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The Zocalo Today
Welcome to the Zocalo Today. Take your shoes off, get comfortable and stay a while.
The Zocalo Today is an interactive newsletter devoted to Babylon 5 and Crusade. If
you have suggestions, please send them along. The Zocalo Today is as much YOUR
newsletter as it is mine! I'm just pulling together things for you! Our weekly
discussion topic is just one way you can interact with other Z readers. Send along
letters, sightings of B5 cast & crew in other projects, convention
reports, photos, etc. Don't miss our back issues. There is a LOT of information
contained there and you'll not want to miss anything.
A lot of people got very excited the other day -- there were some actual Babylon 5 props for sale out at e-bay. It was a
small lot of patches, but there was a Londo pin and some PPGs. Anyway, the bidding was hot and people who finally won items
couldn't wait until they received them. Now the other shoe is dropping!
All auction items were pulled and returned to the consignee. JMS called the seller and had the auction halted. Major disappointment!
Guess they are not ready to sell off items yet. Does indicate there's a market for them though! Hint, hint!
Everyone had a great time with Andreas at FarPoint a couple of weeks ago. Dawn and Connie sent in their favorite photos
to be posted in the Photo Gallery. Take a peek.
I've updated the JMS Speaks section a bit. There's a new interview and a new reference to
B5 comics!
John Vickery -- Neroon to B5 fans -- has been enjoying a wonderful in the stage version of "Lion King". The LATimes.com
has a wonderful story on him and the role. There is a marvelous review of the show in the
Hollywood Reporter.
On October 23, SCIFI will begin a West Coast feed of it's program schedule. What does that mean for you? B5 at 7pm instead
of 4pm in the afternoon! Check your local listings to make sure of the change. Now THIS should help ratings!
It is always wonderful to see Babylon 5 mentioned at other website -- especially those that deal with hard subjects,
like space. Over at space.com, you'll find a wonderful article entitled
'Signs and Portents' - A B5 Milestone Remembered. This is a great website, mixing space science with science fiction.
GREAT NEWS!!!!
The numbers ae out for Babylon 5's first week at SCIFI. They are in the top 10! Here are the statistics:
Invisible Man 1.4
Species II 1.4
Raiders of Lost Ark 1.3
Chameleon 1.2
John Edward 1.0
Darwin Conspiracy 1.0
The Outer Limits 0.9
Babylon 5 0.8
Farscape Marathon 0.8
Alien 3 0.8
Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 9/25/00 - 10/1/00
This week, political ads featuring John McCain will begin airing from Sherman Oaks to Thousand Oaks in California
endorsing Jerry Doyle's campaign for Congress.
In checking the calendar ahead for Babylon 5 on SCIFI, I find that "In the Beginning" will air on Friday, November 10 at
9pm and again at 12:00AM. "The Gathering" will be rebroadcast in December!
Want to know more about "Midnight Nation"? There's a review of the latest issue over at
IGN.COM. Have to admit -- this one I agree with.
I noticed this posting out at the B5 newsgroup and thought you might be interested:
These are the bookface.com top 10 list!
1 Out of the Darkness: Legions of Fire Book III (Bablyon 5) by Peter David (Chapter)
2 Tribulations by J. Michael Straczynski (Book)
3 CRUSADE: "Value Judgements" by Fiona Avery (Script)
4 Crusade: "To The Ends of the Earth" by J. Michael Straczynski (Script)
5 Dune: House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Chapter)
6 Crusade: "End of the Line" by J. Michael Straczynski (Script)
7 Slaves of Obsession by Anne Perry (Chapter)
8 We Killed Them In The Ratings by J. Michael Straczynski (Short Story)
9 Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything by James Gleick (Book)
10 Variations on a Theme by Fiona Avery (Short Story)
Neil Gaiman, author of B5's "Day of the Dead", will be donating the original manuscript for his BBC TV series Neverwhere,
as well as manuscript pages from the novel based on the series, for an auction to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense
Fund. The auction will begin on ebay.com on October 16 and end of October 26. For
more details check out SciFiWire or
the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund .
JMS has a weekly column at the new psycomic.com site.
JMS' column is entitled, "Letters From the Edge." This week's installment is entitled "On a Web and a Prayer." Joe
talks about his upcoming Amazing Spiderman duties. I hadn't noticed before, but psycomics.com is a SCIFI operation.
