In our first show since the last show, we take one single listener question and stretch it into 40 minutes of awesomeness with our friend Adam Nielsen, whom I am certain would like me to mention you can find him at the soon-to-be-newly launched Good-Twin.com. But the show's not about Adam, it's about 36 Point's recommendations for Fall Reading for Graphic Designers (even Superstar® Drew Davies phones his in), broken down into some odd and only loosely-followed guidelines. It's a very fun show, done in a single take, and it caps with a DVD Review of Speed Racer, which does not fare well under our steely gaze.

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Download The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Episode 17 (27 meg) or click here to subscribe directly from the iTunes Music Store.

We'll give more specifics in next weeks podcast, with timelines and such, but here are the first two of three rules to start adding into your current school project: 1) Work a '36' into the design. The bigger the better. And only use black, white, and red. Shades of gray are acceptable, but shades of red (pink) are going to be frowned on.

We'll be posting the best samples after the competition. One student will win a sweet autographed poster to also be announced next week. In the meantime, start thinking with '36' in all of its red and black glory.

Mountain Dew. Greenlabelart.com. Steve's book (a little). My book (more than is healthy). Art Backwash. The Olympics. London 2012. Death Race vs. North by Northwest. This show runs the gamut on just about every possible graphic design end-of-summer topic we could possibly come up with. Steve and Donovan ambush me on my own illustrative-children's-novella, I do my best to answer questions without coming across as a total jerk. Hopefully I cannot has FAIL on that task. The last 120 seconds are a mind-blowing ratta-tat-tat of topic transitions and teases that must be heard to be believed. Also I think we're going to do more movie reviews, too. Thanks for listening, as always -- nv --