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Please note: inevitably, there will be formatting and other stupid errors on this schedule. It’s still cooling off. If you find something wrong, just ping me and we’ll get it fixed. Danke.
Fix Log:
Version 1.1 – September 3rd… fixed some day/date mismatches and added Wolven’s appearances on the Whedonverse Track.
Friday, September 3rd
Welcome to BritTrack
When: Fri 10:00 am (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Macon – Sheraton
Description: They’re Brit Media. If you like Brit stuff, go here for your orientation.
Who: Rob Levy
Roundtable: Losing My Religion
When: Fri 11:30 am (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: International D – Westin
Description: A discussion on how Captain Malcolm Reynolds loses his faith in war and Shepard Book discovers faith through strife (Whedonverse Track).
Who: Wolven
The Prisoner
When: Fri 5:30 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Macon – Sheraton
Description: Who is Number One? Who will be Number Two? And will Scott wear his jacket?
Who: Rob Levy; ScottC
Avatar (The Non-Airbending One)
When: Fri 7:00 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: A704 – Marriott
Description: James Cameron’s ginormous film. We talk about it. That’s the gist.
Who: Widgett Walls.
Lost: The WTF Was That All About Panel
When: Fri 7:00 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: M106-7 – Marriott
Description: If you’ve ever wanted to see Jon in a pair of ripped purple pants and nothing else, here’s your chance.
Who: Jon Boutelle; Aaron Poole
A Show About Panel Shows
When: Fri 8:30 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Crystal Ballroom – Hilton
Description: British panel shows. We don’t get them here–and that sucks. We talk about why and maybe what you can do about it.
Who: Rox of Spazhouse; Tuffley; Widgett Walls; maybe others.
Gay Themes in Doctor Who
When: Fri 10:00 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Hanover C-E – Hyatt
Description: The title says it all.
Who: ScottC
Zombie Prom
When: Fri 10:00 pm (Length: ?)
Location: Don’t know yet; stand by
Description: It’s a prom. With zombies in it. It’s like Robert Kirkman’s Carrie, is what I’ve been led to believe. I’ll be there doing things.
Who: Widgett Walls and the horde.
Saturday, September 4th
Need Coffee vs. Doctor Who
When: Sat 1:00 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Macon – Sheraton
Description: It’s us discussing Doctor Who. Imagine the stuff you’ve heard us go on and on about on Weekend Justice, but we just keep going. Plus–Widge is no longer a Who Virgin! WTF!
Who: Rob Levy; Rox of Spazhouse; ScottC; Tuffley; Widgett Walls; maybe others.
Widgett Walls – Reading
When: Sat 2:30pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Roswell – Hyatt
Description: Widgett Walls reading some of his fiction and poetry from his upcoming books.
Who: Widgett Walls.
Make the Bad Men Stop Part 1
When: Sat 4:00 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: M106-107 – Marriott
Description: You should know what this is by now. Show up and have your cinematic dreams crushed. By an iron boot. While we laugh.
Who: Damn near everybody.
Dr. Who Companions
When: Sat 5:30 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Grand Ballroom A-F – Sheraton
Description: They hang out with the madman in the box. Which reminds me of an early Alice in Chains song.
Who: Rob Levy.
Sherlock Holmes
When: Sat 8:30 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Macon – Sheraton
Description: I think this covers everything from the books to the most recent TV show. And everything in between.
Who: Kim; Rox of Spazhouse.
Nuts on the Road: The Gonzo Panel Show
When: Sat 10:00pm (Length: 3 Hours)
Location: International Ballroom – Hyatt
Description: Come see all the panel and game show games that the UK loves but TV networks here think you’re too thick to enjoy.
Who: Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Bill Corbett, Doc Hammer, Jackson Publick, Misty Lee, Adam Savage, Dana Snyder, Mary Jo Pehl, J. Elvis Weinstein, Kevin Murphy; Ken Plume and Widgett Walls are your hosts.
Sunday, September 5th
BritPop
When: Sun 11:30 am (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Macon – Sheraton
Description: A discussion of British music.
Who: Rob Levy; Tuffley.
Heartless: The L. Frank Baum Panel
When: Sun 1:00 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: International – Westin
Description: A discussion of Baum + info on the new movie about the Tin Man, Heartless.
Who: Kim; Rox of Spazhouse.
Existential Philosophy and Self-Actualization in the Whedonverse
When: Sun 2:30 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: International – Westin
Description: I think the title says a lot.
Who: Wolven.
Need Coffee vs. 2012
When: Sun 5:30 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: L508 – Marriott
Description: From the movie to the conspiracy to the concept, we’re going to get to the bottom of this nonsense.
Who: Damn near everybody.
Patricia Quinn
When: Sun 7:00 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Crystal – Hilton
Description: A Q&A.
Who: Rob Levy moderating.
Zombie 301
When: Sun 8:30pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: L508 – Marriott
Description: An advanced level course in zombies. Please bring your textbooks and proof of required prereq classes having been taken.
Who: ScottC.
The Need Coffee Dot Com Fun Fest
When: Sun 9:00pm doors open; 9:30pm party starts (Length: 3 Hours)
Location: Capitol Ballroom – Sheraton
Description: Come ready to play games, win stuff, and watch a few things while we fill time between playing games and winning stuff.
Who: Everybody.
Monday, September 6th
Everything Dr. Who
When: Mon 11:30am (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Grand Ballroom A-F – Sheraton
Description: I think the title covers this one.
Who: Rob Levy.
Jonathan Maberry
When: Mon 11:30am (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: A601-2 – Marriott
Description: Bram Stoker award-winning writer Jonathan Maberry discusses his new books. I think he has 15 of them, honestly.
Who: Widgett Walls moderating.
Red Dwarf
When: Mon 1:00pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Macon – Sheraton
Description: A panel about the show. I think.
Who: Rob Levy.
Make the Bad Men Stop 2: Bad Harderer
When: Mon 2:30 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: M106-107 – Marriott
Description: Because one panel isn’t enough for us to send you weeping home so you embrace your favorite books and comics to your bosom and swear you’ll never leave them alone again.
Who: What’s left of everybody.
So Long & Thanks for All The Fish: BritTrack Feedback
When: Mon 04:00 pm (Length: 1 Hour)
Location: Macon – Sheraton
Description: So long & thanks for all the bliss! Say Goodbye, tell us how we did, get the left over swag. We need feedback and want it!
Who: Rob Levy; Bob the Zombie (aka Caro) moderating.
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