Sierra is giving away promotional materials from the canceled Into the Fire game. They have a mousepad, a poster,
and/or a watch. They're free, except for shipping. http://www.sierra.com/b5
will take you to the order page.
This sounds the death knell for the game -- and means that the last remaining unseen footage of the cast and crew will
remain unseen.
I got my mousepad and watch last night. This graphic doesn't do the mousepad justice. And the
watch is very nifty as well. Super service.
A good piece for new fans can be found over at
http://scifi.ign.com/tv/5364.html. It covers the series very well, giving background on each
of the seasons.
There's been a lot of comment about how the pilot was shown, since it was not shot in widescreen, but SCIFI elected to show
it in a quasi-letterbox format. Ranger Brian did a quick comparison for us. Thanks Brian.
The Bill Mumy Fan Club has a project and they need your help. They would love to get at Hollywood
Walk of Fame Star for Bill. If you would like to help, go to
Fan Club Projects page for more details.
NEWS AROUND THE SCI-FI GENRE
Friday, October 20:
Kevin Sorbo is talking about Andromeda over at cinescape.com. He liked the transition
he's made from Hercules and hopes that everyone will enjoy his portrayal of Dylan Hunt.
The Fleetwood Owen online auction house is taking bids for props and costumes
from Ridley Scott's 1979 SF classic movie Alien. The items include unpublished production stills, an original alien costume,
a complete spacesuit worn by Kane (John Hurt) and a flamethrower used by Ripley (Sigourney Weaver). The auction runs through
Nov. 1. Fleetwood Owen is run in part by Fleetwood Mac band member Mick Fleetwood.
Neil Gaiman fans: There's a interview out on fandom.com. He talks about his latest novel,
"American Gods" and upcoming projects.
Thursday, October 19:
Sending missions into space has become fairly routine -- except for those directly involved. It's fascinating to read
stories on the CNN page about the latest mission and the spacewalks they have performed to repair equipment, etc. The
latest crew should be home in a few days and we wish them good luck in the successful completion of their mission.
Want a little spoiler information about the upcoming Jurasic Park #3? There's a story about some of Laura Dern's scenes over
at cinescape.com.
EON Magazine reports that: John Travolta left a crowd of journalists stunned at a press conference promoting his new movie
LUCKY NUMBERS. He not only claimed BATTLEFIELD: EARTH would be seen one day as a science fiction classic (????) but that
he is STILL going ahead with the sequel.
Not exactly sci-fi, but there's a new Love Bug movie on the horizon for Disney. Film makers are scrambling to get new productions
finished before a much anticipated actors strike against producers. The big question here is: Will Herbie be the new model
VW or the old, loveable one?
Wednesday, October 18:
After an impressive premiere, Fox's Freakylinks saw its audience drop 25 per cent. Like all new shows, it's under a
microscope to see if it can maintain any sort of viewer base.
While I LOVE Scooby Do (although he will NEVER replace Daffy Duck or Marvin the Martian), what do you think of a live-action
movie? Variety reports that WB will produce the movie, to be written by James Gunn and directed by Raja Gosnell.
Here's a different sounding movie for you. From the Hollywood Reporter: Matthew McConaughey is set to star opposite Christian Bale in "Reign of Fire,"
an action feature with fire-breathing dragons for the Walt Disney Co.-based Spyglass Entertainment and director Rob Bowman.
"Reign" is scheduled to begin shooting in February in the United Kingdom. Set in England, "Reign" centers on a brood of dragons
that establish dominance over the planet after they emerge from the earth and begin setting fire to everything. McConaughey
will play the head of an American militia that has come to England to battle the dragons.
Empire Online reports that Pinewood and Shepperton, the two biggest film studios in the country, have been given the greenlight
for a merger which could change the face of the British film industry.
Over at IGN.COM there's a not too complimentary review of Andromeda. I hope
people will give it a chance. A lot of series pilots aren't the greatest!
Tuesday, October 17: Cinescape.com is reporting that Xena will end with this, it's sixth season. The
announcement came yesterday, indicating that they will fulfill the current 22-episode season and resolve a number of the
issues related to the show.
