This is a brief post to get this blog started.

I started the Science Fiction and Beer Channel precisely because no one was addressing my interests on the many Roku channels out there.  Sure, there were channels with science fiction movies, ans well as channels about science fiction fandom.  But no channels addressed home brewing or beer in general.  And it's a sure bet that no channels covered the symbiotic relationship between science fiction fandom and beer.

Go to any science fiction, and go to the hospitality suite, or to any room party.  You will find bath tubs full of canned beer.  Some of the better fan parties have home brew, served by the glass, or on tap.  Beer is the fuel on which science fiction fandom is powered.

Sure, you will also see lots of snacks, soda and junk food at conventions, but the thing that keeps things going is beer.  Ir doesn't matter that the beer is canned beer, and is usually the cheapest beer available.  It's yellow, it's fizzy, it's wet, and it's got alcohol.  That's all that matters.

As a home brewer, I'd like to see better quality beer at conventions.  But one thing that has always been true about science fiction fans: we're all notorious penny pinchers when we want to be.  Our clothing, our vehicles, our food, and our beer is bought on a tight budget.

When we spend money, it's on the important things: merchandise from the dealer's room.  Fans who buy $5 pants at thrift stores think nothing about paying ten times that for an old SF pulp magazine or costume parts.  We have our priorities.

When enough fans realize that brewing your own beer is much cheaper than buying the stuff, they will flock to that hobby.  And the Science Fiction and Beer Channel will be there to address their needs.

I started the Science Fiction and Beer Channel as a free Roku channel: 10 videos, and that's that.  When I got the whole instant tv channel thing figured out, I decided to pay the princely sum of $5 a month.  I can add as many videos as I want.  When there is enough interest, I will go to the next tier: commecialization.  Yes, the channel will eventually have commercials.  This will mean revenue, and revenue means bemore original programming.

For now, this is a one man show.  I pull all nighters working on the channel for several days straight, before crshing and waking up at 3 PM-- to start work on the channel again.

But who knows?  When the channel becomes commercialized, I might have enough extra to hire a few people, and actually get a good night's sleep.  The thing is, I'm so used to being tired all the time that I don't think I'd know what having enough sleep felt like.

You can find out more about my channel by going to http://scifibeer.com .