{"id":21814,"date":"2026-04-17T16:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=21814"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:22:21","slug":"the-shortwave-cult-wants-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/the-shortwave-cult-wants-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shortwave Cult Wants You!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello! My name is James Muro. I have been asked by the good people from\u00a0The Forbidden Panel\u00a0<\/em>to join the team as a contributing writer. My beat will cover subjects such as music, films, and books. I have a particular interest in some obscure stuff, but that is by no means all I will write about. I will go where my heart and the muse take me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perhaps I should tell you a little about myself. I grew up in Redlands, California during the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s. I\u2019m active in community theatre in the Inland Empire and I work at Chaffey College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a lifelong fan of music, films, comics, Star Trek<\/em>, Star Wars<\/em>, and cartoons. Pink Floyd is my favorite band. Some of my favorite films include 2001: A Space Odyssey, All the President\u2019s Men, Bugsy Malone, Casablanca, Clue, Cradle Will Rock, Ed Wood, Ghostbusters, Harold and Maude, Joe Versus the Volcano, My Own Private Idaho, Viy, and West Side Story<\/em>. My favorite novel is Dostoyevsky\u2019s The Brothers Karamazov<\/em>. My all-time favorite television shows are The Twilight Zone, In Search of\u2026, NewsRadio, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Young Justice, and Over the Garden Wall.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The occult, folklore, history, psychology, mythology, horror, cults, paranormal and unexplained phenomena, and UAEs are other areas of interest. I suspect that my contributions to Forbidden Panel <\/em>will cover any of the above-mentioned topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was honored to be asked to contribute to this site. When I was invited to participate, the request was also made for me to come up with a name for my column. After giving it some serious thought, I have decided to call my column\u00a0The Shortwave Cult<\/em>. It conjures up some cool images in my mind, and I think it\u2019s just a nice name. At the risk of seeming cryptic, I won\u2019t get into it anymore. I look forward to whatever may come of this. Love, peace, and chicken grease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About The Writer:
James Muro contributes to\u00a0Forbidden Panel<\/em>\u00a0as the writer of \u201cThe Shortwave Cult\u2019, a column devoted to his myriad interests but with a special focus on music and films. In his spare time, he\u2019s active in community theatre and loves games like\u00a0D&D\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Magic: The<\/em>\u00a0Gathering<\/em>. He pays the bills by singing the national anthem at cockfights.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we officially welcome our newest writer – James Muro, leader of the Shortwave Cult. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Today we officially welcome our newest writer - James Muro, leader of the Shortwave Cult.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwOlwvXC9mb3JiaWRkZW5wYW5lbC5jb21cL1BhbmVsQ2FzdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDRcL1RoZS1TaG9ydHdhdmUtQ3VsdC0xMDgwLXgtMTA4MC1weC0xMDI0eDEwMjQucG5nIiwidHh0IjoiVGhlIFNob3J0d2F2ZSBDdWx0IFdhbnRzIFlvdSEiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MjA1OTUwOTJ9.xojWzh8GBmobqZxipriUJMRZGdxkefA7mLE0yeawZoYMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[4,14],"tags":[991,1744,1742,197,289,1746,1751,1741,213,47,1747,1748],"class_list":["post-21814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-and-reviews","category-news","tag-ajsidepanel","tag-commentary","tag-film","tag-forbidden-panel","tag-forbiddenpanel","tag-geek-culture","tag-magic-the-gathering-2","tag-music","tag-panelcast","tag-sci-fi","tag-subculture","tag-superheros"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Shortwave-Cult-1080-x-1080-px.png?fit=1080%2C1080","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-5FQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5270,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/bluegrass-films-options-graphic-novel-the-order-deadline-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":21814,"position":0},"title":"Bluegrass Films Options Graphic Novel The Order – Deadline.com","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"September 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Scott Stuber\u2019s Bluegrass Films has optioned the graphic novel The Order from Arcana\/Benderspink, and has set writer Brian Nathanson The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James to write the script. 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