Roswell is in trouble. The show's second season premiere attracted 4.1 million viewers, better than its first-season
average audience of 3.5 million, but below the level needed to continue. Last week's second episode drew 3.9 million
viewers, which was a 39 percent decline from its lead-in, 7th Heaven. "The WB will be watching it closely over the next
few months to determine its future."
Monday, October 16:
ANGEL Fans: Over at fandom.com, there
is a wonderful review of the series and turns it is taking for season two.
Sunday, October 15:
If you enjoyed the first two episodes of Andromeda, you will want to get to know the cast of Andromeda
a little better. There is an extensive series of interview video clips available, including a chat with
co-Exeuctive Producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe over at
www.andromedatv.com.
Saturday, October 14:
Will Buffy be moving to ABC? That's the latest rumor. I suppose a lot hinges on current negotiations between WB and
20th Century Fox. Can't hurt that another network is interested!
The numbers are in for the second episode of "Dark Angel". They didn't do badly against the competition.
BABYLON 5 WEBSITES
Here is a site that you'll want to visit -- and visit often. It's PERFECT for the new viewer -- and the old one! It has
something for EVERYONE! The site is http://hyperspace.isnnews.net.
The site's divisions are the major races of the show -- Centauri, Narn, Earth Force, etc. It gives background about each
race, shows some of their ships, gives you some very good graphics as well.
Do you have a favorite Babylon 5 or Crusade website? Want to see it featured here? Drop me a line -- let's talk.
PROCTOR & GAMBLE BOYCOTT
I posted information about a boycott of P&G yesterday and a few folks pointed out that perhaps there is
another side to the story. I've taken down the notice and will try to get more information on why the
boycott was called.
If anyone has more background information on this situation, please drop me a line. Thanks.
SCIOGRAPHY
The Sciography episode about Babylon 5 MAY NOT air on SCIFI. Only time will tell on this one. However, I have been a
little concerned about the program from the get-go. Their advertisements made the program seem more like an expose than
a documentary! I had hoped that this was a way of getting people interested in the program -- not an indication of the
direction the program would go. Since I'm not sure what the program contains, I'm not sure if I want to support an airing
of the program! It's like buying something sight-unseen. If we enjoy it -- wonderful. If it tears down the B5 universe
we all love -- we would NOT be happy campers.
So for this reason, I'm taking down the article supporting Sciography's return to the SCIFI schedule.
UPCOMING CHATS
Paul Ben-Victor, Hobbes from The Invisible Man, will be over at SCIFI chatting on October 17 at 9pm ET. To join the
chat, go to www.scifi.com/chat.
Stan Lee, mastermind behind such characters as Spiderman, the X-Men, and The Incredible Hulk, will be chatting over at
Lycos next week, October 19 at 8pm ET; 5pm PT. For details on the chat, go to
http://clubs.lycos.com/live/events/stan_lee.asp.
NEW SHOWS DISCUSSION
So what do you think of the new shows so far? Did Andromeda do anything for you? Did you enjoy the pilot movie for
Dark Angel? What about Freaky Links or any of the other new series on TV? Drop me a line and I'll post your comments.
It will be interesting to see if we share any of the same opinions!
Delenn in Hungary reports that: Babylon 5 is now in the middle of Season 4. (october 2000)
Channel: RTL Klub
Time: every Saturday, 14.10 PM
Beginning: (Gathering and Season 1.) 22. 11. 1997. on channel TV3.
Beginning: (Season 2.-3.-4.-5.) 12. 11. 1999. on channel RTL Klub.
In Hungary is yet first time Babylon 5 on TV, but many from us have seen the
show (all 5 seasons) on german satellite channels). And we have the B5 films
also.
Ranger Maria from Spain has reports that after two years of waiting, season four of Babylon 5 is going
to be shown in Spain. It begins October, 18th at 22:00 P.M. in the channel AXN which is alvailabe in
the Satellite Network Canal Satélite Digital.
Ranger Sarah has talked to SCIFI in the UK. She has been assured that B5 is due to run again in the UK beginning
Monday 20th November 2000. There will be two episodes a day, at 8am and 2pm, with the latter being a repeat of the
earlier episode.
Crusade
Ranger David reports that Canal + will run Crusade every Sunday at 4:45 PM. It will begin October, 8th.
If you have information about when and where Babylon 5 or Crusade is airing in your country, send it along and we'll
post the information here to be shared with everyone.
