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Episode #8: Belated

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Better late than never, right, folks?

Just because this episode is holiday-themed, I don’t see why you can’t give it a listen now or any other time of the year you need a bit of twisted Christmas cheer!

On this podcast we have

Cool Yule–Chris Daniels & The Kings
Soulstice–Gentlemen Prefer Bombs
Carol of the Bells–Admiral Twain
Joy–Charlie Crowe
Jingle Thrash–Emily Jones
I Have a Little Dreidel–Rockosaurus Rex
Cumbia de Tannenbaum–Juan Oskar
O Come, O Come Emmanuel–Cat Jahnke
A Cheerful Song–Christian Hoffman
A Pirate Christmas–Tom Smith
Funky Xmas–Modern Science
Drinking Up Christmas–The Dwarves
Regifting for the Holidays–The Alice Project
Don’t Lose Your Mind–The Banana Sessions
Black Patent and Sparkles–Post Orgasmic Trauma
I Tricked Nick–Lynn Julian aka Cookie Cutter Girl
You & Me This Christmas–Deni Bonet
Give Me a Second Chance For Christmas–Candy Butchers
Fruitcake–Lynn Julian aka Cookie Cutter Girl
Santa Claus is Freaking Me Out–Lord Weatherby
Christmas in the Sun–Joel Kopischke
The Fourth But Not-So-Wise Man–Darrell Smith
The Party–8 Ball
Hey Holiday–Atomsplit
Festival of Lights–Alicia Bay Laurel
Christmas! Of Course!–Bill deRome
Christmas Elf Conscription Song–Marc Gunn
Winter Slay Ride–The FuMP/Consortium of Genius
Death By Holiday–The Vanished
Christmas Here on Mars–Bubble
Chiron Beta Prime–Jonathan Coulton

Thank you for listening in 2010 and here’s to an awesome 2011!

Episode 7: Grab a Spoon

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Extra pretend points if you think of Friends at today’s title 🙂 Not so much if you think Matrix.

I was really impressed with the number of songs I found for this episode–once again I had so many that it was tough to pare this episode down to just over an hour! Of course, when one of your keywords is ‘eat’ you learn just how many times those 3 letters show up in sequence in the course of music listings (hint: “featuring”, “death” and a host of other things had to be weeded through to find a few honest-to-goodness food songs). It’s not all bad, though–I found some great things hiding here and there for the next 2 podcasts!

In all, I probably listen to about 300 songs for each podcast and then pick out the dozen or so songs that best amuse me, rock it out or just amuse me. Here’s this month’s tasty morsels:

Food–Dierdre Flint
Thanks–Youngblood Brass Band
So, Thanks–Tom Smith
Pockets Full of Gold–Danika Holmes
A Girl Should Never Eat Alone–Clayton
Healthy Eating–Dan Elson
Salad of Doom–SJ Tucker
Eat You Now–The FuMP/Robert Lund & Spaff.com
My Baby Likes to Eat–Alec Berlin
French Fries Overdose–The Great Potatoes
Salt–Diedre Rodman/The Lascivious Biddies
Let’s Eat Home–Linda Baker
Everybody’s Family is Messed Up–Kristen Kitko
Twisted Family Ties–Delina
Sorbet Girl–Subplot A
Gluten Free Blues–Kyle Dine
Sugar Bomb Baby–Industrial Salt
Coffee to Go–Alice Leon/The Alice Project
Cold Turkey Sandwiches–Sealed Weasels

Wondering how you make turkey gumbo from leftovers and bones? I got you covered over at Nibbles ‘n Bites.

Episode 6: Songs That Go Bump in the Night

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Welcome back, music fans! This installment feels more like an episode and a half–I just couldn’t bring myself to cut any more songs out of the play list!

We’ve got some old favorites among the artist list, this month: Josh Woodward, MixMasterMandy and Calabrese all made the cut once again along with a slew of new-to-me artists that I’m happy to have stumbled across in my search for Halloween-themed music. And, just because it seemed fitting, I included a short story by yours truly just before the 1 hour mark.

Hope you enjoy!

In this episode:

Happy Halloween–Ben Twisted
Costume Party–CAMIL
What Should I Be on Halloween–Eric Strom
PC Halloween–Devo Spice
Married a Magician–Dust Poets
A Rabbit for Halloween–Marc Gunn
Halloween (remix)–The Coffinshakers
Midnight Spookshow–Calabrese
Monsters–Common Ground
Vampire in My Town–Elsinore
Skeletons and Spirits–Allison Crowe
Madam Fright–The Hamsteaks
Zombie Werewolf Alien Vampire Monsters—The Volume Brothers
Vampires–The Wet Darlings
The Witching Hour–Robin Brock
The Howl–Thee Merry Widows
Warm–MixMasterMandy
Halloween Girl–Ghosts on the Radio
Howl at the Moon–Devi
Halloween–Fishing for Comets
Halloween Mistake–Cantrip
Gallows Hill–Josh Woodward
The Bottom of the Grave–Bryan Scary

Hear something you like? Tell your friends! Something you didn’t? Tell me! I can’t improve if I don’t know what’s lacking!

