18 August 1998

Hi folks,

I'm going to take a couple of days off - I've got the flu (it loves me) again.

I would like to announce that there The Bards of the Xenaverse has now got a new caretaker! BL Miller (a bard who I think is one of the best) has taken over! A Bard to look after the Bard's section...very poetic me thinks :-)

Mary
kira@zip.com.au

• Reposted Festival - Part 3 & 4 (Alt) by Melissa Good

16 August 1998 - Only 41 days to go to Season 4 and Adventures in the Sin Trade - Part 1
(but who's counting....)

Here is an interesting piece of news that was emailed to me. Steve Seers has said in a recent chat that Season 4 will have "more costume changes and LESS Joxer" :-)
Now I'm not a Joxer hater...I liked him in Fins, Femmes & Gems and Sacrifice 2 BUT
I think I've seen enough of him in season 3. This site isn't Joxer Free but then again it's not packed with Ted Raimi/Joxer information! Now for those who are salivating about a Joxer & Gabrielle lovefest in Season 4 - you have about as much chance of that happening as Xena becoming a Hestian Virgin (Pwaise Hestia!) and denouncing violence.

I think we are all suffering from SEVERE  XWS or GWS (depening on your preference!)

• Posted Festival - Part 3 and 4 (Alt) by Melissa Good

Oh folks...check out Lunar's new art - check out the eyes..this one bowled me over!

• Added "The Love I Lost" by Lunar to The Subtext Zone

15 August 1998

The Bitter Suite - Aussies get ripped off

Okay well the episode has finally been shown - actually it's showing now but I'm too disgusted to watch the rest. Channel 10 have TOTALLY butchered this episode beyond belief. They cut the gabdrag - not all of it but sections, they cut inside the purification hut, they cut when Gabrielle comes in and attacks Xena and Xena kills her - they cut the whole scene and they went straight to Ares' song!!! And Gabrielle is lying at her feet dead with NO explanation! My friend Cat is going to be doing a comparison with the episode we have from the US and I will post it as soon as she does.

Australian fans are being ripped off .. I am sick and tired of this. I'm lucky as I get to see the episodes earlier than my Aussie friends but they get a shortened version of the episode with lots more commericals and stuff that doesn't make sense! ARGHHHHHHHHH!

• Created montage called "Soulmates" from artwork by Lunar & XenaArtMaker
• Reposted Tartarus - Chapters 1 - 28  by M Parnell - I've renumbered the page numbers

14 August 1998

HELP WANTED:

I am looking for someone with HTML skills who is eager to be able to take over The Bards of the Xenaverse section of my site.

The Bards of the Xenaverse is an interview with bards section that I would like
to expand. At the moment there are a few bards that have been interviewed. The
person who will be responsible for this section would need to have an
understanding of HTML since they will be doing the coding of the interviews and
general layout of the section. If you're good with graphics that would be an
added bonus :-)

You can apply by emailing me at kira@zip.com.au   and have a sample of the work
you've done.

Click here to go to Bards of the Xenaverse

Thanks.

MaryD

Another magazine alert...must be the week for them :-)

New magazine out now called The Starlog Reporter catering to Aussie fans (sister magazine to
The Starlog Yearbook. Issue #1 (September-November 1998 issue) has an article on Hudson
and has Xena merchandise available in NSW. (Many thanks to Michelle for the info)

• Added Tartarus - Chapters 23 - 28 (Alt) by M. Parnell
• Added Seven Days in Pompeii - Chapters 9 - 11 (Alt) by DJWP
• Fixed link to Family by R. Az
• Updated The Lawless Alert - with Aussie magazine alert
• Updated The Good Ol' Aussie Episode Guide with reviews on Maternal Instincts and Bitter Suite by SLK
• Updated The Good Ol' Aussie Episode Guide with episode for 29 August 1998
• Added transcript from The Adelaide Advertiser - Xena's Suite Sorrow
  - 15 August 1998
• Added transcript from TV Hits - September Issue - Q&A with Lucy

13 August 1998

NEWFLASH: GREAT NEWS FOR AUSSIES!

Xena is back on Australian TV! Just hot off the presses...sort of...

7:30 pm 29 August 1998
One Against An Army

More Aussie Magazine Alerts! - That makes 4 magazines this week!

Who Weekly has an article on Bitter Suite - transcript coming up!

TV Hits has a question and answer segment for Lucy and also the TV Guide photos of Renee! Transcript and photos coming up!

• Added orderinng information about the book On Top Down Under which was featured in the Grace Magazine article on Lucy.
• Updated The Lawless Alert with new magazine alert

12 August 1998

I would like to take this opportunity in thanking Sharon Delaney for all her hard work as President of the Official Xena Fan Club. I think she does a magnificent job. The really good thing about it is that she is a FAN of the show. And it shows...Check out this photo from the Official Photo Club collection. It is one of the most gorgeous photos of Renee O'Connor I have ever seen!