BABYLON 5 CAST ON THE TUBE THIS WEEK
Gary Cole
Office Space
Mike Judge (.Beavis & Butt-head.) directed this crude
workplace comedy about a stressed out computer
programmer (Ron Livingston) who plots against the
world of corporate downsizing. Joanna: Jennifer Aniston.
Bill: Gary Cole. Anne: Alexandra Wentworth. Samir: Ajay
Naidu. Michael: David Herman.
Date Channel
Thu 19 9:30 AM ET HBOPL
Fri 20 12:45 AM ET HBOPL
SEEING EAR THEATRE
"Samuel Beckett, Your Ride is Here", is now available at the Seeing Ear Theatre .
The introduction to the story reads:
Surrealism. Existentialism. Minimalism. Stream of Consciousness. Spaceships. What, you expected something ordinary in the
City of Dreams?
"When you experiment in audio, you can do only so many things with tricks. At some point you have to dive into the form
of the narrative itself. So I wanted to try something that played with stream of consciousness, surrealism, minimalism
and existentialism, but without losing some SF touchstones. Hence, this week's episode. One long and very weird conversation.
And no tricks."
Already released at SET are:
"Night Calls" featuring Tim Curry.
"The Tolling of the Hour" featuring Campbell Scott.
"The Friends of Jackie Clay" featuring Merwin Goldsmith.
"Rolling Thunder" featuring Andre Braugher
"The Damned are Playing at Godzilla's Tonight" featuring Steve Buscemi
"MCSD 00121J" From: Manasee County Sheriff's Department Manasee County, New Jersey
This is radio drama at it's BEST, so don't miss one episode.
BABYLON 5 NOVEL -- OUT SOON
Bookface.com will have the first chapter of this latest novel out soon, so be sure to drop over to
www.bookface.com.
Peter David's final installment of this marvelous Centauri Trilogy, Babylon 5: Out of the Darkness
Legions of Fire Book III, is scheduled for October/November release. The
DelRey website has a brief synopsis of the novel up right now. Just search on author Peter David. Now
would be a perfect time to wander over to your local bookstore and see if they have ordered copies of the
novel!
MIDNIGHT NATION #2 - IS OUT
JMS' new book about a hard-nosed homicide detective investigating what looks like another drug-related murder is out.
I picked up some extra issues on Friday -- so if you want one, let me know.
Ranger Dan has written a review of Issue #1. Check it out on the
Review Page. There are spoilers included in the review, so consider yourself warned!
RISING STARS - ISSUE #11
As the saga of Rising Stars continues, the Specials are seriously raging out of control. Whatever ties they
once had are being unraveled. Sides have been chosen and in their minds, this battle will not end with survivors.
The safety of Earth is being jeopardized with every minute that passes.
Shipping October 18
Over at IGN.COM they have a synopsis of the latest issue.
CHATS TRANSCRIPTS
JERRY DOYLE - Despite a cold, Jerry spent about 75 minutes on-line answering questions over at SCIFI Tuesday night. There
were a good number of folks in the room, hope you enjoyed the conversation as much as I did. Jerry talked about his campaign
(can't wait for them to release the lastest poll results!), working on Babylon 5, staying in touch with cast and crew, rumors
of a new B5 movie, etc. SCIFI has the transcript up at
http://www.scifi.com/transcripts/2000/jerrydoyle.html.
On Thursday night, RICHARD BIGGS spent about 60 minutes answering questions from fans -- ranging from what fatherhood is like to
his idea of an ideal project. The transcript should be available from Yahoo soon.
Over the past few months, we've done a number of on-line chats with Babylon 5 cast members. To
read the transcripts of the chats, visit the TNT website.
The transcripts are located in the archive.
Pat Tallman and Jeffrey Willerth's chat transcripts from September 12 and September 19 are up at Galactic
Gateway in the Black Hole Theater under Comet Tales.
BABYLON 5/CRUSADE PHOTOSHOP NEW PHOTOS
Check out the Photo Shop. Ordering is easy!
If you would like to see more cast members added to the PhotoShop, drop me a note and I'll see what I can do.
KEEPING UP WITH CAST AND CREW
The beautiful Pat Tallman has worked with Penny Lane, an organization that benefits abused children, for many years.
