Random Signal

Here's our new promo for the TDAH video podcast. If you're a podcaster, please feel free to play it in your show. In fact, play the heck out of it!

Today is my 33rd birthday!Song 1: Misfit Out of Time - SNMNMNM (from Exploderama)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes]Working hard at Lulu.TV...This Day In Alternate HistoryZombies In the WorkplaceWriter StalkingGeorge Hrab live at BalticonJoin The Order of the Digital Trebuchet, Christiana Ellis has!Song 2: Our Haunt - Palomar (from All Things, Forests)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes]I've finally got around to checking out a few things...Ninja WarriorMan vs Wild (see also, Man vs Child by Tee Morris and Paul Fischer )The Geologic PodcastSong 3: This Book is So Awesome - Harry and the Potters (from Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love)[MySpace] [iTunes]Ryn and I discuss theories about Harry Potter Book 7, such as:Is Snape evil?Who will live and who will die?Is Harry a Horcrux?Song 4: Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock - Harry and the Potters (from Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock!)[MySpace] [iTunes]

Song 1: Eyes to Space - Eyes to Space (from From the Bureau of Robotic Affairs)[MySpace] [Emusic]Bonus website-only video track! Peelander-Z!!! This Week In Alternate History - My new daily (well, weekdaily) video podcast that I do with Mur Lafferty. Available only at Lulu.TV.Movie review - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndSong 2: Get Up Get Out - The Rosebuds (from Night of the Furies)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes]Comic review - Gutsville by Simon Spurrier and Frazier IrvingSong 3: Ain't It Hard - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (from Dap Dippin' with the Dap-Kings)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes]Thanks to Mark and Andrew for entering the Death Cab for Cutie contest. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (and/or The Magical Mystery Tour) was, of course, the correct answer.

Random Signal is two years old, and I nearly forgot!Who are you to argue with Kilroy 2.0?Song 1: My Generation (live) - The Who (from Monterey International Pop Festival courtesy of Razor & Tie)[MySpace] [Emusic] [PMN]Balticon was totally Airwolf! I got to meet/get drunk with a ton of awesome podcasters. Let's see if I can remember them all...Mur Lafferty - Geek Fu Action Grip, I Should Be Writing, Pseudopod, Lulu RadioJim Van Verth - The Vintage GamerMatthew Wayne Selznick - Brave Men Run, DIY Endeavors, Five Minute Memoir, Writers TalkingJ.C. Hutchins - 7th SonEvo Terra - Podiobooks.comMichael R. Mennenga - Farpoint MediaJared Axelrod - The Voice of Free Planet X, Aliens You Will MeetJ.R. Blackwell - Voices of TomorrowSusan Z and Buscuit - Kulture KastGeorge Hrab - The Geologic PodcastTee Morris - Podiobooks.com, The Survival Guide to Writing FantasySteve Eley - Escape PodPaul Fischer and Martha Halloway - The Balticon Podcast, ADD CastRick Stringer - Variant FrequenciesMatt Wallace - The Failed Cities MonologuesRich Sigfrit - Outcast MultimediaEarl Newton - Stranger ThingsPhil Rossi - CrescentLeann Mabry - Tag in the SeamCommand Line - The Command LineChristiana Ellis - Nina Kimberly the Merciless, Talking About Stuff, with Mike and Christiana, Hey, Want to Watch a Movie?Jack Mangan - Spherical Tomi, Jack Mangan's DeadpanNobilis - Nobilis EroticaDid I forget anyone? Probably...Song 2: Ilyana - Phil Rossi and The Bad Habit [MySpace] [PMN]Song 3: Faithful - The Shillas[MySpace] [PMN]We have a new house! See?Song 4: Cruel Spines - George Hrab (from Vitriol)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN]Wikipedia entry on the candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa)Song 5: Octopus - Jonathan Coulton[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN]

I realize this is about a month out of date, but I recently remembered that I had done some recording at this year's Free Comic Book Day (May 5, 2007) at Chapel Hill Comics, the greatest comic book shop in the world. Special thanks to Andy and Vanessa for letting me stick a microphone in their faces on one of the busiest days of their year!A regular episode of Random Signal is on its way...

