Tue, 15 April 2008 Hang on to your ear holes, and cover the furniture in plastic, because it's Aprilween and we may not make it out alive... Song 1: Monster Party - The Powerknobs (from Tomorrow's Never Going To Come) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 2: Where They Wander - Horrorpops (from Hell Yeah!) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Video 1: Ghouls - Horrorpops (from Hell Yeah!) Song 3: Hunting For Witches (Fury666 Remix) - Bloc Party (from Hunting For Witches [Remixes]) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Video 2: Hunting For Witches - Bloc Party (from A Weekend In The City) Song 4: Who Wants To Be a Zombie Anyways? - The Mansfields (from Cramp Your Style, coming in May 2008 from Gearhead Records) [MySpace] [PMN] Song 5: Vampires of the West Coast - Ghost Bees (from Tasseomancy) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 6/Video 3: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 7: Knee Deep In Wolf Guts - Two Headed Phantom (from Her Majesty the Witch Demo) [MySpace] [PMN] Song 8: Black Cat - The Young Werewolves (from The Young Werewolves) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 9: Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend - Ghouls Night Out (from The Mourning After) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 10: Elena's Empty Tomb - Thee Merry Widows (from The Devil's Outlaws) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Comments[0] |
Fri, 4 April 2008 What's this? A new episode of Random Signal already? Could this be some kind of wonderful dream and/or psychotic break? Probably. My advice--roll with it... Song 1: Wreck My Flow - The Dirtbombs (from We Have You Surrounded) [MySpace] [Emuisc] [iTunes] [PMN] Comic review - The Twelve
[Ask me and I bet I can hook you up!] Comic review - Project Superpowers
Song 3: Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker (from Face To Face, Volume 1) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Comments[1] |
Fri, 28 March 2008 Ryn joins me as co-host again to talk about her recent trip to South By Southwest Interactive and her new-found addiction to social networking. All music in this episode is by one of my new favorite bands, Los Campesinos! [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Their first full lengh CD, Hold On Now, Youngster is realesed in the US on April 1, 2008 (pre-order here), but you can get it now at Emusic.com. Song 1: This is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics" Video 1: The International TweeXcore Underground (from The International TweeXcore Underground EP) Ryn's SXSW report -- "There was a moustache going around." Song 2/Video 2: Death to Los Campesinos! Need a new drug? Socialthing! Get Satisfaction Good Reads Song 3: My Year In Lists A couple of sites that came up during listener feedback... Andy Lee - www.findandy.com The Clockwork Cabaret - www.clickcaster.com/clockworkcabaret Song 4/Video 3: We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives (from Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP) Video 4: You! Me! Dancing! Comments[1] |
Thu, 6 March 2008 Being an experiment in tandem podcasting. For more steampunk and dinosaurs, listen to The Voice of Free Planet X (aka Jared Axelrod). Song 1: The Lives of Captured Scientists - The Craft Economy (from All On C) [MySpace] [on Boingboing.net] Steampunk! As definied on Wikipedia The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson Perdido Street Station by China Mieville On Flickr - The Guild of Justice-Minded Citizenry! (as seen on Boingboing.net) Steampunk Spectacular podcast The Clockwork Ball - Ringside, Durham, NC (Saturday, March 28) Song 2: Airship Pirate - Abney Park (from Lost Horizons) [MySpace] [iTunes] Dinosaurs! Paleo-blogs: Tetrapod Zoology Laelaps On Flickr - Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries Cladistics on Wikipedia North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences Song 3: Age of the Fern - George Hrab (from [sic]) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] Comments[4] |
Tue, 26 February 2008 WARNING: This episode of Random Signal contains snarky Liberal ranting about the state of American politics and the 2008 presidential election. Not Safe For Work, Children, or Easily-offended Republicans. Song 1: Dick Is a Killer - rx Video 1: Imagine - rx Song 2: The Happiest Place on Earth - Desaparecidos (from Read Music/Speak Spanish) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 3/Video 2: Exit Strategy - Valient Thorr (from Legend of the World) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 4: W's Duty - Jonathan Coulton (from Thing a Week One) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Video 3: The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - The Flaming Lips Video 4: Dr. Who on Holiday - Dean Gray Song 5: When The President Talks to God - Bright Eyes [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Comments[3] |
