The MUSIC of STAR TREK VANGUARD

Trek Radio and the Captain’s Table are proud to present a special broadcast featuring critically-acclaimed science fiction author and screenwriter David Mack and the Music of Star Trek: Vanguard.

Recently David Mack had a vision to create an Internet broadcast highlighting the music that inspired him while he wrote the Star Trek: Vanguard novels. Captain’s Table hosts Timewarp and Nydra teamed up with David Mack to bring his vision for this special musical presentation to life on Trek Radio.

The following three-hour broadcast, aired April 23rd, 2012, provides a unique opportunity to peer inside the mind of the writer and embark on a musical journey of discovery as David Mack discusses how each song influenced the development of the story and characters in the Star Trek: Vanguard novels.

Trek Radio, Timewarp & Nydra, and Deyvid, would like to thank David Mack for joining us and sharing insights into his creative process.

 
SONG LIST

“Cut to the Chase” – Rush (Counterparts)
“Summertime” – Gene Harris (The Best of the Concord Years, Vol. 1)
“Together We Will Live Forever” – Clint Mansell (The Fountain soundtrack)
“What Am I to You?” – Norah Jones (Feels Like Home)
“#1 Crush” – Garbage (William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet soundtrack)
“Mars, The Bringer of War” – Gustav Holst (The Planets)
“Beauty Killed the Beast” – James Horner (King Kong soundtrack)
“My Favorite Plague” – Jerry Goldsmith (The Mummy soundtrack)
“Dream Within a Dream” – Hans Zimmer (Inception soundtrack)
“Waiting for a Train” – Hans Zimmer (Inception soundtrack)
“Beowulf Slays the Beast” – Alan Silvestri (Beowulf soundtrack)
“Bravado” – Rush (Roll the Bones)
“Workin’ Them Angels”- Rush (Snakes & Arrows)

 

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo

Welcome, nerds, nerdettes, comic book geeks, cult-classic enthusiasts, sci-fi freaks, anime-aficionados and horror buffs, to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo – Western Canada’s largest pop culture convention and the 2nd largest in all of Canada!

That’s right, this weekend fans across all genres converge on Canada to celebrate, mingle, rub shoulders, and cosplay their way through one of the best conventions Canada has to offer and Trek Radio, Geek Nation Tours, The Star Trek Girl, and TrekMovie.com are leaving no fan left behind. Be sure to follow the Twitter feeds below for up-to-the-minute information and images from the convention floor.

Alex, The Star Trek Girl, will join us for an on-air report discussing Calgary Expo 2012, so stay tuned to Trek Radio for all your convention coverage needs. In the meantime, boldly go to her Flicker photostream for pictures from the convention.

Event coverage courtesy of TrekMovie.com
CalgaryExpo Friday: Gates McFadden and Denise Crosby TNG Panel Report
CalgaryExpo Saturday: Photos From Star Trek: TNG Cast Reunion Event

Twitter Feeds:
Calgary Expo
Geek Nation Tours
The Star Trek Girl
Trek Radio

The Arrival

Fun at the Geek Nation Tours Booth!

Call in the Marines!

Going Batty!

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ST:LV Discussion With the Devs

TrekRadio.net and Massively.com are proud to host a Q&A session with the developers of the wildly popular free-to-play video game Star Trek Online! This year will be Cryptic Studios’ first ever panel appearance at Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Las Vegas Convention. The developers will be answering your questions and presenting exciting audio-visual tidbits for the convention crowd; including trailers and a few “sneak-peaks” of upcoming game content.

In the game, the Star Trek universe truly comes to life on a massive scale. Players captain their own starships as part of the Federation or Klingon Empire, journey to strange new worlds and take part in epic ground and space missions. Cryptic staff will bring gaming and Trek fans alike all of the behind-the-scenes news and information they crave, as well as some surprises for those in attendance. So whether you’re a player, fan, or green-blooded hobgoblin this panel will have something for you!

A subsidiary of Perfect World Entertainment, Cryptic Studios is a leading developer of massively multiplayer online role playing games such as the innovative and successful City of Heroes, City of Villains, Champions Online and the eagerly anticipated title Neverwinter. Massively is the online source for news, rumors, interviews and opinion pieces relating to the global MMORPG community. Trek Radio is the internet’s first dedicated Star Trek Radio network, featuring a wide variety of popular music, podcasts, radio dramas, live DJs, and the latest in entertainment news. (Scheduled for Saturday 11am to Noon)

David Mack’s Vanguard Music Special

Back by popular demand, it’s bestselling SF/Fantasy author David Mack – and this time it’s personal! Join us live this Monday, April 23rd at 3:00pm EDT (12:00pm PDT) as David Mack takes us inside the writer’s studio to discuss and play the music which inspired him as he wrote several of the critically acclaimed novels in the Star Trek: Vanguard series!

That’s right, like Buffy before us, Trek Radio is doing a Musical Episode of The Captain’s Table! So pull up a seat and join us for some unique insights into the mind of one of Sci-Fi’s greatest storytellers.

