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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

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.

To all my new listeners who found me via Geek Fu Action Grip, The DragonPage, or some other happy accident, welcome! You are all totally Airwolf! I've got a cold tonight, so it's less of me talking and more music, Christmas music to be precise. Song 1: It's Christmastime - Lee Harris (Available at www.soundclick.com and the Podsafe Music Network.) Song 2: All Around the World - Evil Wiener Song 3: The Day Monty Saved Christmas - Monty Jones (of The Ukulele Hipster Kings) Song 4: Xmas Bubble Gum Machine - The Sultans of Ping

Song 1: Lie - Tall Dwarfs A close look at the sinister secrets of Bally's 1976 Captain Fantastic (and The Brown Dirt Cowboy) pinball machine. (Coincidentally, the very same one mentioned in The Seanachai, episode 45: Lather, Rinse, Repeat.) Song 2: Lady Luck - Can Joann Dave's Long Box is my new favorite blog. Anyone even remotely interested in comics should check it out. It is totally Airwolf! Song 3: Black Friday - Music for Viola (More Christmas music from Lee Harris and The Lee Show can be found at Soundclick and The Podsafe Music Network.)

The talky parts were recorded early in the morning on an iRiver, so the sound quality is all over the place. Sorry about that. Only one song today: Leaves Do Fall - The Rosebuds The rest of my interview with 365 Tomorrows' Jared Axelrod. In this part we talk about his podcast, The Voice of Free Planet X, and I play a clip from Episode 4: Welcome To The Hotel Kraken. We also wax a bit philosophical about podcasting in general. Links from the interview: Magnatune Skepticality The Signal Geek Fu Action Grip The Seanachai

Happy Thanksgiving!!! For your holiday enjoyment, I play two songs and interview benevolent emissary from the future, Jared Axelrod. Please let me know what you think of this bold new experiment! Also, check out the Random Signal Frappr map. Songs: Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton You Are the Golden Snitch by Billy Sugarfix Podcasts shouted-out: The Comicology Podcast Evil Genius Chronicles Song-a-Day Podcast The Voice of Free Planet X Links from the interview: 365 Tomorrows 365 Tomorrows store AxelHead store Lulu Don't forget you can meet Jared and the rest of the 365 Tomorrows crew at PhilCon! (December 9th-11th)

Recorded at 7:30 am, a feat made possible by wonderful, glorious, life-giving coffee. Song 1: Albacore - Palomar What I've been up to in my first three months at Lulu:The 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize - the world's first literary prize for books based on blogs and other websites. SAM, World's Ugliest Dog 2006 Calendar (Warning: this dog is seriously ugly!) Recent books I have read/am reading: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock 'N' Roll by Nick Tosches Special thanks to Jared Axelrod, of The Voice of Free Planet X podcast for the bump. He is also a contributor to 365 Tomorrows sci-fi flash fiction blog. Song 2: Blue Bird - The Rosebuds (also check them out on MySpace and Merge Records)

Songs: Cannot Eat Better Not Sleep - The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers The Fountain of Youth Dries Up in an Election Year - The Physics of Meaning Links: Bu Hanan Records Blue Sun Shirts Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Best. Carwash. Ever.) Stickers:

It's a Halloween music spooktacular! 1. I Eat the Living - The Creeping Cruds (Buy it here!) 2. Spleen - Veronique Diabolique (also www.myspace.com/veroniquediabolique) 3. Godzilla - Bad News Bats 4. Black Cat Black Cat - Evil Wiener (also check out Billy's Song-A-Day podcast!)

It's finally starting to feel like Fall around here, which means, of course, that pretty soon I won't have to worry about mowing my lawn for a few months! The Duke University Podcasting Symposium went well, at least the small part of it that I was involved in did. I had a great time, and I hope they invite me again next year! I am starting to worry that this show is too eclectic to ever find a big audience. Too much geek? Not enough? I wonder... Oh well, let's talk about giant squids instead! And beer. In particular, the World Beer Festival in Durham, NC (this weekend) and the newly legal (in NC at least) high gravity beers. Hoorah for beer! Spoiler Alert!!! Beware my rambling look at Lost season two if you're not caught up with the show. And of course, there's a song... "Malthus, Thomas Robert (1809-1882)" by Artichoke

Tonight I attended the reception for the Duke University Podcasting Symposium. I'll be on the Triangle Podcasters panel tomorrow afternoon along with: Mur Lafferty - Geek Fu Action Grip Brian Russel - Audio Activism Dave Warner - Dave's Lounge Anne Bramley - EatFeed Michael Geoghegan of Reel Reviews (and Grape Radio) was also there, as was Dave Slusher of Evil Genius Chronicles. I'm afraid Mur and I might have bored Dave to death. Sorry Dave! For those of you who can't make the Symposium, it will be webcast live. I'm finally on iTunes! The best part is I never got around to submitting my feed. Yet there it is. (Maybe if I wait a little while longer, I'll magically have a logo.) Just one song tonight... Down at Columbia and Cameron - The Physics of Meaning

"Fuller, Richard Buckminster (1895-1983)" by Artichoke (dedicated to Derek from Skepticality) More on Dragon*Con 2005 with specific mentions of Geek Fu Action Grip, The DragonPage: Wingin' It, The Brobdingnagian Bards, The Signal, and The Seanachai. I'm going to be part of the Duke Podcasting Symposium! (September 27-28, 2005) I'm also buried in a back-log of podcasts and comics. "Just There" by Kapow! Music (www.buhananrecords.com) I'll post pictures of my Starman costume soon! "Siamese Hearts" by David Karsten Daniels (www.buhananrecords.com)

My thoughts this week are on Derek from Skepticality, but I can't seem to articulate much of anything tonight. Here's to a speedy recovery. "Rorschach" by Tall Dwarfs seems to express what I'm feeling better than anything I can think to say...