R.S. #76 - Popcorn and Pop Music

Welcome to the sixth annual Random Signal Halloween show!

Here's the track list (full links to be updated shortly):

1. Night Creatures - Superchunk (from Tossing Seeds: Singles 1989-91)

2. Graveyard Ghoul - The Ills (demo track)

3. Invisible Man - Thee Spivs (from Taped Up)

4. Zombie Dance Party - Beware The Dangers Of A Ghost Scorpion (from Undead In the Fallout Shelter)

5. Blue Sunny Day - Jonathan Coulton (from The Aftermath)

6. Crowd of Drifters - The Magnetic Fields (from The Charm of the Highway Strip)

7. In The Backyard - The Rosebuds (from Life Like)

8. Halloween - Steve Goodie (from Something To Sneeze @)

9. Zombie Attack - Rock 'n' Roll Monkey and The Robots (from Back To Beatsville)

10. Halloween Is Awesome - GeminiDragon

11. What a Friend We Have In Cthulhu - Consortium of Genius (from Music For Supervillains)

 

Hello! After a long break...we're back! If you came here looking for the annual Halloween show, have no fear (yet)! IT LIVES...SOON!!!

Song 1: Ready To Start - Arcade Fire (from The Suburbs)

[Emusic] [iTunes] [Merge]

So what have I been up to these last many months? (Not podcasting, obviously.) I have discovered, and become slightly addicted to, Tumblr! Check out my many (too many?) new projects:

Random Signal Annex - My general Tumblr for all things awesome.

Droidcast - Short podcast on random topics. Soon to be included with this feed!

The Brave & The Beard - Comics books and facial hair, together at last!

Fuck Yeah, Merge Records! - Music, video, photos and news from my favorite indie label.

Song 2: How I Left the Ministry - The Extra Lens (from Undercard)

[Emusic] [iTunes] [Merge]

 

Well, it turns out that this podcast is only mostly dead, and, as we all know, mostly dead means slightly alive!

I'm actually incredibley excited that I now have clearance from Chapel Hill's Merge Records to podcast both their new releases and back catalog! A lot of my favorite bands are with Merge, and I never thought I'd ever have the opportunity to feature artists like The Magnetic Fields and Arcade Fire! Go to www.mergerecords.com to check out their complete roster, listen to free streaming music, and purchase CDs and downloads.

Song 1: We Are The Men You'll Grow To Love Soon - Let's Wrestle (from In the Court of the Wrestling Let's)

[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [Blog]

 

Song 2: Coast of Carolina - Telekinesis (from Telekinesis!)

[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [Blog]

 

Song 3: Better - Jonathan Coulton (from Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms)

[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

 

Song 4: I Have the Moon - The Magnetic Fields (from The Charm of the Highway Strip)

[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [Merge]

Other links from the show:

• Deep-Sea News
• MRI cyborg questionnaire
• Kraken Black Spiced Rum
• True Blood Season 3 on HBO

Aprilween (observed) was three days ago, and I have finally managed to overcome a vertiable Rube Goldberg machine of technical annoyances that was keeping me from getting this show finished. In grand Aprilween fashion, I have ten frightening tunes for your post-Tax day listening pleasure. I also muse about the future, if there is one, of the podcast. With shows coming so few and far between, is it time to face facts and call it a day, or should I let it evolve into something new? Any opinions? Let me know!

Song 1: Evil Soul - The Young Werewolves (from The Young Werewolves)

[Myspace] [Music Alley]

Song 2: Creeps At Night - The Hydeouts

[MySpace] [Music Alley]

Song 3: Head Blown Off - Cretin 66 (from Demolition Safari)

[MySpace] [Emuisc] [iTunes] [Music Alley]

Song 4: The Black Scorpion - the Happy, Happy, Jihads

[MySpace] [Music Alley]

Song 5: World War Z - CSHC/Conyeezy

[MySpace] [Music Alley]

Song 6: It Is Pitch Dark - MC Frontalot (from Secrets From The Future)

[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

Song 7: HSAS - Zombies! Organize!! (from Before It's Too Late)

[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

Song 8: Graveyard Hand - Get Three Coffins Ready (from Get Three Coffins Ready: Era III An Experiment In Audio Science And Static Manipulation)

[MySpace] [iTunes] [Music Alley]

Song 9: Down In The Graveyards - The Creeping Cruds (from Tennessee Bloodbath)

[MySpace] [Emuisc] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

Song 10: Vulture - Artichoke (from 26 Animals)

[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

It's the 5th Annual Random Signal Halloween Music Show!!!