Want more information about David Mack? We suggest the following:

Check out David’s Official Website!

Follow @DavidAlanMack on Twitter!

Like David on Facebook!

Happy Birthday Spider-Man

Warm birthday wishes to the world’s greatest Supah Hero, George Takei. For more than five decades this enterprising entertainer has captivated audiences the world over. Whether through his genre defining portrayal of Hikaru Sulu, myriad of large and small screen roles, legendary voice work, or community activism George Takei has left an indelible mark on generations of fans.

So wherever you are take a moment today and raise a glass to the broker of Space Peace and join us in wishing George Takei a very happy birthday.

To learn more about the man, the myth, the legend we suggest the following links:

The Official Website of George Takei

Follow George on Twitter

Check out George in Allegiance: A New American Musical

Catch up with George’s impressive IMDB Page

And finally…

Friends of the station and true Star Trek fans, Five Year Mission have put together a birthday tribute song. Enjoy!

Big Mack Is Back!

That’s right, heralded author David Mack is back in the Trek Radio studios this Tuesday from 4pm – 5pm EDT (1pm – 2pm PDT). Join us as we talk about everything from Star Trek Vanguard: Storming Heaven and the Mirror Universe to science, writing, and some of his upcoming projects.

Always a fun interview, be sure to tune in this Tuesday. Have questions? Email them to info@trekradio.net or tweet them to us @TrekRadio.

Want more information about this bestselling SF/Fantasy author, obsessive-compulsive, husband, cat-lover, drunkard, and misanthrope?

Check out David’s Official Website!

Follow @DavidAlanMack on Twitter!

Like David on Facebook!

Titanic Remembered

The RMS Titanic sank at 2:20 AM on April 15th 1912, having collided with an iceberg at 11:40 PM on April 14th. Over 1,500 souls entered the icy Atlantic waters, and of those just over 700 survived.

This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of one of the greatest maritime disasters in history. Join Trek Radio this weekend as we remember the largest and arguably most grand ocean liner of its time and explore the facts, myths, and legends surrounding the sinking.

We will be airing a Live Titanic Special at 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT). Our very own Djs Timewarp and Nydra will leading discussions into what lessons we have learned from the Titanic tragedy.

For more information on the Titanic, we suggest the following links:

The Titanic Wikipedia Page
An expansive wiki page all about the RMS Titanic

TitanicRealTime
Experience Titanic’s epic journey with minute-by-minute tweets as if from on board the ship itself.

Titanic: Her Journey
A new iPhone App for the iPhone and iPad

Ancestry.com
Find your own connection to the most famous maritime disaster in history.

And while we realize the sinking of the Titanic and the tragic loss of life is nothing to joke about, we do have one last lighter link that parodies the recent 3D release of the Titanic movie.
Titanic Super 3D

Happy First Contact Day

We are not alone…

Four simple words that when proven true will leave us forever changed. To realize we’re not alone, that our shiny blue marble is not the only bastion of life in the big, black foreboding interstellar darkness, will be the greatest discovery in human history.

The ramifications are almost unimaginable. Yet one visionary looked to the stars and the human heart for answers. Gene Roddenberry imagined First Contact as the beginning of a renaissance for mankind: a time when we as a people united in ways never before thought possible. Roddenberry saw us finally evolve to a state where the color of one’s skin, the acquisition of personal wealth, and all the petty vices that have limited the human race for thousands of years no longer mattered.

April 5th sees the celebration of First Contact Day, where we honor the flight of the Phoenix and first contact with the Vulcans. Join Trek Radio all day as we celebrate this historic first meeting between humanity and our pointy-eared cosmic brothers. We will be covering the special “Ask Cryptic” Q&A event with STO Executive Producer Dan Stahl and Community Manager Brandon Felczer at 1pm PDT (4pm EDT/ 9pm BST). In addition, Star Trek Online will be kicking off a special four-day event where players can meet bridge officers of the Enterprise-F and pick up a replica of humanity’s first warp-capable ship, the Phoenix. This space craft is a deployable non-combat vessel. Get yours before the event ends!

If you are interested in learning more about First Contact Day, our friends over at StarTrek.com suggest checking out the TOS episode “Metamorphosis,” with Glenn Corbett portraying Cochrane; the TNG film First Contact, with James Cromwell in the role; the books First Contact and First Frontier; and the Voyager episode “Homestead,” in which Neelix and Naomi Wildman oversee a party celebrating the 315th anniversary of First Contact Day, complete with an old-school jukebox, helpings of Cochrane’s favorite food (cheese pierogies), and the sight and sounds of a stoic, reluctant Tuvok giving the Vulcan salute and uttering those immortal words, “Live long and prosper.”

Join us next year when we celebrate the first Annual Star Trek Day on Friday April 5, 2013. This date also marks the 50th Pre-Anniversary of First Contact Day in Star Trek canon.