Kirok of L'Stok
12-28-2007, 11:07 PM
Sorry I'm late getting this out to you, but I'm finding myself so busy
creating this event that I have little time to publicise it! Feel free
to repost on other forums, BBS or club or 'zine networks.
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On the first day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... a Hako
Enterprise Bridge!
Our first present to Star Trek fans is a scale card model of the NCC
1701 Enterprise, Kirk's Enterprise from the Original Series, designed
by Ron Caudillo and hosted by Jon Leslie on his LHVCC website. These
have been designed as 6-8 modules that can be made individually or
joined together to make a complete bridge set scaled to be used by
Hako Clones. Don't know what a Hako Clone is? Go to
<http://12daysxmas.thunderdownunder.org/index.htm>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the second day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... two fanzines!
Christmas should be a time when you can sit back and enjoy some light
holiday reading. Fanzines - literally fan-made magazines - have been
around since the 1930's and for the most part have survived the leap
from paper to the Internet age. Today I feature two fanzines,
Imaginations Unlimited, a member's project of Starfleet International,
and Acrux, a new Blogzine that this month focuses on the Twelve Trek
Days of Christmas.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the third day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Three Wise Men
Star Trek was the first serious science fiction aimed at the
mainstream public and Gene Roddenberry set the tone for the series by
getting real science fiction writers to write for him. Today we
introduce three wise men. I make no claim that they are the wisest of
men but each has had something to say during the year, using Star Trek
as their vehicle, that I have found either profoundly inspiring or
profoundly challenging ... and isn't that what science fiction is
supposed to be about?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the fourth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Four podcasts
For those of you who have never listened to a podcast, we're going to
open your eyes to a whole new world! We have hours of Star Trek news,
views, comments and craziness for you on podcasts specially made for
this event. There's gaming news courtesy of Hailing Frequency, the
best survey of TOS and the next film around on Twerpcast. You'll find
a welcome in the private quarters of The Love Long and Prosper Podcast
and then sit in on Indiana Jim as he interviews Larry Nemecek on the
glass ceiling between fandom & professional and the chaotic state of
Trekworld today.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the fifth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Five Fan
Films!
Fan films are by far the highest form of fan production around today.
Consider Star Trek: Hidden Frontier, Star Trek: Intrepid, Star Trek:
New Voyages, Starship Exeter and Star Wreck. Who are they, where did
they come from and how do they relate to each other? Who is the
oldest? The answers might surprise you. I have taken my reporting on
the five major fan films producing today and turned it into a
chronology that I'll wager you'll find interesting and illuminating.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the sixth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Six Filkers,
Filking!
Filk is a tradition as old as Sci Fi conventions, and a subset of this
tradition inclusdes Star Trek parodies of Christmas carols which are
traditionally sung by trek fans to celebrate the season of goodwill to
the accompaniment of much revelry and the imbibing of your drink of
choice! The USS Joan of Arc, a Starfleet International Star Trek fan
club of Corpus Christi, Texas, quite often gets the whole restaurant
singing along with them at their Christmas parties! To read more and
download the songsheets for six of their original Filk Christmas
carols, go to our web site at <http://12daysxmas.thunderdownunder.org/
>.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the Seventh day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... seven music
videos
The internet is full of witty, entertaining and moving videos - mostly
on YouTube which has cornered the market as the defacto distribution
network. I've scoured the airwaves for links to seven of the best Star
Trek music videos and in the process met some interesting people and
ended up in some strange places! It is by no means a definitive list
so just think of this as the House of L'Stok's Video iPod Playlist.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the eighth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Eight Trek
Fan-Podbooks!
Today marks the release of the first of a series of eight podbooks, a
seven part miniseries, "Dispatches From the Romulan War" produced as a
"Save Enterprise" project, followed by a special presentation from the
House of L'Stok! Listen to them live on the TrekUnited Audio Center or
download them from the Twelve Trek Days of Christmas web site. Come
with us as we break new ground producing full cast audio narrations of
innovative Star Trek fan fiction! To read more and to download the
first podBook, go to our web site at <http://
12daysxmas.thunderdownunder.org/>.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the ninth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Nine Gamers,
Gaming!
A Christmas stocking would be pretty bare without some games so, to
fill your stocking to overflowing, here is information and resources
of nine types of games. We have everything from Tridimensional Chess
to online multiplayer gaming, from eBooks to free give-aways by
licensed gaming companies!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am greatly indebted to a diverse team of talented people in many
Star Trek fan groups and organisations who have given freely and
unselfishly of their time. Your names and deeds will be spoken of with
pride in the halls of the House of L'Stok!