It's also been Halloween Week over at my Indie Squid Kid blog, so check it out if you want to experience the holiday from the cephalopod's perspective.

Here's the play list for today's show:

Song 1: Halloween - Artichoke (from Evaporation)
[Emuisc] [MySpace] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

Song 2: Diggin' Graves - Thee Gravemen
[Emusic] [MySpace] [iTunes] [Music Alley]

Song 3: Mosquitos - The Creeping Cruds (from Tennessee Bloodbath)
[Emuisc] [MySpace] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

Song 4: The Girls of Monster Island - Jerk Alert
[MySpace] [Music Alley]

Song 5: Vampires In My Neighborhood - Mors Ontologcia (from Used Kids Sessions and the WFMU Creative Commons Halloween Mix)
[MySpace] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

Song 6: Graveyard - Trailer Bride (from Smelling Salts and the WFMU Creative Commons Halloween Mix)
[Emusic] [MySpace] [iTunes]

Song 7: The Hangman's Song - The Pine Valley Cosmonauts (from The Executioner's Last Songs: Volume One and the WFMU Creative Commons Halloween Mix)
[Emusic] [MySapce] [iTunes]

Song 8: Vampire Strippers - The Astronauts (from the Astronauts EP)
[Emusic] [MySpace] [iTunes] [Music Alley]

Song 9: Zombie Manifesto - Zombies! Organize!! (from Before It's Too Late)
[MySpace] [iTunes] [CD Baby]



But wait! As a reward for coming to the site, here is a bonus music video. I couldn't include "Fresh Blood" by Eels in the podcast, but it did make it into this year's Halloween mix CD, and it's probably my favorite monster song of the past year!

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)
[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [CD Baby]

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)
[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes]

Song 2: Cool Coffin Kids - Dark Torch Anthem (from The Preamble)
[MySpace] [Podsafe Music Network]

Song 3: Re: Vos Cerveaux - Jonathan Coulton
[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [Podsafe Music Network]

Song 4: Trioxin - Zombies! Organize!! (from Before It's Too Late)
[MySpace]



Song 5: Ghostified - Persian Claws
[MySpace] [Podsafe Music Network]

Song 6: The Livin' Dead - Troy Sinister & The Cemetery Men (from The Legend of Gordy Sawdust & The Spiders from Moncton)
[MySpace] [Podsafe Music Network]

Song 7: Return of the Mantis - The Hydes (from The Hydes' First Experimental EP)
[MySpace] [Podsafe Music Network]

Song 8: Zombie Werewolf Alien Vampire Monsters - The Volume Brothers
[MySpace] [Podsafe Music Network]

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)
[MySpace] [Emuisc] [iTunes]

• 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)
[MySpace] [Emuisc] [iTunes]

• 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)
[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [Podsafe Music Network]

• 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)
[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes]

Song 2: Techno Machine (With a Lazer Beam) - Math The Band (from Math The Band Banned The Math)
[MySpace]

Song 3: Speed Food Pyramid - Captured! By Robots (from The Ten Commandments/Get Fit With...)
[MySpace]



Song 4: Robotacus - Zombies! Organize!! (from Before It's Too Late)
[MySpace]

Robotacus by Zombies! Organize!!


Song 5: Automaton - No They Do (from When Robots Rule The World)
[MySpace] [iTunes] [Podsafe Music Netork]

Song 6: Tom The T1000 - Jonathan Coulton (from Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms)
[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [Podsafe Music Network]

Song 7: FU Robot - Pro Audio (from Make The Happiness Stop)
[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [Podsafe Music Network]

Song 8: World Robot Domination - Sudden Death (from Fatal Error)
[MySpace] [Emusic] [iTunes] [Podsafe Music Network] [The FuMP]

Song 9: The Laws of Robotics - No They Do (from When Robots Rule The World)
[MySpace] [iTunes] [Podsafe Music Network]

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