Latest episodes
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Episode 034 – Your New Pocket Friend
It’s a Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Las Posadas/Eid-al-Adha/Diwali/Festivus miracle! An episode: shiny, new, episode 034. Curl up in front of the fire, break out the Glögg, or if you’re like Craig, Templeton Rye and have yourself a merry little whatever with The Lighting Nerds. I really should decide whether to always include the “The” or not. Sheesh. New fixtures /…
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Episode 033 – Like If Somebody Shaved A Zebra
We’re back with the hackneyed animal similes. In this episode: The Chauvet Maverick MK3 We talk about having network connectivity such as sACN/Artnet vs physical DMX that loops thru etc. And some other stuff The Martin ERA 300/Martin ELP Profile Range The new generation of visualizers Tea Time Craig gets *very* long-winded. God, is he still…
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Episode 032 – Shooting At X-Wings Coming Down the Trench
It’s The Lighting Nerds, episode 032. That’s an exponent of 8, which makes this episode extra-special. We also have Jose, my old L2 from Halsey, filling in for Alex, who’s off making money for this ep. In this ep: Industry news and fixture talk The Martin MAC Allure It’s cool, I want to see…
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Episode 031 – I'm Really Doing Host Effacing Right Now
It’s Episode 031! Craig and Alex are back, Craig had a baby. Well, his partner did anyway. It’s the episode with the title card you’ll have to listen to the whole thing to get. In this episode: Industry news We do not talk about the new Clay-Paky light, because I have conflicting information about…
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Episode 030 – To Use A Millennial Phrase, It Just Triggers Me
Woah, two eps in the space of a month? Stop the presses! Hold the phone! Pet the hedgehog! Wat? In this episode, Alexander is back: Industry news: New fixtures / gear GLP JDC1s now feature “Aggressive mode”, which increases the brightness 180% when the RGB LEDs are not in use World’s first 50-watt 7-color:…
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Episode 029 – Don't Forget the Ribbon Dancers, Craig
It’s the Lighting Nerds, first ep of 2019. That’s twenty-nineteen. Special guest co-host, Chas! In this Episode: ROE Vanish V8 LED screen New Follow-Me hardware Craig has concerns about AC Lighting Clay-Paky manuals are now behind a username / pass wall? Why? That’s dumb. Bohemian Rhapsody Tea Time: The Taylor Swift Reputation Tour, Part I…
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Episode 028 – Their Children Look Like Something Out of Wicked
It’s the Lighting Nerds! Your go-to source for slightly up-to-date lighting information! In this episode: News Items The Vari-Lite VL10 WashBeam Circa-Scoop LED by Mega Lite. Interesting. The Altman AP-150. It’s…an RGBW PAR. Notable Movements George Masek is back at VL. Woo, George! Notable Tours Frame By Frame Tea Time Controlling Media as an…
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Episode 027 – It’s All Good For You, Timecode Boy
We’re still not dead yet! Craig’s back from Halsey, and Alex is done with his move. We’re here to chew gum and make podcasts, and we’re stock full of Juicy Fruit. Er, or something like that? Since I know you’re listening, hi, Drew! Anyway, in this “ep”: Industry news I lost the audio of our last…
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Episode 025 – Taken Down Faster Than a Jake Paul Video
Woah, forgot to post this one! Here it is. It’s the TWENTY-FIFTH EPISODE of Lighting Nerds! In this episode, we keep Alex around, joke (or do we??) about being corporate shills, and talk about festival lighting. In this ep: News Items Alex sees the Portman lights, Craig still doesn’t like them, exactly. The 2018 Superbowl…
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Episode 024 – Sweet, Sweet Corporate Hack Dollars
It’s the one with Brad Schiller! Fresh off the newly-reinstalled Silver Mac Tower of Audio is Episode 024 of The Lighting Nerds. In this “ep”: News Items A new touring roadshow, from ENTECH. http://www.avnetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=128052 GrandMA 3 orders exceeding expectations, delays of up to eighteen months expected. Portman releases the Pix31. The Lighting Nerds question…
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