She was recently recognized by the organization for all her hard work in raising over $50,000 to build the Pat Tallman
C.A.R.E. (computer, achievement, research, esteem) Computer Lab. The lab offers children an opportunity to learn computer
skills and develop career objectives. Pat raised funds through autograph sales and she continues to be devoted to the
organization. We applaud her in her efforts. (The photo shows Pat holding the Blue
Skies Award for Brightening the Lives of Children.)
Peter Woodward, David Allen Brooks and Maggie Egan are in Australia for the "Best of Both Worlds" convention. I understand
that Tracy Scoggins had to cancel at the last minute, but Virginia Hey from Farscape was more than an adequate substitute.
Hope they have a wonderful time. Great city; great people.
Marjean Holden is busy over at Beastmaster. Drop over and read
all about her new, mysterious character Arina.
Jason Carter will be in an upcoming episode of "Charmed". He will not, however, be playing the Devil. He
will be playing Andras, The Demon of Rage in Episode 6 titled "Power Outage". The episode is currently scheduled
to air on November 16 in the US on the WB Network.
Joshua Cox (Lt. Corwin) has a recurring role as a male nurse in a new
series on Lifetime Cable entitled "Strong Medicine". Read about it at:
http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/strongmedicine/cast/coxx.html
Robin Atkin Downes is currently portraying Dracula at the Hermose Playhouse! The play runs from October 19-26,
Tuesday thru Saturday nights at 8pm.
Robin has a new clip available at his website. It includes a sequence from "Charmed" and some of his
favorite Babylon 5 segments. Check it out at http://byron.b5.net/radtape.ram
FARSCAPE FANS -- NEW BOOK AVAILABLE
A new illustrated companion is available for Farscape. Ranger Dave has done a fantastic review of the new publication
for us. Go to Reviews to see what he has to say.
BABYLON 5 MERCHANDISE
BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB
Sad news. The Fan Club has been caught in the woes of Netter Digital. The company filed for bankruptcy
some months ago and the Club has been entangled in that. I would advise you to not order material through
http://www.thestation.com until things are ironed out. JMS
will be having the site taken down. Hopefully things will be straightened out soon and the site will be
back in business before too long.
SCI-FI STORE
To help celebrate the arrival of W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N Babylon 5 on SCIFI,
we're offering WIDESCREEN savings of up to 87% off lots of cool B5
collectibles!
Pick up Babylon 5 cast photos, regularly $5.95 each for just $2.95 each!
Wanna save even more? Grab a set of 20 assorted Bab 5 photos, a $119.00
value, for just $14.95! That's a savings of over 87%!
Take $10.00 off the price of Babylon 5 t-shirts, normally $17.95, now just
$7.95! Pewter B5 keyrings that sell for as much as $10.00 are now just
$1.95!
Please note, this merchandise is available in limited quantities for a
limited time. Once they're gone, they're gone for good! Check out the
savings now at: http://store.scifi.com/special/b5 .
Of course, SCIFI Store is still your source for everything Farscape, Star
Trek, MST3K, Star Wars, Buffy and more. But right now, we're offering the
most incredible WIDESCREEN savings ever on Babylon 5 merchandise.
SCIFI Store is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, either
ONLINE or TOLL-FREE via phone or fax. To get a free copy of the new, 48
page, full color SCIFI Store print catalog, please visit:
http://store.scifi.com/catalog.
BABYLON 5 CD OFFER
Sonic Images is running a fantastic deal on Babylon 5 Episodic CDs.
We are offering this special discount when purchasing a minimum of 3 CDs.
Buy any 3 (three) or more Episodic CDs to complete your collection and
receive a 46% discount. You save $5.05 per CD!
When purchasing 5 (five) or more Episodic CDs you will receive a 46%
discount AND get the new release of Sonic Images Prime Time for FREE!!!!!
Sonic Images Prime Time is a great collection of original main titles and
music from America's favorite prime time TV series.
Hurry!!! This offer is only valid until Oct/11/2000.
(Add tax and shipping)
Let's talk about season one. We've seen about half of it now. What do you think are some of
the most significant moments? Was "Signs and Portents" the biggest episode the biggest arc
story? Or was it "And A Sky Full of Stars?"
If you are like me, sometimes you can't find the e-mail address for someone you know has either
responded to a discussion topic or you met over in one of the chat rooms and would like to send
along a personal note. How would a reader's directory sound? A White Pages of Zocalo Readers!
