Handsome...aren't I?

First off, a thanks to Lou of Lou Reads the Internet for You! for his help with the intro! It's one of my favorite podcasts.

So, "The Slender-Rap is definitely a little embarassing. But yeah, I love the idea of abject evil being more annoying than anything.

The song in the middle is an unsung favorite of mine from the Metroids. The mix is really suboptimal and doesn't highlight Bojan's great riffing during the chorus.

And then some talk about race relations from another very white dude.

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Where is the party gland?

I know it's bad form to end on a cliff hanger but consider this a sorbet between thrilling episodes of your regularly scheduled program. I've been threatening forever and here it is. New Dead Idea Valhalla. Will this trend continue? Maybe!

The first part is just sort of a check in on the general shambles of my life. It's aimless but what else is new?

The song is from the covers club, one of the entries I'm really happy about.

The final part, which is really the reason why I wanted to do the episode, is born of a conversation I was having with my funny girlfriend about Moby Dick. Enjoy! Tell me what you think. More demand might equal more episodes.

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Where's Waldo?

First up, I love this pair of episodes. This catchy little bit in the first part is improvised, one of the few times having a keybaord right next to me worked out. Watch out for hints in this first part as to what's going to happen!

So, other than hints, I have this little bit about secrets (theme!)

The middle song is R'yleh, a song from an EP available at my site. (theme!)

And then shit happens! Again, I'm very proud of how these two episodes turned out. Silly, dated, but still this makes me smile.

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Lots to like here! I love this pair of episodes, I like this weird direction for the show. First off, the season 2 theme music, which I really enjoy.

The music episode I mention is the first episode of Talk About Music, a side show I did that I'll probably put on my own personal site at some point. The first is a bit about violence in my life, which plays a really small part! Hooray!

In the middle, a song from an album that you can find on my site. Again: www.garybutterfield.net. If you like it, go grab it!

In the 2nd half, we have a really long bit about my feelings on religion/god. Take it or leave it! Some of my opinions on this have softened a little. I still don't believe at all but I deeply love some believers. Conflict! A weird episode for a season premeire but things get weirder next episode.

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Just listen to that throat clear! It was so perfect I had to use it!

Why do I always want to organize things in seasons? I talk about it a little bit here but it doesn't make much sense. Still, this contains my masterful Danny Elfman impression (recently referenced on Watch Out For Fireballs!) and then some fun high school stories.

Pretty fun Midnite Snax song about cats and then, hoo boy.

I'm not sure that Willy Thimbles and Robert Moulet are quite worthy of a season finale. I take a break between this season and the next and it was desperately needed. I brought these guys back in the finale and I think they might be the most obscure, technically recurring characters in the show.

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Listen to that sad sackery in the beginning! Also, get your lips away from that microphone, past me! Ugh!

A little bit about the separation of art and artist, name checking both Lovecraft and Scott Adams!

Fairly terrible song in the middle, from a scary song compilation that never went anywhere. I actually really like the solo on this one. Also, thanks to my friend Austin Cliffe for helping me record it and playing the autoharp, as well as speaking on the bridge. The middle of this song was pretty fun to record.

Finally, it's Jame Soup's DREAM CAMP!!! I love everything that man has ever touched.

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Good god! The mouth noises!

A lot of these observations about college hold up in light of my recent experiences with that institution. Hell is other people and a lot of the time, I'm in a constant state of barely supressed rage!

The middle song is one of the best from my Master Wrench album, something I remain pretty proud of, despite some low points.

And I conclude this part of 88 Lines with Zak. It comes back later in the show and there's some talk of doing it for Duckfeed, so we'll see if that works out.

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Dig in!

This is a defeated man right here. At this time, my mother had suffered a series of heart attacks. I didn't have enough energy to do a whole big thing, thus the lazy first part of this. Not lazy, I suppose, but this might be one of the signs of the show disolving. I'm desparately casting about for ways to promote the show, I'm name checking cross promotional stuff, etc. My plugs song never was chosen, sadly, nor my Jukebox Jury entry. Oh well!

The song in the middle is something I'm relatively happy with it. Short little EP you can find on my site.

Then I continue my lo fi talk with Zak about girls.

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What a disappointment! 

I'm a pretty big fan of this episode! Some ear wormy nonsense about "houses" in the beginning, a little bit called You Know What I Fuckin' Hate? that was going to be a recurring segment but never got repeated.

Then we have the first hot hot hit from The Metroids, a song called Make Way For The Nextmen.

Then, finally, a 3 part segment I did with my buddy Zak about love, romance and relationships! I sort of want to turn this into an actual show but who knows if that will happen. In retrospect, given that this predates my divorce, it's a little uneasy. Also, Zak's audio quality isn't exactly top of the pops. Oh well!

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I'm balancing some serious and some silly here.

The first part is me recounting my experience with the NIU School Shooting a few years back, both in story form and in a song I wrote about it. I expand a bit about evil in the world, etc. High minded stuff for a podcast that later features a song called Pussystorm USA. That song is my favorite that a band I played with called The Midnite Snax. It's all about tension and release.

In the second half, I call in some guest stars to continue the saga of The Dungeon Mister. This will later get wrapped up and forms a pretty fun 3 part sketch thing. Thanks to Ryan Green and Mike Kitchell for their help!

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