We are pleased to finally announce that Paul Fischer, of the Balticon Podcast, is winner of the Great Random Signal Name Our Roomba^TM Contest! His winning submission is...*drumroll*...3-Sweepio! Paul's prize is a plush robot by Futuregirl (Leah Riley). Thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions.

This episode is not only the first official Father's Day episode, but it also marks the podcast's fourth anniversary!

Song 1: When I Was Your Age - Beatnik Turtle featuring George Hrab (from The Song of the Day podcast, March 30, 2009)

• Ryn and I discuss our thoughts on being new parents: drool, boogers, and chewed food.
• Code Name: Commander Awesome!
• surprise tangent:  Frasier

Song 2: Mr. Fancy Pants - Jonathan Coulton (from Thing A Week Four)

• mint julep: the official drink of hot summer days (in the South, anyway)
• J. J. Abrams' Star Trek
• Vasquez Rocks
• Transformers ("robots from a planet made out of robots"): movie sequel is imminent and the first season of the classic animated series is out on DVD!
• Yes, CD Baby is still around (and still awesome)!

Song 3: Elephant - Artichoke (from 26 Animals)
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Random Signal crawls it's way out of the grave once more, proving that it is the Podcast That Wouldn't Die!!!

News In Brief: It's a boy!

And now, the music...

Song 1: I Kicked Dracula's Ass - The Creeping Cruds (from Tennessee Bloodbath)
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Song 2: Cool Coffin Kids - Dark Torch Anthem (from The Preamble)
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Song 3: Re: Vos Cerveaux - Jonathan Coulton
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Song 4: Trioxin - Zombies! Organize!! (from Before It's Too Late)
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Song 5: Ghostified - Persian Claws
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Song 6: The Livin' Dead - Troy Sinister & The Cemetery Men (from The Legend of Gordy Sawdust & The Spiders from Moncton)
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Song 7: Return of the Mantis - The Hydes (from The Hydes' First Experimental EP)
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Song 8: Zombie Werewolf Alien Vampire Monsters - The Volume Brothers
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It's the last day of 2008! It is also, somehow, the first day of 2009...weird. I never will get used to all this "time shifting." Ryn and I cover all manner of interesting topics, and play some songs by my favorite bands of 2008. Enjoy!

Song 1: All Night - Countdown Quartet (from Party With! The Countdown Quartet)
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• Toxoplasmosis/Giant Microbes
• Trader Joe's 2008 Vintage Ale
• That shit is pajamas!
• We don't think our baby will be a Xenomorph!
• Clockwork Ball and Lemming Malloy

Song 2: Don't Act Like Prey - Lemming Malloy (from Avalauncer EP)
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• Rocky IV, the best Cold War/Christmas movie of all time?
• Which movies will you always watch the rest of?
• Which is worse: Rocky V or Star Trek V? Discuss.
• Fringe VS Eleventh Hour (here's a hint, one sorta sucks and one does not)
• CANCELED: Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money
• MOVING: Scrubs
• DISAPPOINTING: Heroes
• We explain that we are old and don't want to watch TV on our computers.
• Dexter and the problem with High-Def

Song 3: Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats - Los Campesinos! (from Hold On Now, Youngster)
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• Goodreads.com
• Asimov and his short-sighted far future
• Sookie Stackhouse novels and True Blood
• Ryn's bizzare vampire-phobia seems to have passed.
• Read! Darwinia
• Reading! More Information Than You Require
• About To Read! Corrupted Sciene/Discarded Science
• Why Ryn doesn't like comics anymore.
• DC Comics Encyclopedia and On the Origin of Species: Illustrated Edition
• Star Wars prequels revisited
• Name our robot...LAST CALL!
• I Like Turtles

Song 4: I Like Turtles - Zombies! Organize!! (from Before It's Too Late)

The Great Random Signal Name Our Roomba^TM Contest is still open for submissions! So, to get your creative meat juices flowing, here is an assortment of robot-y songs. The supplier of the winning name will receive an piece of original hand-made robot art and/or craft by Futuregirl (Leah Riley) ! Stay tuned for further details.

Song 1: Pathways to Progress - Eyes To Space (from From The Bureau of Robotic Affairs)
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Song 2: Techno Machine (With a Lazer Beam) - Math The Band (from Math The Band Banned The Math)
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Song 3: Speed Food Pyramid - Captured! By Robots (from The Ten Commandments/Get Fit With...)
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Song 4: Robotacus - Zombies! Organize!! (from Before It's Too Late)
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Robotacus by Zombies! Organize!!


Song 5: Automaton - No They Do (from When Robots Rule The World)
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Song 6: Tom The T1000 - Jonathan Coulton (from Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms)
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Song 7: FU Robot - Pro Audio (from Make The Happiness Stop)
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Song 8: World Robot Domination - Sudden Death (from Fatal Error)
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Song 9: The Laws of Robotics - No They Do (from When Robots Rule The World)
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This Thanksgiving, don't forget to thank all the hard-working robots in your life--the security and well being of the human race may depend on it!

