Random Signal Annex

Random Signal #88: Halloween 6. 6? 6!

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)

Random Signal Droidcast, Episode 10: What ever happened to my Transylvania Twist?

I love songs about Halloween, monsters, horror, and general creepiness. Collecting these kinds of songs has become a minor obsession of mine (one of many, I must admit), and every year I make a new Halloween mix CD. Between now and Halloween I will be posting the track lists as well as additional content related to these mixes.

In addition to working on this year’s mix, I will be doing a the sixth annual Halloween music show over at the main Random Signal podcast. For past Halloween shows, click here. But that’s not all! I also do a second show dedicated to monster music every Aprilween!

Lastly, I wanted to tell you about two new Tumblr projects I’m working on:

Fuck Yeah, Merge Records — Music and more from my favorite indie record label.

The Brave & The Beard — Facial hair and comic books! Together at last!

(Runtime: 11:39)

Random Signal Droidcast, Episode 009: Eight Awesome Octopuses!

Happy International Octopus Awareness Day! To celebrate, I present to you a list of eight of my favorite octopus species. The content of this podcast was originally published as a blog post over at Indie Squid Kid for Octopus Day 2009.

(Runtime: 13:32 min)

Random Signal Droidcast, Episode 008: (End of) Summer Reading List

Here’s a handful of mini-reviews of the books I’ve been reading lately:

• The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft - S.T. Joshi, Editor
• Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records - John Cook with Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance
• Kraken - China Miéville
• Packing For Mars - Mary Roach
• The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi

(Runtime: 18:51 min)

What books are you reading? Let me know!

Random Signal Droidcast, Episode 007: Movie Music Mayhem!

A few thoughts on the Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World soundtrack followed by a rundown of my top ten favorite movie songs of all time (plus one honorable mention). Watch this feed for each of the chosen songs presented in cutting-edge Embedded Video Format!

(Runtime: 19:24 min)

What are your favorite movie soundtracks/songs? Let me know!

Random Signal Droidcast, Episode 006: Scott Pilgrim Vs Kick-Ass!

My thoughts on this year’s two big (non-Iron Man) comic book movie adaptations

(Runtime: 17:48 min)

Random Signal Droidcast, Episode 005: Thumbectomy Movie Marathon

Who has one working thumb, is on a bunch of painkillers, and gets to spend two weeks doing nothing but watching a crap-load of movies? This guy!!! (*points non-bandaged thumb at chest*)

Random Signal Droidcast, Episode 004: Lovin’ Lovecraft

Despite being a long-time fan of his Cthulhu Mythos, I’m only now getting around to actually reading the works of H.P. Lovecraft. In this podcast you will hear a few of my gibbering thoughts on the topic (I knew it was a bad idea to make out with that Shuggoth!), and watch this feed for enough Lovecraftliciousness to fill a Mi-Go brain case!

(image credit: Bruce Timm)

Random Signal Droidcast, Episode 003: The Taxonomy of Awesome!

In the wake of the announcment of Leviathan melvillei (which is presumably bloody and full of whale chunks), I have decided to compile a top ten list of prehistoric creatures with cool scientific names. Watch this feed for images and information on each one!