• The schedule — Live programming kicks off every M-F morning, starting at 8 PM pacific time (11 AM EST). Both shows, “Plus One”, and “Get Jobs”, run back to back, for two hours each. After that, it’s a mixed bag of podcasts for the next 20 hours (and all weekend).
• Follow the new live shows on their own Twitter feeds, where you can get direct links to the programs advertisers as the live ads are read, and more exclusive show content. @PlusOnePerDiem & @JandBobGetJobs.
• Twitter user @eriefeed came up with a workaround for those of you using Windows Mobile devices and looking to listen to the live feeds – Check out his deets here. For those of you without a Stitcher Radio option, or users of ORB technology on Windows, this is a dream come true. Great work to scooper Brian on the discovery.

You can listen to SIR, live, in real-time, and FREE, via the widget in our right NavBar, and of course, via the official SModcast Internet Radio portal.

The event, however, that’s got fans most excited has to be “SMorgy”. This show, basically the Vulgarthon of SModcast podcasts (and then some), will allow fans to spend an entire overnight in the new Lovitz Podcasting Theater at Universary Citywalk, and feature over a day straight of SModcast podcasts, unprecedented access to its stars, an exclusive sleepover nightshirt, and more. Last week, Kevin and Jen promised full details on this event on “Plus One” today, so we’re hoping for more deets on today’s program. If you’re a fan and have the means, this will be THE event to attend in 2011, no question about it. Kevin and Jen did reveal that attendees will have free access to come and go from the theater as they please (you’ll be wristbanded), so you’ll be able to take a break at Citywalk or Universal Studios, take a snooze in your car, whatever the case may be — Or, you can be the toughest of all, and sit through the all night Friday and all day Saturday of podcast programming for one set price.

Tune into “Plus One” (and check out its cheeky new home page) all this week as the event is sure to be a hot topic, and keep your browsers and Twitter clients here with us at News Askew for all the latest. It’s all exclusively on the new SModcast live network, S.I.R. !

ONLY 250 PEOPLE CAN ATTEND SO THIS IS A VERY EXCLUSIVE EVENT! BUY BEFORE THEY ARE SOLD OUT!

Considering the price of a single show, and the caliber of the guests and likely surprises as more shows get added (12 podcasts in total!), and the limited number of seats, everyone attending is truly a VIP. If you’re a fan of SModcast, you just don’t want to miss this one. “Poddammit” kicks off in just under two weeks.

If you’re not listening, you’re missing out on the podcasting revolution — The great world of SModcast has now turned into a live, 24-7 internet radio station, with 4 solid hours of live streaming content every weekday morning. Interact with the hosts LIVE! It’s party time! We’ve got a nice summary of some information from the latest tweets and findings now that the stream has gone live. Read on for a primer:

• To celebrate the launch of SIR, the new SMODCAST.COM is live with a beautiful new design. Hit the live widget there for live listening, or, if you’re a News Askew regular, click it over in our right navigation bar, near the top of your screen.
• Whenever you go to http://smodcast.com/ , something’s playing. Live feeds start Monday-Friday at 8 AM PST. From 8 to 10, it’s PLUS ONE PER DIEM. After an hour break, it’s JAY & SILENT BOB GET JOBS at 11 AM PST. For the rest of the day, programming will consist of classic episodes along with re-airs of the morning programming.
• For the pre-recorded “new pod of the day” slot that will happen from 10 AM ’til 11 AM PST, you will get a new podcast, but if it runs over an hour, it’ll fade out and into “Get Jobs”. You’ll then be able to download the complete episode immediately, to continue listening where you left off, anytime. So, no worries about the new pod of the day being shortened to only an hour, for those wondering.
• Go mobile with SIR by way of Stitcher Radio and get a chance to win a trip to meet Kevin and the crew AND be a guest on the show!

  In celebration of the S.I.R. launch, Stitcher and SModcast.com are offering Stitcher listeners the opportunity to win a trip for two to Los Angeles to attend ‘Jay and Silent Bob Get Old’ live at the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club (soon to be the Jon Lovitz Podcast Theater) at Universal City Walk. Additionally, the winners will not only meet Kevin, Jason and the SModcrew after the show, they will be guests on ‘Jay and Silent Bob Get Jobs.’ Full details on how to enter can be found at: http://ua.stitcher.com/ContestRules/smodcast_flyaway.html.