Think that would be useful? If so, send in your name, state, e-mail address and (if you'd like to have it
listed) birthday (without year) to sgbruckner@aol.com. I'll begin pulling together a directory of
readers.
I've started to pull this together. Check out the Directory of
Readers.
SCI-FI SCHEDULE
Sci-Fi's Schedule Ahead for Babylon 5 is:
Season One ("Signs and Portents")
Air Date Title
October 18 Eyes
October 19 Legacies
October 20 A Voice in the Wilderness part 1
October 23 A Voice in the Wilderness part 2
October 24 Babylon Squared
October 25 The Quality of Mercy
October 26 Chrysalis
October 27 Points of Departure
October 30 Revelations
November 2 A Distant Star
November 3 The Long Dark
November 6 Spider in the Web
November 7 Soul Mates
November 8 A Race Through Dark Places
November 9 The Coming of Shadows
November 10 Gropos
November 10 9:00 PM In the Beginning
November 10 12:00AM In the Beginning
NEW BABYLON 5 TOONS
John Cook has a new cartoon contest going. Try your hand at a punch line.
Old friend, Tye Bourdony has sent in another marvelous cartoon! I hope you enjoy this one.
SCI-FI PUBLICATIONS
Andromeda claims the front page of the latest TV Zone. Also in the issue: Stargate, First Wave,
Angel and a lot more.
I have updated the Other Publications Page with current
issues from TV Zone and Cult Times. Just picked up this month's issue of StarLog (Issue #279) and
it has a LOT of interesting material inside. On the cover you'll see the cast of Andromeda.
Inside there is a fascinating article on the aliens associated with Farscape. Joe Nazzarro
talks to the fantastic team at Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
If you are interested in having your own copy of any issue mentioned, let me know.
Current issues are rather easy to come up with -- and I know there are a lot of Farscape & Stargate fans here. Let me
know if I can get you a copy of TV Zone, Starburst or Dreamwatch.
BABYLON 5 REFERENCE PAGES
The Official Babylon 5 Magazine is indexed here as well. With the closure of the magazine in May, you'll want
to see which magazines you have -- and which ones you will want to collect. The index may help you make a decision
on which ones to choose. The Fan Club has many of the issues at thestation.com ,
making it very easy to complete your collection.
Universe Today -- the Babylon 5 Fan Club quarterly can also be found here. The index gives you a
rundown of what articles were presented, what interviews published.
If you have magazines that have featured Babylon 5 or Crusade that are not listed, send along their issue
number and a note to indicate what the article was about. It would be nice to have a fairly comprehensive
listing of Babylon 5 publications here.
MAILING LISTS
THE GALACTIC GATEWAY
A new list has just started for The Galactic Gateway. This site now has Jeffrey Willerth, Patricia
Tallman, Mira Furlan, Claudia Christian, Robin Atkin Downes, Rick Biggs, Jerry Doyle, Bruce Boxleitner, Melissa
Gilbert, Peter Jurasik and Bill Mumy under one umbrella. The Gateway will be growing with more cast members being
added. To subscribe to the mailing list, send a blank note to thegalacticgateway-subscribe@egroups.com.
SAVE CRUSADE MAILING LIST
The "Save Crusade" mailing list has just topped 300! The purpose is to gather together people interested in saving
Crusade and to identify people who can help with the effort. To join the mailing list, drop a blank note to
savecrusade-subscribe@egroups.com. If you have a problem getting on, drop me a note and I'll add your e-mail
address manually.
DOYLE FOR CONGRESS
If you have not visited Jerry's website in a while, you might want to do so. The campaign is coming to a close and
Jerry has been making up ground on opponent Brad Sherman daily. He has recently received endorsements from people like
John McCain! Stephen Austin (Pak'Ma'Ra Ambassador from Babylon 5) has just been added to the staff as Volunteer Coordinator,
so if you would like to help Jerry as election day approaches, please drop Stephen a note at volunteer@doyleforcongress.com.
Jerry's website is full of information as well, so be sure to visit
www.doyleforcongress.com.
BABYLON 5 FORUM
Ranger Anthony has started a forum at delphi.com called Babylon 5: The Followers Forum... for people who
follow Babylon 5.