Until next month…

Episode 5: Back to School

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Ah, yes, Fall… turning leaves… big yellow school buses… and crazy, half-asleep drivers.

Welcome to September, folks!

This episode was more fun to put together than I expected it would be and it certainly takes the sting out of what could be a rather trying time of year. I rant a little about the traffic the buses and driving students and parents on new routes all contribute to but mostly it’s upbeat–I liked school! Sometimes I miss it (man things were simpler then, weren’t they? didn’t feel that way at the time, but… hindsight is 20/20 they say).

And, of course, there’s plenty of music to choose from, let’s consider this Music Appreciation 101:

Wake Me Up When This Math Class Ends–Project Sisyphus/The FuMP
Like A Book–Carrie Catherine
Autumn–A Band Called Quinn
Learn to Fly–Josh Woodward
Class Clown–Steve Robinson
The Traffic Song–The Alice Project
West School Mitch–AudioUK
Haven’t Learned A Thing–This is a Shakedown/Amy Speace
The Understudy–MixMaster Mandy
What Have You Learned–Carbon Leaf
High School–Testosterone
Carpe Diem–Pillar of Autumn
Do We Learn–Janita
The Class of 68–Bill Guy
This Time Next Year–Classic Tragic Hero
Peaked in High School–Jeff Mallon
Reform School Girl–Nick Curran and the Low Lifes
Language School Lover–Dead Mans Corner

If you like what you’ve heard, pass it along to your friends. If you didn’t like something, let ME know in the comments–after all, I can’t learn and improve without feedback 🙂 (You can, of course, also tell me what you liked…)

See you next month! I’m off to start picking the tunes for it right now! (Yes, it will be Halloween themed, if you were wondering.)

Episode 4: On the Road

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The long-awaited 4th episode is here!
Featuring:
Roadtripper–The FUMP, Carrie Dahlby w/Possible Oscar
Test Drive–Black Kettle
New Road–AM/Meiko
Carried Away–Roadtrip
Drive–Barb Carbon
Life is an Open Road–Al Stravinsky
Rocky Road to Dublin–Blaggards
Traveling Song–Ryan Meyers
Road to Nowhere–Creature Republic
Road Less Traveled–Matt Caplan
Road Song–Bill deRome
Drive–Common Ground
Nice Trip–81db
The Road–Chester Bay
Field Trip–Spanking Charlene
The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow–The Tsunami Experiment
Full show notes (with links) are available at randomactscomics[dot]com[slash]radio

The long-awaited 4th episode is here!

With everything that’s been going on (the comics, the cookbook, the blogs and all) it took entirely too long to get this podcast out. But, hey, better late than never, right?

Meant to go with the Riding in Cars with Mom comics last October (2009), these songs all have to do with travel in some way. Great for when you’re heading out on the open road, just returned and need something to stave off the back-home-blahs or planning your next epic adventure!

The songs featured in this episode are:

Roadtripper–The FUMP, Carrie Dahlby w/Possible Oscar
Test Drive–Black Kettle
New Road–AM/Meiko
Carried Away–Roadtrip
Drive–Barb Carbon
Life is an Open Road–Al Stravinsky
Rocky Road to Dublin–Blaggards
Traveling Song–Ryan Meyers
Road to Nowhere–Creature Republic
Road Less Traveled–Matt Caplan
Road Song–Bill deRome
Drive–Common Ground
Nice Trip–81db
The Road–Chester Bay
Field Trip–Spanking Charlene
The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow–The Tsunami Experiment

As always, these songs were made available through the artist’s participation with Music Alley (formerly the Podsafe Music Network) at mevio.com

I mentioned several of my other sites throughout the podcast, please check out these links to find what else of my work might fit your needs:

Cocktail Hour
an autobiographical webcomic (currently on hiatus, but plenty of get-to-know-me archives!)
Where the Geeks Are
 a webcomic, 4 geek girls looking for love in (what they hope) are all the right places (also on hiatus, take the opportunity to catch up)
Scraps of Life presents the 64 Arts
 begun as a catch-all life blog in 2003, February 2010 saw it’s renewal as a place to explore the 64 Arts from the Kama Sutra (the Acquisition of Knowledge chapter)
What to Feed Your Raiding Party
 a comic book cookbook that challenges gamers to cook their way out of the fast food dungeon; weekly progress blog and tips
Nibbles ‘n Bites
 a food blog written by a former chef focusing on good food, great entertaining and all things tasty!
Sips & Shots
cocktail blog with a new recipe every Friday; also home of the Character Cocktail