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 / gear
  • MIXBOOK
    • Wat
    • Sort of limited utility if you're a costumer, no?
    • https://plsn.com/featured/rosco-laboratories-releases-worlds-first-digital-swatchbook-mixbook/ 
  • ELC Lighting’s dmXLAN nodeGBx system.
    • I really wanted them to cut the cable with a giant pair of scissors in the video, that would have been funnier than unplugging it.
  • SOLAPIX 
    • Pretty busy sector of the market...so, is it all that amazing?
• Notable personnel news 
  • Josh turner bus crash. :( 
    • https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/josh-turner-tour-bus-crash-speaks-out 
    • Don’t sleep backward! 
    • Wear your seatbelt when in the jump seat 
    • Check on the driver now and then 
• Tea Time
  • Variables in grandMA2
• Lighting trivia!
  • Biscuit: Craig gets it right!
• Lighting Term of the Day
  • IR / instant replay
  • Common on corporate shows, refers to a sound clip that’s stored ahead of time and played back.

We're back with the hackneyed animal similes. In this episode:

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 a rig of many
  • The Elation Artiste Monet
    • Jose likes it!
  • The ETC Releve
    • Much better than that other ETC moving light.
  • The Elation RAYZOR 760
    
    • It's S P A R K L Y
• Tea Time
  • An interview with Mike Wood, who tells us about strange French words and their effects on lights
  • No seriously, it's about etendue, which you need to know about so LISTEN UP KIDS.
  • Mike's papers about this concept, so you can follow along
    • Entendue
    • Entendue revisisted
• Lighting Quiz
• Lighting Term of the Day
  • Snoot / top hat

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 it. Does it use a phosphor? Are there lasers? CP won't say.
  • High End Systems Turbo Ray
  • Vari-Lite 6500 Wash
    • Bet VL didn't see the Turbo Ray coming!
  • Fred Foster passed away in February
• Notable Tours
  • The 1975 ABIIOR tour
    • Is it called that? I keep seeing two different names for the thing.
  • Tobias, are you listening? We like you <3
• More news
  • Alex is writing for CX Magazine in Australia
  • Read his articles at: https://www.cxnetwork.com.au
• Tea Time
  • Staying healthy on the road, a discussion
  • Send us your tips for staying healthy!
• Lighting trivia
• Lighting Term of the Day
  • Source 4

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
• Lighting Trivia: Chas guesses
• Lighting Term of the Day: gel

Happy New Year, you hoopy froods! And shouts to the excellent folk at IATSE Local 16.