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  • Episode 044 – Where All the Cars Were, Man

    Episode 044 – Where All the Cars Were, Man

    Good lord, someday WordPress will stop screwing around with blocks and HTML and shit. It’s the Lighting Nerds! Into Logic and out of it again in an actually reasonable amount of time, belive it or not. Though sort of unreasonable when it comes to how long it’s been since we released.

  • Episode 043 – Gosh

    Episode 043 – Gosh

    Zounds! We’re back again with a fresh helpin’ of down-home, Wisconsin-grade minced oaths. We’ve got so much forking content to get through that if we don’t get talking, we might driven to harder words like frickin’ or shirtballs. At least there won’t be any trolley problems. In this episode: News items The Ayrton Cobra Unreal…

  • Episode 042 – It’s A Hundred Grand Panini Press

    Episode 042 – It’s A Hundred Grand Panini Press

    It’s the Lighting Nerds, nerding out about lighting, of all things! In this episode: -The GLP X5 series, which uses four emitter colors…confusingly-The KL series profile– The passing of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld– Tea Time: Thoughts about the grandMA 3. Spoiler alert: not all good!– Lighting term of the day: camlock, and to a lesser extent,…

  • Episode 041 – Even Squarespace Won't Touch Us

    Episode 041 – Even Squarespace Won't Touch Us

    It’s episode 041! Yeah, we still make podcasts. This episode was recorded in March, so things are a teensy-tiny bit out of date, but stick with us, folks. We have some good stuff here to talk about. Starting with: – Martin P3 5.3 is out – Alex talks about CuePoints, Craig asks questions about it…

  • Episode 040 – Whatever the Average Weight of a Goat Was

    Episode 040 – Whatever the Average Weight of a Goat Was

    Yeah, we still podcast. Sometimes. In this day and age of little work, sometimes we seem to have even less time to get together to pod. Certainly, it affects our motivation. But we have mustered some up for you, dear listeners, so let’s dive into this year’s week’s episode. New fixtures: the Martin MAC Ultra Notable personnel…

  • Episode 039: There Are Actually Wizards Who Create These Files In the Nether Realm

    Episode 039: There Are Actually Wizards Who Create These Files In the Nether Realm

    Because we suck at publishing, it’s been a while. But here’s a new episode, and it’s 39, which is a LUCKY NUMBER. In this episode: The Chroma-Q thing that has some cool gears for focusing. Craig is amazed, because he’s never seen that before, but apparently it’s a thing Drafty 4.0: It’s Drafty-er! Michael Strickland…

  • Episode 038 – I Got A Rock

    Episode 038 – I Got A Rock

    It’s our THIRTY EIGHTH episode. Craig has finally moved, and finally got this edited. Geez. Two locations, two webinars, and a broken lead pipe later…we are finally releasing this old thang. Anyway. In this episode: ChamSys MQ500 Robe Tetra1 grandMA3 OnPC XT Grant Imahara’s death Tea Time: Controlling your cash flow Interview: Tucker Downs, color…

  • Episode 037 – That Covers Opening Banter

    Episode 037 – That Covers Opening Banter

    Geeze, United States. We leave the room for ONE SECOND and everything goes up in flames, at times literally. To those who have asked: Craig is fine. (He lives in the Twin Cities, but all is well) In this episode: Alex and Craig talk about the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd New Gear:…

  • Episode 036 – Defer to Llama on All the Tough Topics

    Episode 036 – Defer to Llama on All the Tough Topics

    In the midst of the global pandemic, we offer you this commentary on the state of the lighting industry. I have very few pithy comments this week, because this pandemic is just so emotionally draining. The strain of prolonged isolation is truly monumental. Hang in there, everyone. I’m feeling it, just you like are. In…

  • Episode 035 – Today's Keyword is COVID

    Episode 035 – Today's Keyword is COVID

      Yeah, we know you haven’t thought about COVID-19 for like…ten seconds, but here we are anyway, talking about it. At least, like, a little. It’s the episode featuring the OG Lighting Nerd, Gavin Lake! Say hello, Gavin. In this episode: Industry news:  God almighty, the mother effing coronavirus. Wash your hands, blah blah, let’s commiserate about…

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