka Bull from Night Court and Two-Face from BTAS is dressed up as Blade … on a space station.

Latest episode of You Gotta Check This Out! Is on the feed. Our guest is Taylor Anthony as we discuss Babylon 5 Season 2 episode 10, "Hunter, Prey" open.spotify.com/show/4IQrAJ7...

There's a new article at mikeslater.com on Babylon 5 Captain Sheridan's Sharner/Picard index. It's a companion piece for tomorrow's podcast episode of 'You Gotta Check This Out!" with Jaina Mistry. slatron.github.io/ygcto-5b.html

Time out of mind is a true beast to play and sing on piano. Everything is syncopated and constantly shifting roles between left hand, right hand and voice. Looking forward to getting this one down for the Steely Dan series.

Just released my favorite episode of the podcast to date with Evynne Stitely. We discuss performing improv and how it relates to writing. You Gotta Check This Out! open.spotify.com/episode/3lFP...

Two days, two shows. So overjoyed to be using the fretless tonight at Double Clutch Evanston

m.soundcloud.com/madbread/set... I just put some highlights from this and the Montrose show up on SoundCloud. We had a blast both nights.

First episode of the Babylon 5 podcast with a featured guest is out now. This week, Dre and I welcome Carin Slater from the "Geek Out! with Megan and Carin" podcast to the show. This week, we discuss Signs & Portents from Season 1 of Babylon 5. open.spotify.com/show/4IQrAJ7...

This meme expresses the hopelessness that government workers feel. We are enemies of the people, according to our own bosses. Violence against us is tacitly (or explicitly) sanctioned. Black-majority places, and public health workers, in particular.

Andy was curious, so we watched "Captain America 4: The Rulkening : The incredible Hulk 2". Figuring out if it gets last place on MCU power rankings or Quantamania holds the title.

Bass serendipity. I brought a fretless to a first rehearsal, no songlist. Singer called out "Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes".

I'm always a bit surprised that r/frontend and r/backend are honestly forums for developers

F4 makes the superhero hat trick real this summer. I thoroughly enjoyed and can honestly recommend Thunderbolts, Superman and F4.

Kosh really starts feeling himself in Babylon 5 season 2

Just had my first haircut in two decades that wasn't a bald shave. Wanted to show off my Reed Richards hue on the temples.

The new podcast feed is up. First episode drops Sunday. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

New Superman movie is best Superman movie.

Andy's first concert: weird al. A slater tradition

@nerdnumbers.com the handle is slatron. I got in early enough to not turn up to 11 here. Looks like a future nerdnumbers is going to have to issue a retraction for something he will say on a future podcast 🤓

We desperately need this button everywhere.

Let the Babylon 5 content begin at mikeslater.com

Hat trick week. Played one show on lead guitar, one on bass and started regular podcast recordings on voice.

In no way was 90s Bonnie Raitt actually thinking bout this guy every day, every day 🎵