• Added photo of Renee from the episode When In Rome
• Added transcript from TV Week - August 15-21, 1998 - Article on Bitter Suite
• Added transcript from The Adelaide Advertiser (South Australian paper)
  - 5 August 1998 about The Bitter Suite
• Added What Kids Watch & Sydney ratings for XWP to XWP Ratings in Australia
• Added Trust in Her - Part 2 (Alt) by Muzza

11 August 1998

Good New for Aussies about XWP in Australia. I've spoken to a programmer at Channel 10 and he informed me that the show will be back on air in about two weeks! This is definite.

Two new Magazine Alerts for Aussies: This week's TV Week has a half page review of Bitter Suite together with a photo of Xena & Ares.

New Weekly - 17 August 1998 also has an article on Lucy!

• Added article and pictures from New Weekly - 17 August 1998 on Lucy Lawless
• Updated Upcoming Events with TV Alert
• Updated The Lawless Alert with magazine updates
• Posted Chicago 5 AM - Part 5 (Alt) by LN James

10 August 1998

Here's some trivia for non Aussies...Saturday's episode was Maternal Instincts...and you bet Channel 10 cut out one of THE most pivotal scenes in XWP! You all remember the scene...Xena finds Solon dead and cradles him in her arms and SCREAMS. We pan to Callisto who is in raptures and then her face falls realising that it doesn't give her relief. Believe it or not but Channel 10 chose that scene to cut to go to commercial break! Yee gods! I really hate to see what they do to Bitter Suite next week! Hey maybe they will do us all a favour and cut out the first 10 minutes of the GabDrag!! Dang it I should have said that in my email to them!!

For those going to Dragon Con there is something special awaiting you...oh yes indeedy
Two of my friends are going to be there (and no I won't be there...boo hiss...) and these two are something special. Melissa Good and Joanna Sandsmark - now there's a combo you DON'T want to miss! Missy writes some of the best fanfic in the xenaverse and out of it and Joanna - Joanna is one hell of a writer and the creator of one of my favourite "characters"...The Greek Chorus!! If you are a fan of WordWarior..well then you're in for another surprise :-) Wordee will be there...Joanna will be there...these two could be twins :-)
You have no idea what I'm talking about? Go to DragonCon and find out :-)

But wait there's more (I knew I would utter that line! *chuckle*)

At DragonCon you are going to witness a parody of Bitter Suite called Bitter Treat. Believe me folks I've read reviews of this parody and it will blow your socks off. So if you want to know more about Dragoncon...go directly to the DragonCon page at

http://www.dragoncon.org/

and check out the details! To borrow Lunacy's favourite saying...IT'S HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

• Added Festival - Part 2 (Alt) by Melissa Good
• Added If Ingmar Berman Directed a Xena Episode by Joanna
• Added Lost in Translation (Alt) by L. Graham
• Added link to The Blue Quill on main Fan Fiction Page

8 August 1998

Montage Update:

• Created montage called "Lucy Frances"...about the Flawless one of course ;-)
• Created new section to XIP - The Animated Xena..kids I think I have way too much time on my hands...<vbg>
• Added article from Woman's Day - 10 August 1998 - Article on Lucy
• Added article from Curve Magazine - August Issue - Article on Renee
• Updated The ROC File with magazine alert
• Added Forests of Eyulf: Instincts of Blue - Part 4 by Tammy
  

7 August 1998

MONTAGE UPDATE:

• Created Hercules & Xena: Unchained Heart and added to MaryD's Montages
• Reworked Ares: God of War montage and added to MaryD's Montages

6 August 1998

Added three new bards  - Redhawk, Trey and R. Az to The Bard's Corner

• Posted Only One (Alt) by Redhawk
• Posted Maybe Angels (Alt) by Trey
• Posted Turning Point by R. Az
• Posted Sins of the Father (Alt) by R. Az
• Posted The Warrior Bard (Alt) by R. Az
• Posted Blood-Lust and God-Blood (Alt) by R. Az
• Posted Windsong (Alt) by R. Az
• Posted Love Triangle (Alt) by R. Az
• Posted Family (Alt) by R. Az
• Posted Crime and Punishment (Alt) by R. Az
• Posted Seven Days in Pompeii - Chapter 8 (Alt) by DJWP

5 August 1998

CHANNEL 10 XENA NEWS: There might be some light at the end of this dark tunnel...check out AusNews for further details....

• Updated AusNews with information about Channel 10 and Xena - Latest Info
• Added the start of another epic by Melissa Good - Festival - Part 1 (Alt)
• Added Aftermath: The Tree of Life - Part 2 by XWP Fanatic
• The long awaited Passage Into Darkness - Part 5 by Silk is now online
• Added transcript from The Dominion Newspaper - Wellington NZ 5 August 1998
  Lucy's answer to Madeline's Anti-Nuke question :-)
• Added Seven Days in Pompeii - Chapters 6 and 7 (Alt) by DJWP

• Created new montage "Standing by your friends..."
• Posted a revised version of Dimension of the Heart (Alt) by Blue
• Posted a revised version of New Dimensions(Alt) by Blue
• Posted a revised version of Dimension's Hope (Alt) by Blue
• Added transcript of article from Houston Chronicle - 2 August 1998 - Article on Renee
• Added Australia wide ratings for XWP in the month of July
• Added new section - The Palace Upcoming Events Page. Check out what's hot at the palace!
• Added Upcoming events for 2 - 8 August 1998 at The Palace