Song 1: They are Night Zombies!! They are Neighbors!! They've Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! - Sufjan Stevens (from Illinoise)[Emusic] [iTunes]Life's been kinda hectic these days. New house (soon), new job (sorta), Balticon 41.Song 2: License and Registration - Death Cab For Cutie (from Transatlanticism)[MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN]Song 3: Jet Ski Accidents - The Blow (from Bonus Album)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN]Two new ways to find me online:Twitter - HoboZeroLast.fm - RandomSignalSong 4: Average Guy - Beatnik Turtle (from The Song of The Day podcast)[MySpace] [iTunes]Song 5: Secrets From the Future - MC Frontalot (from Secrets From the Future)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes]One of the very first podcasts I ever listened to, Seth and Jessica's WHYME (Worst Music You Ever Heard) has ended. Thanks for all the great music!Song 6: Jessica Deserves a Quiet Night - Seth - third son of albert[MySpace]

Welcome to the Second Annual Aprilween Music Spectacular! April 17, is tax day for those of us in the US, and, for many, it is the scariest day of the year. To celebrate, I bring you a coffin-full of horrror-themed music straight from the vaults at the Podsafe Music Network. Also, to add to the spooky ambience, keep in mind that I recorded this show at Gothic Duke University.Song 1: Monster Party - The Husbands (from There's Nothing I'd Like More Than To See You Dead)[Emusic] [MySpace]Song 2: Alligator Wine - Killionaires (from ???)[MySpace]Song 3: Miami Surf Graveyard - The Vultures (from The Vultures EP)[MySpace]Song 4: Wolfman - Cakey Face[MySpace]Song 5: The Haunted House of our Love - Evil Wiener (from The Haunted House of our Love)[MySpace] [iTunes]Song 6: Me enamore de una Zombi - Manganzoides (from ???)[MySpace]Song 7: Werewolf - Rusty Springfield (from Werewolf/Cold Beer Single)[MySpace] [iTunes]Song 8: Gothsylvania - Big John Bates (from Take Your Medicine)[Emusic] [MySpace] [iTunes]

This podcast is for Joe...I'm pleased to say that Mur Lafferty finally joins me as guest co-host! Our main topic today is geek music, and Mur has hand picked every song.Song 1: Mason Rocket (Spy Extraordinaire) - Beatnik Turtle (from The Song of the Day podcast)[MySpace] [iTunes]The Joe Murphy Memorial FundSong 2: Heaven Must Be Boring - George Hrab (from Coelacanth)[Emusic] [MySpace] [iTunes]This is the theme-song for Mur's totally Airwolf serial podcast novel Heaven. If you haven't heard it yet, you can get the first two books at Podiobooks.com and, of course, at her own podcast Geek Fu Action Grip.Geo has his own podcast! The Geologic PodcastNext, we take a break from talk of music to really geek out over Dragon Magazine #352 (Feb. 2007) which features China Mieville's world of Bas-Lag adapted for d20 role-playing.Song 3: Bad Influence (live) - Throwing Toasters (from Dork)[MySpace] [iTunes]Intrepid podcast fans my know lead Toaster, Grant Baciocco, from The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd.Song 4: Under The Radar - Beatnik Turtle (from The Song of the Day podcast)One final note--I got the date of Aprilween wrong! This year it falls on Tuesday, April 17. Stay tuned...the festivities will begin very soon...

Song 1: Grizzly Bear - All Girl Summer Fun Band (from 2)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN]Welcome to any new listeners who found this podcast via BoingBoing.net, Craphound.com (thanks Cory!), or 7th Son (thanks Hutch!).Sites of interest:Loren Coleman's Cryptomundo (cryptozoology and news of the weird)*New species of hagfish discovered*Largest colossal squid ever caughtDarren Naish's Tetrapod Zoology (vampire bats, narwhals, and feathered dinosaurs, oh my!)Promo: The Surreal O'Rama Bizarre Lyrics Song Poem Contest(deadline: March 10, 2007)Song 2: It's Carrboro - Billy Sugarfix and Brian Risk [MySpace] [YouTube] Song 3: Disconnect the Dots - of Montreal (from Satanic Panic in the Attic)[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN]

On February 22, 2007, Cory Doctorow--science-fiction author, technology activist, and co-editor of BoingBoing.net--gave a talk at Duke University on privacy. Cory, who is totally Airwolf, allowed me to record the lecture, and I am pleased to present to you "MySpace to Homeland Security: Privacy and the Totalitarian Urge."