Fri, 25 January 2008 I've been called out by listener Brandt for "shenanigans" because this episode is coming one month and one day after my last show. But you know what, Brandt? I don't care because I got a new job! That's right, I am the newest project manager at Newfangled Web Factory in Carrboro, NC. To celebrate, all of today's music is by local bands. Song 1: Dark Horse - Bowerbirds (from Hymns For a Dark Horse) [MySpace] [Emusic] Song 2: Terrier - The Moaners (from Dark Snack) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] Song 3: Say You Will - The Honored Guests (from Tastes Change) [MySpace] [iTunes] Song 4: Give It Away If You Can - Tad Dreis (from Play To Remember) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] Song 5: For All I Know - SNMNMNM (from Crawl Inside Your Head) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] Comments[3] |
Mon, 24 December 2007 It's Christmas! To celebrate, I bring you an extra-long episode filled with wine, women, and song. And chocolate cookies. All songs by Beatnik Turtle from The Song of The Day podcast. 00:00 The Christmas Train (Song of the Day for 12/10) 04:00 I welcome my two special guests: Jared Axelrod, host of podcasts The Voice of Free Planet X and Aliens You Will Meet, and JR Blackwell, host of Voices of Tomorrow. 08:58 JR is a runner-up in Violet Blue's list of the Top Ten Sexy Geeks of 2007! 11:44 How to tell if your waiter is Wolverine. 18:33 Christmas Is Coming To Your House (Song of the Day for 12/9) 21:06 We discuss "Comfort and Joy" the Justice League Christmas special. For the record, the Ultra-Humanite was voiced by Ian Buchanan, not Kelsey Grammer. 28:25 The Ultra-Humanite vs NPR 34:18 Fun with Mythology Pt. 1 A short reading from Classical Myths That Live Today (Silver, Burdett & Co., 1927) by Frances E. Sabin (who was a woman, incidentally). Question for discussion: Is classical mythology a "girl's subject"? 38:45 Christmas Is a Vulture (Song of the Day for 12/12) 42:28 Fun with Mythology Pt. 2 Question for review: Was Juno justified in her jealous attitudes toward Jupiter? 50:00 Coed Naked Drunk Xmas Shopping (Song of the Day for 12/11) 52:16 Trader Joes's Candy Cane Joe-Joe's: "Oreos to the next, NEXT level." 55:00 Will Jared and JR ever discover the true meaning of Empire Day? 58:59 A Random Signal exclusive--JR Blackwell will launch her new podcast, Blackmail, early 2008! 01:01:10 For Lee at the I Motor Away podcast, "I Motor Away In a Manger" a drunken, a capella, improv (mostly), karaoke Christmas carol. Comments[5] |
Wed, 12 December 2007 November ended badly, and I'm not quite up to my normal geeky ramblings. Therefore, RS65 is wall-to-wall music. Enjoy. Song 1: Tip of My Tongue - Tall Dwarfs (from Weeville) [MySpace] Song 2: Boy With a Coin - Iron and Wine (from The Shepherd's Dog) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 3: Science VS Romance - Rilo Kiley (from Take Offs and Landings) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 4: My Favorite Book - Stars (from In Our Bedroom After the War) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 5: Revenge! - Spoon (from 30 Gallon Tank EP and the Wired Magazine CD) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] Song 6: The Love I Crave - The Blow (from Poor Aim: Love Songs) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 7: So What - Space Mtn (from A Drawing of a Memory of a Photograph of You) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] Song 8: Feathers - Man Man (from Six Demon Bag) [MySpace] [Emuisc] [iTunes] Song 9: Bottom of the World - Tom Waits (from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards) [MySpace] [Emuisc] [iTunes] [PMN] Comments[0] |
Sun, 11 November 2007 The lovely (and giggly) Ryn joins me once again to talk about what's new in the world of television. Song 1: Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Promo: 7th Son and Heaven on Podiobooks.com Ryn and I run down the pros and cons of the Fall TV season. Torchwood (Jason: Yes/Ryn: No) Bionic Woman (Jason: No/Ryn: No) Journeyman (Jason: No/Ryn: No) Pushing Daisies (Jason: Very Yes/Ryn: Yes) Dirty Sexy Money (Jason: Maybe/Ryn: Yes) Damages (Jason: Yes/Ryn: Yes) Moonlight (Jason: Very No/Ryn: Yes) Big Bang Theory (Jason: Yes/Ryn: Yes) Chuck (Jason: Maybe/Ryn: Maybe) Reaper (Jason: Maybe/Ryn: Maybe) Song 2: Fake French - Le Tigre (from Feminist Sweepstakes and the Wired Magazine CD) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] After we finish up our TV discussion, we review Guitar Hero III for the PS2. Song 3: Helicopter - Bloc Party (from Silent Alarm and featured in Guitar Hero III) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 4: Wasp Nest - The National (from Cherry Tree EP) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [PMN] Comments[1] |
Tue, 30 October 2007 Welcome to the Third Annual Random Signal Halloween Music Spectacular! Let's get right down to tonight's tracks...of TERROR!!! Song 1: All Hail the Horror Host - The Creeping Cruds (from The Incredibly Strange People Who Stopped Living and Became...) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] Song 2: House of Mysterious Secrets - Calabrese (from The Traveling Vampire Show) [MySpace] [iTunes] [PMN] Song 3: Zombie Love Affair - Johnny O and The Jerks (from Taking Out the Trashabilly) [MySpace] [PMN] Song 4: Fiend Without a Face - Aliens and Strangers (from Fiend Without a Face EP) [MySpace] [PMN] Song 5: Bloodlust - The Quintessentials (from Legends From the Grave) [MySpace] [PMN] Song 6: Mother Was a Carpegian - Reverend Glasseye (from Our Lady of the Broken Spine) [MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] Song 7: The Cemetery - Get Three Coffins Ready (from S/T) [MySpace] [PMN] Comments[0] |