Better late than never I suppose...

Real show notes to follow.

1. Zombie I - CALABRESE

2. Shoot The Zombies - songstowearpantsto.com

3. Creature From The Black Lagoon - the Happy, Happy Jihads

4. Roy O'Bannon vs. The Mummy - Get Three Coffins Ready

5. When They've Come For You - Beatnik Turtle

6. Ghost With The Most - B-Movie Britz

7. Zombie Swamp - Thee Strawberry Mynde

8. Zombie Highschool - Sidekick Lupchen and The Bad Generation

9. Creepy Kids Club - Creepy Kids Club

10. Giant Robot - Lizards From Afar

11. Zombie Town - Midnight Peacocks

12. Monster In The Canyon - The Dynamite Brothers

13. Song For The Death Eaters - Harry and The Potters

Hello! We're back and we have lots of exciting news!

What's all this news you ask? Well, you are going to have to listen to the podcast to find out! :p

Speaking of podcasts, you really should be listening to:
Radio Free Hipster
Radio Isopod

All three bands featured in this show were part of this past summer's Unlimited Enthusiasm Expo tour.

Math The Band

Song 1: Let's Hear It For Capitalism!

Song 2: Everyone's Embarassing

(from Math The Band Banned The Math)



Uncle Monsterface

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Song 3: Lobster Building (from Letter Green (I Love You))

Song 4: The Gary Gygax Song (from This Is an Adventure!)



Harry and The Potters

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Song 5: The Human Hosepipe (from Voldemort Can't Stop The Rock!)

Song 6: Save Ginny Weasley (from Harry and The Potters)

As the summer comes to a close, Ryn and I talk vacation and books. This podcast begins in the mountains and ends at the beach...well, sort of.

Video 1: Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? - She & Him (from Volume One)
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Song 1: Human Hands - Bowerbirds (from Hymns For a Dark Horse)
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Buy Playing For Keeps by Mur Lafferty!!!

Also, Dragon*Con 2008 is right around the corner!

Song/Video 2: Valentine - Festival (from Come, Arrow, Come!)
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FESTIVAL - Valentine from Language of Stone on Vimeo.

Books, books, books! A full list is forthcoming...

Song 3: House of Cards - Lemming Malloy (from Avalauncher EP)
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...and more books!

Song 4: Playing For Keeps - Beatnik Turtle (from The Song of the Day podcast)

Buy Playing For Keeps by Mur Lafferty!!!

Ryn and I went the midnight opening of Batman: The Dark Knight, and we discuss out thoughts on the movie while driving to my family reunion on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. SPOILER ALERT! We assume that anyone listening has either seen the movie, or doesn't care about having the details of the film revealed.

Outro song: Batmobile - the Happy, Happy Jihads (courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network)

I'm beginning to suspect that my microphone is dying, and I apologize in advance if I sound like I'm recoring in a tin can. Ryn, on the other hand, sounds great! You'd think after three years I'd have this stuff down...

Also, the crickets...WTF?!

Song 1: Make My Day - Violet Vector and the Lovely Lovelies (from EP 1)
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We kick things of with an uplanned discussion of our favorite member of the Star Trek family: Deep Space Nine. We make special mention of the Season 6 episode "Far Beyond the Stars".

Song 2: We Are All Accelerated Readers - Los Campesinos! (from Hold On Now, Yougster...)
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Superhero Move Roundup!

The Marvel Universe:

• Iron Man
• The Incredible Hulk
• Thor (2010)
• Ant-Man (2010)
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• Captain America (2011)
• The Avengers (2011)

The DC Universe:

• Batman: The Dark Knight
• Wonder Woman (2009)
• Justice League (2011)

and on DVD...

• Superman: Doomsday
• Justice League: The New Frontier
• Batman: Gotham Knight
• Wonder Woman (2009)

Song 3: Dear Mr. & Mrs. Troublemaker - All Girl Summer Fun Band (from 2)
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And even more movies...

• Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
• WALL-E
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Song 4: The Crash, The Wagons, The Dying Horses - The Craft Economy (from All On C)

Not only is this episode 75 (it's divisible by 5, so you know it's important), but today is the 3rd anniversary, to the day, of the launch of www.randomsignal.com!

All music in this episode is from the album Clap Along with... by The Dynamite Brothers from Chapel Hill, NC.
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Song 1: Bus Stop

Ryn and I share our thoughts on Balticon 42, including...

Geek Fu Morning Show After Dark #13, LIVE!
The Takeover--Now with 100% more Ryn!
The Balticon Podcast

Song 2: My Lover

Ryn and I talk, once again, about one of our most favorite topics: television.

Song 3: One Way Blues

A bit more about TV, specifically, Joss Whedon's new series Dollhouse and J.J. Abrams' new series Fringe.

Introducing Indie Squid Kid, my new cephalopod-focused blog!

Want to get a beet (or maybe a turnip) in the mail? Well, all you have to do is drop me an email. I guarantee it will be, at the very least, Maryland-quality produce.

Song 4: Raw Dawggin' Again