The URL is http://www.delphi.com/bab5. Looking for a place to
discuss the show, why not see what Anthony has to offer.
On the first Sunday of the month, there is a chat at Groucho's Babylon 5 Calvalcade beginning at 5:30pm ET.
Groucho's is a good place to drop over
and chat anytime.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS
The Art Gallery at The Zocalo Today is open. There
are SO MANY talented people in our Babylon 5 community. We have enjoyed works by Todd Brugman and Tye Bourdony
on our toons page, but there are a host of others who enjoy drawing, painting, sketching their favorite characters.
Here are a few works that have been received. I have some others that will be added soon.
If you would like to share your work with us at The Zocalo Today, please send along a digital photo of your
work and I'll begin putting the gallery together. If you do not have your work in digital format, drop me
a note and we'll see what we can work out.
CALLING ALL CLUBS
There are a number of fabulous Babylon 5/Crusade Clubs around the world. I'd like to begin listing them here
on The Zocalo Today. Eric dropped me a note the other day providing information about a Club in France. I know
there are other clubs in Brazil, Germany, Russia -- and who knows how many here in the US. Let's get a
listing together. Perhaps we can share resources, even get together as we travel around. Drop the information
about your Club to me at sgbruckner@aol.com or bruckner@isnnews.net. That information will be added to the
new B5 Fan Club Listing.
We have a new addition from HUNGARY! I hope that others will send along their information for posting.
CALLING REVIEWERS
Have you read the Babylon 5 books? Do you want to share a review? Want to voice an opinion? Here's the place
to do it! Send along your review or opinion about any of the Babylon 5 books. It will be posted on the Review
Page for others to read -- and comment about!
BABYLON 5 NEWSLETTERS
If you have a newsletter you'd like to have listed at The Zocalo Today, send the information along. It
will be posted on the B5 Fan Club/Newsletter page.
BABYLON 5/CRUSADE CONVENTIONS
CONVENTION CALENDAR
Want to know what conventions are ahead for the Babylon 5 and/or Crusade cast and crew? Use this link
Convention Calendar.
CONVENTION ALERT
Stephen Austin has been added to the guest roster of Starz2000!
Bill Mumy will be participating in Mid-Ohio-Con 2000! Dates: November 25-26, 2000 in Columbus, Ohio.
CONVENTION ATTENDANCE
Are you attending one of the conventions on the calendar? Or another one perhaps? Do you want to see
who else might be there? Drop your e-mail address to TheZocalo@aol.com.
We've begun an attendance page so that perhaps we can get together while enjoying the activities of the
convention. Convention Attendance .
CONVENTION REPORTS
There are a number of good pictures from DragonCon and Agamemcon over in the
Photo Gallery.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Starz 2000
October 21-22, 2000; Salem, VA
Guest: Richard Biggs, Maggie Egan, Stephen Austin
For more information, visit their website at
http://iann.net/starz2000/ .
Vulkon
October 27-29, 2000; Cleveland, Ohio
Place: Holiday Inn Strongville
Guest: Andreas Katsulas, Julie Caitlin Brown, Peter Woodward
For more information, visit their website at http://www.vulkon.com or send an e-mail note to joemotes@aol.com. JVL-CON 2000
October 28-29, 2000; Janesville, Wisconsin
Guest: Tim Choate, Bill Blair
There are some new and interesting items in the Trading Post. Take a look. If you have
items you'd like to trade, post a note here. If you need a particular item, the Trading Post or Message
Board could help you find it. Use this link to see what is listed. Trading Post.
To have items included in The Trading Post, send a note to The Zocalo. Please put Trading Post
in the subject line.
Pen Pals
If you are looking for someone to talk about Babylon 5 and Crusade with, the Pen Pal section is for you!
Check it out! Drop a note to someone who is feeling B5 withdrawal -- BIG TIME!
People thought a Pen Pal page was a good idea. If you would like to meet people who you could chat with or share your
opinions of the show with, send along your e-mail or snail-mail address The Zocalo.
It will be incorporated on the new Pen Page Page.
IMPORTANT DATES AND BABYLON 5 HISTORY
October Birthdays
Jeff Conaway - October 5
John Vulich - October 10
John Copeland - October 13
Linda Huse - October 16
Have I missed anyone? If you know the birthday of someone connected with Babylon 5, pass the information
along. We want to include everyone in our Happy Birthday Wishes.
