During show 801, it was announced that a San Francisco meet up was going to happen on 2/29. One has yet to materialize on Meetup.com. I contacted the group moderator and they said it was in the works and will be posted. Since it’s now 2/27, I’m hoping it get’s a new date and happens soon!

No Agenda meet ups are now going full speed!  Successful meet ups just happened in Albuquerque, NM and Dallas/Fort Worth (which Adam attended). Setup at Meetups.com is the schedule of future meet ups put together by show producers and fans. We’ll be listing a feed of the upcoming meet ups in the right rail from now. ——> Here

Adam just watched Spike Lee’s latest film Chi-Raq. The drama centers around Chicago’s inner-city violence and is the first film by Amazon’s new film division. The film is currently available in limited theaters and Amazon for rent or purchase. [NA 786 :43]  

Adam started talking about this new movie on Netflix/Amazon called The Wire about high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s death defying walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. Actually the movie is called The Walk. There’s a documentary that came out in 2008 titled Man on the Wire. Adam said it was interesting

While talking about the latest Star Wars hype, Adam mentioned that he was reading the The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyers. Adam revealed that the Power of Myth influenced George Lucas to create the Force in his Star Wars movies.  Adam and John then pondered how Star Wars, made in 1977 could have been

“Now they’ve combined Star Wars with more Slave material” announced Adam Curry. How can be people be still jacked up over a 30 year old movie? Introducing Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner – Star Wars Shapes. Advertised as a collectors item you don’t actually eat, just like the Star Wars toys you still keep in

During the special edition joke show on Thanksgiving, John Dvorak brought up his love for salamis free of government regulations. Regulated salami’s “taste like crap!” During an Australian broadcast, a NA show producer interviewed a salami expert and asked him silly questions about unregulated salami’s ‘in the morning’. [776.5 :41]

John C. Dvorak reports that when the King of Jordan and his machine gun toting entourage are around San Francisco’s Union Square (usually when attending talks at the Commonwealth Club) they like to visit Morton’s – The Steakhouse. Classic leather booths with old school steakhouse charm, complete with tasty steaks and sides. Save room for the Mac’n

Near the beginning of NA 776, Adam brought up Nick Turse’s new book, Tomorrow’s Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa.   [NA 776 :07]

Dvorak opened NA 775 praising the top quality sauerkraut at San Francisco’s Seakor Polish Delicatessen. Dvorak said it’s made fresh on premises. We’re definitely going to check out Seakor soon! Seakor Polish Delicatessen and Sausage Factory Yelp review 5957 Geary Blvd [map] b/t 24th Ave & 23rd Ave San Francisco, CA 94121 (415) 387-8660 websiteseakordeli.com [NA 775 :01]