My apologies for the delay in getting Day 5 out but even I can't spit
25 pages out overnight! However I would like to thank my crewmates on
the USS Southern Cross who have shown patience and understanding by
releasing me from my newsletter responsibilities.
I would also like to thank my old friend, Fleet Captain Robin Van
Cleave of the USS Joan of Arc and, I believe, others throughout
Starfleet who have contributed lyrics to day six. Next year we start
earlier and the filk will be mp3's!
Day seven is straight from the favourite's list of the House of
L'Stok! However I would like to take this opportunity to thank Derek
Kessler - Cpt Hair - forum manager of TrekUnited, co-creator of the
"Despatches From The Romulan Wars", and creator of the Day 12 Fan
Calendar, for his patience and assistance. Your name and email address
will be added to the Christmas Card List of the House of L'Stok!
A production such as the PodBooks of Day 8 can only succeed with
teamwork and I have been blessed with one of the best! From the guys
at TrekUnited who contributed content and hosting, through the pro'
quality covers and sound editing from Aric Hutfles and Merodi Media
respectively, to each one of the Voice Actors, they have all given of
their best! Ladies and gentlemen the House of L'Stok is honoured to
call you friends!
Day 9 was another day where, the more I dug, the more I found that
there was to report on - fascinating stuff but very time consuming to
research! Today, I must acknowledge the invaluable assistance of Zach
Nicodemous, captain of the UFP media ship, Devilfish - better known as
the gaming podcast, Hailing Frequency - who has helped me with content
and critique. Your biological distinctiveness will be marvelled at by
the House of L'Stok for years to come!
Qapla' !!!
-------------------------- Kirok of L'Stok -------------------------
------------- Lieutenant Commander, USS Southern Cross -------------
----- Producer -- "The Twelve Trek Days of Christmas" --------------
--------------<http://12daysxmas.thunderdownunder.org/>-------------
----- Email -------<Kirok.LiefErikson@gmail.com>--------(^!^)-------
----------------batlHa' vangIu'taHvIS quv chavbe'lu' ---------------
------ One does not achieve honour while acting dishonourably ------
creating this event that I have little time to publicise it! Feel free
to repost on other forums, BBS or club or 'zine networks.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the first day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... a Hako
Enterprise Bridge!
Our first present to Star Trek fans is a scale card model of the NCC
1701 Enterprise, Kirk's Enterprise from the Original Series, designed
by Ron Caudillo and hosted by Jon Leslie on his LHVCC website. These
have been designed as 6-8 modules that can be made individually or
joined together to make a complete bridge set scaled to be used by
Hako Clones. Don't know what a Hako Clone is? Go to
<http://12daysxmas.thunderdownunder.org/index.htm>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the second day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... two fanzines!
Christmas should be a time when you can sit back and enjoy some light
holiday reading. Fanzines - literally fan-made magazines - have been
around since the 1930's and for the most part have survived the leap
from paper to the Internet age. Today I feature two fanzines,
Imaginations Unlimited, a member's project of Starfleet International,
and Acrux, a new Blogzine that this month focuses on the Twelve Trek
Days of Christmas.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the third day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Three Wise Men
Star Trek was the first serious science fiction aimed at the
mainstream public and Gene Roddenberry set the tone for the series by
getting real science fiction writers to write for him. Today we
introduce three wise men. I make no claim that they are the wisest of
men but each has had something to say during the year, using Star Trek
as their vehicle, that I have found either profoundly inspiring or
profoundly challenging ... and isn't that what science fiction is
supposed to be about?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the fourth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Four podcasts
For those of you who have never listened to a podcast, we're going to
open your eyes to a whole new world! We have hours of Star Trek news,
views, comments and craziness for you on podcasts specially made for
this event. There's gaming news courtesy of Hailing Frequency, the
best survey of TOS and the next film around on Twerpcast. You'll find
a welcome in the private quarters of The Love Long and Prosper Podcast
and then sit in on Indiana Jim as he interviews Larry Nemecek on the
glass ceiling between fandom & professional and the chaotic state of
Trekworld today.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the fifth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Five Fan
Films!
Fan films are by far the highest form of fan production around today.