To follow Babylon 5/Crusade history, visit the new
History Page for all significant dates in August! This is an extract from Terry Jones' wonderful
Babylon 5 Chronology.
MAIL FOR CAST AND CREW
Here's a recent note from JMS on the subject:
Just an FYI to those who've been using the Ventura Blvd. mail drop for fan mail
to actors....
As mentioned before, we're phasing out the forwarding of fan mail because we a)
don't have the resources, complicated by b) the actors have scattered to the
four winds, and it makes it very difficult to get everything to everybody in a
timely fashion.
So, having provided prior notice...fan mail to actors coming to the Ventura
Blvd. mail drop will be sent back. Mail to actors should be sent via their
official fan clubs. I will still be taking mail there, since it's my mailbox,
but that's it.
Just so's y'all know and save a few bucks on postage and returns.
JMS' mail can be sent to:
14431 Ventura Boulevard, PMB 260
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
BACK ISSUES OF THE ZOCALO TODAY
The front page of the The Zocalo Today changes daily, so be sure to check the back issues to make sure that you haven't missed
anything IMPORTANT! I don't want the front page getting too long so I shift information periodically into the archives.
So if you aren't a regular visitor to The Zocalo Today, be sure to check out the back issues. Just use the button above!
The Zocalo - Today, August 5
PDF and DOC formats of the latest Zocalo Today are available for downloading. If you would like to have a hard-copy version of the newsletter,
you can download either The Zocalo Today in PDF or in
Word format. Previous issues are available in the Archives under Back Issues.
HELP!!!
NEW FLYER AVAILABLE: If you would like to take some flyers to a convention to help spread the word that The Zocalo is here and ready to
provide you with information on everything Babylon 5 and Crusade! drop me a line. I'll be glad to send you some in the mail. I've created
a PDF file that can be downloaded and printed. Flyer Thanks for helping to spread the word about The Z!
Take care and I look forward to hearing from you. Sandra Bruckner (sgbruckner@aol.com)
Editor/Publisher
The Zocalo Today
http://zocalo.isnnews.net
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There's been a lot of comment about how the pilot was shown, since it was not shot in widescreen, but SCIFI elected to show
it in a quasi-letterbox format. Ranger Brian did a quick comparison for us. Thanks Brian.
Thursday, October 19:
Here is a site that you'll want to visit -- and visit often. It's PERFECT for the new viewer -- and the old one! It has
something for EVERYONE! The site is http://hyperspace.isnnews.net.
The site's divisions are the major races of the show -- Centauri, Narn, Earth Force, etc. It gives background about each
race, shows some of their ships, gives you some very good graphics as well.
"Samuel Beckett, Your Ride is Here", is now available at the Seeing Ear Theatre .
The introduction to the story reads: 
As the saga of Rising Stars continues, the Specials are seriously raging out of control. Whatever ties they
once had are being unraveled. Sides have been chosen and in their minds, this battle will not end with survivors.
The safety of Earth is being jeopardized with every minute that passes. 
I got my mousepad and watch last night. This graphic doesn't do the mousepad justice. And the
watch is very nifty as well. Super service.
The beautiful Pat Tallman has worked with Penny Lane, an organization that benefits abused children, for many years.
She was recently recognized by the organization for all her hard work in raising over $50,000 to build the Pat Tallman
C.A.R.E. (computer, achievement, research, esteem) Computer Lab. The lab offers children an opportunity to learn computer
skills and develop career objectives. Pat raised funds through autograph sales and she continues to be devoted to the
organization. We applaud her in her efforts. (The photo shows Pat holding the Blue
Skies Award for Brightening the Lives of Children.)
Marjean Holden is busy over at 
Robin Atkin Downes is currently portraying Dracula at the Hermose Playhouse! The play runs from October 19-26,
Tuesday thru Saturday nights at 8pm.
Andromeda claims the front page of the latest TV Zone. Also in the issue: Stargate, First Wave,
Angel and a lot more.
I have updated the 
If you are interested in having your own copy of any issue mentioned, let me know.
Current issues are rather easy to come up with -- and I know there are a lot of Farscape & Stargate fans here. Let me
know if I can get you a copy of TV Zone, Starburst or Dreamwatch.
October Birthdays