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It's April 17th, aka Tax Day, the scariest day of the year. I decree this day shall henceforth be renamed "Aprilween," and to celebrate, I bring you a blood-chilling line-up of Hal...uh, I mean, Aprilween music.1. Vampire Club - Voltaire (from Boo Hoo)2. Re Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton (from his Thing a Week Podcast)3. Blood Moon - The Creeping Cruds (from The Incredibly Strange People Who Stopped Living and Became...)4. They Walk Among Us - New Math (from the Podsafe Music Network, courtesy of Reanimator Records)5. Black River Falls - Reverend Glasseye (from Black River Falls)6. I'm a Poltergeist - Evil Wiener (form The Evil Wiener Halloween Record)(ps, hope you remembered to do your taxes!)

The winners of the 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize has been announced! Visit the Blooker website for all the details and to hear my interviews with all three winning authors.Board game review: Survive! (aka Escape from Atlantis)Check out The Vintage Gamer if you like great reviews of older games.Song 1: Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood - Clap Your Hands Say YeahLost is so frickin' awesome, I ramble on about it for ten minutes! See Entertainment Weekly for a detailed look at The Map.Song 2: I'd Feel Better - The Rosebuds (from The Rosebuds Unwind)Song 3: Bur Oak - Bowerbirds (from Danger at Sea)

New theme song by Seth - third son of Albert of the WHYME podcast. Thanks Seth! Hobo fever is spreading... Willrad - Tales of the Robo-Hobo Penny Arcade - The Gambler The 700 Hoboes Project at E-Hobo.com John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton were right! Furry lobsters discovered! Song 1: Chemicals - North Elementary (From Lose Your Favorite Things - available at Sit-n-Spin Records) Movie review: V for Vendetta (yes, Mr. Anderson, it's that Hugo Weaving!) Song 2: Doctor Who Theme Probably a little more than you wanted to know about Doctor Who. Free Dr. Who downloads from the BBC! Song 3: Fatal Flaw of the New - Tall Dwarfs (From Fifty Flavours of Glue) Comic review: NEXTWAVE! by Warren Ellis Song 4: NEXTWAVE! - Thunder Thighs

Geeky tangents abound tonight... Arkham Horror revisited Song 1: The Planeiac - Palomar (from Palomar III: The Revenge of Palomar) Movie review: Night Watch Promo: Most People Are DJs Comic reviews (sorta): Local and DMZ by Brian Wood Who's Who in the DC Universe and Justice League Unlimited Song 2: Marching Band - Evil Wiener (from Evil Wiener Presents Billy Sugarfix's Lost Gumdrop Kingdom) -Song-a-day Podcast -Custom Serenade Don't forget the Random Signal Store! It is totally Airwolf!

The audio problem with the second half of this show has now been fixed! Thanks for bearing with me. Hey, look...shownotes! I'm now podcasting professionally! Check out my other podcast - The Lulu Podcast Song 1: Derrida - Veronique Diabolique (from their Carte Postale EP) Voice Mail from Ryan(?) in Michigan - hear John Hodgman's revision of Star Wars: Episode 1 on This American Life, ep. 232, The Real Story (Feb. 14, 2003) Tonight's beer - Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barlywine Style Ale Song 2: Concerning Lessons Learned From the Aliens - The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers (from their 2005 CD The Mother of Love Emulates the Shapes of Cynthia) Stellarcon 2006 podcasting panel (which I crashed): *Micheal Stackpole - The Secrets *Mur Lafferty - Geek Fu Action Grip and I Should Be Writing *Patrick McLean - The Seanachai (he also crashed the panel) *Tee Morris - Podiobooks.com TANGENT Evo Terra of The DragonPage is trying to replace Airwolf with the obviously inferior phrase "Snakes on a Plane." The Urban Dictionary makes it clear, Snakes on a Plane does not mean the same thing as Airwolf. It means, roughly, "shit happens." Email the DragonPage and tell Evo how wrong he is, and proudly display your own airwolfness with an Airwolf Emoticon T-shirt (Random Signal shirts comming soon!). /TANGENT Game review - Arkham Horror by Fantasy Flight Games Song 3: Jefferson, Thomas - Artichoke (from 26 Scientists, Volume One: Anning-Malthus)

Here are some of the 700 hobo names you have requested. Included here with permission from John Hodgman, a professional writer. READ! The Areas Of My Expertise WATCH! John Hodgman on The Daily Show BELIEVE! John Hodgman is a Deranged Millioniare Bonus Material: Citizen Hobo vs. Railroad Bull 700 Hoboes on Flickr Promo: Jawbone Radio (Check out the Jawbone interviews with John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton) Song 1: Furry Old Lobster - Jonathan Coulton (from his Thing A Week podcast) I think the Others on Lost are, in actuallity, hoboes. Discuss. I've got a new K7 number. Call me!!! Song 2: Boxcar - The Rosebuds

My new logo is by the totally Airwolf Leah Riley. You should check out her webcomic - Willrad. I'm thinking about offering some Random Signal merch, either through CafePress or SpreadShirt. Any opinions? PodcasterCon 2006 has it's own Flickr Group! Promo: Geek Fu Action Grip (Send me promos!) Song 1: IKEA - Jonathan Coulton I talk about V For Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. (Is it possible that the movie could actually be good?) Tonight on Random Signal History Corner: Guy Fawkes Night I also talk about Battlestar Galactica: Season 3. Song 2: Dear Sir - Eyes to Space

Warning: The songs in this podcast contain BAD WORDS! PodcasterCon is Saturday (January 7, 2006) in Chapel Hill, NC. Be there!!! Song 1: Pirovette - Tall Dwarfs (From the album Weeville, which is back in print!) Song 2: Mississippi Love - American Giraffe Song 3: Destroy the Mother Brain - Bad News Bats Don't forget to check out my Frappr map and my Flickr page!

Dag, sorry about the late show notes! I hope everyone had (or is still having, as the case may be) a good holiday break. Thanks again to Tee Morris for the totally Airwolf promo! Song 1: Anxiety - The Lee Harris 3 Bear Nog: A Cautionary Tale - A true story from my childhood growing up in Yosemite National Park. Song 2: He Wants Everything - Jimmy Jamz and Xtopher (again, courtesy of Lee Harris) Two movie reviews: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe King Kong Song 3: Feliz Navidad - The Ukulele Hipster Kings (ps, "I want every Bionicle!")

I've finally got a promo! It was made for me by Tee Morris of The DragonPage (and co-author of Podcasting For Dummies), and it is totally Airwolf! Please feel free to distribute the hell out of it.