Consider Star Trek: Hidden Frontier, Star Trek: Intrepid, Star Trek:
New Voyages, Starship Exeter and Star Wreck. Who are they, where did
they come from and how do they relate to each other? Who is the
oldest? The answers might surprise you. I have taken my reporting on
the five major fan films producing today and turned it into a
chronology that I'll wager you'll find interesting and illuminating.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the sixth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Six Filkers,
Filking!
Filk is a tradition as old as Sci Fi conventions, and a subset of this
tradition inclusdes Star Trek parodies of Christmas carols which are
traditionally sung by trek fans to celebrate the season of goodwill to
the accompaniment of much revelry and the imbibing of your drink of
choice! The USS Joan of Arc, a Starfleet International Star Trek fan
club of Corpus Christi, Texas, quite often gets the whole restaurant
singing along with them at their Christmas parties! To read more and
download the songsheets for six of their original Filk Christmas
carols, go to our web site at <http://12daysxmas.thunderdownunder.org/
>.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the Seventh day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... seven music
videos
The internet is full of witty, entertaining and moving videos - mostly
on YouTube which has cornered the market as the defacto distribution
network. I've scoured the airwaves for links to seven of the best Star
Trek music videos and in the process met some interesting people and
ended up in some strange places! It is by no means a definitive list
so just think of this as the House of L'Stok's Video iPod Playlist.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the eighth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Eight Trek
Fan-Podbooks!
Today marks the release of the first of a series of eight podbooks, a
seven part miniseries, "Dispatches From the Romulan War" produced as a
"Save Enterprise" project, followed by a special presentation from the
House of L'Stok! Listen to them live on the TrekUnited Audio Center or
download them from the Twelve Trek Days of Christmas web site. Come
with us as we break new ground producing full cast audio narrations of
innovative Star Trek fan fiction! To read more and to download the
first podBook, go to our web site at <http://
12daysxmas.thunderdownunder.org/>.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the ninth day of Christmas, Star Trek gave to me ... Nine Gamers,
Gaming!
A Christmas stocking would be pretty bare without some games so, to
fill your stocking to overflowing, here is information and resources
of nine types of games. We have everything from Tridimensional Chess
to online multiplayer gaming, from eBooks to free give-aways by
licensed gaming companies!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am greatly indebted to a diverse team of talented people in many
Star Trek fan groups and organisations who have given freely and
unselfishly of their time. Your names and deeds will be spoken of with
pride in the halls of the House of L'Stok!
My apologies for the delay in getting Day 5 out but even I can't spit
25 pages out overnight! However I would like to thank my crewmates on
the USS Southern Cross who have shown patience and understanding by
releasing me from my newsletter responsibilities.
I would also like to thank my old friend, Fleet Captain Robin Van
Cleave of the USS Joan of Arc and, I believe, others throughout
Starfleet who have contributed lyrics to day six. Next year we start
earlier and the filk will be mp3's!
Day seven is straight from the favourite's list of the House of
L'Stok! However I would like to take this opportunity to thank Derek
Kessler - Cpt Hair - forum manager of TrekUnited, co-creator of the
"Despatches From The Romulan Wars", and creator of the Day 12 Fan
Calendar, for his patience and assistance. Your name and email address
will be added to the Christmas Card List of the House of L'Stok!
A production such as the PodBooks of Day 8 can only succeed with
teamwork and I have been blessed with one of the best! From the guys
at TrekUnited who contributed content and hosting, through the pro'
quality covers and sound editing from Aric Hutfles and Merodi Media
respectively, to each one of the Voice Actors, they have all given of
their best! Ladies and gentlemen the House of L'Stok is honoured to
call you friends!
Day 9 was another day where, the more I dug, the more I found that
there was to report on - fascinating stuff but very time consuming to
research! Today, I must acknowledge the invaluable assistance of Zach
Nicodemous, captain of the UFP media ship, Devilfish - better known as
the gaming podcast, Hailing Frequency - who has helped me with content
and critique. Your biological distinctiveness will be marvelled at by
the House of L'Stok for years to come!
Qapla' !!!
-------------------------- Kirok of L'Stok -------------------------
------------- Lieutenant Commander, USS Southern Cross -------------
----- Producer -- "The Twelve Trek Days of Christmas" --------------
--------------<http://12daysxmas.thunderdownunder.org/>-------------
----- Email -------<Kirok.LiefErikson@gmail.com>--------(^!^)-------
----------------batlHa' vangIu'taHvIS quv chavbe'lu' ---------------
------ One does not achieve honour while acting dishonourably ------