• When the phone lines get worked out, the call-in number will be 855-YES-SIRS. Until then, tweet in your Skype account info to @PlusOnePerDiem and Kevin and Jen might contact YOU during the live show!
• If you can’t listen live daily to the newly launch SIR (SModcast Internet Radio) on either http://www.smodcast.com/ or the Stitcher app don’t worry, we have some fresh RSS and iTunes feeds for the archived shows. Just plug in these RSS feeds (Plus One Per Diem – http://plusoneperdiem.smodcast.libsynpro.com/rss / Jay & Silent Bob Get Jobs – http://getjobs.smodcast.libsynpro.com/rss) into your podcast player of choice. Or you can just click these links (Plus One Per Diem – http://tinyurl.com/plusoneperdiem / Jay & Silent Bob Get Jobs – http://tinyurl.com/jsbgetjobs) to subscribe with iTunes.
• Prefer to download rather than listen live or subscribe to a podcast? No problem. The new “PLUS ONE PER DIEM” page is located here and already features the first three episodes. “JAY AND SILENT BOB GET JOBS” also has a beautiful new archive page and logo .
• Check out “Jay & Bob Get Old” sponsor Yoostar for a fantastic fun movie game for your favorite console…They help make SIR happen! Movie Karaoke at http://ys2.yoostar.com/ .

• In case you missed it live last week, MTV Movies has the exlcusive clip from “Red State” available for streaming now. Never seen anywhere else, this clip comes from the film’s first act and features Leo and Angarano.
• Not wanting to double dip with the fans already paying kindly for tickets to the gigs next month, no merchandise is planned to be up for sale at the “Red State” tour dates. Instead, it’s encouraged that fans who want a shirt or other swag buy it direct through the www.coopersdell.com site — Buy it now, wear it to the show!
• Reject Radio gives their take and sits down with Kevin regarding his recent “Red Statement” in chatting up his Sundance antics, retirement, and “Red State” marketing strategy. Save some time, as the podcast delves into the topic for close to TWO hours. A worthy listen, and an intelligent one at that, if you’ve got the time.
• Canadian distribution is one step closer, with an offer on the table already. This gets us a little closer to a Canadian tour for “Red State”, pre-theaters, as well.
• Kevin’s trip to Berlin resulted in IM Global closing deals for UK distribution of “Red State”. Kevin’s targeting a May/June timeframe for a UK speaking/screening tour.
• The Red Statements blog should be updated this week with details on sales numbers from the tour so far, and other open-budget open-book type stuff.
• We really love Video ETA’s non-spoiler coverage of “Red State” from the Sundance screening. If you want to read a nice article written by a fan that doesn’t give anything away, but gives you a great idea on what to expect from the movie, we highly recommend it.
• The UK’s “Little White Lies” was a favorite site of Kevin’s for their Sundance coverage, where they compare Kevin’s “Red State” direct-sell strategy to documentarian Morgan Spurlock’s latest effort. A clip:

  “…Red State is brutal and funny. What starts out as a typical teen movie ñ three teenage boys on a mission to get laid ñ swiftly descends into a chaotic blood bath that is both frightening and original. Smith builds up expectations and undermines them throughout, with a thunderous use of sound, to generate an unnerving feeling of being completely at sea with the direction of the narrative (particularly at Sundance venue Eccles, where the huge screen and sound system fit for 1200 seats has been known to provoke seizures under gigantic projections of violent content).”

• Two giant movie chains, Regal Entertainment and AMC, have announced they will acquire and distribute their own movies in their theaters. This bodes very well for “Red State” and others of its ilk. It eliminates the middle man and is the ideal solution to getting more independent films out there on screens. We love it. And to see Lions Gate’s Tom Ortenberg on there, a guy who we got to know way back in the Dogma days, even better. Let’s hope this creates a great environment for getting “Red” into those theaters this October.

Regarding the “Red State” tour here in the US — Remember, this is the ONLY CHANCE to catch the movie with Kevin in attendance. These shows are just as great as the Q&As from previous years, with the added bonus of seeing “Red State” a half a year early FOR FREE when you look at it. Plus, you get Smith, Michael Parks, and who knows what other surprises at these gigs. These are the ONLY US DATES and no plans have been made to add more. If you’ve been holding off, thinking there will be other chances, don’t do it — Get your tickets for the March gigs via http://www.coopersdell.com TODAY.

Coming to see Kevin and “Red State” at Radio City in NYC? Text REDSTATE to 877877 & youíll find out how to win BACKSTAGE PASSES, SEAT UPGRADES & more. This is only for folks WITH tickets already, not to win seats. For other parts of the country, and other shows, just text STATE (without the RED).

“Preacher was never “set up” at View Askew with a $25mil budget. http://t.co/CY2WSx5 At one point, Garth & Steve grabbed a beer & burger with me & @SMosier at the Tribeca Grill, where we said “Use our names for whatever our names are worth.” Our names were worth bupkis. @SMosier & I pitched it to BobWeinstein, who said “I don’t get it. This is a comic book? The Crow I get. This? No.” And that was the extent of our involvement with Preacher: a beer & burger & a no from Bob. It was Rachel Talalay’s flick; me & just fans of the book & the creative team of Garth & Steve. James Marsden was never involved during this period (which wasn’t even a period, so much as a three day stretch). So strange to watch a fiction become fact. Happy to have Twitter as a means to correct misinformation.”

Coach said “Buddy, remember your role: the fast guys get paid, they shoot & they score. Protect them, Buddy, that’s what you’re here for.” With all due respect to RedState, Hit Somebody is all I can think about lately. Top shelf, glove-side in 2012.

The goal is for a Toronto Film Festival preem of this one in the Fall of 2012 — We’d sure love to be there as Kevin’s last ever debuts to the world, much like we were lucky enough to be for “Dogma” back in ’99.

Via @ericjosepi “Do you worry that in self-producing and self-releasing RED STATE you are in effect becoming a studio yourself?”

No. But why would that matter? Studios aren’t evil, they just tell different stories than I’m interested in telling anymore. But while I have no aim to open a studio (we’re not gonna MAKE movies at SModcastPictures, we’re gonna get already-made movies SEEN), what would be the big deal. I’ll never forget this dopey article I read post-Sundance where someone wrote something like “If Smith’s not careful, he may become the very Empire he’s fighting against.” Now, I’m a writer – so I understand a writer’s desire to write what THEY want. And that writer, apparently, had a hard-on to get a dopey STAR WARS reference into the piece, because… y’know… I’ve liked STAR WARS. Problem is, it makes no sense. How does opting AWAY from spending millions in marketing even equate to becoming a studio? And how does one take a simple, sweet idea like “We’d like to be the Island of Misfit Toys for films that can’t find homes,” become “Ultimate power corrupts absolutely. It’s not like we announced an IPO or received a billion in VentureCap money. But the writer had a hard-on to use a (really terrible & inaccurate) STAR WARS analogy, so suddenly, I’m Anakin Skywalker. Lots of articles that came out of Sundance seemed to be written at 50,000 feet with no oxygen, but a few seemed to actually understand that @TheJonGordon aren’t trying to make money off this endeavor; it’s about the filmmakers. I was given lots of time, patience & space over the last 20 years to tell my stories; with SModcast Pictures, I just wanna give folks that moment I had with CLERKS: when I realized all that work wasn’t for naught. Someone else cared. This is the Gretzky-est thing I can do: reach back (not around) & give back to indie film, non-profit, pro-bono, the way it gave to me. If that makes me Vader, all I can say is “NOOOOOOOO!!!”

Their comments:

The poster itself follows suit with most of the others; creepy damaged texture, black background, and a character. Ours is Sarah. In the trailer above, she’s in it very little – which tells me she’s up to no good in the flick. Especially with that one vacant smile she’s got. Want to meet her? Everyone, Sarah. Sarah, everyone.

Side note: I dig how Sarah’s looking up and in a previous poster featuring ‘The Father,’ he’s looking down – ah, the little things)

There you have it, friends. Sarah. Of Red State fame.

And hey, we paid a thousand bucks. Donated to charity. Pimped someone else’s flick. If you’re not going to donate to the aforementioned charity (which you should) or go see the flick when it’s out (which you should) the least you could do is check out some of our past short films posted below and/or here. Also, follow us on twitter and come back once in a while for news about our upcoming thriller, Granted.

Kev says…

If you’re a movie website or film journalist and you want to feature this poster or use it in a story, don’t be a detail-thin dick.

Be sure to tell people WHY the poster was released: because Ma’s Meatloaf bid $1000 to Eliza Dushku’s THARCE-Gulu cause in less than 30 minutes.

If you also include the link for the THARCE-Gulu charity in your story/article, you’re not only being a thorough journalist, you’re also helping to save actual lives – lives whose progress you’ll be able to trace via http://www.tonic.com/campaigns/lets-help-eliza-dushku-build-a-center-for-former-child-soldiers-in-uganda-tharce-gulu/ and tharce-gulu.org

It only takes a few seconds longer to provide all available facts in any story.

Including THIS fact can help save a child’s life.

If you wanna follow the latest on “Red State”, listen to a brand new (and all back-issued) episodes of “Red State of the Union” (the latest reveals details on the film’s music). While you’re there, browse the other SModcast Network programs including a brand new episode of PLUS ONE featuring Jen Schwalbach. In episode #5, the couple look back on the year of 2010.

Michael Parks isn’t the most notable name in the world, but if you know the works of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino you know his face. One of the most distinct characters of their universe, he is Texas Ranger Earl McGraw, seen in From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse and Kill Bill and now he’s heading to the View Askew world.

During his annual Kevin Smith conversation at Comic Con, Smith announced that Parks has officially signed on to star in his next film, the horror film Red State. For those that are unaware, the film will be somewhat based on the Westboro Baptist Church, who, coincidentally, are picketing this year’s Comic Con. Parks’ role will be based on the role of Fred Phelps, who founded the church.

Parks is a terrific actor and certainly deserves his day. It is well documented that Smith, Tarantino and Rodriguez are all within the same circle so it’s fairly unsurprising to see them sharing an actor. It’s hard to even remember the last time that Parks had a lead role, but this could be fantastic.

Congratulations to Kevin and all involved on a home run start to the casting of “Red State”. We can’t wait to see Parks chew the scenery in this one.